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I directed attention to the place where the head joins the thorax. “He’s got a collar on,” shouted one. “What is that for?” “To cover the seam nicely, and keep it from harm,” answered another, before I had time to speak, “and it’s made mighty pretty, too,” he continued, admiringly. “I should like to know what this means?” exclaimed another, who had extended his investigations, and now held up to the astonished gazers the under wings, spread out as they had never before seen them. I wish, dear reader, you could have been with us that day, to have felt with me the delight of those people, who for almost the first time were using their eyes as I think God intended they should be used——to give light to the understanding. “Just like a thin lady’s gray veil,” suggested a little girl, as soon as she found a chance to speak, whereupon a quizzical laugh arose, until she explained that the veil was thin, and not the lady.

The African boy at the very next lesson held out his hand for a “specimen,” and throughout the term was as much interested as the others, striving with all his might to announce his discoveries in correct English. The grasshopper became popular. We studied him for more than two weeks and then felt we were only beginning his acquaintance. The students spent their leisure in watching grasshoppers eat, in studying their habits and in finding out their uses. The lessons went on with an eagerness that made the “grasshopper teacher” fear that something must be wrong, for it seemed against all law and order that teacher and taught should have such an uninterruptedly good time.

The pleasure was ever new, while, side by side with the development of power to think and reason, grew a sense of God’s care over and nearness to his creatures.

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RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1882.

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MAINE, $311.45.

Bangor. Rev. I. P. Warren, D.D. ($30 of which to const. MRS. SARAH L. WARREN L. M.) $50.00 Bangor. Miss Haynes, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 2.00 Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 Brownsville. Cong Ch. and Soc. 17.00 Brunswick. Ladies, Bbl. of C. and $1.70, _for Freight, for Selma, Ala._ 1.70 Calais. J. Barker, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 East Otisfield. Mrs. Susan Lovewell, $5; Joseph Loring, $3; Mrs. Sarah Morton, $2. 10.00 Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.80 Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Hallowell. “Friends,” _for Furnishing Room, Talladega C._ 13.00 Hallowell. Mrs. H. K. Baker. 5.00 Kennebunk. Union Ch. and Soc. 5.20 Litchfield Corner. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Lyman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.07 Machias. Center Street Cong. Ch., $5.89, and Sab. Sch., $5; E. G. L., $1 11.89 Orono. Cong. Ch. 1.04 Portland. St. Lawrence Street Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.53 Scarborough. Cong. Ch., “A Friend” 50.00 Searsport. “A Friend,” $5; M. C. B., 50c 5.50 Union. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._ Warren. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.21 Wells. First Cong. Ch and Soc. 18.51 Winterport. Mrs. DR. E. MANTER, _for Chinese M._, and to const. herself L.M. 30.00 Winthrop. I. N. M. 1.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $420.72.

Amherst. L. and L. R. Melendy, $100, _for Mendi M._, and $10 _for John Brown Steamer_ 110.00 Auburn. Mrs. Sally Coult, to const. MRS. HATTIE C. HOUGHTON L. M. 30.00 Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.36 Boscawen. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 Concord. “P. S. G.,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00 Derry. Rev. B. F. Parsons 5.00 Exeter. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., val. $45 _for Kansas Refugees_. Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.88 Fisherville. “A Friend,” to const. MISS JULIA SARGENT L. M. 30.00 Groton. Mrs. Parker Blood, $20, and Bundle of C. 20.00 Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.16 Hanover. Cong. Ch., 30 copies “Songs of the Sanctuary,” _for Athens, Ga._ Hollis. Cong. Ch. 17.71 Keene. Miss E. R. 1.00 Lancaster. Mrs. A. M. Amsden. 5.00 Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.91 Lyndeborough. Cong. Ch. 4.45 Manchester. “Pillsbury” 5.00 Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.65 Milford. Nathan Jewett. $5; D. S. Burnham, $5 10.00 Nashua. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc. 64.60

VERMONT, $257.11.

Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. 14.40 Clarendon. “A Friend” 5.00 Corinth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 East Berkshire. Cong. Ch. 11.00 Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Felchville. M. C. F. 0.50 Grafton. “A Friend” 10.00 Jericho. Second Cong Ch. and Soc. 11.51 Ludlow. Mrs. Luther Martin 10.00 Middlebury. Mrs. H. B. S. 1.00 New Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 12.00 Newbury. Miss E. D. 0.50 North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 9.67 Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.84 Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 11.51 Pittsford. Thomas D. Hall 5.00 Pittsford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $46; incorrectly ack. in April number from Pittsfield Quechee. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.56 Strafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Thetford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 Vergennes. Mrs. H. S. 0.53 West Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.09 ————————— $232.11

LEGACIES.

Waterbury. Estate of Harriet F. Russ, by Daniel Russ, Ex. 25.00 ————————— $257.11

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,538.21.

