The Wilmingtonian., 1885-01-03
Sweet Charity.

A goodly number of our citizens have
been very kindly disposed towards very
deserving family in the western portion of
our city, and the benefactions of those good
people were aggregated together on New
Years Eve. To the Rev. ]. L. Estlin was
delegated the Office of escorting the bundles
the baskets and the boxes to their destina-
tion.
As bundle after bundle was unwrapped
with its diversified contents, it S. rolte, stronger
than words could have spoken, of the kindly
solicitude and of the generous affection of
the female heart for those in distress. Stock
ings, shoes and nice warm clothing for every
one of the children. For the mother there
was complete and comfortable outfit, and
for her it came none too soon. Anxiety for
proper nourisbment for her children, during
the present business depression, and INSULT
cient clothing, were making sad inroads
upon system constitutionally weak.
After the various articles had been taste
fully arranged on large table, Mr.. Estlin
in behalf of the donors, presented their New
Years offerings in few well-selected words.
He reminded the family that their honest
and conscientious living had raised up
friends for them in places that they knew
not of and he exhorted them always to SO
live that they may command the affection,
the esteem and the confidence of their fell
low men-also to
$50 live, that, when the summons comes to join
The innunerable caravan, that moves
To that mysterious realm where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not like the quarry-save at night
Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and
soothed
By an unfaltering trust approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him. and lies down TO pleasant Dreams"
Those whose necessities have been SO
abundantly relieved desire to give expression
of their heartfelt thanks to Mrs. Harry
Grant, Mrs. A. P. Beecher, Miss Nan
Worsley, Miss Katie Armour, Mrs. w. H.
Fairlamb, Mrs. William Bowe, Mrs. Lydia
Baldwin, Mrs. T. d. Brown, Mrs. William
Mccormick, Mrs. Frank Rosin, Mrs. Pur-
veyor Enos, Miss Claudia Bowers, Mrs. s.
Hawkins, Miss Ola Litzenberg, Miss Hannah
Walker, Mrs. John B. StradIey, Miss Magee,
Mrs. G. Magee, Mrs. G. McCaulley, Mrs. j.
W. Baynard, Mrs. w. P. Gamble, Miss Eta
McVey, Mr.. Cyrus Enos, Mr. Walter H.
Brown, Mr.. Daniel Horisk, Mr.. Evitt Wells
and Brother.
Be it said to the honor of Wilmington
that the great majority of her citizens are
full of kindness, full of sympathy and full
of generosity. Let it be known that de-
serving family is destitute and our people,
vie one with the other, in not only meeting,
but in anticipating the wants of the unfortun
ate ones. AS we have spoken of the sorrow
and of the desttution which has recently
ONeTsuduOWbu bOlue WOIbHy idulHlcS III bhlS
city, the warm greetings and the substantial
aid which has been extended to those fami-
lies is simply overwhelming; and it proves
that our people are noble and generous
people.
Would that it had been possible for those
good people, who so bounteously rushed tn
the rescue of the hungered, to have looked
in upon that family and seen the transfer
nation that their generosity had effected in
that household-could they have seen the
tremulous emotion of those parents and the
happy expressions of those well-mannered
children, it would have been glory enough
for one day, and they would have felt the
full force of the saying: ''It is more blessed
to give than to receive"