The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-21
Watermelon Dletetieally and incidentally
Considered.

lt i7 Tar from being generally known that ripe
"atss-i-H IONS are not only never injurious 10
health. Of themseive ives-being on the contrary
very healthy for persons in heaIth-but that
they form the nearest known specific. for the
common summer bowel troubles which arise In
most cases from Over-iudulgeuce in solid food
especially meat, rich cake. pastry and yarigr.
Iudll. .-tlule substance, with coffee ten and tn,
like sixteen wears ago, during the rebellion /
w,l, % prisoner Of war and in solid irou--oue Of
three captured officers Of % cOl0red regiueut-
sick nigh unto death with chronic diurrhCra In
was M the state Of Louisiana and In JULY the
hottest climate and the hottest month with no
medicine or ordinary sanitary conditions for
cleanliness or change Of clothing. Then il was
that formed my first intimate acquaiutauce
with the much traduced melon family With fat
bacon and corn meal for my solid food and bad
water the only drink, what wonder that / turned
trom them IN my wretched plight and welcomed
this despised family when they offered me the
: best they had in the house - In plain terms
j stuffed myself with watermelon two or three
times day, and ate little else besides and
tItuk nothing but this most delicious and cool
ing beyeraSe- Within ten days L IN perfect
condition; bowels entirely normal. health and
strength entirely restored. Similar facts have
been related by others and vet to-day the stand
ing joke when % man y seen Juggling home
nice watermelon, l.. .- You may as well step
round and leave order ON the doctors slate"
surely so far the innocent melon l. concerned
the message should read Z" Don't call while the
watermelon season lasts few weeks ago /
WIS 90 Minneapolis over Sunday In company
with friend. Saturday was % very hot day. |
We had eaten br-Ikfz-t-Of plain fruit. vcgeta-
bles, plain bread. meat, coffee or tea. Din
ncr, also plain Iu quality and moderate in |
quantity meats, pastry or stImulants-was
takeu about seven hours later and at sIpDer
We entered the dining hall, not to indulge fur
ther IN solid food, but 10 drink freely Of that |
blessed beverage called watermelon Seated on |
Our left was a gentleman who like ourselves, |
cOntempated visit 10 Lake AIinnCtOuka, "a IA |
h. nm Ivt4 mill lie
tnnce, the morrow. While we ate our
vater-melou and endured the chatting about the |
eholerl mOrbus we were inviting, he regaling |
himself with steak, Omelet, potatoes, warm /
bread. hot tea. / remarked 30 my friend that
W should pass q restful night, sleeping comfort |
ably under blanket. while friend on the |
eft would roll and twist, unable 10 sleep ac- |
cDuut OF the " heat Next morning as we Il
uere leaving the breabfast-rOom our beef-eater
cnme IN looking wretched enough, and said. |
mo, j can't go out 90 the lake to-day, although |
bought my ticket last night. l had q terrible |
night; dld ut sleep ut all; thought / was going /
30 have inflammation Of the bowels / COM
forted him with the remark that had predicted Il
as much the night before. While he with his L
hearty supper and avoidance Of the death
dealing watermelon, which latter only
indul seuce was not able To- ride To- the lake. we |
were about o. make the trip ON foot. And make |
u dad ON thrt hot day. sixteen miles In about |
four hours, arriving at the Hotel ST. Louis,
whcre We partlJk literally Of watermelon: then |
tool row ON the lake. swim. and hour
iatsr. thro. o'clock dinner and supper COM
bined. We.c1uId have easily walked back the
way came, but chose o. take the steamer
acrOss the lake and return by rail. Again We
see men and women, during che hottest weather,
taking heavy diuuer-soup. fish roast Joint
half dozen vegetable all made hot with pep
per. snIt and heavy gravy, together with pastry,
mt, rLl,tt-, Ice-creIuI, hot coffee and perhaps
q httle watermelon with all. and when % little
later che diseased victim il being cured by the
vel meritsi cholera mOrbus. he declares that
ne % will never eat another piece Of watermelon
A lun-- L- LLN.-- - L-r.Ll 49,