Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-12-15

ate risk of being discovered in vour h;d;n,,
place, and forced to retreat ionominouslv
This is faint picture of the situation of tho
author on the night in question Zeal fnr tho
public good, and a cracker or two alone ans
tanned him through the ,edious niob, wa,ches
The proverb saws that "a great daal can ha
seen through a small hole. " Nv snbe,e or
vision however. was rather limited enhrac;no
only portion of the adjoining room f,in,lS
lliobted by A., h.noi,c L.. a.. -, Ii =.
sleepinp burden. a ,sble' md ,ho d,n,r s.o1
tiers of le,,ar-hoxes fo,n;n,, hi - Za.a,,S
Entirely in keenino with his scone or .ss,;u
life - was the mono,orons bu7, =, snrds, AZ.
of a rovdvish Gsnosi,ion vho M, roo,on,
with tiekiing the noscs oe neace,hlo o;,;,ons
and otherwise barrassino ,bem dnr;no ,bo a.,
must needs "keen /, M, ,h,onoh ,bo ho,,s
devoted TO repose bv insects of more s,e.dv
habits. However ,bev mioh, have hoon an.
gagged in the praisexo,ibv occuna,ion of soo,h-
ing one another TO rest by their .,drovsv hmm u,
for myself began 10 feel its sopori6c influence
and to bless "the man who first Invented sleen -
but ana,hematize fiuwardIy) him who was pr,.
venting it.
was reused from, This s1eenv cond;tion hv :,
slieht irritation in the Scbneiderian membrare
in other words. | began 10 feel n desire 10
sneeze. Now. sneezino is an opera,ioh which
admits of no compromise. You must either
$50 the whole hoo or refrain. Anv a,,emn,
TO reduce the force Of the explosion is unayail-
ing as was the Iriahnan's effort 10 "6re aizvn
when he was touching off the cannon. So the
annoying inclination must be nipped in The
bud, if wished 10 preserve NAV secrecy inyi.
olate.
Accordingly 7 called ,o mind f,s q, as
was able) and prae,ised all the expedien,s of
which had ever heard bes;des o,be,s ar,;roi,,
orioinal fnr ollaving ,b;a ,;,;ll.,;on r,hhed
the bridge of the nose | would have slammed
mvself on The forehead had no, re,red Tho
remedy would prove worse than the dsoase in
respect to noise | instituted experiments in
"counter irritation. ;, bv milling INV hair n;ncb-
iup NV ear. and Tins dver,ing ai,en,ion from
the rebellious oroap and finally s,ocesdod
in subduino this refractory member The nm.
eos;ness I fal, les, affair ali 7 sho,ld ho com
peled to wake The echoes of the bu;ld;oo a.
well as other more ,angible crea,ions was in
some degree disnelled by several hearty sno,es
which nroceeded from the sleene, and Ile
ltbe guns which annoupce tho arrival of n ves.
sci in mort. gave evidence that he had arrived
in ibe Land Of dreams
Hinder ire cover of this ..f,, do I'M, dis.
Matched A cracker (not 6re-craekcr\ which I
lhappened 10 have in nv pocket. as NV inner
man heo,n ,o feel tho efrsc,s of nv un,yon,ed
nosi,;on and conseopent yeariness
Al abopt midniob, a sudaeo neal of tho
hell nulled bv The mail carrier n, n b,ck door
aroused the sleeper. who started nm. went 10
the door and received the mail and. after lit
tie DELAY, returned to his bed, not, however, 10
sleep as ouie,lv as bofore as he often rolled
over from side 10 side, occasionally utterine
ntoan.
Having nothing better TO do. specula,ed on
the cause Of these phenomena. They might
ae owing. first. 10 heat. second. to dsordered
stomach, orthird, to an uneasy conscience.
As 10 the first of these supposed causes, it
seemed improbable that his recent visit 10 the
door in a very airy costume, should have had
any tendency TO increase the animal heat; and
} as REGARDED the second theory, nv knowledge
of his dietetic habits was TOO limited to furnish
me with data for ANYTHING like an argument.
| If his short DELAY at the door after receiving
} the mail bags, was produced By any cause for
which conscience might properly goad him,
the last hypothesis nigh, be correct,-but on
: tha ,vho,e | was Obliged TO follow the example
or many nroeouder theorists. and confess that
, d;d,,, tnov much about the matter.
combina,ion of,be stomach and conscience
.,nnos;,;ons m;,h, ba an adeoua,e solution Of
the question. for the slender salary of post
} Office clerk hardly sufficed for more than three