Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-19
The Poor BOYS =" AStOr House,

We follow our newsboy guide to large
door in Duane Street, near Chambers
Street, on the south side of a huge seven
story Building. with Il sign" Newsboys
Lodging House" We mount Il tlre-proof
star-w
Il see YOU can get out if there is 4 fire
here
Il tell vou. sir. we wouldn't be many
seconds Scoo,in' down them stairs.
W" look into Il large dinng-hall. the
ceiling supported on pine columns, AMI
finished of with Georgi il pine wainscotn@
4 comedy matron is setting tables for over
u hundrc boys, with tea, mutton Stew, and
good bread. Everything is AS clean rs a
ships deck
"ThatS Mrs. O'Connor, sir; she 5 l>t rs
good as pie But don't it smell good, We
must 90 upstairs, or | won't be let in TO
supper.
W., enter :, large, handsome audience
room. with school-deSks and 4 piano. we'll
lighted and cheerful. and windows on
three sides, and no institutional " smell,
though Il hundred or more ragged little
fellows, with washed faces and combod
hair, are waiting about before going down
to supper. The notices on the wall are
worth reading
At the door sits an elderly clerk behind
a railing, with keys hanging around him.
Our little newsbov falls into \ line of boys
till his turn comes.
"Threc tickets, sir-lodgin', breakfast
and supper There's eighteen. sir, and
twenty-five owed ysu when was stuck
i. e.. when he could not sell his papers.
But. Johnnie, where were YOU last
night?
Y on see >r WAS ut the Bowery, and
rot To The door Just one minute after
twelve; and so. on course. had to turn IN
under the steps down At Beekman Street.
" All. there's where Your money goes
Iou Il never get enough TO buy that coat
and 90 ont west There's your key, but
get Your hair cut and 90 to the bath before
Won come 10 supper
Johnnie disappears in the ample bath
rooms We watch hi, operations. He
has warm footballs. wherein he plunges
his dirty feet, but ingenious spikes on the
edges prevent his sitting too long in them
wash-ba>in, and towels are in abundance,
and bath rooms with hot and cold water.
For his hair. a large boy takes him in hand
and soon shave> him close, rubbing his
head with lark >pur for which operation
Johnny rather reluctantly pays his three
cents
Now he rusheS out, 4 clean AMI decent
looking boy 50 far rs his skin.
i that clean shirt ready?
His wet. ragged coat is put in the dry
, inc room, and his valuables are hid away
in the locker, for which he has a key. and
he pu:s on 4 clean. comfortable shirt. and
soon enters the supper room. delivering
his ticket for payment at the door. and is
deep in his stew and bowl of tea. Several
bows are hanging about in the upper room
looking rather hungry.
Why don't YOU get Your supper
BOYS
" Haven't got no stamps, sir; were
stuck.
The Superintendent. a kind. firm looking
man. Mr. O'ConnOr. comes forward an,
speaks 10 each
Jack. YOU know where Your Stang
went-it WIS to the Bowtrv Uhtatrt)
and Pat. told YOU 20 let those policy
Clotterv) tickets alone: tnI YOU, Dan. WHY
Gid vuu eat AL Your money "p ve~t,r,a,
in hat bic dinner? As for YOU GO a que
depressed looking lld). believe YOU at,
unluckv; You shall have credit SO 9
down,
We pay thc tickets Of the others, IN,
they al r,ioicc in thci- mutton stew an
OVERLOOKING bowls Of te.,.
After supper thry AL fly upstairs to th'
gymnasium. and there is i kind OF athlcti,
pnn,irmonium for .,W lie boys in the an
BOYS Jun. ping, boys pulling, climbing, an'
tulu,linw-thr large 10 ~ re>Ounuinr viii
the laughter ana shouts.
"Yru see SAYS Mr.. O'Connor. "tLi
is orr ounA~i,ion to the low theatres AN,
gl"g->hop~-
Precisely At half-pa>t seven. they al
descend To- the school room. We look il
ut the. Iormi,orie>; rooms some ninety fee
lone. filled with double iron bcd-StcadS
the bed, of straw, and very comfortable
warm comforlrrS and clean sheets Owe
each.
That my bed" Johnny points; " mum
Der six, There's where :. Teller sleeps. | tel
YOU.
." But don't Won ever fall out, or have
lark with another boy?
mo, sir, Griffith would catch us: be
sides we has TO be called at five O'Clock
and we sleeps like tops
There is no smell about the rooms
Evcrythin" is clean and pure as possible
We 90 below to the audience-roOm
This is my bank, sir-number thirty
one" pointing with pride TO 4 mysteriou
table near the door. with Sits in the top
and each slit numbered. "Fifty-nine cents
but its slow work Oh | thank zee sir =
that makes Just u dollar. Two more, an,
I'll have Il Sunday go-tO-mee coat AM
Il oiled shirt
The teacher has already begun his even
inc uoik, bv reading some Letter from
BOYS who had made fortunes at the West
and were writing back to their old friends
go West young man. whispers GU
ouide. and he seats himself demurel
anlonr the scholars. Now they sing il
excellent accord the sweet hymn.
there's love ut home Perhaps here an,
there +, shadow falls across the Young face
as they think of how little 'love at home,
or any where else, they have known; bu
they are AL are soon lively and inditferen
As cvcr-:l> ready for chatting or being
chatled. Is. Nicholas.
Jade is Il stone exceeded In hardness on
TX by the best precious stones, and nothing
but diamond and emery will cut it, 1t is
oua,tz of numerous shades and color. ;tnC
the largest lump ever found weighed 21C
hounds, and was seven inches thick anC
thlrtv-three 1cel long. IL IS lounu ouly III
the province Of Yorkanda, Chinese Tar
tarv. or in the southwestern part Of the
! Chinese empire The mineral is hunted
for in the assures Of mountains and in the
beds of streams. under government con-
troll. The Chinese poets use it instead OF
the lilly or the rose. the diamond OF
cold, to illustrate anything that is lovely
or pure Extremes of heat or cold do not
infect its polish, and it will stand fearful
tests in fire, while Il fall will SILVER it to
Crarments. 1t is made into scent bottles,
memorial tablets and other articles. Speci-
mems Of ancient workmanship command
very high prices. and some are to be seen
in the Louvre, tie British Museum. and in
Dresden, and there are a few in private
collections in Boston and New York.