The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-11-12


, The Little creatures never know What II is
10 possess a ic, tiInatc play'l.nr. \ sauce
pan. are Their ordinary TOYS. !cw rnsnths
ago. went iu,o = r,r.Il...ble dirty houac,
and IN one ci the rooms. t-.-autrd by u s-ovei.-
Iy woman and four ch.lIreu, SAW on a large
bedstead child ci ghtecn months old. HIS
features were 80 begr.mmed with black DIRT
that he looked quite a little r..han, and hard
" human, and his thick, long hair hung mat
ted over his forehead and abuGt his cheeks.
In his left hand he held upright, Ike a sword
Or scc1,ter 2 long, rusty. but Uabrokcn car
wing kuifcl | asked his mother If he would
not hurt himself with such a dangerous play
thing. No. mum" She replied; Il don't
think he'll hurt hisscii. He's routed that out
o the dust ole this moruim, and he's been
very busy with 1t ever siuce-aln You. dear!
left him mO,iOnlcss on tie bed, giarlng al
ter me Ike little Wild animal, with his car
viug-kuiie sill erect. The mother did not
take it away. and dare say. II 1t has not yet
run into him. lwh.ic hi> mother - busy and
he Lim--ltis Is :rac,ious an eI.irrs divcriioG,J
he st.i continues to SIT upon the bed with hls
carvla" luI,c,
Au 1.r Of lis brethren. rAags, reaeves
guard With "a shovel or saucepan, la lis lara
oi tantu.us Sur,I;. some OF U~s o"i child
th,s.. dangerous INA dement's If anuseuent.
y l;,rgor yll!d vi. antse Itsci. H. poriig
over u low paper iiii.a " VIE pictures, and
nlrtraits Of ucssuLa-,s "a ~-.1rs IN scenes
which our own never hear, ui, much less read
of When the baby boy IS trouh'' sor'" 10
manage. one ofthcse ~retchcd papers Is held
out before bis gaZe, and he Is diverted or
frightened out Of his raTes by the edllylng
spectacle IF ah execution of tic pirates, or
something cr ike complexion. Give him
few Fl Your Oh TOYS. and tie small London
paupcr will want TO play with neither carving
knife nor shovel. and vii! be cleaner an's het-
ter tempered IN his bed. as his VISITS TO the
Gu.tho.c in quest gi flav,Llugs will be no
longer necessary. Pictures Of sacred sub
iecl- are highly valued by the poor, and, as
Iav. before observed. especially among the
Old women y.ho canno. read. Some of our
oil 81, men possess the NOS. extraordinary
executions sr art auvwhcre 20 be seen. How
Q: come bv them | cannot lc.l, for some are
reign: 0icturci and frame, too One OF
III aides has 4 rude daub of the cruel
fxi,n. in an oil carved frame. 1t the base
i written: ' Is ,st loiyc'rcft. l have
sen another on tie same subject. but "a BET;
Ter rrol2c,iou in the WAY o! art, and under
stood II was q git IlUm a young lady. The
ouz relies come to thcth; they are very fond
of these and ineir chimney ornaments, AID
even when starving, viii neither pawn nor
sell them One o!i woman told me she hides
them whr-i the "Lui.iccr, she calls hun,
comes from the work house to spy out the ma
I-c Ines, Of the land .. One day, mum. be
Sc 1 them. -ai said Why don't YOU turn
:hcsc ia,J bread? IL r-tkcr lie here and
starve. mum. would; and when he comes
ar4ir. III .. bo4ul h don't see EN- 10
more" She sad tins to me, erwin" and
r5-uiu,. Is If thcv were her Grandchildren
that Sic had been ordered to consume i"r
ro5d. She tells me :. she watches en- At
n, eht. and they 1uite talk to her when she
cant s!c,p.' and has EeT rnSh.lght burning
on the ratie. \ plaster cast, the SIZE OF
newborn baby. rtaads on her Euantefrlcce.
aud a5-ya-s looks as Il It would laH on her
Old head some dar. lis rea"t for Napoleon
! TAa .-..u--n S picked oat IN green ana
red: the best part Of the white figure Is the
cooked hat f. has been her property som"
vca-s. and I, unbrol:en. She Lad been driw-
m NV attention O hor pet. and Lutte
ff-,-,~.: a,, .h.. ,!lq...,i ..-a.... ! Ing me-
what thy rer. Vt lar. d. % Vel. WI"
5 t'ar f'.,-src At 5Ec ell? "Oi, les either
tn. H-. h. B,.vplr.v IT Nr,,o.. dot know
WI ch. IU: he'5 one .. r.i. iao". >a'l,-
fed her FIR tie -ilra Er va, E"nvpIrty.
But she viii no, bear his in mind; 81. has
been 50 Ing a time va@ue in her ideas re-
recting the i!cnitv of this plaster gentleman.
The aged live in the past, the aged poor -
reciallv. The impressions Of youth alone are
ineficahIe Were any one tomorrow to ask
her who It was, she would 20 through with
her heroes again, and fuish with Il don't
know which. but It's one Of en-"