The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-10-11

w. w. Thomas Sidney w. Thaxter Henry st.
John Smith, Eastern Railroad Company, Maine Cen
trail Company, Boston and Maine Company, Port
land Company.
We desire to acknowledge the great value
we attach to the truly disinterested services of
the Ladies Visiting and Advisory Board.
Their specific duties are performed with scru-
pulous fidelity and unfagging zeal, and are
warmly appreciated not only by the patients
but by all the officers connected with the in
stitution.
Our thanks are also due and are herewith
presented to the various parishes circles and
clubs in our city, and to the many friends of
the hospital, not only here but in other parts
of the State, who by donations of money and
merchandise, books, fruit and flowers, and
other very useful and valuable gifts have
largely contributed to the comfort and pleas
ure of the patients,--an enumeration Of which,
with the names of the generous donors. will
be found in the annexed reports of the super
intendent and matron.
We have now entered upon the twelfth an
niversary since the organization of the hospital
was perfected, and ON taking retrospective
view over the intervening years, have we not
reason to be more than satisfied with its steady
development and growth. 1t has successfully
entered upon its true mission, and already
done much for the benefit of suffering humani-
ty. Its sphere of usefulness we believe, will
be constantly enlarging in the future until it
shall become in the widest sense, as its
pioneers and early friends fondly contem-
plated, blouse of mercy for the helpless
and "School of Science" on which the rich
and poor are alike dependent
Before closing our report it is eminently
proper to advert to the great loss the institu-
ton has sustained by the lamented death of
it's early and steadfast friend, Hon. James I.
McCobb. He held the Office of treasurer,
without any pecuniary compensation from the
time of its organization to the day of his
death.
The duties involved in that position, especial
ly during the period of construction, were not
only arduous but were at times attended with
great personal annoyance and discomfort, and
yet he never allowed them to disturb his
habitual tranquility. Always courteous, he
pursued the even tenor of his way with a self
control and equanimity rarely possessed in the
same degree by others, and which will be rec
ognized by all who knew him as signally
characteristic of the man. With many noble
traits of character he possessed a kind and
generous heart, which was fully appreciated
by those who were brought into intimate re-
lations with him and were conversant with his
daily life.
He was a man of positive opinions and
when necessary could forcibly but never
Extensively, express and defend them. In his
extended business relations he was distin-
guished for faithfulness and ability in the per-
Torrance of every duty and trust committed
to his care. He was much respected in this
city and community, and will long be remem-
bered as gentleman of transcendent integrity
and unsullied purity of character, with the
browning excellence of consistent, Christian
life
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
DR.. Charles o. Hunt, resident physician and
superintendent, reported as follows:
have the honor to submit my annual re-
port for the year ending September 80, 1882.
Number of patients in hospital October l,
1881, paying IL; free IA total 26.
Admitted to the hospital from Octobersl,
1881, to September 80, 1889: