Show destitution IN TEXAS an appeal has been made through the columns of the boston herald to the benevolent people of new england for aid to the destitute in northwestern deltas tetas the situation there ta ere is described as distressing in the extreme thousands of people are on the verge of starvation and haver have nothing wherewith to prepare for winter or sow their fields in the spring this is in a firming farming region six hundred milea in length the cause was a drought commencing in june 1885 which continued until august of the arese prese present nt year fall planting in 1885 was an entire failure and the spring work of 1886 met the same fate everything perished the creeks dried water holes were exhausted cattle and sheep died and many people came near perishing alsa for water to drink had to be hauled in some cases over 30 80 miles distance thousands of families it is said have not tasted meat during the past year except when they obtained an occasional jack rabbi tand they have also been destitute of milk added to the lack of products was the failure of credit at the stores relief belief societies were organized in the state but they were unable to give but temporary assistance and in consequence of cyclones and other disasters many of the business men were unable to contribute children are shoeless and hungry whole families are without food and their condition is described as heartrending it appears that the suffering people are chiefly i from Southern the States small farmers farmer who have changed their abode to improve rove their condition and some of them have in times past been in good circumstances cum stances it is to be hoped that the appeal for help will not be made in vain if there is not enough wealth in the great state of texas to relieve its own distress the generous hearted people of the east and west will surely not listen to the cry of the starving in vain the land lanot teems with plenty and noone no one ought to suffer lack |