Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-11-07
TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY \

age, therefore, must be taken up quick
and eui short, if the single, unsupported,
cas- ly enfeebled life is 10 be surely up
held"
by following these fundamental
rules, and the practical precepts as to
diet, exercise, temperature. ETC., which
NJ. Reville PARSE deducts from them,
can W.T. pr long life? No, we canrot by
any at PrOloRg life; in the sense of ma
king ii pass the limit prescribed by the
constitution of man. But we shall ba
able to live an entire and complete life
extending our days as far as the laws
of our ind ViduGl constitution, combined
with the more general laws which regu-
late the constitution of the species, will
admit of.
After all the key of happiness, as to
health and long life, is moderation and
sobriety of living. The pleasure gained
out weighs so far the indulgences fore
gone, that temperance in all things is
only nominalLy a privation.
"It is the fashion Of the present day
to restrict the term sobliety to modera-
ton in the use of intoxicating liquors.
Misery and crime and death we trace
readily to the neglect of this species OF
sobriety. We do not hesitate to say oI
the drunkard that he has killed himself,
but we rarely speak Of over eating as a
serious or frequent shortener of life
Yet the food they eat cause to mankind
at large more sleepless nights, more un-
happy days, and more shorten ng of life
than all the liquors they consume. 'Oh
miserable and unhappy Italy, wrote
Cornaro, three centuries ago, dost thou
not see that gluttony is killing every
year mOle people than would perish il
a season OF most severe pestilerce, or by
the fire and sword of many battles
{" A sober life implies moderation il
all Things. Ii consists says Cornaro
in moderate eating, moderate drink
ing, and the moderate enjoy ment of al
the pleasures of life. In keeping tn,
mind mode ately but constantly em
ployed, in cultivating the affections mod
eralely, in avoiding extremes of hea
and cold, and in stunning excessive ex
citement either of the body OIL of tn,
mind.
And so Lesius, follower and am
plitier of the views of Cornaro, write!
also, in his At of enjoying PeJec
Health. by sober life, he says, q
understand a moderate use of meat anC
drink, such as accordS with the temper
ament and actual dispositions of III,
body, and with the functions of the mind
a sober life is life of order, OF rule
and of temperance. Then, as the moder
ate use he speaks of, implies the con
sumption of meat and drink, both in jus
measure and of proper kinds, he add
to his definition of sober life the fol
lowing seven rules for actually liviny
such life:
q. Do not eat 20 much as will unf
the mind for its usual cxertions.
"2. Or so much as will make tn
body heavy or torpid.
"3. Not 10 pass hastily from on
extreme of living to the another, but t
change slowly and cautiously.
"4. To eat plain and wholesom
food.
"5. To avoid too great variety, an,
the use of cur.ously made dishes.
Sc. To proportion the quantity G
food to the temperament, the age and tn
strength Of the eater, and to the kind c
food he uses.
"7. Not to allow the appetite fO
food and drink to regulate the quantit
we take, as this sensual desire is reall
the cause of the whole difficulty.
{" By these rules a sober life is to b
led, and a perfect condition of healt
maintained"