Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

Most of the men who have made their
mark as successful leaiers have been good
seepers AS well as hearty eaters. Ma
poleon Bonaparte lost no opportunity
ell her for good sleep or a good meal.
Even before going into battle he would
take few hours for sleep if possible. The
Duke of Wellington was such sound
sleeper that he seldom moved from the
time he closed his eyes until he awoke.
He used very narrow bed. and said that
when it was time for man to turn in his
bed it was time to get up. Henry Ward
Beecher is known to be good sleeper.
He falls asleep in a moment after his head
has touched the pillow. These men and
other great workers have had faculty
which is an important addition to the mere
taking of sleep. 1t is the power of with
drawing ones self from all surrounding
persons and objects and finding immediate
rest in slumber. The man who can thus
take rest is refreshed and strengthened
under many circumstances which would
keep other people weary and wakeful. He
is master of every situation as regards his
own rest. Some men. by long habit, find
themselves able to take sleep with The
same ease that others would take a glass
Of water. They can sleep either while
perched on high stool or rafting along
in a railroad Car vt forty miles an hour
The economy Of wear and tear on the lives
of such people is wonderful. The man
who cannot sleep unless he has first re-
moved his clothes, put out the light and
climbed into his bed is at n great disad-
vantage. Greater yet is his disadvantage
if he can sleep in no bed but his own.
there are some who are possessed with
the notion that their own bed is the only
one in which they can slumber. These
people are utterly wretched when they 90
TO the country where the beds are stuffed
with straw or shsvings, and where the
springs are made of noisy material, which
resounds whenever touched. When they
20 to Europe and are forced either to stay
awake or 10 sleep in quarters not much
larger than the shelf of a mantle. piece.
their misery is too great for uttersnce.
Much of the comfort and discomfort ex-
perienced in sleeping and in trying to
sleep is the result of habit. There are
some people who toss on their beds for half
the night, as if they were uneasy ghosts.
They have never learned to sleep.
1t is the power to shut ones self within
ones self that constitutes one of the ap-
proaches to healthful sleep. There are
objections to sleeping in church which
need not in this connection be rccounted.
But the man who has by patient habit ac-
customed himself to slumbering under a
sermon can learn to 90 to sleep anywhere
and under any circumstances. de is
sometimes seen in snug corner Of street
car. when several ladies appear on the
platform seeking seats. He often finds it
convenient when a bore addresses him to
be able to subside into slumber. When
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tracted discussion of unintestering sub
jects, it is ever so delightful to sleep, or To
seem to sleep. Good sleep is a blessing
from Heaven, and hewho can sleep
whether flies crawl on him, mosquitoe:
bite. him, cross people scold him, oil
noisy children dance and play in hi:
presence, is blessed indeed.