Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-01-16
From the ST. Louis Rcyeille.
LETTER FROM A BABY.

nUEs RECEPTIONS OF SILVER PAP sFooN
Tm here agom-lmpotiant events having
,Tanspire,i since last wrote To you, il has been
deemed proper To send a synopsis of them to
YOU Tor publication, in order that the vosld
M general may know western bibles are
some and when well nurscd a good deal
moro than some. A most graiil, ing rciorna-
ton has been effected in certain circles hy
my letters, ami, Indeed. whenever they have
been read, Niger nurses, pamgoic, seeking
botiies, coarse diapers. and other sundry artl-
cles have entirely disappeared The effect
has been corresponding improvement in
tables, generally, and your correspondent m
particular. who is now admitted to b.
uhupPiHg child for small family.
On last Christmas, a number of our parents
having met together to celc bate the daV. all of
us youngsters were put into the nursery, and
the Ciatier OF discussion which followed would
have thrown peeyish nurse into mysteries
Charley Wilgus proposed that a meeting
should b. held upon the spot, and a siircr
pap spoon voted TO me for my able letters la
defence OF inian,ile rights. Asl kccmlc sec
onded the motion. aud ii was unanimously
carried. Charley Wigus was thereupon cho
sen Chairman AMI Asa kccme, Secretary.
The President mounted pillow, aud called
the meeting TO order by ringing abe bells ON
his coral. On motion. a Committee was
then appointed 10 draft resolutions expressive
oil the sense OF the meeting and the following
bows, having cut their eve teeth, were selected
To draft said resolutions:
Augustus Rhodes, Christopher Kerr. Ell.
warl Shade, John Charles, John Dalrymple
and Wallace Finney.
The Committee having retired. Cotton 4.
Presbury, Jr.. offered the following resolution
which he prcfaccd by some very Der,incnt
remarks:
Rcsoiucd. That cutting teeth j. sharp op.
Grafton. aud should. therefore, b. deferred un
al maturity
Piesbury g. 4. Cotton, little fellow. who
had just cut his first double" opposed this
resolution on the ground of its interfering with
'JHfurt prospects, he went for teeth now
aud the cutting TO come, being left an open
question, The resolution was rejected.
Rucker Smith now arose To address the
meeting, when some objections was made -
HIM because lee sucked milk from bottle il
was, however, concluded that he might adj
dress the chair He commenced describinf
the horror OF a cold bath. and was INTERRUPTED
by the President, who informed him that III,
subject OF udier came more particularly under
The head OF STREAMS, and could not then b,
entertained by the meeting. lie then pro
Cecded 10 descrIbe la delights OF .snckiHl
bottle, aud was cried down by a unanimou,
voice oi the meeting. Some one NOW com.
nenced speech against pdrdgoric. where.
upon the assembly, speaker and all. went
Immediately 10 sleep
They wen aroused from their slumbcr h,
the return OF the Committee. which. through
Their chairman, Augustus Rhodes, reported
the following resolutions:
Rosoir,d, That babies are. and of right ought
10 b., natural born suckers
Rosotrod, That the introduction of nigce,
nurses among white babies was a DARK era in
inianiile history.
hesoired, That oil artificial efforts. i'm regard
tn babies, are no go, and tina, the old fashion
detes the ingenuity OF NankeedoH, la improve
on IL.
ReSoiucd, That bcing born with silver
spoon IA your mouth l. good thing. but an
unlimited chance al the iitty i a better.
unHfsGfyfdg Jf3hey anSlliaSgqSGslns mothers ar,
Resolrcd, That we look with feelings a
compassion upon all those who have adopieo
children.
Resoirod, That Bub deserves a silver pg,
spoon and shall have one.
ih'se resolutions having been unanimousl,
adopted by the meeting, il was
On motion oil Chris;ophcr Kerr. seconded
by Augustus Rhodes, adjourned. \ general
call Was now made ioT refreshments, which
anxious mothers promptly supplied.