St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-01-14
The Sufferers,

! wa nave been bitterly and we
think, I,onast'y assailcd, fox maintain
ing that there is no general destitu-
tion in Stearns county. Again, and
again have we asked and waited for
the proofs Of that destitution, but
these have never been forth coming.
| True, there is long list of names of
persons who have applied for relief
but have they really sequi' ed il t?-
Some two weeks ago we were in a
store, when an Irishman came in and
enquired OF the merchant if he want
ed to buy any beef
"What price?''
"Tin cints all round"
@Take trade 20
"Will, no! I wasn't wantin' any
thing but money!
SCOT the beef with you? -
6 Shure, no! / was wantis,' to
have it ingagel before butcherir''.''
Well, don't want any, unless I
can trade for it.''
The vender OF beef turned to go,
when we inquired in what part Of
the county he lived.
ss Up The Sauk rive1 n1a'asn. On
the other side.''
We then made particular inquiry
about how the people ia that region
were getting along, and tive truth or
faIyehood of the stories Of destitution,
telling him our occupation and anxi~
ETY. TO be correctly Informed on sub
ject Of SO much Importance. As we
can generally report sermon or lec~
ture to the satisfa ction Of the speaker,
without taking notes, we shall en-
deavor to give the story OF this suf~
ferer in his own words.
"Sure ma>au1 an its a poor time
we have Of it intirely, an its the peo~
pie that's suferin'!''
"Whc is. the poorest man ycu
know"
&c VIII, the poorest wv us is ------
a Frlnch man, an it's poor he is; an
a hard way he has Of getting along.
Not hanful Of -four has been in Lis
house for two weeks to my own
knowin'; an they till me in the
upper town that they applied for &C.
| laie for us, an tllat the min in the
| lower town inthcr:ered an. slapped
! the contributions. So we have moth
ing to expect but hard time ;ntirely.
Thin there is ~----- the poo. est man
+; I know; not a bit NV anything has
been in the. walls Nv his house for
wakes - ....
| "Haye these people no corn, po~
tatces or cattle ?" :5. ~~-rs-
! "Will. Wis. TO be shure an they
hir some petaties an corn, bat the
divil a bit Of f1our. Am as to the
cattle. That's it.! Shure tdhey sind
COMMITTEES to see how we'r off, an
tdhey see fne yoke Of akin am may
be some cows an a pig or two, vic
a little corn an petaties. Thin tdhey
20 away and say tdherc is no neel
for contributions. Tdhcy niver con-
siddher tdhat if we ate our cows and
akin we'll hev nothing at all to worl
wild in tdhe spring, or, may be tdha
| we'r in dibt for our tames. Nos III
list till ye me own case ma'ara an
Iye'r a si,lsible lookin' lady ttlhat
would understand am feel for pool
man" q ,,....r ...>....n.v ..n<
! P. s., The poor: mans story shoult
meet with no discredit on the grount
/ that this possibly might be, "BIar,ley,
.Ifor though we say. it curself tha
/ should not, we certainly do look wis
! beyond our years. :. 49,. ....,.. - =. -.
T "Ahem, yis. As was sayin'.-
1 Yer a sinsible lookin' lady an cal
feel for . poor man. me case il iis
|tdhis an the niver a poorer man tdher
IS il the territory. tdhan ,aosiifI com
:, Ihero two years ago. Me familee wa
Il II Ireland. worked hard and ain
h 4, money to bring ttsdlhsm Oil. hhltahe
I. Il come tos Raston, "a dhero tdhsy was ~
s4 go ss.s..s