Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-12
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

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i.rpe,l. or we sh ali be obliged TO turn the help
III les orphan from our door. We cannot we'll
II o,commOdate more than three children be- |
sides those we already number. Our subscrip- |
ZION list continues very small. Some OF the
II reverend clergy have kindly responded to our
Il call and their collections have greatly as
j sisted in enabling us to meet our expenses.
To whom can we look but to our generous
II friends and doubtless there are those around
rs whose attention has not been called to this
4 house Of the destitute and orphan child who
! will be willing To aid US in charging our
1 building. Are there not those who will pledge
Y themselves in this Incompatible charity?
a However thrilling others may be in their APP
i peals, none can exceed, few compare, with
helpless childhood. Surely our community,
I Increasing in numbers and growing in wealth,
will not permit the orphan child to be cast
upon tho world, exposed to the snares, temp
tstiOns, and pitfalls of vice. We urge the
i citizens to visit the institution, TO see bright
and happy faces; this will be more powerful
argument than any thing we can offer.
| We have thirty-nin girls and twenty-three
boys Fifteen children have been received,
and six returned by request Of their friends,
4 or placed in suitable situations, one having
been adopted. We have a matron, a teacher,
II and assistant seamstreSs living in the family,
and person who comes one day in each week
L to assist in the washing. The larger girls
sist IN the work of the family; the boys are
n made useful in various ways. All are taught
4 to read and write, and instructed in the Scrip
lures. Six premiums are awarded to six of
our orphan girls for work done, one also TO the
matTUn for work exhibited at the National
| Fair. We return our thanks to DR.. Nairn for
| medicines when required; to DR.. Palmer for
1 attendance when called upon; to the Rev.
4 Mr.. Eckard, for visiting the Asylum once a
1 week, and instructiBg the children in the
II Scriptures. II would give Us great pleasure
II 4 hesD I'M tp of no fro
Il Quently visit our institution; much good we
il believe might be done. To Mr.. Samuel Mid
dleton for ice left at the Asylum for six months,
from May to November.
The following collections have been received:
, From Trinity Church. 1924 Al
-Four a. half street Church. .-..... 100 90
N Christ Church. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 30 90
4 Church # the Ascension ............. so 90
II ST Paul's Lutheran Church. 10 90
Under our list Of donations may be seen
acknowledged fifty dollars +" from stranger
A friend Of the destitute. Though to US un-
II known. the record ison high. We thank thee
IL fer thy Cift-nO premium so sure as that laid
I'D in heaven. OF the many who visit our city
n from year to year, who fill our halls Of bust
ness, our haunts Of pleasure, are there not
some. who, following the example of the
Stranger will aid US in extending ouI
sphere If usefulness, and gathering in the lit
] tie helpless, hOuseless orphan children.
1t has become our painful duty to announce
4 the death Of Mrs. BomfOrd, some years sincs
u FIRST diIecteSs Of this institutlOn-an active and
devoted friend to the orphan cauSe-she has
passed away, to that spirit land, )" to enter,
We trust, on the - rest that remaineth for the
PEOPLE IF God " Peace to her ashes
SIX hundred and forty eight garments have
been made during the year.
\ The treasurer report, with subscri otions
y sDd donations, will be published in pamphlet
form.
Amount of mon sy received, S4,I3I37; ex-
4 pended, "a l3l. 81; received from Georgetown
On the 9th, SIS, for board of children; debts
remaining, S35 IS.
The Board of Managers will receive sub
sriPtOns or donations from'citizens and strar-
= gers.
TIE Reverend Clergy are requested to take
up collections in their churches.
By order Of the Board:
SUSAN K COKE, Secretary.
- I. 5. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.-We give be-
" low the preamble and resolutions mentioned
- IN our report Of the first days proceedings
They were offered by DR.. Wesson, of Massa.
ehusetts, and before their unanimous passage,
were advocated by the mover, Horace Greeley.
Esq, Col A. Kimmell of Maryland, Professor
Henry. and other gentlemen.
Whereas, the only award of the highest
n class made to any agricultural implements at
N the World 5 Exhibition IL 1851, in London was
that the council medalJ in favor of the reap
ing machine invented by c. H Mccormick,
n an american:
And whereas, the only award of the high
est class in TIE department Of agriculture at
the recent Worlds Exhibition in Paris, fthe
grand medal Of honor was awarded to the
same invention
Il ~Rssoirsd, That the eminent distinctions
ttu' awarded TO an American invention re-
1eets honor on our country and its progress
/, II the useful arts, for which we, as the Ma
h'nal Agricultural Society, deem it fit that we
- tndeT cur acknowledgements to the juries, com
- lSed almost, II not quite, exclusively Of dis
tIgulshed Europeans by which these awards
lave been made 10 an absent and unknown
: Ansrcan, and we point to the fact as an en-
engagement TO our inventors and Indictment
ut1ture efforts and an earnest of our future
tnumPhs.'
N Rad SECTION Fl, Of chapter l, Of the Act
o prevent Nuissnces, to be found among the
Cooperation laws, which provides That
every person residing on any street or avenue
4 IN this city, shall, within six hours after any
iall Of snow, have the same removed from the
III pavement in front Of his or her house, under a
n penalty OF fifty cents for every hour the same
shall remain after the said SIX hours"
That's the law, and all virtuous conscien-
4 touS citizens obey the laws, don't they? How