Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-18
halFrom the Turf. Field and Farm.l
& .oE How TO Live. 1889

There are moreiways than one of COM
mitting suicide, and over eating and
drinking is not the least certain of them.
We meet, every day, morose, dyspeptic
men in the higher walks of life, who
cannot understand why Heaven has
afflicted them so sorely, forgetting that
their suffering is punishment brought
on by indulgence to excess They take
no exercise, but continually overload
the stomach with rich, highly.spiced
dishes; and wash the whole down with
copious, draughts of strong tea, coffee
and wine.ss They excite the organs to an
unnatural degree, disarrange the func-
tions, and disturb that calm, regular
action which gives health and cheer
fulness to oebody and mind
High-seasoned dishes, composed of
variety of ingredients, are improper.
food for the stomach. The natural ap-
petiteis equally stimulated aud satisfied
by the most simple dish. The artificial
appetite is by spices, spirits and
condiments, and it is only satisfied SO
long as the sstimulants ARE felt. The
longing for a particular food is an un-I
healthy and false appetite. If the
food taken into stomach not fatally
diseased, agrees with the digestive or
gans, feeling of cheerfulness is pro-
moted; otherwise the individual is rem
dered morose and dissatisfied with all
around him.. The old maxim of Socrates,
'that we ought to eat and drink to live,
and not live in order to eat and drink, ~
is the proper one to observe. Pope
gives strong expression to his thoughts
upon this subject: 80 s-.d Is 500
When the tired glutton labors through a treat,
He finds no relish in the sweetest meat.
Then hear what blessings Temperance can bring.
These blessings. only. form my cause to sing.
First Hea.fA-the stomach, cramm'd from every
A tomb Of roast and boiled, Of flesh and fish,
ks@s@bsrs well we'll the csc school. Says simple fare,
These lines of Pope remind us of
keen satire upon incorporate living. 1t
is from an old work, and tells us how to
live after ducal recipe. 1t reads:
IF the Duke of Queensbury does not
extend his life to still longer period, it
will not be for the want of culinary COM
forts, and those other excellent arts by
which longevity is promoted. His
grace's sustenance is thus daily admin
istered: AT seven in the morning he re-
gales in a warm milk bath, perfumed
with almond powder, where he takes
coffee and a buttered muffin, and after
wards retires to bed. He rises about;
nine., and breakfasts on cafe an lat with.
new laid eggs, just parboiled. At eleven
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and rusks. At one he eats veal outlet,
Ia Maintenon. AT three, jellies and
eggs repeated. At Eve cup of choco-
late and rusks. At half after seven he
takes hearty dinner from high-sea-
soned dishes, and makes suitable liba-
tions of claret and Madeira. At ten,
tea, coffee and mullins. At, twelve
sups off a roasted pullst, with plentiful
dilution of lime punch, and at one in
the morning he retires to bed in high
spirits and sleeps till three, when his
man cook, prompt to the moment, waits
upon him in person with hot and saw
orv veal outlet. which, with potation Of
wine and water, prepares him for his
further repose that continues until the
morning summons him to his lacteal
bath. In this routine of living COM
forts are the twenty -four hours divided,
80 that if his grace does not know, with
Sir Toby Belch, !" that our life is COM
posed of the four elements" he knows at
least, with Sir Andrew Aguecheek, 4that
it consists of eating and drinking"
How many of our confirmed dyspep-
tics, may we ask, follow the ducal recipe,
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