The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-11-01

lodging house. to which we shall come presently The
house OF refuge contains two large LOFTY apartments,
rooted in very roughly with beams and rafters like an
old fashioned granary One OF these is a common
another dormitory. In the common the wander
received in the evening". and supplied with hre
and convenences for cooking and eating such prov
they bring with them When they retire rest they
enter dormitory in which each bed Is separated by
partition which rises 10 certain height In the infancy
OF the institution the beds consisted OF straw they are
formed OF India rubber and provided with coverlds
Of leather This does not sound very comfortable, yet
has ts advantages especially that OF perfect cleanll-
ness Every morning. the slumberer arises from his
bed, man comes in, washes il down, and leaves il 10
dry. il quickly does similar process guards the
leather coverlii nom infection or from dirt For this
refuge pence night is paid, and such are the
benefits afforded and gratefully they appreciated,
that the persons return 10 again and again. Work
OF respectable character even resort 10 it, and make
ii their permanent abode,
During the first year in which the asylum al London
Wall raised and after all supply OF food had ceased,
in the OF two months fifteen hundred and seventy
two persons had awaited themselves oil its shelter Nor
was il only the poor who sought that resting place.
Among the many biographies with which Glass house
Yard teens. is one supplied by the benevolent med
ical attendant OF the refuge-a gentleman in whom the
spirit Of Howard still exstswhose professional exeons
have been seconded by zeal which is "fron above"
and whose time and have been enthusiastically de-
voted TO the OF the poor in his neighborhood Yet
obscure is that neghborhood. so remote from what
is termed general society that his efforts must be ranked
among the unseen Charities OF London"
Amid the crowds OF wIetched objects who sought ad
mance into the refuge was oil gentle aspect youth
Of fourteen who had run away from school, trades
had found him in the greatest Distress and took him
to the asylum There his father, who had sought him
in vain, discovered hm-there be recognised his child
who, but for that timely shelter would have been shipped
off the next day by '.crmp' residing in the neghbor
hood One might have supposed that any parent would
have largely endowed the home which had sheltered his
wanderer but in this instance expressions Of gratitude
were the last anti only tribute which were paid the in
stution 1t is not the poor only who are TO be charged
with ingratitude: amo the poor much humble acknow
edgmen has been offered 9" can bear testimony TO the
gratitude expressed by the recipients Of bounty"
marks Dir. Bowie, OF his letters 10 the committee
of management And who are these recipients or
course, aboers form the majority OF gardeners there
necessarily many when the frost lays embargo on
their industry; OF needlewomen, charwomen, servants,
women without any particular occupation, many and
some of every conceivable craft and avocaton This does
not surprise US but find in year entry of .'fve
performers" Ministers of religion, medical men, school
masters, and clerks have been glad TO avail themselves
OF the asyumthankful for the mornings meal and for
the fire thankful, too, for the investigation into their
particular sources OF DISTRESS for spiritual advice and for
the apt boon which followed supply OF their physical
wants-sympathy