Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-04
SUCH A LITTLE ONE.
The Tot of Humanity Recently Born
In Burlington, N. j.

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/ less than two pounds. When this di-
minutivc citizen puts his thumb in his
mouth, n bad habit he has recently ac-
quired, he holds To view tho smallest
OF human hands, perhaps, ever seen.
| The foreiinger is rs thick as pigeon
quill and only an inch in length. In
! fact, an ordinary shoe eyelet would
serve him as "A finger ring.
When this liliputian ,Jerseyman
stretches himself, which he often does,
he only measures fourteen inches from
| the sQles of his little feet To the top of
/ his atburn-crowned pate. The other
day the boy was placed in his fathers
derby hat and he weighed less than
two pounds with all ''iiXings' on. lie
| has been nearly three months acquiring
all this avoirdupois and has received
the better part of il during ten days.
! Whom Dr. Walter +. Hall brought this
mite of man TO the Lippincott home
/ in November the newcomer was snug
/ ly packed IN a collar-boX. The little
! dot smiled when told his fighting weight
was only one pound and three ounces.
! He has way of insinuating that he is
conscious that he has beaten the re-
cord.
He has set all his mothers fears at
rest by letting her know that there is
no immediate danger of his collapsing.
His lungs are evidently the biggest part
of him, Judging from his ability 10 keep
the neighbors awake.
William Lippincott, the father OF the
midget, is a laborer in McNeals pipe
foundry in East Burlington. He has
been the father of seven children. All
were diminutive specimens who never
survived the fifth week. He believes
he has an heir that has come TO stay.
( He is not disturbed by the fact that his
son may have to go TO the polls in
pair of stills. He is satisfied TO know
that he will not run up expensive bills
at the tailor's. Baby LippincOtt en-
( courages his proud sire in his paternal
reflections by opening his big blue eyes
and smiling n pleasant acquiescencc
/ 1t is regarded rs somewhat of a public
calamity that Joseph does not smile
with more regularity. Some OF the
good mothers in Burlington journey ell
the way from Mt. Misery and Timbuc-
too TO see him pucker and roll his ma
rine blue orbs. He is acquiring a con
tempt for notoriety and rcsents all
claims of the dear public by going To
sleep Us soon as he hears a knock at the
! front door.
Mrs. Maggie Lippincott, the mother,
is tall, slightly-built blonde woman
She keeps close watch on the infant,
as some of the mothers OF the town have
developed n disposition to borrow or
steal ii. The reporter was accorded the
privilege of holding the prodigy. \
net was placed under him in case he let
the precious two pounds fall. Mrs.
Lippincott declares that the baby has
grown considerably during the past
week, and his appetite is getting TO be
alarmingly keen. He takes warm bran
dy regularly before each meal, and the
manner in which he doubles up his fist
indicates that he may some day have
his name in the sporting columns OF the
metropolitan papers. He is accredited
with being good sound sleeper and an
early riser. Ia fact, no one IN the house
has had use for an aiarm-clock since his
/ advent. The infant is incased in an
armor of raw cotton TO protect him
from the shafts and darts OF the polar
breezes that glide up and down York
street from the Delaware river. The
! half-pound of cotton not only serves as
a chest protector and liver pad, but
keeps people from breaking and twist
ing his little ribs when they excitedly
grab him TO whisper their congratula-
tons.
Master Joseph now receives his
many admirers in suit OF insists.
Every thing he wears has a tuck in il
somewhere When Mrs. Councilman
Watts knitted n pair ~ white zephyr
socks with blue tassels she did not
calculate they were 10 go on feet that
would only measure two and one-quar-
ter inches. To make tho hosiery look
ship-shape, balls of cotton have been
stuffed in the toes. Mrs. DIR. Gavatt
provided the cap he wears on STATE
occasions, and it nearly fits owing TO
the fact that his head is abnormally de-
veloped, it measuring eleven inches in
circumference. From his chin TO the
extreme top OF his head is only four
and one quarter inches. A dollar piece
held in front of his face entirely
obscures it, His jaw-bone measures
only one and one-fourth inches, and his
nose, which is considerably plugged,
defied the tape line and all the marks
thereon. If the infant survives the
trials and tribulations of the cherub
. DtIlOti anu ID llOb iiiJhipt ~ wv mum
Misunderstanding. he will turn the corner
simultaneously with a white horse or
else he will have TO dye his hair. The
heshiest part of his arm could stand an
armlet about two inches in circumfer-
ence, and be loose therein. He meas
ures six and onc-half inches around the
waist when he has his cotton champion
belt off Across the shoulders he is
only three inches. From the elbow TO
the tip Of his fingers the tapc-line only
stretches just four and onc-half inches.
When baby gets some OF the harsh
notes rasped off his vocal octave and
the cold teeth are drawn out of the
winds Of winter he is 90 be christened
He will then be Joseph Deacon Lippin-
colt. There is already an amiable riv-
airy between Mayor Silpath and Post
master Lippincott rs TO who shall be-
the godfather. The lady admirers OF
the mite are preparing a spank now
suit for the occasion and they are work.