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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07
He Celebrated the Event.

A woman who in q fit of anger had
deserted her husband wrote home, after a
weeks ABSENCE:
DEAR JoHN-I'm tired stay1n away. Can
come back home?
She presently received the following re-
ply, in strange hand:
Your John amt here. He's off somewhere
enioyin of his honeymoon.
Atlanta Constitution.
20 how full OF Driars Is this working day
WORKED As You Like It, act. !, Scene 3.
Avoid all you can of them and Ponds Extract
will soon cure effects of others.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

FOR SALE-Sure preventative for leaking
roofs Buy a ladder of r. Wescott, 13l
Lincoln street foot of Myrtle street and clean
the ice from the cutters before it thaws or be-
fore the next rain. 81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

MONEY TO LOAN-On first and second
VI mortgages on real estate. stocks, bonds,
securities. I. P. BUTLER, 4S IL Exchange
street. 204
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

EOR SALE-Small, paying business situated
Il on Congress street. w. T. CARR, Room
s; 1876 Middle street, Oxford Building. 81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

HI and manicure. formerly over the Green
store, removed to the Baxter building room 49,
where she will be pleased to welcome, old
patrons, also new, after Feb. I'd. rake eleva-
tor. IL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

EOR SALE-Two houses near Pine street.
Il Must be sold in two weeks to close up an
estate. w. P. CARR, Room 5, Oxford Build
ing. 81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

WE will advance money on any kind of
w merchandise consigned to us, or will
pay cash for household furniture, store
stocks and fixtures of any description. GOSS
81 WILSON, Auctioneers, Is Free street. 11-tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

MONEY TO LOAN-On first and second
iH mortgages on Real Estate at as low rate of
interest as can be obtained in Portland; also,
loans made on stocks. bonds, personal proper
ty or any other good securities. Inquire of A.
G. LIBBY & CO., 40 IL Exchange st. jan124
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

The Capital Stock of the Company,
which is all paid in, is, $4,000, 0O0.0G
THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARE,
Cash on hand, in bank and with
agents, $747,147.7s
State stocks and bonds, 29,25000
Hartford bank stocks 569 2SO.OQ
Miscellaneous bank stock, 359, O7.0O
Corporation and railroad stocks and
bonds, 2,774,46.o0
County, city and water bonds, 344270OO
Real estate, 527.696.67
Loans on collateral 100000
Loans on real estate, 132, 3407O
Accumulated interest and rents, 1851 40
Total cash assets, $553s, 379 so
LIABILITIES.
Cash capital, $4,000, ooO 90
Reserve for outstanding losses 375.470TS
Reserve for reinsurance, 2139, 9a340
Net surplus, 1.022,9lB37
Total assets, $5,53s, S79.50
d. w. C. SKILTON. President
EDWARD MILLIGAN, Secretary,
feb3eodSw
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07
TO LET, WITH POWER.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

WANTED-Party to take active interest in
w construction business that will pay
$250OOo yearly, where ntsgrity and business
wise satisfactory party will require only $4,000
to start, balance paid out of profits. CHARLES
G. SMITH, 40 Brown street. Bill
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

FOR SALE-T offer for sale my horse 'Green-
L wood,'' seven years old, weighs HOO Tbs, is
stopper, great roadster; a fine horse for physi-
clan for an all round family horse; also offer
for sale carriage. sleigh, harness. robes. blank
cts, etc. H.. L. JONES, 4zn Congress street,
Portland, Me. 2tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

ID EMoVAL-The Portland Shirt Binding Co.,
H. formerly 307 Cumberland street, nave re-
gress street, where they will be pleased to see
their old customers and many new ones.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07
FOR SALE.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents. cash in advance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

EOR SALE-New seven room house on Alba
floor, furnace heat, cemented cellar, double
parlor, broad piazza, very sunny, near cleo
tries, stores, schools and churches, worth
$500, but we will sell for Sl750 if takennow.
Only $500 down. balance to suit you. DALTON
& CO., 47S IL Congress st. IL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

EORSALE-Or lease, a lot of land at the West
L. End, corner Forest and Congress streets
containing about 1924 feet. Apply to E. HAIR
LOW, 919 Congress St. jan25dn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07
MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED Engineer. reliable; compttent
w sober and Industrious. Apply at RINEi
BROS, Congress street. IL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07
PHGGaTNl
Insurance Company,

OF HARTFORD, CONN.
Statement the 1st day of January, 1898
The Capital Stock of the Company,
which is all paid in, is, $4,000, oOO.OG
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

vHTANTED-A few more young ladies to join
w millinery class, taught SO as to accept
spring positions. Dresscutting taught at re-
duced rates. 142 PLEASANT ST., corner Park
ST. 80
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07
LOST AND FOUND.

