The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-02-11

stow, Mrs. Void left her with abundant
! food for reflection. Soon after dark.
tie beds were all filed, and thus sIar-
garet learned that she was in general
dormitory for women and small bo5s.
About ten o'clock, Misc Irontof, paid
another visit, and brought with !,cr: a a.
BOY who appeared to be about eight
years old, OF high temper and NOW in a
sunco' despairlng mood She slocd
IKE a statue, and gave short word; Of
command while he took Of his no,,r
little outer garments and go, into bed
She notified Becky that there vas t.
be no interference With Jimmy. vbo
was still sullen.
AS he turned down the cover to get
in bed, beside another child, she STEP
ped forward and STOPPING examined the
bed. The result was unfavorablc to
the repose of the sleeper, for she IT,
startly commenced administering ten
or dozen blows with an old slipper
she carried in her hand. She bad eyi-
dently come prepared for this. As the
child, thus suddenly awaken ed, shrek
cd, Jimmy stood silently and glco1ni,;
waiting, then got into bed, and cover
ing himself and companion as we'll as he
could, was ready FOR the happy dreams
of childhood, while Miss lronton reliey-
ed her mind by few short, explosive
sounds represented by such combination
OF letters as, beast, filthy, and
others even less polite. From this bed, /,
she passed to the others. A majority Of
the children were awakened by the slip
per, and there was full chorus Of sobs
before she left the room.
Next morning Mrs. Void come early
with some breakfast for Jimmy, but
she could not induce him to eat, and
she was soon convinced that he was i'll.
For two weeks the doctor thought there
was little hope tor his recovery, but: tie
matron nursed him with most assiduous
care, and as she felt bound to inform
the physician of all facts Immediately
connected with his Sickness. he knex
that Jimmy had been undergoing pun
ishment the day previous. He had
had the usual breakfast of mush and
molasses, but had not appeard we'll, had
not his lesson and was deprived of his
dinner, by order of the teacher. In
the afternoon he failed again in his
lesson, and had been deprived of bis
supper. The ma:ron would have given
him this, contrary to orders, but .the
teacher had kept him with her until
she (the matrou,) was in bed, to which
she had retired carly as she had been
up the greater part Of every night for
a week with two sick infants in ".he
house." The doctor was of opinion
that the sickness Was caused by excite,
ment and want of food. When the
visiting committee questioned him he
beld to his opinion. Miss Ironton
visited Jimmy, and spoke very swee.ly
in presence of the committee, which
consisted: of three ladies'. She. passed
around the room with them and pat.cd
Peter on the head Peter lodged, and
she hoped he would be in his place in
school. She missed Peter very much,
and Jimmy very much. The committee
were impressed by her tender interest in
her sick pupils. They failed to notice
that the pupils did not respond to her
tenderness.
In their round they stopped at Mar
garet's bed, and were introduced by
Miss lronton. Mrs. Paxton; their
Treasurer, woman about sixty, richly
and fasbionably** dressed in.black. Will
her. gray. hair ia cur]s on each side Of
her thin face, and trembling, nervous
motion of her entire psreon, Margaret
recognized as the ':Aucieut Dora: She
spoke kindly to Margaret, hoped she
would recover and be good girl in
future, said it ste wanted to do well
they would be'her friends, 1t was cen
trary to their rules, or rather they were
not prepared to receive sex persons, or
adults at all, they were deyoting the:
institution entirely to- the care of or
phan children; tsfor," said she:
"Our President, myss dear, Mrs. Em-
met, resided 10 Denton, and is:a niece
of ours. Her husband has an interest
in large mill property here, and they;
make US long visits. She is;quitc like
4 daughter to us, that is to my sister;
and myself, as We brought her: up
We'll, she is our President, dear, for st
gives us a more extended lnflueace to
have some Of our officers in the East.
They aid u. with contributions, send US
boxes Of clothing and money. Our
teacher here, Miss Ironton, is from Den.
ton originally, although she has been
years teaching in the West. You
must know, dear, that she is niece of
Hen. Augusts Ironton." How she de-
livered quite little eulogy on the Hon.
Augustus. "Shc is like him, has quite
adopted his ideas about education, has
had almost the entire control of the
State Normal school, and her descip.
line is quite wonderful. It was a great
matter for US to obtain her services, and
We could only have done so through
the influence Of the Rev. DR.. Dream
ing, a nephew of tho great Dr.. Dream.