The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-06-09

family organ had been DUMB! i even
envied the deaf men that pick up cinders |!
| looked at the clock and exclaimed in
despair, "When will the mother return!'
and the clock answered, with mocking
monotoay, mot yet ! not yeti Bhe'bot.
tie had ceased lis buzzing, and returned
to its old quarters over the dial plate, TO
watch for the re.appearance Of the ship;
perhaps asking, as impatiently as did.
the question. ..When will she returnf"
whiv the clock continued tp rePeat"Not
yet not yet! =
| knew no, what to do, and rushed a
dozen times to the door, hoping TO see the
coming relief. But the walls OF the dis
tant church and the houses beyond we're
thick. and I could not see through them.
The brook was laughing in the sunshine.
and murmering joyously as il glided over
the sto. %. and felt strong temptation
to pop the piping part Of the baby into it.
am sure the clock cried mockingly, do
it do ii |" But the thought OF coroner's
Jury restrained me a county jury OF
Duich Doors, with short pipes in their
mouths, aud skulls two layers Of brick
thick
There was a rooster upon the fence
tapping his wings and Growing like
Tro,an-l do believe i, was over my per-
plexity; the pigs were grunting IN their
stv. pulling each others ears for amuse.
meni; and COW was giving nourishment
10 her calf in distant field. Suddenly
a bright idea struck me | seized an old
tobacco. pipe that had been slowed away
upon the mantlepiece, and immersing the
bulb in a tumbler of water thrust the stem
into the baby's mouth. Baby was no ge'
MUS. became satisfied OF that in a
minute. 1t is an attribute Of genius to
accomplish lis desire with imperfect In
s,ruments. There was no stoPPage in
the pipe; | tried il myself,
| was at my wits end. and laid the
baby ON the floor, crammlng my fingers
into nv ears. 1t was OF no use. could
not shut outthe sound Ii was like thou
sand piercing pipes" drilling me
through and through. was riddled with
+ screams that touched like galvanic wires
ON eyr. nerve. The clatter of three
story Gotten mill, with a hundred girls
talking of new bonnets through the din
was nothing to it. All the locomotives II
The Union, tortured into state OF agony
would alone compare with it. But mil
and locomotive might be stopped, and ba
, Iby could not be quieted. even tor mo
ment. Any thing but baby lungs woult
have been worn out by such an abuse o
! power-but their strength only increas
ed, seeming to acquire new pipes at ever!
, blast.
! What would not have given for III
sight OF petticOat bearing down to M
i relief2 Never did Robinson Crnsoe ol
. his desert island gaze more longingl
over the ocean in search OF sail than
. did down the road for bonnet and curl;
= could have smiled on the fattest dowage
!. that ever sweltered in the West lndies' o
A the thinnest scrub that pays her devotion
a to the door r.steps. But the feminine, llk
A other useful commodities, had all vanish
ed when most wanted Even the ca
. accustomed to nursing as she was--eve
!, the cat, sensible creature, had disappear
o ed.
!. Like the distressed hero OF a novel,
e was left to my own resources, and had
i had no resource left. There was bah
: Hopping about on the floor like PorPoi'
il on ships deck, as If lying on its bea
a ends was natural position. rlghted
z. a dozen times, but over il went again.
if all its ballast had shifted to the hea
=, | brought the shovel and longs and u
- bellows from the Fireplace. but bal
y wouldn't look at them. not bi, OF it;
- - thouuh took the trouble to blow the b'
~ lows in the blue. e.bolte's face, and Sc
70 the threads on the carpet flying about y
. room. Even the clothes.brush and Il
- = nutmeg crater proved no attraction, a
~ ~ / broke a suspender button hopping abe
~ -, like frog on all tours. Ill had stood
- :. my head aud shook the pennies out OF
- uockets, it would have had no effect.
y. =, Even a lump Of sugar would not bribe
- - 10 be quiet. II made wry faces at
." mirror, and pitched sayagely into the
!, low, turned Indignantly from the teak
!" " tie, and squared off at the rolllnng.Pln'
= had given il the carving-kniie,l do ver
- - believe that II would have cut oil It's o.
~, ~ head, and made two squalls instead
:, !. one; but forbore. Give me credit
20 .ad my magnanimityl lforbore.
Ieu M For nearly mortal hour--an agt
VI " was | thus kept in state Of trienzy' !
nS i'', hairs stood up "like quilts upon the =
10" 10 lul porcupine." They have always 81
'"' bornly refused 10 lie down smoothly sin
,nd If my trial had lasted much longer
,uo ,i,a should certainly have had a "grsay b.
III IL upon young shoulders" Perhaps ! sho
~ have sank into my grave with merry
"a, fever. and had died of baby nursil
av ~ for an epitaph upon my tombstone !
ot ,unately for the public in general ana
"a / in particular. | was spared such ca
,bs trophe by the return Of the mother
ae. burst painting into the room at tho crl'
"a. moment when my lob'liko patience