An Appeal to the Working Men and Women in the Ranks of Seventh-day Adventists

by James White

PREFACE

THE organization of Tract and Missionary Societies in the several State Conferences, and, in fact, wherever our people are scattered, governed by the same constitution, to do the same work, and that work largely pertaining to the financial workings of the cause, makes it necessary that the financial condition of the several branches of the cause should be given in a work like this. Hence, in the following pages will be found just that information that every living, working, Seventh-day Adventist desires. Especially will the officers of the Tract and Missionary Societies find this work a necessary companion, and a great help in discharging their duty in establishing, as far as possible, equality in free-will offerings to the Lord.

We have not, however, entered very minutely into the workings of the several branches of this great Society,

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choosing to let time and experience in this work manifest that which at this stage is not perfectly clear. Doubtless some errors exist in names, localities, and amounts. These will be corrected in the Office books, when pointed out.
JAMES WHITE.

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TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETIES

THE present is an interesting and highly important era in the history of Seventh-day Adventists. Our field of labor is indeed extensive, while our number of preachers is comparatively small. It is therefore evident that our publications must do a large share of the work.

Again, the nature of our message is such that the preaching of the word without our publications could accomplish but little. The living preacher can create an interest, and cause conviction; but the clear and connected theory of the present truth must be read, studied, and clearly seen, from our publications.

And there are hundreds of precious souls, scattered all over the wide harvest field, who received the message for this time simply by reading our publications. And there are thousands more who would rejoice with us in the clear light of eternal truth, and prepare for the coming of the Son of Man, could it be placed before them in the form of silent messengers from our Office of Publication.

Much good has already been accomplished by the circulation of our publications. But it has been seen, more recently, as this missionary work has greatly increased, that system in its prosecution

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is indispensably necessary. During the last three years we have given for the Book Fund not less than $6,000 worth of publications, at the lowest wholesale prices.

A portion of these has been given to comparative strangers, who appeared zealous in the cause, some of whom proved a disgrace to the cause of Christ, even while handing out our publications. We have learned that it is not always the most zealous ones who can engage in tract circulation in a judicious manner.

There are those who would circulate tracts, that cost them nothing, in a careless manner. They would throw them out indiscriminately, much as they would feed chickens. They would be very liberal with that which cost them nothing, and, of course, accomplish little or nothing. At present, broad-cast circulation of tracts is questionable, except at our large gatherings when the crowd is impressed with an important subject. Then a tract upon that subject may be circulated in the congregation to profit. Or, if those who have money to pay for publications wish to scatter them broad-cast, let them do it at their own expense. But we have felt, for more than one year past, that we were done dealing out publications free of charge to strangers to dispose of to others as they pleased.

In order to secure a judicious and wide circulation of our publications, we have been calling, during the past two years, for the organization of tract and missionary societies, that the work might be done in a manner to accomplish the most good. Several churches in different States have organized tract and missionary societies, and have done a good work. But in none of our conferences have they formed a general Tract and Missionary

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Society, excepting the New England Conference, where, under the leadership of Eld. S. N. Haskell, the President of that Conference, the matter has been perfected and carried forward with great success.

It has taken time, and persevering effort, to bring up the New England Conference to its present systematic and efficient action on the tract and missionary work. And one interesting feature of this work in that Conference is, that at no time in the brief history of their Society has it been as prosperous, and its members of as good courage, as at the present time. As an illustration of the efficiency of organized action, we give the following facts in the working of the New England Tract and Missionary Society:

During the first year of this Society, the annual report shows that nearly four thousand individuals have been induced to read on present truth since the formation of this Society. Some have embraced the Sabbath, many sick have been visited and prayed with, prejudice has been removed, and God has blessed the enterprise.

Amount received on donations and memberships, $566.88

Number of members, 104

Value of publications distributed to churches and individuals at reduced prices, $577.22

It should be borne in mind that the entire membership of the New England Conference is only 300 souls, and that the number of members of their Tract and Missionary Society at the present time is only 138.

From the quarterly report of the New England Tract and Missionary Society during the time

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from Oct. 29, 1871, to Feb. 4, 1872, we gather the following interesting facts:

"Number of reports received, 56, which showed that about 21,300 pages of reading matter have been distributed, besides 105 bound books, of which 53 have been presented to libraries. Number of new subscribers obtained, and copies furnished: Review, 33; Instructor, 22; Reformer, 85. Number of sick visited, 46; families, 120."

This Society has settled up arrearages on our periodicals, and, of course, has discontinued a considerable number; yet they have obtained new subscribers to that extent as to increase the circulation of our periodicals in that Conference. The following is from the report of their Society, taken from the Review, Vol. 39, No. 10:

"A list of the present subscribers for our periodicals was compared with that of Jan., 1871, which showed that there had been an increase of 72 for the Review, and 232 for the Reformer. The Instructor has not received the attention during the year past that it will in time to come. One brother remarked that we might put him down for thirty new subscribers for the next quarter. This brother knew what he was talking about, as he had obtained thirty-two subscribers for the Reformer during the past quarter."

During the year 1871, the New England Tract and Missionary Society raised by donations to pay for delinquent subscribers, and to furnish our periodicals to the worthy poor, $250. And besides this, by the energetic action of agents, several hundred dollars were collected on our periodicals, which otherwise, probably, would have been lost to the S. D. A. Publishing Association.

During the same year, this small Society has

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raised $850 to purchase books and tracts for distribution. It designs to furnish, by May, 1872, 200 libraries within the limits of the Conference, with Bible Sabbath, Life Incidents, and the Life of Eld. Joseph Bates.

During the same year, the amount of Systematic Benevolence advance was $500. The present amount of Systematic Benevolence paid by the 300 members of this Conference is $3,000, which is $10 to each member. This, compared with the Michigan Conference, which has not had the benefit of such a society, shows the strength of systematic action.

Michigan has a membership of about 1800, and pays Systematic Benevolence about $6,000, which is only $3 to each member; while the New England Conference, which has less property to each member than Michigan, pays $10 to each member. Michigan will pay, when all are brought up to the professedly adopted figures, the handsome sum of not less than $18,000.

The New England Conference raised, during 1871, for the Publishing Association, the sum of $1,432; for the Health Institute, $1,321. There are unpaid pledges, every dollar of which is good, to the amount of $330, making in all the sum of $3,083. In the same proportion, Michigan should have raised for these institutions, during the year 1871, the sum of $18,000, when it has not raised $3,000. And what is true of the Michigan Conference, is also true of all our Conferences. The same contrast between them and the New England Conference exists. That which is needed to bring up all our Conferences to united, energetic, liberal, and successful action, is to adopt a similar system

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to that which has proved a success in the New England Conference.

In accordance with the recommendation in the report of the Committee appointed by the General Conference to present a plan of organization of Tract and Missionary Societies, which plan was given in the Review for January 16, 1872, a delegation from the churches of the Michigan Conference was called at Battle Creek, February 24, 1872, when the following Constitution was adopted:

CONSTITUTION

ART. I. This Society shall be called the Tract and Missionary Society of the Seventh-day Adventists of the Conference of ---.

ART. II. The officers of this Society shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and a Board of Directors of ---, of which the President shall be one, and they shall be elected annually.

ART. III. The objects of this society shall be: 1. The proper distribution of our Tracts, Pamphlets, and Books. 2. To obtain subscribers for our periodicals; to collect dues and renew subscriptions; and to pay subscriptions for the worthy poor; and, for this purpose, agents shall be appointed annually, who shall report quarterly to the Board of Directors. 3. To visit, and labor (by correspondence or otherwise), for the encouragement and help of the scattered ones of like precious faith; for those who are falling back because of discouragements; and to interest all within the reach of our influence in the great truths connected with the last message of mercy

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to the world. 4. To bring about, as far as possible, equality among our people in the payment of Systematic Benevolence, in accordance with the plan adopted, in taking stock in the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, and the Health Reform Institute, and in donating to other benevolent enterprises.

ART. IV. Any person may become a member of this Society who is in good standing in one of our churches, or who may be recommended by a church of Seventh-day Adventists, by the payment of one dollar.

ART. V. Quarterly meetings shall be held under the direction of the Board of Directors; and each member shall keep a record of his or her labor, and report the same at said quarterly meetings.

ART. VI. The funds to be employed by this Society shall consist of the money paid for memberships, and free-will offerings.

ART. VII. The Board of Directors shall have the general management and oversight of the work of this Society, both in disbursing funds and in counseling in regard to labor; and shall act as agents in collecting funds for this Society.

ART. VIII. This Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.

The Michigan and Indiana Conference was then divided into thirteen districts, with a design that four quarterly meetings be held in each district during the year. The meeting elected a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and a board of fourteen Directors, of which the President is one.

The meeting was characterized by harmony, and a good degree of interest and zeal; and, at

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the close, all felt confident that the plan adopted combined the good of all proposed ones. We would here remark that appointing a Director in each district, whose duty it is to see that each church in his district acts in accordance with the design of the Society, secures action in every locality of our people, and at the same time union of the entire Conference, and uniform action are secured by the labors of the President, who gives his entire time to the interests of the Society.

We do not say that perfection is reached by this plan. Time and experience may show reasons for changes in some particulars. Neither do we say that the action of Michigan in all particulars will apply to the condition of things in all our Conferences. But we do earnestly recommend this plan in the main in all those Conferences where numbers, territory, and strength, admit of it.

The worthy objects of this Society deserve a brief notice in this place.

1. The circulation of our tracts, pamphlets, and books. We have already stated that hundreds have given themselves to the Lord, to keep all of his commandments, from simply reading some of our publications. And there are thousands more being impressed with the truth by reading who are being brought into a favorable condition of mind to be led to acknowledge the truth by hearing it preached, or by personal labors of missionaries. There is no duty more clearly manifest at the present time than the active circulation of our publications, done in a judicious manner to secure their reading.

2. The wider circulation of our periodicals, the collection of dues, and the furnishing of our periodicals to the worthy poor, are matters of vast

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importance to the cause. The press is a mighty engine. The more liberal the patronage, the larger will be the income, and the more editorial talent can be bestowed upon our periodicals and publications, and greater good will they accomplish by them.

Our several State Conferences have, by unanimous vote, assumed the responsibility of the payment of all debts to this Office for the Review and Herald, the Health Reformer, and the Youth's Instructor. This will be regarded by all as very liberal, and showing a general interest in the cause.

But the plan upon which our publishing work is conducted, makes such action on the part of our people simply appear reciprocal, rather than in the light of disinterested benevolence. If our publishing was carried on by one man, or by a firm, who should realize profits from it, any action on the part of our Conferences to be responsible for the payment of our periodicals would be regarded as misplaced benevolence. But the entire property of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association belongs to our people, and not to one man, or any set of men. And those who labor at our publishing house, from the little girl who folds papers, to the editors, receive moderate wages.

Whatever pecuniary benefit Tract and Missionary Societies may be to our Publishing Association, no one connected with the publishing work will be benefited pecuniarily a single penny. These Societies are simply working for the Lord and themselves in the building up of their own Publishing Association.

We have asked the brethren in the several States to take an interest in our periodicals in the following particulars:-

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a To see that they do not go to unworthy persons who neglect to pay for them.
b To see that the worthy poor do receive them, and to take a general interest in a much wider circulation of them.
c To see that those who are able to pay for them, do pay for them, or, in case they do not pay, have them discontinued.
d That each Conference become responsible for the payment of all sums due from subscribers within the limits of the Conference, the Association deducting one-fourth on all periodicals sent to the worthy poor, and on all sums due from unworthy persons, who may refuse to pay.

The Association proposed in turn to furnish to the President of each Conference, with proper restrictions, full lists of subscribers for our three periodicals, from time to time, as it might be necessary, and leave it to his judgment, and that of those associated with him in office, who, and how many, should have our periodicals free. It was left to them to decide, and not the Trustees of the Publishing Association, what names shall be retained upon our lists, and what shall be stricken off. All appeals and requests that our periodicals should be sent free, or at part price, were to be referred to the Presidents of the several Conferences for their decision. It was, therefore, left to each Conference, through its officers, to say how many copies of our periodicals it would pay for, the Association deducting one-fourth.

When Tract and Missionary Societies shall be organized in the several Conferences, the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will sustain the same relation to them, respecting our periodicals and publications, that it has to the State

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Conferences, as above stated. The Association will furnish blank reports, envelopes with the Association's printed address, and specimen copies of our periodicals, free.

3. The missionary work mentioned in Art. III of the Constitution, is just what the members of all our churches need for their own spiritual growth. And eternity alone can show the amount of good that can be accomplished in the salvation of souls by such labor.

There is a law which rules alike relative to physical, mental, and spiritual power, that activity is conducive to strength. It is action that makes the blacksmith's arm strong. It is mental action that gives power to the brain. And it is also personal effort, and individual action, in the things of the Spirit of God, that gives men and women spiritual power.

Our people generally are spiritual dwarfs, when they might be giants in the Lord. They are waiting for the few ministers among us to warn the world, and, at the same time, carry the churches on their shoulders, while they feel at liberty to plunge into the world, and become buried up in its rubbish. The only remedy we have to suggest for them is to lay aside unnecessary cares of this life, and to put forth individual effort for the good of those around them. In fact, this is, in our opinion, the only remedy.

4. Nothing can be more reasonable than that all the members of our churches should take stock in our institutions, and donate to the benevolent enterprises of our people to advance the cause of truth and righteousness, according to their several ability. To bring about equality in this respect

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is one of the worthy objects of the Tract and Missionary Societies.

This branch of the work cannot be accomplished at once. It will take time and patient labor to make all see and feel their duty in these matters, and lead them to act cheerfully and liberally.

For the benefit of all interested in our Institutions, and the benevolent enterprises for the advancement of the cause, we give, in this work, the names of stockholders in our institutions, with the amount of stock, and the names of donors to our Book Funds, with the amount donated. With the names of stockholders and donors before them, and the amount of stock taken, and donations made, the President and directors of the Tract and Missionary Societies can, at a glance, see who have taken stock, and who have donated, and how much, and who have excused themselves from taking part in this labor of love and liberality.

It will also be the duty of the officers of these Societies to examine the condition of Systematic Benevolence in the churches, or with scattered brethren, and do all in their power, in harmony with the idea of a system of benevolence, to bring about equality, according to each ones' ability.

When we say there is work enough to do, no one who has any just idea of the foregoing will call the statement in question. But we feel assured, and greatly cheered with the prospect, that when Societies in all our Conferences get in working order, and the good fruits of their labors begin to appear, our churches will then be able to say to our preachers that they may go into new fields to raise up new churches and new friends to the glorious cause of present truth.

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As the Publishing Association and Health Institute are important parts of our work, and so recognized in our Missionary Society, it is proper in this work to give a complete list of the shares and shareholders of these institutions. By examining these lists, it will be readily seen that in some places there has been a great lack of interest in these important branches of the work, and therefore the action of the Society in taking hold of this matter is timely and necessary to the progress of the cause.

SHARES IN THE S. D. A. P. ASSOCIATION

MAINE

W. H. Moody, Cornville, 1 share, $10.00
J. & M. Thomas, Canaan, 1 share, 10.00
S. W. & E. M. flanders, " 1 " 10.00
J. B. Goodrich, Hartland, 2 " 20.00
A. G. Hutchins, North Berwick, 1 " 10.00
J. L. & H. M. Prescott, " 5 " 50.00
Timothy Bryant, Jr., North Jay, 1 share, 10.00
Betsey Bryant, " 1 " 10.00
Hannah Bryant, " 1 " 10.00
Chas. Woodman, North Leeds, 2 shares, 20.00
Edward Lobdell, Portland, 15 " 150.00
Sarah Ferguson, " 1 " 10.00
L. L. Howard, Rome, 1 share, 10.00
Asa B. Atwood, Skowhegan, 1 share, 10.00
Wm Putnam, So. Norridgewock, 1 share, 10.00
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Total from Maine, $350.00

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Mary C. Mace, Amherst, 2 shares, $20.00
Calvin Prince, " 1 " 10.00
Wm. Brown, " 1 " 10.00
A. A. Bradford, Blakeville, 1 share, 10.00
C. W. Comings, Cornish, 10 shares, 100.00
C. Comings, " 10 " 100.00
Francis Gould, Greenfield, 5 shares, 50.00
J. L. Hobart, Groton, 2 shares, 20.00
M. E. Harris, Lancaster, 1 share, 10.00
Mary Clement, Manchester, 1 share, 10.00
A. W. Smith, " 5 " 50.00
Wm. C. Gage, " 1 " 10.00
Charles H. Jones, " 1 " 10.00
Ellen W. Searle, New Ipswich, 1 share, 10.00
Bela G. Jones, Newport, 2 shares, 20.00
H. P. Wakefield, " 1 " 10.00
D. H. Gould, Peterborough, 10 shares, 100.00
Joseph G. Smith, Unity, 1 share, 10.00
C. Nichols, Reed's Ferry, 1 share, 10.00
Freeman Nichols, " 5 " 50.00
C. K. Farnsworth, Washington, 4 shares, 40.00
H. J. Farnsworth, " 1 " 10.00
W. H. Ball, " 1 " 10.00
J. S. Smith, West Wilton, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. Louisa Tarbell, " 1 " 10.00
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Total from New Hampshire, $700.00

VERMONT.

R. M. Pierce, Andover, 2 shares, 20.00
C. P. Whitford, Addison, 1 share, 10.00
Betsey Benson, Barton Landing, 17 shares, 170.00

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H. W. Barrows, Barton Landing, 3 shares, $30.00
A. S. Hutchins, " 1 " 10.00
Lydia Barrows, " 1 " 10.00
H. A. Churchill, " 1 " 10.00
Hannah Clough, " 1 " 10.00
H. N. Austin, Berkshire, 1 share, 10.00
Belle R. Austin, " 2 " 20.00
H. W. Kellogg, " 10 " 100.00
Edward Kellogg, Jr., " 1 " 10.00
Lydia B. Heath, Bordoville, 1 share, 10.00
Martin Howe, " 1 " 10.00
Lucia Cross, " 1 " 10.00
A. C. Bourdeau, " 1 " 10.00
Mrs. A. C. Bourdeau, " 1 " 10.00
D. T. Bourdeau, " 2 " 20.00
Mrs. D. T. Bourdeau, " 1 " 10.00
W. J. Cross, " 3 " 30.00
V. O. Cross, " 3 " 30.00
Freddie & Willie Wales, " 1 " 10.00
E. Mott, " 1 " 10.00
A. A. Cross, " 3 " 30.00
M. J. Cross, " 2 " 20.00
Dennis Durgin, " 1 " 10.00
W. L. Saxby, " 1 " 10.00
Lewis Bean, " 2 " 20.00
N. W. Emery, " 1 " 10.00
M. N. Cross, " 3 " 30.00
E. N. Cross, " 2 " 20.00
M. D. Cross, " 5 " 50.00
M. E. Cross, " 5 " 50.00
A. Warren, Cady's Falls, 1 share, 10.00
Fanny F. Camp, Chelsea, 1 share, 10.00
John Saxby, East Fairfield, 2 shares, 20.00
Mary S. Saxby, " 2 " 20.00
John Laroch, East Montpelier, 5 shares, 50.00
Edward Kellogg, East Richford, 2 shares, 20.00
Charles L. Kellogg, " 1 share, 10.00

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K. H. Elliott, Eden, 1 share, $10.00
F. N. Elliott, " 1 " 10.00
A. Stone, " 1 " 10.00
F. L. Archer, Granville, 1 share, 10.00
J. M. Cady, " 1 " 10.00
Asa Loveland, Irasburg, 1 share, 10.00
Enos Bartlett, Jay, 1 share, 10.00
H. K. Pike, Jamaica, 2 shares, 20.00
C. N. Pike, " 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. H. N. Pike, " 1 " 10.00
Nahum Orcutt, " 6 " 60.00
Laura K. Orcutt, " 2 " 20.00
Mary A. Howe, Jericho Center, 1 share, 10.00
Belinda Loveland, Johnson, 1 share, 10.00
Hiram Bingham, Morrisville, 10 shares, 100.00
R. Loveland, North Hyde Park, 1 share, 10.00
Thos. Purdon, New Haven Mills, 1 share, 10.00
H. D. Bruce, Randolph Center, 1 share, 10.00
Cyrus Smith, Richford Mills, 3 shares, 30.00
Mrs. Cyrus Smith, " 1 " 10.00
Philip M. Cross, " 10 " 100.00
Sophia R. Bean, South Troy, 1 share, 10.00
John Blair, " 1 share, 10.00
M. M. Churchill, Stowe, 1 share, 10.00
Edward Churchill, " 1 " 10.00
Lewis Harlow, " 1 " 10.00
Harriet E. Jenney, Vergennes, 1 share, 10.00
Harriet Everts, " 1 " 10.00
Enoch Colby, West Charleston, 2 shares, 20.00
M. A. Colby, " 1 " 10.00
J. F. Colby, " 1 " 10.00
Cynthia Colby, " 1 " 10.00
Seth H. Peck, Wolcott, 1 share, 10.00
Mary A. Peck, " 1 " 10.00

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Henry Olmstead, Wolcott, 1 share, $10.00
Louisa Mann, West Randolph, 1 share, 10.00
Sabrina R. Nichols, Worcester, 1 share, 10.00
Jesse Barrows, " 1 " 10.00
S. R. N. Barrows, " 1 " 10.00
Lucinda Gould, " 1 " 10.00
Z. Tyler, Waitsfield, 1 " 10.00
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Total from Vermont, $1650.00

MASSACHUSETTS.

Anna H. Bradford, Acushnet, 1 share, $10.00
B. H. Melludy, Amherst, 1 share, 10.00
Marshall Edson, Ashfield, 1 share, 10.00
Delilah E. Elmer, " 1 " 10.00
Mrs. E. Temple, Boston, 10 shares, 100.00
Mrs. Wm. Daniels, " 1 share, 10.00
Hattie S. Chase, " 1 share, 10.00
John J. Maress, Chelsea, 10 shares, 100.00
Otis Nichols, Dorchester, 1 share, 10.00
Henry O. Nichols, " 1 share, 10.00
Sarah Chase, Fairhaven, 1 share, 10.00
Joseph Smith, Haverhill, 1 share, 10.00
Mary Hale, Hubbardston, 1 share, 10.00
Adaline Lamb, " 1 share, 10.00
M. E. Harris, Lancaster, 1 share, 10.00
B. G. Jones, Newport, 1 share, 10.00
Willard Holden, North Leverett, 1 share, 10.00
Dexter Daniels, New Boston, 1 share, 10.00
Clara P. A. Wardell, New Bedford, 1 share, 10.00
L. C. Wardell, " 2 shares, 20.00
Jarvis T. Ashley, " 1 share, 10.00
Charles Nichols, Palmer Depot, 1 share, 10.00

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D. W. Johnson, Springfield, 1 share, $10.00
Lucy Huntley, S. Lancaster, 1 share, 10.00
F. R. Richmond, " 2 shares, 20.00
S. N. Haskell, " 1 share, 10.00
Maria Huntley, " 1 " 10.00
Mary E. Haskell, " 1 " 10.00
H. B. Stratton, South Boston, 50 shares, 500.00
Mrs. P. X. Murphy, " 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. Caroline Lake, " 1 " 10.00
R. Childs, Stoneham, 1 share, 10.00
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Total from Massachusetts, $1,100.00

RHODE ISLAND.

P. C. Rodman, Ashaway, 5 shares, $50.00
B. F. Carpenter, " 1 share, 10.00
Elisha Holly, Kingston, 1 share, 10.00
Emma F. Farnsworth, " 1 " 10.00
Jabes C. Tucker, " 1 " 10.00
Nathan Anise, La Fayette, 1 share, 10.00
Abram Mott, New Shoreham, 15 shares, 150.00
C. L. Sweet, Slocumville, 1 share, 10.00
E. Macomber, Westerly, 1 share, 10.00
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Total from Rhode Island, $270.00

CONNECTICUT.

Emma E. Sturgis, Fairfield, 1 share, $10.00
Sarah Sturgis, " 1 " 10.00
Stephen T. Belden, Kensington, 1 share, 10.00
Charlotte A. Belden, " 1 " 10.00
A. Belden, " 1 " 10.00
Sarah Bliven, Laurel Glen, 1 share, 10.00
Rosetta Beach, Norfolk Center, 1 share, 10.00

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D. R. Leighton, New Haven, 1 share, $10.00
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Total from Connecticut, $80.00

NEW YORK.

