The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-02-15
For the Upton Advertiser.
SWINES FLESH AS FOOD.

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1t is said, and that too by good authori-
ty, ''not that which gocth into the mouth
detileth man, but that which cometh
out; for from the heart come thoughts"
&c. But nevertheless on the subject Of
this article there is being considerable
awakening. That pork is entirely unfit
for human food, many are well satisfied !;
while others are carefully Investigating.
And indeed, when we consider how al
most boundless arc the sources from
which man may draw his supplies of
subsistence, it is indeed astonishing that
he should, in this enlightened age, con-
tinue the heathcnish practice of eating
the hog.
There are several reasons why it should
be discontinued; mainly these: First
That it tends to engross and Supply the
moral sensibilities; to engcnder physica
disease, especially that of scrofulous
type, or character. 1t also tends to
entail upon the consumers, swinish dis
positions, more or less. TO sustain this
Poiiie W. Nstii olAlAS3 AOA VIC DSSt VI
testimony. Dr. Nichols says, that man
partakes more or less, of the qualities of
the aninol he subsists upon. It is also
said, that all men of striking intellectual
developments have been sparing of ami
NAL food, and more especially of pork.
DR.. Adam Clark had the right view of
the subject when he said, that We're he to
make a sacrifice to the devil, he would
offer him fat hog stuffed with tobacco.
Another principal reason why this sub
ject should be carefully considered, is,
that, in the fattening and consumption
of pork as food, there is a great waste of
the true elements of life and health
Though it may be considered by many,
" , be luxury. Yet when we consider,
nat, upon careful, and impartial demon
q, ,tration, and calculation, it has been
,pund that vegetable food is not only
,3etter, but five hundred per cent. cheap
,tr than swines flesh, none, surely, can
=; .aisc the plea ofinterest. IA
-, But to place the standard us low as
y, possible, and to be understood by all, let
IFS suppose that it requires ten pounds of
! ,orn to make one of pork, and when it is
nade to say nothing about the risks,
liabilities, and other expenses, one
,Wound of the corn consumed in it's pro-
is worth as much in sustaining
ere human organization, rs taro pounds
he trh pork IN its most heultIy condition..
es &c. nothing of the almost innumera-
re townses to which the hog is subject.
of apt to conclude that things are
not as bad as represented here, and in
articles of this kind OH health reform;
but we have only to call the attention of
the observing to facts around us. In any
of the large gatherings, or even small
ones, to which our attention might be
called, all over the land; behold the
physical degeneration, the want Of man
ly and womanly proportions; hear the
innumerable complaints; cast your eye
over the newspapers, and witness the
thousand and one prescriptions for every
imaginable disease, and some others be-
side; and then halt and consider if thew
are not hmentably few who are in eyery
respect what they ought to be. There
is screw loose somewhere, let us find
where.
One idea more. In the Bible we see
the eating of mice and swines flesh asso-
ciated together. We abhor the Chinese
for their mice and rat eating proclivities /;
let us abhor in ourselves, that which is
evil, and cleave to that which is good.
W JESSE DORCAs.
Generally, as soon as man is suppos-
ed to have little money. his wife gets