Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-02

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| Of he JorksAL. Riding Along TIE
b.xusIfal rod cser Quaker Rdgs With
lovely cobbesseseoutee Iaks II or hight,
~ CHANGED 70 think Of or farmer
scasainsanee, Hiss Matte wsdswcFsh
1t Meadow Hill, and eaaeIuAsd 70 uasks
a call spon d young lAdy snd - hss
.Hstie Museum of insects b for
l.Neadow Hiirr we Turned our coafse
Iissyiax the Outlet road At square turn
| 20 the len near The residerce Of Mr..
EAwfn e. MAYO whose cottage b ainoss
completely hidden BY the Virginia
ersepes with which II "a enabosered.
IsMeados Hin IL certainly most appro-
| pYixseiy nameG. Before reaching u
there Is = large, dat meadow through
| which courses : small brock. then The
steep hill, and sill beyond, 10 the east,
the sarae meadow which makes almost ;
complete circle sround the hill, upon
| which IA the home Of Mr.. g. waAs-
worth whose daughter Ia Ehe &C
Icomp!ished young rasuraliss- The
location Of the house 10 pretty
There IA abundance OF wilderness
about, and dsilxhEfai little giimpses
of the lake and its izisuds, vistas Of
which are broken Into pleasing variety
BY nearer Objects ID the gnite densely
wooded lasdscspet-
Miss wadsworsh, now young lady
Of twenty, perhaps. with health much
Improved from her outdoor rambles,
answered our call; and after few
moments conversation invited III Into a
mall room used az ausenm and work
| ing room, where an hour spent In
Iexamining her insect collections passed
all too rapidly. Her collection now
embraces twelve handred specimens
representing nearly all the orders Of III
sectz. These have sli been collected by
Miss wadsworth daring the past few
years In the fields, woods and about the
brooks around her own home and when
| ID IL remembered that her collecting Ia
limited to few hours Of pleasant fore
noons, when there Ia no dew upon the
grass and no dampness to the atmos-
phere, during our shor, summer seasons,
one will az once obtain an idea Of the great
amount Of industry Miss Wadsworth
must have exercised In this pleasing
and fascinating study. Then aside from
the work OF collecting, nearly sill these
specimens have been pressed and mount
ed with paInstalking neasness and aecu-
racy, the specimans arranged In families,
and generally one individual OF each sex
being mounted. Moreover hundreds of
these insects, especially In the I.epidop
terra have been reared by Miss Wads-
worth. Nearly one thousand specimens
are carefully arranged in boxes about
twelve by twenty inches la size. the
greater part Of which are correctly
named. This part OF Miss Wads-
worth's collection. being easily ex-
amlned and studied. Is Of great inter-
est and beauty, and represents some OF
her earliest work. Specimens collected
now are dried and packed away In neat
little three cornered paper envelopes,
properly labeled. and then placed in boxes
for future study and comparison In this
way they take up less space than when
moanted-an object Of some moment
when one has many specimens and little
room, a
At the commencement of her studies
and collections Mas wadsworth pur-
sued her work quietly, patiently, and
with persistent courage; in part "a an
Indictment 10 outdoor exercise, in part
TO have occupation. largely from pure
love Of the subject. She never thought
of achieving public recognition, but 1t
came to her naturally in the regular
course Of her studies Her collecting
led to correspondence with workers In
similar fields in other states, and this
led TO exchange OF specimens, wider
scope OF study and higher aspirations.
Today Miss Wadsworth Ia recognized as
An Authority on the Odonsta, dragon
dies. to which division she proposes
hereafter to devote most OF her time.
The immediate locality Of her home at
Meadow Hill. Manchester, is believed to
be the richest locality in the world for
the dragonhies, as Miss Wadsworth has
already collected and Unidentified fifty
species OF the Odonata. more than are
known in all Great Britain,as only forty
six species have been enumerated
there. Miss Wadsworth is fortunate In
having In her collection a specimen of
the rare Sop.tothiora Waishti. OF which
only five specimens are known in all the
museums of the world, four being males
and one female. Her wider interest in
subjects has led to cor.
respondence and exchanges with emin-
eut entomologlsts Ia our own and other
and she has in her museum rare
specimens of insects representing many
orders and families from Texas, Cali
fornis, Massachusetts, Indiana, Florida,
England, Austria, Germany. China and
Japan. Among her correspondents are
Prof. Harvey Of the Maine State Col
lege; Prof. Carl Braun of Bangor; Mr..
Philip L. Calvert of the Academy Of Nat
ural Sciences, Philadelphia; Rev. Fl.
LOOMS, Yokohama, Japan; Mr.. Samuel
II. Scudder of the Boston Society of
Natural History, and many other dis
tinguished scientists. Miss Wadsworth
has contributed to the chronological
News-the monthly magazine, organ Of
the chronological Section of the Phil
adelphia Academy Of Natural Sciences
descriptive Hist OF the Dragon flies
(Odonata). of Manchester. Maine," in
the numbers for March and April, 1890.
and list of additions, carrying the
number up to fifty species). in the num-
Der for January. 1891. That Miss Wads-
worth has received high recognition
from the scientific world for her remark
able requirements, is evineed by the
above and few other facts of interest
ing personal mention. Prof. Hitchings
of the Museum Of Comparative Zoology
Cambridge, Mass, has sent many speci-
mems of insects to her for identification !;
Prof. Harvey Of the Maine State College
has had the lean of many typical speci-
mems from her collection: last summer
she was visited by Mr.. Philip 2. Calvert
of the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia, on professional visit in
recognition of her ability, and she has