Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-01-06
DAVENPORT HOME.

In this Home the boys number 900
| girls, 1876. The average attendance
has been 5l5. The average age oi
those now in the Home is 1oa years
Tie whole number in the Home from
its organization is OIL.
The children are taken care OF in
separate families, in fifteen cottages.
thirty being the ordinary number as.
signed to family. The ideas and as.
sociations OF home are tostered, and
the children are instructed in the indus.
tries, amenities, order, economy and
neatness Of well regulated home.
In addition to the fifteen cottace-man
ayers, with their sacred duties and
trusts, there are employed for the wei
fare Of the children, nine persons in
the kitchen and dining hall, eight in
the laundry, six teachers, six in sew
ing and knitting, a nurse, steward,
shoemaker, carpenter, fireman, watch
man and laborers.
The total receipts OF the Home have
been Sl2973s.44.
The total expenditures, sl29, ,726.47.
DR. Cochran resigned as Superin-
tendent, and Mr.. Pierce was ap-
pointed, December lst, 1867.
In addition to the improvements
and repairs Tor which an appropria-
tion OF twelve thousand dollars was
made by the last Gcaeral Assembly, a
neat and commodions chapel has been
erected and suitably furnished, at a
cost of $3.50. A Sunday School is
held in this chapel, and divine worship
is celebrated each Sabbath, conducted
by ministers OF the Gospel, from Da-
venport.
All Children of suitable age are regu.
larly detailed in the various depart.
ments of work, and trained to habits
OF industry. During tie past season
the boys have performed a great dcal
OF labor upon the grounds, making
roads and lawns, planting four hun
dred evergreens and shade trees, add
ing much to the beauty and loyelines.
OF the Home.
The health OF the children has been
remarkably good, though a larg.
number have been afflicted with meas
els, whooping cough and various ills
incident to their age. The new cis
terms and other improvements have
had the happiest sanitary influence.
CEDAR FALLS HOME.
At this place an eligible tract oi
land containing forty acres has been
given to the Home by the citizens, and
a building of brick, three stories and
basement, forty-six by ninety feet,
with vestibule seven by thirty feet,
and center wing forty, by thirty SIX
feet, has been erected upon substan-
tial foundation. To escape the incon.
venienccs of the old buildings the
chirdrcn were removed into the new
buildings, although these were IN an
unfinished condition, October II, 1868.
The erection OF q suitable chapel is
altogether necessary. The appropria-
tion OF 5000 Tor the building OF the
Home is exhausted, and a further ap-
preparation is indispensable to provide
tor the safety and comfort of the
children; and, also, TO furnish the build
ing, and to construct cisterns, there
being 10 water upon the premises cx-
cept surface water. The old furniture
is worn out, and altogether unservicca-
bic Tor use III the new building.
Here, rs at other Homes, the child
rcn OF proper ago are Systematically
detailed for the general work OF the
institution. Another season the boys
will find a larger variety of labor in
the Improvement and cultivation OF
the land belonging to the Home.