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THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
Wednesday, JDcceinfecr, 23 18’3'5.
TWO TfilOtJSANO WAI^TEB>.
On tbe firet Wednesday in last
January, we began the publica
tion of this paper with eleven
subscribers. We now have more
that eleven hundred, and are
ver}’ grateful for the gradual in
crease ; but if our readers and the
friends of the orphan work will
lend us their influence for a few
liours, the Okphans’ Fbiend will
])rint two thousand papers on the
first Wednesda}^ in January,
187C. On paper, this seems to
be so easy! In practice, how'
will it bet Reader will you do
your part t Please let us hear
from you soon.
BEN HADAB’S BABIES.
The next number of this paper
will contain the first chapter of
the story of Ben Iladad’s Babies,
'riiis Story will be continued
from w'eeh to week and will make
some strange statements concern
ing orphans in North Caroli-
iia. AVith fiction, facts will be
freely interwoven, and if these
facts shall be called in question,
names w'ill be given and places
pointed out. If you wish to read
the story, subscribe for the paper
and subscribe for it now.
The following communication
was read before the N. C. Confer^
ence which met recently in AVil-
inington.
Ori’icE OF THE Gbaud Master )
OF Masons in N. C., j
Wilson, Nov. 22,1875.
To the North Carolina Conference
of the Methodist JEpiscoj)al Church
South :
Bbetheen : As the represen
tative head of the Masonic Fra
ternity in North Carolina, I beg
to address. you in tlie hope of
calling your attention to the or
phan work, and to bespeak for it
at vour hands such endorsement
and rocognition as will ivarraiit
more of systematic support than
it has before received.
Set on foot by and the proper
ty of the Grand Lodge of Masons,
vet on such high ground of tini-
versal charity that we sacrifice
no principle in inviting and solic
iting the aid of all benevolent as
sociations, churches and liberal-
minded men and women every
where ; starting with an appro
priation of five hundred dollars
from the Grand Lodge, relying
Upon the voluntary contributions
of the benevolent, during the first
vear the Ol’phau Home in Oxford
reclaimed from wretched want,
and in some instances from igno
ble slavery, over one hundred or
phan children whose parents had
been taken away and who Were
left without means or protection.
It I'.as been a grand success from
the very beginning of its exis
tence. Tlio State has made no
]irovision for orphans ; the coun
ties with their poor-houses afford
but poor and slender aid, and un
til the asylum was brought into
being the larger number of such
children were left to the merciless
protection (?) of the rapacious and
avaricious, oftentimes to the ten
der care of the" negro. Many of
these poor helpless beings were
made so by the events of the
bloody conflict in which so ma
ny laid down their lives for a
cause they felt to be their coun
try’s and their God’s.
"But I need not recount the
claims of the orphan when in
your bod)' we have such advo
cates as Burkhead, Ricaud, Reid,
Wood, Gibbons, Dodson and
hosts' of others whose names do
not now occur to me, whoso cla
rion voices liave been heard in
their behalf ill our oWn mystic
halls, /riie mere mention of the
cause, and that it is desired that
you may authorize those whom
j-'ou send forth to preach the
glad tidings of the Gospel of our
Blessed Lord to plead for the or
phans will call forth such advoca
cy as to put to shame the imny
effort I might attempt, for 1 re
gard this work, next to the work
of spreading the good news of
salvation, the liigliest and holiest
that can engage our sympathies
or excite onr energies.
Based upon the purest princi
ples of cliarity—established by
an Order which knows no sect,
nation or clime—whose covering
is the starry decked heavens, and
whose beneficence extends to all
alike, it cannot but commend it
self 10 you, and at once obtain
your sanction. Then sa)' to your
ministry, tell it to congregations,
publish it from v'our puljiits that
an opportunity is offered for the
exercise of those graces so highly
commended by our Lord when
with ns here on earth, which go
to the enlargement of our hearts
and the ennobling of onr nature.
“Feed ra}' lambs,” was the in
junction ; not, “bo ye fed and
clothed.”
That great good may redound
to the cause of Christ through the
instrumentality of your Oonfor-
euce ; that grace, mercy and peace
may attend you, and that every
good work may proper in yOur
hands I sincerely pray through
Him in whom v/o trust.
G. W. Blocnt,
Grand JIaster.
On motion of Rev. .T, P. Moore,
the Rev, F. L. Reid, Grand Chap
lain of the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons in North Carolina, was con
stituted a committee of one to ex
press in reply to the communi
cation the hearty sympathy of
this body with, the cause of main
taining the orphans.
MB. BEIDS REPLY.
Most Worshipfid Grand Master :
—Your comiimnicatiou in regard
to the Orphan Asylums was re
ceived by the North Carolina
Conference at its late session in
hats, 4 prs. chihlreu’s hose.
Eev. B. L. Beall, 5 yd.s. cotton cloth;
Miss S. J. Lenoir, 1 holt sheeting.
