Daily Republican., 1881-02-03

Legs are badly indamed, but the slougl
ing process has been checked and u
. attending physician thinks the suffer,
Z may live TO be Q helpless cripple. Ia,
lOr esnies Toms stories most natly an
"a, W II he knew the lads fes. and lel
1 vsse u, badly irossn be would hav
sarY,ed, b. IN to o doctor. When aske
why lie REFUSED to let the girl Mar
Kitchens visit b. mother for over tw
years, he replied:
"What was the use Of her wastin
time with her mother! fsaw the oil
woman and told Mary all abouS it las
year. Wssn't that enough 2"
The girl is . poor, broken spirited
looking little creature, and when car
ried of home by Taylor she appeared
anything but happy.
Another case that attracted q gYea
deal Of attention was that Of John Ogle
aged twelve, who was an inmate Of q
Philadelphia institation. from which
he was indentured to q man named
Payton Farmer, who is said to be sub
agent Of the PhiladelphiG Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty 10 Children.
The boy complained 10 the neigh bors
Of being half starved and beaten, and
his thin and insufficient clothing was
noticed by everyone during the cold
weather about tho holidays.
CAr1URAD AND wHrPPBe.
When the boy could stand it no Ion
ger he ran away, bat was captured and
whipped by Farmer, who then lodged
him In jail on q charge Of geBeral in
oorrigibility. The boy remained in
Jail about two weeks, when he wrote q
letter " Justice Thompson, who, on
the strength OF this charges made
against Farmer, Investigated the case.
The Roy was released by Judge Woot.
ten and placed In the charge ofa repu.
table citizen; but Farmer wanted the
child back, and, after numerous PROM
ises to treat him better, the Court
agreed and turned the lad over to his
old master. II is but justice TO say
the boy was muoh better treated than
he was before the case was investigated.
John Carney, aged IL years, formerly
of the Northern Home, this city, was
bound t0 James Maekison. About two
weeks Ago, when the thermometer was
eight degrees below zero, Mackison,
VINO had the day previous shipped q
lot Of turkeys 10 Philadelphia, cent
the boy to the depot on horseback 10
learn what the aforesaid turkeys sold
for. The distance was eight miles, and
The boys clothing was 80 thin that he
was nearly tresen 10 death.
WAen the horse stopped before the
pos. Office his rider fell off, and in an
condition was carried into
the store for restoration. His feet and
hands wore frozen, and il was feared
that he would die, buI by careful a.
tention be was brought sr3uud all
right aud turned over 20 charitable
lady, who states that his back VAS
covered with whip scars. He told
Judge Wootten that his master was il
the habit Of taking him into the woods
and hoggiag him with an ox-Whip for
the most trivial ofenses. Justice
Thompson fined MaekisOn 6ls.6b and
the boy was ipdentpred to reputable
citizen.
Some time ago DR.. c. Il. Richards
found a ooioIed boy, named George,
Iimping helplessly along couutry
road three miles from Seatofd. The
boys feet, hands and ears were terribly
frozen, and he begged the doctor to
take him home with him. The boy is
an orphan from Philadelphia and was
bound to q truck farmer named Fletch-
er, who, according to the boys story,
beat, starved and otherwise abused
him until he ran away, Hsw&s thiuly
clad in blue drilling, aid on the first
night after leaving Fletcher's he slept
in q shock Of corn fodder, where his
extremities were frozen. DR.. Richards
took the boy home aud cared for him,
bat the lads frossn feet will cripple
him for lite.
John Walmsey, a four-year-old white
bound boy, was beaten aud abused by
nis master, Hiram Cutler, who farms
near Lswes. The boy was tied up in q
barn on one occasion and lashed with a
black snake because he replied "Yes"
when neighbGr asked If he was cold.
he ran away from Cutler's and started |
10 walk to his mother, who lives in |
Mlfilin street, in this city. The bog |
walked seventeen miles the first day,
and In the evening crAwled into stack
,f fodder to sleep, but his le!s pro
.ruded and were frozen to his knees.
He was found on the following morn.
.ng by kind-hearted farmer, named |
Joshua Wildman, who cared for him
and sent him to his mother. H. ia al
legged that bound boys in the keeping
Of John Salmon, Richard Marsh, Gard
ner Walls and W. Walls are badly |
.reated. The Salmon case 10 to be in
7estigated at once, and charitable peo-
Jls OF Suss5x county say they intend
lsking Judge Woottsn to take badly |
.bused little boy away from tho Walls |
' no Is said TO be most brutal.