C. P. Buckland, Albion, 2 shares, $20.00
G. W. Buckland, " 1 share, 10.00
Samuel N. Walsworth, Adams, 5 shares, 50.00
Mrs. C. O. Taylor, Adams Center, 3 shares, 30.00
C. O. Taylor, " 2 " 20.00
H. A. Green, " 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. Olivia Bunce, " 1 " 10.00
Charles E. Green, " 1 " 10.00
Mrs. C. E. Green, " 1 " 10.00
Mary Green, " 1 " 10.00
Isadore Green, " 1 " 10.00
D. B. Green, " 1 " 10.00
Jonathan Allen, Alfred Center, 1 share, 10.00
Robert Niles, " 1 " 10.00
William Fenner, Alfred, 1 share, 10.00
Adeline Boynton, Brooklyn,) 1 share, 10.00
E. D., Cor. 10th & Anslie Sts., )
Martin Hewitt, Ballston Springs, 1 share, 10.00
T. T. Wheeler, Brookfield, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Treadwell, Caughdenoy, 3 shares, 30.00
Alexander Ross, " 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. Amanda Putnam, " 1 " 10.00
Julia A. Putnam, " 1 " 10.00
Mrs. Alexander Ross, " 1 " 10.00
R. M. Warren, Cottage, 1 share, 10.00
A. N. Curtis, Camden, 1 share, 10.00
F. N. Satterlee, Durhamville, 1 share, 10.00
N. H. Satterlee, " 2 shares, 20.00
C. B. Preston, East Palermo, 2 shares, 20.00
G. C. Preston, " 1 share, 10.00

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D. B. Green, East Houndsfield, 1 share, $10.00
Lencha Green, " 1 " 10.00
E. S. Lane, East Genoa, 2 shares, 20.00
David Pettis, Fulton, 1 share, 10.00
David Arnold, " 1 " 10.00
M. E. Goodwin, Gilberts Mills, 5 shares, 50.00
S. E. Chapel, " 1 share, 10.00
L. R. Chapel, " 1 " 10.00
Mary Capen, Hamlin, 1 share, 10.00
S. B. Craig, " 2 shares, 20.00
Maria Lamson, " 1 share, 10.00
Miranda B. Craig, " 1 share, 10.00
Ira Abbey, Hubbardsville, 27 shares, 270.00
Rhoda B. Abbey, " 5 " 50.00
Emily Wilcox, " 2 " 20.00
S. I. Abbey, " 1 share, 10.00
Eleanor Abbey, " 1 " 10.00
Rosetta R. Abbey, " 1 " 10.00
Lilly D. Abbey, " 1 " 10.00
V. V. A. Wheeler, " 1 " 10.00
L. B. Whitney, Keene, 2 shares, 20.00
Nettie T. Holt, " 1 share, 10.00
C. W. Sperry, Kirkville, 1 share, 10.00
P. Z. Kinne, " 1 " 10.00
Lucy M. Kinne, " 1 " 10.00
T. M. Smith, " 1 " 10.00
Rachael A. Sperry, " 1 " 10.00
Sally M. Stockwell, Lyndenville, 1 share, 10.00
Henry Main, Leonardsville, 1 share, 10.00
Betsey M. Osgood, Lairdsville, 1 share, 10.00
E. P. Osgood, " 1 " 10.00
Geo. W. Eggleston, Looneyville, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. A. F. Moe, Lansing, 1 share, 10.00
Alonzo H. Hall, Madrid Springs, 4 shares, 40.00
Eunice Hall, " 1 share, 10.00
H. Hilliard, " 4 shares, 40.00

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Henry Crosby, Madrid Springs, 4 shares, $40.00
L. H. Hilliard, " 1 share, 10.00
L. C. Hilliard, " 1 " 10.00
A. E. Gridley, Manlius, 1 " 10.00
Sarah Coy, Middle Grove, 5 shares, 50.00
G. R. Barber, " 1 share, 10.00
Zerah Brooks, Mill Grove, 1 share, 10.00
A. Belden, Moores Forks, 1 share, 10.00
C. M. Chamberlain, Maspeth, 1 share, 10.00
Sybil Whitney, Malone, 1 share, 10.00
E. W. Whitney, " 2 shares, 20.00
Chas. Andrews, N. Y. City, 1 share, 10.00
Andrew Graham, " 1 " 10.00
Henry W. Prince, New Haven, 1 share, 10.00
Jane Demarest, North Parma, 2 shares, 20.00
Margaret Smith, " 1 share, 10.00
A. G. Smith, " 1 " 10.00
Nicholas Smith, " 1 " 10.00
David Demarest, " 1 " 10.00
Mrs. E. M. Prentiss, " 1 " 10.00
Mary F. Dibble, " 1 " 10.00
Thos. Smith & wife, N. Manlius, 2 shares, 20.00
Mrs. Wm. Cheesebro, N. Volney, 1 share, 10.00
Lewis Haskell, Norfolk, 1 share, 10.00
Elias Goodwin, Oswego, 2 shares, 20.00
Margaret Dickinson, " 2 " 20.00
Lovina Dickinson, " 1 share, 10.00
Luman Carpenter, " 5 shares, 50.00
Jesse Rosa, " 1 share, 10.00
Mary E. Goodwin, " 1 " 10.00
John M. Lindsay, Olcott, 6 shares, 60.00
E. B. Gaskill, " 4 " 40.00
L. S. Wetherwax, " 1 share, 10.00
E. B. Sanders, " 1 " 10.00
W. H. Lindsay, " 1 " 10.00
T. H. Lindsay, " 1 " 10.00

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Martha J. Lindsay, Olcott, 1 share, $10.00
Elizabeth O. Lindsay, " 1 " 10.00
C. W. Lindsay, " 6 shares, 60.00
Mrs. E. B. Gaskill, " 1 share, 10.00
Elijah B. Gaskill, " 2 shares, 20.00
Miss Jesse A. Gaskill, " 1 share, 10.00
V. B. Gaskill, " 2 shares, 20.00
Luther L. Gaskill, " 1 share, 10.00
J. G. Lamson, " 5 shares, 50.00
Tamar Lindsay, " 2 " 20.00
Lena E. Lindsay, " 2 " 20.00
J. Lamson, " 2 " 20.00
M. J. Lamson, " 1 share, 10.00
Harmon Lindsay, " 1 " 10.00
John C. Lindsay, " 1 " 10.00
Laura Lindsay, " 1 " 10.00
Lucy Taylor, " 1 " 10.00
Lorenzo Mudge, " 1 " 10.00
J. S. Wager, " 1 " 10.00
Mary A. Gaskill, " 1 " 10.00
Margarett Lamson, " 1 " 10.00
Sarah Lamson, " 1 " 10.00
Maria Lamson, " 1 " 10.00
Charlotte L. Gaskill, " 1 " 10.00
Hattie L. Gaskill, " 1 " 10.00
Morris L. Gaskill, " 1 " 10.00
Delmer V. Gaskill, " 1 " 10.00
Hiram Edson, Palermo, 2 shares, 20.00
Mrs. Hiram Edson, " 2 " 20.00
Lucy Jane Edson, " 1 share, 10.00
A. Woodruff, " 1 " 10.00
H. Woodruff, " 1 " 10.00
Ophelia Edson, " 1 " 10.00
Wm Harris, Port Byron, 1 share, 10.00
J. T. Orton, Rochester, 1 share, 10.00
Drusilla Lamson, " 2 " 20.00
J. B. Lamson, " 1 " 10.00
J. N. Andrews, " 1 " 10.00

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Mrs. J. N. Andrews, Rochester, 1 share, $10.00
C. A. Osgood, " 1 " 10.00
C. Ghering, Renselaer Falls, 1 share, 10.00
R. F. Cottrell, Ridgeway, 3 shares, 30.00
A. Bowen, Randolph, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Peabody, Scottsville, 10 shares, 100.00
Isaac C. Snow, S. W. Oswego, 5 shares, 50.00
Henrietta Place, " 1 share, 10.00
O. D. Washburn, Sacketts Harbor, 1 share, 10.00
Laura A. Gaskill, Somerset, 1 share, 10.00
Jotham M. Aldrich, " 1 " 10.00
John Parmalee, State Bridge, 1 share, 10.00
D. T. Fero, Tompkins Corners, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Lawton, W. Winfield, 1 share, 10.00
Avoline P. Lawton, " 1 " 10.00
Julia A. Lawton, " 1 " 10.00
D. C. Phillips, Wellsville, 2 shares, 20.00
A. C. Raymond, Wheeler, 1 share, 10.00
Phebe Miner, Whitehall, 1 share, 10.00
Horace Hopkins, Whitesville, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Boynton, Williamsburg, 5 shares, 50.00
Etta W. Boynton, " 5 " 50.00
Frederick Wheeler, West Monroe, 1 share, 10.00
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Total from N. Y., $2,830.00

PENNSYLVANIA.

Jefferson Laughead & wife, Alba, 2 shares, $20.00
S. Babcock, Gaines, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. S. J. Babcock, " 1 " 10.00
Margaret Phillis, Freehold, 1 share, 10.00
John Lindsey, Ulysses, 1 " 10.00
Lucy S. Hackett, " 1 " 10.00
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Total from Pennsylvania, $70.00

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MICHIGAN.

Sylsbre Rummery, Monterey, 8 shares, $80.00
George T. Lay, " 8 " 80.00
Betsey J. Rummery, " 2 " 20.00
John S. Day, " 2 " 20.00
E. D. Clark, " 2 " 20.00
Mary E. Lay, " 2 " 20.00
Orrin B. Jones, " 2 " 20.00
Joseph Bates, " 4 " 40.00
John Pierce, Sen., " 1 share, 10.00
Jeremiah Rummery, " 1 " 10.00
Charles Russel, " 1 " 10.00
A. P. Kenyon, " 1 " 10.00
Harvey Kenyon, " 1 " 10.00
Leander M. Jones, " 1 " 10.00
Charles Jones, " 1 " 10.00
Ruth D. Day, " 1 " 10.00
Truman Finch, " 1 " 10.00
Ambrose Coventry, " 1 " 10.00
H. G. Buck, " 1 " 10.00
H. S. Lay, Allegan, 3 shares, 30.00
Charles C. Spear, " 1 " 10.00
Julia M. Lay, " 1 " 10.00
Charles D. Cray, " 1 " 10.00
H. C. Winslow, " 1 " 10.00
P. M. Bates, " 1 " 10.00
W. H. Littlejohn, " 10 shares, 100.00
Etta Booth, " 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. R. D. Winslow, " 1 " 10.00
Sophronia Rhodes, " 2 shares, 20.00
Solomon Howard, " 1 share, 10.00
Sally Howard, " 1 " 10.00
James M. Foster, " 1 " 10.00
Marshall Aldrich, Alton, 1 share, 10.00
Cyntha M. Aldrich, Addison, 1 share, 10.00
Richard L. Rhodes, " 1 " 10.00
Anna E. Rhodes, " 1 " 10.00

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A sister in Michigan, 1 share, $10.00
G. W. Strickland, Burr Oak, 2 shares, 20.00
Lucinda Strickland, " 1 share, 10.00
Melvina Buck, " 1 " 10.00
S. W. Hastings, Big Spring, 1 share, 10.00
W. Hastings, " 1 " 10.00
J. S. Wicks, " 6 shares, 60.00
Mary Ann Wicks, " 6 " 60.00
Charles Buck, " 2 " 20.00
Mrs. Dily C. Brunson, Berrien, 1 share, 10.00
Joseph Catlin, Buchanan, 4 shares, 40.00
Jemima Catlin, " 2 " 20.00
W. H. Kynett, Bath, 1 share, 10.00
Abner Z. Hoyt, Buck Creek, 1 share, 10.00
Elbert B. Lane, Bedford, 2 shares, 20.00
Richard Godsmark, " 3 " 30.00
Huldah Godsmark, " 1 share, 10.00
A. Seymour, " 1 " 10.00
Hickman Miller, Burlington, 1 share, 10.00
J. D. Morton, " 1 " 10.00
J. H. Waggoner, " 1 " 10.00
John Wilson, Bowne, 1 share, 10.00
David F. Moore, Bridgewater, 1 share, 10.00
A. Seymour, " 1 " 10.00
Alexander Carpenter, Brighton, 1 share, 10.00
S. A. McPherson, Berlin, 5 shares, 50.00
Ephraim H. Root, " 13 " 130.00
Henry W. Gordon, " 8 " 80.00
Hiram C. McDearman, " 1 share, 10.00
Stephen D. Hall, " 1 " 10.00
Abigail Rogers, " 1 " 10.00
Justus Ferguson, " 1 " 10.00
R. J. Foster, " 1 " 10.00
James J. Cramer, " 1 " 10.00
Solomon D. Covey, " 1 " 10.00
Martin V. Cole, " 1 " 10.00
Hezza Root, " 1 " 10.00

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Lydia A. Gordon, Berlin, 1 share, $10.00
C. G. Cramer, " 1 " 10.00
James White, Battle Creek, 20 shares, 200.00
Ellen G. White, " 5 " 50.00
John P. Kellogg, " 5 " 50.00
William Hall, " 2 " 20.00
John W. Bacheller, " 2 " 20.00
Geo. W. Amadon, " 2 " 20.00
Albert Kellogg, " 2 " 20.00
M. E. Cornell, " 2 " 20.00
Asahel C. Smith, " 2 " 20.00
Uriah Smith, " 2 " 20.00
Henry N. White, " 1 share, 10.00
Willie C. White, " 1 " 10.00
Cyrenius Smith, " 1 " 10.00
Henry Lyon, " 1 " 10.00
Ann J. Kellogg, " 1 " 10.00
Henry W. Brown, " 1 " 10.00
J. R. Lewis, " 1 " 10.00
Deborah Lyon, " 1 " 10.00
D. Hewitt, " 1 " 10.00
Moses Hull, " 1 " 10.00
Myron J. Cornell, " 1 " 10.00
Arvilla M. Bacheller, " 1 " 10.00
Anna M. Driscall, " 1 " 10.00
Henry Pierce, " 1 " 10.00
Martha D. Amadon, " 1 " 10.00
Lucinda M. Hall, " 1 " 10.00
Harriet N. Smith, " 1 " 10.00
Cornelia A. Cornell, " 1 " 10.00
Theodore B. Lewis, " 1 " 10.00
Angeline M. A. Cornell, " 1 " 10.00
Louisa Smith, " 1 " 10.00
Elvira L. Hull, " 1 " 10.00
Polly M. Bodley, " 1 " 10.00
David J. Burroughs, " 1 " 10.00
Leander Graves, " 1 " 10.00
M. J. Chapman, " 2 shares, 20.00

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Cynthia Bacheller, Battle Creek, 1 share, $10.00
H. C. Miller, " 3 shares, 30.00
Martha B. Miller, " 1 share, 10.00
F. F. Lamoreaux, " 1 " 10.00
Daniel Carpenter, " 3 shares, 30.00
L. S. Carpenter, " 1 share, 10.00
I. D. Van Horn, " 4 shares, 40.00
A. P. Van Horn, " 1 share, 10.00
J. H. Ginley, " 1 " 10.00
R. G. Lockwood, " 2 shares, 20.00
Aurora B. Lockwood, " 2 " 20.00
Asa A. Lockwood, " 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. M. C. Trembley, " 1 " 10.00
Jane R. Trembley, " 2 shares, 20.00
Egbert Loughborough, " 1 share, 10.00
P. M. Lamson, " 2 shares, 20.00
F. C. Castle, " 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. L. Graves, " 1 " 10.00
Geo. Lowree, " 3 shares, 30.00
Sands H. Lane, " 1 share, 10.00
N. N. Lunt, " 1 " 10.00
Frances H. Lunt, " 1 " 10.00
S. Howland, " 1 " 10.00
L. M. Howland, " 1 " 10.00
A. R. Morse, " 1 " 10.00
Betsy Morse, " 1 " 10.00
Henry Gardner, " 13 shares, 130.00
Mrs. D. S. Gardner, " 2 " 20.00
James B. Sperry, " 1 share, 10.00
P. R. Chamberlain, " 1 " 10.00
J. G. Whipple, " 3 shares, 30.00
Sarah B. Whipple, " 1 share, 10.00
Jerusha B. Aldrich, " 1 " 10.00
Homer M. Aldrich, " 1 " 10.00
Huldah E. Aldrich, " 1 " 10.00
S. A. Bragg, " 3 shares, 30.00
F. M. Bragg, " 2 " 20.00
Calvin Green, " 10 " 100.00
Burleigh Salsbury, " 2 " 20.00
Wilbur S. Salisbury, " 2 " 20.00
Chas. F. Swan, " 1 share, 10.00

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Sarah Guisinger, Battle Creek, 1 share, $10.00
S. M. Booth, " 1 " 10.00
Lucinda Locke, " 2 shares, 20.00
Angie Hibbard, " 1 share, 10.00
John Kellogg, " 1 " 10.00
Hannah Sawyer, " 1 " 10.00
Virginia A. Merriam, " 1 " 10.00
M. S. Merriam, " 2 shares, 20.00
Nelson Stains, Bushnel, 1 share, 10.00
Isaac Olmstead, Cedar Springs, 1 share, 10.00
Elizabeth Olmstead, " 1 " 10.00
Joseph B. Frisbie, Chelsea, 1 share, 10.00
Betsey Landon, Cayuga, 1 share, 10.00
Mary Brackett, Convis, 1 share, 10.00
J. T. Lane, " 1 " 10.00
William Smith, " 1 " 10.00
Laura Smith, " 1 " 10.00
John Sisley, " 1 " 10.00
Sarah Lane, " 1 " 10.00
A. B. Pearsall, Charlotte, 1 share, 10.00
George Johnson, " 1 " 10.00
Thomas K. Henry, " 1 " 10.00
William Gifford, " 1 " 10.00
E. Griffeth, Colon, 1 share, 10.00
L. Schellhouse, " 2 shares, 20.00
C. L. Palmer, " 1 share, 10.00
Wm. H. Hafer, " 1 " 10.00
C. A. Palmer, " 1 " 10.00
John Byington, Ceresco, 9 shares, 90.00
Catherine Byington, " 2 " 20.00
L. Gerould, " 1 share, 10.00
Wm. L. Wheeler, " 1 " 10.00
L. L. Byington, " 1 " 10.00
Mary J. Luke, " 1 " 10.00
E. J. W. Bovee, " 1 " 10.00
Lester Russell, Cooper, 1 share, 10.00
C. N. Russell, " 1 " 10.00
Dr. J. F. Byington, Cooperville, 2 shares, 20.00
Marthy L. Byington, " 1 share, 10.00
A. A. Dodge, " 1 " 10.00
Wm. M. S. Dodge, " 1 " 10.00
James E. White, " 1 " 10.00

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James Sawyer, Cooperville, 2 shares, $20.00
N. N. Anway, " 1 share, 10.00
Emillus Higley, Casnovia, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. A. P. H. Kelsey, Cecelia, 1 share, 10.00
T. V. Canright, Coldwater, 1 share, 10.00
E. S. Walker, Detroit, 1 share, 10.00
Eliza Walker, " 1 " 10.00
L. W. Carr, " 1 " 10.00
Ralph Page, Duplain, 2 shares, 20.00
Jane Dunlap, " 1 share, 10.00
Elbridge G. Rust, East Saginaw, 1 share, 10.00
Lucinda S. McClure, Eureka, 1 share, 10.00
Wesley J. Mills, Fowlerville, 1 share, 10.00
B. P. Dawson, Fenton, 1 share, 10.00
A. W. Maynard, Greenville, 3 shares, 30.00
J. Fargo, " 2 " 20.00
P. A. Maynard, " 1 share, 10.00
R. C. Fargo, " 1 " 10.00
John L. Wilson, " 1 " 10.00
M. B. Cyphers, " 1 " 10.00
Betsey Maynard, " 1 " 10.00
Donald Warren, " 1 " 10.00
George B. Maynard, " 1 " 10.00
G. F. Richmond, " 1 " 10.00
D. Sevy, Greenbush, 1 share, 10.00
Sarah Robinson, Girard, 1 share, 10.00
James Minisee, Granville, 1 share, 10.00
I. G. Soule, Gaines, 7 shares, 70.00
A. T. Andrews, " 1 share, 10.00
Sarah Beach, Grand Rapids, 1 share, 10.00
C. B. L. Gaskill, " 1 " 10.00
Erastus Walworth, Hillsdale, 4 shares, 40.00
Henry Keefer, " 1 share, 10.00
Isaac C. Vaughan, " 1 " 10.00
Jane L. Samm, " 1 " 10.00
Sarah Jones, " 1 " 10.00
Matilda Stone, " 1 " 10.00
Abram Coryell, " 1 " 10.00
David Stone, " 1 " 10.00
W. B. Castle, " 1 " 10.00
M. P. Cook, " 1 " 10.00

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Betsey Moore, Hillsdale, 1 share, $10.00
A. Gleason, " 1 " 10.00
A. F. Fowler, " 1 " 10.00
Clarinda J. Doty, " 2 shares, 20.00
Robert Marvin, " 1 share, 10.00
John Durham, " 1 " 10.00
Giles Castle, " 1 " 10.00
Warren Coon, " 1 " 10.00
George Stringer, Hunter Creek, 1 share, 10.00
G. K. Owen, Hastings, 1 share, 10.00
Ione E. Copp, Holly, 1 share, 10.00
Permelia Conklin, " 1 " 10.00
M. E. Lockwood, " 1 " 10.00
E. M. Davis, Ionia, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. L. A. Marsh, Jay, 2 shares, 20.00
Alvin Marsh, " 1 share, 10.00
Dan R. Palmer, Jackson, 18 shares, 180.00
Preston Dickinson, " 2 " 20.00
Abigail Palmer, " 2 " 20.00
Nancy Knight, " 1 share, 10.00
J. P. Rathbun, Kensington, 1 share, 10.00
David Richmond, Keystone, 1 share, 10.00
A. J. Richmond, Leslie, 2 shares, 20.00
J. E. Titus, " 2 " 20.00
Gideon G. Dunham, " 1 share, 10.00
Almeron Crownheart, Lapeer, 1 share, 10.00
George Crownheart, " 1 " 10.00
Jane Higley, " 1 " 10.00
Marietta Demill, " 1 " 10.00
George Wright, " 1 " 10.00
Joseph A. Demill, " 1 " 10.00
Henrietta E. A. Demill, " 1 " 10.00
Georgiana L. Demill, " 1 " 10.00
Alice O. Demill, " 1 " 10.00
Martha V. Demill, " 1 " 10.00
Willie E. Demill, " 1 " 10.00
Wm. P. Potter, " 1 " 10.00
Eliza Potter, " 1 " 10.00
G. W. States, " 1 " 10.00
Mrs. S. M. Goodale, " 4 shares, 40.00
L. B. Kneeland, Lyons, 2 shares, 20.00
Justus Mousehunt, " 1 share, 10.00

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Franklin Howe, Lyons, 1 share, $10.00
I. D. Perry, Locke, 1 " 10.00
Elam Van Deusen, Lowell, 2 shares, 20.00
Mary E. Van Deusen, " 2 " 20.00
Adolphus Smith, Lamont, 1 share, 10.00
A. H. Pervorse, Maple Rapids, 1 share, 10.00
James Brezee, Moscow, 1 share, 10.00
H. S. Gurney, Memphis, 3 shares, 30.00
A. E. Gurney, " 3 " 30.00
Lucius A. Kellogg, Matherton, 1 share, 10.00
Leander Kellogg, " 1 " 10.00
L. P. Bailey, Midland City, 1 share, 10.00
Prudence Bailey, " 1 " 10.00
Diana Smith, Marshall, 1 share, 10.00
Charles S. Briggs, Mason, 3 shares, 30.00
A. M. Brigham, North Plains, 1 share, 10.00
N. S. Brigham, " 1 " 10.00
L. B. Kneeland, " 1 " 10.00
E. R. Whitcomb, Olivet, 1 share, 10.00
Jonathan H. Murray, " 1 " 10.00
Alice S. Patten, " 1 " 10.00
Alfred Hurlbutt, Otisco, 2 shares, 20.00
Philip Strong, Orleans, 1 share, 10.00
Seneca H. King, " 5 shares, 50.00
Marietta King, " 1 share, 10.00
James M. Wilkinson, Owasso, 1 share, 10.00
R. Griggs, " 4 shares, 40.00
Elizabeth B. Griggs, " 1 share, 10.00
George Leighton, Otsego, 8 shares, 80.00
Rocksilda Leighton, " 2 " 20.00
A. H. Hilliard, " 1 share, 10.00
Geo. Felshaw, " 1 " 10.00
Lewis Hadden, " 1 " 10.00
D. W. Bartholomew, " 2 shares, 20.00
Elizabeth J. Bartholomew, " 1 share, 10.00
Robert Sawyer, Potterville, 5 shares, 50.00
John F. Carman, " 1 share, 10.00
Aaron Persing, Parma, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. E. D. Scott, " 1 " 10.00
H. H. Bramhall, " 2 shares, 20.00
L. A. Bramhall, " 1 share, 10.00

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Achsa Burwell, Parma, 2 shares, $20.00
A. L. Burwell, " 5 " 50.00
A. C. Hudson, Pier Cove, 2 shares, 20.00
H. Keeney, Parkville, 1 share, 10.00
A. Hafer, " 1 " 10.00
A. H. Adams, " 1 " 10.00
Lucinda Adams, " 1 " 10.00
Warren Sanborn, Rives Junction, 1 share, 10.00
S. A. Snyder, Rochester, 1 share, 10.00
C. T. Hough, " 1 " 10.00
J. J. Shepley, " 1 " 10.00
Polly Bates, " 1 " 10.00
Mrs. R. J. Lawrence, " 1 " 10.00
J. D. Hough, " 1 " 10.00
H. Flower, Ronald Center, 1 share, 10.00
H. A. St. John, Ransom Center, 1 share, 10.00
Delotcy C. St. John, " 1 " 10.00
A. J. Emans, " 3 " 30.00
Margarett Emans, " 1 share, 10.00
B. Castle, " 1 " 10.00
Frank Starr, Springport, 1 share, 10.00
G. H. Bell, Slocum Grove, 1 share, 10.00
H. L. Richmond, St. Johns, 1 share, 10.00
George Benton, Smyrna, 1 share, 10.00
Francis M. Gulick, St. Charles, 6 shares, 60.00
Joel Gulick, " 6 " 60.00
Ezra S. Griggs, " 5 " 50.00
Wm. Gulick, " 1 share, 10.00
A. F. Wilkinson, " 1 " 10.00
D. A. Wetmore, " 1 " 10.00
Anna L. Holliday, " 1 " 10.00
W. W. Guilford, " 1 " 10.00
Francis M. Gulick, " 1 " 10.00
Lucinda Wilkinson, " 2 shares, 20.00
R. J. Lawrence, Troy, 9 shares, 90.00
Elam Van Dusen, Vergennes, 2 shares, 20.00
Sally Kenedy, " 1 share, 10.00
John Van Dusen, " 1 " 10.00
J. D. Butcher, West Windsor, 1 share, 10.00
G. W. Newman, Windsor, 1 share, 10.00
A. O. Burrill, " 1 share, 10.00
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Total from Michigan, $6,280.00

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Ohio.

Irwin Edgerton, Brooklyn, 2 shares, $20.00
A. H. Clymer, Bluffton, 3 shares, 30.00
Francis H. Clymer, " 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Cottrell, Bowersville, 1 share, 10.00
J. Q. A. Haughey & wife, " 2 shares, 20.00
Oliver Mears, Bowling Green, 4 shares, 40.00
John Mears, " 4 " 40.00
J. Ralston, " 2 " 20.00
L. Ferciot, " 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. A. Mears, " 1 " 10.00
Ann Maria Mears, " 1 " 10.00
Philanda Ralston, " 1 " 10.00
O. F. Guilford, Castalia, 1 share, 10.00
Mary E. Guilford, " 1 share, 10.00
L. C. Tolhurst, Copopa, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. Evelyn Cole, Columbia Station, 1 share, 10.00
John W. Cole, " 1 " 10.00
La Selle A. Cole, " 1 " 10.00
Wm. Herald, Clyde, 1 share, 10.00
Mary Bowen, " 1 share, 10.00
Henry C. Moore, Centerton, 1 share, 10.00
George Bisel, Darlington, 1 share, 10.00
William Daniels, Defiance, 1 share, 10.00
Lovisa Baker, Finley, 1 share, 10.00
James Baker, " 1 share, 10.00
Martin Kittle, " 1 " 10.00
W. T. Carson, Fredericktown, 1 share, 10.00
Newel Grant, " 10 shares, 100.00
Thomas Alverson, " 1 " 10.00
J. P. Fleming, Gilboa, 2 shares, 20.00
A. Clarke, " 1 share, 10.00
Mary E. Parker, Green Spring, 1 share, 10.00
T. H. Moffet, Huntsburg, 1 share, 10.00
Mary Glascock, Hillsboro, 1 share, 10.00
J. Tillotson, Milan, 2 shares, 20.00
D. N. Fay, " 1 share, 10.00
Henry C. West, Minerva, 1 share, 10.00
Betsey Judd, Madison, 2 shares, 20.00
George Smith, Norwalk, 1 share, 10.00
Sanford Rogers, North Bloomfield, 1 share, 10.00

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Isaac N. Van Gorder, Portage, 5 shares, $50.00
Joseph Clarke, " 1 share, 10.00
A. T. Oxley, Port William, 1 share, 10.00
Mary K. Oxley, " 1 " 10.00
Francis Greenman, Townsend, 4 shares, 40.00
Sible Greenman, " 1 share, 10.00
Sally Greenman, " 2 shares, 20.00
D. S. Plum, Sullivan, 1 share, 10.00
Samuel Haskell, Toledo, 1 share, 10.00
E. C. Penn, Waterford, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. L. Brisbin, Weston, 1 share, 10.00
G. W. Mitchell, Zanesville, 2 shares, 20.00
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Total from Ohio, $810.00

ILLINOIS.

