Smyrna times., 1872-01-31
The Smyrna BeneyoIent society.

The festival for this Society was held in the town
nan on the 24h and 25th INST, and was more sue
cessu than was anticipated. The constant demand
tor money lover and above our necessary expenses)
Tor religious purposes, public improvements, literary
p' p'ohcIency, and youthful amusements are such.
that 1t is difficult to keep the portmonnaie repIeD
ished. On Monday and Tuesdays evenings OF the
same week the hall was occupied by persons who
seek rccrcatIye pleasures, and these re ALWAYS at
tended with more or less expense Just at this time
the festival stepped in tor the occupancy of the
hall for two evenings. On the first evening there
WAS not much done, but the second witnessed an
influx ot such as CANE TO remember the poor. They
bought up with avIdty our stock Of edIbles and
swept from t:e fancy table all its garnishments
Aor"pos, snme OF the most attractive things on this
table, IN winch ornament and Utility were cOmbin.
cd, were sent by Mrs. VI. Sutton, res ident of
PhladelP PhIa, formerly of this place. She saw n
lew weeks since, In the smyrna Times our apreaI
IN behalf oi the poor Her gr at heart tArobbed in
unison with ours, and she remembered the INDECENT
OF her native town. and sent what she called the
"HiIO1'S Mte." How pleasant it is to reflect that
more than eighteen hundred years ago Christ be-
slowed such an euiOgy on the Widows Mite ~!
And We cannot gaiGsay the fact that after his
Resurrection, the one he first commissioned to
preach the Gospel tUOman. And had This
Commission been continued to the fair sex doubt
not but the world would have been eyangelized by
this time.
We are also pleased to acknowledge the recent
OF several dollars, besides has annual subscriptions
from Mr.. W III. EasOn, formerly of this town. We
wish that some more of our friends who were once
our cIt'z ms, but living IN Pennsy lyania
wOuldg i've US the same kind of evidence that they
take an interest in our charitable institutions.
We tender our heartfelt thankslo our numerous
patrons in town and country, that SO liberallv re
spundcd TO call when waited upon for con,Tibn.
tOns, and the courteous manner they receive onr
delegates. We also thank them for their patron are
OF the festival, which proves they took double inter
est in cause.
We have not alluded TO the amount realized from
the festival; we think that can be found with other
newspaper.
We Will just say before we conclude there are nou
fourteen families being relieved by the Society," and
some OF them are iii very destitute condiiion and
sick, with little hope of recovery. In the wear inst
cIoseu there nave been cases of the most souaId
poverty that has ever come under the notice of the
society ana we regret that were not spprised Of
1t at an earIer moment, that we might baye relieved
IN one instance the sufferer before she left th
shores OF uIne' we can imagine such scenes han
penng at Five Points, New York, and AT RedInrd
street, Philadelphia, but that ihtv sbonId aa,
here, we can hardly realize.
For nelrly four years we acted as Secrstarv of
TINS society," and having had sufficient reasop IL, re
sign we did so in November Al a snhsoonas,
meeting they reelected US. AS we earlv learned
obedlence to our parents and practiced il dnrinu
their lives land obedience to Metho list Dsc;nnes
which was no easy thing v hen we were vnnn1
and submission to majorites when thew were nr'
posed to our Peeuniary interest and political views.
Will ~ .n% 1' "a II as hard thing to torego our own
we hope therefore the public bear with us in an
Pearlng before them SO often in behalf of our So.
cety. which has rule against us like the In 90
the MedeS and Persians, that changes not. - -" -
SALLIE P. MASON, sec'y.
I'S'-"e have just heard that the amoun, r..I
aiIa o' so The Festival, clear of all expense. was