Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-11-30

| nc may saieiy ADMIT, mat the universal
custom ofa country is founded on common sense
common sense beng the teachings Ofexperi-
ence. CommOa consent, and lbs experience Of
the civil ned world is, that cup Of good bot
coffee Tor breakfast, and cup Of good bot tea
for supper are '0hOlssoRs.' Ifa person i pre-
JUDGED AgGus! 'iOrs lea and coffee Ii, any
Of our common garden herbs may be substltu.
ted, as balm, sage, sAssafras, and The like #
is the warmth that comes first in importance
and there must be the taste Of something pal
atable in it, or the stomach will loathe it. l
am we'll aware that some persons consider tea
and coffee poisonous, as did an enthusiastic
young theological at New Brunswick, few
years ago, and demonstrated it, as he thought,
to the old domino, then in bis eighty sixth year,
and still an efficient laborer in the vineyard -
1t may be poison, as you say replied the
old veteran, as the sly mischief twinkled out of
The corner Of his eye,' butt must be very
slow poison, for l have taken il regularly, night
and morning, for these eighty years, and am, as
as you see, not dead yet The same has been
said Of DR.. johnson. ......
But how come it that so many sensible peo-
pie believe that tea and coffee are poisonous
Just as they have come to the adoption Of any
other fallAcy. Somebody who had nothing
else to do, imagined it, then hunted up facts
and parts of facts to prove it; and what with
adding little to one fact, and suppress sing from
another really plausible case was made out,
to every reader or hearer who had rather ad.
nit statement, than take the trouble thorough
y to slit its truth; and there are many such
Having said so much about aCup of tea and
coffee, it is proper to say something of its pre-
paration, Individuals and nations have their
preferences, but some thing must be laid down
as of universal application
THE first cup of coffee is the best
T'The last cup Of tea is the best.
Never take more than one cup at meal
'N.yer increase the strength ,...E
If it were a mere stimulsnt, then, after a
while, it might, if not increased in strength or
quantity produce no sensible effect, might do
no good, as brandy, opium, or any other mere
stimulant but as tea and coffee are nutritious
the more so as they all used with milk and
sugar, a-cup Of the self same is likely to dc
you as much good and as little harm twenty
years hence as to day.
| Il hoe haan iuetIv eai5 hat fa of
mos. persons aperiod arrives when the stom-
ach no longer digests enough of the ordinary
elements OF food to make up for the natural
daily waste of the bodily substance The 81 ze
and weight of the body, therefore begin to d.
minish more or less percephbly Al this peri
cd tea comes in as medicine in arrest of the
waste, to keep the body from falling away so
fast, and thus enable the less energetic powers
Of digestion still to supply as much as is needed
to repair the wear and tear of the solid tissues.
No wonder, there ore, that tea should be fa-
vorlte, on the one hand, with the poor, whose
supply OF substantial food is scanty; and on the
other way, the aged and infrm, especially of
the feebler sex, whose powers of digestion and
whose bodily substance have together begun ia
fail. Nor is il surprising that the aged fem ale
who has barely enough weekly income to buy
what are called the common necessaries Of life,
should yet spend portion other small gains in
purchasing her ounce of tea, She can live
quite as we'll on less common food when she
takes her lea along with it;while she feels light
er, and at the same time more cheerful and fit.
ter for her work, because of the indulgence.
'The time to drink tea is at supper, when the
Ilightest meal of the day is taken; for by its ex-
hilarating effects, it destroys the sense of hun
ger, and enables person to go to sleep with
out having much in the stomach to keep it wor-
king AL night and to prevent sound, refreshing
sleep. ..-. ..........
'One of The great secrets of health is light
supper, and yet it is a great self denial, when
one is hungry and tired at the close of the day,
to eat little or nothing. Let such an one take
lesurely single cup of tea and piece Of cold
bread with butter, and he will leave the table
as fully pleased with himself and all the world
as if he hat eaten heavy meal, and be tenfold
tie better for it next morning. Take any two
men under similar circumstances strong, hard
working men, Of twenty five years, let one take
his bread and butter with cup of tea, and the
other hearty mea Of meat, bread, potatoes
and the ordinary etceeteras, as the last meal of
the day, and I will venture to affirm that the
tea-driDker will outive the other by thirty
years. r8 -,...... ........
NOVEL PREMIuM-At the anniversary Of the
Norfolk County Mass. Agricultural Society,
at Denham, premium of Sc was awarded TO