Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-15
WANTED.
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
oFTHE SECRETARY OF THE SACRAMENTO
PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM
To ,hs Association, April Is, 49,.

CtINCE THE LAST ANNUAL MEETING OF THIS
= association 50 children have been admitted INTO
the asylum, CT have gone out, many Of them having
homes for them, while others have been sent to
friends and relatives During the early part of the
winter of our number died There re 9S children
now remaining in the institution.
With the exception OF o few eeks, during which
measles and wh0opng cough prevailed to an almost
alarming extent, the health of the children has been
uniformly good.
At the opening of the school year, July 9th, 100
pupils were enrolled average daily attendance
during the past eight months, 81; present number
enrolled, 81. The scheol comprises the same num-
Der Of grades as formerly. In the fifth grade there
are pupils: in the sixth grade II, and in the sew
Ell grade, II. TIE remainder are in the eighth
grade. Nearly al will lie ready for promotion at
the close of the term. The school is still under the
management and control of the City Board OF Edu-
cation, with Mrs. NJ E. Mumford as teacher.
Our receipts for the year have been Sl1, 240 Of,
divided as follows: State aid, S646S 90; rent of
school house. S99 contributions, 81 1851 so annual
subscriptions s7S monthly subscriptions 81, i30 IS ;
donations, 81 ,3i2 ".
To the State its officers and managers we most
respectfully tender sincere thanks for the So 900
appropriation, earnestly hoping for continuance of
their helpful generosity also to subscribers for
the promptness and courtesy with which they have
paid their subscriptions.
We heartily appreciate the kindness and benevo-
lence which prompted the following, and which is
included in the sum total of donations received
FIR the estate Of eruard O'Neill, 1895 95 Shroer
Brothers, discount bill, 81 80; Fourth of July
burlesduers S33 VIM. Naughton, 50 VIM New
aid of san Francisco, SIS; o. p. Gooihue, discount
on bill, Sc 80; Mrs. E. Il. Croker, 500; Mrs J.
Sloat Fassett, $780, Capital Turf Club SG2 10 Mr
earle, So F. Hebron, discount on bill, SIS; J.
Eitel 81 so; J. Frank Clark, discount on bills s2
Turner masquerade (chain gaug), S12 80. We are
also indebted to many Of our citizens for donations
of half worn clothing fruits, vegetables and sundry
articles that add to the comfort ard happiness Of
many a little waif We tie der our thanks also To
81 fas+.r halI.
ments for their kind remembrance OF the little ones
by sending them fruits cakes and dantes OF various
kinds
AS on many former occasions, we are under spe.
cial Obligations to C. NJ. Pr0dger, the orphan='
friend, for his untiTiug efforts in behalf VI the
orphans at the Christmas tree festival
We acknowledge Indebtedness 10 DR.. W. W
Light, dentist, ana DR.. II. j. CooksIey, ocust, fcr
gratuitous services.
Our Matron, with the help Of her assistants,
faithfully discharges the duti Of her very
responsible position grasping every opportunity FOR
improving the mental, Ia raj and physical organiza-
tons of the children, by storing their minus with
principles OF truth and right, and giving them
abundance OF needful healthy exercise for the de
velopment of their physical frames
There has been but little done in the way OF i'm
proveuients to the buildings except the necessary
repairs. One and half bl cs of sidewalk has been
put down, the lumber having been donated by Mrs
b. Croker and the work performed by the chain
gang. Low portions Of the block have been filed
along the front within the Enclosure.
The Asylum is situated on street, between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth, and is open to visitors
on all days except Saturdays and Sundays, from 10
A NJ. TO 4 P N. Encourage us in our work by an
occasional visit to this home, which gives protection
and support to so many of the orphaned and aban-
doned children found in our towns and cities God
has given this work to do and we ask your infiu-
ence, time and money out OF the abundance that
God has given you, to aid in carrying it Oh
During tire year which now closes we have been
forcby reminded OF the shortness of time the GER
tainty Of death, and the Importance OF working
while it is yet day Not a month from the date of
our last meeting, Rev. S. B. Gregory, who presided
at the meeting, was summoned away at Deaths call.
In July called upon to grieye over the sud
den removal by death OF worthy Treasurer, Mrs
S. Jelly. We shall ever feel grateful that one SO
true, faithful and earnest in the cause of the
orphan was SO long connected with our Board.
Later, an eX-member vas also called from this TO
higher life Should not these events incie US to do
with our might whatsoever our hands find to do !;
SC for the night cometh whel no mau can work
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. W. II. HOBBY
Secretary Protestant Orphan Asylum.