Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-10-23
How to Live cheaply.

A puzzling problem. particularly in
cities, and with mericans. who are a
dyspeptic and often impecuuious race. is
how to live cheaply and according to the
laws of health. This problem has been
discussed ever since the oldest of US can
remember. but recently with much more
interest and intelligence. The health
journals. the newspapers. and the doctors
have all shared in the discussion, and as
result, if news paragraph floating
across the great sea of journalism is trust
worthy information. this people is grad
ually growing wiser. healthier and hap
pier, and consequently much longer Ii.
we'd But Mr.. Dio Lewis has discovered
diet so cheap as to astonish even John
Chinaman, who subsists on three cents
per diem, and which be asserts is condu-
Give to the highest state of bea,ituds
and the EXTREMIST limit Of longevity.
We venture to lay before our readers
Doctor Lewis formula for subsisting an
entire week on fifty four and a quarter
eents; He began on Sunday by break
fast of hulled corn, with a little milk
cost, three cents. The same for dinner,
and no supper. the entire food for the
day costing elk cents Monday break
fast, two cents worth Of oatmeal, in the
form of porridge. with one cents worth
Of milk. Food for Monday, six cents.
Tuesday breakfast, two cents worth Of
beans, with half cents worth of vine
gar for dinner, one quart of rich bean
porridge. worth one cent, with four slices
of coarse bread, worth two cents. Food
for Tuesday, FIVE and half cents. We'd
nesday breakfast, hominy made Of South
ern cost, two cents worth, with one
cents worth Of syrup. For dinner, beef
stew. the meat Of which cost two cents.
a quarter of cents worth of sauce, and
a cents worth of bominy. The cheap
ness of the meat for the stew is explain
ed by Mr.. Lewis with the remark that
" from an OK weighing 500 pounds net
you can purchase certain parts weighing
about 100 pounds for three cents per
pound" Wednesdays meal cost him
eight and quarter cents. Thursdays
breakfast. oatmeal porridge and milk.
costing two and half cents; dinner,
cracked wheat and baked beans, two
cents worth of each milk, one cents
worth. Food for Thursday cost seven
and half cents. Fridays breakfast.
Southern hulled corn and milk, costing
three cents. For dinner, see Wednes.
days bill of fare. On Saturday he grew
luxurious, and INDUCED in such extrava-
gances that only his own language can
describe the feast to which he sat down
This morning when I went to the ia
BILE, | said to my self, What's the use Of
this economy :" And | made up my
mind that for this day at least would
sink all moral restraints and give up the
reins to appetite. / have no apology or
defence for what followed Saturdays
breakfast ! began with one cents worth
of al porridge. with teaspoonful
of sugar, worth quarter of cent; then
followed a cents worth of cracked wheat,
with half a cents worth Of milk, then
the breakfast closed with two cents'
worth of milk and one cents worth of rye
and Indian bread. For dinner have
eat half of a small lobster. which cost
three cents. and one cents worth of coarse
bread. and one cents worth of hominy
salad, and closed with two cents worth
Of cracked wheat and milk. Cost of the
days food, twelve and three quarter
cents
We submit DR.. Lewis statement with
out any comment, and refrain from any
advice based upon it. If any of our
young friends are de.irous of initiating
him they can do so. If rigidly adhered
to, the system would doubtless be profit
able. He has grown healthy from fol.
lowing it himself, and wealthy from
teaching it to others Press.