The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-04
OUR EBTF'LE ONES.
TgRs sad Relation af am HnvBfce of Toys
ANA the st0ry Of a Through
Passenger.

In these days of disaster distress and plaeue
| many painful things could be recorded which
we omit as nocuous and useless, but there art
some ;niefoftunes which tend to si1o r the nube1
traits of human natures others that are en-
vironed with the glow-worm light Of mournfu
| poesy and which Ii Ia good and useful to pub
lish, as they carry with them moral and
teaehing.
A few days ACCOUNTABILITY this is not an iso
lated circumstance IN the era Of Our epidemic
q father and mother were swept away from
life by the poisonous breath Of the yellow mon:
ser, leaving behind them an onlE child, d help
esq wait only FIVE or six years, old, with nc
feather on the ocean of the world, to be toss cd
about wildly or he swallowed up forever by Its
reckless waves But happily unbounded char
uenerops hearts took up the, orphan and
cared for him, 1t was ascertain9d that he had
relatives n San Eraneia . AZ Apglication
and New Orleans Railroad Company, otherwise
called here the Jackson Road, than the child
was taken IN charge by the administration. He
ard now he goes forth to his relatives III CALI
fornia. as q piece. of precious living freight
marked and labeled as follows by the general
nature
NEw ORLEANS. October 8. 1873.
The bearer of this Is Walter Wilcox, who has
Vailed iY a c IT h d i've 81 az yesrs q
age, and. he ,is nov 81. route to San Francisco.
via Louisville and Chicago. He has been for
Warded from this point by the Masonic Relief
Lodge. and is the holder Of through ticket,
n . 25l.. New Orleans to Chicago, via Louisville.
form No, 1885,, and funds have been placed Ia
hands Of conductors to defray the necessary ex-
nenses which may be Incurred on his account
He will be received at Chicago by parties repre-
senting the Masonic Relief Lodge in that city,
bgspeak Tor him. on the part Of railroad
possible attention looking, to his comfort aud
projections Z. CHANDLER,
General Passenger Agent Chicago. st. Louis
and New Orleans RaIlroad COMPANY.
Copy Of tag to be tied around the chtds neck.
ANOTHER INSTANCE.
Full Of that noutnful poetry which comes
back TO tts as the faint and sweet scent of those
flowers that loving aud pious hands scatter over
newly made graves, Is this:
In the beginning OF spring q father left his
blooming and healthy family Of five children
10 err SO the ocean, OF his way to Paris on d
business tour. He had promised each child IL
fine present when he came back. Toys such rs
children dream of intmtable playthihgs that
can only be found Ia Paris the centre Of ar in
Ill its phases Glorious specimens Of ingenuity
hat make the hAbpintss OF thUsB Wild iltIt.
creatures who are at the same tins our misery
and Infinite Joy. a toy from Paris i gift from
fairy land and as such do the children await it's
eumiug.
business having detained the father abroad.
NJ IN urdef not to disappn mt the children. pur
chased the toys and sent them to New Orleans
BY steamer We think Of his beating and happy
heart when he dispatched The package, that was
to give SO much joy to the little. ones he dUtet
ID the human heart sinks aud that are full Of
iutting rocks that tear It to pieres!, When the
nackage arrived In New Orleans the FIVE chill
dren were dead.