I base the pleasure of acknowledging,
through Mr. Cover, the receipt of $5.00
contributed by Mrs. Holloway of Beetown,
and $5.00 from W. B. I alburn of St.
Louis, formerly of Fairplay. Any other
contributions forwarded in the same way
will be similarly acknowledged. Five dol
lars have been contributed also by Col,
Amasa Cobb of Mineral Point, and $5.00
by Sheriff Goodenougb of Glen Haven.
" Certain persons, I may say a certain
class of persons, when they aro called up
on for aid, have this patent answer:—
“No; I would rather give to the living;
there are plenty of‘war widows’ and help
less mothers with helpless families, made
so by the war, I must kelp them first.” Of
course, my reply is as patent and is con
clusive: “Go ask these ‘war widows,’ jand
helpless people what you shall do with any
little means you can spare and they will
tell you if they have lost a father or broth
er or husband in the war, ‘Give it to the
committee who are building the soldiers’
monument, for I want that monument
built and my lost one’s name upon it, that
as long as 1 live 1 may see it, and others
may see it and remember that he was
worthy of bis country ’ One neighbor
hood which I visited had been thoroughly
canvassed on the previous day for help to
support a ‘war widow’ who had a large
family of helpless children. Three mon
eyed men who gave me the above answer
bad been called upon and gave nothing to
these helpless people. Those who are un
able to give are perfectly excusable, but I
do not iiud those who make the above an
swer ever give anything to anybody.
