Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
A Touching Scene.


"There was a pathetic scene on a
train on the Western Division of the
Erie yesterday" said a conductor on
that road to q Sun reporter. "A
woman boarded the train at Clean,
She carried in her arms a baby but a
few weeks old. It was very cross and
peevish and detied all OF it's nurses ef-
forts to keep it quiet. It's cries were
at times so loud and piercing that the
other passengers could not hide their
annoyance, and after awhile audible
expressions OF their feelings came from
all parts of the car. The woman was
patient under the double trial of the
child's troublesomeness and the evil
dent knowledge Of the annoyance it
was to her fellow-passengers. She
talked soothingly to the child, placed
it IN all positions, and tried to so ar
range it's wrappings as to, in a measure,
deaden the sound of it's cries. Finally
some one in the car, whose impatience
had got the better of his sympathy,
shouted out:
"'If that child can't be kept quiet, I
hope it may be removed from the car
at the next station'
'"This unfeeling remark seemed to
meet with general approval, and the
poor woman's eyes filled with tears,
and in attempting to speak her feel
ings overcame her, and oppressed the
baby closer to her and sobbed vio-
lently. She soon recovered herself,
and redoubled her efforts to keep the
child quiet. For short time she sue
ceeded somewhat, but presently the
cries OF the baby were as loud and
prolonged as ever. At last a man
arose and said sharply:
Madam, it would seem to me that
the mother of an infant should know
at least how to take half care OF it,
"The train had now stopped at Sal
amanca. At the remark OF the Sec
ond speaker the woman arose in her
seat, and, facing the car full OF passen-
gers, said in a voice trembling:
"1 am not this poor little things
mother. never saw it before yester-
day, and l believe it hasn't O living
relative. It's father was killed on the
railroad week before it was born.
It's mother, living in distant place,
hurried to the scene of her husbands
death. The child was born among
strangers, and day before yesterday
the mother died, leaving her little one
with no one to care for it, l lived in
the house where the mother died, and
volunteered to do what could for the
poor little thing, and to go with the
dead woman's remains to her native
place. Her body is in this train. |
am sorry the child is so troublesome,
but isn't it entitled to some little SYM
pathy?'
""The effect of the woman's words
may be imagined. There were few dry
eyes in the car when she dropped SOB
bling, into her seat. All selfishness
was lost in sympathetic thoughts of
the desolate little wanderer, and g.
score of hands that moment before
were almost willing to raise in chas-
tisement of the babe were now anxious
to extend aid to it and it's self-sacri-
ficing guardian. 1t was touch of
nature that makes the whole world
KIM
Lincoln and the Office Seekers.
[Ben: Perley Poore.]
President Lincoln, when a songress-
man came to bore him for an appoint
ment, or with grievance, had a pleas
ant way of telling a succession of
stories, which left his visitor no chance
to state his case. One day arepresen-
tative who had been thus silenced
stated his experience as 70 lows: "I've
been trying for the last four days to
get an audience with the President. l
have gone to the White House every
morning and waited till dark, but
could not get chance to speak to
him until to-day, when Twas admitted
to his presence. I told him what /
wanted and supposed 1 was going to
get direct answer, when-what do
you think? Why, he started off with:
DO you know, heard a good thing
yesterday about the difference be-
tween an Amsterdam Dutchman and
any other dam Dutchman.' And then
he commenced telling his stories. He
told three and l didn't listen to a word
he said. was mad enough to knock
the old fellow down. But the worst of
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