The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-07-05
New England Kurn Hattin Hcmes.

nsed 10 he said Il WAS Supported by
private generosity y bui unw. IL or
Der 10 accomplish Ia fun mission. il
must have 4 larger clieulagv.
They provide Christian farm home
and common school education, Tor or
phhncl, homeless. and worse than
Homeless, hoys
The management believes there is no
better placc b. bring up boys than on
a farm. for / does not unfit them fcr
any profession IN life. but rather, l.
} the foundation ot robust physical
health thai Is necessary for the best
success in any line ot business.
The property consists of The Admin.
lstration buildings IT Westminster,
Vermont, with fine farm Of ita acrcs,
sholterlng u boys and The Warner
Memorial buildings At Saxions River,
| ", with 80 acres aud 10 boys.
The homes are unsectaran, but in.
struction is given ia the Bible, and in
practical Christianity. The boys a..
tend Church and Sunday School rogu.
arly, everyone, adults included, unit.
ng in the services IT the one church
in Westminster.
The children are taught 10 work in
! the house and on the farm, aud are
trained IN the old fashioned virtues Of
honesty. Every boy has some daily
duty, from one that has entire charge
of making the bread (nearly 100 loaycs
weekly, 10 the little fellows that pick
up the litter IN the yard aud around
the buildings, before they are allowed
TO play The boys clear the tables,
wash the dishes, pare the vegetables,
wash aud iron the clothes, and sweep,
and ON certain days, scrub the rooms,
halls and stairs, and everything il
done systematically, even 10 the teod'
ing of eats and dogs. Work and play
are SO combined, that boys shall not be
oyerdone with either. Only one adult
is hired in each department, which
necessitatos much help given by the
boys and materially reduces the run
| ing expense.
Promising New England boys be-
| tween the ages of seven and fourteen
can obtain admission 10 the Homes, pro-
yided there is room and their appllca-
ton Is satisfactory TO the advisory
board, with the condition that they be
surrendered TO the care of the Homes
until they are eighteen years Of age.
The Homes are supported: First, by
subscriptions and voluntary contrlbu-
tons Of money. clothing and general
supplies. Second, by small sums paid
by the relatives or guardians of some
of the children toward their expense.
Third, by the products of the farm.
Fourth, by the interest from small
permanent fund.
The. Homes raise, toward their own
support, all the necessary milk, butter,
eggs, poultry, potatoes, corn and other
vegetables, also several months supply
Of beef and pork during the Winter.
The surplus products Of the farm, IN
1906, sold for over one thousand
dollars.
A new building is about TO be added
10 the plant at Westminster, the pres.
ent school-room being in the attic OF
the main building and has poor light
and ventilation. The new building
complete, will cost about $4,000, and
nearly ss, 900, including her own gen
erous contribution Of s., 600, has already
been collected by AN Interested YER
mont lady. All the donors are Yer
monters, and il is proposed TO give the
building distinctively Vermont name.
An Improvement that is much needed
is hospital annex. The only room
that can now be used in case OF sick
ness, adjoins the dormitory, Is gen.
eral thoroughfare, and never has ray
Of sunshine enter il. II is proposed TO
enlarge the ell at the west end OF the
main building, with such an arrange
ment Of rooms that the patients can DO
completely isolated from the rest OF
the boys in ease Of an epidemic. Only
about 5000 more than has already been
collected are needed for this project.
There Is also needed new kitchen,
10 be included IN an ell al the east end
Of the house. The present kitchen IL
marrow and unbearably hot in Sum
mer, having no means OF thorough
ventilation. The required addition
would be carried two stories, giving
extra rooms which are much needed,
aud would cost $500.
Perhaps we had better continue IN
the words of the superintendent,
Charles Il. Bishops ''ln all we can,
we live up 10 our ideal OF giving tbc
children u home, something they can
look back upon with happy memorials.
We have a boy 0f our own, fourteen
years Of age, aud we end ourselves
constantly giving our treatment of the
other boys by considering what we
would do for our own boy, and u IN
wolves good deal when multiplied
fony-segen times"
"Of the forty boys IN the
Homes, twenty.seyen are from Yer
mont and New Hampshire, and for
only five Of these do We receive any r.
nAncial support. Of these twenty-sey'
sn boys, eight have lost their father,
six their mother and one does not know
VI any living parents. La four eases
the father has run away, leaving the
burden with the motheri and Ia Two
others the mother il dead and the fath'
Or has disappeared.
There IL room, IN every way, for
much larger work at kurn Hattin,
when means are provided, NJ We hays
b. refuse lhEee.fourths of tho requests
Tor admission,
"Thero was never better time ~