The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-08-18

! To stop nv crTTng was pat TO the treas.
this. .. such times, voaIi Indignantly
refuse. Then there would be a connection.
I :Nurxs,' nv mother would say. what sbs.l
We do with him. The ngrse wss stout
hearty Old woman, who always made prac-
tice % tssts whatever was provided for her
charge. Her sovereign remedy vas hquor.
was taken, and s spoonful administered a
time. A. frs. | rsbslled-I struggled
kicked and eoaghej. The firm hand held
the spoon 10 nv little tongue. and down
rsat It's contents in spite Of me. Little by
{ little the dose was increased. soon liked
+ l.. 10 my thirsty moments cried for IT,
/ II was given me readily. for afEe. few mo-
ments Of Wild glse, fell into drunken
stupor which gave my attendants many op-
/ ror.uuitiss Of enjoying themselves, as my
sleep vas sure to be lorg and sound"
AZ length msuia-a-pcEa assalled me-
During nv whole life no one bad thought
Of giving me single spoonful Of the water
| had craved-the cooling, cheering, refresh.
ing drop Of water, Nov, no longer cared
for il. In mr. widest frenzies was accu-
.ei Of having the cho!ie: down. as usual,
vent the aery drink until was completely
burnt out. vas nothing bat einder
within, she'll without. My stomach was
cooked 70 crisp, my inte.,ines were shriT-
( elc4-rsv lungs no longer liied with pure
air, be!ehsi forth only the fiery fumes that
consumed me. | died. ! was good for
nothing. hop. whatever form my dust Is
destined TO take on earth, t will Rot be wa
tered, as when inhabited it, wlth-aIco-
( hol."
As this speaker ceased, there arose wal!
Of sympathy. such rs at trss attracted me
20 tie pandemoniac chamber; as it subsi-
dgd, another little figure had taken the
stand
"Mv legs" he said, " brought me out of
the world. NJ mother laborcd under the
strange delusion that her child was born
highland ladlie, Of American parents. and
in America. | was dressed, or left undress-
ed, rather, in short plain stockings, reach
ing to the calf Of my leg. and an elegant
kilt reaching just TO the knee. NJ limbs
we're moulded in oherahic forms, and when
exposed 10 the nursery were pretty. But
the nursery was too narrow a feel! in which
to display my beauty. On bitter cold days
was walked out over the icy streets, the
keen wind ehapping my aesh and chilling my
blood till my knees looked like twin nutmeg
graters painted purple. | used to look at
NV mothers Ion. comfortable skirts and
thick leggngs drawn OPP over warm hose
and wondered # she could survive a fash
ion such n wore, If adopted by herself -
became afflicted with Iniammat0ry rheu
matism, aud unable 10 endure the pain, gave
up the ghost.'
-. fe.t,' said my grandmother, I" that
! this victim was a sacrifice TO a fashion start
81 -ir.p my itay know that y0ur father
was never dressed 10 such Il fiiicn!"n' style
when a boy, Tor win ms own hahHS / khl'
has warm wooden stockings, and "a" that h''
comfortable little trowsers came we'll over
the instep Of his little caIfskln shoes.
! tn" next speaker was dream faced lit
tie girl, who 'refabIcd IA she rose and said
/ - am an opIum-eatrr. My deaih,w war
rant wrs written on the label OF the first bot
tie OF Godfrcy's Cordial brought into my
mothers b"Gse. \ few drops at first SUI
/ feed 10 hush my feeble cries. Then Cod
/ frry's Cordial would not do. few drops
,of pare laudaTum were administered. Soon
| could not 60 70 sleep wIthoutIt. Then my
nurse would give me a small opium pill IN
my Tanada. Of course | was bat little
trouble. was deep sleeper: but my d.
gestIon became impaired; too much sleep
Hc"hti'9 nv All" hi'" ~ i7lulti rum
Der. Nv eyes became Ike those Of sleep
! walker. full Of dreams when wide-awake.-
i..~t my appetite; my head grew full Of
pam my baby. he7rt was always aching
; | closed nv eyes one day. forever, on the
home where felt | could be little loved
where nv low walls were never permitted to
appeal to those nrouna me, but were hush
ed nj once; where my blue eyes were scarce
.,1 L. l. h,,
world in which they had been OPENED. and
where, instead Of proper care and food and
exercise, the bolcful pill aud cuervntng