THE WAY TO DO IT.

REV. C. L. HALL, FORT BERTHOLD, DAKOTA.

We have a Badger in our house. He begins with a capital B, and he is a capital little chap. He can throw his bean-bags into the hole every time, and he does well in school, too. A year ago his relatives wanted him to come to our school, but as he could not live in the ground and grow his own coat as other badgers do, we had to wait till this fall. I said he could not live in the ground. He did live on it though last winter, for there was no floor in his house and the sides and roof were made of logs and mud, and he had a tin cup, and sometimes a tin plate, perhaps, and that was all there was to supplement his fingers. Some forked sticks in the ground, on which a board or two were supported, and a dirty quilt and an old blanket made his bed. The bed made itself, without any neat housekeeper’s help.

Corn, pounded up in a wooden mortar and boiled in water, and dried venison and berries, were the principal diet of our Badger.

Now, he is just like a boy—a white boy—and he is learning to talk English fast, and he tries to sing Sunday-school hymns and gets the tune quite well. Pretty good for a Badger just out of his native hole, isn’t it?

Well, he has woolen shirts, knee-pants, stockings, mittens, and shoes and cap, etc.; everything suitable for a boy seven years old. You would not know him from a boy if he did not sometimes get down on all fours and rub his stockings through at the knees; but we hope he will grow out of this badgerly habit in time.

Now, there are some boys and girls called the “Torrington Valley Gleaners,” who like pets so well that they are taking care of this little Badger. They call him Edward.

They send him clothes and send money to buy his food. They held a fair, and the boys brought in pumpkins, turnips, celery, pop-corn, etc., not for the Badger to eat, but to sell, so that they might have money to help him. The girls made fancy articles for the same purpose.

Now they have enjoyed doing this so much, and they think it will be so nice when they and their Badger are grown up, to feel that they had helped him to be a man, that they have asked me to recommend their plan to other boys and girls and to their parents, in Connecticut and other States also.

We can say that we have a variety of pets for them—ducks, bears, weasels, cows and other animals, to whom we give Christian names and Christian training, so far as Christian friends help us to do so.

Nine of these Indian boys have just gone off in the twilight with their lady teacher, in a big sled, to get the mail, and a dozen little girls are making rag dolls, etc., for they all like a little play after school is out and their work is done. So they have both work and play and are not dull.

May there be many to pray for them and help them that they may become good servants of Jesus Christ.

RECEIPTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1887.

