Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-12-30
lnrlY Rising.

itcaith anu long itlc are ainost
universally associated with early
rising; and we are pointed to countless
old people as evidence of its good ef-
fects on the general system. Can any
of our readers on the spur Of the mo-
mcnt give a good AMI conclusive rca-
son why health should bc attributed
to this habit? We know that old
people get up early; but it is simply
because they can't sleep; hence, in the
aged, early rising is necessity. or a
convenience, and is not cause OF
health in itself. There is large class
of early risers, very early risers, who
may be truly said not to have a days
health in ycar-thc thirsty folk. for
example, who drink liquor until mid
night, and rise early to get morcl One
of our earliest rccollections is, that of
'old soakers" making their devious
way to the grog-shop or the tavern
barroom, before sunrise, for their
morning grog. Early rising, to be
beneic ial,. must have two concom
itnnts; to retire carly, ana on rising
to be properly employed. One of the
most eminent divines in this country
rose by daylight for many years, and
at the end of that time became an
invalid-has travelled the world over
for health, and has never regaincd it.
nor never will. 1t is rather an early
retiring that does the good, by keeping
people out of those miSchievous
practices which darkness favors, and
which need not here be more par:icu-
larly referred TO.
Another important advantage OF
retiring early is, that the intense
stiffness of midnight and the early
morning hours favor that unbroken
rcposc which is the all powerful reno
vator Of the tired system. Without.
then, the accompaniment of retiring
early, "early rising" is worse than
useless and is positively mischicvous.
Every person should be allowed TO
''have his sleep OUT" otherwise, the
luties of the day cannot be properly
performed, will be necessarily sliyhted,
even by the most conscientious.
10 all young persons, to the stu
dents, to the sedentary, AMI to inval-
ids, the fullest sleep that the system
will take, without artificial means, is
the balm of lile-without it there can
be no restoration to health and activity
again. Never wake mp the sick, or
infrm, or young children, of a morn
ing-it is barbarity; let them wake
of themselves, let the care rather be 10
establish an hour of retiring so carly
that their fullest sleep may be out be-
fore sunrise.
Another item of very great impor-
tance Is: Do not hurry up the young
and the weakly. 1t is no advantage
to pull them out of bel as soon as
their eyes arc open, nor is it best for
the studious, or even for the well, who
have passed an unusually fatisuing
day, to jump out Of bed the moment
they waken up; let them remain, with
out going to sleep again, until the
sense of WEAKNESS passes from the
limbs. Nature abhors two things:
violence and vacuum. The sun does
not break out at once into the glare of
the meridian. The diurnal flowers
unfold themselves by slow degrees;
nor flectest beast, nor sprightlicst bird
leaps at once from its resting place
BY all of which we mean to say, that
as no physiological truth is more de-
monstrable, than that the brain, and
with it the whole nervous system, is
recupcratcd by sleep, it ia of the first
Importance as to the wsll-being Of the
human system, that it have its fullest
measure Of it; and to that end. the
habit Of retiring to bed early should be
imperative on all children. and no or
binary event should be allowed to in
tcrferc with it. It's moral hcalthful-
ness is not less important than its
physical. Many young man, many
a young woman, has made the first
step towards degradation, and crime.
and disease, after ten o'clock at night:
at which hour. the year round, the
old. tho middle-agel. and the young.
should be in bed and then the early
rising will take care of itself. with the
incalculable accompaniment of fully
rested body and renovated brain. We
repeat it, there is neither wisdom, nor
safety, nor health. in early rising in
itself; but there is al of them in the
persistent practice Of retiring to bed
at an early hour, winter and summer"
WorLDs'r AccEPr ANY APOLOGY
\ ,lroll story is related Of an honest
farmer. who, attempted to drive home
a bull, got suddenly hoistcd over the
fence. Recovering himself he sarx the