Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1908 — Real Charity from Barkley. [ARTICLE]

Real Charity from Barkley.

The ladies of the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Barkley M. E. church believe In the exem- . plification of their name, and last Saturday they visited the Monnect Children’s Home, each one bringing ! some useful article. As a result of their visit the home received 1% bushels of potaoes, some beats, turnipß, sweet potatoes, cabbage, apples,' pears, tomatoes, 22 quarts of fruit, milk, eggs, two caltes, some clothing 4 and 87 In cash. It was* 1 IJJce the I visit of a good angel, and the spiendid ladies of the Barkley Home Missionary Society have engaged in a j bit of practical missionary work that every person should approve. To; Miss Minnie Messner, matron of the home, and her little flock of girls, it brought real Joy, and as Miss Meaner wrote ta Stie sure the ladies have no idea how : thankful we are, and, how much good any little favor does us.” Mrs. Wilson is still away and Miss Messner is very busy with the little ones. She writes, “We have four new girls; one from McKeesport, Pa., one from Mt. Ayr and two from Chicago." The inmates of the home range from five to twelve years of age, and they are having a splendid home, with tbe best moral influences surrounding them. The Republican has always tell' proud that It helped to secure for this home its first assistance in Rensselaer. That was ahaot a year ago. It wouldn’t come amiss if the good people would extend them some further aid at the approach of winter.