The comet., 1879-11-29

room in an undress uniform laughter you
not only prattled undignified baby talk, but
even tuned up your martial voices and tried
to lung "Rock-a-by Baby in the Tree Top
for instance Great laughter. What a
spectacle for an army of the Tennessee!
[laughter and what an affiichon for the
neighbors, too, for it is not everybody
within mile around that likes military
music at o'clock in the morning Laugh
ter. And when you had been keeping this
sort of thing up Two or three hours, and
your little velvet head intimated that nos
thing suited him like exercise and noise
laughter r-''Go on, what did you do !?
You simply went on until you dropped in
the last ditch. Laughter.
The idea that baby doesn't amount to
anything! Why, the baby is just house
and front yard full by itself. Laughter.
One baby can furnish more business than
you and your whole Interior Desartmet can
attend to. Laughter. He is enterpris-
ing, irresponsible, brim full of lawless ac-
tivities Laughter. Do what you please,
you can't make him stay on the reservation,
TGreat shouts Sufficient unto the day is
one lately. Laughter. AS long as you
are in your right mind, don't you ever
pray for twins. Laughter. Mr.. Clemens
is the father of pair. Twins amount to
a permanent riot laughter and there amt
any real difference between triplets and an
insurrection. Uproarious shouts Yes,
1t was high time for toast to the masses
to recognize the importance of the babies.
Laughter. Think what is in store for
the present crop, fifty years from now.
We shall all be dead, trust laughter and
then this flag, if it still survive, and let us
hope it may, will be floating over repub-
lie numbering 100000. 900 souls, according
to the settled laws of our increase. Our
present schooner of State laughter will
have grown into leviathan-a Great
Eastern.
The Graded babies of to>day will be on
deck-let them be we'll trained, for we
are going to leave big contract on their
hands. Laughter Among the 3,0oo,~
900 OF 4,000,0 600 cradles now rocking in
the land are some which this nation. would
preserve for ages as sacred things, if we
could but know which ones they are. In
one of these cradles the unconscious Farra-
gut of the future is at this moment teething.
Laughter. Think of it, and, putting IN
word of dead earnest, inarticulated, but
perfectly iustifable profanity over it, too.
Laughter LII auoIuer tue 1uouAo ~
nowned astronomer is blinking at the shin
ing milky-way with but liquid interest
poor little chap-and wondering what has
become of the ether one they call the wet
nurse Laughter.l In another the future
historian is lying and doubtless will con-
tinue to lie daughter until his earthly mis-
sion is ended In another the future Presi'
dent is busying himself with no profounder
problem of state than what the mischief
has become of his hair so early laughter, ]
and in mighty array of other cradles there
are now some $1,000 future Office seekers
getting ready to furnish him occasion to
grapple with that same old problem a
second time; and still one more cradle
somewhere under the flag, the future illus
trious commander-in> chief of the American
armies is SO little burdened with his ap-
prorching grandeurs and responsibilities as
to be giving his whole stragetic mind at
this moment trying to find out some way
to got his big toe into his mouth laughter
an achievement which, meaning no dsre~
spect. the illustrious guest of this evening
turned lis attention to some fifty six years
ago, and if the child is but prophecy of
the man there are mighty few who will
doubt that he succeeded. Laughter and
applause