Sabrina Simonson, Aledo, 2 shares, $20.00
Wm. Cook, Allen, 1 share, 10.00
Eliza J. Connet, Calhoun, 4 shares, 40.00
J. B. Merritt, Cheney's Grove, 1 share, 10.00
L. Lathrop, Freeport P. O., 3 shares, 30.00
J. Berry, " 3 " 30.00
Seth Newton, " 4 " 40.00
Daniel Berry, " 1 share, 10.00
Benjamin Berry, " 2 shares, 20.00
P. E. Ferrin, " 1 share, 10.00
Anna M. Newton, " 1 " 10.00
P. Ferrin, " 1 " 10.00
M. G. Newton, " 1 " 10.00
C. F. Lathrop, " 1 " 10.00
Sarah J. Lathrop, " 1 " 10.00
Maria Newton, " 1 " 10.00
Ivory Colcord, Coleta, 5 shares, 50.00
E. G. Stevenson, Dover, 1 share, 10.00
Elvira Stevenson, " 1 " 10.00
Mrs. B. King, Eugene, 1 share, 10.00
Esther M. Burbridge, Green Vale, 1 share, 10.00
J. H. Bates, " 1 " 10.00
H. N. Bates, " 1 " 10.00

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Nicolas Socks, Gridley, 1 share, $10.00
B. Socks, " 1 " 10.00
B. E. Socks, " 1 " 10.00
Thomas Greer, Keithsburg, 5 shares, 50.00
A. J. Douglass, " 1 share, 10.00
Henry Hull, Lewistown, 1 share, 10.00
Margaret Farmer, Laona, 1 share, 10.00
Lewis Willson, Murphysboro, 1 share, 10.00
Nancy Hiddleson, Morrison, 1 share, 10.00
Thom. L. Brown, McConnell's Grove, 3 shares, 30.00
Susannah Brown, " 1 share, 10.00
Thomas Brown, " 1 " 10.00
Geo. L. Brown, " 1 " 10.00
J. Burbridge, Millville, 1 share, 10.00
Mary Martin, Northville, 1 share, 10.00
Eliza Nottingham, " 1 " 10.00
George Hobbs, " 1 " 10.00
Alfred Hobbs, " 1 " 10.00
Ivory Colcord, Jr., New Genesee, 1 share, 10.00
Charlotte F. Colcord, " 1 " 10.00
Jennie Mitchell, " 1 " 10.00
Robert F. Andrews, " 2 shares, 20.00
Mary M. Andrews, " 2 " 20.00
Adam Rudd, Ottawa, 1 share, 10.00
Darius Myres, Pleasant Corners, 1 share, 10.00
L. O. Stowell, Plum River, 1 share, 10.00
Jemima E. French, Princeville, 1 share, 10.00
Abner Bliss, " 2 shares, 20.00
Delilah Blanchard, " 1 " 10.00
Mary E. Blanchard, " 1 share, 10.00
B. F. Merritt, " 1 " 10.00
Eli F. Debard, " 1 " 10.00
Lewis Winston, Pontiac, 1 share, 10.00
J. W. Marsh, " 1 " 10.00
Mary A. Hiestand, Palestine, 1 share, 10.00
F. A. Stephens, Rockton, 1 share, 10.00
T. M. Steward, " 5 shares, 50.00
M. E. Steward, " 2 " 20.00
H. C. Stone, Morrison, 2 shares, 20.00
Eli Wick, " 2 " 20.00
Mary E. Wick, " 1 share, 10.00
Lydia A. Rice, " 1 " 10.00

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Abraham Hoff, Morrison, 1 share, $10.00
A. E. Stone, " 1 " 10.00
S. U. Holly, " 1 " 10.00
C. B. Jerome, Roscoe, 1 share, 10.00
C. A. Morel, Serena, 1 share, 10.00
D. I. Stevens, Winnebago, 1 share, 10.00
J. F. Ballenger, Winslow, 2 shares, 20.00
Solomon Myres, Yankee Hollow, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. Ann Reed, " 1 share, 10.00
__________
Total from Illinois, $1,070.00

INDIANA.

Ann P. Seaward, Alto, 1 share, $10.00
Charles Seaward, " 1 " 10.00
Mary Edwards, " 1 " 10.00
R. Maria Johnson, Bourbon, 1 share, 10.00
W. S. Herrington, Fort Wayne, 1 share, 10.00
P. Searborough, Haskell's Corners, 1 share, 10.00
Catherine Covert, Kokomo, 1 share, 10.00
John P. Hunt, Laporte, 2 shares, 20.00
Sarah J. Hunt, " 1 share, 10.00
Milton S. Kellogg, Lake Station, 1 share, 10.00
James Harvey, North Liberty, 20 shares, 200.00
F. Swartz, " 1 share, 10.00
Elias Styles, " 1 " 10.00
William Carpenter, " 2 " 20.00
Eliza Carpenter, " 1 " 10.00
John Kemp, Orland, 1 share, 10.00
Charles C. Bodley, Salem Center, 1 share, 10.00
Joel L. Locke, " 1 " 10.00
Lydia M. Locke, " 1 " 10.00
Betsey M. Locke, " 1 " 10.00
Jerusha Wisel, " 1 " 10.00
David F. Randolph, Spencer, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Covert, Sharpsville, 1 share, 10.00
__________
Total from Indiana, $440.00

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WISCONSIN.

Joseph G. McIntosh, Arlington, 1 share, $10.00
Susan McIntosh, " 1 " 10.00
H. H. McIntosh, " 1 " 10.00
T. Patten, " 1 " 10.00
Allen D. Smith, " 1 " 10.00
Lucia Morris, Beaver Dam, 2 shares, 20.00
Mrs. L. M. Gates, " 1 share, 10.00
Amy E. Dartt, Baraboo, 1 share, 10.00
John Matteson, Busseyville, 11 shares, 110.00
Thomas Bickle, " 1 share, 10.00
O. A. Olson, " 1 " 10.00
Andrew Olson, " 4 shares, 40.00
Betsey Olson, " 1 share, 10.00
Sarah A. Olson, " 1 " 10.00
Ole Olson, " 1 " 10.00
J. S. Mills, Cambridge, 1 " 10.00
Abigail Mills, " 1 " 10.00
J. Pemberton, Calumet Village, 1 share, 10.00
A. B. Williams, Clinton, 1 share, 10.00
Joseph Ball, " 1 " 10.00
W. L. Cheesebro, Delevan, 2 shares, 20.00
S. B. McLaughlin, Dodgeville, 1 share, 10.00
A. Sorenson, Ft. Atkinson, 2 shares, 20.00
James Parks, Fox Lake, 1 share, 10.00
Albert J. Nelson, Green Lake, 1 share, 10.00
E. Zythoskee, Genoa, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. E. Newcomb, Hampden, 3 shares, 30.00
Hiram Hunter, Hebron, 1 share, 10.00
Isaac Sanborn, Johnstown Center, 2 shares, 20.00
Viletta Sanborn, " 1 share, 10.00
Emma Sanborn, " 1 " 10.00
George Rhodes, " 3 shares, 30.00
Worcester Farrar, Kingston, 1 share, 10.00
James E. Farrar, " 1 " 10.00
N. Heezer, Lodi, 1 share, 10.00
N. M. Jordon, " 1 " 10.00
Phidelia L. Jordon, " 1 " 10.00
Alex Paton, " 1 " 10.00
C. W. Olds, Little Prairie, 2 shares, 20.00
Wm. Carthy, " 1 " 10.00

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John Heligass, Lynxville, 1 share, $10.00
Margaret Heligass, " 1 " 10.00
S. E. Sutherland, " 1 " 10.00
Fidelia L. Jordon, " 1 " 10.00
William Kerr, Monroe, 8 shares, 80.00
Joseph Carter, " 1 share, 10.00
James Morton, " 1 " 10.00
Viletta Kerr, " 5 shares, 50.00
Sarah Kerr, " 1 share, 10.00
O. H. Pratt, " 3 shares, 30.00
Sarah Pratt, " 1 share, 10.00
Albert C. Hardy, " 1 " 10.00
Edward O. Hammond, " 1 " 10.00
George Marshall, " 1 " 10.00
E. W. Phelps, Mauston, 1 share, 10.00
John Newton, Markesan, 3 shares, 30.00
Rufus Baker, " 3 " 30.00
Stephen Lawton, " 2 " 20.00
Patrick Mangin, " 1 share, 10.00
Emily Lawton, " 1 " 10.00
M. Thomas, " 1 " 10.00
Caroline Manly, " 3 shares, 30.00
M. M. Nelson, " 1 share, 10.00
G. W. Sheldon, " 1 " 10.00
B. McCormick, Menomonee, 1 share, 10.00
Rosana Bisbee, Newport, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. T. Henton, North Leeds, 1 share, 10.00
P. S. Thurston, Oasis, 1 share, 10.00
A. D. Love, Palmyra, 1 share, 10.00
J. Demming, " 1 " 10.00
David Downer, Plainfield, 1 share, 10.00
A. H. Daniels, Sumner, 1 share, 10.00
W. P. Rathbun, Seneca, 1 share, 10.00
Mary Rathbun, " 1 " 10.00
J. Bartholph, Whitewater, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. M. J. Bartholph, " 2 shares, 20.00
L. Harriman, Wheelaunee, 1 share, 10.00
__________
Total from Wisconsin, $1,200.00

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IOWA.

Wm. V. Field, Anamosa, 2 shares, $20.00
Thomas Potter, " 1 share, 10.00
E. M. Kimball, " 1 " 10.00
E. E. Frothingham, Clermont, 1 share, 10.00
C. H. T. St. Clair, Fairfield, 1 share, 10.00
Sarah M. St. Clair, " 1 " 10.00
W. E. Caviness, " 1 " 10.00
D. Weaver, Fairview, 1 share, 10.00
N. L. Weaver, " 1 " 10.00
Anna Pennock, Knoxville, 3 shares, 30.00
Josiah Wilbur, " 1 share, 10.00
Louisa Wilbur, " 1 " 10.00
James H. Sparks, " 2 shares, 20.00
Abraham Cronkite, " 1 share, 10.00
Henry C. Whitney, " 1 share, 10.00
Abigail James, " 2 shares, 20.00
John W. Landes, " 1 share, 10.00
Ben Auten, " 7 shares, 70.00
Mary Hornaday, " 1 share, 10.00
Truman Curtis, " 1 " 10.00
James Wall, " 1 " 10.00
Elizabeth Hornaday, " 5 shares, 50.00
P. W. Baker, Kellogg, 10 shares, 100.00
P. M. Baker, " 2 " 20.00
John T. Mitchell, Lisbon, 2 shares, 20.00
Daniel Andre, " 4 " 40.00
Hettie Andre, " 1 share, 10.00
Mary E. Dunn, " 3 shares, 30.00
J. T. Mitchell, " 1 share, 10.00
Wm. L. Ings, Laporte City, 1 share, 10.00
James L. Ings, " 1 " 10.00
John King, " 5 shares, 50.00
Rebecca Leach, " 1 share, 10.00
O. S. Ferrin, " 1 " 10.00
George Brooks, Luna, 1 share, 10.00
E. W. Shortridge, Mt. Pleasant, 1 share, 10.00
Geo. I. Butler, " 4 shares, 40.00
Bell Simonton, " 1 share, 10.00
S. B. Hare, " 2 shares, 20.00
Jacob Hare, " 50 shares, 500.00
Ann Stem, Monroe, 1 share, 10.00
Rebecca Stem, " 1 " 10.00
D. M. Canright, " 1 " 10.00
William Wilson, " 1 " 10.00

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A. W. Cummings, Marion, 1 share, $10.00
Asa Cummings, " 1 " 10.00
D. T. Shireman, " 2 shares, 20.00
John Downs, " 10 " 100.00
Thomas Hare, " 1 share, 10.00
Lois Carr, Osceola, 1 share, 10.00
Abigail P. James, Pella, 1 share, 10.00
David James, " 1 " 10.00
John Terwilleger, Pleasantville, 1 share, 10.00
Henry Nicola, Richmond, 2 shares, 20.00
J. M. Ferguson, " 2 " 20.00
Mary A. Adams, " 1 share, 10.00
Jacob L. Adams, " 1 " 10.00
Jacob Lemley, " 1 " 10.00
Mary Nicola, " 2 shares, 20.00
Robert Caviness, " 1 share, 10.00
Mary Stroup, Richland, 1 share, 10.00
Mary Halferty, " 1 " 10.00
W. G. Bralliar, " 1 " 10.00
Noah Hodges, Sandyville, 1 share, 10.00
John Goss, " 1 " 10.00
S. C. Conery, " 2 shares, 20.00
Mrs. A. E. Stone, State Center, 1 share, 10.00
Russell Hart & wife, " 2 shares, 20.00
Sydney Hart, " 2 " 20.00
S. E. Tyson, " 1 share, 10.00
L. McCoy, Sigourney, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Hankins, " 10 shares, 100.00
Ira J. Hankins, " 10 " 100.00
Jesse Van Syoc, Schon Berg, 3 shares, 30.00
S. N. Wheeler, Tallerand, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. H. Dorcas, Tipton, 1 share, 10.00
E. P. Butler, Waukon, 5 shares, 50.00
Stephen Rider, " 1 share, 10.00
Mary B. Cady, " 1 " 10.00
Mary A. Washburn, " 1 " 10.00
Wm. Andrews, " 2 shares, 20.00
S. Osborne, Wassonville, 1 share, 10.00
H. Rosseau, " 1 " 10.00
A. S. Gillet, West Union, 2 shares, 20.00
Delilah H. Gillet, " 1 share, 10.00
F. H. Chapman, " 1 " 10.00
L. S. Wetherwax, Waterloo, 1 share, 10.00
W. G. Burbee, " 1 " 10.00
H. Huntington, " 2 shares, 20.00

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Jacob Shrivley, Woodburn, 6 shares, $60.00
Susan Shrivley, " 1 share, 10.00
Zilman Nicola, Washington, 1 share, 10.00
R. M. Kilgore, " 3 shares, 30.00
M. A. Kilgore, " 1 share, 10.00
Esther Kilgore, " 1 " 10.00
Scott J. Kilgore, " 1 " 10.00
G. V. Kilgore, " 1 " 10.00
__________
Total from Iowa, $2,350.00

MINNESOTA.

Eva A. Claflin, Ashland, 1 share, $10.00
John Hanson, Clarks Grove, 1 share, 10.00
Henry N. Morse, Deerfield, 1 share, 10.00
P. Erb, Enterprise, 1 share, 10.00
James Pease, Farribault, 1 share, 10.00
A. G. & A. A. Carter, High Forest, 1 share, 10.00
Harrison Grant, Deerfield, 1 share, 10.00
Stephen Pierce, Pleasant Grove, 1 share, 10.00
Almira Pierce, " 1 " 10.00
T. S. Harris, " 2 shares, 20.00
S. W. Harris, " 2 " 20.00
John Bostwick, Oronoco, 1 share, 10.00
Lewis Hackett, " 1 " 10.00
D. McAlpine & wife, " 5 shares, 50.00
M. Kunselman, Shelbyville, 1 share, 10.00
F. W. Morse, Tenhassen, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Merry, " 1 " 10.00
Mrs. Maggie A. Morse, " 1 " 10.00
Wm. S. Ingraham, Wasioga, 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Chapman, Worth, 1 share, 10.00
__________
Total from Minnesota, $260.00

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MISSOURI.

Loretta L. Hildreth, Hamilton, 1 share, $10.00
Daniel Hildreth, " 1 " 10.00
H. C. Blanchard, Avilla, 1 share, 10.00
__________
Total from Missouri, $30.00

KANSAS.

D. L. Jaycox, Bull City, 1 share, $10.00
Anton Korb, Corkes City, 1 share, 10.00
Chas. F. Stevens, Elk Falls, 2 shares, 20.00
Almira T. Stevens, " 1 share, 10.00
P. R. Heligas, " 1 " 10.00
M. W. Kearns, Leroy, 1 share, 10.00
C. S. Glover, Neosho Falls, 1 share, 10.00
Jane Glover, " 1 " 10.00
Samuel Zin, Twin Springs, 1 share, 10.00
__________
Total from Kansas, $100.00

KENTUCKY.

S. Osborne, Lynn, 1 share, $10.00

CALIFORNIA.

Wm. Harmon, Healdsburg, 1 share, $10.00
Mrs. M. L. Ball, San Francisco, 1 share, 10.00
J. N. Loughboro', Santa Rosa, 6 shares, 60.00
M. A. Loughborough, " 1 share, 10.00
H. T. Hewitt, " 1 " 10.00
Fanny Dimmick, Windsor, 1 share, 10.00
__________
Total from California, $110.00

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CANADA.

J. E. Hool, Compton, 2 shares, $20.00
B. E. Ruiter, Cowansville, 5 shares, 50.00
C. Ruiter, " 5 " 50.00
F. T. Wales, Melbourne, 4 shares, 40.00
Lucinda Wales, " 1 share, 10.00
Wm. Hills, " 2 shares, 20.00
James Buchannan, Sutton, 1 share, 10.00
Jane B. Irish, Toronto, 2 shares, 20.00
__________
Total from Canada, $220.00

PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.

Lovina Harriman, Cowansville, 1 share, $10.00
J. Claxton, Lynda, 1 share, 10.00
Mrs. J. Claxton, " 1 " 10.00
__________
Total from Quebec, $30.00

EUROPE.

J. Ertzenberger, Switzerland, 1 share, $10.00

RESIDENCE UNKNOWN.

R. C. Baker, 1 share, $10.00
G. W. Colcord, 1 " 10.00
M. Aldrich, 1 " 10.00
R. Haskins, 1 " 10.00
S. K. Foster, 1 " 10.00
Garett Cruzan, 1 " 10.00
Silas Streit, 1 " 10.00

DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

From April 28, 1863, to Jan. 1, 1872.

LEGACIES

Richard Gorsline, $ 470.87
Wm. Peabody, 1035.00
Erastus Aldrich, 250.00

DONATIONS

Michigan Conference, $315.77
Iowa Conference, 300.00
Illinois and Wisconsin Conference, 225.00
Vermont Conference, 175.50
Ohio Conference, 100.00
New York Conference, 101.00
Church at Battle Creek, Mich., 225.00
Church at Monterey, Mich., 150.00
Church at Wright, Mich., 190.00
Church at Jackson, Mich., 91.00
Church at Allegan, Mich., 85.00
Church at Orleans, Mich., 60.00
Church at Hillsdale, Mich., 54.00
Church at Convis, Mich., 47.21
Church at Greenbush, Mich., 43.00
Church at Tompkins, Mich., 41.00
Church at Greenville, Mich., 40.00
Church at Owasso, Mich., 38.00
Church at Crane's Grove, Ill., 37.88
Church at Pilot Grove, Iowa, 37.00
Church at Newton, Mich., 35.00
Church at Hundred Mile Grove, Wis., 35.00
Church at St. Charles, Mich., 30.00
Church at Irasburg & Charleston, Vt., 30.00
Church at Bowling Green, Ohio, 30.00
Church at Green Vale & Plum River, Ill., 30.00
Church at Shelby, Mich., 25.00
Church at North Plains, Mich., 25.00

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Church at Brookfield, N. Y., $25.00
Church at Berlin, Conn., 25.00
Church at Marshall, Mich., 21.00
Church at Round Grove, Ill., 20.00
Church at Hanover, Mich., 20.00
Church at Rochester, Mich., 20.00
Church at Ransom Center, Mich., 20.00
Church at Bowne, Mich., 19.85
Church at W-----, 18.49
Church at Watson, Mich., 15.00
Church at Salem Center, Ind., 15.00
Church at Dartmouth, Wis., 15.00
Church at Dell Prairie, 15.00
Church at Parma, Mich., 14.00
Church at Grass River, N. Y., 12.00
Church at Otsego, Mich., 10.00
Church at Clyde, Ill., 10.00
Church at Marion, Iowa, 10.00
Church at Kensington, Conn., 10.00
Church at Laporte, Ind., 10.00
Church at Portland, Me., 10.00
Church at Vassar, Mich., 10.00
Church at Topsham, Me., 10.00
Church at Ashfield, Mass., 10.00
Church at Champlain, N. Y., 10.00
Church at Mannsville, N. Y., 10.00
Church at Olcott, N. Y., 10.00
Church at Somerset, N. Y., 10.00
Church at Washington, N. H., 10.00
Church at Troy & Patton, Me., 10.00
Church at Johnson & Eden, Vt., 9.00
Church at S. Lancaster, Mass., 8.00
Church at Burlington, Mich., 8.00
Church at Bridgwater, Mich., 8.00
Church at Orange, Mich., 6.00
Church at North Jay, Me., 5.00
Church at Kirkville, N. Y., 5.00
Church at Mill Grove, N. Y., 5.00
Church at Ayersville, Ohio, 5.00

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Church at Enosburg, Vt., $9.00
Church at Jamaica, 5.00
Church at Lancaster, N. Y., 5.00
Church at W. Wardsboro, 5.00
Church at Fairview, Iowa, 4.91
Church at Oneida, Mich., 3.00
Church at McConnells Grove, Ill., 2.50
Church at Eddington, Me., 2.37
A friend, 250.00
S. W. Rhodes, 200.00
A. W. Maynard, 119.00
Betsey Judd, 100.00
A. Campbell, 80.00
W. Peabody, 65.00
A. L. Guilford, 60.00
A Friend, 50.00
Mary E. Beach, 50.00
Lucinda Locke, 50.00
James White, Receipts above traveling Expenses, 47.00
Ira Abbey, 46.07
S. D. E. of N. Y., 46.00
P. E. Ruiter, 45.00
Noah Hodges, 40.00
J. K. Bowlsby, 40.00
A. W. Smith, 38.50
Friends at Leslie, 35.00
Joseph A. Demill, 35.00
Truman Loomis, 30.00
J. N. Loughborough, 30.00
G. W. Mitchell, 30.00
H. H. Bramhall & family, 25.87
E. & P. Z. Kinne, 25.09
J. P. Kellogg, 25.00
H. Bingham, 25.00
D. Andre, 25.00
J. N. Andrews, 25.00
C. Green, 25.00
James Youll, 25.00
Matt.6:3,4, Iowa, 25.00

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J. W. Landes, $25.00
F. Glascock, 25.00
W. E. Chesebro, 25.00
Wallace Eggleston, 24.34
A. H. Clymer, 23.38
S. M. Inman, 20.30
Mrs. Ira Gardner, 20.00
D. R. Palmer, 20.00
Elias & Mary Goodwin, 20.00
S. M. Booth, 20.00
S. Armstrong, 20.00
J. L. Kilgore, 20.00
Calvin Green, 20.00
Three Friends at Rollin, Mich., 20.00
E. S. Decker, 20.00
Brethren at Leslie, 19.80
E. H. Root, 18.86
Jacob Berry, 18.50
John Laroch, 18.00
Two Pilgrims in Mich., 18.00
F. Greenman, 17.45
Joseph & Jemima Catlin, 16.00
J. P. Hunt, 15.00
A. G. Carter, 15.00
B. C. Chandler, 15.00
S. J. H., 15.00
D. T. Shireman, 15.00
J. Baker, 15.00
Eliza J. Connet, 14.25
B. M. Osgood, 14.20
E. P. Osgood, 13.00
Hiram Bingham, 13.00
R. M. Kilgore, 13.00
Alex. Carpenter, 13.00
A. D. Love, 12.50
R. Sawyer, 12.10
S. W. Rhodes, 12.00
F. T. Wales, 11.00
Richard Godsmark, 11.00

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G. L. Demill, $10.40
A Sister in Mich., 10.00
L. Lathrop, 10.00
A. H. Clymer, 10.00
O. Mears, 10.00
J. B. Gregory, 10.00
John Mears, 10.00
Stephen Lawton, 10.00
Two Friends, 10.00
J. Fargo, 10.00
Jacob Hare, 10.00
E. B. S., 10.00
D. S. E., 10.00
J. F. Carman, 10.00
A. L. Guilford, 10.00
A. Seymour, 10.00
Mary Jane Kay, 10.00
W. E. Caviness, 10.00
Wm. Edgar, 10.00
A. Mott, 10.00
H. E. A. Demill, 10.00
Mary Hale, 10.00
Mrs. L. G. Heller, 10.00
C. W. Armstrong, 10.00
S. B. Gowell, 10.00
J. H. G., 10.00
W. J. Cross, 10.00
Harriette Everts, 10.00
J. Mears, 10.00
A Friend, 10.00
Maggie A. Merry, 10.00
Rosannah Bisbee, 10.00
Fanny Glascock, 10.00
A Friend, 10.00
A. Kord, 10.00
A Friend, 10.00
S. A. Craig, 10.00
A Friend, 10.00
Hannah Beecher, 10.00

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Maria West, $10.00
M. J. Johnson, 10.00
M. B. Pierce, 10.00
O. Mears, 10.00
S. Vincent, 10.00
J. Hiestand, 10.00
Harriet J. Wescott, 10.00
G. W. Mitchell, 10.00
Isaac Dompier, 10.00
A Friend, 10.00
Mrs. Samuel King, 10.00
E. L. Bliss, 10.00
C. H. Bliss, 10.00
J. & J. Ralston, 10.00
J. W. Lucas, 10.00
E. W. Stillman, 10.00
Alida Brown, 10.00
Betsey Landon, 10.00
O. Hoffer, 10.00
W. E. Chesebro, 10.00
I. G. Soule, 10.00
Anton Korb, 10.00
Chas. Woodman, 10.00
Ellen G. White (from friends), 10.00
L. Russell, 10.00
M. J. Steward, 10.00
A Sister, 10.00
Joseph G. Smith, 9.25
Jason Brundage, 9.00
Eli Wick, 8.50
R. T. Payne, 8.40
J. W. Burtiss, 8.00
C. E. Green, 8.00
Alfred Hurlbutt, 8.00
L. Morris, 8.00
R. T. Barnard, 8.00
Mrs. M. C. Trembley, 7.75
C. K. Farnsworth, 7.50

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H. B. Hayward, $7.42
H. S. Gurney, 7.35
Edward Lobdell, 7.30
G. F. & N. D. Richmond, 7.00
D. T. Bourdeau, 7.00
G. L. Holiday, 7.00
J. C. North, 7.00
Timothy Bryant, 7.00
S. N. Walsworth, 7.00
Mrs. R. Smalley, 7.00
D. L. Welch, 7.00
A. M. Gravel, 6.50
A. O. Toby, 6.50
Amasa Gibbs, 6.25
W. Dawson, 6.00
Mrs. Betsey Osgood, 6.00
H. C. S. Cams, 6.00
J. B. Sweet, 6.00
B. C. Chandler, 6.00
Harriet Everts, 6.00
S. W. Harris, 5.70
S. A. Snyder, 5.63
Sr. Haywood, 5.16
A. G. & A. A. Carter, 5.00
Dr. J. B. Johnson, 5.00
Thomas Paton, 5.00
Conrad Walter, 5.00
Abigail Palmer, 5.00
A Friend of Truth, 5.00
A Friend, 5.00
W. V. Field, 5.00
S. Rogers, 5.00
Sarah Actel, 5.00
S. M. Inman, 5.00
E. Van Deusen, 5.00
F. Kettle, 5.00
John Clarke, 5.00
Joseph Ralston, 5.00
W. Avery, 5.00

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L. S. Gregory, $5.00
P. F. Ferciot, 5.00
M. M. Nelson, 5.00
Bro. Frothingham, 5.00
Irwin Edgerton, 5.00
Daniel Carpenter, 5.00
H. Gordon, 5.00
D. Weaver, 5.00
H. Crosby, 5.00
W. H. Ball, 5.00
T. Lindsay, 5.00
A. Paton, 5.00
P. M. Lamson, 5.00
Reuben Griggs, 5.00
Mary M. Moody, 5.00
M. A. Colby, 5.00
C. Smith, 5.00
Irvin Brink, 5.00
J. T. Mitchell, 5.00
W. E. Caverness, 5.00
John Andrews, 5.00
J. K. Bolsby, 5.00
E. Andrews, 5.00
M. E. Reynolds, 5.00
Elizabeth McIntosh, 5.00
Thomas Brown, 5.00
D. C. Demarest, 5.00
Jane Demarest, 5.00
A. G. Smith, 5.00
Margaret Smith, 5.00
E. B. Lane, 5.00
H. Hilliard, 5.00
A Friend, 5.00
Sarah Chase, 5.00
Hannah Beecher, 5.00
M. Gould, 5.00
A. W. Smith, 5.00
Catharine Lindsay, 5.00
E. B. Gaskill, 5.00

