Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-01-03
Y anything, and they shrink as if decra-

ng anything, and they shrink as if degra-
dation were connected with the effort. from
training them up to habits of Industry and
usefulness; forgetting that work aud Ia
Dor are holy sacred things in the sight Of
God. Bodily and mentally they are help
less for want of something to do, for want
Of incentives to bring oat the faculties
they have in common with al human be-
ings Trained amongst trifes-crotchet
ing, embroidering. and knitting-allowcd
to read frivolous books which induce no
valuable. sound thought-they grow ~
almost useless members of society, and
when everything else is progressing they
are stationary.
We have said that there is great sym
pathy between the mind and the body;
few parents think of this, and the MAORI
ty do not know it More tAanshalf the
diseases with which children suffer. are
caused By the injudieious treatment they
receive at the hands Of those who can
have no excuse for their ignorance TIE
Influence of the brain on the digestive or
gans is direct During childhood when
the brain is, in common with other organs
IN state Of great activity and rapid de-
velopment, the proper arrangement of di-
ct is Of the greatest importance. Cheer
ful activity, cleanliness, dry pure air ad-
equate clothing, and suitable regimen
are indispensable promoters of health -
Horse5 and cattle are carefully fed with
the food that suits :hem best; and by hu-
mare people greater care is bestowed upon
them than the majority Of parents give to
their children. Some may think we are
coloring too highly this state Of things
that all right minded parents love their
children too much, willingly to injure
them Still we may kill by misguided
blindness, Look into society as it is at
present constituted. and your own knowl.
edge will furnish you with instances of
grievous wrong done to children bv pa
rents violating the physical laws Of their
being High seasoned and unwholesomc
food is given in such large quantities, and
| at such irregular times, that unnatural APP
petites are created. and digestion impair
ed. Some mothers so stuff their children
the whole year round with unwholesome.
exciting, and stimulating meats and drinks
that they become camplete gormands, and
their whole thoughts are occupied with
what they shall eat, and what they shall
drink. and wherewithal they shall be cloth
ed. If parents would give their children
good, wholesome, nourishing food, their
only drink writer, and let strict regularity
and punctuality be observed in regard to
their times of eating, gradual change for
the better would distinctly mark the ris-
I ing generation. for it is most certain. that
parents cannot be too particular about the
diatetic habits Of their children Their
happiness here and hereafter greatly De.
pends upon the right physiological train
ing given them III early life And yet
how many mothers make their table a
snare totheir offspring, by pamperiug their
1 iaPpetites aud loading their stomachs with
improper food f!
Does oar blessed Lord smile appro-
baton upon the present system Of train
ing adopted by many parents Certain
4 ly not. 1t initiates against his authority
and spurns bis laws.