The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-06-07

ley is the saddest and most desoIate place on
this earth. There, ruin now sets enthroned
on chaos. Thousands Of its Inhabitants,
mangled, eharred and dead, lie unburied, ex-
cept by the slime and debris of the storm.
Thousands more are homeless, penniiess and
bereft of kindred. Surrounded by desolation
and raeked by the shock and nervous strain of
that fearful night, they feel but little able TO
battle for the needs Of life. surely these peo-
pie deserve a nations pity and II nations char
ity. The saddest story 1 ever read was the
story Of that heroic and Christian mother who
gathered about her her eight darling children,
and then, as & last hope for their safety. after
bestowing'on each a mothers prayer and a
mothers kiss, sent them adrift, one by one
from the third-story window of their dwelling,
ont into the dark and on the merciless flood
The heart that cannot feel to care for that
heroic woman in her desolatiou, has but little
Of the impulse of human sympathy, ana but
little of the milk of human kindness. And
yet, her story is bu the unwritten story of
scores Of others. Tam glad that North and
south, East and West there is being manifest
ed q spirit of liberal giving. The glandest
to our national refinement and our
Christian civilization Is this universal willing
ness to share each others misfortunes. Let
us tonight, in unison with other towns, mani
fest a spirit of universal brotherhood by max
ing the sorrow of fhose bereaved ones our sor-
row, their need our opportunity, ever renem-
bering that, while we are so fortunately locat-
ed as to have no fear of the floods, we know
not how soon we may be the victims Of the
hurricane or of the 1iend of the flames.
Appropriate and telling addresses were
then given by Rev. 3. p. Johnson and
Rev. A.. II. Eberhart, which we regret our
inability to give in full.
The meeting was then opened for sug-
gestions as to the best plan of procedure to
secure contributions to a relief fund. After
some discussion it was moved and carried
that a committee be appointed, consisting
OF four persons from each religious de-
nomination, two men and two women) and
four from tue town at large, to have charge
of the work OF soliciting and disposing of
contributions for the relief of the suffering
of JohHstown and vicinity.
The following are the committee as an
nouneed by the Chairman:
Baptist Chureh.-W. =. Hitchner, Jos.
Committi, Miss Annie Macaltioner, Mrs.
DR.. Souder.
Methodist Church.-Frank Wright, W.
Harry Smith, Mrs. Isabella McAllister,
Mrs. John Borden.
Society of Friends-John G. Borton,
Allen Moore, Hannah A. Cawley, Mrs.
Joshua Moore.
Catholic Church-James Duffy, Cornell
Jus Mulrehill, Mrs. Edward Duffy. Miss
McCoubrie.
Baileytown A. VI. E. Church-Mr. Ed
ward Richardson, Mr.. George Smith, Mrs.
Edward Richardson, Mrs. George Smith.
The chairman then appointed Dan Ware
and Riehman Coles a committee to receive
contributions from those of the audience
present who were ready to give. The list
was headed by al envelope containing s25,
given to Treasurer Flitcraft by Mr..
Riehman, who stated that it was given
him by a young man who did not wish his
name made public. The contributions
made by those present are given below, the
total being &115.15, all of which except a
few dollars heino nj ii in