Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-09
,nnlorr or Ysnkse CowardIce.


The Freuca have carried he sceres of cookery to its
perfection and tested the ability of all human subsan-
ces With them it Is prOverb
Dis B.oi c, qs IA. Manages, ts drai &c que tn e."
Tel me VIA, you ear and l Will tell you Wbatyou are
THIS by the wav would be qui pUzzng 70 the inmates
OF some Of our Frs.elass Hotels us about this time
the variety and ind"@eroaby Of many of the eondi-
msuts served m tending vastly aggravate the Diff
cuv Of $, acknowledge But nos The Freteh,
in psrf,ccg their Wanted science Of G',TadHd'ss,
have had TO explore and anak the whole animal aud
vegetable kingdoms. The elements Of every substance
had to be ascsrAi1ed AID their fitness and capacity s'
articles Of foci subjected 10 chemical tests. That certain
amin AS should be eaten in their Infancy, as kidd, pg'
i,oCAons De at) others in their maturity, Is mutton
aud beef; while Others sgAir such as pheasants and
parrdges should be kept before cooking, until decom
position has progressed the point hA, the feathers
a., o and others agaa, Ike al and all aquatic bros
should be cooked a. soon as eaught-are few OF the
p-ac.,a truths eliminated b. their scientific eNpora-
lions For macy ages, the Roman GJurWsi' we're the
envy Of ne couraDdEog World because their taste was
. delicate that thsy could Distinguish 6-h caught be-
twer1 tue TWO bridges from those caught below. When
Saucho PAIz, boasled, that be Of adlscrimina-
ting rlce because two Of bis srceo- in drinking from
a key Of vine one detected the avor o. leather and
the other JSa, Of IRON and key With leather string
Wa found in t. Ge vs. considered little better than
e Of tne pafale, Oh Who'd resIed when as asleep
ard tell the CNci hti'u les in which doz'u wines we're
mAturet With a. much certainty as Bot or Algo
could predict eclipse OF course they have
discovered the peculiar, physical and moral effects
Of every tiet. They know what produces knav,s
whAt coward What heaOes Sba; lechers Their books
6l-d With experiments aud Dissertations in irusra
doa and confirmation Of their various positions In,
slncag over the pages Of Of :he mos, brilliant aud
fscn'ng writer's lBils Savaron We have been struck
With the wonderful eKlctuie With which he has on sc
cattle principles, delneaed the great Y.akse Nation
According 10 bis theories sustained BY experiment,
and yndea;ed BY facts coj-fh and potatoes cannot fail
% engsadsr coElr,s P0aoes he Gays, abound in that
proper which sofens the 6bes and inpars the cour-
ags Fsh belosgs 70 the rsgiu,, i4lgrs and as a die,
heating, irritating and Cy5austng The writer gives
some curious and highly entertaining facts which fell
undSr biz osa observation, in support OF the ustuess Of
his premises
When Leyerrer vi1dcaed the calculus and by figures
demonstrated ;5e existence Of the planet Neptune and
de9gnate1 ia very place n the regions Of space and
vhea Gale took bis telescope and found it. where bis
calculations placed it. Mathematics cooked his hat, and
there vas shout o. surprise aud joy Throughout: tie
learned world Bu, the joy on that occasion was not
comparable to What L will be- when the neKs reach
Paris that the Yankees have eaten the eek and tia, il
. true in 'act in thcosy tia; codfA and Doid ass
oil no, fyH. TIE French Academy assisted BY all the
Swans Of the Metropolis viii forthwith hold An c1 IA.
ordinary session the m2prant fact so highly ,,tering
to G.s,rolomc scenee will be formally entered on the
minutes, ard consulted to all pos,erity Every au-
thor Who has written book on the food Of nations and
demonstrated th' connection between poor food and poor
hghing vii issue and enlarged edition, iusra.
ted BY 10 600 pictures OF Yankees cod a and potatoes
Il vii be amusing 70 see the Great Y,akes Nation
passing through the alsm5o Of the French philosophers,
and taking their pcs side bg si3 with the Chinese in
the category OF o.us.eFi1g and das,ariy nations.
Tas al-m,1tlry explanation constitutes the best sp,l
osy for che ocWadce Of the Yankees that the case +
miis o. L Prasupp)ses they no. free agents
the Aures Of crcunstanees which thsy have no
Control They eaas help the meagre food "a dis,a e6
hgrqsi, which i-8In.s 70 qua-reSs ard deprives Of
courage, with which their dreary region supplies them
They must OBEY the AE Of their being When is re-
numbered ,Al. thsi, Prime Minister nebr.tes himself
diy with those EN- ssculaag beverages and cham
pane it is only the surprising tia: they did not
aioP' tie 1t' fsahr as their national badge from the
beginning
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