V1OUND-Picked up off House Island 80
foot caulker's raft. Is afloat now and
can be easily secured. Inquire of HENRY
ORR, House Island. ISL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

CONSIGNED Household goods of every de-
~ scription are always to be found at
private sale at our Auction Rooms. We often
have articles less than half the cost to man
ufacture. GOSS & WILSON, Auctioneers, 10
Free street. lift
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

MONEY to loan on real estate mortgages at
MI to per cent. Also real estate bought
and sold and rented, and rents collected and
property cared for. % years in the business.
N. s. GARDINER. 1856 Middle street, Room 4.
jan21-2
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

WANTED-All persons in want of trunks
W and bags to call on Z. D. REYNOLDS,
563 Congress street, one door above Shaw's
grocery store, as we manufacture our goods
and can therefore give bottom prices.
Trunks repaired. Open evenings. We frame
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

The snow drifts are the largest the
have been for years. Not until Thursday
evening did the track get cleared to Will
lard, which was remarkably quick time
considering.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thombs of Port
land. have moved into the Sylvester
house.
Mrs. Morris Jordan has. arrived from
Fast Corinth, where she has been spend
ing the winter. She has moved into her
bonse. which has recently been repaired
from the damage caused by the fire of a
few months ago.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

TABLE GIRL WANTED-An experienced
i table girl at No. IS Park ST., Immediately.
ri
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-07

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for IS cents. cash in advance.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
sTOcKS AND BONDS.

New York, July 2S.-The stock mar
ket dropped back into rut today ana
drifted sluggshly on small transa ctions
except for several individual STOCKS
wnicb were influenced by special causes.
,rhe fact that yesterdays upward move
ent was stopped in itself made bears
amongst the traders, although 1t was at
triputed to sympathy with the sharp
break in Sugar. Sugar continued 10 DC
the center of interest today and specuia-
ton in il was very feverish the price
vibrating above and below yesterday
close over a range of 2 points The fever
ish tone was due to doubts as to whether
the recently formed bull pool had ilnisiea
its campaign against the shorts. me
bears at one time forced the price down
To 1876, but there was evidence OF sup
port and IL substantial rally drove them
10 cover. In the railroad list the publ
cation of the June statement Of st. Paul
earnings showing Il decrease in net OF
over SJo,Q0O by reason Of increased OPP
Grating expenses brought out consider
able offerings Of the Changers. Declines
were in all cases. however limited to
fractions. Opinion is divided as 10 the
dement, to accrue from the impending
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
COTTON.

New York, July 2S.-The cotton mar
ket made substantial Improvement
owing to the multiplying number OF I'M
favorable crop reports from the Mlssls-
sippi Valley and east of that region ana
from Texas; in the former instance claim
ing injury from excessive moisture, IN the
latter from drouth. "A few days ago
signs of increased speculative interest set
in There was some sharp trading in the
morning for foreign account and some
covering which sent prices up to 4
points. TINS Improvement was subse-
quently lost. Again, however. the mar
ket rallied, at the best showing gain of
Z points. The close was steady at & to {
points advance.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

BY virtue of power conferred upon me
by certain mortgage, executed by
Henry Davis and wife Ella Davis, which
SAID mortgage is duly recorded in Reg
lstry Wake County in Book No. 142, at
Page 6G5, | will offer for sale at the
court house door in the city of Raleigh
to the highest bidder for cash, on Mon
day, August Is, 1898, at II o'clock m,
a certain house and lot on the Tarboro
Road, near st. Augustine Normal School
and described rs follows to-wit: Begin
ming at stake on the East side of said
road Brann's corner, thence II. s 100
poles to stake; thence S. 2A degrees
w. 60 feet to a stake; thence w. 8 1-2e
poles to stake on said road; thence
with the same GO feet to the beginning.
b. II. MONTAGUE,
Mortgage.
Raleigh, n. c., July Il, 1898.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