S. yy. Hamilton, 1 calico dress pattern;
II. C. Di.’ion, 3 prs: sochs, 1 worsted dress, 1
pattern dress goods, 2 prs. socks.
Martha E; Bogle, 1 pr. socks, 1 calico dress
pattern, 7 hoods, 7 pr; socks, 1 pr. girls,
hose.
Hamilton & Haile, 1 pr. blankets, 1 ehouldcr
bacon.
James K. Kyle, 27 bolts calico.
Young ladies of Johnson’s Mill, 12 comforts,
3 prs. socks.
Unknown, 6 pieces of boys’ and girla’ cloth-
ing.
Mars Hill Baptist church/ 5 sacks meal, 1
sack iinir.
J. Brown, 4 yds. jeans.
l)f C. Middleton, 2 yds. jeans.-
Jesse T. Smith, 10 yds. calico.
1). J. liiverbank, 8 yds. hoiuespuii;
T. B. i’ierce, calico, shoes, hats, &o.
Mrs. A. M. Faison, calico, shoes, hats.-
J. K. Smith, “ “ “
W. II. Bier, 1 hat.
D. G. Morriscy, 3 pf. shoes.
JIrs. M. Eaton, 1 pr. socks.
Mrs. P. A. Dunn, 1 bbl. syrup.
A Toiicliiisig I»cidcnt.
P£onj£cy Life in India.
Wilmington, N. C., and read in
The following story is told by
a lady residing in India, who
vouches for the truth of it;
It happened that one morning
a little sick and wounded, black
faced, baby-monkey was brought
to our house, where it w-as taken
such good care of, not only by
our servants, but by another
monkey which we had, (not of
the same species,) that it soon
got quite well, and became a great
pet,
The old one was called Moonie,
and the other Fanny. The form
er being a rather tierce-looking
animal, was always chained to
a pole, on the top of which was
her place of residence. The chain
was around her waist, having a
largo ring attached to it, so as to
allow her to run up and down.
She and our young invalid
filonkey were generally great
friends, though I liavo .often seen
Moonie box poor little Fanny’s
eai'S when she tried to touch any
of the plantain oi” rice which she
intended for herseif.
One day in the hot weather,
wlien everything was still and
quiet, (about eight months after
Fanny had been brought to our
house,) a frightful screaming of
open ConfereucOi and 1 was ap
pointed by the Conference tetex-
[iress to you, and through you to
the Grand Lodge, their warm in
terest in this noble enterprise,
and to pledge their hearty coop
eration with you in secui'ing con
tributions for and in awakening
an interest in this enterprise all
over the State. They feel proud
that we have such an enterprise
in the State, and they will most
assuredly do all in their power to
sustain it.
As I could not deliver tlveir
message in person, I do so' in
writing. Again assuring you of
the great interest they feel in the
orphan work under your care, 1
am,.
Yours Fraternally,'
Frank L-.- Reid.
A company of poor children,
who had been gathered out of the
alloys and garrets of the cily,
were preparing for their depart
ure to new and distant homes in
the West. Just before the time of
starling of the cars, one of the
bovs was noticed aside from the
others, and apparently very bus)-
with a east-off garment: The
superintendent stepped up to him,
and found that he was cutting a
small piece out of the jiatched
linings. It proved to bo liis old
jacket, which, having been repla
ced by a new one, had been
thrown awa)'. There was no
time to be lost:
“Oome, John, come,” said the
superintendent, ‘what are you
going to do witli that old piece
of calico ?” '
“Please, sir,’* said John,- “I am
cutting it to take with me. My
dead mother put the lining into
this old jacket for me. This was
a piece of her dress, and it is all
I have to remember her by.”
And as the bo)' thought of that
dear mother’s love, and of the sad
death-scene in the garret where
she died, he covered his face with
his hands, and sobbed as if his
heart would break. But the train
was about leaving, and John
thrust the little piece' of calico in
to his bosom to remember his
mother by, hui-ried into a car, and
was soon far away from the jilace
where he had seen so much sor
row. We know many an eye
will moisture as the story is told
and retold throughout the coun
try, and many a prayer will go
to God for the fatlierless and
motherless in all great cities, and
in all places. Little readers, are
your mothers still spared to )-ou ?
Will you not show your love by
obedience ? That little boy who
loved so well wo are sure obeyed.
Bear this in mind, that if you
should one day have to look U]) -
on the face of a dead mother, no
thought would be so bitter ns to
remember that you had given her
pain by v'Our wilfulness or diso
bedience.—Okl School Fresliijter-
ian.
Resolved, That the Superinten
dent of the said Oi-’phan Asylum
shall repoi't at each Annhal Com
munication ah account of his bffi-
cial acts, receipts, disbmsements,'
numl 6r of pupils, &r; together
with such suggestions as he may
see fit to offer.
