Mrs. Laura Smalley
Mrs. Laura Smalley was a crippled woman who didn't have to take care of the children because of her condition and that she was also very old. If one of the children were acting bad they not only beat the child they would also beat the old woman taking care of the children. If the old woman wasn't taking care of the children they would whup her for not doing her job.
When they ate they would have to use a wooden spoon and a tray. The food that they would eat would be some type of mush or soup. The tray that they would eat from would be made like a hog trough. For the children if they would reach their spoons to the other side of the tray they would be scalded.
Mrs. Laura Smalley had a mistress called Mrs. Adeline who would be caught by the wrist and pushed to a rocking chair.
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