The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-11-13
Early Rising.
From-+uti's gauma, Of Health

Health and long life are almost universally
associated with early rising and we are point
ed to numerous old people, as evidence of its
good effects on the general system. Can any
Of our readers, on the spur OF the moment
give a good aud conclusive reason Nhy health
should be- attributed to this habit? We
know that old people get up carly but it is
simply because they cannot sleep. Moderate
old age does not require much sleep; hence
in the aged, early rising is a necessity, or a
convenience, aud it is not n cause Of health
in itself fhrro is large class Of eHriyriScrs,
very early ri,crs, who may be truly said not
to have a days health in ycar-ihe thirsty
folk. for example, who drink liquor until mid
night and rise early TO get more
One OF our earliest rccollrctiuns is that Of
'old suakcrs' making their .dcvibus vassT
to the grog- shop or the tavern bar-room, be-
fore sunrise, Tor their morning Prog Early
rising, TO be beneficial, must have two con-
comitnnts 20 retire early, and on rising, TO
be properly employed. One of the most emil
nent diyinrs 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 rcgained it,
nor never will. 1t is rather an early retiring
that does the good, by Keeping people out
of those miSchievous practices which darkness
flyors, and which need not here he more par
ticularly referred to-
Another important advantage of rising
early is that the intense stiffness Of midnight
and the early morning hours favor that un4
broken repose which is the nll-powertul reno
vator of the tired system. Without them
the accompaniment of retiring early, "early
rising" is worse than useless, and is positive
ly mischievous. Every person should he al
lowed to "have his sleep outj' otherwise, the
duties of the day cannot he properly perform
ed, will be necessarily sighted, even by the
most Conscientious
To all young persons. to- students, to the
sedentary, and to invalids, the fullest sleep
that the system will take, without artificial
means, is the balm of lfe-wthout it there
can he no restoration to health and activity
again. Never wake up the sick or infirm, or
young children, of morning-itis is a barbara
ty but let them wake of themselves LET the
care rather be to establish an hour for. retr-
ing, so early that their fullest sleep may be
out before sunrise.
Another item of very great Importance is
DO not hurry up the young and weakly. II
is no advantage to pull them out Of bed as
soon us their eyes are open, nor is it best for
the studous, or even for the well, who have
passed an unusually ftiguing day 20 jump
out of bed tho moment they wake up let
them remain, without going TO sleep again
until l;c sense of WEAKNESS passes from the
limbs Nature abhors two things-violence
aud vacuum. The sun does not break out
at once lnto the glare Of the meridian The
diurnal flowers unGsld themselves by SLOW
J degrees nor heetest beast, Uur spnghtliest
! bird, leaps at once from its resting place. by
! all of which we mean to say, that as ut
physiological truth is more demonstrable thar
that the BRAIN and with it the whole nervous
! system, is Tecupsrated by sleep II IS OF the