Abington. F. P. H., $1; H. F. R., $1 2.00 Adams. Rev. L. V. Price 16.00 Amherst. Mrs H. D. Fearing, $10; Infant Class First Cong. Sab. Sch., $10; _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 Amherst. Miss Sarah Ensign, _for Student Aid_ 5.00 Andover. South Ch. and Soc., $38.54; J. H. T., $1 39.54 Andover. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 30.36 Ashburnham. E. L. E. 0.50 Athol. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. JOSIAH HAVEN and MOSES HILL L. Ms 60.00 Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.08 Auburndale. Box of C. _for Macon, Ga._ Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, $25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._, and $45 _for Student Aid, Talladega U._ 70.00 Bedford. M. E. R. 0.50 Berlin. Mrs. W. A. Houghton 5.00 Beverly. Miss M. E. T. 0.50 Beverly. Ladies of Washington St. Soc., Bbl. of C. _for Fisk U._ Boston. S. D. Smith, Organs, $300; Old South Ch. and Soc., $293.79; C. F. R., 50c 594.22 Boston. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., package Books _for Library, Macon, Ga._ Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. W. S. COGGIN L. M. 30.00 Brockton. Mrs. L. C. Sanford, _for Freight_ 3.00 Cambridge. F. C. Swett, $2; E. W. F., $1 3.00 Cambridgeport. G. B. C., 50c.; I. A. N., 50c 1.00 Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. and Soc., $80.56; A. W. P., 50c 81.06 Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($55 of which _for Lady Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._) 57.60 Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $9.44; I. H. S., $1 10.44 Chicopee. Mrs. W. L. B. 1.00 Cohasset. “A Friend” 1.00 Deerfield. Mrs. C. E. W. 0.50 Dorchester. Mrs. E. T. 1.00 East Charlemont. P. F. 1.00 East Hampton. Mrs. E. G. Williston, $100; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $60.71; E. A. C., 50c 161.21 East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.10 East Somerville. Woman’s Home Missionary Ass’n, _for Lady Missionaries_ 204.78 East Somerville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 40.00 Edgartown. J. W. Coffin 3.00 Enfield. “A Friend” 100.00 Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. 30.00 Framingham. “A Friend,” to const. MRS. MARY A. W. DAVIS L. M. 30.00 Framingham. Hymn and Tune Books, _for Macon, Ga._ Foxborough. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.49 Gardner. H. B. 1.00 Goshen. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Haverhill. “For work among Colored People.” $1; E. W., 50c 1.50 Hopkinton. Mrs. P. J. Claflin 25.00 Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. 20.12 Indian Orchard. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.37 Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00 Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 Jamaica Plain. N. F. R. 0.50 Kingston. L. A. McGlauthlin, Bundle “_Youths’ Companion_,” _for Macon, Ga._ Lawrence. Mr. Coit, _for Talladega C._ 2.00 Lee. Mrs. E. B. 1.00 Lincoln. M. S. R., 50c.; L. C. J., 50c 1.00 Littleton. Dea. Otis Manning, to const. EDWARD C. HAUGHTON L. M. 31.00 Littleton. Ladies’ Mission Circle, by Mrs. J. C. Houghton, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 8.00 Ludlow. Children’s Soc., _for Freight_ 2.00 Lynn. Central Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 59.83 Mansfield. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.22 Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for Church Building_ 1,000.00 Medford. “A Friend” 0.25 Milford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 15.25 Milford. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 Milton. S. D. Hunt. Bbl. of C., _for Macon, Ga._ Mt. Auburn. Rev. D. N. S. 0.50 Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond 10.00 New Boston. “N. B.” 50.00 Newbury. First Ch. and Soc. 18.50 Newburyport. Philip H. Lunt 25.00 Newton Center. S. A. E. 0.50 Northampton. “A Friend,” $100; H. R. R., $1 101.00 North Billerica. J. D. Gould, Books, _for Freedmen’s Library, Macon, Ga._ Northbridge Center. Collected by Edith Putnam (eight years old) 3.07 Norton. Mrs. E. B. Wheeler, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. 15.26 Petersham. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.08 Phillipston. A. & T. Ward, $5; D. & L. Mixter, $2 7.00 Plymouth. Pilgrimage Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.03 Rockport. W. H. Patch 5.00 Salem. Young Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of South Ch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00 Shelburne Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $12; E. Maynard, $5 17.00 Somerville. Broadway Ch. and Soc., $10; “A Friend,” $1 11.00 South Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 56.23 South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. 20.33 South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 South Framingham. G. M. Amsden 5.00 South Royalston. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $10.18; Mrs. E. L. R., 50c.; Mrs. S. M. N., 50c 11.18 Springfield. “H. M.” 1,000.00 Springfield. Mrs. Persis Burnham ($1 of which _for John Brown Steamer_) 2.00 Stoneham. A.R. 0.50 Stoughton. Mrs. B. E. C. 1.00 Templeton. Trinitarian Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 Townsend. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 Townsend Harbor. S. M. P. 1.00 Ware. C. C. Hitchcock, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Watertown. Mrs. S. S. and Mrs. J. H. S. 1.20 Westborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $107.75; Mrs. M. M. Morse, $30, to const. Rev. LYMAN WHITING L. M. 137.75 Westfield. First Cong. Ch. 44.07 West Gloucester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 West Hampton. I. G. Jewett ($1.50 of which _for Student Aid, Fisk U._) 2.00 Westport. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.17 West Somerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.46 West Springfield. Park St. Cong. Ch. 15.00 West Stockbridge. Village Ch. and Soc. 28.07 Wymouth and Braintree. Union Ch. and Soc. 42.20 Worcester. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., $161.50; Mrs. F. C., 50c. 162.00 Wrentham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.12 ————————— $4,973.21

LEGACIES.

