Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-09-15

l. Inc VOICE Oh the ages mas hlWnyr
been exerted In favor Of the dogma
of early rising. It has claimed that
everybody who does not cruelty him
self by going without sleep, or at
least indulges In a gentle nap after
d4yhreak, Is ninny and must come
to poverty and grief. Andeven now
we occasionally hear an old gray
headed wiseacre enforcing these
solemn teachings with rs much EN-.
phasis as Pontifex Maximus. Bot
you just catch him following his own
advice, IL you can. Just call in
about eight or nine o'clock in the
morning, and see IL you don't find
the amiable patriarch just emerging
from his nocturnal couch, or approx
mating his boiled eggs with sleepy
yawn, and If you rally him on his
lateness, you will hear stereotyped
excuses enough to sink ship. He
was kept up very late last night; he
was slightly i'll this morning, and
shows it by absorbing six good eggs
he was disturbed IN his rest the past
night by rats, mosquitoes, or other
pests; he drank cup of strong tea
at supper and it set his nerves wide
awake, and SO on when the truth is,
and he knows it, he is lazy old
Turk, and would sleep all day If he
did not get hungry. Preaching is
one thing, and performing another.
And the glorious truth is, that al
most everybody will get up early in
the morning If compelled to, or If
their interests can be subserved there
by. But getting mp before day break
or sunrise is a species Of fun that our
original sin forbids. Fortunately
men are generally lazy enough tot
forswear all such nonsense, and go in
for conf fort when they can get 1t.
Now these old axioms, proverbs
and wise sayings about getting up so
very early in the morning, originated
in country where the climatic i'm
fiuences were different from ours,
and where the heat at the middle of
the day made it necessary to perform
all outdoor work in the cool of the
day, that is, in the early morning
and evening. Hence sleep was taken
during the heated hours, between
ten and four o'clock, and consequent
ly not so much was needed at night.
1t was oil very well for them TO fol-
low these rules, but that does not
make 1t binding on us, who live in q
cooler climate, where we can work
all day, and where, too, we have al
togetherIdifferent social habits. Our
rule, then, is just as good for us as
theirs was for them. Get up early
enough to do your work, and take as
much comfort as you can atall times.
Ii your business requires that you
should rise OF four or five O'Clock in
the morning do so without grumb-
ling, hut be sure to go to bed in sea-
son to get the necessary sleep. If
you enjoy sitting up late at night, or
If your business compels you to do
SO, just get enough. sleep If you can
during the morning hours. 1t IL all
nonsense to think of beating the sun
at his trade, which he has followed
for millions of years before any of us
was born, and it is good thing to
show proper respectlfor age and dig.
nifty; and as the sun has agreed to
rise at a certain time, every morning
during the year, and put the face Of
the earth in order, why not show
respect enough to his resplendent
majesty to wait till he has finished
the chore? If, however, the morn
ing is cloudy or rainy, 50 that the
sun cannot show himself, we have
no hesitation in commencing early
rising. In all cases we advise peo-
pie to do as they choose, and please
themselves, If they can. 90