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Southern Adventist University KnowledgeExchange@Southern The oodF ies' Guide to Vegetarian Cookery in 19th 1890-1909 Century America 1895 The egetV arian, A Monthly Magazine published to advocate Wholesome Living. Vol. 1. The egetV arian Publishing Company Follow this and additional works at: https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/foodiesguide-1890 Part of the Food Science Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation The eV getarian Publishing Company, "The eV getarian, A Monthly Magazine published to advocate Wholesome Living. Vol. 1." (1895). 1890-1909. 2. https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/foodiesguide-1890/2 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The oodF ies' Guide to Vegetarian Cookery in 19th Century America at KnowledgeExchange@Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1890-1909 by an authorized administrator of KnowledgeExchange@Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE VEGETKRI?\>t ^ ClassX .--.- Book— TUB Vegetarian, A Monthly Magazine published to advocate Wholesome Living. VOL. I. New York: The Vegetarian Publishing Company, 40 John Street. IMBEX. Anti-Vivisection, 51. Anti-Vivisection Quarterly, 134. Banquet of The Chicago Vegetarian Society, 113. Bean Pie, 214. Beef Trust, The, 8. Bible Testimony, 3. Blacksmith's Testimony, A, 97. Butchers' Meat, 9. Cheap Food for the Million, 136. Chicago Notes, 113. Chinese Vegetarians, 50, 68. Choice of Food, The, 147. Christmas Dinner, in. Civilization, 61. Communications, 75. Constitution of The Vegetarian Society, 16. Convention, The, 172. Convention of 1896, The, 134. Conversion, 46. Cooking Food, 58. Correspondence, 96, no, 174. Count Tolstoi, 67. Count Tolstoi on Vegetarianism, 45. Dietetic Reform in Public Institutions, 105. Eating, 53. Editorial, 14, 32, 52, 68, 90, 112, 132, 152, 172, 192, 215, Effects of Flesh on the Teeth, 58. [226. Eggs and Milk, 56. Ethics of Vegetarianism, 24. Evils of Flesh Eating, 83. Experience of a Vegetarian, The, 221. Experience of Thos. Shilitoe, 108. Flesh Eating, The Evils of, 83. Food and Character, 190. Food to Sustain, The, 35. Good Ordinance, A, 10. Good Sample, A, 13. How to Begin, 114, 128. In the Madagascar Mission Fields, 157. Lectures on Vegetarianism, 161, 181, 205 Legalized Crime, 141. Let Each Help, 101 Letter from Hamilton, Canada, 107. Live and Let Live, 121, Living Without Meat, 66. Lovers' Retreat, 11. Minister's Testimony, A, 98. More Proof, 173. More Testimony, 98. Mr. Alfred Tongue, 36. Natural Child, A, 12. New York Society, 34. Not a Crime to Eat Flesh, 34. Noted Vegetarians, 94. Notes, 8, 34, 51. One Reason Enough, 1. Organize, 52. Our Paper, 35. Patriotism, 69, 202. Personal Testimonies, 97, 107. Personal Testimony of Skilled Labor, 178. Philadelphia Vegetarian Society, 79. Plagiarism, 192. Pope's " Essay on Man" (extract), 41. Popular Convention, A, 8. Restaurant, 49. Reviews, 38, 217. Right or Wrong, 2 1 Royal Vegetarian, A, 51. Sawyer's Testimony, A, 98. Seven Reasons Why I Prefer a Vegetarian Diet, 92. Society Reports, 18, 60, 76, 118, 138, 159, 179, 197, 217. Sport, 48. Surprising Recovery of a Septuagenarian, 100. Testimony of History, 143. The Light of Asia (extract), 5. Thirteen Club, The, 233. To be Beautiful, 131. Traveller's Testimony, A, 99. Variety not Necessary, 12. Vegetarian Champion Diver, The, 177. Vegetarian Church, A, 30. Vegetarian Convention, 81, 103, 153. Vegetarian Diet, 11. Vegetarian Eating Club of the Chicago University, The, 42. Vegetarian Manifesto, A, 228. Vegetarianism, 93. Vegetarian Restaurants, 10. Vegetarian Society, 15. Vegetarian Societies, 187. Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner, 89. War only for Defence, 135. What shall we have for Dinner? 