Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-29
From the Boston Traveller.
IS CLOTHING REQUISITE TO OUR
CLIMATE?- EXTRAORDINARY En-
PERTINENT WITH A CHILD.

Humanity, it seems. by the news re-
ceivcd by the steamer Niagara. is soon
about to make further progress. and re-
turn 10 the primitive dress Of the morning
of Adams life in Eden. The prophecies
indicative Of such relapse TO the man
ners Of the golden age of earth, every
one is familiar with, and the mode in
which they are to be fulfilled is describ-
ed in an article in the Dublin EceRing
Nail, of which we preseut the following
abstract, only regretting that we have
not room for the minute and valuable
physiological detail. The wholesale
ready made clothing business. which,
according 10 the last report of the Bos-
ton Board of Trade, is one of the most
important branches of our business, is
expected Immediately to depreciate, and
we caution retailers against large pur
chases Of Summer goods.
"The subject of the costume of the
ancient Britons has often been discussed,
ii has been asserted that they were ma
ked. Those who opposed that view ad
duced as reasons the coldncss and vari
able nature of the climate. The ques-
ton has been set at rest by an experiment
which has recently been made on a child
a. St. Anne's, Blarney, near Cork. TIE
child is fourteen months old, and is the
son of Mr.--, who determined to
ascertain what the human frame would
bear. The child is perfectly naked
night and day; he sleeps without any
covering, in a room with the thermome
ter at 58 degrees, from this he goes into
a bath at 1I8 degrees; he sometime es
goes 10 sleep in the bath; he is perfectly
indifferent TO heat or cold; is lively, ac-
tive, cheerful, and intelligent; his ap-
pearance constantly reminds the obser-
yer OF the best painters and sculptors.--
Therein is the beau ideal; he is the real
iIy. His simple, natural. easy, graceful,
and varying postures are charming. He
arrests the attention and commands the
admiration of all who see him. The
peculiar character of his skin is very
striking, it is exquisitely healthy and
beautiful. 1t may be compared to the
rays of the sun streaming through
painted window.
During the progress of the expert
ment he has cut three teeth without
manifesting any of the disagreeable
symptoms usual to children in that con-
dition. He appears TO be quite insensi-
BILE to pain. Occasionally he has an ug
ly fall, but not a sound escapes from his
lips. His manners, demeanor, and gen.
eral behavior are equally striking. His
mode Of saluting person is to take the
hand in a graceful manner and kiss it.
lie is under the complete control Of his
father, and is perfectly quiet during
meals, and also whenever he is told to
be so. He goes about all day, amusing
and occupying himself in a quiet way.
No one accustomed to children would
know there was a child in the Louse. So
Incredible are these results, that some of
the residents at St. Anne's regard the
whole matter with mingled feelings of
horror, amazement and wonder. Those
who have made a careful obsery alton
for themselves and prefer the evidence
of their ewes rather than their ears, see
nothing but to admire and respect. No
doubt some of them would go so far as
to repeat the experiment on their own
chilpren, we're it not for fear of that ter,
rible question, what viii Mrs. Grundy
say?'
The same iron ore furnishes the sword,
the ploughshare, the pruning hook, the
needle, the craving tool. the spring of a