The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-23
SIX BABIES AT ONE BIRTH.
Handsome Texan Woman who
Aetonish s the State.
From the Oh 'ccqo Herald.

Mrs George Hirsn Of Navarro county
,oro birth 30 six children. The mother
q 4 children are doing well, and tie father
q reasonably happy. Mrs. Hirsh is ~ years
old She has been married five years and
,vos the mother of three children, all
I;-;no before he gave birth to her last
;,rerest;iIg brood. The oldest of the chill
Les q girl. is now years and months
n i. the second one, boy, is years and 5
,ro,,,is old. and the third, girl, is not yet
n1,ite years old. OF the six born on last
Saturday folr are boys ana Two are girls.
IT. Hirsh homestead is located partly in
Navarro and partly in Ellis counties. the
LoIse being in Navarro. 1t situated about
- nlile,t asst by north of Rice, station on
ia Houston and Texas Central railroad,
ob mi seven miles from the TRINITY river,
about .ixteen miles from Corsicana and
aiour Twelve niles from En- Is. George
Hirsh. the head of the interesting house
Lojd is a native of Pennsylvania, of Ger
nan narentage He lived for eleven years
IN franklin county, Missouri and has been
IN Texas for eight years past. He is 81
ra,rs old, 5 feet 10 inches high, and weighs
iS5 mounds. He is substantial farmer,
orrs 23O acres of land, more than
half of which is cultivated, and he lives
IN n plain but comfortable log house. Mrs.
Iir.h is a native of Bavaria, but was
and lived in Warren county, Missouri, from
childhood until 1879, when she moved with
bor narents to Texas. They settled in
ComaI county, where the father died In
1880 she was married to Mr.. Hirsh at San
Marcos. aud Immediately afterward moved
m her present home i'll Navarro county.
Her mother resides with her, and also a
sister of Mr. Hirsh. young woman of %.
When a reporter called ct the homestead,
the mother was decidedly cheerful, and
ioked merrily with her neighbors. S3e
held one of the babies in her arms. and
natted its little head softly. The reporter
innuired for Mr.. Hirsh, and that gentle
man, with half shame-faced appearance,
stepped out from a dark corner near the
frenlace. He also held one of the babies in
his arms. The conversation opened as fol-
lows:
'Mr. Hirsh, came over to see the
babies"
"Who told you about 'emF'
II heard of them at Corsicana."
THE - you say! Do they know about
it down there? Well, L be hanged, how
things do travel" He INDUCED in some
further reflections, and then, at the re-
porter's request, presented his offspring.
Mrs. Hirsh, before the presentation began,
made an apology for the attire of the young
ones. She said she anticipated one, and
had made adequate preparations to dress
her, but that the appearance Of six was too
much for her baby wardrobe. Mr.. Hirsh
introduced the baby he held in his arms first.
This one," said he, lis Frederick. |
named him after the late Emperor of Ger
many-a good man, The BABY was mite.
He was little fellow, sure enough, but per-
fectly proportional. The flesh on his hands
and legs was tolerably hard, his little fists
were clenched and the nails on his fingers
and toes were perfect He seemed to be a
miniature of a perfect man. While the re-
porter was examining HIM he raised howl
that would have done credit TO child five
times his size. He was about the size Of
medium-sized wax doll, but he looked hardy.
Hew devoid of hair, but his eyes were
open and looked bright
When the reporter had carefully exam
ined Frederick, the father passed him over
TO one of the matrons present and tenderly
lifted another of the infants from home
made cradle near the bed He took the
little one near the door, and, lifting a tag
attached to the dress, examined it and said:
This is Victoria. l named her after the
wife of Emperor Frederick. She is No. l
of the batch" Victoria was about the
same size as her brother, and looked like
him, except that she had a very fair crop of
black hair covering her little head. Like
her brother, she looked very small, but she
was perfect miniature of woman.
Inc ldUueT, dlOeI pdbblllS u6I koHUly lOI d
few moments, returned her to her rustic
cradle and took up another of the infants
from the lap of one of the visitors. He
took the little one to the door, examined its
tag carefully, and said: This Won is Roger
O. Mills, an he's the worst NV the lot" At
this all the women in the room, including
the mother of the infants, laughed heartily.
The father proceeded: "He's been cryin'
and kicken up since he vos horned, and
viz sioh ftrcc tho fret daU that hIS
mother had to give one of her
breasts to him entire, when," he added
innocently and somewhat bashfully, "she
had but two for the six of 'em. Yet, not
outstanding his complaint, it was evident
that the father was little bit prouder of
Roger than of any of the other children.
Roger was almost fac-simile of his
brother, Frederick. He was cuddled up
comfortably and had already learned the
trick of sucking his thumb His mother
complained that he had remarkable
appetite, and divided his time between
partaking of food, sleeping and cry
ing. The father gave Roger to one of the
women and took up another of the brood.
His tag being examined, the father said in
his own peculiar dialect: "This is Grover
Cleveland. He takes what he gets and
doesn't say much. He's a sound sleeper,
and hasn't cried to amount to anything as
yet. he is the biggest of the lot" Grover
was undoubtedly the largest of the infants,
yet he was very small baby. He seemed
to have a wee bit more flesh than the
others, and was the only one of the boys
who had any hair, and his crop was meag9r.
When Grover was slowed away, the
father lifted up another of the infants who
was slowed away af the foot of the mothers
ped. When the tag was examined the
father said: "This is Allen G.. Thurman,
and he's good one. He tackled a milk
bottle before he was four hours old, and
has been pretty active at it ever since"
The young Roman was the smallest of the
brood. He was a mere mite of child, and
had slight deformity. his left foot being
turned outward, so that when straight the
toes were at right angles from the other
loot Otherwise he seemed to be healthy,
but was very small. His mother said he
had splendid appetite.
When Allen was slowed away in his bed,
the father took the sixth and last Of the in
iants from her mothers arms, and, without
looking at the tag, said: This is Louise.
she is inclined to be delicate, and won't
Iced from a bottle.n Louise was slightly
aeformed, too. Her right earlap was not
formed, and seemed to have rolled into
Snapeless lump of flesh over the ear. Her
right foot was also afflicted. Only the right
zoe was formed, and that was without
from the ball forward was shapeless.
otherwise, the child, though very small,
seemed to be perfectly shaped. She was the
mothers pet
During the hour or more that the reporter