The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-08-13
BILL ARP.
BE Dllates upon the Love OF Mother.
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CARTERsvILLE, GA, August 1.-The
most vital, providential and beautiful
trait in our humanity is the maternal in
stinct.
The love and care which mother has
for her offspring is the saving grace of
childhood.
Without it the little helpless things
would perish in their infancy, and the
world become depopulated.
For years and years I have watched
these mothers-watched and wondered
and to my mind there is no greater proof
Of the love of God to the human race
than the intense, all absorbing love of a
mother for her child. This love is not
founded in any philosophy that we can
understand. Why should she love one
child more than another? Why love her
own ill-favored, fretful, troublesome off
spring more than the beautiful, affection
ate child of her neighbor? There are
65,0OO,0O0 people in the United States,
and every one of them had a mother-I
reckon--tbough the Scriptures do speak
of "man that is born Of woman," like
there might be some other sort some
where. Perhaps 640OO,00O of them had
mothers love and care during infancy,
and if that love and care could have been
exclusive, uninterrupted and unprejudic-
ed by outside influences what world of
good people ne would have.
was ruminating about this the other
night, because about midnight, "when
deep sleep falleth upon man." but not
upon woman with an infant child,
there was an alarm up stairs, and my wife
struck match and hurried up to find
the little grandchild suffering with the
Group. There is nothing in the world
that 80 alarms young mother as the
Group. It comes 80 suddenly, and, with
such sharp, metallic, unnatural Growing
sound, that death seems right at the door,
and what is to be done must be done
quickly, or not at all.
The anxious mother trembles and begs
piteously for help-help to save her
child, her only child but Mrs. Arp has
raised ten from the cradle to courting-
time; and they have all had the Group, 8
good deal Of Group, and it is hard to scare
an old soldier; but still she has holy
horror of this insidious, night-loving,
treacherous disease, and she goes to fight.
ing it like killing snakes. Syrup ofipeca
is her favorite remedy, but she uses warm
lard and turpentine, and fax seed, and
onion juice, and calomel, and Dover's
powder, and liniment and warm water,
and lobelia, and nitrate of silver and
somo other things when necessary, &C.
cording to circumstances, and some of
them always do the work and bring re-
lief, and I have thought that if small
portion of all these remedies was put in
bottle and we'll shaken before taken, 1t
would cure most any infrmity that flesh
is heir to.
We were talking about the alarm we
had the other night and I remarked that
the Inflammation of the mucous mem
brane of the larnyx was always attended
with -
"It was Group" said Mrs. Arp, "tbe
child had the Group"
"Of COURSE" said /, "but you know,
my dear, that when the trachea and brop.
chial tubes become partially obstructed
with false membranes -"
"The child had the Group" said she.
"It was clear case of old-fashioned
Group"
"Under such circumstances" said I,
"it is essential that the inner cuticle Of
the larnyx be sufused with absorbents.
and the outer epidermis be subjected to
counter irritants because"
"Syrup of ipeca is better than ether .
said she, and so subsidized.
The next morning, after case Of
Group, my wife begins with calomel and
quinine to work off the cold, and she
generally prevents a return. She takeE
the lead as the family doctor, and keeps
on hand pretty fair drug store. All tha
I have to do in such emergencies is tt
stand round and be handy, and move
with alacrity and wait on her, and fire
up the stove and bring hot water anc
spill some of it on my bare feet and never
finch. If Group vas the only infantile
trouble our conjugal life would have hae
fair share of felicity, but there has beer
the wear and tear and anxiety of teething
and collie and scarlatina and whooping
cough and measles and mumps and
wounds and bruises without number, bul
it ALPS over at last, for the crop is laid by
We are playing patriarchs now, ane
helping these young mothers when We
can, but we have lots of rest and our old
age is calm and serene. Mrs. Arp is,
know, for she is on the go more than
ever knew her, and hasent any carriage
to go in, either, and she is president of s
missionary society, and takes missionary
papers, and takes all my little money, too
and the tennis court is right close to tht
Church where the missionaries meet, anc
I never know where she is exactly, ane
last night she went to the blind mans
concert, and 1 had to stay at home Will
the young mother and her child for feal
of accident.
That is all right. Mrs. Afp said sht
would stay if l wanted to 60, but she die
not say it very strong, and meekly tole
her I dident care to 60, so it's all right
I wanted the young mother to 60, too
and leave the child with me, but sht
looked surprised and said:
"No, indeed, I woulden't leave my