The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 9, September, 1887

by Various

VERMONT, $245.72.
Cambridge. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	1.00
Castleton. First Cong. Ch.	16.85
Coventry. Ladies of Cong. Ch., for McIntosh,Ga.	11.00
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch.	14.04
Franklin. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.17
Jericho Center. First Cong. Ch.	7.00
Johnson. Cong. Ch.	16.00
Lunenburg. Cong. Ch.	3.00
Lyndon. Mrs. A. L. Ray	2.00
North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	12.72
Norwich. Mrs. Albert Buell	10.00
Peacham. Ladies, for McIntosh, Ga., byMrs. C. A. Bunker	21.00
Poultney. Cong. Ch.	6.00
Saint Johnsbury. Ladies, adl., for McIntosh,Ga., by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks	1.25
Saxton’s River. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	23.29
Sheldon. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Thetford. First Cong. Ch.	3.75
Waitsfield. Ladies, for McIntosh, Ga., byMrs. Henry Fairbanks	8.00
Waterville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	1.00
Woodstock. Cong. Ch.	72.65

MASSACHUSETTS, $4,287.51.
Alford. J. Jay Dana, to const. Rev.Augustus Alvord, L. M.	30.00
Amherst. First Cong. Ch.	25.00
Amherst. Boy’s Soc., by Miss Emma Beaman,for Indian M.	6.00
Amherst. Miss M. H. Scott, Bbl. of C.,for Tougaloo U.
Andover. Chapel Ch. and Cong., 70; G. W. W.Dove, 50; Free Christian Ch., 25,bal. to const. George Christie, L. M.	145.00
Arlington. Ortho. Cong. Ch.	25.00
Beverly. Dane St. Ch. and Soc.	226.88
Boston. “A partial payment of theDebt due from the North to theColored race of the South” 50.00 Boston. “A Friend” 10.00 Boston. Mrs. Jacob Fullarton 0.50 Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch.and Soc. (5 of which for IndianM.) 115.71 Roxbury. Immanuel Ch. and Soc.,to const. Francis J. Ward, L. M. 90.60 West Roxbury. South Evan. Ch.and Soc. 29.65
———	296.46
Brockton. E. C. Randall	0.50
Brookfield. Mrs. R. B Montague	8.00
Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc.	68.45
Cambridge. Miss H. E. Moore	8.00
Canton. Evan. Cong. Ch.	15.00
Chelsea. Mrs. Emma B. Evans	5.00
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Coleraine. Ladies of Cong. Ch.	10.00
Conway. Cong. Ch.	6.00
Dighton. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., by Mrs.Wm. B. Greene	10.00
East Bridgewater. Sab. Sch. of UnionCong. Ch., for Student Aid, Talladega C.	25.00
East Charlemont. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	2.87
Easthampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	77.58
Easton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.Rev. F. P. Chapin, L. M.	35.91
Easton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for StudentAid. Fisk U., and to const. Miss C.E. Mitchell, L. M.	35.00
Falmouth. First Ch.	62.91
Fitchburg. C. C. Ch.	30.00
Framingham. “A Friend”	25.00
Gilbertville. Cong. Ch.	3.00
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	50.00
Haverhill Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc., toconst. Mrs. Samuel Driver, L. M.	100.00
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	12.00
Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 147.88;“Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4,” 30	177.88
Holliston. Inf. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., forStudent Aid, Talladega C.	6.17
Holyoke. “Friends,” by E. B. Reed, forIndian Scholarship	17.50
Holyoke. “Friends,” for Indian M.	7.00
Hyde Park. By Mrs. E. S. Paine, for OaheIndl. Sch.	2.00
Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.	15.36
Lenox. Cong. Ch.	29.50
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc.	13.50
Marblehead. J. J. H. Gregory, for Wilmington,N.C.	94.33
Marlboro. Union Cong. Ch., to const.Mrs. Samuel Boyd, Mrs. Delia E.Bucklin, and Mrs. John E. Curtis,L. M’s	93.62
Medway. Village Ch. and Soc.	85.89
Milbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	51.60
Monterey. Cong. Ch.	30.00
New Bedford. Members North Cong. Ch.,for Tougaloo U.	15.00
Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.	100.00
Newton. “Eliot Mission Circle,” 16 forOahe, and 70c. for Rosebud Indian M.	16.70
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	85.57
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch., for IndianM.	20.00
North Adams. First Cong. Ch.	22.68
Northampton. Kate E. Tyler	10.00
Northboro. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Cong. Ch.	15.00
North Woburn. B. F. Kimball	2.50
North Woburn. Miss Amanda Sevrens,for Rosebud Indian M.	0.20
Oxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 76; Woman’sMiss’y Soc., by L. D. Stockwell, Treas.,14	90.00
Peabody. Sab. Sch., S. Cong. Ch., forOahe Ind’l Sch.	25.00
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 85;Second Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 10	95.00
Sherborn. Pilgrim Ch. and Sab. Sch.	30.00
Southboro. Miss M. J. Temple, forFreight	1.50
South Framingham. “Friends,” for IndianM.	12.00
South Lee. Mrs. Horace Martin	3.50
Templeton. Trin. Ch. and Soc.	19.07
Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	21.84
Wakefield. Cong. Ch.	50.95
Wendell. Cong. Ch., 3; “Friends,” 5	8.00
West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	8.00
Westhampton. “P.”	5.00
West Medway. Second Cong. Ch., bal. toconst. Helen C. Allen, L. M.	15.73
West Newton. Cong. Ch., for Talledega C.	53.85
West Tisbury. First Cong. Ch.	4.59
Weymouth. S. F. Jenkins’ Bible Class,for Wilmington, N.C.	10.00
Whitman. “A Friend,” to const. MissSarah M. Bates and Harry R. Reed,L. M’s	60.00
Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch., (80 ofwhich to const. Rev. Charles Wadsworth,L. M.) 187; Piedmont Cong. Ch.,100; Salem St. Ch. 38.55	325.55
By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev.Ass’n:
Agawam. Feeding Hills 15.00 Chicopee. Second 53.92 Chicopee. Third 13.97 Chicopee. Third for Indian M. 2.53 Holyoke. Second 86.98 Huntington. Second 13.15 South Hadley Falls 19.50 Springfield. North 37.17 Springfield. South 47.08 Wilbraham 12.75
———	302.05
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	$3,403.19
LEGACIES.
Cambridge. Estate of A. E. Hildreth, byhis Sons	500.00
Uxbridge. Estate of Mrs. A. H. Tucker,by Jacob Taft, Ex.	384.32
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	$4,287.51

