Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-01-17

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: cisl care. The second stage of f,phenoraoe
e Inas from which indeed it derives lis name
: isthat OF walking during sleep. Numerous
remarkable instances of sleep wal King are
: to be met with lone of the most singular
! ofwhich we remember 10 have read years
ago-ewas that Of a certain youth, Who sd
Iimpetnous was hesto obey theimpalss Of
! his nocturnal vision, that he rushed from
|, his bed to, the, street clad only IN the usslA
al drapery, of the dormitory, and was,
found pursuing his routes in the London
streets, .,at midnight. till some humana
guardian fla policeman startled him from
his ssate7of dreamy complacency, and re-
monstrated with him as to the paueity Of
his apparel, etc. A remarkable ease of
somnambulism is related in the Edinburgh
Encyclopedias concerning DR.. Blackcooa.
whose accomplishments, as a poet and
clergyman, though struggling fronshisin-
fancy with all the priyatioas of blindness.
are we'll knowny.to the literary lworld.=-
This excellent man had received ia bre.
sentation to the living of KirEcudbrFEht,
andshis settlement was violently opnosed.
He became deeply agitated with the. hosI
tlIlty exhibited against him, and, after rli-
ming with some friends on the day offhis
ordination, finding rest necessary for The
restoration OF his exhausted spirits. he left
the table and retired to bed, when tho
following extraordinary oircumstsnee 90.
Cured: One of his companions, uneasy
at his absence from the company, went
INTO his bedroom, a few hoprs after, and
inding him. as he supposed, awake pre-
vailed on him to return again to the din
ing room. .. 3ssls
When he entered the room, two OF his
acquaintances were engaged in singings
and he joined in the concert, modulus
ting his voice, asusual, with taste and ele.
gance, without missing note or sylablet
and after the words of the sonr were en-.
ded, he continued to sing, adding AN
extempore verse, which appeared to
the company full of beauty and quite
in the spirit Of tho original. He then
partook Of supper. and drank a glass
or two OF wine. His friends, however.
observed him to be occasionally absent
and nattentivs. By and by, he wRa
heard speaking 10 himself, butin SO low,
and confused manner as to be unintelliI
g'ble. AZ last, being pretty foroibly
aroused by Mrs. Blackjack. who begausto
DC alarmed for his intellect. he awok6
with sudden start, unconscious of all
that had happened, having been the whole
time fast asleep. a.Ts sIjgll
Some finds their wits much koener
while fast asleep then when wide awake.V
Mankind" says a quaint writer, care so
generally indlsposed to think that such
drowsy,souls really make the world a vast
dormitory. The heaven appointed desti-l
ny under which they are placed seems.to
protect them from reflection there is nm,
opium sky stretched over all the world,
which continually rains soporifcs."i AS
tins is the boasLed age Of progress, sleep.
ers will probably be aroused BY The ain
OF the locomotive, and the world in its
dotage at last begin to think. Undue ia.
dulgencc OF sleep may cheat US OF much
oil our life but the lstlessness OF an en1s
dtsciiplined mind may accomplish az great
a wrong upon US, and with asiWily an afs
tifice. ~. =. =. ~ +. -
Shakespeare says: "Our little life ID
rounded by a sleep y tits we'll .sthereforee
to yield ourselves toits activities in au
earnest spirit, that the respite of reposd,
may be the sweeter. The Irishmani who
surrendered himself to the ''sweet obliyiA
Gus anLidote," must have understood. tho
matter, for, on being asked the secret OF
his enjoyment, he replied that '' he bent
his mind to it," .ua
KIND wonDs.-Kind words do not cJst
much. They never blister the tongue or
lips. And we have never heard Of any
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