Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-08-06


preparing for the opening campaign.
N o. Com Tunes, July 81.
Eurac, from an article in the Boston
Journal Of Health on the subject Of prcma.
turc Old Age, by the Rev H. Win slow
! The vast quantities Of sour, heavy baked
! bread, with which the American stomach
is daily lnsulcd, cannot fail OF rcrbu,ion
| from that sensitive and unforgiving organ
! How often IS the staff Of llic' in America
converted into the cudgcl Of death No
person Gun subss, on that doughy, lca,hcry
obstinate mass improperly called bread, lhn,
so often comes upon the table from the do.
mcstlc stove, smoking and rceking with
selnrntus, or that chaiiy ,aseless substance
Of tho same namc, from the bakers carl,
without beng at the nge Of forty If indeed
h', lives so long, some twenty years too old,
There is recent improvement but we are
still a great distance from Enenn in this
matter. Travel where you will, there, in
city or country, and you everywhere sec
the great, plump, sweet loaf, thoroughly
baked some two OF ,hrcc'days old, inviting
healthy appetite and setting like charm
upon the digestive org.ns. We used to see
such glorious loavcs here when our grand.
mothers were living; but, nlasl the days OF
brick ovens (used) and good old English
leaves are now mostly among the things
that were The present generation has
much moro experience OF Brandrcth's pills,
SWANS panaccn, than granmoihcr's loavcs.
Nor is the manner Of preparing and
serving out meat, much less rcprchen-
siblc. The whole process through
which it passes, from butcher tocarycr,
to say nothing Of the treatment prccc
| ding, in It's living condition, would of
: ten seem to be with direct reference 10
the most vcXatious assault possible up
on the stomach. Sluggishly fat md
, diseased or laboriously lean d tough
l killed in n state Of fatigue or fever
p hurried half npc TO the spit, and to the
table half cooked or half burnt, almost
as juicccSs and unsavory as cut from
p an English mummy, and to complete
the process, hacked by dull knife into
G solid junks lest by some possibility tho
= cnrvcr's knife might hel p the iaItcrlne
t teeth in their fearful oddslt is no
very strange, that meat thus served
r should at last induce the jaded anC
. lcvercd stomach 10 cry loudly for pan
= aCCaS.
p Nor can much less be SAID in iavo
70 Of the preparation and use OF many o
, our vegetables, pastries, PIES, sweet
y meats, etc That all these may be 81
g served as to be, within certain limits
a conducive to health and longevity w
t believe rs firmly as we believe tina
g civilization and refinement are NOR
4 conducive TO health than the savag'
i state. Potatoes, rice, beans, and al
f other vegetables, when served mp IN
n light and delicate form, are ordinarily
j. friendly to sound and protractcd health
S buthow totally another thing are they
both IN their nature and ELECTS, WheI
h served up in the heavy, sogaN, gros
$, forms, in which they so often aPPca
4 upon our tables. Pastries aud PIE:
IA when tender, light, and dclcaicly sea
T. soncd, may be used with moderation
80 advautageously to health ; but HOY
h seldom do we see these luXures pre-
v parcd with that nice dclIcacy, and use
ID with that temperance, which insnrcS
il favorable reception with the scnsIu'
membranes TO which they arg comm
L. stoned. As 10 swcouncatS, candle
~ and the like, the frequent and ahul
~ dantusc OF them Is attended with sue
To- a concentration OF sarharlnc and acp
- Iulous matter upon the mcmhrancol
r. system that probably not one III a hu
MS died can indulge It, without great
Of, limiting the period Of hls youthfulne'
70 and even Of hls life. The girl WI
~ lndulgcs freely and habinaIIy IN ca
m dy aud swceimeais, may lay her q
On count heavily with the cruel IRONS
10 the dentist the uncnylablc pangs
uaurnl0to and tlpproFt thCaflNu of wit