The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-10-20
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\ private letter 4 cm augusta. Ca, to a
Providence gentleman contains "A touching
narrative Of heruistu in fvvCr stricken Sa-
vannah, which ought TO have a wide pub
hcatIoH a. AL impressive Illustration of the
DJhlest attributes Of thurman nature The
writer Is eEpia .uiug tltat some business de-
liy Is c;lusod ~ the gIievcus family afli,c-
tlon u au assistant, and goes OF 10 say
The death oi young brother, M Savau-
nah, Monday morn iI., E.ts thrown tie
whole family into tle deepest grief-a
younC fellow, Mt much more than a bov.
who masiyIed himself for the good O. tie
people su Herring with tbc yellow fever, and
himself fell victim. lie was prescription
clerk in l.ippnIau's drug store there, and
WHEN lie fever broke ont the whole force
left bat The boukkecper and him. \ little
later the bUokkeeper left, aud Charley ran
the whole thing himself t}i bippman or
dered him, by letter, 10 ciose the store.
! hen, instead of coming home, as his
people kept begging hlm 10 do, he replied
no. lie felt il his duty 10 stay. and he
went To work In tlay's drug store, putting
mp Prescriptions hundIOds per day no
, tinse to rest, no time for dinner. Clay
took the fover and Charley nursed him, bit
he died. Charley stIli ran the store. His
cook took tire fever; he uutsed her, and
she recovered Then a young friend,
Symous lie HuTsed him aud got LIN up,
O.
night. lie wrote his mother II have
to get something 10 eat The best way can.
Ny cook rs down. / have no lime ior my
self, putting ap prescriptions all day. When
night GENES / avn 50 tired | can hardly uit
one foot before the other. haze not had
my clothes of in a week, and | have not
brushed iny hair in fom days This. al
/ though ordinarily he was extremely neat
and careful OF his person. ii sounds Ike
old army times. At last, when Syinous
was up, Charley took sick. lie wrote that
he had taken the fever. hut was feeling
pretty strong and AS coulsleut of being up
aud al Wc,4, again. kilograms then began
/ 10 pass ten or twenty day, Charley inn
I proving, with good care lie vail come
/ through all ight,n and everyihiv. D. locke
/ hopeful. wiiea all al once Charley is
! worse and lie began 10 sink, Symnns
nursing him in has tuIn and keeping up
constant cJIlespoudonce with augusta ty
/ teiegrai,h. Finally kilograms could bs
passed with ,iiihcalty, the Telegraph boys
! refusing TO carry The messages an savannah. /.
/ 1t wac the worst quarter in the whole eli y.
/ Tie last two telegFams received from Sy-
mons were: II vii stick 10 him to the
last Il shall ACT sleep 10 night" And
! the brave young fe IluN kept his worL /:
they both oiuC the same night Syn-ons
had never fully recovered aud wore himsalf
out waiting on his friend. They were two
brave boys weie they not? Does il maize
any Z .iIcgence - inch sisHe or which. u,,ag
such souls fought fur twelve yeals ago
Can't you reach cat and shake hands over
any distance: Charley was a brave soul.
l could not iiel = noJ.ining hIs death she
ought not lo regret IAat he siayea b, and
ny esteem for him is So great dat iay
litsie boy, ROW -four years ola, whose name
before was only Arthur. is now Charles
Arthur and dIUnt I 40 right? His is a
uitlnu that ought never 10 de. and u sal
! i've forever iSsn.ewEeIe.-i'ro 'roctG, lgce y. J.
! Journal, Oct 10.