The American missionary — volume 42, no. 9, September, 1888

by Various

They are such happy little girls, and so easily entertained. Just now I saw two of them getting such a merry time out of dragging the bowl of a large pewter spoon over the ground for a wagon, putting a little stick in the way to represent water they had to cross—for our recent rains have flooded the bottom-lands in several places. There was a nail lying in the spoon, and I asked what that meant. “Oh,” Maggie said, “that is me, and I am going to the store to buy some beads.” A shorter nail was there to represent her younger playmate. No little girls to-day, pushing their red-cheeked wax dollies in their miniature baby carriages, are any happier than our little Indian girls, drawing their broken pewter spoon and representing themselves by old rusty nails.

At our Missionary Society, which meets every Saturday for an hour, I generally read them a little story; sometimes from “The Pansy,” which was sent us last year, or from “Our Little Men and Women,” also a gift from an unknown friend. They enjoy it always and like to see the pictures; but the book that holds the charm, and of which they never tire, is “The Story of the Bible.”

They have pieced two small quilts and one large one this season, and will finish two others of medium size. Our mite box contains $2.50 at this date. These are the pennies that their parents send them to be used in this way, and occasionally they earn one by some little service for us.

HARRIET B. ILSLEY.

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RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1888.

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MAINE, $1,281.94.
Bangor. Hammond St. Ch.	$75.75
Bangor. J.H. Crosby, for Atlanta U.	5.00
Bethel. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch.	12.50
Blanchard. Mrs. Rose B. Packard, deceased,by J. C. B. Packard	5.00
Brunswick. Mrs. S. F. C. Hammond, forStudent Aid, Atlanta U.	25.00
Castine. Trin. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Castine. Class No. 9, Trin. Sab. Sch., forStudent Aid, Tougaloo U.	1.25
Eastport. Sab. Ch. of Central Cong. Ch.	5.00
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	23.50
Gorham. Miss E. B. Emery, for Atlanta U.	25.00
Hallowell. Mrs. H. K. Baker	5.00
Hampden. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.79
North Yarmouth. Rev. J. B. Carruthers,5; Cong. Ch. and Soc., 4	9.00
Portland. State St. Cong. Ch. and Soc.,150; Williston Ch., 84; Rev. F. T. Bayley,25	259.00
Saco. First Parish Ch.	21.68
Skowhegan. Island Av. Cong. Ch.	12.65
South Waterford. Miss M. E. Shurtleff	10.00
Wells. B. Maxwell, 20; First Cong. Ch.and Soc., 10.25	30.25
——. “Friend in Maine,” for Williamsburg,Ky.	10.00
Woman’s Aid to A.M.A., by Mrs. C. A.Woodbury, Treas., for Woman’s Work.
Albany. Mrs. H. G. Lovejoy 3.00 Albany. Mrs. A. K. Cummings 3.00 Auburn. High St. 25.00 Auburn. Sixth St. 5.00 Bethel. First Ch. 14.00 Bethel. Second Ch. 12.00 Bethel. Sec. Ch., Little Helpers 3.00 Brunswick. 72.00 Berlin. (N.H.) 10.00 Calais. 10.00 Cape Elizabeth. Star MissionCircle 3.60 Cumberland Center. 20.00 Dennysville. 6.50 Dennysville. Dea. E. P.Vose 5.00 Dover and Foxcroft. Ch. 17.00 East Baldwin. 10.00 East Machias. 4.00 Freeport. 22.00 Freeport, South. 42.35 Gilead. 1.00 Gray. 6.50 Harpswell Center. 10.00 Harrison. 6.00 Jonesboro. 1.00 Jonesport. 2.00 Lewiston. Pine St. 27.00 Machias. 20.00 Machiasport. 8.75 Marshfield. 2.00 Mechanic Falls. 13.50 Minot Center. 18.00 New Gloucester. 26.50 North Yarmouth. 4.00 Oxford. 2.50 Phippsburg. 5.23 Portland. High St. Ch. 75.00 Portland. State St. Ch. 50.00 Portland. Second ParishCh. 40.00 Pownal. 3.10 Red Beach. 1.00 Shelburne. (N.H.) 2.00 South Bridgton. 5.25 Steuben. 5.00 Sweden. 2.00 Turner. 15.00 Upton. 2.25 West Auburn. 3.05 West Minot and Hebron. 6.50 Whiting. 1.75 Yarmouth. First Parish. 48.60 ———	701.93
Received by Mrs. J.P. Hubbard, for Williamsburg, Ky.
Hiram. Mrs. Z.W. Banks,for Student Aid 1.00 North Yarmouth. Mrs. J.B.Carruthers, for Student Aid 11.14 Portland. Mrs. NathanDane, for Student Aid 5.00 Woodfords. S. S. Class, by Miss W.Perry, for Student Aid 4.00 Bethel. Mrs. D. W. Hardy,for Freight 3.00 Biddeford. Mrs. J. W. Haley,for Freight 1.00 Farmington Falls. Miss S.G. Croswell, for Freight 2.00 Litchfield Corner. Mrs. J.T. Hawes, for Freight 1.00 South Freeport. Miss H. H.Ilsley, for Freight 4.50 West Falmouth. Rev. W. H.Haskell, for Freight 1.00 ——	33.64
Clothing, etc., received by Mrs. J. P.Hubbard, for Williamsburg, Ky.:
Auburn. Bbl., by Mrs. F.S. Root Bethel. Bbl., by Mrs. D. W.Hardy Biddeford. Bbl., by Mrs. J. W. Haley Falmouth. Bbl., by Mrs. Geo. O.Knight Farmington Falls. Miss Susan G.Croswell, Box of Hats Litchfield Corner. Bbl., by Mrs. J.T. Hawes North Yarmouth. Bbl., by Mrs. J.B. Carruthers Phillips. Bbl., by Miss Cornelia T.Crosby Portland. Bbl., by Mrs. Chas.Frost South Freeport. Bbl., by Miss H.H. Ilsley West Falmouth. One and one-halfBbls., by Rev. W. H. Haskell Woodfords. Half-Bbl., by Miss W.Perry Unknown Source. Bbl.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $574.18.
Exeter. Mary E. Shute	50.00
Gilsum. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	7.50
Great Falls. First Cong. Ch.	30.00
Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	50.00
Lyme. G. W. Randlett, for MountainWhite Work	2.00
Manchester. Hanover St. Cong. Ch. andSoc.	32.13
Nashua. Ladies Miss’y Soc., by Dora N.Spaulding, for Woman’s Work	20.00
Nashua. Betsy A. Wilson, for Negroes,Indians and Chinese and to const. AnnaM. Wilson, Carrie Fay, Mrs. JeffersonDean, Nettie A. Wilson, Ira B.Wilson, Addie L. Wilson, Etta A.Wilson and Mrs. Nellia A. Morris L. M’s.	300.00
Penacook. Rev. A. Wm. Fiske, forChinese M.	5.00
Piermont. “A Friend”	5.00
Walpole. First Cong. Ch.	23.25
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	$524.88
ESTATES.
Portsmouth. Estate of Mrs. E. A. Brooks,by H. A. Yeaton, Ex.	25.00
Cornish. Estate of Sarah W. Westgate,by Albert E. Wellman, for TrusteesCong. Ch. of Cornish	24.30
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	$574.18

