The Lincoln County herald., 1871-05-25
BABY show.

: "Bsby Show" which camo of 1t Ut
Louis one day las, week is from the s.
/ Louis Times: u "a ?
, 10 the Editor oft st. Losis Tmes:
IL there sre any more baby shows
/. assigoedto me TO report, I shall resign.
cant afford for twent; Eve dollars q
week to have my feelings narrowed up
after the style Of yesterday, snd would
sooner starve than turn the boliest emo
t'ons OF tho human heart into ridicule, az
you have ordered mo to do. have
written op this report soberly AMI truth
fuiIy. II you want it humorous, do IL
yourself. Pay me my back wages and
let me retain my virtue. At 3 o'clock |
wended my way to the Temple. As far
as my eye could reach, and as you we'll
kno~ It is game eye, I conld see moth.
ing but babies in various stages Of dceom.
position. 771'T
The hot sun shone down on their un
protected heads their cruelty starched
rnfis, collars and edgings punctured their
little. legs, arms and necks'; tho scalding
tear, born Of unutterable agony, blistered
their infsntile faces, aud yet they were
not happy. ~'
Ascending the stairs I saw nothing but
babies. The moving stream was divided
into two currents--the one going up
with comparatively fresh babies, and the
others coming down with babies who
looked like squeezed oranges.
Even babies, you know, have to 90
out, like those bald headed chaps who
attend the theatres, aud always recollect
some unfinished business every time the
curtain drops. Truly, We are fearfulIy
and wonderfully made In the hall the
crush was perfectly indescrbable--the
din almost insupportable. Not less than
fifty babies were yelling at once. They
wanted Dourishment, and in such crowd
as that their mothers couldn't nourish
worth cent. The stage was set apar.
for the exhibition rings. .-.
Mr.. Conant, the artist, was grand mar.
shal Of the day. 1t wovld have done you
good to see him lead the anxious mothers
into the arena. Two rows of chairs
were provided, and tho babies divided up
into three classses. Glass A was made
up of babies under six months; class b
babies over six months; class
Z over twelve months anu under two
years; class ID was twins class f Tip
lets: There wasn't much of class Il, but
fully enough, l should think, for the
father. The whole Of that class took
prizes The entry was made by Mrs.
Greenwood. l learned that it was sired
by Mr.. Greenwood and damned by the
whole neighborhood. You know that
when three children cry all at onoe for
|acteal entertainment which cannot be
furnished them that it is apt to interfere
with singing and other amu.emeuts.
THE FIRST RING.
Tho first ring of six monthers was
formed at precisely $50. 1t comprised
:wenty one entries. A seven months
child took the first premium. The com.
nittee had to chop month off of its age
n order to get it in. The baby rather
liked it. When the judges pinned the
blue ribbon to its left ear it looked up
With a smile that was childlike AID bland. '
md distinctly requested to be informed !.
low is that for high?
The childs name is John Walker, but
! called Johnnie for short. 1t is the .
fspring of Benjamin Walker, the vel :
nown pawnbroker. II vas a bouncing a
10Y, well made-as bri hit as a new mill =
au, healthy. and weighed thirty serea y
ounds, 1t has never been weaned, and =
ever has smoked, chewed or made u. =.
{ Intoxicating liquors The mothers OF :
be other twenty all went off cursiug the =.
ommittce. '.- :
! was called upon q dozen times to b
all to and curse the committee, and in
ariably fell to. One lady, who had h
hid, with the finest case of dropsy on !,
he brain I have ever seen, requested me n
note the intelligent appearance of her t,
rogeny, and then tell her how much a.
hought the committee had been paid for >,
warding the premium to little johnny :,
Walker. - - y
THE SECOND RING. q
just before the ring was called I'd nm 81
Oplessant incident occurred. Becoming b
carried, | sat down, without properly a
bscrving what l was about, on q baby v
hose mother had gone to gil her bottle.
'hen | arose found that had crushed
'e child out Of all human resemblance. &C
however, did all could to repair tho st
snage by assisting the mother to hunt bs
y strawberry on its left arm. The y
neral will take place to day. In the h'
'cond ring there we're thirty three On. 10
les, the prize being taken by John B. 10
arneau, the son or grandson of Josep ha
. Garneau, the baker. Il was seven X
onths old and weighed twenty .six y
'unds.. Csndor compels me to say that pc
10 child isa bang up specimen. He was
handsome as o cracker and on close
outhed. Thirty two mothers went away fe
satisfied. Immediately turned 10 70
ID helped them curse the committee. tb
Little Marshall Alexander was declared Of
be the bully boy Of the third ring. II
Q wa. just two years old, and weighed da
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