The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-17
HOW TO 60 TO SLEEP.
Mr.. Butterwick's Experiment.

MIR. Butterwick OF Boxborough bad a fit
of sleeplessness one night lately, and after
| vainly trying to lose himself in slumber, he
| happened to remember that Q once read
| In an almanac that man coulI put himself
| to sleep by imagining that he saw flock
of sheep jumping over fence, and by count
ing them as they jumped He determined
to try the experiment, and closing his eyes
he fancied the sheep jumping, and began
| to count. He had reached his 140th sheep,
and was beginning to doze off, when Mrs.
Butterwick suddenly said;
"Joseph! !"
go WHAT"
81 believe that yellow hen of ours wants
| to set."
80 don't bother me with such nonsense
sleep!' u" Keep quie'' ana go 10
Then Butterwick started his sheep again,
and commenced to count. He got up to
100, and was feeling as If he would drop
Oft any moment, when, just as the l21st
sheep was about TO take the fence, one of
the twins began to cry.
"Hang that child" he shouted at Mrs.
Butterwick "why don't you tend to 1t, or
pvt 1t to sleep Hush up, you little imp, or
I'll spank you'll"
When Mrs. Butterwick had quieted il,
Butterwick, although little nervous and
excited, concluded TO try 1t again. Turn
ing on the imaginary mutton, he began.
Only "a sheep had slid over the fence when
Butterwick's mother-in-law knocked at the
door, and asked if he was awake. When
she learned that he was, she said she be-
lieved he had forgotten to close the back
shutters, and she thought she heard burglars
in the yard.
Then Butterwck arose in wrath, and
went down to see about it. He ascertained
that the shutters we're closed, as usual, and
as he returned TO bed he resolved that Mrs.
Butterwick's mother wvuld leave the house
for good in the morning, or he would.
However, he thought be might as well give
the almanac plan another trial, and setting
the sheep in motion, he began to count.
This time he reached 240, and would pro-
badly have got to sleep before the 30Oth
sheep jumped had not Mix's new dog. in
the next yard, become suddenly homesick,
and began to express his feelings In &C.
ries OF prolonged and exasperating howls
Butterwick was indignant. Neglecting
the sheep, he leaped from bed, and began
to lombard Mix's new dog with boots,
ssoap-cups, and every loose object he could
lay his hands on. He hit the animal at
iAos "ibu "a pAhoNNi pucb VI Oduitl w eDbLeT,
and induced the dog to retreat to the stable,
and think about home in silence.
1t seemed almost ridiculous to resume
those sheep again, but he determined TO
give the almanac man one more chance,
and so as they began to jump the fence he
began to count, and after seeing the 82d
sheep safely over, he was gliding into the
land of dreams, when Mrs. Butterwick
rolled out of bed, and fell on the floor with
such violence that she walked the twins and
started them crying, while Butterwicks
came down stairs, four steps
at a time, to ask if they felt that earth
quake.
The situation was too awful for words
Butterwick regarded it for moment with
speecbless indignation, and then seizing a
pillow, he went over to the sofa in the |
back sifting-rOom, and lay down on the |
lounge.
he fell asleep in ten minutes, without the |
assistance of the almanac, but he dreamed |
all night that he was being butted around |
.he equator by a Cotswold ram, and he |
woke in the morning with terrible head
iche, and conviction that sheep are good |
enough for wool and chops, but not worth
cent as narcouc.- philadelphia Bule.
in.