The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-16
REMEMBER THE P ooR.-Cold wealth

or is coming. We are now entered
upon the last half Of the last Autumn
month, and the cold SHOWS will soon
begin to fall, and the bleak piercing
winds to whistle through the lily
closed doors of the poor. 1t il time
then that those who are in comfort
able and affluent circumstances,
should commence to devise some
method by which to secure the AFFECT
IGor from want and distress. We ere
proud to believe that we have COM
paratively few Of the very poor-those
in absolute want and distress-in our
city. and II is a matter Of congratula1
ton to our people that such is the
fact. But there are no doubt some,
and they should be at once looked out,
and means provided for their relief
We saw in an exchange the other
day, the following paragraph y:
STARVED 70 DEATH A child died Of
starvation at Louisville yesterday. Its
parents had lately removed to that city
from Georgia, and were very poor and des-
titute. .hfl
IS Such an announcement is not credi-
table to louisville, and yet such an
occurrence might happen in any city.
God forbid chat it should ever hap
pen in ours. We hope that some con-
certed and well directed effort will be
made at once TO guard against the
possibility of such an occurrence in
this city, Letsome sort of an organi-
cation be formed. Let the city be di-
vided into districts and committee
appointed for each district, whose
duty it shall be to visit every house
where poor and INDECENT people re-
side, ascertain their condition, and re-
port TO the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
form that may take-the condition
and locality Of all poor families, that
means may be devised for their relief.
The most worthy poor are often the
last TO make their condition known.
Such should be sought out and re-
lieved in as delicate a manner as posi-
BILE. We do not propose at present
to suggest any further or particular
method Of organic tion, but would
urge upon the kind-hearted and the
benevolent the duty of organizing in
such d manner as to prevent suffering
from want liz our city.
THE METEoRIo DIsPLAY,-Much
interest has been manifested during
the past few days relative to the grand
celestial pyrotechnical display prom
ised us by the philosophers and as
tronomers, about the 18th to the 18th
Of this month, and no little impa-
thence has been manifested on the
part Of some persons to see the cur
tain rise and the show begin We
have made no special promises or pre-
dictions on the subject, but we have
seen so many dissertations and specu-
lations on the promised entertain
ment that we confess to some anxiety
and disappointment that the display
has not yet taken place. We have
waited for three successive nights; till
+" lang ayant the twal, " but either in
consequence of the clouds that have
prevailed, or because the scenery was
not properly shifted, we have thus far
waited and watched invain. Yester-
day Finnigan friend rushed to us
frantically exclaiming, I want me
money back. +" At first we did not
comprehend his meaning, and made
inquiry.
'Sure, and didn't you promise us
that we should have a grand free
show of shooting stars this week, an
entertainment to which wo should all
have front safes resarved, forinothing
kind of dead head, like local adj
ties do? Divil sthar have seen
shoot at all, at all, and now | want me
money back. We promised to make
it all right, and assured him as he had
paid nothing, he should have it all
back, and with some difficulty per-
suaded him to wait another night,
when ifsthe show didspotL come .off,
we should consider it indefinitely
postponed and pay back all admission
fees at the doors. He was satisfied,
and asked us to go and take drink.
We, of course declined-we always
do-and left him hoping tina the en-
tertainment would come off last night