Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-31
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We almost entirely disuse out-of-door ex-
ercise. There are here and there men found
wise enodgh TO take d portion Of every day
for some form Of exercise-to lite for hodfs
In the open air every day. The very sun it-
self Is doctor | think you might dispense
with half your doctors, il you would only
consult Doctor Sun more and be more under
the treatment of these great hydropathic
doctors the cloudsl To be In the rain will
do you good, If you only keep stirring To
be much in the open air every day, rain or
shine, stimitier OF winter, ] consider one Of
the Indispensable conditions Of general
health. ll24l-8 on p3foW hNp ~
Now you have money. eHdugh 70 afford TO
hundred thousand. dollars and You can not
keep u horse becausb you are SO anxious TO
be worth three hundred thotsandl Being
worth three hundred thousand, you are so
anxious to be worth four hundred, that you
can not spend half an hour day to ride with
your family. Perhaps You do not like to be
with ycnr family, anyhow Well, ride
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Another thing which is important to health
is the use Of water A familiar acquaintance
with good water think is an indispensable
element of virtue Fresh water, and enough
of it, should be employed by every one who
desires health. Utterly to battle ones self
daily think materially stands connected
with health, as health does with moral or
spiritual training. ih
Billiards afford women and men q very
gentle excitement and exercise; but man Is
q gambler fhe goes into billiard room |
What kind of a reception would meet with
here on Sunday fit was known that on
Thursday prepared myself for the duties of
Sunday by going TO billiard room.
Playing at ten pins is one of the most ad-
mirable means of physical development but
where can q young man go to participate in
this game without being in danger Of being
more contaminated in his morals than he is
benefited in his health?
But it is well known that it is not without
the greatest danger that a young man can go
TO avail himself of the benefits Of this harm
less recreation, where he enters the bowling
saloon by the bar, and goes out by the bar.
Whatever may be the effect upon him Of
rolling ten pins, the devil rolls him down
toward perdition.
If professional man would learn fencing,
or wrestling, or boxing, merely for the sake
| of developing his muscles, in short, ii he
would engage in any physical exercise that
carries with excitement enjoyment social
pleasure, where is there place thathe can go
and do 1t, within the bounds Of these twogreat
| cities, without exposing himself to the most
demoralizing Influences? do not know one
| We arc pent up. We can not take the exer.
else we need on our own ground. We are
fortunate if we have room enough to build q
house like Jacobs ladder, with its foot on The
earth, and its top in the heavens, from which
our household angels go up speedily
| Men need some cheerful exercises in which
| they can engage during those leisure half
hours, or quarter-hours, which occur in every
mans day. | think place where man can
play at billiards, roll the ball, and engage in
all sorts Of gymnastic exercises, would be, if
not direct preaching of the Gospel, yet an
auxiliary to the preaching of the Gospel,