Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1849-01-27
THE MEANS THAT DESTROY
HEALTH.

Take, Tor example, a young girl who has
been bred delieately in Town, and shut up
in a nursery iii her chlldhood-in a board
ing school through her youth-pever ac-
customed either to air or exercise, two
things that the lar Of God make essential
to health. She marries--her strength is
inadequate to The demands upon it. Her
beauty fades early, and her acquaintance
lamentingly exclaim, "What a strange
Providence, that a mother should be taken
in the midst Of life and from her children r
Was it P~rovidence1 No Providence has
assigned her threescore years and ten-a
term long enough to rear her children, and
to see her children's children, but she did
not obey the laws on which lie depends,
and o~fcourse she lost it.
A father, too, is cut off in the midst ofhis
days. He is a useful and distinguished
citizens and eminent In bis profession. A
general buzz rises on every side, of,
"What a striking Providence !" The
man has been In the habit of studying hall
The night, of passing his days in his Office
and in the courts, Of eating luxurious din
ners and drinking various wines. He has
every day violated the laws ON which
health depends. Did Providence cut him
Oft The evil rarely ends here The
disease of the fathers are often transmitted;
and a feeble mother rarely leaves behind
her vigorous children. 1t has been custo-
mary, in some of our cities. for young la
dies to walk in thin shoes and delicate
stockings in mid. winter. A healthy, bloom.
ing young girl, thus dressed in violation o.
heavens laws, pays the penalty ! a check.
ed circulation, cold, fever and DEATH
"Vhat a sad Providence" exclaims heI
friends. Was it Providence or her own
foIly7 A beautiful young bride goes nigh
after night, to parties made in honor Other
marriage. She has a slightly sore throat
perhaps, and the weather Is inclement
but she must wear her neck and arms bear;
for who ever saw a bride in a close even
ing dress2 She 10 consequently seized
with an inflammation ofthe lungs, and the
grave receives her before her bridal days
are over. "Wbat q Providence !" exclaims
the world, ''cut off in the midst Of happi-
ness and hopesl" Alas, did she not Gu
the thread of life herself? A girl in the
county, exposed to our ~changeful climate
gets a new bonnet, instead of getting d
flannel garment. A rheumatism is the con
sequence. Should a gisl sit down tran
GULLY with the idea that Providence has
seat the rheumatism upon her, or should
she charge it on her own vanity, and ayoit
the folly in future?
Look, my young friends, at the mass 0
diseases that are incurred by intemperanct
in eating or drinking, in study, or in bust
ness; BY neglect of exercise, cleanliness
pure air; by indiscreet dressing, tigh
hcipg, ETC., and all is quietly imputed Il
Providence /! i there not impiety as vel
as ignorance in this ?-Were the physica
laws strictly observed from generation /,
generation, there would be an end to tht
Ifrinhtful diseases that cut short life, an,
most OF the long maIadies thai make life
torment or a trial. II is the opinion b
those who best understand the physica
system, that thi. wonderful machine, iii,
body, this ssgoodly temple" would gradual
II decay, and men would die, as few nov
do die, as if falling TO sleep.
poLIcY or THE TNcomINe A~DMrNrsTRA