Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-05-02


/ it, and SIGH another pullin and hawlin
abou. il as they do keep! One wants
1t and 'tother wants it, and they wont
give the little fellow no chance to sleep
for lookin at ii, and shown it 10 peo-
pie and talking to it, and its all the time
come 10 its anty-tweetest title pre-.
cious baby-an,y's title sugar candy,
dumsy diddle,' and every time take
it they're all scared to de,h for fear I'll
hurt it some way.
Jes, as I spected, the namin has been
more trouble than little, pic. out
Henry Clay for his name morn a
month ago, but they all wanted 10 have
a say in it, and every one had name
that they liked the bes, of any. Moth
er said she never liked to have any of
her family named after great political
characters, for she never know'd
George Washington or Thomas JEFF
ferson that was any manner of account
in her life, except The first ones, and
Their names wodn't been no better than
common peoples if Their characters
wasn't. Old Miss Stations wanted TO
10 call him Abraham Stations, cause
that was her husbands name, aad sister
Calline an.ed him named Theodore
Adofus, cause they were her favorite
novel names. and sister Kesiah wanted
him named Charles Beverly, cause he
was one Of the most mtereslenest
characters in The Children of the Abb
bey.' | wanted 'em all 10 be satisfied,
blu, it seemed like Their was no fixin the
business 10 anybody's likin, until they
talked themselves down tired about it,
we all agreed TO leave it TO Mary to de-
eide. Poor Mary didn't know what TO
do, when they all gathered round her
begin as hard as they could.
Remember your poor old father
that's ded and gone, child said old
Miss Stations.
oh, don, call him Abraham, that's
such an cid name ses the gals.
Theodore is SO pretty ses sister
Calline.
oh, that's such an oullandsh French
name,' ses all Of EN-,
But Charles Beverly was such a
good character in srhe Children Of the
Abbey and sounds so noble ses sis.
ter Kesiah. ...,t
No Christian child ought TO be NAM
ed novel namc,' ses old Miss STALL
ions. They're all lies from eend to
eend.'
Call him what you've mind 10.
dear ses mother, for you're his moth.
er, and ought to please yourself. :,
Mary looked up in my. face with
her pretty blue eyes. and smiled SO
swee. when sister Calline laid the baby
in her arms, and then she sed, as she
Rugged it to her bosom, sTome to its
mudder my tweet little Henry Clay
it sail be called Henry Clay, so it sail,
medder's pwecous little ring-dove. so
it is, and it shall be President too,
when il gifts man, SO it SAIL
'Hurra for Clay ses I, 'hur-'
'Hnsh-h-h-h-h. Joseph ses mother,
dlHt you dsHdlHeu w silUCh MD
nerves so!'
The fact was, felt SO glad, forgot
what | was about. But | wen. right of
and ri, down in the family record:
"HENRY CLAY JoNEs.
The first son of Joseph and Mary
Jones, was born on the Cd day of Feb
ruary, lS44.'
I've beer so illustrated for the last
week. that hardly know what I'm do
in half The time, and | don't spose |
shall find time to do much else but
nurse the baby for some time TO come.
Mary's rite pieri, and little Henry Clay
is making a monstrous good beginning
in the world. No more from
Your friend till de,h,
JOS. JONES.
P. s. | haint had no time TO think
about politics lately, but you may be
sure things is gwine on straight enough
down here. There's monslrous few
loky-fokys in our beat. and what few
there is. is so split up they don't know
who they belong to. They used TO say
they 'longed TO the Baltimore Conven-
,ion. but sin.e Mr. Calhoun's tuck it in
to his head 10 give it up So they
don't know no,hin about, only they
don't belong to the Coons. Poor fel-
lers, they're in bad box. Van Blu.
ren's fooled 'em abou, the Tariff, and
they han't got no confidence in him
about abolition, and they can, 90 him.
Calhoun's gwine to pullify agin, and
j. won't do for old Union men 10 jine
him in that. There's no accounlln for
the taste of the loky .fokys. and there $
no tellin what they will DO; but my q
pinion is. if they don't come 70 .neir
senses afore long, and vote for Mr. Gay,
they'll be like the los. tribes OF Israel
no. be found no where. Soushern
Mise.ltany.