Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-07-09
Mothers ana temperance.

do not think there Is woman in the
land whose check would not flush with
anger and Indignation, if You sbould, even
hint TO her that she was deliberately laying
ground work of habit which would end
in making drunkards of her boys. She
would vchemently deny the fact and gath
er her darlings to her bosom, with shud
der at the bare possibility of their meeting
such fate. t. ,.f - :. =. .,trr5es
Every mother knows frem the sermons
books and essays upon the subject that
have flooded the land, but more still from
her own instinct and heart beat, that no
one in all the world has such an influence
as she has over the futnre man or woman
now the litttle,. conliding child on her
breast. 1rifi. Is 'e'' aro 20 laa ~
Iwonder if she thinks ofthe still strong
or power she holds for veal or woe over
her unborn babe. wonder if she goes
back further still, even ere she marries the
man who is. 10 be the father of her chill
dren, considers well what sort Of bias he
will give their natures, and what kind of
example he will set before them; whether
he is Of strong appctites and weak in self
government or not; whether they can live
in such harmony that their children will
be always carried on the strength of love
and wisdom through oil the temptations of
youth, feeling that home is both harbor
and anchor during every storm. Does she
realize that the food she prepares to cat
if rich, heavily spiced and salted-giycs to
them an appetite for stimulating things?
| that the domestic wines, which she manu-
factures as innocently as she does her jci
lies and cakes. give her children their first
taste for something stronger than water TO
drink!isga1 7lg..r3.t Ff' ia a.1es
/ Does she ever think that the ale and per-
ter which her physician advises her to use
freely while nursing her children are
nurscd into their st0macbs, carried into
their blood and brains, and thus--the last
thing she would dream of4-thcir taste is
forming for them, and the natural. instinct
i've dislike OF her children for liquor is ia
ken away? tfesfsft s4-s -i.. .-. .
Docs she know that the bourbon and the
brandy, few teaspoonfuls a day for
strength and medicine before the birth of
the child, all through the intimacy of child
and mother, has its temptation come for il
10 drink for pleasure? Her warning. my
child, do not touch the cup loses its force;
for against il rise his appetite, and the re-
memberance that he had often seen her use
he same.
There is one thing which think moth
crs should teach their children from the
first dawning of evil in their nature, and
that is sclfcontrot. / have heard a
young man full of goodness and talent say:
IL have a liking tor the taste Of liquor, and
when | see it have not the power TO re-
fuse its temptation" 7
Is it all his own fault? Can VIC raise our
children weakly, and then conscientiously
tell them to l,c strong? Teach them TO
govern their little passions and tempers
and they will be strong enough for great
ones by and by. If every mother would
be convinced of the Importance of these
seemingly little matters, and faithfully
abide by her convictions of right and OF
wrong in regard 10 them, would not the
coming generation sec much fewer weak
men struggling hopelcssly against their APP
pciites and sinking into drunkard's S graves:
l--Ifcr0ld Of Health.