The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-10-24
THE ORPHANS HOME.

EnroRs rRprSu--It You will pormit, WI
occupy a small space in your excellent paper, ne
II does not sccm 10 bs gencrally understood. IN
speaking of the Orphans Homo, by your rcaicrs,
ESPECIALLY the principles upou which it u lcase,l
About two years ngo the ohio Conference " ,he
Evan geiical Association hhught in this city what
was known as tho "upi, House," aud after some
length of time opened u Tor tho reception " or.
phan children OF both scScs, without respect 10
name or order, 40 lons a. they arr poor orphan
children without any inoans of support. None
have any preference but the chlllrcn OF those
who lp,ye sacrificed their lives In tho service "
our country. Poor children soon began. To
come from every direction until quite nuui'~r
hal gathered in, 50 that at ptcscut there are
ahrut forty eight children here under our cnrc'
Up to tnis time this institute has prosPcrcd undcr
the bessing of Dol 50 that we can truly say,
Thus fir the Lord hath helped us" Iii true
W. have seen dark seasons. and sometimes have
been discouraged, bpt feel dstermined % go ON
in the noble eansc An thcsc ehilreu are, at
present, and, indeed, have generally been In the
enjoyment Of good hc,lth and happiness; and
arc uoTohiy FED aud clvthol, but have the priv.
ilcgc of attending school in tho bailding of the
Institute. under the care Of our able and expert.
cnccd teacher. Miss M,ggic Picnhcr They also
hear preaching, oot Atond sJhAth schnd
every sabbath. Great pains are taken to give
them religious tr,unH but we teach no sects
rian principles in our s'honl. We use the same
books ~ Ma,a6Hlsl in1hc ou,ci public scl,oels
IN thus city; AMI upon the whole our object il TO
Ito COOL to these poor fursakcn children that
have no homes or means of support, Rnl to rsc
them in q eNlant clTistian nwucp anl thus
prepare them for useful an happy nturc, In.
.tead oC permitting then TO run az large and
hccnnle q prey TO the NIecs and ecimes ~ tie
day. This Institute thus FAR has been under the
,..rc of Rcv. J. q. Hjnscr--, man " asc and cN
pcriencc a. wci as Of intelligence, Fat her Lnsci
/ is kinI and patient, anl yet Arm ani careful, 50
| the eLilircn both rcsport aud love him. l. u
! true there are yet many things 10 he DESIRED
| We especially need gool mUron. Our former
matron was an active anil energetic woman, auo
W. ARE convinced IL sh, could have stAil hcrc
vow,b,fl h,se aiesoclcl mseA b,ttcr ip Keep
Ing orler than IL was possible for us 10 do un LEI
the circumstance; bat when We were the most
hhopcful she was qompNllol To retire, ehl hnNl!
! resign On account Of poor health-and our fond
| hopes were bl istci Since then we have no, beer
,,hlc to secure suitable person Tor m1troh,
which has hcen vcry detrimental to the Institute
There Are 80 in,ay in,lihcAtions neeCs'Ary' In
person to constitute a gpol m,tron, that they are
! hard to hnl. Our tolchcr, at this tim' il autiug
rs IN 1tron in cunuc ,tion with her duties ns teach
or, which, Of course. she will not 10 ahle to 10 q
great length Of TIM. We arc making every
effort to secure a goel mitroa, AMI we hope W.
shail soon succcet nut our house here is be.
coming too small, anl circumstances have com
! p,lcd rs TO pvTahtsc a farm, and We are nov en-
| sagef In erecting Suitable buildings for the per
mancnt location Of the Institute. Our farm IL il
the inme liate vicinity Of the village of Fla
Rock, in this county, in beautiful healthy To-
cation, probibly onr Of the m,st pleasant por'
tions Of the State Of Ohio close to one ofthc bcs
railroads in the colntry. True, You, as editors
/ inquire why We did not buy horc, an locate the
Institute near this cityi wo did not consider
fret, that our cause was properly appreciated
hy many of tho people OF Tihu anl vicinity
While some we're liberal, others that were able
to give much were cArcful not to do soi snd
many werc very Indifferent to our noble an
purely benevolent cause, yet, above stated, thi
by no means applies TO all. Some have beet
liberal, whose libcpItyw We shall cmlcayor to up
preoiatc. second reason was because at Fla
Rock, wo could buy the same qunlity Of ianl III
nearly hhlr the money, and could buill nrlcl
cheaper, andWhcrc market Is better; AMI whii'
It'll moro expensive to live in the city, We con
cluded we had hcttcr move, lnnsnucn ~ MT
Geo. wcikcr aud others, OF. Flat Rock aud yicin
ity offered ne an iiiducemeht Of over four thou
sand dollars. We think they deserve the Insti
tutc. This large family of children need larg'
yard aud Shade trees which VIC could not have II
tho small room we had in the Institute here il
THIN. IL is also necessary in order to make th'
Institute moro sclf-susttining ON farm. W.
can raise our wheat, con potatoes rs we'll a
meat, and garden truck necessary for the Inst
tutc. In the city everything we need we mus
buy, which required great amount ofmoney. II
conclusion, let me again say the Institute is no
yet what We most fondy desire that It should be
but We have just begnn, and urmcans are linn
tied, aud we must do the best we can viii als
say to persons coming to visit the "orphans
! Home" thoy will please not 60 away too mlicl
dissatisfied, without, at least, making reaSopab
allowance for the circumstances under which VI
labor. 81 Il TfgrNE z i EB, cRouFr