MAINE, $266.43.
Andover. “Friend,” for Debt$9.50
Augusta. Joel Spalding to const. Mrs.Joel Spalding, Mrs. Arthur F. Skeele,and Mary B. Spalding, L. M.’s100.00
Augusta. “Two Friends,” for Debt10.00
Bangor. First Parish Sab. Sch., 19.29;Central Ch. 12.60, for Oahe Indian M.31.89
Bingham. Cong. Ch.2.60
East Otisfield. Susan Lovell, 5; Rev. J.Loring, 3; Mrs. M. Knight, 2; Mrs. Morton,1; Susan Knight, 1; Augusta Lovewell,113.00
Farmington. Three Classes Cong. Sab.Sch., for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.13.00
Gorham. “Helping Hand Soc.,” for TalladegaC.3.00
Hampden. Cong. Ch. and Soc.6.10
North Edgecomb. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.34
Orland. “A Friend,”1.00
Portland. State St. Cong. Ch., 15; SecondParish Y. P. S. C. E., 520.00
Portland. High St. Ch. Sab. Sch., for OaheIndian M.7.00
Skowhegan. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., for Selma,Ala.
South Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.13.00
South Paris. Pkg. work, for Selma, Ala.
West Falmouth. Sab. Sch. of Second Ch.10; Second Ch. Bbl. C.; Mrs. M. E. Hall,Bbl. C. and for Freight, 1, for Selma, Ala.11.00
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251.43
Legacy.
Bethel. Estate of Sarah J. Chapman, byA. W. Valentine, Ex.15.00
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266.43
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $368.77.
Bedford. “Thurston Mission Band,” forTalladega C.2.10
Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.19.50
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.20.00
Chichester. Elvira L. Sanborn, 2; MariaSanborn, 1.3.00
Colebrook. Ladies of Cong. Soc. 5.25 andRev. G. A. Curtiss, 1, for debt6.25
Concord. “A Friend,”1.00
East Derry. First Ch. and Soc.9.46
East Jaffrey. Eliza A. Parker10.00
Franklin. Cong. Ch.30.00
Gilmanton. Rev. and Mrs. S. S. N. Greeley5.00
Goffstown. Cong. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Straight U.12.00
Hancock. “Cheerful Workers,” by Mrs.L. M. Tuttle, for Freight1.00
Lebanon. Ladies, for Student Aid,Straight U.35.00
Lebanon. Lewis C. Pattee, for Straight U.10.00
Littleton. “The Hillside Gleaners,” byMrs. C. L. Clay, for Oahe Indian M.35.00
Manchester. Hanover St. Cong. Ch.71.76
Manchester. Miss’y Soc., Bbl. C., Val. 50,for Tougaloo U.
Newport. Cong. Ch.23.25
Pembroke. “Friends of Pembroke Academy,”for Charleston, S. C.5.60
Portsmouth. “Cong. Sab. Sch.”, for StudentAid, Straight U.17.00
Salisbury. Cong. Ch.2.85
South Merrimack. “A Friend,”5.00
Walpole. First Cong. Ch.24.00
West Lebanon. Mission Band of Cong.Ch., for Storrs School, Atlanta, Ga.20.00
VERMONT, $200.33.
Alburg Springs. Box C., for McIntosh, Ga.
Bethel. Bbl. C. 2, for Freight, for McIntosh,Ga.2.00
Burlington. Ladies of First Cong. Ch. forMcIntosh, Ga., by Mrs. L. A. Dewey40.00
Cornwall. For Freight, for McIntosh, Ga.2.00
Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch.11.00
Dorset. Result of Dime Collection, Ladiesof Dorset, for McIntosh, Ga., by Mrs.Henry Fairbanks6.00
East Corinth. Mrs. Ruth Bayley to const.Mrs. H. P. James, L. M.30.00
East Corinth. Three Bbls. C., for Atlanta,Ga.
Essex Center. Ladies, for McIntosh, Ga.by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild2.00
Jericho Center. Sab. Sch. Class of Boys,for McIntosh, Ga., by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks1.38
Johnson. Cong. Sab. Sch., for McIntosh,Ga., by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild17.45
Marshfield. Lyman Clark15.00
Montpelier. Bethany Sab. Sch., 10; Ladiesof Bethany Ch., Box of Goods, val. 50.by Mrs. Ellen J. Howe, for McIntosh, Ga.10.00
Montpelier. Bbl. C., for Atlanta, Ga.
Morgan. Miss Lucy Little50
Northfield. Mrs. D. J. Allen5.00
Norwich. Mrs. B. B. Newton5.00
Peru. Dea. Edmund Batchelder. 3; Rev. A.B. Peffers, 25.00
Sudbury. “A Friend,”2.00
Strafford. Cong. Ch.25.00
West Brattleboro. Ladies of Cong. Ch.by Miss A. L. Grout, for McIntosh, Ga.18.00
West Randolph. “An Old Lady,”1.00
West Westminster, Bbl. C. and forFreight, 2; for McIntosh, Ga.2.00
MASSACHUSETTS, $2,989.73.
Amesbury. E. P. Elliott2.00
Amherst. Mrs. Elijah Ayres, Bdl. BastedGarments, for Macon, Ga.
Andover. Ladies of South Cong. Ch. forFreight2.00
Andover. Ladies Soc. of Free ChristianCh., 2 Bbls. of C., value 72.27, for Macon,Ga.
Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.to const. Rev. Rufus B. Tobey, andMiss Genevieve R. Gifford, L. M’s74.00
Attleboro. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.13.05
Boston. South Boston, Phillips Ch., 114.57;“Friend, for the debt due from theNorth to Colored Race in the South,” 50;Mount Vernon Ch., adl., 5;—Charlestown,Sewing Circle of Winthrop Ch.,for Woman’s Work, 20;—JamaicaPlain, Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50239.57
