Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-15
Horrors Of War and Plague
Told By q Salt Lake Woman

Iings ran high, and the vote Of the legls-
lature to secsde from the Union was
| u close enc. Missouri wayered, falt-s
cred, but she remained in the Union OF
states. f
About this time Gov. Jackson ran
away with the school fund: ! twas SUBJ
sequently returned, but not before both
the grum1nar grades and thu high
school pupils had to3pay tuition to help
run the schools. Things were sonle-s
what quieter when my parents re-
turned. Martial law was raised, and
again continued my studies at thef
higl, school. About this tlme, MI.
band, Joined the Union forces and was
sent south to the front Business was
Frustrated by all these events, so that
property was only worth half OF It's Il
value, with no buyers.
A fierce battle was fought 20 miles
from st. Louis, in which Con. Lyon
was killed. When the dead and wound
sd were brought In to st Louis, a whole
row of empty stores on Fourth street
were converted into an impromptu hos
Epital, and some Of the ladies' OF ST.
Louis installed as nurses The matrons
took charge, and the young girls as
sisted them We We're asked to pick
I lint. which we did. taking table cloths,
napkins and towels, and rolling the lint
of the soldiers. The sight at the hos
pitfalls was a pitlful one. each sufferer
on his cot, writing in pain, or with
glazing eyes, was some mothers dar-
ling boy.
st. Louis was Il military center, the
troops constantly coming in for fur
nishings, and leaving for their fields.
AS the shades of evening fell on one \
side of the city, could be heard the
tramp, tramp OF soldiers, singing 1.-THE
Battle Cry Of Freedom and others,
leaving by another side. still singing
the strains of the same song. which
gradually grew fainter In the distance,
ELL they died away.
In the spring of 1854, an immense fair
was held IN st. Louis for the benefit Of
the sick and wounded soldiers, called
the Mississippi Valley Sanitary fair.
More than a. city block was taken III
the western part of the city, and tenn
porary wooden buildings erected, both
lcom1nodious and handsome. There were
Dutch ovens (Iolland) ], Yankee kitch-
ems, huge chance wheel, shoe. about
six feet long, filled with every variety
and size of dolls. in which sat Nellie
Grant. now M1's. Sorotis, daughter OF
Gen. Grant, who was the mother of /" so
many children, she did not know what
to do" booths where all manner Of
things We're sold, and every device that
could be thought Of for raising funds
for this worthy cause. The ladies' Of
the churches We're in charge OF
their respective lady church mem
bera. labored under the d.
rection OF Mrs Cousins, wife of
the chief Of police, and her daughter,
Miss Phoebe l,aueins. the lecturer who
also sang in the church choir, and was
one OF the soliciting committee, all OF
whom had an official book, wherein
ri, rve uto to1 q efPf q nd
amount, also assisted at the fair during !
the 10 days 1t was open. HI s.;
q Over s100, 900 was made; st. Louis did
herself proud and we were proud Of |
her and our work To the stated sum |
was added the amount realized from
the sale OF the buildings which aug
mented 1t considerably.
Thus was I early brought In contact
with the horrors Of war, and have
said I never wanted to see another, nor
the grief, suffering and tears it entails.
For Instance, we had a domestic in the