The  festival  in  honor  of  Miss  Moulton  was  held
on  the  3d  of  January,  and  was  a  very  touching
occasion.  The  hall  was  very  tastefully  decorated,
and  was  crowded  with  friends  and  acquaintances,
as  well  as  with  the  pupils  and  officers  of  the  insti-
tution. Beautiful  presents  were  brought  as  offer-
ings, and  a  great  deal  of  delightful  music  was  fur-
nished l)y  tlie  school.  Pertinent  addresses  were
made  by  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe, —  who  also
wrote  a  song  for  the  occasion, — Kev.  James  Reed,
Samuel  G.  Snelling  and  Prof.  T.  O.  Paine,    and


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poems  were  prepared  by  Mrs.  Anagnos,  Henry  "W.
Stratton  and  others.  A  life-size  portrait  of  Misa
MoultoD  had  been  placed  under  the  folds  of  the
flags  which  draped  the  organ,  and  was  unveiled  at
a  given  signal.  All  in  attendance  were  deeply
moved  hy  the  pathos  and  the  sweet  spirit  of  the
occasion,  and  our  honored  matron  was  hailed  with
all  the  enthusiasm  which  her  lifelong  devotion  to
the  institution,  to  the  blind  and  to  the  cause  of
humanity  in  general  richly  merit.
