Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1868 — A PLEASANT LITTLE DOMESTIC STORY. [ARTICLE]

A PLEASANT LITTLE DOMESTIC STORY.

’ConHfleiloweFeniMHng After Twin«y Years’ Abaence Appears hi a Beau-. ■ Htni haitr tn ttit W»<(. N«W M»v< U Journal, Nov. t». Our old friend William , Goodwin this 1 dAy leavnuNew Haven on a Western tour 1 tor tho purpose, hu tells us, of visiting u ' young lady whojn ho has not seen for 20 years or more. As the story relative to Father Aioo.dwip and the young lady alluded to m sotfK'What of it novel and interesting character, we will give, as near as wp can recollect, what Was told ns by the venerable gentleman hiipself. Perhaps! readers ptay remember, ladies iii uArliqntor), 4iit in tire myith Of January,’lßfß, as a dattgh’fet orMr. Goodwin was passing through Church street on one bitter cold evenMig, she heard (ho cries of u child iu distress. On looking, ardqnd she found they' proceeded from an ante-room of the (then) Rev. Dr. Strongs (now St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church), ■ On making this discovery she picked up the child from tho floor/ wrapped it in her shawl and without further dolny took it to the home of her parrents. On entering with her precious charge the old folks were astonished to find an increase so suddenly in their family. _ However, after they ■- had fully realized the condition of things, the benevolent Mrs. Goodwin, who had been the mother of a large la nily, took the little innocent in herarmgkuidiininodiatelv began to' take off the dirty clothes in which it was wrapped. In a short time after the foundling was stripped, well washed, clean clothes put on it, aud after partaking of a good snppbr of heW milk from a bottle, it was put. to bed, and there soundly slept-till moTniilg. For many weeks Mrs, Goodwin took care of her liltle’cliarge. During this timo tho child grew to be quite a beauty—so much so that all who saw her pronounced het

such. ’Some .would have adopted her hail not Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin neeOtae so attached tho child that they had made up ; their minds to adopt her themselves, nolwithstaudiuq4hqJiy j>*> family thpy had of theiripwn. llnt hoinetimes ’’cirCnthstiuices alter eases,” as they did in this instance. They hvere obliged in consequence of having a sick son who wanted all their attention. to abandon the idea offceepingit, and, BbTnftde tip 'their ntlffili it they could find 'E”, person to briug it up in a respectable, juauuii, laid glVij lt.agbod Bound edllca‘tidn. both in religion afr.d school, they would part with it. It happened, after six months had passed away, a respectable lady from Ohio, who had no child of her own, visiting thft eity, applied to Mrs. Goodwin for the fonndling. Oh lier promising to luliil.to the letterthe requirements made by Mr. and Mrs Goodwin, they very reluctantly gave it to her. A few days afterward the child was conveyed to th<? home of her adopted J areiits. Now for the sequel After a lapse of twenty years or moro, a few weeks since a letter came through the Post Office from the identical foundling herself, written in a neat band and couched in grateful and beautiful language • It com--mepced by addressing Mr. Goodwin as her “unknown friend.” and after relating many things relative to her kind adopted jiarents, regarding the way they had brought her up, she states that it was only two days prior tq her writing the letter that her parents informed her who she was. where she was born, and who was her friend and benefactor that had kept her from the cold charities of this world, and the . many dangers by'WhieTrsbevias surrounded when an infant and perfectly helpless, ftc. '• After thanking him for his fnrtherly protection. she closed her letter by remarking, “Oh, if I eouldouly see you. my dear, dear friend, to talk with you ou matters I dare uot write on paper, how happy it would make me. ’ lu closing, we would say that in order to gratify the wishes and make happy the young lady by his presence, Mr. Goodwin this day “goes on his way rejoicing “to carry out the benevolent and laudable mission i eferred to above. r