The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 4, April, 1881

by Various

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $426.92.
Alstead. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc.	11.52
Atkinson. Cong. Ch., Box S. S. Books, forMacon, Ga.
Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	40.00
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	10.00
Colebrook. H. A.	1.00
Concord. Mrs. C. T., 50¢.; C. T. P., 50¢.	1.00
Dover. M. E. L.	1.00
Dunbarton. W. C. Stinson	10.00
Epping. Miss Hannah Pearson, $5; Mrs.John Billson, $5; for School House, Athens,Ala.	10.00
Exeter. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., $20;Ladies of Cong. Ch., for freight, $3; forTalladega C.	23.00
Exeter. “A Friend”	2.00
Great Falls. Mrs. E. A. Tibbets, for TalladegaC.	3.00
Hanover. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for StudentAid. Atlanta U.	30.00
Hanover. Cong. Ch. at Dartmouth College	22.00
Hinsdale. G. W.	1.00
Keene. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $81; Mrs.J. A. G., 50¢.; J. P., $1; Mrs. N. R. C., 50¢	83.00
Langdon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	8.00
Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	40.00
Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	29.20
Monroe. S. H.	0.51
Mount Vernon. J. A. S.	1.00
New Ipswich. A. N. Townsend, $2; Mrs. Dr.G., $1	3.00
Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. A.B. Chase, L. M.	33.67
Orford. Miss A. E.	0.51
Peterborough. Mrs. E. H.	1.00
Piermont. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.	8.00
Pittsfield. J. Merrill	1.51
Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, to const.Mrs. Sophia R. Baker, L. M.	32.00
Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	20.00

VERMONT, $201.38.
Andover. “Baldwin Family”	1.00
Bakersfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	8.25
Bethel. Mrs. Laura F. Sparhawk	5.00
Brattleborough. F. W. K.	1.00
Burlington. Third Cong. Ch.	53.25
Charlotte. Nettie A Parker	10.00
East Hardwick. Mrs. L. W. J. and Mrs. L.A. P.	2.00
Essex. “A Friend”	1.00
Fayetteville. M. K.	1.00
Marshfield. Lyman Clark	10.00
North Craftsbury. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Cong.Ch., Bbl. of Bedding, val. $30, and $2 forfreight, by Mrs. Mary W. Boardman, forAtlanta U.	2.00
Poultney. A. M. Knapp	2.00
Royalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	19.00
Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	43.13
Saint Johnsbury. “A. I. R——y”	5.00
Saxton’s River. E. S. S.	1.00
Shelburn. “A Friend”	15.00
Underhill. E. S. Whitcomb	5.00
Vergennes. W. W. Pierce, $2; Mrs. H. S.and R. T. B., 50¢. ea.	3.00
Wait’s River. J. F. W.	1.00
Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C.and $1 for freight	1.00
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	11.75