4. All churches and benevolent
organizations are requested to
cooperate with us in the orphari
work and to collecCand forward
contributions through Iheir own
proper officers. Here are the res
olutions :
Resolved, Tliat the sincere
tliahks of this Grand Lodge arS
hereby tendered to many benev
olent ladies and gentlemen, to the'
ministers of the gospel, to church
es of various denominatians, to'
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pr thias,
Good Templars, Friends of I’em-
perance, ahd otlier benevolent so
cieties, whose hearty cooperation
and liberal contributions have ren
dered timely and valnabie assis
tance in the great wory of ameli
orating the condition of the or
phan children of the State.
Resolved, That all benevolent
societies and individuals are here
by cordially invited and request
ed to cooperate with us in provi
ding funds and supplies for feed
ing clotlultg, and educating iudi-
geiit and jirotnising orphan ciiil-
dren, at the As3'lum in Oxford.
AD VliR TISliMENTS.
BWETB-r.
Aiffftrstirs LjuiJiS
At Ill's old staTiJ iV.
With a largo stock ofGrocork'S aird'Dry Goods,
Aud 1 ask all wbo biiy,
To fall in a-iid ti'y
If they can iiud any goods' cheaper tlian
goods
I do irot intend
My incrth-y t'd spend
For goods just to lie on niy shf-lvcs,
I dxni’t oftro to ‘‘lilh'w” ’em
But have only to show ’em
And I think they wd'll speak tor themselTes.
43- A. LANDIS, JR.
inonkevs and yelling of servants
disturbed us. On looking to see
what it was all about, I saw two
Imge black-faced monkeys liaving
a fight with Bloonio, who had in
her fury broken the chain and
chased lier visitors away. This
was soon over, and we were very
glad to see pretty littleo Fanny
perched upon her favorite branch.
November, 1875.
He that lias no one to love or
trust has little to liope;’ we may
perhaps allou', that what satis
faction this- world can aTord must
arise from tbe conjunction of
wealth, knowledge and goodness :
wealth is nothing but as it is bes
towed, and knowledge uotbiug
but as it is communicated.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ORPHAN-
ASYLUM FROM DECEMBER Utii TO
DECEMBER-20TH INODUSiVE.
IN CASH.
Paid 82.4.5, Ladies Orphans’ Aid Association.-
“ 52.80, Greensboro Lodge No. 71.0. G.T.
“ 5.00 each, Burnsville Lodge No. 102,
Mrs. P. A. Wiley.
4.25, Lenoii' Mcthodist church.
“ 3.25, Winston Lodge, No. 107.
‘‘ 2.48, Collcetion at Nat. Bunk.
“ 1.00 each, Miss Fa-unie Webb, Miss
Fannie Hester.-
“ 50 cents Miss Ada Sharpe and Miss Mat
tie Thomas.
IN KIND.
Mrs. S. H. Doming, 2 prs. shoes, 1 worsted
dress pattern, 3 remnants boys’ goods, 3
prs. shoes,-4 hoods, Snubias.
William Jacob, 5-' rouinauts calico, 8- girls’
about, and anuLsing every one
■witii her funny war's.
This liapp)' state did not last
long, for two days afterwards
there were the same frightful
screamings—onl)' ten times worse
than before.
This time seventeen large black
faced monkeys came galloping up
Itlie avenue, with their long tails
" 'ect,. and in spite of poor Moonie’s
efforts they carried off dear lit
tle Fanny in triumph- to her
native tree, which was two miles
at least from our house.
It shows us the instinct of these
monkeys, when we remember
that it was eight months since
little Fanny had been wounde and
brought away,- and that their
trees were so far off; that two
monkeys first came to fetch her,
but afterwards an addition of fif
teen, all immensely large fellows,
their tails ceartaiuly a couple of
yards long, and some of them in
height equal to a man.
A miser died recently of sof
tening of the brain. A paper
said of liim, “His liead gave
away, but his hand never did;
Ids brain softened, but his heart
e'o ildii't.”
Kansas teacher—where does
all our grain prodm o go fo ?
Boy—It goes into the hopper.
Teacher^Hoppor 1 what hopper ?
Boy —Grasshopper.
licsolutioMS of fii€ (xi'aiid
Adopted Deo 3d, 1875.
Resolved, 1. That St. John’;
College shall be made an asy
lum for the protection, training
and education of indigent orhpan
children.
2. That this Grand Lodge will
appropriate S——'anmiall) for
To live in the liearts we
behind isrtiot to die.
leave
the support of the institution ; hut
will not assume' any additional
pecuniary responsibilty.
3. That this Grand Lodge elect
a Superintendent who shall control
the institution and solicit con
tributions for its support from all
classes of our people.-
‘ Adopted Dec 5lh 1872 :
Persons buying Dry Goods, Ready made
Clotliing, Boots and Shoes,'&c., in Oxford
should remember that
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Special attention given to rephiciiig full and
partial setts of teeth on gold, silver or ruh-
bor.
aug 9lh 1875—].33l/
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