Chapter 4

DEAR FRIENDS: Thinking you would like to hear a word from "Le Moyne Home" I will pen you a few lines. I wish you were here to see for yourself what a nice happy family we are. The industrial classes take a good share of my time. I am much pleased with the progress the girls have made in sewing. They have a deal of pride in doing their work nicely, and are always willing to take it out if not well done. They have made ladies' and children's aprons, undergarments, children's dresses, etc. Whenever they enter the sewing room with torn or ragged garments I have them mend them the first thing, trying to teach them that a stitch in time saves nine, and that a penny saved is the same as a penny earned--two things hard for them to learn.

The class in cooking are interested as ever in their work. Not one of the twenty-five girls has ever failed in any article of food she has cooked. I give the girls who do the cooking a sample to take home. It makes the mothers interested in their work. They bring frequently to me something they have made at home. I have been very happy in my work with them.

M. H. K.

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CHILDREN'S PAGE.

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PLAYING 'POSSUM.

"See what a splendid 'possum I've shot, Uncle Toby. I killed him all myself."

"Killed him all yo'se'f, eh? Now, let me tole you' suffin'. Jest yo' look sharp after him. A 'possum am a mighty skeery critter, shore's yo' bawn."

"Why, but he's dead, uncle, and how can he need any looking after?"

"Don't yo' be so shore 'bout dat ar' now, 'case dey's mighty onsartin, mighty onsartin. I mind now wat yore bressed uncle, the parson, used ter say on that subjec', ses he: 'Toby, ef yo' ebber wants to be a fust-rate Christian, yo' mus'n't let yer 'settin' sins fool ye, 'case dey's jes like 'possums. Yo' t'ink dem all dead and gone fur to pester ye no moah, when all ob a suddent heah dey all comes agin, jes' as pow'rful as ebber. Be shore yo' kills dem dead--plumb dead--ebbery time yo' sees de leastest bit ob one stick'n up anywhars.' Dat's what he used fur to remark, an' he war a mighty good man, chuck full ob de sperrit ob goodness."

Willie ran away and shut his treasure up in an empty cotton-shed, intending to skin it early in the morning, as it was now supper-time and he was exceedingly hungry. But on the morrow nothing was to be seen or heard of his prize. He hunted the place over and questioned all the servants closely. Nothing was to be heard or seen of the missing rogue, who was probably telling his mates of the forest of his narrow escape from being skinned alive!

Uncle Toby greeted Willie with a laugh, "I done tole yo' so. Yo' 's got to cut dere heads plumb off. Dat am de onlst way ob bein' sartin shore. I 'clare to gracious I'se seen dem hop outen de bery pot on de fire an' make off."

"O, Uncle Toby, that's an awful story! you know it is. But one thing I do know: I'll cut the throat of the next 'possum I get hold of."

"An' don't yo' fo'git what I done tole ye 'bout your 'settin' sins. Dey's jes like dat ar' 'possum. Dey wants killin' ober an' ober again 'fore dey really dies."

"I should think John Salters' love of drink needed killing again. Do you know, I stumbled over him in the woods yesterday, with a whisky-bottle lying by his side? It was too shameful!"

"Dat am true, Massa Willie. I don't reckon he tries so bery hard to kill dat ar' possum."

"But he told father that he had reformed, and wanted him to furnish him some work. Mother gave him a lot of old clothing and things to eat, and yet there he lay, drunk as could be."

"Wall, yo' see, he was jes' like yo' was yessaday. Yo' was sartain shore dat 'possum was dead, an' all de time he was a larfin' in his slebe an' t'inkin' how he'd make his legs fly when he'd see a good chance, an' shore 'nuff he did. He-he."

"You needn't laugh, uncle; 'twasn't any fun to lose such a big fat fellow."

"No moah it wasn't, but ef yo' larned de lesson wat de good Lord meant to teach yo', den yo' hasn't loss nuffin'. Jes' yo' mind 'bout dat ar."--_Ruth Argyle in Well Spring._

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RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1885.

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MAINE, $1,187.38.

