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had given evidence of a virtuous life by the remarkable
endurance she had exhibited in the various public
functions of the recent jubilee week. C.H.M. also read
a pretty little poem telling of the difficulties which often
beset the maid of all work when she tries to find
a few quiet moments to write a letter to her loved ones
over the sea. Sarah E. Stabler had a most original
"Sermon from the backwoods" of which we took a
few extracts as follows "We pay the price of truth,
very little of it is ever bought at the worlds bargain
counter and it is the exception when a man takes to
heart the truth gained by the experience of another.
There are truths enough to keep the whole world
busy; with all your getting get wisdom and
with all your buying buy truth".
Margaret S. Hallowell told of their efforts at Oak
Grove to eradicate the San Jose scale upon young
apple trees, they had been advised to prune the trees
severely and to cover all the surface with thick whitewash.
The name of the next contributor failed
note but the article was a strong caution against
the evils of overexertion in bicycling. Mary Osborne
followed with the old but beautiful "Evening prayer
at a Girls School", several expressed the wish that Miss
Hemans was more highly appreciated by the
present generation.
Sarah T. Miller gave a selection from the weird
but gifted Olive Schreiner entitled " The Dream of
Life". At this time the Association was
pleasantly called to the telephone by Anna F. Gilpin
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