Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1860 — One Way to Quiet Wakeful Mabes. [ARTICLE]

One Way to Quiet Wakeful Mabes.

Russell, the correspondent of the London Times, in his Indian Diary, imparts the following p : .ece of information, which will no doubt ba gratefully received by those' whose responsibilities, though small, are on that account none the less burdensome: “Our friend the Thakoor also visited as, and he excused the non-appearance of his little son on the ground that he was asleep under his waterfall. I had almost omitted to mention the curious habit of the hill-peo-ple to which this phrase of the Thakoor’s related. Whenever a woman wishes to put her child to sleep, she takes it to one of the numerous places for this purpose, which are all over the mountain side wherever there is water. They consist of a shed or sheds in which there are stone troughs filled from a running stream; and from these troughs are little pipes made of reed or hollow stems from trees, which spout out water with a gentle trickling fall, under which the child’s head is placed at a distance of a few inches. The effect is almost immediate. The child closes its eyes and its mouth, and falls into a profound, sweet and healthful sleep, which endures so long as it is left under the waterspouts. I have seen dozens of children thus lying fast asleep; and, as far as I could ascertain, no evil effects whatever can be attributed to the practice. It certainly seems an admirable preparation against colds in the head; and if a devoted mother would only make the experimnnt in this country, and it were found successful, she would be a blessing to her species in introducing such a delightful custom, pleasant to children and invaluable to parents.”