Class of 1890

A letter was received some weeks ago from Jimmie Reynolds. He has lived in Washington a good many years. He was assistant secretary of the treasury before the days of toying with the currency, and was later a member of the Tariff Commission. His private business in connection with exports and imports and his close touch with government officials has helped to make him a keen observer, and his remarks about conditions in England, while few, should have great weight. He writes as follows:

"The only news in regard to myself is the fact, interesting probably only to me,that I spent some six weeks in Europe thisyear and have just returned. Most of thistime I was in England, and I did a greatdeal of motoring, from the region of theEnglish Channel to the Trossachs in Scotland. I flew over to Paris and back for afew days' stay in that city. Otherwise Iconfined myself to British soil. I found avery cheerful atmosphere in England, andpeople who should know are confident ofthe present and full of faith in the future.The country seems to be getting on its feetin excellent fashion. I motored throughmany of the industrial towns, and outsideof Glasgow did not discover much signof unemployment."

I saw in the "New Hampshire Troubadour," that interesting little pamphlet put out once a month by the N. H. State Development Commission, that Dr. George Van Ness Dearborn of New York City has a pleasant hobby. He is transcribing portions of the journal of his maternal greatgrandfather, Thomas Eaton, who was a physician, farmer, and breeder of blooded sheep in Francestown a century ago. The diary covers some 50 years, beginning with 1839. George, you remember, was quoted quite at length in the Boston Transcript a few months ago, criticizing the Orozco panels.

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