Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-10-07
RUDE AWAKENING.

wooden cellar door that is used rs a
blanket in the sleeping car, is a HARM
less dissipation and cheerful relaxa-
ton.
Let me study n man for the first hour
after he has wakened and / will Judge
him more correctly than would to
watch him all winter in the Legislature.
We think we are pretty we'll acquainted
with our friends, but we are not thor
oughly conyersant with their peculiari-
ties until VIC have seen them wake up in
the morning.
have often looked Mt the men meet
and thought what shock it must be to
the wives of some of them to wake up
and see their husbands before they have
had time to prepare, and while their
minds are still chaotic.
The first glimpse of large, fat man,
whose brain has dropped down behind
his ears, and whose wheezy breath
wanders around through the catacombs
of his head and then emerges from his
nostrils with shrill snort like the yelp
of the damned, must be a charming
picture for the eye of delicate and
beautiful second wife; one who loves to
look on green meadows and glorious
landscapes; one who has always wakcn-
ed with song and q ripple of laughter
that fell on her fathers heart like 4
shower of.sunshine in the sombre green
of the valley.
1t is pet theory of mine that to be
pleasantly wakened is half the battle
for the day. If we could be Weakened
by the refrain of joyous song, instead
of having our front teeth knocked out
by one of those patent pillow-sham
holders that sit up on their hind feet at
the head of the bed, until we dream
that we are just about to enter Paradise
and have just passed our competitive
examination. and which then swoop
down and mash us across the bridge of
the nose, there would be less insanity in
our land and death would be regarded
more in the light of a calamity.
When you waken child do it in u
pleasant way. Do not take him by the
ear and pull him out of bed. 1t is dis
agreeable for the child, and Injuries the
general tout ensemble of the ear. Where
children 90 to sleep with tears on their
cheeks and are wakened by the yowl of
dyspeptic parents they have pretty
good excuse for crime in after years. If
| sat on the bench in such cases l would
mitigate the sentence.
1t is q genuine pleasure for me to
wake up good-natured child in a
good-natured way. Surely it is better
from those dimpled lids to chase the
sleep with caress than to knock out
slumber with harsh word and bed
slat.
No one should be suddenly wakened
from sound sleep. Asudden awaking
reverses the magnetic currents, and
makes the hair pull, to borrow an eX
preston from Dante. The awakine
Should be natural, gradual, and de-
liberate.
A sad thing occurred last summer or
an Omaha train. 1t was very warn
dav, and in the smoking-car fat man
with u magenta fringe of whiskers ovel
his Adams apple, and light, ecr,
lambrequin of real camers hair arount
the suburbs of his head, might have beel
; discovered.
He could have opened his moutl
wider, perhaps, but not without in
juring the handspring of his neck ant
; turning his epiglottis out of doors.
He was asleep.
He was not only slumbering, but h
was pGtting the earnestness and pas
sionate devotion of his whole being int
it. His shiny, oilcloth grip, with tn
roguish tip of discarded collar jus
peepiug out ut the side, was up in tn
,, iron wall-pocket. of the car. He ais
had, in the seat with him, a marke
basket full of mistit lunch and a two
bushel bag containing extra apparel
On the floor he had crock of butte
!, with copy of the Punkville Pa1ladiu,
,r and Stock Grower's Guardian over tn
'e top.
l. He slumbered on in a rambling sol
,r of way, snoring all the time in mono
q, syllables, except when he erroneousl
\. swallowed his tonsils, and then h
would struggle awhile and get black !
the face, while the passengers vainl
hoped that he had strangled. .
While he was thus slumbering, wit
/ all the cloquence and enthusiasm of
man in the full meridian of life, tn
train stopped with a lurch, and til
brakeman touched his shoulder. ...
Here's your town." he said. "W
, only stop a minute. You'll have
hustle"
, The man, who had been far ava,
wrestling with Morpheus, had remove
= his hat, coat, and boots, and when
awoke his feet absolutely refused to {
back into the same quarters.
: At first he looked around reproac
t fully at the people in the Car. Then
! reached up and got his oilcloth gr
: from the bracket. The bag was tied
gether with string, and as he took
, down the string united. Then we q
discovered that this man had been {
: the road for a long time, with no o
jeet, apparently, except to evade lau
! dries. All kinds of articles fell out
D the aisle. | remember seeing a ches
| protector and q linen coat, slab
. seal-brown gingerbread and q pair
= stoga boots, a hairbrush and a bologr
sausage, plug of tobacco and poro
0 plaster. o.'.
t He gathered up what he could in bo
8 arms, made two trips to the door al
l threw out all he could, tried again
, put his number eleven feet into h
, number nine boots, gave it up, al
!. socked himself out of the car as it
2 gan to move, while the brakeman boz
! barded him through the window for ty
: miles with personal property, grocerit
p dry-goods, boots and shoes, gen