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(Brooke Meadow, con)

place in the vicinity of Princeton.

There had been 900 pheasants turned out
last year, some geese and hundreds of turkeys.
Another interesting feature of this region was
the Belle Mead Candy Factory started by a
woman, and now a great financial success.

Mary E. Gilpin told us of a Scotchman
who had just come to N. Y. in order to learn how
that city was managed and governed, hoping to
introduce new and better methods in his “ain country”.
He strongly disapproved of the custom here of
allowing clothes to dry in nearly all the yards
in the poorer parts of our cities, and in important
respects he deemed our public house-keeping
faulty. Balto. has been awarded much
praise for her cheap and convenient wash houses.
Poor women patronize them extensively as soap,
hot water, starch, blue, and the steam drying of
a large bundle of clothing will cost them but 11 cts.

Hallie I. Lea read a letter from Mrs. Andrew
White who said she had come to doubt the
wisdom of universal suffrage.

Sarah F. Willson told of the longevity of war-veterans
of 1812, a pension is supposed to conduce
to old age because it gives peace of mind to the
recipient. There were said to be 26 survivors
of the battle of Moscow in 1912.

A California lady of 103 yrs. died last month
and had requested to be cremated and her ashes
sent to her native state Mass. This was accomplished
by means of the Parcel Post!

Eliz C. Davis gave part of an article on
“Conventionality” which was said to have real
value, else why do we plant our gardens in
rows? Form was declared to be the basis
of art and music. You can not live in society
and have the advantages of the desert. Laws
and rules are good in themselves.

The poultry question claimed our attention
next. There was said to have been the greatest
mortality among young turkeys this year.
A chicken-hen’s motions are too quick to make
good mothers for these aristocratic babies.
We were told keeping plenty of fresh water

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