The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-28
/ COMMON SENSE IN EATING.
A Matter in Which Everyone
is Interested.
A Lady subsisting on the Juices of Fruits
The Real Cause of Old Age

There is at this time so much con
Aicting advice as to what We ought to
eat, those who are disposed to live on
nygienlc principles are pretty nearly
put to their wits ends to know just
what course to pursue. Some one
inds himself benefited by particular
method of living, and forgetting how
much idiosyncrasy there is in these
matters he will at once advise every
body to follow his example. One
would have us abandon all meals,
others would live almost exclusively
on various preparations of the cereals,
still another would have us live wholly
on fruits. A late very interesting
case has been related, with the name
of the lady, place of residence, ETC., in
the state of Connecticut, who has vir-
tually eaten nothing for four years
During this time she has subsisted
wholly on the juices of fruits taken in
such scanty quantities as to be almost
lnappreciable. physicians have stud
led the case and have all alike been
puzzled and routed In their efforts to
master It." A reporter of the Neao
Hacen Ne,cs went to see the lady, ex-
pecting to find her as thin as a shadow
and as bloodless as turnip; but he
found her the picture Of health. As
be expressed it: slightly past middle
age, she seemed, indeed, fine speci-
men of the rugged old-fashioned New
England woman, used to outdoor ex.
srcise and younger in reality than the
average woman half score years her
Junior. Her eyes sparkled and the
lush of her cheek seemed the tint of
perfect health" Previous to adopting
The peculiar diet described this lady
aad been a terrible sufferer from dys-
Oepsia, but it seems that she has re-
covered her health. Now, it would
aot be strange if school of philoso-
piers should arise who would advise
is all to drop mixed diet and live
wholly upon fruits. At least, such adj
rice would not be stranger than that
given by w. O. Dawson in scientific
English periodical called Kaaol,oedge
Under the head of "The Possible Sus'
pension of Old Age" Mr.. Dawson
,ays, "That the real change which pro
luces old age is, in truth, nothing more
Or less than the slow but steady accu
mutation of calcareous matter through
out the system" The arteries become
,ssi(ied, the hearts valves become Car.
ilaginous. and all the living processes
Become INSTRUCTED by the accumula
lion of earthly matters. Well, wha
would Mr.. Dawson have us do to avoit
his accumulation of calcareous matte
n the system? According to his ad
vice we should ascertain what article
If food contain the most of earthly salt
md avoid them. He says the cereal
nave been found to be the richest il
sarthy salts and that therefore, brea
Itself, the so-called staff of life, unles
used in great moderation, favors tn
deposition of these salts in the sys
lem. "The more heterogeneous gu
food" this authority tells us, 9TH
,, greater its percentage in calcareou
matter" He thinks that fruit fror
its lack of nitrogen is best adapted 70
suspendlng ossiGc deposits. Old mu
, Ion and beef contain large quantit
of earthly matter. and he would hay
us consequently use more freely
fish and poultry and of young mutto
and veal, forgetting apparently tn;
the experiments tried Oh the stomac
of st. Martin have led us to beliey
L that lamb and veal are much more di
Gcult to digest than old mutton {
J beef which are, indeed, preferable
Y. that respect to poultry and many KIM
;. Of fish. He would have us drink di
" .illed water because ordinary wat
- has the earthly salts! He further adv
y SEES us to take daily two or three tun
:, blers full of distilled water with ten
irteen drops of diluted phosphor
acid in each glassful to retard the d
;, velopment Of old age.-Heatth Mont