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A. Friend, $5.00
G. W. Strickland, 5.00
A. J. Emans, 5.00
A. Friend, 5.00
W. S. Foote, 8.00
R. Bisbee, 5.00
F. H. Chapman, 5.00
S. Zinn, 5.00
R. M. Kilgore, 5.00
B. Auten, 5.00
J. H. Morrison, 5.00
N. Hodges, 5.00
J. L. Kilgore, 5.00
O. H. Pratt, 5.00
W. Kerr, 5.00
L. C. Patten, 5.00
R. F. Cottrell, 5.00
Abel Tuttle, 5.00
Sr. Mowrey, 5.00
J. G. Sanders, 5.00
E. G. Witter, 5.00
S. N. Walsworth, 5.00
L. M. Gates, 5.00
C. E. Frothingham, 5.00
D. Hildreth, 5.00
Asa Cummings, 5.00
N. A. Lord, 5.00
I. W. Barker, 5.00
S. M. Stockwell, 5.00
A Friend, 5.00
Mrs. M. R. Swan, 5.00
J. Martin, 5.00
E. Colby, 5.00
N. & L. K. Orcutt, 5.00
A Friend, 5.00
Newel Grant, 5.00
E. S. Lane, 5.00
A. D. Rust, 5.00
A Sister, 5.00

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Mrs. E. D. Scott, $5.00
James Aldrich, 5.00
E. Stroud, 5.00
Wm. Wright, 5.00
Mary Bradford, 5.00
Mary King, 5.00
Nancy Lovell, 5.00
James Lovell, 5.00
Ada L. Colcord, 5.00
Sybil Greenman, 5.00
Thomas Mitchell, 5.00
C. M. Sheperd, 5.00
Rich Ashbury, 5.00
A. J. Nelson, 5.00
A Sister, 5.00
P. B. Peterson, 5.00
B. M. Hibbard, 5.00
A Sister, 5.00
Mary E. VanDeusen, 5.00
Harriet Evans, 5.00
Sarah T. Hurlbutt, 5.00
Wm. Vanard, 5.00
A. H. Vankirk, 5.00
A Friend in Vt., 5.00
Sarah J. Smith, 5.00
D. A. Albin, 5.00
E. C. Decker, 5.00
R. Loveland, 5.00
K. H. Elliott, 5.00
A Friend, 5.00
Mary Brackett, 5.00
Henry Martin, 5.00
J. Kellogg, 5.00
L. & C. P. A. Wardell, 5.00
D. Webster, 5.00
A Friend, 5.00
Harriet J. Joslin, 5.00
Lucinda P. Parsons, 5.00
A Friend, 5.00

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Amos Holt, $5.00
Niels Hanson, 5.00
Mary L. Bates, 5.00
George A. King, 5.00
Mary C. Chesebro, 5.00
Phebe Hackett, 5.00
M. Sarchet, 5.00
D. A. Owen, 5.00
J. Merrill, 5.00
J. F. Cloystermyer, 5.00
S. D. Barr, 5.00
Joseph Ings, 5.00
D. Frothingham, 5.00
H. W. Barrows, 5.00
M. J. Eastman, 5.00
Asa Lockwood, 5.00
Harriet Hornaday, 5.00
Jane Kirtley, 5.00
S. R. Nichols, 5.00
Maranda Nelson, 5.00
M. J. Bartholf, 5.00
O. Chipman, 5.00
M. Edson, 5.00
L. Schellhouse, 5.00
John M. Brown, 5.00
Sarah J. Cook, 5.00
M. E. Higley, 5.00
Mrs. C. T. Higley, 5.00
Wm. White, 5.00
C. O. Rathbun, 5.00
H. Flower, 5.00
M. W. Porter, 5.00
R. B. Abbey, 5.00
Harman Lindsay, 5.00
A. Brewster, 5.00
R. Loveland, 5.00
Wm. Edgar, 4.85
A. H. Adams, 4.75
Polly Keyes, 4.37

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H. M. Hendee, $4.10
Mrs. H. Root, 4.08
Juliana Hoffer, 4.00
A Friend, 4.00
L. E. Milne, 4.00
T. P. McR., for a friend, 4.00
L. Russell, 4.00
C. H. Tubbs, 4.00
F. R. Richmond, 4.00
"I give," 4.00
A. E. Deveraux, 4.00
Noah Carahoof, 4.00
I. D. Cramer, 4.00
S. R. Nichols, 4.00
Ellen S. Lane, 4.00
C. H. Tubbs, 4.00
S. H. King, 4.00
Joseph Kellogg, 4.00
J----- B-----, 3.88
H. & E. Rosseau, 3.75
A. T. Oxley, 3.75
W. Farrer, 3.63
Wm. Dawson, 3.55
S. T. Belden, 3.50
A Brother, 3.50
Mary Mills, 3.50
Orrin Chapman, 3.50
T. P. McReynolds, 3.50
J. Gulie, 3.40
L. Babcock, 3.40
M. G. Kellogg, 3.34
Harriet Hicks, 3.25
J. A. Strong, 3.20
S. S. Post, 3.18
S. M. Booth, 3.17
W. P. Rathbun, 3.10
R. Smalley, 3.00
T. Ramsey, 3.00
E. Royce, 3.00

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Anna Taber, $3.00
S. B. McLaughlin, 3.00
Mary Rathbun, 3.00
Friends in Norfolk, Ct., 3.00
L. Lathrop, 3.00
F. Morrow, 3.00
Betsey Bryant, 3.00
S. D. Hall, 3.00
A. J. Richmond, 3.00
H. H. Bramhall, 3.00
A. Burwell, 3.00
H. Flowers, 3.00
A. J. Edmunds, 3.00
M. Foote, 3.00
A. H. H., 3.00
Mrs. A. Cochran, 3.00
D. M. Parker, 3.00
A. G. Pixley, 3.00
S. Simondson, 3.00
A Friend, 3.00
M. A. Olwin, 3.00
J. Messersmith, 3.00
Louisa M. Cowles, 3.00
Adaline Lamb, 3.00
C. K. Ackley, 3.00
H. W. Decker, 3.00
L. Green, 3.00
Edward Witter, 3.00
S. Kanedy, 3.00
Justus Mousehunt, 3.00
F. Howe, 3.00
Mrs. C. Veder, 3.00
Daniel Wilcox, 3.00
G. W. States, 3.00
J. Wilson, 3.00
H. C. S. Carus, 3.00
D. H. Gould, 3.00
J. A. Wilbur, 3.00
R. J. Lawrence, 3.00

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S. Haskell, $2.80
I. C. Snow, 2.78
A. M. Preston, 2.78
A Sister, 2.71
Nancy Gibbs, 2.60
J. G. Whipple, 2.60
A. C. Hudson, 2.60
A. A. Marks, 2.52
E. M. Kimball, 2.50
S. N. Haskell, 2.50
Calvin N. Pike, 2.50
H. J. Farnsworth, 2.50
E. E. D., 2.40
Wm. H. Graves, 2.28
H. Nicola, 2.25
R. Armstrong, 2.20
E. Muntz, 2.20
C. R. Ogden, 2.17
John Q. Foy, 2.10
H. D. Corey, 2.09
M. Farmer, 2.00
L. M. Gates, 2.00
J. Stryker, 2.00
S. McIntosh, 2.00
M. C. Holiday, 2.00
Linda Austin, 2.00
Adalaide Church, 2.00
M. J. Chapman, 2.00
O. T. Smith, 2.00
A Friend, 2.00
J. E. Wilson, 2.00
E. M. Prentiss, 2.00
A. S. Hutchins, 2.00
S. Rider, 2.00
R. Loveland, 2.00
Eli H. Adams, 2.00
Albert Avery, 2.00
Warren Hyde, 2.00
L. Rasmussin, 2.00

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Mary E. Kimball, $2.00
A. L. Burroughs, 2.00
J. Boyd, 2.00
R. M. Kilgore, 2.00
A Friend, 2.00
W. Robertson, 2.00
P. E. Ferrin, 2.00
Wm. Hyde, 2.00
S. J. Merrill, 2.00
S. Preston, 2.00
Elvira Stevenson, 2.00
Hattie Parsons, 2.00
W. W. Crandall, 2.00
J. Wisea, 2.00
M. Morrison, 2.00
M. A. Morrison, 2.00
Joel Locke, 2.00
Mary A. Snow, 2.00
Mary F. Aldrich, 2.00
M. M. B., 2.00
Elizabeth Coon, 2.00
L. A. Bramhall, 2.00
E. Drake, 2.00
Wm. Waters, 2.00
Mrs. G. Osterhout, 2.00
O. B. Thompson, 2.00
Angeline J. Edmonds, 2.00
Thomas Brown, 2.00
A Friend, 2.00
Box 87, C-----, 2.00
Harriett B. Wayward, 2.00
A friend of S. B., 2.00
J. R., 2.00
J. Logan, 2.00
F. Kundert, 2.00
B. Armitage, 2.00
S. Sharer, 2.00
J. Parmalee, 2.00
H. Brown, 2.00

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L. R. Chapel, $2.00
B. M. Hibbard, 2.00
J. Stawicki, 2.00
Elizabeth Olmstead, 2.00
A. Avery, 2.00
S. D. Salisbury, 2.00
Jane Glover, 2.00
A friend at Convis, 2.00
Mrs. A. Chase, 2.00
Mary Adderton, 2.00
Vashti Palfrey, 2.00
W. F. Crous, 2.00
J. Stryker, 2.00
Mrs. H. G. Washburn, 2.00
Friend C., 2.00
A. B. Williams, 2.00
J. B. Lamson, 2.00
E. O. Fish, 2.00
M. V. Wiard, 2.00
Phillip Brigham, 2.00
D. Andre, 2.00
H. B. Hayward, 2.00
M. Gould, 2.00
Harvey Luce, 1.90
M. M. Buckland, 1.75
Eusebia Mott, 1.73
Sally Richmond, 1.65
Mattie Wells, 1.64
J. D. Hull, 1.58
L. Chandler, 1.56
W. H. Kynett, 1.50
Emily Wilcox, 1.50
W. Gulie, 1.50
S. A. V. Hunt, 1.50
Peter Pambla, 1.50
D. Kellogg, 1.50
A. Mosher, 1.50
A. True, 1.50
A. M. Gravel, 1.50

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W. W. Jiltz, $1.50
R. A. Dix, 1.50
Mary Eaton, 1.50
Mrs. E. D. Scott, 1.45
A. E. Dartt, 1.40
C. G. Cramer, 1.40
J. Hardy, 1.40
Eld. C. O. Taylor, 1.30
Mrs. C. O. Taylor, 1.30
J. E. Hool, 1.25
J. Claxton, 1.25
W. Harris, 1.25
E. D. Scott, 1.25
C. E. Scribner, 1.25
Cornelia Rice, 1.17
J. Chase, 1.17
S. Drake, 1.16
M. E. Cheesebro, 1.10
M. Van Horn, 1.10
A. Spencer, 1.04
Maggie Wilkinson, 1.00
T. Hare, 1.00
H. H. Bramhall, Jr., 1.00
H. D. Covy, 1.00
L. F. Chase, 1.00
Lydia McKnitt, 1.00
Louisa Babcock, 1.00
Emily Langdon, 1.00
N. M. Jordon, 1.00
S. L. Gilbert, 1.00
S. Blodgett, 1.00
G. A. Poling, 1.00
S. Martin, 1.00
L. Martin, 1.00
James Hull, 1.00
T. Demmon, 1.00
Esther Doty, 1.00
A Sister, 1.00
T. M. Steward, 1.00

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C. F. Lathrop, $1.00
S. N. Smith, 1.00
L. B. Caswell, 1.00
R. Colby, 1.00
L. W. Caswell, 1.00
H. Colby, 1.00
A. Hammond, 1.00
S. W. Willie, 1.00
H. E. Jenney, 1.00
J. J. Barrows, 1.00
S. R. N. Barrows, 1.00
R. Loveland, 1.00
M. A. Peck, 1.00
M. M. Churchill, 1.00
Chas. Woodman, 1.00
M. M. Edmunds, 1.00
P. Markillie, 1.00
J. & M. Banks, 1.00
W. S. Burkee, 1.00
Albert Wike, 1.00
A Friend, 1.00
I. G. Camp, 1.00
T. T. Camp, 1.00
E. B. Ginley, 1.00
Mary Ann Gould, 1.00
Hattie Haskell, 1.00
Mary Haskell, 1.00
H. M. Payne, 1.00
Alonzo Abbey, 1.00
Sister Chaffee, 1.00
James Tillman, 1.00
Sister Palmiter, 1.00
E. Buckland, 1.00
H. Green, 1.00
L. Green, 1.00
C. Tuttle, 1.00
Job Spencer, 1.00
Priscilla Barrows, 1.00
Emily Langdon, 1.00

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A. Sherman, $1.00
J. G. Wood, 1.00
Mrs. Geo. Veder, 1.00
E. M. Crandall, 1.00
A. Hardy, 1.00
F. Frauenfelder, 1.00
T. Francis, 1.00
T. Brown, 1.00
I. Colcord, 1.00
S. Hawley, 1.00
S. Golden, 1.00
I. Carpenter, 1.00
D. E. Huganin, 1.00
Wm. Reynolds, 1.00
B. Morrison, 1.00
S. M. St. Clair, 1.00
S. Osburn, 1.00
H. Hull, 1.00
E. H. Van Ornum, 1.00
S. A. Street, 1.00
Edna Richmond, 1.00
W. W. Wilson, 1.00
Betsey Landon, 1.00
S. B. Warren, 1.00
D. Hildreth, 1.00
B. Graham, 1.00
Sally Dunton, 1.00
M. B. Pierce, 1.00
Eliza Carpenter, 1.00
Nettie Kilgore, 1.00
V. & S. Kilgore, 1.00
A. C. Gilbert, 1.00
M. W. Darling, 1.00
A. Caviness, 1.00
A. M. DeGraw, 1.00
W. Bryant, 1.00
Julia A. Crocker, 1.00
A Sister, 1.00
C. R. Ogden, 1.00

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T. Smith, $1.00
E. G. Doud, 1.00
E. Starks, 1.00
E. C. Buckland, 1.00
O. A. Richmond, 1.00
Leslie White, 1.00
E. Livingston, 1.00
D. Smouse, 1.00
F. Rosseau, 1.00
J. Collins, 1.00
J. Dorcas, 1.00
B. C. Chandler, 1.00
E. Burbee, 1.00
J. Hall, 1.00
C. A. Ingalls, 1.00
A Sister, 1.00
Mrs. C. Beach, 1.00
Julia King, 1.00
M. Thomas, 1.00
C. McCoy, 1.00
A Friend, 1.00
S. M. Stockwell, 1.00
A. Durfee, 1.00
E. Adams, 1.00
A Sister, 1.00
M. C. M. A., 1.00
E. C. Newman, 1.00
E. Montford, 1.00
W. B., 1.00
-----, 1.00
L. A. Dodge, 1.00
Harriet N. Lombard, 1.00
Martha A. Nichols, 1.00
A. Loveland, 1.00
C. Colby, 1.00
H. W. Barrows, 1.00
S. R. Barrows, 1.00
Wm. Penniman, 1.00
I. N. Pike, 1.00

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D. C. Elmer, $1.00
E. S. Decker, 1.00
Mrs. R. Tarbell, 1.00
Charlotte McNeal, 1.00
P. M. Osgood, 1.00
A Sister, 1.00
A. Church, 1.00
John Leach, 1.00
Hattie Tuttle, 1.00
M. Cooper, 1.00
Cynthia McCoy, 1.00
E. M. Morrison, 1.00
Florence Leach, 1.00
M. A. Colby, 1.00
W. Weaver, 1.00
Joel L. Locke, 1.00
Delia Chamberlain, 1.00
A Friend, S. B., 1.00
Olive Brooks, 1.00
Lydia M. Locke, 1.00

MISCELLANEOUS: D. Curtis, 50 cts., Harriet Evans, 85 cts., S. A. Allen, 25 cts., A. Aldrich, 35 cts., C. M. & E. M. Markillie, 30 cts., Mrs. E. B. Stephenson, 85 cts., T. K. Henry, 80 cts., Wm. Potter, 50 cts., A. Graham, 20 cts., J. Knappen, 32 cts., Bela G. Jones, 70 cts., E. W. Cheesebro, 85 cts., C. A. Osgood, 50 cts., L. L. Follett, 50 cts., Emily Wilcox, 50 cts., M. L. Dean, 50 cts., C. D. Carmichael, 50 cts., R. Adams, 50 cts., J. Adams, 50 cts., J. L. Adams, 50 cts., R. H. Cowles, 50 cts., G. W. Holt, 50 cts., M. A. Allen, 50 cts., S. Sherman, 50 cts., A. H. Page, 50 cts., J. Blair, 50 cts., Abigail Allen, 25 cts., W. Sutliff, 75 cts., R. Hool, 60 cts., W. F. Hool, 30 cts., P. Bates, 60 cts., Jane Claxton, 60 cts., M. Keys, 25 cts., H. Patch, 25 cts., A. D. Farrar, 50 cts., Silas Carpenter, 30 cts., E. M. L. Corey, 50 cts., W. G. Buckland, 40 cts., Laura M. Chandler, 52 cts., M. E. Chandler, 52 cts., A. Carpenter, 65 cts., Mrs. A. Way, 65 cts.,

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D. N. Fray, 75 cts., R. D. Benham, 50 cts., Samuel Treat, 50 cts., J. E. Titus, 50 cts., Mary E. Harris, 55 cts., Betsey Judd, 85 cts., Mary E. Bowen, 25 cts., C. Bowen, 25 cts., Jane Pike, 45 cts., S. B. Whitney, 59 cts. $26.30

RECEIVED SINCE FOREGOING WAS PRINTED. J. & M. Thomas, Canaan , 1 share, 10.00 S. W. & E. M. flanders, " 1 " 10.00

Chas. A. Russell, Allegan, Mich, 4 shares, $40.00
R. Godsmark, Bedford, Mich, 2 shares, 20.00
M. Hurlburt, Orleans, Mich, 1 share, 10.00
E. C. Buckland, Albion, N. Y, 1 share, 10.00
L. J. Hall, Weybridge, Vt, 3 shares, 30.00
Whole number of Shares, $20,090.00
Whole amount of Donations, 7,975.98
Whole amount of Legacies, 1,755.87
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Sum Total, $29,821.85 ¹1

The foregoing sums, in shares and donations, amount in all to $29,821.85, whereas if all the friends of the cause should come up and bear their share, every brother and every sister, according to his or her ability, the sum would amount to not less than $185,000. By the vigilant action of the officers of the Tract and Missionary Societies, and the cheerful co-operation of all the friends of the cause, we doubt not but equality in such offerings to the Lord may soon be seen.

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And here we invite all who have made donations, as acknowledged in this work, to add to them, so as to receive certificates of stock, from one to fifty shares each. Those who have donated less than ten dollars, can make the sums up to ten, or twenty, or thirty, or more dollars, and receive certificates as the case may be.

There should be found among our people
50 families each holding stock amounting to $1,000
50 " " " " 500
100 " " " " 200
200 " " " " 100
300 " " " " 50
500 " " " " 30
1000 " " " " 20
2000 " " " " 10
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Amounting in all to the handsome sum of $185,000

These figures can be reached by simply drawing off only a little of the surplus means now in the hands of our people, for which they have no real need, for their comfort, or for happiness in this life. This sum can, and will, be reached.

SHARES IN THE HEALTH REFORM INSTITUTE

NOTE. The word "assigned" in the following list denotes that the holder of the stock has made an assignment to the Health Institute of all profits which may accrue to said stock, and the absence of the word signifies that no such assignment has yet been made.

MAINE

Bryant, Timothy, 1 share, $25 assigned.

Comings, Charles, 2 shares, 50 assigned.

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Comings, L. D., 2 shares, $50 assigned.
Davis, Charles, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Davis, Samuel G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Davis, Lucinda, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Flanders, S. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gowell, S. B., 6 shares, 150 assigned.
Lobdell, Edward, 6 shares, 150 assigned.
Prescott, J. L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Prescott, H. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Prescott, A. L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
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Amount from Maine, $600

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Bradford, A. A., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Bradford, Mary A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Farnsworth, C. K., 10 shares, 250 assigned.
Farnsworth, Harriet J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Farnsworth, A. P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gould, Daniel H., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Hastings, L. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hastings, E. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Jones, B. G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Maee, Harriet E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Maee, Mary C., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Nichols, C., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Nichols, Freeman, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Robinson, D. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Searle, Ellen W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Smith, A. W., 40 shares, 1000 assigned.
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Amount from N. H., $1,650

VERMONT.

Austin, Rosalinda C., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Barnes, H. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Bourdeau, D. T., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Bean, Lewis, 2 shares, 50 assigned.

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Bourdeau, A. C., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Barrows, S. N. R., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Barrows, Jesse, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Barrows, H. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Bingham, Hiram, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Bingham, H., 4 shares, 100
Cross, E. N., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cross, E. V., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cross, L. P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cross, M., 1 share, 25
Cross, Amos A., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Cross, Milo D., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cross, M. N., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Camp, Fanny F., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Churchill, M. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cross, W. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cross, V. O., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cross, Lucia Morris, 5 shares, 125 assigned.
Cross, M. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cross, M. V., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Elliott, K. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Fife, Marinda, 2 shares, 50
Fife, A., 2 shares, 50
Gould, H. P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gould, C. L., 1 share, 25
Gould, Marcus, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Gould, Lucy, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hall, L. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Heath, James, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hutchins, A. S. & A. D., 2shares, 50 assigned.
Jenny, H. E., 1 share, 25
Kellogg, H. W., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Loveland, Reuben, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Orcutt, Nabum, 14 shares, 350
Orcutt, L. K., 14 shares, 350
Peck, R. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Peck, S. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Pike, Henry H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ruiter, Philip, 1 share, 25

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Ruiter, P. E., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Ruiter, R. E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ruiter, C. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ruiter, L. C., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ruiter, M. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Saxby, John, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Saxby, Mary, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Smith, Cyrus, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Tyler, Z., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Wales, F. T., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Wales, Lucinda, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Wilcox, D., 1 share, 25
__________
Amount from Vermont, $2,375

MASSACHUSETTS.

Clark, Sarah E., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Clark, Samuel P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Chase, Sarah, 5 shares, 125
Haskell, S. N., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Haskell, Mary E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Huntley, Lucy G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Johnson, D. W., 12 shares, 300
Johnson, Frank, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Stratton, H. B., 20 shares, 500 assigned.
Temple, Mrs. E., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Wardell, L. & C. P. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
__________
Amount from Mass., $1,150

RHODE ISLAND.

Rodman, P. C., 2 shares, $50 assigned.
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Amount from R. I., $50

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CONNECTICUT.

Leighton, D. R., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Sturgis, Emma E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Sturgis, Sarah, 1 share, 25 assigned.
__________
Amount from Conn. $75

NEW YORK.

Andrews, J. N., 4 shares, $100 assigned.
Andrews, Mrs. J. N., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Andrews, J. N. and wife, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Abbey, Ira, 21 shares, 525 assigned.
Allen, Porter B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Armstrong, Chester, 3 shares, 75
Andrews, M. C. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Buckland, C. P., 1 share, 25
Buckland, Wm. G., 4 shares, 100
Burlinghame, S. H., 12 shares, 300
Bunce, Henry, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brigham, P. and H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Buckland, Edward C., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brown, Henry, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Boynton, Alfred, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Boynton, Wm., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brown, Wm. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brown, Mrs. Wm. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brown, Mrs. Henry, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Craig, S. B., 4 shares, 100 assigned.
Carpenter, Luman, 6 shares, 150
Chapell, L. R., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Cottrell, T. F., 1 share, 25
Buckland, N. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cottrell, J. U., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Craig, Mrs. S. B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cottrell, R. F., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Crosbie, H., 1 share, 25 assigned.

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Demarest, Jane, 5 shares, $125 assigned.
Dickenson, L., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Dickenson, M., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Dennison, Mrs. N., 5 shares, 125
Drake, Amelia E., 1 share, 25
Drake, Sophronia, 5 shares, 125
Dibble, M. F., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Eggleston, Wallace, 6 shares, 150 assigned.
Edson, Hiram, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Fuller, Nathan, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Foy, John Q., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gaskill, V. B., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Gaskill, E. B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Green, D. B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Green, Lyncha, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hilliard, Henry, 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Hopkins, Horace P., 1 share, 25
Kinne, P. Z., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Kinne, Elizabeth, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Lane, E. S., 4 shares, 100
Lindsay, J. M., 10 shares, 250 assigned.
Lindsay, J. M. & wife, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lindsay, Harmon, 6 shares, 150 assigned.
Lindsay, Charles W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lindsay, Mrs. Tamer, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Lindsay, J. M., 5 shares, 125
Lindsay, Mrs. C. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lamson, J. G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lamson, J. B., 4 shares, 100 assigned.
Lawton, William, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lawton, A. P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lawton, J. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lamson, Jonathan, 5 shares, 125 assigned.
Lowery, Lorenzo, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lowery, Mrs. Lorenzo, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Main, Henry, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Osgood, B. M., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Osgood, E. P., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Prentiss, W. B., 2 shares, 50 assigned.

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Peabody, William, 4 shares, $100
Parmalee, John, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Peckham, Olive M., 2 shares, 50
Prentiss, Mrs. W. B., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Palmiter, F. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Preston, C. B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Robinson, Emily T., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ross, Alexander, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Raymond, A. C., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Raymond, J. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Snow, Isaac C., 4 shares, 100
Smith, A. G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Saterlee, N. H., 20 shares, 500
Seaman, Jane, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Smalley, Rebekah, 2 shares, 50
Smith, Margaret, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Smith, Thomas, 1 share, 25
Treadwell, William, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Taylor, C. O., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Taylor, Mrs. C. O., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Tuttle, Abel, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Vincent, S., 2 shares, 50
Wiard, E. V., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Wheeler, T. T., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Wright, Mrs. A., 2 shares, 50
Whitney, S. B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Whitney, Mrs. Sybil, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Whitney, Buel L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Weatherwax, L. S., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Walsworth, Laura, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Walsworth, S. N., 4 shares, 100 assigned.
Walsworth, N. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Wilde, William H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
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Amount from New York, $6,100

PENNSYLVANIA.

Loughead, J., 1 share, $25 assigned.

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OHIO.

Avery, W. R., 1 share, $25
Alverson, Thomas, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Clymer, A. H., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Cottrell, William, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Clarke, Joseph, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Carson, W. T., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Edgerton, Irwin, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Francis, B. B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Fay, D. N., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gregory, J. B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Grant, Newel, 6 shares, 150 assigned.
Grant, Margaret, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Grant, H. M., 1 share, 25
Glascock, Eli, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Glascock, Fannie, 4 shares, 100 assigned.
Glascock, Sarah, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gregory, L. S., 4 shares, 100
Guilford, O. F., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Guilford, Mary E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Haughey, J. Q. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Herald, William, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Higby, N. R., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Judd, Betsey, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
King, Mrs. Samuel, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Mears, O., 11 shares, 275 assigned.
Mears, John, 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Oxley, A. T., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Plum, Anna, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Rogers, Sanford, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Reynolds, M. E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Stacy, Jane, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Smith, George, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Van Gorder, I. N., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
__________
Amount from Ohio, $1,550

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MICHIGAN.

