The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-16
Abduction Case

An Abduction Case
"Mr. Bozarris," said the magis
trate, "what have you to Say
about this charge made by Mrs:
B~ozarris, that you abducted the
child'9"
"Ill explain it to your honor,"|
SAID Mr.. Bozarris. "You see, we |
had great trouble to get suited
in a baby. We had none Of our
own, and we wanted to adopt
one. The first l brought home
from the orphan asylum seemed
to suit for a day or two, Mrs.
Bozarris had him baptized
George Washington" and
bought a lot Of rigging for him.
But before the week was out she
said she was certain that that
baby had a lymphatlc tempera-
ment, and she could never bear
people OF that kind. So [ took
the child back to the asylum mad
got another one. Mrs. BOzarris
had him baptized George Wash
ington,' too,and she was 40 anxi.
Gus for him 10 have teeth that
she got me to order him Il set
made on a vulcanized rubber
plate. But before they we're done
Mrs. BOzal,ls ascertained that
the baby's father had been a
paper-hanger, and as, for some
inscrutable reason, she has an
uncOnqnerable u aversion to paper
hangers, she said that | must
take the child back and get ano
Their one"
ibid youY
YES; l made a swap with the
man at the asylum, and when
MIS-. Boar had had the new baby
baptized George Washington and
had gotten it home from church
she discovered that it was IA girl !
] reasoned with her to show her
that a girl was really preferable ;
but she said she would have a bow
and that even if she did a girl she
wouldn't have one with a mans
namt. And I said maybe the
minister might unbaptize the
child and do her over again; but
Mrs. Ozarris was resolute, so l
had to take that baby back again,
ALSO"
What, did the asylum man sayi
Why, he said I was evidently
trying to get up d glut of George
WashingtOns in that institution,
and if the Board. of Trustees
heard about it they would make
a fuss. But he traded me ano
Their one and this one seemed to
suit Mrs. Bozarris only after she
had it baptized 'Gro,ge Washing
tOn,| as usual, l told her it was
one of twins. That was enough.
She said l must take it back. She
said she would feel all the time as
if she was wronglng that other
twin ; she would as if our baby
was only half of himself. Then
| offered to adopt the other Que,
but she declared that one was
enough no double barrelled baby
for her! Back | went, of course;
and the man at the asylum said
that the board had passed a reso.
luton forbidding more than eighty
one George Washingtons to b. in
the Institution at one time. There
were eighty already and the man
said this last one would fill the
allotment. Then l sent for Mrs.
Bozarris. and told her to make
her own choice. and SO she picked
out a crosseyed baby with red
hair, and We took it home"
''She preferred a lame eve in
Il baby, did she ::
"She seemed to. And when she
was fixing it up to be baptised.
l mildly suggested that some
new name might profitably be sc.
lected, and she asked me what
l thought would be a good one.
L mentioned Ivanhoe and Poly~
carp, aud Cadmus, and Artaxer-
xes, and S%partacus, and Mithrid.
ates, but she said she hated such
names as those, and she would
either name the child George
Washington or nothing"
"She seemed to be rather fond
that name 6 OhSarrod tho Iua