Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-23

A Lady Teacher Boldly Speaks-0ver
loading the Heads of Children Effect
upon Health --Idleness, Dyspepsia
Blue Pill and Hostetter -Hygienio-
Brain and Muscle-All Heads-N
Bodies.
Said lady school teacher the othe
day, "the troublesome part of my
school consists of children four or fiv,
to seven years old, whose mothers
rever even taught them the alphabet
Some are sickly and ought to be KEEP
at home. Besides, learning is w0rs,
than useless TO small children. HeaC
culture is just what should be denied
to them. Dolls and hammers till four
then street training till nine or ten
No child under eight should be sen
to school. The course taken is ruin.
ing the present infant generation
and when they grow up they'll be al
head and no body, fit subjects fol
luAaey and dyspepsia, worse, the ex.
cesses Of life such as drinking and
gaming. The young men and women
whose infant years from five to six
teen were all spent at school, and
who were fed on sweet cake and not
allowed TO play in he streets with
'uglg children are now the most
worthless in the land Their very
profession of piety which they learn
ed TO practice, rs sowing machine
learns to stitch, ig cod and heartless
And ! am moro than persuaded that
piety, devotion, obedience to physical
laws, purity OF mind and heart and
other virtues belong only to persons
having plenty Of strong muscle and
lungs. Sickly young persons take to
stimulants and decentralization as
ducks take to water. Having soft
muscles and weak organs for propell
ing the circulating fluids they are
lazy and shun labor. They learn no
trades, are unemployed and take to
easy life rather than beg or steal,
merely because they still possess
some pride and not on account OF
moral antipathy to crime. They are
clerks, peddlers, agents, preachers,
doctors, and the like. Easy living,
stimulants and gluttonous appetites,
soon use them up, and at thirty these
yellow, bony, cadaverous fellows,
having to warm themselves up for
any action at all with blue mass and
Hostetter, are about the country with
no higher aspirations than to cheat
honest men out Of enough money to
carry them the next town"
But, Miss , what are the
remedies for all this Z?
Educate the parents in the art Oh
managing their children. Faithful,
honest labor from ten to sixteen and
from eighteen TO twenty would max e
gentlemen and scholars and useful
citizens of nine in ten Of the boys.
Educate them 1T the public school
from eight to ten and from sixteen to
eighteen and after twenty start
them to the academy or college. Ii
girls, the same, except their education
should be completed two years ear
lier. And to insure health and beat
ty to girls, the kitchen and cornfeld
are better than calistbenics and
French"
Is not society at large the disor-
ganizer, and can parents be educated
to oppose the tyranny of society and
fashion?
''Great is social tyranny, but | am
supposing there exists elementary
common sense enough to remodel
society, if the newspapers will help
us. ! am only proclaiming physical
facts and laws, and even the remedies
spoken Of are learned from books
| adopt and practice them, and as to
physical and mental vigor am liv-
ing, walking circulating ADVERTISE
ment of such teaching. Did you ever
see more perfect model?"
Indeed, perfection But, is the
teacher well rewarded by cheque on
the bank of health
Hardly board two miles abroad,
romp two hours each day, besides
other exercises taxing nerve and
muscle. Evenings, study and sleep
are equally sweet and refreshing--
Sabbaths, devotional service is more
than mere church form. Christ and
The spirit are present to lllumine the
day and make all things holy"
"The allegation of cynics that
brains surrender when muscle rules
is fiction. Our Wisconsin climate
devolepes too much brain, even when
utmost is done to develope muscle -
| have noticed that the adult children
Of old settlers are remarkable for
intellect. Am told that at PIatteville
| Normal School the native born excel
the imported heads. But it is not
probable that energy and talent will
run through future generations
sprung from the worn out men aud
women of to~day."
"At present the prospect is not
bright. Year by year Americans
grow thinner. lighter. and shorter
lived. We women of course show
greater weakness than the men,
The difference is caused by the wo'
men taking less exerise then the men
Wealth is chiefly. responsible for SC
many weak and degraded women
and children, and for unborn genera
tons Of such. with feebleness anc
misery-all the fault of damaged
parentage."
% Advices from Cuba state thai
there has been an extended uprising