Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-16
3, \. CUTTING

DEATH OF a Brother OF e. b. Cutting at
MeAPhis-Letter from the Deceased %
his sister NJ 1ioux City, Mrs. @. d. Wool
worth.
In u issue on Saturday We made brisf
mention of the death, ut Memphis, of yellow
fever, of a brother of our townsman, f. B.
Cutting. The deceased was q brother Of
Mrs. G. D. Woolworth, of Sioux City, aud
the Sioux City Journal Of Saturday morn
ing contains q letter from MI. Cutting to his
sister, which was the last news his relatives
had from him before they received the an
nouncement Of His death. The letter was
whssen or the lsASof August, bat wss not
received by Mrs. Woolworth until the 18th
Of September, only two days before his
death. He had been connected with the
press of that city for about twenty years.
The following 10 the letter:
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Aug. IS, 1873.
My DEAR SISTER L1BHIE:-I have just
received q telegram from Charles to Appeal
Office, lnquiring for my whereabouts, and
also your kind letter. Am truly grateful for
the interest and affection you have displayed
and hasten to relieve your apprehension. I
am certainly in Memphis. and here I shall
remain. 1 could have left Memphis at the
outbreak Of the epidemic, but had no idea
that it would reach it's present alarming
proportions; but now ! dare 1T leave, for
if l went north I might carry the germs Of
the disease, or c%ontagion, in my sys-
TEN, to be developed where medical
practitioners know nothing of its
proper treatment, and the result would
surely be death. Here, If attacked by the
fever, I am certain of receiving careful and
proper treatment and nursing. We have the
Howard association, and the Printer sunion
has a committee appointed to attend those
Rho may fall victims to the epidemic, with
ample funds to secure everything needed.
But l have no fears of the epldemic-that
is. l am not at all alarmed aud this because
l am not Ofa bilious temperament, never
having suffered from bilious of malarial at.
tacks or chills and fever since nearly thirty
years ago when / had the ague at Wood
stock. Odd you know that I was AZ years
of age IN June lastly This immunity from
but miasmatic% influences (for yellow evel is
an aggravated type ofbllfous.malarial fever)
my shield, on which I rely; but of course 1
am very careful of my general health, which
was never better than at this identical mo-
ment. Still ain not over.confident, for
In our own office men have worked through
the day in apparent good health and been
stricken down before morning. So each
morning we count noses" to see if any
have dropped out of the ranks. You need
not worry about me, dear sister, for If l am
stricken { shall have the best and carefulest
attention then. too, Mollie nursed through
all the epidemic of 1873, and knows from
this experience exactly what a yellow fever
patient needs, and how to do 1t. She is at
present in the country, but would immedia-
tely return i'll were taken down.
You can imagine nothing of what it 10
to live in . plauge stricken city like Mem
phis is. We have a population of over So. |
300, but all who could leave have done so.
The grocery and commission houses, dry
goods, millinery and clothing houses are all
closed, only a few grocery houses remaining
open a few hours each day scarcely any
hing on the. streets-certainly n ladies
Ind the city has q general Sunday appear
But it is ever worse than this, for
men wear universally that..quiet, sad, nervous
aspect that one sees at funerals-the shadow
individuals, whole families have been
swept 0Way-ulterly &unln11aVeO. Inc city
is a vast hospital, and n scarcely dares
meet a friend for fear he may have another
victim to report and lament. There is GER
not much comfort in such a state Of
affairs, but what cannot be cured must be
endured.
Am writing this in the office, in haste,
and must necessarily be brief. Write me
Immediately, dear els, and 1 will give you a
good long letter. Love to all, especially
(and where is she?) Believe me,
dear eister, ever your loving brother
RAyTCp