New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-01
JAMAICA.

From The Colonial Standard aud Jamaica Depds June
While the press has, without distinction Of politics,
been unanimous in urging, and urging in vain, upon
those with whom the of social amelioration a.
together rest, the necessity Of providing place OF
refuge and instruction for the numerous orphan aud
destitute children who now permitted to wander
along our streets and to become Injured in vice, ndo
lence and crime, it is remarkable fact that private
enterprise has for many years been privately and unos
tenatOusly but steadily and successfully, doing that
in sMall way which the public authorities have 80
long neglected TO entertain at all
Al the lower part of Orange street, n lew doors
above Harbour street, there hangs small and unpre
enong sisnboard which notifies to passersby thaf
Mrs. Johannah Hill there keeps an " Industry
school," How this little establishment and its active
and thrifty founder have for long period escaped
public attention cannot conceive, since an inquiry
discloses the fact that Mrs. Hill has conducted her
Industry School ever since the date OF her WIDOW
hood, some twenty-five years ago, during which
perOd she boasts Of having turned out some Two nun
ured Young upe of both sexes rescued by her from
yagrancy and want, reared in great measure under
her own roof and skilled in the mysteries Of straw
hat making.
day the attendance of children not so large a.
usual several having been detained by the weather;
but there were about dozen busly employed in the
manufacture of straw hats, ranging from seven and
eight to probably twelve thirteen, years Ut age
Several OF these were pointed out as having been
picked up from the streets fatheiless and destitute
and Oh the high road 10 moral run One little orphan
had been an inmate from the early age Ut three months
Mrs. Hill having takeu it, provided nurse for it, and
reared il wholly at her own charge. The usual num-
Der in oaily attendance was said to be about eighteen
hut Mrs Hill stated thar SIZE would willingly receive
thirty if she could obtain them 1t was very dficu
howeyer TO wean the street wanderer from his life of
unrestrained lie. nse aud ii was only occasionally that
a stray sheep could be brought 10. All the children
were clean aud comfortably clad and appeared cheer
nl and healthy. They fed and clothed entirely by
Mrs. Hill until they are Of an age 10 manage for them
selves and then they paid for their labor. Two
bows were poinred cut the eldest of whom did not ap
TO be above thirteen years OF age VINO were re-
reiynp the one five aud the other four shlllngs
week. while several older hands who have been
brought up at the school receive much higher weekly
wages young man manages the business who was
taken BY Mrs Hill at very early age, and has been
with he now upward Of eighteen years.
Such ale the practical details Of the Industry
School" kept By Mrs. Johannah Hill, and such It's uses
in public point of view. An average dally number
,f eighteen children, principally orphan and destitute
are spatched tom want and from the temptations To
vice fed and clothed, and reared IN industry. We
come new to consider IFS economy. .
MR.. Johannah Hill is poor widow, blessed with
as little of this world goods as person IN her staen
in life might be supposed to be- Yet for quarter OF
century has she followed this OF active benef-
cence. aided only by courageous heart, and q
thrifty well-ordered mind. She makes her school
self supporting By teaching to young aud otherwise
abaudoLed children the value Of time aud OF labor she
enables them not only to support themselves but to
afford her respectable mantepance III return Tor her
care Our readers will be surprised to learn the eco
nOmical results of Mrs. Hills establishment. Tne
average dairy product of her school amounts to tive
cozen straw hats, or Thirty dozen per week. For
these she has a constant demand not IN this Island,
but from abroad, principally from Navy Bay, Tor ex-
Us that she supplied order for sixy-fve dozen, and
had she a larger number Of children under her care,
She believes that she could very greatly extend this
humble but remunerative industry.
Here then, is Il striking example, taken from very
uppetending sphere Of life of what may be done bya
little we-drected energy toward the social improve
Inc Mt Of that class to whose moral restitution so much
at;t nton has for long time been useessly directed
time she commenced her school, Of twenty pounds in
the world, who has already removed upward Of two
hundred young people from the road to crime, and
who is st working indefatgably in the same noble
cause of usefulnt So simply by making industry self
supporting She lives by the labor Of her industrious
family but che extends 10 these In return mothei
care and a protectors benev0lence. Most Literally,
too she shares with them the us OF their toll Their
little fingers ply their straws all the more nimbly De
cause they know aud feel that they possess certain
and liberal interest in the produce OF their manpuia
tons Where else little boy, thirteen years OF
age-but the other day vagrant boy, caring neither
for God nor man-earn his I'VE shliipss week, De-
aide being tended and cared for and cOmforted by
motberly hand such that extended to him by MRS.
Hin 2 Would to God there were few more such
"Industry Schools in Kingston; or that the higher
and lower tribunals Of the city had power by law 10
consign some of the many vagrant and abandoned
children that infeet our streets to the discipline and
care VI Mrs Hill
HANOVER-RESTORAT OF THROWN
UP ESTATE.
Correspondence of The Morning livingston Ja Journal
On Monday last the roads leading TO Great valley
Estate in the Parish Of Hanover, presented lively
and animated appearance men and women, old and
yourg, strong and weak were all Fastening to some
common point OF attraction flags were flying and
though composed only of gaudy handkerchiefs' stiii
thew added much lveliness TO the scene; the people
singing and dancing and everything gave token that
Il was day much bonored by the peasantry. IL was
M religious mceting-it was wedding or merry
making that had gathered these crowds together and
in no festive garments were they clad. Instruments
Of labor were on their shoulders, and hoe and pckax
were the burden of their hands, Every house In the
VILLAGE sent forth its inmates and from every track
and bypath appeared individuals to increase the
crowd. All appeared happy-every one seemed IN IN
haste, and the whole swept on in one direction unt
the entrance gate to Great Valley works concealed
them from view. .u.,;,
"Halloi old Massa-whats the meaning OF all TINS!
where are all these people gong me sooa
buckra" lsaid the old octogenaran slowly taxing on
bis cap, and discovering head white VIVA ue re.
If eighty winers bless de day-me neber expect 10
see him Grea: Valley da rise-him goin TOR taohsh
cane. make sugar agin--good for we all-ebery BODY
ie help" but, old man, you cant wofk-you Gun
do ANYTHING" "Da true, me Massa-me no nap
tropgEue no able fe dig cane hole-but me must DO
some,ipp -fhe fech water te dem da dig-me neall
trong. do me han weak" And the feeble oid man
passed on. "Where are you taking tnat cartioaa .,
cane.tons to. nv msu" "To Great valley, sH..
tanal