Boylston. Cong. Ch.1.52
Braintree. South Cong. Ch.20.00
Brookfield. Bible Sch. of Evan. Cong. Ch.,for Student Aid, Fisk U.50.00
Brookline. “S. A. C.”10.00
Campello. Miss Drucilla W. Pettengill,10; Miss Mary C. Pettengill, 5; for IndianM.15.00
Campello. Ira. A. Leach50
Clinton. Mrs. Neil Walker, 2; Mrs. A. C.Dakin, 2; for Talladega C.4.00
Conway. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.24.50
Dunstable. Bbl. C., for Thomasville, Ga.
Eddyville. “A Friend.”5.00
Fall River. Central Cong. Ch.59.00
Fitchburg. Cal. Cong. Ch., 20; Mrs. E. M.Dickinson of C. C. Ch., 828.00
Greenfield. Miss Jeanette Thompson5.00
Hadley. First Ch. Sab. Sch.11.68
Hatfield. Box Christmas gifts, for Selma,Ala.
Haverhill. Center Ch. Sab. Sch., for TalladegaC.25.00
Holyoke. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch.,adl., for Debt2.00
Hopkinton. Cong. Ch.3.72
Lakeville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., for Debt2.00
Lowell. Highland Cong. Sab. Sch., forStudent Aid, Straight U.21.60
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch., for Freight3.00
Medway. E. F. Richardson, Box C., etc.,1.15, for Freight, for Macon, Ga.1.15
Middleboro. First Cong. Sab. Sch.8.85
New Salem. Rev. A. R. Plumer, to const.Mrs. L. A. G. Plumer, L. M.30.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch.4.58
Northampton. Mrs. C. L. Williston100.00
Northampton. Edwards Ch. Sab. Sch.,44.88; Miss Hattie G. Day, 20, Miss CarolineA. Yale, 5; “Friend,” 1; G. E. Parsons,25c., for Indian M.71.13
Northampton. “A Friend,” for IndianM.10.00
Pittsfield. “Young Ladies Alosha Soc.,”Bbl. C., for Tougaloo U.
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch.55.00
Reading. Cong. Ch.17.50
Salem. Tabernacle Ch., for Santee IndianM.50.00
Shelburne Falls. L. A. Soc., for Fisk U.12.00
Sherborn. “A Friend.”600.00
Southbridge. “A Friend.”50
South Deerfield. Miss L. E. Williams, forStudent Aid, Fisk U.5.00
South Hadley Falls. “A Friend,” 2;——1.50, for Student Aid, Straight U.3.50
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. andSoc.48.00
Stockbridge. Alice Byington, Bdl. Patchwork,etc., for Macon, Ga.
Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.00
Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch.31.76
Ware. “A Friend” (10 of which for MountainWhite Work)13.68
Westboro. Bbl. C., etc., for Straight U.
West Brookfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., for SanteeIndian M.5.00
West Dennis. Miss S. S. Crowell (1.50 ofwhich for debt)3.00
Westford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bdl. Bedding,etc., for Atlanta, Ga.
Whitman. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 40.55; “AFriend.” 30 to const. Ernest L. Bell, L.M.70.55
Worcester. Summer St. Cong. Ch., 44.27;Old South Ch., 26.1270.39
Worcester. “Friends,” for Talladega C.23.00
Worcester. “Lady Member Main St. Bapt.Ch.,” for Hampton, N. and A. Inst.10.00
Worcester. “Mite Band” of Plymouth Ch.,by Lillian M. Crawford, for Tougaloo U.9.62
Worcester. “Friends,” for Rosebud IndianM.70
By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev.Ass’n:
Agawam, for Indian M.3.50
East Long Meadow5.00
Ludlow19.14
Springfield. Olivet, for Hampton N. and A. Inst.20.00
West Springfield. Park St.15.00
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62.64
——, “A Friend”1.00
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1,945.69
Legacies.
Enfield. Estate of J. B. Woods, by R. M.Woods, Trustee40.00
Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns,by W. W. Wyman, Ex.4.04
Salem. Estate of Elizabeth B. Mansfield,by N. B. Mansfield and John C. Osgood,Ex’rs1,000.00
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2,989.73
Clothing, Etc., Received at Boston Office.
Andover. Ladies Charitable Soc., Bbl. forTougaloo U.
East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken,Box, for Marietta, Ga.
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. forMarietta, Ga.
Taunton. Ladies Sew. Soc. of BroadwayCong. Ch., Bbl., Val. $38.66, for Fisk U.
Yarmouth. Ladies Sew. Circle of Cong.Ch., Bbl., for Oaks, N. C.
RHODE ISLAND, $401.97.
East Providence. Samuel Belden, to const.Miss Nellie E. French, Miss HattieA. French, Mrs. Charles Mattoon,Mrs. Monica Richards Mattoon, L.M’s200.00
Central Falls. Cong. Ch.102.00
Little Compton. United Cong. Ch.20.00
Newport. United Cong. Ch., for Indian M.69.97
Newport. “A Friend”10.00
CONNECTICUT, $1,905.94.
Bridgeport. “The Four O’clocks” ofFirst Cong. Ch., for Marie Adolf Sch’pFund.10.00
Clinton. Y. P. Soc. of C. E., Cong. Ch.2.63
Cornwall Bridge. Geo H. Swift10.00
Danbury. First Cong. Ch., 104.80; SecondCong. Ch. and Soc., 18.02122.82
Darien. Ladies, by Mrs. Ellen M. Nash,for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga.10.00
East Morris. W. H. Farnham1.00
