The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-09-02
Budget Of Fun.


''Ginx.''
Mr.. Melville d. Landon. author Of the
"Franco-P russian War;" thus tells, in . few
lines, the story OF Ginx's baby in letter to the
Commercial Adrertiser:
WHAT WE DO NOW.
Yesterday We went to the races-and bet
to-day Congress Hall has become q studiOus,
reading household
"What are you reading ?" I asked of lite
rary young lady who came down with lap
full of books this morning.
"O2 I've got all the sensations-here is
Dame EurOpa's School here's The Battle of
Dorking; here's 'GInx's Baby here's Mil
bank, and here's Bret Harte's Poems"
switch is the best {"
swell 'Glnx's Baby is very clever satire"
GINX.
"Who is Ginx?'
"Ginx was the father OF the thirteenth baby.
GinX was poor, and, becoming impatient at
the twelfth, declared that he would throw the
thirteenth off OF Westminster Bridge"
"Did he do it y
ssNo, but he discovered the infant, after
Mrs. Gnx had succeeded in hiding it away
for several days-seized it and started for the
bridge, aud
"Threw it in ~
''No, the police stopped him. Ginx expos
tulated; said he didn't want the--baby {;
that he had twelve already at home; that he
was poor man, and had no use for the thri-
tenth Ginx. Then Catholic nun came
along, and offered to feed it and save it's life."
"And never bring it back ?, asked Gink.
''Never!"
"He's yours-to have and to hold y an d
then Ginx ran back to his wife and wretched
twelve children, q happy man."
"What then (" But Bernstein started up
Brooks ''Silver Slipper" galep the bellies
rushed to the hOp-room, and ran to lean for
ward to catch the story.
"Then," said she, whispering loud" the tug
commenced The baby was baptized. Gnx's
wife mad to 60 and nurse the baby twice
day. Father Cozan wanted to-and-did
make the sign of the cross on Mrs. Ginx be.
fore the baby was allowed to nurse Mrs.
Ginx told this 10 protestant friend"
"Sign OF the cross, Mrs. Ginx Oh, hor-
rors-they are making proscyte of the baby
those atrocious Catholics:" said the friend.
"Then the Protestant clergy got hold of the
scandal The Protestant papers rioted over
the matter. The clergy went to a LAWYER.
The Catholics have forclbly distrained .
Protestant baby, and are trying to make
Catholic of him-what shall we do?" thew
asked.
''Brlng an action" said lawyer NEEDLE, AN
action OF habeas. corpus
"The case went TO court Thousands of
pounds were spent The newspapers talked
about the 'Ginx-Baby Case 'Ginx's-Baby
Funds were collected, the lawyers tnok the
money, and the baby was surrendered to the
Protestants. Soon the baby fund was exhaus.
ted: its nurse in vain demanded paw for
nursing him; and, finally one day, she left
the poor baby on a clubhouse doorstep to
starve. Another humane religious society
took it after the almshouses had sail they
would not have il. Another religious contro-
vcrsy ensued. The baby was always poor,
halfstarved, and neglected, while everybody
was fighting over his religion
"What became of hinfl''
well, after fifteen years of kicks. Of cold
neglect. of ignorance, and starvation-whlle
all the world and newspapers were talking
about how the Catholics had Iorcibly DIES.
trained a Protestant child from its doting
parents-the poor, neglected, sorrowful, igno.
nant boy went. one dark night with not even
Pickering star to see his act, went and
jumped--"
"Of Westminster BridgeT
THE same; at the very place where the
policeman caught Ginx fifteen years before az
he held the little innocent cause of all the
trouble over the rolling food" l will tell YOU
the story of Robert Jackson, our head waiter.
tomorrow.