VERMONT, $593.70.
Barre. Cong. Ch.	17.08
Castleton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for IndianM.	25.00
Chelsea. Ladies, by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild,for McIntosh, Ga.	10.00
Danville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.	10.00
Franklin. Ladies, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks,for McIntosh, Ga.	2.65
Greensboro. Rev. S. Knowlton	20.00
Manchester. Miss Ellen Hawley, for StudentAid, Talladega C.	70.00
New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	19.00
North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	11.60
Norwich. Mrs. H. Burton	2.00
Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch., Box of Books,for Talladega C.
Peacham. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Mrs.C. A. Bunker, for McIntosh, Ga.	26.00
Royalton. A. W. Kenney. 30, to const.Seymour Culver L.M., Cong. Ch. andSoc., 20.02	50.02
Saint Johnsbury. Ladies, by Mrs. HenryFairbanks, for McIntosh, Ga.	91.00
Saint Johnsbury. Ladies, ad’l for McIntosh,Ga.	55.00
South Royalton. Mrs. Susan H. Jones	10.00
Thetford. First Cong. Ch.	7.00
Vergennes. Miss Minnie Wood	2.00
West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.	9.24
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	136.11
Woman’s Home Missionary Union of Vt.,for McIntosh, Ga., by Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks,Treas.:
Manchester. L. H. M. S. 5.00 ————	5.00
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	$578.70
ESTATE.
Wilmington. Estate of Mary Ray, by E.M. Haynes, Ex.	15.00
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	$593.70