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SI)C iTavmer's iHoiatl)!!) bisitov. 



longing; uiul coii.siniii iiiiproveiiiPiit to the or- 

 phan recipients of ii» hoiinty tiiiil writclilul cure. 

 I huve the honor to bt-, liulicj, with gitni rc- 

 apect, your most ohedieiii, most liiimhle >eivunl, 

 SAMUEL APl'LETON. 



At a meeting of ihe Bonj<l of Munii^'cr!: oflhe 

 Boston Fi-oiule ANyliim, on Tiiei-diiy, July 30ili, 

 1644, a letter was iireneiitod lioin Sai'iuel AppU;- 

 lon, Esq., enclosing, with exprisjionscf tljiMuosl 

 gralllying kindness, a check lor one thiMi.-iiiid 

 dollars, as hig suli.-^ciiplion lowiir<l the building 

 of a new Asylum,— and it was 



Voted, Tliiit the ihimk.s of lliis biuuxl, in be- 

 half of tlie Society for wliouj tiny act, and of 

 the orphans wlio huvc ulieiidy owed so much to 

 his bounty, be prei-euicd to i\ir. Applctou, l()r this 

 renewed iuslance of liis miuiilii cut ciiarity, in a 

 gill which, added to his former doualions, places 

 hirii amongst the largest cotitributors to an Insti- 

 tution which uutiilicrs auioug its friends, so ma- 

 ny of the liberal, the good an I the distinguished. 

 By order, 



ABBY L. WALES, Secretary. 



I cannot, my dear sir. send ilus expression of 

 gratitude trom the l\laiia;;eis of the A.sylum, 

 without making my individual acknowledi;metiis 

 for the kindness with wl^icli y(ju meniion the 

 note, 1 had tljc honor to address to yon, nearly 

 twenty-nine years ago. 



I believe it very seldom happens that the same 

 officer of any charitable .society, has an opportu- 

 nity, after an interval of so many years, to address 

 Its thanks to the satne benelactor. 



The oriental hyperbole, " may you live a thou- 

 sand years," i ises spontaneously to my mind, ac- 

 companied by the thoughts that there" is, indeed, 

 a sense in which we may live, even oti this earth 

 through an uuimaijiued period, in the consequen- 

 ces and influences of our present life; and pei- 

 haps, be permitted to trace their, in a future one, 

 to their remote results. 



Way you liave many ye.irs, in which to increase 

 the store of iccompenses, thus laid up for you. 

 With great respect, vours, 



ABBY L. WALES. 



BosTo.'v, July 31st, 18-14. 



Boston, May 98tli, 1845. 

 To Abhy L. ffales, Secretary of the Boston Fe- 

 ma?«^«!//«m;— I received on the 1st of August 

 last, your letter of Jidy 3Ist, enclosing a note of 

 thanks passed at a meeting of the Board of Man- 

 agers of the Boston Female As\ lum, July 30lli, 

 for a donation sent them toward the building of 

 a new house, for the Asylum. I also reeei"ved 

 your letter, signed Abby L. Wales, in which you 

 are pleased to say: "The oriental hyperbole, 

 " May you live a thousand years," rises spuiunne- 

 ously, in your miiul, .iccouipauied by the thought, 

 that there is indeed a sense in which we may 

 live, evcti on this earth, through an miimagiued 

 period, in the consequences and influences of 

 our present life; and perhaps bo pertnitted to 

 trace them, in a future one, to their remcjie re- 

 •ulls." 



This explanation of the phrase, " May you live 

 a thousand years," although to me, entirely new, 

 appears both beautiful luul rational. It di.sclo.se.s 

 a very interesting truth, which might otherwise 

 Bppeara mere exiravagtmt wish. The tliougbi 

 that our aetion.s, though apparently unimportaiu. 

 may yet, not only influence distant generation.-, 

 in this world, hut in their remoie residts, mm' 

 even he felt through a future .state of existence'; 

 might perhaps, if properly kept iti view, encour- 

 age us to the doing of good deeds, and deter us 

 from doing those which are evil. 



I semi you enclosed, one thou.sand dollars, 

 which I wish may he invested in a |.ermanent 

 fund. Ibe interest on the same to be expended 

 annually, in medals, hooks, trouey, or any thing 

 else the managers may think proper, among the 

 most deserving girls at the Boston Female Asy- 

 lum. A present, though trifling in value, givJn 

 toatiorplmii girl of eight or ien years of age, 

 for her good deeds or good helmvior, may pn- 

 baps have a beneficial influence on her conduct 

 through life. 



Should it be supposed, that this donation is 

 prompted by a hope of realizing in the memmles 

 ol men or women, the idea contained in the ori- 

 ental hy|)erbole, eo kindly made use of in your 

 lettei;, I can only say that if any thing could re- 

 eoBcile me to iruc.h q motive it might perhaps bfi 



the thought of a tivoiable recollection, a thou- 

 sand years hence, in the minds ol person.<, gov- 

 erned by so pore iuid disinterested principles, as 

 those which lia\e chaiacli'riscd the past and 

 present managers of the BosKju Female Asy- 



ItlUl. 



