The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-08-18
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Homes for Sick Soldiers,
WhNe your hearts anil hands aro ever
ready and willjog 10 perform little acts
Of mercy for our soldiers you look aesi0
and again over tlieir catalogue ot'wanS'
aud fnd i, filed Our Sapi,ay Com
missions beStow in abundance. all that
our Government flils to supply; such as
food, clothing books etc, all, al least,
that is rcquiato to theIr comfort, besides
the countless delicacias. and other l.tlo
necessarios 'mado up and sent hy loving
hands Tor the sick and wounded, Bul
is this ALP Is there nothing clsel Did
il ever occur to you, gentle reader that
sick soldier might love Aowers? You
should think Of this now, Wilde your
gotdens are all oglow With ,hdr beauty
aad fragrance,
You now rejocc that iha season Of
Covers has again come Nov cold and
desoIatc would DO your homes without
them? Like ittlo children, they
bring warmth and gladuoss to your chill.
cd hearth Flowers aiornalke the Ci.
ogapl drawing room OF the rich, aud tho
bare choerless cottage OF thcpoor. Why
then should mol the sitting atmosphere
Of the close hospital wards be mnde pu
rot by thrirdreshnesS. Although their
presence would not alleviate the suffer
ings Of the inmates. yet vase of freshly
gathered roses, or fragrant vjolos, pla
ccd beside the low cot Of q sick OF dying
soldier, would porohaucc, calm hi,
troubled soul The sight Of these--liko
the avs koning Of some teader chord, in
loved but long forgotten slraiD, might
call forth responsive echQcs-caA iuto
being new emotions, long buried in the
past; thought Of homo and all tho To-
we'd ones tbore. Those inanim1te flew.
Ors, like white winged augcls. would
pcrcbauco, tnnsporI the poor, tired,
hearI.Heary soliier back 10 bis early
homO-to die.
With these bright memorials of the
pastbg his bedside. tho dying soldier
might forget that he was fac away from
home and kindred, when he would look
upon their fresh beauty and tl.ink Of the
Jane roses clambering over the wall Of
the cottage at homo;' the sweet scented
pinks and yorben s which he usod to help
mother to tram carefully, in the back
garden or plas IN tho yard. When ho
would think Of these, and other days, he
would see not the cold Indifferent glanco
Of the passar BY. bal .,lhs teafdimmed
eyes olthoss who wese dear gazing
teBderly into his own with sgonising
griafsFRtehi9g tlieir taaiua hfiithiasse,
Along with the compassion that Is exci
ted by lislening to tilo6f wsut. there
IS apt 10 arise Of the same tinioa feeling
of asiouishment thai such thing should
be in land like this. Perhaps, how.
ever, the true wonder is That want is not
universsl. 0nchalf OF the race die be.
fore they have contributed en- ioa TO the
worlds sudcnanoo OF their own. Onc
halfo( those who survive the period Of
childhood are women, who do not as q
general thing, contribute directly to tue
production OF wealth OF tho men. ma
ny arc sick, many are old, many are
idle, many arc wasteful, lDauE are par.
astes, Those who DO work md live TO |
the age Of three score years and ten,
spend one third Of their lives in bed oac
twentieth at the table, one sixth in re.
creation Much Of their time is wasted /
in mistakes; much Of what they succeed !
in producing is swept away by Gro and |
food Daring half Of tho year nature |
sleeps. 0ne harvest in Eve proves o
failure. Only fraction Of thc earhs |
surface is capable oI cultiation. A
large part Of the general labor is absor
bed in the production Of luxuries, 10 ro. .
pnnng the damages Of war, in pfepa Z
ring for future conflicts in the transpor
tation Of produce; ia journeys. Prcbo'
bly not more than one-tenth oi the whole
amolut OF human force is expended in
earning the worli's daily bread The /
standing marvel, therefore, Of society Is, |
not that any should suffer want, but that .
there should be any who do nol.- Hcmc I.
Journal
EESiatements have appeared saying |
that great increase may be expected 10
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