Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-11-03
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We Be Brothers.

LuW0su ES8&ioBbO0s formerly Oh
Chicago. now editor Of the Hearth
and Home, New York, writes thus
eloqnentIy In the last number OF tina,
paper: 8l a9s AZ
| We be brothers taggd 7dt
Out of the greatest sorrows come
the sweetest consultations. Samson
Is not the only man who found sweet
ness In the lion, and who got meat
out Of the eater. m .
Only few days ago II seemed that
St. Louis and Cincinnati aud Chicago
could not enough reyile each other.
Each stretohed Its iron arms out
grsedily for the growing Western
commerce., and Chicago, the most
eager, energetic, and youthful of the
competitors, was the common target
Of the others. Butthat was only on
the surface. When once the fearful
destruction that had overtaken her
made the ears Of men to tingle, the
two rivals with earnest haste sent
firemen and their engines to the res-
cue, and before the fire was oct dis
patched food already cooked, loaded
trains with clothing, and, shedding
tears Of earnest sympathy, reached
out their fraternsl hands 70 help the
desolate city. eaa 4
Truly we be brothers! Wal 80
The great metropolis, so cold In its
outer look, 60 hard and earnest In its
busy commercial temper, il melted
and beart-broken with sympathy,
and is pouring out her money by
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars I;
great merchants make great gifts OF
their gains, poor men throw Ia the
wages Of their daily toll. and the
very school children. while We write,
are saving their candy-moncy and
putting In their pennies to relieve !
distress that makes even the little
faces look awe-stricken. Great rail-
road corporations, which seemed 70
soulless. are sending lightning trains
to carry relief.
For We be brother
The President orders military
stores; the citiss. the villages, the
hamlets Of the land are pouring out
their relief In little. rills and great
rivers and the despairing psopIe
who stood on the bleak shore Of the
Michigan sen weeping the ruins ol
their homes, have found themselves
| quickly and tsndefly lifted Into ths
helping arms Of bFothess touched Il
the core With their grsat anguish =
For arc We not brothsssf
There be those who would have .,
behave In . hereditary snmity b.
tween England and Amsrica. There
Is boasting and braggadocio on both
sides. There ID bicksring and self.
ishness on both sides. The old kin.
ship has seemed to be foraottsn.-
Bnt when The telegraph thst brings
"a III - near t0gethsr, oAassd the
roar Of the flames on the LAKE s.shore "a
be heard IL London snd the esy oI
the homeless 70 rpaehe EtinhuFeh,
then we found that W ~ not strang.
ers and forsisnen. Engiish pity
VS. swiftsr than IT. swiftsse steam.
ers. m ~ 8as ann
Nothing but the lightning could
carry its tender rsiisf 70 3 broken
hearted people quickly enough, and,
before the flames bid csased % rav.
| age the great city OF the prairiss,
there were thonsapds of dollars q
British naonsy carried q The credit
|cf Chicago On the boohsof oor hank.
sFs.a And almost = qulekly = opl
own, The Enslish Govefhm1nt haa
ordered al its surplus tsnt1 and
blankets II Canada - b ofEsrsd u
chteage. Away with thoss who
talk ~ waEand snnity bstwssn the
Old unothsx and ourselves, whsu sucl,
d6odeb blpd N tsgSthssi asi8n
For, thank God! webs brothers.
Even Germany. now almost ~