Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-11-15
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PATRIOTISM IN MORRISvILLE.
MoRRIsvILLE, Oct. 9th, 1861.

tention of the loyal" ladies, of Morris
town, to the Relief Society" organized
in this village last evening.
If we rightly understand the mission
of the society, it is to be practical aux
iliary to the "U. S. Sanitary Commits
sion" which fact alone clothes it with an
adequate degree of significance to secure
for it the interest and hearty cooperation
of all loyal" citizens of our town.
The ostensible object of the Sanitary
Commission" is too we'll and widely known
to render any minute explanation as to
its operations necessary. Suffice it to say
that it is an effective" intermediate a.
gency of the War Department. which
without assuming The duties of the regular
agents of government can, and does, af-
ford to them material aid in the admins
tration of relief to the sick and wounded
of the Army, and Navy. And it is also
unquestionaply a safe agency through
which tangible charities can be conveyed,
from any source however distant, to the
suffering, and needy in the hospitals or
Army. '
While it has the confidence of such
men as A. Lincoln, Secretary Cameron,
Gen. Scott, Gen. Mcclellan, and many
others of equal intelligence, is it not en-
titled to the sympathy, and support of all
union loving people. g.F ..
| As the demand upon the organization
already made, and that likely to be
made, is so great as to render large and
immediate increase of its recources abso-
lutely necessary, the " Commission" has
issued circular announcing its object,
and calling upon the patriots, of every
neigh borhood, (whcre societies are not
already formcd,) to organize at once,
a relief society,"" which shall meet peri
odically, and by which an active and
respectable " COMMITTEES" shall be appoin-
ted to 90 from house to house, to solicit
contributions in materials suitable to
be made up, or money to purchase such
material" which shall be made up at the
periodical meetings of the society. Now
as the society formed here is to be an aux.
iliary of the above named society; let
every humane and loyal citizen fnot only
Morrisville, but Morristown, put what
they have on interest in it. Let, every
one esteem it pleasure, to contribute
their I" mite in one way or another to-
wards making it an effective means O
relief to the suffering. ...,o.s,8 ... ID.
Below will be found list of the Articles
called for by the " Sanitary Committee,
and doubtless needed more than anything
else.
Blankets, Quilts of cheap material
about seven feet long by fifty inches
wide, Wooden or Canton Flannel Bed
gowns, wrappers, undcrshirts, and draw
crs, small hair, and feather pillows ant
cushions for wounded limbs, Knit wool
len socks, and slippers"
We will add here that from letter
recently received by us from Miss Dix
the Superintendent Of female nurses II
the Military Govt. hospitals Of Washing
ton, we learned that there were constant
calls there for drawers, undershirts, wool
4 len socks, and cambric pockct-handker
chiefs. Now any individual in Morris
town who can furnish materials for tn,
above named articles, or money to pur
chase them with, will as effcctually serve
their country as those who take theil
stand upon the battle field to fight. Ther
let the ladies of this town cvincc theil
patriotism. by sustaining this +" Relie
Society" by there liberal contributions
and active efforts, the ladies Of the
= Loyal States" have thus far done nobly
8 in this cause, and we have no reason tt
think that those Of Morristown will b.
! outdone by others. Any persons in thu
town having wooen yarn, and footiDg'
old sheets and table cloths, good for pre-
pairing bandagcs and lint, and, in fact
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