The Lexington Record, 1890-11-01

AUXT LEAN'S LETTER. A Stroll Among Pleasant Refuges. Dear Friends: The Prot Protestant - estant Protestant Infirmary', which you now know to be such a haven for the suffering, has a fresh coat of pink kalsomine on the walls of the men's upper ward. The floors shine, and the snow-white beds are. places of sweet rest indeed. The foundation is dug for the annex, and work is going on in all departments. The sweet sweet-faced - faced sweet-faced nurses are all out waiting upon the sick, at their own homes all except nurse Maria, whose bright eyes and ready smile make her' a very sunbeam. Such a 'sad case was lately in her cliarge.j ;2young man who had had his 'leg injured a year ago, in the wheat field, was brought there suffering fearful agony. He had, from the first, refused to haye amputation performed, but now he was obliged 'to yield. The 'physician told him his chance for life was, at best, a bare possibility, but without surgery, there was no hope. The Rev. Mr. Ward visited him daily, im imparting - parting imparting spiritual healingv to his soul wounded by the inroads of sin. When the day for the ope operation - ration operation came the sufferer sent for the minister to baptize him, and then went to the surgeon's knife at' peace with God and man. Fie, lingered three days and then he lay still and pale in his winding sheet, neatly dressed, with pure white flowers in his hands. His two risters came and bore him away on tne sunny Sabbath day. Mother Cronley gradually pass passed - ed passed from the condition of hospi hospital - tal hospital patient to that of mere in infirmity, - firmity, infirmity, so she was removed to the Home of the Friendless, among the other old ladies who are so tenderly cared for. The afflicted foot I wrote you about is so far healed as to permit her to walk a little way at a time, and she bears the pressure of a slipper. May she go on to a perfect cure. There has been no one, as yet in the Polly Monroe cot, but one baby patient has been in nurse Maria's charge in his father's luxuriant home. Little Robert was struck in the eye by a play playmate, - mate, playmate, and a trouble arose which required just such hands and eyes and feet and head as were sent to him. How he loves her! He is going to send her his pic picture, - ture, picture, that she may always re remember - member remember her first baby patient. Mrs. Bettie was not much bet better, - ter, better, yet it was deemed expedient to transfer her to St. Joseph's

We wish to draw the attention of the public to the Protestant Infirmary. That was the pri primary - mary primary consideration when The Lexington Record made its first appearance. It met with a heart heart-ly - ly heart-ly reception from a generous pub public, - lic, public, and whenever it is noted that The Lexington Record do donates - nates donates to the Infirmary, we wish our patrons to consider the gift as a part of their subscriptions, to this beautiful and comfortable home where they will be qarefuly nursed by the tender hands" of those trained in a knowlege of the schools, and where the board will be as moderate as can be ob- laiiicd elsewhere...:- The : aim A the Infirmary is to do the great greatest - est greatest good with the least expense possible to the sufferer who seeks its sheltering arms. Five dollars per week is the price of a very comfortable room and the atten attention - tion attention bestowed is worth double that amount. H.-. We call attention to the interest ing report in this issue from the Y. M. C. A. This is tlie kind of record we wish from every socie ty' in the; city.' Please interest yourselves and co-operate with us m this plan. The various ministers of the gospel in this city have express expressed - ed expressed their full endorsement of our paper and its object. Thev will speak to their congregations in our behalf and help us to obtain subscribers. We have no report this month from the W. C. T. U. work, or rom the Church Societies and be nevolent orders. Please furnish us a short notice every month, handing in your papers from the fifteenth to the twentieth. Adress P. O. Box 375, or 185 S. Mill St. A commission of twenty per cent will be allowed on all clubs of ten or more subscribers at $1 a year. Our first number contains a sketch of the charitable and re ligious organizations of the city, with their officers. Spovinl Notice, The proceeds of the Lexington Record shall be applied exclusive ly to the charity patients at the

his wife and children, but Nurse Maria goes to him every day with her soothing remedies, and gives him all the comfort he can 9 have while "only waiting." Dark is his earthly pilgrimage, ' but thanks be to the Divine Healer, whom he so. confidently expects to meet in the bye-aud-bye; Mother Taylor flits about her household duties, always ready to do a good turn. THE CHURCH HOME Does its steady, good work. Miss. Patsy is well and busy. Miss Maggie, whose pallid face beto betokened - kened betokened an early release when 1 last wrote, ha? passed to the bet better - ter better land, where there shall be no more suffering. The end was peaceful, and one morning, in the bright September days, the sun rose just long enough to light her earthly path to the eternal light beyond when all was over. Fler remains were borne by the faithful sister-nurse to Cynthi Cynthi-ana. - ana. Cynthi-ana. The other inmates of this comfortable abode are about as usual. The Home of the Friendless has had the addition of Mother Cronly, already mentioned. Aunt Patsy the oldest of them all, has been very sick and could . no longer cut carpet rags for Mother Steele's waiting fingers. These old ladies have made many yards of good carpet for the Home. Aunt Amy and Dick, down .in the basement- are on better terms ever. He chatters and scolds like a parrot. Though the house was not exactly built for friendless chickens, Dick's claims are peculiar. Deserted by his mother, while yet imprisoned in

Hospital, where there is more room for cases like hers. Jennie, the pretty working working-girl, - girl, working-girl, went away with her arm in a sling to the mother whose face she had longed to see when in such pain in her sunny attic chamber. At Nicholasville she met with the tidings that her mother was dead, and that her little sister Annie and brother Willie had been sent to an Or Orphan's - phan's Orphan's Home. What a blow was that! Think, dear girls, how desolate Jennie must have felt. A helpless orphan on the thresh threshold - old threshold of life. The shock was bad for her and she is now back again at the retreat which none ever seem quite willing' to leave. She sits with her right arm bound in soothing wraps. "How nice it was of you to put me in the paper," she said; "there have been several such sweet girls to read to me. They must have read about me." Then, her pale cheeks flushing, she said, plead pleadingly, - ingly, pleadingly, "When I get well, won't you keep me to find a nice place to work?" Let us keep her case in view, friends. The old paralytic down-staifs is so much better that he. will remain in liis present quarters some, days yet. The younger man with malarial fever was dis discharged - charged discharged well, and if prudent will probably stay so. Father Morgan was so lonely in his terrible suf-. '

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stitution is in its infant state a;id requires all the funds in the treas treasury - ury treasury to keep it in running order. Whoever lends a helping hand to the Record will, in just such measure as he gives, be caring for the sick, who have no other refuge when they need medical attention. These patients, be it remembered, are taken in from all sects and all walks in life.