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for at the Home until the age of fourteen, and are then 

 placed in good families. The greatest number at any 

 one time in the Home was nine. The society has al- 

 ways been very successful with those who have been 

 under its care. The executive committee seek the co- 

 operation of all benevolent people who are interested 

 in continuing this good work. The society is now 

 sadly in need of funds, and its work, consequently, 

 at the present time, is very limited. 



By the payment of one dollar, any person may be- 

 come a member of the society. Appended is a list of 

 officers, any one of whom would gratefully receive any 

 contribution for the cause: Mrs. Catharine Starbuck, 

 president ; Mrs. Phebe A. Gardner, vice-president ; 

 Mrs. Mary Folger, vice-president ; Mrs. Charlotte C. 

 Pearson, secretary ; Miss Sarah B. Brown, treasurer. 



Farmers' 9 Institute. 

 Organized some two years since for the purpose of a 

 free interchange of views, and amicable discussion 

 upon farming and agriculture. The society meets 

 every Saturday evening during the winter at its room 

 on Main Street. Rev. Daniel Bound, president; Albert 

 Easton, secretary. 



Independent Order of Good Templars. 

 Isle of the Sea Lodge, I. O. G-. T., meets Monday 

 evenings, at lodge-room on Main Street. 



Howard Society. 

 For facts in relation to this and the Relief Associa- 

 tion, the compiler is indebted to Mrs. Elizabeth Star- 

 buck. 



