Now, since I have been writing this, I have thought what a nice plan it would be for you boys and girls to save some of your pennies, and perhaps before long one of you would have enough to buy a small, plain black-board, and another enough to buy a box of crayons, or a pretty motto for one of these old bare school-rooms. If you couldn’t send the things, you could send the money for them; and how delighted any teacher would be with a few such comforts! What do you think of my plan?—L. P. H. * * * * * RECEIPTS FOR AUGUST, 1879. MAINE, $1,031.89. Bangor. First Cong. Ch. $29.17 Bath. Eliza Bowker 2.00 Castine. ESTATE of Samuel Adams, by L. G. Philbrook, Ex. 800.00 Cumberland Mills. Rev. E. S. Tead 18.00 Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. 15.00 Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MISS E. B. EMERY, L. M. 27.72 Vassalborough. ESTATE of Mary B. Buxton, by Samuel Titcomb, Ex. 100.00 West Bath. Isaiah Percy, $3; Buelah B. Percy $2 5.00 Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 NEW HAMPSHIRE, $301.76. Antrim. “A Friend.” _for Talladega C._ 5.00 Bath. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.70 Claremont. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.35 East Jaffrey. Eliza A. Parker 20.00 Goffstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.29 Haverhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.64 Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 Lebanon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 51.33 Meriden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.80 Merrimack. Merrimack Aux. Soc. 11.15 Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns, _for Athens, Ala._ 50.00 Short Falls. J. W. C. 0.50 VERMONT, $195.95.