The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-09-04


"Pve often thought Of that. But l
think the fault is in the climate. Its q
bad country to raise children"
"Did your mother raise her children
| in Illinois?"
"Oh nc, lin Vermont"
Yours were raised in Ohio and those
Of your sons and daughters only have
bccn born in the West.
"That's go. Well, all know is, that
we did the best wc knew, and it pleased
an all wise Providence to take them
away, and we have no right to be dis
contented' And the old lady worked
away, evidently little displeascd with
our questioning.
Reader, this is no fancy sketch, but an
actual talk with 4 grandmother OF Illi-
nois. DO not majority Of our mothers
feel that they g knew enough" about Ia
king care Of children, and 90 on from
year to year, much as their mothers and
grandmothcrs did before thcm-giviny
strong medicines and strong food to little
weak stomachs, disturbing the true
course Of nature, weakening the consti-
tuition, and of course, lessening its power
of resistance to the common diseases of
children. Only think of dosing little
babe Of two or four weeks old with cat
nip, SCOT, brandy, Bateman's drops, God
frey's cordial, or paregoric?
"What shall we giyeY is the earnest
inquiry of the anxious loving mother.
Give care, earnest care to prevent the
little ones from having the collie. Keep
your own system in good order. Most
babes have the collie at eve after mother
has had day Of worrying or work, and
it comes too often from unfit food furn-
ished by the parent. A day Of washing,
Of working, Of visiting, an unwholcsome
dinner, vexation of spirit, or nights
dissipation, all are bad And how"
again is asked, "arc all these things to be
avoided?"
They cannot all be avoided, but they
can be amended. Watch carefully your
own health. Let your diet be simple aud
nutritive. Make your Child tie first, tie
very first object Of your care. Begin
with it in uncompromising love, train it
into regular habits, never feed it or allow
it to nurse, except when it is hungry.
Do not, we implore you, teach baby of
three, fve, seven months or year old,
to love rich gravies, high seasoned food,
and spiced sauces, by putting something
Of tho kind to its lips every time it is
brought near the table. If it must be
fed, let it be on bread and milk little
sweetened, mashed potatos with little
salt and milk, or some other thing equally
simple. 1t is far more easy to keep the
taste of child simple than to reform it
after it has been once yitiated. A child
that has never had unwholesome food
given it when well, viii never cry for it
when sick Depend upon that.
We do not pretend to say that death
aud disease will not come sometimes to
children. But We do honestly believe
that one half, aye more than one half, of
the mortality of the dear little ones mi ght
be prevented, if both father and mother
could be made to feel that the rearing of
their children was Of more Importance
than any other thing, Gas every true
parent should feel, and dwith diligisu care
seek out the causes that make it unhappy
and unhealthy.
No set of rules can be given to it ey-
cry case, but few things may be given
to all; Never give little children strong
food, do not feed babies candies and con-
dictionary; keep them clean always; cool
in summer and warm in winter, do not
deprive them of good air and do not, in
mercy we would pray of you, young moth
er, fashionable mother, busy mother, do
not let servant girls carry them out of
your sight by the hour, "becausc they
trouble you So" do not give them medi
cine but as the last resort, then give it
yourself or see that it be given by care
full nurses and prescribed by experienced
physicians.
But the best advice and that which
will do most good, and that which all
may follow without fear is, to search after
the right, strive as do the farmers for the
best methods, take counsel together, one
with another and from each others expe-
riences, learn to avoid evils. No one
will for a moment deny the need Of re-
form in this behalf, who examines the
statistics Of death in this country; more
than half of all deaths are of children
One hundred and six children died last
week, in the city of st. Louis, out of one
hundred and sixty deaths, ,--one hundred
and six little darlings taken away from
loving mothers, one hundred aud six
homes filed with yeepinp. hundreds of
hearts made sad. Oh, how terrible is the
thought, and is there no remedy Does
good and wise Providence willingly so
crush the hearts Of parents? Depend
upon it there are causes that produce
such terrible effect. Let US mothers set
ourselves to search them out, that we
may preserve our loves and homes from
such fearful desolation and sorrow.
ssA- Congress appropriated money to
buy from six to seven thousand tons Of
IRON p,pc for tho Vaob;urton H;tv