Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-04
The Aged.

It is very difficult for those of us who
have passed the Landmark of ssthree-
score years. to fully appreciate the i'm
portant fact that we are s'growing ole, :"
that we are-at least, physically-break-
ing down, losing most of the vivacity
and vigor of youth. We no more GER
tainly increase in strength, from infancy
to manhood. rising to the highest point
of physical power, than we decline,
again IS putting on childhood" When
we pass the dividing line, the life forces
begin to flag, and we may as well accept
the position, conforming to the changed
condition, and prepare to avoid an I'M
necessary violence to our powers, as to
ignore the fact, and take the consequent
ces. Little by little we recognize I'm
indisposItion to engage in the less i'm
portant affairs of life, those demanding
the more vigorous efforts, the amuseI
ments, by far preferring the restfulness
of a quiet home. The powers of loco
motion falter. the gait becomes more
and more moderate and assured, as if ID
remind us that we can not bear the
activities of youth. The memory is less
sand less retentive; it may be to diminish
our cares, serve as check upon our
activities, seeming to say: "DO myself
no harm" Life seems more real, as-
,sumes more serious aspect, substitute
inc q deep, full, noiseless but powerful
stream for the joyous, ripping, restless
rilf of youth.
He is wise who conforms to the
changed condition, reverently bows to
the Creators fiat, judiciously using his
waning powers, with the same tender
ness and consideration that he would
the weakness of the first childhood.
Such are in similar state with the
business man VINO finds his funds nearly
exhausted compelled to practice the
most rigid economy.
1t is but little less than suicide to
attempt to retain the activity and vivaci-
". of youth, performing the labors
( (physicaD of other days. When the
step Is more measured, careful and
slower, from a natural impulse, it is
worse than folly to attempt to walk as
in early life. If we can not walk four
miles an hour, without undue fatigue, it
is sensible to be content with three, two,
or with a speed that does not fatigue.
All forced Speed, all compulsory activi-
tn, will prove, muss prove. reactionary,
depressing, wasteful of vital force, re-
sulting in premature decay, debility and
death. If q waning memory teaches
us that we can not bear the burdens of
other DAYS, the cares, anxieties and per-
'plexities Of business life, it is judicious,
nay, a duty, to transfer them to those in
the prime and zvigor of life. When
trembling limbs remind us that the
muscles have performed sufficient toll,
II is an imperative duty to seek repose
and reasonable rest. If, in the absence
of the accustomed activity, the blood
ceases to flow with its accustomed
celebrity, leaving the extremities cold, it
is iudicious, imperative, to heed the
r hints. and wear thicker and warmer
boots, supplanting the kid gloves by
sensible wooden mittens.
But the greatest folly, perhaps, is to
= fail to note the fact that the digestive
nowers have waned correspondingly,
and that with diminished activity,
less 'anfoifrt nof food is demanded, and
that of a simpler character, easier of
DIGESTION. 1,a While it is q well-known
fact stlsat many, If not most men, who
su,ddenlv.retire from active business life.
sb0n dia It'll safe. to attribute large
spere cent. of these premature deaths to
repIetion, plethora, over-taxing the dl-
Festive POWERS by taking the same food
KaNmiras have been appropriate dur
;ee the more. vigorous period of life.
TO fret over our increasing clumsiness,
To sspcstl i 10 compel ourselves to do
what seems a task, is TO hurry ourselves
info the grave Those who would haze
a peaeeful old age, reasonably free from
J ssoSsns and aehes," must stake lite
more easiy,,'' seeking comfort of mus
:, clee3brair, NERVES and standardization
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