Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

StinuIlnfS

That man IS q maniac, deliberate suicide,
VINO drinks tea, or coffee, or ardent spirits Of
any kind To induce him 10 perform a work
10 hand, and when he feels TOO weak to 90
through it without such aid. Tins is the
reason that the majority of great orators and
public lavCTitee die drunkaTds. The pulpit,
he bench, the bar, the forum, have contrib
utcd their legion Of victims To drunken
habits. The beautiful woman, the sweetest
singer. the conversatioualist, the periodical
writers, have filed but too often drunkard :
grave. Now that the press has become such
a great power in the land, when the maya
zine must come out on a certain day, and
\ the daily newspapers 1T fixed hour, nothing
waits. everything must give way 70 the mex
Crabic call for copy, and sick or well, dis
posed or 10 isp0scd, asleep or awake, the
copy must come the writer must compose
bis article. whether De feels like It or not,
and il he is not in the vein OF writing, he
must whip himself up to 1t Ivy the stimulus
OF drink. Some Of tie greatest writer's 10
tic country have conf, sscI TO the practice
On urgent occasions. Of taking n SIP IT brandy
at the end Of every written page or even
olteucr Lord Byron, at the end q every
paragraph sometimes
1t may have escaped the general readers
notice, that more men hive died ; uug, who
nave been connected with tile New York press,
within ten year,, and that from in.emper-
lucg, than IN all the other educational call
/ lngs put together; young men whose talents
( have been Of the first order, gave promise OF
life Ul usefulness, honor and emInencc.
Tie best possible thing for man 10 do.
when he feels too tired u perform task, OF
TO weak 70 carry il through, is 10 20 t. he'd
ami sleep week If be can; that ie the only
true rccup ration of brain power; the only
actual renewal OF BRAIN force because dur
ing sleep the brain Is IN ses &c Of rest, in
3 condition to receive and appropriate plrti-
.its Of nutrImeut from the blood, which
takes the place a those which have been con-
-Imcd n previous labor. since the very act
of thinking consumes burns up solid plrtI-
-leS. rs every turn of the wheel or screw of
tine splendid steamer is the resui- oi con-
sumption by fire Of the fuel in tnc iurt ace.
that supply oil consumed b.aiu suh-tauc, can
only BE- had from the uutrIment particles H.
the blood which were obtained from iood
eaten previously, and the brain Is 30 constl-
lUted that il can best receive AM aIpr5pri
tie 10 itself those nutrient PARTICLES during
lie state Vt rest, quiet and OF stiffness, eep.
Mere stimuIau;s supply nothing in them
-elyes-ttey only Z ad tic brain. fore. il q.
greater consumption Of Ms substance wlic.
Ia, been - fully exhausted that there Is uot
power eHOu n lett To i've q supply, Just
as men ire So near death by luir-1 or -Jtrv..-
non, THAT there is not power enough Left L.
swallow anything, ana ai is over. The in
c4pahilitv OF HE brain for receivin. recuper-
alive PARTICLES sometimes comes ora with the
rapid ty Of At stroke Of lightning. and the
IN becomes weak IN an instant; il an ln-
slant illls into couyu si0us, 10 90 instant
loses All sense, and Is idiot Il was IN
Ter circumstances OF this very sort. IN the
middle 81 sentence Oi great oratorcal pow
r. one Ut the most eminent minds of tine age
forgot ms ideas, pressed his ham against his
forehead, and alter a moment r silence eaid
r. God as with i sponge has biotted ont my
mind BE assured reader, there Is rest iof
the weary" olly 10 early and ab1n5an
sleep, and wIse and happy are they who bave
trnuess enough u resolve rhdt .. By ,foI :
help viii seek it in 10 other way. -H1trs
Journal Of HeQtf.