Litchfield enquirer., 1856-07-17
Sleep Walking.

the enemy, he daily expected that his dwelling would be ransacked and pillaged. Under the influence of these fears, he rose one night, and taking strong box, which awake ha never at tempted to lift without assistance he proceeded down stairs, furnished himself with lantern and spade, and in a deep wooden glen about quarter of mile from his house he buried his treasure, carefully replacing the sodS, so as to create no suspicion of their having been removed This done, he returned, undresSed, and went to bed. Next morning he was first tc discover the loss of the strong box, without having the slightest remembrance of what had paSsed.- Earagcd at his loss he immediately accused his domeSticS ot robbery, as no traces of violence were percertible on either the locks or doors of the house that could induce him to suspect strangers. Month after month elapsed, and still the mystery was not solved, and his family began to want the neccSSarieS of life, without having the means of procuring them.
 At that period of public calamity, no money could be raised on real estate, and it was at that season of the year when agricultural labor had ceased, which left him no means of carniug a support for his family To augment his ms- cry his onl ly son lay confined by violent fever, without any one of those comforts which his situation demanded. The deSpairing father was strongly affected by this melancholy view of the future his rest became more frequently hrok- en, and he would often wander from room to room all night with hurried and unequal steps as if pursued by an enemy. His wife eanl dauyh- ter, who were accustomed to these nightly wan derlngs, never attempted to disturb him unless they were fearful some accident would brftI him in this case it was necessary to employ thu ylnlpnt tn awaken him which he would exhibit so much fear and dis tress that they usually suffered him to recover from the trance, which was succeeded by drow- sincss, after which he would sink into light and natural sleep, which generally continued for scy>ral hours
 One night as his daughter was watching ly the couch of her sick brother, she heard her father descending the stairs with a quick stcp and immediately followed him. She perceived he had dressed himself and was lighting a lau- tern at the hearth, after which he mbolted the door and looked out he then returned to the kitchen, and taking. the lantern and the spade, he left the house. Alarmed at the ctrcum- Stancc-whch was not usual though it some times occurred, as above related, without the knowledge of his family-she hastily threw on a cloak and followed him to the wood, treml- HHg W!lll apITcHCllSiOu Ol Snc knSW nOI what, both for herself and her father
 Having gained the place where he had three months since buried the box, he sat down the lantern so as to reflect strongly upoa the spot; he then removed the Sods, and striking the spade against it's iron cover, he au ,hcd wildly and exclaimed My treasure is safe, and We shall be happy" And Shou!dcring his heavy burden with the strength of a Hercules hc stopped not, as before, to replace the sod> or the earth, hut snatching up his lantern pursued his way directly home, to the great joy of his daughter, who could scarcely support herself from the fears she had experienced, which were that he was about to dig his own grave and commit suicide, or murder some of his defence less family. IncXIrrs>ih!c, therefore, was her joy on seeing h.n ascend the stairs and place the box in its former rCcess-afttr which, as usual, he retired to rest His wife and daughter however, were too anxious to sleep themselves ; the one sat impaticntly watching the dawn of day, and the other returned to the apartment of her suffering brother, to relieve lis mind by the joyful event, and her consequent hope of his speedy recovery.
 1 When the gentleman arose in the morning his wife observed the gloom upon his countcn- | ancc as he asked about the health of his son. and expressed his sorrow at not being able to procure those comforts fer his family which were so much needed. Finding him perfectly unconscious of all that had passed the rreced- ing night, she watched the effect which the re- storat;on of the Eox would have uEon his mind :; and as she expected, with an astonishmcnt amounting almost to frenzy, he excla ned :: "Who has done this whence came the box ?'' Net until he had listened to his daughter could he be convinced of the possibility of his performing such an act while asleep. Suffice it to say, that now health, peace and compe- tcnce were once more restored to his dwelling, and the result of this blessing had salutary effect upon lis mind and although he still continued his midnight excursions, yet his friends were eratGed to find them less frequent thaa formerly, and his future dreams also, to judge i by appearances, seemed to partake of the mild, serene character of his thoughts
 TrPKIsH JrsrIcE-A Turkish slater being at work on the roof of a house. fell into the street upon the head of a wealthy old man pass
 ing by, whom he killed, without any serious in- jury to himself The son of the deceased caused the slater to be arrested and carried before the Cadi, with whom he used all his influence 10 have the poor man condemned and though the innocence of the slater was clearly established, still nothing would serve but retaliation The
 Cadi accordingly sentenced the slater to be placed exactly on the spot where the old man
 was at the time of the accident" and you,3
 said le to the accuser, " go up on the roof ot the house, tumble down upon him, and kill him