The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-04-29

| was oruCTcu 10 Drlny Out INC tWiI'
Browns from the bed room.
"But, my dear, won't they be cross
to awaken them before they have had
their sleep outl" expostulated.
THAT'S none of your business il
they do; you bring them out; that's all
you've got to dol"
was a little fearful of the conse.
qucnces, but took the twin babies
from their resting place as gently as
| possibly could. and carried them
into the kitchen. Congratulating my.
self on not having disturbed their
slumbers, seated myself in q rocking
chair and began to move back
ward and forward; but the motion OF
the chair awakened them, and in a
moment there was a Duet far from
pleasing. Each opened his mouth to
the utmost capacity, and appeared
striving to see which could yell the
| loudcst.
"There, you've done it now ] guess,
and hope you'll get all the music you
want for one while" and without at
tempting to qucll the turmoil, Arabel-
la rubbed away at the wash board,
as if secretly rejoicing to see me so
miserable.
"Thcy are hungry" ventured to in
innate.
SWELL, why don't you feed en- then.
and not sit there like a block of woodH'
My desire had been that she should
nurse the babes until they We're eight
or Ten months old, but she denied them
this privilege, and for some weeks had
be9n trying to wean them with the
bottle. attributed the frctful tenn
per Of George, the eldest, 10 his being
deprived of his mothers milk, and
hence did rot wish the other children
TO be served likewise.
Knowing the futility of requesting
Arabella to attend to them, | placed
one in the cradle and cndeavorcd to
to relieve the others wants.
The one laid down, kicked. halo
cd and shouted in his paroyysms Of
ragc, and seemed in a fair way OF
splitting his throat, which, sincerely
hoped he would, sinful as it was.
The one | held in my arms was re-
solved he would not taste drop from
the bottle. and in his antics he spilled
the milk over my clothes, punched me
in the eye, pulled my hair, and daubed
up my bosom, and collar, besides vom-
ting all over me.
had become exasperated, and was
bound he should feed from the bottle
before | released him, and although
he contended vigorously and fought
vaIiantly. at last accomplished my
purpose.
Having cried himself to sleep,
dropped him in the cradle and took up
the other, in order to 60 through the
same process with him. | did not
have to fight so hard with this one, for
he had become so weakened by ex-
ccssive bawling, as to be incapable of
offering much resistance. Depositing
him along side of his brother, soon
had the satisfaction Of seeing them
both sound asleep.
As soon as they We're comfortably
off, George Washington, who had fin
shed his breakfast, cried for me to
take him. and to preserve peace did
so,thcugh not without sundry misgiv-
ings, for he was as unmanageable as
young n colt, and as full of freaks
and fancics as his mother.
The young devil soon commenced to
torment me, and in a few moments ev-
cry bone in my body achcd. He jerk
ed at my eyebrows. twisted my nose
out CT shape, thrust his fist down my
throat, and nearly tore out my whis-
kers by the roots.
At last, taking pin from my coat.
he ciapped the climax, by sticking it
through myright ear. Maddened with
tic pain, | threw him across my knee,
giving it to him as hard as | could lay
on, while nc screechcd as though his
limos were rnade of cact iron