RHODE ISLAND, $174.97.
Central Falls. “A Friend”	25.00
Little Compton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,bal. for Kreutzer Marie Adlof Sch’p	8.00
Pawtucket. Cong. Ch.	115.97
Providence. Young Ladies’ Mission Circleof North Cong. Ch., for Indian M.	26.00

CONNECTICUT, $4,038.88.
Berlin. Ladies’ Sewing Soc. of Cong. Ch.,for Conn. Ind’l School, Ga.	21.25
Bridgeport. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong.Ch., for Sch’p, Indian M.	25.51
Bristol. Cong. Ch.	75.00
Buckingham. Ladies’ Sewing Soc., forConn. Ind’l School, Ga.	5.00
Burlington. Cong. Ch.	3.00
Cheshire. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., forRosebud Indian M.	5.50
Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., for IndianM.	3.05
Colebrook. Cong. Ch. (1 of which fromMrs. E. Penney, of Millbrook)	15.12
Cornwall. First Cong. Ch.	15.07
Durham. First Cong. Ch.	12.96
East Granby. Cong. Ch.	5.00
East Hampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,for Indian M.	6.00
Ellsworth. Cong. Ch.	8.56
Fairfield. Mrs. Jonathan Sturges, for IndianM.	25.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch.	85.31
Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch.	15.43
Guilford. Third Cong. Ch., for StudentAid, Atlanta U.	30.00
Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, 100; Jos. W.Hungerford, 100; Cong. Ch., 5.70	205.70
Hartford. Warburton Chapel Sab. Sch.,for Rosebud Indian M.	20.25
Hartford. “Friends,” 6; Fourth Cong.Ch., 6.25, for Indian M.	12.25
Higganum. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.	30.60
Kensington. Cong. Ch., 25; Mrs. EdwardCowles, 3	28.00
Lyme. Grassy Hill Cong. Ch.	8.50
Manchester. Sab. Sch., of North Cong.Ch., for Rosebud Indian M.	55.14
Mansfield Center. Mrs. B. Swift	25.00
Mansfield Center. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,for Rosebud Indian M.	10.00
Marlboro. Cong. Ch.	20.00
Meriden. Center Ch.	50.00
Middletown. First Ch., by R. H. Stothart,Treas.	65.31
Naubuc. “A Friend” (4 of which forIndian M)	84.00
New Haven. Mrs. A. S. Farnam, for OaheInd’l Sch.	50.00
New Haven. Sab. Sch. of First Cong.Ch., for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga.	25.00
New Haven. Alfred Walker	10.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	100.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch., 19.77; Miss M. Curtis,10, for Indian M.	29.77
North Cornwall. Cong. Ch., to const.Dwight Rogers and Geo. Hughes, L. M’s	61.00
Northfield. Cong. Ch.	42.46
North Haven. Cong. Ch.	131.00
Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch.	200.00
Norwich Town. “The Other Girls,” byFannie I. Williams, for Conn. Ind’l Sch.,Ga.	22.00
Norwich Town. First Cong. Ch.	21.00
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch.	24.81
Plainville. Solomon Curtiss	100.00
Plantsville. Walter W. Altwein, for RosebudIndian M.	0.10
Putnam. Second Cong. Ch.	24.62
Rockville. Second Cong. Ch.	500.00
Salisbury. Cong. Ch.	87.21
Salisbury. Sab. Sch. Class, by T. J. Roraback,for Oaks, N.C.	5.00
Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	4.75
Southbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	8.40
Southington. Cong. Ch. (of which 1.10 forConn. Ind’l Sch., Ga)	51.10
Southport. “A Friend”	25.00
South Windsor. First Cong. Ch.	11.96
Suffield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	13.90
Terryville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., forIndian Student Aid	17.50
Washington. J. G. Fenn	1.00
Waterbury. First Cong. Ch., for Indian M.	80.00
Watertown. Mrs. F. Scott’s S. S. Class,for Student Aid, Fort Berthold, Dak.	15.00
West Hartford. Anson Chappell	10.00
Westport. Sab. Sch. of Saugatuck Cong.Ch., for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga.	20.00
Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Ch.	18.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	229.11
Windsor. First Cong. Ch.	45.00
Windsor. Miss M. E. Sill, for Oahe Ind’lSch.	25.00
Winsted. First Cong. Ch.	44.31
Wolcott. Cong. Ch.	6.00
Woman’s Home Missionary Union ofConn., by Mrs. S. M. Hotchkiss, Sec.,for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga.:
Suffield. Young Ladies H. M. Circle	7.37
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	$3,038.88
LEGACY.
Norwich. Estate of Mrs. H. B. Norton, byMiss E. F. Norton	1,000.00
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	$4,038.88