gold imports. The threat of these has
put an end TO the fears of the future eff
cans owing to the fears of the future eff
feet upon the money market there. With
money SO plentiful here Il further expan-
sion of currency by gold imports is felt
to be Of doubtful advantage.
Bonds showed falling off in activity
but there continued n fair absorption Of
mortgages below the gilt edge issues. To
tai sales. S2.015,000.
United States old As coupon declined
y and the new As a in the bid price to-
day,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, July % Flour mark ct mod
erate,y sctiye and shade sieAdier.
W1ater patents Uase5.
Minnesota patent a6ia4S5
Minnesota baRerA sNai20
Rye nouT weak: 2.5Ca. 30.
Corn meal steady; yellow western 70
Rye stea7y; no. we neru AZ
harley dull western 5-a33 malt e IS
ID srley malt dull.
eeat. spot, eu II dy; No. 2 red 751. Op ions
July closed 13H; Septemb 7JS. December
Corn. .pot, firm; No. 2. s5X opt ous-
Juy closed. 1873. september clos ID os1s
december
Uats, spoo duh. No. 2, 271a2s; options
September closed TX. -.
neef ct sdy; Uar.,l. sIl.50al2.0); beef hams q
Cur meaus steady: plcEisd bellies tai; 20.
picked shoulder AZ: do. hams 7Aas.
Fay easy shipping 3Ca35: good 10 choice.
ard st gdy Western stea ned Sb 81. ally
5b7f refined easy
FORK ou l. nacgs S0.76aGl.c0 sh TT clear
II aai3t0: family si2h0
Butter firm; west IA creamery HQiS 10
iactOry (Q.4k; Egln -. imitation c eamery
l2s15: State oatrs l2Hai6k.
Cheese essie,: large white, TX
Eggs steady. ~Late ana Pennsylvania "a
ais western fresh Ia
Tallow steady city az per pack aoel 4.
Potatoes ssdy Jers y STA! q; Long Island
7. aal2s
z ,rk 1910: Philadelphia and Baltimore e.35
DO n bulk 7sj
Rosin quiet stra ned. common to ROOD
10 Al
Turpentiue q liat ct 27.27k
HIce firm 'omestic, FAIR to extra SIX 2
OK Japan bHask.
Cabbage steady: Long Island 81 EOa4 60.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
RALEIGH COTTON.
RAL1IGa NJ g., July q
NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON. N. G.. July 28-.Splrits turpen-
tine eady %, 24k: receipts ~.
Roam steady: 92xa37k receipts 81 barrels
Crude turpentines eady, hard II w, SIoJ ana
Sl.7O: receipts 20 barrels
CHARLESTON, .. o., July zo-Iotton market
quiet; "a es -.
~ roe itine mark ct steady at 2'H saie'-
Rosin quiet and u, changed: sale,
SAVANNAH Co.,. July rs Spirits turpentine
Aim at 2b: sales q, casks: receipts z3si:
kosin firm; sales z.osi rece pts wv; sales
I,7Us,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
THE CLOSE WAS STEADY
AT AN ADVANCE OF SIX TO
SEVEN POINTS.
STOCK MARKET DROPS BACK INTO A RUT
And Drifted SIuggishIy on Small Transactions
Except for Several Individual Stocks
Which were Influenced by
Special Causes,

New York, July 2S.-Rainy weather
conditions are, no doubt, responsible FOR
poor daily returns III dry goods. The pres
ence of buyers in town has not proven
as stimulating to trade in general as was
expected. While there are many buyers
in the city. they are, rs a rule, not heaVv
purchasers. Nevertheless, the daily TO-
tails though variable in different quar-
ters. present n respectable aggregate
showing. and sellers Of cotton goods ire
pncoura ged,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK. July IS ID NJ Money on ~
steady at lalh per cent, last loan II per
.ent. closing at - per .el.,. ~, -e
IN srcantile paper 3kat per cent. Sterling
ea mango frm With actual buSiuehs n
ban kers' bills at 48satSo4 TOR tie nauo. and
at 83kaf s3k tor 81 days. Posted rates 4.SIh
a4S5 and 4.sta4 S5x commercial Dnls 4.ozs :.
shy or celti 1Gates 5s& ab9s. Bar silver aeA
Mexican .ollar, aoA Government Zones
heavy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

E. G. Blanks, OF townsville. Texas,
writes that one box of DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve was worth $1,000 to him.
1t cured his piles of ten years standing
He advises others to try it. 1t also
cures eczema. skin diseases and obsti-
nate sores. Heartt & Heartt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
NOTICE OF SAIL.

