Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

1t is very well to take time by the fore
lock :" but what If in the effort to do so one
exhausts himself too much to hold him
George Eliot, in one of her novels,
portrays thrifty farmers wife who rose
SO early i'll the morning to do her work that
by ten O'Clock it Was all over, and she was at
her wits end to know what to do with her day.
No doubt it is ''the early bird that catches
the worm; but, as the pillow loving boy said to
his father. 1t is the early worm that gets
caught" Intemperance in early rising, Ike
every other excess. is sure to bring its penalty
along with it. Nature will not be cheated
out of her dues, and if they are not paid in
season she will exact them, with compound
interest, out of season. 1t it well known
the early riser often compensates himself for
his greeting to the dawn by frequent maps
in the afternoon or evening. Josiah Quincy
tells us in the Life of his father, that the
latter rose every morning in Winter and Sum-
mer at four o'clock. The effect of this out
rage upon nature was tnat he was sure to
drop asleep wherever he was, when his mind
WAS not actively occupied, sometimes even IN
company, when the conversation tagged, ana
always when he took his seat in his gig or sulky
in which he drove to town. John Quincy
Adams, who was addicted to the same vice
of incorporate early rising. with similar con-
sequences, once accompanied him to the Har-
ward law school to hear Judge Story lecture.
Now, Judge Story" continues the biogra-
pher. did not acceptth philosophy of his two
friends in this particular and would insist
that it was q more excellent way to take one 8
allowance of sleep in bed be wide awake
out of il which he himself most as
suredly always was. The judge received
the two presidents gladly, and placed them
in the seat of honor on the dias by his side.
fronting the class, and proceeded with MS
lecture. II was not long before gianclng
his eyes aside to see how his guests were
impressed by his doctrine, he saw that they
were both of them sound asleep. and he saw
that the class saw it too. Pausing moment
in his swift career Of speech he pointed to
the two sleeping figures, and uttered these
words of warning: "Gentlemen, you see
before you a melancholy example of the ef-
fects of early rising !" The shout of laughter
with which this judicial obiter dicf,un was re
ceiyed effectually aroused the sleepers. and
and II is 10 pc hoped that tney near" anu
were profited by the remainder OF the dis
eoIrse. mn =, - ;o,;,, =, .ho ,ra
lnsie ere % 'iasa VI :; 1850 1oi,r,o
sen. ohy WIN "holi " ~ u nIpiit1 nv 80. usn nt
'la. iio oio an .ei .h.e,,oI car,a;n
goodness ehcep. py passing thfouEh "a, eei.ail hi
nuuioei oi sen-ilhPoseu ''iiis .n. ~" ms -
.-, 90. " ....'-f, -, =, ,La o,foa of mol
ni.Hu SINS ~inppeu " - ~, al "a
lshins up iittle mora pms anu h.e "'s ~
Iunnins theii IIito III '.e ai's' .ente s a, -,
tneir shihs' IL Is ehiehs men Vi ti.'' s.aniP
VINO advocate the helesy oi eaiE iisins'
were they content 70 sl,1h pms ln.o N rn.n IN
selves, we would leave 'heIn 70 se! hi Tue
moral discipline that is possible rom lhe prac-
uce. But they insist on otnef PERSONS iiii,'a-
ting them and. what If more onehsNe' the!
are continually putting on airs on account
OF their eccentrlcity. Not content WIN siinh-
ing hands with himseii ntehlaiiy' anu aninh-
ing ne mas zone sfeh' 'Hi,E, 'nJ ~ my ,,s.
must Vaunt hiinseh ot MS arhie,elheh.s
therein. inueeu. lneie art i, rev .nines ~ ~
the way OF Dragging Una. VIII compare VII. VIII
what tne hneish eSsaylsl cans uHe ,;ls,i ~
ing tliuihPn' ane ouai ,,' .. 49," IN
.ne inah VINO mas uiesseu " , -
tne month OF DeceIiper. ~ - not me-.
tnat ne speaks Vi 'ne eApioi' WIN 'A"'A A'e
OF tne
sort Of satisfaction
wen Ieel When theD w uOne i'"i' "N'''"