The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-09

newspaper is out in an article Oh the MAN.
agement Of Infants" He processes to be
q Bachelor" but we cannot believe be is
Of the Christian race at all. The young
mothers who read this proof Of wish to
make Infanticide popular will agree with
Us that Xantippe Of the worst type, and
thirteen squalling, illtcmpersd children 10
| the least punishment to which SO cruel .
bachelor should bo condemned The cool
ness Of his recommendations is our only
excuse for putting an extract or two IN
type The tneanness Of his own DISPOSE
ton in childhood and the rough raising he
received probably causes lingering wish
that all other little mortals should be sub.
jected to the same rule:
am bachelor. assert it without hes.
itation. | glory in my single state. If
| thought was, had been, o. could be con.
nected in the remotcst degree with the
production Of one OF those purply, squat,-
by, sQually things known to the generality
Of mankind as babies, l would regard my
self with unm,igated disgust.
My profoundest feelings Of humiliation
occur when look back to the year one OF
my existence, and reflect that my manly
form, at present displaying full three feet Of
trousers, was formerly enwrappcd in femi-
nine apparel, fed with spoon, and subject
to castigation from the red hand of nurse.
have just been reading an account Of
a series Of experiments performed on seve-
raj of the monstrosities by German savan.
The distinguished gentleman, with much
pains, has proved to the world that the
curiosities possess taste.
He placed alternately on their tongues q
sweet and bitter substance, studying
carefully, meanwhile, the (what he has been
pleased to calD expression Of the, to me,
blank surface Of tho creatures counten-
ahce. From certain movements of the
muscles, which underlaid this, he arrived
at the conclusion that aloes we're not so
agreeable to the oddities as sugar-which
opinion was confirmed by loud yell
bursting from a subject to whose lingual
appendsge the aloes had been applied many
tines.
Why it has ever been thought advisable
to teach infants to walk has always been
to me profound mystery. Sitting still.
they are always capable Of doing suffi-
cient amount Of mischief; why add to their
abilityS as soon as child begins to
walk everybody else has to run. Its as
tonishing powers Of omnipresence are i'm
mediately made manifest. 1t will be found
at once and the same time breaking crock
cry in the kitchen, cutting the velvet cush-
ions Of the chairs in the parlor, and throw
ing coal over the beds in the attic. Why
not allow it. like other venomous creatures
the snake, for instance-to live in it's
natural state? Why not let it be creep
ing thing? Why add to its hideousness
an artificial training? repeat, do not
see why they should be taught to walk;
but others do, and, yielding to their de-
sres, will point out some methods BY
which the object may be successfully at
tempted.
Let me here remark that parents err IN
striving so assiduously to avoid bowlegs in
their children. False taste, as in the case
Of auburn or red hair, prompts this aver
sion. 1t has been proven, oft and again,
that the curve is the most beautiful line
that can be drawn. Any one who has
examined the pot hooks in school boys
wrting book cannot fail to be Of this Opin-
ion. Not too soon. if it be really desired
to teach him to walk, can the babe be placed
on its legs You fear he will be laughed
at as he grows up. Itis your duty to teach
him heroism, to bear with squanimity the
cuffs Of the ignorant, the jeers Of the ma
licious
You wsi, him to walk he must not then
be allowed to creep or to sit.
Take pieces Of cardboard and carefully
insert in them a number of iron tacks, half
an inch in length; bind one Of these about
the hip Of the pupil, and two others about
his knees. He is Immediately prepared to
receive his first lesson. Having placed him
ON his feet, now approach him from be-
hind with cowhide or sharp. pointed stick,
and apply the instrument.
+ He will at first sink on his knees; but,
stung by the ends Of the tacks, will in
stantly get up. In nine cases out Of ten,
his next move is to seek case by sitting
His rcverie is here again disturbed, aud
usually he makes his first steps: to your
great joy, he advances uprigh Oh his pedal
extremities.
Falls are to be expected take care, there
fore, that hard, pointed substances be situ-
ated everywhere about, that he may not
obtain any comfort by topping over, but
he exceedingly anxious to avoid it.
When he does tumble. the tacks will rem
der his rising very painful, yet do not assist
him if he can possibly get up aloue; self
dependence is a most important quality to
be inculcated When he is really powerless
you may aid him, and fill his heart with
gratitude, respect and affection.
If the cowhide be rightfully administered,
the learner, in the course Of one hour
from the first step, may achieve run.
Practice, daily, will enable him, in weeks
time, to perform feats of agility that will
astonish and delight you:
To save time and toll, I, having advised
that the child be gagged as soon as he
learns to talk, would now counsel that he
be bound hand and foot as soon as he learns
to walk.
have in my minds eye an ideal nursery
where all is calm. The nurse sits with un-
rufiled plumage by the window, her coun.
tenance serene. Yet about her are six
children! Howlng? No! Fighting?
No! Smashing? No! The youngest
tied to board is suspended after the man.
ner of an Indian papoose from nail in the
wall-a handkerchief fills her mouth, to be
removed at the hour Of pap. The next is
fastened by it's arms and legs to small
chair, whilst large potatoe between its
teeth prevents its u,terance, and is produc.
tive of pleasing "reminiscences. Her broth
or of four embraces bed post, and is so
fixed he cannot move. Happy the window
panes and all glass-ware A ball Of rub
Der suffers no boisterous sound to escape
his throat. HIS two sisters, Of Ave and
SIX, are similarly situated, patiently await
ing their share of bread and milk, which
their sturdy brother of seven, his gag for
then once laid aside, is now enjoying. Here
is domain to which any visitor may be
invited, fearless Of i'll. Let such measures