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Ihe Cucumber.-In regard to this vegetable, which, at the present season f"rms, with our citizens. SO prominent dish at almost every meal, MT. Abernathy, the celebrated surgeon, observes, |" peel it, slice it down into pieces, put vinegar and pepper to it. and then-throw it away" And this, probably, is the very best advice that can be given in reference [" the manner of using it. Almost entirely de- void of any ali'ncntary principle. the only pos sibIe motive that can be assigned for eating the cucumber, is merely the qualification of the paIate--to the nourishnent of the body it is entirely nnadapted.

 The principal mischief produced by the use of this fruit, and which has caused it tO be ranked among the most unwholesOme arti- cles served at our tables, arises independent of an acid principle which it is supposed to con tain, from its indisestibility in other words, its instability in the stomach. In conse- quence of this, it is retained in the latter or gan for long time. producing more or less uneasiness in every instance; and in the dis. peptc, the gouty, and those of a nervous and feeble disposition, giving rise to violent pains. cramps, and other severe affections.

 By an individual in full health, and engag little inconvenience wonld probably be expe- rienced from the use of the cucumber, in any f0rm. By all, however. under different cir. cumstances, it is an article of diet which it would be well entirely to rclinquisll, whether in its simple state, or in the various modes of preparation by which its injurious effects have been attempted to be enumerated.

 Journal of Health.