12. What to Do, 9. What we may Eat, 70. Why not Try, 13. Why Societies are Necessary, 37. Woman's Tongue, 171. The Vegetarian. Vol. I. July 15, 1895. No. One Reason Enough. Many sound reasons are given for adopting a vege- tarian diet. The first injunction of God to man was that the seeds of every herb and the fruits of the trees were given to man for food. The highest orders of most religions have been vegetarians. The strongest people in the world live upon a plain vegetable diet. The healthiest individuals are those who have always refrained from eating flesh. It is more economical, and while requiring less than one-tenth the quantity of land to support life, at the same time giving employment to a vastly increased number to produce a given amount of food. We could go on adding reasons and multiplying the advantages of a natural food diet to the end of our space, but we started with the assertion that one reason was enough and we hope to give one that will appeal to every intelligent being. All are not religious, many do not care for their health, some have no reason to study economy, but all right thinking people must admit that it is degrading for man to live on flesh while only the lower class of animals live by killing others weaker than them- selves. With the possible exception of the dog, there is no flesh-eating animal that is useful to man. The horse, ox, sheep, camel, elephant and many others that have been trained to do man service are all herb- ; THE VEGETARIAN. ivorous. Of course, we are not forgetful of the fur- bearing animals, but we scarcely think that any one in this connection would advocate tearing off the bleeding skins of living creatures to decorate or warm their own bodies. All readers of this paper are at least removed that far from the savage state of exist- ence. The lower orders of mankind, savage races, and the savages which are to be found in great cities delight in bloodshed, but the constant efforts of all enlightened men have always been to restrict killing to punish cruelty, then why not take a stand at the top at once, abolish capital punishment and leave off paying weaker intellects to kill things to enable you to satisfy the unnatural lust for feeding on flesh? How many people who eat lamb would cut the poor animal's throat, tear out its quivering vitals, and then sit down and eat of its flesh? The Christian believes in a future state of exist- ence for mankind, therefore if you kill a good man you have simply sent him to heaven a little in advance of his time. If you rob a man, he must have been a particularly incompetent or incapacitated individual that would not recover from his loss in a short time, but when you rob an animal of its life you are willfully taking from it all it has and all it ever can have to give yourself a few minutes' satisfaction. You know that flesh is not necessary to support life, for you know, or can know, hundreds of strong and vig- orous men, women and children who never pollute their bodies by eating the flesh of animals. Would a man that would kill an animal kill a human being? Let us see. He would not kill any one who offended or defrauded him in a civilized country because he is afraid of the law, but we hear of many boasting of shooting at burglars because they would not be likely to be punished for it. Again we notice that it takes . ; : : THE VEGETARIAN. but slight provocation for a brave explorer in Africa who is surrounded by hundreds of savages armed with death-dealing weapons to constitute himself judge and jury and decide that a tribe must be fired upon because some member of it has stolen some trifling article. Showing that the man who kills an- imals takes pleasure in killing his fellow men (espe- cially if their skin is darker than his own) when he can do so without fear of the law. The killing of animals for food predisposes a man to kill his fellow man when he can do so with safety to himself. It is degrading to humanity to place our- selves on a par with the lowest of the animal creation. Bible Testimony, Daniel, Chapter I., j to 16 verses. 3. And the king spake unto Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed and of the princes 4. Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. 6. Now among these were of the children of Ju- dah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah . THE VEGETARIAN. 7. Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names : for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belta- shazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego. 8. But when Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9. Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Dan- iel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink : for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? Then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.