Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-09-14
MIS- GILLIAN Y
From the Health Journal.
The Truth and NO Lie.
Brainlree, va. June rs, l842. .

thee shou communication 70 redeem ING
promise before made. Facts are wna1
you want and these promise TO give 10
q very brief manner. We nave unui
within two or three years, hveo nearly 70
agreement with the customs 81 the times,
~ a. much 40. in many respects, as cir !
enmstanees would admit. Being accus- |
,omed 70 labor on the farm, supposed we
conld all perform more labor, and enjoy
better health, by using las the saying Is
1.-The richest kind Of food hence we ate
freely of the dead bodies Of hogs and cat
lie. fish and fowl, as well as flour cakes,
fried in the Juice ofthe hog, with diverse
assorments of cakes and pies, CREASED and
pravied over in a way that was designed
10 please the taste, and give, as we tho't,
health and vigor TO the human constitu-
lion. Being strong in scquisltlyeness, !
was ready to please the vitialed appetite Of
the laborer. that / might have a reasona-
bic demand upon his extra exertions.
Our living was expensive that we might
perform much labor and then we labored
long and hard that we might possess those
things we considered requisite to the
pleasures Of life. From this course of
procedure arises many OF the ills OF life:
one vice produces another, one form OF
slavery produces another form, and so
crime goes on multiplying until the world
can hardly perceive the sunlight Of truth.
/ was led 10 the knowledge Of sin in
the destruction Of animals, from the exam
inaiion of mans iaalicnable right to life.
No one can butcher the animal without
giving development 10 the natural feel
ing Destructiveness hence man may
beat his butcher knife, as well as his sword
into pruning hook, if he will act from
principle. Take from man those fine
feoIings.o of universal sympathy, which are
sundered ia childhood by the hardening
influence of torturing animals or killing
them, and he is easily induced, by exter-
nal circumstances, to perpetrate the act Of
violating life as penalty for some offence {;
but perpetuate those feelings, and human
life Is as sacred and inviolable as immuta-
biIity Itself. @ g =
have now for more than two years
abandoned the use Of flesh meat as an ar
ticle Of diet for nearly two years we have
neither cooked nor furnished il for any
one. believing it is sinful TO invite persons
10 do that which is virtually wrong, or a
violation of natural law. Tea, tobacco,
and coffee we do not keep for the use oil
any one, believing, with the temperance
advocates If il is a sin 10 use intoxicating
drink, It is sin to hold the cup to our
neighbor's mouth. Again, we do not
keep the hog at all, for we think this ami
NAL no benefit TO the family. either as q
companion or an article of diet, but those
who think otherwise, as many do, will
CRAFTY themselves by a family union as
thev do with the dog, cat, &C.. One
prominent reason why we have dispensed
with the use of hogs. is not only because
they are of no true worth to any one when
fatlened-but il ensL0Ves man. No one
can raise fruits, and then organize them
into the hog without over-taxing the
physical energies of the human constlu.
lion. all of which is abuse. known and
read in every department Of society by the
close observer.
We were told no one could perform
manual labor without the use Of flesh
meat and stimulating food this, doubtless
most people believe, as they do other
= things which are bat the growth of per,
verted appetites and wrong education -
No one can look over society without be.
ing struck with the fact that few are well
the majority are complaining. doctoring, oI
grooming under the lash ofabuse. BY the
way. the lamentable condition into which
society is now plunged, is not produced
by a vegetable mode of living. but the re-
verse; hence, il man will be well, ht
\. must redeem himself fromthe brutal state
to which he is fallen, by obedience TO
natural law. te iis-ase
Although We admit tito be a violation
of natural law, yet we labor ss usual.
about fifteen hours each day during the
sumner, without realizing any inconven-
fence from our dietetic course. We know
that If health and strength. and energy oil
BODY and mind be necessary to perform a
great amount oflabor in a given space Of
time, the plain vegetable eater has he tue
ground. There are many who call Them
selves vegetable eaters or Grahamites,
who live but very little nearer the laws
of health than the omnivorous flesh eaters
ofihe day. They use fine -four cakes,
not only cold. bat warm, and then butter
ed or Rfavied over 10 please the taste
These violaters Of the laws OF health ofen
become sick. and then the cry is raised
against Grdhamisha. What can man
take into his stomach that is called eatable,
that is more injurious than fine flour bis.
cult, hot from the oven ? lfhealh were my
only object, ! would sooner unite with the
dog, or bear. 10 eating ether animals. OF
with the wolf in sucking the blood from
l.