The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-27

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 The children have been taught on Sunday as usual. They have attended the morning service and Sunday school of the United church and have had l their pleasant service at the asylum in the afternoon. They were invited to the Sunday school anniversary at St, Paurs church on Easter day, but were in quarantine at the time on account of diphtheria.
 The holidays have been made as bright and joyful as possible. The Thanksgiving dinner made the day a festival, and the Christmas dinner, for which Mrs. Robertson again gave the turkeys, was sufficient pleasure for Christmas day. The Christmas tree a few days later was a beautiful one, with gifts for all. The children attend ed the Christmas festival of the United church, and shared in the pleasure and the gifts.
 Donation day, October 27, was bright and beautiful and brought throng of friends to the asylum. The donation day committee brought us a large gift of money and valuable supplies. We appreciated fully the result of their labor in our behalf, and we thanked them most cordially for the pleasure of their presence. and for their kind and cheering words to the children.
 The children have had pleasant out ings during the year, for which we thanked the givers. A friend sojourn- ing abroad repeated her gift to be used for the children's pleasure, and other friends have given them rides and en- tertainments. In September they went with the United church Sunday school on their annual picnic. A visit to the food exhibit gave them great pleas ure.
 The children in country homes have been watched over carefully our visi- tor having made sixty-one visits We give several extracts from the chill dren's letters. One young girl writes:
 T did not miss day in school last term, and received the prize for per feet lessons. I wonder if the children's gardens at the asylum are all in bloom and if they give you bouquet, and the boys give you vegetables as they used to when was there. It was all we had to show how we loved you. try to be good girl and do what you would have me-
 A boy writes: T had a book Christi mas from my former Sunday school teacher in New Haven. It is @ good book entitled Tom Browns school days. I had a dollar bill and from Trinity Sunday school I got fine bulls-eye lantern. I had plenty of candy with all''
 A girl writes: "We had a Sunday l hriS trao o
 The rector gave the Sunday school scholars an Easter lily bulb, each one is trying to see which one can have the best flowers; mine is growing nice- ly. Happy New Year to all the asy- lum girls and boys"
 Another girl writes:
 T send you some story papers to give to the children. I saved the money to do it for my little Lenten work. I send letter to them" In this letter she writes: Some of you older children will remember me. I send you little Easter offering. I have been here three years, and have very nice home l too. T. lives a mile south of us, } and we have good times together. We have mission Sunday school in the school house, the rector from the Epis- , copal church in W. organized it. We have a little organ on which I play for the school every Sunday afternoon. The church I go to looks like St. PauPs ) | only 8 great deal smaller"
 A boy writes: "I have good home. We are making ready for getting our ] crop of ice; it is 10 inches thick ) have lots of nice skating and sliding. | lav 1oiI ef fI a floor in the barn which was worn out. ) Hope all the asylum folks are well , and had merry Christmas" X Another girl writes T have one of
 the best homes that any of the orphan 2 children ever had. I have done lots ot sewing this winter We girls hang May baskets all this month. I expect U to hang one tomorrow night. My
 sister at the asylum made me a req
 pretty handkerchief, every one admires
 the sewing. They think my sisters
 must be lovely girls. I know I think SC Q too. Does my little sister read very o long verses from the Bible al = Sunday afternoon service? 0 cannot tell you how much
 enjoyed that service when visited thu = asylum As I sat there and heard thu Il children read and sing, it seemed a s though I never had been away"
 We have also pleasant reports iron U some of our grown-up children, Wht r. are no longer under our care. One O {, our boys was placed in a country home IL He was fond of study, and, with tn
 help of friends graduated at Yale 5 studied medicine and last year receivet Il the degree of M. D.
 A pleasant incident at the Christina u festival was the presence of thre t brothers who were inmates of the asy lum more than twenty-five years ago We placed them in country homes the. 5 grew up well and are now in business
 in neighboring city. They greatl. U enjoyed their visit to their old home and the children were much interested
 to see some grown-up asylum boys. = A former inmate of the asylum write IL from western state: T wonder if yoI S remember me. My husband died il
 March and I am left to provide for my Il self and my dear child. Now will tel X you what would like to do. I want t u go back to the asylum and keep m l. child with me. I wish you had som = position that I could fill You remem T. Der used to teach, but my little one