The Richmond palladium., 1864-01-27
fine report given below by Committeeman

the county They rather outstripped /
their neighbors in the good work of con- !
tributing for the suffering soldiers There |
is everything in good start in matter of
this kind, and thanks TO the Lord and TO
Jesse Gates. we got 4 good start there,
and kept on in the same good way until
seven hundred dollars were handed over
by Brozilla Reynolds. the township chair
man. Two cold nights succeeded the
Sabbath at Williamsburgh, and these l
spent saccessiyely at Economy. IN Perry
township. and Franklin in Dalton. The
characteristics of both meetings were
much the same. except that the lamps
went ont while speaking st the former
/ place. and We were compelled to suspend
operations until small boy went TO 4
neighbors and borrowed a light. As my
reputation for temperate habits Is not
probably fully understood ut Economy.
| Will omit any remarks concerning that
fall got when leaving the church 1t
produced a marked impression upon me.
traces of which still remain. l was
agreeably disappointed with the result of
our meeting ut Franklin. They gave
quite literally and manifested true patri-
otic spirit. Poor men living there. gave
three fold more than rich men in some
other parts of the county. See the re
pOfIS OF tneSt townships.
We tried twice to hold 4 meeting in
Boston township but failed both times
The first time the appointment was not
understood, and the next time it was too
rainy for people to attend meeting for
benevolent purposes 1t is probable that
some leading citizens will yet take the
matter in hands and bring Boston up
ahead of some townships where meet
mgs were held.
The part that Richmond took in this
enterprise leaps the climax. OF all the
places | ever saw, none equals Richmond
in zeal for soldiers and their families-
There seems to be such a general interest
among the people in such matters that it
is impossible to name all who truly de
serve honorable mention in this connec-
ton. The schemes for making money
developed during the late festival betok
en- q large inpeEtipe genius somewhere. If
man came in from the country. he found
all the avenues to the city ''picketeI' by
men armed with some kind of tickets,
for which sundry greenbacks were de
manded The nearer he got to the cen
tre of the city the thicker grew the tick
ct men When. after purchasing n hand
ful of these pasteboarls, each represent
ing a fortune of some kind or other, YOU
at length gain ingress to the Hall, you
find Your troubles just beginning. \
very pretty miss informs you kindly that
a letter awaits YOU at the Post Office. :
You take it ont, and the missiye informs
E Won that there is Il package in the ''EX-
press Office" which YOU are requested to
take out You '.declare your intentions
to lift the package and present it to the
fair tamse at your elbow. 1t is bought
and presented. Eager little white fin
gers begin to unrap the mysterious par
eel Bright beaming eyes look anxious
" ut the forthcoming prize as a
title niger JoLy, She bushes, yourself
: ditto-lookers on, ditto. Iou determe
to make amends and purchase for the
: lady the finest present for sale in the
Hail. BY this time your wallet feels
lighter, and you think seriously of home
You start down the Hall. Young lady
, at scales wants to areiqh you. You never
was weighed by lady, and mount the
scales to enjoy the luxury. Ten cents is
the fee You hand dollar bill. Lady
| has no change. but Young Miss beside
her will change it if you will take ten
cent chance in her drawing" Chance
is taken and YOU draw a cake of common
soap Your companions laugh at the
.joke" You think it rather too practical
and personal to be relished. SO you go.
Stand where you will, it is a dime. and
look where YOU will, it's another dime
Sic transit giorio mondoy.-and so on dur
ing the balance of the week, winding up
late Saturday night with over -, 600 in
Steve Virgins wallet.
/ glory in the spirit of the Richmond
. people They undertake nothing with
: out putting it through in the loftiest kind
, of STYLE To Lewis Burke and DIR. New
ton and their kind families. | am under
, special obligations for their hospitalities;
and to many Others whose names appear
upon the various committees, the thanks
of both the Sanitary Commission and
those whom it seeks TO benefit. will ever
be eminently due.
/ have consulted with some of the
leading Officials about the Capitol. and
with the officers of the State Sanitary
Commission. and we have determined.
by private subscription, to purchase a
prize banner. to be appropriately inscrib-
, ed and presented to Wayne county
This banner will remain yours until some
other county exceeds You in contributing
, for the State Sanitary Commission, and
thereby becomes The Banner County"
This l shall. for the sake of the suffering 9
, soldiers, try to get every county visit
to FRY 70 do but for my own part, l will
proudly confess my fears that before that
little thing is accomplished, the Burnt
District will be enlarged, according to
a programme announced in the last
} chapter of the canonical Old Testa-
ment,
The following is the report from the
various committees so far as they have
been completed up to this date. 1 give
them alphabetically:
Abingdon -..-.......... S3o9. I
Boston n....-............-..... no report
CLAY 90. 339. 80
Centre. in part.... .2S2 p
Dalton -..........3 307. 80
=Franklin .............21s.33 8. 80
Green " .......... ....... $50. so
Harrison 269. 30
jefferson on........... ...... .343. 80
jackson 500. 30