The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-09-08
NUMBER IA.

VII. A SAMPLE CAsE--THE SICK THE COOK
ING-wHAT THE HOME IS GOOD FOR.
Do you see that poor fellow tramping
with his boot cut into strings He has
marched till his boots have taken the skin
| off. Bathing, soft rags and mutton tallow
and pair OF slippers for him. ooh, what
a dirty creature Madam my clothes
were lost Sorry to look so. What would
my wife say?" Here are clean shirts, draw
ers, stockings, and handkerchifs, towels for
all such, and many one who loathed himself
in the morning, stands in his manhood at
night, clothed and thanking God for your
good works. Oh, ''rejoice and be exceeding
glad, every one Of you that you gave what
you have never missed to help him to be a
clcan,pure man once more, for he is fighting
the great battle of liberty for you and me.
July 10, IL, II, 13.-Our sick roons is
full, and five up stairs not able to come down
and yet this is not a hospital-only stop
ping place, home
nenry says some days he half made bar
rel OF soup, good soup too),and cooked
barrel OF beef and pork, with potatoes and
beans to match, and three barrels of coffee is
no uncommon affair, don't you see what
soldiers home is good for ? Where your
good gifts go. ''Who are all these you say,
why are they not in their tents, with their
regiments p There it is now, and lust all
| you know about it.
Here are fifty men left bellind when they
get in the regiment has gone up or down, or
out or in; they can't draw rations to-day,
have not a cent in their pockets hungry
sdogs dirty and tired as men who have
been out in the service can be- Shall we
tell them starve or let them stand waiting
Tor something to turn up o. Of course
they ceme to the Home. And then squad
IS ordered from Natchez to Memphis; the
boat leaves them at Vicksburg; no tents. no
ratlons; two days before another boat comes;
they come to the Home. A dozen are turn
ed from hospitals, not sick enough to remain
not well enough to Ego to regiment for du
ty they come to the Home And SO III a
Thousand and!one'wayB the soldier claims his
right here, and would suffer if there were no
right and shelter for him here to claim.
VII HATTIE RECEIVERS AND RESUMES HER La
BoRS-VALuE OF CLEAN CLOTHING-PRoLoN-
CATION OIL THE ''wAR" |
July IA, Is, 16.--Miss Hattie has been
well'a week, and flies up stairs and down,l
like humming bird. She is in doors and
out IN the camp,tnd at the prison even with |
full hands. Jeiies to these, wines to those,
and medicines and clothes for all that need.
+ Shall. i tell you a secret Don't for the
world whisper it so it will get out. Some
soldiers lose their clothes, or are too sick to
take care Of themselves or something and
they are-are- mol won tell yousatter all
for as soon as they get home and have soap
and water, and towels, they are all right Off
Miss Hattie did find them, on her white
or u II .s 70 - . ~
fault, and Lam so glad oh so glad you send
all these things and you must keep send
ing for the warts not over, and secession is
not played out and III just tell you while
I'm telling secrets, and dont't care if you
tell Father Abraham and all his Caeinet and |
the Congress to boot. 1t never will be, while |
the ''powers that be- are lots of them specu |
lating III cotton, and the Shoulder Straps are
hobnobbing with secesh ladies' and 1--WE feed /
the contederates with the right hand with
all our might, and fight them feebIy with oar
left ; giving them a chance to dot the whole
OF their country with the graves of onr' no
BILE boys THAT'S what's the matter,' and !
our soldiers ''see it, too -,qu
But we hope for the better, and you keep
on praying and giving, and we'll keep OH
using and praying; for there are noble tnen
that wear shoulder straps and stars too.and
noble men who do not speculate, who will |
right up these things by and by 10 bias |
l&.--TWO THOUSAND MEALS 4 WEEK--M0FISG |
FROM ALL THE STATES. /
b Jnly II, IS, 49, 1O.-Wash, iron, cook, !
scrub, nurse, poultice, battle, bind, give-two |
thousand meals given out within week /
and as many more likely to be given out |
next week-and they say this is nothing to
a while ago. C-has been sent to hospitaI
l-furloughed; H, dunn for whole week
found his tongue at last, and gone mp the
river W-gave one Of his cheerful smiles I
and'thank yours would set a Northern girl s 4
heart into a quicker beat for a week as he !
receives some nice jelly or a canned peach I
as fresh and sweet as her own check @
Oar sick room has but two occupants, and !
there is a lulu or | should not scribble. It's |
useless to try to tell what happened every
day. 1t is the same story-seiiding out |
delicacies to those that,need, feeding the hume
CRY clothing the naked and lninistring to tn |
suffering; whether artillery cavalry,or in
fantry from Maine or Missouri; no matter !
where if loyal and true there is welcome
and a home here for the soldiers of the u. S. /
The soldiers wife, too, sometimes has room
boat or waits for dear lone. School teach
ers, shelter themselves and sing songs Of
home for day.
And all this comes Of your giving your
abundance in times past, that no one should |
suffer /; but don't you feel better for it as
you sit rocking by your open doors and win
dows this hot July day,up there at the
North don't stop giving--you can't afford
~ r., ~
it is such luxury to do good and every
one Of these soldier boys would have suffer
ed but for inc and Betsy" as the man said
when he strided the beam while his wife
killed the bear. You are F'Betsey" and we
say ''giveit to him." ...,...-. |
Yes, they would have suffered-yet all, |
/ think, have gone away feeling that this
is truly home. In the almost four weeks
/ have not heard complaint ;instead many
time, Don't this seem like home.''. "Fhis
makes me think of mother" Soldiers say
to me, 1--WE used to think the Sanitaries
and Soldiers Aids humbugs but it's better |
now, things go on without so much cheat |
ing and fraud" So take heart and go for
ward, singing: e- ,. @.-
Yankee doodle, keep it up,
ei Yankee doodle dandy. 49,. !
.a The Soldiers Home isjust the thing
r. The soldiers find quite handy. vag |
x.-DEPAETURE- HOSPITALS NO 2, 3, AND
CoNTRABAND. r-..... sEs.-
Saturday, July 28,-1o day leave Vicks-
burg and the beautiful charities Of the Sol |
dlers home Before. L close permit me to say
have visited Hospitals No. 2 and 8 the |
Contraband Hospital and several regimental
| L Al, I f.uA.
have found none in any better condition in
the country and many pleasant memories
shall carry North with which to solaoo the
aching hearts of wives and mothers.