The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-01-29
CHIMNEY WEEPS

lowing i4-ir masters in tine streets ,r
is~uag 'rsIu tie CLiau-y-tops with tl.-r
.,-...ia- val. Some - them are uaI
l-saf-. -'.sn ten y-ar- ui age. E:d ;u-y
.'r...., Sr-tCL-l .siat v!eu % ci.i
s.a- ! .'-Eayel Ifs .as-'..r ar l-s--s.
wyIIi threaten 20 give l. ty -. -i...-
- sweeps
In Germany and france small iy.s
are still employed in cleaning ciiinneys.
In Great Britain law has been passed
fOrbiiiiug lie practice; but !->s tl:au
hItcen vearS ago the sweeps. or ''cii:ub
ing boys We're very numerous. uaf
can remember SEEING 2 bit Of . ia,i
crawling OUg OF oH- OF rile tallest ch!l.-
Hey> in London.
Until the reign OF James the First. tii=
hOnse was built only one story high. aI.d
the ciiiInneys were swept from rhe floor
Tie Scotch fashion OF multiplying tie
stories then cane in, and J,yics or three
timas year boys ver. sent III 10 sweep
down Tie SCOT.
There was once famous ligiIwa y;nan
who had been climbing boy and !
think he was the Only one q, tie ;rib-
who ever became notorious. ~ ali
events we do not hear more about them
in history from tie time Of James tire
First until about the middle of tie last
century, when Jonas Hanway called
public attention tn their condition.
Hanway, yOa know, was one OF the great
DhiiantlropisJs Cf Lis dag. and Wa, til.
mai who first carried an umbrella in
London, p performance which exposed
him to all the jeers of the iInpud-ut lit
tie bakers and butcher boys ia the city.
No doubt he looked rather queer as he
trotted along in the rain with the new
tangled thing over bis head, and some
folks thought him utterly crazy But
lie was wise and good man. living At
life tiIat most OF Us might initiate TO ,.d-
vantage.
When climbing boy" came to L.S
house one day. Eanway was struci with
the poor fellows wOefnl face, and asked
him low and where he lived. The aI-
swers that were made excited tle PHI
lanthrOpi>t's sympathy and, through
public prints and the benevolent socie-
ties with which he WAS connected, Le
drew attention to one Of tie worst kinds
of slavery that ever existed. The climb
ing boys were mostly the children of
di>sOlGte parents, who sold them TO the
the men chimney sweeps for " f~w SOW
rrai-I~ or IN lul-ri.-'r, rls..,.r ii.--.u or
twenty dollars.
ph' novIraN ilaa ..i'' af'';i. .-s dread ot
ascending I'll" chimney g. iiI' iil-t i'inr,
and there are s-'eT'i ii-s;a.ic'S uI Un-
doubted truth In wh'c,r Tiir it lr fellows
wer,. violently Jiira-r iI > grcir mas
icrS and driven up 10y ;j ii-. ii-..rs5 uI-
der them. Ii.i> >"r..- too iv-r.h.r tcT
belief. huj II was sworn - .sy q. uu-ier
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y story |, tod, that a Yer! small By.
not more tili'h io"r y-ur- "i age. 80.
once sent up cL!tnuey III ~ e''""'FL.
house at brd.in%;"ii, i'F'~''.i'-- aud
that he tumDled down and Eur himself