Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-09-02
ARRIVAL or TIE BABY.
How the Joy of Fond Parents Is Exhibited
In Birth kilograms.

The reporter found him leaning over
the desk at the telegraph Office. There
was nothing about him that would have
attracted attention, except perhaps a
strange troubled look in his eyes and the
reckless way he was destroying Mr.
Gould's telegraph blanks. llo would
take up sheet. dash off a line or two.
hold il at arms length. slowly shake his
head and then crutnpls the dispatch in
his hand and try it all over again. On
the sixth round glad smile told that he
had written the thing to his satisfaction,
and the next moment he approached the
night clerk and timidly asked the charges
to Kalamazoo
\ wan smile crept over the erstwlile
calm and prusaic face of the clerk rs the
customer took his change and hastily slid
out the side door
As the reporter approached the smile
deepened.
II thought So" said the clerk slowly
rs he glanced about the Office TO sec that
no one was about,
you did," said the reporter, gently
yet firmly
Yes, This is the fourth one tonight
TOO Listen he added as he pinned his
merciess gazo on the blushing night
message for Kalamazoo:
1.-The little stranger arrived safely 10.
day. Twelve pounds. Julia doing fine
ly. Its boy. Kindly name Your boy
Grace and send damos,s to Cn,prry'
Yes" went ON the clerk. speakiur rs
though he were equal To the occasion.
"this il nI,inlv Cbarley's frs, SON and
heir. He is in ecstasies and hastens
down here to notify the old folks at
home. Did YOU notice how many times
he tore up the blanks before he seemed
satisfied with what he had written? All
the Young fellows act that way. lisa
very ticklish place 10 nut Young man
in, and being his first oiIensc, he doesn't
know exactly how 10 word the news 81
that he will make a neat and ornamental
message, as it were. Charley seems 10
be quite an artist though, and | ,hink
youll agree with me that he led up TO
Tie climax yery well indeed. He almost
forrot-well. sometime decidedly i'm
portant; and rather than have the ola
folks at Kasoo. the a,,nts ana uncles ana
sixrieth cousins lofi in "A state If how'll.
dermcnt. notice how Gracefully he rings
in the crisis.
CPS n hov'
"No,v tben b.rc's .,,o,h.r b,,1.l ,n
mo inst n Gftln Will, 400 This i ON
tn.ely in :, ,Iilr.ror, vol, /, s,I1r,s.,l /
to a Gentleman in TnlnJn n,rI,ns,n' ,lJ |
chun.
".Wclr ,voll, wolf, I,nlj v,,,,..,
shou name him after wa, IIo.viu ,r,
for president in 1904 ar nv Mann. IA rnt
";TnvJ,Ct,
"Now th,t's What c,u mont " said
the clerk ma he l,il o.iJa tho ,anJcr
message destined soon to cladlrn some
heart in far of ToIpdo "One canned
helm but admire Tom Jock.s delirnto
sense of hu,nor Un sp,r.s himself thr
embarrassment Of savin.. ,nv,bin.. ,bnut
the Ijtlle nnrnrs IN lie dmrsnI III
whether Sally is doin, wen or no,. Tan
Jack is too much clatgl 10 thinl os th,4n
tbings now. 4 ycar ur 4, brur,. H. HIN
come in again. but bis dispatch won't he
SO intrepid. LatcrstIl, when the family
p,its a c,,u,,l,, Of cytr., l,,,r,Is il, ,l.,tlt.
"a, dinner or.rv M. ,,,u H., In,I
,bn nrosaic family ,,,n I'm, nyu,.,.r.
runpino Liohrr Ind b;~Lrr yrar ~, WIN
won't l,a in sprh , trcmcndnus hnrrv ~