The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-06-29
NORTHERN STAR.
R. I.sATURDAY, JUNE 20. 1888

IWARREN, X. LSATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1888
1.-THE following communication was received
too'late for insertion in our last We cheerfully
give place iu our columns this week.
| B,hfoI, June 20, 1888.
Dearsr-I am permitted through the kindness
! 1ofa friend to forward youthe subjoined extract.
s fIonl1be pen Of young lady in Wheeling,
Va. to friend in this place, and written without
the reniotest idea Of fpubcatisn- As however, the
subject upon which il treats is one Of intense inter-
lestto every member Of the community, and the in
formstioa which it contains worthy Of the most
lentire confidence, have ventured to present the
following for insertion in your paper. The ex-
tract is dated the ith inst postmarked the 18Th
Yours, &c. SIX.
am sorry said nothing about the cholera in
my last letter, as it appears by your letter this mo-
rnent received, that you have heard of it. BY the
time you receive this fear you will be in a state of
great anxiety for the recent reports will doubtless
have reached you. But the danger is now almost
over, ard oh may-our hearts swell with gratit-
ude and praise to that Merciful Being who has pre-
served my life Through such an awful period The
Cholera has ragged more violently here in proper
ton 10 the inhabitants. than in any town in the u
,. A. except Maysvile There are only between
six and eight thousand Inhabitants in Wheeling and
more than week since the Council stated there
had been more than 1900 cases. As look from
N window ! can scarcely see hou5e which has
not been visited by death, In this its most appalling
FORM One Of our near ncghbors, who lives Just
opposite, has lost her husband her father and her
child within week Of each other. Zone gentle
man who had been absent few days returned with
the expectation of being greeted by the smiles Of
young wife. to whom he was ardently attached and
learned on landing that she, together with her faith
er and mother and the servant girl were all laid in
the cold and silent grave. All business has been u
bandoned, the streets are deserted but by the ply
sicians, aad dthetrembng mourners as they hurrid-
ly convey some dear relative to their final home.-|
Very little attention is paid to religion in this place,
and vice Of ali kinds prevails to fearful extent
You will not be surprized then to hear that peo-
pie who in general have little trust in God should
he dreadfully alarmed at the approach Of DEATH
Many indeed have been literally frightened to death.
Numbers fled to the country when the disease ap-
peared here, but so many died that the physicians
advised the remainder to remain as il has nppenr-
ed to be almost certain death to change air at this
time, even to remove from an impare to pure at
mosphere.
At Bridgeport, village about a mile from the
place where now write, the disease has been
dreadful. The place contains but about 16O in
inhabitants, Of these thirty have died since last Sat-
urday. The disease broke out on Saturday and in
about twelve hours ten died. All that were able
left the place Immediately, and the remainder are
suffering dreadfuly Mothers have boen obliged
to lay out their own children; and sometimes the
undertakers have performed that office, even for
young females Some are hurried to their graves
in ordinary boxes, because there not sufficient
workmen to make collins either in Wheeling or
Bridgeport. One man fled from'his house, and left
three of his children dead in it, to be buried by
whatever stranger might chance to visitit. II has
attacked all classes, the most respectable and tenn
perate have suffered equally with the rest. But
you must not be anxious now, the violence Of the
disease has very much abated there were but
twelve cases yesterday and those mostly very
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