The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15


on hard foughs battle felds-were no
ashamed to confess themselves coward.
before the fearful scourge and were flee
ing anywhere and anyway for protection
the following noble names organize,
themselves into
| RELIEF COMMITTEE:
Dr. A. A. Farris, Pres't,
Nm. T. Frenz, Treasurer,
]. A Overton,
james. Warner,
Charles Hackett,
Thad W Thomas,
Thos. NJ. Jones.
n L. Nelson.
These noble names should remain en-
shrined in NIL our hearts with every mem
DRY that speaks of gratitude love, -honor
and respect. Four of them fell at Their
post of duty, Frenz, Thomas Jones an,
Nelson three others, Faris, Hackett am
Warner were stricken down but recover
ed, while our noble hearted friend Capt
Jas. A. Overton was the only member. o
the original committee which passed
through the terrible conflict. sunscathed
Indeed, he the only white man who
remained in town day and night, con
stantly at work, who escaped. a large
majority of the other noble, brave heart
ed friends who were at work sought pro-
lection in the pure air of the country at
night, but he alone stood at his post
throughout he whole storm day and night
unseathed There were others who stood
equally as truesand steady, but they were
stricken with the fever or fell in the icy
hands of death. Mr.. VIM. Frenz, as true
and genrlemanly young man as ever
sacrificed his life for humanity-withn ne
immediate ties binding him TO remain
did remain at his post until death, claim
ed him as his own which IamentabIe event
occurred the 21st of September Thad.
W. Thomas printer, connected with the
Hickman Courier for 10 years-a faith
full, true aud honest man-died at the
post of duty He remained at work in
the commissary department until.5 o'cl' k
on the evening of Oct. LIST, and at l oclk
on the evening.of the ID. the next day,
he was dead His grown son had prece-
ded him the goth of September, aud was
followed by grown daughter on the 18Th
of October, aud his wife on the 24th.
Poor Thad, It was his pride in life to say
that when he died he only wanted the in
seription, 'Hsrs lies an honest man, 10
mark his resting place. So did he live,
and his death proved his honest merit
Mr.. Nelson, of the committee, a ccnseien-
tious, christian gentleman, and distin-
guished Mason, died on the 18th of Sep
rember; and Mr. Jones, good man, active
in all benevolent institutions, followed
on the 22l.
Mr. Frenz, the treasurer OF the CON-
mittee, having been stricken about the
I4th September.
HON. HENRY A..TrLUB,
who had been for weeks PROSTATE on his
sick bed. and who had retired to his
brothers. farm nine miles in the-country,
(his sickness has since been pronounced
yellow fever.) CALAMITY volunteered to
take Mr.. Freuz's place. He dill do 50,
and came to town almost daily for sever
nj weeks while the epidemic was At its
highest pitch. In this noble work as in
all things else that he undertakes he en-
tered his whole soul, and not only dis
charged tbs duty on the committee but
personally, an1 daily visited the homes
Of the sick, to see to their needs and
wants. The recital of some of Ty-
ler's actions sounds like the reading
Of heroic poem. They use to account
for his courage during the war by saying
that he twas so deaf he couldn't hear
the bullets whistle and hence didn't feel
the danger. In this epidemic he proved
that he had heart that was quick to
hear and answer the cries of distress
and suffering that came from the fever
parched lips of his people. Tie CONNER
cial hotel was used as the principal hos
pital, and il become 80 infected that it
staggered the truest and noblest of the
physicians to enter its death dealing
doors. At this juncture it was determ-
ined to remove the:sick from this hospi
tai and scatter them to points where the
air was not ree5ing with such poison.
Few could be found to enter, physicians
recoiled and nurses aed, Tyler blanched
and trembled but he entered, and being
once in passed to the third floor. and car
ried patients. wrapped in blankets and
burning with fever,i in his arms, to his
carriage, aad thence to purer quarters.
Too much honor cannot he given him
Nor can too much honor be awarded
James Warner and Charles Hackett, for
their services on the relief committee,
and their superintendenco of the police
force during The epidemic They did no.
bic work, and their people will ever APP
preciate them for it.
As part in fact of the committee, and
who deserve alike the lasting gratitude
of the people, for their noble efforts in
the cause of humanity, the names of R.
I. Tyler, JEFF Alexander, NJ. D. johnson.
P. A. Duin, JEFF Rogers, J. Dodds, and
others, will ever shine bright in the hearts
tun dhFCtAOAS "a iAi- III AflCb 80 u
our county men. nnd those of our neigh
boring county of Hickman, were active ly
engaged in getting up provisions and
doing any and other good work, that it
seems almost wrong to mention any
name unless all were printed Hundreds
of hospitable homes were thrown open
to flying refugees, sometimes without
money and without price, and always
when received at all they were treate
with true sympathy and genuine gener-
osity. The sad, sad history of this mos
terrible epidemic, in all of memories bit
ter recOllections, can never treasure but
one bright page, and that will be devoted
to the nobility of soul developed by the
fearful occasion.
Those of us who knew the men-their
wOrth-their gooiness--sheir nobility
can scarcely command our emotions to
speak or write of that noble band Of
HOME PHYSICIANS
who yielded their lives in the effort to
save the lives of others. No words. no
tribute no tears, nothing in human pow
err can express proper gratitude and