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SEED-TIME AfiB HARVEST. 
What Shall We Drink? 
I believe it is now generally understood, 
that mankind, with most animals, must 
drink something for their health’s sake. 
But what this “something” shall consist 
of, is a question that does not yet seem to 
havs been settled. In fact there are almost 
as many opinions in regard to it as there 
are combinations in existence, which can 
be called “drink.” 
That the innumerable number of small 
springs, which are scattered so plentifully 
Over our land, were intended for the use of 
man as well as beast, it seems to me is self- 
evident; and I believe that it was the inten¬ 
tion of the Creator that man should slake 
bis thirst with their pure waters. 
Even water-drinking may be only a habit, 
but if so 1 think we can rest assured that 
it is not an evil one; and as man has been 
defined as a “bundle of habits,” it follows 
that the more good habits he has the fewer 
bad ones he can have. 
Water, I believe, has more qualities to 
recommend it, than any other beverage. 
First: It is harmless. Do not now, let 
your thoughts fly off in a tangent from the 
Subject and rush down the rapids, or dash 
headlong over the horrible abyss of Niagara 
•Or struggle with a sinking steamer on the 
Storm-riffed Atlantic; or even float away 
with the ruins of some pleasant village on 
tn imagined freshet in the old Mississippi. 
Other agents are responsible for such 
casualties. 
Turn \ our attention if you please to the 
Simple use of water as a beverage, while I 
.point out to you a few more of its virtues. 
Second: Water does not stimulate. All 
artificial drinks beget an everlasting hank¬ 
ering and craving for more. 
Third: Water does not intoxicate. Most 
artificial drinks do, to a greater or less 
extent; and those which do not are those 
which contain the most water. 
Fourth: Water begets not disease. Of 
what other’ drink can this be as safely 
asserted? 
Fifth: Water is the oldest drink known. 
For ages before even tea or coffee were 
^reamed of, water as an emblem of jturity 
sparkled as it rushed from ten thousand 
flowing fountains. 
Sixth: Water is the cheapest drink. 
Could all the wealth this world affords be 
once expended where it is the most needed, 
little would be left with which to satisfy 
the cravings of an artificial appetite. 
Is it not then a great national sin that 
millions of dollars should be annually 
expended —aye—squandered in these wors« 
tnan useless pursuits? Far better that it 
were sunk in the middle of the broad 
Atlantic! 
Seventh: Water is a divine drink. That 
God made it, nobody ever doubts, though 
very many seem to forget it. How foolish 
then the man who would attempt to mak# 
anything better. 
Eighth: Water is the most iuvigorating 
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