New-York tribune., 1879-03-12


lwant 10 out West because think IL pe''cf '"''
STAYING in NewYork" .-,-,oo,, ,,sors
ago. His father died three and MS motne, NJ p"p
years ago. His father was a Waterman at ahich H'
lows Falls, and afterwards at Troy, from "nud d a
place John came on a canal boat wo years ago, ana
has lived by blacking boots IN the Winter anu Ii
ing horses on the canal in Summer lie was az h.o'' %
10 get where he could have steady wofA anu Pi'1'
ant home .s horn in Germany fifteen years ago.
aud came 20 this country by himself IN August las
Has In the milk business, but was not trPaIeu
well by the man WHO empiOyed him. Has been stop, ~
ping at the societys odging-houses Tor q rev ~eeAS
past and ne has been very much liked there.
LIVINGSTON, CHARLES age sixteen, was DOr n 'pcas"
and came TO this city nine years ago. when his pa
rents died An elder brother, who was quite poo poor
and Livingston was on his way to this brothers
home when he was engufed IN the great clty; iSy,,
boots, for awhile he said, land afterward !
learned how to strip tobacco for eigarmakers;i ion 4
worked in q shop five years until Christmas "hen
the business got dull that lost my place; 30
have had hard lime to get enough TO oa ed bs bss
helped me some. He recommended NE TO come here
glad to go anywhere for chance OF geiting ~
work but am afraid ii Will be awfuly duil out III
Kansas. Ihave always lived IN the city"
McWILLIAss WILLIAM isa brlghteyed Doy VINO 10 l1Ofs 1
very Intelligent and earnest. He was born IN DnD
lin fourteen years ago, but came over to America
when babe with hls parents; flis motntr oann aIg'
but seldom gets any work and his older Dr0ther anu
sister both work for their own support Hls Ihhsa
is willing he should 20 West, because he THINKS ne
MULLER. OIT0, a German lad twelve years Old has
parents living at No. % Chryste-st. Ihey came 10
his country when Otto was two years old The
father is a halter by trade. but the iamy is vaIS
poor Otto was given place III barber-shops
year ago. but he had TO work eighteen hGurs eacn
day and earned only dollar week. He mao never
seen country. but he Thought yesterday that lie
would IKE To live on a farm - ,, ,
NopJs J0Hs L. good-natlIred lad of fifteen with rough
and ready manners; had been left moheress In this
civ when lie three years old. and had been leIt
70 earn his own living most OF the time since then.
lie sold newspapers on the street soon as he
was big enough Ha to run no0iPack SGSGr 'Di me
nd regular inmate or Inc News
Boys Lodging-House. HIS -father, VINO had
not comtFieueI a ieen en 10 Here s Tie boy said from
No. Duane-st was in Philadelphia last summer; per-
and took trips to Washington aud Baltimore. had
q good job AS errand boy then. but wanted TO get
back to New York. since came back have had
hard time. Sometimes didn't get as much to eat as
WANTED, but managed 10 live through the winter
think could make a good farm hand
OCoSSOR, EDWARD, age seventeen; born III Canal-st,
where his father, who was junkman, lived After his
father died he in the service OF Dr. Blood Tor
so,ne time. He then worked on the farm or Dr.
Mitchell in White Plains, during one season at thc
end OF which he returned to the city, and staid at te
Thlrty-hith Street and the Duane street LodSlns-
Houses, and blackcd boots and sold papers during
the day lie expects to find pleasant home III
OpoSE VINCENT was born in Pdrkst. fourteen years
ago. HIS father afterward moved to Grecnpolnt,
wnsTT nsad ne d ,o wof IN the same onndfy and his
SCARED and blackened hands showed that the WORK
lad not been light His father. who Is q wdower
end very poor asked TO have him sent West, and the
boy seemed well pleased yesterday at the promised
RICHARDS. EDWARD age seventeen, born in Montreal;
His hlo for the last three years has been inl M OF
yicissitudes. He said My parents were French
Canadians and are both dead. Ny fatner was a
painter, and when he died went to work in hotel.
