American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-09-16
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An lrlsh peasant IN WIndoWieSs hut
dining Of a meal Of potatoes and skinned
milk. favored by the aroma OF a lively
imagination, as each mouihfuI is pointed
at The side Of ba,ou hanging against the
wall. asd LONDON Alderman seated at a
GuiIdhaIl feast, are two 6gutes presenting
40 impressive coDtrast-of the varieties Of
food with which in tue restless activity or
life, the human organization repairs its in
cessans waste. Potatoes and skinned
milk. and it may be lit1e sea weed sup
ply the wants Of the onsI before the other
there is spread a wasteful prOfusi6n Of tur.
tie captured on the NorIh American coasts
Of turkey reared 10 quiet farmyards. Of
mutton glazed upon the Gowns Of Essex
Of beef TEL on the rich pasture lands Of
Herefordshire, of pheasahts shot 10 q no.
bleman's preserves. Of tdrbot from the A.
lantic Ocean, Of salmon from the Scot b
and Irish.rivers. Of cheese from Franc
and SwiIErrl4nd, oil FROM Italy. spice
from the East, and wines from Portugal
GERMANY and Fr4nce-a gathering from
all nations assorted with exquisite culinary
skill. Yet in spite Of OF these difference
in the things consumed b. the two me
the dinner ofthe De and thu dinner Of the
other, become Transmitted by vital proc'
esses into the same flesh and blood, into
the same organic force. However vari-
Gus the articles Of food and drink, it is
clear that there must be a process by
which all differences sre annulled, one
similar result is obtaihrd. VIII teVer
characters these substances may have
outside the organism, they must quit them
shortly after their entrance into it. putting
of sppci6c differences, and merging all
varieties 10 vital unity. The hunter on
the Pawpas suhsists on buff4lo beef. with
scarcely particle OF vegetable food to
vary his diet. The H Ddoo is content
with rice and rancid butter. and cannot
be induced to eat flesh. The GreenlandeI
gorees with whale oil and animal fsIs o.
any kind lie can secure; The moderatt
Arab has his bag Of dates: his lotos bread
and dhourra. On the coast Of Nalabar
We find regaring with religious horror
tvey species Of animal food. while the
native OF New Holland has not single ed
tile fruit larger than cherry on the whole
Of his vas island. The Englshmsn con
siders himself ignomini, usly treated b!
fortune il he cannot get his herf or bacon
the'peasaut of the Apprentices is cheefu
with his meal of chesinuts.
Besides varieties in the staple articles G
food they are the in6nat. varieties Of fan
cy. Our Chinese enemies make delida
cies of aots and of birds nests; on
French .llcs of frogs. The aDcients, wb
carried epicureanism TO lengths neTe
dreamed by Guilihall. thought the hedge
hog tithit. and had a word to say in fsvo
: the donkey. which they placed on a
equality with the OK; dogs they consider
ed equal to chickens, and even cats wer
not TO be despised The pork, which "
eat with great conf lenrs. they considere
aDdnot unttuly. the least digesible Of ami
NAL meats 6t only for artizans and athlete
They ate snails at whirh. we shudder, wit
the gusto we acknowledge in oysters.-
Il would de ffcult to persuade the BritisI
stomach to dine, in full cons iouSness, Of
"a sirloin Of d nkey," Aank-d by ribs Q
dogs, with fried toadstools. Is this repug
nAure only prjudIce. or we're Greek dog
and donkeys more succulent than ours?
The varieties jus: rehearsed are at an
rate easely accepted by the understandin
as probable ailments. but what will th
hearer say on hearing that in many parts {
the world even clay is respectable aud re
spected food? Travellers who see stTang
things, are very positive in their asseT
tions on this head. Humboldt a ma
whose word Justly carries with it Europe
an authority, confirms the statement ofGu
miIla, that theOdomacs Of south America
during the periods OF the foods, subsis
rutirIy on a fat fe"auginous clay. Of which
each man eats daily pound or more =
S, tx and Martius declare that the Indian
of the Amazons eat kind Of loam evel
when other food is abundant. Molin
says the Peruvians frequAntly eat swee
smelling clay:and Gutenberg has analysed
the edible clay sold in the markets OF Bo
livia. which he finds 10 be combination
of tale and mica. The inhabitants 0
Guinea mingle slay with their bread, anl
the negroes in Jamaica are said to ca
earth when other food is deficient. Ac
cordiug toLahilardiere. the inhabitants o
New Caledonia app-ase their hunger witt
a white fiiable earth. said BY Vanquelin t
be composed Of msgnesis, silica, oxide O
iron and chalk. The same writer assert
that at Java cake is made Of ferrugiuou
clay. which is much sought after by wo
men 10 their pregnancy. To conclude thi
list We must add Sism. Siberia and Kan
schatska as countries Of clay eaters.-[ Ohi'
Farmer. %
REo1EPE FOR THE BEST PICKLE EvEl