The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-05-24
The Famine in India.

To til, td|or Of til, taddo~ion
As 4 large share Of the readers fyour pa
per were acquainted with Rev L. " Parker
OF 81 Johnsbury, now missionary Of ;he NJ
+. (hurch in NjEour, India, think sketch
OF his situation there At the present time of
interest to them generally, and as ! have fur
nished him with clothing and such American
goods as il was necessary for him to have
since he went cut on The mission, pcrhap,
understand his position at the present time
better than any other Of his many iliendS.-
Doubi.es> al. have heard ere this cf the gltat
famine now upon the land Of India, and more
especially upon Tie Northwest Provinces,
where the Rev Nr Parl.cr's field Of labor
lies. This famine is the result of tie drou,h
O.; last season. Instead of several weeks Of
steady rain as is usual in The rainy season.
they had but few DAYS and the result was
total failure Ct ali their crops which OF.
course brings starvation on the mass Of IN
habtant> The English government are do
ing ali IN thier power ior them, Yet cannot
keep them al from starving. "iiundrtds
he wl:,esl die by the roadside in >nite ot al
l.. a.-, " .o,
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yct We c;,n scarcely Keep the poor creatures
around Us from dying with hunger. The it
tie W. give them is not enough 20 satisfy
their hunger-only enough TO keep them
nom starving 10 ot"ih. lhtE VIII cry irr
another piece OF bread after eating what i
.iyt;i them. worse g noS>il1. than ,h,v ,i;d
s
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even IS !hLch as crust oi Dread. i"r Il
should 90 So should be So througed with
becoars fla, cou,I not oct +. -. an, of my
to,l~
clIp The following from paper sent BY
Mr. T., published in India
ii hay,. seen ro o,.,a ,..,.ro.,., l;cl.
ua;rt, II, f.. scr,lr, roIo,> 49,. .rtr.,,,,,L.,,
,yi>t, Vh,.r.,,..l >..,,,,.,..- vb;,f b.,..
been published Of tire tx.,rt and >ry,rit, -.
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aggcrattd. In A"yeAuI tHty nae during Tie
whole season tut two days ram, anu from
thence I" Delhi, through the B"oiuHdShuhtI
and Neerut 'usi!c'>' You traverse N.-4eS "l
. uncultlYated PLAN, desert as lar "H 'ht eye
can t,ach' cAcePHns al! OASIS roNht '''f,I "I
!ouf l''os "eep ROUND tac" >.I'aSe' 'Nti
TIE greater po!lIoh O., N"> 'o""U! C'e i""-
Dee mas htth No"h. /" some casts ''v SOW
20 ing las been UetAyed' "'itIIs i'I '''" Il. Il.
others "hefe water was oo''lii'"4o' want "'
sceo has prevented SOWING "'t S5Vu gran
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,,rnsnrrr Of = rrnunera,iyr cror Most use
tuI, because productive. r.Ie has been atior-
ded hy the Neerut committee, IN advancing
gram Tor sowing. A> over pfonAo-y thF't-
io"i'IIS VI '''' i'' u ''.ost . ..'
tr,,.,a.s &C. ,h,. .,,..,,,.ra ,I.l :,
+, deed
Between Allyghur and Delhi the Railway
= works give employment TO l1'o"o rropie''h"
~, y, ~
~ moved tr,, in ,hr>o nar,s on4 Of
the effects OF the suppression Of the mutiny
u ana ofHiiah>' "''r lui'"1i ''i'' ''!' ""i' "'N
.t' I;..r;o.. :, sbcaI. ior (wal0r and OH
,r pot;v,. STATES The result of these com.
l.. bned cause has been 10 leave 4 most undue
proportion Oh "lg "!u ana 'l'il'l' " "o''le' III
'l', ''Dl' ,Los ond ~ L.e, ,,.an .ye the,
mus, be fed bv charity. cxac,ing. OF course
such labor as they are able to pe:iorm'Whlch
Pf">tfatt' as tH'! 10" are arr q! want o. 100"
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IS '1a.,'I ;,,,1 ~. ,,I,. tra, '',..,ha,
r. tl,s .,1 u ,oo. fo, a., ;nd'fnita ,,v.
As o.,,b,r c;rls These acts Of o..n.rosi,v v;,i
the immense price of bread, of course yer,
much increases his expenses, and makes !
- hand for him 70 Set along and he wrote III
to see if could not in some way ra;se somt
thing for him here. You will remember tha
the secession Of the Southern states ncude'
: the secession also Of the Southern body @
=, the Methodist Church, AMI consequently
) large donation to the missionary :und is Gu
of and help to individual MISSIONARIES be
comes doubly necessary, as the ooarc OF his
4 sions are not able to 90 as mueh as the ca