The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-20

to coGae back with the duty half done
and throw the responsibility of the
| child's death on her betters There
was so help for it, and terrified at hav-
ing another death to answer Sor, the
woman took little Charlie to = doctor
on her way back. He prescribed, with
a glance at the little one. for diarrh@a,
which the child hadn't, and paid no
attention to the hanger, which had al
ready carried the child beyond the line
1 where either food or medicine
could help,it. She carried the child
J back. and tried the soothing syrup
again, and, as it failed hour by hour,
! in her dread she conquered ever her
I fear of the poor .cankered mouth, and
kto qs1ote: RI.
q hope. God Almighty uE.y be mer-
eiful to me and :sne b'ys, mme ands the
enesI love better nor me own, because
| With agood. heart I gave the child
suck, and afraid all the tine of his
meath sore all through.
ut was too late even for this to save
| it,aand Friday night s'the crying baby
bad luck to him, and @olsn Kilbride
haAadn't slept for. two aia3rts--an' he
| wall lin me arms an, a;sqnsaEn' less and
nae in this. chairs which give 81 for
nexe door, and then he grew quiet like,
and John says, says he, 1K&Se, the brat
is aead;' and he was The first thing
in need then w2s burial certificate,
and Kate Kilbride star4ed up, and,
laying the poor naked .body Of the
| dead child on the lounge, went to
thedaoctor who had attended it to OBJ
taiaa one. But Charley had .unwittingly
como acted debt in his lifetime for
me6 cal attendance, and-as the only
chance of securing the small sum the
| Doctors wife {she kept her husband s
aoc0nnts) refused point blank to fur
nish "a certificate till: the money was
| forthcoming. Very little difficulty is
made about burying babies where their
OWE mothers have doscd1hem to death
with soothing syrup. But this matter
of = 6aby's being dosed hJ somebody
who was not it's mother had to be look
| ed INTO. So the little slaanbering form
was kept all Saturday aad.2art Of Sun
/ day m that low basement room where
! meanw hile four children were laughing
and playing; and at last Sunday, after
! an aut1 psy had shown thescause Of the
| death, the mangled body was laid away
at rest
A Chariot of Fire.
! Last Thursday afternoon, about 4
10 clock - man named Friend, who was
iyourneymg from Oregon to sNevada with
his wife in. a wagon drawn by two
mules, fsllowed by his father-in-law,
who came from the, vicinity Of Scott
Valley with drove Of cattle and
horses, hid his wagon burned up
Xaich came very near, burning up the
/ Starveout stage station, in Shasta Val
ley, some twelve miles south of town.
/, H.seems that Friend and his wife were
driving along leisurely, and about two
and half, niles beyond or saath Of the
station discovered their wagon was all
ahlaze behind them, the, fire having
caught from the igniting Of matches in
a box under the mattress. clothing and
baggage, which had evidently. been burn
ing SEINE time before the flames broke
out. Friend then helped his wife to get
out, SO that she could hold the lines for
him 10 get <ont. While doing so, the
szSind blew the fire toward the horses
EEnd caused them. to get frightened and
tkreak loose foSa her before her hus-
shand could get bold of the lines again
latter jumping out. The mules then
.tnrned in circuit and ran at fearful
rate northward toward the stage sta
ton, the burning wagon setting fire
to the dry greass-wood like p1airie
fire. Jus. before reaching the. sta
tion one Of the v6heels was burned
tsoG, and sson after the two forward
wheels came apart from the wagon, xith
which the mules Travelled still faster,
and circulating around the stage station
several times, burning the brush to
within ten feet of the stable. Skee&s,
The keeper .d the station. made every
ef0rt to save the stable, by .shoveli9g
dirt ON the blazing brssh, there being
no water at head. The wind changed
from the south to the west just Is
Skeets vas nearly exhausted, and
thought of cutting the horses loose.
Taking advantage Of the schange of the
wind. he renewed his efforts, and sue.
ceeded ia extingwshing the fire around
the station The emigran4s had $40
in coin, gold watch, considerable jew.
elry, and SEINE fine guns in the wagon,
vi of which they found again, except
nsg q small portion of the cheapest jew
Try, but they lost,a their clothes ex-
ce. vt what Was on their backs. Some
ZOO yards Of Wm. Townsend's fence
was' also burned, and snuch more would
have been burned, had it not been for
the efforts Of n. ". Powers, If this
city, Who happened to be At work near
;bY ct the time. Nothing but the tires
;asd small piece Of the tongue If the
wagon was left, and the mules had their
tails burned off and their bodies severe
" Ecorched. Their dog, tied bekind
the wagon. was alss burned badly BE-
fore the fire burned the rope and let
him hose Yreka (Cal.) Journal.
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