The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-03


And l weep for friends departed,
While they're going, one by one,
we shall havo one more III heaven
After Srandmamma is gone.
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Tho Art of Lying In Bod.
One of the most useful, yet neglected,
of all the arts is that of lying in bed The
damage that is done by persons getting up
is past all reckoning All the mischief
and crime, the counterfeitlng and forgery
the murder and THEFT arc prepetrated by
parties who persist IN getting up. Not
onl y individuals do wrong by leaving their
beds, but rivers as well do an immense
| amount of damage. Witness the Ohio
| River, which left its bed a few weeks
since. How much damage has its diver
sion wrought2 What an immense, meal
culable amount OF work, labor and expense
has not It's early rising causcd2 What man
was ever dunned by creditor had his
eye put in mourning by too close proxim-
ity with some oncs fist, broke his lcg on a
slippery pavement, was run over by an
| omnibus, who lay in bed2
What great achievements have been ac-
complished Ill war, in poetry, III literature
by genius abcdl What noble thoughts
have been born between the sheets, and,
olcc delivered from their authors brafus
gone, Jehu.lkc, whistling down the race
course OF time "Comlng events cast their
shadows before" -One of the most men,
orable lines III the English languagc-orlg.
mated with the gin-loving poet, Tom
Campbell, one morning belore he had
arisen. Longfcllow thought out that ex-
quisitc poem, "Thc Wreck of the iIespcr.
u.s." after he had retired. Ben Franklin
| SAID: "Early to bed and early to rise
makes man healthy, wealthy and WISE. "
Now, Franklin started out all right, but
| got mixed when he SAID "early to risc. ~
There Is the fatal mistake. People who
rise early arc cure to catch the malaria ;
Gus germs; TIE fib aun if Is B. h6Ih Is Bb R6a Ks 88t
warmed them into life, giving them wings
and set them adrlft. Poor, misguided
man, ho arises, inhales them all they
fructify and poison his entire system |;
hence chills, fever, malaria and half the
Ills that human flesh Is heir to-
o.. Rise before the sun,
ana make breakfast OF the morning dew,
served up ny nature on sono grass hill y;
You'll find II nectar
Was ever more arrant nonsense wrttcn2
Fancy man getting up On a cold, rainy
morning and climbing one of the high hills
iii.
and leaving his French coffee and hot rolls
poached eggs and oyster stew, to eat
what Why, dew. How long would that
follow last2 Wouldn't he be O. fit candl-
date for Longvicw, and no questions asled9
But, the early bird catches the worm. Yes,
but that sharp boy knocked that do
lusion in the head forever and ctcrnaly
when he said: "Father, there's the point;
what in thunder did the worm get up so
carly for r. lie trlflcd with destiny; he
tempted fate; he should not have done
ii. That boy was a bcncfactor to the
human race. lie was sound on the llc-
abcd question.
The French proycrb says. DC ut u la
ta6le, dc la tabLc az Ht-"irom bed TO
grub, from grub to bed" That's somc-
thing like it. Get up and eat, cat and 20
to bed again. Why not All the ANIMALS
do it. All nature, the grandmother of us
| all, teaches it. Every animal IN the world
cats and seeks repose. The COW cats, and
lying down, placldly chcws her cud tho
anaconda swallows an OK, horns and all
| and goes to slecp-''sleep that knits up
the ravclcd sleeve of calc; the birth of
each days life, sore labor's bath, balm of
hurt minds 4; great natures second course;
chief nourisher in llfe's feast" And yot
| this is what they would deprive us IF who
say get up and who oppose the art of lying
| abed.
A Spanish Minister suddenly raised to
power, siQnallzed tho event by going to
ned and staying there for fear he might
have something to do. Ii was in bed, at
The little inn at Waterloo, that the Duke OF
| Wellington received the list of the terrible
casualties OF the fatal 18th of Juno. Gray'f
| "Ode to Music" was written in bed, anc
Sam Johnson's "Lobo's Voyage to Abys
slnla' was dictated to the printers before
the great author of tho "Lives of the Po
cts" and photographer had arisen. Peter
Plndar CDR. WolcotD was so fond of lying
abed that he received his visitors lying be
meath spreads and countcrpanes. Rosslnl
wrote one of his finest Operas in bed, and
was too lazy to pick up sheet that had
fallen away, George " lay in bed to
read the newspapers and Macaulay read
twenty pages Of Schiller before getting up.
John Foster thought out his sermons In
bed and the mothodical Anthony Trollope
used to read an hour before getting up,
| Cynical Pope wrote:
I wake at night AL.
| Fools come into my head and 80 write.
Mrs. Macbeth strikes the keynote when
she shouts. ITO bed to bed |" People
hunt the world over for pleasures, indulge
In all sorts of mad pranks In their search
for recreation and repose, roam from the
| North Pole to the Southern Cross penc.
trate African jungles and freeze with 81.
berians and Laplanders, climb the Alps,
swelter at Saratoga and Long Branch In
pursuit OF pleasure. Alas they seek hap,
pincss where 1t is not and neglect it where
1T is--in bed.
| Mover get upi "fis tho secret of glory;
~ MNothing so true can philosophy preach;
| Thlnk OF the names that are famous In glory
Never get up Is the lesson they teach
Hqw have men compassed Immortal achievements
How have nodded the world to their Will?
| Ills that mid sorrows and threats and bereaye
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