St. Mary's beacon., 1859-03-24
SELECTED MISCELLANY.
A Chapter on Beds.

II seems n Neglect Y,rthy IT note that NJ
writer has Ir.a,u. ta'iscl himself by giving e.
the pubic a complete. artIsiicaii y-arrang"d
work nn "B-,Is," although n" subject admits
If a more yc.-ltlc aud fruitful tTe...uleht than
the "ue rci.rrTi L..
The .carar,l lutiquaritn. VIII" wrote a larg"
quartz v"lumc i, s.pp'rt "f the theory that
the U.s. uf gllss fr wiudow-pNnes WAS un-
know, lc.,F: the Christian era, uni, what
lIe supposed uts ; Ill argument turned intr
"tr.n.pIrc.t :, iA,s,' when. shortly after the
pab,l. 81. ii hrs work, Rell-prcscrved
hnusr, with c,mp' .tc Win lrw-pancs, bccauIc
t.n..,rthcd by the excavation Of the buried
cities of H~rcul.ncum anl Pnnpcii. The as
trJnoulcr wasting parchment aud ink L.
move th.t the man ia he MON" was m
man Al al. produced >,,,nrthiug which at the
ITrs.ut d ttc. u.u,t hc considered mere
49, .ushiuc" Tl.ru!pciral ex?oundcrs who,
n, different times. pro lamc,l the millennium
Rt hand, kept their disciples in continual sus-
rcnsc, cxh ,rsiu: them uuiy t. "~ait little
longer" How much better would th'~e sages
have emp! y"'l their talents 10y giving 10 the
wlfId a Scri,s Uf volumes Ou Beds
Natural hist ~ shows plAi..ly that, after
The creation II hight all nature, as fIT As COM
p!r:c,! went l.. bed with the selIin. SUM- {"
rise with the lawn uf mnrning. Calf ruia
gives many evidences "f an lent rlyer-hc,is
II =. valuable metals haze lain imbeLiei il.
ll.Is and valleys f"r centuries. Ies. even her
epicurcs feel frrsh appetite ~ the mention Of
"oys,cr-hyls' There ar= interesting records
Cf mytht.i. beds, surn AS thtt It ,Mc Inon-
slcr !'Hlyphrmus possessing bel tp tiI eve
ry guest. II t"p long, hr stretched and pulled
the limbs If tie 10 !er l. make them cor
resp ,ui with its length. willie. II tpr snort
i =.
few inches "r yards uf lis guests, Tor his
breakfast, perhaps
Then there i tho traditional bed Of the
oil witch # she E..'k F..reSt, f wh"n,
(Musn,ls tells uS. in his qrai"t maamcr) the
Knight x lands tire eSq'iirss sought hO>ri-
t.IIty, when each "f them ~ succession hal
O. take a night, r'st with The Old syhil, much
against liz iuciIsiIt III. Thus tie au:cdI!I-
vi1n hcl,!amc cu.itriycd to make herself ab,u
three times hree hHHire! years younger III
strength and appearance.
the famous bcd ii the Cunt i" Gitichen
also deserves passing notice. Wien he
went ON a pilgrimage Ia Jerusalem, he lett
his countess ~ take care Of herself. Ia a
fight with the infiyi~, he was taken pri>. n
CT and sold u the pasha. The CnTiStiar
knight WAS u saltm.t man; aud in due time
he gained the good graccs "f the "ld gentle.
took walk with her back To- his fItherand
without even wishing his fAIh"r-in-lAw q
kindly farewell. lie found hiS wifi, at thC
castle, and still faithful 10 her lords memory
The count hal tender heart; he appreciate
such fidelity; vet the Moorish maiden pre-.
sentrd a StroITg claim t. that heart also. Ful
while hc WAS IN a dilemma but the Pop,
Get the matter right Xulcna became .
prnSclyte to the Christian faith, and, in tx.
change, the holy father jrinc! her u the left
hand Uf the knight tthc only one he had {,
sparcl ia holy wcll"ck. Tradition further
states that the Count lie Glcichen had OIL
a single mArriagc-bei. ani always afterwar,I,
his two wives aud himself lived together in
perfect harmony.
With the creation Of man. beds became
furniture Of necessity. II only in the shape
Of heap Uf leaves. more inviting couch
Of moss, or the skin Of an animal, il mat
tered little. They rrnGcsse,l with civi!isA-
ton, and even now nations generally may be
judged by thrir beds. We cannot say much
ior the comf,,Ti and cleanliness Of the resting
place sufficient for the wants of the Esqui-
Inaux. Hottentot, or Indian, although we could
point out the diversity Of style, between the
filthy lair Of the savage aud the yoluptunu,
couch of the indDient beauty of the harcm
What a disparity from the hard reed-bed.
Of the SpaTtans, as prescribed hy Lycurgri,
60 raise a nation of heroes, o. tire soft clasSi,
eidcr-down by the patrician OF northern Eu.
rope.
The Tcutons, living formerly in the for.
estS Of Germany. dividing their time between
war upon man or beast and taking pap ,
rcclinel! on bcarsklnS, Of which they were SC
foad, that iazincss is expressed by the Ger.
mans iL the phase. "lying upon the bearskin. "
The solitary beds Of bachelors are culd
eomfortleSs cuncelns all over the world; b,..
bridal beds. with their SnOw-wlitc curtains
whittier pillows. and caunte-paues in keeping
such only as female hands know how t. ar
range-might invuluntarily INSPIRE V,scis will,
somnambulistie ;huush.s, while. straying from
the SUBJECT proper, their wandering imagina-
Sion would settle on the charming. blushin.
creature stepping into matrimonial life. |
d.as't know rnw the name Uf the cral,le.l old
sinner who maliciousiy aSssrted that many
bridal beds had the appalling property al
Transforming certain bewi;ching BEAUTIES into
very riaiD-loos1ing old wives. Yes be even
sOok si~cial GciiSh in ?rsN'iIi<:s;ng t'he