Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-20
The Bran Millennium.

| IL. ID. Warner in the independently
l am sometimes lost in delight as l read the
| confident and generous directions of some man
who has solved the problem of correct living
and given his gospel to the world. How
much better than any imagined millennium will
that be when we conform all our vile bodies to
his body; what a sweet uniformity when we all
eat and drink and sleep and dress and exercise
exactly as he has found it best for him. The
process of natural selection has been carried
quite far enough. Let us be Of one mind and
one diet; bran of one bran, flesh Of no flesh.
We shall all go to bed at one hour, and that
right early-except the editors of morning
journals, who will have a dispensaton to die
early We shall all rise, like bed of crocuses
in the spring, at very early hour, and all to-
gether. Sickness will not excuse us, for
there will be no excuse for sickness. At the
same moment we shall all be engaged in taking
an air bath, a plunge bath, a sponge bath, a dry
rub; and then, dressing according to tabular
set of figures, furnished by the central authority,
showing the proper weight of each garment
according to the temperature indicated by
the thermometer, we shall all take brisk walk
of eleven minutes. We shall all saw wood for
half an hour, if we have no lifting machine, and
then sit down to breakfast, to consist of half
pint of filtered water (free from all animal sub
stances, and two quarters of dried apple, or
any other fruit in season, to be eaten with the
utmost cheerfulness, and even with little mod.
crate hilarity. A dried apple without hilarity is
10 De aVOlteQs After breakfast we are to 90 to
| our various occupations with clear mind and
| an elastic frame. By twelve O'Clock we shall be
| quite ready for dinner. This meal is to be va
| ried every day in the week-different kinds of
| bran bread, different kinds of cracked wheat
| different kinds of dried apples, and other sorts
| of fruit that do not contain a certain kind of
acid which is hostile to the standard stomach of
| the reformer whom we follow, to be eaten with a
| great deal of merriment (uo matter who has died
or who has gone into bankruptcy, to be eaten in
| large quantities. In fact, we are to eat all we
want at this king meal, with one restriction. We
are to leave off hungry and hilarious. The din
| ner is TO cost not over eight cents, except you
dine with friend, and he pays the BILL in which
case you may take sugar on your fruit. After
| dinner you may take siesta of twenty minutes
and nap in your chair; but do not lie down,
| and sleep with your mouth shut in fly time, for
animal food is absolutely prohibited. These di-
rections may seem unimportant; but nothing is
| trivial to an immortal man, as you will feel
| when you go to your business with springing
| step, sparkling eye, glowing cheeks, fire in
every limb, exultant blood in every muscle, and
| the consciousness that you have no butchers
bill, groceTs bill, or milkman's, that you owe
no man dollar, and can keep all the command
| ments just as easy as you can wink. AS you walk
along the street, you occasionally jump into
the air four or five feet, or leap over the bounda-
| ry fence and back, and laugh aloud. At supper
1t is best for you to eat nothing, excepting your
1 own cheerfulness. But, if nature will have
something, try little brown bread, raised with
| out yeast, slowly masticating it, thinking about
butter, and being careful TO call up no image of
excessive laughter; for this is the time to begin
to tranquilize the mind and prepare for selfsat-
| isfied slumber
| Of course, it must be understood that all you
eat must be carefully weighed This not only
| guards against excess, but it induces a careful
and methodical habit of mind. When you 90
out to dinner, you will carry your scales with
| you and weigh your own food at the table, 1t
is important to notice that beans, uncontamina-
ted by pork, may be eaten on Sundays and the
| 4th of July.