Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-16
ReIiere fhe Poor.

at work, there will still be. destitution
and its consequent misfortunes. But
with proper effort, well directed, the suf-
fering amongst the poor may be reduced
to its minimum. .e.. :, ss-
soup-houses, such as Mr.. s. proposes,
are in operation in other places. We |
recollect reading a. statement that in
Cincinnati there was such an establish |
ment last winter, and if we mistake not, |
it was put in operation and kept going
by the means or efforts of one beneyor
lent individual We think, also, thatit,
is to be continued during the present
winter. sass isfsass slsls.ls. - \
Mr.. Spalding speaks of the advantages
of such an establishment as 9 deposito-.
ry of clothing, bedding, &c, for the
poor. A plan like that in operation OF
Indianapolis for many years might be
engrafed into it, We refer to the old
established ''Indianapolis Benevolent
ssocietyyHvas it is termed, If we ,recollect
rightly, It's en- Organization IN Which /
all BENEVOLENT people join, Besides the
officers usual to such. societies, there are
com rnitseesv consisting Of a lady aud q
gentleman each, to Ehom are assigned
as many squares as they can coa-.
yeniently canvass, the .citybeiag tdiFid-
ed into. a number Of such Districts
Then depository is designated in each
district, to which all articles donated
are to be sent, and gensral depository
for the whole. E y s1faa .isr .5.l IS
8 The committees, then, canvass then,
respective dis tricts for clothing, money,
food, or anything else,that can be used
by the poor. These articles are then
dispensed by the general depository on
the order Of theifcommittees Of the re-
4 spectiye districts Thus, real suffering
is relieved aHd danger Of impostnrR
preyentedaS 4Allod 81 g0l bl03 "a
|, In order to inform the public of the
/ arrangements, card is published an
nually and distributed all over. the
city, containing the names .ofthe officers
and committees, the. location of the
| depositoFies,o the boundaries of the
districts, and the rules Of the society
| The public are also requested to dis
/ counte street begging and to refer
applicants for charity to the, proper
ommittee Of the Society The plan hAi
Hon worked admirably. Some Of th'
most prominent people are engaged ii
carrying it. out. ss5dA vast amountrco
suffering is prevented through thi
instrurhehtality. .-..,-staA asfaH 9ia2 al4
20 The plan proposed. hare, or something
Z similar, could not fail to work we'll !
its managers had their hearts in hi
cause. With the exception of tn
Z superinten dent Of the Soup House an
Depository, who ought to be. a man Q
good business qualifications the EN-
ployeea could be needy persons in wan
of employment. The expense shonI
not. be heavy neither for fitting up no
conducting the establishment. There
no occasion for any, heavy expense
Many persons would give money, Eaong
could be- realized in this way t.. pa
current expenses with-the ad iition {
Il professionalism would be donated 10th
culinary department. s III z yfis4a3
Almost every family has more Or les
old clothing, extraordinarily food lei
! after meals This celothing,I will. som
repairing viii geuerally do more SCI
] vice. The repairing could be done
the Depository if theorecimsnts shoul
4 ybe unable TO do It themselves. AS *
the food, much Of atdss noWEthtownin
!, the Eslop bucket tbat)is good and #hel'
some, -and-would make-palatahlaa an
6 healthy soup. s. Most people would
/, glad to have so beneficial d use to pl
! Esuch food to, especially since the ord
nanes1has gone into ktfset .ferbiddir
them to throw it into the streets G
alleys. The Depository might have q
express wagon running CONSTANT.
gathering up such articles, taking thel
to the DApoaitory,a aud delivering {Hsp
: andsthe usouP lmads ct the SeaP.Hous,
! to the needy who might1Ot be able t
send or 60. The food left after Rf9 partie
e balls, fairs, aud other social gathering
r could thus beIworthiy bestowed.
T Applications for aid ought to be r
duired to be made TO the ward or di
!, trict committees. who, would have oppo
: tunities for detecting imposition. Thu
: by a system of written orders, a chez
could be kept on the Depositsry or 81
perintendent, and the proceeds of tt
u charity dispensed economically and
the really needy. A1'' = wa s Iany,
II The Sanitary view of the matter is or
in which everybody iI fhs eeitysaapd i
II the country. also. is interested, II
Mayor and Council have taken measure
! to have the City cleaned and kept cleal
4 I
Now let everybody try TO keep their syI
TENS healthy BY, wholesome living an
J the avoidance of exeesses,7 and let th
: poor be proVidedl4witha the ameans
living without suffering from want,3 al
the consequence must be a warding 0
Of the dreadful matsdy, or at least
great amelioration of its ravages, if, III
fortunately, it should visit this locality
& We4hopes the views presented en-thi
/. subject may be weighed, talked over, an
d if found practicable, and calculated {
. subserve the end in view, acted on w
: Should like toE see 7call'' for APP abb
meeting on the su6jecewithout delay
: LIBRARY LECTURES We are gratife
in being. able toginform our readersztha
arrangements have, been made with, Dr.
Lord to give Us four of his Yery, popnla
. lectures His lectures will probably b
delivered on Thursday and Friday Q
next week, and the following Monde,
and Tuesday: His Subjects sA0
EITG Columbus OF Maritime Diseov
cries. sz.ss ETAEE CT on
81 III. Michael Angelo3 or Revival %
TO A.t7a5l asi 10 s1esofe8o
III. Martin Luther; orrP Principles o
- Reformation.
". Oliver Cromwell; or Constitu
Il - etional Liberty rs = zrr
IL Possibly fifth lecture can be secured
III DR.. Lord has been lsctur;no in Nav