Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-01-11
TO A BUSY MOTHER.

Inc human Dfaln neeuS rest anu
change. The human mind needs re-
Taxation. The human heart needs
pleasant companionship. Deprive
them of these requisites, and the re-
suit in nine cases out of ten will be
insanity. Perhaps you imagine that
l mean to frighten you. Why, to
tell you the truth, if I could not
arouse you to sense of your condi-
tion unless / terrified you little, I
would rather do so than see you an
inmate of an insane asylum. You
see this to be in accordance with the
rest of natures laws. The body
cannot subsist on one kind of diet
it must have more OF less variety;
and, behold, how plentifully our
Creator has provided for this great
need in the abundant fruitfulness of
earth, air and sea-! How soon the
palate tires of one kind of diet How
soon the body starves when fed upon
one thing. Dear friend, beseech
you give this subject your most care
full consideration, for | perceive you
are killing yourself with the constant
strain brought to bear upon body and
mind, and unless you consent 10 re-
lax that strain you will suffer very
seriously in consequence.
Your nervous headaches are sent,
perhaps, as warnings, which, if heed
ed, may prove your salvation from
more serious trouble. [ have found
it exceedingly injurious to work dur
ing the evening. You have been
busy all day with one duty or anoth
er; the night has come you can
find no warrant in Scripture for con-
tinuing them.
So let the work-baskpt remain un-
disturbed. let the needle rest. You
will be all the more skillful with it on
the morrow. Spend the evening in
reading, conversing, playing interest
ing games with your children, or in
visiting your friends or better still,
if you feel able, in attending an in
| teresting lecture or concert then.
when you retire, you will sleep sweet
| ly. and awake refreshed and equal
to the performances of the days du
| ties.
Never eat heartily when tired to
death. Drink Il cup of tea and eat q
cracker or two, or beat up an egg in
| half a pint of milk, sweeten and fla
vor to taste, and drink it. This will
strengthen you, and will not make
any demands on your weary stomach
OF digestive organs. And another
thing: do not rise early in the morn
ing and trot all over the house doing
this and seeing to that for hours be-
fore you eat anything. Put on the
coffee, if you use that beverage. or
the tea, if you use that, as soon as
possible, and pour yourself out cup
| just as soon as it is in a condition
for drinking, and add whatever light,
easily digested article Of food you
may like best. This done, and you
must eat slowly and at your ease,
you will find that you can return to
your work and fairly make things fly.
You will catch yourself singing,
perhaps, and when your husband
and children come down fresh from
their slumbers they will meet a smil
in face. and sit down tc a breakfast
presided over Ivy cheerful, hostess.
Force yourself TO try this plan once
or twice, and | know you will be
pleased with it. have the greatest
faith in it, because | proved it in my
own case; and this is true of all the
suggestions l have given in this
letter. Illustrated Christian Weekly.