New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-28

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& Hzruuss1 2a.-2Did Methaselal live on the earth
MAE benAred and sixty nine yeaysz We're the years
N the DAYS al Moses and the prophets long they
are NON We're days aud yeafsin BiDe times, literal
cussed, but n3k always satisfactorily solved.
10 The present short lived race i seems to be In
conceivable that Ia the earlier history Of the world
meh shoaid have lived 50 long. BIT no one has
have never YET heard scientific TO the CON
BIZ Alcott the celebrated vegetarian whois so often
accused 81 advocating a bran bread aud saw-dust
p4d1inss' but who in reality does not recommend
bran bread al all aud who Is opposed 70 puddings OF
all klnds arros that ii tlasenh outiiyed his an
ce5torz his descendants might have out lived him,
hid they besn - rightly obser7ant Of the conditions
aud why not2 We should like TO see the medical
n n Or the phys;ol7gist who eau give reason why
Il Ii inp)< sibe TOR human being 70 live thousand
year We mean & course Philosophical reason
position u1ast be dfawa from hunsn experience.
y Xhls proves the present average age OF the human
sul|Y 10 be thirty years OF less And II we look to
4 t5eo causes which are destroying the human race al
tt5|1 nomont as well Is abbreyiating the natural
u11[od of existence, we may well wonder that tbs
y fao5 does not cease to live at all.
No Q1a will contend that Methuselah lived almost
tho6pard years contrary 10 the laws Of nature land
1onx. why will not the same laws permit other per
sons under similar circumstances 70 live as long
longer
{he world every year without vitality Sufficient to
carry them through the period Of infancy. A ma
jority are born with low grade OF constitutional
stamina As to be unable to grow up to fully mature
manhood, even under the most favorable circum
stances And 81 those who have the reputation Of
dying Of old ago, their years do not often number
threescore and ten.
Was Methusslah an old man at any or sixty Was
be efay'headed aud snperannuated at sixty-nine
Was hs known among men as an old man for nine
hundred yearaf No. He was a young man at three
hundred AT one hundred years he was but boy,
and not 40 old boy either, but a wen grown. firmly
developed and wholesome boy
Methuselah did not iivein densely populated city,
the country in his time allied with the poison
Gus miasms Of slaughterhouses, disulleries. cow
stables, plg.pens aud graveyards. Nor were the
people continually poisoning Themselves with fiery
stimalants aud pasying narcotics Nor was The food
in those times adulterated and vtated Ia all possible
ways 70 s!t the purposes Of commerce and insure
profits Of dealers. Nor did doctors thea poison the
people through aud through with powerful drugs, il
perchance they became sick. Nor did learned nel
In those days teach Us that lager bier and alcohol
were useful aud nutritious foods and beverages. Nor
were men permitted, as now to walk abroad aud pul
the poison o. tobacco smoke into the whole atlnos
phefe. Men lived IN purity. purity Insured health
health gave strength, strength secured long life.
for the good old days Of Adam aud Of Ese,p aud d
he'hnselaA especially lLils Illustrated.
SELLING A GREES 0sE.--ln coming down from
wayne county IN the Central Railroad cars, on Wed
nesday. says the Albany knickerbocker we mad,
the acquaintance Of Duchess county gentleman
who had aided an invalid In reaching bis wife
duchess county gentleman got into the cars at Buff
iaios shortly Afterwards invalid, with sick wife
asked Duchess county gentleman where he wa
going. Gentlemsn replied 10 Poughkeepsie. Ia
valid said he was bouud for Poughkeepse, also bu
being short Of funds, would have to stop al Utica
although his poor wife was lying on her death bed
Invalid took out handkerchief and wiped bis ewes
Tears Touched the feelings OF Duchess county gentle
man. The result was, invalid sold family watch
@ Duchess county gentleman for fourteen dollars
Invalid took money and went ont Of the cars for tn
purpose af buying through ticket 10 Albany. Ii
lid did not come back -ears started. and Daches
county gentleman thought poor fellow had fallen int
a it, Gentleman informed US OF 'spoor fellows hi.
tory. We asked TO see the watch. The watch wa
produced and as we expected, proved 10 be q "stn
fer,n worth about seyenty-ipe cents. Duches
county gentleman was thundefsfrnek. "Had no ide
people on the verge OF the grave Gould be wicked.
This only proves that Duchess county gentlema
does not travel much.
Nothing Is so dangerous a. to pratend to ku 1
love alfu y. f.IIc-,