Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-03-12
WOULD ARISE EARLY
Mr.. eoITT MAKES GOOD REsoLU.
TON, BUT, ALAsl
Put Into Practice, II Did Not Seem q
Joy Producer, After All, But He
Will Take a Brace and Try
Il Again.

About the time everybody was hik.
ing out to his country home early last
summer Mr.. Goitt made few re-
marks anent early rising:
There's one thing we're going to do
Is soon as we get out in the country
again." says he to his wife. We're
going to get out Of bed in the morning
as soon as the birds begin to stir
around that they'll think we're trying
to beat their time. That's what we're
going to do, and I hope you'll just bear
1t In mind. It's bad enough to lie in
bed until 1880 and o'clock Of Q
morning during the winter months IN
town. But 1t won't do at all after we
get out to the country. No, stree! The
man that stays In bed after five
o'clock on summer morning misses
not only the finest time Of the day,
but the most splendiferous time Of the
whole year. Nothing can equal those
nrst two or three hours after sun up
on a balmy, dewy summer morning.
Then's when q man ought to hustle
out and get some Of that priceless
early morning oxygen into his lungs
before breakfast. You wouldn't hear
Of many cases Of dyspepsia If every
body would do that. Funny, though,
how some people like to lie in bed
Of a morning and miss the prize por.
ton of the day.
In something less than a week after
that Mrs. Goitt was endeavoring to
awaken her husband and get him out
Of bed in time to catch the eight
o'clock car to town.
1t was some moments before he re-
gained even partial consciousness.
Then her words concerning nine hours,
sleep being enough for any man Just
seemed to harass him to the point Of
actual grouchiness.
"Whatchuh wanta drag a man out
Of bed for just when he's getting the
best part Of his sleep?" he asked pee
vishly. "This thing Of getting out Of
bed in the early hours Of the morn.
ing is the most bughouse gag you've
tried to pull off since I've known you.
What's the sense to it, anyway BY
that time Goitt was well aroused and
getting warmed up to his subject.
Don't you know" he went on, that
all this talk about the advantages Of
getting up early. in the morning and
losing your sleep Just for the sake Of
a silly fad has been exploded long
ago? Well, it has. You know that now
If you didn't before. And after this
want you to femme sleep. Are you
aware of the fact that the insane asy.
lums have more farmers in 'em than
any other class? Why? Because the
farmers all get up so early in the
morning, that's why. This early ris.
ing bug of yours has gone just about
far enough"
After that Mrs. Goitt gave up trying.
II her husband wanted to miss his
breakfast in order to catch his car
half the time, he could do it.
But just the other day when the
Colts were talking about coming back
to town again for week or so, Colt
spoke up in about this wise: 1--WE put
up with this heathenish system of get
ting up when the days half over out
here, just to be obliging. But l want
to go on record right now to the eff
feet that we're going TO be up and do
ing at our house this winter. Oul
play timell be over and I'm going to
be down at the Office by eight o'clock
like other men that are up to snuff
And If can't get breakfast here al
home before neon I'll have to get II
at some dairy lunch and make the best
Of 1t, that's ALL"