Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-06-10
FROM TEXAS.
Extract ola letter to gentleman in N. York from
his brother in New Orleans, dated,

Extract ola letter to a gentleman in N. York from
his brother in New Orleans, dated,
"NEw ORLEANS, April IS, 1887.
VI had narrow escape from being taken by the
Mexicans. had my passage taken in the schoon-
er Champion, which sailed from this port for Tex
as OH the 10th, with 81 passengers, and all taken
by the enemyand sent 10 Very Cruz; another schoo-
ner, which sailed about the same time, shared the
same fate-she had II passengers on board.
Tho coast OF Texas is literally strewed with the
wrecks of vessls run ashore by the enemy. The
true state of things i'll Texas is really deplorable.
The army has had nothing sustain life for the last
six weeks, but the cattle they hunt for Scarcely
any provisions of any kind in the country--and
what there is, to be had only at exorbitant prices
and now their supplies having been cut OF, mus,
leave them i'll deporable condition have been
deceived by the news published in the newspapers
respecting Texas. The factis, Tcsas is govern
ed oy the land spectators in New Orleans, by
whom ah she iaiss statements have been published.
EFFECTS G COFFEE DRINKING ON srAruRE..-A
singular property has recently been ascribed to cof
lee, when drank habitually from childhood to the
age OF puberty, which it is worth while 10 exam-
me with physiological accuracy. 1t is said that
the effect is to prevent that deyelopement of the
bones, which would take place were this delicious
article never introduced into the stomach That it
acts IN this way, in every CASE is certainly ques
uonaoie; some individuals grow exceedingly tall,
ana would, were they to drink stfong coffee eyery
hour IN The twenty-four the first ten wears of their
existence but no one will deny that out Of the el,-
lre population of any particular district which
might be selected, majority Of the whole. living
IN the ordinary mode-that is, using coffee--would
iaii below the medium stature of Eve fee, nine inch
es. scarcely one man in seven hundred. ON the
average, in New England, measures six feet---and
Pemapst those towering above that altitude are ha1-
~ IN the ratio of one to eighteen thousand
before and for many years after the American
revolution, travellers uniformly spoke of the Yam
KEGS as being at tall, well built race of mon. The
females were equally distinguished for their fine,
tall, elastic figures. The old men Of the present
day, who rarely tasted coffee in their YOUTH its use
then being exceedingly limited, body, are tall
or than any equal number of men, taken promiscu-
generated times All this is imputed by some 70
the stinting influence Of coffee. If coffee drinking
in this climate does prevent children from being as
tall as they were originally designed to be-na-
rents, ambitious Of practising upon the first princi-
pies of calisthenics, had better return to the old
fashioned though excellent and apr opra,e dish Of
bread and milk, which under ordinary circumstan-
COS never failed 10 give health, height and happi-
ness to those who were reared upon it,
Medical and Surgical Journal.
FAcToRY GiRLs.--The New Haven Register
states that the girls arc leaving tho factories and
going back TO help their mothers, andS aunt, and
uncles, 70 makes cheese and raise poulty. watch
bees, pick geese feathers, and SON the wool.
a woman's tongue has been found, Of, actual ~.
pertinent III fhiladelphia, lately, to move 1920
tunes u minute: Think Of thai and wecp!