New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-06
Exhibition of the Orphan Children Of the Long
I,Iapd Farms ar the Tabernacle, Tuesday
Afternoon. June 4th

I-1apd Farms M LEG oeihaS'e' H"S'-N'
Afternoon, June Atm
The exhibition cflbeses C. Orphan Children .ook
place al the Tabernacle day before yesterday.
The children left the Farms in the morning and
proceeded to Harlem, after ben they came TO The
CITY and called upon The Mayor, 4, whose invitation
they partook OF liberal supply Of refreshments
They then marched around tie fountain in the PARK snc
up Broadway 20 tho Tabernacle. TIE number Of CHI
dren could not have been from SO They eat as taey
are accustomed every SuDaay-the girls il the middle
ard the boys on ,ae right and left They were eli plainly
and neatly dressed TIE banners theJ bore had OF the
following inscriptions The Gigs Children lae
Weak u.ay ys. Project the Strong The Yoong are
Grateful Our Happiness our Praise, H''-es Vi
Tsere were some cergJmen and city oiEce-s on tie
platform. ,-..,.-,-
r.ing and singing the Hymn Jesus ny all 10 Heaven Is
gone PRAYER was then offered by Rev Dr.. LEWIS
Singing by the Chi!dfep-" There Is happy land =
cass Of 100 small boys AID srs then Fecec aeif regular
Sunday Schoo! l-sson after which tney al saoe q M
After the ca,s of large. boys of i0 hsd gone through
their Sunday School! exercise. few remarks we're
made oy M JOSEPH Il MARTIN. Secretary OF t9e
School who stated that the School vas essao.neu III
1920 that the children every Sunday morning aoo
on bropph the same exercises which they cad jest gone
through viz: commencing By rising and then Fec!ns
some verse. from the Bible They 'heu sing al'e
which person sent D. tae M!s!onaFS 0OS'e''
our city addresses The children for about ~
lesson in Cs,ech!s is then gwen, and after singing they
d!sCli.sed "a.
master HcoH DUFF was :hen introduced, who de!iv-
cred the Opening ADDRESS This i;;ie boy We hide 10
dic-ozd IN ne rough. he showed great conception Oh
what ne was speaking, and We should not De surprised
il he made some noise 10 the world
piece was then read by q Iae GIL WHICH Jas e'te'-
ward tung by all the children
The report by W HARVARD Esq Superintendent OF
the nsti,uon stated Nursery was an institution
tha. had been established by law for ice instruction Of
the poor children OF our city, and tna previous % TO-
the children had been kept in the aims house at
10 the year they had oeen separated from ne oce
poor snd sen, 10 Long leland Farms
The buildings consist OF four houses lOU feet ceep hnd
stories high being separated from each other about ~
foo, The cfcers OF the Institution were Superinteod'
On, Steward a Mstron and Assistant Marion ana
Nurse The children's time wss occupied 10 Sleeping
eating and studying. They were accustomed 10 flse
about runriee and retire after prayer TO tner rooms
IN NJ gashed They play until bressas and then 60 10
sucies They 20 20 school from nine I'll t~eve play
until dinner time 90 10 school again one, and leave
OF three They then psy until supper Time ana go
10 bed early.
Since the frat of January there have been received
into the Institution 332 children discharged anc CLEO
2sl; Increase. Al.
Temperance dialogue was then EecIeo oy 1us "a,
Duff and Charles Hughes. A temperance song by all
The children. The Lost Children By two little glrls:
James Nichols then spoke piece. What O'CLOCK ish1
Mr. LEONARD the present Alrnshouse Commissioners.
having been alluded Ia OF the pieces came ioT-
ward and made few remarks. He said that he de-
pended upon the cooperation OF the assistants ano
would endesyor 10 make the Institution Whist tie Ia"
designed.
Alter few more exercises In speaking eno Singing
the exhibition closed
The exercises throug bout showed great oea o. aoi
i,y possessed by these young children snd rejected
much credit the Superintendent and others WAC nave
charge OF them.
The audience waI quite large and all seemed pleased
with the afternoons performances