The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-08-11
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The following extract 4 ON a private
letter 10 FREUD ~ Boston. written by o
brother resident Ia tho Inflated eily-sesa ss
dusky will be read vilh painful INTEREST,"
sAspusKY, Jdly -, 1870.
Mr. DEARFsT I.-Ynu can scarcely form
a cnuGepiloHnl is0 liighllul STATE ~ IilHEH
existing hers nav. Lnst Monday HofninR
this Town wna hll buriuess and huHlle--now
All silent % The grave, except ~ tho drug
slOres, cabinet nnkers, and buryiug Prohndi
whsfn d mushruom business has started ~
that bids inif o eUiomb every one u III
About Monday noon the news burst Ike y
ihundefb0ll among ~ ilni 30 or 40 persons
we're taken down with the cholera almost
every case OF whicl, proved hhl Will HE
exception of "Wednesday when u rHned al
uasi lucefsanilyl aud lhursdAyi lwheH v
clrHfed oil ghs diAsaEn Ina pfoyalled. WIN
nu unparalleled frighuiiluess.~ No instance
J oftlie kind Wv the United States, ! have heard
| Of compares with u. The CONSIDERATION q"
/ Understandable. -One half the population have
/ 1ed, aud the remainder are almost warn out,
trnliiug tho sick aBd burylng the dead
Since Monday noon hnye, except Two nights
lone whole aud two hnlyrsf been constantly
, thus employed ! hm now writing on ny
knee, Willie tending young man Tour ueN'
neigliboFl who has bui u few h0uru moe ~
live. The diAaase prevails almost entirely VI
the west hnlf of the town, aud particularly IN
the vicinity Of where am boarding, near the
TowusOa.d House, tHHT might 10 10 30 ''4''
Oul Of the remaining few who remain wl'liil
n circle of thirty rods Of ~, ~ near NJ
can iunrn. about 1870 have died within tie
iHst week. OF my relatives, G, died lac
Monday, suHt y. Faday evening. and uncle
+. lnn evening, Almost every house ilns los
from 20 3. Business ~ entirely surlended
except ~ the drug stores, cabinet mixers
and digging Pfnyea wnH iQuubnie enough
10 got, a coffin fOr both hunl aud uncle j.
hm no cnsrs Today tho cabinet makers ar'
making nothing hut rough boxes. aud u
hHrd 10 get enough 10 answer oil at llienb-
81 per day was offered 10 luborcrs TO dii
graves some days since.
! moved down horo July 81, aud went Il
Buffalo and O.wego 10 days returned th'
2lst, just Ia lime Ia got amongst ne n"iu
distress. You may ask nu why don't ~
For myself fear nothing Of tho disease, NJ
had IL three weeks Friday night, when II wa
very midland ny doctor quotes ligh nu'h"t
ny IN snying " never makes n second attack
though II bouiaiitncs rolppsos before comploi
recovery. But on II. and rs account,
should like 10 be somewhere else. Whom
blink, however. how hnrlnrouS IL would 10
TO desert the dyiug. aud l1aye thu hrntto ~
"a their beds. lie ihuughi ~ avail.
Within the lusi five minutes, Two hrufs"
have passed, mud tho nurses mud driver
scarce fnd tim. TO ent We hear nor -
= nothing which hns not death associated wit
~. Though nay feelings nro sensitive ~ ~
! binary times yet like every one else, We hny
, become % rrtirh accustomed 10 fickurrr :
, death, that can now lay out n dead bod
with scnrce any more disturbance Than il
> soldier on battle field ircnh- his dyiugron
i rada under fnot Night aud day NOW irot
the 9Th, I hnvr> been almost constantly en-
= pl0y.d, aud II Is now tuiihouUh uuPlrusnn
0 when hayo timo to thiuk Of my feeling,
c absolutely necessary hat uA hchtl Shouir y
crllupcd. linVo 10 fiino 20 mourn' nnd a
Though have lost near relatives, yet 40 ~
G gcorv have !. bGen drove. that scarcely m''
% iDru,
. earnestly zone the destroyer has finisl
1. .cdtis,yori 'fhir morning have heard q
Il lui Gvt( J.ets~ eases, aud feel greatly cncon'
!, nged in the homo that the work of deeirucuo
y. will crpsr. Should ihis he my last iri'rr
. you bnpe YOU will nSS ihil To reply 500
r without waiting Cor any Thing hrIlmr iro'
y me. Your unectiouoir brother q.
r. s. Have jest learned ilc price e'"F'
- Is rapidly rlsins--now "rin 80. They ar
?, buSug macy in lIcnchcs.