New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-25

have any living relatives have lived as long as can
which now have on have been gwen r., TO ra me
since taken ont OF the Fold last week NE n r"a
and ia twenty five feet in width. On the basement
oor are the Kitchen and diningro In the nenEn
IRE n table, three chairs and some cooking nre,alIs
good and bad The only furniture on me eaTe
pepsons; some rnars and some large soap boxes
sed for chairs The nrsnoor 'front.' room Is ne senoo
eth Tie iearToor0, which is used by Nj and Mr.
two rockers The secondhooI rear rooms rb are
occupied by Mr. and Mrs rrt 6o% ,he owner of
tn hose on door 'front.' are FURNISHED Win
large beds char bureaus; he Fog sept on the next
aoor above. The bedsteads were OF IRON
on sSeo, each 1 f%e'e thin Ma' blankets with pows
There was other furniture in the rooms UnT lVg
boys ana the nursery by the little BOYS ana grls.
Now, Emrna," said Mr. Delateld, r %a9i you 10
give the history OF day al the shepherds lHd: hor
The big children got up at . O'Clock, Wneh 1
they called by MI GS%;sy 5Gs arr arr
parently with no idea tha she was telinga remark
bc bg ones h ID made the es We dressed in our
secplngrocns the most ooda Us tor pi,Iows IN IN
the the night. We had no nigbt-clothes We washed
our faces and hands in the bathroom on MI CowN
floor There were five towels for the twen tnVe
children ana We uscd TO run TO Set the nISt WIZ b"c
pressed laughter We all used the same CONN. @
was brush but the brises were almost all OUT anu
"I FANNIE McCufdy, who was fifteen years old Lille
and nTT'' did all the homework. We sc; the
table by putin mo ws on 10 eat There we're no other
dishes had for breakfast every morning bread VIII
condensed milk ana waier Ure nnrnoses during the
dav and we lad no fresh milk For breakfast We ma" V.
cunI f condensed mi H. diluted with many clippers
uI Of wafer a. there we're children. This was poured
INTO ie pia and we ate it with tie bread When me
her did moi hing bread we had Indian meal instead
Mr ana HT Mrs cowcy ate with US % A dnG
breakfast the big g W n maG? h"d teacher
S|epe l"nc While The only teaching those
in the house have had, except three or four VINO WEN
SIren fh ap6abet how 70 spell and addition. There
about ten Of these children from es1 10 Lni
years Old. had no books TO teach from un'i "Oou'
| four ago"
THE SHEPHERDS METHODS OF DISCIPLINE
"Were YOU ever punished by the Rev. Mr. CONVEY y
Mr. Detailed DEPRESSING from the regular oruor o
the examination.
''Yes. About two weeks ago he plnlsAed Inc On tho
back and gave me good kick in the back"
"what did he punish YOU on the back with =
when he clicked YOU did he have his boots onI'
.How hard did he lncll'
Another time that Mr.. Cowlcy punished her was inst
before Louis yictor WIS tSken &w9y when was more
| than inch in thickness. . -, - ,l
How hard DID he strike you tna' Ilue Wa e
THAT was hard enough to III IKE any one c r t
the child quietly, while tear iIcklcd down heF tuc'
SPIT OF neF caH Sc k 10 e me- down on the or
| with his fist aud then stamped on me- IN
h 5ned over and beat with his fists the upper part
| of nv body The bruises were there for long uhe'
| Once he used the at0'nneai.s on me. 1000, ,..,
! What do yol mean w that T. the counsel inquired
| - Describe the cato -Hiuc-tails. 80,
1t was stick about foot long me wines Saiu;
with nine leather straps on the end MI CoWlcy sai
he found Il in Fortynnih-st about thIGe years so an
ne has Kent il and IL since. lie h@d my igHl
hand down on bench and gave it ten cuts, ana tuth
tic same TO the LETT uand. bathed 1t in warm water To
Were you ever locFed up by Mr.. Cowley",
Yes Sir; for nearly week on 'ne i"p n',' ~,
4 There W
sicpt on tae floor No clothing was given me or any
c65nces cxcepting what had The only food had
was bread and water"
DINNER, SUPPER AND DEvouoNs
Coming back again the history OF the daily routine,
the child said that they had dinner al 1880 o'clock eoch
dav which was prepared ty ,he girls. The dnuerwas
either bean or pea soup md nothing else At no meals
ala they have ANYTHING to drink from; when they
Gu ,.d 70 Grink fney went 10 the hydran There
nuIy 1--WE We plates the children and twelve Spoons
| So Thai half Of tacm would eat and then give
pIae s,'' to the other. They sat on chars and
! The SOAP boxes around the two tables. Ih'y
never ard anY da ays' Nj ana Mrs. Co%ey never
| dined with u.s." little Emma said, neiyely
room while we were eating. We big girls
cleared up the dishes Our upper was me same a,
breakfast except that there was halfas much condensed
| milk 10 the same amount Of water" -
what occurred after you had cleared away the sup
Pc Then Mr. Cowey would call us in 10 prayers IT,
conducted ,hc prayers aud they lasted about an hor
| THIS anyeaIcd very amusing To- many - The p t.
