Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-13
VERY GRATEFUL


Will your paper kindly insert the
following in your weekly edition be-
ing the only means at the present
to prove my appreciation and due re-
spect of the good and timely work of
the Fulton County Home, its super
intendent, Mr.. B. F. Jones.
Dear Sir
One does not and cannot appre-
ciate the hospitality offered by a
public inst tuition until in distress. l
shall neveg forget the good people OF
Wauseon and Delta, Ohio.
It was on Sept. 30th that / started
from New York City depressed and
discouraged. / lost my position the
day before and my pay only covered
FIVE days. This amounted to $500
which together with a small grip
was all all that intended to accom-
pany me to territories far away from
the largest city. :,
For six days / managed very well
sleeping in cheap class hotels at
night and picked up by automobiles
by days, stopping at the following
places as the end of days work;
Sept. 3Oth, Rhinebeck, N. Y.
Oct. /, Utica, N. Y.
Oct. 2, Rochester, N. Y.
Oct. 8, Dunkirk, N. Y.
Oct. a, Cleveland, Ohio.
Oct. 5, Toledo, Ohio.
When | reached Toledo my funds
were very low, only amounting to
85 cents, 10 cents of which was con-
sumed in renting room for the
night and the remaining 10 cents for
breakfast Oct. 9th.
! felt optemistic in being able tC
obtain a job on farm husking corr
and did not feel worried in the least
as / walked to 18th street Toledo
after breakfast watching anxiously
to be picked up by an auto to carry
me to the outskirts of the city.
An uneasy feeling crept upon me
with a sensation of headache.
! tried to overlook it but found it very
difficult as l was fiat broke and the
seriousness of being ill far away
from home must of aggravated the
ache.
At s o'clock I hailed an auto ant
reached something like 20 miles west
/ noticed at this point that my speech
was somewhat affected but neyerthe
less could not think of stopping in al
isolated zone under my circumstances
/ received a series of rides ant
finally reached Delta. 1t was abou
IL o'clock. I began to feel notice
ably weak. My back was causing an
noyance and my head was beating in
cessantly like drum.
My efforts to find a place to Ii
down were in vain. After struggl
ing thru the village proper quartz
of a mile I felt faint and dropped tt
the ground.
A few kind ladies grouped aroun'
me and offered their assistance. On
wanted to call a doctor, another t
give me something to eat, another t.
allow me to rest in her hammock.
accepted the latter's offer after re
fusing the other two, stating that
rest for a few hours would condition
me.
The rest in the hammock did
great good and / remained there fo
an hour. After recovering a drinl
of water and thanking the good lad
I proceeded on the road determine
to find a farm house where / coul,
lodge until the morning and the
commence work.
AS / began to walk again notice.
/ was becoming worse than ever.
hailed an auto which destined mil
away. found out later the owne
of the car was a county official, bu
] did not explain my condition to hin
or / know he would have assisted me
/ descended the auto feeling YER
weak and managed somehow to wal
a hundred yards where ! finall
reached the good farmer Mr.. G.. "
Myers.
When / reached the back stoop o
his house / collapsed. A doctor wa
summoned who I found later to
DIR. Wilkins. My temperature re
gistered 1O2 and he proclaimed me
sick man. ! told him of m,
pecuniary condition and assured hir
that as soon as / reached Chicago o
received sufficient funds / would pa
his fee.
DIR. Wilkins summoned the Count
Hospital. After an hour or so Dl
Hartman arrived who brought me t
the Fulton County Home. al