A CRUEL STEPMOTHER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2010, 8 June 1885, Page 2

A CRUEL STEPMOTHER.

, If the facts disclosed by the following • paragraph, which appears 'in the "North Otago Times," be correct, it seems that action by the-police is de- ■ , manded "Aboy named,Poole,nine years of age, was to We been brought up at the Courthouse on Saturday last by the Police, under the Industrial Schools Act, on a , charge of being a neglected child ; but he A t was bo ill that Dr Garland would riot 4| allow him to leave the Hospital. It ' , appears that the boy, who resides with ' his father and stepmother in Eden street, oiving to the alleged ill-treatment of his stepmother, ran away from home on Thursday last, and slept all through the ' bitter cold night in a hedge adjoining Mrs Heron's property, In the morning the latter discovered the poor little felletf there, and gave him food, but owing to.i, his clothes having been tied about him inlp a certain way he was a mass of filth; in ™ • fact, in such a state that Mrs Horpii co.ujcj not take him inside her house. She pife information to the police at once abput matter. Immediately a unstable went up to the placej and fqund % boy crouching in a' corner pf a pig-sty©. He was taken tp the ajifl pfl hip 1 '' clothing bgjng removed hi? body \yaa found to be covered with bruises. The boy was po weak that Inspector Thompson deemed it to be his duty to send him to the hospital, and we understand that he will not be fit for removal from' that institution for a couple of days or so, It is not so long ago since a sister (about eleven years of age) of the boy ran away T and was taken out of a brothel in Eibblo • * street, She was brought before the, '' Court and sent to the Industrial School."' AMERICAN CO.' HOP BITTERS ' ARE, THE PUREST AND BEST BITTERS EVER MADE. ■ They are compounded from Hops, Malt, Buchu, Mandrako, and Dandelion —the oldest, best, and most valuable medicines in the world, and .contain all ' the best and most curative properties oL all other remedies, being the greateMk Blood Purifier, Liver Regulator, aric^ Life and Health Restoring Agent on earth, No disease or ill health can long exist where they are used, so varied' and ' perfect are their operations, They give new life and vigor, to the aged and infirm. To all whose enipjpy- ' ments cause"irregplarity'pf jr.-. urinaiy an?; Qf mm an Appetjzer, Tonjo apd Mild Stimulant, American Co. 's Hpj) Bitters are invaluable, being highly curative; tonic and stimuli : (| ing, without intoxicating.' " '7 ' ' No matter wliat your feelings fir §ypip." toms are, what the disease or .ajjnient is, use Hop Bitters. Don't .wait until' you are sick; but if you only" feel bad q? j miserable, yae Hop Bitters at once. Ifc ~f may save your life. Hundreds haye been sayed by sp dping. £SOO vrttlha paid % a case they will ript ops qjs jiplp, ' Atxxeripan Pop Bitters }p no vile, drugged drunken nostrum, but i the Purest and Best Medicine ever made, Try the Bitters to-day, Get at Chemists or Druggists. Beware of imitationa, Genuine lias Dr Soule's name blown in bottle. ' Do not suitor or let your friendsbut use and urge them to use. AmericaHop Bitters,