New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,oon WORK FOR KIND HEARTS.

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- &C. the oaiciout relief OF the W" Aefhy Door the
Inch comparatively few societies. have employed
20, o, seehinS ont worthy fsmr' es and placing each
care Of some person OF heaos who If necessary
a. uuus 10 pay rent and fU -pish coal aud food for
,,me aud II possible give employment OF some sort In
,hs way families who hfSe been accustomed TO pow
,rty may be borne over few weeks of trial without
.pnlcaton 10 any public agent. 1t rs well UNDERTOOK
,hat the organised public charities do not ana cannot
oord their any thing than pitance,
AMY enough 1T the best ~ keep them from starving ana
sreefug There lie yot the rent to be PROVIDED 'oi All"
n, many s,ancos unless that be paid the Whoe IAN
CIV IA ged TO shift for sof among the cellars OF inc
cation houses and public lodgings This requresa longer
experience of psuperism than very many OF
,hs Years sufferers have met 20 mako II In any degree
preierable 20 death itself aud families arc found out
daily by quiet workers among the poor, VINO nave
pawncd everything upon which money can be teaiSeu'
are living without re almost without food aud WIN
no present prospect OF better lot.
A week ago Central Relief Committee was formed
for the purpose OF reaching this class of families IL
Assigned to continue is operations for two MONTHS
and persons who wiling 10 assist single lNmh,'
known 70 be worthy and In wretched eircumstahecs'
may confer with the Rev. C. &. Goss OF No W 'sro@s"'
the chairman CT this Committee. During the past 10"
DAYS Mr. Goss has received large number OF letters
aome from men aad women with whom he mas peeu
acquainted for many years, for tho first time re-
duced TO distress and others from weliknown citizens
In behalf OF similar class OF persons III nearly every
the rent unpaid and the person Is unable TO
obtain work without mentioning names OF places OF
resideneeYhlch may DO obtained OF MI G0ss by those
wishing 10 render assstaucetbe following statements
arc OF families whose histories known, which are
samples OF many others
one family, consisting Ell widow and dauelte: with
several children, have been out OF employment for
nearly throo months. The daughter lie sewing woman,
bot has accepted every manner OF worb which has
offered itself She IS In poor health, and almost every
thing has been pawned 20 the last shawl and hat
They are exceeding sensitive and refuse to adopt any OF
the popular methods OF exciting public sympathy
CHOOSING rather suffer than TO be known as applicants
for aid. Another IS that OF shOemaker'
an American, who for sometime past has peen
10 poor health aud Is now unable TO pay his
rent or obtain the neeessaries OF life He is
sue OF those Unon who give np and fears nothing
90 much that ho may b. suffering because
of poverty. Through misfortune and illness another
family unable 20 pay ront, and VIII soon DO turned
into the street Toe has been teacher. butt Is I'M
EoIs TO secure position OF any kind. Toe is
cripple Both refuse TO ask help and their story IL told
BY those who lear6ed 1t accidentally widow lady
with tArce small culdreu is in great need She has sold
whatever could he isp0sei Of
One OF the most interesting cases which he's come TO
che attention OF ts .onuyUee Is that OF blind lady,
well educated and 81 mdcn p'acuc4 ,A99 cue ls iDe
suDday school songs, and notably OF the familiar hymn
entitled sweet Hour OF Prayer" IN every city
songs "LIokile unto jesus" "saio In the arms Of
Jesus,, aud "ssvor keep me the Cross" In
are so Of her COMPOSITIONS TIC remunera-
ton for this kind of labor however is
for H. Tho husband OF this lady Is also totally blind
amutic teacher, and mas oomDosed many oi the tunes
"a said TO be excellent Instructor he has been TO
hind in the payment of rent and debt 10 the
amount of several buuded dollars. Tuey confident
after little time they via be- able 70 pay all they
asking even temporary assistance. The Chairman OF
their behalf, ia assured that the simple
mention OF. their misfortune win raise mp
should receive immediate and SUFFICIENT and
Another is that OF lady OF much refinement aud
good education WHO has beeu widow for about four
years. Since the death OF her husband she has sup
ported herself from the income OF snail store, working
very hard and living WITH great ecOIOmy. BY con.
stantiy being upon feet disease has az last been
Induced and sue - now an invalid but unwilling
up her NIUE nome hOpag thGt she may sooner or later
DO able % resume her employment Several VINO
In ths lady, VIII furnish fun particulars any
nav desire TO know them.
MIR. Goss has been for labOrin0 among tho
poorer classes OF NewHork, ana says that he has
before with many families Ia distress are in
respectable ana rcucd. In cases these
families have WeltOd0 friends some whore in the
them ulcsrup of their need. Their eeueti yeness
amounts .lmO>t 70 disease so fearful are they that
their appear pruC the victims Of pow
made, aud money sent TO Mr. Goss, or 40 Lucius Hart
% or No. 10 Burhng-ohp
The annual report of the Ladies' Union
Relief Association made seting forth in detail
Sue work the ladies have been doing among the families
of soldiers and sailors OF the late The report states
shat while tine applications FOR assistance quite
pressing at any previous period OF their work. the
means with which 70 meet them much more limited
Private donations have been few aud che city appro-
priauon css than for last year. During the year
about 800 families 1000 persons been relieved.
and Thanksgiving dinners giyen large
number Of families. The anO1ut expended during the
s5si5 c. OF which :C9Gj IS was expended for
ahe families, ana s2,760 gwen tho National Asy
lum fund. The Union Relief Aesociaton copsis,s M
80 ladies and advisory board OF 80 gentlemen Mrs
y0hn a. Kennedy rs President OF tue AssJcat ION aud
Mrs. W. +. Havemeyer Treasurer Each iady has a ce
such aid is rendered as In actually needed.
THE STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION
The annual meeting of the State Charities
Aid Association was held on Thursday evening at their
rooms at No. 50 East Twentieth-st. Howard Potter
Vce-PresiGer; occupied the c1alr and Miss ga Rus.
sell acted as Secretary Among the members pre.ent
were Mrs. David Lane Mr. g. L. Schuyler Mrs Joseph
Hobson. Miss A. p Cary Mrs. Frederick X. Jones' Mrs
Ii dix Hoyt, Mes. dOremieulx DIS. W. G. WYlio @. NJ
6milb, Krackowitzer, Jacoby, and Lucius Tuckermau
hss Collins read the report the Executive Commit
tee, which contained OF the organization OF
three new visiting oOmnIttecs in Ontario. Broome and
ouondaga Counties OF tho last the Right
Rev. +. d. Huntington, Bishop OF Central New York,
10 President. Monthly reports also received
from Monroe, Jefferson. westchcster, ard other
counties. Interesting aud valuable accounts OF their
work from the Hospital Committee and from the Com
mittee on Children were also read and accepted. A
committee 20 secure reading matter for the hospitals
aud other public Institutions, consisting or Mrs. fred
Peil, Chairman, and Mas Harriet Robbins. Mics Eva
liyde and Francis Stout was appointed Tue follow
ing ladies and gentlemen elected officers OF the
Assoc alton: President, Miss L. LE5hnyler; YcePres-
1dente, Howard Potter Miss Ellen Con ns DOrman 49,
Iatot Treasurer, J. O. Brown; tecretary, Miss Ella
BusseL.