The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 02, February, 1878

by Various

RECEIPTS

FOR DECEMBER, 1877.

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MAINE, $288.54.
Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	$23.07
Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const. Mrs.Helen G. Ecob, L. M.	30.00
Bangor. Hammond St. Ch.	10.00
Bath. Mrs. J. C.	0.25
Bethel. Francis Barker	2.24
Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	21.00
Blanchard. "A Friend"	5.00
Blue Hill. "A Friend"	1.00
Brewer. First Cong. Ch. $12; and Sab. Sch.$4.53	16.53
Dennysville. Peter E. Vose, box of C. andnew cloth, for Atlanta, Ga.
Fryeburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	8.10
Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	13.60
Hampden. Chas. E. Hicks and others	5.00
Hallowell. Mrs. Mary Flagg $10; H. K.Baker $2, for printing press Talladega, Ala.——"Friends"$1.25, for Ogeechee Ch.——"TwoLady Friends" $5 ea.	23.25
Norridgewock. Cong. Ch.	50.00
North Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.00
North Vassalborough. Joseph White	10.00
Norway. Wm. Frost and Mary K. Frost	5.25
Portland. "Two Ladies"	4.00
Topsham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	10.00
Vassalborough. ——	0.25
Waterford. Cash	5.00
Wells. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.Sarah A. Southworth, L. M.	40.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.32.
Antrim. "Friends," by Imla Wright	40.00
Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	8.25
Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	10.50
Brookline. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	7.00
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	2.05
Centre Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (bal.coll.)	1.00
Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	55.22
Concord. North Cong. Ch., B. of C., for Wilmington,N. C.
Dunbarton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	42.50
Exeter. "A Friend"	30.00
Grafton Co. "A Friend" ($30 of which toconst. Mrs. Geo. E Colburn, L. M.)	130.00
Hanover Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	10.00
Hollis. "Lady Friends," bbl. of C., byMrs. J. C. Burge
Hopkinton. D. S.	0.35
Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $117.85;Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. $37; J. P. $1;Mrs. C. C. W. 25c.	156.10
Milford. Nathan Jewett	5.00
Nashua. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	27.35
——. "A Friend," for the Debt	100.00
Newport. "A Young Lady"	10.00
Stratham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	20.00
——. "A Friend"	100.00

