Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-12-06

the % of Nov 1861, there is an article,
"Usefu! Hints" Among other things, it
states that "tbose who drunk 4 cup of tea
or fee, are fools" A grave charge,
trow! The reason given, is "because il
is to the body and brain an expenditure
of what is not yet go:. 1t is using power
in advance, ard this can never be done
with impunity" Call me a fool if you
will, but neither believe the statement,
nor understand the reasoning.
Now let me tell YOU what is wrong
sbou, it. Great and good men are all
what's the matter" As good natured
Offset, allow me to introduce a brief pas
sage fom Horace. (Not from Horace
Greely though sort Of Greclyite.) |
mean the Horace of Horaces, the Old Ro-
man bard aud >a'irist. In book ls', sa-
tire "a, 9th verse, you will fud these
words: "Dum udiRt auht rata, IN con-
ra,ia currunt" Meaning-Whi hist they
avoid the vice Of fools, run into extremes
Yes, sensible men drink tea and cLtiee,
"Einred' at that are trewed iD the "Dey-
lis Tea Kettle" then dm with you.
W. &. NJ.
sn-The writer who is criticised above,
said, Those who drink cup of tea or
coffee or other stilnulan,, are fools, be-
cause" &c. Oar correspondent overlOoks
the words ''or other stimulant,' although
they seem to us necessary to gather his
full meaning, which is to deDOunce ALL
sTIMuLANrs, such as tea, coffee, intOxica-
ting liquors, &c.
We suppose the author Of the article
is DR.. HALL, whose journal of Health"
is generally regarded as an excellent work.
His blunt style is natural, aud designed
to make the mos, stupid comprehend his
meaning. The expression quoted is too
much in the Sensation" manner of those
who seek nOtoriety BY pithy or startling
ssyings-(s most grievous fault and bad
example Of some would-be great writer's
of our day. The bett e1pr sscd and
real sentiment, as We take it, is, that the
use of stmulauts is q FOLLY, aud not that
every one indul ging in them is an IDIOT.
The reasoning" is tha. artificial strength,
gained by unnatural stimulan,s-such as
alcohol, opium, arsenic, tobacco, or any
thing el,e-is only an unhealthy, spas
modic, temporary power, which tends to
shorten life, even though for time it may
seem to impart unwonted energy to brain
Or muscles. They are like an heir who
wastes the yearly income provided for
him, by anticipating every dollar, and
dies a beggar. The true restora,ives to
exhausted nature are SLEEP, aud FOOD op-
Grating through the blood upon the whole
system. Mere stimulan.s, operating more
directly upon the nerves, are unnatural
and exhaustive. 1t is cOnfessedly hard 10
draw the jus, liae in all cases between
bealthful nutriment aud deceptive stimu
liant, Just as i: may be difficult always to
discriminate tho dividing poin. between
virtue and vice-yet, nevertheless, they
exist.
Alexander the Great, Byron, Burns,
aud thousands Of other men Of great nat
ural powers, prematurely perished-burns
out By s,iuulaus. 1t is the great fault
Of American character tha. 10 various
ways We bring on premature decay BY our
excessive labors kept up By various ex-
tfaneous influences. The lamented DR..
W. H. L. said there we're only so many
miles of "go' in horse, and if you got
i. ont Of him in ten years Instead of TWEEN.
,y, you saved ten years of keeping. Un-
fortunately, his own labors were too
much upon the same principle-and his
gigantic constitution was worn out when !
ouly about forty years Of age. A "serene
I'D age" is suress gained BY temperance
lud absence from excitements and stimu-
au,s Of all sorts, weak or strong.