New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-13
An Exploit with q BABY.

One Of the best look ing and most sough
Liter young business men in Utica had hi
gallantry put to q severe test Friday. !
charming married lady friend wagered 81
si:h him that he dare not carry her bah
through Genesee street from Bagg's L
Oneida square. Whether the gentleman
felt particularly brave and happy after hi
enjoyment OF Thanksgiving festivities, o.
for some other reason, We know not, bu
certain it is that he accepted the challenge
and carried the baby, but-such work as hs
made of it! The baby in question is the
prettiest little seven months mortal il
Utica. Its father is one of the wittiest and
fnestlO0king men In the county. but the
baby gets it's loveliest charms from it,
mother, The boy is the pride OF it,
parents hearts, and if kisses would
stick, its lips would be covered with rock
candy to the depth of six inches every day
The young gentleman who was challenged
envies the father, mother and baby every
day Of his life. When be started out from
Bagg's Hotel with the chirping cherub in
his arms his face was rosy with bushes and
radiant with happiness. The mother and
other friends of the child we're to follow in
q carriage to see that the task was CON-
pleted according to the terms of the wager,
and they did not lose sight of the tOiler for
moment. At the outset the child weighed
about twenty five pounds. The supposed
father and his elegantly dressed baby at
tracted general attention upon the business
portion of Genesee street. The gentleman g
triends were not certain that they had
hoard Of his marriage, and he had
been seen ut the Opera House frequently
ut lato, and each lime with q different
charmer, but this mus: have been owing to
the absence Of his wife and--the baby,
probably. While conversation after this
OF In ryClu ev,t A.
Tor reached the City Hall, and at that par
ticular moment he was ready to assert that
tho child weighed seventy five pounds.
From this point upward was the tug of war.
Tho hour chosen was one in which he gem
orally takes an airing, and all Of his widow
friends expected to see him, but-not with
baby. Then the baby commenced to get
uneasy, and it WAS hard work to hold it out
atemslength and call it "sweety ""ducky,'
darling" ctc. Three or four merry maid.
ems in an uptown residence raised the
curtain 10 such . manner that the per.
spring toiler knew that he was seen; bat
do well or do i'll he was bound to win, and
win he did. Those who witnessed the
affair in all Of its stages, say that it was
difficult to tell at times whether the child
was upright or reversed, perpendicular or
horizontal, for the reason that its position
was changed Ed frequently. Its ordinarily
sweet voice was harsh and crisp before Cot
tage street was reached, and but for the
true grit which the gentleman possesses,
and the love he bears for the baby, it is be-
IL red that the baby would have been tossed
INTO . convenient tountsin-anything for
change. All the young ladies upon
Gepesee street seemed to be standing in
their windows AZ he passed. Opposite
Eagle street he met particular lady friend
in - carriage, and then the baby weighed
IL full ton. When the mother received her
darling child from the hands of the brave
one, cold and huge drops of Precipitation
poured from every pore Of his tace; his
necktie Was gone and his collar unbuttoned.
The contents OF the Philadelphia mint
would not tempt him to return down the
street with similar accompaniment. The
wager was paid, and the mother and her
baby rode down town, while the brave
bachelor wendell his way back to his place
If business through Park avenue and other
quiet streets, solitary, thoughtful and alone.
The next time he carries baby through
(3eBesee etreet, his friends may be certain
that it 70 his own, and that the other stock
holder n the cherab is within reach.-Utica
Herek. ae.tl L.