Show the art of living wella well A rival ot of mr bryant we copied in a recent number of the journal an account given by the poet bryant of the mode of life which he had pursued for many years and to which in may ay fairly be attributed his remarkable health of mind and body at a veryard very advanced vance dage age A georgian who professes to be 96 years of age and a carpenter by trade has been moved by mr bryants brantas Br letter to give his own method of preserving health which is somewhat hat different from that of the poet he says gays 1 I getup get gei up about 6 5 in inthe the morning drink or eight drinks of good solid corn whisky by about 8 by that time I 1 have jacked off and dressed about five hundred feet of pl plank ank more or less then take breakfast bly my aly breakfast is generally a smothered chicken and a stewed catfish or two or three trout sometimes two or three shad with beefsteak and ham and fried eggs with two or three dozen boiled eggs fifteen or twenty battercakes batter cakes with a little coffee or tea say about six or eight cups just asi as I 1 feel about the number of cups I 1 then joint tongue and groove the plank by about 1 lam ready for putting up or down at which time I 1 dine my dinner is not always always the same but generally I 1 take about three or four quarts of turtle or pea soup a small baked pig or a roasted goose sometimes a quarter of a lamb or kid greens beans peas onions escha lots potatoes cabbage and other like vegetables by which timo I 1 have drunk drun k about fifteen or twenty drinks drinka of old solid corn whisky after dinner I 1 put ii up or pr dow down my y plank lanki as the case may be take a it few N rinks drinks during the time say about twelve or fourteen 1 I then take the last meal whitis wh icis leis is generally called tea dont use drink about six quarts of or god good pod buttermilk milk ki wih with about one and a halt half it ortto pounds of light bread take about four drink to hold it steady lay jay down about eighty and rest better than thania if I 1 had crowded my stomach I 1 well dream pleasant dreams and rise early again this has been my mode of living through life I 1 am stout and active weigh from two hundred and sixty to two hundred and seventy five pounds health fine my aly head is as blacko hiack black aps fia a ganders back I 1 am not very extravagant in using tobacco only use two or three plugs a day say one and a half pounds smoke some and chew the balance not that I 1 like the weed ilbe use TiBe it only to keep my flesh I 1 M I 1 III 1 journal s J DRAWING A TOOTH prom FROM A LION A glasgow professional man lately extracted a tooth from a lion the patient wa was waa well lassoed when the th elion lion ilon was somewhat exhausted by struggles to free himself the doctor mounted on a tub in front of the cage A piece of wood was placed in the lions mouth and at once the beast made a sn snap a p then a pitchfork was held up and placed in the tho mouth kept it opan open while the inside was thoroughly washed afterward the doctor pushing his arm between the bars into the lions mouth and running his hand over the teeth beith found the loose grinder A terrible struggle ensued the lion plunged more vigorously and howled more frightfully than ever tossing his head from side to side bide and at times forcing his hinder as mell well vi ell eil as his front paws against the bars but ultimately the doctor triumphed over all difficulties and dangers and by means of a powerful forceps extracted the loose tooth which was found broken and diseased near the root when the task had been completed the lion sunk down completely exhausted and while he lay steady and quiet the doctor cut the flesh over the jaw and found the bone severely injured if not broken etwas it was however deemed inexpedient to subject the beast to another operation |