Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-13
LANCASTER WISCONSIN, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1877


am sorry to say, not uneducated
mothers, to do this thing for the sell
fish purpose OF getting rid of care,
and saving their evenings for compa-
ny. 1t is to be hoped that these are
exceptions, but the mothers who leave
their children to the care and con.
sciences of hirelings are but too nu.
merous, and little less criminal. |
have seen young people of the noblest
faculties, the most genial natures,
growing up to habits of intemperance
from such causes, with the inevitable
precision of cause and effect.
"a few years since, an article ap-
peared in the New York Megical
Journal, by physician, in which the
use of the electric battery, so much
in domestic favor of late years, was
spoken OF as tonic that could with
advantage be substituted for this per-
nicious whisky cure.' There is no
reaction to this stimulant, if properly
administered. The use OF the cleo
trio battery is often inconvenient, but
the Uoltdic Soles worn in the stocking
creates perpetual and delicate cur
rent which warns the feet, and i'm
parts vigor to the frame. Potin's ad:
mlnistration of electric baths of three
currents, practiced for the last thirty
years in limited circle in France,
but lately accepted and adopted by
the French Academy, is still more
striking in its effects, and will, we
trust, reach this country through some
of his pupils.
"The concentrated extract of beef
is tonic that has momentary effect
but little less marked than that af
forded by glass of wine or of whs-
ky, and it is essentially strength
building if persisted in 1t is far
cheaper than wines, even when pur-
chased Of apothecaries it is not adul-
terated by poisonous drugs, aud it
may, if necessary, be given to the
youngest child.
"Bpt perhaps there is no regimen
that will cure the effects of continued
dissipation, such as our young women
indulge in. No nerves can long with
stand the excitement of perpetual and
prolonged festivities, inadequate dress
in cold weather, and all the attendant
exposures of high life. The accelera-
ted pace of our lives in modern times,
even in more serious circumstances,
when compared with the less exciting
habits and pursuits of society in early
American times, may be likened to
the difference between railroad and
Geographic communication when COM
pared with the old stage. coaches and
mails. Those engaged in studious
and charitable labors lay larger plans
than formerly, when all things crept
instead of rushed, as now, and for all
this exhaustion this is the chief rem
edy recommended. What wonder
that intemperance increases and in
vades the best society?
''For the prostrating effects of du-
ties performed without reference to
the strength that undertakes them in
our times, almost as fruitful a source
of prostration as dissipation itself, the
only stable remedy is, limitation of
the hours of labor, out.of-door life in
due proportion to mental application,
moderation in the ambition to grow
rich and famous, and abundant sleep
tired natures sweet restorcr.'
"For intemperance in places of low
resort, other remedies must be resort
ed to. It i'll becomes those whose
education and supposed culture should
fit them to be the benefactors of soci-
ETY., to think of working successfully
in field where they are themselves
noted transgressors. None know bet
ter than the attendants upon women
in high life what are their habits
Example is a more powerful teacher
than the best precepts, unlived by
their uttefers. The lady's maid can
not be expected to refrain when she
sees her employers self-indulgence.
The table-wai naturally initiates
master or mistress, rather than join
the Temperance League. No prohib-
tory laws can reach the evil; moth
ing but the monitor within can check
the frightful spread of the malady
that rots society at the core, and the
reform must begin in the upper class
es."