Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-01-23
a New IIaby in The House.

We know all about it-what all those drawers
and chests were filed up with miniature ward
robe for-why sister Mary had such fashion of
bushing and hiding her pretty tasteful work at
the bottom Of the basket
Yes. we know all about it now the mystery
is explained; we've gotta baby real blinking,
bona fds baby the intelligence Of which was con
veyed TO me by round eyed wonder stricken
urchn, who was the baby until this morning
%, such a very bit of squirm = he exclaimed,
no bigger than q doll, and it arn't got no eyes
at ALL
Fast as I hurried home to welcome the little
stranger, Tommy was there before me, and with
eyes bigger than ever was standing at nurses
knee, evidently trying TO solve the question
whether baby's fists were doubled up to hit him
punch, or to snub his own nose the wrong way
Of the world.
A bran new baby? Do you know what its ad-
vent is into the heart and home Of happy fami-
lyF The mother lying upon that bed Of suffer
ing, which reduces all women, from the queen to
lhe Deggar. to the same common level Of human
ity the mother that we approach so rcvercntly,
feeling that a human soul has been sent from hpa-
ven via her maternal bosom, and that from her
hands lie who sent it will require a strict account
Of its guardianship will passing its life through
this world of chance and change
What responsibility! | think we are seldom
conscious Of it, or If VIC were, we, who know to
Its core every throb Of the great worlds heart,
who have lived through its storm and calm, who
know how unsubstantal its pleasures how poig-
nant its woes-I say, could we know the respon-
sl0lllty OF transplantng to its sunshine and its
shade, one single blossom from the garden of
God, we should pray to be spared that trust we
might so Intellectually fulfill
But then to see our new baby our beautiful
mystery! to see everybody tip toeing in-every-
BODY but Tommy, who, never having been aceus-
toned to walking on eggs, don't exactly see why
he should begin nOw--to see them all so gleeiu
over baby, so piuful over Mamma-pOor NAM
ma lying there so pale and wan-to see them
Joking papa, and calling him terrible fellow
at which little Tommy is indignant, and thinks it
wouldn't be well for Mrs. Grundy to call him such
a hard name. What an interest we take in ba-
bes IN general, not that we think that anything
IN that line could hold candle with ours !, and
what jokes we tell about other peoples babies
until our laughter warns the nurse, who warns ua
to be more quiet or leave to be sure the laugh NJ
ter is confined to Tommy and l. for mamma onl NJ
smiles the tiniest ghost Of a smile Tommy make :
up for it, however, laughing so loud and so Ion NJ
without the remOtcst idea where the rough ~ N
tumble somerset can cool OF his mcrrment N
the exhibition Of which enormify nurse gives be-. A
a different kind Of propeller which sends PI
crying to the kitchen Mamma says poor ford
my , and papa Immediately starts for him. pl
in few minutes he returns with Tommy r[nd
pair OF red eyes, very manfully asserting Sa
papa's boy wasn't going to have his nose pi Tar,
OF Joint for all the babies in the world Go
mamma smiles on papa, and papa, when he So
| don't see him, smiles on her, and takesh Sa
bloodless hand and presses it to his lips S dov
1t in bis BOSOM till poor nc, who don't IN a
anyhow who wouldn't be hired to seeIld Ga
who has lived long enough in the worIdp1" Sa
when not 10 see, choke up the worst ki'he rDon
up for my chamber and have Just mi NV Sa
cry with nothing in the world to cry y'hly Go
because everything is so affecting the Dom rDon
in its quietude, the helpless little thinf era Sa
die, and papa and mama over their n ar az Sb
n bit of humanity hone IF bis bonoesh of Sie
his 0esh, lays helpless in his arms never CT
knows himself till the dear one he hfeh out soa
of the world to walk with him the 'hinaBe '"S a.,
Of life, lies for the first time before ah ana e.
pale, with a mOlsel Of humanity ur posoh' ~
The promise they make TO their op ~ tnat T,I
no wrong Of their doing shall evf p"hg oil r
to that gentle spirit that no pf Pieasure n, l.
shall he briobt ononob 10 lnro NJ, from the Iu
TilSii w. Pilsn' enough 60 lure tnkindness j. Ha
shall ever give pain to the moth ', iuil ol!lu' W
But alas : ttbere must be an en- ieiy tnlns y no
IN this worldD new babies getfu Stoliea Fio
60. F,I '"'0 - Wy i.saver would Amer
require fresh baby every we" al W MAKE
them toe the mark of all the IL, 'uey 50 III
CONSIDERABLY make and as IA -, W la.neI .T0R
inconvenient for US to accoD OuiI0tVes LII I've ~, W
such requirements, we must ~ ,t lot tno W Tbi
deed, and make the most Of PInt"i'e i0r ,,oIi g
the past and good resolves lu'"i = i,le "n!le >,
the motive for these resol i'9'1 it Depies l
are great institution, the '0"'' ouiS Is which
GdU SpQHher from ,