Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-07-12

What SHALL I do ?"

closed by saying, "Why, Mr.. -, We
have to drink hot coffee, Jlack-no milk,
no sugar; what do you think of that ?''
Good, motherly woman you would do
etiil better if you omitted the shot" and
the "cofee," and took only the clear and
cold water for needfal drink, just as did
cur grandparents and remoter ancestors,
Who lived longer than We shall, and who
bad little or 10 nervous ails, nor headaches
ss We have. Tea and cvffse are la.ruries
merely, unknown for thousands Of years
they are no necessity, only as Custom has
made them seem So A few years ago, the
grown people only drank them, but even
children now demand their daily drains
The mae who imbibes intoxicating drinks,
the biped tobacco worm, the snuff taker,
the opium eater-all these need them just
ss much as you need to indulge the crav-
ings of an artificial appetite-no more
80, you don't compare my coffee drink
to that of the intoxicating bowl z" Not
exactly-the latter is in all respects much
the worse-but both are alike unnecessary
end expensive aud tend to iDjure health.
Your coffee and tea Cost pr year say S25oo
Sugar for same 1000
Cream 1900
Total for doubtful luxury $4,000
There are sixty dollars gone for what cold
water would have done as well-and that
sixty would have gone far towards rent or
for plain wholesome food, or for clothing
for yourself aud little ones.
"Bat then feel SO much better after
good strong cup" Aud you want it to be
stronger aud stronger year by year, don't
you! There is temporary stimulation
or excitement, often mistaken for strength
or nourishment. If there be a peculiar,
subtle, beneficial power (Which | doub:I
in these beverages, it is much less than
IN ordinary articles Of food. Thousands
of individuals, once devoted to rum, opium
or tobacco, have thought they could not
abandon them, aud yet they have done SO
snd-after a long, hard trial, perhaps
have found great pecuniary aud heal!bful
advantage 10 the change.
'But milk and sugar, most certainly,
ere good" Yes, milk by itself is excel
lent, and your money for genuine arti,le
would be much better laid out than for
the uncertain drugs, called tea and coffee,
made-you do not know where or how
But milk, cooked, changes character, and
is some times hard on the stomach. As
to sugar, it is one of mans inventions
was 6rst used as a mediciDe-ana now
is altogether too common, for it is very
cloyiDg, or eonstiPating to the bowels.
Children use it 10 a sad eztsnt. Candies,
cakes, and various forms Of preserves are
preparations Of it in the worst form. But
pure clean sugar, by itself, is healthier
than any preparation of it however tooth !
some or commop.
"What shall.o one eat and drink, then 2"
Toast your crusts of bread aud make from
them or some other simple thing a warm
drink to wean away by degrees from slim
ulsnts. You use only cold water, do you
not, for dinner?
20, yes, for dinner--but for breakfast
and supper I must have something hot"
Now see the force OF habit hot drink
is no more essential for one meal than
for another. Mastica'e food more and We
shall all need less drink at meals. Aud
thousands live on bread and water only.
But be sure your bread is sweet-bakcd
through, browned-and take the time to
chew it 90 as to get all its virtue. As to
meat, We use it extravagantly. What We
waste, Frenchmen would live on. Baking
dries up and loses half the value Of most
meats, and frying is not good as broiling.
Make soup of your fresh meats, SO as to
extract (and retain) from the bones, mar
row, muscles and fat, all their hesh-making
properties. Boil thoroughly, aud with a
proper seasoning and aduix ures in the
broth, you have soup-the cheapest aud
most nourishing food Cor dribk.) When
not too costly, vegetables and fruits are
profitable as we'll as pleasant. Blu: it is
not foe, expensive food, so much as good,
simple appetises, you and your children
most need and best enjoy. Then, buying
BY the quantity will save third in cost,
IS we'll ss time and toll in buying.
1t 10 astonishing how little it requires
to live, if We only hink-Plan- co"trive,
and are willing to abstain and sacs fee in .
Temporary epjoyments Of appetite Rice,
corn, potatoes, turnips, are quite as good
Is more costly food material. Plain livers
are mos. hearty and long lived.
As to clothing, keep warm and dry and
Jet the fashions and fGeries 60. Do not /
think it necessary to adorn your children
like peacocks, for they will learn to love
dress soon enough. Study economy, aud
not show. Remember, in cool weather the !