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to the men who shovelled coal on his fleet in
a fiery atmosphere of discomfort and possible
danger. A touching incident was recounted
of a western mother who had nearly starved
herself to give her only son a college education
and her last words were "only be a good man
laddie" which became his watch words in after
life.

Sarah E. Stabler read "Speak well of each other",
great may be the evil, ultimately of a few
idle words spoken in a censorious manner,
and we were urged to seek for new virtues in
our friends instead of applying a magnifying
glass to their frailties.

A mixture of mace, cloves, nutmeg, torqua
bean, cinnamon and orris root was said
to be very noxious to the moth tribe, in fact
as efficacious a preventive as the unspeakable
moth balls which "smell to Heaven" indeed.

Mary Osborne said she always sprinkled powdered
alum in woollens and some others used pepper,
either red or black plentifully.

Anna F. Gilpin read "Past and Present" a
thoughtful poem contrasting the terrible rush of
today with the leisure of long ago. Mary
G. Colt had another poem " October's Party" a
quaint conceit of the leaves; and a clipping
recounting the woes of a girl who wore
bloomers.

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to the men who shovelled coal on his fleet in
a fiery atmosphere of discomfort and possible
danger. A touching incident was recounted
of a western mother who had nearly starved
herself to give her only son a college education
and her last words were "only be a good man
laddie" which became his watch words in after
life.
Sarah E. Stabler read "Speak well of each other",
great may be the evil, ultimately of a few
idle words spoken in a censorious manner,
and we were urged to seek the new virtues in
our friends instead of applying a magnifying
glass to their frailties.
A mixture of mace, cloves, nutmeg, torqua
bean, cinnamon and orris root was said
to be very noxious to the moth tribe, in fact
as efficacious a preventive as the unspeakable
moth balls which "smell to Heaven" indeed.
Mary Osborne said she always sprinkled powdered
alum in woollens and some others used pepper,
either red or black plentifully.
Anna F. Gilpin read "Past and Present" a
thoughtful poem contrasting the terrible rush of
today with the leisure of long ago. Mary
G. Colt had another poem " October's Party" a
quaint conceit of the leaves; and a clipping
recounting the woes of a girl who wore
bloomers.