Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-10-31
MONTPELIER, VERMONT,

Der Of hours each day in his counting room, and
when they are over sits down to his dinner in
he midst of his family with as much composure {
and pleasant quiet as if thousand fortunes
were his. But the New York merchant is ever
OIL the q,Ii Uive for new specuations, new meth
DDS of gaining great dividends, and thus he is
always in state of high nervous excitement
which tells shortly upon his physical frame
There is always weight upon his soul, care
upon his spirit which wears him and finally
breaks down his cheerful spirits and ruins his
health. This is one reason why English busl-
ness men are so much more robust than ours
Another is that they take more exercise in the
open air, and eat iOnger-'Ot mOre-Gt their
meals. We thrust our food down our throats so
voracously that dyspepsia is natural conse-
quence, and pale faces and feeble frames are
the consequences, of The dyspepsia. At meals
the English are from one to two hours, while we
eat in from five TO twenty minutes
The English ladies' and The American form
still more striking contrast than the gentlemen.
OF our city women, how many are there in re-
fined circles that could walk couple of miles
in the air without excessive fatigue! How ma
ny lilly pale faces do we have how many poor,
trembling frames? how many young creatures
reclining in carriages, with not enough nervous
energy to enable them to act with decent cour'
age upon any occasion that requires that quality:
In England one is asonshed to see the almost
perfect health of the women and children. The
former are of splendid frames, with full busts
rich and rosy cheeks, excellent muscular pow
ers and strong qualities Of mind. Some whlm
pering fools affect to call them coarse,-]ust
if health were not refined and illness were deIl
cate! Natural beauty is the only species
beauty. which a true lover of refinement can ad
mre. The miserable, neglected creature VIII
from want of air and rest and proper food
snow-while and thin and airy in her physics
structure, is no more beautiful than is a MAJ
/, uetizsd corpse. It is fllse refinement tn
makes it indeIicate to appear in full flow
health. 1t would be just as proper to stamp WI
t vulgarty all Gods beautiful streams and mou
talns and Niagaras, and call beautiful in the
E stead, some oil painting of our own contrivan
and invention
f The English women are healthy IN body ar
of course, in mind. Sickly sentlmentallsm, a
e " rose water philanthropy" which expends
self over French romances and artificial fiowe
has no lot nor portion in their characters Th
are sVomen And their children are worthy
lr them for they nre red checked, of stout mus
and nimbe gait, of fine health and appetite
le The reason of all this Is that the English '
men exercise more in the open air than our
ID men DO. An English lady of refinement TIM
nothing of walking half dozen miles, moth
ne of riding on horseback twenty, nothing of lie
ngI. on the back of trusty animal, hedges
e. dnchcs IN pursuit Of game! remember
) once being at William and Mary Ilowitt's, W
some one proposed that we should maze Ii
III family visit to Epping Forest, distant some
OH or five miles. The thought never entered
Gu head that they proposed going on foot, ant
Ut we crossed the Threshold Of the door was
It's pectmg the next moment to help the two la
ue who were Of our party into the carriage b
saw no carriage, and when asked where
carriage was, got for reply, We are g
A'u on foot of course" And so we walked all
way there, and mlnbed oil the day long
10 the beautiful forest, and at night walked bat
:. .sThe Elms," kept looking at the ladies' "
- we were returning expecting to see them
=, away and finally when we all sat down OF
greensward for nom mt, ventured very q
'"'' ly TO ask one of them, Are you not very til
'| got for reply merry ringing laugh, al
"To be sure not could walk half
miles further yeti" When got home W
NV fatigued as to be unable to stand without
paiu and trouble, and was obliged to ackr
edqe that the English ladies were my supt
'''' in physical powers of endurance. say
once the secret of their glorious health,
buoyancy and full flow of spirits. 1t was
habits of exercise out of doors.
| was once conversing with an English
who was near eighty years old-the moth
distinguished writer-upon this capital
r of walking which the ladies of England
when she broke forth with, "When v
young woman, and in The country, III
walk ten miles to church on Sunday INC
and back again after service "
who Another cause of the brilliant health OF
,upe. lish women is their natural love for forc'
than An English lady is at home in the garden
unuy her flowers, and know of no more be'
wen. sight than that of a fair, open biowe
their checked woman among garden tull OF
n the plants and gorgeous flowers.
ID me Talk of your merry creatures in hot d.
ience rooms, "by the light Of the chandelier
1n.-.- marines Here is beauty for you fresh
Eng Gods hOnd and Natures here are /
mark. fowers and those of Nature blooming tog