You need not be an ice cutter to appreciate these cold-weather tips published by the Beacon Journal in January 1879:
• Never lean with the back upon anything that is cold.
• Never begin a journey until the breakfast has been eaten.
• Keep the back — especially between the shoulder blades — well covered, also the chest well protected.
• In sleeping in a cold room, establish the habit of breathing through the nose, and never with the mouth open.
• Never go to bed with cold or damp feet; always toast them by the fire 10 or 15 minutes before going to bed.
• Never omit regular bathing; for unless the skin is in an active condition, the cold will close the pores, and favor congestion or other diseases.
• Merely warm the back by the fire and never continue the back exposed to heat after it has become comfortably warm. To do otherwise is debilitating.
• After exercise of any kind, never ride in an open carriage nor near the window of a car for a moment. It is dangerous to health and even to life.
• When hoarse, speak as little as possible until it is recovered from, else the voice may be permanently lost, or difficulties to the throat be produced.
