Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-05
Queer Things About Babies.

"A great many curious Things nap
pen to babies, in this round world of
ours. One thing is, planting them.
This is done by the dark.skinned wo-
men of Guinea, and isn't half so dread
full as it sounds. The mother digs a
hole in the ground, stands baby it it,
and then packs the warm sand around
him TO keep him in place, as you would
set out rose-bush, 1t keeps him out
of mischief, and ne can play in the
sand while his mother works. All day
long he stays in his odd crib, and at
night, when she is done with her work,
he is dug out. When this agricultural
mother wants to carry baby about, she
ties him into a little chair, which she
straps TO her back. If it is some very
| grand occasion, he is dressed neatly in
stripes of white paint, and ornamented
with dozens of brass bracelets and
rings on arms and legs. A funny look
ing baby he must be If YOU don't
fancy CRIB Of sand for baby, what
do you think of a big shoe, stuffed with
moss TO make it comfortable! The
shoe is large, OF course, and made of
reindeer skin. 1t comes up high at
the back, like the slippers we wear
now-a-uays, and is turned up at the
Inc moss wIrn ~u.S.. -
"M-J1nons reindeer moss, soft and
baby looks very comfortable nanx ins
from the tree, or slang across its moth
er's back. Perhaps this baby who
lives In shoeis no more comical than
the baby who lives in a fur-bag,
another sober little black-eyed baby,
away off in the shiverv Esqui
maux huts. Besides being cuddled uE
: in a fur-bag at his mothers back, this
roundfaced little fellow wears fur
. hood, and looks like some strange kline
Of animal peeping out in the world
You may have seen the Indian baby
or papoose, bound Hat to board
poor little creature One tribe. the
Flatheads, make rude sort of box oil
bark or willowwork, and wrap the
babv-"little man. they call him-il
4 piece Of blanket, strap him tight.
to the box, and hang it across 1--WE
. sticks. Besides this, the unfortunate
little fellow has q board bound owe
. his forehead to make him Flathead
Even the Russian peasant mother era
e dies her baby on square board, hun:
) from the wall by strings from each COZ
. ner, like the pan in a balance. In Iu
4 dia the funny little black babies eithe
o sit on their mothers hips and hold y
by clasplng their hands over her shou
II der, or they take airy rides in baske
on her head.
A These babies are elegantly dresse
. in armlets, bracelets, anklets, and leg
/. lets (if one might make worD, ting
!. er-rlnSs, toe-rings, ear rings, and nos'
q rings. As to clothes, they don't nee
% many when they wear so much jewelr,
q China babies-not dolls, but babe
n that live in China-are sadly in tn
way among the poor. Sometimes the
n are Graded in bag on their mother
,r back, and sometimes they are tied
,r the backs of older children, who G
+ about as if they had no such loat
e Many poor Chinese live in boats G
d the river, and the baby that CONES
n such family is tied by long rope
l. the mast. IL is long enough to let II
It child creep around, but not lor
r. enough to let him fall overheard. The
,s is another curious customs regardlr
e. babies which prevails in some parts
China. If one dies, it is not burie
as older people are =; it is thrown o
carelessly, and crackers are fired {
at the door. Here and there, at Il
en- corners Of streets, charitable peOp
m build small houses with openings
Is drop the neglected little bodies
and that is all the burial they G.
sr' T Young Folks for May.
zee Two KINDs.-There are two kinds
nv girls one is the kind that appears abros
". the girls that are good for parties, rid
-; visits, balls, &C., and whose chief delie
is in all such things. The other is
eio kind which appears best at home,
ou girls that are useful and cheerful in
Ter dining room, the sick-room, and all ,
in precincts at home. They differ wild,
,ed in character. Ono is frequently t
ed ment at home; the other is blessing
of One is q moth, consuming evervthi
~, about her !; the other is sunbeam,
"n' spring life and gladness all along
PIE pathway. Now, ii does not necessal
AXE follow that there shall be two clas
we. of girls. The right modification wo'
uld modify them both little, and unite tf
.ry. characters in one.
ne' A farmer who wished to invest
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