Smyrna times., 1859-08-18
The Use of Fruit.

d The use of fruit is not we'll understood b
many OF our people. Some have great preju
, dlces against it during the summer and autum
nal months, others observe no rule in regard L
Tue time OF eating it, or the quantity which ma
De taken with safety The prejudices of the
former most likely grow out of the neglect Of
ordinary prudence by those who use it without
any regard to time, quantity Or state. Improp.
erly used, or eaten when in an unfit state. il
doubtless Is productive of many diseases pecu-
liar TO the summer months, but undouptedly a
proper use is conductive to health and preven.
tive of disease
Warm weather has the effect of increasing
the discharge of fluid from the skin, which, by
| Iessonlng other discharges, produces torpidity
OF the stomach, liver and bowels. Hence arise
arrangement of the digestive system, bilious
Complaints, &c, in the early part OF Summer,
ana as the season advances, the system thus
weakened or diseased is easily subjected to the
more violent forms of complaints, such as cho-
lera, dlarrhea and dysentery. BY It's JUICY tex
ture, Its slightly acesceHt and LAXATIVE quail
Ties. II supplies what is necessary to obyI2ie The
tendency to disease, whilst II maintains, b.
means OF the same qualities, an equitable state
u the system, gently stimulating The digestive
'rgFhs' anI Keeping them from that state ui
'orpor so often succeeded by that reaction
"hich Is The commencement of violent diseases
The prejudice against the use OF fruit mnri
therefore arise from lis abuse Ii should no, b,. |
'ndnl. ed IN between meals and at all hoars. H.
though 1t was luxury, but used in moderation |
at meal time, aud IN the place Of animal and |
"hTr 'o"d. 1t should not D. rileu Tor Gr>cri
'l'f taii 'n.al hp~ been made. a. n-rally |
''"'-a Gus o.r which Cannot b1 '',u severely
rePreh"nd=d Doubtless TINS very practlcr
;HdSes lhr greater prOGortlOn Ui Cases of
laifhgl, dysentery and like diseases Fruu
may, with Safety, be eaten Hl any meal, but it
would be well TO cOnfne ii TO breakfast. The
'ld saying will be found true by pr2ctice-
= FRUIT Is gold in the moruiog, silver at noon,
md lead at night" Let it constitute part OF
'very breakfast, and be- eaten at no other period
u the day; let 1t be ripe and not eatem lm,nu.
'rately, and incalcula5le benefits wut ar q
rom It's use, both IN preventing the access and
laying the progress Of disease daring the sum.
ner and tall neutrality-suspicious.. \
o. The letter of Governor Wise 10 Mr.. B.
)onnelly, of New York city, (whch IS at length
by W se, over ms own SIGNATURE
} be authenlIc,) mas sh"lved one Presidential
anddate most etfectually. Before this endorse |
rent appeared. the Richmond Enquirer, edited
y WISE own son, had said thai the letter was G
lther forgery or >nmeth'ng worse, auU nee
turns out tn be authentic, 1t 10, Of cru.s G.
'"rse Than 4 forgery No one can read ih.
tier itself wlhout agreeing with the rrevrr-
Mt honesty OF young Wise. 1t is worse IN
very aspect. 1t is the most damaging cnufps
on ot political trlckery ever penned by one So I
IGN IN position, or SO esteemed as statesman
nd party leader. Hitherto, Wise, howerer Sc
-etly. distrusted opposed by Democrats, SO
as always spoken of with respect, bur now he
openly denounced by papers as diverse as the
lbany Argus and Atlas, New York Journal
Commerce, and Duly News, Washington
OnStitution and other. III all the leading ~ :.
ties. -
THE PULPIT VS.. The PLATFORM With re. in
renee to the revival in Ireland, a writer in IN
e New York Erang e!tSt says: "The cause ue C
temperance has gained more in a town that y
9eded it, in week, than by all the platfo m NJ
idresses and pledges of a twelvemonth." Re.
glon is the only real refomer.
0S- Mons Derae is having dispute with
Ions. Bondn, at Niagara, He offers to
fight Blondin on the rope, for $500" This
I'll draw crowd, should Biondin accept The
ght, we imagine. will result in one blow, one
inch, and two browns The world moves. /