The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12
A BRAVE NORTHERN GIRL.
A Letter Which Speaks for the
Pluck and Self Abnegation Of a
Volunteer Yellow Fever Nurse.
Chattanooga Times.

Il may seem to some people to be
rude to print the following, but there
is so much of the true m SO
much practical Christian heroism in
it. that we thought best to request to
publish it. Miss Alderman wrote il
after she had entered on her work as a
yellow fever nurse, which we all sor-
rowfully remember terminated in her
death.
Ny DEAR FRIEND When you open
this / shall be safe from all care, or
sorrow or danger. | want to ask a last
favor from you, to whom l owe SO
much. You cannot think how much |
have appreciated your kind care for
me, and what a haven of rest your
home has been for me. God will
bless you for it all. Please write to
my father for me. Tell him l died
doing my duty, and that would rather
my body should lie in Chattanooga,
the home of my choice. His address
is b. 2. Alderman, Oxford, Mich. l
would like my watch and chain sent to
my niece, Hattie Lount, at Prescott,
Arizona. To my niece, Miss Emma
Landon, SEND my cuff buttons and pin.
l want her to have the Sugar-bowl and
pitcher my mother went to keeping
1lOuSc Will. lSo II ollQlllOt1lel y
sugar-bowl. They are with my sister,
Mrs. Barnes, in Hadley, Michigan.
Give nv writing-desk and large Bible
TO Annie Mcclure. GIVE my German
Bible to May Wilder. You will please
accept my large dictionary, my vases,
brackets, cones, and Rev. DR.. Thorn
ass picture. Give Fannie Chandler
the mats-the last work | did. Ihave
note CT Acknowledgements for $75 in
the Discount and Deposit Bank, with
two vouchers for $50 each. The bal
ance of that and the unpaid salary for
this month will bury me, or, if the
city | have served choose to bury me,
give hat money to the Women's
Christian Association, together with
my sewing-machine; it will be of
benefit to the Orphans Home. Give
my clothes that are not destroyed to
the poor, also my SchOOl-boOks. If [
leave any clothes not suitable to be
given the poor, let them be sold for
the benefit of the Orphans Home.
Ask Mr.. LOOMS to accept my ham
mock. 1t is at Mr.. Tyler's. Some
where in my trunk or boxes is a small
gold pencil with a garnet In the end.
Give it to Your little daughter Jessie.
There are some zephyrs and aprons in
my zinc trunk, belonging to the build
ing fund. The books of the ~associa-
ton are in the First National Bank.
Divide my ferns and moses between
Mr.. A. Burns and Mr.. 7. Richmond.
| promised them some from Roam
Mountain. There is a ''log cabin"
built at Mr.. Campbelrs, into which |
sewed some happy thoughts of bright
home Of my own, years and years ago.
Please keep it and all the odds and
ends that | have accumulated. All is
well with me. l am SO glad that l
have been permitted to help in this
work. You know the ''inasmuch"
test. just think how blessed [ am in
being allowed to suffer and die in this
work. God bless and keep you and
yours. l have thought of all my loved
ones in these solitary watches, and
prayed God to bless them and make
them all His. Yours, lovingly,
HATTIE ACKERMAN.
Friday, September q, 1878.
The letter was addressed to Mrs. j..
F. Loomis, Miss Ackerman's near and
trusted friend. 1t was sealed, and on
the envelope is Endorsed, ITO be open
ed only in a 5 Of my death in this
work"
From the reference to Roam Noun
tain it appears she had visited North
Carolina.