Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-21

L.IaL time ~ each recurring term vi sciIoUi
the child iIas ueen allowed 20 attempt ~
sLuuy. anu ~ EACH IlIne NADIA reiuIn "a
indigestion anu con ulsions-
Auotncr, vi about Twelve ears Oi age,
vi liv-i,, nervous temperament, Iatiiei
Iaii anu "a ueiIcate Irame shu constItu-
tIun, Decame during each school term
more or less anRmla; and IN addition,
developed ehoIGa (St. Nltus Dancel.-
1 his child, Oh being taken from school
and treated 10 preparations oil DlsLnulh
anu iron, recovered well.
And mus this list might be extended
indefinitely, anu include PERSONS oi aii
ages; and though L believe IL Is hot as
frequent III nIales as females, yet IL Is
VeIy often seen III boys, and Hot unIIe-
quentIy lii ministers aud other probes
sionai men addicted TO hard study. II is
uot pretended InaC ali children vino go
70 scnool, uVr even u majority, are lnuo
,aXeu beyond their capacity; hut auI
coulIueuG Inele are more vi such casts
among us-especiaily among The most
promising cnIIdIen-lhan people aie
seneraliy aware OF. Ah8mIa vi the
uraIn, Itself, Is believed W Oe Dy tar the
most frequent CAUSE vi the COMMISSIONS
oi children and Others; anu considering
Tile effect OI gravity Oh the column Va
Oioou IN an aiiiemic person Ill tne up
night posture, and the 1acI that tiie
skull il n closed cavity, and eXatti5
nIled 10y 10 appropriate structures When
the blood vessels are lull, IL Is evluenL
That the effect of any drain upon lne
VEINS downward Or failure III The arteries
W carry the due amount upward, must
ue To iUrin u Vacuum, and consequent
suspension, Ior the time being at least,
OF all the functions OF life. the indIvId-
uai Is said to be iaInJ, and either iails OF
Iald down, and the torce oil gravity
thus directed as much lo Tie head as to
JLner parts. the brain Is again supplied
with its natural sumuiant, anu Tie
iaintlng is over. In view of all This, The
wonder Is, not that We have 50 many
cases OF the various low forms Of Dram
dlseases-such AZ sOitening tubeIcu.ar,
meningitis, hydrocephaius, Insanity,
idIocy, &c.-Dut that We do not have
more Uf 1t.
Inc natural pride OF parents in their
children leads them, in many Gases, into
Jver-anxIety 10 have thSm excel Ill
schools, or fear IN other cases tnat IheiI
daughters may not properly finish tben
education, music anu other accomplish
ments before the time arrives " hen they
Will get married, which period now-a
days, is placed number OF days eallirr
than it was, or ought to be. These,
combined with the uppermost Thought
in the American mind, that the best ~
Jerests of their children and their cOun
try demand that every exertiOn should
be made TO hasten and perfect the edu-
cation of the rising generation, then the
industry and ambition of teachers to ex
Gel one another and please the patrons o.
nd 4 hai Ia n q a. in
The general interests of education, to
advance t cir scholars with the greatest
possible speed, as well as their particular
PRIDE in the brightest and most apt one
all this, though well for the interests
of education in general, has the inevlta
ole tendency to overtaX = certain class, |
just as any law, adopted for the general
good will bear heavily on certain indi- |
vlduals, so in this case, in the general
anxiety and exertion to educate the |
children, many of the best ones are kill |
ed or ruined in health.
II am satisfied that many of those sor-
rowful looking, sickly, hysterfcky fe-
males, and others, afflicted with dyspep- |
,ia, consumption, ricketts,, &C., &c, may
date their loss of health back to their
school days, when they, either volun
tarily or by compulsion, were too many |
hours getting too many and too long
lessons.
II am confident that many cases of
,nRmia in children, from over taxation
III school, 60 on unrecognized, ard are
perhaps attributable to liver complaint
or some other equally vague local dis
,.ase, and treated in all methods, from
lllopathy down through homeopathy
and every other pathy, anu
latent medicines, from wizard oil To
Townsend sarsaparilla, while the real
cause is allowed to continue To operate
until the child is past recovery.
I'm nearly every group of children
meet on their way to or from school, /
notice one or more of these an@mics.-
The pale face, the white lips, the bony
fingers, the sober and care-wOrn aspect
are not to be mistaken; and know very
well that this or that child is going t"
sail before the term closes, unless the
pressure of study is diminished. But,
says the parent or teacher. or both. the
child is not letting exercise enough in
me open air. So, in addition to over
'aXing the brain, the muscular system *
.,ow put to the test. and the child is phi
II with every inducement 10 extra play,
ong walks and the like; and the diet is
egulated, perhaps, to strictly vegeta-
lie basis-and then, Dairabae dictu! the
mild preversely continues to get worse"
Averaging Expenses.