Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-06-03

Exhibition of the Innocents-l
A Large Display for a Small
Prize.
The only public ceremonial in con-
nection with May Day that took
place in this city was the baby show
in the Park-and a show it was in
deed. The "Old Man. under
whose special patronage such ex
hibitions have been conducted here
tofore, was on hand, according to
appointment, and Notwithstanding
the threatening aspect of the wealth
er, with occasional showers, his
infantile hosts commenced to as
semble at an early hour of the after
noon. For time the clouds were
so lowering that serious fears were
entertained of failure, but later on
the skies frightened, and by five
o'clock the shelled walks and mag
nificent grassy plots Of the park
were alive with human beings of all
ages, and to the number of several
thousand. Grandsires and grand
danes, papas and mamas, young
men and maidens, nurses without
number, little folk, and babies in
arms and in miniature carriages, a
multitudinous host, were there, and
fully alive to the occasion. 1t was
both an interesting and amusing
sight, and it was only to be regret
ted that the anxiety of the crowd,
l. 4,
licemen could not prevent, preclu-
ded the formalities that those in
charge would have been glad to OBJ
serve.
The infantile procession was
formed in the main walk, south of
the fountain, carriages four deep
and the rear brought up with babies
in arms. With great difficulty,
owing to the pressure upon their
allotted domain, they proceeded up
the walk, and halted in line north
of the fountain, and reaching to the
front gate, where they underwent
inspection, and those thousand and
one little .aresses and endearments
that all seemed anxious to bestow
upon them, Our reporter counted
eighty carriages, several carrying
two, all filed with infants, and dou-
BILE that number in their nurses
arms. Besides these there were
several hundred from one to five
years of age, who were not however,
the special objects of alienation on
this particular occasion. 1t was
emphatically a baby show, and moth
ing that could talk seemed to at
tract particular attention. AS they
were marched along in procession,
almost every aspect of infantile hu
NOR was presented. Some asleep,
some crying, and many fully up to
the spirit of the occasion, laughed.
clapped their hands, and held them
out to the bystanders as they passed
along. The children, OF course.
were faultlessly dressed-mamas
made sure of that-their carriages
were beautifully orname1ted with
wreaths of evergreen and flowers,
and in many instances pet dogs,
kittens, doll babies, ETC., ETC., shared
them with the occupants. There
were several pairs of twins in the
procession, and one trio Of triplets.
Two fat chubby boys, fast asleep in
the same carriage, with their thumbs
in their mouths, attracted no little
attention, and created much merri
ment Another little fellow, who
appears to be suffering from lacIeal
deficiency where nature is accus
toned to provide, had one end OF
an India rubber hose in his mouth.
with the other terminating in bot
tie in the seat behind him, and with
the supremist Indifference to the
crowd around him was working
away with a suction power that
would put common hand engine
to the blush. Many other interest
ing and amusing incidents might
be related, and for want Of room we
must bring this hasty account to a
close.
1t was supposed by some partial
means, no doubt, that the premium
would be presented to the prettiest,
and the confident aspirants were
doubtless many but the s'Old Man.
wisely forestalled all heartburnings
and disappointments by refusing to
discriminate They all were the
dearest of little creatures, all pretty,
all sweet, all entitled to pr zes; sc
after the review was over. the little
ones apl eraiug wearied by the hard
ships of the exposition. he gave
them all the premium of his bless
ing, and dismissed them and the
vast multitude of spectators to theil
respective homes.-Sarannah Re
publican.