The American Missionary — Volume 39, No. 07, July, 1885

by Various

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RECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1885.

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MAINE, $278.87.
Augusta. Mrs. Skeeles' S. S. Class, for Student Aid, Talladega C.	$1.00
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; First Cong. Ch., 20.32	95.32
Bath. Central Ch. and Soc.	40.00
Bethel. First Cong. Ch.	4.55
Hallowell. Mrs. H. K. Baker	5.00
Limington. "A. B."	2.00
North Bridgeton. Miss Proctor's Sch., for Wilmington, N. C.	1.00
Norway. Ladies, bbl. of C., for Wilmington, N. C.
Saint Albans. Mrs. W. S. Sewall and family	1.50
Skowhegan. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., by A. L. Colby, Treas.	8.00
South Berwick. Mrs. Hodgkins' S. S. Class, for Student Aid,Talladega C.	14.00
South Paris. Cong. Ch.	6.50
Union. Cong Ch., 4; Ladies' Soc., 4	8.00
Waterford. Centre Ch. Sab. Sch.	10.00
By Mrs. J. P. Hubbard, Treas. Woman's Aux., for Missionary, Selma,Ala. Albany, Mrs. Lovejoy, 3.—Bridgeton, Miss Hale, 1.—Casco, Mrs.Mayberry, 1.—Denmark, Ch., by Miss Davis, 2.—Orland, Ch., by MissBuck, 23.—Portland, State St. Ch., 50; Rev. S. Longfellow, 2	82.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $202.60.
Bath. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	10.61
Bedford. Cong. Ch., bbl. Bedding, etc., for Talladega C.
Canterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	11.25
East Derry. Mrs. M. G. Pigeon, for Missionary, Austin, Tex.	20.00
Franklin. Mrs. R. C. Andrews, for Indian M.	5.00
London. K. S. Price	5.00
Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns	30.00
Portsmouth. North Ch. and Soc.	105.04
Winchester. Cong. Sab. Sch.	15.70

VERMONT, $537.36.
Bakersfield. By Mrs. J. A. Perkins, for Missionary, McIntosh, Ga.	5.75
Brattleborough. E. Crosby & Co., for Student Aid, Talladega C.	25.00
Corinth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	31.00
Cornwall. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.	17.61
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch.	19.85
Granby. Mrs. Nancy Appleton	5.00
Hyde Park. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	15.00
Manchester. "A Friend"	5.00
Manchester. Mrs. A. C. Reed, pkg. C., 1.25 Freight, for Atlanta U.	1.25
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	60.44
Newbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. Bedding, etc., 1.70 Freight, forAtlanta U.	1.70
New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	20.66
Plymouth. Coll. at Furnace	.69
Quechee. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	26.05
Townshend. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Mrs. C. C. Taft L. M.	25.76
Vergennes. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	25.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs. D. L. Ray L. M.	30.00
Ladies of Vermont, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, for McIntosh, Ga.,Benson, 10.—Bethel (5 of which for building fund), 10.75—Bridport,33.—Braintree, 5.—Charlotte, 30.25—East Hardwick (3 of which fromYoung Ladies' Aid Soc.), 10.25—Fairlee, 11.—Franklin, 5.40.—NewHaven, 25.06.—Newport, ad'l, 1.16.—North Troy, 1.—Quechee,1.—Saint Albans, 15.—Saint Johnsbury, ad'l, 2.54.—Sharon,10.—Swanton, 15.25.—West Rutland, 16.10.—Total, 202.76 (less 11.16expenses)	191.60

