Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-12-16
THE HORRIBLE STORY CoNvlnMrn


Of the treatment of a parent by her children. oss
the Cincinnati Sun. The tale was so unnar,.,
that we could not bring ourselves 10 believe "a
Later accounts from Cincinnati fully confirm n.
recital, but as yet no names are given We soae
the following from the Cincinnati Daily Time. I,
the 2lst ult
One of the most revolving cases of bum,D
depravity, degradation, and black hearted 81.
fishness, which we ever heard of, came mn.
der our notice last week, from an autben,;,
source. The place, Cincinnatti-the time
a few weeks since-the victim an old lad,
about ninety five years Of age, and the priin,
cpal actors her children. The love of cold
and the reluctance to part with it, was tho
prime cause Of an aged lady being iucarcet.
ated in small room, almost in state of nm.
dity, nearly starved to death, with NOTHING
but miserable filthy straw bed to rest h.,
aged limbs upon, with but scanty COVERING
and so neglected that her person swarmed
with loathsome yermin, and was covered
with her own excavations. Horrible thought,
The circumstances as detailed to us are a,
follows-they are substantially correct The
old lady referred 10, lived in the city Of New
York, possessed of sufficient property 10
smooth the down-hill of life and make her
comfortable in her declining years.
A son, now living in the city, in good cir.
cumstances, it was stated, squandered part
of this sacred fund, and came to this CITY
with the balance, leaving his parent to The
cold charities Of strangers. After some time
daughter Of the old lady brought her out to
the west, with whom she lived near the Little
Miami river, for while but at last pei.
ting tired Of her, she brought her to this CITY,
and quartered her on another sister, who
in short time, rejecting, no doubt, tina, a.
her brother had possessed himself of all the
old lady's property, he ought to take care
of her, and therefore applied to him to re.
ceive her under his roof; this he refused 10
do. Determined not to be at the expens.
and the trouble of shielding that venerabl.
grey head and those feeble limbs, and Of
comforting that heart broken mother who
had nourished her from her own bosom,
fondled her in her arms, 81 watched her stun.
bers in infancy and childhood, she placed
her tottering frame in carriage and pro
ceeded to her brothers house, when not find
ing the family at home, she seated her moth
err on his door steps, and left her in the rain.
where she remained for an hour or two. On
the return Of the son she was placed in
small back room in his house-a miserable
straw bed and covering were given to her,
and then she was locked up. The condition
in which she was found is sufficient proof Of
the treatment she was subjected to. Hu.
mainly shudders at the picture-the mind is
unable to conceive, and the pen inadequate
to describe the scene in all its loathsome
particulars and heart rending imaginings-
Suffice it to say, that the lady who first
heard accidentally of the circumstance told
her husband, who Immediately called on one
of the sons-in-law of the sufferer, local
preacher, or exhorter, in one of the Me,ho.
dist Churches of this city, (the Wesley Chap
ell who is in the yearly receipt of several
thousand dollars of rent from his real estate,
and stated the information he had received
in relation to his wife's mother. and his al.
prehensions that unless something was done
Immediately, she could not survive such cru.
ell treatment. Alas! he conjectured truly
the old lady died soon after.
The Christian C) minister answered, al
know it all the old woman is very DID, and
ought to have died years ago ; and it was
nobody's business"
But our friend was not to be so baked;
the holy precep,s which he had imbibed,
taught him to persevere. He accordingly
called on the township trustees, and insisted
on their going to see her, which at first they
refused to do; and it was only after he had
threatened to publish them if they refused,
that they consented to go.
His wife, previously to this, had called on
the wife Of her minister, and taken her down
to view the scene.
After the whole matter was thus made pub
lic, and earnest threats made TO the relatives
OF the victim, by our informant, that if they
did not provide for her, they would publish
them to the world, he consented TO and did
employ woman to board and wait on lbs
aged and helpless invalid. They gave her /
some food, which she devoured as a famished
wolf would have done; they cut off her hair
and combed her head, and washed and dres
sed her. While the process of cleansing was
going on, her daughter advanced, placed her
gold spectacles upon her nose, and gave d.
rections "to be careful and not leave any Of
the ereeperS"
ne poor old creature was ut last made
clean and comfortable, and removed to the
roof hireling, where she afterwards died
Our informant states further, that one Of
the regular stationed ministers ofthe Meihe +
dist Church in this city, was an eye witness
to the condition of the deceased and remark )
ed afterwards, "that he had never witnessed
such case Of human wretchedness, such
revolving scene-it was, he thought, without
parallel in christian community"
cHiPwREcK AND Loss OF LIvEs.-The De
'rolt Advertiser publishes The following, dated
at Allegan, Nov. 10 =