NEW YORK, $1,409.80.
Batavia. Miss Sarah F. Lincoln	10.00
Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch., 50; “AFriend,” to const. Hon. Neal Dow, L.M., 30; Rev. S. W. Powell, 3	83.00
Candor. Cong. Ch.	10.08
Chenango Forks. Cong. Ch.	3.00
Chittenango. Mrs. Amelia L. Brown	5.00
East Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	54.00
East Bloomfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,for Santee Indian M.	30.00
East Bloomfield. Mrs. Eliza S. Goodwin	1.00
Ellington. Mrs. M. Ellsworth	1.00
Geneva. J. V. Ditmars	3.00
Greene. Cong. Ch.	12.00
Hamilton. Cong. Ch., 6.25; O. S. Campbell,5	11.25
Homer. Cong. Ch.	26.19
Hopkinton. First Cong. Ch.	17.00
Howell’s. Cong. Ch.	9.00
Lockport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.	75.00
Lowville. Mrs. L. C. Hough, bal. to const.Rev. L. R. Webber, L. M.	20.00
Madrid. First Cong. Ch.	5.00
Munnsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., forSantee Indian M.	7.00
New York. S. T. Gordon 200.00 New York. S. T. Gordon, for HowardU. 125.00 New York. Sab. Sch. of BroadwayTab., for Student Aid, Fort Berthold,Dak. 50.00 New York. Bethany Sewing Sch.,for Student Aid, Fort Berthold,Dak. 36.08
———	411.08
Patchogue. First Cong. Ch.	19.41
Portland. First Cong. Ch.	5.35
Poughkeepsie. Cong. Ch.	23.30
Sinclearville. E. Williams	5.00
Spencerport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., toconst. J. C. Brigham, L. M.	40.00
Union Center. Cong. Ch.	2.85
Woodville. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Woman’s Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas., forWoman’s Work:
Danby. Acorn Band 6.80 Walton. Ladies’ Aux. 20.00
———	26.80
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	$926.31
LEGACY.
Albany. Estate of Mrs. Joanna T. D.Carner	483.49
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	$1,409.80

NEW JERSEY, $280.00.
Chester. “A Friend”	25.00
Jersey City. Mrs. Henry O. Ames	5.00
Montclair. First Cong. Ch.	25.00
Montclair. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., forStudent Aid, Talladega C.	5.00
Orange. “A Friend”	50.00
Stanley. “The Helping Hands” of Cong.Sab. Sch., for Indian M.	50.00
Westfield. Mission Band, by Matilda C.Alpers	20.00
——. “A Friend in New Jersey”	100.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $32.95.
Centre Road. J. A. Scovel	12.00
Drifton. Sab. Sch. Class, by Rev. J. P.Humphreys	1.20
Neath. Cong. Ch.	3.33
Ridgway. Minnie Kline, for Oaks, N.C.	5.00
Scranton. Plymouth Ch.	11.42

