The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-02

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We have some latin scholars, present, ]
would say to them, that the idea, is pss-
haps more clearly and eoDsissly EXPRESSED
10 the sentence d2aoas as'n. 5.227fos s1e
1870 9ds Men sana In conapore sa.,o :" I'll 9'i"
1T 10 needless to say, thst this disser-
tatioa Il not designed for the Instruction,
or even amusement .of unjnteliecusi ig.
noramuses -persons who hold the belief
thst every thfus thss IL nicc must be
noxious, and that every thing nsstyI u
wholesome DIRE not The kind If hearers
thss cso appreciate 40 Essay on Tssts,-
and .all that could properly be said to
them would be to relate the celebrated
answer aof1 the . FtencB2 philosopher !:
tHoyo;s Whist, do you philosophers eat
dainties a. said a gay MHques..-"Do
yea shink," replied 'Des scartes, DO you
think'that God niades good, things only
for fools" .sXjl9 II T3r' IN ,He7Ho9 III
That the subject Of Cookery is worthy
the stteption of riiin eot scien ti6c men,
We may readily believe, BY recurring 70
the observation OF Sir John Hunter, one
of the greatest physicians and surgeons
that England ever produced, 1"The sto'h.
ach, =, says he, sis the grand organ Of III,
human system. upon sbe state of ~hioh,
all the powers aod feelings cf the indi.
vidual depend. d."i"'ss' a'"r hHE T72GGh 90
Aud this is.an iudubitabIe fact, for the
improvement and preservation of Health,
and the prolongation of life, depends
mainly on duly replen,shing the daily
waste of the human frame with matcrisls,
'heal,hful nutricious, and easy Of diges-'
tion and from this stand point, ii may
readily be assumed, that If Medtcfn. be
ranked among those arts which dig.
nifty their professors. Cookery may lay
claim to an equal stinction; for. to
prevent diseases, is surely an equally
advantageous art to mankind. as to cure
them. The learned Dr. Arbuthreot took
this view Of the case, when he said "the
choice and measure Of the materials Of
which our body il composed, tina. We
take daily by pounds, is at least, Of a.
much Importance as that which We take
seldom, and only by grains and spoon
fuls." : : - .- ', - p.
But We, as Temperance organization,
ought to feel a strong interest 10 the
subject Of Cookery, on the grouud Of its
being a potont sjonct 10 the cause Of
temperance,-and the reasoning is obvi.
Gus Spirituous liquors arc used 10 most
cases as stimuisnt, and particularly
when the daily food Of persons is not 50
suf'eletly or properly prepared, as to act
hs'udessy' tvc,p,ert 'sccks'to "supp'y 4
the unsatisfed want, by the stimulating
properties Of ardent spirits, or the sooth.
ing effects of fermentsd drinks. Although
this may seem novel idea, yet there is,
doubtless, q great deal of truth in it, and
a good illustration will be found 10 the
habits and practice of the French nation,
who, as a people, are SO justly famous for
their skill in the affairs Of the kitchen,
and where Cookery is digni6ed into
science;-they know how so easily to
keep life in sufficient repair by good eat
ing, that they require little or no screening
up with liquid stimuli. Surrounded as
they are, by profusion of the most del:
icato wines, and seducing liquors, Offering
every temptation to render drunkenness
delightful; yet a tipplipg, drunken,
Frenchmau is rarely to be found. =,
How far, or to what extent, Cookery
is connected with Intellectual pursuits,
has never been very fully developed:
That eccentric artist, the celebrated
FUsELI, was said to have IN nade it a prac.
tice to eat large quantities of pork, at
supper, to enable him to imagine in his
troubled sIumbers, those singular group
ings of ghosts, hobgoblins, aud demonia.
cal subjects, in s,otcsquc attitudes ard
in wild and won derful scenes, that he SO
loved to paint. .i - ." .-.st z..a>i
Let, US however imagine the effect Of
bad Cookery on highly gifted, literary
mind for instance, green biscuit with
acrid spots of olkali---butter, stronger
!, than Sampson before he was shorn BY
Delilah, ,-aDd meat slowly stepped and
simmered in fat, until it has attained
the toughncss and indigestibility Of fried
leather thoroughly imprcenated with
grease And then take, for example
Charles Lamb, the gentle, refined, and
sensitive Ella, tortured BY such barbsr
Gus preparation, aud we can suppose
without any violent stretch of imagina
ton, that his exasperated feelings nigh,
be expressed in language, something like
the following: es -. ID "a i .s.a
Pity the sorrows of my sore affection
and coudole with me in my sad calamity,
i have been struck down by ignoble
hands, am dying by inches from irrits
biIity and indigestion produced by an
agouising attempt to breakfast on half
cooked mutton chop, and potato bullets
am the victim Of an unsophisticated cd
barbarism, and my uuprovoked assassin--
my unpardonable murderer is Bets,
Jane! Yes, Betsy Jane, our ignoraut
irrationsl, and inscnsible she.eook. -
Vainly have tried to explain to her
the chemistry Of the 6rst elements Of
Cookery-she will try my mest, and
serve up the soaking. greasy. and un-