The Morning herald., 1875-10-18
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MEETING At FOURTH AND WEST sfaEErs
ON sATURDAY-INTnREsTIN OCCASION


MEETING AZ FOURTH AND WEST st.rErs
ON sATURDAT-INTnREsTIN OCCASION
LARGE ATTENDANCE. &-..ii'ff
On Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, the
semi-amuai conference Of Friends First Day
schools, met in the West street house. The
attendance was large, including persons
from Philadelphia, Camden and other cities /.
Joseph M. Truman, and Emma Galley were
the presiding officers. Duringthe morning,
reports Of the, quarterly Unions were read
and accepted. Benjamin Kent, of Chester
county, Pennsylvania; Allen Flitcraft, Of
Philadelphia, Louisa j. Roberts, of Ger
mantown, and many others, addressed the
meeting. The last speaker alluded to the
deaths Of the late Ziba Ferris and Samuel
Woliaston, and spoke fcelingly of the loss
to the meeting. %
Several others made similar remarks, not
only alluding to Ziba Ferris and Samuel
Wollaston, but to many Of the Friends now
deceased. After the readingof reports from
various First Day School Unions, the roll Of
delegates was called, and sixty-two answered
to their names, '' - ,,r'-
A motion of adjournment was made, and
at 1245 all were proceedingto the old school
house, across the street, to partake of q
sumptious collation.. -
- At 2:15 the convention was again in ses-
sion, Joseph M. Truman and Emma Galley
presiding. Amotion of the Executive Com.
mittcc, proposing to hold only one general
meeting instead of two, was read. This
called forth remarks from many of the
Friends present, some being in favor or
semtannual gatherings, and some for yearly
ones, After much discussion, it was de-
cided to have, hereafter, only one confer
ence year, to be held in conjunction with
the General Conference in Philadelphia, and
in the 10th month. --''...-,
The sub b-committce on nliterature appointed
three members to aid In the work of furnish:
ing reading matter for the First Day schools
The committee on premiums, reported
that $500, had been offered for the best
written story ofdomestic life, Illustrating
the manner and customs of the; Friends, and
their modes of worship, capable, of be.
ing understood by children from ten years Of
age up to fifteen: 800, had been offered fbr
the next best; $50, for& the tHiftl, and s25
for the fMrtfr bnbssrk to 81 Sxxyhts nos
Arch street, Philadelphia, before 5th month
18th, "W.- Many Of the delegates objected
to this name Of fStory, saying it world im-
gested that .;'Trreatise'' or Essay &c sub
stituted. -" Reports from various Visiting
VayhrA n ~
irst-Day schools were mostly in afourish,
ing condition. Reports from Bucks, county,
Chester eotnty, and Woodbury., n J:; repl
resepted the schools a. doing swelb .. Emma
Galley read an ,epistle directed to the Balti-
more Association Of Friends, asking whether
they had thdeavored to u..the 7duty.As1
signed them, in teaching the 4ehildfeaa the
commandments, and timprcssing them with
Their Observance The reading caIled fort1l
remarks'from many&present, and I'll lwished
THAT the letter, be published in the I.stsAQss~
Ger. It was recommended that Copies, of
me !Fyinsa and Seaitts,ed Stills, IL b6tiund
and preseEved.o Atl' essAy Aywhssthen road by
Emma, CalaN, w hich WAS dedttsd shouldlbe
day 6sins foasiSdea, IL sls the ssa MesfRs @ ad "a
ionsnsd't to hextlHset at R ace Street Meeting
House hAadelphfn r1n gna c...., ssa7
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-ssA - Il -7G1stt4-+4s ta,.'aT na,.io0 aal
= NEW E, AZ A>NP rsarEseE, !sE,,s SYSTEM NOW on p.
:n!Ai1IGS HGiS II THIS el7z|5t e5 's AsENAHfAARA
4 {n;s7tl, !. ,:;sl, ri s.ea .;as1t| stj ys5rs
The National Fire Alarm Company haya.
now on Exhibition at the Washington En-.
gihcHouse, 81 French street, 7cinpl ccominpplefts t
Apparatus offa lire ALARM te1egfaph,, caonsiyt:9
ing or III bic gong, Three dfe7 aiarn :ytrteE
boxes, and one model bell-striker.s Tic
agents 'cf sthc company have placed ini q
loom Of the engine housea gaHantc batssry.
for the purpose of working the" apparatusg
Each street,be4 isaoanccted by q wire with
the battery, anu also with the engine .AaNse,
gong The street boxes are all numbered, so
that If d fire alarmis given from No.: 56, the'
,gong:will at pnce cate,thn,loeality cfftli0
fire BY striking the nambcr of the boy from,
which, the signal came. There is no posi-
billy or Niss' alarms, as EACH box -fs sf,ir7
piahed- with two keys, abotha Of which ara
numbere9, and both are used in locking and
unlocking the tox; So none but the proper
person could mtddle with lheii.! s&i!;o 5ass
8 MIs Wsbsteg Ghandleepthe Secretary, andj
Mr.. Lewis. H. Mccullough, the. Sqperintep,.
dent ofthe Company, and the inventor St
the Fite'Alarm, of1ef the following pr6post&
tiogs, to the city Of Wilmington: !iss E,
To furnish thirty street, boxes, eight en-
gtne house gohgs, One large bell Striker, fofs
the citynhallr ftfteen miles, No..9 OF gadva-;
nizeq wire, put Up ON thirty foot poles, In,
Guiding switch board, line, tester, &C., all
eret ted and put in complete working order for
the sum ofr&l ,lO0. They further agree ton
$3.50 lerr each street box, SS6bUS per r mile fof'
wire, 'and $500 for each engine feuvS inssfuy
nent.l The boxes. arc 80. arranged, r that,
during a, fire, the fireman can signal to, any,
part Of the city'for' more hose ofr watsrf, III"
dicating swhet he wishes by the 'nuhper' o.