Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-03-15

Another Letter from the Georgia Major.
PINEvILLE Feb 9th. 1914
Mn. THoMPsoN Dear Sir-Nsws! news!-
glorious news! uurra for me-!
LET the kettle TO the trumpet speak,
The trumpet to the cannoneer without,
The cannon the heaseus, the heaven TO earh,''
For Narys got a babyi,!
And monsirous fine boy AT that. The king Of
Denmark. you know, wanted heaven and
yearih IN uproar, Jest because his excelisncy
gwIne 10 take a drink Of icker-but If ever
man did feel like this world wasn't big enough
for hun 10 en- ~ his happiness in. think ought
10 on ihis important occasion. | never had SIGH
fee,ns before. When was 'lected Mai or Of tho
Georgia militia ] felt o good deal of pride and
qualification, and when | married Mary, tho's
| was the happyest man 10 Georgia, but this last
business has cap'j tho climax every thing
tina, ever happened to me III my born days. Ii
wouldn', do for people to got much happier IN
this world than | am mind tell you.
don'i want TO braS over people, and know
rs an old maxim, that every crow thinks its
young ones the whitest.' but I'll tell you
what's a fac,-mIne one Of the most surprisen-
est children that ever was seen IN these parts.-
|, ain, but Jest four days old this evenin, and ito
got plenty of hair on its head, and the prottyess
little feet and hands, with toes and fingers, ell
les, as natural as grown peoples md when il
opens its eyes il rolls en- all round the JEST
like il knowd every thing that was gwine on
Mother says she really does believe tho child
knowd her the frs. time she tuck il in her arms,
and old Miss Stations says oil she's afraid Of it's
too smart to live. The gals ia almost crazy a.
bout il, and sch another pulIin and hawlin about
il as they do keep! Ono wants il and tother
wants il, md they wont give the little Teller no
oha".o 40 sioep for looking al -, and chow il
10 people and talkin 10 Il, and its all the time
come 10 its nnty-tweetest it,le precious baby
aniy'5 title sugar candy, dunpsy dddle" and
every time take II they're all scared 10 d-,.
for fear III hur, II some way.
Jest as spected. tho namin has been moro
trouble than little. picked out Henry Clay
for his name moro'n month ogo, but they all
wanted 10 have say IN it, and every had a
name that they liked the best Of any Mo,hcr
SAID she never liked 10 have any of her family
named after great political characters, for she
never knowd George Washington. Thomas
Jefferson that was any matter Of account in her
fe excep, the first ones, aud their names
wouldn't been no better than common peoples II
their caracters wasn't. Old Miss Stations want
ed 10 call him Abraham Stations, cause that was
her husbands NAME and sister Carline wanted
him named Theodore Adolphus, cause they were
her favor,e newell names, and sister Kesiah
wanted to name him Charles Beverly. cause he
was one Of the interestinest caraciers in "Tho
Children Of the Abbey.' l wanted en- 10 DO
81 tisfyed but It seemed like there was no fixen
tho bisness to any bodys Iikn, until after they
all talked Themselves down tired about il, we all
ngreed to leave il to Mary TO decide. Poor Ma
~ dldn, know what do, when they all gather
cd round her Begin her as bard as they could
"Remember your pore old father that's ded and
gone. chid,'' said old Miss Stations.
ooh, don't call him Aberham IN, that's such a old
time NAME" SEE the gals
"Theodore is pretty" ses CarIine.
ooh, that's such outlandish French name,"
SEE all Of EN-.
"But Charles Beverly, was such a good char
meter in The Children of the Abbey" ond
sounds noble sister KesIah
mo Christian child ought to be named a nov
ell NAME" seq old Miss StallioDs They're all
lies from eend to eend.'
Call him what you've mind 10 dear" seq
mother, "for your his mother and ought TO please
y ourself"
Mary looked in my face with her pretty blue
eyes. and smiled sweet whom sister Carline
laid the baby ia her arms-and then she sed, a.
she Rugged it TO her BOSOM Tome to its mod
der. my tweet title Henry Clay-i, sail be call
ed Henry Clay, it sail, mudder's pwecious tito
ring dove, SO II IS, and il sail be President too,
when IL gifts man SO 1t sail "
"IIurra for CLAW" ses ], "IIur--"
"Hush -h-h-h-h. Joseph" ses mother, "aint you
sharned to shock Mary's nerves so?'
The fact was, felt glad forgot what
W IS about Blu, went rite off aud rlt down ia
the family record;
Henry CLAY JONES,
The first son Of Joseph aud Mary Jones, was
born on the Cd Of February. ls44'
I've been SO frustrated 70. the last week thatI
hardly know VIVA, I'm dom half tho time, and
don't sposs shall find time to do much ose but
nurse the baby for some time to como. Masy's
rite pier,, and little Henry Clay is maxim . mon
st:ous good beginning in the world.
Your friend Ill de,b.
JOS. JONES.
MAD Docs Paoli Oa) True American