Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-28
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SUMNER EATING-We eat to keep warm
and to sustain strength, and all articles Of food
have those two elements in varying proportion
Oils, tallow and whale blubber are almost
wholly of the warming element; hence in Green
land, where the thermometer is many degrees
below zero, and a great dealof heat is required.
a native will drink half dozen gallons OF OIL
every day, or eat ten pounds of tallow. In the
hottest climates of the world the inhabitants
live to great extent on fruits and vegetables,
which have but very little of the heating quail
ties. In our climate, which is between the two,
meats vegetables and fruits are eaten all the
wear round; but if eaten iudiciously, if eaten
according to the season-morc OF fruits anu
vegetables in summer and less OF meats ana
l,ts--an incalculuble amount OF sickness Would
he prevented every year. We would thlnk
man deranged who should keep as large hres
burning in his house in summer as IN winter,
and vet we all persist in eating meats and fats
and butter all through the summer Meats
and butter are on our tables three times day,
when in reality they ought to be sparlngly used
during the summer months, at least by the young,
the old and feeble and by all who arc most OF the
time in door, or who have no active employment.
For the classes Just named very aGpropr-
ate diet for the summer would be rs follows -
Brcakfast-Cold bread and butter, slice Of
cold meat or in its place Il couple Of eggs, or L
saucer of berries or stcwcd fruit without milk,
cream. or sugar The same for dinner, with
one vegetable; no other desert. For supper
some cold bread and butter, and a cup Of hot
drink, and nothing else; nothing whatever be-
tween meals. Sn far from starving on such
diet the class of persons above named would
thrive on it, would grow stronger, would have
more bodily vgnr, more mental elasticity, and
greater flow of animal spirit, and for the rea-
son that few would eat too much; there would
he nothing TO rvertempt the appetite, hence
the stomach would not be over worked; what
work it did perform would be well done; the
blood made would be pure, lite-giving, and
cuergizing. Any man of ordinary intelligence
and observation, who will give fair trial to
the above system Of feeding, will scarcely fail
to be convinced Of its value within week after
he begins it.-.jomnni W H4fM.
A GREAT FARMERS MAXIMs. The success.
full life Of Mr. Jacob Strawn-''the prince OF
American farmers is attributed to the close
observance of the following maNims, originated
by himself:
When you wake up, do not roll over, but roll
out it will give you time to ditch all your
slougllS break them, harrow them, and sow
them with timothy and red clover One bushel
Of clover to two bushels of timothy Is enough.
Make your fencing high and strong, so that
it will keep cattle and pigs out
If you have brush, make your lots secure,
and keep your hogs from the cattle; for il the
corn is kept clean they will eat it better than if
it is not Be sure to get your hands to bed by
seven o'clock they will rise early by force OF
circumstances Pay hand, if he is Il poor
one all you promise him if he is good hand,
pay him little more !; it will encourage him to
do still better.
Always feed your hands AZ we'll rs You do
yourself, for the !aboring men are the bone
and snew Of the land, and ought to be well
treated.
am satisfied that getting up early, industry
and regular habits, are the best medicine ever
prescribed for health.
When rainy, bad weather comes, so that you
can't work out doors, cut, split, and haul syour
wood
Make your racks, fix your fence or a gate
that is off its hinges, or weatherboard your barn
where the wind has blown the siding off, or
patch the roof oil your barn or house.
Study your interest closely, and do not spend
any time in electing Presidents, Senators, and
other small officers, or talking of hard times
when spending your time in whiting store
boxes, etc.
Take your time and make calculations; dout
do things in hurry, hut do them at the right
time, and keep your mind as well As your body
employed.
SINGULAR CASE OF FEMALE ADVENTURE.
One Of the most remarkable instances of
wonlan'S attachment to man and hereisni un-
der adversely came to our notice to-day 10
begin at the commencement, we will state that
iu lS60 a young lady in the city of Auburn,
n. L.. the daughter of wealthy parents eloped
with young man named Niles, roiroad en-
gineer, and both proceeded to Cleveland Ohio,
and afterwards to Toledo They were pur
sued by an inluriated brother of the Young
lady, aud in the latter place. to avoid detection,
after the marriage ceremony had been perform
ed,lhe young lady arrayed herself in male attire.
In this disguise, and while selling apples, she
passed her brother several times Oh the street
without recognition on his part. Shortly at:
terward, early in the war, the two went south
10 Nashville, Tennessee, where Niles procured
employment as locomotive engineer, his wife
engaging as fireman, still keeping up her dis
guise Between Nashville aud Chattanooga
a shot from rebel inflicted serious wound
upon the engineer, and he was taken to the
Government hospital at Murfreesboro', Zen
neSsee. His wife followed and to her careful
nursing Niles owes his life When sufficiently
recovered to endure the hardships Of travelling
they returned to Cleveland 4. few months
later the alleged gold discoveries at Mandock,
Canada attracted them thither and the wife
accompanied her husband, still in masculine
garments. The vicissitudes of her career ex-
posed to hardships and accidents, were too
severe, however, and few weeks since she
died at Cleveland, after brief illness. Niles
who is now in this city, is man about 40