The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27
For the Farmer and Mechanic
a rr,end in Time Of Need, IS q
Friend Indeed!
June 18th. 1883.

Il AtpAI1 -
nosition' and beautiful indeed are the
...ou. il teaches those who literally
and sincerely follow is command. Ia
this connection | am led 10 consider
which class OF our poor most deservedly
,nueals 10 our christian and humanlta-
Ran feelings, and hence should receive
the greater part OF our loan.- Two
rl,sses present claims OF almost equal
nerit-oue the aged and homeless-the
other the orphaned and irlendless. Inc
6r.t ~appeals L. US 10 smooth II soOtl
their declining years-the second pleads
for succor. guidance aud protection
from temptatlou and vice until they
reach that stage IN life when they can
care for and protect themselves.
through the lessons taught by Us make
themselye. usetu! and correct members
of society. For the old we provide, III
every county. some kind OF provision
where they can generally find clothes.
food and shelter. Inadequate and (too
often) niggardly as these provisions are.
and NAV be, they serve. at least. the
purpose OF quieting the public conscience
and permit Us to claim (%whether truth
fully or not I'VE always care for our
poor" But it is not my purpose tc
I uISOu~S u pun "a
iect is to write about Our orphans
whose young lives are in our keeping
and must Toe nodded into some shape,
and what that shape shall be we must
decide. No thinking or christian per-
son will disagree with me when | claim
that this is a great responsibility. Cir
cumscribed by this responsibility are
the proper physical, mental and moral
+ro,,iDr tho ,prra1t cultivation ot the
loves-the atfecticns-the dispositions
and the happiness. and prosperity OF our
orphans. and. to a great extent, OF those
with whom they must be connected and
associated with after we nave reared
them to an ace when they should go
forth to battle with the world.
1t cannot be doubted but that asy-
lums for these poor and helpless unfor-
Inmates are the most practical means OF
; rendering them the aid and services
their pitiable conditions in life demand
I, and should receive at the hands of ali
christian people. Asylums for the poor
:. and orphans are as much a necessity in
! every we'll regulated community as are
, anv other organized institutions for the
: betterment OF the human family. but
: how to sustain and conduct such insti.
lIIlOtlS are NuCSUlOllS VI Vital III DoI ain
! to the tax payers and voluntary contri.
butor. in aid of them. Orphan asy'
: lums. like poor houses. should be es.
; tablished and supported by every State
: in part or wholly, for by such action OF
, the part of the State the best interest:
! Of society, and the orphans would b.
. subserved. No well-wisher of society
: will doubt the truthfulness of this pro
> Ia, 20 We ,Narpt Npr ha1vlaC.
J children to grow up without proper care
culture and training, we cannot eNpec
: the result to be otherwise than damag
, inc and dcmoralizing to every sent
! ~ment-every principal and every neces
= sity~ requisite to create and sustain sucl
a society, as it should be the aim o
= every christian people to establish an
:, maintain within the bounds Of thei
: communities.
= In establishing orphan asylums i
- should be the aim and object of thei
:. founders to nave them so conducted am
. managed that the greatest good woul,
be done to the greatest number at tn
- least possible expense. The gatherin,
y of orphans into asylums simply to edu
cate them would be the narrowest con
traction of the uses an asylum coul
=, possibly be put 70, and It's to be hope
- that a broader sphere will be given t
~ all asylums established hereafter il
- North Carolina and elsewhere.
:, A model asylum doubtless exist
u somewhere, but as | have never see,
- one, l am forced to draw literally o
n my own resources, for the features
conceive should be embodied in tn
~ management of all asylums of this char
:, o.tar oilo1 in mort or wholly hvo Gtetx
n Tn. primary object of orphan asy
h iums is to collect all dependent father
d less children together and to care pro
: perly for their sOuls-their persons
20 and their minds in a christian and hu
y; name manner This supervision an
70 care should continue until they reach a
es age when they are old enough to earn
in living, unles. they can sooner be place
.s in suitable homes under careful peOpl
ut and proper people.
)e When such homes can be found fO
es them the regulations governing the asy
q lum ought to compel the manager 0
bit matron to let them 90, for wheneve
one goes a place is left open for som
other unfortunate whose condition mel
i, its consideration which should not b
| set aside or delayed by prejudice or ia
, NolIUlSll VII lllC ldiU VI tliC llldluStI q
III matron. In letting orphans 90 t
y homes to labor or to be adopted. strin
" gent rules and conditions should b
~ made and exacted, but when the cond
d tons have been complied with the al
plicant should be allowed to select sue
y an orphan az suits him or her. and whe
= the orphan has been selected the mau
ager or matron should be made to sig1
- tho narnnit IN IN raSinn Rr tbi. ,,oo,
g the greatest good would unquestionabl
: be done to and for the greatest number
!. Within the asylum the most strinpen
"A rules should be enforced looking to tn
NJ health. the conduct. and the chrIstiaI
al training of the children.
OF course separate buildings shout
be maintained for the boys and girls
In charge of the boys should be a ma
N of tirmness. kindness and capacity. an,
= his control over them should be abso
= lutte. For the youngest boys femal
= teachers might be allowed, but it woul
" be wisdom to employ males only.
=, Over the girls should be placed a wo
" man OF experience and proper svmpath
= Tor the false education of girls is th
:. grossest of crime. With a matron O
this character the public would feel as
sured OF the proper education and train
II ing of the girls. The education. de
:. pertinent. domestic training. converse
! ton, in fact everything pertaining t,
:, and calculated to arouse a correct al
:" probation of the cardinal virtues whicl
. ennoble and make beautiful and sublim,
" the life of woman should be daily drille,
&c and instilled into the minds of every fe
y male orphan old enough to appreciat
= and comprehend their worth and mean
~ ing.