STARVED TO DEATH.
Charity begins at home, says the Utica (N.Y.) ‘ Herald.’ A little grandson of Widow Froggett, of Watertown, died of starvation after having been cured of diphtheria. The family consists of Widow Froggett and daughter, also a widow who has several small chi’dren. The Watertown ‘ Times’ says:—“ A visit to this house reveals the fact that the occupants have nothing to live on, and the greatest wonder is that the children are not all dead. There is no floor under the bed ; there is no bed clothing ; there is no straw in the tick ; there is nothing for the little ones to eat, and the place is just about as destitute as it is possible for it to be. It is really a sad sight to behold. At night the iittle ones lie around the stove like pigs, and as long as there is anything to keep up the fire with, they keep w..rm.” The people of Watertown would .do well to let up on African and Southern missionary work for a while and look after home subjects.
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Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 153, 11 June 1879, Page 3
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180STARVED TO DEATH. Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 153, 11 June 1879, Page 3
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