Bangor. "A Friend," 1, and S. S. Papers, _for Wilmington, N. C._ $1.00 Biddeford. Primary Dept. Second Cong. Ch., _for Share_ 20.00 Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. 18.00 Kennebunk. Union Ch. and Soc. 25.58 New Gloucester. "A Friend" 4.00 Norridgewock. Mrs. N. Dale, Pkg. Sewing, _for Kittrell, N. C._ North Bridgeton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N. C._, 10; Miss Proctor's Sch., 1; C. C. Farnsworth, Pkg. basted work, _for Wilmington, N. C._ 11.00 North Waterford. Cong Sab. Sch. 7.00 Portland. Seamen's Bethel Ch., 40; St. Lawrence St. Ch., 6.58 46.58 Richmond. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 Skowhegan. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Topsham. Pkg. basted patchwork, _for Selma, Ala._ Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.15 Yarmouth. Miss Buckner and Miss Richards, _for Wilmington, N. C._ 5.75 Ladies of Maine, _for Missionaries_, by Mrs. J. P. Hubbard, Treas. W. A. to A. M. A. 992.32

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $2,323.30.

Amherst. Cong. Ch. 17.85 Dover. First Parish Ch. 52.88 Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.25 Littleton. Mrs B. W. Kilburn 10.00 Nashua. Mission Circle, _for Share_ 20.00 Nelson. Youngest Classes Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 9.12 Northampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 24.23 Pembrook. Cong. Sab. Sch. 30.60 Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 10.87 Tilton. Boys' Class Cong. S. S., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 3.50 ------- $225.30

LEGACIES.

Amherst. Estate of Luther Melendy, by A. A. Rotch, Admr., in part 2,000.00 Warren. Estate of Rev. E. Dow, by James M. Williams 100.00 --------- $2,325.30

VERMONT, $456.15.

Benson. Miss J. Kent 1.50 Brattleboro. N. W. Goddard 5.00 Brookfield. Second Ch., J. Perham 5.00 East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.42, "A Friend," 10 22.42 Lyndon. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 Manchester. Cong. Ch. 95.09 Montpelier. Bethany Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.90 Peru. Dea. A. B. Peffers, 3, Dea. Edmond Batchilder, 2 5.00 Rutland. Cong. Ch. 94.71 Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch. 10.00 Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. O. W. Howard, Pkg. Books _for Kittrell, N. C._ Westfield. Cong. Ch. 5.50 Ladies of Vt., by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, _for McIntosh, Ga._--Brookfield, Second Ch., 7.--Coventry, 13.50.--Enosburg, 9.--Georgia, 9.--Greensboro, 10.--Morrisville, 8.25.--Norwich, 14.78.--Norwich, Mrs. Stimpson, 2.--Children of Proctor Sab. Sch., 9.--Peacham, 23.--Richmond, 4.61.--Richmond, Children, _for Building fund_, 2.39.--Rutland, 32.--Saint Johnsbury, adl., 50c.--Westminster, West, 8 153.03 ----. "A Friend" 5.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $2,133.15.

