Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-09-29
VOL. VINO. 4S.

tub, for there is no table. The front room b,sR
/ Ia feet contained five blacks, aud women
Each of these rooms relted for 81 month i1.r
advance
| A dark center room, occupied by white wonst
man, only by feet for which She pain'-
| SO cents week. On the third floor, the darksss
certer room, same size. was occupied by reasr
good looking. young, healthy German womann
with her husband, great burly negro 5 blacktS
as Africa own son, aud fine looking little whittier
/ boy, four years old, a iodger. We found theat
door shut, and venrilator bigger than the key,
hole. There smell about the air. r.
In the back room, IL By IL, We found the wood h. /
sritters-the woman and her two boys, negrq'' |
and his wife a woman lodser, and occasiona,., |
1 company. The rent OF this room is one doIlaI
a week in advance. The total amount of furuiear
ture, was not good security for one weeks rent
Good woman, why do you bring all your great;c,
piles OF wood up these steep, slippery stairs hnhs
up your room g ane
Got an hmuel, would puts him In tens
court? De peoples steal hm all .to
True there was no place out in that roorI.kh
to store up supply while the time OF giealngr
was good. Then il has TO be carried down 10 tho
court 10 be split up into kindngs, and then again
carried up for storage How many find
10 live in such space if readers wou6ists
learn, let them go and make personal inquiry
They will find plenty OF just sac, cases, with singh ~
search. rfr
Up up, again flight of creakng stairs T., T.,
without bannisters the thin worn steps bending go
beneath tread. and the upper hoeIs
OF this of hundred just alike tenant houses.
Along the dark narrow passage, opening that low
door at the end, into under the roof. 10 byse
Is feet, lighted by one dornar window, and VI, :,
are in the home OF Madaina. the rag picker near
daughter. Home! Can II be that holy name hass
been desecI ated-that hIs child with sy phi
form and angel face call this her home
lis only for little while She will hay, face,
another. a ser.
In one corner of the stood two hand or rsans,
such daily tormented with, groanlns
out their horrid music under our window, whlle,.
the grinder and his monkey look anxiouslv ior fall
ing pennies pea nuts. These stand lutte ayo.ts
apart with couple of boards laid across the space ASe
On these boards there had been attempt to make,ds
a bed, of sundry old coats, dirty blanket, and
other vermin harbors.
On this bed lay the poor little sufferer. Not sc
very little either In her own native Italy she
had been counted almost woman. rs'4
We have seen many, many beautiful faces, but""ts -
never one like rhis-so angelic. ,rnc
1t is bad sign said Tom III answer 10 re b. q
mark upon the expression OF her face II Is % larg
sign she Will soon be among those she looks s
much like. She never looked so before. She Ia r
a living angel now, she will soon be real one -,
'Madalina my good child, said the missionary
how do you feel tonight 2
The pain in my breast has been very bad, but
it is now. 1t always goes away when you'll I'LL
come. / am glad you came to- night, fer 0lNu
wanted TO thank you for Thousand good thing
you have done for me ,H inna.
Are you afraid you will not get well {? ;. TIE
oh no, am not afraid | know shall not, buas eco
am not afraid don want 10 live, II l mus OF
live here look around. 1t did not 10 look a.
it does to me- when went out begging, aucomp'i
home tired aud cold and hungry, could ay TO t1
down with the monkeys on my motiers bag Old Bus
nasty rags and 20 to sleep directly. Now lheyte sal
worry 10 death with their chatierlng u, s,
drive them down, Tom. that is dear good fellow.
1t would evidently have been source oi sreaWhee
qualification Tom, TO have pitched i've o, ,.
them out of the window But there were dart,e
eyes scowling him. out OF dozen sockets
men who from the land OF the stetto, ans,,
looked now they could as If .eadily use / as pa
the gan and lead the monkey.
We looked about and counted SIX men or stou'he 6
boys and eight women and girls. besides seferaa tat
children, monkeys, tamborines and hand organs 'nS,-
In one the rag pickers store Ihe9. an
had been the bed of Madana Nntil this evenngnuahc
she grew much worse that she was lifted up u.cn
the bed we have described. But she .ad not
escaped the torment of the monkeys Ihey had, 'es
long been her companions and seemed determined
to be still. They climbing up and downeh
or sitting chattering her bed Late as II wa emse
the evening there several fresh arrivals cf
parties OF musicians and rag plckers from THEM tow
distant walks. Several were at supper A long no AT
black table with wooden bench, on either side Rang
vas furnished with two wooden trays which hate sou
seen long service and little soap Into these waiFn N
ladled from time time, the savory contents OF o1r
large pot smmerng upon the stove. Each guessin an
helped himself with fingers aud spoon Nhethe aer
the stew composed OF monkey meat, or twt"e-bn
days old veal, Cannot say That onions form of
ed strong part OF the ingredients. we had oiacest ha
tory demonstration. Some OF the party nduigeter Nv
in bottle OF WINE and smet something yer1snd !,
much like bad rum worse brandy. but general
ly speaking, this class of the city poor no.
great drunkards. One end of the er,puty
tireiy occupied by camp bed hat Is, tina o.ir
space OF feet, ten human beings, big da,
and little of both sexes laid down side by side =
The balance of the family lay lound here and spe
there and under the table, we
on great black chests, OF whicE each family had dus
one, wherein they lock all their personal goods .
from their pilierng room mates. The stove asld wo
few dishes finishes the catalogue oi furniture gol
How many persons are or can De slowed into and
this room, is beyond our powers OF conputa her
ton. n
Will some of our readers who faint at the smell !
Of unsavory food, who could not sleep but in OF
fresh linen and we'll aired fancy what must oi
be the feelings of poor Nadaina, who just began es,
to taste OF the comforts OF civilized lie, Dow sick
and diving in such room, where the penny can non
de only served to make the thick clouds OF tobac
co smoke visible aud more suffocatiug. "
One OF the difficulties all these close packed erie
rooms is the necessity 10 keep the door always ld
shut prevent piferng, thus leaving the only haii
chance for fresh enter foul air to escape al
By the one small window In the roof 'he'
Having given you view of the room and It's
inhabitants and furnishing, let US look again upon
poor Madaina, she lies painting for breath upon
~ III l. b;,a,.ss snre,d o,ar !. IND the,e is Der
small bright crimson spot upon one cheek-the
- - !. - ST. rsir nj hriob. bIack flow
-, M 49,. ba.,,;f,I, Her ,ravv Jocks NJ not
:, oF h,- .ls,, ,,b;-e handkerchief ius, befc
spread over the bundle OF rags which forms ner it
pillow, by of he: visitors. Now, IN spite OF !,
pain there is smile lighting up her face, and :
showing such set OF teeth princess might
covet Whence this happy stnile /! Listen how :
-heaply il is brought upon the face Of the suffer
ng innocent. She had said i thIsty. ana q ~
s - - =. -. -, "a. p,rs.-I,. slee