Show A DREADFUL CHILD I 1 abloom its all right but akaka it becomes a kitton kitten A strange tate tale iti ported front from columbia county N vit V it aidy 11 allu L tru lut but it lt ltd d V vry very ry much 1 iko a H base 1 FabrIc fabrication AtIo an ol dritch talc worthy of tile dark cst and pali niest ost days of u tho the ages comes from the little hamlet of 0 up in columbia county where n child is said to have been born 0 of f lato late which folios competition nl though fortunately it booi not baillo description says bays tire tho now york times asleep or it at rest real it appears to differ in no respect front the ordinary fortnight old babyok baby of commerce asit As it slumbers peacefully in its cradle mith ith its ita breast rising anil and fallin ing as gently anil and regularly Lirly its 03 possible any feeling woman oman mould bless its little heart and rill look upon it with delight and that fluttering sentiment nut not to to awe anve with which tile antiro feniolo world regard ly 4 arrived traveler from rom tho the other world provid ingot ot course tho the not a ghost and therefore thoro foro toes not come from f ruin the wrung wrong tilde ot of lito life A baby la Is one thing and a ghost Is another at although doubtless both aro are equally mys gerlous Ur ter lons lous arid and it is quite certain that both bolh invariably drosa dress all in white tho tones of their voices und and their general manner of expressing them themselves seles tho the ability of tho one to walk w whilo allo tho other hocks ms ablo a blo only to kick arid and wriggle easily mark tho the distinction between them thero tire am doubtless othor peculiarities which will on oil a ahlo blo almost any woman to toll tell at it a g 1 ance whether a particular object is a tc I 1 t or it a biby baby those peculiarities might not readily find accarato curito ac definition oven even at thu tho hands handa of a I 1 oi of most aria ana profound sagacity As IMS has already boon been remarked tho the columbia Columb lt county child when asleep or at rest deenis sc ins even con to alio oyo anil rill heart to ile bo nothing but 1 it a baby ababa its complexion perhaps poi liapi la Is not all that could lie be de desfred there is ia it a sus BUS clelon of incongruity a certain delpar lly ity of 0 proportions botteen bot con tho the molding of its noso ind and that of its ita tipper lip and aini there Is 1 a I paucity of bair or rather lather off of fu azz on oil its ita head and these things can hardly fall to produce it i painful till lin pies sion upon tho the mind ml nd of any unprejudiced observer just as they do in ili till nil casus cases in fit which very young infants aro are involved at all events every we boman man who sees it sleeping and who 10 lo is not ile quainter quain ted with the iho little peculiarities it L exhibits in its wa wak king iii moments lee lares that it is ia simply a lovely covol little procious precious darling which it hy by any in means calls for wujen rousing from its slumbers lt it opens apons its bright eyes tile tho world orld it neither lloa lies still nor beg begins his to wiil wall like an all ordinary baby of 0 its ago I 1 tather does docs it assume ut at once tho the character of a little kitton kitten climbs climb over tho the aid stilo of tho the cradle in a gitry and I 1 it i lot loft t in undisturbed possession ot of itself sets beta about to havo a lively frolic in alch which one of its leq leg does for it duties similar to those which 1 a I kittens ta tail 1 I 1 some times does docs for tire tho kitten whilo cri engaged in this sort of exercise exor oiso it will lumblo tu ahlo libels overhead over head and roll about on the floor door like any ball and dotage doin itself no ito trio moro ro harm harin than if it wera a 1 gutta porcha slilla if f a spool or somo small mill object of tile kind hind bo be thrown to it this uncanny babo will toss tois it about boxing it now with ono no tiny hand and now with tit alio other picking it up tilt with its t toes acs and a throwing it over its aiena arid and se amper iny inu about ng as fully no acquainted clu aisted with the relation 3 of tile alio minor things of this world its as a cat of Us its n anso 0 o would ile ho its it s I 1 arms are very strong and ana it its hands handa havo lave so good 1 a I grip th thai it pan car pull itself up tip it a ropo and cl amiter cr to tile tho top of a be bedpost apost where it will ivill sit for some tario calmly surveying tire spectators with an air of sagacity appalling to boboia in ono one so young it is of course impossible to give ill any satisfactory explanation of tire singular conduct of this interesting babe although undoubtedly more perversity and natures lovo love for freaks has something thin to do with tile tho matter |