Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-08-02

| whole II is certainly OF moment, that one
who desires TO educate his children in the
[ fear of Sod, should do it in humble per-
suasion that if he was not defective IN his
own duty, he will not be denied the blessing
Of success. could tell you some remark.
able instances of parents who seemed to la
bour in vain for long time, and yet were
SO happy as to see change at last ; and OF
some children in whom even after the death
of the parents, the seed which was early
sovn, and seemed to have been entirely
smothered, has at Jas, produced fruit. And
indeed no less seems TO follow from the
promise, annexed to the command, train up
child in The way he should go, and when
he is old he will not depart from it.
Having laid down these preliminaries. |
shall saw few things upon The preservation
ofthe health of children. Perhaps you will
think this belongs only 10 the physician but
though physician ought TO be employedto
apply remedies in dangerous cases, any
man, with little reflection, may be allowed
10 form some jud gment as to the ordinary
means of their preservation ; nay, cannot
help being Of opinion, than any other man
is filter than physician for this purpos".
His thoughts are SO constantly taken up
with the rules ofhis art. that it is an huoor:o
10 one he will prescribe more methods aad
| medicines than can be used with safety.
The fundamental rules for preserving the
health of children, are cleanliness, liberty,
and free air. By cleanliness, do not mean
keeping the outside Of their clothes in pro.
per condition to be seen before company,
nor hindering them from fouling their hands
and feet, when they are capable of gong
abroad, but keeping them dry IN the night
time, when young, and frequently washing
their bodies with cold water. and o:her
things Of the same nature and tendency.
the second rule is liberty. All persons
young and old, love liberty and as far as
it does them no harm. i, will certainly do
them good. Many free born subject is
kept slave for the first ten years Of his
life and is so much handled and carried
about by women in his infancy, that the
limbs aud other parts Of his body, are fres
quently misshapen, q the whole very much
weakened besides, the spirits, when under
confinement, are generally in dull and
languishing state. The best exercise in the
world for children, is 10 le,lhem romp and
jump about, as soon as they are able, &C.
cordIng to their own fancy. This in the
country is best done in the fields in city
we'll aired room is better than being sent
ia'o the streets under the care Of a servant,
very few Of whom are able SO far to curb
their own inclinations, as to let the children
follow theirs, even where they may do It
with safety. AS TO free uir there is nothing
more essentially necessary to the strength
and growth of animals and plants. liza few
plants Of any kind arc sown in close con.
fined place, they commonly grow up tall,
small and very weak. I have seen a bed
of beans in a garden, under the shade Of
hedge or tree, very long and slender, which
brought to my mind young family ofquali.
ty, trained up in delicate manner, who If
they grow at all, grow TO length, but never
to thickness. SO universal is this, that !
believe the body Of u sturdy or well built
make, is reckoued among them coarse
and vulgar thing.
There is one thing with regard to ser.
wants, that would particularly recommend
to your attention. All children are liable to
acciden these may happen unavo'dao'y
ou, do generally arse from the careiessness
of servants, to this they are almost always
attributed BY parents. This disposes all
servants. good or bad to concea! them from
the parents, when they can possible do It.
By this means, children ofien receive hurts
in falls orotherwise, which if known in time,
might be easily remedied, but not being
known either prove fatal, or make them lame
or deformed. A near relation OF mine had
high shoulder and distorted waist from
this very cause. To preventsuch accidents,
it is necessary to take all pains possible TO
acquire the confidence of servants. TO con-
vince Them Of the necessity Of concealng
nothing. There are two dispositions in
parents, which hinder the servants from
making discoveries the first, is when they
are very passionate, aad apt 10 storm and
| rage agains. their servants, for every real
or supposed neglect. Such persons can
never expect a confession, which must be
followed by such terrible vengeance. The
other is, when they are ender~hearted, or
,imorous to excess, which makes them show
themselves deeply affected or greatly terri.
fed upon any little accident that befals
their children. In this case, the very best
servants are unwil ing to ellthem, through
fear of making them miserable. In such
cases, therefore would advise parents, what.
ever may be their real opinions, to discover
them as little as possible to their servants.
Let them still! inculcate this maxim, that
there should be no secrets concerning chill
dren, kept from those most nearly interested
in them. And that there may be no temp.