New-York tribune., 1880-01-18


previously arranged that provisions should be
served in the car at suitable hating-places on the
route. Their destination reached, homes were
found for all of the boys with little delay The pro-
gramme was simple and effective one
RECEPTION KANSAS.
1t had already been aSceraincd that farmers ana
other citizens OF Fort Scott and vicinity were de-
srous of taking into their families number oi
bows from New-York. A committee of prominent
citizens Lad been appointed to make arrangements
for their reception and look after their interests
in the future and it had been announced by tins
local committee that on given day the party Oh
BOYS would arrive. On that day many citizens OF
Fort Scott and farmers from the adjoining country
were ready 10 select the boys they wished Inc To-
cal committee were ready to women ior the cnaIac-
ter of the applicants, ana Mr.. Brace was pre-
pared to furnish TESTIMONIALS III regard 10 lhe IN
dus ~ and general good characterO OF eacn po3 me
bovs were told to write to the agent at New-lork,
and envelopes directed and stamped. were lett Win
them for that purpose They were also told whenever
in trouble or if dissatisfied th their homes, to go
TO the members of the local committee, who would
continue to feel an interest in them and to consider
themselves responsible for their welfare
MIR. Brace brought back the address of each mem
Der of his party, which was entered in book, to-
gether with outline of his previous history IN
tnre events in his life to be added as they should
come to the knowledge Of the society
GRATIFYING REPORTS.
In a short time letters from the boys and their
new guardians began to arrive and nearly all were
Of the most satisfactory character. member of
the local committee wrote: "The boys You brought
here are nearly all pleased with their new homes"
A lady of Fort Scott wrote: THE boys You brought
to Fort Scott such as yOu NAV well be proud oil;
and il is astonishing to the great interest that
has been manifested in them by the leading men OF
Fort Scott. 1t has frequently been said that they
are nice, well-behaved boys One thing is sure
There is plenty of room in this Western province
for all that may come and we think it great bless
ing that they have an opportunity OF coming where,
in a few years, they may each secure pelsanl
home Another lady wrote: We are very mucn
pleased with the little homeless boy we have taken
to raise, aud pray God to give us patience 10 bear
with his faults as do with onr own chlldren's'
A gentleman wrote: 1--WE are all well pleased with
the boy. There are only three III our family, ana
he is the fourth. will be kind TO him ana treat
him as | would wish Others TO treat NINE. L VIII
be rs good to him as l am to my own"
Another wrote: - can truly say we are
est truthful, pleasant and agreeable ready and
willing 10 be taught. respectful and polite to hs
new sisters, and kind and. obliging about the
house, Another wrote: " am happy 10 say that
the little charge placed in care feels perfectly
cOntented and happy with us. lie is chlid 10 WIN
the love of others. and it is pleasant TO hear nm
chime in and sing sacred songs When our daughter
PLAYS on the organ" -,
The accounts received from Fort Scott and the
letters from many Of the boys convinced Mr.: Reid
if there had been room for doubt preyiously-tnat
he had chosen wisely in the disp sitOn of portion
of the fund placed at his disposal Every letter
received for time from employer or emploNed was
full of qualification IN the present ana hope for the
future A brief sketch of each of the boys had been
published in The TRIBUNE N the time the party
n arcd and an account Of their safe arrival, with
extracts from many of the letters received, was
published few weeks later These puDnc"tIohS
attracted much attention and IN the latter DAYS Oi
Lent geullcm9n placed a sum of money III inc
hands of Air Reid as an Easter offering from him
self and wife TO be expended in the same way. Ihe
former fund was not exhausted IN sending oni thg
expedition of March, and small contributions had
been received from Others
THE SECOND PARTY.
On April % a second party of thirty-cight desti-
tute boys and a family consisting of seven persons
were sent to Parsons Kansas under the care OF James
p. Brace who had accompanied the formerparty. The
same care was exercised in selecting the boys as in
the former case. They were somewhat younger, but
most of them seemed unusually mature In judg-
ment and fully aware of the importance Of the
change about to be made in their lives smaller
proportion than of the former party bad expert
enced extreme poverty for any considerable period;
some came 10 the Office of the society IN comfort
able and respectable clothing. provided by haTd-
working father mother. and few were accom-
panied TO the office by relatives ana trends. Iach
one WIS talked with, apart from the Others ana the
stories they told were histories oi prYal0n ana tOl
Most of the number had struggle bard TO support
themselves by honest labor, and some had assisted
i'm their small way in the support Of widowed
mothers and younger brothers and sisters; there
vyero none of the iuvcnile criminal class. nor auy
whose antccedeuts gave cause iOr fear that they
would swell The criminal population OF the Staie 10
Which they going; there were no vagrantS no
beggars no embryo 'ramps. want to get out oi
the streets and mako man OF m{Seii, said one
oftLe ltc fellows and many Of the Others expiesScd
the same desire.
Kansas; the same arrangements Tor their reception
| bad been made as for the former party al ,f0ri
Scott and homes were found for all with little de-
Law Accounts received by the society from the 10
| cal committee and the employers OF the boys as
| well as from the boys Themselves were mghly Ia
vorabe for the most part. EXTRACTS II"in many oi
| these letters were published in The Tribune III
| Nav last; they were Of interest so far as they
| showed the first impressions OF the poor waits oi
the city in the free, open country. ana surrounded
! for the first time IN many cases-Wlh abundance.
| One boy, q bOOtblack, who had often known what
it was to be hungry, wrote: Tell all the boys lhat
| Kansas is a nice place to come ~. where you wont
| be starving TO death as you VIII be m New-lOfk
somem Backing boots isn't 50 good ~ IL ls out
| here. where YOU can get plenty 10 eat ana drink
| aud have "A good home, and won't be starving 10
| death" All the boys, without exception, spoke o.
happiuess IN their changed lives, and OF gratitude
| to Mr. Reid and the Children's AID Society.
THE THIRD PARTY.
The fund was not vet exhausted. and on May 20
party. consisting Of thirteen boys and one little
girl, was sent to Hamburg. Iowa. in charge Of
Mr.. +. Trott, an agent Of the Children's Aid So
| ciety These boys were of about the some general
character as those who had constituted the previous
marty; but one little laxen-haired, blue-eyed lad
seemed particularly winning as, indeed. he proved
TO be after his arriya! in Iowa, where there were
many who desired to adopt him. All found homes
with which they expressed themselves pleased III
the letters that were written dictated by them
| soon after their arrival. Extracts from many OF
| these letters were published in The TRIBUNE III
| June last.
After the novelty Of the situation has worn of
! little with the boys sent out by the Chlldrens Aid
Society 1t is not usual for them to indulge in CORE
! spondence much more frequently than ordinary
| young farmers boys and after the first few letters
! have been written they generally settle down 10
4 work, and only write when there is something spe
| cial to communicates The local committee Occa-
sionally changes boy from "a home in which he is