Aldrich, J. M., 11 shares, $275 assigned.
Allen, Harry, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Amadon, G. W., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Byington, J. F., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Bailey, L. P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Bates, Joseph, 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Burwell, A. L., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Bacheller, J. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Byington, John, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Burroughs, David, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Bacheller, Arvilla M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Bates, P. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Briggs, C. S., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Burnham, G. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brown, Mrs. G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brigham, Martin A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Buck, Charles, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Burrill, A. O. and wife, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Briggs, Mary, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Barker, N. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Carpenter, Wm., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Carpenter, Daniel, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Cornell, M. E., 5 shares, 125 assigned.
Cornell, M. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Carpenter, Alex., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Carpenter, Amanda, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cornell, A. M. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Carman, J. F., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Cramer, C. G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Chamberlain, M. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Doud, E. G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Dodge, W. M. S., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Dodge, A. A., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Dodge, Caroline S., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Doty, C. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Day, John S., 1 share, 25 assigned.

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Dawson, B. P., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Fargo, Jerome, 5 shares, 125 assigned.
Francisco, John, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Francisco, Isabella, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Fargo, Rachel C., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Guilford, H. S., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gulick, Joel, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Griggs, E. S., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Guilford, Annette, 6 shares, 150 assigned.
(20 shares,)
Green, Calvin, (10 ass'd, ) 500
Gravil, A. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gordon, H. W., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Godsmark, R., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Gurney, H. S., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gleason, A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Graves, Leander, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gurney, Mrs. A. E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Griggs, Reuben, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hafer, Wm. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hale, Anna H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hastings, Seymour W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hall, J. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hall, Lucinda, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hudson, A. C., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Holly, S. M., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Hurlburt, Alfred, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Jones, O. B., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Jeffry, F., 1 share, 25
Kellogg, J. P., 22 shares, 550 assigned.
Kellogg, Albert, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Kemp, John, 1 share, 25
King, S. H., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
King, Mariette, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Kneeland, L. B., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Knight, A. R., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Kenyon, Harvey, 2 shares, 50
Lane, E. B., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Lockwood, R. G., 3 shares, 75 assigned.

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Lockwood, Mrs. R. G., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Lockwood, Asa, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lay, H. S., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Lunt, N. N., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Lawrence, R. J., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Locke, Lucinda, 1 share, 25
Lane, Sands H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Leighton, George, 4 shares, 100 assigned.
Littlejohn, W. H., 8 shares, 200 assigned.
Miller, H. C., 4 shares, 100 assigned.
Mc Dearmon, H. C., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Maynard, A. W., 6 shares, 150 assigned.
Minnisee, James H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Milk, D. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Morton, J. D., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Mc Pherson, S. A., 18 shares, 450
Mc Pherson, Sarah, 4 shares, 100
Olmstead, I. A., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Olmstead, Elizabeth H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Pierce, James, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Palmer, D. R., 44 shares, 1100 assigned.
Pearsall, A. B., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Persing, Aaron, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Potter, William P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Root, E. H., 20 shares, 500 assigned.
Root, Mrs. Hezzy, 12 shares, 300 assigned.
Richmond, A. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Richmond, H. L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Rasmussen, Mary, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Rasmussen, Anna, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Rhodes, S. W., 5 shares, 125 assigned.
Rich, H. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ross, Leonard, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Rummery, Sylsby, 16 shares, 400 assigned.
Russell, Charles, A., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Smith, Uriah, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Sawyer, Robert, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Sawyer, Hannah L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Sawyer, Mary, 1 share, 25 assigned.

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Stevenson, E. G., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Strickland, G. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Sindlinger, J. F., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Scott, Elizabeth D., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Salisbury, B. and wife, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Smith, Cyrenius, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Symonds, O. P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Sanborn, Warren, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Soule, Isaac G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Strong, P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Tyler, R. S., 1 share, 25
Titus, J. E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Van Horn, I. D., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Van Horn, A. P., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Van Deusen, E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Whipple, J. G., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Wilson, J. L., 1 share, 25
White, James, 40 shares, 1000 assigned.
White, Ellen G., 20 shares, 500 assigned.
Webber, D. B., 4 shares, 100 assigned.
Wilkinson, Lucinda, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Wicks, J. S., 25 shares, 625 assigned.
Wilson, W. J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Waggoner, J. H., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Welmor, D. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Walker, E. S., 1 share, 25 assigned.
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Amount from Michigan, $11,700

INDIANA.

Covert, Daniel, 1 share, $25 assigned.
Covert & wife, Wm., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Harvey, James, 38 shares, 950 assigned.
Pierce, Mrs. G. W., 1 share, 25
Randolph, D. F., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Scarborough, P., Jr., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Styles, Elias, 2 shares, 50

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Zirkle, Isaac, 1 share, $25 assigned.
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Amount from Indiana, $1,200

ILLINOIS.

Andrews, R. F., 2 shares, $50 assigned.
Andrews, Mary M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Blanchard, Delilah, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brown, Thomas, 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Brown, Susannah, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Berry, Mary Ann, 1 share, 25
Berry, Benj. N., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Berry, Jacob, 1 share, 25
Brown, Alida, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brown, George L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brown, Thomas L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ballenger, John F., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ballenger, E. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Colcord, I., 4 shares, 100
Colcord, G. W., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Debord, Eli F., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Douglas, A. I., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ferrin, P. E., 2 shares, 50
Greer, Thomas, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hart, Sidney, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Hiestand, Jesse, 4 shares, 100 assigned.
Hobbs, Alfred, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Holley, P. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Logan, Rachel, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ladley, Rob't I., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Logan, John, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Marsh, L., 1 share, 25
Merritt, B. F., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Myers, Darius, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Newton, Seth, 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Rice, Elberton, 1 share, 25
Reed, Mrs. Ann, 1 share, 25 assigned.

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Steward, T. M., 2 shares, $50 assigned.
Steward, Myrta E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Stone, H. C., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Stowell, L. O., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Terpenny, Ozro W., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Wick, Eli, 8 shares, 200 assigned.
Youll, James, 1 share, 25 assigned.
__________
Amount from Illinois, $1,650

WISCONSIN.

Armitage, B., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Baker, Rufus, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Bradbury, B. F., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Baker, Roxanna, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cowles, R. G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Cheesebro, W. E., 1 share, 25
Chase, Angeline, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Dartt, Amy E., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Eaton, Mrs. Eleanor, 2 shares, 50
Farrar, Worcester, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Farrar, Sarah, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gates, L. M., 4 shares, 100
Gregory, J. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Gilding, John J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hammond, E. O., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Hough, Emurit, 2 shares, 50
Hough, Hannah P., 2 shares, 50
Hunter, Hiram, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Jordon, N. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Jordon, F. L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Kerr, Violetta, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Kundert, Frederick, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lindsay, Katherine, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Leighton, Emily, 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Manly, Mrs. C., 4 shares, 100 assigned.
McCormick, B., 1 share, 25
McLaughlin, S. B., 1 share, 25 assigned.

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Messersmith, Jennie, 6 shares, $150
Mann, Louisa, 4 shares, 100
Matteson, John, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Nelson, M. N., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Nelson, Albert, J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Olson, Oley A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Olson, Andrew, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Paton, Thomas, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Paton, Alexander, 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Pratt, H. and S. E., 8 shares, 200 assigned.
Rhodes, Julia M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Robinson, L. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Sanborn, Violetta, 35 shares, 875
Sanborn, Isaac, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Straw, R. C., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Straw, Mary A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Straw, F. C., 1 share, 25
Smith, A. D., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Tillitson, E. R., 1 share, 25
Williams, A. B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Williams, L. K., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Woodbury, A. C., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Zollinger, Samuel, 4 shares, 100 assigned.
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Amount from Wisconsin, $2,975

IOWA.

Auten, Benn, 4 shares, $100 assigned.
Andrews, W. P., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Andre, Daniel, 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Adams, I. L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Baker, P. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Brailliar, W. G., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Butler, Geo. I., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Butler, E. P., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Canright, D. M., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Chapman, F. H., 4 shares, 100 assigned.

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Cummings, A. W., 3 shares, $75 assigned.
Chipman, Elizabeth C., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Caviness, W. E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Canright, D. M. & wife, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Call, Daniel and wife, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Dunn, Mary E., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Field, W. V., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Ferguson, J. M., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Ferguson, J. M. & wife, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Harnady, E., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Hart, Russell, 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Hart, Sidney, 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Hare, Jacob, 16 shares, 400 assigned.
Hare, Thomas, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Harding, Delos, N., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Huntington, H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Kilgore, R. M., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
Kilgore, Esther, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Kilgore, I. L., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Korb, Anthony, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Korb, Semantha, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lathrop, L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lathrop, Sarah J., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Lemly, Jacob, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Mitchell, I. T., 3 shares, 75 assigned.
McLaughlin, Martha J., 1 share, 25
McCoy, L., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Nicola, Z., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Nicola, Henry, 5 shares, 125 assigned.
Smouse, David, 5 shares, 125 assigned.
Simonton, B., 1 share, 25 assigned.
Shireman, D. T., 2 shares, 50 assigned.
Shively, Susan, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Stroup, John, 1 share, 25 assigned.
Van Syoc, Jesse, 1 share, 25 assigned.
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Amount from Iowa, $2,325

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MINNESOTA.

Bartholomew, Lester, 1 share, $25 assigned.
Harris, S. W., 1 share, 25 assigned.
McAlpine, D., 1 share, 25 assigned.
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Amount from Minnesota, $75

MISSOURI.

Bates, Caleb, 1 share, $25 assigned.
Rogers, J. H., 1 share, 25 assigned.
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Amount from Missouri, $50

CALIFORNIA.

Ball, Mrs. M. S., 1 share, $25 assigned.
Loughborough, J. N., 6 shares, 150 assigned.
Loughborough, M. A., 1 share, 25 assigned.
__________
Amount from California, $200

NOVA SCOTIA.

Israel, John J., 1 share, $25 assigned.

DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

C. Colby (Legacy), $200.00
James Harvey, 50.00
A Friend, 25.00
A. Kilgore, 24.85
Sarah F. Nicola, 20.00
M. M. Nelson, 20.00
W. S. Boone, 12.00
W. C. Stillman, 10.00
A. M. Johnson, 10.00
S. J. Bowers, 10.00
John Hanson, 10.00
B. Judd, 10.00

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M. H. Bates, $ 10.00
Mrs. Daniel Hildreth, 10.00
J. Edgerton, 10.00
P. Holcomb, 10.00
E. Ross, 6.00
A Sister, 6.00
Miss L. G. Green, 5.00
S. B. Whitney & wife, 5.00
H. Hare, 5.00
D. Webster, 5.00
N. Knight, 5.00
W. T. S., 5.00
D. Moser, 5.00
J. R. Elliot, 5.00
B. M. Hibbard, 5.00
M. Field, 5.00
C. S. Clark, 5.00
S. M. Clark, 5.00
Clara Bryant, 5.00
C. B. Stratton, 5.00
J. E. Crocker, 5.00
M. B. Edwards, 5.00
S. J. Penn, 5.00
S. Rogers, 5.00
S. J. Merrill, 5.00
C. H. Tubbs, 5.00
S. C. Conrey, 5.00
J. C. Denison, 5.00
Mrs. R. Damon, 5.00
Maria West, 5.00
Maggie Edgerton, 5.00
K. H. Elliot, 5.00
M. L. B., 5.00
P. C. Dennison, 5.00
Mrs. H. C. McDearmon, 5.00
Sarah J. Smith, 5.00
James Lovell, 5.00
Abigal Mears, 5.00
E. C. Decker, 5.00

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Mary Dunn, $3.84
E. J. Burnham, 3.40
M. E. Benight, 3.33
A. C. Deveraux, 3.00
A Sister, 2.00
J. Wright, 2.00
H. Overmire, 2.00
I. G. Camp, 1.00
Mary Napier, 1.00
J. B. Lock, 1.00
H. Haskell, 1.00
M. Haskell, 1.00
M. Chapman, 1.00
E. M. Chamberlain, 1.00
J. G. Smith, 1.00
E. McCald, 1.00
A Sister, 1.00
Mrs. C. Moch, 1.00
C. H. Farnsworth, 1.00
H. Tuttle, 1.00
A. Anold, 1.00
D. M. Minick, 1.00
M. J. Clark, 1.00
E. Heald, 1.00
M. A. Cottrell, 1.00

MISCELLANEOUS: M. Avery, 25 cts., B. Clark, 50 cts.

Whole amount in shares, $33,775.00
Whole amount of donations, 457.17
Legacies, 200.00
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Sum Total, $34,432.17

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The foregoing sums in Shares, Donations, and Legacies of $34,432.17, has been raised by a few only of our people. But when the officers of our Tract and Missionary Societies shall bring about equality, according to the ability of all our brethren and sisters to take stock in this noble enterprise, the sum will be increased four-fold.

There should be found among the health reformers in the ranks of S. D. Adventists,
25 families each holding stock amounting to $1,000
50 " " " " " " 500
100 " " " " " " 200
200 " " " " " " 100
400 " " " " " " 50
1000 " " " " " " 25
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Amounting in all to the handsome sum of $135,000

During the past year, stock in the Health Institute has been taken to the amount of several thousands. But a large share of this very stock has been bought of those stockholders who were not able to make an assignment to the Health Institute the profits that might accrue to said stock, so that the Health Institute has received but little present benefit from it. All who are able to make the assignment should do so without further delay. And as new stock shall be taken, others who are not able to hold what stock they now have will have a chance to sell theirs, in part, or in full, as the necessity of the case may demand. Those most in need should find a sale of stock first.

And we should here remark that all who have not made an assignment of stock are by no means on the list of those who wish to sell out. But very few of these expect to find a market. There are scores of those who prize the health reform

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too highly to wish to call back what they have put into this cause. Instead of taking back what they have invested, true health reformers will not be satisfied with doing less than to put into the Health Institute and Hygienic Book Fund the full amount of money saved by carrying out the principles of the reform.

Among the inferior benefits of change from the common habits of life to those conducive to health and happiness, is money saved. The Health Reformer now (June, 1872,) makes its monthly visits to not less than six thousand families. And we safely conclude that four thousand of these, at least, are true reformers. These four thousand families have left the use of tobacco, tea, and coffee, the annual expense of which, in cash paid out, would be from ten to sixty dollars a family. But we will put the average cost at twenty-five dollars to each family. The money saved, then, by four thousand families of reformers, in abstaining from tobacco, tea, and coffee, alone, would be the handsome sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars.

But this is not all the money saved by those who carry out the principles of health reform. The amount annually paid out to the doctors by those who adhere to old habits, is nearly as large as that paid out for tobacco, tea, and coffee. Then add to this the sum paid out for patent medicines, and the total would not be less than twenty-five dollars to a family. This, too, is saved by true health reformers, amounting, in four thousand families, to not less than a second One Hundred Thousand Dollars.

And, again, this is not all that is saved by the reform. The vegetarian diet, consisting of the grains, vegetables, and fruits, which is indeed the

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fat of the land, is far less expensive than the food usually eaten of flesh, butter, sweet cake, and pies, lard, saleratus, pepper, vinegar, pickles, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, etc. When we first left these, and purchased for our family only such articles as flour, meal, vegetables, and fruits, we were surprised to learn how little it cost to live. The change was so great that we really felt embarrassed over the fact that our grocery bills were almost next to nothing, and we begged of Mrs. W. to make out a memorandum of eatables for us to purchase in town, that we might have the pleasure of paying out some money to live. In our own family, ranging from ten to fifteen persons, we have saved annually, by adopting the reform diet, not less than one hundred and fifty dollars. But we will put the average saving in the four thousand families of health reformers, in consequence of changing to a more healthful diet, at twenty-five dollars to each family, making the third sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars. The total amount saved, in money only, by those subscribers of the Health Reformer who have fully adopted the reform, is the very handsome sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars annually.

But all this talk about money saved is hardly worthy to be put in print compared with physical, mental, moral, and spiritual benefits derived from correct habits of life. Health is man's capital, the value of which cannot be computed in dollars and cents. And self-denial of hurtful indulgences strengthens and elevates the moral powers, while the mental and spiritual become clearer, with an improved physical condition.

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from pain, a clearness of thought, a calmness of nerve and temper, a release from dark forebodings and the horrors of a diseased conscience, which constitute, in a very great degree, the pleasure of existence. His senses are clear and keen, and he enjoys the glories of nature wherever his eye meets them, and the delights of a restored taste in the proper use of healthful food. Such an one finds himself, as it were, in a second Eden, almost in the enjoyment of the natural blessings of the first, when "out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food."

True, we are not really in Paradise restored to its Eden glory; but having it in full prospect, soon to be given to the pure, we really do not see the need of passing an imaginary and self-made purgatory in reaching the heavenly plains. Thousands of our readers know, by happy experience, the things of which we speak. To those who do not, we would say, Change from your gross habits of life; wash up; and cheer up. God lives and reigns, and wills that you may be well and happy, and make the best of the ills of this mortal life; and, if true to God and yourself, he will, ere long, give you life eternal.

Health reform, with the money saved, and all its inestimable blessings, is a Godsend. We appeal especially to our friends who rejoice in the reform: What shall we render to the Lord for these benefits? Shall we covetously invest the money saved in lands, houses, horses, carriages, furniture, fine clothing, and the like? Or, shall we consecrate it to the cause of health reform as a thank-offering to God for the good we have received? Those who love self supremely will do

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the former. Those who love God and humanity, the latter.

We are making arrangements to publish largely on the health question. We shall issue tracts, pamphlets, and books, upon the subject in such numbers, and at such prices, as to encourage their active and extensive circulation. We design immediately to raise a fund of twenty thousand dollars, in donations from the friends of the reform, that we, and our friends, and the tract societies in different parts of the country, may have health publications to give to those who do not choose to purchase.

Twenty thousand dollars may be regarded as a large sum for this object. But it is only one-fifteenth part of the amount annually saved by the reform, according to the foregoing computations. Does the reader say that our figures are too large? Then we will take off one-third, leaving the amount saved by our people by adopting health reform, only two hundred thousand dollars annually. And if it be regarded by any still too large, we will reduce it to only one hundred thousand dollars saved. This would be a handsome sum to divide between our Health Institute and a Health Tract Fund.

Now shall we come right up to the work, and show to the world that our benevolence can be reached by facts and figures which present a clear duty to our fellow-men, and that we can be moved by principle, and through love to our fellows, instead of through the debased avenue of morbid appetite as in the case of church festivals?

DONATIONS TO THE BOOK FUND

Abbey & wife, Ira, $100.00
Abbey, Samuel, I, 100.00
Bingham, Hiram, 100.00
Bennett, J. H., 100.00
Chapman, F. H., 118.00
Cross & wife, P. M., 100.00
Glascock, Eli, 105.00
Grant, Newel, 100.00
Gould, D. H., 100.00
Gould & wife, Daniel, 100.00
Harvey, James, 100.00
Hare & wife, Jacob, 100.00
Kellogg & wife, H. W., 235.00
Kellogg & wife, J. P., 100.00
Kinne, P. Z., 100.00
Littlejohn, W. H., 110.00
Lindsay & wife, J. M., 100.00
Maynard & wife, A. W., 100.00
McPherson & wife, S. A., 100.00
Nichols, Freeman, 100.00
Orcutt, N., 100.00
Olmstead & wife, I. A., 100.00
Olive, I. S., 100.00
Palmer, Dan R., 200.00
Root, E. H., 100.00
Smith & wife, A. W., 100.00
Temple, Mrs. E., 200.00
White & wife, James, 300.00
Wick & wife, Eli, 100.00
Gould, Marcus & Lucy J., 84.00
Francisco & wife, John, 81.80
Bartholf, M. J., 77.00
Rasmussen, August, 75.00
Shively, J., 75.00
Sanborn, W., 70.00
Alverson, Thomas, 65.00

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Baker, P. W., $65.00
Fargo, Jerome, 65.00
Berry, B. N., 64.00
Crosbie, H., 60.40
Cheesbro & wife, W. E., 60.00
Glascock, Sarah, 60.00
Lobdell, Edward, 60.00
Loomis & wife, T., 60.00
Whitney, B. L., 60.00
Woodbury, A. C., 60.00
Rhodes & wife, S. W., 59.00
Owen, D. A., 57.00
Ballenger, J. F., 55.00
Francis, B. B., 55.00
Andrews, M. C. M., 50.00
Crous, Geo. & S. H., 50.00
Cornish, friends from, 50.00
Cornell, M. E., 50.00
Carpenter & wife, Wm., 50.00
Carpenter & wife, Daniel, 50.00
Dow, Edson, 50.00
Farnsworth & wife, C. K., 50.00
Lathrop, L., 50.00
Lamson & wife, Jonathan, 50.00
Lay & wife, George T., 50.00
Lockwood & wife, R. G., 50.00
Lindsay & wife, Harmon, 50.00
Leighton & wife, Geo., 50.00
Pratt, O. H., 50.00
Rosa, Lovina, 50.00
Rummery & wife, S., 50.00
Thank-offering, 50.00
Vermont, a friend in, 50.00
Ward, sister (deceased), 50.00
Glascock, Fanny, 49.25
Byington & wife, J., 45.00
Smith, T., 45.00
Armitage, Benj., 40.00
Berry, Jacob, 40.00

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Hilliard & wife, H., $37.00
Loughborough & wife, J. N., 36.75
Boynton, Wm., 35.00
Bourdeau, A. C., 35.00
Green, D. B., 35.00
Hodges & wife, Noah, 35.00
Lowrey & wife, L., 35.00
Stone, Albert, 35.00
Salisbury, Wilbur S., 35.00
Clymer, A. H., 34.00
Vincent, S., 31.50
Cummings, A. W., 30.00
Gregory, J. B., 30.00
Green, Asa M., 30.00
Judson, James, 30.00
Mears & wife, Oliver, 30.00
Montcalm Co., Danish brethren in, 30.00
Morrison, J. H., 30.00
Nicola & wife, Henry, 30.00
Smith, Geo., 30.00
Thank-offering, 30.00
Wales, F. T., 30.00
Cyphers, M. B., 29.17
Brother, a good, 25.00
Cummings, C. W. & L. D., 25.00
Daniels, Dexter, 25.00
Everts, Harriet, 25.00
Eggleston & wife, W., 25.00
Friend, aged, 25.00
Friend, a, 25.00
Friend, a, 25.00
Gould, Anna M., 25.00
Goodwin, Mary E., 25.00
Griggs, E. S., 25.00
Gaskill & wife, V. B., 25.00
Gurney, H. S., 25.00
Gargett, James, 25.00
Hall, L. H., 25.00
Hall, C. F., 25.00

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Hall, Lucinda M., $25.00
Haughey & wife, J. Q. A., 25.00
Kellogg, E. P., 25.00
Lamson, J., 25.00
Marsh & wife, Alvin, 25.00
Mason & wife, F. H., 25.00
Myers, Darius, 25.00
Newcomb, W. E., 25.00
Olsen, A., 25.00
Perkins, Rachel, 25.00
Pierce, Stephen, 25.00
Salisbury, B., 25.00
S. D., 25.00
Searle, E. W., 25.00
Taylor & wife, C. O., 25.00
Van Horn & wife, I. D., 25.00
Wick & wife, J. S., 25.00
William, Mary, 25.00
Whitford, C. P., 25.00
Zollinger & wife, S., 25.00
Colcord, Ivory, 23.00
Griggs, Reuben, 22.25
Demarest, D. C., 22.00
Lowree, George, 22.00
Andre, D., 20.00
Burrid, A. O., 20.00
Cottrell, R. F., 20.00
Dahnos, Lacrissa, 20.00
Fisher, George E., 20.00
Friend, a (in gold), 20.00
Ferguson & wife, J. M., 20.00
Hunter, Smith, 20.00
Korb, A., 20.00
Lindsay & wife, John, 20.00
Loomis, Truman, 20.00
Mears, John, 20.00
Oxley, A. T., 20.00
Raymond, J. W., 20.00
Smouse & wife, David, 20.00

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Smith, Luther, $20.00
Thank-offering, 20.00
Harris, Estella A., 19.00
Pierce, Almira, 19.00
Pierce, Oliver W., 19.00
Rousseau, Hiram, 19.00
Andrews, W. P., 18.00
Osborn, S., 18.00
Richmond, H. L., 18.00
Soule, I. G., 18.00
Truesdell, G. H., 17.50
Crosby, S., 17.00
Harris, S. W., 17.00
Osgood, Betsey, 17.00
Hall & wife, A. H., 16.75
Richmond, A. J., 16.50
Ferguson, Jackson, 16.25
King, Mary, 16.00
McAlpine, D., 16.00
Andrews & wife, R. F., 15.00
Brown, W. N., 15.00
Bissel, George, 15.00
Bolton, Lydia, 15.00
Brown, Henry, 15.00
Bradford, A. A., 15.00
Baker, Martha A., 15.00
Bond, J. W., 15.00
Dorcas, Jesse, 15.00
Field & wife, W. V., 15.00
Gaskill, E. B., 15.00
Gulick, Joel, 15.00
Ginley & wife, J. H., 15.00
Greenman, Francis, 15.00
Higley, Jane, 15.00
Hoenes, A., 15.00
Jordon & wife, N. M., 15.00
Lucas, J. W., 15.00
M. M. E., 15.00
Mace, Mary E., 15.00

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McAllister, A., $15.00
Potter, A. M., 15.00
Preston & wife, C. B., 15.00
Pierce, Henry, 15.00
Peck, S. H., 15.00
Perry, S. C., 15.00
Roice, Edwin, 15.00
Reynolds, M. J., 15.00
Ralston, Jane, 15.00
Saxby, J., 15.00
Sawyer & wife, Robert, 15.00
Shireman & wife, D. T., 15.00
Whitney, Sybil, 15.00
Wakefield, H. P., 15.00
Walsworth, S. N., 15.00
Walworth, E., 15.00
Whipple, J. G., 15.00
Raymond & wife, A. C., 14.75
Carpenter & wife, Alex, 14.00
Guilford, H. S., 14.00
Reynold, R. J., 13.50
Sutliff, W., 13.20
Holley & wife, S. M., 13.00
Landon, Betsey, 13.00
Rasmussen, Christian D., 13.00
Sprague, H. F., 13.00
Cottrell, Wm., 12.50
Green, C., 12.50
Fleming, Calvin, 12.00
Fish, Luther, 12.00
Hersum, S. J., 12.00
Bice, C., 11.70
Bourdeau, D. T. & M. E., 11.70
Lamson, J. B., 11.20
Genoa, church at, 11.15
Rodman & wife, P. C., 11.10
Herson, Samuel J., 11.00
Vandeusen, Elan, 11.00
Glascock, Mary, 10.70

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Leslie, friends in, $10.50
Andrews, J. N., 10.00
Auten, Benn, 10.00
Aldrich, J. M., 10.00
Allchin, Stephen, 10.00
Austin, Belle R., 10.00
Burwell, A. L., 10.00
Bunce, Leroy, 10.00
Bean, Lewis, 10.00
Beecher, Jane S., 10.00
Beecher, Hannah, 10.00
Brooks, Z., 10.00
Boynton, Etta, 10.00
Bow, Daniel, 10.00
Barrows, H. W. & F. R., 10.00
Barrows, Jesse, 10.00
Beldon, A., 10.00
Butler, E. P., 10.00
Byington, Dr. J. F., 10.00
Buckland & wife, W. G., 10.00
Butler, Geo. I., 10.00
Briggs, Daniel, 10.00
Chapman, F. M., 10.00
Chapman, Wm., 10.00
Cross, M. N., 10.00
Craig & wife, S. B., 10.00
Canright, D. M., 10.00
Carman, J. F., 10.00
Chapman, H., 10.00
Clark, Eliza B., 10.00
Cornell, M. J., 10.00
Chesaning, church at, 10.00
Durgin, Dennis, 10.00
Davis, C., 10.00
Downs & wife, John M., 10.00
Erb, Peter, 10.00
Edson, Hiram, 10.00
Friend, a, 10.00
Farnsworth, H. J., 10.00

