The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-03

A BABY SHow.-The Memphis AuaIanchc
thus describes baby show at the recent fair
held in that city:
After nurses and babies had all been collec-
ted in rear of the judges stand, the secretary
called them into the arena in the order in which
they had been entered, and the babies belong
ing to the twenty-seven ladies were carried into
the ring for the inspection of the bachelor
judges. Ranged in front of the northern grand
stand stood the nurses, with their little charges
in their arms or in petite carriages, ana the
sight was peculiar one. There were babies OF Of
all kinds, and of all ages, that is to say, OF all
months Under twelve for Wheeler, Dickens &
Co. in presenting the beautiful little perambu-
lator had distinctly bargained that it should be
presented t'to the finest baby under one year
old on exhibition at this fair" The blue-eyed
blondes were in the majority, although there
were many bruneGtes, dark-colored and placid.
The boys seemed to be livelier than the girls,
and laughed, and "crowed" in manner that
was delightful to behold. The mammas tried
every subterfuge to make their babies smile,
laugh and crow, and sundry comfts and cakes
were called into requisition. One blue-eyed
lad of about ten months was very attractive,
and his efforts to swallow scarlet worsted ball
four inches in diameter excited universal ad-
miration. The task of the judges was no ordi-
nary one, but they faced the music like men,
and gazed the juveniles nearly out of counte-
nance while examining their points" Health,
strength, "heft" and good looks we're all taken
into account, and the judges moved silently
and steadily along the line, their every motion
papa and mamma. Some of the babies started
at the portly figure of Mr.. Hamilton as he
marched at the head of his forces, and looked
as if they had slight glimmering of what it
was all about, and they looked up smilingly,
while others presented sombre faces, with tears
in their eyes and mouths all a-pout 1twas in
deed an interesting sight, and many broke
through the rope-guards and eagerly rushed
into the ring, as if to look upon baby was not
an everyday occurrence. After the judges had
carefully scanned the groups they retired for
consultation, and then ordered the following
babies, according to numbers as given above,
to be separated, from the general group: Nos
2. 4, 6, 19, 25 and 26 belonging respectively to
Mrs. J. G. johnson, Mrs. r. w. Ainslie, Mrs
John Mitchell, Mrs. L. Mcclure, Mrs. c.. 81.
Cavan and Mrs. Joseph Musso. The judges
took another fond look at the fortunate half
dozen and again retired for consultation. They
seemed to have nearly all agreed on the same
baby, for the consultation was brief, and DR..
Perkins, the superintendent of the arena, came
forward, took little Mary Ainslie in his arms,
attached to her right arm the blue ribbon, plac-
ed her in the prize baby carriage, and Colonel
J. G. Ballentine, grand marshal, gallantly
wheeled the lucky little lady round the arena
amid the huzzas of the assembled multitude,
while the unlucky babies were carried solemnly
out of the ring. After the prize baby had been
shown all around, it was taken in front of the
grand stand, but the noise around proved too
much for its nerves, and the grand marshal and
his assistant shouted Justify for the nurse. So
ended this great baby show of the fair"