The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-12
our DOOR IlEE AND HEALTH
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From Ms IIOt'","es ,,.., 'va'''I, .u..,, L.,
Dr. Hall, IN ms niue WOEk, ealtn ,,Ie1 "
Good living makes Dut very HIIle hleh'
tion Of, and places even less rcliahcc upon
medicine. oIL Goor , exercise a,' ana Z PtoIst
dict are hls CpEaIlSe leeaslI ~ S un-
doubtedly nne, tlat any petsgn mllerltne
atolerable gooa consult living ~, t1o
country, mas 1tm MS power 10 ayola OF
cure almost every maI3ay WIN Dut ule
shgn!est ne9lCaSon. hyslSlAs w J., "
useful class Of individuals, and would Dc
much more servlccablc than they Nrc u
NIL who employ them were well informed
ind sensible. II is not thcy, usually, VINO
arG fond Of dosing with drugs. Ihey are
Obliged, or think they arc 70 give medl-
cinCs, because so many believe IN ulelr
efficacy. AS people, VIC 10 mol eat so
much hot bread as formerly, an9 We arc
therefore saved In some degree from inc
horrors Of dyspepsia, Of which there Is
yel loo much, caused by sedcntary
habits, irregular and hurried eating and n
want Of cheerful discourse at meals ltnas
been well said, that Nt iOrty every man IS a
fool or a. physician, For himself, each
person should At that age know what ar
ticlCS Of diet agree with him, and llnuer-
stand that moderation in eating, quite lsS
much as in drinking, Is essential 10 health.
There arc InAny who staVc on conSilt'l'
tiOnNl sick.headacc, by gentle and per-
Sistcnt exercise in the open air. But no
rules Of living will avail materially 10 re-
tain or restore health, unless the mind Is
kept free from Carking cure, restless am
bitiOn, and undue desire 10 accumulate
hwcaltl. 81 49,
The unYarying testimony Of science and
experience Is, That for the best state Of
body md mind, .elnplo oyment STEADY, re-
mlnCrative and agreeable, Is necessary.
Idleness on the one hand, and oyerwhelm-
Ing pressure on the other, equally destroy
the tone and pleasure OF life. The tact
| tint our New England farms are less pOplI'
lOus than forty syears SagO Is one which
speaks III, both Etdr tile happiness and the
ulur;ilc Of our older States. We saw Il
stated, the other day, that Professor AgaslZ
4 was threatened with soi(cning Of the brain.
i Thousands arc daily cndangering their
nllysical systems and mourning the risk Ot
m.ralysis, hy Ovcr.excrtiOn IN mrch less
noble pursuits than the learned nntura-
list is engaged in. There Is no need that
We should all be farmers, but 1t would be
well il the inordinate scramble for money,
position or power, werc 20 far curbCd as
10 give all tic faculties full and fair play.
4 genuine hearty laugh Is better pro
phylactic than glass Of the choicest BOur-
bon, and an agreeable temper is surer
A and more efficient tonic than iron Of
potassium. Not all the syrups Of the
nharmacOpGia can so minister to IN
encrvatcd frame, as the unbought rays Of
the sun;antl neither allopatlly nor homGpa'
thv furnish n specific equal to the free
hrcczcs 'ot heaven for the consumptivc.
No cosmetic ever yet invented, bestows
50 clnarmingia glow, 80 permanent color,
such hrilliancy of tint, as daily attention
to household duties. There Is this much
10 lc said in favor Of Croquet, that It is I'M
! "a ILL.,