The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-12-21
: HOW SHALL WE SLEEP.

old master" : ,p,0r1r,ri ao'a.is ,aaI
p, '' HOW SHALL WE SLEEP. --
As ws spend abon, ope-third OF our lives
in sleep the circumstances under which We
do II should be well ordered. The sleep
Ing apartment should be Of such size and
have such arrangements as to secure
proper supply Of frcsh air. From our own
observation we have no hesitation In saying
that even among well.conditioned people
those provisions are not adequately attend.
ed to. Most Of them sleep in rooms that
are both too small and shut up too closely.
A gallon Of fresh air every minute, let II be
remembered. Is requisite for each person.
This certainly can not be furnished to any
one In closed room Of ten feet square, and
yet this Is very common limit Of sleeping
accommodations, with no inlets for fresh
mir excep, the creviccs. The case 10 wo,e
than Il Is with apartments for tho day, for
In them the doors arc opened frequently,
,nd ,h,. .or. con,;d.r,bIe change l, Of.
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'e'y o"'" ~. es .""""""
toned, especially in the case Of children.
Heveral Of them put into even sood-sized
,,,.r,r,ep, do nor hnye mir enough if II be
"p"'e", 49,. y. D' 49, -. ...s -.
'''e"' " - ' .." ~" wy"
'nto sma'' 'n'' % "'' U'''" ''e,
u mqo"e mpo!'a"' "a' ""' ''""A
non 'here shou'a W "'p'' .'s'00 "
warmth ann henee "" m'I" es.'el !" 's
cure through ventilation 10 Sleeping sPpsn,
menis when the whole ho"so u "ar'nea
fro,n furnace than wnen |" /" not nn"
here we wo"'d say ha' u y 'a':o .o'o"
that no a'r 10 s'ou 's''" "., " r
troauce" "''ee'' ,'o"" ""o" r..
which comes from 'ns "pe" pas,"s'' @ s ~.
house ,' as e0oa - '"r. 'r' %" -" W., s .o.,..
lhroogn gnope""'n'0"N "s .,'s
rom the pipes o. '"'"a'0 70 "e.' ".'
Is ~ pure a. '"''y e".'ssu WI" ".'s -; =
cold a'r Is "e"""s " 'oe' "o' '. .,, "
u the a''e,np' oe "aae % ''."'o 'e '.;.
''0" dl""e 'y 'o'"s wv" ~. ~. n.,I n, =.
dow' 'ne'e s s'ea' "'"s'' W, "'a 80 w :, 1T ,r,. ~
taken. especially u '"e room oe ''"A". ~.
had better be on,y one OF "' "''-". % " -
vent''a''on' nnd 'hen 'ne'0 ".'u av' -, 20 -
wide an opening Us 70 nave '"'' "'o'"9
Night f" inc 'ms 10. "eep' =. ua o
''me 'or ~''k' '"s ',s, n,,,s~;..
a"" na''" .'".' oo", ~ 80 "c-"I
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~ 80. ,.,. a., .;,h., 9TH ,I.,,u,.. or h.
ho, No. 80. do violence to nature, aud, ofcourse,
ina;c, NOR, or less injury on our physical
go, M.,v . c,.ryv,n.n IN ,emp,ed TO
-. ) m,h, IN nr,p.r;nv nj. ,cr.
- /, 49,. n.,,,v 6n,n ,bs ouie,ns.s Of the hour
"y" ' :. gv ssiv G,n,n m, n.e,,.i,y Of securing
a. ar...,.,;,n IN ,;m,. B.t .yerv Tina be
49,. ,I;. ,h.,. !. an ;m,a,rmen, Of the
ss.,,s I .,d :. .r;cn,,r,v n !, b. dom, s.,ur.
~. .,;.s, h..,n.. the ;,;urv |. enhanced
hv ,h. I,,,or, Of m. following day. III
sI,ep NAV be imperfect. Il may be
brok.n nv IMPRESSIONS made upon tho sen.
,,.. O, nv mental operations. Tho more
one dreams tho more imperfect Is the sIeep,
for mind and brain are In action in dream.
ips, and they do no, have entire rest There
!. ditferenc. in dreams as well as In wide.
awake thinking iu the amount Of sxer'on.
Sometimes dreaming amounts to real man.
nal labor, and no impir. greatly tho res,
which ,Ieep !. designed to give. l. .r~.
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vi course Tue &c" 80. -, "" - n..n.
longer '' the une ""'e" ..," O"s., =, ,h., -
Py. hsa .r.nSa, ms.'e, o. ~ .",,. I - 49,,
those with wIo" a"'' ,'..';,,.' =; -.
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