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,599.11.
Allston. “A Friend”	2.00
Amherst. G. C. Munsell	2.00
Andover. Mrs. F. R. B.	0.50
Athol. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.Horace I. Whipple. L. M.	30.00
Bedford. M. E. R.	0.50
Belchertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., $7; Miss S. C.A., $1	8.00
Billerica. H. B. S.	1.00
Boston. Mrs. Nancy B. Curtis, $200; “P.,”$1; Mrs. A. B., 50¢.	201.50
Boston. S. D. Smith, (6 organs)	1,000.00
Boston. “A Friend,” for Kansas Refugee M.	5.00
Boston. N. Willis Bumstead, paper hangingsand mouldings, for guest rooms, AtlantaU.
Boston. “Friends,” Bbl. Books and Papersand Bbl. of C., for Macon, Ga.
Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Ass’nAbbie W. Pearson, Treas. (of which fromBradford, Vt., $10; from Mrs. Hunnewell,Boston, for Almeda, S. C., $9.10) for LadyMissionaries	179.51
Bradford. Mrs. S. C. Boyd, for Student Aid,Atlanta U.	14.00
Bradford. Ladies, Bbl. of C. for Wilmington,N. C.
Brockton. Mrs. T. C. P.	0.50
Brockton. Mrs. Sanford, half Bbl. of C., forTougaloo, Miss.
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc.,$710; Mrs. E. K., 50c.; Mrs. J., 50c.	711.00
Cambridge. “F. C. S.,” for Kansas Refugee M.	5.00
Charlemont. “A Friend,”	3.00
Chelsea. Bbl. of C., for Selma, Ala.
Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc.	125.00
Clinton. “A Friend,” for furnishing a room,Atlanta U.	25.00
Clinton. “A Friend” for Kansas Refugee M.	25.00
Colerain. Mrs. P. B. S.	1.00
Conway. “Friend of Missions”	2.00
Danvers. Maple St. Ch. and Soc.	39.00
Dedham. Individuals, by E. P. B.	2.00
East Braintree. J. N. L., for postage	0.10
East Medway. Ladies’ Sew. Cir., 2 Bbls.of C.
East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch.	19.00
Edgartown. “A Reader of the Missionary”	1.00
Essex Co. “Howard,” for Talladega C.	500.00
Essex Co. “Howard,” for Chapel at Wilmington,N. C.	100.00
Fall River. First Cong. Ch.	66.96
Gardner. G. A. W.	1.00
Gilbertville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. forStudent Aid, Fisk U.	50.00
Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	7.15
Grafton. Mrs. Joseph A. Dodge, $25, forfurnishing a room, Atlanta U.; Ladies Sew.Circle of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Bedding,for Atlanta U.	25.00
Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch.	25.40
Granville Corners. C. Holcomb, $5; Mrs.Clement Holcomb, $5	10.00
Haverhill. Bundle of C.
Hopkinton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for TalladegaC.	25.00
Lakeville. Precinct Cong. Sab. Sch.	20.17
Lawrence. T. C. Whittemore, for StudentAid, Atlanta U.	40.00
Lee. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $103, for rebuildingChapel, Tougaloo, Miss.; Ladies of Cong.Ch., Bbl. of C., for Tougaloo	103.00
Linden. Young People’s Mission Circle, Bbl.of C., for Talladega, Ala.
Littleton. Woman’s Mission Circle, forStudent Aid, Atlanta U.	10.00
Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C.,for Mobile, Ala.
Lowell. Leonard Kimball, for Indian M.	100.00
Lowell. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of First Ch.,Bbl. of C., for Wilmington, N. C.
Medfield. F. D. Ellis	100.00
Medford. “A Friend”	2.00
Merrimac. Miss H. W.	0.50
Middleborough. Mrs. Geo. H. Doane, Boxof C., $2 for freight, for Tougaloo	2.00
Natick. Rev. D. W.	0.10
New Bedford. M. M.	0.50
North Amherst. H. S.	1.00
Northborough. Mrs. H. B. D.	1.00
North Brookfield. “A Friend in Union Cong.Ch.”	5.00
Newburyport. “A Friend”	5.00
Newburyport. Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc.,2 Bbls. of C., for Washington, D. C.
Newburyport. H. F. Tyler, 23 Bbls. of C. forRefugees
Newton Centre. Ladies of Mrs. Furber’sBible Class, for Student Aid, Atlanta U.	50.00
Norfolk. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of Bedding,for Atlanta U.
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch.	20.00
Rockland. “A Friend”	30.00
Saundersville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	15.00
South Hadley. Mt. H. Sem., “A Friend,”for Kansas Refugee M.	2.00
Southbridge. “A Friend”	50.00
South Wellfleet. “A Friend”	2.00
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. andSoc., to const. Lysander Heald, L. M.	42.00
Springfield. “M,” $800; First Cong. Ch.,Coll., $83.39; “F. A. B.,” $200; South Cong.Ch., $81.89; Miss Lizzie Bates, $3	1,168.28
Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	20.63
Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.	7.28
Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., for IndianM., Hampton N. & A. Inst.	18.75
Townsend Harbor. Mrs. Ralph Ball, Box S.S. Books, for Macon, Ga.
Upton. “A Friend,” Bbl. of C., for Washington,D. C.
Wakefield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., forStudent Aid, Atlanta U.	38.07
Watertown. Ladies, 4 Bbls. of C., for Tougaloo,Miss.
Waverley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	13.04
West Dennis. S. S. C.	1.00
Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Ass’n,Bbl. of C., for Talladega, Ala.
Westfield. Dr. H. Holland, for Kansas RefugeeM.	2.00
Westford. Rev. E. R. H.	0.50
West Medway. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., forStudent Aid, Fisk U.	25.00
West Boylston. “Willing Workers,” forfurnishing a room, Atlanta U.	25.00
West Roxbury. Sab. Sch. of South Evan.Ch.	20.00
West Springfield. “Mission Band,” by C.H. Abbott, for Talladega C.	60.00
West Springfield. Park St. Ch., $30; FirstCong. Ch., $15	45.00
Wilmington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., forTalladega C.	25.00
Wilmington. J. Skelton	5.00
Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc., “A Friend”	25.00
Worcester. “A Friend,” $50; Old SouthCong. Ch. and Soc., $38.17; Hiram Smithand Family, $30; H. W. Wheeler, $30, toconst. Mrs. Sarah H. Wheeler, L. M.;M. F. W., $1	149.17
Wrentham. Cong. Sab. Sch., for furnishinga room, Atlanta U.	6.00
—— “A Friend,” to const. Miss AbbieAllen, L. M.	30.00
—— Bbl. of C., for Tougaloo, Miss.
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	$5,499.11
LEGACY.
Whitinsville. Estate of E. W. Fletcher, byChas. P. Whitin, Ex.	100.00
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	$5,599.11

