Polynesian., 1851-11-15
TEETOTALlSM, ARDENT SPIRITS
AND OPIUM

EE " ALlSM, ARDENT SPlRlIS >
AND OPIUM.
Agreenbly to what promised in my paper oi
the 18th of this month published in the PoIyne-
sian No. 25 of this date, now submit the rules
teetotallers.
HINTS FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF HEALTH,
WE,LrH AND HAPPINEss.-You must get up al
five O'Clock in the morning, and take long
walk before breakfmt.-YOur breakfast musl
he very simple. ltrIe bread and water, no.
thing else.-You must never take glass of wine
or glass ofgrog, or glass of beer. You must
drink nothing but water-a little toast i'm it will
do no harm, hut you are better without it-Yon
should walk one hour before breakfast, and one
hour after. Two bours before dinner and
another after. An hour before supper, one
hour after and two hours in the middle of the
day. No man should walk less than eight hours
every day-ten, however, is the proper number.
Riding on horseback is very bad, but riding in
carriage or an omnibus, is still worse. Legs
were made for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and sup
pers are superfuous. Two meals day are
quite enough. Your bed shoullbe deal board
and your pillow quite as hard. A bag of split
peas is not bad. You must never stop out late
at night. You must never go TO theatre 10
an evening party. You should go To bed before
ten. All warm thisgs are injurious. Avoid
soups, curres, teas, fricasees, hashes, and rise
superior TO a good slew. Eschew all pies, pud-
dings, and custards, and rigidy set your face
against rriies. Eat no fruit, unless you wish to
he ill.-You must never allow yourself TO be
annoyed. For this purpose you mast never lend
a shilling, or trust to chances. You had better
not believe anybody, and then you will not be
dsappointed.-Abovea all you must never become
security for friend IN distress, or accept bill
under any circumStances.-Never take any med.
cines. Nature is the best physician, and one
which does not require being paid .-Curiva:e a
love for cold water. Wash half dozen times a
day drink at every pump you meet, and learn
TO sleep in we; sheets.-Considerng all things
it is decidedly best not 10 marry. A wife would
only interfere with the above rules, and prevent
your becoming rich, happy old man; whereas
by attending most strictly to them and never en-.
jnying yourself or spemline penny more than
you want, and especially refraining from every
kind of drink, and al,horring tobacco rs you
would PARIS Life Pill, you would most prob
ably live TO the age of 100, having attained every
happiness you could wish or expect, and will
not only die immensely rich, bnt-on your tomb
stone-"universally regretted"
have given the extract exactly as found il
but am very far from believing that the teeto-
taIlers profess, Or generally practise any such
principles. In an account of the third annual
fete of the Bristol Total Abstinence Society
abridged from the Bristol Mercury, in 1916, it is
stated that nearly $4,000 persons were present.
From that account the following is extracted:-
"Tents for refreshment, swings and roundahouts
for amusement, and gymnastc apparatus for
heathful exercise, had been erected, and every
arrangement seemed to have been made by the
committee TO insure the comfort Of all. The
music played, bright banners streamed in the
wind, harmless sports, as blind mans buff, puss
in the ring &c., were ndulged and the lively
uuatrie or graceful waltz joined in by snch OF
The visitors as were skilled in the terpsichorean
art All seemed happiness and enjoyment. "a
tremendous an influx of visitors had evidently
not been anticipated, and, notwithstanding that
puncheons of tea, butts of coffee, thou
sands of bottles of ginger beer, hogsheads Of
lemonade, boxes of oranges, bushels Of cakes,
and large supply Of Rees Williams celebrated
hams, as they were styled in the printed bill oi
fare, had been provided for relreshmeni,-ihe
supply fell short of the demand. Every one
seemed to have come, resolved upon enjoyment,
and so the deficiency was not allowed to mar
the universal happiness. &c., &c., &c
The narrator concludes with what, for want oi
a name, may be called the Statistics of rhe
Feast, that is of the eaiaIles and drinkables pro-
vided. He gives them thus
.sI 500 penny loaves-50 lb Of biscuits, 5000
pny buns, 900 two-penny pies, 8 boxes oranges ]
bag of nuts, / 900 haIf-penny huns, 260 gallons
of lemonade, sig bottles of ginger-beer and Soda
water, 2O7 IL OF ham, l60 pounds Of sugar, % lb
Tea, and % lb coffee. The committee had thus
made provision for l0,0 600 visitors, but owing to
the intense heat of the day, much more was
DRINK than was expected. Were the gardens
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