Farmington. Rev. E. A. Smith, for Kindergarten,Atlanta, Ga.10.00
Granby. South Cong. Ch. 7.65; First Cong.Ch. 5.5013.15
Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Straight U.10.00
Greenwich. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. forRosebud Indian M.12.50
Guilford. First Cong. Ch. for IndianM., and to const. Dea. E. W. Leete, L. M.30.00
Guilford. Ladies of Third Cong. Ch. forDebt5.00
Hartford. Fourth Cong. Ch., to const.Rev. Graham Taylor, L. M.37.00
Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Sab. Sch. 20;Mrs. W. J. Wood, 10 for Talladega C.30.00
Hartford. “The Parsonage Circle,” Bbl.Bedding, for Thomasville, Ga.
Lakeville. Mrs. S. S. Robbins5.00
Lebanon. Goshen Soc.16.96
Middletown, (Westfield.) Third Cong. Ch.10.00
Milton. Cong. Ch., Mrs. Ella Grannis5.00
Montville. First Cong. Ch.11.50
Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.100.00
New Britain. First Ch. Sab. Sch., forRosebud Indian M.9.34
New Haven, Prof. Edward E. Salisbury50.00
New Haven. Dwight Place Ch. Sab. Sch.for Student Aid Fisk U.50.00
New Haven. College St. Ch. Sab. Sch.for Rosebud Indian M.15.00
New Haven. “A Friend in Center Ch.”5 for Debt, 5 for Kindergarten, Atlanta,Ga.10.00
New Preston. Mrs. Betsy Averill10.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch.100.54
North. Branford Cong, Sab. Sch., for Woman’sWork20.00
North Woodstock. Cong. Ch.14.45
Norwich. Second Cong. S. S. Miss’y Soc.(44.63 of which for Dakota Indian M)46.43
Norwich. Buckingham Sab. Sch.25.00
Norwich Town. C. B. Baldwin20.00
Plantsville. Mrs. Sarah W. Stow, for IndianM.5.00
Plantsville. Fannie Cummings, 10c.; FlorenceCummings 10c., for Rosebud IndianM.20
Portland. First Cong. Ch.12.00
Rockville. Second Cong. Ch.90.06
Rockville. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. forRosebud Indian M.14.00
Roxbury. Mrs. S. J. Beardsley, 1, andP’k’g. basted patch work, for Macon, Ga.1.00
Somersville. Cong. Ch.10.58
Southington. Y. P. Soc. of C. E, by DellaM. Pardee.10.00
Terryville. “Friends,” for Indian M.18.25
Thomaston. Cong. Ch.24.15
Union. Cong. Ch.5.00
Unionville. First Ch. of Christ.25.72
Vernon. Cong. Ch.10.00
Wapping. Cong. Sab. Sch.7.85
Waterbury. First Cong. Ch.144.48
Waterbury. First Cong. Sab. Sch., forTalladega C.20.00
Watertown. E. L. DeForest, for TalladegaC.500.00
Westbrook. Cong. Sab. Sch.10.00
West Hartford. “Grey Girls,” for SanteeIndian M.40.00
West Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch. for RosebudIndian M.12.20
Westminster. Cong. Ch.9.12
Westminster. Mrs. S. B. Carter, forConn. Ind’l Sch., Ga.5.00
Weston. Cong. Ch.10.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. Sab.Sch.4.51
Wethersfield. Mrs. Jane C. Francis’ Sab.Sch. Class, for Rosebud Indian M., and toconst Robert W. Robbins, L. M.30.00
Windsor. Cong. Sab. Sch, for RosebudIndian M.8.50
—— “A Friend in Conn.”20.00
—— “A Friend,” for Student Aid,Straight U.5.00
Woman’s Cong. H. M. Union of Conn. byMrs. S. M. Hotchkiss, Sec., for Conn.Ind’l Sch. Ga.
Naugatuck, Ladies Soc.5.00
Suffield. Y. L. H. M. Circle5.00
West Winsted, Miss M. W. Gray’s S. S. Class. Second Cong. Ch.20.00
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30.00
NEW YORK, $1,058.33.
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. forSantee Indian M.37.50
Brooklyn. Lee Av. Cong. Ch., LadiesCircle 20, and Sab. Sch. Class. 5: also 2bbls. papers, for Student Aid, Williamsburg,Ky.25.00
Brooklyn. E. M. Mosher, M. D., 10; ParkCong. Ch., 9.47; Rev. S. W. Powell, 221.47
Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch. Sew. Soc., bbl.C., etc., for Talladega C.
Canandaigua. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Conn.Ind’l Sch., Ga.117.69
Canandaigua. Cong. Ch. (10 of which, forChinese M.)101.65
Churchville. Mission Circle, for RosebudIndian M.5.05
Clifton. Mrs. Robertson, for Dakota IndianM.5.00
Copake Iron Works. Union Sab. Sch., byMiss M. Werden, for Oahe Indian M.10.00
Deansville. Cong. Ch.9.02
Flatbush. Mrs. P. S. Harris1.00
Flushing. First Cong. Soc.43.58
Gaines. Cong. Ch.15.49
Hamilton. Cong. Ch.11.00
Hobart. Mrs. J. W. Blish3.50
Lima. Miss Clara M. James2.00
Lisbon Centre. First Cong. Ch.11.15
Lisle. Cong Ch.10.00
Morristown. Cong. Ch.8.00
Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch.9.63
New Lebanon. Cheerful Workers’ Band,by Rose McWilliams, for Woman’s Work20.00
New York. “A. F.,” 250; “A. M. R.,” 50300.00
New York—Tremont. George R. Perry,to const. himself, L. M.30.00
North Pitcher. Cong. Sab. Sch.1.00
North Walton. Cong Ch. Sab. Sch., 11.13;and Miss’y Soc. 16.5527.68
Norwich. “Vestibule Soc.,” for Savannah,Ga.3.00
Oneida. Edward Loomis5.00
Oxford. Ladies H. M. Soc., Bbl. C., forTougaloo U.
Paris. Cong. Ch.24.50
Port Richmond. Stephen Squires5.00
Poughkeepsie. “Friends,” for Indian M.5.75