OHIO, $509.24.
Akron. Cong. Ch.	156.73
Alexis. Cong. Ch.	4.10
Alliance. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 5.68;Mrs. Rev. J. M. Thomas, 5, for Indian M.	10.68
Brownhelm. O. H. Perry	10.00
Burton. Mrs. H. H. Ford	4.00
Cincinnati. Mrs. Rachel M. Smith	2.50
Conneaut. H. E. Pond	5.00
Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch.	7.82
Harmar. Cong. Ch.	176.21
Lodi. Cong. Ch., 9.34; Ladies’ Miss’ySoc., 2.50	11.84
Marion. Mrs. M. B. Vose	10.00
Medina. “The Opportunity Club,” byLulu Ainsworth	2.00
Newark. First Welsh. Cong. Ch.	12.81
Oberlin. The Young Ladies’ Miss’y Soc.,by A. Grace Allyn, Treas.	30.00
Oberlin. Y. W. C. A., for Student Aid,Williamsburg, Ky.	3.00
Painesville. First Cong. Ch.	30.05
Randolph. W. J. Dickinson	10.00
Saybrook. Cong. Ch.	12.00
Wayne. Mrs. Parker, 5; Mrs. A. Jones,50c.; Mrs. L. C. Bearss, $5	10.50

INDIANA, $13.00.
Dunrieth. “A Friend”	5.00
Michigan City. “Grains of Sand,” (inmemory of Sterling Kent), for Kindergarten,Atlanta, Ga.	3.00
Versailles. Mrs. J. D. Nichols, for IndianM.	5.00

ILLINOIS, $6,546.12.
Albion. James Green	10.00
Byron. Cong. Ch.	15.00
Chicago. New England Cong. Ch., 41.64;Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., 25.70; Y. L. M.Soc. of South Ch., 20	87.34
Danville. Mrs. A. M. Swan	5.00
Evanston. Cong. Ch., to const. Rev. N.H. Whittlesey, Silas D. Jennings,Chas. P. Mitchell and N. D. Wright,L. M’s	139.59
Galesburg. Elizabeth G. Furness	5.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch.	23.00
Jacksonville. Cong. Ch.	1.00
Kewanee. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., by Mrs.W. H. Lyman, Treas.	10.00
Lamoille. Cong. Church	20.10
La Salle. “A Friend”	50.00
Lowell. “A Friend”	5.00
Malta. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Morrison. Cong. Ch.	30.00
Odell. Ladies of Cong. Ch.	8.00
Polo. Ind. Presb. Ch.	26.75
Princeton. Cong. Ch.	33.30
Providence. Cong. Ch.	7.04
Rockford. Miss’y Soc. of Rockford Sem.	8.00
Sycamore. Cong. Ch.	106.06
Wheaton. Cong. Ch.	12.50
Wheaton. Mrs. J. C. Webster, “In Memoriam”	5.00
Woodburn. A. L. Sturges, 10; Cong. Ch.,2.95	12.95
Woman’s Home Missionary Union, of Ill.,by Mrs. Leavitt, Treas., for Woman’sWork:
Ashkum. L. M. S. of Cong.Ch. 0.20 Galva. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 33.50 Illini. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 10.30 Payson. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 Rockford. L. M. S., of SecondCh., to const. Mrs. J. P. Perkins,L. M. 32.60 Thawville. L. M. S. of Cong.Ch. 2.00
———	88.60
By Rev. T. L. Riggs, for Oahe Ind’l Sch.:
Chicago. W. F. M. Soc., ThirdPresb. Ch., 25.75; Miss Farrand,1 26.75 Evanston. Cong. Ch. 42.78 Glencoe. “A Friend” 50;Cong. Ch. “Friends,” 49.78Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 3.37;Geo. Scott, 10; Mrs. Swan,10; Mrs. Stoutenberg, 4; “AFriend,” 1 128.15 Kenwood. “Two Ladies” 1.75 Lakeview. The Church of theRedeemer, 20.21; EvanstonAv. Sab. Sch., 10.28 30.49 Oak Park. Cong. Ch. 39.04 Ravenswood. First Cong. Ch.,35.83; and Sab. Sch., 2.70 38.53 Winetka. Cong. Ch. 21.00 —— From Sale of Elizabeth’sPictures 3.40
———	381.89
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	$1,046.12
LEGACIES.
Chicago. Estate of Mrs. Almira Barnes,by Rev. Henry Willard, Adm.	500.00
Lamoille. Estate of Joseph Allen, by J.Y. Burnett, Ex. (30 of which to const. J.Y. Burnett, L. M.)	5,000.00
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	$6,546.12