The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-10

condltlon. we gave her her dinner and sent
some food to her mother"
At Arrapahce 1 learned of a poor family
named Anguish, and visited it. The state
ment OF Mrs. Anguish, as given me, was as
follows: L have two children, both girls,
the eldest aged five years and the youngest
two years. My husband is a laborer, but
hnds it hard to get work now. BE came
here with some money, bought a lot and
com .nenced to build a house ard a mill.
house is unfinished. / live in the school
house, which a director has kindly allowed
me to occupy until after my confinement. /
have about fifty pounds of flour on hand
and about ~one-quarter of a pound of tea.
We have no stock of fowls of any kind. My
children have no stockings or shoes. /
have had about $50 to live on since April
last. / have one decent dress, a calico. We
raised no crops; the grasshoppers
EAT UP EVERYTHING.
L have no one to take care ofm when I am
sick. l wish 1 had some red flannel for my
children. I AVE picked up some old scraps
and rags and made clothing for my baby. 1
have less than ever before, but can get along
if we only have enough to eat. 1 never
saw such hard times before. Do you
think the grasshopper's will come again ?"
On my way down the Arrapahoes to Melrose
/ stopped by the roadside to visit a poor
woman VINO lives in Harlan county, near
Watson's postoffice. eight and a half miles
from Melrose. She made the following
statement:
Ihave four children aged seven six and
three years. and a baby seven months old.
My husband has gone to Iowa to see if he
can get help for US from friends there. The
gra~sshoppers eat up all we had. / have forty
pounds of flour and ten cents worth OF tea,
but nothing else. We have no stock. The
children have had no meat. 1 have no cof-
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is drying up. DR.. Mccoy got me the flour
on credit, and said he would pay for it him.
self if / could not. / do not know where /
can get any more when that is out. None
of the children ave shoes or undercloth-
ing. They have one dress apiece. l nave a
pair of old shoes, but no stockings or under
clothing. My baby boy has no stockings,
shoes or underclothing, and but one old
calico wrapper. 1 am in want. My
cabin is very open and cold at
night My name is Mrs. Martha Duncan.
The following is the statement of a little
girl who was at home keeping her brothers
and sisters: "My father and mother are out
haying for a neighbor. There are five chill
dren of US. / am the eldest. We have O
little flour in the barrel. Father had a pig,
but he killed it and we ate it all up long ago.
Father says, when the flour is out we will
starye;' but mother says, God will take
care of u.s. Our neighbor, Mrs. Winter, is
as badly off as ourselves, and Mr.. Foster is
worse of. We have
No SHOES NOR STOCKINGS.
We have one dress apiece. Mother has nc
shoes. Father and mother are out working
to gets six dollars to pay Mr.. Austin. We owe
him that much, and father says it must be
paid. We have no sugar, tea, or coffee, mol
nothing to eat but flour, and we are thankful
for that. know money when 1 see it; that
is money! Billy, come and see the money
/ will take good care of it and give IT to
father when he comes home. He will be
very glad. wish I had some clothing. ]
woul like to go to school; L went
to school last summer and learned
to read. / am ten years old,
and my name is Lizzie Chamberlain
This family was very poor. The cabin had
no furniture, and the children were almost
naked. Igave the children g for their par
ents and left an order for So on Mr.. Tink-
hams store. In many places the larger
girls hid themselves, ashamed to be seen by
a stranger and he older women felt con-
fused and constantly apologized for their
ragged appearance and the poverty of their
homes. Nearly the whole population in
many places is barefooted, and half the peo-
pie are nearly naked. 1 heard of a great
deal of poverty and distress in all directions
and wherever I travelled not over ten or q
days supplies of rations were to be found.