Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-12-06

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iodico,ing that bo rby.ical and mental
rowers which are exhausted by overworl, or
bv tbo strain of hard work NAV be- revived
and rocroa,od by little Wholesome and
pdicious amusement The word also snp.
costs fine trpe rbilo.ouhy of Amusement.
We arc to ,l,y in order TO be fresh for work
again and are NOT TO work i'm order 10 got
the means 10 amusa ourselves. There are a
few alusions 10 plav I'm the Scriptures. It
is not utterly ignored. The prophet speaks
Of the millennial city as full Of boys and
girls playing in the streets thereof They
are never out Of sympathy with human joys
and delights. They love all that is health
ful and inyigoratiug. Classical literature
has more references to amusement hut yet
not very many The reason probably is
that all literature, whether religious or gem
eral, deals more with the graver events,
affairs and duties Of human life. IN the
Scriptures we find occasional allusion to
dancing, TO mirth and leasting and 90 festive
and social joys; and in Homer there are some
brief descriptions Of ieats performed for the
amusement Of the company, and Of games
and athletic contests but neither sacred nor
secular writings, ancient or modern have
much to say about the manifold forms of
recreation which men have adopted to re-
fresh their exhausted minds and bodies.
We live pretty rapidly in these days. We
do nearly an our travelling aud work by ma
chnery aud steam. We work more in
tcnsoly also than our fathers did. The dis
coyeries of science and the inventions OF
mechanics, at the same time they facilitate
work, create and multiply IT, Steam has
not done away with horses, aud machinery
has not done away with labor. So that
what leisure we get is more than ever needed,
and it is no slight question how best to en-
ploy leisure and gain recreation by amusc-
ment.
Not all amusement recreates, for some
amusements inilame the mind and exhaust
the physical powers. They bring parched
tongues and aching heads in the morning.
Whenever the evening is spent in exciting
games, full feasts, wine and whiskey, and
the bed reached late, and sleep is disturbed.
and man is unrefreshcd and faded. it is
pretty safe to say that his amusement has
been had at the expense of his health, with
a slight tax on his manhood. Such amuse-
ment. as make the blood riotous and fever.
| ish. as disoualify for work on the next dav.
are not only unrefrcshing. they are derrad.
ing. Amusement then becomes the hardest
Of work and absorbs the time and the
thoughts Of any who engage in it.
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many drafts before if finally ciyes wav and
becomes banlrupt They olive themselves
nm TO n series Of such amusements for a win.
Tor or t,,o and MANY, of ,hor, or,or Ill
begin 70 sn,rer pnder the rerolties which
their vitioteJ sfyleo Of enjoyment has hroncb,
upon them. pyspensia with lis lono train
Of evils rheumatism. oonsumntion and 70.
yers. which show that the blood has boer
tampered with and outraged. follow in
the wake of overnlav. reonle are dvi,o
every day OF diseases contracted in this style
of amusement. II has no element Of reereo.
tion in it. II is worse Than overworl n hmm.
dred times. Oyerwork leaves n man ok.
hausted but everyday leaves him broleu in
health and DEGRADED. There is not nucb
iov TO be extracted from the late hours of tbe
dav and the early bonrs Of the Morning
All nloving eating and drinking after nina
o'clocl in the evening" win nrett, s,rol,
take REVENGE unor their votorios Tboro !.
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thincs that make tba llood gov fostor and
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