The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-06-15

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7e Wlde World combating lhe CON
man idea tbst every boar taken from
slsrp s a. boar gained The otils 1o-
Lord ,baag4 perhaps more prosaleat
il cities 81 uat coaa1ej q lhcm ard
poasitly some fea3ers nay hnd de de-
scupl.op applicable to themselves =.
We boast thai We arc wlde.awaks
poople. So far a. i8At relates io tho
quauiity 81 our wide aWakeiaIness il is
a serious question whether ve do not
puje ourselves upon 5 serious blaoior.
Our late sna carly hours our night
cork aal oar aigbt pleasures, oar trAs-
cling o. revealing sheu We had iar bet
ter be on lopuy eaaches y hair mali
tces rscamaest are flr ir5m being
salataiy g bodies, or brains. 3r charec
tor There ase crowds who, p Get gam,
m5as tbelr rlans pas 3ns, carry out
llrru projects ara necessarily on the
"a. with aG the.r ie4iia az n top
% their speed toiiiue. thinking, plan
pins eheairg 40 day aud Ear into the
ni,bt ana stunning ropose ls Il it we're
tba unrlau4ols sin We hear men
tlk y doing aaihus but stick i.y ID
ana day out g t1gir busiuess u read
iug nothing h newspapers, and only
the commercial portion Of those Of
rushing from Dan TO Beersboba with
sr topping, as iast as steam ears can
carry them 81 slo,ng any amount Of
work ani dong Il on The jump, as
though tAey vera etornally running
against time When we hear men talk
thus, implying that ail this haste and
restessness IS a matter Of their own
WI we fail 10 see What there is SO very
cgmmoudable 10 theil conduct, OF why
they shou1 speak 81 such ndefatiga.
ble wearing aud teariug snaytuess as
something praiseworthy
1t is sleep, ia regular rest, in quiet
aud composure Of body and mind, that
compensation for the exhaustion Of toll
Tie renewals 81 the mental aud physi-
cal forces, are 70 be found. For this
reason, provision is made for needful
repose to repair the waste Of the
working aud active hours and for this
reason, human beings should be care
ful to allow themselves the fall maxi
mum OF slumber, leisure, stiffness and
inyigorating recreation they require
Tie consequences Of their failure to do
this are seen in the increase of insani.
ty, in the commonness Of softenlng Of
the brain, in the prevalence Of dyspep-
aia, IN scattered aHsrrasrmin hroken
frames, premature old age and ultima
tely graves they are evident in the
demand for stimulants and narcotics
and in the various devices resorted to
too patch up and keep running the
physical system nay, they are only too
marked in still worse forms in NOR
bid feelings, in vitiated appeiites, in
fiery passions, in uncontrolled tempers,
in all those mental and moral aberra-
tons, 80 haggard and unnatural, telling
Of rash violence done to the human
constitution, a violence that is as suici-
del almost as would be the deliberate
drinking of prussie acid, We speak
strongly, possibly little too strongly;
but we speak from the conviction that
the tendency Of tie evil We are discoar-
sing d, II not checked, is towards dis
aster, greater or less, to individuals and
society generally II We could haye
more Of repose, both for the flesh and
spirit, BY parting With fifty per cent Of
our property, or diminish by fifty per
cent The rate q our speed 10 conquer
ing and subdaiag this continent and
developing IL resources, that repose
should be oheaply purchased.