Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-11-28

From the Water. Cure Journal.


cOFFET-.ITs ORIGIN AND REJECTS.
% coffee thou dispellest the cares of the
great; thou bringest back those who wander
from the paths of knowledge. Coffee is the
beverage of the people of God, and the cordial
OF his servants who thirst for wisdom. When
coffee is infused into the bowl, it exhales the
odor OF musk, and is of the color of ink. The
truth is not known except to the wise, who
drink il from the foaming coffee cnp. God has
deprived fools of coffee, who with invincible
obstinacy condemn it as injurious
Coffee is our gold, and in the place of its Ii
baions we are in the enjoyment of the best and
nobest society. Coffee is even as innocent
drink as the purest milk, from which il is only
distinguished by its color. Tarry with thy cof
fee in the place Of its preparation, and the good
God will hover over thee and participate in his
feast. There the gtaces of the sal loon, the luxu.
ry of life, the society of friends, all furnish
picture of the abode of happiness.
Every care vunishes when the cupbearer
presents thee the delicious chalicc 1t will
circulate fee,ly through thy veins, and will moi,
iankle there: iithou doubiest this, contemplate
the youth and beauty of those who drink H..
Grief cannot exist where it grows sorrow
humbles itself in obedience before lis powers.
Coffee is the drink of Gods people; in it is
health. Let this be the answer to those who
doubt it's qualities. In it will we drown our
adverstics, and in its FIRE consume our sorrows,
Whoever has once seen the bssful ebalce, will
scorn the wine cup. Glorious drink &, thy color
is the seal of purity, and reason preclaims it
genuine Drink with confidence, and regard
not the prattle Of fools, who condemn without
foundation"
The foregoing cncomium, or rather trade, on
thesvirtues Of coffee, was taken by the Tran.
sylvania Journal of Medicine from q German
Journal for 1884 for which it is said to have
been translated from the Arabic Of Shek Abdal.
Kader Anasari Diezeri Haubali, son Of Mohnm.
med OF its extravaganza we shall be better
able to Judge by and by.
Coffee was introduced into Europe and A.
merca, as n common drink, much later than
tcn. 1t was indeed brought there more than
two Centuries ago; but It is only one hundred
and scventy.one years since the first coffee
house was opened. This was in Paris.
Coff.e is native of Abyssinia. From thence
it found its way into Arabia, in the sixth centn
/ ry-probably as a substitute for wine, wher
that liquor was first prohibited by the Koran
| 1t appears, however, to have been, for sumr
! time, used as a medicine rather than as com
mon beverage, Cor it was not till near the clos'
of the 18th century that it became a frequcn
favorite, even in Arabia. In 1911 its use ha,
extended to Cairo.
Opposition to it was. however, soon excited
and sentence of condemnation pronounced n
gainst il, at Mecca, by On assembly of muiii'
lawyers and physicians They declared cofe
drinking to be contrary to the law of their Pre-
phet, and alike injurious 10 soul and body. 500
, The pulpts at Cairo resounded with onathe
mas; all the stores or magazines of the sed
: tous berry were burnt; the saloons were shu
, and their keepers peled with the fragments
their broken pots and cups. The tumult, how
ever, soon su5sided for the Sultan, by a publ
decree. declared coffee drinking not to be herr
sy; and the two principal physicians who ha
: pronounced it to be perncous to health, l.
caused to be executed.
From Cairo this suspicious liquor passed
Damascus and Aleppo; and thence, in 1854,
Constantinople. Here, as at Cairo, it wns OF
posed by the dervises and others, who regarde
: ts use as prohibited by the prophet. They ca
led it, when roasted, species o. charcoal an
declaimed. with much vehemenee, against ii
e impiety OF using so base an article at the tabl
Coffee appears TO have been first Introduce
A into Italy in 1915; and afterwards, in 1857,
!, France; in both instances, however, as a cut
e osiiy. ltwas evidently beginning to be used
y Marseiles in 1879; for during that year, Il
c medical faculty, in that city, made it the then
D. of public disputation.
II has been already seen that the first COTE
house in Europe was opened n Paris, in l67
The coffee was first sold at Is. 0d Gu
The shop.keeper being unsuccessful in Par
aiterwsrd removed TO London.
Here the new drink was destined 10 me
=. =. with more powerful opposition than in A,
or Africa. Ministers. a. we'll as others, dec
ne med against it. some of them with much v
o. lence. Probably il was seen to be used chief
3. il not wholly, for the sake Of i,s nervous q
C. citement. The following is said to be an extr,
70 from one of the sermons Of those days. sgsi,
~ ~ the votsries Of coffee and tobacco. Itis ins