Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-03-02
" Send for Mother"

" Dear me it was enough for mo 10 nurse
and raise family of my own, but now when
L m old and expect to have a little comFert.
here 1t Is all the time, Send for mother y
And tho dear soul growls and grumbles, but
dresses herself as fast ns sho can, notwith>
standing. After you hnvo trotted her off,
aud get safely in yoHr home, and she flies
around administering remedies aud rebukes
by turns, you feel easier. ITS all right now,
or soon will be-'mothers como p"
In sickness, no matter who is there or how
many doctors quarrel over your case, every>
thing goes wrong somehow till you send for
mother.
In trouble tho first thing you think of is
to send for mother.
But this has its ludicrous as we'll as its
touching aspect. The verdant young couple,
to whom baby's extraordinary Grimaces and
alarming yawns, which threaten tho disloca-
ton of its chin its wonderful sleeps. which
it accomP!ishes with its eyes half open, and
no perceptible futter of breath on its lip,.
causing the young mother to imagine il dead
this time and to shrek, "Send for mother ~
in tones of anguish-this young couple in
the light OF experience which three or four
babies bring, find that they have been rides
ulous and given mother a good many trots
for nothing.
failed to come? Never, unless sickness or
tho infrmities Of age prevented her. And
when, in your childhood, those willing feet
responded to your call, so they still do. and
will continue to do so as long as they arc able.
And when the summons comes, which none
disregard, though it will be happy day for
her, it will be very dark and sad one for
you' when God, too, will send for mother
BOYS AND THEIR MoTuERs.-Of all tho
love affairs in the world mono can surpass tho
true love of the big boy for his mother. It
is pure love, and noble, honorable in tho
highest degree to both. l do not mean
merely dutlful affection. l mean n loye
which makes boy gallant aud courteous to
his mother, saying to everybody plainly that
he is fairly in love with her. Next to tho
love of husband, nothing SO crowns n
woman's life with honor as this second love,
| this devotion Of a son to her. And l never
| yet knew boy turn out bad who began by
falling in love with his mother. Any man
may fall in love with fresh faced girl, and
the man who is gallant with the girl may
cruelty neglect the worn and weary wife.
But the boy who is lover of bis mother in
her middle age, is a truo knight, who will
love his wife as much in the sere-leaved au.
tumu as he did in the daisied spring. time.
1HE LADLEs FAVOhTTE--dmonE the many
thousands who have used DR.. Piercs's Fayorits
Prescription and pronounced 1T their fayorifa
remedy, because SO stfioiest in the disslses and
0eaknesses peeuliArito women, are MANY VIC
are we'll and fayoraby known IN the World ~
iei ters, as well as artists. musicians and a whoia
host OF names from tie brilliant ranks of wealth
and fashion. 1t Is pre-eminently the I.sdis.5
FsTorite Prescription. It's uGs, While befnS lar
more NOR. safe and tfncisnt, ezempting them from
ing of those mechanical contriyarces nasd. IN.
Peter Pindar's razor-selier's raxors-to ssII,
rather than to cure. 9S"'
DR.. r. v. Pierce: 14''SH -O' i'''
Dear sir-Your Fayorits Prescription has re-
YOuTs truly, GpAcp Cgo.rr
429 Eutaw Street, BALrrxokE, MD,
JHne 10th, 1873.
Dr. r, v. Pierce. Buffalo, N Y:
p.oTiT % ssarMy wife wes hopeless Invalid for
cured her. Thankfully yeurs.
R. T. MCKAY.