Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
Sweet Trash.

A FEW years ago visited family in
Western New York in which there were
two very Interesting children. Their
names were Eddie and Cassie Harmon.
The frs evening was there, Eddie was
sick with vomiting and fever. His face
looked very sick, and he was very restless,
and cried out several times, "Oi my mann
ma 0, my dear mammal OH how wish
she would come" But his mamma was
dead. She had been i'll her grave month,
and the poor dear little boy found that no
other voice, no other hand was like hers.
We all sat up till near midnight, when,
with warm bath, We got little Eddie To
sleep. We had hardly been in bed an
hour before we were awakened with an
other voice. The father came to my bed
room and said Doctor, will you be kind
enough to come down moment and see my
little daughter?' hurried on my clothes
and ran down to see patient number two.
CssSie had the same symptoms-vomltlng
and fever 1t took US two hours to relieve
her, so that she could sleep. We gave
her two hot baths, and finally she fell to
sleep murmurlng, Mamma, dear MAN.
ma! o. how sorry l felt for them all.
The poor father sat in the corner, his face
covered with his hands, crying so bitterly
for the loss of the dear mother of his dear
children.
The next morning we had long talk
about the children. The father said it is
curious, but, when the mother was alive,
the children were never sick, and now they
are sick almost constantly.
Inquired into it, and found that since
the mothers death the kind-hearted, in
dulgent nurse had given them candy.
Whenever they wanted some, the nurse
went to the drawer and gave them stick
And then, if they said cake, she gave them
some of that; if they said pie, she gave
them some pies. So they were sick nearly
half of the time, and were at no time quite
well. When the mother was alive, she
would allow them nothing of the kind,
because she knew her little ones were not
very strong, and that they could not bear
such sweet stutfs.
If l had not gone there, / think those
children would have died. made them
promise that they would not eat any pies
cakes, candies or other sweetmeats till
saw them again.
The reason for my writing this true
story is that these young people have just
paid me visit here in Boston. They are
looking very well indeed, and told me as
soon as they got into the house, We
have not eaten mouthful of those things
SluCe we pTOLulseu YOU wen, Sdlu
"come, tell me just what you do eat, and
let me see if you have followed my ad
vice."
Cassie said, eve have done just as you
told US We have eaten oatmeal porridge
and milk and cracked wheat and milk FOL
breakfast, and for dinner we have taken g
little piece of beef or mutton with vege
tables, and little bread and fruit fol
supper"
"And," added the father, there are sew
eral families in our neighborhood in which
there used to be good deal of sickness
but, after they saw how healthy my little
ones became, they adopted the same diet
and now they are all very healthy. now
believe what you told me, when at my
house, that very large part of the sick
ness among children is owing to their eat
ing this sweet trash DR. Di0 LsuiS.