The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-10-19


So small, and so tenderly son and so white,
Indeed, was terribly smlti5n,
examined myrelic bcsidoihe gSS-ligbt
When lol the dear giops was mifteal
TheGreat Baby ShOw.-One hundred and
Twenty Entfies--cinoinnati Forever.
SPINGFTELD, October 9Th, p. III.
The Clark County Fair attracted large
crowd to this place yesterday and to-day,
the chief attraction has been tho Bd5y ,SAosy
Such a Convention of Babies of Q wears
oldand under, has never been seen before
There were one hundred and twenty en-
tries though the whole number was not pres
ent. -
Among the finest Babieswer the daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Howe Of Cincinnati snd the son
Mrs. Bernard Of Dayton. the former four
teen months old, and the latter six. The
frstpren,iun for the finest child two wears
old, or under, was an elegant Tea Set with
Salyer, valuedat three hundred dollars. Tho
seeoad, for the finest child between one
and two years, Tea Set, valued at two hun
dred dollars, and the third for the finest
child under one year, two hundred dollars.
Ihe fourth premium, was Parisian Mar
bic Group, representing Christ blessing
lille Children. The first premium was a.
varded to Mrs. Wm. Romner, of Vienna,
Clnrk county, Ohio; the second to Mrs.
Mcdowell OF Cincinnati; the third to Mrs.
Arthar Canon Of Philadelphia; the fourth
to Mrs, Henry Howe of Cincinnati. While
the babies with their mothers were in the
tont together, the following letter from Fan
ny Fern was read to tho great edfication
of all concerned:
MIR. Isaac Paist, Sir: In thanking you
for the compliment you pay me, by consti-
tuphg me one OF committee to award the
premiums at the convention, | would also
express my deep regret that my present en-
gagements will not admit of nv leaving
New York Nothing would delight me
more than TO visit your beautiful CITY.
which have so long wished to sec, and
the added temptation you hold out in the
shape OF babies, is almost irresistible. God
bless their little sweetnesses, but how could
choose; who love everything in the
shape ofa child, who believe that they are
all that is left us of Eden, who never come
into their presence without q feeling such
as deyout Catholic must have when he
crosses himself before the image Of the Vir-
gin Mary--how could | choose? L should
turn from black eyes to blue, from blue to
gray, from gray TO hazel / would be led
captive by dimple, facinatod by ringlet,
enchanted by rosy cheek or snowy
shoulder. My dear sir, would be as be-
wildercd as bee in n ten aero lot of full
blown roses. Please accept my best wish
es for the success ofyour novel, beautiful
and admirable enterprise, May the anath-
emaof no disappointed mother haunt the
sleeping or the waking hours ofthe award
ing committee. Yours, very truly.
FANNY FERN.
Letters from Mr.. J. j. Crittenden. and
Mrs. Swsshelm, who was TO have road an
essay, but was prevented by illness; from
Mrs. Mott, who thinks black babies should
come In from Horace Greedy, who thinks
much attention should be paid to the deyel
opement of the human constitution in a.
country where able bodied men and women
sell orfrom five hundredto fifteen hundred,
and from others were read by the commit
tee, and will be published hereafter. q
Among the exhibitors of babies was an
old woman who came with her seventeenth
child. She claimed premium on that
ground, and had no competitor. r. Ciacin-
nati Gazette.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial writes:
The great majority of the children were
OF American Parentagc. The first forty
names obtained by our reporter were all SO.
Some were brought from the State of New
York, and many from Indiana and Ken.
tucky, a few OF tho names arc appended,
the only ones that could be Obtained up to
the time Of forwarding our despatch: To
begin with Hamilton county:-A bcautif.i
blue.oyed infant, the daughter of W. NJ
Hubbcl, Of Cincinnati.i year 9 months old
"a very large, sprghtly, intelligent look
ing baby, 23k lbs. weight; Ellen McLqugh
ling, 4 months old, Eaton, Ohio; Frank
Shattuck, handsome, dark-eyed little-fel-
low l months old, Miami county; Arthur
Kittridge, Dayton, Montgomery county;
remarkably largo, handsome infant, nine
months old, weighing. one month ago 22
lbs; Ed. Robb, an interesting little boy 10
mouths old, from Warren county.
G. Sours, fine, heavy child, 90 months
old, CLARK county; Sarah A. Pence, Clark
county; Ada Haines, months old, Clark
county; Mary Stiner. months, Clark
county; Charles E. Fisher, fine infant,
with sparkling black eyes, A months old,
Clark county; Kate Frankhouse, 0 months
old, Clark county; Grille Brandle. Cham.
pagne county, one year old; Frank NJ.
Boggs. 8 months old, very pretty it'll.
son Of the editor Of the Democratic Erposi.
tor, Springfield; William Barker, Dearborn
county, Indiana, little giant, 6 months
old; George w. Graf, months old. 81
lbs, Clark county; George McGowan, a
bouncing. pretty fellow, month old,
Springfield; w. H. Ballard, Of Loveland,
hadon fairgrounds . Gne child, Of interest.
ing appearances and large growth, l o months
Old. All these were OF American parent
age, and are only n mere narino, in mint |