Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-30

prcty. The fingers of the females are observed
to be particularly adapted to this nicer sort of
work, from their superior delicacy, ordinarily, to
those of men. They are employed also in ma
nufacturng grths, in netting in all its branches,
in making shoes of ist,push, cloth, colored skin,
&c. and list carpets, of which a vast number is
annually disposed of. Weaving is particularly
adapted to the blind, who perform all the requii-
site manipulation without any other assistance but
that of setting up the warp. They manufacture
whips, traw bottoms for chairs coarse straw hats,
rope, cord, pack hread baskets, straw, rush, and
plush mats, which are very saleable in France.
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PrejuaiciM Frats; or Fr1tfiA prejudices. .
There are certain persons in the world, who are
ready to place veto upon all the enjovments of
life. At this season of the year, the early fruits
come under their especial ban. They are accord.
ing to those croakers, the most hurtiul things in
in the world They are not to be eaten on any
account, especially by the rising generation. -
There is dyspepsia IN every cucumber, diarrhpa
in every apple, cholera morbus in every water
mellon, and death in all.
But what under the sun does nature pro-
dlce all these fruits for, except to be enioved-
and in older to be enjoyed to be eaten? Why. if
they are not to be touched, does she make them
so tempting to the eye, 50 delicious to the taste,
and SO refreshing to the system. Can it be that
we are placed in the condition Of Tantaus, with
delicacies all around us and forbidden even to
touch them with our lips? We think better of
this world, and of him who created it.
But, say the negators of fruits, they produce
cholera morbus, and twenty other morbuses. and
thus prove fatal to so many children, who die in
our cities in the warm season. But We beg leave
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time Of year in our cities; be owing to the use Of
fruits. why is it there should be less mortality i'll
the country, where fruits are eaten in much great
or abundance? If cholera morbus. for instance,
be owing to the fruits eatn in seaport towns. why
Is 1t a rare complaint among farmers, where the
children have access to the fruits from their first
appearance, and continue TO eat them throughout
the most perilous months with little or no re-
straint? When ,his question is answered to our
satisfaction, we may be disposed to add our veto
to that of others, and maintain with them that ma
ture knows not what is good for her creatures.
But pay attention TO facts Take ride into
the country; look al that sturd y farmer They
make part of his breakfast, his luncheon, his
dinner, lis afternoon luncheon and his support
e finds them refreshing and comfortable. He
gets no disease in consequence of eating them,
manner. They carry them TO school as part Of
their dinner, and deYour them without pepper or
salt. All! how often have We seen a yOurker,
commencing at one end of cucumber nearly as
long as himself, aad laboring on till he had fnsi.
ed the whole. And vet never did we know Of
such Generations yorker dying Of cucumber
never. To be sure, ,hese stardy sprouts Of yeo-
manry are not among those delicate Le.ngs, who
"Die Of in aromatic PAIN"
And perhaps were city dandy 10 eat cucum-
Der half his OWE length, it would Lc the de.th Of
him.
While we are in the country, look at the chill
dren-n the orchards eating fruits (perhaps by
stcalhl almost as soon as they are ont Of the bios
som, or at least before they are half grown. But
those children, though they may occasionally
complain of the bel!y-ache, and be obliged by
their good mammas TO take dose of grated dra
gon-root combined with ginger and molasses--
or soy other equally eRicaciOus trade--yet they
rarely. if ever, die in consequence of the indul-
gence in fruits, whether ripe OF un.ipe
Taking, he!afJye, all these things into consi-
Iteration, it is LEM to Us that the fruits of the
season, have be- n,Gasmned unheard, or by par
tial Judges: and iao a. le diseases and deaths,
so often laid to tk4g cc99at, are very justly
chargeable 10 some o,.I,sl ear .Cs---N. i. Con.