Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-02
GOOD LIVING.

/ invents a new dish deserves a title.
1t comes from the idea that both health
, and pleasure are consulted in minis
tering to the taste. Where is the use
of tho palate if it were not intended
in the economy ofnature, that it should
be utilized in a rational enjoyment of
what is delicious, rather than what
was dcnominatod by one of old as
"common and unclean ?" The Divine
command, however, is authority
against the speciality in folly of vege-
tariance, &c.
It is sometimes said in disparage-
ment of good livers, that they "live
to cat" while men who make famous
mark day by day in professional or
business life, "eat to live" The
phrases are moro nearly convertible
than they would first seem. Good,
rich, and nourishing food is now re-
cognized as tho best Of restoratives
for persons who are exhausted by
Observation-Disclosures merely, OF physical
or both combined-or by care or i'll
health. Scientific theory has it, that
the "bread, beef and beer" of John
Bull has given him that average of
superior physical power over people
of other nations TINT Is IN established
fact under a multitude of tests. Wei
lington always counted upon it in re.
spect not only to required service in an
entire campaign, but in hand to hand
encounters. At the battle of Water
loo he spoke admiringly of the hand
ling of the bayonet by the British for
short moment at certain point of
the great fight.
The day is gone past when men can
felicitate themselves with the idea that
it is merit to pack their stomachs in
haste, as they would trunk, "with
almost anything" A low habit of
living, without healthful stimulative
food or drink, as beer, light wines, tea,
and coffee, accompanied by protracted
and intense labor of mind and body,
the one or the other, or both, is the
congenial state of preparation for dis
eases in the form of malignant hu-
mors, of low and putrid fevers, of
coughs and colds, of premature rheu-
matte affections, &c. On the other
hand, the man Of labor who lives gen.
erousiy, besides having the temporary
enjoyment Of good eating, has length
of days and comparative excellent
health.
The habitual fox hunting gentlemen
Of England, who are SO often all the
day in the saddle, are distinguished
for great longevity. Those of mere
leisure, who in the end suffer from
gout, live long to have it. A physi-
clan of this city recently congratulate
ed q friend on the shady side of life,
who had his first attack of gout, saying
that it was sign Of long life. A dis
tinguished medical authority of Lon-
don was mentioned, who had written
treatise in which he asserted that
the increasing mortality was caused
by q low habit of life, and that the
forefathers of the present generation
arrived at great age from high living,
though in the end gout might have
ensued.
The golden mean is the true rule.
If man deprives himself all through
life Of what taste covets to rational
extent, it is life Of penance. Hun
ger is the best sauce, as appetite is
what tests the quantity that is needed
for the nourishment Of the system.
. Intense brain labor calls for much
food to strengthen the vital functions.
1t is said, upon highest authority that
three or four hours Of such work moro
exhausts the system Of what chemi-
eally is part and parcel of it, and of
nerve.powsr, than more than double
, that number Of 5honrs Of routine band.
!, work, which makes little calls upon
i mental faculties. % ''.'E sTiS %
II It be said that laborsrs are OBJ
, Hged to i've On plain food which they
/ Of course eat with relish, accompany.
, ing It invaribly 81 Europe With light
wines, or beer, drank as our laboring
classes drinkts aud coffee, which are
decided dstimhlaata (sea ia strong form
I of preparation being 10 to a. large ex-
| tent, a. ven as very nourishing,) stu
is cannot Dc asid shat such classss arc
fiong. lived. .ssHe4rss sa5.eySstyszSs., VI (
7 That adisestion sasy wait on appe.
tits, there 1ntst tsryssaftsr eating.
Hence ,ths srale, suhfssraajly among
labSsSss nowaaays 10 have an hour
at dinnsr Henss, ;als1 aoopvivialists
init lpng star dining. Mature dictates
j IL. d The blood fsads fsnn tho sxtren.
4 ltjtisst tn stomach after ssang, H.
csnse that d ths organ which ts pst.
formine rsGnlrsA labory Scientific in.
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