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,636.44.
Alford and West Stockbridge Centre, Cong Ch's.	2.93
Amesbury. Cong. Ch.	9.00
Amherst. Miss M. H. Scott, bbl. of C., for Tougaloo U.
Andover. Free Christian Church, 100, to const. Mrs. Ruth F. Emerson,Mrs. Agnes B. Donald and Benj. W. Farnum L. M's; Chapel, Ch. andSoc., 81	181.00
Athol. Evangelical Ch.	75.00
Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch., 539.14; Union Ch. and Soc., 107.32; ParkStreet Ch. and Soc., ad'l, 10; "Friend," for Indian M., 10; Mrs. E.P Eayrs, 5—Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid,Straight U., 50—Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. and Soc., 72.74—Chelsea.Woman's Union Home M. Band, for Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn.,60—Dorchester. Sab. Sch. Class, Second Ch., for Indian M., Dakota,1.58; Mrs. E. J. W. Baker, for Student Aid, Fisk U., 50—Roxbury.Eliot Ch. and Soc., 75.51—Somerville. Winter Hill Ch. and Soc., 20;Henry Howard, 20; Broadway Ch. and Soc., 17.41; M. P. Elliott,Freight, 2	1,040.70
Bernardston. Miss M. L. Newcomb, 60.00, for Student Aid, TalladegaC.; 20.00, for Share	80.00
Danvers Centre. Missionary Soc., Box S. S Supplies, forWilliamsburg, Ky.
Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	160.71
East Bridgewater. Union Ch.	32.23
East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Talladega C.	25.00
Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	4.86
Fall River. Pastoral Aid Soc. of Central Cong. Ch., for StudentAid, Talladega, C.	10.00
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	25.00
Georgetown, First Cong Ch. and Soc.	46.84
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Ellis P. Harlow L.M.	30.00
Hardwick. First Calvinistic Ch. and Soc.	5.00
Harvard. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Share	20.00
Haverhill. D. Crowell's Bible Class, Centre Cong. Ch., for StudentAid, Fisk U.	30.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	61.10
Holliston. Primary Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., 6; Clothing, val. 1, forStudent Aid, Talladega C.	6.00
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	19.00
Lakeville. Precinct Ch.	53.00
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch.	75.00
Littleton. "Friends," for Atlanta U.	10.00
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	52.96
Medway. Mrs. Geo. M. Richardson, for Wilmington, N. C., Freight	1.00
Montague. First Cong. Ch.	16.00
New Bedford. First Cong. Ch.	52.00
Newburyport. Belleville Ch. and Soc., 77.30, to const. Joshua Hale,Jr., and Joseph H. Currier, L. M's; North Ch., 68.65	145.95
Newton. Ladies' Freedmen's Aid Soc., for Share	20.00
Newton. Miss Annie Boyden, 2 bbls. of C., etc., for Macon, Ga.
Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	74.10
Northampton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	52.38
Northampton. "A Friend," 50; Cong. Ch., 25	75.00
Northampton. Ladies' Benev. Soc., for Share	20.00
Northampton. Miss J. B. Kingsley, for Indian M.	1.00
North Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	4.50
North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc.	15.33
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	41.29
Rehoboth. Cong. Ch.	20.00
Rutland. Cong. Ch.	5.15
Salem. Tabernacle Ch and Soc.	320.81
Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., for Talladega C.	10.00
Saugus. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	2.00
Shelburne Falls. Mrs. J. A. Richmond	2.00
South Framingham. South Cong. Ch.	87.30
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	47.00
Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, for Student Aid, TalladegaC.	3.00
Springfield. "A Friend"	5.00
Topsfield. Mrs. Ephraim Perkins	4.00
Ware. Livingston Band, for Indian M., Fort Sul'y	20.00
Watertown. Friend	1.00
Westborough. Ladies' Freedmen's Mission Soc. for Freight	2.00
Westfield. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	50.00
West Medway. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.45
Weymouth and Braintree. Union Ch.	44.26
Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	50.00
Whitinsville. Ladies' Miss'y Circle of Cong. Ch., box of C., forMacon, Ga.; 10 for Freight	10.00
Williamsburg. Ladies' Sew. Soc., for Student Aid, Talladega C.	40.00
Wilmington. Mrs. Noyes, for Student Aid, Talladega C.	25.00
Winchendon. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.	93.55
Yarmouth. Ladies' Sew. Circle, for Fisk University Freight	1.50
——. "A Friend"	100.00
By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n. Holyoke, Second,28.24—Palmer, 20—Springfield. Olivet, 35.30; Mrs Edw. Clarke, 5;North Sab. Sch., for Missionary, Tougaloo, Miss., 25	113.54
Clothing, etc., received at Boston Office. Maine—Farmington.Ladies' Soc., Bbl.—Massachusetts—Chelsea. W. H. M Band, bdl.Papers—Hyde Park, W. H. M. Soc., bbl., for Jonesboro,Tenn.—Medway, Ladies' B. Soc., bbl., for Wilmington, N.C.—Newton, Ladies' F. A. Soc., bbl., for Macon, Ga.—Somerville,Matthew P. Elliot, pkg. Hats, for Atlanta U., Val. 50—Waquoit.Rev. Joshua Gay, box Books—Westborough. Ladies' F. M. Soc.,bbl.—Worcester, Ladies' B. U. of Piedmont Ch., bbl., for Marietta,Ga., Val. 50—Yarmouth, Ladies' Sew. Circle, bbl., for Fisk U.