Andover. Abbot Academy, Teachers and Scholars 63.72 Andover. Chapel Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 81.75 Ashfield. Cong. Ch. 36.20 Boston. Walnut Av. Ch. and Soc., 200.55; Homeland Circle, Park St. Ch., 60 _for 3 Shares_, 2 _for Indian M._; Pilgrim Soc., Phillips Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._, 50; "Two Friends," bal. to const. B. F. DEWING L. M., 10; George P. Smith, 5.--Cambridgeport, Pilgrim Ch., 19.72.--Dorchester, Village Ch. and Soc., 31.80; Pilgrim Ch. and Soc., 20.--Roxbury Highland Ch. and Soc., 40.82; Eliot Ch., adl., 3; Mrs. J. M. Aldrich, _for Kittrell, N. C._, Pkg Sewing 442.89 Belchertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.00 Buckland. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for Fisk U._ Byfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 111.68 Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.30 East Hawley. Cong. Ch. 5.00 East Granville. "Y. P. Soc. of Christian Endeavor," _for Building Fund, Straight U._ 4.00 Everett. Mrs. L. J. T. Burnap 5.00 Georgetown. Mrs. Richmond Dole 10.00 Greenfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10; Mrs. D. K. Nesbit, 2 12.00 Groton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 68.30 Holliston. Primary S. S. of Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 1.20 Housatonic. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.59 Huntington. Second Cong. Soc. 9.26 Hyde Park. Cong. Sab. Sch. 37.54 Lawrence. Trinity Cong. Ch., 23.80; So. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15.04 38.84 Lowell. High St. Ch. and Soc. 53.50 Maplewood. Miss Johnson's Sab. Sch. Class, _for Wilmington, N. C._ 4.00 Medford. Ladies of Mystic Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 Medway. Village Ch. and Soc. 103.75 Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.72 Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 Newton. "H. M. F." 5.00 Newton Centre. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 43.50 North Amherst. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 28.00 Northampton. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 North Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MISS HELEN E. ROACHE and MISS HELEN C. SARGENT L. M's 60.00 Northbridge. First Ch. 13.50 North Leominster. Cong. Ch. 8.63 Phillipston. Trowbridge Ward 6.00 Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.46 Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00 Plymouth. Amasa Holmes 5.00 Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.00 Royalston. First Cong. Ch. 44.75 Saxonville. Edwards Cong. Ch. 20.00 Shelburne Falls. Three Classes Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M., Santee Agency, Neb._ 6.00 South Framingham. Walter F. Blake and S. S. Class, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 South Framingham. Mrs. R. L. Day, _for Kittrell, N. C._ 2.00 South Hadley. Cong. Ch. 21.00 Stockbridge. Miss Alice Byington, _for Share_ 20.00 Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.25 Topsfield. Cong. Ch. to const. ENOS FULLER and HARRIET E. PERKINS L. M's 56.75 Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.50 Walpole. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.48 West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.71 Westminster. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.60 West Stockbridge Village. Cong. Ch. 25.78 Winchendon. North Cong. Ch., adl. 2.00 Woburn. Ladies' Charitable Reading Soc., _for Freight_ 2.00 Worcester. P. L. Moen, _for Indian M., Dakota_ 100.00 Worcester. Piedmont Sab. Sch., 50; Young Ladies' Soc., Plymouth. Ch. 35, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 85.00

CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.

MASS.--Woburn. Ladies' Charitable Reading Soc., Bbl.--Newton, A. L., Boyden, Bbl., _for Macon, Ga._--Tewksbury, Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl., _for Talladega C._

RHODE ISLAND, $227.42.

Newport. United Cong. Ch. 54.50 Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch., 136.59; North Cong. Ch., 16.26 152.85 Providence. "Friend," _for Mountain White Work_ 10.00 Tiverton. Amicable Cong. Ch. 10.07

CONNECTICUT, $1,712.80.

Bradleyville. Union Sab. Sch. 5.00 Canaan. ---- 5.00 Cromwell. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch., Quitman, Ga._ 18.00 East Haddam. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 53.80 East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. WALTER C. CLARK L. M. 28.75 East Hampton. Dea. Samuel Skinner, 10; E. C. Barton, 5; Mr. Abbie, 5; J. M. Starr, 2.50; D. Hawley Skinner, 2.50; A. Conklin, 2, _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 27.00 Enfield. Cong Ch., _for Straight U._ 25.00 Farmington. A. F. Williams, to const. MISS GENEVIVE TILLOTSON L. M. 30.00 Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. ELIZA A. BUNCE, MRS. SARAH L. MORGAN, MISS JULIA W. BROADHEAD and ROBERT MOSELEY L. M's 130.00 Greenwich, "Three Friends," _for Student Aid, Mobile, Ala._ 8.00 Guilford. Mrs. Ruth Bartlett, 5; "A Friend in Third Ch.," 5 10.00 Hartford. First Ch., 336.61; Wethersfield Av. Cong. Ch., 5 341.61 Hebron. First Cong. Ch. 17.50 Higganum. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Share_ 25.00 Higganum. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch. 23.00 Litchfield. First Cong. Ch. 52.66 Litchfield. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Two Shares_ 40.00 Middletown. South Cong. Ch. 33.66 New Haven. United Ch. 140.90 New London. Ch. of Christ 44.12 New London. Henry Martin Miss'y Ass'n, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 New Preston Hill. Cong. Ch. 16.00 North Cornwall. Cong. Ch. (ad'l) 6.00 North Coventry. Cong. Ch. 40.00 North Haven. E. Dickerman 2.00 North Manchester. Second Cong. Ch. 50.00 Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 15.95 Plainfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.05 Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 41.79 Redding. Cong. Ch. 26.96 Ridgebury. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Conn. Sch., Quitman, Ga._ 2.00 South Britain. Cong. Ch. 15.00 South Windsor. Six furnished work baskets, _for girls of graduating class, Atlanta U._ Stafford Springs. Cong. Ch. 21.73 Stratford. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 11.25 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 65.35 Tolland. Cong. Ch. 11.58 Torrington. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00 Watertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Conn. Sch., Quitman, Ga._ 20.00 West Hartford. "A Friend," _for Share_ 20.00 Wethersfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Sch., Quitman, Ga._ 20.00 Williamsville. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Windsor Locks. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., by Mrs. Chas. H. Coye, _for Conn. Sch., Quitman, Ga._ 18.00 Wolcott. Cong. Ch., Ladies, 5; Y. P. S. of Christian Endeavor, 5, _for Conn. Sch., Quitman, Ga._ 10.00 Woodbury. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Student Aid Endowment Fund, Fisk U._ 13.00 Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.14 ----. "A Friend" 100.00

