Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-06-24
How to Wake in the Morning.

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Getting up early is venerable. Since
there has been literature or history. The
hahit Of early rising has been recommends
, ed for health. for pleasure, and for business.
The ancients are held up 10 Us for exam
, pies. But they live so lar TO the east, and
so near 10 the sun, that il was much easier
} for them than for Us. People in Europe
D always get up several hours befor, We do j;
people in Asia, several hours bef,re the
Europeans do; and we suppose. as men 90
toward the sun, it gets easier and easier,
; until somewhere in The Orient, probably.
they step out OF bed involuntarily, or, like
a flower blossnming, they find their bed
clothes gently opening and turning back,
by the mere attraction of light.
But as far toward sundown as we are,
II the matter becomes more difficult. Expe-
dienis of every kind are resorted to. Some
men have heads with the organ of Time SO
largely developed that they have only to
select the hour, fix atenti N upon it, and
then, as IT we're wind up their minds, and
sure euongh off they Ga at the appointed
time. We have tried this with success our
selves. But it induces habit Of waking
up every half hour through the night, TO see
whether it is time to wake up finally.
alarm clocks are very gool-proviled
they do not step, and do go off. But, if
there is one day in the year on which the
machine fails, it will b. that very day that,
Of all others, it was necessary for you to
start early.
Servants are much relied upon for waking
YOU up in hotels and at friends houses.
But of course they oyerslcep on that very
morning when you must get'the early train
or lose Ill the connections and half dozen
appointments. And, Of course. to !, every
body says. How surprising that the servant
/ did not wake Was never known to miss
before. Always had been reliable!
We have found one plan Of waking to
he ve'y effective. Let one preach rons-
ing sermon overnight. becone thoroughly
excited, and he will wake early enough the
next morning. We never miss Monday
morning, whatever may he the fate OF other
days.
The indefatigable f. NJ whose obser-
vatioas Of weather have made him renown,
ID, and whose reports have given to news,
papers quite aset of weather phrases has
been in the habit. for years. of making
hourly observations Of the therm meter
dav and night, Of course, tue waking N
niaht was an important part of thu bust
ness He was the lucky owner Of dog
that sympathz d with his master, aid di-
vicd he labrr with him. For the lntrlli-
aeut little fellow, every time the clock
struck night. would springup and scratch
at hi, masters door till Z. NJ. came forth
/ Such nocturnal labnrs at length wore out
his constitution, science mnurns the de-
parted martyr OF thermometric zeal aud
broken rest
Good healthy children that are put to
bed at night when birds and chickens re-
tire. are admirable. wakeners in the morn
ing When they have slept their sleep
full. there is 10 help for YOU. Wake they
will coo a. frolic they will All your
hu>hipg and humming are vain. Your ct
forts to put them to sleep only serve 10 wake
vou upl A bouncing boy, a year old
rreeuing out of his crib shyy, and pounr-
inr upon h S fathers face, with chirp and
chuckle, is better than anv alarm clock. A
clock will soon run out it, cacophonous rat
tie. but child never runs down, or ends
his fun.
But we have discovered Lew method
of waking early. Perched up upon our
green hil-slope beyond Peekskill, we have
found it diffirult to sleep after about four
o'clock Of summer mornings For count
less multitude of birds, in all the trees and
shrubbery aim their notes at us with such
swee' archery that we arr pierced through
0 and through with the silver arrows OF mu-
Z Z sic 1t is in vain that you wrap your fll
: lows about yonr ears. 1t is vain for you to
I reflect that you need sleep, and will not get
!, mn. Every one knows that an effort oi
e will sufficient TO resist the ANNOYING or IT.
! tractiye sound, is itself the end of sleep
It While we arc resisting, we are wakenIng
:" Thus, this very morning all the trees about
our little old house were belfries, and rang
out more chimes than were ever heafd al
Colognp or Antwerp, And, after the hrsi
recognition. we turned resolutely TO the wall
determined TO sleep on. But, that ron
hin" said our ears, aud "that's hobollnE,
: "there goes a wren." and sparrows, arks
phGhes, cat-birdS. and many Of their eous-
ins in the orchard and woods, all joined ia
/ lauoh rs out of the idea Of sleeping. Now
If if any one wishes to know how to get ~
early. We will tell him. Go out OF the clty
early in the day. S ek some tranquil place
r r in tie country where guns are never heard
II where Iruit-trees and shade-trees abound
and where the shaking of the lsaf o. the
n distant crow of chant.clter is the loudrSi
: sound ever heard excerpt of birds. And
a then. after walking all day among the fields
d a "a hills. and forests, and supping upor
y y milk that never dreamedoi c ty milk man
t 20 to he'd by nine O'Clock. If you do 10
N wake before FIVE tie next morning. rtpor
3 vour ease to US. and viii make a fresl
prescription Henry Hard Beecher.
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