The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-12-26
a FRAGMENT For THE YOUNG.
TRANsLATED FROM TIE, GERMAN. ,,l,.

Are there any among you; my young friends whode-
sire 70 preserve health and eheeruuess through lie g.
at lepgho reach ageod old agel 4lso listen what
sonsiderableiime agoI read ip one of, the news
papers the day that man had dedDe Lohdon at
the advanced age of years thai he neyer.had been
i'll andthat hehad manlained through itea cheerful
hapPy.temperament~lw 4 wrote Immediately lol London,
begging to know il in the old mans treatment Of him
se there had been anyPecuharily which d rendered
is life strengthened and SO happy, and the answeIl
received was as follows. C.,
| He was uniformly kind and obliging 10 everybody
he guafrelled with none he ate ana drank merely that
he might d6t suffer IRON hbger and thirst and never
tbeyohd what necessity required. From his earliest
youth he never allowed himself to be !. unemployed.
These were the only means be used ~ 80
{ Iook note Of this in little book where general
Fly write an that ain anxious 10 remember; aud very
soon afterwards observed in another paper thai wo
Eah had died near Stockholm lis years Of age, that
she never was H. and was always OF contenied happy
disposition. ] Immediately wrote 10 Stockholm to
EIearn what means this old woman had used for preser
living her health, and now read the answer. a. =, r..
'She was always great oferof cleanliness and in
the daily habit OF washing her face feet and hands in
lcod water and as often as opportunity offered she bath
ed in the wafer she never ate or drank any aelcacies
lor sweet meats seldom coffee, seldom tea never wine
/, Oithis,I kewiset tqok note in my liltle book. o..
+ Some time after This again read that near st. Pc
tersburg man had died who had enjoyed good health
III be was 100 years ed,J Again took my pen and
wrote to s., Petersburg, and here isithe answer h
He vas an early riser and never slept beyond ssYep
hours at time; he never idle heeworAed and en-
ployed himself chiefly in the open aifand particularly
in his garden Whether be walked orsat in hschair
heneyef permitted himself 10 sit awry or bent pos
pre but was always perfectly straight The luxurious
efeminate habits Of citizens be held in great con-
yempt ,s,, -s,as, s.., ,s q. IA .,l53.s u ~
l., s having read all ibis in sy little book, said to
myself You will be foolish man indeed not TO- profit
hy lhe Ge3amPe and e4Psr9qce Of these old people,
i then @roie putal hal had been able 10 discover
5apl iSese happy odpeopIe upon large card, which
nspended over my writing desk 50 lha! might have
llawa Is lei9e ny eyes 10 remind me whatI ought to
ISo and from what should refrain, Every mOrning &
evening read over the contents of my card, and obli-
- s0h'o. 80 = .le@ lyt9 fc-
IN. III Sran hsr.y, 49, | e" aI's yeu, or
n ,auor ,g.ss - i =" T'u'" u"ppe,' "
Ji, shss plAti;.sS a.s,AS ~, U's " 81 pau
thcsih hfeE ot fotr months Before began these
Eaes tRatdly dare venute out in rain or snow without
catching cold In former times awalk Of hall an hour
tatgued and exh suslealhe now walk miles without
WEAKNESS. ~"
Imagine then the happiness experience fJr there
are few feelings cheering to the spirit as those 81 con