Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-01

The annual meeting of the New Haven rphan asylum was held at United church hapsl yesterday afternoon.
 The following was the managers report or the year ending May 15:
 The managers of the New Haven orphan | lsy1um present the sixty first annual re- port. The statistics are as follows: Number of children aided during the year.. 200 | q AAveraGe sumDor. ....."................... lSo SeM aomnslons. ........................... ol ol oi ctsoeo 2. ss,v Sent to the Burnhsm Industrial farm ...... Il Psss:ns nuHber ID 1 under asylum care 1ss
 Of the children aided twsnty-two were infants in the Nina Lynette nursery. Nine of these have been returned to friends and three promoted, at two years old, to the house nursery, leaving ten as the present number. During the three years since the nursery was opened we have cared for forty-two infants.
 The children have been blessed with health almost without interruption. We have had some whoeping cough and nursery. No death has occurred, and there has been no case of severe illness. We consider this remarkable record for our 200 children, with more than score of babies under two years old.
 The schools have been entirely satisfae- tory, being fully up to the standard of former years. Miss Woodward still pa tiently and gently guides the little ones in No. 1. Miss Hiokox of No. 9 left at the close of the summer term, after a faithful service of more than eighteen years. The place has been filled by Miss Adela L. Pin ney, very earnest and successful teach or. Miss Isbsll remains in No. 8, and the cheerful facss of her pupils and their evil dent enjoyment of their work, testify to her success. The schools are all very at tractive to those who can find tins to visit them. In the summer vacation we were fortunate in again securing Miss Bslcher, who came to us as care-taker for the fifth season. Those who lind it difficult to pro- vide amusement and employment for one or two children in the long vacation will appre eolate the ekill required in the care of over hundred, confined to one small play ground. Miss Belcher has succeeded ad- mirably in the difficult task of controlling the children, while winning thsir love and promoting their happiness.
 The children have attended the morning service and Sunday school of the United church and are always attentive and inter ested. Through the kindness of friend and can join in singing and reading with the congregation. The Sunday school teachers have done much, perhaps naore than they are aware, to win and influence the children by their faithful labors on Sunday and their kindness and sympathy at all times. The Sunday afternoons in- struction at the asylum is made very inter-
 esting te the children, and the golden op-
 portunity is faithfully improved by the
 friend who teaches them.
 On Good Friday the children attended
 the children's missionary meeting at the
 Center church. On Easter day they joined
 in the Sunday school service at the United
 church and in the afternoon attended, by
 invitation, the service at St. Pauls.
 Donation day, October 26 WAS 6 delight,
 full day at the asylum, unusually so. 1t
 seemed to the managers, but Donation day
 is always delightful. A large number of
 viaitors were present and we welcomed
 most gladly the committee who had given
 the day to our service. The exercises in
 tbe schoel rooms were very interesting sud
 were highly commended by the supsrin.
 tendent of schools, the Donation day com
 mittee and the throngs of visitors. It was gala day to the children and a very sat isfactory one to the managers, the large donations being more than they dared to hope.
 November brought Manufacturing day, with the Thanksgiving dinner, unlike, in. deed, the cheerful gathering of parents snd children around the family table, but, happily, the children do not know what ia lacking. The simple dinner, somewhat
 better :han usual, was to them feast.
 The Christmas dinner, given with GUS. l tomary kindness by Mrs. J. B. Robertson was joy enough for Christmas day. The Christmas festival came day or two ! later. The tree was a beautiful one and could not have desired more delighted l audiencs. The children who are in Sun day school attended the Christmas festival | of the United church, and shared in the gifts which were distributed.
 In July the children spent day at High l Rock grove with the Sunday school of the | United church, day in the woods, Q day
 of unbounded delight to these children, | some of whom have never seen anything | outside the city. During the year other friends have given them occasionally 8 glimpse of the world. Everything beyond the asylum wslls is a wonder and delight | to them-the city streets, pretty house | hold interior, a garden, the woods, the "oL0A-Gll IS WOAu6Elul tO bnEn. CQllu-
 hood is feeting, and
 'snothing can bring back the hour
 or splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower. " We are deeply grateful for evssy invita, tion which briGhtens the lives of these children, deprived of 30 much which Is a l child's birthright.
 In June our esteemed matron, Mrs. Kingsley, completed her twenty fifth year of service in the asylum. Many congratu- lations were extended to her, and many more to the institution which for so many years has epj oyed her wies and gentle rule. May it be long before she lays down her task.
 We have been sheered by pleasant re- ports from some of our grown-up children. Occasionally marriage announcement, or even the photograph of one of cur grand children adds variety to our msetipgs. The children at ssrvics arc most of them doing well, and find kind care and instruction in their homes. Oar visitor has made sixty four visits, and we know the surroundings
 of every child. From the many letters we
 give few extracts:
 little girl who has just left the aeylum writes:
 Hike my place very much. Mrs. T. Is
 very kind to me. We have nineteen hens, every one of them Is white, all but three.
 Tell the children do not forget any of
 them. Give my love to all the ladies.
 Mrs. T. says by the time am fourteen she
 will have me 20 that can cock. She let me mako some butter"
 Another little girl writes
 'I like it very much here, and am trying to overcome my faults. Mrs. R. thinks am doing better these last four weeks, and am going to try and be good girl. have a nsw dress and little wrap per and @ summer hat. I go out in the morning and afternoon with the baby when 1t is pleasant
 One of the larger boys wrltee:
 "I don't suppose can write anything about farming that will interest you. Win ter is the time to chop the wood, and there Is good deal of fun in it if it is not too cold. l have been in the woods for 8 week and have chopped quite little wood. We have good place to skate. We flood the meadows and have a good time exercising after the work is dons. I suppose If went to the asylum would not know one facs there, there is good many new ones come and the old ones gone out into the world to work for themselves. suppose you have letters from some of the boys that were there when was there. should like to see some of them and also some of their letters."
 These four extracts are enough to show something of the life of the children and their loving remembrance of their asy- lum home.
 The death of Mrs. Arthur D. Osborne. which occurs in December, removes valued and efficient memher from fba