The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-05-31

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cause Il is ihs time wheh the g couniryn y and
lis oharins become The englussine theme, and
when molhefs, wives and daughters project
their places Of excursion and ofdefr of march
away from the din and buslle of the s~nfoca-
ing city. To these june is really, in this oil
mate, what the poets fepresent May 10 be-
The most lovely month ofthe gear. Summer
lie commenced, and wafm weather thorough.
~ established. The trees are 10 their fullest
dress. and, q pfofdsion Of ~variegated flowers
are everywhere scattered around tempting the
young Miss 10 pluck from AMONG them 10 ill
up a uosegay for Ma, or her Of solder growth;
10 arrange q boquet for --- we all know
Who'll
Bet 10 the inhabitants Of the Country June
brings nj such hopes and enjoymsnls--no
calculations of recreation and pleasure. To
these 1t is a season of action-labor-toil.-
Their avocations are such that each day finds
it's employment, and leaves but little time for
rural rambles or a respite from suork. While
to the city it brings a relaxation from bust
ness, 10 the country il is one Of the busiest
seasons ofthe year.
Well we have a few words of caution TO
the inhabitants OF both town and county,
The season has arrived when the sun begins
10 pour down a powerful stream OF heat and
makes not the heart alone thfob with vio-
lence, But the temples beat with unusual pull.
~sations; and too when those of either class
who are d~yspeptical will suffer more from
head ache and dizziness than they have done
for the six month past. Ifyou eat promiscu-
ously, Of whatever Is before you at table, or
persist in taking the same amount oil rich no.
tritious animal food you INDUCED in during
the winter, no marvel that you should feel
light-headed, and complain of being "bill-
ious." Ask your physician about the propri-
ETY. of " getting bled," or of taking an emei.
ic" will youf Why you should be made to
know that the most safe, salutary, and simple
means of relief, from these troublesome all
ments, is TO put less food into your siomachs,
and not to stimulate it by any kind Of heating
or intoxicating beverages.
The three months 10 come put US, OF nor
thern and middle laliludes, in nearly the same
physiological condition with that in which
the inhabitants of more southern climates are
moot Of the year. Aud if we would avoid
disturbance and disease, head-ache, flushed
skin and fever, we must initiate them in their
usual diet, and substitute vegetable for much
of the animal food we consume in winter, and
our drink
"@I know but one which Nature owns
AS wholly suited 10 her several wants: -
And this is WATER. Cold and unconcoct
With heat or other mixture, we should take
II fresh'and sparkling from its crystal fouut
To quench our thirst.
All other forms of liquid aliment,
SO called absurdfy, can be good for man
No further than the pater they contain.
Why mix i, then with drugs oil foreign growth,
Coffee and tea, and other stimutants4
Why roam ibe world for base Ingredients
To mix with thai which God has made sogood;
Unless TO give the stomach harder toll
And labor OF digesion,-or unless
To plant the germs OF malady and death %
Then add the habit Of early rising TO inhale
the morning air; the avoidance, as much as
possible, Of the hot meridian sun, and the
regular use of the "skin cleansing bath, and
as the result the several parts of our physl-
cal machineries will work on in harmony and
concord.
True a person may be negligent Of all the
rules of hygiene, and for period retain COM
Portable bodily feelings, SO TOO may an excen-
trio beau attract female regard, perchance
love ; but both are certainly trying very crit
ical experiments, II must be admitted tina,
The observance Of the laws of hygiene in the
first instance, and The rules Of politeness in the
second, are Of much safer and pleasan,er gen.
eral application. Health once lost, TO be won
again, must, like "maidens fair and stately
DANES" be diligently sought. Then you
that have il, prize it as you should, and ye
that are searching after the "lost treasure"
seek Alright and 50 shall find it, If you are
of own or city, go, we advise You, into the
country, and breathe for a season in an al
~mosphere grateful, refreshing. and invigora-
ting but remember that il will not shield you
from a county sun a, noon, or chilling dews
at midnight. Aye, in the pertinent language
of an intelligent physician, now no more -
"Rural scenes in summer lime gladden. the
mind, and, by importing cheerfulness, i'm
prove the health bntIheir influence will not
extend through the walls and closed doors Of
a fashionable hotel, however romantic and
picturesque a country il be in nor will rouge,
and artificial flowers, and the gnHopade, even
in such places, be substitutes for The fresh
breeze tanning the cheek, flowers in all their
native bloom aQd variegaled celors, gather
ed by the hand Of the fair lady herself, and
gallop taken on an active and docile stssd.-
The hypochondriac, whether from Incidence,
or the oppressive cares of business or study,
or disappointed love (a possible though ratb-
er an m easel win not recover the
tone Of bis spirits by merely going into the
country and visiting q watering place, and,
when there, spending his mornings in a bill.
lard room, and his evenings in flirting with
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