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Show City Children's rrecoctty. Prceocity in childhood is incompatible with capability in adult life. Instead of! tbe quiet, monotonous lii'o of tho country, the town ; child lives amid perpetual excitement. The town child cats too much of tho cake every j day to have much of It loft to put by. The Incidents of tbe street; the chair which constitutes con-stitutes so largo a portion of tho charm of their lifo to town chddren; the excitement of places of amusement all favor precocity in tho youngsters of tho towns. Tho nervous system la forced, as tho horticulturist forces his vegetables, and with tho samo result an inferior product. Tho precocious child may bo the delight of its parents, and still more of its grand j parents; but the physiologist looks upon it j with suspicion. This premature development . of tho nervous system tolls upon tho U.ow , and sinews and upon tho digest ior- 7h i town dweller has, ns a rule, loss perfect di-j di-j gestivo organs than the couutrycian, tjood i Housekeeping. |