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The 43d annual encampment OF the
department of Massachusetts, G. A. H.,
will be held in Faneuil hall Feb. 10 at
10 a. m. The annual banquet at the
close of the encampment will be held
at the American house, Boston, about
1.3O D. M, Feb. II. Tickets will be
limited TO 500. The railroads have
made the following rates TO apply to
all round-trip fares to the encamp-
ment: Fare and three-ffths on round
trip, minimum fare 20 cents. Tickets
good going Feb. 10, 16 and II; good
returning Feb 16, II and Is.
JOY street station officers are tell
ing of a good samaritan at a hospital
nearby, who inadvertently caused one
Boston citizen considerable worry re-
Gently The man called to see his wife
who has been very i'll, and so over
ioyed was he to learn that her condi-
tion was steadily improving, that he
spent the whole evening celebrating
unwisely. The next morning his
pocketbook with $3.50 was missing
The police went with him to all the
places that he had visited the night
before, bat no trace of the money
could be discovered. Later in the af-
ternoon the despondent man learned
that the money was at the hospital
awaiting him. He had given it to
one of the doctors TO keep for him. He
was happy man as he walked into
the police station to call off the chase.
Probably the Oldest person in Bos-
ton TO receive flowers from the distrib-
uting committees of the evangelists
the other day was Mrs. Asa Robinson
of Neponset, Dorchesters oldest rest
dent.
The committee in charge of the flow
ers at the Goldman square section OF
churches, under the direction of Mrs.
Arthur Little, wife of Dorchester's old
est pastor, the Rev. DR.. Arthur Little,
took an automobile ride TO Neponset
with flowers for the old lady, who re-
ceived them with all the courtliness of
former days.
Mrs Robinson is remarkably pre-
served, and, although she does not
80 out very often, she is in the habit of
rising early and of doing work for her
self
The ladies in the Goldman square sec
ton made 400 calls in the after
noon, one of the features being the
giving of 40 punches of flowers to the
Consumptives' Home of Quincy street,
Dorchester, Roman Catholic institu-
ton.
After an exceedingly bosterous pas
sage from the Philippines and Straits
Settlements the British steamship Sen
eca, Capt Grimes, has reached this
port
On board were three valuable Chi
nese chow dogs, consigned TO William
ID. Rockefeller, brother OF John ID.
When Capt. Grimes left Philadelphia
last August he was commissioned by
Mr.. Rockefeller to secure half a doz-
en- of the best chow dogs that money
could buy
The Seneca carried a big cargo of
oil around the Cape of Good Hope to
Java. She afterward went to China,
and six of the best bred dogs in the
empire were bought at a fabulous
price
The rigorous weather in the North
Atlantic proved too much for three of
the: animals and they sickened and
died. The others were brought here
in good condition and will be taken
10 New York on the steamer They
are the especial care of Capt Grimes
and his officers.
DR.. Langdon rockingham was the
latest lecturer in the course of public
lectures in the Harvard medical school.
He spoke on Rabies" describing the
causes of the disease, methods of pre-
venting it and the manner Of treat
ment of persons bitten by infected
logs.
He advocated state legislation
whereby all dogs in Massachusetts
should be muzzled for one year and
gave statistics in support of his con-
tention.
DIR. rockingham declared il to be
absurd TO shoot a dog Immediately af-
fer the dog had bitten person with
out ascertaining whether or not the
dog was rabid. This latter fact can
readily be determined if the dog is re.
strained and kept under observation
In discussing muzzes he said one
made of wire was best as it gave the
dog freedom to open his mouth and yet
prevented him from biting.
In closing he declared that he was
as fond Of dogs as anybody and show
ed stereopticon views of his own dogs
playing with children.
The executive council has approved
the model Of the bronze relief of Rear