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(To the Editor of the Colonist.)St. Thomas's Home, Viuua Nova, New Year’s Eve. Deab Sjb,—I will feel very grateful, now that we are at the close of the year of 1888, if you will kindly allow me to acknowledge through the colutnca of the Colonist the receipt during the last eight or nine months, of the following special donations toward** our work for the orphan boys at Villa Nora.Besides thanking these good benefactors and feeling very grateful to Miss Fisher, Mr. Hutton and the kind ladies and gentlemen, who sang so successfully at our concert in July, I would like to add a word of special thank* to our good friend Miss Shea, who not only sang her part, but looked after all the wearisome details, that contributed not a little to the success of the concert:—From Miss Shen—net proceeds of concertin Athenmum.........................$190 00I'er C R Thomson, K5q.— donation of lateJames Elliot..................... 200 00Per E P Morris—donation of late CaptainPierce Whelan........................Net proceeds of Mr Walcott's lecture inAthemeum........ 36 COMis Excellency Governor Blake.......... 20 00Lord George Fitzgerald.................. i 00William Firth, Esq.................... 20 00A Friend (anonymous)................... 20 00Per Inspector Sullivan .................. 20 00James Stewart, Esq. (Greenock;......... 20 00Burke Brothers (St Jacques).............. 20 00Mrs Denning iSt. Pierre).......... 20 COPer A little lady friend................... 20 00Per Mr Steacklnm—proceeds of FatherMatthew's celebration ................ 16 00From Mr Foran—part proceeds of carnival 13 00Gratefully too, do wc remember alt the kind friends who came out to our festival at Villa Nova on Lady Day. They did not come empty-handed, hut left us substantial recollection of their visit. We have^written their names in our Liber VUae, and they will find their contributions acknowledged in our nest issue of the “ Orphan's Friend.”Owing to the careful management of those who are associated with me in conducting the Orphanage, I hope to be able to put by the greater portion of these sums of money, and by a lecture, or some other meant, to add a couple of hundred dollars to them, so as to be able to pay off in the spring an instalment of the 94,000 loaned me to purchase our farm and property at Powersccurt. And now, Mr. Editor, f have to ask you to find room for the following long list of kicd friends who thought of the boys at Christmas, and sent us gifts, ranging from quarters of betf, apples and oranges, grapes and pineapples, seme bacon, a turkey or two, flour and raisins to make sweet bread and figgy pudding, slides and skates—fittingly closing with Gerald’s kind remembrance of the hop. Others, too, whose names we do not know sent us gifts. We gave the boys a high old time and didn’t spare the generous presents sent us for this joyful seasonJudge Little, Jas. Fox it Sons, W. K. Firth, E-q., Jas. Murray, Esq., Goodfcllow At Co., John Casey, E«q., W. Frew; Esq., Mr*. Fene-lon, John Cantwell, Esq., J. D. Ryan, Esq , Mrs. Stafford, Mrs. Jack, Mrs. H. Tobin, Mrs. T. Fitzgibbon, Miss Mullowney, Mrs. E. Croke, T. Mitchell, E*q., W. £f Walsh, Esq., Hon’ble Capt. Cleary, J. Henderson, Esq., Mrs. P. Coonan, Mrs. Kennedy, J. J. O'Reilly, Esq.One word more. A very dear friend gave me a promise, some few months ago, of 9400, contributing, as a first donation towards building a new Home, paid me 9200, and will pay me 8200 next summer.How much we need a new Home, all who visit us can easily see ; but we will not he impatient, knowing that in a year or two we will bate a grand rally of friends around us, who will make the work easy to accomplish.Wishing all our dearjfriends and solicitors a happy and prosperous New Yesr, and thanking, in an especial manner, the merchants and business men who patronised our industries.I remain, faithfully youra, MICHAEL P. MORRIS, Guardian.
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Saint Johns Colonist
Saint Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Thu, Jan 03, 1889
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