The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-09
SECOND DAF CT BARsu'Ms BABY Show
ins ~ l. foss has an account of the second day
OIL the great American Baby Show

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scum were tnronged with visitors, there beiuy to.
aey even greater preponderance of ladies than
yestercay Twins triplets and individual babies
| que year OF age, constitute this days attrac.
| uoh, ana would seem while writing A thouob
IL would be impossible to accommod ala the crougds
tnat besege the entrances
Inc census taker," a. he is termed by the ma.
Hous u obtaining an accurate description of the
parentsge. 'Aeii 'i''n ana
Inc second f1or of the Museum i. 40 III -ongad
whn persous 90 to be impassable. The babies oc-
supy Ineir Old quarters. and much more noisy
| tnan yesterday-one of the conseouences of tbe
denser crowd and the iuordinate ouantities of car
at o. orane es and cakes with which they have been
inprudently stuffed to keep them quiet
RAISING upward into the gallery above the baby
INV, we nno raised platform, surmounted by
c'inson canopy oraped with material of The same
| Color. over which is plscard
a,oa The PRIZE BABY.-To this baby was awarded
g.oo as the finest exhibited out of I43 children
| we have thus approached the throne of impe-
rIai oaoy-oom The courtiers of the scene are
mo.y iaoies, and the attentions lavished upon thia
osSeIui specimen Of nfantile perfection denote
od ladies insist kissing hirn and the ins,scs nf
.ns decision regarding his superiority over ali
osher babies, 10 universally admitted.
Cnaries Orlando Scott, born in New York, and
no" 10 the fourth year of bis age s the fortunate
competitor for the prizs. He is q beautiful child
WIN osrk lusteous eyes, which are large and ex.
pressive; regular features remarkable for the soft
OF their outline, and form the very perfec
oI VI inIsnIle grace His hair, which IL of light
oped forehead. 'A0 Gil ue'7'-
Inc mother, lady of remarkably fine appesr.
hEs ano much personal beauty, stands beside her
admiration by the thousands of visitors The ,,tIa
ielow 10 tastefully attired In black Jacket with
| maIe iacing gs, and pair Of petite buff trowsers-
Is constantly smiling and aeems to enjoy his
oaspicuous position on the throne like prince =
attempting to descend to the 6rst q ,or va snd
tne crowd has increased almost ircalculablv Tha
nuH OF voices and the shutting of feet In this vast
tSs hahg 10 continued, and The greater part Of
| Iuo paoies are now endeavoring to increase the
generai aprosr by Equalling universally
Ihe confusion is indescribabla bafs ho,ns,s
PaIasos, Iet baoies, giants al6iao women and wo,
ihen WIN "hiskers. are all Joined together iu one
aas, and it Ia perfectly impossible to Obtain
passage way. We have the assurance Of NJ a rasa.
WOOD that previous to IL o'clock. between nine
ana ten thousand had visited the Museum~pnst
W. fremtnns 14a0arded at Barnun's Baby Shou ON
of meaMssaey; ,ane for Childres ander One Year
Alexander Blake. of New Lots, L /, aged elsnsr
months this 7th day of June. e'0'en
Second Prentum-No 68-Henry Clay Bolster
shannon. i1 No34, West Forty frst street, 10 months
o!d Tomorrow. June 8
| Third Prenaiam-No 56-Name and age M, ve,
obtained Nee Ao' ye
The ticket office of the Museum was compulsorilv
closed at Ia P yesterday. the building being
Iuli 70 repieslon For nearly oneand half hours
alter~ard constant throDg of ladies and gentle
men was flowing into the DOORWAY and ont hn,
none could be admitted
MoRMoNs.-O Ono hundred and sixty Mormon.
| arrived at Louisville, Ky, Sunday en- route fo,
Uah. ODe of the elders had five wives and one on
two others three each. The great majority, how,
ever, mad only one wife. They were from Eng.
land snd Scotland-mostly from the latter They
| W fnnk opI
log the fatigue of 80 long Journey with the pros
| pect of almost as long one. Ooe lady, who was
| along win them, was not Mormon, but her hus
| oand was Mr. Ross asked her what she would
| DO IN case her husband, after reaching Salt Lake
| city. should take two or three more Wivesa , Sbe
| replied that she would leave him.
