Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-09-04
The Monroe Cottage.

groups of Is, presided over by mas
ter and matron. They engage in all
the activities which an area of 2S3
acres, a sugar bush and goodly num-
Der of live stock afford, and, being
some 80 miles away from the evil
influences which formerly surrounded
them in a great city, they get new
outlook on life. At present there are
about 100 boys at this farm under 16
years of age With masters and ma
irons and some other employees, the
entire population is $50.
Morning in the cottages finds tho
boys up bright and early. The master
and matroD conduct devotional hour.
Some of the boys then help about the
house, while others go to look after
the live stock and other farm work.
Each cottage is named for some pTesi-
I'dent of the United States. In the
jefferson cottage the master is the
head farmer, and about him he has Is
of the older boys, who lead of in the
agricultural pursuits. At the Madi-
son cottage the head carpenter resides
and besides keeping the buildings of
the farm in repair, and with his wife
having the governing care over Is
boys, he is teaching the carpenter
trade to some of the boys who have
desire to learn.
The master in charge of the Van
Buren, cottage, with it's group of 10
, lively occupants, besides being the en-
gineer, is a chicken fancier, and TO
him has been delegated the poultry
business of the entire farm. His boys
are deeply interested in fine poultry.
Headmaster Lohmann lives in the ad-
ministration building, and when all
! the cottages have complete family cir
Giles he takes the new arrivals into his
home, sometimes having as many as
SIS at one time.
To the average boy, used only to the
gloomy city streets, attending to live
stock and harvesting the crops is in
/ itself as much recreation as II is lHboT.
/ Among the farm animals he soon finds
q pet, and in some growing vegetables
for which he planted the seed he finds
an especial pride. Very many instan.
ces might be cited of the demonstra.
tons Of love of those boys for the
animals of this farm.
One interesting incident, as told by
the headmaster, Mr.. Lohmann, has to
do with Nero, pet dog of the farm. In
some manner, no one knew how it hap
| pened, Nero was one day shot while
about half mile down the road from
the farm. AS soon as the news was
conveyed to the lads by Mr.. Lohmann,
who found the dog lying by the road.
side, a number of them quickly pro
cured bottle of milk, a bottle OF Wa
ter and dish and ran to the scene
Others hastened to hitch up the team
of donkeys, that they might haul the
injured dog home, and covered the
wagon with straw.
When they got home with him they
made a bed for the injured dog upoI
the basement floor, but in spite G.
their ministrations they found Their
pet was dying. When told not 10 q
so near the dying dog one boy replied;
How can We leave him alone? W.
must fan him, for he can hardly ge
his breath There they stood" say
Mr.. Lohmann, fifteen or twenty boys
changing OF in tanning the dog in hi
last moments, giving him greater carr
possibly than had ever been bestowed
upon them in their homes. The dol
died, and the boys made a casket 0
rough boards and carefully loweret
him into a grave which they had mad
for him. When boy will stand ant
fan his pet to relieve him Of SUFFERING
and will then carefully bury him
though he is but dog, we think Their
is hope for that boy to make a goo,
citizen"