The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-11-14

The head droops, the hair, most delicately
sculptured is disordered and unkempt, tne
depict eyesi On the little knees, their sharp
outlines deftly shown through the scuiptnred
rags, rests limp scroll, and the worn ana tiny
On the pedestal of this speaking statue. is the |
legend g Unto these Least" Aud, my reader, |
but for the absence of the peerless look IN the
placed at the beginning Of the present story.
| This building is an institution, where child.
| rem, having no accommodation Whatever ooC
taken in and given Is to eat" :" to drink" to
wear.n "to be sheltered" physically and men
tally, where there is NO distinction OF person,
| the most precious; where charity reigns SUI
preme, and Gods little ones" are the
| treasures of the place.
Now, for this house, no subscription-list Is
ever sent round, no donations are ever &C,
cepted it lives, and works and saves, wlthont
apy outside aid. 1t is maintained in sucn
style as is usual to the homes OF onaiat t5s
most liberal education is given-thls PoI-
ton Of the arrangement is prlncely-ano,
for the sick. or crippled there Is separ ave
is ever called upon to assist, ana yet NO one
knows from whence the revenue OF the Least
House, as people have taken to Gaining ~, Is
drawn. gentleman does the financial bnsl,
: ness as "agent," he says, and his prlnciPal
refuses to reveal his name. Many theories are
afloat regarding the ms tuition, which WORKS
!. miracles amongst the little waits of the city !;
and many fables related of the statue over Inc
f gateway but the true story of its origin, and
+ the true meaning of the statue, have untolded
to you in the preceding pages: upon me Lhe
ruined fabric of his hopes for his poor little
grandchild, Mr.. Vlnton upreared this real one
of life aud happiness for children of her stamp
on the heart-wish for what some one plesseo
t with wealth, might have done for her, ne
!, plauted his treatment of these outcasts; on tne
f death, which he accepted as punishment 1oI
against error ne eooi
9 work would save. So did he meet his sorrow
so did he atone for any wrong IN the past 81
l. did he lay up treasures for the future, Whlct
could not decay.
r / know that according to the way of al
II well-told stories of the present day, Jak'
O should have been put in some extraordinar.
/, position of trust got rich and married som
r beautiful and transcendently endowed younl
n lady, should have made his unknown enen
10 " bite the DUST" and saved his cruel emPioye
from the poor house in the end OF his Gays
n Truth, however, compels me to record, ina
the other day read in one of our Catholl
A. weeklies the following obituary notice o
jake
"D1ED. At st. Harolds Monastery, =, o
l. -, George Ashe, in religion, Brother Leo,
n the thirtieth year of his age. Deceased wa
10 munity for his great intellectual endowment
o, which even his humility could not hide; III
i'd perfect and wonderful charity, especially te
IS lowest class of children to be found in on
st streets: He worked amongst them he sough
them out he instructed them; he lived 10
d. them; he died for them. Going into fever
ID laden district, to see that none Of these poo
10 little waits ght die without the consolation
IN of religion, and such earthly aid as he coul
IT, beg for them, he took the sickness hlmsel
w and actually died at his post in their mids
in His last words were CHARACTERISTIC OF his life
ry Unto These Least Lord remember me whe
t Z! Thou shalt come to Thy kingdomP He was
49,, martyr in the full sense of the word. Requie
~ cat in pace"
~ That was all. A beautiful all! what word
W of earthly pen or tongue can paint thy CON
I'D pleteness?
in Eva, the blossom of the old mans hom
to ought to have q love-affair, know. Well, sh
my has not had it yet, but she has learned to be
or woman of the highest type" Consequentl!
lis she is very choice about setting her heart upo
10 that which belongs to earth alone. You unde
ok stands
of Miss Susanna is burning and shinie
ow light" in reform circles. She looks upon III
if brother as q lunatic, and Eva as fool, an
tie this life as mockery. But the latter is, b
~. cause she has set her heart on it alone
ice Miss Garlic is happy in nd ministering lustl
,ut throughout the halls of the "Least House
rse and Mrs. Miguonettes husband is agent
rth there. Many babies have crowed in her arr
for the benefit Of the inmates, till at last 81
ace has become, to them, their most cherish
hat ideal of motherhood. The other boomers
I'M the paradisiacal street--alas their one regr
on is show they missed it," Surely, you do n
the expect any other repentanc for people of the
nld stamp.
of Mr. Vinton He-well, he spends all his
ne. naming days of life, in ministering I'm
/, of These Least"
the
ere WESTERN PRODUCE, LIQUORS, ETC