Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-05
An Amusing Scientific Excursion
Harvard RegistsrI
It's thirty years since. aud more too.

It's thirty years since, and more too.
Samuel NJ. FELTON, Ns2N was the leader OF the
party, which comprised, among others, c. c.
FELTON, C>2,l, John b. FELTON, QS47}, Thonl IS
I'LL tl~49I, Arnold GUyOt, Louis AgaSSlZ, Bslii-
min PIERCE {IS99) and Alexander Ss-a ,slL Csj5l
then boy, not knowing word Of English,
ana AIMED With muslin bag on the end Of a
pole. 10 catch butteI1iieS-Vitn which, boy as
he was, ne was quite We'll acquainted.
Vile We waited at South Acton for an eX-
press train AgdSSiL saw butterfly, and having
10 net himself. called. '.Alexe, wife. beau p2pt!-
Ion. ana the game was soon bagged. mo
ment NteTTaTG ). NJ. FELTON, kicked over a large
chip, and saw huge beetle under it. Think
Ing II might be valuable he called to the o1y
"Aiexe. beau p2pliioL,' When the lad came
up, MS merry laugh at finding beetle cdfIe1 a
hne butterfly was infectious. and none laughed
more heartily than the one who had auda-
clously yentured on the miSnOIner, From that
moment "un beau papiIlOn' was the watch
word or the party: and every living thing VIII ch
We thought AgasSiZ could POSSIBLY Ike TO take
TO his 'toad factory on the Charles. as his in
clpieht museum vas called. was named in
terfy.
We came to Bethlehem, n. H.. and In going
up long MIL, approaching from LttletOn, we
remained With the driver On the box AS we
walked up the hill, running here and there
sweeping with the muslin net, turning over
logs and stones, pOunciug on frogs etc the
OrlVeT said 10 Professor FELTON,, ''WnO are tl=se
men you have with yOu?" .'Oh," replied he
they aie a set OF nataralsts from al ins,tIu-
ton near Boston,
In the stage was a man not o. our party, He
walktd Solemnly up the LII ID front or US. he
lad preserved from MS entrance into the 5. aga.
dozen miles oaek, profound silence and !
very aGStere c9unteLauce. mingled With N -
aLcEoiy- suddenly he = as observed 10 axe II
ms Dat. make various frantic S.OOOS jna.o-
Win ala nDalIy, as the butterfly rose owe a
CiuHip or tail aliGT5, he spTd0g high IN the cir
after ft, making q last desperate STo0D vi h
MS Lat, and screaming. Tor the hrs Il ne The
lungs, ara top OF his compass. AT that no
ment the down stage met ours. and as they
passed they both stopped an instant The
other driver gaZ5d down the hIll in as+ortsh-
hent ana said, what sort OF lively freight
have you therf?' Oar driver, leaning over
answered IN loud Confidential whisper: They
are set VI natuTdl5 from the ASYLUM near
Boston, their EeeneT Just told NE so"
The next day PIERCE and Agassiz were to-
getner On the shores or Echo Lake; the latter
mad borrowed his boy neI, and was Interested
10 eaten a particular specie OF Gragon-fy. The
Two ITlenG5 hdC separated d few PAGES when
Pelrce saw che OF the coveted drdgOn-flies; and
la his eageIness to have # secured called it oy
the name which lie had always heard II called
In his boy hood: Here. AgaSsZ, quick, here's
one OF t0OSe devil S-ueedleS." At that moment
ne became aware that the melancholy man Of
tne day before was clCSe bebiUd him. Tine aus
Jere man, as If 70 TeOukC PIERCE Tor using a
WoTd bordering In his mind On profanity, asked
In the most solemn and del beTate manner
''Str. can you tell LIE the proper botanical de-
ignation OF that IrseCJ27
And Tor the reSt Of the tine that or3T pa~+y
was tc6eiltf " could not say "prOpar name"
or real name'-the Fascinating absurdity OF
potanical designation was applied 10 every
kiLd or subject AID object.