Suspension Bridge. Cong. Ch.10.40
Syracuse. Mrs. J. M. Rose. Pkg. Papers,etc., for Macon, Ga.
Volney. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.3.00
Walton. First Cong Ch.85.12
West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. (26 of whichfor Student Aid, Fisk U.)45.15
Woman’s H. M. Union of N. Y., by Mrs.L. H. Cobb, Treas., for Woman’s Work.
Walton. Ladies Aux.15.00
Buffalo. First Ch. W. H. M. Soc,30.00
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45.00
NEW JERSEY, $259.15.
Bound Brook. Friends in Bound Brookand Ware. Mass., by Rev. John Kershaw,for Mt. White Work45.00
Lakewood. “A Friend.”5.00
Lyons Farms. Fred W. C. Crane, 10; Mrs.Jane T. Crane, 212.00
Newark. “F. M.”2.00
Salem. W. Graham Tyler30.00
Upper Montclair. Christian Union Cong.Ch.165.15
PENNSYLVANIA, $111.00.
Alden. Cong. Ch.2.00
Carlisle Barracks. C. M. Semple, forCharleston, S. C.5.00
East Springfield. Mrs. C. J. Cowles1.00
Neath. Cong Ch.3.00
Pittsburg. H. Sampson, for Student Aid,Straight U.100.00
OHIO, $539.84.
Austinburg. Cong Ch.13.00
Birmingham. Jessie M. Leonard1.00
Cleveland. Plymouth Cong. Ch.40.04
Cleveland. Jennings Ave. Cong. Ch. (7.75of which for Indian M.)30.00
Elyria. E. W. Metcalf, to const. Mrs. E.W. Metcalf, Maynard Mayo Metcalf,and Miss Anna M. Rich, L. M’s100.00
Findlay. Cong. Ch.5.00
Gomer. Welsh Cong. Ch.42.67
Kinsman. Presb. and Cong. Ladies Soc.,2 Bbls., Box and Pkg. C., etc., forWilliamsburg, Ky.
Madison. Mrs. Harriet B. Fraser, forTalladega C.100.00
Medina. “Opportunity Club,” by MissEva A. Oatman2.00
North Bloomfield. By Wm. C. Savage &Co., for Rosebud Indian M.4.20
North Ridgeville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3 andBbl. C., for Williamsburg, Ky.3.00
Oberlin. Royalty on Dr. Cowles’ Commentary52.33
Painesville. Cong. Sab. Sch., for OaheIndian M.50.00
Radner. Cong. Ch.5.00
Ravenna. Cong. Ch., for Oahe Indian M.30.00
Saybrook. First Cong S. S. Mission Band7.60
South Salem. Daniel S. Pricer5.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 25, and Sab.Sch. 530.00
Strongsville. Cong. Soc., Bbl. C., forTougaloo U.
Tallmadge. “A Friend.”4.50
Toledo. Central Cong. Ch.3.15
Youngstown. Welsh Cong. Ch.11.35
INDIANA, $22.86.
Macksville. Cong. Sab. Sch.2.86
New Corydon. Geo Stolz20.00
ILLINOIS, $369.84.
Barry. Lyndon Freeman1.50
Bone Gap. Mrs. Lu Rice9.00
Chicago. New England Cong. Ch.56.23
Chicago. Sedgwick St. Cong. Sab. Sch.,for Santa Fé M.30.00
Chicago. Rev. H. Willard, for StudentAid, Williamsburg, Ky.10.00
Dover. Cong Ch.17.00
Earlville. “J. A. D.”50.00
Elgin. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. Bbl. C., etc.,for Macon, Ga.
Englewood. “The King’s Children.” boxS. S. Papers, for Talladega C.
Galva. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Macon,Ga.37.40
Geneseo. First Cong. Ch.44.59
Illini, Four Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch.11.80
Kewannee. First Cong. Ch., for StudentAid, Tougaloo U.11.11
Lombard. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. for Mobile,Ala.7.00
Lyonsville. Cong. Ch.10.33
Ottawa. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.34.53
Plymouth, Mrs. R. C. Burton3.00
Rio. Cong. Sab. Sch.7.00
Rockton. Cong. Ch.21.25
Sparta. Bryce Crawford, 5; P. B. Gault,1; James Hood. 50c6.50
Sublette. “Mrs. A. D.”1.00
Woman’s H. M. U. of Ill. Mrs. B. F.Leavitt, Treas. for Woman’s Work:Ladies60
MICHIGAN, $209.14.
Adrian. A. J. Hood10.00
Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch.56.50
Benzonia. W. J. Pettitt5.00
Calumet. “Womans Miss’y Soc.” by LucieM. Dobbie, for Woman’s Work20.00
Calumet. “Helping Hand Soc.” by GertrudeColton, for Woman’s Work10.00
Flint. Mrs. S. B. Holman, for StudentAid, Straight U.50
Grand Rapids. Ladies Miss’y Soc. by MissM. L. Elliot, for Woman’s Work20.00
Manistee. Y. L. Mission Circle, by MissA. E. Lewis, Treas. for Oahe Indian M.25.00
Olivet. Herbert Williams, for TalladegaC.2.00
Saint Clair. Cong. Ch.35.00
Three Oaks. Cong Ch.25.14
WISCONSIN, $123.87.
Beloit. First Cong. Ch., 10; H. H. Swain,10; for Student Aid, Straight U.20.00
Lake Geneva. Mrs. Geo. Allen5.00
Madison. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.49.10
Menomonee. Cong. Ch.12.61
New Richmond. Cong. Ch.12.91
Peshtigo. “Zigzag Miss’y Soc.” bdl.patch work, for Macon, Ga.
Sturgeon Bay. “Friends.” for Freight3.25
By W. H. M. U., of Wisconsin, for Woman’s Work:
Emerald Grove. Mrs. Curtis4.00
Emerald Grove. Mrs. R. Cheney2.00
Ripon. Mrs. C. T. Tracy3.00
Ripon. Mrs. Towle1.00
Rosendale. W. M. S.5.00
Rosendale. Y. L. M. S.5.00
Whitewater. W. M. S.1.00
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21.00
W. H. M. U., of Wisconsin, for Woman’s Work,in March number should read:
Baraboo. W. M. S.25
Elkhorn. W. M. S.7.00
Madison. W. M. U.25.00
