The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 4, April, 1887

by Various

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.’s	100.00
Augusta. “Two Friends,” for Debt	10.00
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,1	13.00
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., 5	20.00
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 debt	6.25
Concord. “A Friend,”	1.00
East Derry. First Ch. and Soc.	9.46
East Jaffrey. Eliza A. Parker	10.00
Franklin. Cong. Ch.	30.00
Gilmanton. Rev. and Mrs. S. S. N. Greeley	5.00
Goffstown. Cong. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Straight U.	12.00
Hancock. “Cheerful Workers,” by Mrs.L. M. Tuttle, for Freight	1.00
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. Dewey	40.00
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 Fairbanks	6.00
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. Wild	2.00
Jericho Center. Sab. Sch. Class of Boys,for McIntosh, Ga., by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks	1.38
Johnson. Cong. Sab. Sch., for McIntosh,Ga., by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild	17.45
Marshfield. Lyman Clark	15.00
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 Little	50
Northfield. Mrs. D. J. Allen	5.00
Norwich. Mrs. B. B. Newton	5.00
Peru. Dea. Edmund Batchelder. 3; Rev. A.B. Peffers, 2	5.00
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. Elliott	2.00
Amherst. Mrs. Elijah Ayres, Bdl. BastedGarments, for Macon, Ga.
Andover. Ladies of South Cong. Ch. forFreight	2.00
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’s	74.00
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., 50	239.57
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. Leach	50
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., 8	28.00
Greenfield. Miss Jeanette Thompson	5.00
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 Debt	2.00
Hopkinton. Cong. Ch.	3.72
Lakeville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., for Debt	2.00
Lowell. Highland Cong. Sab. Sch., forStudent Aid, Straight U.	21.60
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch., for Freight	3.00
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. Williston	100.00
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., 26.12	70.39
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 Meadow	5.00
Ludlow	19.14
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, Trustee	40.00
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’rs	1,000.00
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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’s	200.00
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. Swift	10.00
Danbury. First Cong. Ch., 104.80; SecondCong. Ch. and Soc., 18.02	122.82
Darien. Ladies, by Mrs. Ellen M. Nash,for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga.	10.00
East Morris. W. H. Farnham	1.00
Farmington. Rev. E. A. Smith, for Kindergarten,Atlanta, Ga.	10.00
Granby. South Cong. Ch. 7.65; First Cong.Ch. 5.50	13.15
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. forDebt	5.00
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. Robbins	5.00
Lebanon. Goshen Soc.	16.96
Middletown, (Westfield.) Third Cong. Ch.	10.00
Milton. Cong. Ch., Mrs. Ella Grannis	5.00
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. Salisbury	50.00
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 Averill	10.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch.	100.54
North. Branford Cong, Sab. Sch., for Woman’sWork	20.00
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. Baldwin	20.00
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. Circle	5.00
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, 2	21.47
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. Harris	1.00
Flushing. First Cong. Soc.	43.58
Gaines. Cong. Ch.	15.49
Hamilton. Cong. Ch.	11.00
Hobart. Mrs. J. W. Blish	3.50
Lima. Miss Clara M. James	2.00
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 Work	20.00
New York. “A. F.,” 250; “A. M. R.,” 50	300.00
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. 16.55	27.68
Norwich. “Vestibule Soc.,” for Savannah,Ga.	3.00
Oneida. Edward Loomis	5.00
Oxford. Ladies H. M. Soc., Bbl. C., forTougaloo U.
Paris. Cong. Ch.	24.50
Port Richmond. Stephen Squires	5.00
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 Work	45.00
Lakewood. “A Friend.”	5.00
Lyons Farms. Fred W. C. Crane, 10; Mrs.Jane T. Crane, 2	12.00
Newark. “F. M.”	2.00
Salem. W. Graham Tyler	30.00
Upper Montclair. Christian Union Cong.Ch.	165.15