| tators who burst INTO such general laushtrr ~
! Mtii O%m'' check H. Mr. Cowey himscf.
VINO had been almost impertnlb.ble during me g'ta rr
described WINGED little at the c0ntcWpuous llnlcuc
| 81 the spectators, winch ne evidently id, Wa
IhH ls features settled again Into their former hard
and brutal appearance with an occ,sDn iI'.,uili
! AT hIm once whIe shr was giving hcr evidence
UTTER NEGLECT.
sho said in answer 10 further inquiries that there
were ten boys in OF the secmngrooins with no one
/ gee
were eix little boys aud girls In the nui-
scry aud the ~ girls in ne other room Dom
! Ncifbor Mr. nor Mrs COwley paid any attention
10 them a, ght None OF the doors were IochGi. ana
mes they lett Olcn. There was hotiihE 10
FreTeG5 1IT Roy ~, ineesi bow. WHO wa fifteen years
old. bad come down in the night. haVnE on TO ne
! excepting sheet and during the last mont" Ho was
down almost every night 49,, .
&" Did you make any complaint about the boys coming
| INTO your room z" ask d Mr. Delatcid
| &" Yes" sald Emma, told Mrs Cowley about 1t ana
| she only ans cred nonsense
! DID you ever suffer from the cold = .
| "Yes, s'r; frequently on Winter nlghts,
"Wege there 10 cOvcrhds on the beds =
There we're coyerds bnt they were only nut on Tie
beds ON reception days THANKSGIVING aud Chrisnes;
W zen visitors came the house to see us lMughierl
" How many sheets tncie foI each bed =
"Tvo: and when taoy we're washed 80 others were
nut in their places. Fannie McCnrdy ana al TIE wash
| jug for everybody in the mousse every tuesday Inc
! larger girls did all the mcndIhe.'
HOW THE sHFPHFRD JARED.
| "Mr and Mr.. C0wey had fire IN their rooms. When
Tie children wanted to get warm they went into the
| kitchen Mr. AMI Mira. Cowey ate their breakfast be
tween < aid O'Clock. | waited on them. Ihey
! h,d meat ana cakes and COTE and tea. Ihcii
CDs males glasses aud many other dishes. Al dinner
hey had roast beef. or Lamb or pork OF poultry ful
| vegetables, sed ana coffee"
IBID NJ C0wley have any hing else 10 drink! p
lie sometimes ha0 sODie OF those bottles OIL lager
"Did lie Rev. Mr. Cowlcy ask a blessing on this
| food -
| Yes sir; always" daughter
Did they 0ner yOu any OF the mcatP
Sometimes they would give me n piece
| Of tat" This statement, made quietly
and 50 artlcssly by the child. seemed
| 10 strike Justice DonOhue quite lulicrOu-ly
as II ia the laughing crowd, and ho smiled gIiny. TIE
Girl described In the manner the dinner OF Mr and
ala Tho Tn.