RHODE ISLAND, $2.00.
Central Falls. Mrs. Maria E. Edwards, bbl. of Goods, 2 Freight	2.00

CONNECTICUT, $1,563.47.
Abington. Cong. Sab. Sch.	2.00
Ansonia. First Cong. Ch.	22.52
Bethel. "Willing Workers," for Student Aid, Talladega C.	40.00
Bethel. "Willing Workers," cask of C., etc., for Talladega C.
Bozrah. Cong Ch.	4.00
Bridgeport. "Cheerful Workers," for Share	22.00
Bridgeport. Nathaniel Wheeler, Wheeler & Wilson Sew. Machine, forWilmington, N. C.
Bridgeport. Miss Carrie Wood, box Bedding, etc., for Talladega C.
Bristol. Mrs. S. T. Smith	1.50
Cheshire. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Conn. Sch. Quitman, Ga.	30.00
Darien. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., for Share	10.00
East Hampton. Dea. Skinner, for Student Aid, Talladega C.	5.00
Gilead. Cong. Ch.	15.60
Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, 50; Cong. Ch., 3.50	53.50
Hartford. Mrs. Catharine B. Hillyer, 30, to const. Lucy TudorHillyer L. M.; Windsor Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., 10	40.00
Hartford. Centre Ch., 2 bbls. Bedding and C., for Talladega C.
Middlefield. Lyman A. Mills	30.00
Mount Carmel. Cong. Ch.	27.30
New Britain. South Cong. Ch., to const. Charles Peck, Geo. P.Rockwell, Oliver Stanley, Rev. Chas E. Steele, John B. Talcott andDea. John Wiard L. M's	192.88
New Haven. First Ch.	204.89
North Cornwall. Cong. Ch.	41.85
Roxbury. Cong. Ch., 15.65, and Sab. Sch., 15	30.65
Sherman. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	20.50
Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	17.36
West Stafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.00
Westville. Cong. Ch.	19.00
——. "A Friend"	600.93
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	$1,436.48
LEGACY.
Hartford. Estate of Dr. John R. Lee, by John Hooker, Ex.	126.99
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	$1,563.47

NEW YORK, $2,499.90.
Albany. First Cong. Ch., 120.73; Chas. A. Beach, 25	145.73
Albion. Miss H. M. Woodward, for Wilmington, N. C.	1.75
Bergen. First Cong. Ch.	12.50
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch., 429.06; Julius Davenport, 100; SouthCong. Ch., 50; "A Friend" 30, to const. Miss Elizabeth Cleveland L.M.	609.06
Chateaugay. Rev. C. C. Torrey	5.00
Chittenango. Mrs. Amelia L. Brown	5.00
Ellington. Mrs. Anson Crosby	1.00
Leroy. Mrs. A. McEwen	5.00
Lima. "A Friend"	2.00
New York. S. T. Gordon, 100; Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, 30, to const.Mrs. Luretta C. Stickel L. M.	130.00
New York. Mrs. Wm. E. Dodge, 100; Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, 100, forAtlanta U.	200.00
New York. Mrs. H. B. Spelman, for Student Aid, Atlanta U.	25.00
Northville. Cong. Sab. Sch.	12.00
Perry Centre. Cong. Ch., 30, to const. Mrs. William R. Bathrick L.M.; R. J. Booth, pkg. Papers	30.00
Rushville. Cong. Ch.	4.57
Rutland. First Cong. Ch.	9.69
Saratoga. Miss F. A. Marvin, for Student Aid, Talladega C.	2.00
Sherburne. Cong. Sab. Sch., 35.37; "Friends," 35, for Student Aid,Talladega C.	70.37
Syracuse. Primary Dept. Plym. Sab. Sch., for Share	20.00
Wellsville. First Cong. Ch.	24.19
West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. (50 of which for Student Aid, Fisk U.)	81.00
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	$1,395.86
LEGACIES.
New York. Estate of Wm. E. Dodge, for Atlanta U.	100.00
North Winfield. Estate of Miss E. Jane Alexander, by Thomas E.Harrison and Olive E. Harrison, Exs.	500.00
Norwich. Estate of John Foote (90 of which to const. Mary C. Foote,Achsa S. Foote and Susan L. Peck L. M.'s.), by John Mitchell, Ex.	504.04
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	$2,499.90