Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02


but ne had somewhere learned that passage
of Scripture, "He that sleepeth in harvest
Is son that causeth shame" and he pleaded
to be allowed to help.
Indeed, there was no better way to bring
out the bloom or the little fellows cheeks
than to throw him among the men in the
fields. and make him feel that he was indis-
pensabIe Scores of orphar boys from the
ssylums of Pittsburg and Allegheny are
getting Eat this summer on this harmless de-
lusion. You will find them here and there
OF farms all through Allegheny, Butler and
Nestmor $iand counties. While Maurice
was at Zeb's he wrote some letters to COM
panions lef, behind in the big City Home.
These he lad before Aunt Hulda for revi-
sion and assistance, and she referred the lad
to me. think these letters of Maurice's
arc fir specimens of how well the philan-
thropic idea of sCmmering the inmates of
CITY charities, separately, among farm
houses works, and trust that L am violat-
iBz aone Of my little friends condolences
when / reproduce here lew of his quaint
messages:
1IAURTCE WRITES HIS IMPRESSIONS.
The first letter he wrote was as follows:
PRInRosETowE, Pa, July -.
Bob smith. Orphan Asylum, Allegheny, Pa.
DEAR BoB-Wish you'd been here last
niz2t. Aunt Hulda gave me a bedroom all
20 myself The bed was so high l couldn't
get INTO il frOIn the floor. / have seen pic
fers OF b eds like that, but now have slept
ln one myself. While I was getting chair
% climb into the bed by Uncle Zeb peeped
IN aC rhe door. He laughed very loud lie
said he would like to sleep with me. He is
Gvf@Ny Jolly, and not bit like the solemn
-OcEing men o. the Board of Managers"
who come 8round to the asylum every week
He popped right in here. pushed the chair
=ay ana kneeied down by the bed on his
ha- l5aud knees, and, whether you believe
Il or not, made climb into bed by stand
iT,l. on his back. Then he ticzled me and
EHa 10 get mp stairs before Aunt found him
Taig IS O very SOLID old stone house. It
sis up the hill little from the road. You
,U.Ee IN u the gate, where there are lot Of
n X crooks always hanging TO the palings,
and voG climb 1P steps TO the big porch.
Av&y back OF our ho&se is tremendous
Bill covered with woods. The creek flows
jUs5 .3e ether siCe of ehs road. But what I
lie hest is that my window opens toward
the csrEyuCd. like TO go out there. It's
nothing Ike the brick yards at the Stables Of
riel houses on the avenue in town. Il is big
L.-9 level and always full OF animals of some
su-y. hep Tom water the horses before
tee 70 20 bed. l chase the pigs (Hulda says
] can -ale one Of the little ones back to Ale
Eaeav Il 1 casch i5), but best OF sll / feed the
e.
part oI the real work I'm COIN TO pay my
board. 1 want to learn to be farmer. Aunt
eald should do all the real work could to
Gav my bOarG-that Is, asked TO be allowed
C.. ! know if papa aad mamma were living
they wouldn't want anyone to keep me fur
nothing. Yours truly. MAURICE
QUITE A NECESSITY ON TEE FARM
THIS was sufficient introduction of charac-
tiers Tor the whole asylum, Maurice thought,
50 TIE next letter TO another Innate started
Ebrap5iv. ike this:
DLAE JACE-I ar a real farmeT-boy now.
7 snow / am because today a boy about
twice ny We came up from Primrosetown
EI1 as&ed Uncle Ze0 to hire him to carry
water and 90 other work iii the fields Uncle
Egy pointed TO me and SAID he had already
hired nlH3. J :.o- only carry water to the
Erel .ruC ms morning Uncle ICD sent me 20
G.sa - carr the oil CAN after the moving
machine. EO1n drives the machine, and
W-en BE has 10 .-ct or am pCld to climb up
n l2e seAs and nod the horses Tom told
ne tla- Gnrle Zcb could not get through
ta3s r4'Tcs5 without me. What do yoa
think o. thai? Tell the matron.
cont izEow what makes Inc eat so much
oGt mere! l never saw any boy in our class
who can eat ike co now. There are no
g0a-rs i.GTe 10 send you away from the table
--yoa can eat as long as you have mind to.
I0u.s, MAURICE.
aad the next read:
DEAR WiLI-We haze milk to drink at
every meal, &n& then again when Aunt
best hscause by that time 1t is most always
getting cUoi out OF doors (colder at nights
hero lEan in our dorInltory)r and the milk
f. u:Ce and warm.
TIE eggs Up hore tastc different somehow
tl.an those which the maUrUn buys down at
tue market Eoglse in Allegheny. The butter!
My II IS so nice thar L spread it nearly
g-sarJe~ Of an inch thick on my bread, and
31CC3y says anything about it being bad
manners. The other Gay gathered black
b.--.eS with Aunt Uulua for an hour, and
We had some for supper. They were just
boss
To-day am going to pull roasting ears for
Dl4TEc..1E. am to do this all myself, be-
cause Aunt Hu!Ga showed me how yester-
day. allG ste sid to Zeb this morning that
needed 10 help. 1 wish Matron could spare
YOU rO- a week or two. ] would teach you
how &c arm. Oh, / forget TO tell you'll am
Bsx DuuaGs heavier than 1 Was when was
il & nr : Crcr0on OF the asylum the day got
RCiz he'd before leaving town
Yours, lovingly, MAURICE.
AND IT WAS NOT ALL WORK
All work and 10 play would have made
Maurice dull boy, though, and he had his
leisure down by the creek, or over in the