Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-08-27
VOLUME v.-NUMBER SO.

Rose, you've hurt this child, somehow Oh
other!"
mo ma'am, cla' | didn't was isl
sitt'n down dar in de rock'n chair along
side O. Miss Nancy's bureau, an want
dom nothin' I all to him, js playin' wild
him. and he js begin TO cry heseif, when
nobody want dom nothing t all to him,
and nobody want in dar nuther sept lis
me and him, and vas
/ Observation-Disclosures expect
you bit his head against the bureau. /"
Let muddy see where ole bad Yosey
knocky heady gin de bureaus. MUDDY
will see," taking off the child's cap, and
finding nothing. fChiH cries on.
"Muddy's baby was hungry. Dat was
what ais muddy's darling, thswee.y ones.
Was cho hungry an body would givy lit
ty darling any sing t all for eatyi" mo,
nobody would GIN tshweety ones any
sings TO- to eat I all" (OEers mt.
triment to tie child 1cho rejects 1t, rolls
orer, kicks and screams acorse than euer.
'Hnsh! you little brat! | believe its
nothing in the world but crossness. Hush!
hush! tell you" (ChiM cries 10 the
ne plus ultra.)
W by, surely pin must stick in the
child. Yes, e bad pin did ticky chilluns.
Let muddy sec where de uggy pin did
tlcky dear prettous creter-( examining
Wy no, it isn't pin. Why, what can be
the matter with the child? 1t must have
the cholic, surely, Rose, go bling me the
paregoric off the mantelp piece. Yes, mud
dy's baby did hab toic. Dat is what
did all muddv's precious darling baby.
Pressing IL to her bosom and rocking II.
Child cries on.
hose brought. the paregoric, handed it,
lodged and got her expectations realized
as before.
"Now bring me the sugar, and some
wafer"
Rose brought them, and delivered both,
without the customary reward; for, at that
instant, the child, being laid perfectly still
on the lap, hushed.
The paregorc was administered, and
the child received it with only awhimper
now and then. A soon as it received the
medicine, the mother raised it up, and it
began TO cry.
why, la help my SOUL what's the mat
ter with the childl What have YOU done
to him you little hussy?" (rising and
aCalking tocardS Rose.l
"'Cla, missis, amt done nothin' t ALL
was iis sittin' down da by Miss Nancy's
Blu"
You lie, you slut. (hitling her passing
slap l know you've hurt him. lush,
my baby. (singing the Coquefte.) don't you
cry; your sweet. heart will come hymn by;
da de dun day, da de dun diddle dun
dunn day." (Child cries on
LA help my soul and body what can
be the matter with my baby?" (Teqrs
coming into her eyes) Something's the
matter with it; | know it is-(loying the
child On her lap and feeling Of its arms to
see j Il finched in any particular p'rt.)
But the child cries less while she was feel
ing ii than before. -
''Yes, dat was it; wanted litty arms
dubbed. Mud will yub its sweet little
arms" (Child begins erying.(
''What on earth can make my baby cry
so?' rising and walking to the window.
Stops at The acindoU and the child hush
es.
Eyes, dat was ibid want 10 look out
e windys! See the petty chickens. O-o-hi
Look at the beauty. rooster! Yonder's
old aunt Betty, pickin' up chips TO bake
bicky biscuii) for good chilluns. Good
aunt Betty 70 make bicky TO- sweet ba-
by's supper" (ChiH begins again }
''Hoo-o-o see windyi" (Knocking at
The acindow. Child c les.
You, Rose, what have you done TO this
child! You little hussy you, if you don't
tell me how you hurt him, I'll whip you as
long as | can find YOU.
"'iissis, | cla' ! never done nothin' t
all TO him. was jis setten down da by
Miss Nancy's bu'-"
"If YOU say MISS Ndncy's bureau to
me again, I'll stuff Miss Nancy's bureau
down your throat, you little lying slut. Pm
just as sure you've hurt him, as if Id seen
you. low did you hurt himl''
Here Rose was reduced to a non plus;
for upon the peril ofhavne bureau stuff
ed down her throat, she dare not repeat
the oft.told tale, and she knew no other.
She therefore stood mute
"Iulia," said Mr.. Slang. 'bring the
child TO me, AID let me see i'll can discov-
or the cause ofhs CRYING"
Mr.. Slang took the child and common
ced careful examination of it He re-
moved ITS cap. and beginning at the crown
Of its head he extended the search slowly
and cautiously downward, accompanying
the eye with the touch of the finger. He
had not proceeded far in this way before
he discovered in the right ear of the child
a small feather the cause, of course, of all
its wailing. The cause removed, the child
soon changed its tears to smiles, greatly to
the delight of all, and TO none more than
to Rose.
Good Rutes.-The way TO get credit
is to re punctual; the way to preserve il
is not t. use il much. Settle often
have short accounts. Trust no mans
appearances-they are deceptive perhaps;
assumed for the purpose of obtaining
credit. Beware of gaudy exterior--rouges
usually dress well. The rich are plain
men. Trust HIM. ifany, one who carries
but little on his back. Never trust him
who flies in passion on beng dunned
make him pay quickly if there be any
virtue in the law.
Beware OF him who is an Office seeker;
men do not usually want Office when they
have any thing to do. A mans affairs
are rather low when he seeks an Office for