Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-27
In5n.1riaI school Thanksgiving.

No Thanksgiving table in Cleveland was
more bountifuly supplied on the ever blessed
a5th of November, 1858, than was the long Ia
bile of the Industrial School Room on the alter
MON of the 26th. 1t was a 'feast fit to set
before a king" and never did king or queen look
upon such grateful, happy subjects as the Two
Hundred and Twenty-Five Children OF the poor
who were seated in tier behind tier on either
side of that table, and like callaw birds In a
nest opened their mouths for the good things the
mothers and daughters in Israel dropped into
them. or rather into the bright tin dish each
child was provided with. The friends oil the
School had sent in of their abundance more than
aseven baskets-full," and we wish every good
donor could have listened to the appropriate
Grace by DR.. CLAYTON, the solemn and touch
inq repetition after Miss WATERToN by the
whole School Of
sBe present at our table Lord,
Be here and everywhere alway;
Thy creatures bless, and grant that we
NAV feast in Paradise with Thee"
And could have witnessed the decorum, good or
der, and appetizing enjoyment Of"YOung Amer
icau as Messrs. FooT, HANDY, SMITH, PENDLEToN
and others carved while mothers Parsons, FooT,
RAYMOND, STONE, PATRICK, RICE and others
served the little ones with as much apparent
zest as though they had been grandchildren ;
then seen the orderly passing out in single ille'
and have head the polite 'Thank you" as each
received balls of popcorn or sticks OF candy at
the door. albeit primitive childhood occasionally
developed itself in spite of the excellent tram
ing of the WATERToNs, in a visible hankenng
for corn and candy both. The WATERToN Fam
iIy were all happy, and deseryedly SO. The tes-
tival room too was prettily decorated with ever
greens, notices, etc.
Before the feast, the exercises of the upper
School Room were very interesting, and "drew
a crowded house" composed of our best citizens
of both sexes, young and old. The School
sang and exercised, and brief addresses were
made bv Messrs. T. P. HANDY, JOHN A. FooT,
and Mr.. PARKHURsT, of Massachusetts, busI-
ness man who finds time to labor at the Five
Points Mission and wherever he happens to be
where good work is to be done. In reply to
questions by Mr.. FooT, Mr.. WATERToN stated
that since the Industrial School had been or
ganized good homes had been found for abou
a hundred of the chidren-that when they frs
came in from the streets they were generally
beggars for clothing, &c.-that they were sooI
taupht TO labor and earn what they needed-tha
the time of the boys was divided between oakun
picking. brush making, study and reeitations
the girls between sewing, kitchen duties, an(
lessons-that credit marks were given for daily
labor. and at the end of the week ticket 10
ten, fifteen twenty, thirty or fifty cents, s,aecOrdinI
TO earnings, and when sufficient sum was earn
ed to pay for caps, frocks, shoes, DC DC
nominal prices, the tickets were exchanged 10
them. The aim of the Industrial part OF th'
institutiou is to make labor honorable and invl
ting, aud to educate the children to take care
themselves and to love useful employments =
To the inquiry of Mr.. W, +" How many httl
GIRLS can sew nicely !" nearly every girls
hand was ifted-and to " How many OF tn
School love to work I" the show of hands wa
prompt and universal.
Drop into the School during the usual schoo
hours. and you cannot but admire the system
order attention and industry of Mr.. W. an
dauobters and their numerous charge. In tn
school-room the singing, exercises, studies an
recitations 90 on; in the work-roOm some twen
ty or thirty boys are ranged on seats and DC
oakum with the quiet and steadiness oi men
and about an equal number of girls ply tn
needle in making aprons, frocks and other piai
sewing. After n hour the laborers go to tn
sehool.room, and their places are supplied by
fresh set of hands. Some OF the Oldest OIL III
bows work at brush-making, aud the girls assis
Mrs w in the kitchen and dining room duties
and in preparing the tables for the Plaln' health
dinner of soup and bread, which the childre
uartake of with digestion that waits on aPP'
tite The afternoon routine of work and stud
;smpcb the same as the forenoon, everythm
be;ng made cheerful and attractive as Posslol
to the children.
Is it marvel that the streets are deserted 10
the Industrial School! that industry TRIUMPH
over idleness that vice yields TO virtue thi
the GOOD outcrops the bad that DIM eye
BRIGHTEN? that wan faces become fresh th'
rags are exchanged for whole garments 'o'
bare feet are covered! that the rich bless tn
Door that the poor bless the rich! and th'
Providence smiles upon an Institution SO AKIN
+he works Of Him who went about dom
good i"
Relief of the Poor.
Winter is lust at hand, and the poor are wit