Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-07-15
NATURAL HISTORY OF BABIES,

male, and are usually put up in packages
OF one, though sometimes two in which
case they are called twins, when nearly Of
the same age. They are not confined to
any particular localit, but are found plen.
tifully distributed over all parts of the in
ha5'ted countries. Their ages are various
and have wide range. We have known
them as young as It's easy to calculate
time on watch dial and then again We
have seen them where they have acquired
the healthy age of twenty. five. with fair
prospect of advancing still further to baby
hood. Their weigh. depends a great deal
on their hel'; but as they have twenty-one
years to grow in before it costs them auv
thing, it don't matter so much how big
they happen 20 be when they commence.
Probably babies have more pet names
than any other article of their size. In the
tender years Of their life, say the Grst two,
they are lovingly addressed by such en-
doarlng names as Cd Beautiful. Sweetness
noneycomb, Him Darling papa's Hope,
GA Blessed, Mammals Joy, Noble And.
some, supposed to be contradiction of
Ola Handsome, and hundreds Of other
aPpcl'ations which we never could trans.
late.
For several years, until they could &c,
old enough to play out of doors and sun
their faces, their lives are one long CONT.
nuo"s game Of Copenhagen, everybody
laboring under the deuson tina. all babe,
are good for is to kiss, consequently to sec
one is to kiss it. We cannot reco.lect Of
! ever fiuding ourselves in the presence Of
baby, but what the fond mother would
say to it, 'Now be good little deary and
give gentleman nice sweet kiss Of
course We accepted it, though kissing aint
our forte. We are naturally modest and
don't care to be seen kissing any body
We don't banker after it as some Of our
friends DO. We are willing to kiss a pretty
| girl occasionally for her mothers sake. or
even for her own. rather than have anv
trouble, yet We think, if said pretty Girl
owed us kiss, We should much prefer "a
have 1t remain on interest to having il
paid when i. became due We never shod
present our bill and demand payment
not If we continued perfectly sane We
understand that there are quite a number
OF persons who differ from US in regard to
kissing; if SO let them diff, we canno,
stop to argue the point, as our subject
treats Of babies
The monotony Of babies lives is varied
by snch little incidents as an attack of the
mcasels, mumps, or Group, and we would
not neglect to speak of cutting teeth. A
baby that has got safely through these
iufantile troubles, is considered worth some
seventy five dollars more than one who
has them in prospect. The diseases are
however easily treated and in a case Of
the measels all that is necessary is to have
them "break cut we'll, and see to it that
they don't "strike in With The munps.
jus. let them "mump' round day or two
and they will come out ell right. With tho
Group it is necessary to "strike ile," gen.
orally goose ile," and. if applied in season
twill soon Intricate the throat without
much trouble. Cutting teeth runs much
longer than either Of the other disorders.
yet by timely investment Of rubber
ring and rattle, you get rid Of doctors
bill. When We were young, We cut our
tecta on a silver dollar, but as dollars are
now made Of paper, they won't stand the
wear and tear Of whole set Of teeth, and
It's cheaper i'll the end TO invest in the rut.
Der ring.
The effect babies have on progression Is
self.evident. No one ever know Of a baby
inferior to any other preceding baby, On
the contrary, each one is little in ad.
vance of any yet born; aud when We
think of the vast numbers yet to be, and
how every one will be trihe superior to
its predecessor, what a glorious future
awaits us We shall eventually reach
perfection. How can those persons who
believe that We retrogade instead of pro.
gress reconcile this fact with their absurd
theory?
Babies resemble wheat in many res.
poets. Firstly, neither are good for much
till they arrive at maturity Secondly.
Doth are brci in the house and also tho
t2"wer.of the family. Thirdly, both have
TO be c'odied. Fourthly, both are gener.
ally well Nroshcd before they are done
with
A ToAsT.-A toast at An Irish Sccitys
dinner, at Cincinnati "Uere's 70 the Pres,
idont Of the Society, Patrick ORaferty
an may he live TO ate the ben tina. scratch,