What a Reform in Diet Did.
Just the other day we were talking with a gentleman seventy-four years of age, hearty, strong, bright of eye, pink of cheek. We asked him how it had been with him the last few years, and he related his experience. Many years ago he had given up the use of narcotics, stimulants, and the corrupt pork, and was greatly benefited. But he had retained the use of flesh meats, and mustard, pepper, and condiments. In his best days it was a light thing to put upon his shoulder and carry away a 140-pound sack of grain. But as he reached his threescore years and ten he found himself growing weaker. He could lift the sack of grain from his wagon waist or breast high, and was then forced to drop it. He, like every other wise man who possesses one, consulted his Christian wife. The result after consultation was the discarding of all flesh meat, all condiments, and the substitution of nuts for butter. The fruit of this action is most gratifying. Neither he nor his wife have had scarcely a cold for four years, and are hale, hearty, and stronger. He can now shoulder his 140-pound bag of grain and carry it away, and can keep on doing it. Both are a wonder to their neighbors, and an evidence of the blessing of a true reform diet.