The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-12-06

specling the treatment Of III ir iufauts.
Any mothef who implicitly follows her
prescription viii be apt to succeed ia hav.
ing unhealthy children:
In laying a foundation of i'll health, il is
great point TO be able to begin atthe
beginning. You have the future man al
excellent advantage when he is between
your Fingers as a baby. One Of Hohiman's
h,r lines, a clever housewife, discarded
and abh,Tred her lover from The moment
of his cutting yeast dumping. There
are Some little enormitles Of that kind
which really cannot be forgiven. aud one
such is. 10 miss the opportunity ofphysick.
ing baby. Now l will tell you how to
treat the future pale. face ut his fir ten
trance into life. ......... ..r.-tI
A littlo while before the birth Of any
child, have u little something ready IN a
spoon; aud, after birth. be ready at the
first opportunity, 10 thrust this down his
throat. Let his first gift from his fellow
creatures be duse of fphysic honey aud
calomel, Or something Of that kind; but
you had be,ler ask the nurse for pre-.
Scription. Have ready also. before birth,
an abundant stock Of pins; for it is great
point, in putting the first dress upon the
little naked body, 10 cohtrive that il shall
contain as many pins as possible. The
prick Of a sly pin II eZcflleiit for making
children cry; and since /; may lead ntitsesi
mothefs, now aud then even dYcturs, to
administer phyjic for the cure ofimagin-
AIRY grpings ip the bowels it may be Twice
blessed Sanitary enthusiasts are apt 10
say tha, strings, ilnt Fins. are the right
fastenings tor infants clolhes BE no,
misled. Is not the pin cushing ali an
cicnt institution! What is to say,"Wel
come, little stranger" if pins cease TO do
sol Resist this innovation. 1t is the small
end oflhe wedge. The next thing that
IA child would do, if let alone, wnuld be to
sleep would not suffer lhat.-The poor
Thing must want feeding; therefore wax.
en- it and mikeit eat sop, forth will be
a pleasant j"ke at the expense nfnaturs.
Ii will be like wakening a gentleman af.
ter midnight to put into his mouth some
picked herring; only the baby cannot
thank YOU fol your kindness as the gen.
tieman might do. .e
This is a golden rule concerning babies:
TO procure sickly growth. let the child al
ways suckle Atlemp, no regularity in
nursing. 1t is tue that if all infant be
fed "a, the breast every four hours. it will
fall into the habit Of desiring fond only so
often, aud will sleep very TRANQUILITY dur.
ing the interval. This may save trouble,
but ii is device f,r rearing healthy chill
dren; we discard it. Our iufunts shall he
nursed in no new tangled way. AS for
the chiId's crying, quiet costs eighteen
'euce bottle; so that argument is very
soon disposed uf
Never be wiIhou, flask Of Godfrey
Cordial, or Duffy, IN the nursery; but the
fac; Is, tha, you ought 10 keep mcdi.
cine. chest. A good deal of curious iniur
maliou may be obtained by watching the
effects of vatibus medicines upon your
children. r..
Never be guided by the ch.ld's ;eetl,
in weuuhS il, Wean it before the first
teeth are cut, iioi after they have learned
to bite. Weau all at once, with bitter
alues or some similar devices; aud change
the diet suddenly. 1t is foolish thing
to ask melical attendant how To regu
late the food ufcbildren; he is sure To bt
overruu with bookish prejndices;bpt ,nurs
es are practical women. who understand
thoroughly matters of this kind.
Do not use cot for infants, or presume
beyond The time honored institution o
the cradle. Active rocking sends chilC
to sleep by causing gidliness. Giddi
ness is disturbance Of The 0loud's usua
way of circulation; obviously, therefore
it is thing to aim at in our nurseries
For elder children. swinging is an excel
lent amusement, II they become giddy ol
the. swing.
In your nursery. maid and two o
three chitlreh may conveniently be quar-
tered for the night, by all means careful
{. ly secured from draughls, Never omit L
use at night chimney board. The nurs
cry window ought not to be much opened
aud the door should be kept always shGi
in order that the clamor of the chldre
may not annoy others in your house.
When the children walk out for an ali
ing, of course they ale to be little ladie
and gentlemen, They are not To scam
per to and fro; lltle gentle amble viii
hoop ought to BE- their severest exel
else. lu sending them to walk abroad,
is good thing to let their legs be bare
The gentleman papa, probably would ip
; bare legs ratIlercold walking in the street
Of London, but the gentleman son 1
course has quite another constitution
Besides, how can ab'y not predispose
that way hope to grow up. copsumpliy'
, il some pains are not taken with him
his childhood? ...........
II Ii is said of old time children in III
Balearic Islands that they were not a
; lowed to eat their dinner, until, by adroi
j ness in the shouins of stones o1t Of
sling, they had dislodged il from raft
r in the house. Children in the British |
lands should be better treated. Lett ibey
not only have, their meals unrailingly b
let them be at all ulher lines tempted al
u lbribed TO eat. Cakes and sweeimests
an ailurihg shape aud .color. fruits an
pala,able messes should, without any rel
uIarity, be added to the diet of child.
: The stomach, We kipwt,Eeqnires !hle
s or tour hours 10 digest meal, expects