Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-26

Almanac, as Al experiment, ar just 10 see how
good an Annual of the kind could be gotten up.
Ii was n success, and elected unmeasuic cd
praise. This year the trisf has been made
again, and the task l. W II done, aud we pre-
diet for the Atlantic AlmlHac for 1859. still
greater popularity. The entities ,satents, both
the literary and the artistic departments are
Original. and were prepared for 1t expressly
II is edited by Donald G.. Mitchell. which n
sufficient guaranty OF Its ability and reliability
We extract tlr follow ing from paper by o.
iver w. Holmes -
From the ATLANTIC ALMANAC for 1862
II Is obvious. then tina: we change our bod
les as we change our CLOTHES. II was an old
fancy. belonging to the category OF the seven
stars. the seven ages. the seven daYs OF the
week, aud the seven ~lccpcrS, that we are ma tic
over again every seven years. But a strong
man, leading an active life, takes between two
and three pound. of dry food daily. AMI five or
six OF liquids. lie receives into his lungs be-
tween four and five Thousand gallons OF AIR eN-
cry twcnly-tour hours, Of which lac absorbs be-
tween two and three pounds. IL year. there
fore such a man takes into his system about
three thousand pounds of foreign material. or
twenty times hs own weigh. All OF this' with
iasignifcsn exceptions, has become part OF
his own fluids or solids. That Is, II he weighs
one hundred and fifty pounds, he has been mad
Owe twenty times in the course of year, or
rs often ~ once In every two or three weeks
But he chtn-a occurs much more rapidly III
some parts than in othcrs,-in tho blood. the
bair the cutiele, much more rapidly than in the
ZONES or the teeth so far as our observation
extends. Yet, that the process OF growth IL
pre- tty active even in the bones j. rendered
probable by the rapdty with which = fra iure
uniies, especially in young and healthy crsons.
The dentists will tell you that even the teeth
are capable OF repairing their own damages to
\ certain extent. which implies tina, they too
are changed more or less Ike other parts.
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