Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-11
Communicated.

For thy Poncroy Weekly Telegraph
!. .gr. Edttor.-ln accordance with an
encouragement made in the NJ. i. Churh,
on the evening of the 25th Of March, a
! meeting was held on the following morn
ing, at the arne place, to discuss ways
and means of rendering assistance to the
sick soldiers of tho 9th Va. Regiment,
stationed at Guyandotte.
There wero but eight ladies and ore
gentleman present, owing, we presume,
to the shortness Of time between the no.
ticc and the meeting. Y
In few well-chosen words, one OF
the ladies laid before those present, the
destitute condition Of the hospital at
+! Guyandotte, and, also, what were the
supplies most needed. She had been
Informed by the Lieut.. Colonel of that
! Reg't, that in one room there were bud
|. died together, over thirty men, suffering 8
with measles, mumps and typhus fever,
With nothing to lie upon but somc loose
straw, and with only their blankets to
cover them! Beds, or the material for
bed ticks, were then most needed, and
several plans were proposed by which
(, to raise the funds necessary to purchase
bolts of unbleached muslin, which, it
was decided, would be the best substitute
! for the more. expensive bed ticking
| SIany were the plans, but they proved
| inexpedient upon further consideration;
as tho I; dies, though willing and ready
to contribute, were few in number, and
som hesitation was felt in calling upon
thoae who were not present, and, conse-
! q uently, knew nothing of the urgency
Of the demand
| But the gentleman present. our fell
+; low -townslnan, VIM. j. Prall--let his
/ name be ,honored "as one who loves his
fellowmen"-soon settled the perple1ins
questions, by coming forward and pro-
posing plan which was unanimously
adopted. To each one of the ladies
present he gave quarter OF, dollar 'te
! start with" and proposed that they
should each go around to their friends
and obtain what they could in money
and contributions of bedding and other
comforts, Offering his store-rooul, or
Court ST., as 4 receiving depot. With
this "E Pluribus Unum" idea, each lady
set out, and the result was, that some,
| thing over eighteen dollars in money
was collected, a number of quilts, com
forts, &c. beside contribution o.
canned fruit, showing on the part o
some, kind thoushtfulness for .ho ap
petite of the sick soldier.
In three days, the following article:
J re safely boxed and on board steam
boat, in the care of one who sac then
delivered to the sick and suffering mcr
for whom they were designed: Is com
forts, q bed ticks, % pillow ticks,
sheets, l mattress, 3 prs. drawers,
shirts. - pillows, l dressing gown,
towels, l4cans and S jars Of fruit, 2 bowl
! jelly. beside books and papers. If sucl
was the result Of little energy, on th'
part Of eight individuals, what NIGH
not be done by the united efforts of th
women of our county, Shall not ''Littl
Meigs" have its Sanitary Commission?'
| Cannot each township and town sustain
a branch of that "Commission," and for
ward it's mite to the Pomeroy "Cniol
! Women's Aid Society,"" (Which we hop
to establish, ere another week shall hav
passed away and by so doing, believe
that, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unit
one of these my disciples, ye have don
it unto Me" ~: