Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-12-03
Your Ohediant Servant,
A. G. HIRST.
It is afirmed bY citizen OF w

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chita, Kansas, whom the Boston Ad-
vertiser indorses as ''entirely trust
worthy" that the Kansas papers are
keeping back all accounts OF sthe suf-
fering in the various parts of that
State, fearing that they might check
migration. The grasshoppers and
drought have united to ruin the crops,
while the coal, which is the .only fuel
of the people, must be brought from
a distance, and they have no means
| of paying for it. We have received
a copy of the 'Wichita Babie,' a lit
tie paper published by the Ladies' Aid
Society of that place, which fully con-
firms the foregoing report of the ex-
tent of the destitution. In one coun-
ty (Sedgwick), the grasshOppers ap
peared about August 9Th, destroyed
all the late corn and fodder, and
much of the early corn. The chintz
bugs damaged badly the spring VIII eat,
oats, and barley. There is no deficit
of seventy-fve per cent. in feed for
hogs, while their is light hay crop
of good quality. At least one half
the farmers will have difficulty in
getting hay for feed, while in some
, townships ten per cent. of the popula
J ton are actually destitute. What has
been said of this one county is true
} of Others Those families which cal
J raise the means are moving to less af
ficted localities, but the maioritie
, ! must remain where they are, and b.
fed and warmed by the benevolent
! inclined. 1t is most heartless for tn
+ local press to conceal the sad condi
a tion of affairs. Death to many of tn
sufferers, the financial ruin to thos
b who follow them to the impoverishe
@ regions, and the vast increase to th
: pauper list of the young and poo
State can be the only result of thi
e stupidity selfish reticence. There
n certainly enough suffering in bo:
e Kansas and Nebraska to awaken tt
e sympathies and open the purse string
of all classes of citizens. Pair
q should be taken to ascertain from of
II cial sources the extent and nature
q the destitution. That relief may b
economically, intelligently and hol
IF estly administered, whether it is |
n come from public or private source
d or both.-[Cn. Gazette.
9 ~ The National Women's Tempe
lance Association, in session at Clev
:. land, has made a programme whit
: provides for frequent mass meeting:
- temperance instructions in Saba
, Schools; the formation eff tempe
- ance glee clubs; the obtaining pr
% mission to edit a column in the inte
=, est of temperance i'll every newspaE
y in the land, and in all possible wa
=, to enlist the press in this reform; a
-, the influencing of pastors to give fl
20 quent temperance sermons and spec
81 services. The association also!reco
~ mends special pledges for women,
~ w volving ''the instruction and pledgi
- of themselves, their children, and
w far as possible, their household, ha
- ishing alcohol in all its forms from
~ sideboard and kitchen, and enjoini
bo - quiet, persistant work for temperan
in their own social circles. " The L
t1o oil wine in the sacrament is discou
w tenanced, and the substitution of sol
,os unfermented liquor advised. A pl
g. for the ''anti-treat league" is propos'
~ the aim Of which will be to ''enroll
L. members those who, though not rea
nd to sign the pledge, are willing to
cts frain from putting the bottle to til
lii iii neighbor's lips by pledging their h'
m or that they will neither treat nor
~ ktreated = Circleville Herald