The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-28

seemed the most inclined to exercise
their sung-- Roger and Lolise did
not take kindly 70 the milk-bottle. but
had ever an appetite for the maternal
foant The father could not account
for Rogers peversity. except On the
score OF cas~edness He was healthy,
had . good appetite, and why he
shoald go To putting On airs, as the
father expressed il, pgxz.ed the family.
THEIR pENAxps ARE NUMEROUS
Il is hard to care for them all They
need attendance al the time, night
and day. The family consists now OF
the father and mother. nine children,
Mrs. Pet-ie. Mrs. Hirsh's mother, and
Miss Hirsh, the sister OF the head OF
the house
Mrs. Hirsh was taken sick suddenly
at O'Clock Saturday afternoon She
did noisexpect 20 be confined for two
weeks later. The first birth &C.
CURED az a:l5 There was neither
doctor nor midwife present, nor
any member of the family save Mrs.
Petrie and the children. The first one
born was the girl, nov called Victoria.
Ten minutes after the birth OF the
child and when Mrs Hirsh thought
that her trouble was over, Mrs. Petrie
went out to can Mr.. Hirsh from the
field where be was picking cotton She
was absent about seven minutes ard
when she returned Mrs. Hirsh had
given birth to two more children. BOYS
She had scarcely time to express her
wonder and take up the little things
when the fourth was born. the girl
Louisa. At this period Mr. Hirsh en-
tered and as he did and while he was
irving TO assist his mother-in-law with
the new arrivals the fifth child was born.
Then surprise turned to wonder and
astonishment. Mrs. Hirsh became
very weak and her mother attended to
her, while the father surveyed his four
naked infantslying on bed and three
of them squealing Justify Mrs. Hirsh
continued 10 grow weaker and com
planned of terrific pains. Mrs. Petrie
left her for an instant to get some hot
water, and while she was absent the
sixth child was born At this time
Miss Hirsh returned 10 the house and
helped to care for the babies. After
the birth of the last child Mrs. Hirsh
began to grow better rapidly. The
pains vanished and she took a good
draught of strong homemade wine.
There was lapse OF about II min
utes between the birth of the first and
second child. The second, third,
fourth and fifth were born within u
minutes. and there was a lapse of
about an hour and 40 minutes between
the fifth and sixth.
The order of the birth of the chill
dren. except the girls, is unknown.
The boys were mixed up after their
birth and no one knows which of them
is the oldest or youngest. The deform-
ity noted in one of the boys was not
discovered for several hours after his
birth.
The Hirshes are simple, ignorant
people. The mother worked in the
field picking cotton until within n
couple of hours of the birth of the
children. She is big, strong woman,
and walked about the house looking
after her children within As hours af-
ter the birth of the last one. She
is afraid that little Louise will not
live, but she is nursing her ten
derby. Neither Mr.. or Mrs. Hirsh seem
TO have any doubts that the others
will survive. Hrs. Hirsh has ample
maternal food for one of the children,
but has scarcely enough for two. Four
of the children took naturally to the
milk-bottle. The children are care
fully tagged" to preserve their identi-
ty, though, as stated before, the boys
were mixed up after their birth.
Mr.. Hirsh is a sturdy Democrat and
great admirer of Roger Q. Mills. On
Sunday he went to the house of John
Nash, a neighbor and an adherent of
Fisk for president and Jones for con-
gress. and stated that in consequence
of the sudden increase in his family he
would he unable to go to Chatfield to
vote. He begged of Mr. Nash to pair
with him, and after some hesitation
the latter consented, so it can be seen
that in the midst of his family cares
Mr. Hirsh was not neglectful of his
duties as a citizen.