Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-20
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tator and Querist (Which purpose has doubt
less been rewarded by the approving smiles Of
our observant and sympathetic readers), tc
abstain from all sorts and degrees of empiri
cism and quackery as also from all warmth Of
partisan debate or other disturbing fashions
frailties and habits And far be it from US,
at this or any other juncture to make this Sc
lected vehicle of that which is lightsome and
neighborlike, chatty and undogmatic, the
agent of any less acceptable and unoffensive
description of annexation or inquiry. But
there are lessons taught us by the humblest
which are worth taking to bed with us and
thinking over under our night-caps. We
know Of some dyspeptical folk who lately took
note, in a half idle way of the working and
dieting of brace of tough, whip-cord muscled
Chinese wood-sawyers. (Now let not this open
up in ever so remote degree the Chinese la
Dor question The Moderator of these Ms
and Q's won't tolerate any such impertinence
for moment } These leather skinned fellows
took a contract to saw and split and pile in
shed a certain quantity of stove wood, in a
given time and for stipulated price They
performed their contract with faithfulness,
begging and receiving third of a stick of
wood at the end of their toll and getting their
money. So much for a very plain bit of neu-
tral-tinted history. Now as to something OBJ
servable and worth bordering over: These
twain wrought from about 9 o'clock in the
morning until clock in the afternoon. At
the noontide one of them disappeared for a
few moments, and when he returned he
brought with him a loaf of bakers bread
This loaf and some draughts of spring water
constituted the midday meal Of these swart
workers That was all The elder one was a
man who confessed to ffty-fve years of age.
He kept his saw going from morning till night
with the regularity of steam piston rod. He
never seemed to get out of breath or to be at
all fatigued The other was man of thirty,
perhaps. He was very near being what one
would call fat-that is to say, in first rate
physical condition The work done, in the
allotted time, was quite as much as any two
strong men would be like to do; that is to say,
ample and something very like expeditions.
Now what do we deduce ? A pinch-belly
theory of frugality2 A starveling lesson of
self denial? Not at all We are not preach
ing; and if we were we would never preach |
any doctrine whose practice should fill ones
pocket at the expense of his healthful tastes |
for the best and wholesomest viands. This |
Notary is for having good taste and good
Id I 10 of
prudent to take it. But look at the remarka-
BILE Temperance in the diet of those villains. |
4 loaf of dry bread and noggin of water |
when Darby and Joan must have a steaming |
joint, peck of potatoes and quarter ton or
so of pie. And look at their reward Health,
strength, solid muscles, wind like a hunter
and happy, CHEEKY, patient, comfort-enjoy
ing state of mind which no half-well man or
woman ever enjoys. The lesson, oh German
disers and unframed eaters is that we are all
in the habit of taking too much, too heavy,
too rich and too frequent food. We keep our
stomachs constantly tired. When that useful
oagan gets fatigued, instead of giving it rest
as we should our hands or feet, we dose it
with physic or drench it with alchohol or do
some other preposterous thing. Pride is as
much to be charged with our dyspepsia and
our consequent aches and pains as anything
else. If we are not conscious of having just
so many meals served per diem and with
meats, meats, meats, always and with no in
Permission, we charge ourselves with being
paupers and underlying. 1t is very easy to
be foolish; but it is very difficult to overcome
the dyspepsia when once it gets its fangs fas-
tened in our digestive machinery. The long
livers and great workers eat lightly. Ma
homet who was between sixty and seventy
when he died, lived mainly on dates and wa
ter NJ Adolph Theirs, the great French
just dead, was very sparing eater. :
So is Victor Hugo So was William Hazlett :,
So was William Pitt 1t may be no less -,
fitting for us modestly to suggest an
emulation of these Chinamen's temperance 7
of diet than it was would be to quote the :
well justified words, eco to the ant thou
Old Cap'n Kelson, whose far
travels and many voyages over the tossing !,
seas and into foreign ports have given him
aree experience, tells lis confdentially, GAL
ways toast your cheese, my boy. Raw cheese Il
S like any other tough, raw thing, indigest- c.
ble." There's something in this, my listen O.