The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-12-06
HARD STUDY VS.. HARD EATING.

HARD STUDY VS.. HARD EATING.
Hard study hurts nobody, bet hard eating
does. 1t Is very ccmmon thing to attribute
the premature disability or death of students
and eminent men to too close application to
their studies. 1t has now come to be gen.
orally admitted truth, that hard study" As il
IS called, endangcrs life. II is mischicvous
error that severe mental application under
mines health
One of most sterling minds, Prof. Siiman,
the elder, is now, IN mdwinter, travelling
through the country, at the aye OF nearly
eighty years, aud in good health, delivering
geological lectures. living mentally, on the
hard food Of rocks, non. iridium. and the
ike. Another strong example cf the truth
that health and hard study are not incompa-
tible, is found in the great Mssourian, Thos.
H. Benton. now past threescore and ten, and
IN the EMO. mrnt of vigorous health a more
severe student than he has been, AM. is now
the American public does not know. Dr.
Charles Caldwell, our honored preceptor
lived beyond the eighties with high bodily
health, remarkable physical vigor. and men
tai force scarcely ahatrd. Vet for great part
OF his life h. studied fifteen hours ont of
twenty four, and at one time gave ont four
hours to sleep. John Qninrv Adams, the
old man eloquent. is another equally strong
example of our position. All these men. with
the venerable DIR. Mott, now more than
eighty years old, made ,i.e preservation of
health a scientific study. and bv systematic
Temperance, neither blind nor spasmodlc,
secured the prize for which they latored. and
with II. years. usefulness. and honor. The
inruicatlon OF these important truths was rre-
ciSely the OF ect We had in view. in the bro.
lection of this journal. with the more immc,li
ate pra a't'cal application to the clergy of this
country. whom We daily see disabled or dv-
my scores OF years before their time bu: moi.
o. Is uniformly tenevolently supposed, from
their ''ardnous lsbors," b't ia a ne rs.tant
and inex"u>ah.r ignorance OF the laws of
'''e and health and wi kcd neglect Of them
We use This strong language purpo...v, for
ignorance OF ln, 10 their own bu,i,s il po
more exru>,h'c Than ignorance of duty 70
Their own souls. tor upon both classes of dufy
the lig ght brightly >hiueS. full bright enough
tor all practical purposes the lights of ma.
fure, OF Science. of experience. and OF grace.
We take 1t upon ourselves 70 guard and 10
guide the shepherds We would like to
say much more on this subject tut long ar
t'rIrs are neither read nor copied. and, bv
many. Iong cigar or 1uid would be pre-.
fcrred. For the present, therefore, we con-
tent ourselves with the pnunciation of the oi,t
of this article. Students and professional
men are not so much injured by hard study
as by hard eating; nor is hard study for a
lifetime. OF itself, Incompatible With mental
and toCily vigor to the full age of threescore
years and ten-HaTs Jwnal Of Health
THE BoTTONIESs Pr in the Mammoth
Cave @! kentucky Is suspected hv many 10
run through the whole diameter of the par,h
The branch terminates in it. and the pxnIor
er suddenly finds himself brought up on II,
BRINK. s'an"Ing upon a pre- cctn,g platform,
surrounded on three sides Nv darkness and
terror. a gulf on the right and a gulf on the
lett, and before HIM what seems an interim
Unable VOID. H. looks a:oit but no ey. ka,
yet reached the top Of the great overarrhinr
dome nothing is there seen hut the flash.
ing OF :he water dropping from above, smI-
ing as II shoots b. the unwon,ed CLEAN of the
lamp.
lie locks below. and nothing there meets
his glance save darkness as thick as lamp
black. but be hears Wild mcurnful ,rloiy
OF wafer. the waillny of the brook 70, the
green and sunny channel left in the urper
world never more to te revisited Dosn
goes a rock. tumhlr2 over the cliff by the
guide. who is Of opinion that folks come here
to see and hear. not to muse and be melan-
cho'v. There it gors-pIash it ha. reached
the bottom. No-hark. it strikes again:
once more and again. still falling. Will it
never stop? O"rs hair begins to bri.,le as
he hears the sound REPEATED. growing lrss.un-
ri the ear can follow il no longer. Certain
~ IT the Pt of Frederick shall br eleven
Thousand feet deep, the Bottomless Pit Of the
Mammoth Cave must be its equal.
ANECDoTE OF NAPOLEON I. Napoleon
was accustomed to wear a coat of mai, under
his clothes, and which he rarely wen. without
On his departure once for Belgium, he
thought IT hes; TO guard asainst those dangers
with which he was threatened, having all
Europe leagued against him. by every means
IN his power. He accordingly sent for
clever workman, and asked if hs though,
himself competent to make a coat of mail of
such tex xture that no weapon whatever could
penetrate. On the artifcer answering in the
affirmative, Napoleon agreed TO give HIM Is,
600 francs, the sun asked. On the day fixed
the man brought his work TO the palace
Napoleon quickly examined it. and ordered
the workman to pu: it on himself. The man
ohyed. Napoleon took two pistols. saying.
We shall now see whether the coat of mail
is OF 'h" texture you promised me-" lie fired
at his breast !; the cuirass resisted. "Turn
around The second ball struck bis back
with the same result. The poor artifcee,
half dead with fright, thought these trials
would be sufficient, but hr was mistaken in
his raltnafinn Rnnana.4o L..