THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL
A CARLOAD OF BABIES
Sixty-Seven Little Ones Shipped West From New York
OCTOBER 15, 1908 -- A dispatch from Milwaukee says there were 67 of them and 67 different varieties. There
were babies from two years up to five, all colors, shapes, sizes and previous conditions of servitude.
Little waifs they were the discard of New York, out in search of a home far from the center of sorrows and woes
that they were born into.
On the way to St. Paul from New York a special car with these babies passed through Milwaukee. With the
children there were several Sisters of Charity and two trained nurses.
The Home Finding society of New York is sending them west to deal them out into good homes among the
farmers near St. Paul.
When the conductor came out of the car there was a suspicion of moisture in his eyes.
"I won't go through there again," he said. "Thy're happy, and all that, but it's too pitiful. They all wanted to shake
hands with me and caught hold of my hand and looked up at me and smiled as I passed. I supposed they are
taught to do it."
"There are all kinds, and they are just as sweet as most babies are. It is a shame that they will never know a
real mother and father."
The Sisters made the babies beds by placing boards across from seat to seat, for the special car was not a
sleeping car. Several babies were piled into one "bed". The car accommodated the 67, besides the nurses and
Sisters.
Long pieces of sheeting were stretched across the tops of the seats to cover the "beds" and to keep out the
cinders and dust.
Article submitted by Renee Wendinger
A CARLOAD OF BABIES
Sixty-Seven Little Ones Shipped West From New York
OCTOBER 15, 1908 -- A dispatch from Milwaukee says there were 67 of them and 67 different varieties. There
were babies from two years up to five, all colors, shapes, sizes and previous conditions of servitude.
Little waifs they were the discard of New York, out in search of a home far from the center of sorrows and woes
that they were born into.
On the way to St. Paul from New York a special car with these babies passed through Milwaukee. With the
children there were several Sisters of Charity and two trained nurses.
The Home Finding society of New York is sending them west to deal them out into good homes among the
farmers near St. Paul.
When the conductor came out of the car there was a suspicion of moisture in his eyes.
"I won't go through there again," he said. "Thy're happy, and all that, but it's too pitiful. They all wanted to shake
hands with me and caught hold of my hand and looked up at me and smiled as I passed. I supposed they are
taught to do it."
"There are all kinds, and they are just as sweet as most babies are. It is a shame that they will never know a
real mother and father."
The Sisters made the babies beds by placing boards across from seat to seat, for the special car was not a
sleeping car. Several babies were piled into one "bed". The car accommodated the 67, besides the nurses and
Sisters.
Long pieces of sheeting were stretched across the tops of the seats to cover the "beds" and to keep out the
cinders and dust.
Article submitted by Renee Wendinger
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL
CHILDREN ARE WELCOME
October 22, 1909 -- Homes for Forty-Five Orphans Found in Minnesota Families. Homes have been secured
for forty-five orphans that are to be sent to Minnesota from the New York Foundling and Orphan asylum.
Joseph C. Butler representing the institution was in conference today with Rev. T. E. Cullen of the Church of
the Immaculate Conception.
He said that as soon as he finds Catholic homes for sixty he will notify the New York home and the children,
attended by sisters and nurses, will be sent on. The children are from 2 to 3 years old.
Mr. Butler has been in St. Paul for two weeks. He has investigated homes that the children will go into. Most of
the offers have come from the country.
Article submitted by Renee Wendinger
CHILDREN ARE WELCOME
October 22, 1909 -- Homes for Forty-Five Orphans Found in Minnesota Families. Homes have been secured
for forty-five orphans that are to be sent to Minnesota from the New York Foundling and Orphan asylum.
Joseph C. Butler representing the institution was in conference today with Rev. T. E. Cullen of the Church of
the Immaculate Conception.
He said that as soon as he finds Catholic homes for sixty he will notify the New York home and the children,
attended by sisters and nurses, will be sent on. The children are from 2 to 3 years old.
Mr. Butler has been in St. Paul for two weeks. He has investigated homes that the children will go into. Most of
the offers have come from the country.
Article submitted by Renee Wendinger
