Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-06-04
WESTERN ANTI-SLAVERY FAIR.

1t is proposed to hold a Fair. TO aid the
cause Of emancipation. at the time and place
Of the next Anniversary Of the W estern An
li-Slavery Society and the Object of this
Circuilr is TO invite all, 10 assist in prepar-
ing for tnat occasion, who are the foes of op-
pression-who desire that our country shall
be redeemed from the rule of tyrlnts-who |
wish TO break the yoke of the captive, and to
repel the aggressions which slavery is ma
king upon our own rights. Whether the
contributions shall be worthy of the cause
worthy the high professions Of those who
stand forth as the friends Of liberty, may
greatly depend, reader, upon your eiiorts.-
Are you willing to contribute Of your abund-
ance or your penury ! are you willing to slim
ulate others to good works, and unite with
them to bring your neighhorhood Offering,
and lay it upon the altar of humanity ! If
you have neither silver nor gold, are you
willing to consecrate a portion of what you do
possess to this %causel Let the farmer and his
wife bring grain and wool, brooms and bask-
cts, cloth and other manufactured articles
let the dairymaid come with her cheese and
butter, and the miller with his four-let the
halter and timer, the saddler and shoemaker
present such needful things as their several
handicrafls can furnish-let the merchant
contribute Literally of his stock, and those
who are skillful with the needle bring such
useful and fancy articles as their ingenuity
may devise.
The proceeds Of this Fair will be appro-
prIated to the support of the A~nti-Slavery
movement in the West, either by placing
them at the disposal of the Western Anti
Slavery Society or applying them by direc-
ton of the donors to some branch of this re-
form in harmony with the views Of THAT So
ciety.
The cause for which we ask you to labor
is one which is fraught with the deepest in
terest to millions of our race-it meets with
favor i:om the v%irtuOus and the good, and is
approved by the Father of the oppresscd.-
We ailectionately invite you to share the toll
and the reward of this work-we appeal to
you in the name of MAN, robbed and outra-
ged-we ask you TO be true TO the instincts
of your better nature, and to prove by your
actions that you appreciate the blessings of
liberty and the safeguards of virtue.
BETsEY NJ. CowLEs, Austinburg,
LYDIA lRIsH, New Lisbon,
JANE ID. McNEALY, Greene,
MARY DONALDSON, do.
MATILDA s. Howell, gainesville,
SUSAN MARSHALL, do.
MARIA l.. GIDDINGs, jefferson,
MERCY LLOYD, Lloydsvllle,
MARY ANN BRoNsoN, Medina,
PHEBE ANN CARROLL, Ravenna,
MARTHA J. TmDEN, do.
SUSANNA f. Donaldson, New Richmond.
Roth DUGDALE, Green Plain,
ELIzABETH BoRToN, Selma,
MARIA WHITMoRE, Andover,
REBEccA S. Thomas, Marlborough,
SARAH BowN, Pittsburgh,
SARAH W. TAYLOR, "
MARY S. DICKINSON, Chagrin Falls.
SAREPrA BRowN. New Lyme.
ELIZA CowLEs, Geneva,
ZILPAU BARNABY, Mt. Union,
HARRIET n. ToRREY, Parkman,
ELIZABETH A. SrEDMAN, Randolph,
CoRDELIA SMALLEY, do.
SILENCE RICHMOND, Munson,
ELIZABETH BUTTERwORrH, Hopkinsville,
ANN WALKER, Leesville,
MARY GRIswoLD, New Garden,
ELIZA Holmes, Columbiana,
LEAH VoGLEsoNG, do.
ANNA G. FULLER, Brooklyn,
CoRNELIA II. CowLEs, Buffalo, N. Y,
Laura BARNABY, Salem,
J. ELIzABETH JONES, do.