Windsor. W. M. U.5.00
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37.25
IOWA, $266.34.
Atlantic. Cong. Ch. 27.80, and Sab. Sch.2.3030.10
Cherokee. F. E. Whitmore to const Rev.Walter A. Evans, R. H. Scribner, andW. H. Elford, L. M’s100.00
Chester Center. Cong. Ch.15.99
Clay. Cong. Ch. 18.23, and Sab. Sch., 3.7722.00
Decorah. Mission Circle, Bbl. C., forStraight U.
Dubuque. Cong. Sab. Sch. bbl. S. S.Papers, for Talladega C.
Farragut. Mrs. L. S. Chapln, for Woman’sWork2.00
Grinnell. Cong Ch.39.19
Jefferson. Rev. D. B. Eells5.00
Manchester. “Rainbow Mission Band,”by Mrs. J. G. Miller, for Woman’s Work10.00
Maquoketa. Cong Ch.5.19
Marshalltown. Boy’s Miss’y Soc., forStudent Aid, Straight U.7.37
McGregor. Young Peoples’ Mission Band,by P. C. Daniels, for Student Aid StraightU.10.00
Tabor. Rainbow Mission Band, for TalladegaC.15.00
Tipton. Mrs. M. D. Clapp4.50
Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Iowa forWoman’s Work (Incorrectly acknowledged inMarch number under Wisconsin).
Alden. Ladies of Cong Ch.1.75
Decorah. L. M. S.25.00
Eldora. L. M. S.6.50
Grinnell. W. H. M. U.3.14
McGregor. W. M. S.10.87
Marion. Y. P. M. S.20.00
Osage. W. M. S.4.45
Stacyville. W. M. S.5.00
Polk City. Collected by Minnie Stubbs and Dollie Egleston74
——
77.45
MINNESOTA, $174.75.
[[A] Receipts for Jan. $423.40.]
Hawley. Union Ch.9.40
Minneapolis. Plym. Cong. Ch., 18.50;Como. Av. Cong. Ch., 4.0922.59
Rochester. W. J. Eaton30.00
Worthington. Union Cong. Ch.12.33
M. W. H. M. S., by Mrs. Clara MortonCross, Treas., for Woman’s Work:
Minneapolis. Plym. W. H. M. S. to const. Mrs. E. A. Eldred, L. M.30.00
Minneapolis. Plym. Y. L. M. S.13.00
Northfield. W. H. M. S.40.00
Saint Cloud. L. M. S.5.00
Saint Paul. Atlantic Ch., L. M. S.5.00
Zumbrota. S. S.7.43
——
100.43
KANSAS, $3.50.
Capioma. Cong. Ch.2.00
Lawrence. Rev. A. M. Richardson, 75c.;Mrs. Susan W. Platt, 75c1.50
Topeka. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., Box C.,for Atlanta, Ga.
DAKOTA, $75.94.
Clark. Cong. Ch.5.70
Sioux Falls. W. H. M. S. of Cong. Ch. forIndian M., by Mrs. C. G. Black, Treas.5.00
Sioux Falls. Cong. Ch.36.63
Springfield. Cong. Ch.3.05
Vermillion. W. M. S. of Cong. Ch.5.00
Yankton. First Cong. Ch.20.56
NEBRASKA, $4.10.
Cowles. Cong. Ch.1.95
Crete. Mrs. R. Sturtevant, for Debt50
Greenwood. Mrs. C. A. Mathis, boxpapers, etc., for Macon, Ga.
Guide Rock. Cong. Ch.1.65
ARKANSAS, $5.00.
Little Rock. Ladies of Cong. Ch. forIndian M.5.00
CALIFORNIA, $25.00.
San Jacinto. Mrs. L. N. Suydam, 20; KeithSuydam, 5; adl. to const Nellie MacNiteSuydam, L. M.25.00
WASHINGTON TER., $5.35.
Olympia. First Cong. Ch.5.35
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $10.00.
Washington. “Member of First Cong.Ch.”10.00
WEST VIRGINIA, $1.50.
Coalburg. Miss F. A. Marvin, 1; Mrs. E.R. Marvin. 50c1.50
KENTUCKY, $130.00.
Williamsburg. Tuition130.00
TENNESSEE, $998.67.
Grand View. Tuition12.50
Jellico. Tuition33.75
Jonesboro. Tuition, 28.05; Rent, 2.5030.55
Memphis. Tuition408.80
Nashville. Tuition513.07
NORTH CAROLINA, $187.04.
Kittrell. Miss P. M. Lee84
Troy. Cong. Ch.50
Wilmington. Tuition175.60
Wilmington. Miss Fitts, 3.75; Miss Farrington,3; Miss Warner, 2; Miss Peck,1.35, for Student Aid10.10
GEORGIA, $780.02.
Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition261.85
Macon. Tuition, 185.70; Rent, 3.75189.45
Macon. Rev. W. C. Bass, D. D., for Macon,Ga.5.00
McIntosh. Tuition50.80
Savannah. Tuition, 190.50; Rent, 50c191.00
Thomasville. Tuition50.40
Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, 30to const. himself, L. M.; Pilgrim. Cong.Ch., 1.5231.52
FLORIDA, $7.00.
Crescent City.5.00
Saint Augustine. E. Sabin2.00
ALABAMA, $344.88.
Kymulga. Cong. Ch., for Talladega C.65
Mobile. Tuition230.00
Selma. Cong. Ch., for Talladega C.3.05
Talladega. Tuition110.43
Talladega Cove. Cong. Ch., for TalladegaC.75
LOUISIANA, $287.00.
New Orleans. Tuition277.00
New Orleans. “A Friend,” for Student Aid,Straight U.10.00
MISSISSIPPI, $205.50.
Meridian. Cong. Ch., for Talladega C.1.00
Tougaloo. Tuition, 196.25; Rent, 8.25204.50
TEXAS, $5.00.
Laredo. A. B. Headen, for Talladega C.5.00
———— $20.00
——. “Endowment,” for Oahe Indian M.20.00
CANADA, $4.00.
Montreal. Mrs. H. W. Spaulding4.00
EAST AFRICA, $10.00.
——. Rev. B. F. Ousley10.00
BULGARIA. $12.00.
Samokov. Rev. James F. Clark12.00
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Donations8,461.05
Legacies1,059.04
Tuition and Rents2,869.70
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Total for February12,389.79
Total from Oct. 1 to Feb. 28.99,303.97
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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
Subscriptions for February122.55
Previously acknowledged439.18
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Total561.73

