The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-04
ST. vINcENr's ORPHAN ASYLUM.


IAsiSCS Aou sAo bopOtS VI Iuo SOmm
sic3ers Of Prblis In-itutions.
This we'll known Institution We found do
ing good wo.k; nea,lv Sky orphans OF
bO,h se.es beiog I,ie.enl to tes,iiy bv thejr
per onal Appearance 10 lie scccrSs o, The
asvlum. Tie asylum is a brick buiiding,
si,na:ed on the souih side OF Kickapoo
s,reei, WEI OF F.nh, in the poI,h part OF
Leavenwor.h. IL has icen doing excellent
service since LIS iOuncI' ion, under The man
a;emen, OF the SIS eIs OF cJa.i.y. The or
phans receiving shelter aie Irom all pa. is
o. iae Sia,e tie onIy reyes OF t;rcSe sell
sac., .,hci'g si-ier, being riIai wal, OF rooai
compeis ,hem occasionally 40 Ieirse shel'er
20 tie uJ,oriJaa,e wall, oi socie,v. Tie
$500 icceived I,om The safe has been
well j..vesicd III lois a1d building, while
private sujscrip.;oa has saasisicd Tie A>y-
luM. F,om iIe records we have comp led
birei hi,.o,v OF 81. Vioceni's o, p;an
Asvirm .om is commencement.
81. Njncer,'s O.paan A.ylu,a was cs,ab-
li-hed by Righs Few. j. L. Miege, and by
him placed psder the di. cc;ion Of t5e Sis
,e OF Caa.hy OF Lea,enwor,h.
Almost inmedia ely alter locating in
LeaIeDworih, the Si,.e,s Of Charity wee
obliged 10 receive orphan girls in;o 81.
Mary's Female Academy, a. there was at
tiat lime 10 provision made for those dcs-
ti,ute LILLE one-. OsPaan- n-bovs were CT e,l
Tor at ST. Johns Hospital. in few yea 5
the number had so increased az to cenol-
s;,a e the necessi y OF an O,Phanase. THIS
led 10 "fair." which WIS go. zen up 3y t.le
ladies, at the ieques,, and under tie aps-
piccs of Right Eev. j. l.. Miege, Bishop OF
leaye..wor n.
After lie fair, and during he erection Of
The AsvirD, several gentlemen OF the ca
tbcdrat corr, e;ation formed an a. oc: a, ion
called the st Viccent's Orphan Socie, '" )"
ioi Tie support OF the orpaaL,. Tie society
consisted OF officers and monthly subscri-
bers. Ii was soon dissolved, and there re-
mains OF it only those OF tie congrega; ion
who still continue 10 contribute their sub
scrip.ion fee Of TWENTY-FIVE cents per mon "a.
The Asylum was o,gsnized January 1st,
1867. The lots ON w;,ic,, The building
sands were purchased win The proceeds OF
the iair al,eady alluded 10, held by the la
dies OF Leavenwo.i .ih during the winier OF
the same yea. The remainder Of the funds
was isvestct in iae bpildia3. The sisters
in caa,ge have rendered aual reports 10
the bishop and board OF tus,ees 0. MouJt
81. Mays Female Academy.
The Asylum is located on lois twenty
four, twenty-five and twenty-six, in block
sixty -fOur, in Leayenwor,a propeI, on he
south side OF kickapoO s,.ee., be,ween Eiil.l
and Sikh s,ree,s. The ground and bull
ding cost eight thousand dollars.
The Asylum il now about seven huadred
and seventy-fve dollars in debt.
The object Of shis institution il to take
care Of emile orphans, half orphans, and
abandoned children OF boih sexes All the
orphans are clothed, fed and educated by
the sis.ers, until they are old enough to do
something for their own support, at which
lime suitable situations aIe proc6-ed Tor
them by ihe sisters:
Several boys and girls have been adopted
by respectable families. From the founda-
October, lS74,) one hundred and eight bows
and one hundred and twenty-seven girls,
have been received and cared for in the in
stitution. OF this number, five boys and
four girls have died this slight mortality
speaking volumes for the care received by
the inmates.
Twenty-Five boys and twenty-seyen girls
are now inmates Of the Asylum, this being
about the average number per year. The
age of the children varies from one to twelve
years.
The orphans capable OF receiving instruc-
ton, are taught daily by the sisters in the
practical branches Of English scholarship.
Several Of the children raised in the Asylum
have learned trades and during their ap-
prenticeship were boarded and clothed BY
the sisteSs. Heretofore no mechanical trades