Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-08-14
What this substitute is, we are not told.
The Graham Club-.A Successful Expert
memts

What this substitute is, we are not told.
The Graham CIub--A Successful Experts
ments
Mr.. CAMBELL-Your readers will
doubtless recollect that on page 95, Vol.
8, of your excellent Journal, it was stated
that company of students, in this univer-
sity, had formed themselves into club,
to live upon the Graham system they
will also remember the request to hear
| from us at the close of the term. In ac-
cordance with that request we now give a
short account of the result of the expert
-ment. Last January. Mr.. E. Miller, aft
er many fruitless efforts to obtain suita-
BILE vegetable diet at Boarding Hail. in
duced, at first, one young man to Join him
in living on the stTictest Graham princi-
pies. They had their cooking done at a
house in the neighborhood. During the
month of February these two formed a
club of eight students, who had long been
convinced Of the superiority of an ex-
clusively vegetable diet, and now determ-
ined to give the system thorough trial.
We agreed to be governed by the ssrictest
rules of dietetics, and adopted the princi-
pie of using IL only single kind oil
simple vegetable food, without condim-
ents, at meal 80 Some at first OBJ.
jected that this would give no variety i
but on making out our bill of fare, we
found no reason to complain of the yarie.
ty which natures best affords. We
use unbolted wheat -four, Indian corn
: meal, rice, beans, potatoes and milk occa.
sionally, all prepared in the plainest and
most simple manner. Having become
: accustomed to simple diet, we find sc
great an increase OF pleasure, that not one
of our number feels the least disposition
to leave our own frugal repast-
-s So contrived as not to mix
Tastes not we'll joined, inelegant;'
or sigh for the flesh potts. and long to
return to Epicurius' sty,' where every
dish
Is deluged in some sauce once hated,
And still the natural taste is cheated
Yet all SO foreign and so fine
IT is easier to admire, than dine.' 80
But the pleasure derived from this
source is not the grand reason which in
duces us to continue this manner of liv.
ing. We have experienced a great gain
IN regard to health and an elastic flow Of
spirits 1t is true that some of us are moi
as feshy now as when we began the ex.
pertinent, yet we think the change from
( the invigorating air of winter to the damps
of spring, and the sultry breath of sum
mer, sufficient cause for this; but our
general appearance has improved very
much. We find that time passes more
pleasantly than when using flesh, and be-
ing in good spirits ourselves we are in
good humor with others. We feel less
inclination to sleep after dinner than
when gorged with beef and gravies-are
better prepared to pursue our studies with
pleasure and success-and enjoy much
clearer minds and can undergo severe and
long continued mental application with
less prostration OF body and mind In
conclusion we say that we are perfectLa
satisfied of the practical superiority of the
most simple vegetable diet and have de-
! termined to continue the same course next
term, when we shall probably have an in.
, crease to our number, as MANY hayino
seen our success, now say that thew are
almost Grahamites;' and we feel. in our
hearts at least, to say would that they and
, all others were not only almost bat alto
gether such in practice, health and spir-
its.
4 Wishing success to simple Grahamism,
i we remain yours &c. N.p.u.
Il Wesleyan University, Middletown.
ct. June IA, 1889.