Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-06-20
From the Home Journal
8 Bread and Meat.

- PdihnSa toCOHpdilY lDO OlOeF uay WltQ
n staunch Vegetarian, and uncompron,ising
Meat eater, j was entertained and instruct
I ed BY the glimpse afforded TO the extent to
which theory will possess man who fan
ciesait possessed by him. Being myself
Ilt'on thefence"--;, e. in illhealtb, and an
dertreatmen, restricted TO meat once n
day, Sqas tea and coffee, and Just entering
with interest into the foury, if not poeticaI.
subject of wheaton grits, farina. sanp, bonr-
Iiiny, and the'dilSe--1 was pr pared to act
the ,paftsot a, comparatively qunprejudiced
listener.
No, / insisted that, as a rule. men Of
large, clear minds, sagacious and far.seeing.
Were vcgetarans, or0f vegetarian descent.
, Ca very convenient qualification. by the
way-vthough not, perhaps, un(air--remind
ing one, nevertheless, Of the proverb record
ed in Ezekial: +" The fathers have eaten
sour grapes and the children's eth are set
on edge" ~, .as-r oe,.4 p
No.2 maintained that meat is necessary
to create and sustain the nervous quickness,
volume force, and vigor, which are so es-
sentia! in the conduct Of the affairs Of this
impulsye, hurrying, exhaustive life and
'instanced England, inillustration--d declaring
that tolEnglish roast beef and ale the world
is indebted for the extension of civilization,
Christianity, and The ether good works
which'that nation has SO vigorously prose-
cated But,tit was urged, England is at
present deteriorating great men are
historical alpersonages- 1.-The enterprises spo
ken of were put. IN train, and virtually ac-
complished by an earlier generation, Of
which meat eaters were the exception
Without discussing the correctness of the
first assertion, we are compelled to affirm
that the latter hardly nccords withthe decia-
ration of Addison, who, one hundred and fif-
~ years ago, when The rage for French cook
cry wRsatiis heightex his swell dispos-
ed,sreaders' 10 ''return to the food of their
forefathers, and reconcile themselves TO beef
and mutton adding: "This was the diet
that bred that hardy race of mortals, who
won the. fields of Cressy and Agincourt---
The tabesof the ancient gentry" he con-
,lnues, ,t"were covered THRICE "a day with hot
roast beef. and instead Of tea and bread and
butter, which have prevailed Of late yeare,
the maids OF honor. in Queen Elizabetl'S
time, were allowed three rumps Of beefior
their breakfast"
-sa If this was n fair index of the state of the
table at that date, the change in a century
and quarter, was markedly for The better,
intellectually, according to the Vegetarian
theory; and for The worse physically. view
ed meot.tstieollgj for ,Macauley. in his
graphic sketch of the condition of England
on the accession ofJames IT,, in his record
of the state of che working. Glasses, says that
meatviewed relatively with wages, "was so
7deartthas hundreds OF thousands Of families
scarcely knew.the taste Of it, The great
majority oflthe nation lived almost entirely
'on rye, barley, and oats"
The first of the fore going quotations calls
to- mind pertinent, query by one of the
Isdispntants, VIZ ."What sort Of any army,
think you. could be made Of exclusively
bread md vegetable caters?" Which pro
I'eoked the ready reioinder, "Ifall men lived
E'tius. armies would be unnecessary 'Ts
-ahimalafood. iniGmes the passions, clouds
the reason and judgment. and, is thus an.
swerable for the vast maiorly of the dis
putes, dssehsions, and 4uarrels. in which
mankind indulge. If men would possess
the wisdom, gentle .trmness, self control.
fore'houghI, and serenity Of the prophets
snd holy men Of old, they. must. live as the
prophets did plainly, on the fruits with
which mother earth so ;abuDdanily teens:
/ DENYING palate ,nnd consulting the stomach
9Weare not extremists; butthis culture
Of he stomach is matter worthy of serious
attention. Judging by results, no ncon-
siderable snare of The work ofthe world il
performed with @hatsKngsley calls, "after
dinner brains" ( y,,,,1a, y, s5e,t
Hall our bodies are worn out, not by the
excess of our business or the multiplicity of
our cares, but BY the overwoik we crowd
upon them aigesting our surplus spnd nm
necessary food. :. AS people, we cot too
n1nell.i aDdaoosgrossly/ # ,yv -
b a hearty, sleYiy masticated breakfast. q
sllghtFepast at noon, and a frugal tea, gives
you vigor, clearpess, elasticity ty day, and
refreshing slumber'Rt night. ii have work.
ed ,JPhysicallY and mcntally, eighteen hours
daily,for'@eeks togetherain the eneryatipg
spring time, with greater cage, and nete
salli,Siscl4oriiy,, than fifteen hours on what Is
called a generous diet" 7"3 'sF
= Fat paunches have lean nates. and dainty bite.
Make rich the ribs, tut banquet quite the vita"
voe ed 70 a32l-,-.. Z. ...A y lNplo4roR. DIG S
,il SEIPPtN AND CLIPPINGs--~A critic il
always more feared than loved. When
you're beaten, fairly beaten. shy isireach-
cry! TO believe shat yod are clever when
you are only spitefuL iss double deception.
fThose who fancy that money can do every
thing, are generally prepared 10 do every
thing rnr money. Love and a good dinner
are tbe only two things which aeffectuaiiy
change abe ,cheraoterlof asrSan.. & 100 much
pleasure. and too much ,sug are bad both for
wo1mcn'npd flowers. Experience is fam