The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
Choose Fruit, Chow Apples, and
Eschew Sin.

Mr.. harriet NJ. Irwin, oi Char
iotle. a Sister # Nrs- Stonevali J.ck>ou,
Mn. Gen u II. HID, Mrs Judge
Avery. and Mrs Co. J. +. Brown.-has
s,g wagel an holy war land Sensible
upon the frying pan, aud all carnIverous
victuals and methods. She advocates a
~stri.tly vegetable diet, or. the TX: best,
a plentiful use Of fresh fruit. In this We
agree with her. both IN precepi and 10
practice The following is from Mrs,
Irwins letter TO Charlotte journal.
" hat an angel of moral strength and
goodness Carlyle would have been If he
had not been a d~yspeprIcl But he
was cross and grabbed and quarrelsome
and unjust and veno nous and all be
cause was 30 sorely ridden by that most
dreaded OF malignant powers, dy,peusla.
He was in more senses THAI one a repre-
sentative man. lie represented the
physical conditions OF hundreds OF thous
and Of his unfortunate fellow creatures,
who quarrel and fight and Kill each other,
because their temrers are ruined by lndi-
g~estion. A quaint old doctor used 10 say
all sin is bile" and there Is some truth
in his remark. How many a heavy cas-
t"igation falls upon the dy>peptlc school
boy. lie Is too young 10 have learned
the habit which many older persons
attain to. that Of curbing his tongue
and withholding his clenched fist by force
II will. The anErv words riH fly, apd
the swift blow will descend almost before
he i aware oft. AMI then after he has
been punished, the teachers viii exclaim
What a terribly vicious boy that L.;
the third thrashiDg he has had this
term
Poorlad-if half the blows which fall
upon his tender back Nere dealt GU t.
thos. who provide hs food TIL rc-Es
might bc les JIsi u. His nerves a.a
All unotrung becal, he Is suffering from
the rcuorse Vi a gliity stomach, IN
posed upon hun BY somebody else. A
child 5 craving for fruit is a. natural an
instinct as our struggle for air when we
are suffocating. Let DIR. Ticknor tell us
something about it.
| met a countryman-
Twas only yester-e'-en-
BY day or night the ~sorriest sight
That have ever II
As ribbed as the ribbed sea sand,
And long and lank and lean.
"Oh. tell me, fellow-countryman,
What is it thou has done.
That thou lost 20, the yeriest show,
Beneath this blessed sun.
Recite rehearse! in prose or verse!
What is It thou hast donel"
CoUNTRYMAN:
Twas want of fruit when | was Young
Thy righteous wrath restrain.)
They kept its flavor from my tongue,
Its fragrance from my brain,
l lived on salt-my fathers fault
And To-, this tale of pain"
The whole poem is too lengthy for pub
LEGATION, but as full of wit and sparkle as
DIR. Tlcknor's productions usually are.
The poor countryman bewails his uncon-
querable thirst for liquor. The result of
0ast Of fruit, Although the poet doctor
treats I'll subjects humorously, the deep
aud grave truth which underlies his
laughter is one to be pondered upon.
Fruit is a human necessity, when with
held the syiem becomes diseased, and
Graves relief in stimulants and opiates
thence drunkards and opium eaters.
A writer in the London Truth says:
''By acquiring a taste for the ~unadulter-
ated juice of the grape. the appetite for
a'cohol can DE entirely overcome. The
juice of all fruit, indeed has this eject,
and philanthropists would do more good
by seeking to p o ide cheap iuit for the
people, and encouraging them to eat it,
than by any other means. If the masses
could be persuaded to eat fruit deserts
after their meals (and oranges, the best
OF all fruits for the purpose, are cheap
enough nearly all the year round),
drunkenness would cease to be the re-
proach of Britain as a nation"
The early settlers of New England
used to make cider by the hogshead for
winter use. and had it in such great
abundance that tramps and Indian tribes
were supplied with it. at the farm houses,
40 Hbituhi.
Apples, if properly scle ted from the
nurseries, can be grown by every farmer.
for plentiful use the whole year round.
Peaches can also made abundant from
May till November. Winter pears are
delicious fruit and keep until spring.
Dried cherries and plums are easily pro-
cured by every land owner, if he cures
enough for them. In our climate. firs
can be grown by the ton so easily cult
waited are they and so prolific and drie,
Tor winter use.
| do not mention dried apples and
peaches, becomes they are not equal to
to the cherries, plums and tigs ; they are
delightful when fresh but lose most OF
their eXllence when dried.
Now gentlemen of the community If
YOU. after caeeful.v examining thi, sub
lect, conclud that the writer in the Lon
don Truth il right. you Will see that the
planting of orchards is As much a duty
as the building of school houses and col
leges. 1t is your interest to invest in
orchards. whatever your own occura-
ton may be. 1t is the physical remedy
for the greatest of moral evils drunken
ness. GIVE your children an abundance
OF fruit. at all seasons OF the year. and
they Will have no thirst for liquor.
why do not some OF our treat pulpit
orators take for IA text. sometimes. that
b,autitul verse. which underlies so many
human interests. The tree of the field
is mans life 1t is connected. in the
most import way. with agriculture.
physiology, moral philosophy and polit-
zeal economy. \ healthy people are
more disposed AMI enabled to be a wise.
plous and prosperous people than an
unhealthy people. Thousands. nav.
hundreds OF thousands of the inmates o.
Jails and lunatIc asylums have become
so thorough physical causes.
In the Biblical history OF the first hu-
man par. we ie I'm that the fruit %,
trees Is the only natural human t,od.
Protane history teaches Us the same
great lesson IN It's accuun ut the bllssfuI
Golden Age. Modern chemistry and
pay Slo!o7N repeat the wondrous tale by
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