Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-09-16

is and only three living. II does seer
= to bad, don't ito" and the old lad
IS trotted dear little boy of thre
: months old upon her knee as If h
/ were a billet Of wood. aud locke,
] down into his face with tender so
o licitude.
o That seems very healthy child.
n "Yes, he looks SO; bat he is not
He has terrible fits Of cello ever,
h day"
: "-Ani what DO you do for him."
e "Well. we've tried everything
eatnip tea. sweet flag. SCOT and brand,
: toddy but it all would not do, and W.
, got the doctor to fix up something
and that did pretty well for few lay.
and then that would not DO. and now
; we have just been compelled to give
him paregoric and Batcman's drops
and such things to keep him along
DO you not fear to iniure him."
Not bit, my mother brought her
children up on such things. and J
always used them, and never could
see they did one bit Of harm"
But you just told me that youi
mothers children were not brought
up, that they more than half died
young, and the same with your own
and also with your grandchildren"
"But every one Of them had some
special disease Summer complain.
has been the worst OF all, and measles
and whooping-cough. and scarlatina
These little simple medicines takeu
for collie had nothing to DO with it,
They were nearly all hearty children
and bid as fair to livastill about I'll.
time they died as any children yo,
ever saw. But when disease tool
hold OF them they had to go. 1t wa
the Lord S will"
How many of the whole numbe
specified died in infancy. or under
year old?'
Let Inc see. Mothers four, ny
three, and the children's four max,
eleven
"Oh! what waste Of life. Wha
waste of sorrow and care, what
waste of all the best loves AM
energies of liie."
I've often thought Of that. But !
think the fault is in the climate. 1t.
a bad country to raise children in"
Ibid your mother raise her children |
in Illinois9"
"Ohl no-in Vermont"
"Yours were raised in Ohio" and
those of your sons and daughters onl,
have been born in the West.
That's so. Well, all | know is,
that we did the best we knew, and ii
pleased an all wise Providence to take
them away, and we have no right t.
be disconnected" And the old lad,
worked away, evidently little dis
pleased with our questioning.
Reader, this is no fancy sketch, but
an actual talk with a grandmother O
Illinois. Do not majority of GU
mothers feel that they know enough
about taking care Of children, anc
go on from year to year, much a.
their mothers and grandmothers iii,
before them-giving strong medicine
and strong food to little weak stom-
achs, disturbing the true course
nature, weakening the constitution
and of course, lessening its power o
resistance to the common diseases O
children. Only think of dosing a
little babe of two or four weeks oil
with catnip, SCOT brandy. Bateman'.
drops. Godfrey's cordial. or pare
goric?
"What shall we give?' is the
earnest inquiry OF the anxious lovin.
mother.
Give care, earnest care to preven'
the little ones from having the eholie
Keep your own system in good order.
Most babes have the cholic at eve
after mother has had day Of worrying
and work, and it comes too often from
unfit food furnished by the parent. a
day of washing, working, of visiting, .
an unwholesome dinner, vexation OF
spirit. or a nights dissipation, all are .
bad.
And how" again is asked. ''are
all these things TO be avoided?"
They cannot all be avoided. bu,
hey can be amended. Watch care
fully your own health. Let your diet
be simple and natritise. Make your
,hild tie first. he refg frn object Of
your care. Begin with it in uncOm- !
promising love. train il into regular
habits, never feed it or allow it to
nurse, except when it is hungry. Do
not, we implore you. teach baby OF ,
hree, five, seven months or a year oil.
o love rich gravies. high seasoned
iood. and sniced sauces. By nnttinr