Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-16

and enameled leather, hides, boxes Of sta
tionery, and cases Of boots, cologne BY the
bsrrel, native wine in casks, purified cosl-
oil by the thousand gsllons-s mountain
howitEer, steel breach -losdIng cannon, 9
steam engine made by the Working-men |
in one Of the manufactures Of engines in
Chicago-and on it this insoription-"Thls |
engine is donated by the workmen Of the |
Eagle Works Manufacturing Co, every !
man contributing something mot one Cop
perhesd in the whole institution" There,
two, were other machines which had been
built by employees Of various establish
mems, who had worked nafter hours" 10
construct something for the Soldisrs' Fair.
Such, with q thousand other gifts great
and small, filed this new storehouse,
where liberal purchasers we're found wait
ing. Then, sgsin, the carpenter and join
ers, who, in the press Of work upon unfn
ished buildings, could not leave their ham
mer and saw TO 60 the Fair, Joined togeth-
er by tens and tWenties, and set spsrt
day of which they would give their
earnings to the soldiers. In like
manner, different firms would advertise
a sale for the benefit ofthe Fair.
Thus, 6 To the Loyal Stone-Mssons Of
Chicago" "We propose to donate to the
Northwestern Sanitary Fair the entire
proceeds of the sale Of one canal boat load
| I2O tons) of our first class rubble stone.
Bids for the same will be received at our
Office till Friday next.
Signed -, SO.
Then loaded wagons came in long pro-
cessions, toiling into the city, from fsr-off
country places, bearing marks Of frontier
| service, and the horses or mules, together
/ with the drivers themselves, .nOst Of them
told Of wear. Many Of them were sun
burnt men, with hard hands and rigid
features; and careless observer would
have said that there was surely nothing in
those wagons, as they passed, TO awaken
any sentiment. Yet something there was
about it all which brought tears to the
ewes of hundreds as the old farmers with
their heavy load toiled by.
"a striking and noticeable feature Of
the procession was the long string Of far
mer's teams from Lake County. They
came into the city at an early hour in the
forenoon, and sufficiently early to join
the procession. There were one hundred
wagons, loaded to OVERLOOKING with vege-
tables, the stsid old horses decorated with
little flags, and larger flags pendant from
the wagons and held BY stout farmer
hands. It was q great and beautiful free
will Offering Of the sturdy farmers,
whose hearts ever beat true to free
dom and the Union. No part OF the
procession attracted so many eyes, and
no heartier cheers went up from the tlou
sands who thronged the streets than the
those given, and thrice repeated, for the
Lake County farmers and their splendid
donation. There we're no small loads. BT-
erv wagon was filed to overHoWing with
great heaps Of potatoes and silver skinned
onions, mammoth squsshes, huge beets
and turnips, monster cabbages, barrels OF
cider and rosy apples, load after load, with
many q grsy-hsired farmer driving face
weatDer-beaten, frame rugged, hands
bronzed, his old eyes sparkling with the
excitement Of the project his big heart con
ceived. And back of the farmer, mounted
on the vegetables, were the boys, filed to
repletion. with fun. At tho ehi Of the
route of the procession, the tesms drsVe up
10 the Sanitary Commission rooms, and
unloadsd their precious freights Of stores
into the garners, whence they will 60 TO
the boys in the field.
This harvest home was sight TO bring
tears to the eyes Of any man but a con-
frmed eopperhesd. There was an elo-
Qusnoe in it, moral grandeur which
spoke louder than any words. Il told
that the farmers, the bone and sinew Of
the country, were yet confident CT sue
cess, that despair or distrust has not en-
tered into their calculations, and that tho
boys i the field we're worthy the best of
their crops. There was no display, no ad-
vertisement lurking behind their eontri-
button. 1t was free-will Offering from
t their gffa sgEss gs hsss6 fSg ssssh Bsss
ings Of the gsllsnt fellows In camp and in
hospital G5d bless the Lake County
farmers