1878

Hayt attended Alumni Dinner in San Francisco last May. With his usual zeal for keeping the Class to the fore he caused Bouton's Round-Robin letter to be read as a feature of the occasion, and the Secretary of the body was instructed to convey to Bouton the appreciation of the boys on the Pacific side of the U. S. May would seem to be the month of honors for Bouton. Popular Astronomy asked him as a veteran amateur astronomer to contribute to its May number a chapter of reminiscences, which he did in captivating style. It will pay any Dartmouth man of our day, whether interested in astronomy or not, to procure a copy of that magazine and read Bouton's reminiscences. He touches delightfully many personalities familiar to all of us. Parkhurst was stirred by the reading to reminiscences of his own that ought to be put into print.

The Boston Sunday Post of June 20, in a write-up of the Town of Winchester and its transformation from a rather shabby factory village into one of the most attractive residential spots in the State, observes that "much of Winchester's attractiveness is due to the efforts of its first citizen, Lewis Parkhurst." It cites as one of his great achievements his bringing about after bitter battle the draining of a marsh that occupied what is now the center of the village. And it adds, "He is to many of the last two generations the man who made the town." It speaks also of his son, Richard, as carrying on the Parkhurst tradition, giving Winchester every assistance, and winds up its eulogy with, "Winchester is as proud of Richard as of Lewis Parkhurst."

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