Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-09
A Chapter on Babies.
BY A CHILDLkss MOTHER

"A UdDV III tUc uOuSc - q well opIiL
Of pleasure" Then the houses Of our
ambitious little village must be we'll wat
cred, lor such crop Of babies as we
show this season has rarely been exhib-
tied since Barnum's famous harvest, a
few years since. Indeed, our excessive
efforts and Improvements in this diiec-
ton, led one amateur Judge to observe,
in the classic language Of Young Amer
lea, that if We were a one -horse, we we're
certainly not one baby concern"
Our district has ever been celebrated
for its choice flowers and elegant boquets.
Several gentlemen have proved that our
blackbeIries and pears are likely to be-
come as renowned as our time-honored
pippin, and now we may add with truth,
that our babies are as plenty rs black
berries, and quite as worthy Of notice.
We have large babies and small. babies;
light babies and dark babies; quiet ba-
bies aud noisy babies; boy babies and
gill babies-all sorts of babies, except
ugly babies and cross babies-fortunately
all our babies are good and handsome
As we poor chldless wives meekly 60
from house to house, we learn that each
new baby that is presented for our in
spection is heavier, prettier, more for
ward and more excellent than any other
mothers baby. "Mrs slouch's baby is
a nice little creature, but 80 small " Mrs
Sims baby is a cunning fellow, but what
a head! "The Tumble Bugs babies
are always dumpy, and the new one has
such stary, mot starry eyes Mrs Film
d der baby is darling {; little tie, girl; but
baby-that is, the baby we are holding
in our awkward, unaccustomed arms
is Just the dearest, LOWEST. cunningest
little creature that ever was born! We
stifle down rebelious sigh as we think
of our own quiet home, where cradle
cares and cradle joys never intrude
where no gentle baby breathings ever
freight the air with sweet anxieties
where no baby's soft murmur of satisfied
content or helpless complaining is ever
to break the unnatural still of ch,ldless
home. We look on this mothers baby,
and our yearning becomes prayer Of
faith to know that 'God dOeth all things
WELL
What fine thing it is that each moth
cr thinks so well Of her baby. We can
not help smiling at this over admiration
which sees no defect in the little soft
"bundle of pink flesh" and white CAM
brio. We listen, as the pretty lady,
duly arrayed in an elegant dishabille,
recounts the peculiar excellencies Of her
new treasure, and we can see nothing
more beautiful and interesting than a
happy smile of perfect content, with
which, as the nurse hands out the baby,
the convalcscent turns back the blanket,
and discloses the little face and tiny
arms What if the mothers eyes were
not SO enchanted; what would become
of all the unlovely babies what would
be the fate of those unsightly little mon-
stcrs that are born in this troublous
world? 1t is delightful weakness,this
inordinate afection-we will not de-
grade it by the name Of instinct, but al
low it the noble one Of atfectionate judy
ment. The generality Of mankind may
take comfort in the thought that, how
ever unloved and unappreciated they
may have been, each one, was for time
at leas', and to one person, the most at
tractive, the most interesting, and the
most important Of the human race
Beautiful manifestation Of a glorious ma
ture is this instinct Of maternal love!-
From the highest to the lowest order of
creation, fervently may We bless God for
such transcendent gift. No elevation
ofrank, no degradation Of sin, can cx-
tipguish the sparks; and, though it be
perverted or exaggerated, still there is
ever in its Partially patience, sefdenial
and sclf-forgetfulness, a holy beauty
that must compel respect.
eB 1t is said Of Lady Franklin that
she has expended nearly every shilling
she possessed, to the amount Of 100000,
in various endeavors to ascertain her
husbands fate, and that unless some>
thing be done for her she appears des>
tined to pass her remaining years in pen>
ury. If the British Government will
not avert that, it is suggested that the
women Of England and the United
States unite in subscript'o on to raise
fund for her future support.