The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-06

WORDS OF COOP ADv1cE.-A LETTER
eral Epistiie" from certain sJohn," to all
the big patriots and all the little patriots in
the North! 1t is for those who live in the
cities and towns, but not for them alone; it
IS also for those of the villages and the
country. 1t is for that lady whose delicate
little fingers and charming voice are now
while write, playing and singing Rally
Round the Flag, Boysy' and also for that
buxom rosy checked lass who sings and
plies her busy hands in that cosy farm
house in the country. And it is also
especially for those country boys whose
who wish they were big enough to go too!
tn tell you what want you to do; l want
you to do at least twice as much for the
soldiers this year as you have ever done
before. don't want one young lady in all
this land who says she is "Union," to let
the next month pass without, nth her 0,cr.
hands, making some garment for the sol.
every "Union man. to show his faith by
his ,rorks, and to 60 out now into the patch
and lay off one row of potatoes to every
son, brother, or other kin-folks, he has in
the army; then hill up those potatoes nicely
and dedicate them to the soldiers. And,
see here, unless you have great many re-.
1, Iations in the army, you must keep out OF
IceeNoOS'
ripe and give them to the Sanitary Com
= mission. Every bushel that you give to
the soldier is better than to have sent him
the best doctor in the country. Then
want the housewife that "bosses' that fne
garden just over yonder, to go out to the
onion-bed and lay off row Of onions fol
every relative and friend she has in the ar
my, and if, when she has connected the
rows, they are not sufficiently numerous
to satisfy her conscience, she may use them
like "the boys say the secesh women &c
use their shortening in their twenty-five
cent pies-the "tong rag"
And then, Hope the Soldiers Aid Socle.
ties will, in addition to their other kind of:
: fees, resolve themselves into fruit dry.
ling committee, and collect plums, cherries
berries, peaches, and apples, and dry mol
can) them by the quantity. Let next au,
tumn witness rival of the old fashioned
"apple-cuttings," the proceeds to be dis-
tributed among the soldiers, unless the
war ends in the meantime.
And, now, wish could multiply my.
self into committee of about five hundred
thousand would go to every bright eyed
: little patriot in the land, and take them oy
the hand, and I'd tell that little boy that l
want that little hand to pick and dry one
quart of bldckbeYrtes for the soldiers, then
I'd tell that little girl, that her little hand
q must pick and dry quart OF cherries OF
plums, and that she must make little bag
for the plums or cherries, and one for hel
brothers berries, and that they must put
their names on the parcel. and send it tt
the Sanitary Commission, and them. al
though they may not hear it, God will heal
some poor sick soldier say, ''God bless tina
dear little child.''
/ have Just come from Murfreesboro
Tennessee, where l was Post Chaplain.
have had opportunities to learn what tn
soldiers need in the hospitals. Dried fruit'
are most needfull, as diet for those in hos
pitfalls, and potatoes, onions, dried apples
krout, &C., for the well in the camps.
have been detailed to work in behalf OF tn
Sanitary Commission in Indiana. 1t is on
= desire not only to supply the sick with del
icaeies and needful clothing, but also to &C
upon the old adage, ian ounce of preuea
ton is worth pound of cure" and by fur
nishing regular supplies of vegetables t.
our noble boys in the regiments, preuen
their becoming sick. Ifthose who love tn
soldiers will help us we will bring many G
their noble boys home again, who ma
otherwise be left in some Southern grave
=, yard.
=. >,.rr JOHN HOGARTH LOZIER,
= Chap. 37th Ind, and Trav. San. Ag tfor Inc
AURORA, IND, May II, 1868.