The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-03-16
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34 We recently Tead Of the death OF q
man who fell in the very prime or life
not thtrty-oner-in the midst Of usefulness.
aud in the enjoyment of usual good health,
till Neutrality-suspicious. hours Of his decease.
He was atl able preacher, and ffne
brltesicttrs scholar. He was on Il Journey
on the masters business, and died from
home He had made up the copy for his
September issue Two Of tile articles
were for otr August number; one d plea for
women, the OTHER children. SO matly
good people loved him and looked up to
himt In less than three lines The whole
story istoid He Travelled al day. ate
lin the evening q hearty supper, walked up
I'm the morning with: q headache, became
unconscious, and died at FIVE o'clock ID
the afternoon, of apoplectic diseased VI, ].
Eating heartily when exhausted, or
eTen in mnclf'debflitated bodily contli-
tion, is dangerous al any hour. Many d
one has fallen apoplectic, at the close Of d
hearty supper; bnt tile danger is greatly
increased by going to bed soon after: for
the weight Of the meal, q pound or two,
rests steadily on the great veins of the
blood, as continuous pressure OF the
foot onsa hosepipc; Will moro Or less com.
.pietely stop The flow Of water along II.
This arrestment causes a Clamnifg up Of
blood In the vessels Of the brain, which at
length can not longer bear tIie disteHsioa,
aud burst, eapsiHg, olfusion there, which
is instant, sometimes, and certain death
always. i " p. ..:: :. /,
. There; IS scarcely q rGaier OF middle
lie, who has not more than once been
nearer death than lie ipiag ingd, from this
'Nefy ctdse. al man teets III iiis sleep as II
Somp terrible calamity was impending,
some horrible beast Is after him, or some
fearful Hood is about to orerwhelm him
but in spite of every effort, be cannot re-
move himself sufficiently fast; the enemy
behind IS increasing upon him; and at
length, 10 an agony Of sweat bic is at last
able by a desperate effort, to set tile
stream Of life in motion by nttering some
sonRd, fearful to be heard, or only saves
himself from falling into some fathomless
abyss, by a,convulsive and desperate cf-
fort In cases where there is no mower
| TO cry ont, or no effort can be made, the
person is oyertaken, or falls, and dies!
Eating hearty meal at the close Of the
day, Is like giving a laboring man full
! days work TO do, just as night sets III,
althoughhe has been toiling all day. Tie
whole body is fatigned when night comes,
the stomach takes lis due share, and &c
eat heartily Mt supper, and then 90 Ia
! bed Is gsing all the other portions aud
| functions Of the body repose, while the
stomach has thrown upon ii five hours
more OF additional labor, after having
already worked FIVE hours TO dispose d
breakfast, and q still longer time for din
ner This ten or twelve hours Of almost
incossant labor has nearly exhausted il,
power; itcannot promptly digest another
full meal, but labors at IL for long hour,
| together, like an exhausted galiey-slay
at a newfy,imposed task, The result IS
I that by the unnatural length OF time il
/ which the food is kept III the stomach
and the imperfect manner In which III,
exhausted orgait manages it, ii become
EElhore or less acid; this presses itself ii,
\ against the more yielding hugs, eontinit,
them to q largely diminished space; henci
7 every breath taken is Insufficient for iii,
wants Of the system, tho blood become
alfcul, black, aud thick, refuses to How, am
= the nint dies, or in delirium or frigh,
I leaps from window or commits suicide
I as did Hugh Miller aud maititudGs 0
/ others, as TO whom the coroner,S jnry la
returned the nOn-e ummittal verdict, .fDiG,
from causes uhkaown,p il NOT more III
!plodsly stating, Died by the visitation c
God" Q 4 q = = : ,G.'5.t. .5 Eng,
Let any reatler who follows on inactT
life for fhq most part, try the experiitaetl
for a week, Of eating absolutely hotltG
after n two O'clock dinner, and see II
souader sleep and a more vigorous ap,a
: tire for breakfast and a hearty dinner al
I not tho pleasaratle results, to say noibin
; 81 the happy. deEiyerance from thai dis
: greeable fuiineSs, weight, oppression. {
: ariIity which attends ov6r-eating. II
greater renovation aud vivaclty which
long, .drlicious and connected sleep In
parts, both 10 mind and body, VIII .,
:: themselves more than compensate for Il
etrtainiy short aud rather dubious pie
! ! sure Of eating II supper with no speri
! relish yehaaSe. -. .
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