Under and by virtue of the power of
sale contained in deed of trust exc
cuted by II. II. Parham and wife to the
undersigned and recorded in Book 139
at page 80, Register of Deeds office
for Wake county, l will at II o'clock
m. ON
MONDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF AU-
GUST, 1898,
at the court house door in Raleigh, ex-
pose to sale at public auction the house
and lot described in said deed as fol-
lows: That lot adjoining the lands Of
/. Oettinger, Mrs. Ii. l.. Lowery and
others, and lying on the south side of
Martin street in the city of Raleigh,
between Blount and Person streets, and
bounded by line beginning at the north
east corner of lot sold and conveyed
by said r. e. Parham to Mary II. Ba-
ker NOW Lowery) running thence east
wardly with the south side of Martin
street AZ feet to the northwest corner
of Oettinger's lot, thence southwardly
by line parallel with Blount 30 feet,
thence westwardly by line parallel
with Martin street AZ feet to the south
east corner of the said lot sold to Mrs.
Baker, thence northwardly with the line
of the last named lot and parallel with
Blount street 210 feet to the beginning
point on Martin street.
Terms Of sale, cash.
II. II. GRAY, Trustee.
July 2, 1893.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
l{,uAL evuuK MARKET.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, H., July 2S.-A pressing de-
mand for the spot article together with
the advance in corn strengthened wheat
today July closed IL, higher; Septem-
Der rose al0I7s and December gained x.
Corn left off / up. Oats advanced14M3s.
Pork, lard and ribs are unchanged.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

Bob Moore of Lafayette, Ind, says
that for constipation he has found De
Wits Little Early Rsers to be perfect.
They never grippe. Try them for stom-
ach and liver troubles. Heartt IL Heartt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

Nos. 400 and 402-"The Atlanta Specials.
solid Vestibuled Train of Pullman Sleepers
and coaches between Washington and AT.
lanta also Pullman Sleepers between Ports
mouth and Chester, 81.
Nos. Al and 38-The S. A. L. Express" Solid
tween Portsmouth and Atlanta. Company
Sleepers between columbia and Atlanta
Both trains make immediate connections
ut Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Or
leans Texas california, NJ exico, cha ttanooga
Nashville, Memphis, Macon. Florida.
For Tickets, Sleepers. ETC.. apply to
III. S. Leard, II. =. A., Raleigh, N. q.
e. st. John, Vice Pres. and Gen
Manager; V. E. McBee, General Super
intendent; Ii. w. b. Glover, Traffi
Manager; T. ]. Anderson, General Pas
senger Agent.
General Offices, Portsmouth. Va
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
CHICAGO, July 28
Opening. Closing

hsD UuUt1CtUHb ORG Z 3 IUII JWR.
Flour firm: wheat. No. sprny -; No.
spring t8975; No. Q red, ~; Corn no. T.
341ak. Oats, No. 9 25; No. 2 white 29x; No.
tnlrs 27a2s. Bye, No 2i3k. Barley, No. 2, Ola
AZ: No. 3, -: NO. 4, - Flax SEED No. ], 3d.
Prime Timothy seed S2.55. Mess pork per DBL.
Sy.8ja9 90. Lard per 40 los S5.60a5.,.a. short
rib sides Coos D s6.s0a5.7'. Dry-salted shout
ders tpoxedl 4xa5. Snort clear sides fboxed)
s5.ilas 20. Whisaey. distillers' finished goods.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

The Mt. Airy News advocates the
nomination of Mr.. $. l.. Graves, of
Surry, for Congress by the Democrats
of the Eighth district.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

Nothing cures aches and pains as
quick as Goose Grease Liniment Guar
anteed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. La. July 2s.-cotton futures
ctao oolo haf
OTHER MARKETS.

Galveston. quiet. 5 IL ie. SCI bales.
N IYfolk. no = inal Ok, bales.
,saitimor nominal, 6S, nAios.
Boston. quiet l. 8. 81 cafes
nilmington. stead y. ihale.
PhtIxdeipnIa. quies. y o 10, It'd bales.
sayxnnah, STEADY e. 3 b ,ses.
New Orleans. steady. Ills, 3i4 bales.
Mobile, n ,minal. So bales.
Memphis. dun. on. SO bates
Augusta, steady. lilo, 10 bales.
Cnsrleston, quiet -, - bsies.
Cincinnati, quiet, 9, 40 bales.
Louisville, quiet 9, - oslss
81. Louis, quiet 1918 ID bales
Houston, gu ct. Ii 10, ~ bales
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

Gotten seed oil du l. prime crude ~
az prime summer yellow gaa aat, buttf Z
Oil 2fa5o
Molasser steady: Now Orleans. open kottle
good ~ choice, 2saaf.
Freight quiet and G sy.
Coffee 49, OPTION: Angus. b.f0' Hoptomhnr
s.ab spot Rio dni' 10. 2, invoice Il. ho. 7.
iobbing 6k; lid, market dull. cor ova IN
Il s.
suga,, raw, Qui Il; fair eiining IN; centre
fupai -. te t AZ: rernei n IN.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
BALTIMORn.

