Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-10-01
Number 45.

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8 z' sl' me COCO Po<sy o. y As
llsers57 man, II had iallen in with
I2fdI6aFy literary habits. l shsuld not
~ been sitting here to wr;ts about
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"a lived ahe majority or literary
|lnen ot this age, ss "a man about
.<eTn; il / had lived Ia lown.. and kept
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efiuvia. gas. and air - depsiSsa b i a. Of ar. ;ss
ozone; if / had sat over the bottle st
fate supners, foolishly called diu.ey,.
and, in short, had "iolliHed''-as INV
literary contemporaries csiIit-I sboul1
have been gone thirty wears AGO.
As it is, have seen numbers of
literary men, much younger than NV
self, dying Of like rotten sbeep-,om.
of ther1 in their early youth few Of
them becoming old. They have ar
quired great reputstions; for If Won
take notice, they who coIlect abopt tLa
press, and tollify with one ano,ber and
cry up one another as prodigies. are
the men who become most popular: and
"verily they have their reward"
They reap much money and much
temporary fame; but ct what price do
they purchase itg At the cost Of bodily
ss well as mental comfort; at the cost
Of life itself. For my part, seeing the
victims to "fast Iife6 daily falling
around me, haze willingly abandoned
the TEMPORARY ADVANTAGES of such a
life, and preferred less popularitv Isss
gains; the enjoyment of a sound mind
in sound body; the blessings of a
quiet domestic life, and more restricted.
but not less ENJOYABLE circle Of society.
i 1 am now fast approaching nv seven
tieth year. i cannot, indeed. saw that
have reached this period. active and
vigorous as / am. witboutthe assistance
Of doctors. have had the constant
Of these four famous ones:
Temperance, Exercise, Good Air, and
Good Hours.
And now a word on work. Those
who imagine that I only wag a goose
1uill, mistake little. In that depatt-
nent, indeed, have perhaps done az
much work as any man living. Often.
in early years, l labored assiduously
sixteen hours a day. I never omit
walking three or four miles, in all
weather. work hard in nv garden.
md could tire down tolerable man al
'hzt-sefz 6 <hinS.,-pariag.nv-tv tvo
ears travel IN Australia, when aboat
ixty. l walked often, under burning
un Of one hundred and twenty OF ono
hundred and thirty degrees at noon.
ny twenty miles d day, for days aud
weeks together; worked at digging
,old, in great heat, and against Young;
Ictive men, nv twelve hours a day,
ometimes stahding in a brook. (
saded through rivefs--for neither man
Tor nature had made MANY bridpes-
md let nv clothes dry upon nv back;
Washed nv own linen. and made and
,aked nv own bread before | ate Il;
lept occasionally under the forest tree;
md through II al as hearty as a roacbl
And how did / manage all this. not
,nly with ease, but with enioyment?--
Simply because | avoided spirituous
iauors as I would the po;son of an
sp. Phe horrors which / saw there
rom drinking OF spirits. were enough
o make a man of the least sense sober,
he extent to which spIrit.drinkino was
arried. NAV be iudged of bv the nm.
xampled fact. that one wear ddtinS
NJ stay. nine hundred thousand nonnds
Yere paid for dutv on spirits alone and
hat for population of onlv two bun-
red and ihv tbou.and soulsi We'll,
,en r,bink have a slain n recor.
,end 10 nv fpllov. uotkmen abstinanra
om beer snIrits and tobacco Tbpv
re- all poisoners Of the Hood. thew aIs
4 bnrnt. .ofFsrings ,,nIo dea,b. tbpv arc
/ DESTROYER, Of the bottom If our
,eket. and what ;s worse des,,,vers
tbs peace Of families tbe ccnsIitn-
ms NJ man tho dor,os,;c .n,,f,-,and
rtra NJ ,or,on- ,ba ,hra;o.I .,o,,;,a