RHODE ISLAND, $72.60.
Nayatt Point. R. W. S.	1.00
Peace Dale. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Providence. Union Cong. Ch., $35; “AFather of Four,” $25; L. M. W., $1; MissS. P. P., 60c.	61.60

CONNECTICUT, $3,237.92.
Ansonia. Wm. Terry, M. D.	5.00
Avon. Miss L. O. T.	1.00
Berlin. Rev. J. Whittlesey	10.00
Bloomfield. “A Friend,” to const. Mrs.Harriet E. Fish, Levi Tillotson, andJohn Blackwell, L. M.’s	87.50
Bristol. Cong. Ch., to const. R. A. Potter,W. F. Brainard, E. B. Dunbar, andGeorge L. Goodrich, L. M.’s	120.00
Chester. Cong. Ch.	19.40
Canton Center. W. G. Hallock	10.00
Cobalt. G. H. L.	0.50
Cornwall Bridge. Geo. H. Swift	10.00
Coventry. Mrs. B. T. Preston	5.00
Derby. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for TillotsonC. and N. Inst.	29.50
Durham Centre. A. P. C.	1.00
East Haddam. First Cong. Sab. Sch.	12.64
Farmington. Cong. Ch., Frederick C. Jones,to const. himself, L. M.	30.00
Greeneville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for StudentAid, Atlanta U.	33.44
Greenwich. Richard B. Carpenter, $100; E.M., $1	101.00
Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch.	11.02
Hartford. Geo. Kellogg, for Student Aid,Atlanta U.	25.00
Hartford. “A Member of Asylum Hill Cong.Ch.,” for Student Aid, Atlanta U.	4.00
Hartford. “Member Asylum Hill Cong. Ch.”	20.00
Hebron. Mrs. Jasper Porter, for Tougaloo U.	25.00
Kensington. Mrs. M. Cowles	2.00
Litchfield. First Cong. Ch.	24.10
Lyme. T. L. Gilbert	2.00
Meriden. First Cong. Ch., E. K. Breckenridge	5.00
Middlefield. Cong. Ch., for Kansas Refugee M.	23.50
Middletown. First Cong. Ch., $29.94; Dea.Selah Goodrich. $20; Miss E. T., 50c.	50.44
Milford. First Cong. Ch.	17.63
Morris. Cong. Sab. Sch.	15.00
Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.	27.00
New Hartford. Cong. Ch., Bbl. books, andpapers, $2 for freight, for Macon, Ga.	2.00
New Haven. Dr. W. B. DeForest, for TalladegaC.	50.00
New Haven. “A Friend,” for TillotsonC. & N. Inst.	5.00
New London. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Harris, forTalladega C.	120.00
New London. “A Friend”	2.00
New Preston. Mrs. B. A.	1.00
New Preston Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	44.00
New Preston Village. “A Friend,” for HamptonN. and A. Inst.	10.00
North Branford. J. A. Palmer	2.00
North Haven. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.	10.00
Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., $113.23; SecondCong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $65; First Cong. Ch.,$10	188.23
North Woodstock. Cong. Ch.	15.00
Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for StudentAid, Atlanta U.	60.00
Plymouth. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch., forStudent Aid, Fisk U.	95.00
Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	11.70
Stafford Springs. Cong. Ch.	5.00
South Britain. Mrs. E. M. Averill	5.00
South Glastonbury. Cong. Ch.	5.26
Terryville. A. S. Gaylord, for Student Aid,Fisk U.	70.00
Thomaston. David S. Cables	20.00
Thompsonville. D. P	1.00
Torrington. Cong. Sch. and Soc.	15.00
Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $9.64; Cong.Sab. Sch., $10.36	20.00
Vernon Depot. Sab. Sch., by C. D. Tucker,for Student Aid, Atlanta U.	18.00
Washington. Henry S. Nettleton, for school-housein Ga.	5.00
Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.,$399.86; first Cong. Ch., $135.70	535.56
Waterbury. “A Friend,” for Kansas RefugeeM.	5.00
Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, for TalladegaC.	100.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Windsor Locks. Mrs. L. P. Dexter	5.00
Winsted. E. E. Gilman, $10; Mrs. E. W. C.,$1; Mrs. C. S., 50c.	11.50
Winthrop. Miss C. Rice, $1.50; Mrs. M. A.Jones, $1.50	3.00
Woodbridge. Cong. Ch.	10.00
——“A Friend” ($150 of which for KansasRefugee M.)	450.00
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	$2,637.92
LEGACIES.
Avon. Estate of Maria Avent, by OliverGabriel	200.00
Eastford. Estate of Rozel S. Warren, by J.D. Barrows, Ex.	400.00
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	$3,237.92

