Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-02-20

! a general desire seems to be awakenit Q
throughout Pennsylvania, as well as in some
parts of New Jersey and Delaware, (Which
now indeed belong to the PennSy ylvania
Branch Of the Sanitary C0mmission), that n
Fair should be held here OH u large and eli.
! icctivc scale, for the benefit OF the general
cause. If this design is carried out, as seems
like to be case, we feel sure that Pennsylya-
MIA will be in no degree behind her sister
States of the North and West, in the energy
and libciaiity with which she will respond
to on appeal which comes home 50 closely
every humane ard loyal heart.
The first conception and execution Of q
Fair on such an immense scale, belongs,
without question, to the people of Chicago
among whom two ladies, women of high
cultivation, of devoted loyalty, and of in
dUaiitable energy, stand nobly conspicuous
and the result OF their cXcrti0n furnishes a
standing proof of the vast amount OF good
which may be effected 10y a few wel-quaIi-
fed and thoroughly devoted persons. One
Of these ladies, with whom ii was lately our
privilege TO be associated fora time, favored
us witn various interesting details as to their
manner of working, which we should be
glad every woman in Pennsylvania could
near. One little incident may be worth re-
lating here, as showing how much one wo-
man can do in u short time when her heart
is in the work before her. Mrs. Il, OF
Chicago, wrote to friend in Pittsburg -
! Our great Fair will be held here in three
weeks. What can you do for Us in Pitts
burg Z" Miss NJ. replied, that sEc for ono,
would do all she could; and so cffectual
were her cXcrtions that III less than the
three weeks prescribed, she and her friends
forwarded to Chicago two freight cars of
twenty tons cacl-packed with goods Of
every dcscrip ption-iinc cut glass and china
dry goods, plated ware, wOolpn work, knit
and woven, and countless other articles
contributed a. donations from all kinds and
classes OF people. The articles given, varied
in size and value from pin cushion up TO Il
steam engine. One gentleman answered
Miss NJ appeal bg the present oil steel
brcach-loadiu9 cannon; another sent the
largest shte. of iron ever rolled III the
world These latter articles were of couisc
not included in The two car loads, but were
sent on tracks separately. The working
men i'll one of the factories, made and con.
/ tribuicd d large steam engine; the farmers
seat long trains cf wagons loaded down
with produce, poultry, eggs, vegetables,
grain. flour. great !op6iA nj hny from many
mics distance, and batter and cheese hy the
ton :" The mechanics gave machines, ploughs
and rcapers, and tlrashing machines, and
stoves and pumps, and countless other
things, till new building had 10 be erectad
to receive them. The merchants and trades
men sent bloc!,-tin, hides, leather, boxes Of
stationery, books by the case, cologne by the
barrel, native wine in casks and purified
coal oil Iy the thousand gallons.
Tie loyal women worked day and night
and sent case after case Of knit garments,
and rcel,y-worl and all, in fact. without
distinction OF age or sex, threw themselves
with earnest hearts into the wori; they had
undertaken. and achyed, as they deserved
to Do, a splendid success.
Cannot we do rs much in Pennsylvania 2
We have The means, and we have the pa;ri-
otism hcrc-sureiy the eaergy will not Uc
wanting Let the women of oUr State ~,
in humane and generous rivalry, to out do
even their sisters of Chicago and let our
men, who have already responded so noh'y
TO the demand their country has made on
them, come forward freely Eow, to the
help of their sons and brothers suffering
and dying on ircsh-fought battle-ticlds, and
ia rough field hospitals far away, where
poor and scar.y sd car reach them and
where they may else sink and perish fol
want of the succors ,ro might help 70 send
them now.