Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-03


by the other Of these parasites. This is q
confederation of observations made bJ
others on the same subject.
&C. A fully developed larva of the Rab
bit Gadfiy." donated by Mr.. Kelly, ir., ol
the North Queen street grocery. Mr.. X.
says he found this worm located immedi-
ateIy under the skin, near the articulation
of one of the front legs. These worms
arc usually located in the dorsal portion of
the neck Of the rabbit during the summer
and autumn months, and this subject was
evidently making its exit from the body of
its host, preparatory to its pupation in the
earth This is doubtless cuterCbrd cumculd
or "Rabbit Bot"
Library.
!. An alphabetical list of patents and
inventions from January to June, 1880
.. Nos 13, IA, Is, 16 and II, vol. 1S. of
Official Patent Office Gazette.
3. A list of annunciaticn, disclaimers.
decisions, &C., Of the patent Office from
January to June, 1880.
4. The Lancaster Farmer for October.
1890
.. Three catalogues and four circulars re-
!ating to scientific and general literature.
q. Two envelopes containing 25 miscel-
Ianeous selections, chiefly historical and
biographical.
Til @ committee to whom was rcfcrre
the tribute Of respect to the late DIR. Hall
dcman, made 4 report, which was unan-
mously adopted and ordered to he record
ed in the archives of the society.
The resolutions arc as follows:
Obituary.
The LinHaan society records with re.
,r.t the death of its distinguished cores
pondcnt, DR.. S. S. Haldeman, late of
Chiqucs, Lancaster county, and that he
only sustained that relation to this socic-
ty, and was not in full active membership,
was entirely due to preoccupatiOn in 4
field, and not to a want of interest in its
progressive welfare. DR.. HaIdeman was
the chairman of the committee on patural
science in the old Historical and Mccl.ani-
cal society, which subsequently cElmina-
ted in the LinnGan society but when
that event occurred his engagements
abroad prccludcd the possibility of his as
suming active membership in it, and hence
by mutual consent his name was placed in
the list of its distinguished correspondents.
Few of us have had any personal inter
course with him, but as a scientist VIC re-
we're his malne-a name that is dotted all
over the scientific literature of America
and Europc-especially in philology,
cthnoiosy, geology, zoology and archa
ology, and has made Locust Grove and
Chiqucs Rock classic rs the places of his
birth and death. From his very boyhOod
he always was diligent and persevering
worker in the various fields of practical
science, and perhaps few men of his pro-
found attaiImcnts made less pretention
than llc did indeed, it was no part of his
character to profess to he anything which
he clearly was not hence, during his whole
life he never ceased to he an ardent and un-
relaxing student. He had no loves outside
of the domestic circle, save those which
led to the scientific research, and hence
his domestic character was singularly un-
ostentatious and pure. His literary fame
extended far beyond the boundaries Of his
native county, within whose domain he
was, perhaps, less known and less appre-
ciated than he was abroad. No citizen Of
Lancaster county, from its first orsaniza-
ton down to the present time, has hereto
fore received a greater recognition than he
did from the learned institutions of
the civilized world. and the fact reflects
a compliment to the county, however it
may be understood Or appreciated.
DR.. Haldeman was not unmindful of the
Linnnan society and OH various occasions
has made liberia! donations to it; and
that We were not more benefited
by the influence, of his intercourse,
was perhaps due TO our own want of
working activity rather than to his want
of working activity. Still, while he was
living We felt ali encircliDg influence which
might bring us in rapport with him when
occasion required: but now that he has
passed from earth we feel that that circle
has been broken, and therefore VIC cannot
but regret the loss which We, in common
with his family, his friends and the cause
of science, have sustained by his unher-
aided departure.
The example of DR.. Haldcman. as al
industrious student of the Book Of Nature,
was one certainly worthy of the imitation
of young men who are imbued with a love
for scientific invcsti cation, for although
he WAS the graduate of a college, yet his
achievements were mainly due to his in
flexible perseverance, and his striking out
into original and and unexplored chan
nels and it could he said of him with es-
pecial emphasis that he literally "died in
harness"
We know. too. that his light was "never
hidden under :. bushel' and that he was
always ready and willin; to impart in
formation upon such subjects as were IA
miliar to him to any one who made sin
ccre application to him.
Feeling that it may be long time bc-
fore the vacuum caused by his death will
he filled in the county which he adorned
asa scientist and citizen, we place these
sentiments on record as the sense Of the
Linnean society in its relations to dis
tinguished and departed correspondent.
Bills reported and ordered to be paid.
After a prolonged ''talk'' under the rule
OF scientific gossip" which was generally
participated in, the society adjourned to
meet Oh the last Saturday in November,