The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-12-01

miserable shanly younger child.
rem. enc an infant 81 fssr months.
we're constantly demanding thoir moth.
ert eare, while al wcre bunrrg and
asked iot food which The poser mo,het
coJM not possibly furnish, What
coala shc pe,f Woman 10 And yet
sbc eem,d tgtW on trying TO Do
some, ug. though without plates cups
or dishcs 81 Any kind, wlfh no ire.
place ct staee ia tie hoasc, OF any
iutnl.arC visible. SAFE two Oh broker
chairs. and M old mattress, which seem.
- A. her resting place, quite destitute
81 covering, and a hard almost As tho
wood upon " ldch Il lay. With much
sdo an old bottle was produced which
airs. Stone soon returned % them It'll.
ed with milk accompanied with some
other articles OF food, somp medicine
Tor the sick children. and what Of our
scanty means could consistently b.
spared to add 20 the warmth Of the
pallet on which they las.
To-day, 81 another point, Mrs Stone
ends other and similar scenes Of pris
+ walton and distress. And such may
be found amy day. What marvel lhers
that many arc dying. Through exs
posure, aud foy want 81 food they falls
sick, aud being sick, for want Of cnro
and the means Of being rendered cons
Portable, they dip Six funeral pro-
cess,rns passed onr door in one day,
aud in The same day some lhree ~
four we're buried the other s,tlcofihs
creek. Deaths mc occurring every
day. and Fequ ntly there viii be 70.
neraIs at different point, at the saute
hour. AN ibis would not be. but fov
Tie extreme poverty of 50 msny of
,bcse poor people Now, what can
be done for them To 81 sure. Cow
c nmeni aad our military authorities
pre doing something; but they have
everything Oh lhcir hand apd cannot
notice particularly the condition of
these suffering ones. RalianL TO
some extent, are furnished, but many
a NEEDY family obtains no such aid
! Clothing, Government does not pre-
tend to furnish, and for want OF cloth
ing, bedding. etc, many are suffering
greatly. For large donations Of arti-
cles, such rs will help 10 keep these
poor eople warm, by day and by
night, through the long season Of cold
and wind, rain and snow, which is ut
hand, we earnestly ask and enireat.
Do erd rs blapkrls and quilts to keep
lien warm by night, or under which
they may repose with comfort willie
sick. Send us articles Of wearing up.
parrl, Of every description, especially
su Ii rs women and children need
/ We have diem with Us IN great mum
bcrs, while the men TO great extent
are ahscrt, sewing our Government
as best they car For some weeks
pas our wrlTebe Las been empty
3ccenl He rccyiyrd SMALL supply,
and the .acl WAS soon puiSed among
tie I. ople. IN troops they soon be-
aun to app ear al our anor. making
kn0wu iheir wants. With as much
thongLl ana d.scri minalion rs the cir
cumsaorrs Of tie case would allow.
the 4 llciehi alticlcs, some ilree or
four hundred 10 al, were soon disllib-
u,ed. But what we're they among so
mary? Every day, and most every.
our, The poor needy creatures come,
IN. Only 10 hear Us cay, eve have
n iii NJ for you; al We had IS gone.
we would GLADLY help you if We could,
bat a present il i not in our power
Disappointed AID lad. Hey turn awa,'
sa} ing, sorrowfnIly, Wei, Mrs Stone,
maapl, please take my name nia'am,
and do not forget me whrn YOU do
have more things come, phase
VIII lot you. The good people Of
Vermont remember especially tie
mission VII Sc headquarters Is the
r h-r Ilousef Send speedigi SIND
'otat goa can New garments viii 10
very acceptable, 81 course, but do not
wait for the slow process Of sewing
circle meeting, to make up new things.
Give Us. without delay, shat you can
spare, already or llaad --seeund hand
and clst-od garments. If good for any
thing, viii be thankfully received
Sead, freight, pre- paid, marked, "fy-
Ter House. for courab1 nds,--c If
WiIlim Il. Whitney, Issq., 81 John
Street, New York, and lie win lor-
ward 10 US without charge. Ard the
blessing Of hem that are ready to
perish shall rest upon yon.
JANIS j. STONE.
( 1t is proposed lba; MI good house
keepers search the louise over be-
ing mindful lhat all garments AID
parts Of garments may be worked up
IN some shlpe to help keep ont tie
pineling cold by day or by night BE
sure things already available. would
be preferable, but re ady hands will
gladly put Ill ilings else in order.
a meeting for ihst purpose il pro-
posed for mex week o. the week fol-
lowing. Previous notice viii BE- Civ
en-. Contributions may also be left
with Mrs. WIN. B. Burton
Grants Great victory.
Al u O'clock a. 81. Of the 231