The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-12-05
The First Baby,

Just look al hul Do you see that individual
with his hat high on ;ao bump of self esteem
his nose turned up at everything distinguished
by frantic disregard OF the immaoulacy Of his
shirt, or the tie Of bis neckerchiefe Mark with
what supercilousness he views all mundane
things. With what scoru does he gaze upon
youths and grown people, and bow contemplate
appears everything to his High Dautiness, that
was SO attractive before. He ia father for the
rst time, and the little tiny, whining cherub /.
at home Ia embroidered muslin and the baby
yes, The baby, Is ~ fat ~ butter, aud weighs
nine pounds and . haR. Aa intellectual baby.
too--wel r,d. Think of that! Nine pounds
and a half and boy at that. Bless hi. little
chubby soul What projects are running In
that mans brain in regard to this new Conner
What long way in the future he is gazing az
ter destiny, aud he sees nothing less than gov
ernor, and mayhap president, in the little
chubby boy at home, Weighing nine pounds and
half And the wife--the first baby she ever
had-she never thought she'd be a mother and
wild with joy, she is caressing the shapeless little
lump, and goes mad with happiness at the con
temptation of her dear little sugar plum of an
offspring weighing nine and half pounds
The first baby is new link to bind the weddad
pair together and cement il the chain wei Ching
exactly nine aud a half pounds. We congratu
late our friend upon the hurricane of happiness
which has befallen him, and ardently hope he
will fall down no getaways, or Into any coal
holes, in his up gazing pride, at having assisted
70 ali to the numeral strength Of the country
THE VOLTS ATrAck.--It is no less curious
than amusing 10 wi ness their mode OF attack ---
lf there is no snow or but little, on The ground
two wolves approach in the most playful and
caressing manner, lying, rolling and frisking
about until the two credulous and unsus
pecting victim is completely put of his guard
by curiosity aud familiarity. Dlrixg this time
the gang, sqta.ted on their hind qaart 'rs, look
Oh at distance. After s,me time spent in thi,
way, the two assailants separate when one ap
proaches the horse head, and the other his tail
With slyness AMI cunning peculiar to them
selves. At this stage Of attack, their frolicsome
app oach become very interesting IL is il
right good earnest the former is mere dacoy
the latter is the real assalant and keeps bis ey,
steadily fixed on the hamstrings or tanks OF th,
horsc. Ta3 critical moneat is then watched
and the attack is simultaneous; both wolves
spring at their victim a. the sam, instant one
to the throat and the other to the flank and II
successful, which they generally are, the hind
one never relaxes his hold until the horse is en-
tiraly disabled. Ias'ead Of springng fors ard
or hickag TO discngag mself, the horse turn
r,u ID and roinl without attempting a fense
The wolf before, then sp ing, behind, 70 a.sis
the other. The sinew, are cut, and in half tn,
time have been describing it, the horse Is OF
bis side, his Struggles ar. fruitless the victory il
WOO, At this signal the lockers oa close in a
a gsl!op, but the SIN III fry of followers keep at
respectful distance until ail their sIperiors ar
gor ged then they take tlaf tura nnolestei.
The wolves however, do not always kill to eat
like wastefu hunters, they often kill for tn
pleasure OF killing and leave the carcass un
touched. The Fur Hunters Of the Vest by Al
I Yar