Now, since I have been writing this, I have thought what a nice plan it would be for you boys and girls to save some of your pennies, and perhaps before long one of you would have enough to buy a small, plain black-board, and another enough to buy a box of crayons, or a pretty motto for one of these old bare school-rooms. If you couldn’t send the things, you could send the money for them; and how delighted any teacher would be with a few such comforts! What do you think of my plan?—L. P. H.

RECEIPTS

FOR AUGUST, 1879.

MAINE, $1,031.89.
Bangor. First Cong. Ch.$29.17
Bath. Eliza Bowker2.00
Castine. Estate of Samuel Adams, by L.G. Philbrook, Ex.800.00
Cumberland Mills. Rev. E. S. Tead18.00
Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.20.00
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch.15.00
Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.Miss E. B. Emery, L. M.27.72
Vassalborough. Estate of Mary B. Buxton,by Samuel Titcomb, Ex.100.00
West Bath. Isaiah Percy, $3; Buelah B.Percy $25.00
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.15.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $301.76.
Antrim. “A Friend.” for Talladega C.5.00
Bath. Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.70
Claremont. Cong. Ch. and Soc.44.35
East Jaffrey. Eliza A. Parker20.00
Goffstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc.52.29
Haverhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc.14.64
Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc.15.00
Lebanon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.16.00
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.51.33
Meriden. Cong. Ch. and Soc.13.80
Merrimack. Merrimack Aux. Soc.11.15
Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns, forAthens, Ala.50.00
Short Falls. J. W. C.0.50
VERMONT, $195.95.
Berlin. Cong. Sab. Sch.3.56
Brownington. Cong. Sab. Sch. (of which $5from Dea. S.)8.45
Chester. E. S.1.00
Essex Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.4.50
Essex Junction. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.75
Ferrisburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.85
Georgia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.13.84
Greensborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.00
Highgate. Cong. Ch. and Soc.2.07
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc.11.34
North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.20.00
Pittsford. Mrs. E. H. Denison5.00
Sheldon. Cong. Ch.9.03
Springfield. Cong. Ch.46.71
Swanton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.14.85
Townshend. Mrs. N. B. Batchelder2.00
Wesminster. Rev. A. B. D.1.00
Westminster West. Rev. A. Stevens, D. D.,$10; Cong. Sab. Sch., $1020.00
Windham. “A Friend,” $7; Cong. Sab.Sch., $411.00
Windham. Cong. Ch., $9.10, ack. in Sept.Number, should read, Cong. Sab. Sch.
MASSACHUSETTS, $2,168.10.
Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.8.00
Andover. G. W. W. Dove. $100; “J. B. C.,”$5, for Athens, Ala.;—Ladies of Free Ch.,$70, for Student Aid, Talladega C.;—J. L.S., 50c175.50
Ashburnham. M. W.1.00
Boston. Rev. B. Southworth5.00
Boston. Highland Cong. Ch. and Soc.27.60
Boxford. S. B. S., 30c.; Mrs. C., 50c.0.80
Bradford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.28.70
Brookline. “M. and H. S. W.”250.00
Buckland. —— by W. F. Root2.12
Charlton. Clarissa W. Case5.00
Chelsea. N. C. Tenny5.00
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.15.25
Conway. Cong. Ch. and Soc.9.50
Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $12.48for Athens, Ala.)13.50
Easthampton. Estate of Samuel Hurlbut,by Mrs. Sarah E. Pettis, Ex.200.00
Erving. Cong. Ch. and Soc.4.15
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.00
Grantville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.11.07
Great Barrington. Mrs. L. M. Chapin5.00
Greenfield. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., $20, for StudentAid, Atlanta U.;—Miss Janette Thompson,$525.00
Hadley. Russell Cong. Ch.2.00
Holliston. Mrs. W. R. T.0.50
Hopkinton. Mrs. J. P. Claflin, $150; Cong.Ch. and Soc., $51.36201.36
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.1.00
Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch. and Soc.60.00
Long Meadow. Gents’ Benev. Ass’n.27.75
Medway. Cong. Ch. and Soc.94.55
Monson. Mrs. C. C. Chapin and Class, toconst. Mrs. John Packard, L. M.30.00
Monterey. Cong. Ch.10.00
Milton. Cong. Sab. Sch.31.34
Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond10.00
Newton Centre. Ladies of Mrs. Furber’sBible Class, $60. for Student Aid, AtlantaU.;—Cong. Ch. and Soc., $55.64; DeaconBenj. Burt, $2117.64
North Reading. Rev. F. H. Foster3.36
Norton. Wheaton Sem., for Student Aid,Atlanta U.25.00
Orange. Mrs. E. W. M.1.00
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.15.00
Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.37
Reading. Rev. W. H. Willcox, bbl. of C.and books for Talladega C.
Rehoboth. Cong. Ch.14.00
Royalston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.110.34
Shelburne. Cong. Ch. and Soc.47.83
Shirley Village. L. Holbrook5.00
South Royalston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.20.00
Springfield. North Ch., $40, for Miller Station,Ga.;—Memorial Ch., $18.40;—IraMerrill, $5, for Athens, Ala.63.40
Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.34.33
Templeton. Trin. Sab. Sch.26.31
Uxbridge. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.33.00
Webster. First Cong. Ch.50.00
Westfield. Mrs. J. F.1.00
West Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch.23.00
Wellesley. Missionary Soc. of Wellesley College4.00
Westminster. Estate of Mrs. S. A. Damon,by H. G. Whitney, Ex.208.00
West Springfield. Mittineague Cong. Ch.12.05
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., for StudentAid, Atlanta U.40.00
Worcester. Union Ch.37.73
RHODE ISLAND, $1,776.64.
Bristol. Mrs. M. De W. Rogers, $500; C.De Wolf, $5001000.00
East Providence. Cong. Ch.14.00
Kingston. Cong. Ch.28.77
Providence. Central Cong. Ch.733.87