The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-10
SWEET BEGINNINGS.

,.he in the house is a well-spring OF
q Mr.. Upper told US some years
pio"9' and if he never said another word |
slnoe ;.hed to hear again, that one was
t We anongh to be engraved upon jewel
y NC liz -tle con the stretched forefinger
- sp ,1 lime" as every one knows that has
= bobe in the house.
Ia IA. = there that can bring the same
f,,Ines, of innocent and unselfsh light
LIT LIT into "a house when there is no baby
49, There may be young people by
tho GORE with singing and laughing
rnTning and dancing; but it is all in the
No. - their own enjoyment, and, even If
- are allowed to share it, it lends
- IS that wide sense of disinterested
,,laasure that a baby brings, where
evorvtbing bends to his royal pleasure
o,,d needs. and where every ones love IS
n,,er haven under which his little
so,,T oxpauds, and which grows more in
tonse day by day with that little SOULS
axno,ding-with the first hearty laugh,
~ e,st articula'e syllable and triumph
Sc .,..sct. The sweet cJCinS cries, the
,o+,o,ipg feet. the liytle .mischiets, the
ioDc frolics, the FIRST tune that Is turned.
tho first amazing plunge into the prob
lens Of life and questions. Whatmoney-
qettinss. what novel reading, what dane
inc or beating or driving, what flirting
or crooueting, gives any such pleasure
90 DAYS and weeks of life with
tbi. little new soul? What lovers kiss
was ever any sweeter than the kisses that
fall and nestle in these dimples? What
picture, what painting, can ever equal
the beauty Of any baby ever born and
loved Where can one live in such
region oF perpetual play-going as its MINI
icries make? Where are we to have any
such exciting drama as that Of this open
ing intellect and developing body, every
muscle OF the one on spring, every OBJ
iect aflording such large-eyed, grave won
der to the other? What scene viii ever
be 50 breathless as the first walk? What
prima donna's jewel-song will have for
us the honeyed sweetness Of the first lisp
ing sentence? And then what eagerness
OF acquisition, to which the stars in the
skies seem just as attainable as the rose
in the dish, comes in for side show what
profound meditations, whose babbling
result is 50 unknowable that the Sphinx
never read obscurer riddle and what
heavenly smiles in what placid dreams,
so that we 90 down on our knees before
/ the old superstition. and are sure that.
/ if the angels never whispered to any other
baby in his sleep. they are certainly
wbisperinp to this one
slg,oIe,.- s,,,,, root anna, soer,,,,s
. That we'd ever have such dreamiuss
And Would YOU always have thee waxing,
I 1t does no. occur TO US to ponder what
warrant this baby has for all his excel
( lence, and chat. being our child. he
should partake of our imperfections. He
+ is as independent of us as. star in its
glory he Is himself, pure and simple, as
much as if it were the first baby of the
universe what Is good III us he has-he
can inherit nothing evil, only we are
/ once in a while amazed at ourselves to
think we dare call the little wonder ours
And if there will intrude upon Us now
and thena shivering fear lest it be beyond
our deserts to keep this treasure, lest the
thing be too fine for earth, lest any of
the plaques that intest the kingdom OF
childhood shonid show their cark faces
by his little crib, we aroynt II and put 1t
away as q DARK ana eYI gnost stealing
I upon d1e banquet We may DIE, ana all
the "o.!u may uie' piI NOT inns sweet
piece OF li''nio '''il'' III " men ''ie "l'ole
race H@ us' come /" io"e'' ''"'' WIN
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'iiS o'isli' "oIlu d. liiuiaiiu' In'o " il''H
every "a! We peHe'i'Ie i'' 'iiei 10"
uie"iy !. ni'9' Oe 70 'i.eiii 70 oPe" 'ii'ii
there to greet them with rosy smiles and
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90
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MS iou Is On our ilecA7' buI sucli d giad'
gay loving little tyrant' with his great,
sweet, wet kisses, his smiles like breaking
sunshine, and his griels, in which his