Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-29

| lie OeiHS dS s!e s!ttpo, -uHCOHsCious
what full hearts are yearning over her.
And mine 100. Edward But we mus,
not hope too much. Ut is delicat.
child
Little Flora walked--and a smile more
intelligent than The smile in sleep, ligh;
her parents. and gratitude for their care
The mother stopped over the cradle, and
taking up her be pressed il TO heI
bosom. The father looked on while his
heart leaped with love and joy. She
was the wife of his choice--the child
was the first bond of their union
Wheth he loved child or mother best.
Edward could no, tell; he feared by !ho''
Of preference TO wrong one or the other,
and he could never conline his thoughts
TO one alone. And the mother. the child
was 10 her the image of its father, and
therefore she loved IT. The father was
the father of her child. and therefore
more than III her maiden love she thought
she could-she loved him. The two
/ were her I'll in life, her first remembrance
in the morning. the companions of her
thoughts all day. and her visitors in
dreams at night. If there br happiness
below. it is in such union this. OF
conjugal and parental love.
! Come. father-reach ba by's posset. -
Little Flora says she is hungry. Go TO
the side. board. by dear. md put in tea
spoonful of wine. the child is weak, and
YOU know ST. Paul says use little wine
for the stomach's ske.
Timothy, whom ST. Paul addressed.
was aot nursing infant. Oh, apostle TO
lhe Gentiles. How many have wreSted
that scripture TO their own destruction
how many to the destruction of their
children! The child was dosed with the
poisoned pap. and 1t scarce required one
ea-spooalul of wine to light its eyes at
one year OF age. with the unnatural
bsiShtness O: intOxication. There
mother knew il would feel betterr Again
the child laughed, but it was an idiot
laugh, an epitOme and foreiaste of the
naudin mirih which adults mistake for
happiness til headache follows. Full
soon this second stage of drunkenness
fell upo0 little Flora. Her eyes .rst
Joyous aad sparkling. soon dimmed. the
lids fell. tser head was thrown back, and
again she was laid IN the cradle. The
secVad sleep was not like the first. |,
was interrupted with starts. and uneasy
,ossings from side TO side, until a, length
deep. difficult breathing aud entire un
consciousness took the place of the calm
rest Flora had enjoyed in the early part
OF the evening. Uneasy contortlons
AID an expression q! paiu. Ii angels
w Whispered to little Flora before. who
whispered MOVE
The decantes stood On Mrs. Blanch-
ards work table. Edward frowned it
tie. as he put away his book. which had
received staining drop Of the 'restota-
tive But hcw could he complain when
thu, drcp had Been spilled in administer
ing medicine tn his child? He did not
reflect that the child, as we'll as the book,
received injury from such medicine
Mrs. Blanchard' eye wandered from the
table To the hearth. where Kettle Of
warm water simmered. Her husband an
ticipated her wishes, for Mrs. Blanchard
was in delicate health In few mo
ments all the apparatus for compromising
negus were brought forward Mrs. B.
pronounced it good. and urged her hus-
band to pattake; assuring him that in his
anxiety and fatigue he needed u restora-
tive. The woman whom thou gavest
to be with me, she gave me of the tree.
and | did eat Mr.. Blanchard declined
the negus, but took punch. With such
nghtcaps they weEt to bed. Bridget.
who came in to clear the room followed
their example, and took nightcap too.
Ii would have been awful scandal 10 as
sert that the whole family retired intoxi-
Gated. would it nol2
As passed one evening with the parents
and tireis delicate child. so passed many
Flora's precarious health demanded. thro'
The winter months. food warmer than Fl re
would make IL; and the agent OF heat in
the winter cooled the infants summer
beverage. Pure water, nature never in
tended for childrrn. and of necessity
medicine mingled with the winter drinks,
as with the summer posset. Little + ora
became an artificial child. The slightest
exposure made her I'LL; and when the her.
bal was resOrted to for re medies. of course
some alcoholic preparation. more potent
thau wine. was required to disguise the
nasty bitter taste. Little Flora was an
excellent child to take medicine. At
three years of age she had the tricks OF
older topers. She knew how to give way
10 attacks of lsssitude, and TO appear sick
as pleasant medicine was the reward Of
delicate health. She would provoke
slight irritation in her throat to an alar.
ming fl of coughing; because if the 'holr-
hound and the 'buglos' were bitter, the
gin In which their virtues were extracted.
made that bitterness agreeable. And
thus the little hypocrite kept her anxious
parents necessarily lamentiEg the i'll
health of their delicate child
AS Flora grew she was indeed beau,
ty. The delicate skin Of her round face
barmonized with her blue eyes and fair
hair. Ii is true tina, in the morning she
was pale. and her little ancles seemed
scarce strong enough to support her
Coffee,--she must drink coffee as il was
necessary to her delicate health which
milk yould have uiped --yeetor.d .o...