NEW YORK, $1,096.96.
Albany. Mrs. Mary M. Learned	25.00
Arcade. Dea. P. H. Parker	5.00
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.,Geo. A. Bell, supt., for Missionaries at Fernandina,Fla., Ladies’ Island, S. C., andCharleston, S. C.	200.60
Brooklyn. Bedford Cong. Ch.	16.00
Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry	3.00
East Bloomfield. Cong. Sab. Sch.	16.00
Franklin. Mrs. Isabel H. Penfield	5.00
Fredonia. “Friends,” for School-house,Athens, Ala.	30.00
Fredonia. Miss Martha L. Stevens	5.00
Galway. Delia C. Davis and sister, for StudentAid, Atlanta U.	10.00
Gloversville. Cong. Ch. (of which AlansonJudson, $150, Mrs. Sarah B. Place, $70, $35of which for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.)	314.50
Goshen. Miss Martha Wisner, for StudentAid, Fisk U.	10.00
Jefferson. Mrs. S. Ruliffson	4.00
Kinderhook. W. I.	1.00
Lenox. Amos S. Johnson	2.00
Lockport. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., ad’l toconst. Mrs. L. B. King, Miss NettieMoody and George Jennings, L. M’s	56.04
Lima. Geo. Thayer, $5; G. W. Thayer, $3;Mrs. E. W. Beadle, $2	10.00
Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch.	10.46
Mina. Mrs. A. T.	1.00
New York. William E. Dodge, for TougalooU.	100.00
New York. Broadway Tab. Ch., Mon. Con.Coll., for Ch., McIntosh, Ga., and to const.Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D. D., L. M.	30.00
New York. Sab. Sch. of Broadway Tab. Ch.,$25; Rev. H. C. Haydn, D. D., $10; Mrs.E. Merritt, $10	45.00
New York. ——, for Mendi M.	5.47
Oswego. Cong. Ch. Mon. Con. Coll.	13.48
Rushford. W. W.	0.51
Saratoga Springs. Mrs. A. M. W., Sen., $1;Mrs. S. S., $1	2.00
Smyrna. “A Friend”	10.00
Springville. Lawrence Weber	3.00
Success. Sab. Sch., by J. H. Benjamin,supt.	11.00
Tarrytown. “A Friend”	50.00
Troy. Mrs. C. H. Ladd, to const. herselfL. M.	30.00
Walton. Union Miss. Soc. of Second Cong.Ch., $35.44; Second Cong. Sab. Sch.,$19.66; J. J. St. J., 50c.	55.60
West Farms. Ladies and Prof. AlphonsoWood, Bbl. of Bedding and Books, by Mrs.A. Wood, for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.
West Winfield. Cong. Ch.	16.00

