TEN THINGS A BABY CAN DO

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1645, 25 August 1887, Page 3

TEN THINGS A BABY CAN DO

It can beat any alarm olook ever m« vented for waking a family np m the morning.

Give It a fair show and It can smash more dishes than the' most Industrious servant-girl m the country. It can fall down oftener and with less provocation than the most expert tumbler la the circus ring.

It can make more genuine fuss over a simple brass pin than iti mother would over a broken back.

It c%n choke itself black In the face with greater ease than the most accomplished wretch that was ever 6xeoute<i.

It can keep a family m a constant turmoil from morning till night, and night till morning, without once varying its tuae.

It can be relied upon to sleep peacefully all day when its father is down town and cry persistent y at night when he is particularly sleepy. .Xt tnay be the naughtiest, dirtiest, ugliest and most fretful baby m all the world, but you oan never make its mother believe it, and yon bad better not try it. It can be a charming and model infant when no one is around, but when visitors are present it can exhibit more bad temper than both ot its -parents together. It can brighten up a house better than all tbe furniture ever made ; make sweeter music than the finest orchestra organized ; fill a larger place m its parcels' breast than they koew they had, and when It goes away it can cause a greater vaoanoy and leave a greater blank than all the reat cf the world put together. —'•Philadelphia News."