Litchfield enquirer., 1861-05-30
Call to tifA Ladies.

Women of Litchfeld County ye who have Fathers, Brothers, Husbands, Sons and Lovers, who have gone forth to battle for the right against the traitors of their Country; and you, too, whose friends have remained behind to pro- vide for those who have gone; the time has come when you all can work. There are few who can go as nurses, but there are fewer still who can not do sometaing in their country's cause. 0v mission is not to spread wide the desolations of war, but to prevent as far as possible it's rava- ges. To provide for the comfort of our noble patriots we should esteem our greatest privilege; the prospect of being able by forethought, and the labor of our hands to save the life of even one of them, should be esteemed an object worthy the highest endeavor of us all. And by united, earnest, and sustained effort we can save, not only one, but MousGads of the lives of our dear countrymen, and easo the pathway to the tomb of many moro.
 Sunstroke has already proved terrible ene- my. More than two hundred have even so soon bowed before it, and the hot weather has not yet set in! Three instances of its dreadful effects have come under the personal cognizance of the writer Three men, members of enc company, were smitten on the same day. One of them is now q Hopeless idiot another is still at deaths door with brain fever the third after three days of unconsciousness has re esered sufic ently to return to his family. And cases like these we can prevent.
 On the Crimea, during the Sepoy mutny, and at Solferino, the British and French soldiers were efectually protected by a THICK wHIra LINEN cAp-covER, (called a Havelock,) so fram- ed as to shield entirely the head and back of the neck. A pattern of this has been furnished to the Naw Fork Ladies Hapelock Association, and by them to all who have desired it. Fifty can be made from piece of thick white linen of 2 or B yards at 30 cents per yard; or 75 from 10 yards of linen sheeting, of the same quality, 2i yards broad, at 60 cents per yard. Two nrS- DRIED AND FIFTY THOUSAND of these are urgently requested before the middle of June '.There is not" says the New York Committee, {" the least prospect of too many being supplied even if all our ladies employ their needless"
 Besides there, Miss Dix. (the Florence Night ingale of America, has called for hospital stores,
 
 night shirts, grey flannel undershirts, flannel bandages woolen socks, Sc. Sc. And these are all needed NOW. Even while I write there comes a rumor (and mere rumor God grant it isD that in battle with the rebefs at Harper's Fer ry, six hundred of our brave fellows were slain. and other hundreds wounded. The report may be false one this time, but soon such rumors will be true. And then shall it be said that Ws have neglected to provide for the comfort, and of those whome we have sent to battle? Other women are working. Women of Litchfeld county are you! Oh do not let it be said that his nursery ofpatriotic women of the olden time s laggard now Let us organize in every 7illage associations that shall operate immedi.. tely. Let us emulate our sisters of other states. Let us remember our Grandmothers and follow heir example. Above sll, let us remember that ur brothers may even now be dying because of ur inactivity.
 May 27th, 1861. i q