Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-16

ana just has the crosscst babies, aud al
ways had. Dear me We have no peace at
ALL"
"Why, Anne, what's the matter with the
present baby 7 Does it have the colic2'
"Colic 2 should think so it's nothing
but collie, and as for colds it's always stuffed
up with cold aud can hardly get its breath.
Strange there should be such differences in
babies yours is so good, Mrs. L. really,
now, l believe I've never heard it cry yet as
much as l run 10 here. Doesn't it ever have
the collie, once day, anyhow, toward its
bedtime 7"
"No, Anne, it has never had what call
bad spell of the collie, or any kind of u
cold. 1t is just the best little boy in all the
town"
"And 1 wonder he does not kick and cry
all the time, the way you keep him wrapped
up pretty thick shawl always round him,
beside the double blanket over his lower
limbs. Don't want to smother him, do you p
mo fear OF that, Aunc, with his little
face hands and arms always out, and in mo-
zion too, most of the time. HIS dresses are
always high.necked and long-sleeved OF
course. Your mother keeps her baby warm,
doesn't she ?"
ayes, plenty warm, she thinks, but we
never wrap it up like you do. Let me see
yes, her little frocks are all short-sleeved
and her only wrap is a single three-cornered
piece of flannel, embroidered some of course,
and when the children come home from school
they pick her up with their cold hands and
e. -o,,nI 10 tba,r poN,,n onl h.. ,,,o
times, only the little thing keeps up such a
yelling and ma says she never gets a good
nights rest any more"
"And she does not deserve it for such cru
city to her poor little helpless babe"
"Why, Mrs. L., how can you talk so ?
Ma is devoted mother aud a very anxious
one too, for she lost several children with
Group and other things, but you know chill.
dren will die sometimes"
ayes, very many die just for want Of
proper care, Anne"
"Well, know ma loves her children, aud
Mrs. L., you should see how lovely she
dresses baby, the last frock she made is full
Of tucks and rufles and"
"Bother the tucks and ruffles and cruel
short sleeves that ruin chld's health sand
temper. Tell her to wrap warm, soft
shawl round the little suffering babe some
thing extra over the lower limbs aud warm
the wee, rosy feet several times day, if
they are the least cool, and then 1 believe
her babe will be good, healthy and happy as
my own. My only wonder is that any child
can survive such treatment, and how is it,
Anne, that you are so bright and healthy ~
"Ma says | am the best Of the flock as to
health, and I've heard her tell of q good
grandma, who was living during my baby
hood, who loved me aud fondled and Graded
and wrapped me up and took special charge
OF me, much to the amusement Of the rest Of
the family, who laughed at the long sleeves
and warm wraps and feared it would all
make me so very tender and sickly."
"Well, Anne, you may thank that good
grandma for your fine constitution and rosy
cheeks she certainly gave you an excellent
start in the world. Strange that your moth
er did not learn little wisdom from such
an example"
ado you really think, Mrs L., that ba.
bes should be so wrapped up; you know
they don't look half so pretty, and that long
sleeves aud warm things make such differ
ence2"
"Yes, they make every difference warmth
is life and cold is death to them aud | do
believe very many babies lives are sacrificed
on the altar Of a mothers vanity. Anne
you are old enough to see good deal to the
comfort Of your baby sister, and let me en-
treat you to talk it over with your mother
and join with her in trying to make the poor
little helpless thing more comfortable, yes
entirely comfortable, and great will be your
reward. "--NelLie in Germantown Telegraph