RALrImoRs Md, July 2s.-Fiour inacti g
and easy unchanged.
Wheat eauy. o Z red spot II ha72: luly
THAR, August ,0kaTJS Septem or t9kau;
souther" woexi by samnlo tSai5.
Corn firm ar: spot aud month f8xa3bk
August osx3s%: September &a39s southo'
. 1ae corn 4la42,
Oats firm r: Nc. white FSa3i.
kye easy. No. 2 nearby oO: NO. western
62A.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

LIVERPOOL. July 2s.-4 =. M.-Spot cotton
fair: rec ipts 400 bales, all American
Futnres opened steady with a fair demaEd
and closed quiet.
american middling. low middling clause:
Juiy. ........................ Is 1908 81
tnlv and August ......,........... 23Sp3 "a
August and September. ............. 2eQo3 23
Heptember and October. 8 2'G13 ~
October and November ..s.......... ~
Nnvanhar and December..,....... 3 20
naconnher ard January 3 20
Ianuarv and February ..,......,. 3 80
Februarv and March ............ 32i
March and i..,,................. 1 1IG3 q
ApriI and May ............ 3 EGGS %
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
NEW YORK, July 2,.--Futures opened
STEADY. Halea bRtas
LIVERPOOL.

spot cotton closed duil s n steady middine
up ands lis: middling gull a.I6 sales 20 d
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-14
THE BEAUTIES OF ELM PARK.
An Indignant Protest AGAINST Changes
Made by the Parks Commission.

The changes which have been going
on at Elm Park during the past season
have called out the following indignant
protest from Miss Frances NJ. Lincoln,
who, naturally, is of the opinion that
this most beautiful of Worcester's parks
should have been allowed to develop in
the lines laid down by the late Parks
commissioner Lincoln, who gave to it
MS careful and unremitting attention
Tor more than a score of years. The
members of the parks commission ex-
plain that what they have been doing
IS in the line of still further developing
the beauties of the park. They are Of
the opinion that the shrubbery in the
park and on the islands in the mere
has been altogether too dense. Here is
Miss Lincoln's letter:
will you allow me to call the atten-
ton OF the public to the wanton and
tasteless destruction which is going on
at Elm Park? l have been longing to
have my say through your columns for
months, but refrained on account of the
name bear and my near relationship
to the former chairman Of the parks
commission. But after a walk, this
morning, around the park and a sight
of the latest outrage, that Of the cutting
down of all the trees on the most beau
tiful of the islands, silence is no longer
virtue, in my opinion. Is it using too
strong language to say that the work OF
the parks commission at Elm Park is a
disgrace to the city? A man died a lit
tie over a year ago, who left as his
monument the creation of one of the
most beautiful parks in the state. 1t
was labor of love on his part, and in
just one year this monument has been
mutilated and nearly ruined. Norway
spruces and pines, which when left as
nature makes them, are of exceeding
beauty, have been trimmed in such a
way that they are now objects of pity,
fit only to be cut down. Nearly all the
lovely underground has been cleared
away, and our park, formerly our pride,
is fast becoming commonplace and I'M
interesting.
ut is discreditable to the city that
men who have proved themselves utter
ly devoid of taste should be allowed to-
work such havoc. The reasons whispered
for this wholesale trimming of the I'm
derbrush might have been remedied by
proper lighting and policing the park
instead of allowing the beauty of the
spot to be destroyed. If the parks COM
mission simply wishes to try its hand at
landscape gardening, were there not
parks enough in the city which needed
improving where it could try its expe-
riments, instead of taking finished and
beautiful bit of completed work, and
would 1t not have been better for the
commission to show its much vaunted
respect and affection for its late chair
man by preserving and caring for his
work? There should be men enough in
this large and prosperous city with
taste and leisure to carry on this work
and make our city a delight to all.
Frances M. Lincoln,
worcester, Jam. IL, 1885,