Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-07-29
TIE LIMEKILN CLUB.
BROTHER GARDNER LECTURES ON
THE LAWS OF HEALTH.

BROTHER GARDNER LECTURES ON
THE LAWS OF HEALTH.
Medical Science Steps In and Causes Some
Changes In the Colofed Brothers Pro-
eramme OF Iife-Extravagance OF Judge
Csbifrs wife-Mrs. Penstock's "At Home
"My frsns,' said Brother Gardner as
he arose In his place at the last meet
ina of the Limekiln club, II had some
thin to say to you few weeks ago on
sanitary matters. find dat most OF de |
members didn't know what was talk |
in about, an 1 shall darfore try to ex-
plain myself mo- oil 'arly. De word SAN |
itary' refers to health. 1t refers to de |
food you eat, de water you drink, de
house you lib in an de sort Of bed you
hay got to sleep ON. Waydown Bebee
got De idea dat it was some sort O.
smoked Ash, an he inquired for it at six
different groceries. Giveadam jones
thought IL related to religun. an Shin
dig Watkins has got Jonah an do whale
an sanitary all mixed up. What want
ed to toll you a. what tried to make
plain yes dat de time had come when
De cuil'd man must pay some attenshun
q d laws Of health
"fu, instance, II has bin diskivered
vidin de last two vars dat de breath OF
thrse dAwgs sleepin under de family
bed In a olus room am pizen to de hu-
man system. Ebesy GUILD man has a
so1t spot In his heart fur dawg, but
do time has arrove when either de family
a Dc dawg should sleep on an ole piece
Of cascat In de woodshsd
'0r to var aeo nuthin was thought
Of gwine 10 bed IN room wild bari
O. soap grease, but it has bin shown be-
wand q doubt dat mo- dan millyun
Guild people hev died of on dat 40.
count Seems like 9wine to good deal
O. trubble to remove dem things ont
doahs at night an bring 'em back In do
mawnin, bot we can't afford to take no
chapcea
"1t's . great savin o. bedelothas fur
de hull family to jump into one bed, an
you am all dar in bunch In case
burglar breaks in o. de stovepipe sets
de house on Ere, but medical science
has d1akibered dat it's powerful bad on
de health an should be stopped. It may
come hard to Samuel Shin, who has on
| " got one bed and 'leben ohill'en, but
bell hey to hustle around an git some
straw an spread On de floor.
1T has hin de habit Of de oull'd man
fur do last 900 vars to sleep wild his
feet outer bed. he probably got de hab-
h from dfeamin about coops an pos.
snma. an be wanted to be all ready to
lump outer bed an run 'em down. an
nobody tnnd fault wild It till few
months ago Den medical science step.
psd IN and diskibered dat sleepin wild
| de tees hansin ont intorfered wild de
circulation ct de blood an brung on
oatsr1h an loks O. other ailments an
shortened . pusson's life by vars an
y'ara De rest O. you kin do as yo' like
about It, but / hev bin sleepin lately
wild my feet tied under de bedclothes.
an believe do change has dun me good.
1--WE must look out for de sanitary
biznass In de food we ca. an de way we
eat It. Da baby may like raw turnips
an banana. but he shouldn't be filled
up to de chin on 'em jsst befo' goin to
bed It's heap easier to gulp down q
billed egg widout foolin around, but II
dat egs am gwine to shatter our sys-
!; tenn all to smash we had better stop te
cut it in two an butter de halves.
: "Dar am likewise another matter
! which l wish to refer to dis evenin, ar
dat am de weakness Of de Guild people
In gineral for putin on style, as 1t Ii
J called. We hev examples Of 1t almost
cherry night in de week. Way back II
J December de wife Of Elder Pcnstocl
, Civ an at hcne.' Do elder OWLS hi
; house an am purity we'll fixed, an ht
; kin afford SIGH things Twas dar as one
!: Of de guests, an while thought de cid
!; 81 was q leetle extravagant in de way
dey served up fried eggs at fo'ty cents
dozen ! bad no criticism to make. Wha
pains me am what follcred dat party.
, ~ week later Jedge Cabiff's wifi
, bad da same kind Of a CIRCUS. De jedge
/ q we al know, has de hardest kind 0
. work to git tateTs an meat fur his min
: chilli Ten, an half Of 'em hsv to 60 ar
: tut all winter. His wife didn't want t.
D be outdun, however, an SO she had
crush. She had three kinds O. cake
l two sort9 O. cheese an TO- kinds O. coll
Q meet. 40 de dress she had on nebbe
: cost lsss'n 80 cents o yard. Oar was
q heap O. people dar, an eberybody had
good time. bat de last guest was hardl
outer Do housd de jedge wa
8 tasound 1yinstol S. to make up hi
months rent Since dat time de fam !
Q has nbad mostly on bread an water, a
d dc parlor clock has gone to de pawn
q shop to buy fuel.
t II dosn' speak Of desc things in
d complainin way, but it pains me to sc
what leatle ssnse sum folks hav. Putt
g on style ap swclIjn around am all rigf
d fur do felix's das hsv got de cash dow
In dair pockets but all wrong fur q
# folks who heven't." N. QUAD.