Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-26
New Haven Orphan Asylum.

The Annual Meeting-The Affairs of the
 Institution - The Retirement of Mrs. 1
 Foster-Her Long and Valuable Ser- l
 vices.
 The annual meeting of the New Haven ! Orphan Asylum was held yesterday afternoon in the lecture room of the North church. ! The me1agers' report is as follows
 The forty ninth report of the board of managers of the New Haven Orphan Asylum for the year ending May 25, 1882, has few changes or items of especial interest to re- cord, as in all essential points the daily life of the family corresponds with that of former years.
 Much has been accomplished; more re- mains to be done. There are some greatly needed changes in the laundry, kitchen and bathing accommodations that call for expen- ditures which we are unable to make until larger means are at our disposal. We are ordered by the board of public works to lay a concrete walk on Elm street from Platt to Beers streets and to grade and curb an equal number of feet on Martin street, while hydrant on Beers street is an addition to | water supply that we are obliged to make i'm mediatey.
 NUMBER OF CHILDREN.
 Aided during the year. 165 Present number under asylum care...........125 125 Removed for service. 20 Returned to friends IS Sent Home for Imbeciles. es..................... l Ne" ao1nlsslohs' oo SCHOOLS. The three house schools, under the super vision of the Board of Education number sixty two boys and forty three girls. The pupils have made satisfactory progress in l their studies, and much credit is due to the teachers, whose faithfulness ends not with school hours, but follows the children as they | go out to other homes.
 | The nursery numbers fourteen little ones, l ranging in age from two and half to five years
 SUNDAY SERVICES. Services are held every Sabbath morning at 1 half past 9 o'clock, in the large school room 1 at the asylum; conducted by Mir. Clarence 1 Willis whose devotion to the work here has 1 gained for him the gratitude of the mana ! gers, who witness with pleasure the growing | interest in these exercises. In the afternoon 1 the children attend services at the North 1 church.
 1 ENTERTAINMENTS. Many and varied pleasures have been pro- l vided through the thoughtful kindness of 1 friends to relieve the monotony of the fami l ly life. Prominent among them stands do- nation day with it's pleasurable excitement. The trip of the steamer Elm City to Go l lumbia Grove, by invitation of Captain Rich l ara Heck, WnOSe name IS SfaG0IuIly cnerlSned l in each childish heart to whom this was the
 only excursion of the kind the long and l weary summer b. ought.
 Thanksgiving day with it's bountiful din
 ner, provided largely through the generosity
 of Mrs E. A Mitchell, and Christmas with it's tree, that delight of all childhood, and it's
 feast of good things, the larger portion of
 the same being furnished by Mrs. J. B. Rob ertson.
 We are also greatly indebted to Judge
 York the gentlemen of the soliciting com,
 mittee; the young ladies who labor so untir- ingly in the singing schools; the press and the apothecaries.
 Throughout the year the impending resig-
 nation of office by president, Miss Eos
 ter, made necessary by failing health, has
 weighed upon us with sorrow. As we recall
 her surrender of sele to the needs of the in-
 stitution, and the burden of responsibility
 she has borne so wisely and cheerfully these
 many years our instinctive utterance is, who
 will be able and willing to assume like re- sponsibility.
 In the death of MT. Atwater Treat the
 asylum looses one of it's oldest friends and
 trustees.
 In closing, it is meet that we acknowledge
 the kindness of him who has kept from us all
 severe illness, so that for nearly three years the shadow of death has not fallen upon the | household; and that we express our sincere i gratitude to all who have In any way aided In
 this work In behalf of the managers, MRs. EDWIN F. MERs1oK.
 The treasurer's report, Susan J. Ives treasurer. shows expenses for the past year of $13, ,62S 56, all but llvale over $2,4OO of
 which was for the family expenses. The re- ceipts for the year were:
 Cash on hand May 15, 1S8l. l......-....... $265 31 Subscriptions and donations .......... 792 95 Donation visit. ....................... 5,582 04 Legacy, Mrs. M A. Hotchkiss. ........... 94 % 1 Legacy Mrs Elizabeth M Davies 300 co Board of children and teach CTS at asylum 1945 U7 | Town approp iation on.................... 500 GO l trustee ............., 1928 % l Amount from G. w. Curtie trustee ..... 2,147 O9 I S14 I49 46 The statement of funds belonging to the l New Haven Orphan Asylum, May 15, 1882, is ! as follows:
 1 Sheffield fund.- 66 shares New Haven and = l Northa ampton Co.,. S6,6OU UU Salisbury fund. 7,UOO UU
 Nelson 4. Hotchkiss fund. .............. 5000 OC l General fund. Z4'o4' ou 1 s42,917 5C
 The following officers were elected for the
 ensuing year: