New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-11-19
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CldOcS III Iu0 SlOTlOuS WOIk 10 WHICH
they SO unselfshly devoted them
selves. ass
The winter 1880 was the seyerest
which had been known since the
country was settled. The army
was early shut up in it's uncomfort-
able quarters. and the soldiers were
doomed to the bitterest sufferings.
Barefoot and half clad, their misery
excited the sympathy Of the whole
country. Robert Morris and other
rich patriots gave n,unifciently,
both in gold and provisions. The
ladies, every where, took up the
matter, and sent to the frostbitten
army large supplies of clothing. In
this Samaritan labor Mrs. 3ache
took very active part. Her efforts
were successful, and she enlisted all
classes of society in her. benevolent
purposes, ''from Phillis, the colored
woman. with her humble seven
shillings and sixpence, to the march.
ioness de Lafayette, who contribut.
ed one hundred guineas in specie,
and the countess de Luzerne, who
gave six thousand dollars in con.
tinental paper. Those who had no
money to contribute gave the service
of their hands in plying the needle,
and in almost every house the good
work went on. It was charity in
it's genuine form and from it's purest
source the voluntary outpourings
from the heart. It was not stimu.
lated by the excitelnents Of our day
neither fancy fairs nor bazaars; but
the American women met, and, see.
ing the necessity that asked interpo-
sition, relieved it. They solicited
money and other contributions di.
rectly and for a precise and avowed
object. They labored with their
needles, and sacrificed their trink-
cts and jewelry. ... .....-,. s.... IS.
During these preparations the
marquis de Chestellux visited Phila.
delphia. He thus describes his visit
to Mrs. Bache: eff there are any
ladies in Europe who need model
of attachment to domestic duties
and love for their country, Mrs
Bache may be pointed out to them
as such. Simple in her manners,
like her respectable father, she pos.
sesses his benevolence. She con-
lucted us into a room filled v it'll
work lately finished by the ladies Of
Philadelphia. This work consisted
neither of embroidered tambour
waistcoats, nor network edgings,
nor of gold and silver brocade-it
was a quantity Of shirts for the SOL
diers of Pennsylvania. The ladies
bought the linen from their own
private purses. and took a pleasure
in cutting them out and Sc wing them
themselves. On each shirt Was the
name of the married or unmarried
lady who made it, and they amount
ed to twenty. two hundred" Thus
were the hearts Of the suffering ar.
my made glad, and many poor sol.
der kept from death, by the exceed:
ing kindness of this worthy daugh-
ter of the great philosopher and her
noble sister patriots. ~.t.I "
On several other occasions the
active benevolence of Mrs. Bache
was called into exercise. Her hands
administered to the wants of the
suffering soldiery. She dressed their
wounds, administered their medi-
cines, and procured, at her own ex
pense, cordials and Injuries which
were needed, and which they were
unable to procure for themselves.
She died in 1903, at the age of sixty.
four years. -