Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-01-09


The trustees of this institution, Francis B.
Fay, George B. Emerson, Daniel Denny, ia
cob Fisher, Thomas Tucker and Thomas Il.
Boutelle, in submitting their seventh annual
report say that leach successive year tends
to confirm the conviction that the salutary
and benefcent character of this institution,
adds another brilliant to the escutcheon of
Massachusetts, showing that in the domain of
CHARITY, her benevolent forethought and ac-
ton are still co-extensive with the wants and
dangers of her children" Since the last re-
port the late superintendent and chaplain ten
dered his resignation, and a successor has
been appointed, who entered upon his duties
in April last. Some few changes have also
been made among the matronS and assistants
the past year.
The report of the superintendent and Chap
lain, Marcus Ames, shows the following sta
tistics =
Number present in the school Oct. l. 1861. .l31
received during the $year.......... IS
returned from ndentures. 5-11
indentured during the yesr........ 10
time expired, returned to friends,
or placed at service. ............. 10
discharged as unsuitable.
sent to state hospital. L
now present in the institution. .l3S-1Tl
received into school from opening .2T7
returned from indentures from
opening. ......................... 20-297
OF this number we have
lnQentuTeQ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
lime expired and delivered TO friends SO
Sent TO hospitals and almshOuses. ........... 10
Discharged as unsuitable. IL
Dismissed to parents. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Deceased OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Ran away first year,. Observation-Disclosures. 2
Now present in the school .13S-291
Number of separate families. ............. 5
Present limit of accommodations. 140
Average attendance Tor the year............ lao
Of the number now in the institution, there
were born-in Massachusetts, I03; else
where, 5; So were of American parentage, 81
of Irish, of English, 1 of French, 3 of
Scotch of German, of Swiss, and of
Swedish; total, 1873. OF this number, both
parents of 30 are living, one parent to each of
50 is living, and2l are orphans. Eighty-seven
lived at home, 81 lived from home, AZ attend
ed school before coming to the institution, 81
did not, 80 attended some religious service, SO
did not. The average age of these 13S in
mates is IA l-2 years. Suffolk county has
contributed the largest number to the school
(79) since its opening, Worcester next as,
Middlesex 40, Essex 81, Bristol &C. Norfolk
81, Berkshire 8, Hampshire s. Hampden T.,
Barnstable 4, Plymouth 3.
The superintendent says =
'Our chapel exercises, both in the morning
and upon the sabbath, are attended with man.
ifest interest and remarkable attention by the
girls, and they feel it to be great deprivation
to be detained from them. There is some
what of IA subdued and chastened thoughtful
ness on their part, in sympathy with the loyal
portion of the nation relative to the condition
OF our country; and we strive to lead them
to feel that greater obligations even, rest upon
them, in view thereof, to become true, self
denying, useful women; to add nothing to the
burdens of the commonwealth, neither be-
come grief to friends and a curse to society,
but nobly and earnestly to strive here and now
to make every possible attainment in labor,
study. and in moral worth and character, that
they nniy the better serve God and their gen.
eratiun."
The physician, DIR. j. L. S. Thompson, re-
ports that the year has passed with compare
tive freedom from serious disease sno death
having occurred, and the physical improve
ment of many of the inmates being most graf
flying, as showing the controlling influence
of diet, exercise and air, as sanitary measures.
Twenty cases have been treated during the
year.
The farmer, H. E. Boynton, reports that
the crops have all been good; the root and
hay crops have been abundant The farm is
now in good condition.