The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05

FUNERAL reform is much needed in
this country, but there are no customs
remaining, except those pertaining 10
Irish wakes. SO Objectionable as those
practiced i'll Scotland. The funela of
John Brown, the Queens gillie, was con-
Quoted in the regular Scotch fashion,
and each person invited to attend was re-
ceieved by relative of the dead man,
bottle in hand, and urged to take refresh
ment. Wine and cake were served in
the house, while whiskey, biscuit and
cheese were devoured outside. The
American people have passed the period
in which feasting is considered proper
feature of funeral ceremony, and the
custom, once so general, is now obsolete,
thanks to development of sense of the
fitness of things.
IT is not probable that Of late years the
average lonseYty Of man lhf has greatly in
creased ereased, althongh there has undoubtedly
been a decided improvements among that
part Of IL human I'M. family by whom The
laws q health have been matae subject
Of careful study lthgas lheeep ,prr4tyed in
dearly forty years IF aetnals sTHpsreRee by
life INSURANCE companies .l il Easlapd that
iipttAe average nan vE Mhp atP4tains will
live fran tto9 DER sen, sent Il}9aInls ser than
5aRe ENhp drinks. ltiis certain that dcQr-
rect habits lp regard TO ether hinss than
drink AFFECT longevity, and a tthrongh
lkappWledse Of .i and cabedisnce TO the ,Ie-
,aniitpemeents Of good h!ealth, may II ultimately
make it no extraprd thing f9r MAJ
ttplllyee ninety dpr1l0p ,y e4atrrs.
Nov that, the season yThSn the use of
ice will he general is alm lines upon ps, ,weI
slip tffro2fnl from the SewYAqfEk fins the tf9l-
having sensible remarks ark ,np9n t the use of
tthl this great 5 Summer coHfqrt: It is ccf9m
rFmeenly agreed aamBops yphYsiepiEaunls that
,mlnt much injury to health results from the
excessive use Of ice water, and diseases
of nh the kidneys are thought ITO be rapidly
increasing from that cause. But water
q
m may be cfcsooted without introducing ICE
into it, by running a coil Of pipe through
AZ an ieerbox, ia.lpd so cooled is much more
ywholeso'im9e than when ice has peen dis
solved init. -Fhet temperature is not as
low, aallpd itsffreePdo2m fr}q2m the impurities
,whiieh ilptlhere in the best Of ICE is an i'm
,po9rrttant c consideration. This method Of
ccoelipg drinking 4 water, is employed at
ttahee EooHms % Of the 4oupg Aen.s Christian
Association and perhaps elsewhere in \
York. AS TO- tthe tn, destruction of the de
iieiouSSqpless5 9f food by the application of
ice it ought to- be lkkn6oawyn ito every oope
that tlaaa meat a and other edbles ought net to
be brought into cccoonttaeet with ice, but
sshonhl be- kept in air mad cod by iiee
beef shipped aacress the continent AN and
across the 0oeean is meyer ffro9zzen by but is
stored in apartments which AR are kept at a
proper Temperature by ceGprr rants Of al air
from tEoeIl i ieelb boxes.
Tt is typet that vastly lmlpqqr e ice, per sap
ita is used in theI United States than any
wheree else, but it is rp1ot .pSeboable that
the amqH eapApt consumed viii eyer decrease.
IT. the people use it properly to eoel tthleiT
drinking water a and preserve their f5oosd
there j., 10 reason why it shoHh decrease.
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