Show IN PRAISE OF TEA tile the chinese who always date heir legends aith preposterous accuracy curac yass assure tire us that the philosophic emperor shen nung ming discovered tea I 1 a the year which we call 2737 B C he was boiling ling water for his evening meal his fagots fagons were made ot of brin branches clies of the tea plant and some ot of thair leaves tell fell into his pot pol frag fragrance nince pleased and their odor delighted him and lie he made his discovery known to the world in words as has been suggested alight have been printed yesterday in a bulletin of board of health tea is better than wine for it not to intoxication neither does it cause a man to say foolish things and repent thereof in tits his sober moments it Is better than water for it does not carry disease neither does it act like a poison as aa does water when the wells contain foul and rotten matter |