The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-10-11

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Ttite Of the guest Is interrupted BY the In
telligence some one at the table commu-
nicaies to his neighbor, that so-and so
had the black vomit last night and died
in torture. The same at dinner and
supper, and during the evening he hears
the same sorrowful information can
vassed unlimitedly. When my inter-
viewer had disposed Of these prclimina-
ries he went straight TO the business in
hand and related that he knew OF a
prominent lawyer in this city who skip
ped out when the fever came, leaving
his palatial residence In charge Of 4
white woman housekeeper and negress
servant. The white woman fell sick in
time, and when the absent one heard Of
it he wrote letter to the negress ad-
monishing her to send the invalid to the
hospital; not TO use any of the provi-
siols or dtlicacies his larder was sup
piled with. but to help herself outside.
The name OF this Samaritan Memphian
Is known, his letter stored away, and
upon his return to the city those who
are in a position to know are confident
|, that his occupation will be gone from
here forevermore. In strange contrast
with this case was
THE COURSE OF ANNIE COOKE,
an unfortunate woman, who turned her
mansion on Gayoso Street into hospi-
tai, and furnished protection for all who
came (and all were poor). until she her.
self sickened and lay down to die q sac.
riiice for the lives of others. Men walk
these streets to-day who rise up to call
her blessed. She labored, sustained by
love of duty, until past relief, and died \
q martyr TO the plague from which the
lawyer, and the politician, and the capt. I
talist not only fled, but refused TO con-
tribute to relieve. II from the depart
ure Of every gentle spirit good is borne,
may not gentler, purer spirits stand in
the place of that lost woman to win her
sisters from the path they wendP No
act of charity is ever lost, believe the
philanthropist and moralist, and it will
not be in this case, say all familiar with
its occurrence. Not only will il be re-
warded in this mortal life by those she
has benefited, but also will it be allow
ed her in the brilliance of the eternal
morning.
MANY A MOURNFUL DRAMA
from real life is enacted among the
worthy poor, and II ever history of
the epidemic Is written 1t will be fruit
ful with touching "reminiscences Of the
dark days that now hang about the CITY
on the Bluff. One came under my OBJ
servation yesterday, which is fair type
of the kind, and its recital to party Of
gentlemen at the dinner-table Of the
Peabody brought tears to the eyes Of ;
more than one who heard IT, A very
worthy widow lady, who had been sur
rounded by comfort, If not luxury, in
better days, had her family reduced by
The disease to little daughter, whose
turn came when least expected, and. re-
sulting fatally, left the poor mother
alone in the world, the sole survivor of !
what had until recently been happy !
family. Her means were exhausted. and 9
The thought Of her daughters being :
buried as pauper, was too much for \
1er maternal heart to bear. When the Z
mid was dead, the grief-stricken parent
detailed the condition of her affairs TO 2
'evcrend gentleman, who has been one J!
4 the foremost in his labors for the af- =
licted, and asked II something could Q
lot De done to spare her this additional Q
'ang. She responded to the demands q
4 her Father in Heaven, she said, in 0
irving her last child to God, but II she G
vas to De laid away by strangers hands 8
nd NIL an unknown pauper's grave. Z
ler mothers heart would be broken. ?
me good pastor, approaching the
epth of feeling which prompted this p
ast request, appropriated money for "
ne dead child's burial, and Friday az O
ernoon the innocent was laid away in O
ne shade Of tree at Elmwood. 3
HE MORTALITY AMONG THE NEGROES l. +
said to be due almost entirely to their al
abits Of life and defiance OF the sim it
lest OF sanitary rules, cleanliness. from tc
'hich many Of them are far removed. d
hey crowd into the cities, herd togeth-
IN droves, take no kind Of care of
lemselves, and when one Of them falls
OK, In majority Of instances he is
AZ to recover or die as his physical ca 81
acity 20 endure disease may chance to I'd
ctate. With the whites, careful 80
rrsing and good constitution will gen. tlr
ally pull patient through, but with on
e negro his indifference 10 surround It
g renders him susceptible to the mi tn
matte influences Of Bayou Gayoso, 60
ID his chance Of recovery or death Is Of
stand-off. on
The vast mortality Of the present sea- Nj
n, y y now beginning to appear, Is in ne
small degree to be attributed to the ne
ok Of good nurses, and some assert 10 ne
lack OF skill In the treatment, to neg re!
4 and other causes. mi
vAGABOND NURSES. ~; ~,
Tho epidemic was the means OF col. W.
ting in this city number Of great 20
artcd men and "gang" Of law. 70
lftless, drunken vagabonds, 10 whom to