, 1865-12-30
"MERRY CHRlsTMAS."
4 Sad Recital OF Want And Death-..
Starvation Of q Child---
OF the Poor.

It IL to be feared TINT IN the midst ct the enjoy
neuts md pleasures which characterize merry. Joy
ous ChrIstnAs tide IN all circles ot eocety, whese
grim want is not dniy visitans thb suder3ngs a2d
rsvasions Of the poor and destitute szc forgotten.
Our city "a rich and prosperous one, rap
..dly growing tn wsalA =, nd iaers3sfag 70
ctpal streets lined with princely stores, uhoee
windows ere flashing In the sunlight with the daz-
znE slese ot costly isTsl and who=e shslsss sss
al! this wealth and epIendoE lies background
Of want and misery, where the .spectres
oevcr ,esp saa s.1ns coo% asan on,
surrounding grandeur, and cansing the groans Of
the dying destitute to ninele With tie merry
sounds Of rejoicing u Other circles, whose mc1u-
One Of thoae sad stories Of wunt and misery,
which might more frequently be told, but that Want
Is Jealous Of hts possesafons and hides them In a
Gently been nasds manitest n Ills iii, bat too Lie
for morris! Assistance to render fl less pahtnL
About MEoe montha ago. among The Immigrants
ert Brown, who With hi: vic aud family Of .siz
children came rom Sheffield, England, The
man man va poor y, and ,,,91. e. reaching tnss city
ling expenses. Els first officially On arriving
here vas TO obtain eultable dwelling for h1nsef
and family, and IN this dilemma he Was aecoscd By
b selling bis watch he could raise sufficient funds
70 JOIN Eith the psoposer In the erection OF a
shanty. The otter Wa1 accepted and the proceeds
IN the building Of a small wooden building On tho
prnire, but then the obliging stranger taking ad.
vantage Of the poEery and ignorance Of his in
bnilains, and refused 70 allow thc other any right
OF share In ii. Brown then managed 10 obtain a
Wretched seven by nlne room, In miserable hove1
near the ArmoI where be managed 10 bring .
pi,tance to his family by workinG In s'onc
Cpon the commencing Of the winter. the conciu.
zion Of the building season threw the man out OF
h.m from seeking or obtaining other labor. From
that time tie uatntenance OF the family derolTed
upon son-a p enlla nine or ten ,ears Of age, who
home By The princely SALARY OF about three dollars
week. This only lasted fosa short time, as about
week ego The child sustained m accident 1t lie
parents With matmcd and crushed limb. Ftpm
that time the family appear to hare actually lived
Without iood Or sustenanee aud 30 bitterly were
the good people OF Chicago were enjoying them
selHes At the opera OF theatre, or among Joyous
circle Of nende and loved once, one Of fhis fnni!y
- child barely three seaFs Of fage-aied from sheer
Yesterday, come Of The circumstances ne have
hsteny felated were made known to some member
%cs9 es II s Wsysa bid Taes s.aas4ssa
John g. Stanley viaited the abode Of death, They
fonnd the family hnddled together in a most mis-
ssoe ss 'ef6a q a6e baP n.s1 y reaA s the xS
while upen heap e' s'saw ia one corner, la7 ne
lEanItaats fo,m Of t1e child. DIS teasn;es were
CONSTRUCTED and worn b the mise11es Of cold and
hunger. When Other htt1e ones were Joyous In
tkeir holiday pleasnres, he had tunk to tic grave
n the absence Of the bare necessities OF life Santa
Clans. With alt bis pleasing "Reminiscences had
ylsiied them, but The more real. grim spectre Of
DEATH lad proved his only y1.itaut from lie spirit
The other nne,rherc nf tba ,,,f..-oh,o ,.,o,.. h.