The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-10-30

had faith to believe some good Sa
maritan would come along anC
bring me -four. 1 did not dispair
for God will not let Us starTe. On
women are nearly out Of shoes, IN.
dergarInents and dresses. I have
had but one new calico dress in q
year. | was educated at the Nor
NAL School in Illinois, and taught
SIX years before I was married and
two years since. These are hard
times that have fallen upon as, and
We can never be grateful enough to
eur Eastern friends, or repay their
Kindness in helping Us out. It is
unpleasant to accept charity, but the
truth Is We are in great need, and
many more families are Just as bad
of as Mrs. Russelrs and nv own"
Mrs, Beck was accompanied by
bright little girl, and both Mrs. Beck
and Mrs. Russell were remarkably
handsome and intelligent ladies.
Miss Russell wore & pair of bows
brOgsns, and 1 do not think Mrs.
Beck had on any shoes. In Mrs.
RussePs dug.out the eaTthen floor
was swept clean, and although power
ty was everywhere apparent there
was no want Of tidiness.
At Arraphoe q merchant, whose
name l did not take down at the
time, and which I have since forgot
ten, related to your agent the fol
lowing incident;
@The other day as l vas eating
my dinner in the room behind the
store where by wife and I live, q lit
tie girl came into the store and my
wife invited her to come in and be
seated until 1 had done, when
would wait on her. / noticed that
the child looked Wishfully at the ta-
BILE, and as l passed out, / saw the
tears were rolling down her cheeks.
I asked her what was the matter, but
she would not tell me. told my
wife to find out what allied the child,
and went out closing the door be-
hind me. The little girl then con-
fsssed to my wife she was hungry,
and said she had not tasted food for
forty-eight hours, and that her moth
er and little sister we're at home in
the same condition. We gave her
her dinner and sent some food to her
mother"
At ArrApahoe I learned Of = poor
family named Anguish, and visited
it. The statement of Mrs. Anguish,
as given me, Was IS follows:
al have two children, both girls,
the eldest aged five years and the
youngest two years. My husband is
a laborer, but finds it hard to get
work now. BE came here with some
money, bought q lot and commenc-
ed to build q house and mill. The
house is unfinished. I live in the
sohool-house, which a director has
kindly allowed me to occupy until
after my confinement. I have about
fifty pounds Of Aour on hand and
one-quarter Of pound Of tea. We
have no stock or fowls Of any kind.
My children have no stockings or
shoes. I have had about $50 to live
on since April last. I have one de-
cent dress, 3 calico. We raised no
crops; the grasshoppers eat up eV-
erything, have no one to take
care of me when I am sick. I wish
1 had some red flannel for my child.
rem. I have picked up some old
scraps and rags and made clothing
for my baby, I have less than ever
before, but can get along if We only
have enough to eat. / never saw
such hard times before. Do you
think the grsSshoppers viii come
again?" .
Before leaving Arapahoe for Hsr-
len county, visited Mrs R. T. Hop
kins and received from her the fol
lowing statement relative to her con
dition:
"My husband is away. He went
off to get work. / think he is at
North Platte. l expect TO be con-
fined soon, and have no one to take
care ofme. / am nineteen years Of age
/ have clothing for my baby and
plenty of clothing for myself to do
through the winter. I have no -four
but have two bushels Of potatoes
and three pounds Of coffee; have no
meat, tea or sugar. I have two dol
lars in money.
Mr.. Haney informed me there was
q young girl living in his house
whose mother was very badly Of.
1 called at the house, and the fol-
lowing is Miss Lizzie Sehneiders
statement relative to her mother:
"Mother is . widow and has four
children. Father has been dead ten
years. My mother lives on q home
stead of one hundred and sixty
acres near Arrapahoe. We put in
ten or eleven acres Of corn, but the
grasshoppers eat it all up. We had
few potatoes bushel or two, per
haps. We live in 8 dug out. Moth
er washes when she can get work to
do. She gets ssVenty-fVe cents q
week for washing. She is sickly.
She needs shoes. She has now no
work. We are very poor"
Miss Schnider, q young lady Of
sixteen, broke down before she got
through her statement. Mr.. Har.
vey informed me that Mrs. Schnider
was in delicate health, and that there
was literally nothing in the house
Mr.. Alber said he thought this wo
man had no bed or furniture, and h
doubted if they had food. left Al
order for So for this family. On my
way down the Arraphasos to Mel
rose 1 stopped by the roadside tC
visit poor woman who lives in Har
Ian county, near Watson's post.oflco
81 miles from Melrose. She made
the following statement:
Ihave four children aged seven
six and three years, and 3 baby sew
en- months old. My husband hal
gone to Iowa to see if he caa Eei
help for as from friends there. Tn;
grasshoppers eat up all We had.
have 40 pounds of flour and ten cent
worth of tea, but nothing else. W,
tbox,o No akOck Tho childrur bav,