Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-02-04
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Permit me to suggest,
T. rough your columns, some important
Inns Of domestic economy 10 our farmers
ID iaboring classes, for their considern
pn during these hard times. In the be-
inning / wilt assure you that willnot
cat them ~ q mixture Of wild theories,
ither. Of religion or politics, Of wonders
y evils, Of. pestiIencc, famine or earth.
uakes,-f shall not try u make them
f. eiieye, or fear, that some great and .cx-
pnsivo Judgments are csaaing upon the
umon taco during tho present year. =
ut ~Ewtl. merely suggest 10 them that
hsycan tfrdwsetf heavy tax that they
fro MOVE from custom, obliged TO meet
fom tho avnils Of their labor,-in the
shape of Coffee, Tea, Tobacco, and Wis.
u Tho prodtce Of their farms when
brought to market yields but poor re-
nunera,ion Cor their daily toll, $50 little
IN fac. that it scarcely pays them for to-
king TO market,-to say nothing Of the
growing and harvesting Of the same -
rherefore, it is tIeir policy, yes. duty 10
1he mselves and their families, and Tor the
safety If their free holds, To abandon the
Etree use Of such articles as they may do
Ewithout with but little Inconvenience, and
(which draws so heavily upon their re-
sources daily A history OF the above
ARTICLES will show that they arc an limo.
walton into the list Of our real wants.
Co'FsE is an article OF but recent in.
PRODUCTION. l, was unknown before the
seventeenth century. It then began to
he used as cordial by the Ethiopcans
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 l645. 1t was irst introdu.
ced into England by one Edwards, who
had been merchant at Cons,antinoplc in
1861, who brought with him on his re-.
turn, . servant. who was acquainted with
the. method Of roasting Coffee, and ma
kiLg j, into beverage. In France it
was not used tor many years after its first
introduction Into. England. Doctor
Franklin was one Of the frs, to maxi.
itss use o. Coffee as q beverage on the
table in tho then British provinces. Il IS
now used by all classes OF people in the
United States. In fact, the grateful 60
,imstion u Coffee, when properly pre-
pared 10 almost universal. So It may be-
seen, that this Arabian Bean, is a recent
innovation on the awaits Of otr labor
Why may not we. like our ioreiathers,
dis2ense.with its usef Try It.
TEA 10 another article ID be left out Of
the bill Of our expenses This Chinese,
leaf 10 not 40 much used in the west aud
south asst is in tie New England States.
Il il, also, Of but recent introduction into
: Europe and America. China Yen me,
with worry great opposition in Europe for
mans years after its introduction. A
learned Frenchman spread great alarm
at the frs. use O. ten, which he called the
impairment novelty Of the age. In Ger
many, the dealers in tea were considered
as immoral, and as dangerous members
of society. lying in wait for the purses
and lives of .nen; and celebrated phy-
aicinn III England supposed that the pre-
tended virtues Of ten were merely TO en-
courage its importation. In 1910 it was
ridiculed in Holland, under the name of
hay-water. 1t was introduced into Ports
mouth N II. by Capt. l4owd, who SEN,
home from he East lndias small pack
ago Of Rohlu Tea to his sweet heart. A
letter informed her that the contents OF
tho package contained the ingredien.
which, when bo,led in water, made what
was called ''Chinesc Soup The Lady
having some friends Il, see her, prepared
some Of her lovers present in this wise:
She took Of the Tea one pint, placed j, in
the dinner pot and added thereto four
pints Of cold water and pint molasses,
aud after boiling one hour, placed il be-
fore her company in soup dishes. The
first spooful set their faces away, but the
second was past endurance; the ladies'
screamed with fright, Tor they imagined
that they had tasted poison. The Doctor
was sen, for who used powerful emetic,
and relieved the lalies oil their fears
This exotic leaf has, therefore, been but
little over ono hundred years in Intro
ducing itself into general use, aud thus
imposing another new tax on the indus
try Of this generation 1t can be aban
doned. Try it.
| shall follow up this subject. Mcssrs
Editors. and speak Of other articles that
may DO readily dispensed with in the
.iamilies Of our farmers and laboring
men. AN rl-SHERiFF.
February Isl, l843.