The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-29
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Conditions in Germany Bad As Report.
ed BY Resident to Relative Here.

Conditions in Germany Bad AS Report
ed BY Resident to Relative Here.
Seeing an appeal for help in the pa
pers and hearing it announced from the
pulpit, ! thought ! would write a
sketch in regard to the appeal which |
received from my cousin in Germany,
Mrs. Delphine Grundell Denhardt, wild.
ow of the late Professor Emil Denhardt
and the mother Of ii children. She was
born in Woodstock, VT, June 20, 1852,
the second daughter of Christopher and
Martha Ann tStevens) Grundell Her
mother was daughter of the late Sam
uel and Betsey (Bisbee) Stevens OF
Bridgewater Her father served nine
months in the Civil war and soon after
moved to Melrose, Mass, working in a
sewing machine factory.
In 1866, during the absence of his
wife, he hastily dressed the two little
girls, Christine and Delphine, leaving
May, mere babe, in the house, and de-
parted for Germany, the mother never
hearing from them or knowing of their
whereabouts afterward. She grieved
over the loss until she was insane and
N. H., Dee. 10, 1892,
Mr.. Grundell took the children to his
mother in Germany, married former
sweetheart and returned to the United
States, settling in Iowa. He left no
information in Germany in regard to
their relatives in the United States.
Christine died in few years, leaving
Delphine alone. She went to live with
her uncle, Christian, upon the death of
her grandmother. She has never seen
nor heard from her father since he left
Germany.
Soon after her marriage, her husband
took measures through the German
consul to locate her relatives in Yer
mont, which he succeeded in doing in
1892.
received letter from her in Sep
TENDER, telling of her hardships. Two
crumbs of meat were allowed them
once in two weeks One hundred crumbs
is little more than pound. 0ne-half
pound of -four was their daily allow
ance. No butter was allowed. She re-
ceives a small pension from her hus-
band, but so small that ii took one
half of it to buy pair of shoes, and as
they must not have anything they can
do without, she goes barefooted. She
has to drag her wood from the woods
Several of her sons were killed in the
war. One of them was in the French
prison for a long time and had to go
to a sanitarium upon his release. One
daughter is Red Cross nurse. They
are taxed for the few pennies they can
earn. Her weight is 40 pounds less than
when the war begun. She wrote that
she had heard there was society in
the United States to help people in
such destitute circumstances and she
hoped that ! would make her wants
known to them; said that no one knew
of the intense suffering there. The cat
tie are diseased so neither their flesh
nor milk is good for eating.
Some people doubt the need of an
appeal for help, but it seems pretty au-
thentic when written by one of the suf-
ferers to her relatives.
Mrs. r. J. Hutton.
The family of August Andre is badly
afflicted. He and his wife and five chill
dren are all i'll, either with scarlet fe-
yer or tonsiltis, and Mrs. Andre is just
recovering from an operation at the
Hanover hospital. Herbert, the seven
year-old son, was suddenly taken Ill
with scarlet fever and in a few days
the mother and Minnie succumbed to
tonsilitis. Now Minnie and the father
and the other children have scarlet fe-
YER They live at the end of the road
and no one outside of the neighbors
has been there this winter. 1t is sur
missed that possibly Mrs. Andre brought
it home in her clothing from the hospi-
tai or that someone had it on the train
on which she returned home. A nurse
from Chelsea is in attendance and the
neighbors are assisting with the chores
and food supplies.
Charles Goodspeed, aged 70 years,
died at the home of his daughter, Mat
tie (Mrs. George Petersonl at Alburg
on Saturday evening, Dec, is, of acute
Indigestion, after an Illness of only
about two hours. The body was accom-
panied TO Montpelier by Mr.. Peterson
and from there by his son, John Good
speed, and wife TO Corinth Center on
Tuesday. and interment was made be-
side his wife, for whom he had erected
a tablet. He was a resident of the town
for many years. He was carpenter by
trade.
Mr.. Bassett of Massachusetts, has
come to live withshis nephew, Mr.. Hin
man, for the remainder Of the winter.
Wallace Chalmers Of Waits River is
working at his mill here most of the