The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-07


the expressed determination 10 renew their
acquaintance nj tho institutes 20 hc held rhc
ensuing year, IN the different quarters Of the
STATE
The Rev. j, u. stevens Monroe, Green Co,
Wis, communicates 60 the December number
Of the Iiomc Moamorv the iollowing account
of tho a,afc. of the cholera at that compar-
atiNcly new mission,
CHOLERA ~. 4 MINING VILLAGE.
Through tho Kindness and .mcr', of our
Heavenly Father we are brought Ia the close
of another missionary year. While the ar
rows ofdrath have flown u,ick around M on
every side, we have cscap)al the fell destroy.
'Cr, yi,
The cholera in its most appalling form aud
fearful results has visited uur before prosper
Gus and healthy village, The Grrt of .hly
last one ui our physicians was called to y
Turirt'urrUu vittHgv, Z y uIftcH- wCsr-df uE M
sil.I.sI i.a ..s- -. tl',.-f ftrr
sta,iur two d1iys. watching, nur4nqsHd SYM
pathizing with the afflicted, he was worn
down, lu-t hi- appetite, and was attacked III
olcnily with chulru hviua oM ol medicine
he hastcucd home, running his horse most oi
the way, and died in few hours allcr reach
ing hi. family About one week after, three
very Incorporate persons in another part of
I the village, were cut down in n tuw hours
Then the cholera lc0 our part of the village,
aud went over tn another, where sixty ot
seventy were hurried into eternity in q few
days II then lcn and went over into somc
/ families who lived in some small rayincs con
/ tiguotfF to the village, and has now entirely
! Disappeared from aiIlgas ,'s. Frum the fitJ
I day OF July Ia the sccoBr ofScptembcr, there,
| were about one himdrTd dedfbs, nearly all of
cholera. About one dozen Americans, ~
lmany more Wcrh, three Norwclians aud
about seventy English have died, Of the
deaths thri,-siN were men, twelve women
and more than ii0y children; vet there were
only thrcc or four deaths among the chill
: dT5H WT0 0TTCndCd our free srHO6r
OF between two and three hundred members
Only very few Of all were of temperance
. principles, most of them used Intoxicating
drinks. many Of them to excess, aud were of
the lower class of their countrymcn,
\ SOLEMN TIME
Such general time Of CONSERVATION and
/ fear, ] have never before known. As went
through the streets from house to housc, visit
ing the sick and dying, the sights and emo
tons were peculiarly solemn, and It seemed
; like to the valley of death itself. For tWu or
three DAYS the havoc of death was awful
Collins made Of rough boards Just nailed to-
. gether in great haste, were passing up and
down the streets, much of the time, contain
ing the remains of men who few hours be
fore were among the strongest and most
healthy among us Most were fcariully n
larmcd, and in a part of the village, all but
four families fed for their liXnA, aud -tLa-ntA.
ers would have gone had not sickness pre-
vented. Some went and encamped on the
open prairics, others in the woods aud in
harms and among their friends; and in this
way many undoubtedly saved theirlves. In
this part Of The village, of 300 inhabitants n
bout one in seven died. At times il VAS diff
hcultto get enough to help bnry che dead
8 Even in the south part Of the village, | had
'to 90 up. aud down the street scN Urat times "a
obtain help on one occasion.
4 And as th5 corpscs passed along, the daors
were closed, and merchants, groccr and 9th
crs fed to the back part Of their buildings for
fear OF infection
During this scene of death our schools were
broken up, the Methodist chapel was shut np
for about three weeks; and our meetings. al
though kept up were thinly attended.
Several families were broken up; widows
and orphans were left in nionFnjng and pow
crty. Some timorous persons Were cut down
in an instant by fear, on hearing otShe death
of noar and dear friends or ncghbors. Those
who kept calm and composed escaped and
continued healthy. Three fonrths of the ca
ses that came under the care of REGULAR
physician recovered while about half who
died had no medical attendance---many dy-
ing for want of care=-othc& still wore killed
10y quacks. ..,..a. ,gVaa ..,..,
One man, an infdel and df ungodly hfn,
remarked to comp9Iion who caught him
reading bible, and Asked hIm what ho was
doing These are solemn times" aud when
inquired of, if he were not going to begin to
pray soon, replied II have been praying for
SOME nne past. &c. 4A.--,- -