The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01

pretty fine stock-but the vegetable de-
partment bore off the palm. Cassius M.
Clay made very labored and scientific
such sp5S' an t OCCASION. Dodge's poets IS
to the point
Refugees from the Indians.
Minneapolis must have been haven
for refugees from the Indians in 1862,
for Mrs; Mendenhall wrote in that year
eve have received Two boxes Of
clothing for the refugees from the In
dians. T was appointed to see where
most needed and with another person
distribute, them. | have been around
ND Eleventh FiVe day i of I'd month"; 1868,
Mrs: Mendenhal1 chronicled -Four fifth
anniversary ''-expressing wish which
thruout her life, she and her husband
fully realized-'I hope the coming
days may be as pleasant as the past,
and that the close of each may find us
endeavoring to live nearer and nearer
to our God,
Being Friend, Mrs Mendenhall did
not believe in war, and evidently kept
it from her mind as much as possible,
for the only entry relating to the SOL
lion, is found fifth day Of 9Th month,
l863-With several others I went up the
Minnesota river to Camp Pope, where
the soldiers were gathering to 90 out
after the Indians who were engaged in
the massacre OF 1862. - @
/ Heard Wendell Phillips.
Wendell Phillips visit to Minneapo-
lis in 1868, is noted with an entry
"13th day Sd month"; evening at
tended Wendell Phillips lecture on
Lost Arts very interestingly l
Early in the year 1876, Mrs. Menden-
hall S diary begins;to show her attend.
ance at Magdalene meetings, and w. c..
A. gatherin gs-the commencement Of
the great work of her life among un-
! fortunate women.
I Work for Bethany Home, f..
The first mention. of the Bethany
home, of which she was the life and
principal support for quarter of
century, is made "24th day Of eth
month, A876-Went to st. Paul to find,
a matron for our Bethany home .(Mag-
o sa this IS hog DID ID 9 Se
end of the diary, the Bethany home and
it's work comes in for frequent mention.
It was at the Bethany home, twenty
four years later, that Mrs. Mendenhan
was stricken with her fatal illness.
During ''11th month"; Of that year,
benefit q Bethany, butsan entry n the
it's ill-success: every bad weather, SO
but few were at lecture, and SO it looks
discouraging for Bethany"
NO storm ever prevented Mrs: Men
month, is76v sh e wrote oa2 ve on f coid
and wind y; went to Bethany thru
perils-wind blew the buggy one side
with three of us in it never was so
afrald-but we were cared for by a
higher, power and brought safely
Seeking the Lost.
i And that household duties, tho never
her ethsny woT s tsf
on such entries, in 1877, as these:
) ".27th day, LIST month: Made mince
Il pies all the forenoon. In afternoon
J went to the 'Woodbine.' Oh, what
horrors! Never: before did I realize
} "29th day of ist month, 1877: Did
a large washing. Went out in the after
noon seeking the lost; found her whom
we sought and tried to persuade her
back
Mrs. Overlook down on lower Washing.
successful. - Il.
! "l1th day I'd month: This is our
nineteenth anniversary. I would like
to remain at home but cannot. Must
bem ou' e Go nne b anneiesSs OF
From his ti nonf 70 us tbe u n}osa 80 +he
diarv her 80 H;s;ts n tbe nose a. VI. -
most dailv' and mention Is m me Of If
sneciai cases outside Of +he hnnae ~ ~
Which I she '1 7abored iso =. 'ne nonie on
Early in 1879 the diary shows where
ing the CITY council to begin maxine
appropriations for the Bethany home
and its good work.
The Opening Of Bethany.