The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-04-06
A NOVEL ExPEDrENT.

The Paris correspondent of the Express
in the subjoned story conveys an excellent
hint to the mammas Of children who dislike
to take unpalatabe mixtures:
Every body knows how repugnant to the
taste is cod liver oil in any disguise what.
ever. Its excellent qualities as q medica-
ment are equally undeniable, aud grown peo.
pie therefore manage to swallow it when the
doctor so orlains. But who has ever con-
trived TO induce child to take second dose
of cod liver oil /: | dare be sworn that such
a prodigy Of address never was accomplished
until Madame d., Partisan mother, set the
example. Madame ID. has son six years
old. who is the incarnation OF caprice and
selfwill, like many another spoiled child.
The family physician sometime ago ordered
a table spoonful Of cod liver oil 10 be admin
istered 70 the boy every evening. The mo
ther knew that il lie swallowed the naurcous
extract once il would be once only, unless
force was employed. and this means she was
10th 10 adopt So Madame d., knowing tho.
roughly the weak point of her sons charac.
ter. hit upon an ingenious plan to overcome
the difficulty.
The family, consisting Of five or six per-
sons, spend the evenings at home. The mo.
ther, in the child's presence, described in
glowing terms syrup from the East, of
which the Sultan and his favorites are 50
fond that little could be obtained for ex.
portation until lately. Even now none
but grown persons can sip this marvellous
elixir, whose virtues are written in no Ian.
guage but Latin. Children have never been
allowed TO taste il, any more than they are
permitted to drink champagne. smoke che
roots, sit up until midnight, wear boots, go
TO the club, vote at elections, carry an eve
glass, talk politics, or do other things which
men only do. To taste this lannon's syrup
was declared even superior to these exciu-
siye privileges.
After all this had been carefully said a
dozen times. little Pitchers ears being very
wide open, tea was served, and with it bot.
tie Of the delicious syrup in question. which
eyrfybody--tbe grown people-tasted a.d
pronounced exquisite-supefb An uncle.
who knew his part BY heart, smacked his
lips, and begged for more. Between you
and ], the beverage was nothing but apple
syrup. After al bad been served twice, the
bottle was carefully locked in the side
board.
The same performance was solemHly re.
pcatcd for several evenings. Al last the
child, who had not lost joint Of what had
occurred, and deeply mortified to think that
his youth stood between him and the delight.
ful syrup, yentursd to ask his mother 10 let
him taste it-only a spoonful.
lis il possible yon can think Of such a
thing I" exclaimed Madame y. "Oh, dear,
mo- Ifit we're known that you drank Sui.
tan's syrup, no one would consider YOU lii.
tie boy any longer. aud people would be
asking you the time Of day, OF the price Of
stocks"
All this Of course only tended to increase
the child's curiosity and the next LAY, his
mother, appearing 10 yield 70 his cntreaties,
promised that perhaps a spoonful might be
given him that evening. On this occasion.
twin bottles were brought forth, aud whilst
the comedians took each a small glass Of
apple syrup as before, Master Alfred guped
down good dose Of cod liver oil. And he
did it with pride and joy, too. despite its
horrible taste fully pursuaded, a. he was,