Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-06-29
Communications.
SplRITUOUS LIQUORS.
CONCLUDED.

This topic has been most ably discussed by
DIR. Oliver, as follows II he waste of the flu
i'd parts of our bodies requires the use of drink
to repair 1t, and we derive a sensible qualification
from qucnchlng our thirst. Whit use do we
make OF this fact Why, to try if we cannot
ind something that we shall take pleasure in
drinking, whether we are thirsty or not; and in
this search mankind has been remarkably sue
cesstul. To such degree indeed have we slc=
seeded in varying and increasing q pleasure
which was designed by nature merely an inCcn-
tive to quench our thirst; that to quench thirst is
become one of the last things that people drink
| Tor 1t Is seldom indeed that people in health
have any natural thirst, except perhaps after ey-
ercise, or labor in hot day. Under all Other
! circumstances, we anticipate the sensation by
drinking because II comes onj so as but seldom to
ENJOY the natural and hGalthlu qualification of
drinking before we are thirsty. Who has moi
observed the extreme satisfaction which children
derive from quenching their thirst with pure
water, and who that las perverted his appetite
Tor drink, by stimulating his palate with bittct
Deer' sour CIDER, rum and water, and other bSew'
/ ages Oh human invention, but would be a gamer
even on the score of mere animal qualification
without any reference TO health. if he could
bring back his vitiatcd taste TO the simple relish
OF nature. Children drink because they are drv
Grown people drink, whether dry or not: be.
cause they have discovered a way of maxine
drinking pleasant. Children drink water BE-.
cGuse this IS beverage Of Natures own brew.
ing, which she has made for the purpose OF
quenchlng natural thirst, Grown people drink
any thing but water, because this fluid is intend.
cd TO quench only natural thirst, and natural
thirst IS thing which they seldom feel.
One OF the evils, though not the only or the
greatest one, Of peryerting the natural appetite
of thirst is, that it leaves us without gnijc 10
direct us when we need drink. and when we ID
not. There is no danger, it is true. that this
want Will misead us into drinking too little: the
danger Is that we shall be betrayed into drinkino
too much, I. e. when nature does not require il
and such no doubt is frequently the case. II
man Is fond of some particular drink
(and most people / believe have their fayorite
llquor0 he will be tempted to take it when he
does not really need it. This consideration
points out the wisdom of nature in providing for
us beverage which has nothing to tempt us 10
drink, except when We are really thirsty. All
other times, water is either perfectly Indifferent,
or 1t Is dlSagrecable to us; but when we labor
under thirst l. e. when nature requires drink.
nolhlng Is so delicious TO pure unadulterated
taste. While we adhere to this simple beverage
we shall be sure to have an unerriug prompter
10 remind us when we really require drink; and
we shall be in no danger of being tempted to
drihk when nature requires il not. But the mo-
theht we depart from pure water, we lose this
measurable guide, and are left, not to the real
suhcts OF nature, but TO artificial taste in de-
clding on actions intimately connected with health
ana long lille. What is more common than for
a man to take glass of beer, or cider, or wine.
OF rum and water, not because he is thirsty, and
really needs drink, but because opportunity
makes It convenient, and he thinks it will taste
well. And.this is true, not only of fermented
or distilled liquors, which are directly injurious
IL other modes, but in less degree, Of any addi-