The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1895-04-26
MARSH HAS ABABY
Its Moral Influence And
Good Advice are
Amazing.
ExpIetive RonOunced and the Wicked
PIN Looks liKe
Ills Proud Father-FuII of
Good Qualities.

Marsh you look tird, but happy,'
said his morning friend as the two
met again upon the early suburban
L one day this week. :"
"Pll tell you why in three or four
little words I've got baby Now,do
you understand"
"Whewl" circulated his friend,
when did it Gomez"
ION Tuesday; and though That is
only short time ago--a na.ie mat
ter of a few days--I feel as If had
lived theosophic aeons since then
and made the acquaintance of all the
language OF all the nations"
"Boy or girl1"
"Boy-and the image of me, so
every one says. Around his month
he looks a little like Maria's moth
er-when she's called up suddenly in
the night and hasn't time to put in
her teeth--but in expression and all
the rest he's the image of Augustus
Marsh, senior, and I'm proud OF it "
HAS he-does he--that is, have
noticed that shows any intelligence"
Intelligence yes, indeed. You
see he dosn't talk yet, and he hasn't
any hear to speak of, and his hands
and feet are no earthly use to him as
yet, but the things that little fellow
manages TO say are astonishing.
Maria spends all day studying his
speech and his bumps, and when l
90 home she tells me what little Au-
gustus has been saying during the
day
''Now, my friend, don't want you
to laugh, and do want to be sure
that you are in sympathy with me
before 1 tell you about the doings OF
that child, but can assure you that
they are something wonderful and
calculated to make the heart Of any
father proud.
on give you an example. Last
night when got home found Maria
very much excited. She said the
baby had been talking all day, and
she could hardly wait to tell me what
he'd said.
Why, Maria, what mid you say1
asked.
." oh, Augustus First Ct all,
when he woke up about 9 O'Clock, and
after he'd had his bath, just like you,
he said that he hoped and wished and
prayed that his father would not
smoke too many cigars, as, though
he had never smoked any himself,
he knew tobacco to be both injurious
and expensive. And, then, after he
had taken his afternoon nap, he CUR
gled and gurgled, aud after a while, l
made out little by little, that he knew
his papa would not go to any awful
lodge evenings just on his account,
or Join horrid clubs just because there
was a baby in the house. And he
added that he never intended to cry
except when he accidentally forgot
what he was doing, or felt very
crampy, indeed.
maria told me this very confden-
TALLY, and it made the tears of pride
and Joy come in my eyes to think
that Youngsters has noticed and spo-
ken about me so soon. / asked Ma
ria if she thought he might possible
not be responsible for what he says
before he is a week old, but she look
ed so indignant and began to get so
feverish that stopped talking right
away. Have you ever had a baby3
No. Then you're an ignoramus. I
tell you, man, there's nothing like
a baby for teaching you things.
don't know Cruel from pap, and
wouldn't have given aniseed tea
through a watering pot as quick as l
would through a bottle with a hose
attachment. But l know all these
things now. I'm past grand master
Of them all. They are right at my
finger tips, and l can tell you the
minute that baby begins to whimper
Just what he wants. / tell you, man.
the Cruel cry is different from the
catnip tea howl as a string band is
different from a chinese orchestra.
And can tell the difference and re-
spond to the call without waking up.
That baby of course is a very smart
little fellow, but of course he has to
eat, and when he begins the prelimi-
nary symptoms of a meal | never
stop to reflect a minute whether it's
IN my uISl bCduby oASSP VI ny AA9t
s O'Clock snooze. Out ofbed / bound
and begin to strew things over the
gas stove. When my mother-in-law
stays asleep it's all right, but When
she aud the other accessories to in
fantdom wake up there's trouble.
When I'm alone pour the stuff in
to the dipper, let her get hot, try 1t
with my finger, pour all in the bot
tie and serve at once. Meanwhile
Augustus, Jr., keeps right one whimp-
ering to let me know that his inter
est has not subsidized. Then l step
back to bed, deposit the young man
en- route and we're all asleep before
the cock could crow twice. But when
mother-in-law, or the woman whom
we pay to wear white irilled cap,
wakes up. that poor child is trotted
and coaxed and jounced and tumbled
and laughed and cried over until !
don't blame him TOR staying awake all
night to sec the rest OF the fun.
at takes a man to manage a baby.
"Now / know you've going to say