Telegram-herald., 1890-09-07
A DREADFUL CHILD.
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description. SAYS tie Ass iorN Times
Whne asleep or az rest is appears 70
differ IN 40 respect from the ordinary
fortnight-ol3 baby Of commerce. As IL
s.eu8bers peacefully IL is cradle.
wlth is breast rising and fall
iaz as gently and regularly as
possible, any feeling woman would
bless It's little heart and look upon u
with delight sna that auttering sentl-
meat. not unaAin 70 awe, with which
the enure female world regard s2ny new
ly-arriyei traveller from the other Serld
providing. .0f course. the traveller be not
q ghost. and, therefore, does not ecEne
from the wrong side OF life. baby Is
ono thing and ghost Is another, al
though doubtless both are equally Eiys-
terioas, and it is quite certain that both
Invariably dress ali in white The
tones OF their voices and their general
manner OF expressing themselves, the
ability of the one 70 walk while the
other seems able only 70 kick and wig
gle, easily mark the essential dist Inc
tiOn between them. There are doubt
less other peculiarities which viii en-
able almost any woman 20 tell az q
glance whether particular object is a
A-l IL Ni.
arities might not readily find accurate
definition even at the hands Of woman
OF most unusual discernment and pro-
| found sagacity.
As has already been remarked, the
I Columbia County child, when asleep or
at rest, seems, even 10 the female eye
and heart, TO be nothing bat baby.
/ Its complexion, perhaps IS not all that
( could be desired; there is a slight sus-
| picion Of incongruity-a certain despair
! ity Of proportions-bet the mold
/ ing OF It's nose and that OF its upper lip,
I and there is paucity of hair, or rather
/ OF fuzz, on its head, and these things
/ can hardly fail 10 produce painful i'm
/ preston upon the mind OF any unpreju-
/ diced observer, just as they do in all
/ cases In which very young infants are
I involved. At all events, every woman
who sees it sleeping and who is not ac-
quainted with the little peculiarities it
exhibits in its waking moments de-
clares that IL is simply lovely, little,
precious darling-which it isn't by any
means.
For when, rousing from its slumbers,
1t opens its bright eyes upon the world,
it neither lies still nor begins to wall
like an ordinary baby of its age. Rather
does ii assume at once the character of
little kitten, climbs over the side of
the cradle in jiify, and, IL left in un-
disturbed possession OF itself, sets about
to have lively frolic, in which one OF
its legs does for it duties similar TO
those which kittens tail sometimes
does for the kitten. While engaged in
this sort of exercise it will tumble heels
over head and roll about on the floor
like any ball, and doing itself no more
harm than if it were a gutt2-percha
child. II a spool or some small object
of tho kind be thrown to it, this uncan-
ny babe will toss it about, boxing it now
with one tiny hand and now with tho
other, picking it up with its toes and
throwing it over its head, and scamper-
ing about, as fully acquainted with the
relations of the minor things of this
world as cat OF its age would be. Its
arms are very strong, and its hands
have so good a grip that it can
pull itself up a rope and Chamber
TO the top OF a bedpost, where i,
will sit for some time calmly surveying
the spectators with an air of sagacity
appalling to behold in one so young
It is, Of course, impossible to give any
satisfactory explanation of the singular
conduct of this interesting babe, al
though, undoubtedly, mere perversity
and natures love fer freaks has some
thing to do with the matter.