The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-04-12

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1When visitors come, the baby ~ -
HbitedsAs ia bsbys GAS something new
Ad11er tho sun, He is buried into hia
best clothes, and his sensitive skin IS haf
rowed with stiff1y-starc lace ruftles and
cambfic edgfng, and his pdAy little arms
arc mm1cled with scogal afmiets, and iha1
puffy little neck is, encircled with
scratchy gold chair, end zig e feet are Il IN; !.
dented with gay scanned SOCKS, Aad ne
"a handed about for inspection as thoukh'1
VI If there is any object on earth which
eseryes the COMMUNICATION Of ali human
people, It Il the first baby, got up Tor
show.
All the ladies, Of course, gosinto costa.
inch his cheeks, and paths legs, and toss
1 him up above their heads, and. .skalfe him, 4
and feel Of his few scattering ihaiFs.s and
AeFlare be j. q darling, and the yeTy image
: And s 'thextell his happy mother mat they
never did'see sSch'a Beautiful child, md
they inquire his natnas, rand they let him
bubble and drool over their dresses, and
then they give him back to his ma, and
take their leave; and on their way home
they talk the matter over among them.
selves, and laugh at the infatuation OF
those Browns over that moon. faced baby,
and declare that, for their part, they see
nothing very wonderful about him.
After the advent of the first baby, the
whole order of the household arrange
ments is changed. Breakfast is served
Eiust when it win best suit baby,s conven,
ience The fire in the furnace is regulated
with reference to baby's especial require
ments. The blinds are opened or closed
with reference to the state OF baby's optic
khertes. A. H..
And if such planetary system could be
| controlled by guiding-wheel, or lever,
lin the hands of the fond parents of that
first baby, the sun would be extinguished
| whenever it dared cast its rays on baby's
face, and the moon would be brought into
the nursery for baby to dig his fat fingers
| into by way Of amusement. :
Thesdignified papa, who. perhaps, is
Judge, or D. D., will get upon all fours,
and bark like dog, or, new, like cat,
FLOR the entertainment Of baby. He Will
khave his shirt bosom wrinkled and spoiled
f6y the impress OF that little bald head,
3&nd neve. utter a word of complaint
Though. il the housemaid should. iron it SO
that a single wrinkle were visible. he
tould storm and fret, and likely enough
/ live her dismissal.s..az ss,isisSls ,Fa -tlFy
Let any one dare hint that babies are
fndt the most fascinating and attractive
creatures in existence, and he will see
what a hornets he has disturbed. If
Hooks could wither, then, indeed, would'
he shrink helpless into his boots. vs,1 ssz
And if he. shodld say that he never can
see any difference in babies, and that
their faces all look like dumplings,l he
might as well make up his mind never to
| be asked to dinner again. in that house.
He has ruined his reputation forever with
the progenitors of that first baby.
| 1t has been SO from the beginning. We
suppose Adam and Eve held admiring
seances over Cain, and that when Abel
came. along, in due course, he was lesser
light by comparison. ks......,.
1- Somebody says that money rules the
world, but that individual had never
lived ina house where there was. a flTst
Ebaby. If so, he would have known that
babies do the ruling. -
IL And when the teething season ap-
i Bboaches, and the first tiny pearls begin
IA make their appearance, the baby be-
fISQlucS tAlc CCutCl VI Al tCA Cos ann
sEt1de. What wonderful event is the
Ientting of that first tootht How the news
lis heralded throughout the neighborhood,
ssSnd how it is caught up by eager aun.s
and cousins, Ann Eliza's baby has got a
tooth through! The. .tidings Of Lees sur
render did not produce SO profound SEN
sation among the Browns. :.
i The near relatives al goto see the w0ns
derful tooth, and the wretched baby
mouth is- forced open by sinquisitive
thumbs and investigating fingers, and
Y Everybody has to kiss him, and shake him
4 in congratulation that he has passed
safely through such an important era.
Wen, sneer as we may at 1t, this: D'.e ID
children is one Of the purest and holies1
attributes, Of the human character, and y
anything. can make husband and wife
/ Happy, Il is their first baby X dte fh0rt
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