ets, decked in mourning.

Like her friend, Mrs. Hoge, Mrs. Livermore was cheered during her labors
by testimonials of appreciation from her co-laborers, and of gratitude
from the brave men for whom she toiled. An exquisite silver vase was
sent her by the Women's Relief Association, of Brooklyn, the counterpart
of that sent Mrs. Hoge at the same time. From her co-workers in the last
Sanitary Fair, she also received a gold-lined silver goblet, and a
verd-antique Roman bell--the former bearing this complimentary
inscription, "_Poculum qui meruit fuit_." But the gifts most prized by
her are the comparatively inexpensive testimonials made by the soldiers
to whom she ministered. At one time she rejoiced in the possession of
fourteen photograph albums, in every style of binding, each one
emblazoned with a frontispiece of the maimed or emaciated soldier who
gave it.

GENERAL AID SOCIETY FOR THE ARMY, BUFFALO.

This Society, a Branch of the Sanitary Commission, was organized in the
summer of 1862, and became one of the Branches of the Commission in the
autumn of 1862, had eventually for its field of operations, the Western
Counties of New York, a few counties in Pennsylvania and Michigan, and
received also occasional supplies from one or two of the border counties
in Ohio, and from individuals in Canada West.

Its first President was Mrs. Joseph E. Follett, a lady of great tact and
executive ability, who in 1862, resigned, in consequence of the removal
of her husband to Minnesota. Mrs. Horatio Seymour, the wife of a
prominent business man of Buffalo, was chosen to succeed Mrs. Follett,
and developed in the performance of her duties, abilities as a manager,
of the highest order. Through her efforts, ably seconded as they were by
Miss Babcock and Miss Bird, the Secretaries of the Society, the whole
field was thoroughly organized, and brought up to its highest condition
of efficiency, and kept there through the whole period of the war.

A friendly rivalry was maintained between this branch and the Soldiers'
Aid Society of Northern Ohio, and the perfect system and order with
which both were conducted, the eloquent appeals and the stirring
addresses by which both kept their auxiliaries up to their work, and
the grand and noble results accomplished by each, are worthy of all
praise. In this, as in the Cleveland Society, the only paid officer was
the porter. All the rest served, the President and Secretaries daily,
the cut