The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-27
ACTS QUEER WHEN ASLEEP.
CalilOTnia'S Governor a Victim Of Som.
lanbuliSm.
Startling Things He Has Done While
Walking in Ills Slumbsr-Under Con-
etant Watch.

Walking in Els slumbsr-Under Con-
slant Watch.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
Gov.-elect James H. Budd walks in his
sleep. He has been somnambulist since
boyhood, and when away from home has
to take precautions against going abroad
O. nights and being mistaken for the
ghost of Estee's gubernatorial aspira-
tions.
II isn't every man who can walk In his
sleep without breaking his neck. but
MIR. Budds neck is as we'll jo!nted as
ever. and one Burns may call this another
streak of that COMPOUNDED Budd luck.
Among his friends the Governor" is
very free in retailing the deeds he has
done in his walks abroad. His eerie ten
.dency has become joke 10 him, but he
doesn't take chances on doing a somnam-
bulist!c turn at an Inappropriate moment
During the next four years, however
Sacramento need not feel at all surprised
to see the governor out like Haroun al
Raschid on the streets at night going
into strange places and peering with lack
luster eyes into the corners.
He isn't any plain ordinary. room-to-
room somnambul!st, either. for his ex-
per:ences match those Of the story-books,
yarn for yarn, and can raise the hair on
Gavin McNabs head any time by narrat-
ing a few Of his hairbreadth 'scapes when
walking with eyes that see not and listen
ing with ears that do not hear.
His friends know the stories and are
beginning to tell them, They have fresh
ened up the gossip Of the clubs. given
zest to the yarns Of the hotel Hobbies and
pass current for the sensations Of the
dav' Thousands of office-seekers are
waiting for him to take a walk and in
wte them to follow him into office. He's
a little backward about that stroll, how
ever.
Mr.. Budds parents say he began his
sonnambulism when he was a little boy.
They would waken at night to find him
proving about the house, entering rooms
and going out doors, and with word and
perhaps a shake they would bring him
back to a sleepy consciousness and put him
10 bed again. It was the usual thing in
his childhood to lock his bedroom door.
The earliest experience of the sort
which Mr. Budd now remembers distinct
" was one he had at Woodbridge, on the
Mokelurnne river, when he was about II
wears old He was visiting for few
weeks with the Wood family there, and
had been in the habit Of going out hunt
inc and fishing a good deal. One morn
ing he woke up during the small hours
feeling cold He felt for the covers,
rubbed his eyes. looked around, ana IN
the din starlight finally recognized the
hank of a lake where he had hshed one
dav short time before. He found his on
" clothing to be the garment he had
gone to sleep in, and his bare feet were
cold. wet and very muddy
I4e knew that he was in a lonely place.
nearly three miles from his bed. and he
hadn't the slightest recollection Of how he
got there He had risen, found his way
out of the house and, nearly naked. had
made the long trip safely. He knew all
about the tramp back to the house how
ever There was no fun In that.
such unconscious pranks supplemented
his conscious one all through boyhood. He
was hardly big boy yet when he was
sent with his brother John TO the OLD
..T2ra,ton college school" at Oakland. He
vas there along about 1858 and 1863. One
ri the school buildings, since known as
the Dietz opera house, was large three
story structure, with a nansard' roof
The Budd boys lived there along with
majority Of the students, and Jim Budd's
sleep walking became one Of the interest
ing features of the dormitory life.
Strict discipline was manifested, all
lights were out by o'clock and the boys
were then all supposed to be in bed. There
was a narrow strip Of nat roof along the
caves outside on the mansard story, and
at night reckless bad boys would some
times crawl carefully along this dangerous