The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-01

There was a Connecticut lady from
n of those interior villages OF the
State which have become celebrated FOR
their innocence and garden-seeds, who,
being ignorant Of the dangerous nature
Of heated steam radiators. recently
learned by sad experience that they are
devices Of the Adversary. She had
reached the city Of Providence, K. l..
on her way 10 Boston, and was compel
led 70 wait some time in the railway
station for the arrival Of the Boston
express. She was accompanied by her
baby, q valuable infant of about Is
months Of age, and, as she desired I
explore the reccsses OF her travelling
bag in search Of the key of her trunk.
concerning which she had an awful fear
that she Rad left ii at home, she looked
about her for a place on which to iem-
porarily deposit her baby. Her eve
caught a large steam radiator with a
handsome marble top, which she mis-
took, AS she subsequently explained. for
a." mantel-tree-piece. Upon this delu-
siye slab she deposited her baby, placing
It in a sitting position, ard carefully
propping il up with bundles, and then
retired into a corner where she could
seerch her bag in quiet.
Instantly, that unhappy infant lifted
up It's voice and howled. The mother
was annoyed at its untimely expression
Of dissatisfaction, but determined 10 let
i cry for a few moments until her search
should he completed. Ittook her about
five minutes to find the desired kew. and
she then was ready 10 give her attention
70 her offspring. She addressed il in
the most winning Of nursery jargon, bu,
II declined 10 cease its waillng. Then
she jingled before its eyes her bunch Of
keys, and even went SO far as Z suggest
that an examination of the works u her
watch might be granted 10 a really good
baby who would sign a pledge to abstain
from pins and collie in every form. This
also failing Of the desired effect, she
offered brides in the shape Of candy and
gingerbread, all Of which were, 70 her
great astonishmenf, neglected. BY this
time she made mp her mind that 4 pin
must he AZ the bottom Of the trouble.
and she therefore took up the infant and
instituted a brief search for the supposed
instrument of torture. Finding all the
pins in precisely the localities
where nature had placed them. she
grew somewhat indignant at its cause-
less outcry, and, after threatening ii
with the severcst form Of nursery pun
ishment IN case Of further persistence in
she replaced it on the radiator.
and informed II that il must remain in
position until 1t was ready to be 4
good and quiet baby.
Just at this point 4 man Of apparent
N 80 years Of age, whose appearance I'M
indicated that the hand 81
affection had never butfoned his
or adjusted his neck-tie, looked
ip from his newspaper and remarked
p the exasperaied mother: Madam,
me 10 suggest that il il time 70
urn that child" The mother. startled
II this address from an entire
Who, a an obvious old bachelor instant-
y incurred her righteous contempt,
him sharply what he meant
: Merely this" replied the monster
your infant u be entirely baked on
me side, and you had better turn il over
md cook the other side a little Filled
With establishment and horror, she
eized her infant, and, 1T the same time
Iappening 10 touch the slab with her
Iand, discovered that ii was extremely
Further examination proved the
he truth Of the unmarried miscreant's
The infant was not only baked,
mt wa overdone 70 such an extent As
. partially spoil it.
The railway company has refused to
ay damages, for, although it is not de- ]
led that, by means Of the steam radi- !
Dr., a valuable baby was nearly ruined, (,
nd was rendered wholly unfit for any /
seful infantile purpose, il was claimed I
nat the mother and not the company I
As at fault. This claim will doubtless !
9 sustained BY the courts, although ba- !
les in Connecticut are SO scarce as to :
quoted at an unusually high figure. n
he incident may be Of use t. the Con- y
mothers as a warning that "A :
cam radiator Is not a mantelpiece. and
infants spoiled in baking will not
} paid for by railway companies
ew Fork Times. I