TERRIBLE SH1PwREcK-Sir Hundred Cb;usss
| DrOpned.-The Africa arrived at her wharf AT Ros
| ton Thursday morning.
| Advices from Melbourne to the 9th of March give
painful details OF the wreck of the Peruvian ship
| Grimsrvs, Captain Penny. The captain and FIVE
| OF the crew reached Melbourne, and reported the
loss OF the ship on the passage from CalIao with
| b40 Chinese emigrants on board, nearly ell of
whom were drowned The few survivors were
| mostly the officers and crew of the ship who en-
eountered terrible sutferings in the boats before
being picked up
| A"HoRNED SNAKE."-The Eaton, O., Reaister
Gays that a man living some miles west of tina.
| place, lately killed Horned Snake reptile
often talked Of but rarely seen. 1t is said to be
! most veuomous critter. The Register thus de-
scribes it: "The monster killed thus measures
tour feet In length, and the horn the end Of the
tail-through an almost imperceptibls hole from
which the poison Ia ejected-was about an inch and
half long, spiral sharp at the point and so ard
| as to defy the effort 10 cut |. with knife"
| An EDIToB's OWN Da1NK According to tho
| prlnceton kentuckian, the following is a recipe
| for the exclusive drink of McGoodwin the maeni.
| fcantly funny editor of the Psducah American:
Take one pint good whiskey, stir in well one
| spoon full OF whiskey, then add another pint OF
pouring in whlskey. Fill g large bowl with water,
| and make the servant set it out of your reach -
| Take small tumbler pour into two spoonsful OF
| water; pour QUIT water and fill up with whisky,
and add to the above. Flavor with whskey to
your taste.
| WAREHOUSE WEEvIL AT recent meeting OF
| the American Farmers Institute Club, paper was
| read, ON the remedy for the Warehouse Weevil,
| which breeds in grain when stored creates a de-
terloraion in the quantity and quality. The rene iy
suggested Is, self acting shifting apparatus by
which the grain Is carried from floor to DOR of
| warehouse, in such manner that every partice Is
brought 10 contact with the air and kept In motion;
thus preventing Injury from confined air and inert
contact ofth particles with each other.
| INSURANCE IN RHODE ISLAND The General
| Assembly of Rhode Island at it's last October
session, passed act in relation to foreign insur
| ance companies SO onerous that such institutions
will be compelled to cease operations 10 that State
The agents Of the E:na and Hartford Offices have
already reinqushed their trusts, and others will
| do the same.
| OPERATIONS UNDER RgcIPRoCIrY.-A CORES
| pondent of the New York Tribune, writing from
| Toronto, says: "Whie American buyers are in
| our market purchasing wheat. we are importing
butter, fat cattle, sheep and calves from your side
The first importation of tat animals by butch
ers from the United States, under the Reciprocity
| Treaty. took place yesterday. and arrangements
have been made to receive future supplies.
| ANTI.LIQUo LAVA society has been formed
| In De Soto, lowe, by persons desirous of main
tainiGg character OF sobriety In that town." for
| the purpose of tearing down and demolishipg the
| premises of such as sell liquor contrary to law.
Several females belong to it, and sign the warning
| with the men.
MINNESOTA The ST. Anthony Express says real
estate in that place has risen fully 100 per cent.
| within the year We quote:
| One halt of Hennepin Island, embracing the main
fall sold last July for SS O00 or that at rate.
| IS 600 has since been offered for one undivided
| fourth of the same property. Two years ago. the
highest offer for Nicolett Island 40 acres was less
than $1,000. Last summer S35.000 was refused
| WHERE NORTHERN CATTLE GOES TO- Eighteen
| hundred cattle for the New York market, passed
| over the Central Railroad, from Saturday to Sum
| day morning last
| The crops of South Florida are said to be a,
least ten per cent more promising than they usual