Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-04-09
WESTERN ANTI-SLAVERY FAIR.

1t is proposed to hold a Fair, 10 aid the
cause of emancipation, at the time and place
of the next Anniversary of the Western An
ti-Slavery Society and the object of this
Circular is to invite all, 10 assist in prepar-
ing for that occasion, who are the foes of OPP
pression-who desire that our country shall
be redeemed from the rule of tyrdnts-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 efforts
Are you willing to contribute Of your abund-
ance or your penury 7 are you willing TO slim
ulate others to good works, and unite with
them to bring your neighborhood 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 cause? 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 shoe-makel
present such needful things as their severa
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 tie support of the Anti-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 ONE 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 iraught with the deepest in
terest TO millions of our race--it meets with
favor from the %virtuous and the good, and is
approved by the Father of the oppressed.-
We aflectlonately invite you to share the toll
and the reward of this work-we appeal TO
you in the name of MAN, robbed and oulra-
ged-we ask you 10 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 IRisH, New Lisbon,
JANE ID. McNEALY, Greene,
MARY DONALDSON, do.
MATILDA S. HOWELL, Painesville,
SUSAN MARSHALL, do.
MARIA l.. GIDDINGs, jefferson,
MERCY LLOYD, LloydSville,
MARY ANN BRoNsoN, Medina,
PHEBE ANN CARROLL, Ravenna,
MARTHA J. ThDEN, do.
RUTH DUGDALE, Green Plain,
ELIzABETH BoRToN, Selma,
MARIA WHITMoRE, Andover,
SAREPTA BRowY, New Lyme.
ELIZA CowLEs, Geneva,
XILPAu BARNABY, Mt. Union,
HARRIET n. ToRREY, Parkman,
ELIZABETH A. STEDMAN, Randolph,
CoRDELIA SMALLEY, do.
ELIZABETH BUTTERwORTH, Hopkinsville,
ANN WALKER, Leesville,
MARY GRIswoLD. New Garden,
ELIZA HOLMES, Columbiana,
LEAH NoGLEsoNG, do.
ANNA G.. FULLER, Brooklyn,
CoRNELIA r. CowLEs, Buffalo, n. V,
LAURA BARNABY, Salem,
r ]. ELIZABETH JONES, do.
} tit was expected that other towns would
be represented, but the names of the persons
: who were written TO, have not yet been re-
| ceiyed. We hope the friends at Chagrin
Falls, Richfeld, Grafton, Garfield, Deerfeld
, New Richmond, Brunswick, New Brighton,
West Middleton, Cleveland, Cincinnati and
> many other places will cooperate with us il
this proposed work.