The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-01-08
RELIEF FOR NEBRASKA.
Extracts from Letters---Intense Suf.
ferings---Deaths from Starvation to
Provide for Families---Every one to
the Rescue.

the Rescue.
AS the deep sympathetic feelings of
the community generally are becoming
aroused in the interest of unfortunate
sufferers in Nebraska, in whose behalf
we have SO frequently and earnestly ap.
pealed to our readers for aid, the follow
ing extracts from letters received, re-
Gently, by Mr.. Wolf, of this city will
doubtless be read with interest-and
more particularly so when we state that
the writer thereof, Mr.. NJ. Wilson, was
formerly resident of Washington town
ship, this county:
"Your favors received, but / have de-
layed writing until the distribution of
some of the goods sent by. our friends
from Fremont, received with no charges
thereon--thanks to you getting them
shipped over the Old Lake Shore, free.
We got the goods on Sunday, andto-d day
the house has been full of the needy.
who have been on the look out for days,
The goods are far better than we could
have expected, and will do a large
amount of good. 1 will write letter to
the JOURNAL, in a few days, as soon as
we have distributed the goods, and 1
have no doubt the TRUTH will be start
ling or stirring enough to move any one
to tears. There is a family two miles
from here, with five small children, and
their only clothing consists of cotton
flour sacks, pants and dresses colored a
dirty black, not lined, and very badly
worn out shoes. L called last Sunday
and begged them to keep up courage. I
would see they got clothing or material
in few days The poor wouan s hus-
band is at work in Iowa for fifty cents
per day. l called at the house of --
who moved here from near Oak Harbor,
a little over year ago. He has six
children-all barefoot but one, and all
fat and ragged. He went to get work
in Iowa, did not succeed very we'll, and
got home last week with S2.40 in cash.
l am very glad some of the shoes sent
by Mr.. Rice keep pair OF two of these
purple little feet warm this winter.
was twenty-five miles last Sunday or
horseback, in the mud, and have not got
over it yet. Beach and Bob saw man
hauling wood, where they were chop
ing, who had on a thin ragged coat, but
little shirt visible, and pair of the
raggedist kind of blue overalls, and both
feet sticking out of his shoes at the toes.
He stood shivering before fire Bob
had built-snow on the ground-and
Beach said the sight of him made him
fairly sick. This county has received
one hundred and nine sacks of flour from
the State Aid Society, but it is like
drop IN bucket. So many to feed, the
prospect is beginning to present an as
pect perfectly appalling. Three men
Just died, west Of here, physicians say
from starvation-not eating themselves
in order to keep their families from
starving. 1t is hard to believe men so
near here would actually starve without
letting us know that they were so awful
hard up,and yet there are hundreds who
have always seen better days, who are
so proud, that before they would let
neighbors know their actual condition.
will actually run on to the verge of
starvation. My greatest anxiety is to
get seed. This district will need about
$500 to 81, coo to get seed wheat, and
there is not 500 in the entire district.
If seed is not provided, it is folly to try
to feed and clothe them here, it would be
better far to furnish them with trans
pOrtation TO Iowa, Missouri and Illinois.
Urge money contributions all You can
but anything donated by farmers which
can be converted into money, do so.
Actual necessaries of life are cheaper
here than with you, but there is no
money to buy with and no means of
earning any, rs no one is able to hire.
When l get through distributing l will
write letter of thanks to your people,
and will also have the papers here ex-
tend thanks.
Can it be that the foregoing remarks
require comment to excite sympathy
among those of us who have yet failed
in our common duty to our fellow man F..
Withholding, though it even be ga
widows mite, in such an hour of need,
is verify far-very far-from obeying
the injunction Glove thy neighbor as
thyself. Neighbors, in the name of
humanity, come to the rescue. Do with
in your means-do something, if only
clubbing together a bushel of dimes.
Remember it is your countrymen, wo-
men and children that claim your SYM
pathy, therefore hesitate not to come to
the rescue nobly. Mr.. Wolf will gladly
receive even the smallest sums.