women to make into garments, for which sewing they are paid, and the garments clothe the poor of the 'Dorcas' or the children of the `Children's Aid.' A pathetic scene occurred the day before last Christmas, when a woman was paid seventy-five cents for some sewing she had done at nights, after hard days

. Collections in Aid of the Poor By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Lancaster Journal of Friday, January 8th, 1830, stated that the committee appointed in the south-east ward of Lancaster during the winter for the purchase and distribution of wood among the poor, had left an account at the office of that paper of

to many who were desirous of it. The want of which is a subject of general complaint among the poor of this city in the winter season. "Many idle children are permitted to roam the streets, and solicit charity, a practice which this Society thinks ought to be discouraged ; and sincerely regrets that

Lancaster Journal of Friday, January 15th, 1830, contained a statement of donations received by Mayor Michael Carpen- ter from October 7th, 1847, to January 13th, 1849, for dis- tribution among the poor of the city of Lancaster. The statement is as follows : RECEIPTS. Received from Hon. James Buchanan, in