The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-09
A Midget.
A WONDERFUL LITTLE CHILD BORN IN PHIL
ADELPHIA-WElGHT ONE POUND.

A WONDERFUL LITTLE CHILD BORN IN PHIL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ONE POUND.
Philadelphia Times.l
Aner ascending by winding, uncarpeted
pine stiirway 10 the third story OF No. so
North Fourth street visitor was ushered
into the room where dwell Mrs. Pincus and
her wonderful little baby. The room con-
tains a small cook stove and serves as kitch-
EN-. bedroom and parlor for the family,
which consists of Mr.. Pineus. his wife, a
healthy. robust boy Of eighteen months and
the little mite OF humanity whose tame,
although only fourteen days have passed
since its tiny wall first quivered on the air
of this world, has spread even beyond the
limits of the great city in which it was
born. The room was decently furnished,
but the family are evidently very poor.
Several persons besides the mother and
excellent spirits. Mrs. Pincus- a pleasant
faced, healthy looking young German
American, apparently twenty years old,
stepped smiling to the bed and. removing
a small hem stitched handkerchief which
served as a counterpart, proudly displayed
the small specimen,
sit weighs just sixteen ounces and is
perfect She said, carefully brushing away
fly which seemed disposed to settle on the
little nose.
s'Sixteeu ources, 1t cannot be so much,'
said the visitor dOubtugly. Then after a
pause, IA thought struck him, and he said ::
"Ah yes; sixteen ounces, that's only a
pound. | see" The infant was asleep.
Occasionally it smiled the smallest kind OF
a smile.
"Just look at its hand" said the mother,
.and at its little nails, and look at its feet,
aud you ought to see its eyes. Such great,
beautiful eyes. And see these She said,
busting to a table and holding up some
dolls things-a pair of socks of chrOchet
work, about an inch long, and little lace
cap, trimmed with blue ribbons, too SIN all
To fit a good-sized ridge pippin.
The visitor raised the tiny red hand on
the tip of his little finger carefully, so as
not to break it or disturb the midget's
goods clerks thumb-nail, and its fingers are
about half an inch long. and scarcely larger
than the graphite in a reporters pencil.
To show the size of the arm the mother
took off her wedding ring and slipped it
over the child's hand and up to its elbow.
"Does Chis-this-this baby eat,and how: :"
said the visitor, blushing.
Eat ha ha ha.' laughed Mrs. Pncus ,
slapping her knees in glee, as she sat on the
side of the bed. Il guess she does eat She
hangs on me like a leech and never lets 90
as long there is drop left"
81 am de gfan'tader,' said a slim, mercu-
rial German, who had sat, his b ack eyes
sparkling with pleasure, while his daughter
was exhibiting her prize. He could not re-
strain himself any longer, and he skipped
ing delightedly in broken English upon the
wonderful small points of little ESttlle.
''What is your name?" said the visitor.
The old Germans manner changed sud-
ddenly. He became very grave and cauv
tlouS, 81 don't want my name in de paper, )"
he said, seriously. Not dat | am ashamed
ov de baby, for L am bToud of it, but have
ndder reasons--I have udder reasons, my
friend
"And are you proud of it, toO?" said the
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ing young man, who, up to this time, had
said nothing.
''Y-e-s," he replied with sort of sheepish
smile. Then, suddenly raising his head
with different expression on his face, he
said in a manly voice: Yes, l am proud
OF it, and l love it,"
"Dere has been more dan twenty eight
doctors here to see it," broke in the grand
father, land dey all say dat il iSh de greatest
wonder Of de world and dat it ish de schm all
est schild dat was ever porn and lived, and
more dan dOuSand peoples baf been here
to look at it. More dan tree hundred men,
vimmen and schildren hat been down dere
i'm the street at Won time Waiting to get a
schance"
"We haven't let any strangers in since
Saturday" said the mother "They filed
the room so that il was too close aud hot for
the baby. They keep coming now all the
time, but we don't let them come up stairs, y
The maternal grandmother, middle
aged, substantial-looking, well-dressed wo-
III n, was also present and seemed delighted
with 1. little one. The only way" she
SAID. ''UtlaJ we can account for it's being 60
small is that it is a gift from God" The
grand parents, from their appearance
would seem to be in better circumstance
financially than the young folks.
Mr.. Pincus is a baker by trade, but has
been out of employmeet for a long time
Mrs. Pincus says that she enjoyed excellent
health all the time before her baby was
born. 1t is said that many of little Estelle's
visitors have left substantial tokens.