1887

We have received a clipping from TheBoston Herald, with a picture presenting our classmate, F. A. Howland, giving a lapel emblem to Gov. Mortimer Proctor, commemorating the Centennial of the Vermont Central railway, in the service of the State. Classmate Howland is a director of the railroad.

There were three classmates at the dinner of the Dartmouth Alumni of Florida, given at St. Petersburg, the 19th ult:—Gage, White, and the secretary. Prof. Ralph Holben, of the Department of Sociology, was the principal speaker, representing the College.

We have received several letters from distant classmates. Our Dean, Dr. ("Jigger") Merrill informs us that there is no change in his health. The most interesting communication comes from John Dana Bell of Boise, Idaho. The passage which we quote below will touch the hearts of all of us:—

"We have a neighbor, next door,—a woman in the seventies, whom my wife and I help out each day. My wife finds out what food she needs, and gets it at the store two blocks away. I go over and get out the ashes from her two stoves, get in her coal and cut her kindling. She is extravagant in the use of kindling, using two bushel baskets full each day. I also wash her dishes and do other things for her. She seems to be gradually losing her mind and is suspicious of everybody. She claims that people come in at night and steal things which we afterwards find she has hidden. She can say and hint some very cutting things and has the reputation of being hard to live with. One has to consider her physical condition."

Secretary and Treasurer Bath, N. H.