Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-25
Our Young Folks.
4 BABY SHOW.


a droll conversation once overheard
Two CHILDREN, cat, q COW and bird.
The names of the chi .dren wee Eddy and
The names of the Others did not hear plain.
How came l to hear them? think won't
You NAV guess. if you please; and If you
You'll guess that heard it as many man
hears
With his fancy alone. and not with his ears.
The children were drawing, with caution and
Their sweet baby-sister. to give her the air,
In dainty straw wagon with wheels of
And top of white muslin which shaded her
She was only one year and few months old I:
Her eyes were bright blue and her hair was
like gold;
She laughed all the time. from morning till
Till Ed " and Jane were quite wild with
delight
Such wonderful playthinR never was
Like real live dolly. and all for their own!
Two happier children could nowhere be
No. mot "1a, n you Travelled the whole world
They had drawn her this morning where
daisies grew
White daisies, all shining and dripping with
Long wreaihs of the daisies, and chains, they
had made:
In the babys lap these wreaths they had
laid.
And were ssraI laughing to watch her fat little
Untwlstlng and twisting the stems and the
strands.
And sang at the top of his voice in the sky.
" Ho! no! Mr.. Lark. shouted Jane, "come
down here!
We're not cruel children. You may come
We've something to show you. In all your
life may be
You'll never see anything sweet as our
baby!''
lhope you won't think my storys untrue
But this Is the thing that saw and heard:
That lark flew right down, like n sociable
As soon as they called him., and perched on
And winked with his eye at the children
And laughed out, rs much as a bird ever can.
AS he cried, "Ha! ha! Little woman and
man!
g You'll be quite surprised and astonished,
may be,
To hear that 1 do not think much of your
baby.
Why, out in the field here I've got in my
All cuddlcd up snug meath my wifes warm
Four little babies-two sisters. two broth
And all with bright eyes, as bright as their
mothers;
Your baby's at least ten times older than
they.
But they are already to fly to-day:
- They take care of themselves in another
Before your poor baby can walk or speak.
IL has often surprised me to see what poor
All babies are that are born without wings;
And but one at time! Dear me, my Wife
Isax Cav
And the lark looked as scornful as a lark
knows how,
As he swung up and down on a slender
bOugh
\ cat had been cycling him there for awhile.
And sp ang at him now from top of a stile;
But she missed her aim--he was qui g too
high;
And oh, how he laughed as he SCARED in the
Then the cat scrambled up. disappointed
and cross:
What next she should do. so she took up
the thread
OF the lark's DISCOURSE and ill-naturedly
said:
Yes, indeed, little master and miss, 1 de-
It's enough to make any moiher-cat stare
Tosee what time you do make, to be sure,
Over one small creature, so helpless and
As your babies arc; Why, I've six of my
When they were Two weeks old they could
They re never afraid of dogs or of rats
In 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.
A fair fight for mouse I'm 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 Mt the baby's face,
The cat walked away at sleepy pace.
Moo, Moot said COW, coming up. Moo.
Young people, you're making great to-do
About you baby. And the lark and the cat,
They re no hing but braggers-l wouldn't
give that
tAnd the cow snapped her tail as you'd snap
For all the babies, and kittens, and birds,
that come
To look at them all by the side of a calf!
: Why, my little Brindle as soon as twas born
stood up on its legs and smiled at the corn:
Before II had been In the world an hour
1t began 10 gamboI, and canter, and scour
All over the fields. See its great shining
And its comely red hair that SO glossy lies,
And thick! he has never felt cold I'm his life;
But the wind cuts your baby's skin like a
knife.
Poor shvcring things! I have ritied them
oft,
All mutfied and smothered I'm flannel soft.
Ha! hal am sure the stupidest Raby
Can see that q calf's ahead of a babyv
And the cow called her calf, and tossed up
her head,
Like pers IN quite sure of all she has said |
Then Jane looked at Eddy, and Eddy at
Said Eddy: How mean! L declare they're
too vain
To Interpretations things, They don't
know
What they're talking about! I'd like them
to show
A bird, or a kitten, or a learned calf,
That can kiss Ike our baby, or smile. or |
laugh!'
Yes, indeed, so should r. said Jane, in a
The poor little thing! She's advanced for
For the m mister said so the other day
She's worth u hundred kittens or calves to !
play.
And as for young birds-they're pitiful
I saw whole nest once, all mouths and bare
And they looked as if they'd been picked by |
the cook
To broil for breakfast. I'm sure that they |
shook
With cold if their mother got or for a
I'm glad we have flannel and wrap babies
in it!'
So the children went grumbling one TO the
And when fbey reached home they told their