The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-07-04
HPeregrine Pickle Oh Babies.

L o4OS1AllO 4OAI6 OIL DaDl6Sl
Next to nothing come little things. 1t is
astonishing what an effect these little things
have. All creation, for instance. has been
worrying itselfoverthe Luxembourg question,
and the Great Powers met in conclave and fat
tered themselves they. settled it by guarantee
ing neutrality.
A little innocent herring settled that ques-
tion Think of the standard dish of Luxem-
bourg! A raw herring made with juniper ber-
ries, whole peppers, slices of citron with gin
ger and capsicum, and accompanied by sau-
sage Of unestablished pedigree, surrounded
by prunes and a caulifower dressed with
smoked lard, without any guaranty as to II
china That herring did the business for Ma
poleon and the sausage for Bismark What
stomach was strong enough for that COM
pound? They pulled at Luxembourg until
they reached that dish, when Napoleon went
back to Paris and Bsmark to Berlin, each hold
ing their respective noses and exclaming, in
the eloquent words of the Sons Of Malta, "sfs
isfed."
Which reminds me ola baby. Tfyou ask me
how it reminds me, cannot tell you / only
know it reminds me of those little but import
ant animals.
1t is cheerful news for the future census Ia
lers that babies have become fashionable in
Paris The 'tidea" will of course come imme-
diately into fashion here. do not mean French
| babies, but babies in the abstract A baby is
good thing-a blessed thing. I cannot con
ceive what I should have doneif hadn't once
upon time, been baby. 4 babyi is q well
spring, and the quantity oflacteal fluid Jumps
of sugar, soothing syrups, paregoric, squills
| squalls, walking the floor in yOur long-tailet
night shirts, mothers loves, lovey doveys, an(
square spankings that one of these well
springs will absorb is astonishing to one tina
has not had baby. ] have had several a
least own stock in several.
Would [ sell my experience, past, present o
future, in babies9
Not much.
Therefore I am glad babies are going to CONF
into fashion Just think Of the new topics 0
conversation when Mrs. Brown takes her lit
tie three months up to see Mrs. Jones and he
two-montbs, and the two Dear Creatures com
pare COLES. The little cherubs will molif.
conversation, and sympathy will take the plac
of severity; instead of gossiping on poor Mrs
Cauliflower's unfortunate but innocent fda
pas, the Dear Creatures will soothingly com
pare notes on the baby question and discus
the merits of quoting syrups and puff boxes
And then there will be the baby reunions
when the great parlor viii be filled with bah
chairs, and in each chair will be q baby in blu
ribbon and white muslin and in each it'll
rosebud Of a mouth will be thrust q dimple
fist. How pleasant ii will be to listen to tn
artless conversation. When Mrs Jones' bah,
says goo Mrs. Browns baby will ansWe
sgoo goo, :" and Mrs. Thompson's baby, who's
mother is very talkatiye, will goo" stead
stream for five minutes, and then when one 0
the cherubs is affected to tears by The point
pin, or an unusually sharp stroke of the co
; ic, which, by so many confding young mott
ers, has been taken for an angel talking to th
little one, how win they be all affected t
tears and the room resound with the dear lii
tie treble
But 1 must draw a vail over the picture.
the universal rush which will ensue for babe.
and the competitive results that will inevita
Dly lOlloW Oet"eeu NtIu ana warn, &Hu Stree
aud street, there must be discrimination usec
When Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. johnson sig
articles Of agreement as to an number Of ba
S bies in time, Miss AureIa and Miss Celest
, must remember that by the rules of the B. I
' they are counted out / would not advises al
: to adopt the fashion, but there are many, an
: there will be more, unless they adopt Sweder
borg's notion of at1inities, who can safely tax
t up the new fashion.