The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-10-08
Early Rising.


Il cannot be denird that early rising Is cone
daeIiyf both 20 health Of the body and i'm
pfotement Of the mind. II was an ohscrNAs
ton Of Swift, That be never knew On, man
come 20 greatness and emlucurc Who las ln
bed Of morning Though this observation
Of AZ individual 10 not received as o uniyer-
sA maxim, II Is certain that some of the most
eminent characters which nave existed accua-
toned themselves 20 EARLY rising, II seems,
also that people In general rose entlicr 10
former tiWcs Than now, IN the fourteenth
century, the shops IN Paris we're opened At
four IN the morning ~ present, n shop-kecp-
Or is scarcely awake NJ seven. The King Of
France dlned At eight In the morning. and
retired 10 his bed.chnmhcr A. the same hour
~ The evening, During the reign Of Henry
VII, fashionable people IN England break
lasted ~ seven IN the morning, and dinrd ~
ten IN the forenoon. In Ellnhcth's time, the
nobility, gentry, and students, diued al eloy-
on IN the forenoon, and supped between FIVE
aud siH In the afternoon,
Various have been the means made use Of
to overcome the habit Of sleeping long Of
morning Button, It is said, alwaysrose with
the sun he often used 10 tell by what means
he had accustomed himselfto rise early In
my youth, says Le, i was very fond Of sleeps
II robbed me Of a great deal Of my times but
my poor Joseph this domestic scrynpt) was
OF great scr'ic IN enabling me 10 overcome
H. promised TO give Joseph a crown every
time lac could make ME get upot six. Next
morning he did not iuH 90 awake me- and 10
torment me, but he only received abuse. Tia
next day after, he did the Fpmc, with no bet
ter HureeIs and ! was obliged a. noon 10
soufsas that had lost MS tine. / told him
that he did not know how - manage his bu-
sineG that be ought to thmk Of my prom
ise, and not mind my threats. The day fol.
loving be employed forces begged Tor in
dulg-nee, bid him bcgonc, sturmud, but
Joseph persisted. was, therefore, obliged
10 comply, and be was rewarded every day
for the abuse he suffered %, the moment when
! awokc, by thanks accompanied with u
crown, which he received about an hour af
ter. Yes, am indebted to poor Joseph for
ten or dozen of the volumes Of my works
Frederick H., King Of Prussia, rose very
early in the morning, and in general allowed
very abort purt Of his time to sleep. but
"a age and infrmitics increased upon him. his
sleep was broken and disturbed and when
be fell asleep towards the morning, he FREE
quently missed his early hopr Of rising. This
loss Of time, as he deemed H. he bore very
impRtienty, and gave strict order, 10 his at.
PENDANTS never to suffer him To sleep longer
than four o'clock IN the morning, and pay no
attention TO his UNIV illingnc,s to rise One
HlpIHUk w INV App'lUltu lUci lUr page
whose turn IL was 10 attend him, and who
had been long in his service, came TO his bed
and awoke him. Let me sleep but y little
longer said the monarch i am still much
fnligued' Your Majesty has given positive
orders | should wake YOU 50 early, replied
the page. But another quarter of an hour
more Not one minute said the page, 1t
has struck four' ] am ordered to insist on
your Mnjcst,'s rising wen, tJid,thc King
YOU are brave lad. bad YOU lri me sleep on
you would have Jared III Tor yeHr neglect
Car Peter, the famous philosopher, who
honored LontlOo 50 tong witt his GeA.dencc,
whom MUEcovy cujoyrd ~ mUuy yUgrE, ana
whose memory will ever he the admiration
Of Europe, used constantly to rise before DAY,
and when he saw the morning break, would
express his wonder that men should be so
stupid ns not to rise every morning TO behold
one Of the most glorious sights m the uni.
verse. They take delight, said he, in gaz-
Ing on picture, the ,rifling worn Of n mortal
and at the same time neglect one painted 10y
the hand OF the Deity himself For my part,
added he, j am for making my bfe ss long
a. can, and therefore sleep as little rs pos
aible