The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-02-02
) COUNTY WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1859

But we have tried it by every known
law physical, ethical and logical, and by
several that are entirely unknown; and,
finally, we have submitted it to the test
! of that compendium of worldly wisdom,
embodied in the maxim, 1a'sIts poor
rule that won't work both ways" and
Ifm not aware that it has "phased" it
a particle. Certainly, if the chief business
oflife is to get a living, tue principal OBJ
ject in getting living, is, life. And far
ther, [ am happy to be able to sayz.slgat
| am not alone in my belief-there are
others. who sympathize with me. A gen
tleman recently from the island of Erin,
with family of eleven small children,
who is atpresent actively engaged in run
| ming one of his own celebrated national,
one-wheeled hand cars on a neighbour
ing alright, wide-gauge railroad line, at
seventy-fve cent5ssper day, and boarding
himself at that, but q. short time since
assured me that it was the leading bust
ness of his life to get a living, and that,
although he devoted his best energies to
that business, he feared he should have
to fail up. .rrs fs.,9;.i3 rsaell 9dT
5a Other instances could be adduced. if
necessary, but think one such an en-
phatic case as that is sufficient to establish
the point in the opinion of all who do not
think for themselves: those who do, will
not be convinced anyhow, so 1 shall take
no further pains with them. - ~
Getting living, is, in some instances
very fine ait, while in others it is an
extremely coarse ione-In practical life
about us, we behold it in every possible
grade from coarse to fine. G
Citing living is simply procuring a
requisite amount of refreshments to sus-
tain oxistnce. That word refreshments
is most comprehensive term. 1t in
cludes everything of which we have any
knowledge or of which we can have any
conception, forthere arc mental as well
as bodily, or temporal refreshments
These latter, include every thing devoted
to theeomfort qualification and sustenance
Of the body. raog adI .5iol said az17a
In the primeval state Of man these re-
frcshments were Of a very simple charac-
ter. For food, they had fruit, for drink,
water, for raiment, fig leaves, while for
the necessary variations of exercise, rec
reation and rest they seem to have en-
p'oyed themselves in sliding down rain :
bows on golden hand sleds, and sleeping
on beds of roses. Vide j. Milton.d This
state of affairs was well enough had they
been contented with it, but having a Gu
,iositv to dine on new kind of fruit one
| day, it stuck in their Threats choking them
badly so that although they partially re-
covered from it, and lived a great while
afterwards, there always remained a
chronic .diease of the throat ofwhich they
finally died and which some think they
transmit to ell their children. | may
as well here remark that the contrast be-
tween refreshments of the Adamic age
and those of the present day, is a most
convincing proof of the march of prog
ress, and wonderful exhibition of the
triumph ofmind over matter. In the ar
ticle of food we have progressed from a
few simple vegetable productions, until
there smoothing worth mentioning in the
vegetable, animal, or mineral Kingdoms,
that we do not dcvour. -, IA,
In the article of drink, we have march
ed onward from simple coldwater, until
we have obtained the grand bibative eli
max of whiskey in all its innumerable and
inimitable variations. A recent statisti-
q
elan has shown that there are no less than
three hundred and eleven thousand differ
ent drinks in daily use in the world, and
new ones are being continually added
A most interesting article might be pre-
scented on this subject, but we forbear.-
1t is really painful to think what an a
mount of enjoyment our primal ancestors
in their. lives of thousand years, lost
by not understanding this subject
They appear to have been ignorant Of
the virtues of tea, coffee, tobacco, whis-
key. 49, ~ss ~ o.-i f..,ao-s ss.l.r
Adam probably never learned to char,
and Eve was doubtless stranger to the
pleasant olfactory affiliations arising from
! the use Of snuff. Coffee in the morning
was not necessity to him, and she never
experienced the exhiIarating and tongue
loosening effects of q good cup of tea
(For interesting. information in regard te
the happy influence Of this beverage upor
tAe system, see Life of Edward Payson
D.aD9 Noah, according to the mos
authentic records, was the first man whc
ever got tight This was slight ind;s
erretion ON the part Of the old gentleman