Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-20

of basing our estimate on the IN
cooked or raw article.
go. Il does not follow, that because an
!, rticIe Of food contains 100 per cent, o.
Is per cent, or SO per cent, Of nutritious
matter, therefore the digestive organs can
extract il in this same proportion. The
system has way, through the medium Of
he inteslines. The skin, the lungs, &C., OF
getting rid of nutriment, whenever it is In
excess. Moreover, it is extremely diff
cult for the digestive powers 10 manage
substances purely nutritive, even though |
they should net be in excess, and should |
be easy OF digestion, and unaccompanied
with any thing noxious. Thus sugar,oi,
and arrow-root though almost pure nutri- |
ment, are exceedingly Difficult. Of diges-
lion, even in moderate quantity, and much
more so in large quantities.
"3. Il is well established fact, that in
order to the highest welfare of the human
system, the material Of digestion in the
stomach, like the material Of digestion in
the lungs, should contain pretty large
proportion Of innutritious substance. But
this innutritious matter ought to be, like
the nitrogen of atmospheric air, innoxious
or harmless.
"a. 1t is also generally believed that
the continual and exclusive use ofsubstan.
ces which contain too large a proportion
| of innulritious substance, and too little nu-
triment, such as bee!s, carrots, tomatoes,
cabbage, and turnips, will, by everlasting
the powers ofthe stomach, and in other
ways, produce evil. and, If persisted in,
will involve the digestive organs and the
rest Of the system in disease.
/ These considerations may aid US, 10
some degree. in determining the compar-
alive excellence of the various materials
of digestion which are presented in the
foregoing table, or which we may meet
with elsewhere. Still, particular ac-
count of these various substances, and a
comparison of their value as food, belongs
to the department Of Hygiene, rather than
that Of Physiology.
1t will be at once obvious, that II it is
difficult for the digestive powers to man
age substances which are pure nutriment,
brain, oil, &C., are improper articles of hui
man diet; at least as long as better food
} can be obtained.
4 1t is also equally obvious, thar articles
which are almost all pure nutriment, such
as sage, butter, cheese, common fat meat,
eggs, peas, beans, rice, &C., are not SO well
adapted to general use, in any considera-
bic quantity, as those which contain a
larger per centage of innutritious matter
such as wheat, rye, barley. oats, corn, pc,
tatoes, steak, fish, pears, apples, fruit and
milk.
Il Once more it should be also understood
that thong we confne ourselves to III.
use of articles of food which contain {
suitable proportion ofinnutritious matter
yet if that innutritious mailer contains
any thing which is hurtful. such articles
will not be so wholesome for general us'
as those which are innoxIous. Milk 70
jexample, besides its 20.per cent Of nutri
Iment, is principally water, and is there
fore comparatively wholesome, at least a
much so as any form of liquid aliment
but the tomato. the onion, the peach, th
lorange, and the raisin, and perhaps fesl
and fish, contain substances which, to tn
healthy, are more or lessirritating or hurt
ful.-Lib. Of Health
Free DIscUssIoN.-We wish il to b
understood that we do not mean to be bel
responsible for every sentiment espresso
by our correspondents. Our opinion is
that there should be allowed full freedom
of discussion. The friends of our caus
should be allowed to give utterance I
their views, through the press. on ever
point connected with Its prosperity, pro
vided they do it in courteous name
and those, who differ from them, shout
be allowed 10 meet, and if In their powe
to refute them.-Maine Temperance Gt
zette.
ExTRAcT
From The Fifth Report of the E1ecutis
Committee Of the American Tempe
ance Union.
"The whole number Of pledges recei,
led during the year is estimated by the re
port at more than half million, of whor
10000 are in Kentucky, 5000 are j
Ohio. and through the west, more tha
100000, OF whom every seventh man
reported to be reformed drlnkard. an
every fourth mana reformed tippler |
Maine are 10000. Of whom 5000 are ri
formed drunkards.- LIN Boston more tina
10000 during the winter have signedth
pledge. Of whom $4,000 are Washington
ian reformed drunkards. In central an
Western New York, $4,000; in Phil,
delphia, 10000; in Pittsburg, 10000
And the whole number of reformed DRUM
ards 10 the United States is abovs 1000
!; and of reformed tipplere and moderate ii
:. piers there are twice as many.
0e " The Report goes on to bear testimol