The Davenport gazette., 1852-04-29
"a. DAVENPORT SCOTT CO.. IOWA. THURSDAY APR

yet still half crying, Grace turned aside bel
head. and said,
"Alas! KNOW IT.
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS uP TEA. is
more and more becoming a necessary o
life to all classes. Tea was DENOUNCED
first as poison and then as an ex,rava
gance. Goblet was furious against it
An Edinburgh reviewer, ia 1923, keeps
no terms With lis use by the poor:--sWe
venture to asserti that when iaborer fan;
cies himself refreshed with mess Of thu
stnff, sweetened by the coarsest black So.
gar, and with azure blue milk, it is oni,
Tho warmth Of the watsf that soolhes him
Tor the moment; unless, indeed, the sweet.
ness be paiatabIe aIso.' It is dangerous
even for great reviewers TO venture 10 as.
sert.' In few years alter comes Lebig
with his chemical discoveries, and demon
strates that coffee and tea have become ne
cessaries Of life to all nations, BY the pres
|ence OF one aud the same SUBSTANCE 10 boih
vegetables. which has peculiar effect up
on The animal system; that they were bott
originally met with amongst nations whose
diet is chiefly vegetable; and, BY contribn.
ting to the formation Of bile, their peculiar
functions have become a Substitute for an.
imal food 10 large class of the population
whose consumption of meat is very limit
ed. and TO another large class who are IN
able TO take. regular exercise. Tea and
nottee, then, are more especially essential
TO the poor. They supply void which
the pncbed isborer cannot 80 readily fill
up with weak and sour ale; they are subsii-
luies for the country walk to the factory
girl or the seamsiress in a garret. They
are ministers to temperance; they are home
comforts. Mrs. Piozzi making tea for
Johnson till four o'clock in the morning
and listening contentediy TO his wondrnus
,alk, is a pleasant anecdole Of the first cen
inry Of ten; The artisans wife lingering
over the last evening cup, while her hns-
hand reads bis newspaper or his book, is
something higher, which belongs 10 our
awn times Dickens Household Words
FLUENcY IN CoNvERsATioN.-R an
empty barrel down hilifand what a rafting
mise it makeS! 50 with eppts carriage
,ser the pas ement. Soalso with an emu.
4 head. When i; contains tut few seat
iering IDEAS every body can hear them rat
tie. You almos. see them when that tel-
Law who carries such head passes b.
sou. Have ioo not such an individual il
aonr minds eve? We have. His name
MAJ he Dick. or Bill, Jim, or Joc--but he
i the same ever, where--he wags his
fongne, shouis forth the same ideas. IL
links he is wise, but every body thinks
iherwise, Had he real knowledge, b,
would talk less mud say more. Generally
. m u OF sterling talents talks hut verv lit
lie, yet every word tells. Addison was 4
person &c this description. He was alwas,
embarrassed iu company. Some of oui
best living auihnrs-men OF genius anc
talent--have been noticed f,r their panci
=, Of words in common conversation. Ypl
men who know scarcely more than twice
two make four, are always rafting of
words, and pass for persons Of some conse
quence They utter sentences wilhoni
meaning, words that would puzzle an editor
10 understand.
An inceasant talker we always avoid
In his presence we feel about as happy as
on the brow of cataract--on!y there is
some sense toabe bitter In an office or
siarc what is more trying ,bsn the gift OF
gab?-Mhat bot struggling musician IN
der vour window, or fiddler ia Your gar
ret.--O6scrrer
He WAS A MAN-John Schafer, who
died few DAYS since in Montgomery CO.,
Ohio, aged 62 years, was like Que OF The
characters in Shakespeare "lhe like Of whom
we may'not look upon again.' cp. Mr.
Rinrhart writes Of hlm:
The deceased was the largest man thai
we ever saw; the coffin was sufficient,
large to contain FIVE men Of ordinary size
measuring in width three feet four inches
in the clear, and three feet in height
Three men could have worked in it, al
the same time, with convenience. II re
quired six men To take him from the bed on
which he expired. This was done by rais-
ing piailorm--re removing tho head board
If The bed-stead. and taking him ou, end
wise. They could not get the coffin into
he house, but by taking off the door-facinu
nan old vacated house that stood in the
ard, they got il into that and carried the
rorpse thiiher on three empty bags. a
wagon and four horses stood PREPARED, and
len men placed the coffin and its contents
upon il. In letting down the cotiiu in,o ih
grave, they had two lines doubled-one al
each end and one large well rope in the
middle; and seventeen men TO let down
this great sprinkle Of mortality into its Ias,
hnme on earth. His weight was moi known
KEEP MovING Miserable is th> msn
aho slumhers on in idieness! Miserable
The workman who sleeps befi,re The h.nr
Of bis rest or who sis down in the shadow
while his brethren work in the sun. There
is no rest from labor an earth. There are
,lwnvs duties TO perform and functisns Ia
exercise functions which nre ever eniarg
ing md extending 10 proportion 10 The
growth Of our mortal and mental station.
Man is born to work aud he must work.
while il is dav. "TIave | not" said n
great worker, all eternity to rest in?"