Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-05-25


duce these morsels into his mouth, which,
not being able TO do, he put forth the
most pitifui meanings.
According to the custom Of the Ro-
mans in those days, his bo;!y was carried
to the Tiber, and, as they threw it into
the stream, the faithful dog leaped iu
with it: he strove by swimming under il
to sustain it above the water, tried TO
bring it back 10 the shore, and, exhaust
ed with fatigue and fidelity, sunk with it
TO the bottom.
Rules and Regulations to be Observed By
Mothers and Nurses.
Some people, in dressing an infant,
seem in such haste as 10 toss him in a
way that must fatigue and harrass him,
The most tender deiiberation should be
observed. Every Que knows that kid,
a lamb, a calf, or puppy or kitten,
cannot thrive if squeezed or tumbled a.
bout. An infant is certainly more easily
hurt. But, in addition TO this horIid dres-
sing, his clothes are often so tight, that
he frets and roars though he cannot
give words to his complaints. Pins
should never be used in an infants
clothes; and every thing should be so
loosely tied, that one might get two
fingers between it and the part where
it is fixed. Bandases round the head
should be strictly forbidden. Many in
stances of idiotism, fits and deformity are
owing to tight baudages. In laying a
child to sleep, he should be laid upon
the right side ottener than on the left /;
but twice, in the four and twenty hours
at the least he should be changed TO the
left side. Laying aim Oh his back, when
he is awake, is enough of that posture.
in which he can move his legs and arms
with freedom. Infants are sometimes
very restless at night; and it is general
ly owing either to examining them with
heavy supper, tight night clothes, or
being overheated by too many blankets.
1t may also proceed from putting them
TO sleep too early. He should be kept
awake until the family are going to rest,
and the house free from noise. Un-
dressing and bathing him will weary and
dispose him to shep, and universal still
ness will promste it. Never let any
thing but the prescription of a physician,
in sickness, tempt you to give him wine,
spirits or any drug to make him sleep.
Milk and water, whey or thin Cruel, is
the only fit liquor for little ones, even
when they can run about The more
simple and light their. diet, the more
they will thrive. Such food will keep
their body regullr, and they caunot be
long well if yol neglect that essential
point. When opening medicine must
be given to supply the defect of nature,
a little mamma or magnesia is SAFEST
A careful and dligent mother will at
tend to these particulars, keeping all
her children under her own eye, and
giving them lessons of more value than
gold or jewels, in the time that lazy and
gadding gossips are looking at their fin
gers, or giving and hearing news.
London Lururies The British Press,
of March 22d, says" Those e1icures
who like to indulge themselves in the
early productions Of the vegetable world;
may crafty their taste to the utmost ex-
tent by visit to Covent Garden Mar
ket, where new potatoes were selling
on Saturday morning at five shillings "a
pound French beans very fine at the
same price per hundred and good sized
cucumbers only nine shillings apiece /!
Some twenty strawberries were visible,
and good asparagus might be had at a.
bout two pence nibble.
Mr.. Brainard's* Poems have Just APP
peared in a very handsome form, and we
have no doubt will be we'll received by
the public. We have frequently pub
lished specimens of his composition, ma
ny of which our readers will readily re-
cognize, as his images are celebrated
for their business, originality and strength
The collection now presented to the
public, although it is embraced in little
more than one hundred pages, contains
all the best Of his pieces heretofore
published, with several new ones, in no
way inferior. The lines on Niagara,
the verses to Gen. La Fayette, the
Presidential Cotillion, Misunderstanding,
and others, among the. former, are well
known; and traces of the same hand will
be discovered among some of the lat
ter-such as the Epip,haIamiun, the
two Comets, &c.
*Editor OF the Con necticut Mirror.
Singular Lethargy.-Hufeland, the
celebrated physician, has caused the fol-
lowing article y be inserted in Berlin
paper of the Esd of February -. The