The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-09-19

smoke, anG apartments fill with disgust
ing fragrance. People only said the lamp
is in draught. They moved it and oore
with It. We shall have to yield. Kero-
sene is modern discovery. Ghosts are
old-fashioned. To be out of date is to he
out of mind. Your tallow candle pleases
me. We ghosts like the light of other
days around us. We always, in the
body, burned allow candles"
The fine eyes of my grandmother gazed
at my penny dip steadfartly for a mo-
ment. She seemed to see visions and
dream dreams.
"My dear" she sa id, "you are the first
OF the family that returned to candles
since the innovation of gas. You are in
debted to your dip for my presence. How
hollow [ would have looked under a
chandelier-how bloodless, how white |!
AS it is | think [ am looking very natural,
am not ?"
She glanced up at her portrait and
waited my reply.
"a little pale, grandmother" said
"but tell me, dear madam, if your pursuits
in the other world are of such nature
that they admit of your returning to this
at any time?
''By no means. am permitted to APP.
pear in this sphere but seldom My in
f1uence I can make felt oftener. I have
not been seen before since my coffin lid
was closed. | come to tell you there rose
yell IN Pandemonium I looked in to
see whence it came. I found the great
chamber assigned to the little children,
and which is always full of little ones of
all sizes and ages, the scene of great com
motion. Infants were crawling into corn
ers, tbree-year-old toddiers were tottering
out of the way Older ones were hastily
finding seats, and all faces wore listen
ing expression. A small voice was say
ing:
at was no fault of mine that brought
me here. l, who am but five years old,
might have lived to be fifty. Nature, un
fortunately gave me very fine physical
development. Ny chest was round and
full,m skin clear, my limbs finely nodded.
My birthplace was in cold climate. My
tender mother, proud of her Offspring,
barred my neck and arms in the chill win
ters, when her rose bushes and vines were
packed in warm straw, and thoroughly
protected from every blast. was brought
down to be viewed by company, and ex-
posed to different temperatures as I went
from room to room. My mother wrapped
in soft velvets and comfortable silks, did
not suffer. became great trouble to
the house. My beauty faded. fingered
Oh from month to month, land died at last,
five years old, of consumpti M. My moth
er cried over my little coffin. l knew,
but could not tell her then, that her own
vanity had placed me there-would send
me here"
Il was trotted to DEATH" cried more
piping voice,as the first speaker sat down.
"a woman was hired expressly to take
care of me, and she took care that I
should not want for exercise. Her days
and nights were spent in keeping me 60
ing up, up, uppy,' and down, down,
downy.' That unknown wonder, perpet-
ual motion, was to be found in my nurses
knees. Every bone in my poor little
body was racked, every ounce of flesh was
sore. My food went down milk and came
up cheese. If l cried, was trotted i'll
was still was trotted; If screamed I
was trotted-I became little better than
human churn, from which the butter had
been taken and the sour milk left stand
ing. My brains turned to bruises, my
blood to whey. My bones grew so sharp
they almost pierced the knees that trotted
them. AS began to cut teeth, my tongue
was constantly jolted between my jaws,
and in danger of being bit off dared not
whine, for I knew the penalty began at
last to calculate how long the torture CO uld
possibly continue. Warm weather was
coming on, and thought one or the 9TH
er of us must soon give up the ghost; and
as my nurses exertions were almost super
human, I imagined that perhaps I might
outlast her. One tlnlueky day, however,
my mother entered the room unexpected
| ly, | smiled at her. had never done so
before" ..-rf4- Il ..,,t
"The darling" cried my parent, "see,
it knows me-"
"Poor thing, father" said the nurse, "it
has wind on its stomach"
e"Forthwith she proceeded to trot it out
Every thump of her foot on the floor was
a nail in my coffin. I felt could never
smile again. My faithful nurse continued
her efforts, and was trotted out of exist
ence on the poor old women's knee"
''As the speaker. ceased, one of the old
! CT OCCu pdAts VI VIC loOA uesCI1eu ueI
said grandmother. HE at once made
room for me to enter, and begged me to
remain awhile and hear the remarks.
consented and took seat near the en-
trance" a- as.
"I," said little fellow, rising from his
seat, with his blue eyes all bloodsho., and
his curls all matted together, "died of de-
|lirium tremens. At the age of six months
i was confirmed drunkad. / had not
been very quiet baby, and every time
was uneasy a little liquor was administer
ed to do me good. did not want wine
but water. Twas naturally very thirsty
child and nveruthinr that Was mt he.