The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-01

am sorry 70 inform YOU mat the times are 50 bad
that have been short OF EnglishmeG for long
time "
DIscoMroRrs or PAT PEOPLE.
Obesity may be considered a seriou5 evil aud
has exposed cOrpulcnt persons to mluy deSlgre-
mems. The ancients held fet people in sovereign
contempt. Some Of the GCntlUs enter their
dwellings by hole In the roof; and any fat per-
son who cannot get through IL, they consider rs
an eNCOmmuniCated often Ter who has not hcen
able TO rid himsclf Of his sins An Eastern prince
had an officer to regulate the size OF his subjects,
and who dietcd the unwicldy ones to reduce them
to a proper volume. In China this calamity is
considered blessing; a mans intellectual quail.
ties are esteemed in the ratio of cOrporell buk
There are cases on record among ourselves,
where unwicldiness led to estimation. The cor
pulent antiquary Grosc was requested by his
butcher TO tell all his friends that he bought his
meat from him; and the payicrs Of am5rdgc
used to say, "GOd bless you sir!' to huge pro-
fessor when he walked over their work. FamCss
has often been the butt of jocularity. DR.. STAT
ford, who was enormously fat, was honored with
this epitaph -
TAKE heed. . good traveller, and do not tread hard.
For here lies DIR. Stafford, IN aHthis chuTchy1r3"
And the following lines were inscribed on the
tomb of a cOrpulent chandler; -
'Hore lies in earth an honest fellow,
who died by fat ana lived By taiiow"
DIR. Beddoes was so uucomfortably stout that a
lady OF Clifton used to call him "the walking
feather-btd." At the court Of Louis XIV there
were two lusty nobcmcn, related u each o.her;
pulence, added. 81 suppose you take little or no
exercise :" "Eour majesty will pardon me-"
replied the bulky duke, "for | generally walk
two or three times round my cousin every morn
ing"
CoRPULENT ACTRESSES.
Various ludicrous anecdotes are related Of fat
people A scene between Mrs. Give aud Mrs
PritChard, two corpulent actresses, must have
been very amusing. They were playing in the
parts of "Iady Easy" and "Edping" in the
IIgl,BUnH UFh iTna
"Edging' TO pick up "a letter she had dropped;
and Mrs. Give, who might as well have ut.
tempted to raL,e a hundred-pound weight, cX-
claimed, "NOt l. indeed; take it up yourself if
you like it," This answer threw the audience
into rOars Of laughter, when Mrs. PritChlrd re-
piled, "Well, If yOu wont take up the letter, |
must find some one who willi' and so saying,
she beckoned 10 a servant in the wing, who came
forward and terminated the dispute.
ADMIRATION or comuLgScB.
In some countries, especially in the East, mode
rate obesity is considered a beauty, aud Tunisene
young ladies areregulury iattenod for marriage
different practice from that Of the Roman ma
irons, who starved their daughters, to make them
as lean as possible on such occasions.
Erasmus states that the Gordi carried their
admiration for c)rpuence to snch an extent that
they raised the iatteS, amongst them to the throne
1t is well known that the prep'sterous size of
some OF the HOttentots Is deemed a perfection,
and one of their NonusCs was some time siuce
exhibited in London.
AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE.
There is no doubt that food materially inhu-
ences this condition of tnknd, although we
frequently see enormous caters who are misera-
, bly, lean, and iat persons whose diet is most
scanty. During the late war a raycnOus French
prisoner was known to eat four pounds of raw
COW udGer, ten pounds of raw beef, and two
pounds OF candles per diem duting his meals
with five quarts Of porter; and yet this carni-
yorous brute was perfect skeleton.
,,yp,g,r
Anatomical pursuits are also known to occa-
sion eDlb0npOim. This has been frequently OBJ
served amongst medical pupils. Professor Mas
cagni tr0uted his c0rpuienca to his constant
attendance on dsscctions.
CURE OF CORrULENcE.
For the cure OF corpulonce, diminuton Of food
/ Of a nutritious nature has been generally recon-
mcndcd added to this, llCle sleep and much
/ exercise are advised ACIDS 20 reduce fltuess are
( frequently administered, but have done con-
siderable mischief Amongst other wonderful
accounts OF their efficacy In such cases, 10 Is re-
lated of Spanish general who vas Of an cnOr-
nous ,ize, that he drank vinegar until his bulk
was so reduced thai he could fold his skin round
/ his body.
For a similar purpose soap has been frequently
H recommended, particularly uy Dr.. Ficmyn !. lie
/ began this experiment with one Of his patents,
/ who weighed twcuty stone and gleyen pounds
CjOckey weigh); in July, l1jl, he look every
night Querlrr Of an ounce OF common Clsua
soap. In August, lij6, u.s DulE was reduced
two stone, and m 1850 ns Tts brought luwn 10 u
proper condition.
Darwin Is uf the opinion ma. -al' aud saltrd
meat are sill more .it.1'.4T, rIig sap. All
thCss apartments, however age no ra0er1 u L
only usrir e., hul 1rsur rpt,. -Ha III "a ut.J pt',e
fatal Ar, Nruu. Hum aJ.a atrpHs NlrS %
enrp.rca wp'H ,s rs'r A"F.' 90 .if Hr.l'.',
PTHl, .y uth.Tsv. bit "..'iut .'N @a. .H'I,Hl
lrlri IS u.ly 30 ra >.I-J. 'g rl-.. ',-'.n.'lr
ness aud -1JiC. ag. con t1u- ..EsH',JI 80 ul.r
and exercise Dr Clcyne, WOO w..-H I'd a'. p
/ two stone, reduced h4LsLI Ong-tuEu, uui
| enjoyed good health iii the age Of seyenty-tWO.
In another case, attended by Dr. Gregory, OF
I Edinburgh the patient weighed tWcniy-thrae
stone, and by regular system OF diet was
brought down 70 fifteen stone. In this instance
brown bread, with certain quantity OF bran IN
il, was employed; and it is well known that the
| aiimontGry secrctlOns arc materially altered by
the quality OF bread. The article VI drink also
requires much attention. COrpl.cnt persons
generally indulge 70 excess, and IN this case
every CnGeayor 70 reduce them will be in vain
We frequently see our jockeys reducing them
selves 70 the extent Of stone and hall IN the
week. lower scale Of diet is by no means as
Injurious as it is generally supposedj the Eng-
hsa prisoners made by T sab though fdog KEEP
themselves in better lg 1an before, AN ana d
some OF them we're cur64-HNfns their CAPTIVITY
OF liver complaints Of long and severe Duration
CASES OF EXTREME coRPULENcB.
One OF the most corpulent persons kRXS4 was
Mr., Lambert, Of Lecestershre. whSA - q
hfy-two stone eleven pounds fourteeN'R4khds
20 the store).
At Hainton there died in 1916 Samuel Sugars,
aged hity.two; and his body, with single CONN
weighed tlfiy stone.
In 1854 died Mr. Jacob Powell OF Stebbing, IN
Essex his body was above i've yards IN Glrcan-
ference, and weighed five hundred anu slHty
pounds, requiring sixteen men to carry hi'n &c
his grave.
In l775. Mr.. SpoOncT, of skillington' near Tam
worth, weighed, short time before MS dea1h