Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-11-27
Fifteen F0llies.

First-To think that the more a man eats
the fatter and stronger he will become.
Second-To believe that the more hours
children study at school the faster they
learn
Thira--To conclude that if exercise is good
for the health, the more violent and exhaus
ting it is the more good is done
Fourth-To imagine that every hour Ia
ken from sleep is an hour gained.
Fifth--To act on the presumption that
the smallest room in the house is large enough
to sleep in.
Sixth-To argue that whatever remedy
causes one to feel Immediately better is good
for" the system, without regard to mere Ill
terror effects. The Soothing syrup" for
example, does not stop the cough of children
and does arrest diarrhca only to cause, a lit
tie later, alarming commissions, or the more
fatal inflammation of the brain, or water on
the brain. at least. always portraits the dis
ease.
Seventh-To commit an act which is felt
in itself to be prejudical, hoping that some
how or other it may be done in your case
with impunity
Eighth-To advise another to take rene
dy which you have not tried on yourself, or
without making special inquiry whether all
the conditions are alike.
Ninth-To eat without an appetite, Or
continue to eat after it has been satiated
merely to crafty the taste.
Tepth-To eat hearty supper for the
pleasure experienced during the brief time it
is passing down the throat, at the expense
of whole night Of disturbed sleep, and a
weary waking in the morning.
Eleventh remove portion of the
clothing Immediately after exercise, when
the most stupid drayman in New York knows
that if he does not put cover on his horse the
moment he ceases work in winter, he will
lose him in a few days by pneumonia
Twelfth-To contend that because the dir
test children in the street, Or on the high
way, are hearty and healthy, therefore it is
healthy to be dirty; forgetting that contin-
uous exposure to the pure outdoor air in
joyous, uurestrained activities, is such 8
powerful agency for health, that those who
live thus are we'll, in spite of rags and filth
Thirteentt-To presume to repeat latel
in life, without injury, the indiscretons, ex.
posures and intemperances which in the husl
Of youth were practiced with impunity.
Fourtecnth----T believe that warm air i.
necessarily impure, or that pure, cold air il
necessarily more healthy than the confined
air of close and crowded vehicles; the latter
at the most, can only cause fainting and nau
sea, while entering conveyance after walk
ing briskly, lowering a window, thus, while
still, being exposed to draft will give !;
cold infallibly, Or an attack of pleurisy OF
pneumonia which will cause weeks ant
months of suffering, if not actual deatl
within four days.
Fifteentll-To remember the Sabbath
day" by working harder and later on Sat
urday than on any other day in the week
with view to sleep late next morning, ane
staying at home all day to rest, conscience
being Quoted by the plea Of not feeling very
! well --HaD's Journal of Health,
Touching INSTANCE OF CHILDISH DEyo
TIoN.-Three children in New Brunswick
got estray. One was about six years of age
the others four and three 1t was wilC
region, and in wild weather, and at the edge
of night. From signs, itseems that the six
year old soon felt sure there was no hope OF
their being found, or finding themselves that
night and so it took measures at once fol
the safe-keepging Of its little ones Putting
them in the most sheltered nook it could
find, it then stripped away the most Of its
own garments to put on them, and set out
to gather dry sea-weed and brush to cover
them upin and defend them. Quite guam
tity Of this had been gathered and pilec
about the babes into sort of a nest, and
there they lay when the people found them
still alive ; but the six-year old matron and
martyr lay out on the shore dead of the colo
lay beside the last pile Of brush it hat
been able to gather, but was not able tt