The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28
81 have broken one of them. -

(Which ?''
Thou shalt not steal. have been steal
ing your sugar and giving it to Thomas, -
the girls lover.
"How did you get it to him ?'' she then in
quired
"In one of your stockings, and put it in
the hollow tree for him."
On the next morning the stocking was ex-
amined, and, sure enough, it showed that
Susan did indeed need to sew up the seventh
commandment. Heroniy plea when she was
brought face to face with her own accusation
was
81 shouldn't have done it. had it not been
for that red headed fellow"
A farmer residing in Bristol, Ontario coun-
ty, n. Y, is somnambulist. One day he
lost an iron tooth from the harrow with which
he was putting in his wheat crop. he hunt
ed an hour to fndit, but was unsuccessful.
During the ensuing night, he arose from
| his bed, partially dressed himself, and started
out. The night was very dark. One of his
! boys followed him with lantern. He kept
up a running talk with himself about the
drag tooth.
He walked in straight line to the field
! where he had been la5oring, perhaps a quar-
/ ter of mile from his residence. Arriving at
| certain point he stopped short, kicked
| away some earth, and brought forth the miss
/ ing tooth. Then, turning square round he
| proceeded directly to his home Arriving at
| the door, he performed the feat of lifting the
! heavy stone step, which required the com
/ bined strength Of himself and another man
| to raise the next morning he threw the iron
under the step, let down the stone easily,
! GtTbnra "a
again - and then coOlly and apparently
/ without the least excitement, retired to his
chamber, disrobed himself, and went to bed.
! He was entirely unconscious the next
morning, of what he had been doing. Now,
the question is, what peculiar power enabled
the man to perform this wonderful feat d? 1t
would seem little less than a miracle, but of
/ its truth as related there Is no doubt
A curious freak of a somnambulist is re-
/ ported of a girl. seventeen years of age, re-
/ siding at Poughkeepsie, n. Y. She got up
( out OF her sleep. and walked through HamiI-
( ton street to Main, went down Main on the
! north side, and recined temporarily upon a
! door sill, where an officer found her half an
/ hour before she was found at the river. He
/ thought nothing of it at the time, supposiDg
/ it was some one who had been accidently
/ locked out, and was waiting to be let in. 1t
/ could not have been long after that when she
/ started for the river, ard uncOnsciously
walked off the dock. She says that as soon
| as she struck the water she came to her
| senses, and padded as well as she could with
her hands, keeping afloat long enough to
reach the steps at the dock, when she climbed
/ to terra Jfrnla.
A queer case Of somnambulism occurred
not long since at johnson & Co.'S organ fac
! tory, in Westfield, Mass. One of the work
men, being instructed in the ev ming to carry
/ into the shop the next morning a quantity of
| tie wood lying outside, was surprised when
/ the time came, at finding it all carried in, and
carefully piled. The wstchman states that
during the night the man came did the work
according to his instructions, stepping care
/ fully over the organ pipes and so forth on
the floor. The watchman spoke to him sew
eral times, but received no answer, and as
soon as the job was finished the somnambu-
list went home. The night worker noticed
| feeling of lassitude the next morning, and
was unable to work the next day.
Gentle treatment is always best for those
who are nervously disordered IN any degree,
as sleep-walkers are. They are only little
"out," and should be watched and allowed
to ''come to Themselves but never should
De driven
Never wake n Sleep walker If it can possi-
bly, be avoided. In certain family, residing
in Chicago, the children, while young, were
all addicted to sIeep-walking. One of the
younger branches, a girl of fifteen, on one
occasion rose from her bed, and, walking
down stairs, entered the drawing-room where
| were assembled few guests
Fortunately, the girls habit was known to
most of the company, who, instead OF evinc-
ing a horror of the uEwonted visitor treated
the matter in a philosophic light and even
maintained their usual conversation as the
girls father took her hand, and led her qui-
etly up stairs to bed.
Had the somnambulist been rudeIy awak-
ened, the consequences might have been Sc
riOus and the calm demeanor of the specta-
tors ard judiciOus management Of the girls
parents on this occasion, may, perhaps, act
as hint to others who may be similarly sit
uated
Professor Jessen, celebrated physician
to the insane, was awakened, as he believed
one morning, between the hours of five and
six, by the head keeper, who informed him
that the friends of patient had come to re-
move him, and, at the same time, he inquired
whether anything required mention. The
professor replied that he might permit the
patient to depart, and Immediately lay down
again to sleep. He had no sooner done this,
than 1t occurred TO him that of the intended
removal of this patient he had heard nothing
but that it was of the departure of woman
of the same name be had been advised. he
was compelled, therefore, to seek further
information, and, having hastily dressed
himself, he went to the dwelling of the keep
er, who, to his astonsnment, he found only
half clad.
Upon the professors asking him where
the people were who had come to fetch away
the patient, the keeper replied, with surprise
depicted in his countenance, that he knew
nothing of it. for he had only Just arisen, and
had seen no one. This reply did not unde-
ceive him, and he reioned that it must have
, been the steward who hao visited him, and
he would go to that functionary, but, as he
was descending the steps which led to his
house, it suddenly struck him that the whole
affair was most vivid dream, fact which
he had not until that moment suspected
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