VERMONT, $536.98.
Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	16.65
Brattleborough. Cong. Ch.	70.00
Brookfield. C. E. B.	0.25
Cambridge. Dea. Solomon Montague $10;Mrs. Benj. Barrett $2	12.00
Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $29.61; RevC. C. Torrey $15	44.61
Chester. "X. Y. Z."	1.00
Granby and North Victory. Cong. Ch.	1.50
Hardwick. A. M. Amsden and wife	15.00
Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $52.73; Woman’sMiss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. $11.—Ladies’Miss. Soc., B. of C., for Wilmington,N. C.	63.73
Lower Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	27.75
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $22.45; Sab.Sch. $1.81	24.26
North Cambridge. John Kinsley	10.00
Peacham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	34.40
Pittsford. Thos. D. Hall	5.00
Royalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	27.00
Shelburn. Mrs. Mattie Duncan, bal. toconst. Mrs. Josie. Merill, L. M.	10.00
Stowe. Cong. Ch.	44.14
West Charleston. Rev. W. T. Herrick, forthe Debt	25.25
Westminster. Cong. Ch.	8.50
West Randolph. M. A. and S. E. Albin	6.00
West Rutland. Young Ladies’ WorkingBand, by H. D. Tuttle	65.00
West Townsend. Charitable Soc., by Mrs.R. P. W. Baldwin, bbl. of C., val. $42, and$2 for freight	2.00
Windham. Cong. Ch. $10.29; Cong. Sab.Sch. $1.65	11.94
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	11.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,447.27.
Abington. Mrs. Sullivan	3.00
Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Ch. andSoc.	5.80
Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	20.00
Andover. South Cong. Ch. $105.—Rev. J. H.Laird $10; E. Taylor $6; M. C. Andrews$5; Dr. Gilbert $2; H. J. and Mrs. D. G.$1 ea., for Talladega C.—Individuals, forMag., $1	131.00
Ashfield. Henry Taylor, $6.—Ladies $1, forfreight	7.00
Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., toconst. Noyes B. Herrick, L. M.	43.00
Athol. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	103.21
Auburn. Cong. Ch.	41.00
Ayer. "Friends"	3.25
Bedford. M. E. R.	0.50
Blandford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	9.35
Boston. Union Ch. and Soc. $83.92; Mrs E.W. B. 50c.	84.42
Bradford. Young Ladies of Bradford Academy,for Student Aid, Atlanta U.	10.00
Buckland. E. S.	0.25
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.	47.65
Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	10.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $74.98;"Memorial Offering from Member ofCentral Ch." $50	124.98
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	16.72
Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	9.63
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	21.33
Cummington. Mrs. S. R. Wilbur $5; Mr.and Mrs. M. Porter $2; Mrs. H. Porter$1.50; Mrs. Alivia Wilbur $1.30; others$1.20	11.00
Dalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $19.59; Cong.Sab. Sch. $5	24.59
Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	100.00
Dorchester. Miss E. Pierce	1.50
Douglass. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10; A. M.H. 50c.	10.50
Dracut Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	10.75
East Hampton. Payson Ch. and Soc.$283.95; L. D. L. 25c.	284.20
East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	25.15
Florence. Florence Ch.	132.65
Great Barrington. L. M. Pixley	10.00
Greenfield. C. C. Phillips $2.—Woman’sMiss. Soc., by Mrs. Newell, bbl. of C.,for Atlanta, Ga.	2.00
Georgetown. First Cong. Ch., for Chinese M.	4.53
Goshen. Mrs. Wm. Tilton	2.00
Groton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.	64.27
Hanover. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	26.50
Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	45.75
Harvard. Mrs. C. S.	0.50
Haverhill. Mary B. Jones $10; W. H. E.25c.	10.25
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	18.41
Hinsdale. J. H.	1.00
Hingham. R. J. F.	0.25
Holden. Ladies’ Sewing Circle, B. of C.,for Wilmington, N. C.
Lakeville. Betsey Kinsley	2.00
Lawrence, Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc.	75.19
Leicester. Mrs. C. C. Partridge	5.00
Lincoln. Miss. S. R.	0.25
Lowell. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $104; "AFriend in Eliot Ch." $50. to const. Dea.James W. Morse, L. M.	154.00
Lynn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	37.68
Lynnfield Centre. "A Friend"	5.00
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	23.45
Malden. Rev. J. C.	0.27
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	61.00
Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	11.69
Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $129.63;Cash, for postage, 12c.	129.75
North Abington. Mrs. A. S. Reed, to const.Mrs. Geo. Adams, L. M.	30.00
Northampton. W. K. Wright	30.00
North Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	50.00
Northborough. "Friends" $7, for StudentAid, Atlanta U.—Mrs. Martha D. Wells$3	10.00
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch.	84.46
New Bedford. "A Friend"	5.00
Newton. Elliot Cong. Ch.	59.18
Newton Centre. S. A. E.	0.50
Newton Lower Falls. "Friend"	7.00
North Chelmsford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	30.25
Norfolk. Mrs. Wm. Mann, for Student’sAid, Atlanta, U.	2.00
Plympton. Cong. Ch.	3.80
Randolph. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	86.19
Rochdale. Mrs. R. W.	0.25
Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Society (Mon.Con. Coll.) $8.12; J. P. A. 50c.	8.62
Sherborn. Miss M. B.	1.00
South Boston. Miss J. A.	1.00
Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	30.03
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. andSoc.	15.00
Springfield. Hope Cong. Ch. $21.08; OlivetCh. and Soc. $1.39; Miss L. B. $1	23.47
Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.	38.83
Sutton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	23.66
Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	34.00
Taunton. E. S. E.	0.50
Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	33.25
Topsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	64.10
Townsend. Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. andfriends $25, for Student Aid, Atlanta U.;Friends 90c.	25.90
Upton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	17.78
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	114.00
Ware. "A Friend," for the Debt	10.00
Warren. S. Blair	2.00
Watertown. Mrs. A.	0.50
Whately. L. B. W.	2.00
West Andover. A. L. Goodell	25.00
West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	80.00
West Springfield. Park St. Ch.	63.00
Westminster. E. A. Whitney	5.00
Winchendon. "Two Friends"	10.00
Woburn. First Cong. Sab. Sch.	100.00
Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. $138.83 (ofwhich $15 for Talladega); Piedmont Ch.and Soc. (ad’l) $182. (of which $100 fromJohn B. Gough); E. A. Goodnow $10;Mrs. J. 50c.; Mrs. H. B. F. 25c.	331.58
Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.25

