The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-10

us how TO build our houses, so as tt
h give give free ventilation, will find hi'
?, name written by a grateful world high
Z up in the book of fame. The church
j. lecture.room, Office, chamber, and
1 kitchen, furnish not unfrequently the
t seeds Of disease.
Exercise in the open mir, taken at
regular hours, is of the utmost value;
t a brisk walk, taking full and deep in
sprations Of pure fresh air at regular
periods, has saved many doctors bill
and many life.
Diet. Luxurious and gross living
should be avoided; as a. general rule
let your diet be plain and simple
What you eat should be good and per-
feet of its kind; never cat to reple-
ton, as single mouthtul beyond the
wants of nature, is a tax and burden
upon the stomach, and will only serve
to clog the machinery of life. Well
cooked meats, (not TOO fat,) plain pud.
dings, milk, ripe fruit, fish. homemade
bread, good vegetables, &C., avoiding
piece .meals,' is enough to meet our
wants, and will serve as an auxiliary
to health.
Regular sleep, is indispensable to
healh-it truly is tired natures sweet
restorer.' A rule as to the number Of
hours we should devote to sleep can
not be determined here. this depends
very much upon the condition Of the
body.
Meier neglect q cold. On its first
appearance, it should be stopped, as
by little neglect, with occasional
repctitions, the lungs will become dis
eased, and consumption call for an
other victim. In a common cold,
drink freely Cat bed timc) hot teas of
sage or mint, accompanied with rem
cdies for stomach and bowels.
Aroid Tobacco in every form--er-
tensiue as is its use, and beWitchang as
is the hoJH, it no longer remains doubt
ful that it is practice fraught with
almost innulnerable evils.
The Indians of our country knew
it, poisonous effects and were accus'
toned to dip the point of their arrows
IN an oil obtained from the leaves,
which inserted in the flesh of man or
beast accustomed sickness and faint
ing, and not unfrequcnIy commissions
and death.
Total abstinence from spirituous Ii.
quors. as a beverage, must become a
practical part of life, if we wish good
health.
The effects Of rum arc evil, only
evil, and that acknowledgements
acting all healthy medical remedies
bringing in its train inflammation Of the
blood, indigestion, red eyes and noes,
Ieited breath, cough. sores and swell
Iings; with jaundice, dropsy, palsey.
and madness, until it wraps
IA winding sheet about its victim, and
lays him in the Urn of Death
oh thou invisible spirit of RUM
If we had no other name by which to call
We would call thee DEVIL
Opium and Laudnum. When taken
to mitigate unpleasant feelings, or to
remove melancholy, "a habit iearfuIly
upon the growthD is a habit not only
to be placed alongside the disgusting
use OF tobacco, but is great moral
wrong; as by its use he Supplies his
faculties so far as to unfit him self for
the service of either God or man.
Controlof passions will greatly pro-
mote health--whie violent outbursts,
or unlawful indulgence of any one or
more passion of our nature, not only
calls for greater outlay Of our vital
power, but often serves to develop dis
ease, breaking up the harmony of ma
ture and driving man with increased
speed to his long home.
"Feur God, and keep his command
aaents."
The most astounding instance of