Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-17
The BABY AT THE THEATRE. The Salt
Lake Herald saws:

She brought the darling with her to see the
play. Her entire devotion to the active infant
and total Indifference to observation proclaimed
her its mother. She tickled the baby under the
chin till it crowed again. She seized its foot
and shook 1t till the infant sutocated itself with
delight. This had bad effect, for when baby
recovered its wind it yelled with fright. Then
such kissing and handling It was tossed and
playfully shaken, and grinned at and chirrupt
ed to until it began another alarming laugh.
An artificial rose in the maternal bonnet caught
the lnfantile eye, and the delighted mamma
suffered her offspring to bob weakly up and
down on its Timber legs and jsbber earnestly at
the floral ornament. People in the vicinity
grew nervous. Such lively infant was sure to
make things disagreeable before the evening was
over Several young men got up and changed
their seats to the other side of the theatre Gen.
tlemen contracted their brows and unmarried
ladies assumed fixed smiles of unnatural sweet
ness as they cast their fine eyes toward the play.
tai iDtant and its proud and happy mother
The lights were turned up and bulged out the
Infants eyes with surprise. One feeble little
hand, with all the tiny fingers working, was
stretched convulsively toward the glittering gas
jets Oh the other side of the auditorium The
orchestra began with crash. The baby fell
upon It's back IN the maternal lap and set up
shrek SO loud that the old German doing little
SOLO on the cornet between crashes had his sound
quite drowned. 1t was noticed that when it
came to the bass drum mans turn to chime in,
ne did so with laundering vigor that would
have covered the screeches of founding hos
pitsl. Baby got used to it, and when the curtain
rang up sat In state Of stupefaction, staring at
glasses and white vest, sitting Immediately in
front of the baby, wearied of the play, and in
the most grsndtstherly manner possible turned,
and, poking fat torefnger into the infant
1lbs loosely clicked his tongue The conse-
quence OF this advance was that just as young
gentleman on the stage, who was on his knees
before young lady with sverted head. remark
ed IN an imprisoned manner, And Edith,
darling. should heaven bless our union, and
give us"-baby gave howl of supernatural
loudness.. The confused and mortified old gen
tleman blew his nose with prodigious vigor and
looked straight before him with very red face
Inc young gentleman on the stage was startled
ouS OF his speech, and the young lady, overcome
with emotion, stuffed her hsndk erchief into her
mouth. Every man in the house scowled at
the mother, who seemed more calmly delighted
with her darling than ever, and made loving
faces at 1t for full i've minutes She was really and
truly UNCONSCIOUS that she and her pet annoy
ed any one, and throughout the whole evening
smiled serenely, and looked upon the infants
screams and kicks as marks OF u precocity which
must eAcite the admiration of the public.
A FISH FIaHr NEAR CAPE HENLopEN.
The Lewes (Del.) Light tells another fish story
about fish war at the Capes, similar to great
struggle last season. % the 18th ultimo it
says, the blue fish were again chasing and de-
vourng the manhaden shad, "moss bunkers,"
as they are sometimes called, and thousands 10
their efforts to escape the ravages OF the blue
fish ran high and dry on the beach, Near the
little light house 90 the cape, where the high
tides overflow into the valley, several thousand
bushels sought refuge, but were even followed
over the fats by their formidable enemies, and
many of the latter we're caught on the fiat
sands, where the water was bat few inches
deep. After the tide fell off these fish we're
left to die, and many of them were hauled off
toto the country by the farmers, who use them
as fertilizer 1t is somewhat singular, re-
marks the Light, that thes; fish should make
their appearance here 10 the manner stated :
just at this season this year and last--while
nothing like it was ever seen or heard of before,
at least along the coast - - (