The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-12-22
by NJ H. H.

The oveiest, the darlirce-t. .hg
sweetest. the beautiiuIesl. Oh. uu
never was such a baby :"
He's got nav foot, says grandma No.
1.
And my hand. quoth grandma no.
His eyes are exactly like mine. said
Aunt Ellen.
"And his nose like mine, said ,ba
Hes Thompson all over" qu,th
one grandma.
Hes Wilson 'ip and down, 4g Ga
the other.
His toes are like mine, think. said
mamma, anxious 10 claim some pau .t
baby.
In short, that baby Is discovered d.
resemble every member Of the mm.y .l
both sides Of the hbuse, much 10 tAe dis-
/ gust of its fond father. who hoped ton
the sake of its beauty that il would re-
/ semble himself
/ Indeed, to behold that much congrtiu.
lated and wholly uncomfortable iudiviI-
ual holding the baby Is "a scene worthy
of the pencil OF an artist.
III course, papa must hold him
hrst, says the nurse, and he sits with
arms outstTetched and limbs TREMBLING
holding that baby much after the mlu-
ner of one who holds hot potato. Hr
has sat thus for tull fifteen minutes t
seems like ages-wthout s0 much a.
moving II muscle, or lifting au cypIH. 81.
fearful is he of crushing tlc -ufi i.IIr.
like little mO:sel, bundled mp iu muslin
q I'd flannel.
Let me have him now" htrs Aunt
Ellen, eagerly extending her arms. and
papa yields him 10 her with "a sigh oI rg.
lief, saying in confidential tome:
Gle feels like hot peulrice."
"a hot poultice' screauns grandma
No. ! Indignantly, while the uur-r De-.
tires to conceal her laughter.
81 never heard anything hkcu. pipca
grandma No. ,.
"Oh, Edward, wouldn't have b..
lieved it," comes ian "a smolhcrcd y0irN
from under the bedclothc.
! knew, how it would be- ail along euuH.
grandma No. /, who has the gilt uf fore.
sight in remarkable degree.
"Ges, / told Sarah "A year agn L.G
never care anything Tor that child.
chimes in grandma No. ., who would
have made an excellent clairyoyaut haa
she ever turned her attention to 10.
'He never did have tho lccliur- of 90
father, adds grandma no. ] which o.
undeniahly remarkable speech. oou-id-
ering that thls son aud heir Is the hrutcd
fathers first born.
Il wouldn't mind il, Edward laughs
Aunt Ellen, as the cresttallcn papa. who
all this time has stood with his bacI, ln
the fire, and his hands huhiud him. sud-
denly flies from the scene of di,comht-
ure, while that angel bnhy uulccIiug.y
sleeps, careless of the pain D." haf been
the means Of inflicdng upon his pllcuai
relative.
Yes he " sleeps all the time" ole
never cries "Hc is just the best baby
in the world "lle's pericc, little
angel "Was there ever such "a baby
"He's graudmas darling sugar loaf
"Papa's little man. Nlamas swectuy
meetny darling 80 he is. 'IIes aunt
les innocent, lovely angel
Whether so much praise had n demon.
alizing effect upon the angel or mot w.
cannot say, but certain IL is that bclor.
a great while that baby began To show 3D.
true character lie would wukc up 1i
the most unreasonable and unreasonable
hours he would cry when there wasn't
slightest occasion for it he would render
you liable TO unjust suspicious by lI.
denly shrjeling as If YOU had stuck
pin il him, when you were dong your
chest ondeavoP to soOth him tp sleep.
He would insist upon being iroitci una'
your limbs were nearly diFlOratrd auN
lns.tt1 sNar
ment you stop TO rest your weary ankle.
he compelled you TO renew the nmu.a.
ment by giving regular var vhoop. TIC
seems 10 have no pleasure cNcept m the
misery and suffering OF others. Tic 's
full Of deceit, hypocrisy ami fraud, ha !.
opposed to the temperance reform, uua
when No try 10 in,tll temperance priucl-
pies into his teulcr mind, Doc goes od
into horrible its OF collie, maliUIu..F
grows dark IN the face, and threatens
Ia have n black spasm, until grandma.
utterly deceived by hi. machluatons 0o.
cares that che shall have q little tod N
10 ease that dreadful pain, So he shall
whereupon he Instantly reyiyc-, and l-
Transformed into au angel again. lur
thermore, if offered parcgurle when Doc
has set his heart 10 toddy, Doe splits 10 boo
our faces without the smallest cuwpUun.
ton Of conscience. lie delight FOB tHl.
ing uususpccting people ont OF thrir nui.
on freezing cold nights, when t1e irr IH-
all gone out, and thc thermometer
down 10 zero. and compelling ta"m iH
race up and down the floor with hlm uuiI
half frozen a. death, when nr proves
that he j. POSSESSED at % demon hy sml.-
ingly going Oft TO- sleep, a- u nothing
had happened As be- grows older 20
takes tie entire household toamu-a him,
and he tyrunnizes over every oHe i..m
grandpa down; his playthug mu-t O..
the very thing we most value. aud i r..
fused anything be yelIs and storm
around until everybody D. reduced i' iHe
most abject submission.
"What in creation Is The matter oN.
claims papa, startled from bis afternoon
siesta by one Of baby yells.
"Why, Edward, he wants me to -.F.
him my pearl necklace to play "ith, 'N-
pOstulates mama.
GIVE him the devil, calculated papa
Fortunately, he doesn't want him,
Edward, answered mama Dob cougraiu.
latory tone, ~ .he surrendered the cove
eted necklace.
"Datso. missus, chuckles black mam-
my: "ef he did, you done hab 10 bring
up ole Nick out Of his hold long io.a
dis"
And that baby, having carried h.-
point, laughs and crows like ala angel
There never was such baby, eh
Oh, no, there never was
An excellent, well recommended pickle
for curing hams is made of one and One.
half pounds of salt, one-half pound of
snuar nne.hnll nnncn off salInnIr. and