Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-28
THE LOST CHILD.
FATE WORSE rasAN ABDUCTION.
HOW Parents, by "a lack of PtecaH'
tAOz and Care. are Responsible
FOR the Death of pueir
GhifHTqn.
[From the Camden, Me-, Herald. J

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The moral and legal responsibility of parents
in the care of their children, is, fortunately,
attracting the serious attention OF the better
portion of the entire country. The many III
stances of child beating, oppression, and other
| forms of cruelty which have come to light, de
mand that something be done; and it Is graft
| flying to know that the people are becoming
thoroughly aroused. Whether the cruelty be
in the form of physical violence or physical
neglect matters nOt-the principle IN both is
the same. The man or woman who neglects
| his or her own health may be pardoned, as the
consequences fall upon the individual alone;
| but the parent or guardian who permits the in
roads of disease upon the innocent ones de-
pendent upon him for protection, is criminally
liable IN the sight of God, however he may
| appear In the eyes of men. There are, how
ever, parents that intend to care for their child
rem, but, who through carelessness or the ur-
| gency Of other duties, permit them to become
| the innocent victims of disease. Such parents
may be guiltless Of intentional wrong, but the
disastrous results upon their Children are Just
as great,
These are truths which must be manifest to
every worthy parent and especially In vicinity
where the unknown effects of the atmosphere,
| the water and the general tendency to malaria
are so great. There are many families III this
| locality who have been called upon to mourn
the untimely losses, even when the greatest
care was exercised; but the experience of one
| O. Thomas. The children were all most prom
| Using, but for some unexplained reason their
health and strength seemed to gradually les
| sen until their friends feared they were the
| victims Of consumption. One by one, they
sickened and died until three had departed and
| two of the surviving brothers were also taken
| i'll. Their names were HermOn and Edward
| Hermon, however, seemed the stronger of the
! two; and, while his younger brother Was con-
| fined to the house constantly and to his bed
much of the time. Hermon was able to be
| about but in SO weak a condition that he had
no desire to play. Eddies symptoms were
terrible! He found difficulty in retaining food
! upon his stomach, was restless and irritable,
and out of his head frequently. At various
| times three different physicians visited him;
and each one told his friends he could not live.
| He finally got SO low that death was only consd-
cred amatter of afew days. Atthat critical time
| his elder brothers, aroused almost to the pitch
! of desperation by the three deaths that had SO
recently occurred, and the other one staring
| them in the face, resolved to take the case
into their own hands. They accordingly did
| SO, and secured a remedy that was then
being universally used, and began Civ
| ing it to him. Its effect at first was
| slight, but any Improvement was consid-
cred good symptom, By degrees his
strength returned; he was able to eat with a
relish, then walk about the house; and finally
| he regained complete health and strength.
accompanied by the editor Of this paper, he
went before Justice Charles X. Miller and made
| oath to the facts of his sickness as above re-
| lated and that he was restored to perfect
health by the use of Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure. Now, Edward Thomas's parents,
while they lived, undoubtedly provided faith
fully for the wants of all their children; and
yet the seeds Of disease had taken deep root
| Their care in one direction had been counter
acted by unknown carelessness in another.
| Their love was sincere. but wholly misdirected
| They should have known that children are
just as liable to kidney and liver disease as
grown up people; and that the fatality q
| Brghts disease of the kidneys Is just as great
among little children as with adults. This is
| serious subject. Hereditary traits; the after
| consequences of measles and scarlet fever
| diphtheria and the passing troubles which Sc
easily become chronic, and demand the creates
care and caution. No case Of cholera infan
tum, measles, scarletina, or diphtheria wal
ever virulent while the child's kidneys and
liver were healthy. 1t would simply be an im
possibility. These important organs of thu
| body are just forming within the child anC
| growing with It's growth; and they can b.
trained TO strength and health as readily as thu
little mind can be trained to truth and upright
| ness
The Importance of carefully watching thu
| slightest troubles of the child, and especial,
| those affecting the kidnews aud liver, canno
be too strongly emphasizey. Children Tesponc
so readily to the proper remedies and are 81
sensitive to disease, that it is sin to depriv
| them of one at the risk of mourning the other
By judicious treatment these essential organ
can be developed so that strong constitution
able to resist the inroads of disease through
coming years, shall be the result.
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