The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-12-26
TUE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN LIE

! Al fourteen years of age, | entered a
dry good store as clerk | had bqen d
very active boy. The sedcnisry s,a,ion.
probably caused me 10 become dyspegi.c
was troubled viii flatuIence and saelt
ing, and thought il useful to eat mrf3 70
eXpel The air from the stomach. Pfslc.4sis
saidi had cousump ion of the lung5, ,rd
ordered low Diet Afier scseral yeass,
without change, | thought they .msunceg-
stood my case. | eat more, and pas; Ell
on to mature age aud was troubled, iIy. N
iywiIh flalulence and belching, but W.
much pain in the stomach also; and dee
tors advised me to take salmraus or ss,s,
10 nentralize the acid, and peppe1mir,,. 10
ease the pain. followed tins ptsscript,an
and continued to cat heartily. IfIdid mt
take regular meals, at regular times, was.
s-~s-sss1-:s. urrva-vufae=.-.-
greatly. My courtenance was pale AMI
sickly as usual. | c ntinued this couysl
without mach change till abou. forty yesrs
of age. | then ruminaied upon the gus
jet and the thought occurred, that | ca:
mere than the stomach could digest pfcp-
eroy, which caused the pain and datulet u
Resolved, at once 10 eat haif meals and
Try the experiment. When | left the -
bic with half a meal it was painful TO ny
feelio SIS. Between ten and twelve o'c,qck
found II necessary to eat a crds, {.
cracker or two, It'll my stomach COZ
formed to The change. soon found Tia,
had dis covered the true cause of nv i'll
health, and had 40 trouble of belchiug IN;
pain in the stomach and my counlenag10
became healthy.
required great watchfulness and soli,
denial, 10 leave the table with ha ia mlsl
and agood appetite but persevered,an5
became confirmed and sati.f fled that had
adopted The true course. Half an hcai
after eating, when digestion has begun, the
hungry feeling ceases, if not eat crscke.
or two. till the habit is fully es;ab!ishe5.
This course have pursued for the Ia,ter
half Of my years and have enjoyed i'm
proved health, vigor, and comfort. an
obliged, however 10 watch my appetite
aud not indulge in il, for it would lead ms
aslray, as have. found, when | have in
cautiously eaten very little too much.
am not sensible that my faculties are i'm
paired now, at four score years. ifIteks
cold, it leaves me in quarter of The tin
it did in early life. formerly ate suppey
and suffered if did not get an early
breakfast. now take light meal at toa
at five TO six o'elock, and breakfast at sew
en- 10 eight o'clock, without any ineor.
veniencc form hunger, after fourteen hours
of abstinence. When | ale mare, a.
formerly did, il lost a meal, | did not r..
cover it for fortnight. Now. if lose -
meal, | feel no cramp and little liz
convenience from il. This course has
proved 10 me TO be the rue philosophy Of
life and health. Except for this; | should
have been mouldeiing in the grave twesty
years ago.
If the stomach IL stimulated too hi,-h
by eating ard drinking. i; flags as mach
below when empty, and causes pain in
bHlh extremes Ii you eat bur little, ms
stomach Is at ease and quiet. drihk
water only /; and do not use lobaccc, nor
any intoxicating liquors, nor any narcotic.
| do not eat to feel any rnliness. bu, mere
ly t" check the hollow feeling. II those
who had suffered as did, read this, AMI
are willing to practise self denial in eat
ing, they may profit by it as have deae.
The stomach should not be idle nor loaa-
ed, but uniform meals are the safest course.
II necessary, eat Two or three crackets bs-
tween meals, till the ha6ii of ealing half-
meals is established. This is condemned
by many the error is in eating loo large
a lunch. and not by eating little. If YOU
tell your friend that he eats too much he il
offended
More persons die by eating and drink.
ing too much, than from any other cause.
Many would live on hundred years, bv
this regimen, as The an;ediluvians did, who
only ate vegetables. Children should be
taught TO eat as little as they will BE- sa,.
isfed with, aud plain food will accomplish
this best. If you are troubled with belch~
ing, it is a proof that you have eaten 100
much for the stomach to digest properly.
If the food is properly digested, the wind
will pass down. Thus it is good test.
write this on The importantly of friends
who think others may profit by it. When
was boy, there were no meat markets
bu, in large cities, and every one provided
sal, beef aad pork for the summer. Thev
ate pork and potatoes one day and potatoes
and pork the next. Then they ate to
live now they live to eat, and must have
delicaeies from ,hs four quarters of the
globe for a meal.
DAVID ronLINsoN,
Schenectady, Moo, 1850.