NEW JERSEY, $81.39.
Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts	25.00
Lakewood. Ralph Tyler and G. L. Hovey,Box of Books, for Tougaloo U.
Lyons Farms. “C.”	5.00
Newark. “A Friend”	0.39
Orange Valley. Ladies’ Sewing Soc. ofCong. Ch., $26, and Bbl. of Bedding andC., by Mrs. Austin Adams, for furnishingrooms, Tillotson C. and N. Inst.	26.00
Salem. W. G. Tyler	25.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $7.00.
Cambridgeborough. Mrs. W. G.	1.00
Cross Cut. W. W.	1.00
Forest Grove. C. T. B.	1.00
Guy’s Mills. S. O. F.	1.00
Philadelphia. M. A. L.	1.00
Sewickley. “A Friend,” for Mendi M.	2.00

OHIO, $788.28.
Austinburg. First Cong. Ch.	11.00
Belpre. Cong. Ch.	13.03
Brookfield. Miss E. F.	0.50
Bucyrus. “Friends,” by Rev. J. Schull, forTougaloo U.	17.50
Burg Hill. Mrs. H. B., $1; J. M. J., $1; S.J. B., 50c.	2.50
Cleveland. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. of theHeights, for Student Aid, Fisk U.	24.00
Cleveland. B. A. D., 50c.; M. P., 50c.	1.00
Dover. L. G. P.	1.00
Delaware. J. W. D.	0.50
Elyria. Heman Ely, for Student Aid, Fisk U.	40.00
Fredericktown. A. H. Royce	10.00
Geneva. “Cheerful Workers,” by MinnieCarter, sec., for Tougaloo U.	15.00
Greenfield. William Smith	5.00
Harrison. John D. Bowles	5.00
Hartford. Mrs. F. and M. Brockway, $5;S. C. B., $1; H. J., $1; Mrs. A. T., $1; H.B. T., $1; Others, $1	10.00
Huntington. Edward West	25.00
Kingsville. M. Whiting	20.00
Lorain. “Friends,” by Miss Kate Randall,for Emerson Inst.	8.00
Martinsburgh. J. A. McFarland and MissEmily McFarland, $2.50 ea.	5.00
Metamora. Mrs. M. S.	1.00
Moss Run. M. B. F.	1.00
Mount Vernon. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., forStudent Aid, Fisk U.	50.00
Napoleon. Mrs. N. B. P.	1.00
Painesville. R. Hitchcock, for Kansas RefugeeM.	250.00
Painesville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., forStudent Aid, Atlanta U.	25.00
Painesville. E. E. J.	1.00
Sandusky. J. G.	0.50
South Salem. Daniel S. Pricer, $3; MissM. M. M., $1; Mrs. M. S., $1	5.00
Springfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., $12.50, forTougaloo U., and $12.50, for Fisk U.	25.00
Sulphur Springs. “Friends,” by Rev. J.Schull, for Tougaloo U.	22.50
Toledo. Mrs. Geo. L. Weed, $10; Mrs. M.A. Harrington, $5	15.00
Willoughby. Mrs. J. M. Page, $5; Miss C.E. Leonard, $5; for Kansas Refugee M.	10.00
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	$621.03
LEGACY.
Cleveland. Estate of Chas. French	167.25
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	$788.28

INDIANA, $15.00.
Indianapolis. Mrs. M. S. Pratt, for School-house,Athens, Ala.	15.00