The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-09-12

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.fani abstinence from oyery e0mestl
Ito save gfrHn peas and salad nor Il 10
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best cuisine NJ command, tD provide for
eccentric cungiyfs dishes from which
animal products nro wholly excluded
The vegetarian. therefore, II ho be-
rigid aud consistent IN his practice,
-pcedllv drops out II the dining lists u
most ~ his ~unrcgener1to friends. be
becomes a marked man. aud even his
sanity is sometimes held In question by
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS acquaintance
who are unhmcnable 10 the persuasive.
ness VI economical statistics or Of chem.
Zeal analyses II H., therefore, not 10 be
wondered nt that an elect few only
among the most ,trong.minded and On.
thusiastic In this faithless generation
have courage and ardor sufficient to face
opposition tartt aud overt, with which
the gospel Of yegctarlanism IS generally
assailcd. aud that the tendency Of all
thurough-gncrs in the cult is 10 sink
into the retirement Of country lie,
whence, when the bugle call Of their
society sounds, they flock together to
the metropolis or 10 some provincial
town, hold their annual meeting, de.
liver imprisoned e|xhortations to in.
quisitiyc and bewildcred audiences,
banquet daily on mushrooms and mac.
aroni, aud depart again, invigorated
aud cheered. TO their rural hermitages.
All this is inevitable so long as tho
partisans Of n very worthy reform in
sist upon the retention Of a name and q
programme which, for many excellent
reasons, are repellcnt TO the majority Of
sociable people, and which are inappli-
cable 10 the views and practice OF a ma
jority Of professed adherents Of tho
propaganda in question.
Most so-called ''vegetariansn are not
really yegetarians at all. Their maca-
rOnl is ,tewed in milk and sprinkled
with Parmcsan cheese, their new pota-
toes ARE served an beurrC, and-mirdbiL
diciu-li,h even sometimes finds its way,
in the shape Of oyster patties, or Of the
yet more nagrant fiet de sole or prawn
curry, to the tables Of Pythagoreans
whose area gate the hand Of the butcher
boy never contaminatos.
Akreophagy non : flesh eating -
would, in innumerable eases, prove nc
ccptable, and secure generous counte-
nance where the stcrner eyangel Of
y%egetarianism il doomed to rejection.
We may still be happy with eggs, milk,
cream, butter, cheese and the products
Of the sea, even In the event Of tho
abolition of slaughter houses and bat
tues. Our own neal relatives. tho
monkeys, whom Darwinian yegetarians
are wont to hold up to us rs examples
Of abstinence, do not abjure buns or
sponge cakes. and in their native woods
they are well known TO be terrible egg
s~tealers.
Flesh and blood. In their grosser and
o repulsive forms, may be avoided
with advantage alike to the interests o.
health, economy, sentiment and sanl
tary considerations; but experience and
reason bear testimony TO the d~esirability
IL not to the absolute necessity Of retain
ing the services of the dairy and fishing
crafts. The varying climate of the zoni
In which we live, our active habits and
the nervous exhaustion entailed on mos
Of us by a perpetual struggle for exist
tence, compel us to INCEST n large
amount Of stimulating and concentrated
food than Is necessary to the contem
platiye and indolent races Of hottie
countries.
w may indeed admit, with Ovid an,
Shelby, that the best and almost idea
diet for a man Is one composed purel'
Of fruit and grain; but then, AN idea
climate aud an ideal existence are tn,
imperative conditions Of such an Area
dian mode Of sustenance. Unfortu
nately Wa are not Arcadians; nor do W,
lead the reposeful life Of our frult-eatinl
progcnitors Of the Golden Age; pine
apples, pomcgranates and pippins,
purchased plentifully enough TO SUP
port exhausted nature without other aid
would entail heavy demands on tn
purse; aud mere pulse. or pcasc pud
ding, cheap and nutritious though the
may he, tempt US not. We must hay
savory and toothsome ediblcs, daintl
served and pleasant TO the smell. charm
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