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Farrar, W., $10.00
Friend, a, 10.00
Fullmer, I., 10.00
Friends, two, 10.00
Green, Mary, 10.00
Gordon, H. W., 10.00
Ghering, J., 10.00
Godsmark, R., 10.00
Goodrich, J. B., 10.00
Green, Lenche, 10.00
Green, Calvin, 10.00
Huntington & wife, H., 10.00
Hoole, J. E., 10.00
Hastings, Sanford, 10.00
Hansen, J., 10.00
Hornaday, E., 10.00
Haskell, S., 10.00
Holt, Amos, 10.00
Higley, E., 10.00
Haskell, S. N., 10.00
Hinton, W. P., 10.00
Hart, Russell, 10.00
Hardy, Albert, 10.00
Hunter, H., 10.00
Hoag, Russell, 10.00
Hare, Middred P., 10.00
Harrison, Wm., 10.00
Ings, J. & W., 10.00
Jones, O. B., 10.00
Kellogg, Eugene, 10.00
Kerns, M. W., 10.00
Kilgore, R. F., 10.00
Kilgore, A. M., 10.00
Kilgore, L. J., 10.00
Knight, Nancy, 10.00
Kay, Mary K., 10.00
Lane, Ann, 10.00
Lawton, A. P., 10.00

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Lafferty, R. J., $10.00
Love, A. D., 10.00
Lunt, N. N., 10.00
Love, A., 10.00
Lindsay, C. W., 10.00
Lindsay, Thomas, 10.00
Lindsay, T. H., 10.00
Leighton, L. R., 10.00
Lay, H. S., 10.00
Miller, S. J., 10.00
McCoy, L., 10.00
McNeil, Charlotte, 10.00
McMillan, John, 10.00
Moser, I. H., 10.00
Mann, Louisa, 10.00
M. L. M., 10.00
Mitchell, J. T., 10.00
Miller, H. C., 10.00
Maxon, Mary L., 10.00
Newton & wife, Seth, 10.00
Nelson, M. N., 10.00
Newman, G. W., 10.00
Nichols, C. A., 10.00
Nicola, J. C., 10.00
Orton, Mrs. Lera, 10.00
Perry, Sydney C., 10.00
Preston, N. S., 10.00
Pennock, J. M., 10.00
Palmer, James M., 10.00
Pearsall, A. B., 10.00
Patton, Alex., 10.00
Prentiss, E. M., 10.00
Rasmussen & wife, A., 10.00
Rust & wife, E. G., 10.00
Ross & wife, Alex., 10.00
Rogers, Abigail, 10.00
Rasmussen, Hans, 10.00
Ross, F. C., 10.00
Robinson, A. H. & L., 10.00

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Stillman, W. E., $10.00
Sister, a, 10.00
Sister, a, 10.00
Sister, a, 10.00
Smith, Uriah, 10.00
Sawyer & wife, James, 10.00
Stillman, C., 10.00
Stone, H. C., 10.00
Stringer, N. M., 10.00
Smith, M., 10.00
Smith, Cyrus, 10.00
Simonson, S., 10.00
Tarbell, sister, 10.00
Thank-offering, 10.00
Truth (present), a friend of, 10.00
Traveler, a lonely, 10.00
Van Syoc, Jesse, 10.00
Woodruff, Mrs. S. B., 10.00
Wilkinson, L., 10.00
Walker, E. S., 10.00
Wescott, H. J., 10.00
Wheeler, G. G., 10.00
West, Maria, 10.00
Osgood, B. M. & E. P., 9.63
Chapman, M. J., 9.00
Cochran, Abigail, 9.00
Dawson, W., 9.00
Lane, M. H., 9.00
Mitchell, G. W., 9.00
Stevens, D. I., 9.00
Hall & wife, A., 8.50
Kelsey, Calvin, 8.50
Sand Prairie Church, 8.50
Barker, I. W., 8.00
Bickle, Thomas, 8.00
Brisbin, Wm. G., 8.00
Claxton, John, 8.00
Connet, J. W., 8.00
Edgerton, I., 8.00

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Gove, S. F., $8.00
Grant, H., 8.00
Haines, L., 8.00
Jeys, George & R. A., 8.00
Peterson, P., 8.00
Straw, R. C., 8.00
Sanford, C. A., 8.00
Stiles, James, 8.00
Whitcome, E. A., 8.00
Richmond, Electa, 7.50
Smith, Thomas, 7.50
Woodruff, S., 7.20
Abbey, R. R., 7.00
Corn, C. W., 7.00
Crandall, E. M., 7.00
Franklin, N. Y., Tract Society, 7.00
Guilford, A. L., 7.00
Hough & wife, J. D., 7.00
Harris, W., 7.00
Kellogg, John, 7.00
Murry, J. H., 7.00
Nelson, Albert J., 7.00
Post, S. Sophia, 7.00
Phillis, M., 7.00
Prince, C. A., 7.00
Rhodes, R., 7.00
Whitney & wife, S. B., 7.00
Steward, Florence A., 6.55
Ford, C. M., 6.40
Tilton, R. S., 6.25
Bean, S. R., 6.00
Burwell, A., 6.00
Cross, M. J., 6.00
Colcord, G. W., 6.00
Frauenfelter, J. F., 6.00
Harmon, Wm., 6.00
More, Edward, 6.00
Miller, J. S., 5.00
McKee, Thomas, 6.00

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West, B. T., $6.00
Guild, R. D., 5.75
Vosburg, E. J. A., 5.50
Walker, James G., 5.55
Fonts, Sarah J., 5.40
Andrews, C., 5.00
Amadon, Martha D., 5.00
Ames, E. H., 5.00
Andrews, Mary M., 5.00
Amadon, G. W., 5.00
Atwood, A. B., 5.00
Atkinson, Richard, 5.00
Abbott, H., 5.00
Avery, Alice, 5.00
Bates, C. A., 5.00
Brown, Thomas, 5.00
Bunch, Olivia, 5.00
Beach, J. B., 5.00
Buckland, A., 5.00
Bowen, Samuel, 5.00
Burlingham, S. H., 5.00
Bacca Josephine, 5.00
Brown, Wm. H., 5.00
Ball, W. H., 5.00
Burdit, E. P., 5.00
Bartholomew, Elizabeth G., 5.00
Bostwick, Albert, 5.00
Bacheller, J. W., 5.00
Buck, H. G., 5.00
Brown, Gertrude, 5.00
Bosworth, T. J., 5.00
Barker, George W., 5.00
Brockway, O. F., 5.00
Brister, M., 5.00
Bartholomew, L., 5.00
Brigham, Ellen, 5.00
Buck & wife, C., 5.00
Benham, R. D., 5.00
Bryant, A., 5.00

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Bates, Keziah A., $5.00
Bates, J. H., 5.00
Bingham, John, 5.00
Clymer, F. H., 5.00
Cross, M. D., 5.00
Carson, W. T., 5.00
Chipman, E. C., 5.00
Choate, I. C., 5.00
Coon, Bro., 5.00
Churchill, M. M., 5.00
Carr, L. W., 5.00
Cranson, Ella, 5.00
Capen, Mary, 5.00
Cross, A. A., 5.00
Cole, N. B., 5.00
Carpenter, W. R., 5.00
Chapel, L. R., 5.00
Curtis, D., 5.00
Christensen, J. P., 5.00
Cross, L. P., 5.00
Chamberlain, G. W., 5.00
Cottrell, C. M., 5.00
Covey & wife, S. D., 5.00
Castle, B., 5.00
Cross, T., 5.00
Crouch, Mary, 5.00
Corliss, Julia, 5.00
Crandall, Deborah, 5.00
Colcord, G. W., 5.00
Cross, P. L., 5.00
Cottrell, J. U., 5.00
Carpenter, Eliza, 5.00
Colby, Cyrus, 5.00
Crous, Wm. F., 5.00
Cross, W. J., 5.00
Dolley, A., 5.00
Dimmick, G. W., 5.00
Damon, Andrew, 5.00
Daniels, Mrs., 5.00

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Dayton, M. A., $5.00
Dodge, H. W., 5.00
Dibble, A. B., 5.00
Deans, Lucy, 5.00
Driscall, Anna M., 5.00
Elkins, Joseph, 5.00
Elliott & wife, B. H., 5.00
Edson, M., 5.00
Emmans, A. J., 5.00
Emery, N. W., 5.00
Eddy, O. S., 5.00
Evans, Deborah, 5.00
Edmonds, M. M., 5.00
Friend, a, 5.00
Friend, a, 5.00
Friend, a, 5.00
Friend, a, 5.00
Friend, a, 5.00
Fay, D. M., 5.00
Farnsworth, J. S., 5.00
Foy, J. Q., 5.00
Farnham, Benj., 5.00
Freeto, L. M., 5.00
Finch, T. P., 5.00
Fenner, H. A., 5.00
Fellows, H., 5.00
Ferciot, Peter, 5.00
Ferciot, Eliza, 5.00
Friend, a, 5.00
Friend, a, 5.00
Friend, a, 5.00
Friend, a, 5.00
Greenman, sister, 5.00
Gordon, H. W., 5.00
Giles & wife, E. P., 5.00
Graham, A., 5.00
Glover, Chas. S., 5.00
Gibson, W. I., 5.00
Ginley, E. V., 5.00

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Guilford, O. F., $5.00
Guilford, Mary, 5.00
Guilford, L. M., 5.00
Gonter, William, 5.00
Gorton, E. M., 5.00
Geer, Elizabeth, 5.00
Green, Jasper, 5.00
Gardner, D. E., 5.00
Holiday, G. L., 5.00
Hurlburt, A., 5.00
Hight, R. C., 5.00
Hutchins, A. G., 5.00
Hastings, Leonard, 5.00
Harris, E., 5.00
Hinton, W. T., 5.00
Hammond, E. O., 5.00
Hough, J. D., 5.00
Hart, Carrie, 5.00
Herald, Wm., 5.00
Hafer, W. H., 5.00
Heligass, John, 5.00
Hare, T., 5.00
Hayward, H. B., 5.00
Haughey, M. A., 5.00
Howard, L. L., 5.00
Haynes, W. J., 5.00
Hutchins, Matthew, 5.00
Hicks, B. F., 5.00
Hopkins, E. A., 5.00
Harris, Lucy, 5.00
Hunter, H., 5.00
Hacket, P. P., 5.00
Haskell, E. M. & E. T., 5.00
Hoover, A. A., 5.00
Hale, James W., 5.00
Harpham, Mary, 5.00
Hutchins, A. S., 5.00
Hale, Mary, 5.00
Hostler, Benj., 5.00

113

Houser, Mary, $5.00
Jones, E. R., 5.00
Jones, Charles, 5.00
Johnson, D. W., 5.00
Jones, Charles H., 5.00
Jaquith, J. H., 5.00
Johnson, Rodney, 5.00
Johnson, A. M., 5.00
Johnson, Norman, 5.00
Kundert, F., 5.00
Kellogg, Albert, 5.00
Keer, Wm., 5.00
Lane, Ellen, 5.00
Lock, Lucy, 5.00
Lomondy, F., 5.00
Lake, Alvina, 5.00
Lamson, J. G., 5.00
Lindsay, Andrew, 5.00
Lindsay, Catherine, 5.00
Lindsay, C., 5.00
Lane, S. H., 5.00
Lawrence, R. J., 5.00
Landes, J. W., 5.00
Loughhead, J. A., 5.00
Loveland, R., 5.00
Milne, L. E., 5.00
Martin, P., 5.00
Marquart, M., 5.00
McDearmon, H. C., 5.00
Minnesota, W. R. of, 5.00
Mitchell, Jennie, 5.00
Mousehunt, J., 5.00
Manly, Caroline, 5.00
Miller, M., 5.00
Morton, Wm., 5.00
McGregor, John, 5.00
Marvin, M. S., 5.00
Macomber, Elijah, 5.00
Merriam, M. S., 5.00

114

Merriam, Addie, $5.00
Merriam, Virginie A., 5.00
Merrill, S. J., 5.00
Niels, Robert, 5.00
Newton, Miles C., 5.00
Nourse, Mrs. A. W., 5.00
Ogden, Lorenda M., 5.00
Osborn, Eli, 5.00
Otis, M. J., 5.00
Otis, P. J., 5.00
Olds, C. W., 5.00
Olds, M. J., 5.00
Preston, A. M., 5.00
Pixley, A. G., 5.00
Priest, M. H. & M. L., 5.00
Page, H. H., 5.00
Pambla, Peter, 5.00
Pike, C. N., 5.00
Price, M. J., 5.00
Prentiss, W. B., 5.00
Pambla, L., 5.00
Phillips, D. C., 5.00
Putnam, W. W., 5.00
Paul, H., 5.00
Phelps, H., 5.00
Pierce, S. E., 5.00
Perry, Joseph, 5.00
Peas, John A., 5.00
Patten, L. C., 5.00
Pike, Calvin N., 5.00
Paul, Calvin, 5.00
Potter, Plinny, 5.00
Rasmussen, C. D., 5.00
Rhode Island, a friend in, 5.00
Rider, S., 5.00
Russell & wife, Charles, 5.00
Rust, M. E., 5.00
Roushey, John, 5.00
Ralph, R., 5.00

115

Rogers, Chas., $5.00
Ross, C. R., 5.00
Ross, Leonard, 5.00
Rich, H. J., 5.00
Robinson, Mary, 5.00
Robbins, David, 5.00
Rice, C. R., 5.00
Rowley, C. S., 5.00
Robinson, Mary E., 5.00
Rhodes, J. M., 5.00
Ruiter, Stephen, 5.00
Roice, I. G., 5.00
Seymour, Alex., 5.00
Smith, A. G., 5.00
Stockwell, S. M., 5.00
Sister, a, 5.00
Spencer, Edward, 5.00
Smith, M., 5.00
Smith, C., 5.00
Strickland, G. W., 5.00
Smith, C., 5.00
Stanley, C. W., 5.00
Satterlee, H., 5.00
Schaupp, Charles, 5.00
Sutliff Warren, 5.00
Smith, S. J., 5.00
Sawyer, Hannah, 5.00
Steward, Mary J., 5.00
Shepard, L. C. L., 5.00
Sindlinger, J. F., 5.00
Stone, E. A., 5.00
Smith, J. A., 5.00
Simpson, R. L., 5.00
Satterlee, Fayette, 5.00
Saxby, W. L., 5.00
Soule, Isaac, 5.00
Straw, R. C., 5.00
Stratton, Chas., 5.00
Stone, Hattie, 5.00

116

Sharpe, W. D., $5.00
Stebbins, W. W., 5.00
Sanford, E., 5.00
Stevens, Chas. F., 5.00
Steer, Martha W., 5.00
Steward, T. M., 5.00
Taber, J., 5.00
Trespass-offering, 5.00
Titus, J. E., 5.00
Thank-offering, 5.00
Thank-offering, 5.00
Tuttle, Susan E., 5.00
Vermont, M. A. C. of, 5.00
Van Horn, C., 5.00
Van Orman, Lewis, 5.00
Wood, G. H., 5.00
Welling, John, 5.00
Wheeler, F., 5.00
Walters, T. L. & L. J., 5.00
Welch, Lillie, 5.00
Whitford, Linda, 5.00
Wolcott, P. A., 5.00
Wolcott, C. H., 5.00
Williams, John, 5.00
West, Nelson, 5.00
Williams, A. B., 5.00
Wilkinson, Sophronia, 5.00
Walsworth, N. J. & E., 5.00
Webster, R., 5.00
Wales, Lucinda, 5.00
Wilcox, Daniel, 5.00
Waggoner, J. H., 5.00
Woolsey, H. S., 5.00
Webber, D. B., 5.00
Wolf, John W., 5.00
Warren, R. M., 5.00
Witter, E. G., 5.00
Zirkle, Elizabeth, 5.00
Milk, D. W., 4.90

117

Evans, H., $4.75
More, E., 4.60
Bliven, Mrs. J., 4.50
Gould, H., 4.50
West, Ellen, 4.50
Brundage, Jason, 4.44
Eddy, D. A., 4.20
Bailey, L. P., 4.00
Beecher, M., 4.00
Baker, L. J., 4.00
Crandall, Susan, 4.00
Dart, Amy E., 4.00
Day, Lucretia, 4.00
Degraw, A. M., 4.00
Frothingham, F. E., 4.00
Gibbs, Nancy, 4.00
Hafer, J., 4.00
Hacket, L., 4.00
Hibbard, B. M., 4.00
Howard, D. D. & A. M., 4.00
Martin, J., 4.00
Nichols, Carrie, 4.00
Ramsey, Truman, 4.00
Rosseau, Eliza, 4.00
Reisman, Ellen, 4.00
Sylvia, 4.00
Saxby, C. F., 4.00
Teft, E. H., 4.00
True, A., 4.00
Woodruff, A., 4.00
Wetmore, D. A., 4.00
Young, H., 4.00
E. L. Clevenger, 3.90
Persing, A., 3.55
Sister, a, 3.55
Cavenish, W. E., 3.50
Green, Elbridge, 3.50
Huntingdon, H., 3.50
Harper, Mary, 3.50

118

Wolcott, E. O., $3.39
Clevenger, R., 3.38
Tosh, C., 3.25
Hunt, Sarah J., 3.20
Atkins, N., 3.00
Ashley, Marcus, 3.00
Avery, Wm. R. H., 3.00
Abbott, Hiram, 3.00
Abbey, Lilly D., 3.00
Bahler, J. F. & M. J., 3.00
Berry, S. C., 3.00
Bates, P. M., 3.00
Bacheller, Mrs. C., 3.00
Bowen, H., 3.00
Baldwin, H. A., 3.00
Brewster, L., 3.00
Berry, M. A., 3.00
Carpenter, Luman, 3.00
Claxton, J., 3.00
Clarke, John, 3.00
Clarke, L. E., 3.00
Clarke, Joseph, 3.00
Clarke, Sarah, 3.00
Colcord, W. H., 3.00
Dunton, Sally, 3.00
Demorest, Jane, 3.00
Deveraux, A. E., 3.00
Dysert, Lewis, 3.00
Dickens, Erastus, 3.00
Edgar, Ann C., 3.00
Farnsworth, John P., 3.00
Field, sister, 3.00
Green, Lucy S., 3.00
Gilbert, A. C., 3.00
Gaskill, G. B., 3.00
Hardy & wife, W. J., 3.00
Hilliard, P. L., 3.00
Hurd, John, 3.00
Hale, Mrs. E., 3.00

119

Hutchins, Addie D., $3.00
Hutchins, A. S., 3.00
Huntley, L. G., 3.00
Keeney, H., 3.00
Loughhead, J., 3.00
Minnisee, W. F., 3.00
Mead, Hosea, 3.00
Orleans, church at, 3.00
Ogden, C. R., 3.00
Premium on gold, 3.00
Phelps, E. W., 3.00
Place, E., 3.00
Pierce, James, 3.00
Parker, M. E., 3.00
Pierce, R. M., 3.00
Parmalee, John, 3.00
Rankin, Melissa, 2.00
Raymond, Emma R., 3.00
Smith, Samuel, 3.00
Sharey, Jane, 3.00
Sisley, Richard, 3.00
Sweet, C. L., 3.00
Sterling, James G., 3.00
Stafford, Edward, 3.00
Trowbridge, M. E., 3.00
Temple, H. V., 3.00
Tubbs, C. H., 3.00
Wilson, J. E., 3.00
Willosen, B. F., 3.00
Mott, E., 2.90
Chinnock, Wm., 2.80
Ellis, Wm., 2.75
Friend, a, 2.75
King, Julia A., 2.75
Williams, John, 2.70
Duscomb, E., 2.60
Hackett, Pierce, 2.60
Church, Edward, 2.58
Richmond, G. F., 2.52

120

Bullock, S. A., $2.50
Baker, J. & E., 2.50
Brown, A. F., 2.50
Burbee, Eliza, 2.50
Cavenish, Wm. C., 2.50
Getchel, H., 2.50
Guiles, E. P., 2.50
Howe, Franklin, 2.50
Howe, Rhoda, 2.50
Luman, C., 2.50
Lane, Lydia, 2.50
McAllister, Agnes, 2.50
Parmenter, George, 2.50
Pease, James, 2.50
Richardson, J., 2.50
Rankin, Ellen, 2.50
Raymond, N. S., 2.50
Saunders, E. B., 2.50
Vincent, Laura, 2.50
Wardell, C. P. A., 2.50
Warren, J. H., 2.50
Wilson, W. J., 2.50
Washburn, C. A., 2.50
James, S. O., 2.46
Morse, Betsey, 2.40
Webber, I., 2.38
Huntington, Mrs. H., 2.25
Parsons, H., 2.25
Carter, A. G., 2.23
White, Polly Ann, 2.20
Grover, Laura, 2.10
Judd, Elizabeth, 2.10
A. H. C. Z., 2.00
Ackley, C. R., 2.00
Avery, B. H., 2.00
Adams, John, 2.00
Anderson, Sarah, 2.00
Austin, Linda, 2.00
Adams, J. W., 2.00

121

Alvard, P., $2.00
Ashley, J. T., 2.00
Ball, James, 2.00
Butcher, George, 2.00
Boyd, Joseph, 2.00
Bartholomew, F. N., 2.00
Boylan, Wm., 2.00
Berow, Geo. D., 2.00
Burnham, Geo. W., 2.00
Bee, Asa, 2.00
Briggs, C. S., 2.00
Bullock, R. M., 2.00
Buckland, Maria M., 2.00
Beecher, J. B., 2.00
Bickle, Theodore, 2.00
Covey, A. A., 2.00
Christensen, N., 2.00
Chamberlain, E., 2.00
Cause, a friend of the, 2.00
Covert, Wm., 2.00
Church, E., 2.00
Clement, M. A., 2.00
Corliss, John, 2.00
Chase, Alfred, 2.00
Cross, A. A., 2.00
Cony, H. D., 2.00
Caswell, L. B., 2.00
Chute, H., 2.00
Cochran, R., 2.00
Carpenter, Isaiah, 2.00
Demon, Harmon, 2.00
Dennis, D. M., 2.00
Dane, Bro., 2.00
Dickey, Pamelia P., 2.00
Dunn, Edna, 2.00
Downs, Mary E., 2.00
Deyarmond, C. B., 2.00
Dudley, R. S. R., 2.00

122

Elmer, D. C., $2.00
Eaton, sister, 2.00
Erway, Albert, 2.00
Fisher, H. H., 2.00
Friend, a, 2.00
Friend, a, 2.00
Fero, D. T. & L. A., 2.00
Fairfield, A. A., 2.00
Frothingham, D. C., 2.00
Friend, a, 2.00
Gregory, Pauline, 2.00
Gates, L. M., 2.00
Gregory, Adaline, 2.00
Griggs, D., 2.00
Gould, Platt, 2.00
Gage, Wm. C., 2.00
Gardner, Delia C., 2.00
Hansen, N., 2.00
Hansen, J., 2.00
Hobart, J. L., 2.00
Haskell, Lewis, 2.00
Hall, A., 2.00
Haughey, Lovina, 2.00
Huntley, M. S., 2.00
Hastings, S. W., 2.00
Holiday, C. R., 2.00
Holloway, Perry, 2.00
Hammond, H., 2.00
Hull, H. S., 2.00
Harrison, M., 2.00
Jones & wife, R. R., 2.00
Jiguere, J. & M., 2.00
J. M. B., 2.00
Johnson, Nancy, 2.00
Jones, A. D., 2.00
June, C. Z., 2.00
Kettle, F., 2.00
Kinsly, L., 2.00
Kneeland, P. B., 2.00

123

Kelsey, H. L., $2.00
Kneeland, brother, 2.00
Lawton, A., 2.00
Lucas, Volney H., 2.00
Locke, widow, 2.00
Lucas, Almeda, 2.00
Lockwood, Asa, 2.00
Lane, John T., 2.00
Lovel, James, 2.00
Moon, R. R., 2.00
Marsh, John, 2.00
Merrill, S. F., 2.00
Minnisee, J. H., 2.00
McCourt, James, 2.00
Marsh, L. A., 2.00
Moore, Henry, 2.00
Nielsen, Hans, 2.00
Nourse, Mrs. Mary A., 2.00
N., 2.00
Osgood, M. M., 2.00
Olmstead, Mary, 2.00
Owen, G. K., 2.00
Owen, J. A., 2.00
Otis, T. J. & Rebecca E., 2.00
Olson, Esther, 2.00
Osborn, C. W., 2.00
Peterson, J., 2.00
Peterson, L., 2.00
Palmeter, A. M., 2.00
Priest, Henry S., 2.00
Preston, S., 2.00
Parsons, Mary, 2.00
Payne, J. R., 2.00
Potter, Wm., 2.00
Pierce, Sarah B., 2.00
Prosser, Jane, 2.00
Prescott, J. L., 2.00
Pettis, David, 2.00
Reed, M. J., 2.00

124

Rankin, Melissa, $2.00
Rathbun, Martin W., 2.00
Rousseau, E. A., 2.00
Rouse, Solomon, 2.00
Rogers, C. T., 2.00
Richmond, Frank, 2.00
Richmond, N. D., 2.00
Raymond, Ophelia, 2.00
Rust, A. B., 2.00
Randall, D. W., 2.00
Rodney, H., 2.00
Rogers, J. S., 2.00
Robinson, Martha, 2.00
Smith, L. D., 2.00
Smith, Joseph, 2.00
Smith, A. W. (Iowa), 2.00
Smith, Maria D., 2.00
Smith, S. D., 2.00
Smith, A. C., 2.00
Smith, Margaret, 2.00
Sister, a, 2.00
S. T., 2.00
Sindlinger, F., 2.00
Sindlinger, J. F. B., 2.00
States, H. F., 2.00
Swan, S. M., 2.00
Steward, M. E., 2.00
Shipley, Jacob, 2.00
Styles, Dorcas, 2.00
Snyder, S. N., 2.00
Saunders, J., 2.00
Thompson, Mrs. M., 2.00
Traveler, a lonely, 2.00
Thompson, O. B., 2.00
Tinker, Reuben, 2.00
Tubbs, Nancy, 2.00
Taft, Robert, 2.00
Thompson, W., 2.00
Van Doren, L. J., 2.00

125

Van Doren, C. C., $2.00
Ward, N., 2.00
Warren, A. C., 2.00
Worrick, Reuben, 2.00
Wolcott, Mary, 2.00
Wolcott, Edward, 2.00
Walling, Geo., 2.00
Wakefield, Mrs. A. S., 2.00
Weatherwax, L. S., 2.00
Wilson, Lewis, 2.00
West, H. C., 2.00
White, Ambrose, 2.00
Wilcox, Betsey, 2.00
Wilson, John, 2.00
Wilkinson, Samuel, 2.00
Woodruff, A., 2.00
Youll, James, 2.00
Hall, Fanny, 1.80
Claxton, Jane, 1.75
Shellhouse, L., 1.75
States, D. M., 1.75
Crandall, D. S., 1.70
Ayers, J. N., 1.60
Kellogg, L. A., 1.60
Bates, Elizabeth, 1.50
Church, A., 1.50
Church, E. A., 1.50
Davis, Mary Ann, 1.50
Day, Emma C., 1.50
Greenlee, Wesley, 1.50
Grammon, sister, 1.50
Merritt, B. F., 1.50
Payne, W. L., 1.50
Russell, W. H., 1.50
Sister, a, 1.50
Town, E. B., 1.50
Whitney, E. W., 1.50
Albin, D. A., 1.34
Dunnegan, W. O., 1.34

