St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-05-14

e whose office is to determine the qualit,
OF the fuel put into the door, and if thi
u Is found to be inferior or iniudicious t,
Inc machine, it, together with the fold
: ing stove doors, is 50 arranged as TO r.
: Ject the fuel. At the same time the clan
5 per most generally rings out most dis
cor'iant and angry peal
Now, If men were machines only. tn,
uses OF this apparatus might well enc
with the selection Of proper fuel, and tn,
: rejection of the bad or inferior but W,
} Ind that, on the summit OF this machine
there Is a curious apartment-the engi
neer's domicile, fitted up most elaborate
iY, with two most beautiful windows il
: front, an apparatus TO: transmitting the
: sounds upon either side, and another
most remarkable arrangement lust below
the front windows, by which a subtle
and critical examination of fuel as well
. as other external objects may be made.
by means OF these beautiful contrivances
the engineer is able to communicate with
other engineers, without leaving his
apartment, which he never does until he
abandons his machine as worthless. Ii
we look still more closely, we shall dis
cover little cords running from each of
the paplilr TO the engineers room, and
also from each Of the other pieces of
mechanism which we have described
lhe engineer receives over these cords
leach OF them in itself wonder), sensa
tons OF PAIN Or pleasure. When bad
iuel Is put IL the fire box, the sensation
Is generally painful, and rice rersa. But
there may be enjoyment in taking in fuel
which has very little economical value.
and hence such such fuel finds market.
and Is useful because it keeps the engin-
Ger IN good temper and. not untrequent-
ly, prevents disaster from the too free use
OF fuel which has too high Il heating pow
er to be safely used by itself. In fact.
the sole end and use of the machine is TO
give pleasure and happiness to the ell
glneer; for though he may and
should, often Use it 10 give others pleas
ure, lie only does this because he feels
high pleasure himself in 50 doing, or
corresponding pain ii he leaves the duty
unpertOrmcd.
10 give pleasure to the fine sensibil-
ties OF the mind and body is the object OF
those arts which have been called the
fine arts, and there i no doubt that the
art OF cooking may he lcgitimatrly plac-
ed IN thl- category. But there is i Ger
tam class OF philosophers, of whom the
celebrated Baron Won Lieblg stands as
the head, who seem to look upon man
as regards his eating, solely as Il machine
out CT which the most work is to be cot
al the least possible cost. Now this APP
row view OF the matter Ii man were
merely Il machine, it would be sufficient
that pain should bc felt when noNious
substances are presented as food. and
thus cause its rejection. The capacity
for pleasure would be supertiuus. But
these reasons tell Us the capacity for pain
and pleasure are one and the same thing: /
that a nerve, TO be able 10 transmit a
plcaSurabe sensation, must also be capa-
bic OF transmitting painful one that
pain and pleasure are only relative terms;
tor what Is agreeable 10 one may he dis
agreeable 10 another, and lone mans
meat l. another mans poison" Grant
ed ; but what has this TO do with the .
subject Those who rcsolutely regard
eating as not Il fine art, and will compute
you the number OF ounces of peas for
days supply to keep a human body warm
and provide fuel for useful work and
who, in the application of such rules and
computations to the adjustment Of a di-
etc regimen for the unfortunates who
are laId up in hospitals, almshouses,
workhouscs, and prisons. persist in look
ing at only the economic bearings OF the
subject, regardless OF the natural and rca-
soma bic desires and capacities of human
would do well TO confine them
selves TO their own rules for few wears.
and see how they like it. We believe
that every human being who has not by
crime forfeited the common privileges
of humanity, and who, bv sickness or
other unavoidable cause, is incapable OF
is entitled not only to mere cx-
istcnce ut the hands of his tcllowmen,
but to the average comforts of life so tar
rs his physical incapacities, which have
made him dependent upon others, will
admit.
Those who are not thus dependent are
right III eating for pleasure as well as for
sustenance, always provided they do not
run into excess and so far from calcu-
latlng whether a certain kind of food is
two per cent more nutrlUus than another,
are right III consulting their tastes in the
selection OF diet ; of course, with due
reference to the effect the food in ques-
ton will have upon their general health.
In such matters, native instinct is as
much TO be relied upon rs reason, and we ;
are sure it will always be found that he
who eats i'll moderation Of the food he {
likes best, will, all other things being ;
equal, be the hcalthiest man. 1t almost
gives one the dyspepsia TO read the anal
ysis of pork, and beans, and mutton, and I
sausageS, which form the basis of most I
of the learned dissertations on food now
50 popular ; and for ourselves we shall
not be sorry when some other topic shall
become prominent theme to'the exclu- ,
lion OF this much hackneyed subject.
The new postmaster Of indianapolis,
Ind, has just discovered in the basement
If the post office building, forty-fve bags
)t undistrlbuted mail matter, which ar
rived some time last winter
n jury in Ulster county \. Y, have
given "a verdict for $4,000 to ID. ID. |
BELL AGAINST Cnn Div for imnrisoninU /