Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-02-04
For The Gazette.
MSssas. EplToss:--

For the Gazette.
MSssas. EplToss:--
Permi! nc to suggest,
through your columns, some important
items Of domestic economy 10 our inrmcrs
and aboring classes, for their considera
ton during these hard times. In the be.
ginning ] will assure you that will no.
treat .hcm to a mixture Of wild theories,
either Of religion or politics, of wonders
or evils, Of pestilencc, famine or earth.
quakes,-l shalt not try, TO make them
believe, or fear, that some great aud ex-
tcnsive judgments are coming upon the
human rnce during the present year. -
But, will merely suggest 10 them that
they can throw off a heavy tax that they
arc now, from custom, Obliged to meet
from the avails Of their labor,-in the
shape Of Coffee, Tea, Tobacco, and WIS.
Ky. The produce Of their farms when
brought to marke, yields but poor re-
muneration for their daily toil,-so little
in fact that it scarcely pays them for Ia.
king TO mnrket,-to say nothing Of the
growing and harvesting Of the same -
Therefore, It is their policy, yes. duty 10
themselves and their families, and Cor the
safety oftheir free holds, to abandon tie
free use Of such articles as they may do
without with but little Inconvenience, and
which draws so heavily upon their re
sources daily. A history oi the above
articles will show that they are an inno-
walton into the list Of our real wants.
CosF.E is an article OF but recent in.
PRODUCTION. Il was unknown before the
seventeenth century. It then began to
be used as cordial by the Ethiowans.
Their situation on the south Of the Red
Sea, was in the vicinity of its natural
growth. 1t was first used as beverage
in Turkey in 1916. 1t was IRIS, introdu
ced into England by ono Edwards, Who
had been merchant at ons,an,inople in
1862, who brought with him on his r..
turn, servant, who was acquainted with
the method Of roasting Coffee, ard ma
king i, into beverage. In France i,
was not used Tor many years after its lirs,
introduction into England. Doc,ot
Franklin was one Of the first TO max.
free use Of Coffee as beverage on the
table in the then British provinces. II Is
now used by all classes Of people in the
United States. In fact, the grateful es
,i,nation Of Coffee, when properly pre-
pared is almost universal. So it may he
seen, that this Arabian Bean, is recen,
innovation on the avails Of our inbor.-
Why may not we, like our loreia,hers
dispense with its use? Try it.
TEA Is another article TO be LETT out oil
the bill Of our expenses This Chinese
leaf is not so much used in the west aud
south as It is in tie New England States
II is, also, Of but recent introduction into
Europe und America. China Tea me,
with very great opposition in Europe 10,
man. years after its introduction. 4
learned Frenchman spread great alarm
at the frs; use Of tea, winch he called the
impairment novelty Of the nse. In Ger.
many, the dealers in tea we're considered
as immoral, and as dangerous member:
Of society. Tying in wait for the purses
and lives Of men; and n celebrated ply
siciun IN England supposed that the pre-
tended virtues Of tea were merely to en-
courage its importation. In 1910 il wa:
ridlculed in Holland, under the name q
hay-wa!er. Il was introduced into Ports
Woulu ~ ~. Wy Shpl. AlONOs WIZ SSu
home from tie East Indus small pack
age Of Bohla Tea to his sweet heart. 4
letter informed her that the contents o
the package contained the ingredien
Which, when boiled in water, made wha
was called "Chineso Soup" The Lad,
having some friends I, see her. prepare,
sor.e OF her lovers present in this wise:
She took Of the tea one pint, placed IT i:
tho dinner, pot and added thereto lou
pints Of cold water and pint moasses
nnd after boiling one hour, placed it he
fore her company in soup dishes. Tn.
frs, spootul set their faces away, but ,he
second was past endurance; the ladic:
screamed with fright, for they imagined
tina, they had tasted poison. The Doc,o
was sent for who used powerful tmetic
and relieved tho ladies' OF their fears
This exotic leaf has, therefore, been bu
aliitle over one hundred years in intro
tucing itself into general use, aud thu
imposing another new tax on the indus
try Of this generation. 1t Gun be abaD
doned. Try It.
! [ shaiI follow up this subject. Messrs
Editors, and speak Of other articles tina
may DO readily dispensed with in th'
families Of our farmers AMI laborin.
men. AN rl-SHERtFF.
February Isl, l843.