Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1830-08-05

cent drink. well calculated to allay thirst
) ~ should not, however, be taken too colo
In large quantities at time. nor i'm
medIately before or after a meal. A,
such times, the fixed air with which tbe
water IS charged, by distending the stom-
acn' VIII De very apt TO interfere with the
complete digestion Of the food. The ques-
ton SO frequently asked, whether this min
eral water should be taken plain or with
syrup IS one which does not deserve a
serious considerations is best decided
by reference to the TASTE of each indiy;d-
ual.
A very customary drink during the sum-
mer, with many individuals, is claret, or
claret and water. Against moderate
quantity of pure claret largely diluted
with water, though certainly less appropri-
ate than the latter by itself, we have little
to object: but" the villanous compound"
ordinarily vended under the appelalion of
"cheap claret," is very little better than
an absolute poison, from the use of which
the stomach invariably suffers. AL
Ale, porter and water, or porter sanpa-
rec, constitutes considerable item in the
daily beverage of large class Of our citi-
zens: When of good quality, and drunk
ssparlngly, malt liquors seldom do much
harm, at least in individuals accustomed 10
sufficient exercise, or in whom the stomach
IS not debilitated, or already abourine AN
der disease. There is one set of persons.
however, who if they value their safety.
must abstain religiously from their use: we
ailude to such as are inclined to corpulen-
cy with short necks and large prominent
veins. With such constitution. drink
ing malt liquors, or indeed any thing but
water, is pretty much the same as inviting
an attack of apoplexy.
vi spruce beer, mead, and various SINH
lar liquors, denominaled beverages, but
little need be said. Though they are all
more or less stimulating, yet their occa-
sionai moderate use is far from being iniu-
rious, provided the individual be not dys-
peptic, or. what is nearly The same thing.
equity. They cannot, after all, with pro-
priety, be adopted as the ordinary drink.
Journal Of Health.
SUICIDE. The victims Of this species of
murder have latterly multiplied to fright
lul ettent in our country. More persons
baye, within the last two months, takon
themselves. off the stage of life, than have
ever persisted by any similar means, with
n thrice tho same measure Of time. at anv
period. To trace the causes Of :
Ill these cases of self destruction is not in !
he victims Of hSnQ6iatfdu h,tsqpae So
gainst their own temporal existence. One,
we hear. has family consisting OF wife
and sin children, which he cannot respect
ably support, and off he travels to the oth-
ar world. and leaves them to get their own
living or starve. Another has swallowed
his doses of aqua cite until, in fit Of ma
n;a a Dotu. with razor, he divides an arte-
~ and bleeds to death. A third has lost
his money at play, and being beggared IN
purse and resources, he pops ont ms prainS
and rushes into the other world in hurry
10 ,rv his fortunes there. A fourth receives
an insult. and shoots half of his head away
in revenge. A fifth gets in love, and being
disappointed in getting another to love nm,
gets out Of difficulty as he imagines, ny tax
ing opium, and gets into eternlty-he
knows not how. Now all these cases are
evidences of human weakness, which we
are compelled to pity, and which at the
same time we most pointedly condemn
| If Door man is poor, let him labor to be
richer. for going out Of the world in hurry
will not make his family Weather, or him
self more happy. Ifinsulted. let him bear
it like a man If lie can, and if not fog his
opponent like hero. Ifhe loses money
at play, or his senses by drink, let him alb
stain from both, and get his living wher
he gets his reason, by sober and honest in
dustry. Ifhe be distressed on account o
some fair damsel's troOn, let him turn hi
attention to some other bright object tina
) will smile upon him. 1t is better to i've
= as long and as well as we can, and it j
: madness and cowardice to run away from
life, as many do. For
s.Wben all the Establishments Of life are gone,
The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on
; Suicide is bad remedy for bad dis
} ease. and is both weak and wicked. !
those who have taken themselves offin TIN
, way were allowed TO return, we fancy the
would be more careful how they threw a
way their lives; and that they would prefe
lingering longer here, rather than to 60 {
, the graves and rot. while their spirits per
haps found no better resting place in tn
eternal than in the temporal world.--LO"!
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