H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer,
56 Reade St., N. Y.

[A] The following sums from Minnesota were received in January and included in the total amount of receipts for that month, but by an accident of the printer were omitted from the published statement:

MINNESOTA, $423.40.
Alexandria. “A Friend.”3.00
East Minneapolis. First Cong. Ch.68.86
Glyndon. Ch. at Glyndon.6.05
Mazeppa. Mrs. Bradshaw’s Class in Sab. Sch., for SanteeIndian M.2.00
Medford. By Rev. Wm. L. Sutherland.5.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 38; J. I. Bell, 25; Mrs. R.Laughlin, 50c.63.50
Northfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, TalladegaC.41.12
Plainview. Cong. Ch.8.70
Saint Paul. Primary Class Park Sab. Sch., for BeachInst.10.00
Saint Paul. Mrs. C. C. Andrews.1.00
——, “Minnesota Friends”.100.00
By Mrs. Clara Norton Cross. Treas. Minn. W. H. M. S., forWoman’s Work:
Lakeland. W. H. M. S.2.00
Minneapolis, Y. L. M. S. of Plymouth Ch.68.49
Minneapolis, W. H. M. S. of Plymouth Ch. (13.40 of which for Debt.)33.56
Minneapolis. W. M. Soc. of Second Cong. Ch.9.12
Minneapolis. Clara Amelia Cross, for Marie Adolf Sch’p Fund.1.00
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114.17