With great respect, 1 have Ihe honor to be 

 your must obeilieiit, most biuiible servant, 



SAMUEL A PPL ETON. 



N. B. — I congratuliite the maiiageis of the Bos- 

 ton Female Ai-ylum, on the coniplition of their 

 new bouse. A house, elegant, substantial, con- 

 venient, and every way siiitableliir the purposes 

 lor which it was erected. 'J'lie grounds are also 

 beautifully laid out, to correspond with the es- 

 tablishiijtnt. 



Sami-el Am'I.f.ton, Esq., Sir: — Your letter of 

 .May t;8lh, which contained the muniticent dona- 

 tion of oni: thousand dollars '• to be invested as a 

 permanent fund, the in'erest rif which is to be 

 expended aunurdly in medals, hooks, money O)- 

 any ihiiiJ else ihe managers may think proper, 

 among the most deserving girls ',-t the l?o:-lon 

 Female A.-ylum," Has laid belbre the Managers 

 at the meeting on 'I'uesday the 24ih instant, and 

 it was imaniuifiuslv 



Voted, 'iliat in acknowlerltjin:; this gift, the 

 board leel ihat tliey are expressing the gratiiude 

 t\iie, not only friuu the pieseiit directois and pre- 

 sent recipients of lliis charity, hut lioiu all who 

 may to the latest liuie, become either the one or 

 the other. Also, 



Voted, That the fallowing method of carrving 

 into efliH't the kind and TilK-ral beqiii.'st oflAlr. 

 AppleIon,be submitted for bis apiwoval. 



Firstly, The Ihoiisaud dollars shall he sejiai- 

 ately invested, and called the " Appleton Fund." 



Secondly, The interest of this fund shall he 

 given ill prizes of money, \ arming in value from 

 five to tifteen dollars. 



Thirdly, The monies thus awarded shall he 

 placed in the Savings' Bink, each girl having her 

 book, which shall be kept for her by the Treas- 

 urer of the Asylum, till she shall ' he ei-jliteen 

 years old, and she shall then present herself at 

 the board to claim it. And each shall receiye 

 at the time of ihe award, a certificate to be kept 

 by herself, that such prize has been given for her 

 good conduct. 



Fourthly, The rewanis shall he given Tor mor- 

 al qualities; and not merely fur that proficiency 

 in school, which dfpends on intellecliiid endow- 

 ment ; Ihat is, to the most diligent, ob;-dient,dis- 

 interesled, triiihful yirls. All claim to tliem be- 

 ing forfeited by will'ulness, obstinacy, disobedi- 

 ence or fiilsebood. 



Fifthly, The conditions of obtaining the "Ap- 

 pleton reward.s" shall be fairly written out and 

 hung in the school room, as a const.aut memorial 

 to the children of their own duties and the be- 

 nevolence of their benefactor. 



The giving of the prizes iu money has been 

 preli'rred in consideratiim of the peculiar silua- 

 tion of these girls. Most oi' them at the expira.- 

 tion of their appieniiceship have kw, perhaps 

 no friends, but those to whoin they went as 

 strangers and upon whom they have no further 

 claim. A tijAV dollars of their own, niay then be 

 of I'real iuipoii.-ince to tlicni on ihi-ii- first setliim 

 out in life, on iheir own responsibililv. And_ if 



the money si Id be iiuuiediately needed, it is 



believed that llie knov\l<(lge ol having something 

 in store may produce the » isli of adding to it by 

 prudence in ihe expenditure of their earnings, 

 thus iiiay be laid ii|i a resource in case of sick- 

 ness, or a little fund of coiivenienec, pride and 

 pleasure iu the iiioie prosperous event of mar- 

 riage. 



If the propose<l plan of appropriating your giH 

 should not meet ^our appioijalion, the Managers 

 will be happy to attend to any further siigiestions 

 you may make on the sul>je<M. 



Permit me. my dear sir, in behalf of the " yast 

 and present Managers of the As\liiui," to thank 

 yon (or ihi' kind appreciation of lliciii, expressed 

 in ,\piir kller, and to offer the expression of iiiv 

 individual respect and graliliidi'. 



ABBY L. WALE,*, Sfocten/ 

 . •' of Boston Fenudt .Isylum. 



Bi-sr Time to aw'LY Paint. — It has hnig been 

 a suhjrci of iiKiniry as lo the bc-t-iime to a|'pl\ 

 |iaint to the chq hoards of houses lor durahilil^. 

 Repeated expeninents havB been made, within 



twcniy-five years past, which have resulted iu lli'"' 

 convii'iton, that paint applieil between Nuveinbtr 

 and March, will stand more than twice as long 

 as thai which is spread in iIk; \A'ai"mest weather. 

