The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-08
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one vinter dsr, soon after the Il rnbls
battle Battle oi Intsrmsnp. IT came 10 the
kuowledseu VI DIR, Cyrns Hsmlin. the lam
Gus missiousry. ths. tso hundred aud
City wounded Eoslishmen we're lyins.
xitlout blankets, ou board the Himslsys
sls Constsntinopls wharf.
Investigation showed that the poor Eel
lows bad hsd no clothing washed for tive
mopths, and thai their blankets w,re 10
sucb a disgusting condition - TO be IN
tolersble TO human flesh. TIE doctor's
strong description might have been Dor
rowed IRON the sufferers themselves.
II any one thing we're wanting TO mske
var utterly sccurssd. 1t would be Crimesn
ytrmin. Their bite killed mere soldiers
than bullets.
Distressed at the sight Of the wounded
men shivering with GOLD, be remon, trAtsd
With the ships surgeon, bot got only
curses for his interference. He spilled
TO the clothing sergeant. whs told him
that be had the blankets and wearing
apparel OF . thousand soldiers piled In sn
old warehouse near the dock. and that be
VAS going 10 putu s.s.-.
Doctor Hamiin hired . desrtted house,
with tubs, sbnndapce Of water and . dry
ipg yard, and engaged twenty women to
wash the infected stuii The women
we're POOR aud anxious 10 earn their
wages. bnt they 'struck." alter an hour or
two OF struggle with the horrible clothing
Then the people discovered what vas
going op, and mobbed the house.
The doctor was sent for in haste, and
fnding tho claihinR dumped into the
yard, where IT was offensive TO the neigh
borhood; be bad IL iorked mp snd convey
cd into an old empty building across the
street.
Whst to do next was puzzle, bnt an
INSPIRATION came to him He cent for .
cart-losd OF empty beer.bsrrels. Then be
coptrived rude poundtr Tor each barrel,
aud putting In the ionl clothing himself
with tonps. covered it with soft soap. BY
that time men e1onRh we're willing to
help HIM work them over Ia the powerful
suds, and the women were cosxed back TO
help.
A sufficient pumber OF pieces to supply
the wounded men 10 the chip we're
thoroughly clesbsed aud dried ~ soon -
possible, and when the sufferers received
they could hardly dnd sufficiently strong
words to express their gratitude. 10 the
morning for on hour or two, DR.. Hsmlin
had been he most uupopulsr man In Con
,iantiuople. At night be was q hero.
Til, work went on. There we're more
,'rt EePIishmen and more neglected
....-et aud TIE dostr bad fonEd . way
to minister to the unfortunate Enslish
men and to closnse their clothing. A
friend once introduced him as 80 man
with sixteen trades. and good in every
one" During the Crimesn War be gave
He cculd mansge . college, end be
could run q, laundry "a sosvenger laundry
10 fact, bu. il was humanity, and be put
his heart into it. He paid the poor wash
erwomen forty dollars . month escb. and
some times they turned out three tbou
sand articles day.
When the war was over, the British
government sent him three thousand dol
lars, with their compliments. He took
the money and built . church with II
l built 1t entirely ont Of beer.bsrrels"
was bis way OF telling the story. But
most reft rming achievements when good
steps into evils vacant place - invite
picturesque phrase that men easily rsmem
ber.