Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-14

And then Aurela attempted scientific
definition of the wind which should be in
telligibe to the young intellect. The
wonderful baby at once discarded Azure
| las definition, and insisted upon it that
the wind was Gods breath. AT another
time, while watching the stars as they
peeped out, one after the other, she was
confident there were cracks in the sky, and
that Gods Heaven was shining through.
At another time think she summed up a
world of poetry and reflection in single
line 1t was cold, cherries day in the
late autumn. The sky was clouded over.
The trees were stripped of their leaves,
and the flower stalks in the garden were
yellow and sere. The ground was frozen
slightly and everything wore an air of
cherries desolation. The wonderful baby
contemplated the scene for minute, and
then, turning to Aurelia, said, "The world
is pretty neatly worn out, mamma"
Could any one have expressed the effect
moref tersely or more beautifullyy Was
there not genuine feeling of poetry in
the simplicity and truth of the thought?
Sometimes Aurelia's baby will bring
tears into all our eyes with some sudden
exclamation for Aurelia's baby once lost
q lutte sister to whom she was deeply at
tached--a little sister who was only a bud
that never unfolded its petals to the light
of Heaven, but dropped and died, and now
sleeps very quietly under tree in the
beautiful Rosehill--that is, all Of ..cr
the angels did not carry away with them
to Heaven. And when Aurelia's baby,
who knew that her little sister was
Z hn tran nd vat hnd
been told that she was in Heaven,
not comprehending the apparent discrep-
ancy, wanted to know if God had come
down in the night and taken her away
from under the tree, when we were not
looking, is it any wonder that all our faces
grew serious at the breakfast table, and
that some of our eyes were dimmed over
Sometimes Aurelia grows impatient and
well nigh Respondent at the total depravi-
ty Of that wonderful baby. twas only n
day or two ago that she was dressed up in
neat clean raiment, and went out into the
yard to play with another wonderful baby.
And when Aurela went out to look after
them, what had these wonderful babies
done? 1t was certain that these two won
dertul babies were covered from head to
foot with dirt, and resembled two young
Digger Indians Dirt on their clothes, dirt
in their hair, dirt smouched upon their
, faces 1t was certain that the two won
derhll babies had digged a hole in the
ground 1t was certain that one Of the
wonderful babies was holding something
down in the hole 1t was certain that Au-
relia's wonderful baby was Justify shovel
, ing dirt into the hole. And, upon closer
: examination, it was certain that the some
: thing in the hole was the wonderful house
hold cat, whose good nature is proverbial.
Was it any compensation for Aurelia's dis
tress of mind to be informed by the two
, wonderful babies that they were playing
| funeral?
) And what wonderful things these child
| rem do when they are playing by them
selves! If you don't believe it, you watch
: one of them when she gets off in corner
by herself, with her dishes, and blocks
and dolls, and bits of ribbons How she
will metamorphose her playthings into
, rarities What curious freaks OF the i'm
, agination she will display! Now she is
dealing with ogres Now sheis surround
ed by fairies. Now she is in church and
now she is a big lady making calls Thus
childhood is always looking forward to the
time when it will be the big lady and dc
wonderful things; and the big lady, be
; she in howell or be she in hall, be she an
f angel of purity or be she a sin-blghted
: Pariah, is looking back again and wishing
she had the freshness and innocence o
: childhood
What startling revelations these wonder
full babies make sometimes! For instance
it was not wise for AdolphuS, who was
having quiet interview with the aunt o
! the wonderful baby, to allow the w. b. &c
remain in the room because they thought
: she was an innocent little know.nothing
Children have lynx eyes, and ears which
are wonderful for hearing. A little fore
! thought would have saved the aunt The
! modification of hearing, at the breaktaS
! table the next morning, tragmentary bit
of the evenings conversation dished up
and some of Adolphus' actions with thu
aunt described in very significant style.
, And now, with all their drawbacks
! what should we do without the wonderful
babies? That mother can only tell yol
! what great blank in house little cot
! fin makes in whose drawers are little I'm
T used dresses and hats and shoes; wht
, wears near UeG Hcail uttlc Gun VI sunni.
$ hair; who in her hours OF grief chGishe
+ as precious relics the dolls and the block
), and other pl1ythings; who sometime
I listens for the patter of the little feet as |
i she must hear them again; who sometime
fncies she hears, in some sudden sound
+ the music of her child's voice, and stand
with outstretChed hand as if to greet tn
Q lost one, only to meet the hand of our com
4 mon Father touching her in benediction
c and unfolding her as she walks through
{ the deep waters.
c And ii could grant all who read thes
G lines one gin more than another it woulC
:, be that YOU might know the great joy an'
! blessing there is in wonderful baby, anC
I that the little vine might grow up to beau
y tify and support the oak when it grow
j. old, and when the storms come and thu
r day is not far distant when the woodmal