The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-12-08

,, during the day. must needs keep it m
} through the hours devoted to repose BY in
! sects Of more steady habits. However. the
might have been engaged in the praise worth
occupation Of soothing one another to rest b.
, their "drowsy hum" for I m,.elf began 4
feel its sopori6c influence. and to bes. eth
man who first invented Sleep" but anatbe
matize (inwardly) him who was preven,in.
it.
! was rou'ed from this sleepy condition b,
q sli ght irritation in the Schneidera;n ,,e,r
brane; in other words. he IAN to feel de-
SIRE to sneeze. Now. sn-ezins is an opera
t'on which admits Of no compromise. You
must "go the whole hog" or entirely refrain
Any attempt to reduce the force of the cx
plosion is as unvaiins a. was the lrishman'
effort to q" fire aizy" when he was touching
OF the cannon. So the ANNOYING inclination
must be nipped in the bud, ii wished to pre-.
serve my secrecy inviolate.
Accordingly | called to mind "a. far as
was able) and practi-ed all the expedien,s of
which had ever heard. beside. others entire.
iv original. for allaying this utilization. Irub-
bed the bridge of the nose; I would have
slapped myself on the forehead. had no. fear.
I'd the remedy would prove worse than the
disease in respect ofnoi.e. instituted ex-
per'mrnts in counter irritation" tv pulling
my hair. pinchinc my ear, and thus lvertinc
attention from the rebel.ious organ: and e.
nally succeeded in subduins this refractory
member. The unea.in"s> I felt least, after
all. | should be compelled to wake the echoes
Of the building. a. well as other more tan.;-
bic creations. was in some degree dispell-il
ny several hearty sno~es which proceeded
from the sleeper. and. like the guns which
announce the arrival Of vessel in ror,. gave
evidence that be had arrived in tb. land of
dreams.
Under the cover of this "su Se ;o;,."I dis.
patched cracker (not fire-crack-r) which
! happened TO have in nv pocket. a. ms in.
ner man began to feel the effect. Of nv nm
wonted position and consequent wearinc.-.
At about midnight. sudden peal Of the
bell. pulled by the mail carrier, 1t a back
door. aroused the sleeper, who started up.
went to the door and received the mail. and.
after a little delay. returned to his bed. not,
however. to sleep as quietly as before. ~ he
| of'en rolled over from side to side, occasionlv
u'rerinc grcan.
Having nothing better to do. I speculated
on the cause Of these phenomena. Thev
might he owing. FIRST, to heat. second. TO
'sorlered stomach, or third, TO an uneasy
conscience
As 'o the FIRST Of these supposed causes. it
seemed imrr' b. .ble tha. his recent vi.i. to the
door in very airy costume. should have had
any tendency 10 increase the animal heat
and as regarded the second theory INV knowi-
edge Of hi. d;etetic habits was too limited to
furnish me with data for anything like an
argument. If his short DELAY a. the door
after receiving the mail bags. wa. produced
by any cause for which conscience might
properly eoad him. the last hypothesis might
he corre"t.-hut on the whole VA. Obliged
70 follow the example of many profoundrr
theorists. and confess that didn't know much
about the matter.
a continuation Of the stomach and con-
sc'ence suppositions, might be an adequate
solution of.he question: for the slender .a,a.
~ OF post Office clerk hardly snaired for
more than three meals d,v. and The infer.
enre from these premises woull he rather
easy that fourth must have been at the pub
lie expense
Here my reflections came to An untin,e,v
end. for the insect orchestra Of whose per
f"rmances have spoken. was reinforced Nv
the addition ofa picolc. in the shape OF one
OF those minute specimens of creation com.
monty called mosquito. whose note. "mos,
musical, most melancholy" blended with the
trombone Of the blue bottle Av in a manner
rather more curious than pleasing. And the
different sounds produced by these insects
we're no less unlike than their modes Of an.
preaching their victims the latter with hull.
headed otstinacy, bouncing against your face
IN laundering way. with arr aren,ly no par.
f'cular object except that of making himself
generally disagreeable, while the former.
lighting upon you as delicately as a snow
flake. proceeds with admirable promp,itude
anc de6teness Of purpose to take out his lam
Get, and like some never failing humorist, is
always " in the vein"
The tones of this insect .Eolian rose and
fell for little time at distance. but I VA.
'reedily aware Of its presence in immediate
to my ear, and apparently making |,
tour Of observation around my head, where !
npon ! commenced blind sort of defence bv !
my hands as noiselesslv as posi-
bic round the region invaded, to az little pur-
pose, however, as the attack Of regular troops
upon body Of Indians; for in moment the
music ceased. and felt the sharp prick which
me that was hit, and instructive
y inflicted an energetic slap upon the spot,
y which my enemy was extinguished, and
'ne bill at least effectually cancelled. This
'esult was not attained without . report,
which 40 violently broke the silence, tat | 4
tood for moment in breathless suspense.
caring that the sound would penetrate into