Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-20
sAnd so she did. A little management


was practised. I.accepted another invi-
tation to tea, and, during the evening,
gave as graphic description as was in
my power, of the novelty, excitement and
wonderfully beneficial effects of a week at
the sea shore. My own experience was
quite to the point, having regained
strength almost by magic, after long
period Of extreme nervous exhaustion.
You must take your wife to the sea
shore. 1t is just what she wants, said /,
after the way had been fully prepared
Wilkins followed up with such a hearty
acquiescence that tEes point was carried
under scarcely an appc rance of objection
Difficulties we're of course suggested
but these were pronounced ofsuch slen.
der importance that they were waived al
most as soon as presented. Two days af-
terwards, ! had the satisfaction of seeing
them off in steamboat. As / shook
hands with them at parting, could see
in the countenance of Mrs. Wilkins, some
reviving traces of her old girlish beauty
and rekindling in her eyes Of the light
of other days. aa
A year afterwards, in passing through
the city, l made it my business to visit
my old acquaintance. He received me
with a warmth of manner and cheerful
ness of spirit which satisfied me that his
state of mind had considerably improved.
How is Mrs. Wilkins 2 I made al
most immediate inquiry.
A broad smile went over his face as be
replied: "A thousand per cent better than
when you saw her year ago.
Il am delighted to hear you say So
How did the Cape May prescription an
swer?'
Admirably. 1t worked like charm
Mary came back another woman. 1t was
to her almost like discovering the foun-
tain Of youth. never saw such change
in any one.'
Didn't she fall back into her old hab-
its of mind and body after her return to
the city?'
No
How did you prevent this p inquir-
ed.
BY acting on the hint you gave-1
hired wagon for an tfternoon, once a
week, while the pleasant weather lasted,
and showed her all the scenery within ten
miles of the city. 1t cost me two dollars
each time but it was cheaper than pay
ing the doctor and the medicine cured
more radically. You can't imagine what
a change in her feelings took place. No
thing outside of the narrow circle of
home interested her before; thought
seemed asleep, or palsied; /; but now she
takes an interest in everything. Her soul
has awakened from its dead torpor.'
Was it not starved into more than in
fantile weakness 2 l remarked
Perhaps so,' be said, thoughtfully.
The mind must have its appropriate food
as well as the body
Nothing is truer than that replied
And like the body, it must have the
alterations Of shade and sunshine, fresh
air and exercise. 1t must have change
and recreation, as well as seasons Of la
Dor. Without these mental health is i'm
possible and without mental health there
can be no true bodily health
Husbands, fear, are not thoughtful
enough about their wives in this particu-
lar. | am very certain, if every toiling
housekeeper, and worn down exhausted
mother, whose pale face is hardly ever
seen beyond the portals of her own door,
were forced abroad occasionally, into the
social world, if they would not go will
lingly; and taken yearly to the springs,
the sea-shore, or the mountains for few
weeks, that hundred. and thousands OF
wives and mothers who are now sickly,
nervous and unhappy. would be in the
enjoyment of good health and cheerful
spirits, giving light to their homes. and
happiness to the hearts of their husbands.
Try the prescription, ye men with sick
ly, toiling exhausted wives, whose pale
faces haunt your homes like ghosts of for
mer blessings. Pity them wisely, and
hold them back, while you may, from
the low resting places under the green
turf towards which they are descending
with rapid feet.
One FOR DAN RIcE.-Dan Rice, the
well known clown, remitted in settlement
of an account, to the publisher of paper