The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-12


worse, the farmer that my father worked for, at a
Door eightpence day, forced to send him and |
three OF his laborers away, as he couldn't af
ford to pay them that any longer. Oh I, |
twas sorrowful night when my father brought |
home the news. remember, well as if | saw |
it yesterday, the desolate look in his face when he
sat down by the ashes Of the turf fire that had Just
baked yellow meal cake for his supper. My mo-
ther was at the opposite side, giving little Mary |
drink of sour milk out of her little wooden |
piggin, and the child didn't like it, being delicate
and always used to sweet milk, she said
" Nanny won you give me some of the nice
milk instead of that 2"
I" haven't it, aahore, can't get it, said her
MOTHER so don't ye fret"
Not word more out of the little ones mouth, |
only she turned her little cheek in toward her
ther, aod said quite quiet, if she was hearkenlng
to what going
"Judy," said my father, " God is good, and sure
It's only in him must put trust; for in the
wide world | can see nothing but starvation before
us"
God is good Tim" replied my mother, He
won't forsake u.s."
Just then Richard came in with more joyful
face than | had him for many day.
" Good news' SAID he, good news, father
there's work for us both the Droumcarra road
The government works to begin there to-mor-
row-youI get eightpence day, and | Il get six
pence"
If yousaw our delight when we heard this, you'd
think twas the free present Of a thousand pounds
that us, falling through the roof, instead of
" r. - - @ ~ ~ -, s. @ ~ ~ -. " IN. I A. .,I,
meal was dear, and dry, and chppy-it hadn't the
nature about it that hot potato has Tor poor man
but still twas great thing have the prospect of
BIItlII3 liguHl VI I'e" .'ios Sai7' hI hct ~ ne
~ ioI" ,',1 ieS' ~ M II.' .Le
the crathurs there-GOd help them!-hadn't room |
even to die quietly in their beds, but were crowded
III nav ri NV l''' q ,b, a5 ,. F
bf. Jo,,bsot e. ;bT, had a r,r ,,,a,, w ,,an ~
IN Dron,nca,ra enI ,hay sbo,;l5 Ia ,bars in ,;r
=, -, ,,,nrt' tCb1,, y,onI, a., IL i;s,, oi - ~ ~
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sbant sicb ILi,' iavS said was jh, h
sn, ~ hon vas ,,a c,ol,ad an bn, sCros f ,ha
po1r naon. took great ob.c'ion against il on ar
r,rr or he ,aiioT,, coInr ,SbicI iba7, ,hGbt go
T-om haing snnhnT rsG with f2y snJ NV saF
indeed if was nurii,y great Font m the 9ca
irish IN their fod as if ,Tyas for na,,v Jog
Glad ennuph noor cratb,,rs tbav vvara In ,s !, E
t-ryarl- wep seaV,rad and neitIes and The ,,srv
grass bv the roadside was ali that Tnanv of thpro
had 10 mt into their months
When nv father and brother cana home in the |
evening faint and tired from the iva Inng y,sI.
and the days work, my mother would always try
to have something for them to eat with their DOR
ridge-a Bit Of butter or a bowl of thick milk or
! maybe a few eggs. She always gave me plenty as
far il would go but twas little she took herself
'i4V N"uu uI'ILl sO tHNItIy WITHOUT meal, ana
| theh shed sup down 10 the hucksers, aud buy
litue "hte pun Tor mary; and I'm sure II used to
40 her more good TO see the child eat IT, than If she
! Ihu soI a meatdih3eF ior herself No matter how
hungry ihe poor ttIe thlng might be, she always
orrah OH Dit 10 Pui INTO her mothers mouth, and
sNe would not De satshed unll she saw her swaI-
! low II; then the Ghd would take drink Of cold
wafer Out ol heF niue TN pDrrnger, as contented
DIS II II was ne" mix
AS the winter advanced the weather became
wet ana bitterly cold, and the poor men working on
the ROADS began to suller dreadiuIly from being all
DAY IN wet clothes and, what was worse, not having
! any change to put on when they went horne at
! hsht' without dry thread about them Fever
soon got among them, and my father took it. My
mother brought the doctor to see him, and selling
! our decent cot3es' she got Tor him whatever was
! wanting, but all to no use; twas the will OF the
LORD to take HIM to himself and he died after few
Gays Illness
IL would be nara TO tell the sorrow that his widow
/ ana ,LPhanS ieit, when they saw the fresh s9ds
| PIlnteu on ms grave IL was not g[!ei altogether
''Ne 'e S'""u N'a'ey sI'S' ot IHe qndlly' 'AouSh
may DC 'Hs s',le SnalP Al'e IS SIch'hg !pto tIe
I"5is sure oUSolh IHSIue !" Oo'hi OUT lhe OUTSIDE
u."J.S In M 1'T hoO'' saw Ihe mistress
MeeA o'teI -'insS i-,'eI o'To enc was IN heF
.Io;" @ "t,I 'ie linus puIIeu oo"" SItng
"a ~" J'Is,', , I',i "sl t;oo" ." 'iIe sn'" Wo,N-
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