Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-19
A "Long-Felt Want"

We coucede at the beginning OF "these few
remarks that the "ong-telt want chestnut
s getting rather moldy. But there are long
felt wants, nevertheless, aud many that never
come within reach. Some of these are in the
line OF articles of food, and the food which
men eat has much to do with their mental,
moral and physical character. The reader
will please to note, just here, that the tore
going statement is isct--not joke, tor in
these later days it has come TO be true that
newspaper facts as well as jokes, need label
ling, occasionally, if not ottener. Men who
eat good roast beet and baked potatoes make
good, substantial citizens, while those who
subsis; solely on saussges, pigs feet, mince
pie and that sort of whisky which causes the
intestiues to decay, premstuiely, are not
simply fit for treason, strategem and spois,
but for any sorts CT meanuess aud rasCslIty
q at their bad stomachs suggest to them. But
the higher style OF msn-the ideal, model
ci,izeu-is the male person who subsists on
fish, shrimps, oysters and CLANS aud person
high in authority, as specialist philosopher
DIR. Edward Everett Hale, author, lecturer,
clergyman, story-teller and philanthropist-
tells us, in sober earnest, that the best Of
BRAIN TODD is clam chowder And because we
have here, IN Springfield, a people thousand
specialists keepers--that we are
not cup" to clam chowder, and must there
fore be content to go on with feeble
brains and yawniug stomachs, 10 the day of
our death This is absurd urd--illogical--untrue
Perish the thought! We have population
here, gathered from the Atlantic line, all
along the shores OF Maine, Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Long Island
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land, and Virginia, with only small portion
from interior states, and will it
be seriously claimed that these
| people, or their children, have no mouths or
stomachs for clam chowder? In connection
with this we should bear in mind that Spring
| field is great oyster town-c onsuming, an
nuslly, an immense quantity of these DELI
cious and satisfying bivalves. And can ANY
one tell US why we should chew oysters and
sschew clans? We think not. Our interior
civilization needs but one thing to complete
and glorfy it-namely, an abundance Of
clam chowder We are prepared to prove
this Clam chowder glidss easily down
into the stomach, warns it, and
at once commences its trips in all
directions through the system, shooting up
to the brain and quickening and inspiring it,
and toward the heart, increasing its humane
tendencies, and indeed, sending lie, health
and rejoicing throughout all portions OF the
| physical frame. Roast beef and baked pots-
toes are good and wholesome, but a contn-
uous unbroken use Of them makes people
dull and heavy. Fruit is good and indspen-
sable and should be used freely, generously
but fish, oysters and clans should have tSsir
place, also. on our tables. Clam chowder
especially, should be ION draft al
restaurants, and delivered for the
dinner table. on telephone call, and herein
lies an opening for new line OF business en-,
terprise mere! Let us have clam chowder
for we shall never have our new governmen
building, or new city hall, or public library
building, or city parks, or many other needed
things, until the mental and moral natures o
our people have been warmed up, etherialzeC
and idealized by clam choMder diet