Show 1 WEST VIRGINIA FAMINE the news conveyed in alio llio dispatches of the of the people in certain portions of west virginia from starvation is news that culls clottu the sympathies of humanity the regions of country in w in cli alic people afflicted live arii such ns would enhance the opportunities tuni ties for want unless sustenance coula be obtained from roots and vegetation growing wild in the woods the difficulty attending attic cultivation of ground hi a timbered country and the of crops raised would make a loss of the usual quantity raised severely felt people in those regions as a rule do not enjoy many of the comforts of life ia fact they get barely the necessities corn bread is the main staf of life and bacon is used in connection with it hogs thrive very well during the greater part of the year roaming abroad through the woods taking care of themselves and subsisting on the mass which is plentiful the districts in the mountain regions ore bol easy of access owing to poor roads and all kinds of reports and ideas get abroad concerning the people who inhabit them it takes time to get reliable information about them it is to be loped that the report of the condition of the people is exaggerated for famine if a sad thin to if the reports arc bruc there is no doubt but what assistance will be immediately rendered the inhabitants there is too much of the necessaries of life in these united states for anything else to be expected and there arc man wann acarl cd people who will aid their fellows and keep them from starvation |