Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-09-25
VOLUME 33, NO. Al.


you. Obesity like enaeistion. is a sort Of
diseasc-unfavorable 10 health and long
life
The warm weather makes you pant and
peEPire.
met one Of yOur number down on the
beach. the other day. Ia was a very warm
afternoon lie was very uncomfortable.
We stoPped 10 chat moment. when he
exclaimed:
- / would give ten thousand dollars 20 he
reduced TO one hundred and hfty pounds.
j pant. ~hseze and s~eAt P<Es ~sssszo ==9
sweat every time STIR and looking ear
nestly into my face. he said: " Doctor.
what can you do for mes What can take?
my family doctor tells me he can give me
something that viii whitile me down; do
YOU think IL can be dones-
"Oh. yes replied. "nothing Is cas-
Ter. but Il Is quite unnecessary TO take any
medicine. Suppose. sir. yOu have a very
fat horse-much in the condition Of your
self-and some doctor were % propose TO
reduce his weight with medicine. what
would YOU saw
Il should tell him that I could reduce
his weight by reducing the AMOUNT of food
Just 50 and YOU would be quite right
Allow me 70 commend the same practice TO
yourself. Reduce the quantity Of your
food one quarter. and / venture 20 say that
in month YOU will weigh from Eve to ten
pounds less than now. AZ the end Of the
first uosth. reduce the amount Of your food
another quarter. Within three or six
months YOU viii ind yoarseH lighter by
twenty to fifty pounds. Your digestion will
be much healthier. your respiration freer.
and your activity and endurance greatly
increased
" But said be. II don't eat half as
much a. some thin men l know
This Is not improbable and presume
their excessive eating keeps them thin. a..
with your tendency, excessive eating pro
ducos fAi. II they were TO reduce the
quantity Of their food. they woald like
yourself. tend toward the normal standard
they would gar, in weight while you
would lose
lie promised 20 try IL. and started on.
In horsecar the other day. / met six
corPulcnt. uncomfortable men. all quite
sure % die prematurely. Every one Of
them might. in six or twelve months. be re-
duced to the normal standard. and enjoy
degree Of health and activity to which be Is
nav a stranger. l. any physiological state
mcut more sclf-evident than that every fat
person eats more than he needsy
Bot exclaIns some fat young woman.
who would " give the world 20 be IN good
shape. Il cannot 90 hungry und faint for
ever
This remark shows that you have never
tried what ! have suggested. IL j. only
the great eater who j. troubled With hunger
and % goneness." II you would reduce the
quantity Of your food. even 20 one-half st
once. after three DAYS you would not suffer
from faiutness or hunger. The man Who
eats tenperafely Of unstimulating food.
rarely knows the sensation Of hunger.
Ia the light Of these undeniable state
ments. bow silly the practice common
among girls. of swallowing acids. and 9TH
cr killing things. and Young men. sleeping
in tobacco. o. reduce the fesh.
have personally known scores Of Young
women whose bcalth has been ruined by
drinking vinegar Or eating chalk and other
highly indigestible things-all 20 take
away their fat.
And have known still greater number
~ H.
appliances. in the hope Of keeping them
selves conely and in shape.
! have met hundreds Of fat men Who
were besmeared with tobacco Juicc-objects
Of deep disgust 10 an boholders. a terror %
all decent housekespers poregrinating
sienoh pots-anl all % keep their aesh
down.
Ny poor. dear simpleion. allow NE to
prescribe for you.
Rise early exercise much. particulary in
the open air; battle frequcnily. rubbing
the skin very hard but. most importan
Of an. oat plan. coar.e food. and reduce
tho quanity until you Gni yoursef growing
thinner two or three pouads week. You
sluggi-hness. short brcath and other dis
comforts viii soon leave you. and you vii
become bright elesr-headsd and happy
pr johnson uscl To- say that habit q
every event. b. better than a thousand
pounds a year. Bishop Han quantity re-
marks. for every BAD there might b. a
worse and when a msn breaks his lcg. ict
bin p, thankful it sas rot his neck. " hen
Fcnslon's library vas on FRI. God BE- prais.
ed. lhe exclaiued. /" that 70 j. not N
dwolling of some poor man u This j. H.