The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-16
PRESENTED BY JOSEPH B. NEAL,
oF TIE
WETHERIIL HOUSE PHILADELPHIA,
TO THE
CHILDREN OF RANDALL'S ISLAND,
New York, October 10, 1855
While on visit with the Moyamensing Hose
Company.

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Tie staii Is surn 2, With gilt eagle carved In
heavy gold tasseis at the end The Tag was made BY
Binssr, q Philadelphia, and cost forty dollars.
The hoyamensing Hose Company were escorted By .
committee Of members q Engine Company 10 -, con
ssiing q the foreman, Francis Clark Charles Ludsu
3Uard Foz William Foster Rel ard Valentine, Andrew
civ John Myers and Edward Brennan The Randall s
Isnn ooys we're crossed their winter holiday suit
sstng II gray oil clothes with Of brass
tons dozen tile centre CT the ticket and blue cloth can
They looked healthy and AT. and the strangers
hghy pleased with their appearance some Of them being
live America . "The Yankee Volunteer [" Old Folks Il
Home and went through the m.nusl exercise With their
Of which eapitally dome. another Of their exEbi
tious i the singing n chorus few words ard moving at
the time the fingers Of the hands lightning with
osernger until by degrees Tie whole Of the fingers are
10 motion. II singular piece % exercise, and
troduoed into the school TN ago by doctor resi-
dent there and has ever since been continued part
Of their exerc The visiting fronen, after the
petion Of the boy performances three cheers FOR
the Governors Of the Aims House and afterwards visited
the different buildings Of the establishment with wnic,
they much gratiGed They viii spend 10 dsy 10
city, snd return hone 10 morrow morning leaving 1t
O'Clock.
As the Randall leland institution i one or great n
forest and always spoken 81 highly By strarg gers
Plus ultra establishment, have aPpeeded slight
count Of the discipline OF he school and the number If its
inmates Il contains acc boys from 70 10 years Of
30 or 300 girls 81 al ages and about $50 IN.
fants il the nursery. There also about 200
children in the hospital making total Of over 200 chill
drea They leave ~ all ages being taken out for
adoption and Others taken apprentices that the
Whole number taken out yearly NAV be aid to be 200
The follow ng il tie routine u discipline practsed With
the boys
They get up in both summer and winter and
deecend to the play room which under the dormtorie
These latter conss q two foors above the play ROOM
each divided into large sleeping rooms 100 feet long by
80 feet vide They then warh each boy receiving every
morning clean owei in divisions Of thirty BOYS az
time. While the division Is waahnr the remainder
learn aloud in the play the weekly Scripture lesson
which is repeated sunday morning ia presence Of
minister, either of the Episcopaian, Baptist or Roman
Catholic persuasion and who explains il afterwards 70 his
youthful hearers After having all washed division
composed of the larger toys nends the clothes the moro
juvenile which may happen to hsye been torn during the
cay. They all then marched in double hle to break
fast, where they remain about half hour The
breakfast consists Of cocoa, sweetened, and bread.
The children then allowed to play until Zine o'clock
In tine weather out Of doors and in winter In the play
room At nine AM they 20 into the school rooms wher,
they remain until dinner time at twelve, NJ One hour
allowed for dinner and exercise At O'Clock they gc
into school, where they remain for two hours; they
then allowed, until supper time, 70 amuse themselves
with play to work in the fields, picking up stones
wedding &c The supper takes place al six Pm, and
composed o.. mush rice and milk and once week, Of
Friday evenings OF nolasees and bread. AT eight Pm
they retire to bed, the intermediate time being en-
During the summer the boys bathcd every dag Ia tn
river, the side fronting Long Island whore place ha
been built expressly for their use
DEscRPT1oN OF THE HOUSE OF REFUGE.
About fifteen Of land, at the southerly extrem
y Of Randss Island have been donated By the city Z
the Society for the Reformation Of Juvenile Denquents
who are about to put their intentions into effect
enclosed with high vs twenty feet high 50 that there
vi be no communication with the present inmates
Handsll's Island, and therefore no fear Of pollu.
ton. On this building Of original plan In this
country Is in Of erection. but the whole Of
wa. " not bc csTIiaG out al y. ssaa Tue Duiilinx
sfs o. central part containing the rooms Of the
W. Ans aud Aerge's fr0s which the prison parts ndate