1898

After he had received his copy of the '98 Class History Harry Clark wrote your secretary and up to this writing his letter is the only one received from any classmate either approving or disapproving the Report and History. In his letter Harry wrote in that characteristically homey style which before has been so interesting. Although he said he hoped that I would not have to put the letter in the notes, parts of it are so good that they are presented despite his hope.

"No literary attempt of mine has risen above the ground this year,—but I have been quite busy on hard physical labor. I planted a lot of garden, a quarter of an acre, in three patches, besides the large flower garden. Our house is nearly surrounded by gardens, one of which is right on the river bank where there is a long pool of back water.

"We had some dry weather, a lot of it, and my tender plants were turning to tinder when a neighbor found that he had a spare pump and a motor. An electrician and a plumber answered my call in a hundredth of the time that I answer yours and I saved my beans and all other crops. In fact I got wonderful results. A patch of raspberries, 24' x 50', yielded 265 pails and they sell readily for real money. Vegetables sell well, for good prices, so I may even pay my very high taxes ($5.90 on $100) from my little bit of ground.

"I have some health to spare but quail a little at work still to be done before snowfall. My gardens are not done yet,—I could help a neighbor with his apples,—and I still have all those cords of wood to cut. There surely is action to be had on a little farm beside the road in the country."

When you realize that Harry was 78 on October 17, it is all the more remarkable that he has the physical strength and will to do all of those things.

Harry also wrote that he had called on Oscar Tabor about the middle of September and found him in very good health. Retiring and living on a New Hampshire farm as Harry and Oscar have done and are doing seems to foretell a long healthy life.

Your secretary made a visit to Doc Nolan and Anna in Middleboro, Mass. in September and found them looking very well. Doc has not fully come back from that serious attack which he had a year ago.

The congratulations of the class go to JackSpring for the very fine work he did on the Alumni Fund for last year. Through his efforts and the hearty cooperation of the class, which is dwindling, the class was as usual well up among the leaders.

Secretary and Treasurer, 14 Say ward St., Dorchester 25, Mass.