Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26

At the tables Of how many farmers and me
chauics we wonder. is the luckwh,at break
fast gone into disgaccy We readily recall
the time when uucouuted multitude Of faiui-
lies broke their fast Of tw,lv, hours and faced
the work ~ d clustering winter day with
nothing hut greasy luckvLtat cakes and mo-
lasses They might almost as well have eat
on sawdus; and what bad they for dinner;
Boiled salt pork mad potatoes. and for supper
boiled salt PORK aud potatoes agaiu-Cold.
and made lalaiahle with vinegar. All, We
forget the pie.--the everlasting pie. with its
sugary centre and It's leathcry crust-the one
Utilization Of the palate that made life toleiu-
Die. Good bread and butter or inilB album
daut fruit. beef and mutton. nutritious pud-
dings all these things have been within the
reach Of the people II New England. for they
have always been the thriftiost people ia the
world but they have cost something, uad
they have not r, ally been deemed necessary.
The people have not rtalizo that what they
regarded as Injuries were neccssaries. and
that the food upon which they have dep nd,d
for protection from the climate. and for the
repair Of the wastes Of labor, has been alto
gether inadequate and has left thCln with i'm
poyerished blood and tubtrculous lungs.
After taking into account all the influence
Of hertdity. which is made much Of in treat
ing Of the causes Of plthisis insufficient
nourishmont is responsible alike in most in
stances for the deposit Of tubercle and the
Inflammation to which it naturally gives rise.
There are many men, who, by a change Of
living. render the tubercles air, ndy deposited
in their lungs harmless Vitality becomes so
high in its power that it dominates these evil
influences. and they live ont fairly long life
with enemies in their lungs that arr rendered
powerless by the strength Of the fluid that
fights them. We have seen consumption
cured again and again by the simple process
Of building up the forces Of vitality through
passive exercise in the open air, and the sup
ply Of an abundance of nutritious food. aud
We have no doubt that it can be prevented in
most instaur IS by the same means
No human body can long endure the
draught made ulou il by a cold climate and
10y constant labor. unless it is well fed. well
clothed and well housed Somewhere do
terioration will show itself. and New England
hay, all over the kingdom Of Great Britain
1t Is the same, where the people are worse
fed than hcre-the poverty Of blood shows
itself III the deposit Of tuberculous matter in
the lungs. There should be by this time some
Improvement in New England. in couse-
quence Of the increased intelligence Of the
people. but 50 long as SO many Of them are
running westward. and their places are taken
by an Ignorant foreign population. il Is not
likely that the statistics will show much i'm
proNement for great many year. io come
If our physicians could only be- paid for pre-
venting disease. and could be permitted to
prescribe for each family its way Of living
there would be but little difficulty IN routing
from Its stronghold that most fatal aud per
sistent enemy Of human life, which W. call
consumption. Dr. Hoiland. in Jaiy Sc,5J-