The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-11-11
SOCIAL AND MEDICAL FAIL
IACIES.

DR.. Hall writes: We commit
the monStrous error Of plunglng
into ice-watcr every morning, then
scrub ri! the skin off with horse
/ huir brush ora course board towel:
sit down TO breakfast Of oatmeal
saw,!u>t line of Il tablespoonful
! of " heat and two berries, and
make Il supper on catnIp-:ea: then
be put through L Russian bath OF
five hundred degrees sleep under
IN open window when the ther-
m0mcter is at zero: wear long
hair: dress wnmeu in pantaloons !;
make all ourproperty over TO them,
and then sit down in the kitchen
corner and nurse the baby, and
when it is asleep wash up the tea
things, and 60 to bed at nine
o'clock to be "out Of the way"
What will become Of US men :?
Surely we have fallen on evil
times. A better and truer mode
Of life is to have plenty Of every
thing good TO eat and drink, which
imDarts nourish hment and strength,
and as much Of it as You want.
The idea Of getting up from the
table hungry is unnatural and alb
surd and hurttul-quite as much
so as getting up in the morning
before your sleep is out, on the
mischievous principle that "carIy
to rise, makes man healthy,
wealthy, and wise"
Early rising, in civilized society,
always tends to shorten life
Early rising ofitself never did any
good. Many a farmers boy has
been made an invalid for life for
being made to get up at daylight,
before his sleep was out. Many a
young girl has been stunted in
body and mind and constitution
by being made to get up before
the system has had its full rest.
All who are growing, all who
work hard, and all weakly per-
sons should not get up until they
feel as if they would be more com
Portable to get up than to remain
in bed; this is the only true meas
ure of sufficiency Of rest and sleep.
Any one who gets up in the morn
ing feeling as if he "would give
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| in bed & while longer, does vlo-
lence to his own nature, and will
always suffer from it-not imme-
diately, it may be, but certainly IN
latter years: by the cumulative Ill
effects Of the most unwise practice
In any given case, the person who
gets up in the morning before he
is fully rested will lack just that
much of the energy requisite fol
the days pursuit.
As a people, we do not get
enough sleep; we do not get
enough rest, we will net take time
for these things: hence our ner'
vousncss, our Instability, our hasty
temper,.,and the premature giving
out Of the stamina Of life. Halt
Of US are old at threc-score, the
very time q man ought to be IN
his mental, moral and physical
prime. Half Of our wives, cspe
ciaIly in the farming districts, die
long before their time because they
do not get rest and sleep proper
toned to their labor. Nine times
out of ten it would be better foi
all parties if the farmer should get
up and light the fires and prepare
breakfast for his wife, she coming di
rectIy from her toilet to the break
fast table, because it almost Away:
happens that she has to remain "
to set things right long after the
husband mas gone to bed, wher
really he has nothing to do after
supper but to 60 to bed. This /:
monstrously cruel imposition or
wives and mothers.