RHODE ISLAND, $140.25.
Barrington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50; J. I.S. 25c.	50.25
Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc.	90.00

CONNECTICUT, $3,680.48.
Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	15.00
Ashford. Cong. Soc.	10.00
Avon. By A. U. Thompson $130 (of which$100 from Harry Chidsey, to const. L. H.Chidsey, Mrs. L. H. Chidsey and HarryC. Humphrey, L. M.’s); M. A. $1	131.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch.	8.47
Birmingham. Mrs. C. A. B.	0.25
Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.Charles E. Redfield, L. M.	43.58
Cromwell. Mrs. Stephen Topliff	3.25
Durham. Cong. Ch.	25.50
East Woodstock. H. C.	0.25
Enfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch.	20.00
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	35.29
Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	76.90
Haddam. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. $207.75;J. E. Cushman $160 ($60 of which for theDebt),—Mrs. Polly Johnson $1.50 for MendiM.—A. W. 50c.	369.75
Higganum. Cong. Soc.	6.00
Hebron. Cong. Ch.	15.00
Jewett City. Mrs. M. A. Rockwell	25.00
Lisbon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.08
Old Lyme. by M. S. for Mag.	0.50
Marlborough. Miss L. A. Carter $2; Geo.H. Lord and Others $8	10.00
Meriden. C. H. Learned	5.00
Middletown. J. G. Baldwin	25.00
Milford. Plymouth Ch. $36.50; First Cong.Ch. $29.50	66.00
Milton. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin	15.00
Montville. ——	7.00
Moodus. Amasa Day Chaffee	1.50
New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	10.40
New Haven. Davenport Cong. Ch. $62.75;Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. $32.58; R. E.Rice $20; Mrs. E. R. Marvin $8.25; "AFriend in Centre Ch." $10; Individualsfor Mag. 50c.	134.08
New Hartford, North Cong. Ch., Rev. F.H. Adams’ Bible Class $10.26; JohnRichards’ Bible Class $10, for StudentAid, Fisk U.	20.26
New Milford. Cong. Ch.	95.69
New London. Miss M. A. R. Rogers	2.00
Norwich. Park Cong. Sab. Sch. $50 forStudent Aid, Atlanta U.—"A Friend"$5	55.00
Portland. First Cong. Ch.	11.02
Redding. Cong. Ch.	5.90
Rockville. Rev. G. Pease, Box of C., forSavannah, Ga.
Roxbury. Individuals for Mag.	0.75
Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch.	6.90
South Glastonbury. Cong. Ch.	6.00
South Windsor. First Cong. Ch.	30.00
Stratford. Cong. Ch.	25.50
Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	13.85
Terryville, Cong. Ch., M. C. Coll.	6.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch.	46.80
Tolland. "Family Thanksgiving donationby L. J. C."	1.00
West Avon. Cong. Ch.	5.00
West Hartford. Miss E. C. H.	0.62
West Haven. Mrs. Huldah Coe	6.50
West Meriden. E. K. Breckenridge $10;"H. L. C." $5	15.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	59.40
Whitneyville. H. H.	0.50
Willimantic. Cong. Ch.	54.39
Winchester. Cong. Ch.	11.93
Winsted. Cong. Ch. $51.13; Mrs. EmilyCase $10	61.13
Winthrop. Miss. C. Rice	2.00
Woodbury. Estate of Judah Baldwin $1,689.05;Estate of Mrs. Eunice Baldwin$278.07, by A. W. Mitchell, Ex.	1,967.12
Woodbury. A. W. Mitchell and Mrs. J. G.Minor $5 ea.	10.00
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., fora Theo. Student, Straight U.	40.42
——"A Friend"	50.00

