Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-25

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From the Cincinnati Columbian.
The Baby Show.
"Show," we shall still persist in call
ing it, although we found that the mama
gers had ignored this word as derogatory
to the institution aud substituted the more
dignifed title of conssntion.' Why
not when every body, even she hens,
have convention, shouldn'e Young Asnes
RIGA ASPIRE TO the same elevation Twas
a great affair, though made up of small
materials Novel; exhfleratlng and slim
ulatingo BY force Of example, carrying
wirhyitt the admirable precept, sc go thou
and do likewise, % and, we may as well
finish the quotation, sc the young man
went away exceeding sorrowful.
+ The show originated in this wise
Messrs. Cassidy. Paist and one or two.
others sofethe managers OF the county fair
started the idea oueievening, half in jest,
and each subscribed hundred dollars.
The paper was sent around and numerous
others thinking it first rate joke, added
theit names; when a pretty good sum
had been footed up, the prizes were or
dered from New, York, and the subscri-
bers in Jest paid up in earnest. The.
most sanguine did not calculate on the in
vasion of such a corps of infantry in arms
as the day brought forth, and consequent
ly the preparation for their reception were
not so extensive as they would have
been. TR
The tent wherein the babies were
" groomed," and s. trotted OUT" was
scarcely thirty feet in diamcter-the "big
tent expected from Buffalo not arriving
until Just " day after the fair" So,
when the Committee had finished their
inspection, the babies and their mothers
were ushered into Floral Hall, to the &C
compartment of an excellent brass band,
which scared the babies some, but at the
same time drowned their crying.
The flowers. vegetables, &c., had been re-
moved and babies put in their places. For
threee hours the rush of ten thousand
persons to f" look upon those fair counte-
nances," created the most consulnaue
jam up that-we ever endured. 1t was a
great crowd, but it wasga most good hui
mored and delighted one for if Onalba-
| by is a sun beam in n house," what
think you of the combined influence OF
some two hundred rays? 1t was shrewd'
Ely limited that no small share OF attraction
was due to the magnetic forces of the
mothers most them were young and
many of them very beautiful.
One hundred and twenty seven babies
were enrolled as competitors, while there
were many more who, did not enter the
| lists. a friend counted one hundred and
seventy one, and then gave it up. There
was every degree Of complexion, (except
Mrs. Motifs pets, eyes. hair and dress
with AN infinite variety of development
in Juvenile propensiti.s. Some sucked
their thumbs, some understanding else
while not few bcligerents manifested
an earnest desire to " woolH one another
But the most prevalent demonstration wa,
an. almost universal proclivity to swallow
thehnSel ves-buginnlng with their fists in
the first instance, and going suddenly tC
their feet,!' by way of an anchovy."
The majority of these minors were We
ry we'll behaved babies, totally unlike
that ill-bred juveniIity described By
Shakespeare as = mewling and puking ii
the nurses arms" although candor com
pels US TO admit that few demonstrated
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tribuLed to their ShaKspearian prototype
We have seen infant schools, and hearc
their thin voices rise in concert as they
} repeated their little lessons, on what we
think was called the PeStalozian system
but never before did we realize an infan
Babel. Laughing, crying, growing anC
footing. all in full blast at the same
moment, mixed in with the character o
the "anxious mothers" each impressed
with the insane dclusion that her own
baby was in" and not " out - the ca
ressing words endearing phrases enunci
ated in the liR9ua franco which philogica
babies are supposed TO understand join
ed to the deeper voices of the crowds o.
masculine admirers, altogether made VI
a scene of lively confusion not often en-
countered. Everybody called TO every.
body else to % move aIOng," and nobody
stirred peg, till the outside pressure
getting strong and the whole crowd would
break ahead like a wave for few feet
and come to another stand still. Howev
err, the pursuit of knowledge under diff
culLies, is sure TO be rewarded, and ",
enjoyed the babies faces the more for the
trouble they COS. US.
Several letters had been received, from
Mrs. Crittenden, Mrs. Swisshelm, Ho
race Greedy and others. Mrs. Mott had
OF course, something to say against III,
exclusion OF negro babies-perhaps FOL
tI,a. reason she would not be present.
The letter from Fanny Fern which W,
give, was read several times to the grea
delight of the successive audiences.
MR. IssAC PArsr-Sir
In thanking you for the compliment
you pay me. by constituting me one
OF the committee to award the premium.
at the convention. I would alec ovnro,,