. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. rs run :Laughing Baby—full of fun !I can see just how her fingersClutch the pencil while she lingers :Mamma chides, but she persists,Doubling up her chubby fists. Zig-zag marks—now long ones, short ones,(Just about as babies thought runs)Then, attempts at something nice :I shall guess it in a trice : Oh, a horse ! and thats a kitty !Baby certainly was witty,—She has made them look so drollBless her,—merry little soul! In this house a stranger, is consolation onlyJust to gaze at baby

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. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. rs run :Laughing Baby—full of fun !I can see just how her fingersClutch the pencil while she lingers :Mamma chides, but she persists,Doubling up her chubby fists. Zig-zag marks—now long ones, short ones,(Just about as babies thought runs)Then, attempts at something nice :I shall guess it in a trice : Oh, a horse ! and thats a kitty !Baby certainly was witty,—She has made them look so drollBless her,—merry little soul! In this house a stranger, is consolation onlyJust to gaze at babys scrawlOn the paper of the walj ;For the while that I am , Times veil upraising,Shows me babes of long ago—Two sweet babes I used to knowAnd they stand before me drawingAll the change of years ignoring :Then no longer lone am I,With my precious babies by—Sweetest gift to woman given !When the dear home-ties are riven,When to womanhood tlieyre grownAnd to other nests have comes the , in fanciful discerning,They are with us, babies small. 85. ?^^ <5 SSSaTTs Sons. jS&»S5

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