Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25

and the Judges, a squad Of reverend,
grave and solemn s~eiqneUrs, went to
work. These gentlemenhad nice duty
to perform in deciding which of the fol.
lowing cheruhs was worthiest.
JOLLY GOOD RABIES.
Willie Staples twelve months, 13(
Alabama street.
Maurice Gallena, nine months, lOl
Beale.
Wesson s. Bell, fourteen months, cor
ner of Auction and Front streets.
G. w Klortermeyer, eight months,
334 Mosby.
Mabel Rambaut, six weeks, 294 Vance
street. r !
Geo. w. Rule, nine months, 1856 Rob
eson street.
Geo. T. Hudnall, nine months, Sec
ond street.
Jessie frost, seven months, "a Ex-
change street.
Susie Plain, seven weeks, Walnut
street.
Josie Williams, twelve months, Pop
lar street.
Gurtie G~eisenberg, five and a halt
months, 90 Market street.
Josie Malta, eight months, corner of
Gayoso and Main.
Lizzy Cohen, nine months, 3S4 Main
street.
Lilly Turner, four months, 81 Marshall
avenue.
Corinne TreadwelI, three and a half
months, 249 Union street
Minnie Rhodes, eight months, Euro
pesin hotel.
Pearl Bridges, ten months, Il Mulber-
ry street.
Mary E. Boyd, five months, Fourth
street,
Mamie Hook, seven months, Georgia
street.
Henry Humphreys, eleven months,
Vance street.
Rudd Hardesta, twenty months.
Annie Croker, three months.
Mary Lee Taylor, nineteen months,
80 Vance.
Anthony Lee Raggio, eight months, Is
jefferson.
Tom and Pete Sherlock, six weeks.
Carrie Stewart, sixteen months.
Frank Wort, sixteen months, 149
fernando street.
Ida Buell., conference.-the, Exchange
street.
Antonio Specht, twelve months, Mad
ison street.
Jennie Tagilin, three months, Robe
son street.
Blanche Michaels, fourteen months,
Orleans street.
Adeline Chapman, thirteen months,
L Exchange street.
William Gilmore Simms, nine months
Robert Lisenbcrry, thirteen months,
Desoto street.
Frank White, sixteen months.
Orlando Price, nine months.
THE PRIZES.
TIE grave Judges looked long and
wiselyspulIed their beards-those who
had boards debated, investigated,
talked, and then looked again, debated
once more, and then had the little cher
ubs paraded about the Enclosure, and at
last gave the first premium, a silver
knife, fork and spoon, 10 the best baby
under one year old, to J. II. Humph-
reys, commonly called Henry Humph-
reys, eleven months old; and the son of
thes City Engineer. Little RaggiO, lost
the prize by vote.
When this labOriOus effort had been
thus successfully goG over, the infants
under twelve months were all ordered
out of the enclosure, and the nurses took
them away squalling. The disappointed
ones felt bad and said it was a mortal
shame.
The next contest was between whop-
pers under two years. The two prizes
were to be given TO this interesting class
of babies. The first was awarded to
Mary Lee Taylor, daughter of John II.
Taylor, Of Messrs. Speed, Taylor &
Strange, resident at 3I1 Vance street.
The little miss is aged sixteen months.
The second prize was given to Rudd
Hardesta, 365 Main street, aged twenty
months. His father is conductor on the |
Louisville road.
Mary Taylor got q fine silver cup, and
Rudd a coral set, and thus ended the
baby exhibition of st. Johns day, 1872,
amid great squalling, roaring and she'd
ding of tears. The two hundred and
feet of rope that surrounded the
sacred enclosure was let down and the
spot was holy no longer.
FIREWORKS.
The baby show having terminated,
the business of the evening was resumed
with vigor. Dancing went on without
interruption until the fireworks afforded
another variety Of amusement. This
exhibition was very fine. The rockets
went up freely for an hour, and scattered
IN balls Of fire of every color that shows
IN the rainbow. Then there were
wheels of flame and splitting demons,
of fire and jets of brilliance
hat were astonishing.
The piano was won by ticket nine
hundred and seventy-seven. For three
or four hours before the drawing for the
magnificent instrument took place, not
! ticket could be had. They were all
sold at an early hour.
The festivities were continued to the
I'VE sma' hours" and the street cars
we're running till daylight.