Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-01-16

lfter they have had their flowers plucaed off, or
nave had their assimilatlng powers affected by
disease or injury. Even in the human ng,
suffering under certain morbid states, sugar is
ound to be secreted by the system In the Med
cO Ch'rugtcdt TRANSACTIONS second series, vol
viii, Dr. Bence Jones has written on sugar dis
coveable in the blood Of PERSONS laboring under
the dlsease of diabetes, and it well known to be
pretty largely contained in their urine.
In all parts of the globe, mankind evince
londness for sugar, whlcIl in many cases, proves
wholesome to the cnn-titnfloEa. Mr.. Montgome-
ry Martin observes that
"A small quantity of sugar will sustain life, and
enable the animal frame to Undergo coIporeal
and (as C add from personal experience men
fal fatigue better than any other substance. Of
ten have travelled with the Arab over the burn.
ing desert, or with the wild Afrc through his
romantic country, and wncn wearied wthiatigue
and noontide sun, we have set ourselves down
beneath an outrageous canopy, an have shar.
ed with my companion his travelling provtnder
"a few small balls of sugar mixed with specs
and hardened into paste with flour. Invaria.
bly, have found two or three of these balls and
a draughl of water the pest possible restorative,
and even a stimulus to renewed exertion.
During crop-tme in the West Indies, the ne
gr,es, although then hard worked, become fat,
healthy and cheerful In Cochin China, the body
guard of The King are allowed "A certain sum Of
money daily, with which they must buy sugar
canes, and eat certain quantity thereof, in or
der to preserve their good looks and tmbonpoint.
There are about 500 OF these household troops,
and their handsome appearance does honor to
their food and to their royal master. Indeed, in
Cochin China, rice and sugar is the ordinary
breakfast Of people of all ages and stations {;
and they not only prese We all their fruits in su
gar but even the greater part OI their legumin-
ous vegetables, gonrds, cucumbers, radshes,
arichokes, the grain of the lotus, and the thick
fleshy leaves of the aloeg.
q
voyage, mutton killed in LeadenhaIl Market
preserved in a cask of sugar, and as fresh as
the day it was placed in the shambes. In the
curing Of meat, portion If sugar is often mix
ed with salt and sllipetre.
The KSndyans of Ceylon preserve their veni
son in earthen pots of honey, and after being
thus kept for two or three years its flavor would
delight Epcurus himself
|" tropical climates, the feSh juice of the
cane is the most efficient remedy for various
Diseases, while Its healing virtues are felt when
applied to ulcers and sores. Sir John Prlng!e
says the plague was never known to visit any
country where sugar composes a material part
of the diet of the inhabitants. Drs Rush, Cnl-
len, and other eminent physicians, are of opin-
ion that the frequency of malignant ievers of
all kinds is lessened by the USE of sugar in dis
orders of the breast it forms an excellent denuI-
cent. as also in weakness and acrd dehuxions in
other parts Of the body DR.. franklin found
great relief from The sickpning pain of the stone
by drinking halt pint OF the syrup of coarse
brown sugar before bed tme which he declared
gave as much, if not more relief, than dose of
opium. That dreadful uaIady, once so preva,
lent on shipboard scuivy, has been completely
and lnstanlane"usly stopped by putting the af-
filcted on sugar diet. The diseases arising
from worms, to which chiIdren are subject, are
prevented by the use of sugar, the love of which
seems implanted by Nature in them. As to the
untounded assertion of Its injuring the teeth, let
those who believe it visit the sugar plantations,
and look al the negroes aud their children, whose
teeth are daily employed IN the misticAtron of
sugar, and they will be convinced of the absurd
ity of this statement"
DR.. Willis imputed corrosive quality to su.
gar; but in dsproof of this notion, DR.. Stare
has rehted, the Philosophical Transactions
M. 337, that his grandfather had, all his life
time, been in the habit OF eating, at his break
fast, great quantity of sugar spread upon his
bread and butter, and that he used also to put
sugar into his ale and beer, and even into The
sauce he ate with his meat. When eighty years
of age he had all his teeth strong and tiru, able
to crunch the hardest crust, and tree IRON all
pain or soreness in his gu S. In his eighty
second year one of his teeth dropped out, and
soon after he lost another, which was one of the
front teeth in fact, all his teeth dropped out in
two or three years but, what is most remarka
BILE, they we're replaced by the growth of per-
fectly new set. His hair was at that time of
very white color, but now it became much dark
er He enjoyed good health and strength, and
died tn the ninety ninth year Of his age.
The French people are great eaters of sugar,
always carrying SON of it about with them in
their pockets and retlcules, and generally put.
ting FIVE or six large Jumps into each cup of
coffee.
M. ChOssat reports thpt sugar. when used as
the erciusiUe or principal article If diet, produces
quite opposite effects in some persons, accord
ing to the differences in their system, for while
it tattens some, 1t creates bile which induces a
diarrh9a, and a wasting of solids IN other per-
sons. The celebrated Bolivar had, by fatigue
and prlvatioIIs 20 injured the tone Of his ston-
ach, that he was unable at times to take any
other food than sugar, which, in his case, was
easy of digestion. His personal friends assure
us that in some Of his last campaigns he lived
for weeks together upon sugar alone as a solid
with pure water as a liquid but, probably, in
nine hundred and ninety-nne cases out of a
thousand, this diet would soon have brought the
person adopting it TO his grave; for, on those
whose digestion is feeble, large or exclusive
allowance of sugar adds to their grievance, be.
cause The excess of nuriment. not being gene.
rally absorbed by their weakened system, be.
comes converted to bile, aud causes great debi.
ity and wasting Of the body. In seventeen expel.
iments made on dogs, M. Chossat observes that