Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-07-07
Early Risers and its Results.

Whatever may be the quantity OF sleep
required, early rising is essential to health,
and promotes longevity. Almost all men
who have distinguished themselves in SCI
ence, literature, and the arts have been, as
Mr.. Macnish states, early risers. The in
duslrious, the active.mnded, the enthusiast
in pursuit Of knowledge or gain, are up be-
times al their respective occupations, while
the sluggard wastes the most beautiful pe-
riod of his life in perncious slumber. Ho-
mer, Virgil, and Horace are all represented
as early Users: the same was the case with
Paley, Franklin, Pries,ly, Parkhurst, and
Button, the last OF whom ordered his servan,
to awaken him every morning, and compel
him to get up by force if he evinced any
reluctance; for which service he was re-
warded with crown each day, which re
compense he forfeited if he did not oblige
his master 10 get out Of bed before the
clock struck six. Bishops Jewell and Bur
net rose every morning a, four o'clock =
Sir Thomas Moore did The same thing
Napoleon was nn early riser; so were
Frederick the Great and Charles the
twelfth; so is her present Majesty; and so
are almost all the nobility in atteneance
upon the court. That early rising tends
10 proleng life appears to be clearly proved.
One OF our most eminent judges-Lord
Mnnsfeld-was at the pains of collecting
some curious evidence on this subject
When he presided in his Judicial capacity
over the court, he questioned every very
old person who appeared nj the bar respect.
ing his habits. 'Wilat age are you?-
What sort Of life have you ledl-often
drunk, eh?' please Cod answered q
man upwards Of ninety, Il have seldom
gone to bed sober;' and in fact, it turned
out that, while some Of these veterans plead
ed guilty 10 lfabilual intemperance, and
others, on the contrary, attested their uni.
form sobriety, all agreed on one point
that of having been early risers. Never
theless, the morning snooze has, we con.
fess, its temptation. Our readers will re-
member Burns pleasant little song:
sUp in the mornings ma for me-
Up in the morning early;
When a. the hills are cover'd wi snow,
Pm sure it's winter fairly
Thomson, the author OF sThe Ssason,
passed great portion of his time in bed
Dean Swift, we are told, lay in bed until
eleven O'Clock every morning, to think oi
wit for the day. > aaa.
Sir Walter Scott observed: 4 like to lie
sianssring over things for an hour or s.
before get up-and there's the time am
dressing TO overhaul my half sleeping, hall
waking projet de chapstre, and when
| get the paper before me, it commonly ru ms
off pretty easily We have always con-
sidered the morning toilet should be gone
through very melhodically and very delib>
erately; it is q ceremony that should not be
too hastily performed' during the opera.
sion of shaving in particular, which ough
always to be performed slowly, many
strange fancies and thoughtful suggestions
may fit across the mind. 1t should, how
ever, be added that Sir Walter Scott, during
the greater part OF his life, rose by fly'
o'clock, and that his literary work wa
chiefly accomplished before breakfast -
Household Words.