Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1881 — The Leading-Strings Fallacy. [ARTICLE]

The Leading-Strings Fallacy.

From the moment a born he is treated on the principle that all his instincts are essentially wrong, that nature must be thwarted and contetfocted in every possible way. He ia strapped up in a contrivance that he would be giml to exchange lor a straight jacket, kept for hours in a position that prevents him from moving any limb of his body. His first attempts at locomotion are checked; he is put in leading-string, he is carefully guarded from the oiißltfor world, from the air that would invigorate his lungs, from the sports that would develop his muscles. Hence the peevishness, awkardness and sickliness of our young aristocrats. Poor people have no time to imitate the absurdities of tlieis wealthy neighbors and their childr**?* profit by what the model nuise would undoubtedly call neglect. Indian babies are still 1 letter off. They aro fed on bullbeef and kicked around like young dogs; but they are not swaddled, they are not cradled and not dosed with paregoric ; they crawl aronnd nuked and soon learn to keep out of the way; they are happy, they never cry. If we would treat our youngsters in the same wav, onlpr substituting kisses and bread for kicks and beef, they would be as happy as kids in a clover-field, and, moreover, they would afterward be hardier and stronger.— Popular Science Monthly. Db. Pif.bce’S “ Favorite Proscription " is not extolled as a “cure-sl',” but admirably fulfills a singloncss of purpose, being a most potent specific ia those chronic weaknesses peculiar to women. Particulars in Dr. Pierce’s pamphlet treati*e on Diseases Peculiar to Women, 1)6 pages, sent for three stamps. Address World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. A recipe for lemon pie vaguely adds : “Then sit on a stove and stir constantly. ” Just ns if any one oould sit nil a stove without stirring constantly. Dr Tierce's “Pellets”—little liver pills (su-gar-coated)—purify the blood, .speedily correct ail d isorders of the' livor, atomaoh and bowels. By druggists. A telephone is ft mighty handy tiling to have in ilie family when you want to order something ami have not the cheek to ask the man, to his face, to give you more credit.