New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-11

went 10 work on farm on Ciiy Island Wcstesests,,
County Tine mother Is living bat IS an ny anu rbe
three boys we're taken Of for while by mar
rie1 sister, they proved restless ana sue ne 'vV ,
them TO be sent where they can e"iN '"'''
MILLER, SAMUEL. is brother OF the preeedlng' hge
fourteen He has been at school most OF MS me- D"'
has worked a little on the farm at City Island.
MILLER, JOSEPH w. is another brother ne mas yn
done any work az all, bu; Is willing TO earn ms own
living He Is only eleven years old. When lie was
coming In at the door OF the socletys ong &C. pr
ribc stories about the society and its treatment o.,
boys and he attempted to run away, but aIler""iu
came back. ,,.., -, -, can
lie erred a little while telling his story but ms sY P
new seemed 20 be struggling Tor the Ihas 10y.
for he would smile through his tear, tears
we're mentioned. HIS father has been dead Two
years and his mother works out as nurse IA l T
been living at the Children's Home Ia Pialhn'lu IL
il an Amercan boy. and. like oil the others III INC
party, can read and write. r,,u,o.bor
dird w6en ne Was ten years old, and his father ded
five years ago. leaving what little property ne ~ ~
10 an elder brother Richard tells DIS stOIy az ~
lows: When | was left to take care OF mysem
worked on on Long Island Tor TWO o. y Se.
York 7 stayed there until January, when was aus
missed because had grown too tall since s snen
have mad nothing 10 do" He went 70 pubic schooI
Ave years and took much pride IN showing some
specimens Of his penmansDlp III, ,o,hor "a
REEK CHRISTIE is boy OF seventeen. ns Ia ad he
living in th,s city but does not care Tor hln anu nc
prefers TO look out for himself He lett nome b st
wears ago and worked for five years on Iar III
nam County He left the farm last May ne ne
SAYS because he wanted to 60 further west ne
came 10 New-YOrk and has worked mere as a
bnicber and in soap factory. His father is cabinet
maker by trade but IL dissOlute man ana cannot
obtain steady employment to-. q,
sEARLEs EDWARD. boy of fifteen whose moihcI rs
dead and whose father IS absolute caI-diver. ie
has aken care OF himself for six or seven years pb
blacktng boots and dong errauds Recently ne hh-
earned his living by washing dishes ~ an a. oa ih
saIoon and IN the meantime has attended the hlght
school or the Thirty-Gfth street Lodeng-llouse
SHERIDAN THOMAS, Is of Irish descent hui was oorh ~
md has
fifteen years DID, and has supported hhseIi slnGe We
was left orphan five years ago. ne ~oIheu W,
Tor a nlumber and since then has tended an uptown
newsstand. Now wants 10 be "A farmer. HIS
father an engineer, and used 10 drlhA ana quar-
T,IIor HFSRT. is strong Roy OF seventeen. He has
he went TO sea the steamer Greece rs secohn
cook and second steward. He was struck IN lne
e tocrbv n failing mnrlinspike, and the painful
swelnp caused nv the blow seemed TO grow worse,
he has determined to emlgrfle 10 ano ,aa
climate In hopes Of recovery. lie was LOT u ume
messenger boy OF THE TRIBUNE police headquarters
olnce and was found honest aud trusty lie goes 10
similar wav and who now owns a large farm.
WILLIAMS. PETLE d., is one OF thc most lnegen, DoaI
o, JnT parry was BON he sid, "in Red@ing Min
ncsota and my mother died there when NAs IT,
lie TOOK me to Albany. Eew-York. Shere
attended public s,hool d ana seyrraI Years
ago lrayiuC me nothing. since MS deaih hYNe
supported myself working at almost every .hing'
end always on the lookout for something better
Tirst made hroOms then was M soap Iactoll I;
ana | have worked In cracGer' bread ana pc bAh
cries For a while ! was truckmnu on the steamer
Tontin,utal, OF the Ncw-IIavsu Line. since men J
have been m a bracket factory and In The Holmes
biscuit works in FJitou-st. While was In school
tIsed 10 -prnl INV summers working on farm south
west of Albany" Peter brought bundle OF warm
rceomfnC ndati0ns ami letter from MIS- d. hI gan
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frorn his father bv process 81 law as the fathcf u
urft "a nave charge 81 him. No particulars are uD-
ished as 70 D.. feared the father would DO him bodily
harm 81 hc coud.hnd him.
-. a pretty German Girl OF hNecn. Her
father and moi4e. ara DOth living on Long Island,
blt tncy drove her from nome seven years ago. Iitr
name Is not published, NJ u they knew where she
wa fnrv might claim her. Gnd she breads 70 return
Z, Them She d las been living ont IN q town IN new
Jersey. o..
= al i'tlc girl ~ eleven. She was % nave leit
with thc parfy OF children which went West nDlu
three weeks ago. but while they were Nhilug at
the depot for ire IRAN Sire disappeared, ana was
nor found uuu after the others lad gone.
She has a wild disposition. an seems 10 regal ri
benefactors with sort OF suspicion, yet ~ j. be,
urycd that SHE viii. with toe proper influence ana
surrounding. develop q GOOD character.