The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-04
MISS KELIoae's FIRST SONG.
A Nine-n onths-OId Prfmn Donna
Scares Her Mother with Her Pre-

A Nine-nonths-OId Primn Donna
scares Her Mother with Her Pre-
cocity.
Waterbury American.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kellogg, father and
mother of Clara Louise, arc at the Bassett
house in Birmingham for a week, having
arrived urannownced on Saturday. Mrs
Kellogg is a good deal out Of health, though
cnnvalescing. Should the climate suit she
win endesvor to bring her daughter there on
the return of that lady from Eurooe, whence
she will sail on the 18th inst. The Ansonla
Sentinel interviewed the mother of the great
songstress, and says there will soon be a BIZ
ography Of Miss Kellogg written by Mrs.
Kellogg. The circumstances attending the
singing of her first song by Miss Kellogg are
thus narrated by the mother:
Louise was but nine months Old. We
had just buried a little one in the south, and
had fed northwerd to escape the infection OF
a disease then prevailing, very fntal among
the children We brought with us a servant
girl that had care Of the child, and was al
ways singing q certain favorite song, couched
in the qusdnt and queer music Of the planta-
ton. Ons day little Louise was sitting upon
the floor whom, 10 my utter establishment, she
commenced singing in perfect time and tune
the song alluded 10, which SO frightened me
that 1 called out to my mother: The baby
will diei Oh, my God, the baby will
deP Mother came hnstsoing into the
room, expecting to find the child in the
asonfes of death, only to exciaim, 'Nonsensel
What ads you, daughteri There is nothing
the matter With the child. See, II is crow
ing at you now BIT, mother 1 OK
claimed, that nine-months babe hcs Just
been singing wonderfully the nurse's song,
and It Is going to die, 1 know it Isl and
went almost Wild in my alarm But the
baby did not die, aud thank God that il
didn't, for it was born to bless, as only music
can bless, the hearts of a world This story
of oor daughters first song" said Mrs.
Kellogg, however improbable, Judged by
ordinary events, is nevertheless strictly true.
l could not account for it at the time; l can
net fully do so now. 1 did not then know
how to interpret SO unusual a happening ex.
'cept as a warning. In the light of subse-
quent events l may now perhaps guess at a
more possible solution"
This bit Of history is, substantially, as
given us by Mrs. Kellogg, and in a manner
that TO our mind loft no doubt OF the entire
sincerity of that lady's own faith in the real
ity of the occurrence. The house where the
family lived at the time is now owned by
Mrs Eliza Stevens and is Immediately back
of the Episcopal church, q picture of which
as being the place where the baby prima
donna made its debut before the worid-will
appear in a forthcoming biography of the
songstress by her mother, who is herself a
lady of rare gifts as q writer, besides being
an amateur artist of fine achievements.
Chimney sweeps and Their Work.
Rochester Union.
GLOW do you go TO work to clean n modern
chimney with mail auesln was the first
questio6awAich troubled the reporter.
eve have peculiar tools-scrapers, brushes
and UNDETERMINED ON purpose for the bust
ness. We go up on the roof and scrape the
SCOT down to the bottom of the chimney and
make it entirely clean. How do we get
the SCOT QUIT Well, When the chimney ex-
tends to the cellar, we have no trouble,
When it ends in a parlor or other furnished
room, we take it out of the ~stoYepipe hole
and are obliged to take a good deal of care.
We never leave any SCOT or dirt in n room
edo you often go down a chimneyF'
always, if the fue is large enough We
elbow our way down, cleaning the chimney
as we.go We go out the same way then we
take out the SCOT in the way 1 told ou. We
take chimneys by the job-so much q chin
ney. We clean a great many tall factory
chimneys. Most of these have iron bars for
steps inside, and we climb up them and clean
down. Sometimes we have to go up with
ladders on the outside and let ourselves down
with ropes. We got from SIS upward for
cleaning these large smoke ~stacfs."
as the business unhealthfu1f'
Eyes; it can not be any other wsy. You
see we cam help makinga great dust, and
we inhale a good deal of it into the lungs.
When we go inside the chimney we cover our
mouths with sponge, but we always catch
a good deal of the SCOT, do the best WI can.
How much docs it cost TO clean a chimney
Well, from 70 cents 70 $3.50, for common
chimneys, and it takes from one Co three
hours. In the larger factory chimneys we
run n good deal Of risk. In most of them the
mortar around the top is rotten, and we
have to look out for loose brickfaning. Very
often a,sweep is injured by a falling brick,
and it is almost certain to be a bad injury.
Make money at i4 Well, yes; but re
don't last long in tins business, and We have
to make money while we can"