St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-10
seekers for Fresh Air Among
the Green Hills Of Vermont.
THE FIRST PARTY

On Friday the first instalment of the
of the Tribune Fresh
fund, fOrty-five in number, arrived in
this place en- route for Danville. They
left New York Wednesday night, at
six o'clock, on the steamer City of BOs-
ton, of the Norwich line. They went
to the boats in small squads of from
two to ten children in charge of par
ents, missionaries or nurses, and they
came from unwhOlesome tenement
houses in different parts of New York
and Brooklyn. The party reached
New London about day-break on
Thursday morning, and were given a
good breakfast there by Rev. Edward
Bacon, of the First Congregational
church. They came over the Central
Vermont road to White River June
ton and reached this place on the mail
train due here at 40 p. M. They took
the 800 train, and arrived in Danville
ut 600. The hosts of this party are
Rev. T. w. Darling, James Stevens, j.
F. Shipman, +. A. Morse, +. A. Dole,
w. NJ. Dole, j. NJ. Dole, B. F. Havi-
land, F. j. Preston, A. ellis, F. ID.
Stocker, NJ j. Morse, j. X. Hill, Miss
Z. Aver, b. y. Davis, ID. ID. Hall, Nj
| Esterbrook, Dir. Durant, j. NJ. Weeks
Lyman Stevens and |. c. Fuller. The
| Tribune reporter says:
The party was made up of children
that were collected here and there il
many parts of the two cities by mis-
| sionaries and nurses who knew tina
they were specially i'll need of pure ali
and wholesome country food. Nearly
all of the children were clothed will
unusual neatness through the efforts o
those who had found them out i'll thei
dismal and miserable homes. But il
spite of the cheerful effect of the new
dresses. coats and hats the marks o
the life from which the small people
were escaping for n short time wer
visible i'll every young face. The part.
was astonishly quiet, and the children
simply sat around looking ut nothing u
hung over the rail of the steamer 81
Iently watching the 'longshOremen a
work on the next pier. They SCENE
subdued by the weight of some tire
; mendous responsibility. There wer
bows and girls who lived in families {
six and eight i'll two or three rooms t
which sunlight and fresh air are almOs
total strangers. The mothers do wash
ing or scrubbing to earn their scant
living, the fathers do odd jobs of poor
lV-paid-for work and the children eth
, er work themselves or stay ut home
., tend baby" or "help me mother" III
like most of the parties which leave til
city by boat, this one gave no jOyfl
= hurrah as the steamer swung out int
the river. The children all crowded I
the rail and looked at everything
E silence that was all.
= THE SECOND PARTY.
Ii The second party, numbering 10
}, left New York at 6.l5 Thursday evel
= ing, on the steamer City of Worceste
q of the Norwich line, and were given
= breakfast, like the first party, at Ne
; London, Friday morning, by membe
e of the First Congregational churc
&c They were accompanied by three |
e dies. The Tribune reporter says:
,e For an hour before the steamer
? gang plank was pulled in, the dimin
4 tive vOyagers kept marching upon t
3" pier in small and large companies al
$ battallions led by the missionaries W
4 had collected them from basemen
'. garrets and rear houses in the teneme
=. house districts. AS each squad arriv
= carrying or dragging along its mott
IL baggage of boxes, bags and bundles,
was marched to the upper deck aft, a
long before "all ashore who are gOin
was shouted, the deck was filed
I'D Overlooking. The two most noticeaI
to characteristics of this queer-looki
d, collection of summer travellers W.