Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-31

esSary to open third School 1n the Ianuiy, and to appropriate the west parlor of the | school-room, an arrangement which decidedly ! inconvenience the family and managers. | The Asylum building is quite too small to | meet the pressing demands for relief con I stantly urged upon the managers, but until an income is secured which equals somewhere nearly the present current expenses add1- l tional accommodations cannot be furnished, \ and the work must be limited to degree that V is a constant source of regret. | Number aided .I55
 Present numper'
 Average. .loO Taken by friends -.-..---.....--- !S
 gone L to pasra se[v1eei School '-- -
 Adopted A6
 The past year has been exceptional as re- gards sickness among the children. After | long period of uninterrupted health, late in ! the summer 50 of the children in this family | had the whooping cough, which, however, passed away without serious results In Feb I ruary after they had well recovered from I this illness, measles appeared and about 70 ! cases occurred This converted the Asylum ! into hospital-school-room parlor, as well as dormitories being filled with beds, which | were all occupied with the flushed faces of the ! feverish little ones. It was also necessary to discharge the seamstress in order to provide room for the extra nurses and convalescents The children boarding at Mrs. Bradley's in Fair Haven, 16 in number many of whom | were too young or too sickly to be received | into the Asylum family, were all ill during | the months of November and December, with 1 l whooping cough and measles combined which 1 made sad work with the little bodies already | weak from disease. Kind careful nursing, 1 and the most devoted medical attendance 1 were bestowed upon these children and most | of them recovered, but 3 out of their number | died Too much cannot be said in praise of | Mrs. Bradley's untiring devotion during this l trying period. For fifteen weeks careful l nursing was required and during five weeks ! of the time it was constant night and day. One death has occurred at the Asylum dur 1 ing the year. Georgie G. Notion, aged years, I died January 2d, 1880, of ofmembranous croup after short illness. ] An infant few weeks old, who was board | ed tsMrs. Cowaps, died last summer of chol- era infantum. SUMMER ENTERTAINMENTS But these clouds have not obscured entirely | the lives of the children. The tedious sum- | mer vacation was made bright by unusual and delightful entertainments, provided for 1 them by the kindness of friends. Special l thanks are due to Captain Frederick Peck for I an excursion on the steamboat Elm City to Columbia Grove, Long Island, an occasion of I unalloyed enjoyment which must always be remembered with pleasure; and also to J. N. Adam and George W. Farnham, for their generous and judicious arrangements on the Centennial Fourth of July, by which the en- 1y3 witnessed New Haven's imposing ceremonies | in honor of her historic day. The mOnotony of asylum life has also been broken by other amusements and the usual yearly festivals. An invitation from MT. c. H. Day for the family to attend Forepaughs | Menagerie was gladly accepted and the exhi- | bition heartily enjoyed. The children were | permitted to remain for more than an hour after the public performance closed and l great care was taken to make them acquaint- ed with the collection of animals and cu- riosities. On Thanksgiving day general dinner was ] provided by Mrs. B. Mitchell and the old l time festival was much enjoyed. l Christmas, as usual, was very happy oc- casion. The children sang carol and recit- ed appropriate selections from the Scriptures. 1 Great praise is due for the admirable manner I in which the boys and girls are instructed in I these exercises. Such teaching requires so
 much patience, and is such really difficult | work that 1t can only be successful when l made labor of love. l Mrs. Robertson supplied their dinner in the l
 bounteous manner which speaks the liberal ! spirit of her sainted father, and most viva 1
 cious and generous Santa Claus dispensed all 1 kinds of toys and pretty boxes filled with candy from an immense stocking great car
 ried on his back, which caused merriment
 and delight among the children. DONATION VISIT Through the efforts of the gentlemen of the solicitation tour," H. H. Bunnell chair
 man. the Donation Visit-our ''annual feast of ingathering' even more of a success
 than usual. The diminished supplies, and the failing purse were most hberally replen- 1 ished, while throngs of interested visitors 1
 passed through the buildings and grounds, | expressing heartiest appreciation of the con- dition of house, family and. schools. Alto gether 1t was a most encouraging testimonial ! tO fha Of md dc of 1 the Institution of the interest felt by the | | public in this branch of benevolent work. few weeks later the gentlemen and their 1
 friends, who collected these gifts, visited the l l Asylum and listened to the school exercises l which were repeated for them. l The four gold medals promised by H. H. | | Bunnell and Rev. T. Harwood Pattison the l l year before, were awarded at this time, and 1 | for the next year, prizes amounting to $50 l were offered by H.H. Bunne1, E. s. Greeley, l Elias Pierpont and N. D. Sperry. to the 24 1 best boys and girls. DEPoRTMENT. The department of children has been com mendable, with the exception of several cases l
 of truancy among the elder boys, caused by the evil influences of unworthy relatives, which is often most disturbing element in 1
 the family. One boy has been sent to the |
 Reform School in consequence. l The ''Roll of Honor" introduced into the | school some months since as a stimulus to | good behavior and supplementing the prize | incentive has been great success. This is |
 system of daily marking both in schools and |
 family, which will furnish an important test l in awarding the offered prizes. This plan also l develops a self-respect in many children | where without this incentive this desirable |
 element of character is apparently lacking. FINANCES. | By reference to the report of the Treasurer | it will be seen that the expenses of the Insti- 1
 tuition have exceeded by $4, 900 all sources of l
 income, and that this amount has been drawn | from the permanent fund.
 Special attention is called to this statement, | because an impression is widely prevalent l
 that the Orphan Asylum is richly endowed |
 which is so far from correct, that, on the con-
 trary, the interest of the fund meets our ex- |
 penses only three months of the year.
 The legacy of Nelson Hotchkiss is generous |
 in amount, but conditional and available, if | ever, only in the distant future.
 SUNDAY SERVICES.
 For a large part of the year the children |
 have been prevented from attending church |
 and Sunday school but morning service has |
 been regularly held at the Asylum under the l
 direction of the Rev. Mir. Whittlesey, assisted |
 by some of the members of the Y. M. c. A. |
 This IS labor of love which has been greatly | l enjoyed by the youthful audience and we |
 trust is approved and blessed by the Divine |
 Teacher. We thank our many friends for their kind |
 remembrance of us at all times, assuring them |
 that their sympathy and assistance in this l
 work are always noted with gratitude.
 We are alway sindebted to the press for the |
 freeuse of their columns, and the Telephone l
 Company have supplied us with an instru- |
 ment which proves very useful.
 We feel that this year, at least, some public 1
 acknowledgement should also be made to |
 those Hpothecaries who have gratuitously | supplied medicines for many years.
 In considering the character of this work 1