The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-08

had come to the poor little creature before
him. This child who had, as I had al
ready learned, been ailing for several days,
had been allowed to come to the table at
dinner late in the day and eat heartily of
lobster salad and drink freely of milk, be-
cause she asked for these things, and her
mothers only thought was to crafty the
child's every wish. The consequence was,
as might be expected, that about midnight
npOr6us, and within twenty -four hours was
corpse! In what sense could it be said
then, pray, that "God called the poor little
thing away" 1t was a cheap platitude
for the clergyman to utter, and perhaps a
s0jhce to- the wounded hearts of its parents
but it Was SANDER on Divine Wisdom,
nevertheless.
Brown and his wife and Smith and his
wife ~ere married about the same time.
Brown, intellectually, was far below Smith.
His reading had beef confined more to
the practical side of life, and somehow it
happened that while yet youth, the I'm
pOrtance of the subject of health had at
tfaeted his attention, and he studied it
thoroughly, and had 80 far indoctrinated
his wife before her marriage with the sub
ject, that they were already fully agreed
that good health for themselves and of
spring, if they should have any, was to be
the fOundatiOn-stOne of their domestic hap
piness. They provided themselves with
the beet book on the Management of In
fancy, OH Hygiene and on Physiology !;
studied them and ttofited by what they
learned. They found out how hest to care
for their offspring before birth, and how to
treat them after. They knew what was the
proper food for them, and this they pro-
vided and saw that it was good and prop.
er1y cooked. The children understood
that their parents knew what was the
proper food to give them to eat, as
we'll as the PROPER quantity, and they
also knew that tnGy were certain to
be helped to it at the proper. time, and
| they were never asked what they would
like to eat. They came to the table with
| their parents, ate what was given them,
and always seemed contented and happy.
These children were encouraged also to
take robtst exercise out of doors, always
when the weather was fair, and very often
when it was not; cold arid wet had little
fear for them. When the weather was bad
| they dressed warmer. I have often seen
them of cold winters day come into the
house, after brisk play out of doors, with
compilations which, for beauty and health
full appearance, would attract the attention
of the most Indifferent observer, and l
very rarely heard of their having colds.
Well, Browns children are all alive and
we'll to-day; all hearty and robust. Aside
from the bills which have been rendered
to him for Obstetrical services, ten dollars
will pay all his family's doctors bills for
thirteen years. The saving in money,
however, is trifling compared with the ex-
emption from anxiety and grief which the
Smiths suffer.
| There is not reader Of this journal,
probably, who can not put his finger upon
dozen families within the range of his
acquaintance who are living like Smiths,
but very much fear he will not know
one like Browns. These sketches are
from life, however, and their truthfulness
will be readily recognized by the parties
themselves and their friends. The moral
to he drawn is manifest and need not be
put in words.
Now, young man-you I mean, whose
name ] saw mentioned in the papers this
morning, as about to marry the wealthy
Miss -, of Thirtyfourth street, whose
troussedu was said to have been ordered
from Paris at a cost Of ten thousand dol
lars-let me whisper in your ear, that ten
dollars judiciously invested in good books
which will teach you and your wife how
to live, SO as to enjoy good health your,
selves, and to secure the same for your
children, will yield you and your little
wife infinitely more happiness-provided
you are willing to profit by the teaching
than any amount of money spent on the
wedding trousseau. Hold up before you
then, these two pictures Of Smith and
Brown and decide for yourself, arhich Il
the seiser?-Halrs Journal Of Health.