Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-02-02
ST. CIairsviIIo, Ohio, Feb. z.
Ecoaomy or Rood.

IL should be the study OF all house
keepers to economise food. 1t is at
the present timo religious duty to
teach it 20 she poor. Potatoes at three
dollars, or even one dollar per bushel.
are not Economical. Turnips at any
price they are ever sold for should new
er be purchased by those who are com
PEELED 10 make every cent count. Corn
meal is mover sold so high that it is not
economical food; and flour, even at the
present price, compared with almost
sll other food substances, is one OF the
most economical articles ofdiet
Halls Journal of Health gives the
palm to buckuheat flour. DE-. Hall
SAYS that experience has proved that
the appetite when satisfied upon buck
wheat cakes and molasses, will remain
satisfied longer time than upon any
other food.
This was proved in one instance by
lady Of his acquaintance, who was
reduced from afilusuce to poverty, with
a large family of small children Deepen
dent on her manual labor for her daily
food. She made variety of expert
ments to ascertain what articles could
be purchased for the least money, and
would at the same time go the farthest
by keeping her children longest from
crying for something to eat. She. soon
discovered that when they ate buck
wheat cakes and molasses they were
quiet for longer time than after eat
ing other kind of food.
He relates another case ola Judge
who observed that when he took buck
wheat cakes for breakfast ho could sit
on the bench the whole day without
being uncomfortably hungry; if the
cakes were omitted he felt obliged tc
take lunch about noon.
1t has often been noticed by those
connected with charitable institutions
in this city, that women who are most
stintsd for means will expeud portion
of their pittance for tea, and sometimes
they have been reproved for so doing
by those who look upon the use of tea
as luxury, extravaganza, or at least
notan economical expenditure. Scien
tific men, in treating upon this subject
say that tea, like alcohol, rctards thu
matamosis Of the tissues; in othe
words, IL gives fuel to the flame oflifc
and thus prevents it from consumin;
the fat and flesh Of the body.
For the same reason, persons wh'
are suffering with hunger are ortel
found expcnding their last pittmce 70
things that have no value as fool
During the Irish famine, when man,
died of hunger, the poor wnfc oftel
found spending their last shilling 70
tea and tobacco and'spirits.
The reason given is the same in al
these cases. The persons had becom
satisfied by their experience, that
penny's worth of tca or tobacco O
liquor would keep Off the sense ofhur
ger longer than penny's worth c
anything else.
Experience, too, has proved that tn
time OF eating is all matter Of habi
Whole tribes OF Indian hunters an
trappers have been known to cat br
once in twenty four hours, and that ,
night. If a person gets into the hab
of taking = lunch between breakfas
aud dinner, he will very soon find hin
self getting faint about the regula
luncheon time.
The reason why buclSwhcat cake
are in such universal use In winter, an
are very seldom used in summer,
because they abound in the heat form
ing principle. The molasses cate
with them adds to this effect 1t
highly probable, at the price ut whic
which these two orticles of food usual
sell, as compared with other substaI
ces, that nothing within reach of I'll
poor is more economical. 1t is almo
inconceivably more so than potatoe
turnips, cabbages and other commC
ordinary vegetables, We think eco
omy would be promoted by mixir
buckwheat and corn meal in equal pr
portions. Both should be coarse
ground, Both are almost universal
injured by being ground fine. F.
economical use, neither should be bo
ed; simply sift out the coarsest hui
by hand.