The Portland daily press., 1867-11-01
B ~ sssft g "a s@4g Esaty EstA& ISL ness / 49,
Report of she Managers of the Female
Orphan Asylum. lsifts.

In reviewing the events of the past year
while there is little that is new, there is yet
much to awaken our gratitude and to inspire
us with confidence and hope for the future
The health of the family has been good. In
the early part of the year death occurred
from consumption, OF one who had been an
inmate of the family thirty-one years; an un-
fortunate, child from the first-having lost an
ARMAND always an invalid. This is only the
seventh death in the family during period OF
almost forty years. asia.is 30 ala 81 ~
There have been seven children received in
to the asylum the past year, seventeen have
gone out to other homes, and the. number re-
naming is twenty flour. u. r
This society was organized in 1928. Mrs
Sally Nj. Smith, Mrs. Thankful Hussey, Mary
b. iStorer, Charlotte Andrews, Mary Rad
ford, Mary s. B. Merrill, Elizabeth L. Fox,
Elizabeth G. Atwood, Susan Richardson
Nsncy Cushman, Marcia Hill, Alice Ilsley,
Lois w. Dana, Susan e. Wood and Eliza L.
Goddard were the petitioners for the first act
Of incorporation and constituted the first
Board of Managers All these, with the ex-
ception of three, have passed away, while
their labor of love remains, a blessing to many,
After the first few years the average number
of children supported by us has been about
twenty-five. Many Of our children are going
out from us, have been adopted and have well
repaid the care and love bestowed on them
When we consider the vicious influences to
which many of the children had been subject
ed previous to our taking them, their subse-
quent conduct has been as good as can reason
L Oh 1o II :
our wish, as a general rule, to take none over
seven years of age The Withdrawing of such
young children from actual suffering land
abuse in many cases) and placing them in a
home, where they have every necessary COM
fort, with good moral training, is giving them
present relief. which more than compensates
us for all the trouble and expense involved.
Our Matron has great love for children and
gains the affections of her little family They
all love her as their mother. -0ur- -sehnal 'is n
great benefit TO the children.
Z We daily feel, more and more, the need of a
new house. That system OF order which
should always prevail in such an institution,
We cannot hope to obtain while we occupy our
present one, the size and location of which
are entirely inadequate to our wants. We
have hoped for something better till our hearts
have almost failed US. Our Treasurer's report
shows that our expenses have been greater
the last, than any previous year. During the
former half of the year the house was crowded,
owing to the great fire. Provisions have been
extremely high, and we have been obliged to
incur some unavoidable extra expense In
the month of August, 1866 we received from
the Executive Relief Committee in considera-
tlon of "children received into the institution
since the fire" the sum of $500, together with
bedsteads, bedding and dry goods This en-
abled us to commence the year with larger
balance than usual in the treasury Its i'm
portance to us has been very great; for while
our receipts, from all sources, have been
but $l747 50, our expenses have amounted to
$2O33 Is. Of the above $1747 IS, $215 80, were
given Chiefly from abroad) for new house,
which added to previous donations makes $500
now on interest for that purpose. We feel it
necessary and wish to observe strict economy
tbs desirable that our subscription list should
= be increased, and we hope all who are inter-
ested in the object will add their names. Do
nations for the family in vegetables, provisions,
fuel and partly-worn garments are gratefully
received. We would take this opportunity to
return our thanks to friends, both in the city
and country, for such gifts, assuring them that
almost everything can be turned to good ac-
count in such family, As the different holi-
days come round, the Asylum is seldom for
gotten and we especially thank the children,
who sometimes contribute their pennies and
toys to those less favored than themselves
81. We cannot close without adyertinp TO the
lamented death of one of our Managers, Mrs.
A. w. ID. Clapp--an event sincerely mourned
by us all, not only on account of our pleasant
intercourse on this Board, but for the interest
she took in the welfare of this institution.
This sudden bereavement should remind us all
of our duty to do quickly whatsoever our
hand findeth to do"
PORTLAND Octoher 1867 n. /.