St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-18
From the Grasshopper Region.


more pleasure than receiving. the meas
of the Mississippi experience must he
great indeed. Om hearts were flled
with gratitude on the receipt of hbls.
full up" shipped from Barnet, and
box equally full, shipped from Lacon.
III.
We wish to make this public az
to the donors in Vt.
and Ill.-viz: In Barnet, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. ii. Clement and family, Mr. and
Mrs. VI. ID. johnson and family, Mr..
and Mrs. j. ID. Abbott and family. Dea.
R"h't Hall. +. b. Clement, DIR. Hazel
tine, Miss Julia Kellogg, Miss Nettie
Johnson, Mrs. Cummings SomcrS, John
:. +. Wallace and Edith. VIM. Harvey,
Esq. and IL ''maSonic friend" In Peach
am. Mr.. and Mrs. John O. Blanchard,
Mrs. Col. Blanchard. Mrs. }. O. COwleS
and Mrs j. TruSScll. Lacon, ILL.,, Phin
eaS Stevens and wife. Mrs. Emily Ste
VEINS Fort. amdMr. and Mrs. w. X. Fair
banks
The English language is barren of
words to express our gratitude. We do
not expect our friends can appreciate
the value of such gifts, until they shall
be placed in like circumstances with lis:
which calamity. we trust. God III his
infinite mercy will spare them from.
To enlarge upon Our restitution might
haNcan appearance of ScltishncSS. but we
may say in regard to the deStitution i'll
the newer portions of the State. that
unless some immediate relief is found.
IL great many families will suffer even
to death The greatest need in Fill
more Co. is fuel, clothing and bedding.
In our personal acquaintance are many
families who have no change of cloth
ing. who need. almost to all occupy one
bed to have sufficient covering. and who
haven't fuel for tw" weeks.
The State Aid Society with its auN
iiaricS. is doing all il can with the
means at hand to relieve us. but have
not vet been able to distribute anything
in this county except fuel III small
quantities. Farther west the dcStitu-
ton i still greater. There they had
NO crop growing hut corn. This the
greedy "vHrmintS" CLEANED ont. So
tb,y need bread in addition t" their
L.. . .,,,t
aud oats rircmcd before the %Ifu~>h"pprI
raid. and the majority have their bread.
but We sigh for the corn that is not
aud the Nrgrtallc> We fundlr hoped Ia
gladden. nur hearts and Till our Stom-
arhS. Not even the taII>y WIS too bit
ten for them. but the red peppers made
il warm for them. There is no doubt
our Legislature which c"nvcmc> the 1th
pruN. will come to oIIr aid. but Il good
MANY will suffer ia the interim.
Still hricNc III Nehla>ka. \ terri
hle >rouryr has fallen upon us, but no
worse than has hct:illrn other States in
tnrIncI times. which are now rich in
THEN resources. We may see no more
gr:,>shnppcr> f"r Years perhaps never
Allow me- in this letter. a> before III Il
private letter Ia You. to express oar
thanks for the :. :. library received
last August. and tn Mrs. j. ". Balch
for her package. 1t may require con-
siderable faith for our friends to see
any "hrcad upon the waters i'll their
kind rcmrmhlanc,.> of lis. hut it is there
and while none of You may i'll this life
receive Your reward, We know that He
who notcth the fall of Il sparrow. has
recorded your kindness. and it * enter
ed to Your credit against the day OF ii
nal reckoning. That God will ahund
antly bless You all in ''ha>ket and
store" is "ur earnest, daily prayer.
ours.
y. {. STEVENS.