New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-09
i CA.sssr - Babies.
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aM u CHILDLKss AoTHEk.

I sRSby Il the house Is well-sprng Of plea
.S.SsS ~ Tten he houses Of our ambitious little
M ~ Iast be wen watered, for such crop q
Is a Ne show this season has rarely Deen eA.
q s1nre Barnum's famous harvest few years
s52sS indeed our excessive efforts and improve
lSe22a IL iii direction led one amateur Judge to
sS6s9Iye III the classic language Of Young Amer
4cas thnt !. II We wcre one horse, We were GER
III districf ~ ever been celebrated for its
Sk6f6e noWeu and elegant bouquets. Several
~ 11e1n0if have proved that our blackberrles and
SS1fS NJ likely to become as renowned as our
shonorSd pippin, and now we may add with
S56 {&ax our babies are as aplenty as black
SsSy3es q and quite as worthy Of notice. We have
36a lSbses and small babies light babies and
babies; quiet babies and noisy babies boy
bShiee and grl babies all sorts of babies, except
uafy hahies aud cross babies fortunately, oil our
babies ne good and handsome!
ks Mnp poor childless wives meekly go from house
u honse We learn that each new baby that is pre-
serXe TIL our inspection is heavier, pretter, more
forward and more excellent than any other moth
Z GA baby. ss Mrs. Slouch's baby il nice little
crcafIlre. but % small y Z Mrs. Sims baby is a
ctinning fellow. but what . head n The Tumble
sys dsmpy and Mls tns Fnders Psp eqs
bsby Z ! dazzling little girl; but did you see its
4 mas Whereas this baby that is the baby we
We Sre holding il our awkward, nnaccustomed
il iiist the dearest loveliest. cunningestlittle
y t:roature that ever was born! We stife down a
reballi0as &gh as we think Of our own quiet home,
] Wkere cradle cares and cradle joys never ntrude
where no gentle baby breathings ever freight the
III With sweet anxieties where no baby's soft
Iaurmur 0f satisfied content or helpless complaining
u ever 10 break the unnatural still of childless
home We look on this mothers baby, and oui
Il yearning becomes prayer for faith to know that
4 (3ud doeth an things well!s'
That fine thing It is that each mother thinks SC
Well III her baby. We cannot help smiling at this
Over adInration which sees no defect in the little
soft bundle of pink hesh'' and white cambric
4 Ne listen as The pretty lady, duly arrayed in an
Z %S3e&Ant deshnbie rGc0unts the peculiar excellen
y Hiss 81 her new treasure and we can see nothing
more beautiful and Interesting than happy smile
Of perfect content with which, as the nurse hands
\ out the baby, the convalescent turns back the
blanket ana discl0scs the little face and tiny arms
Whatif the mothers eyes were not so enchanted
what would become of all the unlOyeiy babies
what would be the fate Of those unsightly littl
& monsters that are born in this troublous world?
II is delightful weakness, this inordinate affec
n hut allow IT the noble one of affectionate judg
IneIit. The generality Of mankind may take com
fort In the thought that, however unloved an
SSunappreciated they may have been, each one was
s. fof time at least, and to one person, the mos
81 attxnctve, the most interesting and the most i'm
b0ttant 5Of the human race. Beautiful manifesto
Hon 6f glori0us nature is this instinct Of materna
II al0Xe! From the highest to the lowest order 0
4 creation, fervently may we bless God for such
! endent gift No elevation Of rank, no deg
fSdAti0n 0f sin, can extinguish the spark; AM
3kQu&h II be perverted or exaggerated, still ther
n sVer 10 its partially, patience, self-denial ant
etfnlness, holy beauty that must compe
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