Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-04
PuGILIsTIU TRAINING.
BY RosMoND TABOR CHURCHILL.


hardness and firmness of muscles. Sec
ond, cleanness Of skin. Third. capabil-
ity Of bearing continued and severe ex-
ercise. Fourth, a feeling of freedom
and lightness in the limbs. Fifth,
rapid recovery from injuries. Sixth, an
easy healing of wounds. Seventh, cuta-
neous eruptions disappear. Eighth,
cleanness and vigor Of mind.
Now, the training which pugilists are
subjected to, is based upon Hygienic
principles. So that any one admitting
the value of the one, must of necessity
acknowledge the reasOnableness and
truth Of the other
Look at this nation Of miserable dys-
peptics Is it not time that this ques-
ton Of physical culture was ventilated
until every man, woman and child in
the land was conscious, that TO be sick
Is a sin ? So that when we meet a dis
eased or crippled person, we would cry
out: Who did sin. this man or his par
ents. that he is blind?
Now, if a man Of low animal nature
can appreciate the value of course of
training which shall render him first
class eye-gouger of his fellows, and for
the applause of few as low as himself,
how much more ought men of higher in
telligence, broader culture. and deeper
refinement to feel the necessity of follow
ing a similar course to render the TEN
pie Of God" pure. And not only that,
but how else can we become co-workers
with Him, and conscious agents in His
hands for the uprising Of fallen human
ity2 1t is, indeed, high time that we
had cultivated and enlightened con-
sciences in regard to our bodies. Time
that we saw and felt that intimate re-
lation existing between body and soul,
before we can become God-like in the
highest sense of the word. How many
people, nay, how many professed Chris
tians, make the eating of food matter
Of conscience? Again, let a young girl
take arsenic to beautify her complexion.
What a cry there is raised against such
a sin. Right. Let another subsist
chiefly on candies and sweetmeats, until
her face becomes inAamed with erysipe-
las, and we sigh and say, poor child,
she is greatly afflicted. The hand of
Providence is heavy upon her.
Again, in some churches they will not
allow a suicide to be buried from the
sanctuary. Yet if another should feed
on roast pork, suet pudding, wine sauce,
mince pie, etc, until he induced death
by apoplexy. such an one would not be
thought to de6le the holy place by hav.
ing the last sad rites performed therein
Is there not an urgent call in this the
nineteenth century for strong, pure
brave men and women? Are not strength
purity, and bravery desirable ? How
many have valor enough to pay tn
price? We hear so many say, ha,
rather not lire so long if have to pun
ish myself by eating as you do. LIVE
II you say that, you have not even en-
tered the vestibule of life. 1t is tn
beast that perisheth, that is in you, tina
says that.
But to begin at the beginning, RICH
living secures 10 one
HARDNESS AND FIRNNEss OF MUSCLES.
To procure these. the trained is put o.
a diet Of plain, solid, nutritious, muscle
making food, consisting chiefly of brea
and meat. Of meats, the lean Of bee
and mutton are considered the best
But these are being fast superseded
oatmeal, graham, peas and beans,
trainers, as superior muscle-making a
tieles. Stimulants are avoided Tn
diet Is coupled with wise exercise an
rest Men, as a class, have 6rmer an
larger muscles than women. This
owing principally to difference in exc
else. The Arabian women, being mel
beasts Of burden, are stronger than man
Of our men. But there Is no immed
ate danger Of our women becoming thu
muscular although it would be con
mendable for them 10 aspire to enOue
muscularity to hold themselves togeth
without stays, and enough backbone n
to be like mass Of quivering Jelly.
all eandOr it seems that every won.
should have sufficient muscularity to
thoroughly womanly, and to make b
husband stand in wholesome fear Of h
If he be brute. and to respect her if
be a man. She should have muse
enough to keep all her organs IN the
integrity, and to be able to bear activ
and energetic children.
The second advantage derivable fro
course Of pugilistic training is
cLEARNEss OF SKIN.
l presume (but | cannot be pOsitiv,
that men care not for this in themselve
The time is coming when all faces vi
look wholesome. 10 obey law simpl
to attain physical beauty. is not Il
highest incentive, | grant you. B
use it; it will be a stepping-stOne
something higher. There are many tn
Prattle about beauty being only SIX
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