The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-27
Our Young Folks.
a BADLY SHOW.

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You may guess, if you please; and if you
guess we'll ..fIf.I..tf
You'll guess that heard it as many man.
With his fancy alone and not with his ears.
The children were drawing, with caution and |
care, u Hf yn0Iu0ff'afE
Their sweet baby-sister. to give her the air,
III dainty straw wagon with wheels of
And top OF white muslin which shaded her
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She was only one year and few months old;
Her eyes were bright blue and her hair was
She laughed all the time from morning till
Till Eddy and Jane were quite wild with
delight 1liT FIFl -Tlf'l-
Such wonderful playthine never was
known!
Like a real live dolly, and all for their ownl
Two happier children could nowhere be
No, not if you travelled the whole world
around.
They had drawn her this morning where
White, daisies, all shining and dripping with
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Long wreaths of the daisies and chains, they
had made; 8t Jt 1919 "EI IFl' lU't
In the babys lar, these wreaths they had
And We're laughing to watch her fat little
UntwistIng and twisting the stems and the
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just then, of sudden, lark flew by
Ana sang at the top of his voice in the sky.
" no! no! Mr., Lark shouted Jane, "come
down herel
We're not cruel children. You may come
without fear.
We've something to show you. In all your
You'll never see anything sweet as our
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Twas an odd thing, now, for lark to do
hope you won't think my storys untrue
But this is the thing that saw and heard:
That lark flew right down, Ikea sociable
ftIt bird, ~ .tf ~ fi-
AS soon as they called him, and perched on
tree.
And winked with his eye at the children
and me, ..
And laughed out, as much as a bird ever can,
AS he cried, " Hal ha! Little woman and
q" man! @ '
~You'n be quite surprised and astonished,
To hear that I do not think much of your
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Why, out in the field here I've got in my
All cuddled up snug meath my wife's warm
Four little babies-two sisters, two broth
And all with bright eyes, as bright as their
mothers;
Your babys at least ten times older than
they, . .. I........... ...
But they are already to fly to-day;
They'll take care Of themselves in another
Before your poor baby can walk or speak.
IL has often surprised me to see what poor
things
All babies are that are born without wings;
And but one at a time! Dear me, my wife
Would be quite ashamed of SO idle a life?'
And the lark looked as 'scornful as lark
knows how,
As he swung up and down on q slender
Dough.
A cat had been cycling him there for awhile,
And sprang at him now from top of a stile;
But she missed her aim--he was qui e too
high;
And oh, how he laughed as he scared in the
Then the cat scrambled up, disappointed
and cross; -...., - ~. .
She looked all about her. and felt at loss
What next she should do So she took up
the thread
OF the lark's discourse, and in-naturedly
said:
res, indood little mastor and ,,aica. 4 do
It's enough to make any mother-cat stare
To see what a time you do make, to be sure
over one small creature, so helpless and
AS your babies are; Why, I've six of my
own: ...
When they were two weeks old they could
They're never afraid of dogs or of rats
In a few weeks more they'll be full-grown
cats;
"Their fur is as fine and as soft as silk
Two gray and three black, and one white as
new milk. . . . ODD. I'D.
A fair fight for a mouse in my family
Is as pretty sight as you'll ever see. ...
1t is all very well to brag of your baby
One of these years it will be something, may
And without even looking at the babys face,
The cat walked away at a sleepy pace.
Moo, Moo!' said COW, coming up. Moo,
Moo!
Young people, you're making great to-do
About you baby. And the lark and the cat,
They re no hing but braggers-I wouldn't
give that" lF =. s. ~.
(And the cow snapped her tail as you'd snap
"For all the babies, and kittens, and birds,
-ff,t that come 'f -NtJt '.ii 81. Y WIS.
In the course of year! 1t does make me
'i4a laugh -t,i' .|t
To look at them all by the side of calf
"Why, my little Brindle as soon as twas born
Stood up on its legs and shifted at the corn;
Before 1t had been in the world an hour IA
1t began to gambol, and canter, and scour
All over the fields. See its great shining
eyes, -<4
And its comely red hair that so glossy lies,
And thick he has never felt cold in his life;
But the wind cuts your bahy's skin like a
knife. .AU.-HH tl 'It8 i,
Poor shiyering things! have pitied them
All mufied and smothered in flannel soft
Hal ha! am sure the stupidest gaby t..t.
Can see that a calfs ahead of a babyl'
And the COW called her calf, and tossed up
. her head
Like PERSON quite sure of all she has said
Then Jane looked at Eddy, and Eddy at
'f. jane ~ 7'
Said Eddy: How mean! declare they're
too vain
ITO liye-preposterous thingsl They don't
ittA know .'
What they're talking about I'd like them
to show
A bird, or a kitten, or learned calf,
That can kiss like our baby, or smile, or
laughv' ta Gt ltH lt'' .'t T't
J YES indeed, so should IT. said Jane, in
b. rage;
"The poor little thingl She's advanced for
her age,
For the minister said so the other day a.
She's worth a hundred kittens or calves to
play. '''s.f
"And as for young birds-they're pitiful
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saw a whole nest once, all mouths and bare
wings, are a. l.t t %
And they looked as If they'd been picked by
'' the cook t --ff .'''
To broil for breakfast. I'm sure that they
- shook
With cold if their mother got off for a
minute
I'm glad we have flannel, and wrap babies
So the children went grumbling one to the
U M other, ID flratsy Tulltl .t.L e..
And when they reached home they told their
, mother. t4 lu 900 ~ til l'
The dear baby, asleep in it's crib she laid,