Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-22

somnambulist one night walked across a
swollen torrent on stills; on awaking, he
found himself too much afraid to recross
the same torrent by daylight.
Riding, instead Of, or in addition to-
walking, is sometimes as amusing Us il is
wonderful, in connection with the uncon-
scious freaks OF somnambulists. A man
accustomed to attend weekly market,
one night rose from his bed, dressed, went
to the stable, saddled his horse, mounted,
and trotted OFT toward the market finding
turnpike gate closed, he stopped, and
this interruption had the effect Of waking
him. The Times, some years ago, record.
ed the case of a butcher ut Lambeth, who
enc Sunday evening fell asleep in his
chair by the fireside. He was seen to rise
from his seat, fetch his whip, put on one
spur, and go to the stable, where, failing
10 find a saddle, he mounted an unsaddled
horse. When asked what he was going
to do, he answered (stil in state of SOM
nambulistic sleep that he was going his
rounds" Although prevented from leay-
ing the stable, he nevertheless continued
on horseback for some time, carrying on
a wrangle about toll with an imaginary
turnpike man, to whom he exclaimed:
o''S 10 oOhS vi youi EolhhAOh. GNCH
when removed from his horse, he contin-
ued for time the movements of whipping
and squirting
Working, walking, doing, talking
there is a combination OF two or three of
these, sometimes all four, in the examples
now under notice. A man dreamed that
he saw child fall into river; he gotup,
threw himself again on his bed, as if in
the act OF swimming, seized held Of
bundle OF clothing at the end Of the bed,
treated it as if il were the drowning child,
held it with one hand, while seeming to
swim with the other, and put it down as
if safely landed on the river side; he be-
gan shivering and teeth -chattering, and
said out audibly: at is freezing cold
Let me have little brandy" and finally
returned to he'd again. A young military
officer in the citadel of Brenstein was seen
by his brother officers to rise from bed in
his sleep, go 10 window, open it,
Chamber to roof by the aid of the window
cord, seize hold OF amagpies nest with
its young, descend to the room, wrap the
young birds in cloak and go to bed
again. Porati, IN Italian apothccary, had
a pupil named Castelli, who was much
accustomed to somnambulistic influence;
more than once the young man was seen TO
rise from his bed while asleep, godown to
the shop and serve out medicines to mag
mary customers. Muratori relates that
Giovanni Battista Negretti, servant 70 the
Marchese Luigi Sale, was subject to SOM
nambulistic attacks, during which he re
performed the duties Of the day in way
al once amusing and surprising. one
evening while sleeping o;. bench IN the
kitchen, he rose suddenly, began walking
about and talking, went into the dining
room, laid die cie:h and other apparatus
for dinner, and stood with plate in his
hand rs if behind his master; after wait
ing some time, and the imaginary dinner
ended, he put away everything, locked
the sidcboard, went TO his masters bed
room, warmed the bed, locked UP the
house, and finally retired to his own bed
his eyes closed all the time. On an
! other evening he rose up asleep got his
own supper ready, ate it, went and drew
some wine, and drank. 1t was observed,
on these occasions, that he made much use
OF his arms, feeling his way rather than
seeing a bellringU one night rose up
In his sleep, and, AS If his companions
were with him, prepared to 60 up into The
bcltry; after going out of the room and in
again, he initiated the movements of IL
bellringcr. a man who ate and drank
occasionally while in somnambulstic
sleep, evidently did not know the taste OF
what he was taking, for persons who
watched might change his food or drink
without his perceiying ii, One night he
arose from bed, dressed, went to a cabaret or
small wine shop, asked FOR wine, received
water, and drank ii without noticing the
difference. A young soldier, interested
one evening by "A discussion or reading
with his comrades OF "A military combat,
partook OF supper, went to bed and soon
| to sleep; in the night he rose, with eyes
| open, but asleep, and initiated with his
| arms II vigorous defense, rushed 6at of
doors, and returned in a proiuse perspira-
ton, Weinholt notices the case of a mu.
| steal student, who would often rise in his
sleep, go into the study, place a sheet OF
music III proper position on the piano
forte, and play the piece correctly; once
his friends purpoSely turned his music up
| side down, but he detected and rectihed il;
on another occasion he found string out
OF tune, opened the instrument tuned the
string, and went on with his playing. \
stoncmaSon, working for his master in
Kent, Was told by him one evening To 90
the next morning 10 a neighboring
churchyard and measure the quantity OF
work done To wall He went to bed at
his usual hour. Waking in the night, he
was aStoniShed to find himself dressed, in
the open mir, and in the dark. The
church clock struck two, and then he
knew ne was in the churchyard. When
q CLEAN of summer daylight came, he
found that he had measured the wall nc
CuraIcly with a measuring rod, and prop.
crly entered the items in book. This
case is a very remarkable one for the
man " caught himself in the actn OF som.
nambulaStic working, and was as much
surprised atit as any looker.on would have
been GasSendi notices the case of man
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