Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-25
sLEEPLEssNESs.
now 10 cure or Prevent 1t.

A few minutes rest before eating, plen-
ty of time and Jokes and laughter while
eating, and then again a few minutes
rest, and we believe you might laugh at
dyspepsia.
You might rest while wedding your
garden, training your vines, playing with
your children or dipping into some bright
work of poetry or fiction. But, if sleepy,
heed the sign: You are either overtaxed
and need rest, or you have eaten too
much-you are the best judge as to that.
A five minutes nap is often better than
half-hour's sleep, because you do not
wake up with that half dead feeling
which some people complain of when we
urge them to rest-and the sleepiness is
gone.
| Some people find, after going to bed,
that they are hungry. They had a light
supper early in the evening; they .have
been out driving or walking; have been
reading aloud, or singing, perhaps talk
ing a good deal, and unheedful of the
time, have sat up till it is late. They can
not sleep-nature is calling for more fuel :;
they long for something to eat.
| "But you know it is very unhealthy to
eat at so late an hour
| "Oh! is it? Then, by all means, don It
yield to the demands of your stomach,
however long you lie awake
What fudge! Are the English a race of
! dyspeptics? They often have very heavy
suppers just before retiring.
The hungrier you are the faster your
brain will work land the harder will throb
your head; restlessly you will turn and
toss; you will strive to quell the hungry
fit by draught of water; but that will
not do it, and at last, in despair, you
give up the hope of sleep. A cracker or
a small piece of bread would have hin
dered all of this, and you would have
fallen into sleep as sweedy as a little
child does after taking its milk.
Why don't you keep the baby awake
after feeding it, if it is injurious to sIeeI
on a full stomach? We are tempted tt
quote fran an article we saw the other
day: ''Sleep following Supper
'sNothing is more absurd than to pre-.
tend it is unhealthy to sleep after the
days last meal. Is not man an animal
} Do not animals, without exception, sleeE
Immediately after eating? Do we not fee
like sleeping after each days last meal
Evidently the body yearns for sleep. Ex-
ereise Immediately after eating is perni
cious; restis healthful. What rest car
campare with sleep, which reposes th'
mind, the lungs, even the heart?
, F'See the peasantsl No person enjo!
better health than they do. Supper is tn
; best meal of the day. No sooner hav
they suppered than they go to bed.
''Look at the actors! There was Rubi
: nj, who dined at three; went to his dres
, sing room in the italian Opera House
: and slept until the theatre opened it
2 doors. At midnight he supped heartily
and went straight to bed; he died o
sheer old age.
2 "You know Monsieur Thiers' habit
: The moment his dinner was ended h
: stretched himself out to sleep, and sler
= an hour.
''The truth is if you look round you
5 will be found that the great majority c
: men go to sleep Immediately after NAL
y ing their best meal, and you certainl.
IA ! uCFCl saw ISL WOAA4Oh GA4et
K those of the great markets. What is the
e life? Dinner and to bed. Take anothe
the very opposite class = astronomer
8 They keep late hours; their best meals
: when the stars say goodnight, then the
: go to sleep. Do you eyer hear of an al
0 tronomer dying under a hundred?
F'The majority of mechanics and SCI
e wants go to sleep Immediately after ca
g ing their best meal. They are right; the
+; obey natures voice, which always give
d judicious counsel.
IS ''Good! Good 70 we felt like exclain
II ing when we read that.
e What the writer says is true, we believ
of any country but America. American
\ only go to bed with empty stomachs.
A lady said once that eff we want tt
- brain to stop working give the body som
IS thing to do.'' 1t is only reasonable, ther
fore, if thoughts are whirling throug
8 your brain at night, and you cannot ste
e thinking, give the stomach a cracker or
n piece of bread, and try that remedy.