The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-09-06
A ONE POUND barry.


carpeted pine stairway to the third story
of No. $50 North Fourth street, visitor
was yesterday ushered into the room
where dwell Mrs. Pincus and her won
derful little baby. The room contains a
small cook stove and serves as kitchen,
bedroom and parlOr for the family,
which consists of Mr.. Pincus, his wife,
healthy, robust boy of eighteen months,
and a little mite of humanity whose
fame, although only fourteen days have
passed since its tiny wall first quivered
on the air of this world, has spread even
beyond the great city in which it was
born. The room was decently furnish.
ed, but the family are evidently very
poor. Several persons besides the moth
er and child were present. They all
seemed in excellent spirits. Mrs. Pin
Gus, a pleasantfaced, healthy looking
young German American, apparently
twenty years old, stepped smiling to the
bed and removing a small hem-stitched
handkerchief, which served as counter
pane, proudly displayed the small speci.
men.
at weighs just sixteen ounces and is
perfect" she said, carefully brushing
away fly which seemed disposed to
settle on the little nose.
Sixteen OuncesI it cannot be SO
MUCH" said the visitor doubtingly
Then, after a pause, a thought struck
him and he said: "Ah, yes; sixteen
ounces that's only a pound l see. >
The infant was asleep. Occasionally il
smiled the smallest kind of a smile.
"Just look at its hand" said the moth
er, land its little nails, and look at its
feet, and you ought to see its eyes. Such
great, beautiful blue eyes. And these, y
she said, bustling to table and holding
up some dolls things-a pair of socks
of crochet work, about an inch long, and
little lace cap, trimmed with blue rib
bons, too small to fit 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 midg
cts dreams. Its palm is no bigger than
dry goods clerks thumb nail, and its
fingers are about half an inch long, and
scarcely larger than the graphits in a re
porter's 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 this-this-babye at. and how 81
said the visitor, blushing.
Eat! hal hap laughed Mrs. Pincus
slapping her knees in glee, as she sat on
the side of the bed. II guess she does
eat. She hangs on me like a leech and
never lets go as long as there is a drop
left"
81 am de gran'fader," said slim, mer.
curial German, who had set his black
eyes flashing with pleasure, while his
daughter exhibited her prize. He could
not restrain himself any longer. and he
skipped about the room, gesticulatinp
and expatiating delightedly in broken
English upon the wonderful small points
of little Estelle.
What is your name 90 said the visitor.
The old Germans manner changed
suddenly. He became brave and cautious.
II don't want my name in der baper. -
he said, seriously. mot dat am asham-
ed OF der daily, for am proud of it, but
I hat udder reasons, l hat udder reasons,
my friend"
And you are proud of it, toos" said
the visitor, turning to the father, decent
looking young man, who up to this time
had said nothing.
-e-s," he replied, with a sort of a
sheepish smile. Then, suddenly raising
his head, with different expression on
his face, he said in a manly voice: GfYes
l am am proud of it,
Der has been more dan twenty-eight
doctors here to see it, broke in fhe
grandfather, land dey all say datoit ish
der greatest wonder of der world, and tlat
it ish der SMALLEST shild dat vas ever
porn and lived, and more dan dOusand
peoples hat peen here to look at If. More
dan tree numbered men, vimmen and
schildrens hat been down dere in der
street at Won time waiting to get shance. y
I'VE haven't let any strangers in since
Saturday" said the mother. eeThev iii.
ed the room so that it was too hot and
close for the baby They keep coming
now ali the time, but we don't let them
come up stairs
The maternal grandmother. a middle.
aged, substantial looking, we'll dressed
woman, was also present and seemed de-
lighted with the lite one. The only
way" she said, ;.that we can account far
its being 50 small is that it is a gift from
God" The grandparents, from their an
pearance, would seem 10 be in much bef
ter circumstances financially than the
young folks
Mr.. Pincus is q baker hy trade b,,t
has been out Of employment for q lone
time, Mrs. Pincls says that she eni0ved
excellent health all the time before her
baby was horn It IS said that MANY al
little Estelle's visitors have leff subsfan-
tial tokens.-N. Y Herald.