CHURCH AND CHAPEL HYMNALS,

Which would be prized by every Church or Choir Singer, Each is adapted to the Congregational Service of Song.

I.

The Evangelical Hymnal.

Hymns and Tunes.

The Rev. Chas. Cuthbert Hall,}Editors.
Sigismond Lasar,

628 pages, 613 Hymns, 657 Tunes. 8vo, cloth. Price for examination, $1.75.

“The most complete and precious hymnal ever published in this country.”—The Musical People, Cincinnati.

“A rich collection of tunes which have caught the spirit of divine worship, and afford a vehicle for the best emotions of a congregation”—The Christian Union.

II.

Worship in Song.

Hymns and Tunes.

The Rev. J. Glentworth Butler, D. D.,}Editors.
Joseph P. Holbrook, Mus. Doc.,

450 pages, 712 Hymns, 30 selections, 396 Tunes. 8vo, cloth.

Price for examination $1.50.

“I am delighted with the book. We are indebted to Dr. Holbrook for some of our sweetest melodies. The hymns offer every variety that worship demands, and the adaptation of the tunes appears to me to be judicious”—Rev. Howard Crosby, D. D.

III.

Carmina Sanctorum.

Hymns and Tunes.

The Rev. Roswell D. Hitchcock, D. D., LL. D.,}Editors.
The Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D.,
The Rev. Lewis W. Mudge,

450 pages, 746 Hymns, 440 Tunes, 21 Doxologies, 43 Chants, and 7 separate Indexes. Price for examination, $1.25.

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“The tunes are selected carefully from the best composers. They are on the highest plane of choral psalmody, and preserve as a whole the flavor of the American favorites”—N. Y. Independent.

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Hymns and Songs for Social Worship.

Hymns and Tunes.

The Rev. Roswell D. Hitchcock, D. D.,}Editors.
The Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D.,
The Rev. Lewis W. Mudge,

360 pages, 660 Hymns, 296 Tunes, 21 Doxologies, Apostles’ Creed, 34 Chants, full Indices. Price for examination, 75 cents.

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Spelling and punctuation were changed only where the error appears to be a printing error. Capitalization and punctuation in the Receipts section is inconsistent, and was retained as printed. The remaining corrected punctuation changes are too numerous to list; the others are as follows:

Changed inquries to inquiries in “in answer to these inquiries” on page [108].

West Westminister changed to West Westminster in receipts for Vermont on page [124].

Talledaga changed to Talladega in receipts for Massachusetts on page [124] and for Connecticut on page [125].

Marie Adlof changed to Marie Adolf in receipts for Connecticut on page [124].

Westminister changed to Westminster in receipts for Connecticut on page [125].

Nangatuck changed to Naugatuck in receipts for Connecticut on page [125].

Mount Sinia changed to Mount Sinai in receipts for New York on page [125].

Sante Fee changed to Santa Fé in receipts for Illinois on page [126].

Manisteo changed to Manistee in receipts for Michigan on page [126].

Talladego changed to Talladega in receipts for Texas on page [127].