The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-14
A Boys Speech on Early Rising.

EdFly 10 Deu anu early 10 rise
Makes man healthy. wealthy and wise
Ladies' and Gentlemen: sb.s s
The text / have chosen for nv Al.
course is most beautifully homalv. In+
it contains the keen kernels OF truth
without husk or chat. All the hruts
creation close their peppers at the I'll.
ting of the sun, save such as see hest
in the dark and whose deeds are, evil
Why should man be anexeeption. sinco
he j. neither az owl nor bat. tint
sleeps through the day for want 81
properly adapted opticsp | see M
reason under the planet of Jupiter why
you should not go to bed as soon a.
evening empties her soot-bag upon "a
earth, and get out of it at the first blush
of morning. Even ten hours of sIeen
would do you no harm after Won 81
used to it, and know the most Of Won
are able to bear twice the quantity
without grunt.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Look at thai
man, the early riser. The rose az
health blooms upon his cheek. His eve
sparkles with the fire and glow "A
youth; his step is as elastic as thoush
his legs were set with wire spifal
springs, and his body composed Of
india-rubber. He is strong, too, ave.
stronger than last winters butter
stron ger than an argument stronger
than horse and tougher than boarding
house beef. He can outjump, soutwaIe,
outrun and outlive any human benz
that never leaves his bed suntil nine
o'clock. / don't care where you bring
him from = whether from enticjnv
Greenland or from the soft, SUNNY cline
of the Equator. He is infusible. He d
not to be fried in his own fat by the
melting heat of midsummer sun. He
can bare his bosom to the bitter, north
ern blast with no more sign OF shake
or shiver than the Bunker Hill Monu.
ment in snow-storm. ~
Oh! you puny, sickly, safIron-skinned
sluggards that never see the sun risel
You lose a glorious sight; an exhibition
that aiords more delight to both eve
and soul than all the Shows ever pre-
Sented to mortal view, the Aurora
Borealis, that illuminous meteoric .phe-
nomenon, and Barnum's Museum not
excepted. / cannot paint the picture.
When | think Of it discouraged fancy
drops her pencil at once and SAYS.
Its no use.' Try and get up and
take a peep for yourselves at least once
in your lives; then. if you think il
hunlbug, 60 to bed again and snooze
till the day of Judgment, for aughtI
care. -s~
But how do you feel shaking your
feathers when the sun is hard upon The
meridianp Rather streaked. y Imagine
almost afraid to venture into the streets
for fear your shadow should laugh at
you. You muster up courage to venture
out. s.Shocking steamboat accident
that, according to the account in the
papers," says an acquaintance whom
you happen to meet What ac--
oh.77ah hem yes, yes. shocking, very
shocking, indeed Good day. And gou
speed with most nervous rapiditv for
fear Of being further Intercepted about
what you ought to have known hours
before. You morning sleepersl know
you not that you lose by driblets the
very honey of life-the quintessence Of
all that is joyful, bright and lovely in
existencep You do. While Others are
alive, stirring about, securing health,
accommodating wealth, happy and merry
as larks you lie as dead as SO many
logs; intellectually decayings morally
rotting and corporeally consuming.
Arise Ye! arise ye! shake off sloth, even
as the lion shaketh the dew from bis
name. Go out and behold the beauties
of the morn in all their glory and
magnifcence, and, become healthier,
weather., wiser and handsomer human
beings than you are lsai.s ist