Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12

the renowned, the immortal Quixote and
Shelley claimed that the greatest and most
formidable enemy of all the living is broth
err to our indispensable consider and com
fDrter:
"HOw Nonderful Ia death!
Death and his brother sleep!
one, pale as yonder waning moon
With lips Of lurd blue;
The other rosy as the morn
when throned on oceans wave,
II bushes DER the world;
Yet both so passing wonderful"
First CAnto Queen NAB, Vol. /.
Though insanity is sure TO attack those
long deprived of sleep, and the face of the
anxious physician is lighted up with JOY
when he learns morphine las been saved
by Morpheus, in whose benevolent, sooth-
ing arms, the fever-tossed patient has OBJ
tanned new lease of life, yet seldom or
never do either of the brothers Shelly has
so beautifully described come TO us from
volition on our part. For their advent,
truly do they have all seasons for their own
yet by some persons it is considered al
most a crime or sin against God TO sleep in
His house during religious services on
Sunday, when God and Nature-the high
or law-"giveth the beloved sleep'-when
and where, il is not for us 20 dictate. With
as much propriety we might say the church
is not the place TO die as to say II is not the
place TO sleep. Oflen has the drowsy god
been prayed for on downy beds of ease,
and the favorable answer to said prayer de-
ferred until the petitioner was seated IN a
narrow cramped pew at church, where the
monotonous sentences of the preacher GER
tainly proved no hlnderance to the opera
ton of natural law. We can give the
name of more than one good, straight for
ward member of the church who must
plead guilty TO the awful crime of doing
what he had no power to prevent. Sleep
on, then, brother! you would keep your
eyes open il you could, but it is not need
full, for you have already listened TO mole
good council than, with this clog of clay,
you will ever be able TO practice; there
fore may heaven grant you all the benefits
of
Tired Natures sweet restorer, bAlmy sleep"
A young man eighteen years of age, now
living in this village, fell asleep during
school exercises in school room.
He was suddenly awakened by a violent
blow upon his shoulder blades by his
teacher. The weapon used in this outrage
was a large, hard wood rule. Such rule
the young man boldly declared to his teach
err, he would never quietly submit TO again,
and though the brutal teacher was at first
obstinate, he finally acknowledged to the
sufferer he had acted hastily and wrong
fully.
In almost every community is some I'M
quiet body apparently possessed with the
devil. The great object of his life is TO try
the patience of every one with whom he
has any business relations. He is very
seldom ready to settle an account when he
is the debtor, aud when he does attempt
such duty he makes all the delay aud
trouble he knows how to make in regard
to it. If he controls much capital aud is
doing a large business, he is a serious af-
Fiction to a wide circle and very much re-
tards business operations. If he is a mem
Der of any society or church organization,
it is universal practice with him to bitter
ly oppose suggestions or motions made in
meeting by his fellows, he they deemed
ever so proper by every one but himself.
His mental organization is so unfortunate
he is destined 10 be lifelong "Iehabod,"
and seems 10 make no improvement by
any amount of experience. 1t is great
relief to those about him when such a man
sleeps, even though that sleep be but a
small portion of the day but how much
greater the boon TO himself as well as 9th
ers, when comes TO him
That h,sSsed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep"
RzRKIEL PEPPER.
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