The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1883-11-09

7 received very imp{tant letter
this week. II contained ~ announce.
ment that "The baby wtfks." II ID
with no desire TO pan ssat saw that
this Is great stop forward for the baby.
OF course this event hsSnot been en-
tirely unexpected in our family
have been looking eycryday for the
news TOR some time past Our baby
has been a remarkable bsss from the
very first, and large nnmber of bis.
immediate relatives have been waiting
with batei brc,,lh for shc iidiBgs, tliaf
his long journey had ess--'sss--cc-=>cd The
particulars Of the auspiciou event are
not to hand, but can zee Il my minds
eye Just how the wonderful occurrence
took place. Ths baby i out in the
country staying with hie <sisiers and his.
cousins and his =rrts.@>s4 I. suppose
| leDbey ,had. been near oxalto a. isislu.
g l.: l s'. 8 sssse s.
though The babyfs fac legs are ridicoA
lousy sturdy. he has bad all along q
great diflidence in trusting TO them.
Now. last Sunday | held and still main
tain that the baby took one distinct
step towards his devoted father.
The news was incredulously re-
ccived as being too good TO be
true, and the whole family, from
his grandmother TO the kitchen girl.
collected around 70 see IL he would
take another. but tho little rascal
seemed to think it was the biggest kind
of joke TO bring his fathers reputa-
ton for veracity into question by laugh
ing and holding on TO chair, but re-
fusing all the while b move away from
it. II was all in vain that held out
my hands and all the endearing induce
ments could to get him to take the
necessary steps 10 come to me. He
would keep one hand on the chair and
reach out with the other; but not until
he had elcnched his pudgy hand around
my finger would he let go the chair.
Once had enticed him in this manner
to quit the chair, AMI then suddenly
withdrew my hands from his, leaving
him standing alone He lowered
moment in wavering INDIGESTION and
then instead Of stepping forward sat
emphatically down and resumed his
fayorite style Of locomotion. He never
crept as an ordinary baby would have
done, but sort of hitched along. He
would sit down, and, putting a hand
now one side of him and agaii on the
other, his fat little body swafng this |
way and that would hitch abng with |
his little dumplings of feet head OF
him like a railway cowcatcIer, and
in this way he moved yer the
floor in sitting postue at q
speed that was wonderful. Practice
had made him so perfect at tbs sort of
movement that he evidently came to
look Oh walking as an ornaGsrta! su-
periluty. 1t was most com:cl TO see
him forge ahead, as the bat-racers
call it, with both hands flu holding
them up from the floor ant swaying
forward without any help from them.
He occasionally took to his feet. and
with breathlesl haste would work his
way along the wall in ahand over hand |
fashion until getting too elatedat hisnew |
EXCITEMENT Aould upsct sp1 voIl help |
5.,sSy over on the cerpoA Thesa acct |
dents shook hiSrOniidence for The ss.ao !
being il the stability Of thing, but hap
lily baby's memory is as short as q
baby, and the peiils Of pedestrianism
were braved again and again. Often
the poor little fellow looked like bat
tle-scarred veteran after his tumbles,
but it is lucky thing that babies are
exceedingly elastic, otherwise the pop
ulation Of this country would not be ss
great rs it is now. Anyhow. another
competitor has entered into the great
walking match: The baby walks. y
Luke Sharp, ia Detroit Free Press.