, 1877-08-06

There arc four or live different kinds OF ba-
bles. There Is the big babY. the little baby, tho
white baby, anl the poodle dog, mud thcre Is the
baby elephant.
Most Of these baoes was born In boarding.
housc, 'ccpt the baby elephant; Think he WIS
born on railroasl train, 'causo he aIlus carries
ht4 trunk with him.
4 Write baby Is pootles nor elephant baby,
but lle cart cat 50 much hay.
All tic babies what have crcr seen wcre
born very young. Especially tho xal babies, ac,l
they can't none of shcm talk tho United States
language.
Ny father had-l mean my mother had baby
nnec. It WIS not Ru elephant baby; II WIS u
1lttlo white baby; 1t coined o4ic tay when tilcrc
was nobody homo; It WIS funny. looking fel.
low, just liko tobster,
| asked NY father was II boy os Rtsl. aud
lie say he don't kuUw whether lie was father
lhIs iittle baby has got two legs just like o
monkey.
III. name his Mnriah.
lle don't look like my father nor my mother,
hut hc looks lust ltke my Uncle Ton,. 'yausc
tue llttla baby aln't got uo llnlr on his head.
Ono day asked my .Unelc Tom what was the
" a. IT, gos r. sar faa a the k ts
taat thy little baby was born 80, aud he WIS
hurried 1aall.
Cnc day ! pulled fcatl.cr out Of tue ol d
ROSTERS tail aud ! stuck IL up the baby's nose
only bit 0f feather, all didn't see what he
wautel to makJ s1cb fuss about II tor. Ny
nlotler said uuylt'ef hc astl2llled VI myself,
and ! didn't get no bread on my butter for
On" DAY ths Sheriff conc Ia tho house for to
colicct u I'LL ot ~ for crockery. Ny father says
he |'czatl't pay tho btll.h and the sheriH he
saY, ttlsen take soInething," aud he took
baby aud he say, "Ah, ha! take this" and he
piekcd up tho little baby, and l,e wrup him up
IN ne%spapsr, and he take hIa away to the
st1tlon-lousc. .....-..
my father SAY, " Hush, Marr Ann, that was uil
rl,ht. uou't ypu seu how We fooled that fellow I
Oun't you see ths bll Tor crockuEy was for %,
and the lttle h41y was only worth two aud =
half"
| think III rather bs = girl, not boy. 'cansc
when q girl gets whipping bht gets Il on her
fingers, but when 10y gets lacklos he gets 1t
oil over.
thcJ make 10 muvls noise. ncyGs knew but
one quiet baby, aud he TIED.
VERY HARD TIMES. INnEED.
A reporter of tue Dubuque t1a.} Tsaas. relates
tue following inrident: "L1at evening, In pur.
suit of q certain bit Of information, VIC found
ourselves III saloon on Julien uvcuue. In the
saloon xerc half dozen mcu Disgusting the
strike and the hard times. The priuepIl sfsoxcs.
man Of tho meetlug was himxelG, he said, su!-
ierss from the bard tllncs. When our reporter
entered bo was asked whst Was tue news III The
latest dispatches from the scat of war. When
ihe rrposteF respoudel that ha knew, aud hIl
opportunity to knor, just - tnucn about 1t as
thu bartender lu tuat saloon kntH what was
contained In any letters that hLs EMPLOYERS xte
mlxbt hare received That Afternoon. they luokeu
y lttle surprised, aul proceeded with the dIs-
cusstou. Thu Spokesman DECLARED that IL
was the haFlsst tituo be Aau ever
known. Hs hsd always taken the IiAaes
y 70 Within few months past:
but he had been Obliged 10 give It up,-he Gould
hardly support hls faiuilY. lIerr hc asked tbs
c1uw1 xhat they would take. Our reporter tried
lemonade, au1 ths spokesman Of the crowd
plI for It like gentleman. Tleu hc proctcacd
10 dllate on tho h2sl tiu,es, and tho straits "
NAleA h0 was 11lfGA. thu economy hs na4 "