Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-30


, ance of these laws is culpable in th
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and fatal to th
daughters. 1t is disgrace to our people
The young women now coming on, vii
be as nervous, as weak, as wretched, a
their unhappy mothers-languished EN-
bodiments of fdisease-memento of doctor
and pill.boxcs, dragging out life in an ail
tight room, religiously struggling to pc,
form their duties, and dying before the.
have half finished the allotted term of lif
no true enjoyment of life"
"What q TRADE, Julius! And VIII
would think you were cross old bache
lor"
On the contrary, my dear Anna, it il
because am young bachelor, and desir'
not to be much older one, that l am 81
earnest on this suject. I have been trav
cling now for two months in rail cars ant
steamers, and l could fill medical journa
with cases Of young women, married ano
single, whom have met from town and
country, with every i'll that flesh is hei,
to. have been an involuntary auditor
of their charming little condolences Of
"chronic headaches, nervous feelings, weak
backs, neuralgia, and heaven knows what
allv'
ooh, julius Julius!"
at is true, Anna And their whole
care is, gentle and simple, to avoid the
air; never to walk when they can ride
never to use cold water when they can get
warm never to cat bread when they can
get sake /; and, so on through the chapter.
In the matter of eating and drinking, and
such little garnitures as smoking and
chewing, the men are worse. Fortunately
their occupations save most of them from
the invalidism of the women. You think
Mary Marvel beautiful?"
"No-not beautiful, perhaps-but very
pretty ,and SO loveableT
"Well," joined Julius, coldly, after
some hesitation, "Mary is pretty her
eye is beautiful ; her whole face intelli-
gent, but so pale, so thin-her lips so
colorless-her hands SO transparent, that
1 Can not look at her with any pleasure.
l declare to you, Anna, when see wo-
man with lively eye, a clear, healthy
skin, that shows the air of heaven visits it
daily-it may be roughly, if it pleases
Heaven to roughen the day-an elastic,
vigorous step, and strong, cheerful voice,
l am ready to fall down and do her hon.
age"
Hazen passed the summer in his native
town. He renewed his intimacy with his
old neighbor. He perceived in Mary
graces and qualities that made him feel
the heavenly and forget the earthly; and,
in spite of his wise, we'll considered resolu-
tion, in three months he had impressed
on her pale cheek the kiss Of betrothal,
and slipped on the finger Of her transpa-
rent hand the engagement ring!
But we must do Julius Hazen justice
When his laughing sister rallied him on
his inconsistency, he said
"You are right, Anna but 1 adhere to
my text, though must ROW uphold it as
a beacon-not as an example. / must
say with the Turk-"was written"
He was true to himself and true to his
wife and at the risk Of shocking our
lady readers, we must betray that after
he wedding ring, Hazen's first gift to
Mary was-'The Principles of Physiology
applied to the preservation of Health, and
he Improvement Of Physical ard Mental
Education by Andrew Combe, NJ. D.
This book (Which should be studied by
very mother in the United States,) he
accompanied by solemn adjuration, that
he should study and apply it. He did
lot stop here. After his marriage he
Fought two riding horses-mounted his
ride on one and himself on the other, ard
hus performed the greater part of his
Quincy to Indiana-only taking a rail
ar for convenience or steamer for repose.
And, arrived at his western home, and
rith the hearty acquiescence Of lis wife,
rho only needed to know the right to
ursue it, she begun physical life in
bedience to the laws laid down by the
aid oracle, Andrew Combe.
Last fall, six years since marriage, he
rought his wife and two children to visit
is Eastern friends. In reply to compli-
rents on all hands on his wife's improved
ealth and beauty, he laughingly proposed =.
, build, on the site of the old Indian !
wellin-, a quadrangular Temple, dedica- !
ID to the Four Ministers of Health-Air,
Vater, Exercise and Regimen !-4rshw's c
Tome Gazette.
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