Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-12
NO. 40.
.T. YORK oRFUN'' IN THE W{sT.

York by " hlteiaW keld ana sent
West to find Il home was adopt
ed by u Detroit family about
two months ago, and ere this is
published Mr.. Reid has receivA
ed 4 Zig postal card announcing
that his dear lamb had gone
West fight Indians and that
he needn't mind about sending
on another to take his place.
This New York lamb was thir-
teen years old. He said SO at
the depot OH his arrival, and
half an hour later he reiterated
the statement at the house and
added: "And if you don't be-
lieve it, then call me a liar'
That's the sort Of s. spring-gun
l am, and don't you forget it!'
He gave them no chance to.
He ate with his fingers, wiped
his mouth on his sleeve and
gave the family to understand
before supper was over that ne
didn't come West to have his
hair combed or his face washed
as a regular business. On his
first evening he slipped out,
had three fights and stole adog,
and when hunted up he was
about 70 take his beer in a sa-
loon. The family expected to
wrestIe with the boy for a while
and they Didn't sit down on
him until it became q painful
necessity. During his first
week he stole s. in money, a
gold chain, a revolver and a
pair Of earrings and he got
drunk twice. When reasoned
with and asked to do better he
took a fresh chew Of plug to-
bacco and replied: 'Oh! you
Michigan folks are too soft!
If a feller can't have a good
time what's the use Of being an
orpLan?" On Monday OF the
second week he sold the family
dog to stranger for a quarter,
threw the saw and axe into the
alley, and when locked up in a
closet he tore a Sunday coat to
pieces. 1t was thought best to
have a policeman talk to him
and one was ca,lad in. He put
on his iercest look and lectured
the lamb for fifteen minutes,
but as soon as he stopped for
breath the young sinner replied:
"Now, see here, old buttons, you
are wasting time! I know my
little gait, | de, and if you think
| I've come to Il village like this
to Seblutfed by anybody, you've
missed your tramp He was ta-
ken to Sunday school by the
hand. He hadn't been there
half an hour when he was taken
out by the collar. He seemed
anxious to punch the head OF
every good little boy within
half Il mile Of him, and he told
: fhe teacher of his class that
. when she could stuff Moses in
the bullrushcs down him ii
would be after she had bleach
e ed out her freckles. They gave
t him a Sunday school book tc
Il 1T his case, but he fitted it to q
j. crack in the side walk on his
Il way homo. When moral slla
II sion had no effect on the wick
G ed youth his guardian tried tn
e rod. He was bigger than tn
j. boy, and he walloped hin, bu
II within three hours two OF tn
" nuts were taken off his bugg,
% md thrown away. There wa
~ Il second seance in the wood
,c she'd, and before dark a Wlndo'
ct y!uss worth $S was broker
That orphan was faithfully an
* luly and persistently Wrestle
-. with. lie WAS coaNed and fia1
=, tered. He was licked and rea:
>. oncd with. Ambition, Grat
~, tued, fear and avarice we,
a. alike appealed to in tune, b.!
~. as he was the first day so |
nd was the last. \ few days az
Nd he was told that he would L
ed sent to the Reform School,
,j, Lansing, if there was any III
~ ther trouble with him. I'M
,d night he stole five dollars
.rs tho cook, Il butcher knife fro
he the pantry, Il pie from the sid
w. board and departed the hous