Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-02-21
STinulantS

That man * = maDtacs = deliberate SUI
eide. who drinks tea, coffee, or ardent spirits
of suy kind 20 induce him 70 perform q
work in hand. when he feels too weak 10
20 through with il without such aid. This
Is the reason th2t the majority OF great
orators and public fs7orites die drunkar3s.
The pulpit. the bench, the bar. the forum.
have contributed their legions Of victims
to drunken habits. The beautifu, woman,
the sweet singer, the conYersationalist. the
periodical writer, have filled, bet TOO often.
e drnukard'S grave Now that the press
has become such q gre4t power IN the land,
when the magazine must come out on i
certain dsy and the daily newspapers 81 g
hxei hour. nothing waits, everything must
give way 70 the iuaxOrab.e call Tor copy.
aud. sick OF well, disposed OF indisp0sed.
asleep or awake, the copy must come.
The writer must compose has article.
whether he feels ike IL OF not aud ii he
j. uOg ~ the VEN Of writing, he must
whip himself up 10 IL by 1he stimulus Of
drink S0me of the greatest writers Of
the country have confessed 10 tue practice
on urgent occasions, Of taking a sip Of
brandy 81 the end Of every written psge
or even otJener. II may have escaped the
general resdeE's E0tice. that more aen
have died young, who have been connected
wiki the New York press, within ten
years, aud tia, TOO from intempersuce.
than 10 all tde other educational csliings
put together.-young men whose talents
have been Of the first order aut gave
promise Of life Of usefulness. honor and
emincnce.
The best possible thing TOT mau to DO,
when he feels too Jjred 10 perform a task
or TOO weak TO carry It through, Is 10 20
TO bed and sleep e week if hs can. This
Is the only true recuperation OF brain
power, the only sotusi renewal Of brain
force. Because, during sleep the brain is
IN sense of rest, in = condition 70 receive
sud appropriate particles of nutrimeut
from the blood which take the place of
those which have been consumed in pre-
vious labor, since ,he very act Of thinking
consumes, burns up solid particles, A. every
turn Of the wheel or screw Of the splendid
steamer j. the result OF the consumption
by TIRE Of the fuel il the furnace That
supply Of consumed brain substance can
only be had from the autrimeHt particles
in the blood which were obtained from the
food eaten previously, and the brain Is so
constituted that It can bes, receive and
appropriate to itself those nutriment parti-
cies during the state Of rest, Of quiet and
Of stiffness in sleep. Mere stimulsnts
supply nothing in themselves-they only
goad the brain, force it to s greater con-
sumption of its substance, until that sub
stance mas been SO fully exhausted that
there Is not power enough left 10 receive
a supply, lust as men are so near death
By thirst or starvation. that there Is not
power enough left to swallow anything,
and all is over The incapacity of the
brain for receiving recuperative particles
sometimes comes on with the rapidity of
stroke of lightning, and the man becomes
mad in an instant, in an instant loses sense,
and Is an idiot. 1t was under circum-
stances of this very sort. IN the very
middle Of q sentence of great oratorical
power, one OF the most eminent minds of
the age forgot his ideas, pressed his hand
upon his forehead, and after q moments
silence said, God. SIS with & sponge, has
blotted out my mind Be assured read
ers, " There is rest for the weary" only in
early and abundant sleep, and wise and
happy are they who have frmness enough
10 resolve that " By Gods help will
seek it in no other way,"--Halt's Journal
of Health