Connecticut western news., 1891-08-27

ONLY $3,75o A YEAR FOR BABY.
Referee Willis Thinks This a Sufficient
 Annual Income.

Referee Willis Thinks This a suticien, Annual Income.
 If Baby Whaley, whose precocious desires, in the opinion of his guardian, it will require S5, 900 a year to satisfy, | is not tolerably reasonable in his in fantile demands he will many time cry himself to sleep unsatisfied, as any ordi- nary baby might do who hasn't a fortune
 of $500, 900 waiting for him. Referee
 Willis has decided that even $500, ,OOO
 baby ought to be reared in reasonable comfort on $3, 75O year until he is IA years old. If the supreme court con- firms the decision that must be the limit of expenditure which his guardian, Marie w. Chisholm, will be allowed to use in bringing up Francis M Whaley, who is 9 years old. The allowance would have been considerably less but for the fact that the malarial climate of Edisto island, off the Carolina coast, where Mrs. Chisholm lives, makes it necessary that she should seek north ern summer resort for the child's bene- fit during four cr five months of the year. The referee finds regarding the essential circumstances of the case:
 Prior to the death of the mother of the child he lived with his parents at 30 West Washington square, New York, and was surrounded by all the comforts and luxuries that their high social posi- ton and wealth warranted. Edisto island, the residence of the guardian, is region subject to certain serious ma larial disorders during the summer sea- son. Strangers and others coming from other parts of the country remain ing at that season are especially liable to contract such disorders, and it is therefore dangerous for such persons to remain there during the time from the first of June until the first frost, which occurs ordinarily during the month of November
 'Mrs. Chisholm and her husband have long lived there, and being thoroughly acclimated it has been their custom to remain during the entire year. With the infant coming from a totally different climate at the north it is wholly different matter. For him to remain during the summer season would be extremely dangerous and like ly to result in his illness from the causes named. For that reason it will be proper and necessary for Mrs. Chisholm and the infant to proceed every sum- mer to some other more healthful re- zion, and to remain away until tho coming of frost renders it safe to take the infant back to Edisto island. The necessity for such travel and residence away from home will occasion consider able expense to Mrs. Chisholm.
 ''Mrs. Chisholm has cared for the in- fant since Oct. 10, 1889, the date of his mothers death, out of her own means, and with the exception of a recent pay ment of $500 by order of court she has not been reimbursed"
 The referee therefore is of opinion that Mrs. Chisholm is a suitable person to be appointed as the temporary guar dian of the child until he arrives at the age of IA years, and that $3, 75O is a suitable yearly allowance to make for the support, maintenance and educa- ton of the child. The referee also rec ommends that the sum of $1, 134 be awards to Mrs. Chisholm for expenses up to date in the care of the infant New York Sun