126

Marsh, Z. H., $1.27
Durgin, Dennis, 1.25
Elmer, Susan, 1.25
Elmer, E., 1.25
Eels, C. B., 1.25
VanDeusen, Elizabeth, 1.25
Wales, Freddie, 1.25
Walker, J. G., 1.25
Brigham, N. S., 1.20
Gurney, Charley, 1.20
Premium on gold, 1.20
Webber, L. B., 1.20
Dennison, W. B., 1.17
Bates, Peter, 1.10
Clark, C. C. & F., 1.06
Hare, Betsey, 1.06
Austin, C. B., 1.00
Allen, Mary, 1.00
Abbey, Diana, 1.00
Austin, A. L., 1.00
Abbey, Peter, 1.00
Austin, H. N., 1.00
Andrews, Ira J., 1.00
Ake, Rebecca, 1.00
Barrows, G. H., 1.00
Brooks, Mary M., 1.00
Baker, Mary, 1.00
B. B. M., 1.00
Butler, S. S., 1.00
Bates, M. H., 1.00
Brackett, Theodore, 1.00
Brackett, Ezra, 1.00
Bryant, Wm., 1.00
Bramhall, H. H. & L. A., 1.00
Belden, S. T., 1.00
Baker, J. E., 1.00
Blanchard, C. C., 1.00
Bryant, T., 1.00
Balser, Wm., 1.00

127

Buckland, E. C., $1.00
Bolton, Lydia, 1.00
Bascom, E. L., 1.00
Beach, Mary, 1.00
Brown, Susanna, 1.00
Bellou, H., 1.00
Bellou, Mary, 1.00
Bellou, J. M., 1.00
Benedict, Mrs. M., 1.00
Baker, Martha, 1.00
Berry, L., 1.00
Bardwell, G. B., 1.00
Barnes, A., 1.00
Bowers, S., 1.00
Brown, John G., 1.00
Bowers, Mary, 1.00
Barnes, G., 1.00
Beths, David, 1.00
Buckland, A. Eliza, 1.00
Bristol, L. S., 1.00
Bowen, Mrs. H., 1.00
Coburn, T., 1.00
Curry, C. M., 1.00
Cottrell, M. J., 1.00
Crumb, H. C., 1.00
Church, A. E., 1.00
Cottrell, Margaret, 1.00
Chamberlain, S. T., 1.00
Crous, S. R., 1.00
Clark, C. S., 1.00
Cole, John, 1.00
Covert, Kathrine, 1.00
Cardell, Sarah A., 1.00
Church, Allie, 1.00
Cromer, Emily, 1.00
Cramer & wife, I. D., 1.00
Cross, V. O., 1.00
Cramer, C. G., 1.00
Coats, W. M., 1.00

128

Curtis, Nettie, $1.00
Camp, F. F., 1.00
Damon, R. O., 1.00
Darling, E. W., 1.00
Downs, J. M., 1.00
Dean, Delia S., 1.00
Dickinson, Margaret, 1.00
Dickens, A., 1.00
Davis, C. L., 1.00
Edward, J. B., 1.00
Erway, Hannah, 1.00
Eggleston, James, 1.00
Friend, a, 1.00
Friend, a, 1.00
Friend, a, 1.00
Friend, a, 1.00
Friend, a, 1.00
Friend, a, 1.00
Fitch, A. R., 1.00
Fairfield, M. B., 1.00
Felshaw, Melinda, 1.00
Felshaw, Amanda, 1.00
Felshaw, Adelaide, 1.00
Ferguson, Sarah, 1.00
Finch, M. S., 1.00
Ferrin, P., 1.00
Ferrin, S., 1.00
French, W. P., 1.00
Fenner, Wm., 1.00
Green, A., 1.00
Gove, S. L., 1.00
Ganson, Mason, 1.00
Green, John H., 1.00
Glover, Jane, 1.00
Gulick, Wm., 1.00
Gazen, C. E., 1.00
Green, Amos P., 1.00
Green, Jasen P., 1.00
Green, Albert C., 1.00

129

Gratitude, $1.00
Green, Alden, 1.00
Howard, E., 1.00
Hansen, S., 1.00
Hughey, John D., 1.00
Hopkins, H. E., 1.00
Hoyt, N., 1.00
Harrington, L., 1.00
Heath, Lydia B., 1.00
Hatch, J. A., 1.00
Haskell, S., 1.00
Herald, M. A., 1.00
Hays, Asa, 1.00
Hays, Elizabeth Ann, 1.00
Hervey, Jane, 1.00
Herrick, M. J., 1.00
Hendrick, Mary J., 1.00
Hendrick, A. C., 1.00
Henderson, Rodney, 1.00
Howe, Florence D., 1.00
Holly, F. G., 1.00
Holly, C. O., 1.00
Holcomb, Polly, 1.00
Hackett, James, 1.00
Horr, B., 1.00
Hunt, Sarah P., 1.00
Howard, Ellen, 1.00
Hitchcock, E., 1.00
Irish, J. B., 1.00
Jones, Wm., 1.00
June, L., 1.00
Jensen, C., 1.00
Jaycox, Devina C., 1.00
Kelsey, G. E., 1.00
Kundert, F., 1.00
King, M. A., 1.00
Kellogg, Damaris, 1.00
Kittle, L. A., 1.00
Kellogg, Leander, 1.00

130

Kellogg, E. A., $1.00
King, L. S., 1.00
Kimble, James D., 1.00
Lake, Euphrates, 1.00
Lane, Wm. S., 1.00
Lane, Miranda C., 1.00
Leonard, Maria W., 1.00
Lane, Sarah, 1.00
Lane, Maria T., 1.00
Lester, Libbie, 1.00
Lunger, C. M., 1.00
Langdon, Emily, 1.00
Loomis, Hannah C., 1.00
Martin, Lewis, 1.00
Mills, J. S., 1.00
McClure, L. S., 1.00
Miller, J. L., 1.00
Miller, H. W., 1.00
McCullum, M. J., 1.00
Morse, F. W., 1.00
Merriam, Flora A., 1.00
Martin, P., 1.00
Myres, P. A., 1.00
Martin, S., 1.00
Martin, Wm., 1.00
Morrow, Annie, 1.00
Morrow, Hattie, 1.00
Mollie, 1.00
Milne, Ella A., 1.00
Mills, M. A., 1.00
Newcomb, Daniel, 1.00
Niles, Sarah, 1.00
Newton, S. D., 1.00
Olmstead, Henry, 1.00
Oderkirk, W. W., 1.00
Pierce, C. J., 1.00
Pierce, Nancy, 1.00
Pratt, John B., 1.00
Paton, Amaretta, 1.00

131

Porter, J. M., $1.00
Pierce, E. A., 1.00
Pierce, H. H., 1.00
Pennell, Aaron, 1.00
Phillips, Henry, 1.00
Page, Elizabeth, 1.00
Rifle, Charles, 1.00
Ramsey, M. E., 1.00
Robins, Nellie P., 1.00
Rathbun, Mary E., 1.00
Robbins, D. A., 1.00
Russell, Olive M., 1.00
Russell, Leroy, 1.00
Richmond, Mrs. D., 1.00
Redington, L. G., 1.00
Rooker, Joseph, 1.00
Roushey, John, 1.00
Robinson, M. H., 1.00
Rogers, C., 1.00
Randall, S. W., 1.00
Rathbun, Sally M., 1.00
Smith, Harriet N., 1.00
Stillman, W. E., 1.00
Sweet, Gardener, 1.00
Stover, A. J., 1.00
Sevey, O. B., 1.00
Sisley, Mary, 1.00
Satterlee, C. G., 1.00
Sharpe, Sarah F., 1.00
Salisbury, S., 1.00
Shepard, C. M., 1.00
Saxby, Arthur J., 1.00
Sutton, Jason C., 1.00
Saxby, M. L., 1.00
Saxby, W. H., 1.00
Smith, S., 1.00
Styles, Dorcas, 1.00
Sister, a good, 1.00
Seaward, Charles, 1.00

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Satterlee, H. E., $1.00
Sanborn, E. P., 1.00
Scott, Mary, 1.00
Sellers, S., 1.00
Sellers, Sarah A., 1.00
Simonds, D. H., 1.00
Scharer, Catherine, 1.00
Slater, M., 1.00
Satterlee, Maria, 1.00
Stiles, M. P., 1.00
Tuttle, Abel, 1.00
Tucker, J. C., 1.00
Tarbox, E., 1.00
True, C., 1.00
Twing, S. J., 1.00
Thurston, Mrs. L., 1.00
Van Hauten, E., 1.00
Van Haut, E. W., 1.00
Van Kirk, A., 1.00
Valmer, A., 1.00
Van Kirk, H., 1.00
Wolcott, Charles, 1.00
Wakeling, Sarah J., 1.00
Wheaton, Mrs. E. A., 1.00
Williams, M. E., 1.00
Washburn, O. D., 1.00
Wilson, W., 1.00
White, Harriet, 1.00
Weston, H. A., 1.00
Whittaker, E., 1.00
Washington, Sarah, 1.00
Woodworth, sister, 1.00
Williams, Lucinda C., 1.00
Willey, S. W., 1.00
Whittier, Ira, 1.00
Woodman, Charles, 1.00
Weed, Calvin, 1.00
Wilkinson, James M., 1.00
Zirkle, Isaac, 1.00

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EACH 75 CENTS. Mollie A. Cruzan, A Friend, Una Gould, Johan Hanson, C. M. Joslin, N. A. Morrison, A Sister, Elvira A. Sevey, Mary Thew, Willie Wales.

EACH 50 CENTS. Lillie D. Avery, J. Abbott, Jarvis T. Ashley, Lucretia Abbey, Amos Amburn, R. Adams, Ettie Booth, G. Brown, F. P. Burbee, C. W. Burbee, S. H. Bonfoey, W. Boyington, J. W. Blake, Ellen Balsen, Sarah A. Bourdeau, George Butcher, C. A. Belden, Carrie M. Baker, J. L. Burwell, Laura Briggs, E. Buckland, Ellen Bellou, L. Bliss, Martin Creasy, Mary A. Chute, Laura Chadwick, M. D. Coville, H. S. Curtiss, T. Coburn, A. B. Castle, Sarah M. Clarke, Isabella Clarke, Clark Crandall, Emma Corson, Charlotte E. Child, F. C. Castle, A. A. Carter, Mary Dunn, E. L. Dean, Sarah Davis, Wm. Edgar, Carrie Ellis, Agnes Ellis, A Friend, A Friend, A Friend, A Friend, Lucinda E. Ferris, A Friend, A Friend, A Friend, A Friend, N. M. Gray, A little girl, G. H. Gilbert, Sarah Guisenger, Henry G. Green, Smith Green, John B. Green, Nancy Grant, E. P. Guiles, J. Guiles, Nettie Green, S. A. Goodrich, Blanche Gould, Mrs. B. Hale, D. Hewitt, Mary Hall, Mary E. Haskill, H. P. Hopkins, Libbie Hopkins, Asa Hazeltine, Mary Holland, E. P. Holly, Smith Herrick, Charlotte Hills, George A. Holland, Thone Johnson, Alma C. Kellogg, R. Keek, M. A. Kilgore, E. Lewis, E. Lake, N. A. Lord, Little boy in Palermo, N.Y., C. H. Mitchell, Betsey Morrill, M. Munsel, F. Marrow, M. B. Miller, M. T. Marks, A. A. Marks, P. Marvin, J. P. Munsell, P. Markille, Eva E. McCaul, Thomas Newman, Christopher Oliver, E. Osgood, B. M. Osgood, Caroline Oliver, Edward Olson, Martin Olson, C. E. Phillips, J. L. Powell, Daniel Pettis,Elizabeth Parks, M. Parsons, J. C. Powell, O. A. Robinson, John Roberts, C. F. Reynolds, Lester Russell, P. Robinson, Sarah Robinson, Mary Ann Snow, E. A. Seely, S. E. C., Ellen Satterlee, S. G. of Erie, Ill., A sister, P. S. Thurston, M. V. Terrell, A. C. Tallmoun, M. Thew, L. B. Tucker, C. S. Vincent, M. H. Waggoner, Eliza Weed, James

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Wilson, Calvin Weed, L. A. West, Amelia Willson, Henry Young, J. Young, Frank E. Belden, Charlie H. Belden, Ella F. Belden.

EACH 25 CENTS. Mary Allen, James T. Ashley, Sylvia Austin, A. J., E. Baker, Elva A. Brink, Mary L. Bourdeau, Cornelia E. Bourdeau, A. H. Barnes, B. C. Chandler, Comb Chapman, Adaline Call, E. Dahlgrien, Mrs. A. Davis, Sister DeCow, A. A. Down, L. Dike, A Friend, Mrs. Jos. Ferow, Olive M. Finch, Mrs. L. A. Grover, From a little girl, Ella Holland, Lucy Halloway, S. E. Hull, A. Hopkins, F. Hervey, Anna A. Jordan, M. E. Keeler, Ida M. King, Clara Martin, Mary Martin, A. D. Miller, E. Miller, Mother Oliver, H. & A. E. Ogden, M. E. Smith, L. A. Sargent, Lewis Seymour, Elizabeth Styles, Libbie Squire, T. Smith, Bertie Wilcox, Hattie Wales, W. B. Belden.

MISCELLANEOUS. A Friend 98c, B. G. Allen, 93c, C. R. Austin, 90c, Horace Barr, 87c, M. J. Shattuck 83c, S. Woodworth, 83c, Thomas Brown 80c, J. Kelley 80c, M. Evans 70c, M. B. Pierce 70c, Sarah Richardson 70c, W. Evans 66c, H. P. Boston 65c, Catharine Lindsay 63c, Elsie Brigham 60c, A. I. Chipman 60c, M. A. Emans 60c, C. L. Monger 60c, Robert H. Teft 58c, Henry C. Brooker 55c, M. Judson 55c, A. R. Hayden 45c, L. B. Abbey 44c, Betsey J. Barr 43c, Sarah Brown 40c, N. J. Barker 39c, A Friend 35c, W. S. Burbee 30c, Addie B. Cobb 30c, S. B. Woodruff 26c, H. L. Brown 20c, Hannah Chase 20c, A. Dahlgrien 20c, A Friend 20c, James Hackett 20c, Martin W. Jordan 20c, L. Loomis 20c, E. C. Sanford 18c, Cloe Jones 16c, A. Rathbun 15c, Jennie Hudson 10c, Harriette D. Jordan 10c, Charlie F. Kellogg 10c, Celia Martin 10c, L. Putman 10c, George Wales 10c, Lillie A. Belden 10c, M. Cowell 3c.

Since the above was put in type, we have received,
Premium on gold, $44.00. W. D. Stocking, $3.50.
Thompson Lowery, $2.50. B. H. Avery, $2.00.

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It will be seen by the foregoing that the sum of $13,912.02 has been donated to the Book Fund in less than three years, while, during the same time, the sum of $6,782.52 has been paid out of this Fund for publications which have been gratuitously circulated, leaving in the treasury the sum of $7,129.50.

Abundant fruit of this work of liberality and love has already appeared in the conversion of many who have simply read our publications; but eternity alone will reveal the full amount of good accomplished.

The future is bright with promise of glorious success in this department of the work. The formation of Tract and Missionary Societies in all parts of the field, will give our publications a more judicious, extensive, and abundant circulation. As our people enter upon this work everywhere, it will be seen that the fund already in the treasury is just what is needed, and with cheerful hands they will put into it of their surplus means still more liberally.

The one-hundred-dollar men will want, during 1872, to increase from two to four hundred each. The fifty and twenty-five-dollar men should come up to one or two hundred, and many of the ten and five should rank among the fifty and one-hundred-dollar men. While all who represent less than five dollars are invited to come up to ten, or five at the very least.

It will be seen by the foregoing names of donors that, probably, not a fifth of our people are represented at all in this catalogue. All our new friends and brethren should have a cordial invitation to join us in this good work. Some who have borne the burden in the heat of the day had the blessed

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privilege of sacrificing all along the early period in the cause. We say, Let those who enter the cause at the eleventh hour, fresh for the work, have their penny. But we suggest that the Master would have them work in good earnest during the one hour. Come, friends, let us all come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. With usual prosperity, ours shall come up to four hundred on the present truth Book Fund before January 1873.

With an increasing demand for our publications, consequently a large increase in the work of publishing, our tracts can be furnished at the Office to Tract and Missionary Societies at one-half published prices. The fund now in the treasury enables the Association to purchase stock at lowest figures, and conduct the publishing work throughout on the most economical plan.

The raising of this fund has been one of the noblest acts of our people. It enables us to make the above statement, that with an increase of business, calling for editions of from fifteen to thirty thousand copies of tracts at one setting of the types, our tracts can be furnished at the Office at above prices. And then, if all our people put free-will offerings into the Book Fund, in a liberal manner, so that the treasury shall be bountifully replenished, one-half of the remaining half can be paid from the Book Fund, leaving our Tract and Missionary Societies to pay only one-fourth published prices. In this case Tract and Missionary Societies would receive thirty-two hundred pages of tracts for the small sum of one dollar. These statements are made from experience and safe calculation, and the friends of the cause may depend upon their correctness.

HYGIENIC BOOK FUND

White & wife, James, $200.00
Abbey, Ira, 100.00
Hare, Jacob, 100.00
Kellogg, H. W., 100.00
Root, E. H., 100.00
Palmer, D. R., 75.00
Abbey, Samuel I., 50.00
Butler, E. P., 50.00
Glascock, Eli, 50.00
Grant, Newel, 50.00
Landon, Betsey (tea and coffee money), 50.00
Ward, Bro., 50.00
Bingham, Hiram, 40.00
Lobdell, Edward, 35.00
Andrews, M. C., 30.00
Byington, Catherine, 25.00
Bradford, Mrs. Mary, 25.00
Glascock, Fanny, 25.00
Gargett, James, 25.00
Harvey, James, 25.00
Haskell, S. N., 25.00
Andrews, J. N., 20.00
Brackett, Theodore, 20.00
Oreutt, N., 20.00
B., 15.00
Bailey, L. P., 10.00
Bradford, A. A., 10.00
E. M. M., 10.00
Fargo, Jerome, 10.00
Gage, Wm. C., 10.00
Higley, E., 10.00
Kinne, P. Z., 10.00
Mears, Oliver, 10.00
Rogers, Sanford, 10.00
Russell, Chas. A., 10.00

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Sawyer, Hannah, 10.00
Van Deusen, Elam, 10.00
Edmonds, M. M., 5.00
Fargo, R. C., 5.00
Haskell, Mary E., 5.00
Lane, Elbert, 5.00
Lane, Ellen S., 5.00
McNeil, Charlotte, 5.00
Martin, Henry, 5.00
Palmer, A., 5.00
Shrivley, Maggie, 5.00
Wheeler, Vernelia, 5.00
West, Maria, 5.00
Bowen, Addie, 2.50
Bourdeau, Mrs. S. A., 2.00
Kynett, Wm. H., 2.00
Bramhall, L. A., 1.50
Trembley, M. C., 1.00
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On the occasion of the S. D. A. General Conference, which held its annual session in this city, December, 30, 1871, a delegation from the several States of the earnest friends of the cause of health reform were invited to make the Institute their home during the period of their stay in the city, which was from one to two weeks.

Ample provisions were made by the Directors for the accommodation of all, and it seemed to be the highest pleasure of Physicians and Helpers to make all feel at home, and to make the occasion a happy one.

The opportunity for interchange of thought by those who had intelligently and conscientiously adopted the principles of the great health reformation was excellent, and each seemed to be delighted

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with the important facts in each other's experience. And thus the time happily and profitably passed away.

New Year's, by appointment, the ample Institute Hall was crowded with visitors and citizens, who listened to brief remarks relative to the origin and design of the Health Reform Institute, when the following platform was read, unanimously adopted, and the paper signed by more than one hundred friends of the cause.

"1. God, in the creation of man, established laws pertaining to both his moral and physical natures, which, had he always obeyed them, would have given him immunity from sickness, and would have perpetuated life. Sickness and suffering had their origin in the violation of these laws.

"2. As man cannot have eternal life without strict obedience to moral law, so he cannot have deliverance from the terrible bondage of sickness and premature death in this world without strict observance of physical law.

"3. The moral and physical natures of man are so intimately related that it is impossible to live in violation of either of these laws without doing violence to the other. Physical law, therefore, in its sphere, is as sacred and binding upon man as moral law.

"4. The gospel teaches that man should live healthfully as well as righteously.

"5. We recognize in nature the power to restore to health without the aid of medicines. The true Physician supplies conditions: Nature cures.

"6. Our materia medica: Good food, pure air, pure, soft water, light, heat, exercise, proper clothing, rest, sleep, moral and social influence.

"7. Our motto: Temperance in all things. Not

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only in eating, drinking, and in labor, but in everything that tends to exhaust the vitality of the system.

"8. It has been well said: 'A contented mind is a continual feast.' A well-founded trust in God is the best and surest promoter of cheerfulness of mind; and without this all other means may fail."

With the extremes of those who are capable of taking no other than a narrow view of important subjects on the one hand, and the cry of "radicalism" by those who bend to popular practice, custom, and the indulgence of appetite, on the other hand, the friends and supporters of the HEALTH REFORMER and our Health Institute take their stand upon the above platform.

And while they gratefully acknowledge, and accept, the doctrine of Christian temperance, clearly set forth in the Sacred Scriptures, they recognize the providence of God in the scientific demonstrations of this great subject in the able writings of Graham, Trall, and others who have proved true to the principles they have espoused and taught.

The visiting friends, wishing to give a definite expression of their gratitude and confidence, presented the following paper, which was also signed by more than forty visiting friends who were present at that meeting:

"By the kindness of the Directors and managers of the Health Institute, we have enjoyed its hospitalities for a number of days, which has given us an opportunity of observing the good order, the quiet, and the neatness of this institution; the care manifested on the part of the Superintendent, Physicians, and Helpers, to have everything harmonious and right in every respect, the bounteous supply of purely hygienic food and good water,

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thorough ventilation of rooms, cheerful and pleasant surroundings, with its marked religious influence, and the entire absence of all frivolous, unseemly deportment, which is so often manifested where so many of all ages and both sexes are congregated.

"We heartily commend this Institution to all those who are in need of the recovery of their health, as a place to which they may safely resort, with the reasonable hope of receiving the best care and most skillful treatment; where they will not be imposed upon by exorbitant prices, or by being treated with neglect; where they will be sure to find all and everything pleasant and cheerful, and where they may expect to meet the blessing of God.

"We shall carry away from this Institute the most pleasant remembrances; and with this expression of our gratitude we leave the assurance that all who labor here in this blessed work shall have our encouragement, our sympathy, and our prayers."

It was at this meeting that we introduced the matter of Hygienic Book Fund, passed round a paper for pledges, which not only met with success in promises of future payment, but several hundred dollars were then and there paid. And, although no general call has been made for donations to this fund, it has, without any effort of the kind, reached the sum of $1,489.00. With this good beginning we start off with courage, and full expectation of raising the Twenty Thousand Dollars mentioned on page 97. We invite the reader to turn back and read pages 94-97 again. After bringing the amount of money saved annually by Seventh Day Adventists, in adopting the health

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reform, down to one-third what we sincerely believe it to be, we find the respectable sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars annually saved. Certainly a grateful people can do no less, and be clear before God, than to donate this sum to our Health Institute, and to our Hygienic Book Fund. Therefore it will not be regarded strange that we expect two-fifths only of one-half of this sum donated to the Hygienic Book Fund before January 1873.

We here take pleasure in calling especial attention to the liberal donation of sister Betsey Langdon (tea and coffee money), which she wished understood was a sum saved during a certain period by abstaining from the unnecessary and hurtful use of these slow poisons. Should all our people follow her example, and put into this fund only what they save each month in abstaining from tea, coffee, chewing, smoking and snuffing tobacco, with all such appurtenances as pipes, tobacco-boxes, and snuff-boxes, the sum annually that would come pouring into this Book Fund in behalf of health, and reform, would be at least five times the entire sum suggested.

We appeal in the name of reason and religion, and in behalf of besotted humanity, Let us follow sister Langdon's example, and let the thank-offerings come pouring in from all directions, as tributes of true gratitude in view of our happy emancipation from the slavery of these poisons. At this date (May, 1872), a large edition of the most important work from the pen of Dr. Trall is in print. His essay on tobacco-using is a work for the time, and as a duty we owe to the chewing, smoking, snuffing thousands in each State of the Union, ten thousand copies of this

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work should be distributed in our country alone, each quarter.

And then we have a large edition ready of the doctor's most brilliant effort in his scientific exposition of the Hygienic System, in contrast with the iniquitous practices of drugging. We regard his late work, entitled "The Hygienic System," peculiarly adapted to the general reading public at this time, and well calculated to shake confidence in the several schools of drug-practice, and thus prepare the way for the reception of further light. God has given us as a people the great subject of health reform, not that we should treat it in a manner to disgust the people, but that it may be a sort of John Baptist to prepare the way for the greater light of the last message of mercy.

We hope, by the grace of God, to issue numerous tracts, pamphlets, and several bound volumes, on the subject of health, before the close of the present year, adapted to the wants of the people.

GENERAL CONFERENCE ADDRESS

SEVERAL pages that follow are well occupied with the Address upon the subject of gratuities and wills, by the committee appointed by the General Conference, Dec. 29, 1871, to consider these subjects. The Address appeared in the Review and Herald for Feb. 6, 1872.

GRATUITIES AND WILLS

It is a remarkable fact, that, in many respects, the religion of Jesus Christ seems to stand upon the

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same footing with the numerous false systems with which it is compelled to contend. Like them, its success is largely dependent upon the energy and industry of its adherents. The commission of the Master ran thus: "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel unto every creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be damned." The execution of this command involved infinite labor and sacrifice. Before it could be carried out, it was, of course, necessary that thousands should devote themselves wholly to the work of the ministry, and that, having qualified themselves for the task, leaving home and friends, they should cross seas and continents, and penetrate to every quarter of the globe where men, however fierce and barbarous, still lingered, who had not heard the good news of a crucified and risen Lord. Nor was it sufficient that individuals should give themselves to this stupendous labor. Without the necessary appliances of a written or printed gospel, their efforts would have proved abortive. This necessity, therefore, called into action another class of persons who, while they were not by nature qualified to expound, nevertheless possessed the equally indispensable mechanical skill and scholarly ability by which they were enabled to multiply, indefinitely, copies of the word of God.

But these, again, would have been utterly powerless without support; hence, it has become necessary that those who could perform neither of the duties in question, should furnish of their substance the required means for the maintenance of those thus employed, and for the furnishing to their hands of the required resources. As a consequence, the millions who have lived and died

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within the pale of the church, have, in their respective ages, been called upon, in the providence of God, to contribute largely for the advancement of his truth. As it was in the days of our Saviour, so it has been since; from the widow with her two mites, to the wealthy citizen of Arimathea; from the fishermen of Galilee who deserted their nets and their boats, to the multitudes who sold their possessions and laid the proceeds at the apostles' feet, in order that it might be employed in the service of the Master - rich and poor, learned and unlearned, have always been required to do as much in the proclamation of the word as the condition of things in their time seemed to demand.

