The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-02-16
.EESCEELnE.N'E0ES.
From the Rochester Daily Democrat.
THE LOST FOUND.

we had frequently observed heart bro
ken looking lad pass by with gallon oil
can in his hand. HIS taliered garments
and his melancholy face were well cacula
ted to excite observation and pity. Il was
bu, too evident that the vessel which he
carried bad been diverted from lis legit.
mate use, and that ii vas now used, not as
an oil cen, but as whiskey jug. Having
seen him pass twice in one day with his
ever present can, we had the curiosity 10
accost him, and did so by iuqairing bis res
idence.
81 live" said he, " five miles from the
city, on the -"
g You have been 10 the city once before
TO day, have you not r
" Yes, sir, came down 10 the morning /;
but could Mt get what | was sen! for, and
had TO come again"
What was you sen; for, my lad : 1t
must be something very important to ike
i, necessary for you TO walk twenty miles
in TINS storm"
Why, sir, il was vhiskey that | was
sen, for. Father had no money, and he
sent to Mr.. ---'s TO get trusted bu, he
wouldn't trust any more, so had 10 60
home without, the uhiskey, bu, father sent
me back again
How do yen cxpect 10 get it now, when
you could Of get il in the morning.
Why sir, have brought pair Of shoes
which sister sent mother. Mr.. -, will
give vhiskey for them. He has 90. fro
or three pair Of mothers shoes ao,c
Do you like TO carry whIskey home, my
boy ?
Ca, no sir, for ii makes all 80 unhappy
bu, | cant help IT,
We took the responsibility of advising
the boy not 10 fulfil his errand, and return.
ed home with him. The family, We found
consisting Of husband, wife, and four chill
dren; the oldest, The boy, vas not more
than ten years OF age, while the younges,
.as an infant Of few months. |, was a
cold clustering day. The north wind blew
ha'sh!y, and came. roughly and unbiddeu,
through he numberiess crevices Of the poor
mans howell. 4 few black embers occu
MED the fire place, around which were bud
died the hall naked children, and the woe
stricken uother and wife. Her face was
haggered-her eye suuken--her hair dis
heveled-her clothes ta.tered and unclean.
She vas seated upon an old broken chair,
and was mechanically swinging 10 and fro.
as i endeayoring TO quiet her infant, which
moaRed pi!liuIly in lis mothers arms. II
had been sick from its birth, and il was nov
struggling to free itself from the harsh
world INTO which II had, but few months
previous, been ushered. There was 20
tear in the eye Of the mother, as she gazad
upon tue expiring babe. The fountain had
been long before dried up By The internal
fires which alcohol bad tiudled ard fed =
iei she vas the picture Of despair; and we
could not but fancy, as size sa, thus, that
her mind was wandering back to the happy
past-,he days Of her iuiancy and grlhuod,
and her early home. Poor thing She
bad given her affections and her band TO
man who had taken the first steps in in.
temperance. She had left her home full
Of bunyani hopes-neyer to be realized
to spend life Of misery with a sol. Bro
hen heared-cast out from the society Of
her former friends-trowned upon by the
good society spoken CT as the
miserable drunkarJ himself.
BY the side Of this woe stricken mother
kneeied ;tle girl Of five or six years,
down whose sallow checks tears were cours
/ ing; and who, ever and anon exclaimed.
Poor little Willie, mus, you die 2 Oh +
mother must Willie dieP and then kissing
the clammy swea. from little Wdhe's
brow, covered her face with Ter ta.tered
| apron aud wept.
I Ia the opposite corner of the chimney,
and among the ashes Which covered the
hearth, sat bog abou, seven years old,
dragging from The half dead cmbers a pota
toe, which no broke open with the remark,
Mother, give this to little Willie. May
be he's hungry. I'm hungry too, and So
is sister bu, WiIle's sick. Give him this
potatnc, mother"
No, poor boy; : said the mother, VII
he viii never be hungry ogain. lie wW
soon be de1d.'
This remark drew all the children around
the mother and the dying chiId. The faith.
ef was sitting upon VIVA, was intended for q
bcdsiead, without hat, shoe, or coat, with