“The first thing I did with my penny, I made some edging which I sold for 10 cents; then I sewed it on for 5 cents, which made 15.  Then mamma said if I killed 15 flies she would give me a penny, and so I earned 14 cents in that way.  Then I had 29 cents.  I then took away 25 cents and bought some ice-cream, and sold it for 8 cents a dish, and received 48 cents for it.  Now I had 52 cents.  Then I took 8 cents away from it for some linen, and 4 cents for some braid, with which I made some lace and sold it for 70 cents, which leaves me $1.11.  Then I sold some flowers for 14 cents, making $1.25.  This is what I did with my penny.—­LIBBIE.”

“Freddie” and “Tusie,” little brother and sister of Libbie, did well with their pennies.  Tusie increased hers to 35 cents, while Freddie’s grew to 48 cents.  Each of these little people gathered all the string they could find and made it up into balls, which they sold.

“Meda” made a ruche for grandma, crocheted lace, and speculated in butter, gaining in all 66 cents.

“Davie,” Meda’s brother, found a generous customer in grandpa, who bought a pen-holder and then gave it back to be sold over again.  Davie also speculated in tallow, and increased his penny to 50 cents.

“Helen” invested in a penny tablet, sold it for 3 cents, and crept up by degrees to the place where she could buy material for an apron which she sold for 35 cents.  She made another apron and a tidy, and cleared 55 cents.

“Lulu” bought a penny rubber and sold it for 2 cents, bought darning cotton, pins, cloth for apron, etc., and increased her penny to 50 cents.

The pennies have been growing, and that is good.  But love has been growing too, in these young hearts, and that is better!

May the “Willing Worker” bands multiply all over our great land!

S.S.  ADVOCATE.

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RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1889.

MAINE, $179.96.

Camden.  David Fowler $1.00

Castine.  Prof.  Fred W. Foster 1.20

East Otisfield.  Mrs. Susan Lovell, 5;
  Rev. J. Loring, 2; Mrs. Millie Knight, 1;
  Miss Sally Spurr, 1; Mrs. Caroline Turner,
  1; Miss Hattie I. Loring, 1; Mrs.
  Mary H. Jennings, 1 12.00

Farmington.  First Cong.  Ch. 18.76

Gardiner.  Bbl. of C., for Selma, Ala.

Hiram.  Sewing Material, for Meridian, Miss.

Madison.  Cong.  Ch., 27; Cong.  Ch. of
  North Anson, 5, to const.  FRANK DINSMORE
  L.M. 32.00

Portland.  “A Friend.” 5.00

Portland.  High St. Sab.  Sch., for Rosebud
  Indian M. 5.00

Portland.  King’s Daughters, Alpha Ten
  Silver Cross, Package of Basted Work,
  for Selma, Ala.