The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-08-26
Our Young Folks.
A BABY SR0W:


Two children. u cat, q cow and bird.
The names of the children were Eddy and
The names of the Others I did not hear plain.
How came / to hear thems think Won't
tell:
You may guess, II you please: and If you
guess well
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
Their sweet baby-sister. to give her the air,
In dainty straw wagon with wheels OF
And q top of white muslin which shaded her
She was only one year and few months old;
Hereyes were bright blue and her hair was
She laughed all the time from morning till
Till Eddy and Jane were quite wild with
delight.
Such q wonderful playthine never was
Like a real live dolly, and all for their own!
No. not .1a, e you travelled the whole world
They had drawn her this morning where
daisies grew
White daisies, ali shining and dripping with
Long wrea.hs of the daisies. and chains, they
In the 6aby's lap these wreaths they had
laid,
And were laughing to watch her fat little
hands
Untwistlng and twisting the stems and the
strands.
Just then, Of a sudden. lark few by
And sang at the top Of his voice in the sky.
" HoI no! Mr.. Lark shouted Jane. "come
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
baby!''
Twas an odd thing, now. for lark to do
But this is the thing that saw and heard:
bird.
As soon us they called him, and perched on
And winked with his eye at the children
and me,
And laughed out, as much as bird ever can.
As he cried, "Ha! ha! Little woman and
man!
You'll be quite surprised and astonished.
To hear that I do not think much of your
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
But they are already to fly to-day;
=" They'll take care of themselves in another
week,
Before your poor baby can walk or speak.
IL has often SURPRISED tn see what Moor
All babies are that are born without wings;
And but one at timei Dear me, my wife
Would be quite ashamed of SO idle iife!'
And the lark looked as scOrnful as a lark
As he swung up and down on q slender
bOugh.
A cat had been cycling him there for awhile.
And sprang at him now from top of a stile;
But she hem missed her aim-he was qui too
And Oh: how he laughed as he scared in the
Then the cat scrambled up, disappointed
She looked all about her, and felt at loss
What next she should do. So she took up
OF the lark's discourse, and ill-naturedly
said:
:" Yes, indeed, little master and miss. de-
It's enough to make any mother-cat stare
Osee what 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 few weeks more they'll be full-2rown
cats;
I" Their fur is as fine and as soft as silk
Two gray and three black, and one white as
new milk.
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 baby's face,
The cat walked away at sleepy pace.
IS Moo, Moor said COW, coming up. MOO.
Young people, you're making a great to-do
About you baby. And the lark and the cat,
They re- nothing phi. but brassers-I wouldn't
And the COW snapped her tail as you'd snap
i For all the babies, and kittens, and birds,
In the course Of year! 1t does make me
laugh
. Why, my little Brindle as soon as twas born
Stood up on its legs and shifted at the corn;
Before it had been in the world an hour
All over the fields. Sec its great shining
eyes,
And its comely red hair that so glossy lies,
And thick! he has never felt cold in his life;
But the wind cuts your baby's skin like q
knife.
Poor shivering things! have pitied them
oft,
All muffied and smothered in flannel soft.
Ha! ha! am sure the stupidest gaby
Can see that Calls ahead of q babyY'
a n cd
her head,
Like person quite sure Of all she has said
Then Jane looked at Eddy, and Eddy at
Said Eddy: "How meant I declare they're
To liye-preposterous things! They don't
What they're talking about! I'd like them
to show
A bird, or kitten, or learned calf,
That can kiss like our baby, or smile or
laughv'
: Yes, indeed, so should II" said Jane, in
The poor little thing. She's advanced for
For the minister said 50 the other day
She's worth q hundred kittens or calves to
play.
And , as for young birds-they're pitiful
saw whole nest once, all mouths and bare
wings,
And they looked as If they'd been picked by
the cook
To broil for breakfast. I'm sure that they