Why it is that God has adopted this plan, might be difficult to ascertain. It cannot be for want of other resources on his part, for he to whom belong the cattle on a thousand hills, and the untold riches hid away in the dark recesses of the earth, cannot be dependent for the pecuniary aid upon the paltry treasures of his people, the majority of whom have always been straitened in their finances. Nor can it be true that the Father of lights is dependent upon the feeble lamp of human wisdom with which to illuminate the pathway of those who are walking in darkness. Had he seen fit to employ them, myriads of angels are at his right hand, ready to do his bidding, who might easily have been commissioned to exonerate men from the labors and privations and dangers of a missionary life, by themselves speeding with the rapidity of lightning to the remotest bounds of the earth, while acting as instructors and teachers in the way of life. It must be, therefore, that the considerations which moved him to the course

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pursued, were those of advantage to the creatures whom he has thus employed. Doubtless, eternity will exhibit the fact that the very toils and hardships which have been endured, the contributions which have been required at our hands, and the continuous anxiety which we have felt for the cause in which we have been employed, have been the very things which have secured to us the good which we needed. In fact, it is manifest from the teachings of Christ that for every dollar thus invested, and for every effort put forth, there is to be reward in the future life.

Such is, unquestionably, the whole drift of the parable of the unjust steward which contains these remarkable words: "Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations." Such, also, is the obvious import of the following utterance given on another occasion: "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal." Who shall say, therefore, in view of such declarations, that the reward of the Christian in his future home will not be in the exact ratio of the sacrifices of ease and property which he has made in this life?

Why is it not reasonable to suppose that, inasmuch as we enter into the joy of our Lord, and as that joy is to consist in the contemplation of the happiness of the creatures whom he has saved, our individual felicity will largely consist in the satisfaction which will spring from the thought that while in this life we have co-operated with

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the Master, according to our limited ability, in the accomplishment of the grand result? To our mind it seems highly probable that this will be the case; and, for this reason, we believe that as it has been heretofore, so will it be hereafter. In other words, as God has ever granted as much of his Spirit as was necessary for the guidance of his people, and then left them to work out the desired results, so it will be true, for the time to come, that everything will be left for its accomplishment to human energy and intellect, which it shall be possible for them to perform. This being the case, it will be true in the future, as it has been in the past, that as "faith without works is dead," the only way for a man to "show his faith" will be "by his works;" or, otherwise expressed, our willingness to do and sacrifice in the service of Christ will furnish the exact measure of our faith in the gospel which we are called upon to proclaim. This being so, how important it becomes that we examine well into our surroundings, in order that we may decide, conscientiously, just how far we have carried the work of individual consecration.

How is it with us who profess to believe in the extreme brevity of all things? Are we really established in the conviction that the closing work of Judgment has already been entered upon,and that we have reached the very verge of that generation which is to witness the glorious coming of our Lord in the clouds of heaven, and the utter destruction of the things of this world? If it be so, then nothing is more manifest than that, in all the relations of life, we shall furnish proof of this conviction. How insane, then, would be the action of an individual who, believing this to be true, should shape his temporal matters just as

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would one who looked forward to a long, peaceful, and prosperous future! That man who plans for coming time so as to be able to divide among his infant children, when grown up, possessions which shall be ample for their support, may be an Adventist in name, but he cannot be in fact. To say nothing of the close scrutiny of One who is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, even a common observer will unhesitatingly declare that such an one, instead of having a living faith in what he professes, is simply fearful that it may be true; i.e., in case the Lord should make his appearance, he is anxious to meet him in peace; nevertheless, he at heart believes that this is not about to take place, and he therefore shapes his matters accordingly. And that such a decision would be correct, becomes evident at a glance when we remember that incessant labor and painstaking are not naturally agreeable, and are always avoided when the circumstances of the case will render it possible; and, consequently, no man who is really confident that the burning day is just before us can consistently accumulate and hoard property which very soon must furnish food for the devouring flame.

We do not wish to be understood that a thorough-going Adventist could, under any circumstances, be an indolent man; on the contrary, we believe that the nature of his faith is such that he would unavoidably and persistently seek for activity. With each recurring day, energized by the thought that the night in which no man can work for the benefit of his race is at hand, he would press into the service of his Master as never before. His motive, however, would be entirely different from that of the one who, professing the same faith,

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should seek to accumulate merely. Instead of earning for the purpose of increase and future use, he would be prompted in his efforts by the pressing necessity of means for immediate employment in the cause of God. If our faith be correct, then every consideration demands that what we do should be done quickly. This is so,

1. Because there never will be a time when we can accomplish more with a given amount than at the present. A dollar invested now, will go further in the accomplishment of good than would a thousand which should be withheld, and invested only at the very close of the dispensation, since its influence is cumulative, and will gather with each recurring month.

2. Because the infancy of any cause is the period when it needs help if at all. The critical moment when its supporters should rally to its rescue is not when it has won its victories, and is ready to bestow its rewards, but when the battle goes hard, and its friends are straining every nerve to bring its great truths before the people in as rapid and complete a manner as possible.

3. Because God, in his providence, is calling loudly upon us for immediate action by opening the field of labor in every direction, and by furnishing us with a system of publication at once so rapid and so economical as to afford even the individual of limited resources with an opportunity to do more, by the judicious investment of his money in books and tracts, which ought to be scattered like the leaves of autumn, than a man of giant intellect, unaided by these resources, could have accomplished in the past.

4. Because there is no certainty that if we do not donate now, we shall have it in our power to

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do so when the time which we have fixed upon in the future for such action shall be reached. The Scriptures represent worldly goods by a thing of life which may take to itself wings and fly away. And God, as if anxious, in these last days, to impress upon us more fully the instability of all earthly affairs and the importance of using our substance for his glory while we have it, has illustrated this fact before our eyes by the utter destruction, in a single night of Chicago, one of the proudest and most promising cities of modern times; thus presenting before us the sad spectacle of men, in many cases half clad, and in others bereft of reason, who, twenty-four hours before this, were worth their millions.

5. Because, should we withhold our charities when God says, Give, as he is manifestly doing at the present, we shall not only fail of obtaining the spiritual benefit which we so much need, but we shall find, as the result of such a course, that we shall steadily backslide, and our affection for a cause which we refuse to succor will grow less and less, until, at last, we may be, perhaps, separated from it altogether.

Finally, brethren, while we see the evidences of the correctness of our position multiplying on every hand, and with every month, let us not fail to respond cheerfully, in every particular, to the financial demands of God's great plan for the propagation of his precious truth. It is cheerful giving which is pleasing in the sight of the Lord; and for this reason, aside from the liberalities which we have discussed above, he has provided, not a compulsory, but a benevolent, system of tithing. It works admirably, neither distressing the poor, nor exempting the rich from bearing their share

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of the expenses incident to the carrying on of the message. Let us enter into this, also, heartily and conscientiously.

Again, there is another matter which demands our immediate attention. Many of our people, believing as they do in the speedy advent of the Son of Man, have their minds fixed upon that event, and are rather hoping for deliverance through translation, when that shall occur, than preparing for the contingency of death, which is, nevertheless, liable to surprise and overtake us individually, at any moment. It not unfrequently occurs that brethren and sisters drop away suddenly, without making that disposition of their pecuniary affairs which they ought to have done, and which was necessary to prove that they were "good and faithful" stewards of their Lord's money and without which they entertain but a vain hope of meeting him with joy in the clouds of heaven. As the result of this unlooked for close of their lives, the cause of truth loses very largely, and much of the means which it would have afforded them the highest pleasure to devote to the interest of the Health Institute, the Publishing Association, or some other department of the message, is scattered in directions where it can accomplish but very little if anything for the glory of God.

Such a condition of things is lamentable indeed. What a misfortune that they could not have previously arranged their matters so that, when they shall come up in the first resurrection, they might find that their treasure had gone before them, and was safely laid up for their benefit in bags which wax not old within the vaults of the heavenly bank! For this evil there is one, and only one, remedy. Every person possessed of property, respecting

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the final disposition of which, in the event of his death, he has a choice, should not fail while in health, to have his will properly made out and deposited in some safe and accessible place, as a duty which is at once imperative and demanding immediate action.

Perhaps, while we are considering this point, we cannot do better, by way of impressing its importance upon the mind of the reader, and instructing him as to the best course to be pursued in this matter, than to extract somewhat at length from an article contributed to the columns of the Christian Union of Dec. 6, 1871, by one reputed to be a lawyer of long experience in the city of New York. It is as follows:-

"Reader, if you have any property, as there is a fair presumption in a country like this that you have, it is undoubtedly a question of interest to you what shall be done with it when you are gone. You must go at some time, and may go very suddenly. At any rate, you probably will not live nearly as long as you expect to. If you die without a will, the law will do the best it can in making a just disposition of your property among your relatives. Perhaps you are satisfied to let the law do this for you; if so, very well. But it is altogether probable that you have some preference as to the disposition of your property.

"You may wish to bestow some of it in charity; this the law will not do for you. You must see to it for yourself, or else let it go undone; and, in letting it go undone, you may be letting a very clear duty go undone. You may have some child that is feeble in body or mind, or that has had special misfortune, and needs special consideration. It is for you alone to consider this

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child. The law knows nothing about its special wants, and cannot provide for them. You may have no children, and may have a choice which among your nephews and nieces shall take your property. If so, you must see to it. The law will not select for you. The rich and the poor, the deserving and the undeserving, will all take alike. You may have an adopted daughter whom you have accustomed to comforts and perhaps luxuries, who will be left penniless unless you provide for her. You must remember her, and not trust to the law to do it.

"And you may, with a rare sense of justice, recognize the right of your good wife to a more ample allowance for her comfort than the law would give her; if so, it is for you to think of her and provide for her. The law does not know what a remarkably good wife she is, and what a special claim she has upon you, and gives her only her fixed and too limited portion, dividing the rest, if you have no children, among collateral relatives, some of whom, perhaps, you never saw. Consider well, then, whether it is not a clear duty to those whom you love, or to some good objects which you might aid, for you to make a will.

"And now, in the second place, if you have made up your mind that you ought to make a will, let me say to you most emphatically, MAKE IT NOW. You don't know how soon you may die. Your only sure way is to attend to the matter at once. If you put it off from day to day, you will probably never make one. The fact that so many wills are made by men on their death-bed, shows how often persons who intended to make a will, and would be sorry to die without one, neglect it

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till they find themselves just about to die. Now let me give you three reasons against postponing the making of your will till you are fatally sick, either of which is reason enough of itself:-

"1. You may never have any such sickness. You may drop down dead, or be killed in a railroad accident, or be burned up, or be blown up, or drowned.

"2. If you have a leisurely death-bed time of it, your mind will be enfeebled; things which you could easily have settled by a little thought when you were well, will trouble and perplex you, and you will, very likely, decide them unwisely and wrongly.

"3. Your will, thus made, may be contested, and will really invite parties adversely interested to contest it, on the ground of your feeble condition, of which evidence can be easily obtained; and, as a result, your will is either set aside, and all your plans defeated, or, if it is sustained, half your property may be spent in litigation and a lifelong family quarrel engendered.

"And now, in the third place, if you are so thoughtful and prudent as to have made a will,another most important matter is to be considered. Do you keep your will revised and adapted to new circumstances? Has your property doubled since the will was made? Then, probably, you want to give more to your wife, more to A, more to B, more to the Lord. Consider this: Have you given to one of your children a piece of real estate as his fair share of your property, and have you since sold that real estate so that child will get nothing unless your will is changed? Look well to this. The writer who has had long experience as a lawyer, can recall many cases where

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most unfortunate results have followed from the neglect to keep the will in order. Everybody has heard of the Washburn will case. After the will was made, by which Mr. W. had made ample provision for a cherished wife, in certain valuable stock, the stock was so changed in form as not to answer the description of the will, and a long and still pending controversy has grown out of it.

"And while I am talking about wives, I wish to remind them that if they have property of their own, it is as important that they make wills as that their husbands do so. Where a wife has property, it generally comes to her by inheritance; and it may be presumed that her brothers and sisters have property also. If she has no children, she would naturally prefer that it should go to her husband. To accomplish this, she must make a will.

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"And now let me say to you lastly, though the matter is not last in importance, do not attempt to make or revise your own will, but go to a good lawyer. The writer gives this advice against the interest of his profession. Nothing is more fruitful of litigation and lawyers' fees than badly drawn wills. The learning pertaining to wills is recondite and complicated, and no man who is not a lawyer can hope to understand it. A good fee paid for a well-drawn will is the best of economy.

"Let me sum up the whole matter in a few words:-

"1. Consider well whether you will make a will or die without one.

"2. If you think it best to make one, attend to the matter at once.

"3. If you have already made a will, see that it is kept in repair.

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"4. See that your wife is made sure of all she needs if there is property enough.

"5. And go to a good lawyer to have your will drawn."

Such are the suggestions of one who is evidently master of the subject upon which he treats. What he has said is at once so just and so ample that further comment would seem to be uncalled for. Believing as we do that the recommendation to employ a good attorney in the drawing up of wills, as given above, is a wise one, and that such a course is every way preferable to that of attempting this work ourselves, in order to avoid the necessary investment of means for that purpose, we shall not furnish a particular blank form of will as one which should be generally employed. We leave the subject with you, therefore, after presenting the following resume of the points which we have endeavored to impress upon your mind:-

1. As God has seen fit to grant us the privilege of laboring for, and contributing to, the propagation of his truth; let us obtain the full benefit which he designed to confer, by manifesting a liberality fully equal to that which our circumstances will admit of, and the exigencies of the case demand.

2. That which we have proposed to do in the indefinite future, let us perform in the living present, since the demands of the cause will probably never be greater than now, and since it is better to give during our lifetime that which we design to donate, as in this way we shall be able to see to it ourselves that it is properly appropriated, thus preventing the possibility, both of trouble to those who shall attempt to administer upon our

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estates, and that of our utter misapplication of our bequests.

3. If our circumstances at present are such that we cannot do as much for the Lord as we could wish that we had in case we were called upon to lie down in death, then let us see to it immediately that our wills are carefully and legally drawn, and, in every respect perfected, so that, in case our demise should be a sudden one, our wills, when opened, shall specify in a manner not to be mistaken, the exact amounts which we wish to bequeath, and the legal names of such persons and institutions as we wish to bestow them upon.

The foregoing General Conference Address is from the highest earthly authority with our people, and is a candid and able statement of the general principles in the subject. The address should be read attentively, in the fear of God, with an earnest desire to learn duty, and a resolute will to perform.

But that which should be especially impressed upon the minds of the working men and women in the ranks of Seventh-day Adventists, is the consistency, and the real need, of acting the part of faithful stewards while they live, and while the cause of God can be benefited by the means in their hands. We are doubtless fast reaching the point of time when friends, many of them wealthy and liberal, shall be so numerous, and when there shall be so lively an interest throughout the ranks, that the treasuries of our different institutions and societies will overflow with means. In all probability, at the very close of our message to the world, hundreds of

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thousands of dollars will be urged upon the treasuries, for which there will be no room. This evidently will be the case, if we be allowed to reason from the past relative to the rise and progress of the work thus far.

Twenty years ago, the friends of the cause were very few, and most of these were poor. To start the work then, under such circumstances, demanded great exertion and sacrifice. A few noble men felt called upon to sell their only earthly homes, and use a considerable portion of their value to advance the infant cause. Among these we might mention the names of Hastings of New Hampshire, Edson of New York, and Smith, Lyon, and Kellogg, of Michigan. Others sacrificed, and donated to the cause liberally. Then, one dollar was worth as much to the cause, and told as much on the final result of its advancement and growth, and will tell as much in the reward in Heaven, as ten dollars put into the treasury ten years later, at the time the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association was incorporated. All sensible men and women, who have real faith in the cause they profess, will approve the liberal course of those who sacrificed so much for the cause twenty years ago. In fact, it was absolutely necessary that somebody should do as these men did, or the cause could not have started by those instrumentalities, such as God has ever seen fit to employ. God showed himself able to set a table for the Israelites in the wilderness, and he may do the same for his people under like circumstances, but it has ever been his plan to draw upon the means in the hands of his servants when it was needed to advance his cause.

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liberally at an early period in the history of the cause. Most of them have much more of this world's goods than they had before they sacrificed to the cause. Some of them have fivefold, and some tenfold, more. But the reward that awaits them in Heaven is above all computation.

Others in our feeble ranks, twenty years since, might have done as these trusting ones did, and could have received the same reward in this, and in the world to come, who drew back, and most of them are not with us. Had they "come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty," and used a portion of their means when it was so much needed, much more could have been done during the past twenty years to spread the truth, the influence of which would have increased in far greater proportion than compound interest, adding to their joy here as they see the cause advance, and increasing their reward in Heaven. But the golden opportunity is forever past. We do not say that God will not accept of their offerings, even now, if they repent of past neglect; but we do say that hundreds of dollars from their abundance now, cannot, from the very nature of the case, tell more on the cause on earth, and the reward in Heaven, than single dollars would have told had they been put into the scanty treasury twenty years since.

We come down to the time when our Publishing Association was formed, in 1861. Then, friends were comparatively few, yet fifteen thousand dollars were raised for the Office building, printing material, and stock, besides sustaining the cause in other departments. One hundred dollars appropriated to the cause, then,

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would tell as much upon the cause, in its final results, as one thousand dollars did ten years later, in 1871. Those who, from lack of faith in our message, or from covetousness, withheld means from the cause ten years since, let the golden opportunity pass, never to return. God may accept their free will offerings even now; but ten dollars will not tell more in the cause in 1872, than one dollar, ten years since.

And in this proportion will the free-will offerings of God's people decrease in real value, until there shall be no room for them in the treasury, and they will be disposed of by those who withhold them until that time as expressed by the prophet, "They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed. [Margin, for a separation, or uncleanness.] Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord." Eze.7:19. That will be a fearful day for those who have let the cause of God languish for want of the very means they might have given without experiencing the least want; but which they covetously withheld.

In view of the foregoing facts, we appeal to the friends of the Lord and his cause to do their duty, and to do present duty now. Whether you make your will, or do not make a will, in either case it is your duty to open your hands wide to the wants of the cause now, when your means can accomplish good. Hundreds of our people, who have had an indistinct idea that at some future time the words of Christ, "Sell that ye have, and give alms," would be obeyed by all believers, have withheld from the treasury needed means, which they have used in making improvements, that their

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property might bring more money in the "selling time," as it has been termed. This has been simply a delusion of the devil imposed upon them, in harmony with their feelings of covetousness. The "selling time," so far as the extreme wants of the cause are concerned, and the great reward to be gained by so doing, is evidently in the past.

That those who profess the truth will sell, and many sell rashly, and for small considerations, and that the rapid increase and wide extension of the work will call for much means, we doubt not. But no one who will candidly consider the foregoing will fail to see that it is simply preposterous to neglect present duty in view of some future selling and giving time, when the cause cannot be advanced by their hoarded means. Then he who professes to believe that the last message of mercy is being given, and has a double, or triple competency, or even more, and withholds his hand from the cause, while he exerts himself to obtain still more for the fires of the last day, is simply insane. He is blinded by Satan, and is going directly from, and not in the way to, eternal life. And what makes the case appear most painful is the fact that blindness and stupor, resulting from neglect of present duty, come over these so that in all probability they will be aroused to the terrible mistake they are making only when it will be too late to make acceptable offerings to the Lord.

We cannot see that it is necessary for our people to sell their only homes at the present time, as some did twenty years ago. Should those in our ranks, who have more than a liberal competency, bring their surplus means to the treasury, a fiftieth part of it could

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not be used. Or, should all our people put into the treasury a tithe of their yearly increase there would be abundance. Instead of a tenth of their increase, the Seventh-day Adventists do not put into the treasury more than a fiftieth part of their annual increase. Let us see.

Probably the New England Conference comes up to the plan adopted by our people nearer than any other. That Conference averages on Systematic Benevolence alone, see page 13, ten dollars to a member. And, probably, the Michigan Conference comes up to the figures as near as our other Conferences generally, and much better than some. Michigan has a membership of 1800, and pays only $6000 S. B., or three dollars to a member. Now suppose that the members of the New England Conference come up to the figures, and no more, and that the members of the Michigan Conference are worth as much as the members of the New England Conference, and no more, then the annual S. B. of the Michigan Conference should be the handsome sum of $18,000. But from actual knowledge of the facts in the case to quite an extent, we are satisfied that the average wealth of the members of the Michigan Conference is at least one-half more than that of the New England Conference, so that, should Michigan come up to her own adopted figures, the S. B. of our State Conference would not be less than $27,000. If the foregoing is fairly stated, we have the humiliating fact that our Conference, whose S. B. is only about $6000 annually, comes up not one-fourth to her own adopted plan.

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subject. A tithe of our increase is a tenth part of the annual increase of our entire property. This is not reached by the man who puts down his property at $10,000, and pays only $100 during the year that his property increases to $12,000. His actual increase was $2000. A tithe of this increase is $200. He paid $100 only, and robbed the Lord of just $100. "Will a man rob God?" "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." Mal.3:8-10.

We cannot expect the blessing of God upon our people, and that the cause of his down trodden truth in our hands will prosper gloriously until we obey his voice in reference to tithes and offerings. And right here is one of the most important departments of the work of the officers of our Tract and Missionary Societies. It becomes their duty, according to the constitution, see page 15 of this work, "to bring about, as far as possible, equality among our people in the payment of Systematic Benevolence, in accordance with the plan adopted." We solemnly believe that the S. B. of the Seventh-day Adventists scattered throughout the United States is not one-fiftieth of the actual annual increase of their property, or, on the whole, one-fifth of what it should be. Here is work to be done. To bring our people up to their own adopted figures will require patience, brotherly kindness, love, and energy. The power of moral suasion is the only earthly force that can be employed in harmony with the name,

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Systematic Benevolence. But men who have not the moral courage, and the faithfulness, to investigate, and leave no proper means untried to bring all our people up to the figures, are not worthy of offices in our Tract and Missionary Societies, or to go about from church to church as teachers of the people. There are but two departments of work for our ministers. One is to enter new fields and call out disciples. The other is to labor with our church, to bring them up to correct positions, Systematic Benevolence not excepted. Those ministers who cannot do either, have no just claims on the treasury, and should turn to some other calling. We suggest that the duty of God's people relative to securing to the cause what God requires of them in point of means at this time may be summed up in the following order:

1. That they all come up to the figures on Systematic Benevolence adopted by our people. Let every man and woman assess his or her property at the figures they would ask for it in case they wished to sell. Then, acting upon the adopted plan, that the increase of property is equal to ten per cent interest, a tithe of our increase would be one per cent annually on all our property. Hence the man whose property is worth only one thousand dollars pays annually only the small sum of ten dollars, or about twenty cents each week, while the man who has ten thousand pays one hundred dollars annually, or about two dollars each week. And while the aged, and infirm, and widows, who are in limited circumstances, may be excused from coming up to the adopted plan, if they chose, the deficiency on their account should be made up tenfold by those young members

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of our churches whose wealth still remains in their strength to labor, and their ability to accumulate.

2. That those who know that their actual increase is more than one per cent annually on their property, pay into the treasury cheerfully a tithe of all their increase, whatever it may be. With many it would be from two to five or more per cent of all they possessed at the end of the years.

3. That those who have robbed God in tithes and in offerings in past time immediately bring to the treasury their trespass offerings. The amount is stated in Lev.5:15,16.

4. That those who have received at the hand of the Lord great spiritual blessings on themselves, or on their families; or have been especially blest in the good things of this life, bring unto the Lord thank-offerings liberally, in the spirit of rejoicing and gladness of heart.

5. That all those who have more than a competency, whether they make a will or not, use their surplus means liberally, as the rapidly increasing cause, with its corresponding wants, demands. He who withholds his surplus means from the cause, and puts it into his will for the benefit of the cause by-and-by, after his decease, when perhaps it will not be worth to the cause of God a tithe what it is in 1872, and then to be handled by an administrator whom he would now hardly trust to transact business for him to the amount of twenty-five dollars, is, to say the least, making a great mistake. Why not appropriate your surplus means now, when it will tell the most for the cause of God, and while you live, and can see to its appropriation yourself? Why not! Oh, why not!

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A brother in Oakland Co., Michigan, known to us only by name and the sensible manner (though not in all respects the most legal form) in which he is discharging his stewardship, sent to the Review and Herald Office for a form of a will. He was informed that the specifications of wills were so various that, probably, no form had ever been printed, and that we could not fill his order. In a short time, however, a hundred dollars was received from the good brother, with the statement that it was a part of the amount he had willed to the Publishing Association. And in a short time he forwarded one hundred dollars more with the same statement. Sensible! He could not wait till he should be dead before the means in his hands designed for the advancement of the cause should be appropriated, and doing good. Certainly not; for now it is most needed, and will do the most good. And who could so well appropriate it as himself? Adopting the judicious maxim of Dr. Franklin, that "if you wish to have a thing half done, employ a hand; but if you would have it done, then do it yourself," this brother was the very man to appropriate his surplus means while he was alive, and could attend to it himself.

6. That there are persons who should make their will, and thus secure to the cause of God that portion of their property they wish to be thus appropriated. These are of the following classes: (1) The wealthy who have more property in their hands than they wish to leave to children, or to more distant relatives. They should immediately decide upon a division of their property, as they would like to have it divided in case of their decease, then make their will legally, and then appropriate

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to the cause of their surplus means as the wants of the cause demand. If necessary, at any time, they can make another will, disannulling all former ones. A case comes to mind where a devoted sister lost her infidel husband, he leaving one hundred thousand dollars at least. Soon the sister died, leaving this amount of property to two or three inexperienced children. The influence of this amount of property upon those children could scarcely fail to ruin them, both for this life, and the life to come. We have no doubt but if the real wishes of this godly mother had been carried out, at least twenty-five thousand dollars of this property would now be in the treasury of the Lord. She should have made her will immediately on the death of her husband. She delayed a little too long, and her portion of that large estate fell to her children, whose portion was already too large for their safety. (2) Persons who have but a few thousand dollars, and have no children, and no near relatives they wish to share their property. These may be aged, or infirm, very liable to die suddenly. These should make their will. While they live, they should reserve enough to warrant them a support. When they die, their property can be used as they had designed.

It will be seen by referring to pages 73 and 92 of this work that the amount of legacies for the benefit of our institutions is very small. At least three-fourths have been lost by imperfect wills, and considerable by unfaithfulness of administrators. If all those who have died in the faith the past ten years had made their wills, and had made them strictly legally, disposing of their property in the fear of God, in accordance with

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their own free choice, the legacies represented in this book would be twenty-fold what they now are.

Judging from those wills already administered, which secured legacies to our institutions, not one in ten of the wills, now on deposit by their living framers, excepting those drawn under competent legal advice, would stand the close test of law. We close by saying to all those persons who feel that in case of sudden decease their will should be made, be sure that it is not only made in season, and to your mind; but in strict conformity to the law of the State, kingdom, or province, where you reside. And to all, whether you do, or do not, make a will, we would say, the living, interesting, important present demands your serious and prayerful consideration relative to the immediate appropriation of a liberal portion of your surplus means. While it may be the will of God that the very poor should cast the two mites into the treasury to test their love, and that all should take some part in the work of cheerful sacrifice to the Lord, it seems most in harmony with reason and the word of God that those who have a double or triple competency should at once commence to liberally cast into the treasury of their surplus means.

¹ The total value of the property of the Association given in last annual report was $60,893.09. Less than one half this sum has been donated by our people. Hence the remarkable fact, that with the blessing of God, the Association has earned (despite the high prices during the war, and bad management for a period after the war), more than one half its entire capital.