The daily gazette., 1880-04-07
The FrIendIess Children.
REPORT OF THE MANAGERS OF THE
a HOME FOR THE PAST YEAR. q

REPORT OF THE MANAGERS OF THE
HOME FOR THE PAST YEAR.
Last evening the annual meeting OF
the subscribers to the Home fol
Friendless Children was held, when
Messrs. Edward Bringhurst, J. T.
Cause, Charles B. Lore and Thomas
McClary were elected Trustees fol
three years. The report of the Board
of Managers for the past year was also
read, as follows: |tt I
The Managers of the Home foi
Friendless and Destitute Children re-
turn their annual tribute of thanks to
friends and contributors, and with il
their seventeenth annual report.
During the year 28 children have
been admitted to the Home. 23 linden.
tured or placed on trial, II returned to
parents or friends and SO remained un.
der our care. Whole number received
into the Home since its organization,
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No death and no epidemic disease
has occurred in the Home since our
last report. The general health Of our
household has been remarkable.
When necessary, we continue to re-
ceive the kind attentions of Drs. Neg
andank and Mckay. I.a
The number of children claced on
trial represents only those who remain
in their places. Others have been re-
turned to the Home because they were
unsatisfactory to their employers, and
others were withdrawn by the commit
tee of admission because their homes
proved unsuitable.
To find persons to whom we can con-
scientiously commit the charge of
these helpless children continues to be
the most difficult part of our work,
hut we are gratified to observe an i'm
provement in this respect, as the num-
Der of those who remain in their
homes until the close of the period of
their indentures and then leave with
good character increases from year to
year.
Many of those who are willing to
take charge of our children are un-
willing to have them indentured, and
experience has shown that these are
frequently those who are best quail
fled to care for them, and the volun-
tary obligation has proved to be as
binding as the legal form.
The school continues under the care
of Miss Morgey, with all the success
and improvement that can be looked
lor under the circumstances. Quietness
and order prevail, with more than for
ty pupils, a majority of them so small
that they could only be admitted to an
'infant school,"
Two of the older pupils, who, from
exceptional circumslanc remained
in the Home until they had outgrown
our means of instruction, were trans
ferred to one of the public schools,
where they have distinguished them
selves for diligence and rapid pro-
gress.
Mrs. Isaac Crouch and her daugh-
ters continue to administer the domes-
tic government of our household, with
the most gratifying success. The chill
dren receive the kindest care and at
tention, while the wholesome discip-
line and good order of the institution
is thoroughly maintained.
To those who give us their aid, a
few examples of the nature of our
work may have some interest.
A few months ago, bright little boy,
about eight years Of age, presented him
self at our door, saying he had "los' his
mother" and asked TO be taken into the
Home. Upon inquiry it was learned
he was the child of tramps or vagrants,
whose only home was the wagon in
which they travelled from place to place.
After the boy had been under our care
a few months, his mother appeared to
claim him but he stoutly refused TO re-
turn to his former way Of life, and has
proved to be very tractable, orderly
boy, who only wanted the opportunity
to learn good habits instead Of growing
up in ignorance and vice, to join the
ranks of the dangerous classes"
A pretty, attractive little girl was re-
Gently brought to the Bone by her
grandmother, an aged, respectable wo-
man. The father had left his family
several years before, and had not siuce
been heard of. The mother had been
dead month, and her only remaining
relative, helpless herself to take charge
of her, was thankful so claim the shelter
and care we could extend to her orphan
child.
But the greater number of entries in
our book of records give sadder histories
than these, and tell of the rescue of
helpless children from the cruelty and
neglect of Incorporate parents, and we
believe the majority Of our inmates To
have been of this class.
While we are conscious of the neces.
sary limitation and imperiections of all
that we can do. our experience year by
year confirms our faith that our work
iulflls part of the divine mission in
! its humble efforts "to seek and to save
that which is lost"
Since our last report we have received
!, beqnest of one thousand dollars from
|. the estate Of Vim. Richards.
He was one of our earliest friends and
subscribers, and thus continues the
kindness we have always received from
, his hands. No further additions to oul
endowment fund have been made dur
ing the year, but our wants have beer
met by the liberality of our friends, tc
which we never applied in vain for the
telp needed.