The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-08-10
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give place IN your columns 10 Tow en-,
nest, heartfelt words, addressed to the
good people of your State who are a.
work or are willing TO work IN behalf oi
the soldorg They al want 60 know how
they can use what they have got 10 spaie.
in such way as TO sayh thereby the
greatest number of lives. Just now II =,
easy TO tell them how
Mon in tho army are, during all sea
sons, from various causcs peculiarly hn
BILE to diauhea, which il allowed to con.
tinue becomes chronic, and this in It's las,
stage rs death, slow but sure. Ahof
prolonged and intense suffering The victim
dies. In all Of the earlier stageB of thls
terrible disease, however, il may hc
ckocked, the patient cured, bv the simple
use Of the blackberry, IN some form.---
This lilosaviDg berry grows abubdautly
IN our land, thank God and IL now still
growing, still ripenibg for use; so that iyi
n little while yet this rich, precious fruit
may be found on the bush and in lba
market, and may be had from 81 TO 81
per bushel IN most parts of the country.
VIII not those who have them growing
preserve so many ms they can Tor the sol
dlorl Who that has money, any money
to spare, will refuse OF neglect 10 buy
some Of Thorn, and either themselves pre-
serve them, or send them to tho Aid So
ciety ladies, who will receive them as n
sncred trust, and prepare them for send
ing 10 the sick soldier who needs them
Buy one bushel, or five, or ten, OF more
if you are able. II you are not able 10
get rs many rs you would like, buy oil
you can; for surely y few lives saved nro
better than none But try 10 get n bush
el, or ut least peek, remembering that
you are securing that which is life 10 the
soldier; remembering the peculiar med
cal virtne of tho bIackborry- how IT
seems invariably TO cure, while medicine
often fails. The hospital surgeons regard
the black berry juiee, in any way presery
Ell, as Of inestimabie value. IL seems
possessed Of n quality NOS found in any
other fruit, leaf or root, or seed or miner
al ever used. IL seems the chosen mes
senger Of God, to call the slowly-wasting
victims Of chronic diarrhea, from ap
preaching death, back 70 vigorous life,
TO call the soldier hero from the yawDipg
grave to take bis place in the ranks once
more, TO DO valiant service there, 10 strike
heavy blows Tor his country and for all
that makes life dear TO US. Brave, no
bic fellow, willing as he is 10 do al this,
shall he not have this precious medicinal
fruit and life? He wants the joice with
out the seed. Therefore do not dyy or
can them, bot send along all that you
may have already dried or canned. This
conyaIescent may be strengthened by
them.
( Not knowing how precious The nice Of
these berries is 70 the soldier sick with
this disease, tfo good people Of the land
have themselves consumed hundreds and
thousands Of bushels, which ought 10
have been made into syrup, Jelly, vine
brandy, or cordial 20 be carried BY loving
hearts and faithful hands to the thousands
OF sick men wasting away IN hospital
Let no more be eaten by those who
would save many sick and sinking he
roe's life than crafty their own selfish ap
petite. Let no moro be left in the mar
kets to be consumed by the well and
hearty.
Oh ny friends eoukl you but see the
skeleton forms that are at all times TO be
found in the hospital wards Of Washing
ton and elsewhere, and remember that
the juice of the blackberry would doubt
less have saved them, could il had been
given 10 them ia time, you would resolve
to secure as many rs possible to be pre-
served and to be held sacred Ia The ser
vice Of restoring TO life and health the
sick and suffering soldier.
In this city the Sanitary Commission
is trying 20 buy up all the blackhorries it,
can get, and good women are making
them into cordial, brandy, vine or syrup,
to be used only in cases Of diarrhea.
This the Commission is doing here, tho
often obiiged TO pay for The berries IN
Washington and vicinity as high as 80 or
S5 per busheI. The Commission in New
York and Aid Societies throughout the
State might accomplish very much more
at very much less expense. You have
doubtless already done much; will you
not do as much more MS You can while
the blackberry season lasis9 VIII not
!. all man or,I ,,,,r,,o ia fhn Efate wh,
!, love The eoldier and the rsuse he serves,