A Deserving Case.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 115, 2 March 1901, Page 2

A Deserving Case.

There is in Waimate blind onersrmed man, accompanied by a little boy, aud—‘playing a barter organ. A contemporary says; We have been put in possession of a tew; fact»• regarding the person, which wC;think the public should be acpuainted with. Mr Louaich is known to be a respectable man, and was a hard working minor in the.Kumara district. One day an explosion of dynamite in the Austrian-party’s claim, where he was working, left him the wreck he now appears. Although blirtd and befeft of his right arm, with that manly pluck and independence which is characteristic of the mining class,Mr Lbusich set to work o help his wife and five Kttte chi dren to get their daily bread. His wife opened a small store, and Lousicli used to help all he could. The ’poor fellow’s tr übles, great as they had, been; were increased by the death of his wife, ‘ rushed in .spirit', and bowed dowmby bodily troubles); Still , the thought of his five, pair ad” nerved him to sot out on a to earn something towards their kebpj'andthe barrel organ .was procured; v v ' The case is most deserving' of assist-. ance, and wc will bo pleased to "take charge of any subscriptions it may be aesired to give. " '