Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-09-20
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Phillips First Baby.

MIS-. / HiiHps WIS IN TIE very pinnacle
of felicity. She was the mother Of i boy
wncL weighed eleven pounds.
Nj Phillips bid fair To lose his mind en-
tlreh He danced and sung. and fired
gun> froin the top If the corn house. whis-
II d iaHkcc Dndlr while eating iiis break
'fssf. aud mrune the necks ri all tht. fowls
u. i..e place. 10 tia te IL chicken pie for
the cttebiai.an.
EAis Xnfa4y eauplt. had been married
| ten ytars. and t3is " their ti,st child -
People had i,u.tCd Mt ifcm ten years on
account "f thcir luck; psorl who WE {
ovrrtun with children. aud whose lives
nlade n,iserati,' by the seedlings and -pank
ings they found 1t necessary 10 inicL upon
th..lr Mrerened little olive plants.
Now. Mrs. Phillips said she guessed
they d iaugh on OF the other side. There
had never been so large u baby horn in
shlthtiell before. Mrs. Jones only
weighed nine pounds aud had "A pug nose.
Mrs sawser's W .s red haired and had IA
in"e on his right foot-a sure sign that it
would come To bad end and it only
weighed seven pounds aud fourteen ounc,
-s! She guessed follls had better look a,
hone before they laugh d.
Baby proved III bv II Tartar. He had d
temper like windmill and seemed de
ter,nlied to leveiop his feet and lungs to
the utmost while he had leisure; for he
screamed and kicked twenty three GU. ol
the twenty four hours
But his mother declared he was an an,
gel. We can never imagine an angel with
paiiy red checks. heels elevated in the air.
sucking IA sugar tcat. and being bounced
| about III pillow cradle to the tune o
High dldnlr dee, hut then our ia'aslra
| ton Is mt h., any mea,is so vivid as il
nisht be
fIt'-u itut nr III which the baby wac
.tt p. II. ~as i4c An,ocrat al the aous,,
-~.. -,ely,hii had l." bow TO L,. n",t.
i5= se4Hf.Y, dnor ureak,d it was taken
oii -. a,5gea t'fsi the s,-rvdnt Vas IN ,he
d,atj A. iie fiHc. because, she iligllt dis
| mi, me .75.01. tor the same rrn.an the
,nti,r .ailt We a.sa>ed inin he Moudshcd.
tut di<hts 5.,uot "a. washed OUT III doc s..
IN. ctat.rt ui the ,ilates made the ha5v
4, r,a.a; the wnsb,,iy MAS done il, th,. barn.
all .i,r e,mks in tl,, hons. u.r. stoppeJ
the dog was n,u, zlrd. and the cat choked
all lluIn fear ni dis.nl hing the baby.
Mr.. Phillips paid a blacksmith. " no WAS
located WITHIN auilart,r of IA lull,. one
hundred dollars To move his shop. and
Biddy was moved to the cock loft of th.
wootshrd ON acconnt of snn,iur.
The child's Diseases were, legion. II WAS
wonder tlat il ,vul,i draw n, breath with
so many terrible aimcnts clinyl,C to it,
Mrs Phillips was continually ON the watch
for some new Demonstration.
Charles cried she, waking her hus
band from slumber. one cold winter night,
III seems To M. the bn,y Jon,t brca,h,
just right.
Mr. Phillips sprang up and listened -
.Goud gracious, he's eut the suutllrs, ain't
he =
.Oh. dear. what shall we do n baby Is
gong to he sick =
Mr.. Phillips got "A light and the anxious
parents brought it to bear on the face Of
their chld.
oh. heavens, cried his mother. his
face is actually purple. he's going to hav.
the scarlet fever. See that red spot on his
elbow
III may b. wher,. he's laid on it.. re.
ma,k, d Mr. Phillips
.l.aid on IT, .h you unf.elng nan you
unnatural father And there. it's snck
ing It's thuA,h, v. knuwn fru4, the first
ii woui'ln li,e, ii sucked its 'huAib So
much,
'ltuu. Charles, run for the dcturl its
ct ing In dir---I knuw it il! Oh. don't stop
to dress dun't 1t .liay die ~lnoe you a.e
waiting Cali Ion Granny Bates. aud tell