Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-01-09
"A Sound Mind in a Sound Bcdy.'

"A Sound Mind in a Sound BOdy."
To those who are favored with that es-
sen,ial condition of enjoyment--a som'd
mind in sound JOdy--we suggest
few obvious maCimS, for the maintain
ing, in lis freshness and fullness, that we'll
fOunt Of happiness.
First, then rise betimes; begin your
day by the sun lake time by the fore
lock" and pursue your duties vigorously.
Shake off your slumbrous apathy, raise
your mind to high reflection, and apply
your physical powers to perform some
busy task. SIo!h and idleness are hand
companions; set your brow against one
and the other will 60 packing.
Second: Choose seasOnable hours, and
at proper intervals, for taking meals ;
maslicate your food before You swallow
it, that the stomach may not have 10 per-
form the cllice of the teeth in addition To
lis own. Eat nationally, like socia! tie.
ing, hat the mind may rarIake OF tue en-
tertmnment spread before you, as well
as the wants of the body be supplied. Do
not forget Your family at table with you,
and selfshly cGl TO be done ,rith II. Ma.
lurc cries out against such behavior, and
will surely visit you, sooner or later, with
dyspepsia or hypochondria if you do not
mend so unscemIy practice.
IHird: Pay attention 10 the condition
of your outer man; give as much care to
Irhe proper state of your skin--the reposi-
tory of your senses and protecting enyel-
ope Of your bodily powers--as you do the
decking Of your person IN becoming or
necessary garments. Wash when you
need i, or best enjoy it, your whole per-
son, as well as face and hands.
Fourth Dress according 10 The sea-
son; do not burden The relaxed powers Of
your system, when the summer solsiice
prevails, by superabundant clothing; nor,
on the other hand, expose your body,
without sufficient protection, to the corro-
ding action Of the chill atmosphere Of WIN
ter, and the benumbing effects Of is
storms and blasts. Especially do not
change foo soon your manner of apparel.
! Let the season be fairly Sc, in, before you
accommodate yourself to lis new demands.
! This is important 10 be observed.
FTfh Take, regularly, nctice eTer-
else. If you pursue an industrious cal
ling las you ought to do, whatever your
circumstances and it be not seden'ary,
YOU will, Of course, insure this by faith
ful attention to your vocation and you
may need TO pursue a system OF reisxa-
ton and diversion, in after hours, TO rem
ovaie the exhausted powers. But bear in
mind, that no faculty can be truly enjoyed
but by its appropriate exercise--its order
ly activity.
Si9ih Al suitable, and, if possible,
regularly recurring seasons, give your
mind 10 profitable reading and serious re-
! Election; aside from It's own positive ad-
vantages, which need not be dwell upon
rhis method is the best corrective OF disor-
dered minds and disempered fancies--
will chase away the 6iueS and dispel
ntischisfs Of every hue.
SeUcnih, and finally Retire al sea-
sonabIe hour in your nightly rest,--no'
bed OF down, bul a wholesome mailrass
with a mind void Of offence or evil pnr-
pose towards your fellows, sense OF rec
litude within your bosom, and a philan-
thrOpic wish, aye, aspiration, tor all
whom human charity may reach, and who
own with you common Father.