NEW YORK, $2,115.77.
Adams. Mrs. D. R. S. Colton $2, and boxof books	2.00
Alfred Centre. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon	5.00
Barnes Corners. Mrs. L. R. Greenly	10.00
Brentwood. E. F. Richardson	8.50
Brooklyn. Clinton Ave. Cong. Ch. (of which$1,000 from A. S. Barnes for the debt)	1,227.94
Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch. $51; Ch. of theCovenant $5	56.00
Cincinnatus. Thanksgiving Coll. Union Service,by Rev. E. Rogers	10.00
Durham. Mrs. H. I.	1.00
East Avon. Mrs. F. D.	1.00
Elma. Mrs. E. S. A. Bancroft	5.00
Elmira. Miss Clarissa Thurston	5.00
Felts Mills. Joel A. Hubbard	30.00
Fillmore. L. L. Nourse	10.00
Franklin. Cong. Ch.	17.42
Gainesville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.00
Gouverneur. Mrs. E. R. B.	1.00
Harford. Robert Purvis	30.00
Harlem. Cong. Ch.	10.30
Harris Hill. Thomas Hutchinson and JohnBerry	5.00
Lima. Rev. H. N. P.	0.25
Lisle. Miss A. B.	1.00
Little Valley. Cong. Ch.	3.00
Lockport. H. W. Nichols	5.00
Locust Valley. Mrs. S. Palmer	5.00
Madison. Cong. Ch.	4.00
Marcellus. First Ch. $20; S. C. Hemenway$5; A. Rockwell and others $1; Mrs. L.H. 50c.	26.50
Mexico. M. Midlam $3; Individuals, byDr. Smith, $1.75	4.75
Middlesex. Lester Adams and E. J. Adams	10.00
Oneonta. Mrs. L. J. S.	0.27
Newark Valley. First Cong. Ch.	38.09
New York. E. A. Graves $100; Alex. Ostrander$5	105.00
Oriskany Falls. Joseph C. Griggs	25.00
Palmyra. Pliny T. Sexton, to const. MissMary Squire, L. M.	30.00
Paris Hill. Cong Ch.	27.50
Perry Centre. "A Friend"	10.00
Penn Yan. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, AtlantaU.	18.00
Pierpont. Mr. and Mrs. James Gleason	5.00
Rochester. Mrs. J. H.	0.25
Sag Harbor. Chas. N. Brown to const.Miss Anna C. Polley, L. M.	30.00
Sing Sing. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole to const.Rev. David E. Jones, L. M.	30.00
Springville. Lawrence Weber	3.00
Syracuse. Mrs. S. J. White	5.00
Union Falls. Francis E. Duncan $15; Mrs.Fanny D. Duncan $10	25.00
Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel	5.00
Watkins. Mr. G. $1; others $1	2.00
Westfield. Mrs. L. S.	1.00
West Mount Vernon. I. Van Santvoord,overcoat, package of C. and $2 for freight	2.00
Williamsburgh. Estate of Mary Withington,by J. M. Stearns, Ex.	250.00
Windham. Rev. O. B. Hitchcock, Set of Appleton’sCyclopedia, val. $80, for TalladegaC.
Windsor. Mrs. Jonah Woodruff $3; Rev. J.S. P. $1	4.00