The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-04-22
Ironton always appeared to dislike Petor'

-H esaxas obstinate, and she thought
no did things on purpose. While
he WAS sick she came in tho childrens
dining room ono morning in great
rage, and was dragging him BY enc
arm sho jsrked him up and set him
down on the bench with a bump; aud
told mo to give that aasty beast soue
breakfast. I did give him some, but
no didn't cat. He laid his arm on the
table, end his heal dropped ovcr'on it.
Then b. turned the bench, and she
jerked him up, ,oted hin to the deer
aud pitched him out in the rain. At
ter chile she sent Que Of tho chilli
rem doom to the wash house for Aunt,
Rece, 10 come and take him to bed.
Aunt Becky come and took him away,
aud never saw him again; but he
died that night"
ut is rather strange that christian
woman ike you did not bring the
child in when you saw HIM thus expos
ed" sneered tho Rev. Doctor.
"Pd like to see any ono Interfere
with Miss Ironton, about dat house,
said Nancy. "She'd make you think
the roof vas comm off in purity short
order! Then, she'd go to the ladies
aud tell nice story, and you could
pack up your bundle.''
ibid you tell this to the managers
At the time" said Mr.. Granger.
"Well, indeed, 1 wasn't sech fool !!
The managers dasn't Nv believed it.
They were a good deal more afeared
nv her than was and dasn't b'lieve
anything but what she said. I hadn't
three thousand dollars to build school
house with, and wasn't going to build
one, vheu the Opposition to me would
stop, and was sure Nv stayin' in the
Institution"
At the suggestion of Mr.. Bzownlow,
Mrs. Paxton, Mrs. Mendit and Mrs.
Dugdale were examined to prove Nam
oy saucy servant; but she had al
ready made this selt-evident, and their
statements OF beliefs, and of facts learn
ed through Miss Irontou, could not
break the force Of testimony by many
eye and ear witnesses. Their unwilling
admissions Of the total exclusion of the
children from the house and grounds
donated them, with the exception of
three small back chambers and the
back yard, were not relieved by their
attempt to justify the arrangement on
the ground that "peopls do not permit
their own children to run everywhere
over house and grounds" The admit
ted fact that more children had died in
The BONE during the past year than
had been brought into it, was not
atoned by the explanation Of their hav-
ing been brought in a diseased con.
dition, as the mortality Was no less
amongst those brought in the previous
year than amongst the fresh arrivals.
Their assertions that the sickness, if
chargeable to the treatment Of the child
rem, must be the fault of the Iatrons.
since the teacher was only accountable
for the school, could have little weight
since it had been proved that. four mat
rous bad been discharged on account Of
their attempts to protect the children
from her usurped authority. They,
With Dr.. Dreaming, had fully espoused
Misc Ironton's quarrel, and while una
Bile to deny the great bulk of the abus-
IS charged upon the management Of
The Home, they believed and tried to
show that those who had been laboring
to remove these abuses were responsible
for their existence. It was the old
story Of the responsibility Of Moses for
the increased rigor of Pharaoh.
Eleven o'clock warned the committee
that there must be another adjourn.
ment and another meeting.
Gro BE CoNTINUED.)