The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-08-08

latel You sink upon your bed and
again compose your ruffied mind for q
nap-''to sleep, perchsnce to dream.
Your nerves soon become normal your
temper abates, and you begin to doze.-
Dozing, that happicst state a mortal ev-
Ier enjoyed that happy country that di.
vides the conscious from the unconscious;
that blissful state when the mind is Just
enough awake to be conscious, and just
enough asleep to not care dogon
whether the Cincinnati Southern rail
road comes or not, or whether the Radi.
Gals are victorious in the Third Ward or
the Democratic candidate is defeated for
President. My friend, if you have
never dozsd, you have missed the most
blissful and ecstatic happiness known to
earth. If l could be permitted to doze
away my life would not object If the
lease extended to eternity. Mohamet,
when he thought he had been to the
seventh heaven or the heaven of heav-
ems, was surely mistaken. But his mis-
take is easily understood when we con-
slider that he might have been doing. =
Doze-it is word that 1 can appreciate,
and should live to the age Of old Me-
thusalah, 1 don't consider that j shall
ever be able to express my thanks to
Noah Webster-bless his soul-for that
precious word. Benz. Franklin never
dozed that is plain, that is what made
him the crusty, crabbid old misanthrope
that he was, and just to think of the a.
mount of misery he has entailed upon
our boyhood years, just because he would
not doze and look at things as he ought
to. But-dozing-how long you linger
in that delightful situation you do not
know, but after while your Aeeting,
Aickerins fancies begin to take definite
shape, and soon floating abroad on the
ocean of fancy, you Me drifted to the
haven of by-gone years, these sentiment
al hours when you wrote odes and pick
ed the banjo. Can it be so! Yes, it
surely is J You are sitting by her side,
one arm gently encircles her waist,
while she pours from her tender, white
throat, and knocks from the old piano.
a perfect food of harmony. You listen
enchanted. Sweet, happy moments
You join your voice with hers in melting
melodious harmony, and duett breaks
out upon the evening air! Louder and
louder it grows. till finally you awake.
A neighboring dog and cat have estab-
lished q concert and have been entertain
ing you for some time, and are still
practicing cruelty. You behold the end
and fulfillment Of your dream. Its more
than mortal can bear truly. You arise
in the might of your manhood, and its
nobody's business what you say, but with
vengeance in your heart, murdur in
your eye, and boot,jack in your hand,
you start in quest of the performers
But YOU no sooner reach the street than
all is still as death but Won aiu't 10 be
in that style-pot a Bit Of
it-and are determined % close the pro-
oeed;uos vour.elf Won go this wav and
that vsv and a, last a. Won ara won.
der;ng where ,hsv can he .uddenlv an n
behind Won a fslins voice nm.
ra;.... Msow mso,v meow m.ow ,lst
Ths last hs;ng n. nart;no Comment mn.
on vour .l;Il ~ a ,byow;s, as the boot.
;a.t landed harmls..lv a 6,lI rod awav
e., ~. ..,.h;,, u;., .;,on.oa no., :.
r.;n ,hs I hoo,;act and m.Ls g, ,bs 400
Fo, . Ion. ,;me Won hun, in vain bnt
=, I.., a. Won are on ,hs mint Of giving
!, ry - |. bsd ;oh a low growl on vour
EAR arrests vour attention and fills your
.oul with gIadns.s Won ,urn around
b Give him the bsnefit of vour boot.
iaci. and horror of horrors , i. your old
cross peipbbor,s prius bun dosi You
oonsinds ,h., !, v.s The "A,
,h., w.. mss;og an N. no;.s and ,h.,
Io. "a a. innocent and na.ce6,l a crsa.
,,ss =. ave, I;vsd and then won hao;,
,o rs..o,'. .,Hs !. NOT ho,hs,;ng ma and
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