The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-05-07
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The Public Garden is now taking on
Its spring beauty. | noticed last week
several of the city's florists busy get
ting out pansies. The water had been
turned into the fountains, which are
unusually well stocked with gold FISH
and dace Much of the evergreen
,krubbery has been placed, also.
Mayor Hibbard is considering the
advisability of having little girl read
the Declaration OF Independence at the
Faneuil Hall exercises next Independ-
ence day, but has not made his selec-
ton. Usually bright boy with good
voice has been chosen, but the mayor
feels that the girls should have
chance. 1t is not TO late TO file ap-
plications.
Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald addressed the
postoffice clerks and carriers at their
meeting at Intercolonial hall, Roxbury,
last week. He gave the results OF his
observation OF the postal system
abroad, and declared that in many
things the European countries were
ahead of America, principally in the
matter of having the telephone and
telegraph lines under the control OF
the postoffice department He declared
that the postal service in America hal
been retarded by the delay in adopt
ing the parcels post" system, owing
TO the opposition Of the vested inter-
ests" in express companies and rail-
roads.
Score another one for the Hub. l
met a man the other day who had jour-
neyed from Nova Scotia TO Boston TO
save an arm from amputation. He
had been shooting in the woods and
accidentally the cap Of slug became
embedded in one of his fingers. Blood
poisoning set in and the doctors gave
up hope not only Of saving his finger
or hand but even his arm. He was ad-
vised as last resort to come TO a
Boston hospital, which he did. The
cap was located by an X-ray photo
graph, removed within a quarter OF an
hour the hand and arm saved and the
man sent away happy, praising Bos-
ton hospitals.
Occupying the conspicuous place Of
frontispiece in the printed report OF
the annual proceedings of the Boston
ian Society, is a colored copy OF a
painting of Bostons wharves, with a
large ship in the foreground. The
painting was the work Of Robert
Salmon, in 1929, and was presented
to the society by DR.. Henry p. Quin-
cy. The artist was Scotchman who
lived in Boston in the early part of
the last century. The sailors in the
picture, strangely enough, are repre-
sented as engaged in their various
avocations wearing tall hats. Whether
this was custom Of the day or not,
there seems TO be considerable doubt.
The officers of the Bostonian Society
would like to find out.
Nearly all of the $50 members OF the
Boston branch of the National associa-
tion of postofflce clerks attended the
annual meeting and installation of Of
fcers in Paine hall last week. National
Treasurer John j. O'Brien presided at
the installation Of these three officers:
Edward w. Connors, president; Ter
renee j. ODonnell, vice-president;
John A. Mcmahon, Joseph Bevins, fl
nancial secretary and Alfred Davis,
treasurer
President Connors reviewed the
work done last year by the branch AMI
dwelt particularly upon its growth He
strongly advised the members to take
greater interest in the insurance feat
ure Of the association. Prof. Z. NJ.
Cotton of New York also made an
speaking on the prevention of
tuberculosis.
To be added to the nature fakir Sc
ries is the following: In factory yard
in South Boston may be seen daily
strolling side by side, in blissful har-
mony, chicken and a cat. Formerly
there were a number of chickens, but |
they were stolen except this one, so
MISS PUSSY TOOK compassion on the
chick and guards It from all intruding
rats and others. She is not an attrac.
tive cat, being a homely mixture of
black and brown, oddly marked on
face and body. 1t has not been dis
covered as yet whether the chicken
is pleased with the cats attentions or
not. However, wherever the chicken
wanders there, too, follows the cat. At
sundown the chicken goes to her
roost-a slender board high up in an
old barnard much against ancient
customs Miss Pussy retires. too. II
is quite possible that she does not
sleep, as it is an early retiring hour
for cat but she lies quietly down be-
side the chicken, keeping a watchful
eye on the scampering rats. Further