NEW YORK, $616.88.

Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M., Santee Agency, Neb._ 37.50 Buffalo. Mrs. Wm. G. Bancroft, 50, _for Tillotson C & N. Inst._, and to const. MRS. RALPH JOHNSON L. M.; Young People's Ass'n of First Cong. Ch., 5 55.00 Clifton Park. "A Friend" 3.00 Comstocks. Russell Ranney 10.00 De Kalb. First Cong. Ch. 3.75 Flushing. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 40.00 Gloversville. Ladies, _for Missionary, Tougaloo, Miss._, by Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas., W. H. M. U. 6.67 Le Roy. Miss Delia A. Phillips, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00 Lysander. Cong. Ch. 19.00 Millville. Cong. S. S., Infant Class, 1, Youths' Class, 1 2.00 New York. S. T. Gordon, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 200.00 New York. Broadway Tabernacle (Pledge for 1884) 100.00 New York. Broadway Tabernacle Sab. Sch., _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, Dak._ 50.00 Oswego. Mrs. L. H. Chase 10.00 Pekin. Abigail Peck 15.00 Rushville Cong. Ch. 18.50 Sandy Creek. Cong. Ch. 4.00 South Hermon. Cong. Ch. 2.00 West Winfield. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. H. L. BRACE L. M. 30.46

NEW JERSEY, $24.00.

Montclair. Mrs. Pratt's S. S. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 4.00 Summit. Central Presb. Ch. 20.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $11.00.

Allegheny City. W. H. M. Soc. of Plymouth Ch., _for Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._, by Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas. O. W. H. M. U. 5.00 Ridgway. First Cong. Ch. 6.00

OHIO, $817.47.

Akron. Cong. Ch. 76.82 Akron. Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._, 84 (less 23 ack. in June number from "Friends in Ohio," by Mrs. A. McDougall) 61.00 Ashtabula. First Cong. Ch. 34.49 Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. ANTHONY REED L. M. 29.03 Chagrin Falls. "Earnest Workers," 4 _for Orphan Fund_, 1 _for Freight, for Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00 Cincinnati. A. M. Warner 5.00 Columbus. First Cong. Ch., 230.23; North Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 5 235.23 Elyria. First Cong. Ch., 106.43, and Sab. Sch., 40; N. B. Gates, 2 148.43 Lexington. Cong. Ch., 4.85; "C. C.," 10 14.85 Madison. Mrs. H. B. Fraser 25.00 Mansfield. Woman's Benev. Soc., _for Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._, by Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas. O. W. H. M. U. 20.00 Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. 67.62 Mount Vernon. Union Meeting, 50, _for Straight U._, by Mrs. A. McDougall, incorrectly ack. in June number from Akron, Ohio Oberlin. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Second Ch., _for Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._, by Mrs. Wm. Clayton, Treas. O. W. H. M. U. 75.00 Wellington. Edward West 20.00

INDIANA, 50c.

Frankfort. ---- .50

ILLINOIS, $2,174.72.