HIM 1ne% 10 Sew-York in 1876 Here he left me, paying
my board for month IA ana giving me nou3I,t some
get any work here when the Centcn-
NAL Exhibition Opened cocU1 %ent & to IT ana
in Machinery Hall. earned 80 week; ana some,
times $l5. AS l could speak both French ana
English, that helped me good deal. STAYED
there until the Exhibition closed After that
Race-st for five months when no more help was
wanted Then came to tsis city and waited for
work. thought should Ike to be & sailor or and md
West Indies. There were eight IN the crew, aud the
%s4e rTeF S ali S had
down and were cut away 4 foreign steamer
@ %p aed f e voyage wys we y
months long when io iito ought Ggrb to Of have tSs
sSa, and never want to be a sailor
again then went back to Montreal. Gut could get
sick there and in the hospital for two months got
rides from there to Buffalo ana To- ms ey ana nay
was sent here. have always thought would Ike
10 be farmer aud am very glad oi chahce TO go TO
Kansas. / Ill ST. BridgeCs School Ill Montreal
sv1TT. George is thirteen years of age; born in
some part of Germany. lie came over VITA his
narents who both live IN E-seN-st. HIS father is a
ip"rner and gris work sometimes but more fre-
nucutIy does not. Has worked at pcddling oranges
and other things, and has often slept In wagons,
wien he could not earn enough to sleep IN lO-cc1t
lodpIug-horsec. He said: g want TO go out West,
brcalst think / can make living there better than
here. | should like farming because Ike green
fields"
JOSEPH was born IN Ninthave., May 1sG3; went
10 school until he fourteen years old. Alter his
fathers death worked for Mills * Ambrose the
contractors for laying the foundations Oi tue
elevated roads He Is out OF work and wishes to 20
Wrst He likes farming better than any hing else.
WApETy BENJAMIN age eighteen, was sent West by me
society three years ago lie came pack TO the CIV
last Fall 20 see his widowed mother, who lives III
Thirty-sixth-st. His former empOyc" an Iowa far
uer was anxious to have him RETURN and the society
M+sl "A ~
Yesterday that he wa- much pleased To 10 BACK 10
W rsns THOMAS age sixteen has parents living at No.
by trade and is very poor. An elder brother u
sailor. Thomas has worked IN rope-waik Tor Two
wears % LETT my pace last Wednesday, he SAID
farm / ike to drive horses" His mother came to
the city yesterday tn bid him goodbye.
WILLIAMS, JOHS MATTHEW Il 1ftccn years od was
born at Portsmouth, England He said Notuer
died before | can remember, ana father brought me
ovIr hero six wears ago. At Boston pa. away
10 sea and have meyer seen him since. haVcb1en
a, sea most OF the time ever since, and at Ncw-lorK
met Mis-. GriswOld, Of New York. HhO Drought me
here and gave me some work, and then ADVISED me
to %, out West. SnC introduced me 10 Mr. Brace.
worked for her at her rouse on Madison-~Ve ana on
Uonn LOWELL born on March Il. 1861 in Fourth ave,
BrOOkiyn Ills mother IS living. out his father dled
SIX wears ago. lie went to school unti! fOug years
ago, whcn lie began WORKING III grocer store as
eIraud-bOy. lie Is the oldest OF five caIdIcu; mas
always attended church aud sunday -schoo. Lurlng
one Summer hc nyed on a farm on Long Island ana
liked the work very much. lie wishes to 10 west TO
make a home for hlmseli ana grow up on "a iaiin lie
will live with n Mr. Lines, IN Iowa.
OF the children sent down from the Putnam County
PoorhOuse be sent West by the society, the expenses
These were John Clark fifteen; james Leonard age
eleven aud Thomas Leonard. age seven.
SIX FAMILIES SENT WEST.