Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-08
From the Country Gentleman and Cutiystor.1
s. Physical Deterioration - -. Els
Esclncdy---Farlnl school.

From the Country Gentleman and Cultiyatorl |,
s Physical Deterioration ,, -. Eta
gselncdy---Farlnl school.
MEssRs. EDITORS I'm the Co. Gent.
Jan. II, page SO, is a short extract
from the Boston Congregationalist ON
the decline of health Of the New Eng
land people. l have often wondered
that your most excellent family paper
has not brought this subject up every
month, yes, every week ; not only by
extracts from papers, but by extracts
from the pens Of Your numerous cor
respondents, and more especially from
your own H0ing minds.
The cause, | think, is wrongly at
tributed to ''6ne wheat bread - 1t is
truc that much bread, as well as many
other kinds Of feed in common use, is
quite unhealthy for weak constitution,
and weak stomachs. So also the three
daily meals consumed by our healthy
men and women would be death to
weak and delicate persons. What is
quite wholesome food for the strong, is
not for the weak. Let US look for the
cause in luxury, Incidence, aristocracy,
proaigacy. These may be counted the
pleasures and spice Of life. With me,
the most valuable pleasure of my life
is an iron constitution, which my pa
rents gave me, and taught me how to
keep it-by regular outdoor exercise
Temperance in all things, play, work,
amusements, eating and drinking, with
agood mixture Of exposure and nursing
and nursing ana exposure-that is,
when | havebeen exposed to the inclcm-
ency of the weather, take care that I am
warmed and dried. This is often best
done by suitable exercise. And when
have been pent up in the confned air
and warm room, let it be mixed with a
suitable proportion of outdoor exer-
else.
l appeal to the best medical science,
as we'll. as to every grain Of common
sense which all youi readers possess,
if this is not the best way Of preserv-
ing health. But when one wishes to
gain health, which they have lost OF
which they never possessed, out door
exercise in moderation, and to increase
as strength increases, and also coarse
and healthful diet, should be resorte(
to.
What is health porth.2 It is Ger
tainly worthy Of more attention tina,
we give it. Shall we find it in tn
drug store, or in the remedy l have
suggested :? Ask medical men.
1t has been one Of the great object,
| have had in view, in urging upon thu
State of iowa to establish a Fa.mcr's
College, to preserve the health of young
men while obtaining their education
and to instil into them love of tina
most healthful occupation, Agriculture
and Horticulture, that they may con
tinue to preserve their health, whateve
their calling in life may be in futur
, years. Let these schools continue to b.
established until there shall be one il
, every county, not only for boys, bu
for girls. What IS health corth :?
; Allow me to allude to your Agricul
tural College at Ovid. 1 received
, pamphlet about one year ago, in whicl
E it is said that "thas as not antendet
to be q manual labor school," Ifyou
State wishes to make hot-bed TO
, feeble constitutions-if you wish to e..
:, courage the growth Of uyastoc,acy il
agriculture, you could not have devised
better school for it. How can u
) dent learn agriculture without practic,
with his own hands AS we'll NIGH
the Military School dispense with thu
"exercise'' and "drill," ard let thu
soldier and officer learn it on the bat
tle-6eld. In the "Farmer's High
School" of Pennsylvania, three hours
daily labor is obligatory on all The
students. Their tuition is $1OO D.,
year, while yours is 5000. At the
Pennsylvania school l saw the feeble
son Of the city, who had grown strong
at the plow. Is the extra 500 worth
more to the Farm College Of New York
than health is to the student? Can a
mechanic learn trade without taking
hold of the tools =?
I had intended to say something
more on health, as connected with the
sentiment Of Josiah Quincy, Jr., in the
New Haven Lectures last winter, page
So. In some future number, let this
subject be continued.
Mascatine Iowa SsUEL FOSTER.