The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-14

Eating Is . thing OF prime Importance
In this world. Looked At In merely !
philosophical way, II is the fuel that gen.
crates steam for the engine. The bod,
unfed would In a day or two be like 4
steamer without coal, unable to turn thu
wheel, and drifting helpless. Yet no
one eats with this thought In his mind,
but simply because he Is hungry. For
thousands OF years men have eaten
without q scientific motive, without ra-
tional appreciation of the relations Of
food TO bone, nerve, muscle, and so on.
The whole motive lay n the mouth.
Men ate because 1t tasted goodl But.
by and by, when science shall have
opened up the matter properly. when
we know the ingredients which the va
rious parts OF the body need, we shall
have scientific bills OF fare, in which
dishes will not be obscured in absurd
foreign names, but will be named from
their true uses. Then we shall have
BODYBUILDING, fat reproducing, nerve
replenlshing, muscle-forming dish
es. The host will scorn thu
days OF ignorance when men
their guests to take beef or pud-
ding. To a lean and ~cadaverous guest
he will say: "Let me fill up your It's
sue" or, "My dear sir, your bones are
brittle; allow me to pass this compound.
Better bones were never made than this
produces" To some exiguous scholar,
thin n nervous, the jolly host will
say: my dear fellow, let me help You
to brains. What do you affectP This
dish runs strongly TO poetry-or phil
osophy is itp This has been found to
81 admirable. Why, sir, philosophy is
only food etherialized. To such a nicetv
have We reduced the science of cooking.
that | a send a bill to my cook any
day. 'Send up four philosophers, two
and n poet and he will at
set things a-stew, and in his skillet
or pan the hidden elements will begin
TO hiss and sputter, that in a dav or two
will come forth from some brain a. \
or madrigal, or a grave chapter
Of philosophy"
What an age that will bel Now a
eats promiscuously. Often when
preacher would be tender, be in his
ignorance has been feeding combatiye-
ness! He fain would appeal to mems
consciences, but has been eating food
hat breeds abstract thought. In the
culinary in~illennium,a man and his cook
Will be like twin brothers. The LAWYER
VIII say: "Give me a jury breakfast.
average jury 4" and looking
nto bis new philosophical receipt book,
lear Tom will find just the articles
'equired. The man will gain his case,
inless his opponent has a better cook
was fed up on a higher pleading
power. In that day intuitions will be
ubjectto order. The right part being
II will be automatically active. we
hall no mor hear about I" ragout- and
: chops" and "steak a la" this. that or
he other thing. The comfts and Gus
and bon-bons will give way 10
higher names indicative OF mental pow
RS. We shall hear men say, "Do let
give you another spoonful Of con-
cientia. These speculations are very
rying, and you need strength in the
light spot"
"Lost the gamee Why, you neglect
d yourself. Chess Is q sure thing on
his diet. Let me help you to . little
Don't, my dear madam, don't touch
hati not but that am willing that you
hould have any thing that the house
ffords. But it is provoking TO the
smper. II Is wonderful what spirit it
reeds. II is for timid persons en-
+,
All, me! what a world Of teaching
nd trouble, and mistake, and blaming, +,
III be over with, when we can extract
from a stew-pan, and turn out
from the kitchen like omelets.
Ieanwhile WI shall have to eat on in /,
le old way, only looking over into this i
romised land Of science.-H. ". Beech !
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