Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-02-03


!. elements, carbonic acid and water, Al
! an instance Of this, compare the effects o
! lager beer on our clerks and young mel
about town, and the German Turner's, ant
the difference Of its effects, or rather thu
! effect Of its counteracting influences which
! are working against it, will be Immediately
perceived.
!. In women who take little exercise, lagei
! beer acts as swill does on stable COWS; !
'Eaccellerates the secretion Of milk, but fur
finishes itwith no caseine or othernitrogen'
! ized sub bstAnc8s. By alone the intap'
can be sustained The child viii conse-
4 fquehtly have a watefy and soft appearance,
and be destitute of healthy color; i will
be liable to etfusion OF water on the brain,
and die readily from Group or scarlet fever
In such cases we have frequently observed
the child improve BY being weaned, even
.|if fed upon the ordinary Heterogeneous
compound called milk.
We believe the taste Of lager beer is nat
urally disagreeable, and that tits destruct-
i've to beauty. Womenpreserye unimpaired
their natural tastes for longer period than
man; in fact, they seldom become as Vita
ted in their tastes as men. 4 have observed
that they seldom drink beer. In all the
saloons you generally see some other drink
standing before them. We know that by
women in Europe it is considered vulgar
TO drink beer, although we were never IN
formed why. sgts.Fs .ss.
| 1t is little wonder that the German ma
ton should remain subject to the rule Of
thirty-six petty tyrants, when we consider
the state Of indifference into which iDdi-
viduals may be sunk by drinking even
quantities of beer much too small to cause,
by their alcoh olic properties, anything ap-
preaching intoxication. This total anni-
hilation Of the executive faculty can be at
tributed to no other cause than the hops
with which lager beer in particular is 50
highly impregnated. Whether or no the
narcotic properties of this bitter vegetable
are intensified by the carbonic acid, we are
not prepared to answer; but that 1t does
increase the stimulating and Intoxicating
properties of alcoholic mixtures, is well
known to drinkers Of sparkling wines, or
other erated mixtures.
We have, in the saloons OF this city,
watched the awakening from the letharglc
stupidity into which crowd of habitual
imbibers of lager beer have been sunk,
when the announcement vas made that q.
fresh barrel had been struck Their greasy
faces SHINE with additional .lustre, anu =
perfect rush takes place 70 pc. nrst reaqY
for the waiter. They appear 70 nave keen
appreciation OF the diifusiye properties q
the extra quantities OF carbonlc acid pres
ent in such beer.
II lsln such subterranean establishments
as throng our city that may be seeaa class
ofwretches who, to create thirst, eat cheese
I in an advanced state OF decomposition,
salted and smoked cells; gluttons who ne-
ther eat to live nor 1--we to eat, but eat to
drink.
We maybe thought one-slded or partial,
when we ascrlbe these effects to the lndul,
gence in narcotic beverages, Doubtless
other causes have large share In the same
work; but without its infiuence-and tits
one of vast importance-might we not
sooner hope for an emancipation from many
of the evils which detaln nations and lndl-
yiduals on the road to higher existence?
Certainly state OF indifference which we,
as a nation, are too apt to relapse into after
the wild excitement OF fortune huntlng,
and the other excltements to which we are
particularly liable, even when not intensi-
fed by narcotism, is not favorable to the
developement OF our moral and'splritual
culture all relaxation IS not intended to be
characterized by stupidity. We have al
ways found that proper agitation physl-
cally ana mentaliy, Is geheraiiy laVoTaole
to the deyeioPement OF human morals I, as
well as intellect; and we ma the same
holds good IN thas recuPeratlve condlt'on
called sleep; that from wnlcn we are most
easily awakened IS most refreshing.
When we consider these y, tnlngs ltls not
surprising tnat men SINK. unuer sucii cir,
cums.ances ln'o = s.'''e " il,a'eIu'iis.,.' anu
lose their apprIeciahon OF the Deautliui'-
In TACT, beer, py its properties, destroys an
line distinctions, andits napitnal use grinas
the edge from our critical faculties. fhe
beer-drinklng portions OF the nations OF
Europe VIII furnish 'us with an example,
Look at the productlons Oh some OF the
. Ilutnh QrficfCs their g0ulq 9al6n1n qC0aOn