Saint Mary's beacon., 1880-06-10
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One Of The little lambs picked up "a
the streets Of New York by Whitelaw
Reid and sent West 70 End home wa,
adopted BY : Detroit family about twC
months ago. and ere thss is Publlshed
Mr.. Resd has received a big postal card
announcing that bis dear lamb had gone
West to 6ghG she Indians. and that be
ueedn't mind about sending on anOshel
to take bis place.
This New Tofh samb was IS year
old. He said 50 at the depot on BIZ
arrival. and half an hour later he Feiter
ated the statement at the house, ans
added:
"And IL you don't believe Il, cher
call me a liarl That's the sort o
~pring-gun ! am. and don't you forge
itw
They didn't forget il. He gave then
no chance to. He ate with his fingers
wiped his mouth on bis sleeve. ana
gave the family 10 understand tha
he didn't come West to have hIs hall
combed or his face washed as q regulal
business. On his first evening he slip
out. had three fights and stole dog
and when hunted up he was about tC
take his beer in q saloon.
The family expected TO wrestle with
the boy for aW hile, and they didn't sl
down on him until it became a Painiu
necessity. During his first week be
stole SS in money. a gold chain, re-
volyer and pair Of earrings. and he go'
drunk twice. When reasoned with
and asked to do better. he took fresh
chew Of plug tobacco and replied:
"Oh. you Michigan folks are too sOft
Tf feller cant have good time whats
the use of being an orphan :"
On Monday of the second week he
sold the family dog TO a stranger for q
quarter, threw the saw and axe into the
alley, and when locked up in a closet
he tore Sunday coat to pieces. II
was thought best to have policeman
talk to him, and one was called in. He
put on his fercest look and lectured the
lamb for fifteen minutes; but as soon a
he stopped for breath the young SHINES
replied:
'Now, see here, old buttons, you are
wasting time. ] know my little gait,
do, and If you think I've come TO 4
village like this to be bluEed BY any
body, you've missed your train"
He was taken to Sunday-sehool By
the hand. He hadn't been there hal
an hour when he was taken out by the
collar. He seemed anxious 10 punch
the head of every good little boy within
half a mile Of him, aud he told tht
teacher of his class that when she could
stuff Moses in the bullrushes down hin
il would be after she had bleaehed on
her freckles. They gave him a Sun
day-school book TO fit hIs case, but be
fitted it to q crack in the sidewalk OF
has way home.
When moral suasion had no effect OF
the wicked youth his guardian tried th'
rod. He was bigger than the boy, an'
he wslIOPed him. but within three
hours two Of the nuts were taken Of
his buggy and thrown away. Their
was a second seaaee IN the woOdshed
and before dark = window glass wOrtl
So was broken.
That orphan was faithfully and dul,
and presistently wrestled with. HI
was coaxed and fattered. He wa
licked and reasoned with. Ambition
gratitude, fear and avarice were alik'
appealed to In :urn, but as he was th'
6rst day so he was The last. One da.
recently he was told he would be sen
TO the Reform School at Lansing if Their
was any further trouble with him.
That night he stole So from the cook
butcher-knife from the pantry, and
pie from the sideboard, and dePaFte'
the house, leaving on his bed a not
reading as follows:
"This town Or no place fur a N. Yor
orfun. I'm going out on the plains Z
6te Injuns. II wifi be yuseIess to fOlle
me. fur I can't be took Alive. ."-DefrOi
Free Press.