Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-08-03
WHITE AND BROWN BREAD.

the Drown paris Oi wheat grain was Hkel,
10 be baneful to the health. We proceeded
upon theoretical grounds, believing that pro
violence must have contemplated our usinl
the entire grain, and not portion only; Sc
1ected by means Of nicely arranged machi
merry. !. struck US forcibiy that to go or
for dong coutse Of years, thus using kline
of food different from what nature designed
could not fail 70 be attended with bad con
sequences We have since learned that oul
views have some recognized support in SCI
vhce. The following, taken from recon
pamphlet, viii at once serve to keep the sub
,iec, alive in the minds Of our readers, and ex'
pIsin the actual grounds on which the sepa-
'ration Of flour is detrimental.
'"'rhe general belief is, that bread made
with the fines. -four is the best, and thai
whi,eness is the proof of its quality; but
both Of these opinions are popular errors.-
The whileaess may be and generally is
communicated by alum, 10 the iJury of the
consumer; and j. is known by men of sci
~ence that bread of unre6ned -four will sus-
tain life, while that made of the refined will
not. Keep man on brown bread and wa
ter, and he Will live and enjoy health give
aim white bread and water only and he will
sicken and die. The meal of which the
frs, is made coDtains all the ingredients ne
~cessary to the composition of noarishmenl
to the various structures composing our bo-
dies Some of these ingredients are re-
moved by the miller in his efforts to please
the public; so tina. fine flour instead of be-
ing better than meal, is fhe least nourishing
and to make the case worse it is also diff
cult of digestion. The loss is, therefore, in
all respects a waste; and ii seems desirable
that the admirers Of Write bread but espe-
'cia1ly the poor should be acquainted with
these truths, and brought TO inquire wheth-
'er they do not purchase at too dear a rate.
the privilege of indulging in the use of it.
The unwise preference given so Universally
10 while bread, leads to the pernicious prac-
tice Of mixing alum with flour, and this again
10 all sorts of adulterations and imposi,ions;
for it enabled bakers who were SO disposed
by adding more and more alum, to make
bread look like the hes, or most costly and
to dispose Of it accordingly; at once de-
arauding the purchaser, and tampering with
his health Among the matters removed by
the miller are large saline substances, which
are indispensable to ,hegrow.h of the bones
and teeth, and are required although in a
less degree for their daily repair. Brown
bread should therefore be given to nurses
and to all the young or the growing, and
should be preferred by all, of whatever age,
whose bones show tendency to bend or
who have weak teeth. 1t is believed tina,
brown bread will generally be found best
by all persons having sluggish bowels and
s,omachs equal to the digestion of the bran.
Blu, with some it will disagree, for it is too
exciting to irritable bowels, and is dissolved
with difficulty in some stomachs. When
this happens the brand should be removed
either wholly or in part; and by such
means, the bread may be adapted with
the greatest ease, TO all habits or all cons.i-
su,ons."
Mr. Smith, in his late remarkable work
on fruits and farinacea as the food Of man,
gives some illustrations Of this doctrine
<'Bulk," he says sis nearly as necessary to
the articles of diet as the nutrient principle.
They should be SO managed that one should
be in proporHn to the other. Too highly
nutritive is probably as fatal to the proon-
CATION of life and health, as that which con-
.ains an insuf1icientquantity ofnourishment."
II is a matter of common remark among old
whalemen, that, during long voyages the
coarser their bread the better their health
81 ell for
years." said an intelligen. sea-captain TO Mr..
Graham, sand have been in almost every
part of The globe; and have always found
tina. the coarsest pilot which contains
q considerable portion Of bran, is decidedly
the best for my men," 81 am convinced
from my own experience" says another
captain, '',ha. bread made of the unbolted
wheat meal is far more wholesome than
,ha. made from the best super6ne flour, the
latter always tending to produce cons.ipa-
,ion." Capt. Dexter, of the Isis, belonging
to Providence, arrived from China, in De-
cember in 1904. He had been about one
hundred and ninety days on the passage
The sea-bread which constituted the prn-
cipal article Of food for his men, was made
of The best super6ne -four. He had not
been long at sea before his men began to
complain Of languor, loss of appetite, andde-
bili,y. These difficulties continued to in
crease the whole voyage; and several Of
the hands died on the passage of debility
and inanima,ion. The ship was obliged to
anchor thirty miles below Providence; and
such was the debility of the men on board,
tina. they were not able to get the ship un-
der weigh again, and the owners were I'M
der the necessity of sending men down from
Providence. When she arrived the owners
asked Capt. Dexter what was the cause Of
the sickness Of his men. He replied: The
bread was toogo od."-.CAam6ers' Edin6urg
Journal.
SICKNESS IN WORCESTER CoUNrY.-The
Snow Hill Shield, Of Tuesday, says: The
bilious and other summer diseases have