Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-23
LETTER FROM THE GEOR.
GA MAJOR,

Let the kettle 30 the trumpet speak
The trumpet to the cannoneer without,
The cannon TO the heavens, the heaven TO the
earth"
For Mary's got ba5y -!
And mons,rous fine boy at thatl The king |
of Denmark, you know, wanted TO set all hea- !
ven and yearth in an uprcar, Jest because his |
cXccllency was gwiuc to take drink Of ticker. |
But fever a man did feel like this world wasn't
big enough 70 enjoyhs happiness in, think
ought on this important OCCASION | never had /
sich ieeIins before. When was elected Ma
ior of the Georgia Militia l felt good deal of
pride and gra,ifcaton and when | married
Mary, thought | was the happyest man in
Georgia. but this last bisness has cap'd the cl
max over every thing that has ever happened
T. me in all my born days. 1t wouldn't do for
people to git much happier in this world than
nm, now mind tell you.
don't want to brag over other people, and
| know it's an old maxim, that every crow
thinks It's own young ones the whitest,' but III
tel You what's fact-mine is one o: the sur
| prisenest children that ever was seen in these
/ parts 1t aint but just four days old this eve
| Mn, and IFS got plenty of hair on its heud, and
the prcttyest little feet and hands, with toes and
/ fingers, all Jest as natural as grown peoples,
( and when it opens it eyes 1t rolls 'em all round
the room Jest like it knowd every thing that
was gwine on. Mother says she really does
/ believe the child know'd her the first time
she tJck it in her arms, ard old Miss Stations
says all she's afraid Of its too smart 10 live.
, The gals is almost crazy about it, and siCh an
! other pulin and hawlm about it as they do keep!
One wants Il and 'to,her wants it, and they
wont give the little feller a chance 10 sleep for
Iookin at it, and shown it to people and talkin
TO ii, and its all the time come 10 its anty-
twcctest little precious baby-an,y's title sugar
it they're all scared to deth for fear III hurt it
in some way.
! Just as | spccted, the nsmin has been more
troublesome than little. picked out Henry
Clay for his name more'n a month ago, but
they all wanted to have a say in If, and every
one had name that they liked best of any.
Mother said she never liked 10 have any of her
family named after great political characters,
for she never know'd a George Washington, or
Thomas Jefferson that was any matter Of ac-
count in her lite, except the first ones, and their
names wouldn't been no better than common
peoples if their character wasn't Old Miss
Stations wanted to call him Aberham Stal
lions cause that was her husbands name, anC
sls'er Caline wanted him named Theodore A
! dolphus, cause they were her favorite move
names, and sister Kesiah wanted him nance
Charles Beverly, cause ne was enc of the mos
interestinest characters in The Children of tn,
J Abbey WANTED 'em all to be satisfied, but i
seemed like there was no fixin the bisness t,
any body's lkin, until after they all talked
themselves down tired about it, we all agreed
, to leave it TO Mary to decide. Poor Mary dian
know what to do, when they all gathered
round her begin her as hard as they could.
'Hemember your poor old father that's de'
and gene, child said cd MIS-. Stations.
oh don't call him Aberham, that's such al
old time name, ses the gals.
Theodore is 80 pretty ses sister Caltine.
oh that's such an outlandish French name,
ses all of them.
But Charles Beverly, was such good cha
, rlc:es in the "Children of the Abby and .ound
SC noble ses sister hesiaa,
, NO Christian child ought to be named nc
vel name, scs old Miss Stations, They're a.
lies from eCnd TO cend.'
Cell him what yoa've mind to. dear, Sc
! r,6t)ier, for you're his mother and ought !
, please YOURSELF
e Mary looked up in my fcc with her prett
blue eyes, and smiled so sweet when siste
4 Cal,nc laid the baby in her arms-and the
j.. She sed, as she hugged it to her bosom-'Tom
II to ITS rIuddey, twcet little Henry Cay--it sa
., be called HENRY CLAY so it sali muddcr
" rwecious little ring.dove so it is, and it sail
Q President too, when ii gifts man, so il sa!l'
4, 'fiurra for Clay ses I, 'Ilur-'
IS 'llush-h-h-h-h, Joseph ses mother, 'aint yO
, shamed 10 shock Mary's nerves soN
. The fact is, | felt 50 glad forgot what wa
about But went rite olT and rt down in It
/, ani!y record
"a 'llrNRy CLAY JoNrs.
a. The first ,on Of Joseph and Mary Jones, vi
,e born ON the 2d of February, lsli.'
ctl I've been so much frustrated for The Ia
IN week that hardly know what I'm doing h'
OF the time, und don't spose shall find time
~ do much else but nurse the baby tor some tin
M,r,'s rita Mort and lttla Hon