The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-11-18
The Poor.-At q point like Mantle.

Inc FOOr.-At point like Manlto-
woo, where emigration has been large du-
ring the season, the number Of suffering
and destitute poor through the winter must
be considerable. During the approaching
winter, whilst kind Providence has bles-
sed 30 many of us with the comforts of
Iife-whilst we shall be sheltered from the
winters storm, and clad against its piercing
cold, and have our tables covered with
generous food, and our hearths cheered
with fires, many Of the unfortunate poor,
whom aiversity has dealt rudely with, may
endure the bitter sufferings of their lot
amid want, and sickness, and death, unless
the hand Of active benevolence shall bring
them relief The poor often suffers be-
cause we do not know their wants. We
are apt to believe that but few suffer from
want, unless we visit their dwellings and
seek out the destitute families. Many
families, although suffering, have pride
enough and sense Of propriety to keep
their children from begging on the streets.
Many prefer suffering to begging, or to
asking aims in any way. 1t is trite, but
a true remark, that one half of the world
does not know how the other half lives
1t is true Of every community is true
of this community. There are constant
cases of suffering from poverty and sick
ness occurring, Of which but few knew
anything The poor are modest and un-
obtrusive; their wants and their privatlons
are not published on the house-tops the
stream Of human suffering that attracts
public attention and calls out public sym
pathy, as it rolls through the mansion CT
the rich man, often passes silently through
the cabin of the poor man, sweeping away
his hopes and desolating his whole life,
when no voice is heard but his silent tear.
"a it falls into and swells the current, and
his bitter sigh as it salutes no human ear
and excites no human sympathy.
We do not perform our duty when aid
for the poor is wrung from us by importu
nate and constant entreaty. 1t is, to the
good man, luxury and a sacred privilege
to do good and to benefit his fellows. Such
an opportunity we have among the poor Of
our village during the approaching winter.
Greatly to the credit of Milwaukee, the
ladies' of that city have, for several years,
been organized into " Society,"" whose
object is to relieve the destitute and afflict-
ed poor j: contributions TO its means are of
every variety-money, food, wood, cloth
ing-old or new-in short, whatever can
administer in any way to the wants of the
poor. The amount of suffering they en-
counter in their visits is greatly beyond
what would be expected.
Will not the ladies Of Mauitowoc initiate
this most excellen: example VIII they
not at once, prompted by the generous and
lively benevolence of their sex, become the
active agents of this laudable enterprise
Everywhere throughout the whole civilized
world, woman has dispensed the richest
and most fragrant charities-to her the cry
of the suffering poor has never been ad-
dressed in vain.
Will not The Ministers of the Gospel of
this village, from their pulpits, present this
subject to their respective congregations
for the very essence of the wonderful truth
which they preach, is" TO do good"
Will not our brother editors unite in
this enterprise, and lend helping hand
for in this, neither the spirit of party, nor
the conflicts Of political warfare, can sepa-
rate It's
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