Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-19

way OF railroads through New Jersey.
II he was not brought from Philadelphia
he came therefore from one Of the east
ern States-perhaps from Pennsylvania
or the South.
Finley Shepard-despite his speaking
OF Broad street-was not horn In a
city or town. He was born In the coun-
try. The region where he was born was
not In Pennsylvania, New York, or the
eastern or southern part OF the United
states. In fact, the child was not born
In the United States. The railroad on
which he came was neither the Penn
sylyania. Reading or West Shore Rail
road. The big boat" was not one OF
the Hudson ferries.
If the boy spoke of q Broad street why
must We reject the theory he was born
In city or village? If he lived in city
or village would he not have remembered
the name? Assuredly. II he came from
Philadelphia he would have known the
name OF the city. Moreover, his descrip-
ton OF his home-"a big house with lots
of grass, and chickens and moo cows
proves 1t was farm. This could not
have been In city or even q village
Why. then. did he remember the name
OF street? Living OF farm, the child
was sometimes taken into the nearest
town. He became familiar with the name
OF the main street on which were located
stores where the farmer purchased goods
and where he marketed the produce Of
his farm.
Why must we reject the gunposition
that the farm may have been In the east
ern or southern section OF the United
States? The country districts in these
regions depend upon central communi-
ttes-usually the county sests-in which
the farmers msrAet their produce. The
names Of these communities are we'll
known among the farmers, are spoken @;
constantly-in fact, country life con-
verges to them both socially and in buti.
meas. The fact that Finley Shepard re-
Nom bored the name OF no town proves
that he came from region OF very small
communities, and In which the farmers
did comparatively little business. The
farm on which the boy lived was isolated.
and the life there restricted. Now and
then, however. the boy was taken to this
village-of minor mportance-where
necessities were purchased.
The Significance Of TIE
Wooilcn Scarf and Mittens
The mothers sollcitude regarding her
child is proven by evidence discovered
later. We know she became anxious
about his future. His health had always
been Of great concern 10 her. At ore
time she found the child ailng. He be.
came pale ate little and breathed with
difficulty. So the mother took MIN into
the nearest village, TO the doctor who had
an office on Broad street. The boy has
adenoids,'' said he. The operation would
cost SIS This mother could barely
afford to spend sl5; nevertheless, she
told the doctor to remove the adenoids.
Then, playing out of doors, climbing
trees, chasing about hatless, the child
again thriyed: his body filled out, his
cheeks became pink. and his appetite
the obseryant mother realized-met with
little approval from the farmer.
The region in which the boys home.
such as 1t was. was located was one in a
country where 1t becomes Chill If not
cold, In September. Before sending him
into the world the chld's mother put
about his neck g wooden scarf and on his
hands wcolen mittens. She did not
realize that in far.away New York Il
was exceedingly warm in September.
Where could this region have been?
Il could not have been In the southern
States. Nor in New York, New jersey or