Connecticut western news., 1881-11-16
A SUMMER TRIP.
The Poor Children of New York who F. are Sent into the Country.

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 The Poor Children of New York who F. are Sent into the Country.
 Each year the New York Evening Post raises by subscription fund to send the poor children of the city into the country for 8 brief summer vaca- tion. In reviewing it's work the Post gives some incidents relating to it's good work. The behavior of the children was generally better than could reason ably be expected. Many letters have been received from those who have en- tertained them expressing much satis- faction with them and the work. The change wrought on the children by the fortnight's visit was a matter of con- stant wonder. In many cases it has been enough to turn the scale con- pletely in favor of health. It is com mon thing for the people to weigh the children on their arrival and at the ex- piration of the visit, and it was always found that they had gained materially in weight during their two weeks trip.
 The accounts the children bring back of the kindness lavished on them by their entertainers, and the delights of green fields and plenty to eat, made multitudes eager for an opportunity to go. One little fellow, cripple, as soon as he heard boy tell of what he had seen, determined it should be no fault of his if he was not included in one of its trips. All winter long, when he could get out of bed, he made some one carry him to Sunday school, so that when the summer came there should be no mistake about his being member of the school. His father is drunken and brutal, but the mother is decent and re- spectable. The sweet, pale-faced boy attracted much attention during the long days journey as he lay on his breast half over the seat, singing to himself and now and then snifing the pure air, exclaiming, 'sAin't it nice ?" ! His greatest joy in the. country was to lie under the trees on the grass. Though the trip could not cure him, it did bridge over the time of weariness, and will ever be a bright spot in his memory.
 k, A physician asked to have boy sent who had been severely injured while taking care of the horse of his employer. After his removal to the hospital his leg was found to be broken in two places. Within the week he had been dis Charged, able to go slowly on crutches or canes, but not able to work" The doctor said she needed pure air and food imperatively," with the added dis couragement that '.his employer de- clined to receive him again into his ser vice. When the doctor tired to find the boy one morning to get him ready for the trip he found only an old woman under whose roof he sleeps sometimes, and blacksmith's shop where che stays round, with two burly men at hard work.
 \ The doctor asked the same questions in both places and received the same answers. The boy had no home or friends, no one to take care of him, and eats 'swhatever he can get" The doc tor asked how it would work if he could have chance for two weeks in the country, and perhaps longer. The men looked brighter, and one of them said aIndade, the man who would do that good deed for the lad would have bless mgs for all the rest of his life, sir. A good lad, sir" he added, s'a worthy lad. and he needs help, sir." They promised to see him safe at the train eff the poor lad could have chance like that, sir"
 In one of the later parties was sick woman, sixty years old, the mother of nine children, and she had never been out of the city, or in the cars, in all her life. One who sent several family par ties on the day excursions writes
 cit was special treat for the poor tired housewives for whom a longer time from home was impossible. Few but such as have known or habitually met with those suffering from the bitter sting of poverty and from ceaseless labor know what rest such day brings. One woman who had not been a day from home for twenty-one years was almost fearful in her gratitude fact not to be wondered at when one knew that nome meant two small rooms. a disabled husband, dissipated son, daughter much overworked and threat ened with consumption, and three small children, while the daily bread had to be earned at the rate of three cents an hour."