The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-02-25
The Kansas Sufferers.

The Kansas sufferers.
The following letter to the ladies
of the Hillsboro Aid Society explains
itself:
DOUGLAS, BUTLER Co., KAs.,
February s, 1875. !
To the Ladies Of the HillS6oro A5d
Society:
I hope that you will pardon a per
sonal appeal to your charity from
stranger. 1 am a native of Old High
land, from near Greenfield, but fol
the past eight years a resident of the
West, the past two years of this
county. I ask nothing on my own
account, but there are many whose
needs are pressing, both for food and
clothing, and who will suffer unless
contributions pour in more literally
than they have yet done. 1t is true
there has been a large amount OF
provisions, principally meal and flour,
received by various central commit
tees, but when it is taken into con-
sideration that this has to be divided
between two counties, again divided
between townships, and then between
families, it makes only a short allow
ance for each. Men are willing to
work if they can get work to do, but
there are few to hire and these few put
wages down so that man can make
only 25 or 80 cents day and board
himself, and then start the cry, 'No-
body suffering in our neighborhood
except those who are too lazy to
work." that they may reap large
profit from the misfortunes of their
neighbors.
see by the News that your COM
mittee urge upon the people of Hills
boro the necessity for some action,
that it is their duty as Christian
people to contribute of their abund-
ance, that some amount of suffering
may be lessened in this scourged
country.
The people here don't ask it as
beggars or paupers, in commonly &C
cepted sense of the words, but as
people borne down by misfortunes
and adverse circumstances through
no fault of their own. We are in
need of everything in the line of seed,
both for field and garden, for spring
sowing and planting, clothing for
women and children, feed for teams
while preparing the ground for
another crop. We have no hope OF
feed for our hogs or other stock
than teams, and little hope of that
1 presume that I know more of the
condition of this township-Richland
than any one else, having made
the Statistical Report for the State
Board of Agriculture, and would say
that not one man in the township has
wheat to sell, and only two any corn,
and very little at that, and that little
for cash only at very high figures.
There are about seventy families
in the township, so that you may see
that the prospect for the poor is
dark.
If you choose 70 send us anything
it will be thankfully received, and
that you may know that it is prop
erly distributed I will make out re
ceipt roll and let the receivers &C
knowledge what they receive, and
return said roll to you. 1 am chair
man of the township organization
and John Nichols is our central com
mittee man. Any goods you may
choose to send to "Kansas Relief
Hon. H. d. Hill, Butler Co. Aid ani
Relief Society, Augusta, Kansas,
and addressed on the inside of th'
box to "Richland township" to Mr.
Nichols or myself, will be received.
If you see fit you can publish this
and if you should send anything
please write also.
Very respectfully yours,
L. D. HULL,