St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-30
Home for Destitute Children.
TIE AN\I-AI. KEPOkI.
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To tie COyporators ard Frirm'is Of the
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number now averages fifty. Seventy
one names we've upon our list last wear.
| The corporation then rented Il small
| house il now OWNS Il brick building
and ten acres of land. This building.
which at the time of its purchase. " IT.
considered large. has hccomc entirely
too small to accommodate the incrc;IS-
ing family. and an addition ot 1OXl
feet has been begun. Plans for this adj
ditiom were maturrd in July and ground
broken the til>t day OF August. This
enlargement has been Il source of great
solicitudc to the Board. 1t was felt To
Ice Il necessity. This Home WAS the
only Protestant one in the State. and
it proposed To provide for the destitute
childrcn of the State. None under two
yeats of age were admitted. and still it
was unable Ia meet the dcmImd> upon
it. The claims ot the little ones the.
infants of whom IL large number had
sought admission during the year could
not he longer ignored. The di>advan-
tageS under Wni,h the work WAS car
ricd on were great. Too much praise
can hardlN Ice given to the matrom and
other Christian ladies " ln have worked
81 fIi' hiuilN and >clt-dcnN inglN in the
face of 81 many difficulties.
These considerations. with others.
compelled the Board to take some de
cidrd action in the matter, ami the ad
liinm WIS determined upon. Some
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are now being solicited IN all pIIt> of
the State. John =. Howard. Esq. al
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