Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-06-24
For the Catoctin Clarion.
Early Rising Again.

| rising upon WHICH your correspondence,
u. S. G.. gave his views in the ella
rion" Of the 18th inst, has its dark as
we'll as its bright side. ~. s. G. has
dealt only in assertion and kind adj
vice; he has not attempted to prove
any Of his positions.
assert, that the course Of useful
ness in ones life, depends not so much
upon the time at which person daily
enters upon the occupation, to which
choice or necc :sity calls him, as upon
the manner in which he works when
his work has begun. What avails it
that A rises every morning at 4 o'clock,
goes to his pump, or mayhap to his
cooling tub, washes his face, and then
goes poking around here and there
inhaling the odors of garden and barn
yard, and SO on; then presently is
saving, or sewing, or chisellng, or
hammerng, or boring, or soldering,
or counting mackerel, measuring his
molasses, or waxing his thread, or
twisting his bristles, poundinghi soles,
awling his quarters, or compounding
the golden ipecac, the assafatida Of
grateful perfume, or rolling his pills,
the ever present reliance Of those
sportsmen among disabled humanity
-yclept Physicians. Nomatter what
may be his particular engagement,
some or a number Of those specified
he may have done, and then he runs
here and there, sits awhile with this
person, hears the news Of that one; in
a word talks and gossips with every
caller, and every passer-by, takes his
dull, weary nap after dinner, then
works and talks, and talks and SEEM
ingly works the day through, and gets
nothing donel tried the early hours
two or three times this season, and
came to the conclusion that the whole
matter was humbug. The most Of the
persons saw around, were gravitating
in direction that indicated deter
mination to relieve the dryness Of their
throats the others were mainly aged
persons, who were about because they
could not sleep A not unusual at
tendant of decaying vitality is this
attempt Of nature, pertinaclously, to
assert a force that in reality does not
exist, a resistance Of gratitude that
deccives into the idea of undeclining
vigov; but who would disturb the
comfort that comes Of it?
The SUI rises only when his time to
rise has come, but Esquire Hasty an
ticipates the glorious iuminary Of day
and he must needs grow poctcal upon
the grandeur Of morning scenery, just
AZ if the whole thing, were no; part
and rarcel of the chemistry of nature
to set the world in motion and thus
he sings:
soft ~ a bride, the rosy dawn
From dcwy sleep doth rise;
And, bathrd in bushes, hath withdrawn
The mantle from her eyes;
And, with her orbs dissolved in dew,
Bends like an angel softly through
The blue pavillioncd skies"
Through the day this man finds it
50 convenient, so comforting, so delec-
table to cape, to noi and dose on every
inviting seat--a living commentary is
he upon the saying of the x.se-man,
Yet a little sleep, little slumber
little folding Of the hands to sleep.
But look now, there goes my neigh
Dor B, who DOES what he undertakes
he waits in pleasant repose until the
orb Of day has himself arisen in rosy
finger light as the ancient poet hath
it, and thereby made the pathway of
duty clear; has dissipated the foul
yapors of the night by his warmth,
and set to work the powers Of life in
the countless forms in which they
exist in the orders Of nature. He has
slept to the rcfreshment Of his body !
has recovered the wear and tear of
the previous days ezertions; he has
felt and realized the meaning of those
philosophical words,
Enjoy the honcy-hcavy den of slumher;
Thou hast no figures, nor no fantasies,
Which busy care, draws in the brains OF
men;
Therefore thou slccpcst so soundly,"
is now ready for his works up for
all day-livcly as the cricket, indus
trious as the ant-every morning
brinas to him a renewea life acct
dents aside, that man must realize the
great blessing Of existence-to live
long in the land of the living! Those
old folks of the past, whose memory
we so delight to honor, succeeded IN
their aims just upon the principle
have set forth; they did not waste
their energies in over-wrougbt anxiety
for wealth; they were too self-reliant
to depend upon appearances; they
lived, not for vain show and silly
fancies-but they did what they un-
dertook. l always honor and respect
an earnest man wherever ! meet him,
but am at all times opposed to the
idea of making ones individual fan
cies or experience the measure or the
rule by which to regulate the actions
of others.
The idea of the Social compact"
does not imply oneness Of action, but
variety. This it is that makes life
lovely this that gives activity to its