Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-04-21

T1E NEED OF ACIDs.-When much TAT
nork is eaten. there will always be de-
m,nd for pickles or vinegar. says the re-
u IT of the Massachusetts Board OF Heath.
The demand l. acid is a genuine call OF
the system. but there is no especial Call
for the strong acids. such aS raw lemons
and pickles, if one has from day to day the
proprr supply { moderately sour fruit.
iIalf Of the doctors would find their occu-
patton gone If apples we e freely used aS
IN article of food. Fruit has never done
Ms the good it might have done, because
i has been eaten at improper hours. be-
tween meals, or in the evening. 1t has
,ctually been turned into Il foe to good
digestion bv the processes of picking and
preserving. The old fashioned pound for
Mound" preserves are too sweet to serve
the purpose of acid frut, and too rich to
have the nourishing effect of juicy, sweet
fruit. They are simply swectmeats, to be
eaten with caution. Canned fruit is eX-
cellent, but fresh fruit is best whenever
it can be obtained. The good effect OF
fresh fruit is often spoiled by the excess OF
sugtr used with it. When there is a GRAY
in, for sour food. for pickles or for lemons,
it is generally u strong indication that the
system has real need of acids, and lemons
or vinegar are sometimes the best medi-
cine to cure biliousne~s an restore Il fail
ing appetite. a Year ago | saw q child
PASS through one of these poor spells. lie
lost his appetite. and could not bear the
sight or SIN, II of food, until he Gang t
SIGHT Of Il dish of dried apple sauce. and
then he was possessed with a desire for
some of the Juice This seemed to refresh
him. and he ate, for his next meal. bread
soaked in the Juice of strwcd dried apples.
After that. canned tomato, cooked with
bread. helped forward the cure. Before
this i'll turn. he hrd for :, few weeks, lived
Utmost entirely without fruit, contrary to
his usual habit.
It's II comman mistake to use fruit n,
flse table only in the form of sauce at tie
evening meal, or cnct>cd in rich crust>, n
pie f, / dinner In The litter case. the il
fleet of The pie-rrtl>t is often greater than
III. good Eff ct OF the flut inside the pie
AS for the fruit slllcc on the tt;t-table. it i
better then Il heavy supper of III ii, bl
there is some sense in the old saving tha
'iluit Is Golden IN the morning, silver a
noon. and lead 1t night
Perhaps any kind of fruit or vegetable
may be- used 10 excess. or i'll TOO large
prop prtion. us compared with the rest o
thu. diet. Certainly aclls should be used il
moderation, especially the strong kinds
BECAUSE TIL. Juice of Il lemon may be ~
excel, mt cure billou>ne>s or tlttulrnc,
or uther diseases. it by no means follow
that school girls can thrive upon thei
daily use. In former days. when pale
md slender maid,-ns We're in flshion.it WI,
not very uncommon for silly girls to II,
o +, durc their weight and rudl " hue b,
frequent sips of vinegar, and many Il fee
bic woman. and Ill my an early death ha
been the result of such t.,lnperin-.
variety of vegetables and fruit. We'll cook
ed. and eaten rs appetite calls for them
viii satisfy the natural den.nd tor bot
,our and sweet f, q.