Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-20

This In the title OF little pamphlet
just published by an English gentleman.
DIR Nichols, in which he undertakes 10
show that "the average man" can not
only live ON sixpcnce day, but that
such living. like early rising, Twill make
him healthy, wealthy. and wise" Perhaps
il was not 10 he expected that the six
pence day should cover the cost ot
clothes, huuse-rnt. rates, taxes, and
other cohcomitants az civilization sH
we acquiesce with sigh in the propr3.
ETY. Of leaving such matters ont az the
consideration. IL IL enough 10 be con.
vinced that, $50 far as food and drink
arc concerned, every one can live cont
fortably, nicely. and healthily, on six
pence day" We are especially careful
10 mark the word drink for wa remem-
her that learned judge, being asked
upon certain occasion whether thirsty
loeked-up jury might have some water
supplied 10 them, said that cas- he didn't
think il was meat, and he was quite
sure il wasn't drink, they might be al
lowed to have it,
We move cautiously forward, and the
doctor soon shows Of what he In capable,
"Whether we eat milk. butter, or cheese
or he0isteak. or u mutton-ehop, We eat
grass at secondhand" he saws "and
all fleSh In grass" he quotes in sense
which was certainly not intended in the
Scriptural passage and which would
I Justify cannihalism. What conclusion
/ In he about % draw Are we, in order
20 keep within cur sixpence day, 10
follow the example of NeblchadneEGar
But things are not quite so bad AZ we
fear. He puts his veto upon all tlesh ol
Sional pennyworth Of fish, and the grains,
fruits. and vegetables he recommends
are in number a. the grains OF sand ON
the seashore. III YOU wish to be real
\ epicHre ON sixpenee day, "a penny
worth OF potatoes and "a pennyworth OF
dried Goldfish boiled together, then both
mashed and mixed together with bit
of butter, make an excellent dish. Add
n pennyporth of green's and you never
need dine better" OF course, il you
had 10 entertain some genteel person.
age, you would add some cracked
wheat, mush, milk, sugar, and Stewed
prunes. But the chief question In all
these affairs in with what choice liquoI
You are TO wash down all theSa dainties
and the reply Is rain-water. Filtered. u
YOU like, but IN any ease, rain-water.
The doctor declares that il were far bet.
ter 20 drink even light wines than tes
and coffee, which, under certain eircnm.
stances, entail all sorts of diseases, and
especially paralysis and apoplexy. The
fare he appears particularly TO rec
ommend is oatmeal assisted by rain
water and he desires this combination
10 be taken ''in pleasant company. gayly
and mirthfully, aud in every case, with
thanksgiving.
But has the doctor any examples IL
advance Of persons who have really
lived on a sixpenee or less day. He
has many; but il cannot be said that
they are satisfactory or encouraging,
The cases he alludes 10 of persons who
are believed to have lived ON very little
food, or ''none whatever" belong. as he
justly observes, 10 the supernatural or
/ der. The many ahstemious saints, too.
whom he mentions by name, can not he
considered to strengthen his cause for
me uhucAt1NcS to SihtAAN thc stnNSN SH
well as satisfy the mere bodily wants oi
men, whereas the abStemiousness OF
the saints was confessedly penitentiAl.
Nor is the doctor more fortunate in the
millions" who, according to his account,
''live ON less than a sixpenee a day. y
He finds them in some poor-law unions,
in the Irish prisons, and in other
places; but he makes no attempt to show
that they find their condition delightful
TO the senses, or that, however healthy
they may be, they are wealthy. witty,