Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-10-03

! grandmothers were Are we as wei
versed in the details of housekeeping-as
able to bear them without fatigue, as oul
mothers2 Have our daughters as much
stamina OF constitutions much aptitude
for domestic duty, as we ourselves pos.
sess2 These questions are not interest.
ing to US simply as individuals. For the
ability or inability of woman, to discharge
what the Almighty has committed to her,
touches the equilibrium of society and the
hidden springs of existence.
Tenderly interested as we are, for the
health of our offspring, let US devote pc
culiar attention to that of our daughters
Their delicate frames require more care,
in order to become vigorous, and are in
more danger through the prevalence Of
fashion. Frequent and thorough ablutions
simple and nutritious diet, we undoub!-
edlY secure for all oul children
But plead for the little girl, that she
may have air and exercise, as we'll as her
brother, and that she may not be too much
blamed, if in her earnest play, she happen
to tear, or soil her apparel. I plead that
she be not punished as romp, if she
kecnly enjoy those active sports, which
city gentility proscribes. plead that the
ambition to make her accomplished. do
not chain her to her piano, till the spinal
column which should consolidate the
frame, starts aside like a broken reed
nor bow her over her book, till the vital
energy which ought to pervade the whole
system, mounts into the brain, and kindles
the death fever
Mothers, if you would do your duty,
get treatise on Anatomy, and become ia.
miiar with its rudiments. At least, &C.
quaint yourselves with the physiology Of
the skin, the lungs, the circulation of the
blood, and the digestive organs. | can.
not flatter myself that | am lmparting any
thing new, when | mention that the form
er is composed of three lamina or LAYERS,
and that the inner one is tissue of nerves
and blood-vessels, SO minute. that the point
of the finest needle cannot be introduced,
without puncturing some of them. Thro
these ever-open and invisible pores, the
waste matter of our continually changing
bodies escapes, equalling in weight more
than twenty ounces every twenty -four
hours. This evacuation, if checked, sc
overtaxes other excretory organs, as te
produce disease, and if retained on the
surface, and returned through the absorb
ents, acts as poison in the system. Daily
and entire ablution, with corresponding
friction, is necessary to preserve in ;
healthful state. an organ of such great i'm
portance to the vital economy.
The sympathy between the skin ant
lungs is so established, and intimate, tina
neglected state of the former, has much
to do with the production and progress 0
pulmonary disease, that frequent and ia
yorite messenger of death. Food, afte
being received into the stomach, send
forth its nutritious portions in the form c
chyle, to be mingled with the blood
This junction is formed at the right sid
ofTthe heart, but the mixture of new an
old fluid, is not fitted to sustain life, unit
propelled through the left side of the hear
it is submitted by the agency of the lung
to the air; then taking its true color, it
transmitted through the arteries to tn
most remote extremity, and called back {
gain from It's life-giving visits, to pass re
view in its sleepless citadel. Thus tn
whole vo ume of blood, which in an adult
from three to four gallons, passes once e.
: cry three minutes through the heart, Q
its way to and from the lungs. And tho!
unresting aborers, the heart and lung
r from the first moment of existence, till Y
: return to dust, continue their labors, ind
5 pendent of our volition, wondrous symbo
: Of that Almighty Goodness which, whet
er we wake or sleep, is "new every NOR
= ing-fresh every moment."
Outlines of the mysterious mechanis
:, Of our cIay-tempe, we ought certainly
= study, that we need not, through ign
rance, interfere with those laws on viii
u its organization depends. Rendered pl
y cious by being the shrine of an undyi
y spirit, our ministrations for It's well-bein
= assume an almost fearful importance.
y Appointed as the mother is, to guard
% harmony Of It's architecture, to study t
. arts on which its symmetry depends, S
: is forced to perceive how much the mi
- is affected by the circumstances OF It's lo(
o. ment, and is melted TO cherish the NOR
for the sake of the immortal.
Does she attach value to the gems
~ intelIect?-Let her see that the cas-
ITO which contains them, be not endanger
:, or causelessly broken. Does she pray
!. - the welfare of the soul2 Let her seek
e good of its companion, who walks will
rs rs to the gate of the grave, and rushes ag
y, to its embrace on the morning Of the +
- direction.
'ie Mothers ought to be ever awake to
evils of compression in the region of
nat heart and lungs. A slight ligature thu