Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-05-21
PHYSICAL RECREATION,

the tour of the United States, said, on his
return, he would not live there to be owner
of them, adding" What an unhappy Peo.
pie, if their faces express their feelings! |
never saw man in the street that didn't
seem uneasy, and walk as if driven; nor
scarcely a woman in the house without a
7care.wofe and .fldget Eni-. ss---,>s
A little exsggeration is one of the privi.
leges accorded to travellers from time i'm.
memorial; but there is, nevertheless, more
of truth in the above description Of the
Americans, as a people, than we are at all
times willing to admit. Perpetually absorb
ed in business, with our mental faculties
constantly on the stretch; with notes to
meet; moneys to collect, and projects to
carry out, we exhaust the powers Of life by
over.straining them, and only think of relaxa-
ton when it becomes too late to reap much
benefit from the change.
The freest nation 10 the world, we are
vet the most fettered. Bending all our en-
ergies to the one object Of making money,
we reject salutary recreation as interfering
with more important duties, and toll on, tor.
tured by. anxieties of our own creating.
Though too frequently troubled with dys-
pepsia in some one or other of its protean
forms, and otherwise nervous, excitable and
restless, we never seek that repose and re.
taxation which nature demands, until the out
worn physical structure is incapable of reno.
walton, and premature old age admonishes
US Of the folly we have committed in thought
lessly disregarding those natural laws, the
observance Of which is SO absolutely essen.
tial to health and longevity.
A REMEDY FOR DRUNKENNEss.-Iw would
recommend ipecacuanha as remedy for
drunkenness, taken in half.drachm doses as
an emetic. lpecacuanha has the e1traordi-
nary property of stimulating the whole sys-
tenn, equalizing the circulation, promoting
the various secretions, and, indeed, assisting
each organ of the body to perform its lunc.
ton, aud to restore it to its normal state.
Ipecacuanha can be taken with perfect safety
as an emetic; on that account it is prefera.
BILE to tartar emetic. | believe the admins.
tration of half drachm of ipecacuanha as
an emetic to b. cure for periodical drunk.
enness. 1t is observed that in the intervals
between the periods of these attacks the per.
son is quite sober, and often remains SO for
two, three or four months, or for longer
time. When the mania comes on, the in
tense desire for alcoholic stimulus is so strong
as to render the sufferer subject to no con-
troll, and, from the sensation Of depression
and sinking, he can look upon alcoholic
stimulants as his only remedy. When a
person is in this state, it will be always found
that his stomach is in fault, and the unpatu.
raj appetite arises from that cause alone if
half a drach of the powder of ipecacaanha
be taken SO as to produce full vomiting, the
desire for intoxicating stimulus is immediate
ly removed.
From the experience have had Of the ef.
fects of ipecacuanba, | am of opinion, if q
patient can be persuaded to follow up the
emetic plan for few times when the peri.
odical attack comes on, that he will be Of.
feetually cured, and the habit (for such | look
upon it) will be broken.-London Lancet.
TIE RELIGION OF PAYING DEBTs.-Men
may sophisticate as they please, they cannot
make it right, and all the bankrupt laws in
the universe cannot make it right for them
not to pay their debts. There is sin in
this neglect, as clear and deserving of church
discipline, as in stealing or false swearing.
He who violates bis promise to Fay, or with
holds payment of debt, when it is within
his power to meet his engagement ought to
be made to feel that in the sight of all hon.
est men he is swindler. Religion may be
very comfortable cloak under which to
hide, but if religion does not make a man
deal justly it is not worth having.