CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1770, 18 February 1888, Page 2

CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.

The B.rouoes bud > t (*ayo the (< Sfc J-m<)s hZHta ") hus written an Intro* duo ion to a repurt of the third year's work of the Lnnnon dooietp fur the Prevent. i>n of O'Utly to Children, com* mending ie to the au< ntion of the public, and c. tr«-» m-j proun *ry aid, or, at the least, uzuti n c • b tug influence to bear ou the ouuimiin cy to myj ahoolntely defenceless on idreu. from »uff ring ut which aii with o>m «ioo hotmtu hearts via shudder. Ti-e report a>-y« that m [ t c third yeai'a i xprietioe of the aooiety 1 the wuyi f mnroiit a.id nvroiless men have UuddJ 258 o-»aes <if various kinds of cruelty t» o&udrea m the bands of the society, i volvtug the miseries, more or lea*, oi 81)9 oliarea." Th« variety of cruelty wi.ioti h a <mmittee has punished aud tried to pautsi it as followa:— {Strapping m deal and datnb boy, beoaase it w*» s ) exuomeiy dUioult to make him nnd TStand ; drawing a red-hot poker before the eyes of a blind girl and touch* ing h r hands with it (ibis wsb done by her brother, bat m tn* presence- of the paren'B, and fwr »u<i) ; after baatiog, luokiu^ up f.r the nigtu m a coal oelUr with rats; iinmerainkj a dying boy ia a tub -jf ooia w >tur for marly mn hour, <* to got this dying done ;" breaking a giri's arm while bontuig her wih a bro mo-Btiolc, then eeitini; her to scrub the fl>or with toe nroken arm folded to her breast, and whipping her for bekg so long about it • liartKing a uuked b y by tied hands from a hook ai the celling, there fliggiag him ; lashing attiree yeir-oldohild'afaoeaudneok wi h a drayraau'a whip; throttling a boy producing partial strangulation to etop the •creams of His poiu ; bating qn soarojly bealea old sores, (ben thruitmg the ktiob of a pooker imo the lad's throat, and holding it there 'to stop the row. 1 Oae man admitted, with no reaerva about it that hci ffreanod bis ven.eauoe on a baby of IB m >mha old, sulely m order <% to vex up moitier's sister," who was very fond wf the baby and much hated by the man. Aud th»t he might carry the vexation of h«r deep iuto her rery heart he struok the baby mostly about, the face The o 'uumlttea fiad that tbli cruelty ii wtiolly indepeudmeut of surrooadin^s and wages "It is tho work of haters of children ; of cultivators of sutloo pitiless, mtoierant dispoiitioos towards them ; of men whom there it no pleasing. Bo oom* plotely do suma of them exhaust theie sreagth before they have had enough, that it is not an uucoramm thing for them to take an m erval for refreshment, adjourning to th 9 side-board m the dining ro m, or to the nearest publiohouse, Oae father— whom we Wore utterly uoablfl to puniih — sent his ohiiil upstairs to strip, and, bof are fwliuwiug h»r to iufliot his tortures, Uy down on the sofa. He was too tired then to proceed to his work. The child in<a«nw!iile flaai? hersdlf oqt qf the window, *nd •*« »*k«n >p lead I

Talking about phreqotoguui axAmtMtioai, a man's wife exaaaioed nig bead with the broken leg of a oaair the other day and pro* nounced bin an old fool, fig «»ys that, whan he reidata oo what a mistake he mad* m picking oac a wife, ha is oouriaoed (hit