Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-02-07
WHAT is A BABY?

tr0uS 10 the French army,
WHAT is A BABY?
The following is postscript of let
ter to the editor OF the Knickcrbockcr:
P. S.-Whoop! hurrah light upon
the world again! Where are you my
fine editor? Did I ever talk 10 dust
/ and ashes? Oh! Sir, died multitude
nousIy. Every aerve, that didn't try to
struggle me in that ulterance, lied. No,
sir, let ne tell you that il's great world
that can't be beat. Talk of the stars
and a better world; but don't invite ME
there yet. Oh, no, this morning is quite
TOO beautiful to leave, and besides, lhad
rather stay, if only 10 thank God a little
longer for this glorious light, pure air,
that can echo back my loudest hgrrih.
And then, my boy-but hay'nt + told
you2 Why, sir, I've got boy!-a
boy !--ha, la, shout it 10 you-a boy,
fourteen pounds, and the mother great
deal better than can be expected. And
say. Mr.. Editor, IFS mine !-hurrah
and llaIlelujah, forever!. Oh, sir such
legs, such arms and such hcad, and
oh, he has his mothers lips. could
kiss then forever, and then, sir, look at
his feet, his hands, his chin, his eyes,
his everything; in fact-so "perlectly
O. K" give joy, sir, you needn't either,
I'm full now-I run over, and they all
say that run over several, bAlfkilIing
the mother, pulling the doctor by the
nose, and upset 'rolhecary's shop in
the corner; and then didn't / ling the
tea bell? Didn't 1 blow the llorL7 Didn't
I.dancc, shout, laugh and cry altogeiher?
The women said they hdJto tic me up.
I can't believe that, but who is.nol 60:
ing TO shou, up when he has live baby!
You should have heard his lungs, sir, at
lt5u tb5uursi! A IiTiId tune ii hls voice, pat
no. pain-excess of joy, sir, from too
great ensa,ion-ihe air ,Ball was too
sudden, you know.
| Think of all this beautiful machinery,
staring Of at full motion, all his thousand
outside lcclcrs answering 10 the touch Of
the cool air, the 1yter and crash at Ike
air-and that curious contrivance of the
eye; looking Out wonderfully and bewil-
dercdIy upon the great word, SO glorious
and dazzling to his unknown perceptions
ills net work OF nerves, his wheels and
pulleys, his air pumps and valves, his
engines and reservoir, and all within
that beautiful fountain, with its jets and
running streams, dashing and coursing
through the length and breadth, without
a stint or pause, making altogether sir,
fourteen pounds. :,
| I am this day multiplied with two. ]
am duplicate. lam one Of an indcli>
mite series. and there is my continuation.
And you observe, it is not block or a
blockhcad. nor painting, nor bust,
nor a fragment of anything however
beautiful but combination Of all the
arts and sciences in one-painling, me-
chanics, (see him kick) geography, and
the use Of the globes, (see him nursc)
and willal he is perpetual motion, a
timc-piecc that never.runs down: And
who wound it up? But words, sir, words
AMERICAN FARMERs,-Many thou.
sanp farmers in New England rear large
families pay all their debts and taxes
promptly, live independently, very vel
clothed and comfortably housed and
provided for on farms Of fifty acres
The idea is that these people labor SC.
verey. This is great mistake. They
I.havc much because they waste no time
With them there is "a place for every
thing. and every thing in its place. .
) Their horses, cattle, tools and imple'
mcns, are attended to with clock like
) regularity. Nothing is put of till TO-
morrow that can be done to-day. Econ,
) omy is wealth and system affords case
These men arc seldom in hurry, ex.
cept in harvest time. And in long win
ter evenings or severe weather, ~lIicl
forbid employment out door, one make:
/. corn brooms, another shoes, third is ;
carpenter, cooper, or tailor, and ont
woman spins, another wcaves, ard
; third plaits "Leghorn bonnels." Ant
the families thus occupied are among th'
, most healthy in the world. 1t is easy
with them to reduce their means, il con
vcnicnt: or prudent, and to extend thel
f means to their wishes. Ear
Major Charles Stevens Appraiser 0
, Customs for Savannah, (Ga.) died at'lha
, place on Tuesday last. MAJ: 5! was a
! officer Of the U. $. Army during Tue las
war with Grca, Britain.