Beverly. Dane St. Ch., Estate of Mrs. Susan C. Pickett, _for 17 Life Memberships_ 510.00 Boston. Estate of Rev. Dr. Hooker, Books, _for Freedmen’s Library, Macon, Ga._ Oakham. Estate of Perley Ayres, by Wm. S. Spear, Ex. 55.00 ————————— $5,538.21

RHODE ISLAND, $30.00.

Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rebuilding Emerson Inst._ 20.00 Providence. “Baptist.” 10.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,826.67.

Ansonia. “A Friend” 10.00 Avon. Mrs. E. L. Robbins 5.00 Black Rock. Cong. Ch. 24.00 Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch. 117.48 Canaan. “M. A. N.,” _for Chinese M._ 5.00 Canton Center. A. L. S. 1.00 Colchester. Mrs. W. E. Gillette, $5; Mary B. Gillette, $5 10.00 Collinsville. Ladies Mission Soc., $16, _for Student Aid_; H. S. Collins, $10, _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 26.00 East Windsor Hill. E. O. C. 1.00 East Woodstock. James Walker 2.00 Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 100.00 Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 41.02 Georgetown. E. Gilbert, _for Macon, Ga._ 5.00 Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch., $16.45; B. A., $1 17.45 Hartford. South Cong. Ch., $250; Geo. P. Bissell, $50; John S. Wells, $20 320.00 Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Church, $25; “M. J.,” $25; Mrs. G. O. Perkins, $50, _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 100.00 Hartford. Center Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 66.00 Higganum. Selden Gladwin 6.00 Hotchkissville. “Widow’s Mite” 5.00 Kent. Cong. Soc. 29.25 Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch., $10; Miss Mary A. Hopson, $5, _for John Brown Steamer_ 15.00 Litchfield. First Cong. Ch. 18.57 Mansfield. Geo. F. King 2.00 Mansfield Center. Mrs. E. S. Fitch 3.00 Middlefield. Lyman A. Mills, to const. HERBERT L. MILLS and CHARLES ROWLAND MILLS L. Ms. 60.00 Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 25.00 Milldale. H. H. C. 1.00 New Britain. South Cong. Ch., Mrs. Mary E. House, $30, to const. WILLIAM A. HOUSE L. M.; “A Member,” $5; A. N. Lewis, $10 45.00 New Haven. Sab. Sch. of Dwight Place Cong. Ch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 30.00 New Haven. Mrs. Mary L. Skinner, _for Talladega C._ 100.00 New Haven. Ch. of the Redeemer, $244 (of which F. C. Sherman, $100; Wm. E. Chandler, $60, to const. WILLIAM WOODS CHANDLER and ROBERT WOODS CHANDLER L. Ms.); “A Friend,” $5; “A Friend,” $5 254.00 New Hartford. Miss C. Richards, _for John Brown Steamer_ 2.00 New London. “First Church of Christ.” 39.21 New Milford. G. N. 1.00 Norfolk. Robbins Battelle, _for Talladega C._ 25.00 North Branford. J. A. Palmer 2.00 Northford. G. W. 1.00 North Stamford. “A Friend” 2.00 Norwich. Park Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($20 of which _for John Brown Steamer_) 271.67 Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch. 42.50 Plymouth. A. S. B. 1.00 Prospect. Cong. Ch. $11; People of Prospect, Bbl. of C. 11.00 Roxbury. “Two Friends,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 2.00 Simsbury. Mrs. Lucy A. A. Hoskins 2.00 Somersville. Cong. Ch. 45.25 South Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 Stafford. Mrs. T. H. Thresher 5.00 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 81.77 Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 60.00 Washington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 Washington. “Z,” _for Indian M._ 1.00 Waterbury. Dr. John De Forest, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 100.00 Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00 West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 West Hartford. Rev. F. H. Adams, _for Freight, for Macon, Ga._ 2.00 West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.50 West Suffield. Cong. Ch. 6.00 Wethersfield. Geo. Stillman 2.00 Wethersfield. Sab. Sch. Class, by Jane C. Francis, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 Winthrop. Miss C. Rice, $2: Mrs. M. A. J., $1 3.00 Woodbridge. Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C. Woodbury. Mrs. C. P. Churchill, _for Indian M._ 2.00 Woodstock. E L. Snow 500.00

NEW YORK, $12,895.25.