Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-09-16
OLD SERIES, vol. ID, NO. s.


accustomed qualification cannot be obtained
oy any other article Now The effect Of liys
ing on natural diet, the direct productions
OF The vegetable Kingdom, is very different
10 his. There is an endless variety of ffhts.
vegetables and seeds presented by our beun-
'eous moI!ier, Earth, any Of which will cal.
isiy the appetite of practised vegetarian.
lie can take orc description Of yege,abls
food TO day, another io.morf6&, and a chanps
me next day, aud 80 on continually, vatyias;
OF he can If he chooses, confne himself ID
one CT Two particular kinds. lie has tho
control of his appetite in ,hi, respect, and
can accommodate himself 10 circumstance
with no Inconvenience 10 his sen.otihm. So
far from being limited in his enjoyrneu,., he
can obtain The pleasures OF Inc pa late frvfrt
| the simplest Of natures productions conse
| queutly his enjoyment is greatly extended
Who is The most independent man, think
you the man who can take his cfu5t oe
brown bread or his peach, and his drink Of
wafer, with q zesi which health alone itn'
paris, or the man who requires all lie luXu.
rons dishes and wines OF a modern Hoei
reiec,ory to give him gtatiiicaioni "hlchj
after all, in point Of exquisite relish and true
enjoyment, falls far short OF that experienced
by our son Of nature with his
"scrip with herbs and fruit Suppledj
And water from thr spring."
Then the purpose of eating is served BY
the Vegetarian; he gets health, strength
and fair prospect Of happy old age. Not
50, the consumer of flesh and alcohol he
lives fast grows resiless-and probaly dys
peptic, and is frequently, If not continually
under medical treatment. He looks oil a.
forty, and becomes in6rm al sixty. The
medium cases between these two classes
consists of those whU take small portion Of
animal and large proportion of vegetable
food also. Such persons do enjoy generally
toerable share OF health but not that
freedom flom disease, and the fear Of is
which is commonly enjoyed by tbose WIG
li:e on purely vegetable fruit and fafans-
cious ~, aud live in other respects in con-
torniiy with the laws Of health. Then
there is the relative cost of nouri-hnsnt
obtained from vegetable and animal food,
The dearness Of butchers meat has become
cause Of universal complaint among the
people. The butchers Of Philadelphia, /
have understood, refused 10 purchase oxen
OIL accout OF the high prices asked for them
by those who traffic in flesh and blood. |!
is true, tic prices are sometimes affected by
spectators, but il is 4 fact, which orghi TO
be universally known, that the flesh of an.
mails ncrer eaa be produced al a cheap rate.
All manufactures known tina, an article
which is made Of valuable raw materials,
and which wastes in the process four-fiths,
aud then becomes only one third OF the in-
lrinsic value Of the other 6lih, must be un-
profitable, exceedingly, unless fictitious
value IS placed upon IL By the ignorance or
prejudice of The customers. 1t is just his
with the production of flesh. To produce
one pound of this article, FIVE pounds Of corn
or its. equivalent in other vegetable foodf
has 10 be employed Suppose this corn TO
be worth two cents Per po nnd, it costs ten
cents 10 lay pound Of flesh on the back OF
an animal Then take this pound OF hesf
and dry out all the Vater from il and yon
have about four ounces of a material, which
ia point OF real nu,rtial value 10 !he huDa"
system, does not exceed that OF five ounces
OF wheat, corn oE other grain, which yon can
procure for little more than hal. cent
Here, then: is your pound Of flesh, for whieh
you will pay eighteen cents, shown TO con-
tain no more and no better natrIment than
you can sb;aiu for less than tsnt from veg
e'able food. Why then dc you eat flesh
"Because like IT," says the honest, candid,
llesh-eaier. Adopt a vegetarian dieI my
friends and will promise you in less 'han
Two months, you shall like the simple Ifnhs
and seeds of the earth in all their nch and
abundant variety, ten times better than yon
now like either the hesh or blood OF an ani'
NAL. The sense Of liking and dislikng beng
entirely the result Of settled habit Get
settled IN a new and rational habit and you
will get new and rational pleasure. "fH
on tina, course Of life which is best says
Pylhaaoras aand custom will render 1t 'h'
most delightful"