Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-03-27

ed 10 deth for fear I'll hurt it some way
Jest as l spected, the namin ont has
been more trouble than little. Ipicket
out Henry Clay" for his name MORN g
month ago, but they all wanted to have
a say in it, and every one had name
that they liked the best of any. Mother
said she never liked to have any Of heI
family named after great political char.
acters, for she never know'd General
Washington, or Thomas Jefferson thai
was any matter of account in her life ex.
cePt the first ones, and their Dames
wouldn't been no better than common
peoples if their characters wasn't. Old
Miss Stanley wanted to coll him Aber.
ham Stanley, cause that was her hus.
bands name, and sister Calline wanted
him named Theodoe Adolfus, cause they
were her favorite novel names, and Sis
ter Kesiah waited him named Charles
Beverly, cause he was one of the mosl
interestinest characters in "T'he Children
of the Abby" wanted 'em all TO be
satisfied, but it seemed like there was no
fixin the business to anybody's likin, un
till they all talked themseIvs down tired
about it, We all agreed to leave it 10 Ma
ry TO decide. Poor Mary didn't know
what To do, they all gathered around her,
begin as hard as they could.
Remember your poor old father
that's ded and gon, child" said old Mss
SANKEY'S.
"Oh, don't call him Aberham, that's SIGH
a old name," ses the gals.
Theodore is so pretty" ses sister Cal
line.
'oh. that's SIGH an outlandiss} French
NAME" ses all Of 'em.
"But Charles Beverly was SIGH good
character in 81 The Children of the Abby"
'and sounds SO NOBLE" ses sister Kesiah.
"No Christian child ought to be named
a novel name" ses old Miss Stanley They
'er all lies from eend to eend."
"CalI him what you've a mind 10, dear
ses mother. for you're bis mother and
ought to please yourself"
Mary looked uo ia my face with her
Prtty blue eyes, and smiled so sweet when
sister Caline laid the baby in her arms
and then she sed as she Rugged it to her
tile sH Henry Cay@it sa 1tba Be called Heny
Clay, so it sail be President too, when it
gifts man, so il SAIL"
"Hur,a for Clay!" ses /, Hur-''
"Hush h.h-h-h-h, Joseph" ses mother,
saint you shamed 10 shock Mary's nerves
so. 7"
The fact was, felt so glad l forgot
what was about But went right off
and rit down IN the family record
HENRY CLAY JONES,
The first son Of Joseph and Mary
Jones, was born ON the I'd Of Februa-
ry, 1874.
I've been so fuctuated for the last
week that hardly know what I'm doin
half the time. and don't spose l shall
find time to do much else but nurse the
baby for some time TO come. Mary's rite
pier,, and little Henry Clay is making a
monstrous good beginnin in the world.
No more from your friend ill deth.
JOS. JONES.
p. s. l amt had no time to think about
politics lately, but you may be sure
things is gwine on strait enough down
here. There's monstrous few lokyfok-
VS. in our beat, and what few there is, is
so split up that they DON'T know who they
belong to. They used to say they
b'longed to the Baltimore Convention but
since Mr.. Calhoun 3 tuck it 10 his head
fo give il up So they don't know nothin
about it, only they don't belong to The
CooNs. Poor fellers they're in bad box,
VanBuren's looled'em bout abolition, land
they cant go him Calhoun's gwine to
Nulify again, and it won, do for old Uni
on men to jine him in that. There's no
accountin for the taste Of the lokfokys,
and theirs no telIin what they will do
but my opinion is, if they don't como to
their senses afore long, and vote for Mr..
Clay, they'll be like the lost tribes of Is
rael--not to be found no where.