The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-04-04
FRUIT
Tsae Value of Fruit Fruit tss FOOD and Msdiojne,
Helen Harcourt, in The SUNNI South.

land Eve saw that the tree was good
FOR food. and that it was e delight to
the ss."--Genesis.
''Stsy me with raisius, comfort me
with apples. ."--Solomoa. /.
These two auotstions--and they
might be multiplied mauy.fold- d-serve
to show that the people who lived
5000 years ago held fruit in the same
high estimation in which it is held by
the nations Of today. There has
never been On interregnum either, nor
change OF opinion. just az our
farawsy grandmother, Eve, saw chat
the fruit was ''good for food" 80 has
every generation of mankind tho
world over acknowledged the Same
truth, and, more or less, has acted
upon it. All edown the line OF the
long ages, poets have sung the praises
Of the luscious grape and the delicious
peach. and painters have tried to
outvie eaah other in depicting the
delicate bloom. and beauty Of the ap.
pie, grape, peach, pear, plum and the
beautiful berries Of the temperate
zones. -, t.. ...,'....
There is reason for all these
truths. 1t is not only that fruits are
beautiful! to look at, nor even that
they are pleasant to the taste. Away
down below these superhoisl reasons
we and implanted 9 deep instinct that
extends all through the animal ores.
ton, from the highest to the lowest,
an instinct that tesohes almost every
living creature to long for Fruits, and
to get them IL possible. When We see
whole family Of insects swarming
over our choicest fruits, we don't like
it as we'll as they do, but they are not
to blame. They are merely obeyipg
the instinct implanted in them by
nature. They :'sew that the tree vas
good for food," and acted aooordingly,
just as you or I would have done un-
der the same conditions. When we
see pigs and horass and COWS and
sheep breaking and entering" our
orchards, and epjoyine themselves in
the unconeoionsS robbery Of our fruits,
need we AJAX how; they learned that
fruit 10 good 20 eat2 81: 1= s; I. !. s 6
And. then, there is the brby: in
arms, the human baby,S*that is more
helpisp5 than any other baby, But
even this tiny atom OF humanity
knows enough TO- Org & for the; rosy;
apple, and instinotively tries 70 bite IL
with its toothless GYMS. And hog
when the baby grows to be- Q boyP
We all know how he will defy whip.
pings, the poiiss, Law, order every.
thing--only 90 that he can get she:
fruit that he loves and that natnre
tells him he must .hsYe, fruit, that is
all the sweeter; i: id hapga on .'sonae
other fellow - '.;4 .4 tree. Forbidden
fruits are always the most; desirable,
Fin the view Of the amall boy, but,
sfter all, itiiB nature speaking. Tde
Creator appointed sT,1is IL; Cor ne ehief
diet Of the ehildren whom He loves
It is Hip; desire chat they should be-
at'raoted toS i, and so sHo made Il
4 baautiful @ 4looE f5snpon delicious ID
Nthe taate, pleasant do 9its fragrance,
land b. snch great variety that it:
& Sshonld never pail npon the appetite
by reaaon of its aame meness. IL S. 4 # |:
Fruit is 3 Il necessity, ~ yery m ere great
v 8aeoessity, to health .Trhs whole plan
al Ind inatincb of nature seeks 10 iim. q.
1szs 1Szs : sais Hiasson On 5the human lraca.
Yet, inspite of this self .a,vident truth
llhe great mass of tiiisssf people 5of ;ciYilss
lsed nations Sill look npon fruit as a b
hxury; Oh whioh only ;surn.nss jp[tainl1nissI
nght5 40 bs spent, II and then chiefly
r the pleasSSsso of the children, Who
Xllth thsirr natural ssputipcts still I'M,
sana scclosss :stos 4 shs tou,insais,
sad, nlanor for frnit. Srait frnit. q q
# 1tsia as curious iiiustra Hon ;I of she
yerstty of human q nature, That ahe5)
sads famil Hes ars more opt Ia;
end theif money !, ffer sHssts Aud nd ;con.|
lions than for good J, q Rholssone.)
aits; and that allars ase ase spent fsee.|
4 for o. wines, bran q ddiss md soans
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