 The re.nson is obvious; for in cold wcjither the 

 oil and other c(unpoM-iit parts of the p;Liui, form 

 a liaid suhstaiic<' on the surface o! the clapbnard. 

 Ileal Ij as hard as glass, and not easily erased, or 

 even cut with a sharp knife, and will not soon 

 we.nripff; whereas paints applied ill the months 

 of Jii'y and .Vngust, and more especially it iu a 

 severe drought, the oil immeiliaicly [M-neti-atcs 

 iiilo the wood, like Wiiter into a sponge, and leaves 

 the lead nearly dry, which will soon crumble off. 

 — Stlected. 



Large Yielo of Coan. — Lavvton. Turner, of 

 Portsmouth, R. 1.. gathered, the present autumn, 

 liiuii a fif-ld measuring 8 acres lei rods, which 

 he planted on the farm iuqproved by Tlioinas R. 

 Hazard, III said town, the following crop: 

 .'593 bushels of shelled corn; worth, say 



80 cents per bushel, $474 40 



.tO bushels of. ears of lefijse corn, «ortli ■ 



l.T cents per bushel, 7 .')0 



About U'O tons ot' slalks and fodder, at 



.*4 50 per ton, <!0 00 



3 luiie ox-cart loads of Swede liuuips 

 ahuut 150 bushels, al 12i cents per 

 bushel, J8 75 



5 lar:;e nx-wagon loads of sweet pump- 

 kins, at $3 per load, 15 CO 



Total, $605 (i5 

 The fi.'Irl averaifiiig 73 bushels 2i qt.*. [jer acre, 

 of sound corn. One selei-led acre, ISj rods by 

 12 rods, yielded 89 bushels 18i tpiarls. 



The ground had been u.-ied us a sheep pasture 

 for the last IViur years, .'^hoiit six acres of it was 

 spread tiyer with coarse barn manure and sea- 

 weed, previou.s to |ilougliing last spring. .About 

 one acie'was manured in the hill, and the re- 

 mainder was not.inanured al all. — Herald nf tlie 

 Times. 



The Or.EGo.v Traoe. — A Peep into the Pa- 

 ciFit. The last iiiielligenre informs us that 

 there are now two packets running between Or- 

 egon city and tlonolidii, one of the Sainlwicli is- 

 lands. One of these is an American packet, and 

 the oilier belongs to the Hudson's Bay Company. 

 This fact is the initial of one of the giiatett 

 commercial levohilions vvhicli the world has 

 seen. Look at the map. Fix jour poinis al Liv- 

 erjKiol, Boston, Si Louis, Oreg'ln City and Cm- 

 ton. Then calculate Ihe'freight and lime requir- 

 ed by a bale of goods transpnrlf d around Cape 

 Horn to Canton. Then take the same hale of 

 iroods by steam c;u' IVoin Boston In Oregon City, 

 and iIhmi bysti'am packet from Oregoti to Can- 

 tun. If the goods go from England, by Capo 

 Horn, it will save lenlhiuisand miles to take thein 

 across the American conlinenl! If they go Iroui 

 the United Slates, there is a saving of two-lhiids 

 Ihe vvlade distance ! 'I'hat the trade of the Uni- 

 ted Slates w ill take that course, prnvided the cniu- 

 mnnicalion is by steam, no one i-an doubt. It is 



v.-iiii to talk al t ihe Panama route if \oii can 



go liy sleam.to Oiego'. 



What in tbiriy-lluee years (ilie avir.-^ge gene- 

 ration) w ill be the (ffict of turning the. Pacilic 

 trade across the couilucnt ? In that lime, the 

 populalion of the United Sialr's will he filly mill- 

 inns, ami its commercial inartiu' Ihe greatest in 

 the world. The ports ofClrna and iis vast trade 

 are alld'^^ill be iqiencil to all luiticuis. 'Phe wa- 

 ItM's of the Pacrfic arc comparatively smontli and 

 the voyage sate. What dui s the reader imagine 

 will be the efii'ct of pouring the trade of the 

 United States and its til'ty iniilions of people, ac- 

 tive, ingenieiis and induslrious,, across the conti- 

 nent of America upon the aicienl fields olA>ia? 

 V'asi, indeed, will be the revolution in commerce, 

 and 1 qually great will be the nvulinion' in the 

 civiriZHiiou ol' Asia! .\ll this may appear to 

 some minds as a dream, but it is a necessity of 

 cmumerce, science and art It will happen, -a* 

 certriiniy n.t the United Sttites conlhiut to s;row. 



In.aiicieiit Asia and modern A*ia, the internal 

 tiaihf of those continents was curried on by car- 

 avans. Some of thtf largest cilics in .\sia were 

 built up by the ciiriivan trade. The introduction 

 of an inland trade ncioss'tki- coulineul ol .A'uH'ri- 

 cu is the same thing as llierc exibled,t>niy carrier! 

 on that trade by steam. 



