St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
Suffering Nebraska.
LETTER FROM wELL-KNOwN JUDGE

iSA iiASo NCoi dShd
LETTER FROM \ WELL-KNOWN JUDGE
OMAHA, Nch., November I3.IS74.
In your paper of the 10th inst, lust
received. is Il timely article headed.
VIII not Boston Help ," And then
follows an appeal for help for the grass
hopper sufferers of Western Nebraska.
Within the memory of man. Boston has
never been appealed Ia for aid to the
suffering without responding generous
~. and trust the present will not be
an exception. AS N"u suggested few
days previous. that your Mayor tele-
graph for information. think Il line
from me will he of service to those who
wish tn contribute understandings .
A-d first. let me give Nom readers an
Idea OF the size of our State. aS | am
sure most of them know but little about
us.
New England contains III. .O3S square
miles, while Nchla>ka has 76.OOO: So
that the whole of New England does
not equal Nebraska 10y ll.UOO square
miles. and if capable of removal Ne
hra>ka would hold il all and then two
States more like New Hampshire and
Rhode Island, with Il surplus of To-
square miles. 50 much fur the size
More than half of the State is divided
into counties. surveyed and organized
and more oG less settled.
Now. draw Il line from north To south
about twenty-five miles west from Mis-
sour River. gradually approaching the
river. which l. the eastern boundary ot
The State. and touching the river 1T Ne
hra>ka city. in Otuc County. This gives
You an irregular SOIt ot triangular
shaped piece. which the yI;ts>hnppcle
did not touch I" any great extent. But
nearly all west of that line suffered Sc
NcIclN To the extreme west of the State.
more than lOO miles. and in many conn
ties the >CnurGc ate every glcru thing
growing upon the face of the earth.
| have seen fields upon which stood
ii splendid growth "f com. and in Il day
every ear and blade WAS consumed.
leaving Il few stalks looking lk, tho.
bean poles i'll Il New England garden in
JanuaIN. In other fields. not even the
stalks were lett. every Nc>tlgr being
eaten oil a. clean ;I> if the surface of the
earth had been >haNcn bN Il pair of ii
ant shears.
This has left the people nothing t."
eat. nothing Ia feed stock with. and
nothing to sell III exchange foI necdrG
clothing and groceries. There are some
of the Older settlers hu have some
th,un left uf t,r,nr, cram. Lut th. u,.,,
rou,,,s VIM n,>r,u.I,J tL,i,. TttI,. al i,
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f., WitI,ir, ti,,. Iimit. If nm, St.,t,
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in
Stat. ALL S,,.i.t, h.,. I,,..,, t,,,,..I
with hh.nd-u,,.rtrr, NJ On,.,h., r,n,nn.,I
,f s,,n, nf I'm, h,.st ,u.n in th, S,,t,
with ,x-G,,,r,nr Saunders p. T,,,.-
ur,r. 50 that ynur reader. can resi- rs
SIIrcd of 4 nrnu,r distrihutinu ot tL,
finds Local rnmmittr.s L,,,. br,,,
.,rn,iut.d in .lI In, ,nu,,ti,> yl,,ch,I,,
Is needed. and the, keen an ,,,ourt nt
all r,r,intS and disbursements r,.n,,t
iu, +, th, Central S,,.i,.t, ,t on,,L.,
General .J,m.s II H,i>hiu and r,Inu,I
DudI,y octin, uud,r orders frnm G,u-
craI ord. the commander of th, D,paIt
mcut of the. PIattc rs we'll ,s ,I,uts
from Omal,a. have travelled extensively
thr,urb tb, stricken r.yinu and v,.
Lu,,v fr,m tL.i, r.r,,t. tb. uo...si,,
for proupt and continued contributions
to save lite.
Many families had ,nlv =, f.,y nound.
ot tIouI and NOT onn,hrr r,t,I,I, in the
housc nnt , duIl,r tn Inn, with rrnnl
nIl zone. animals sick and diving ,Ioth-
iny utterly unfit to project from fine
coming blasts of winter. and nothiur
but misery and a lingering death before
them if no outside help comes. They
cannot leave: their LITTLE oIl is there. :,
claim to 100 acres of land 4 cabin. som.
toois and = IittI. stock If th., dcSir.d
f., soil M ou, L,, H., ,,..,,. ot Lu,.in,,
and if the stock j, kiIl.d tLn, ,rn beI,7'
lass fan, tb,. u,n.ns ,f ,rn;rr for f,aI T.,
to broin work. next snring Tnte =
solitary instance rrnorteJ Inv CnJnnnI
DudI.y An old snl,Iicr whn b,d Jnm.
m,nfui service fan. his rn,,ntr, last ro,,.
took nm = claim and with hi! v,if., ,,J
fnur children srttIed dawn tn Lo :, f,r.
ner Ills ,.,h;n w,s cnmnI.t,J,. da"ti
into and not nr,. h,J n,ta, a,,'tL;,,r
t',, twn J,r. ,,"Ia "nI, t '"H ''1,' I
old wh;rh fl. motLa, ,,"rt ",H ,,,,',I r" "'S ,,I