Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-05-13

and deep study of the intricacies OF
plant life to scientific men. But /
have a speaking acquaintance with
most most. q our common Wild towers ana 1,lst
some appreciation of the beautiful DEL
icacy Of the various parts Of flower
and the marvellous way in which each
tfniest organ is adapted to the use
that it is designed for
Just as Great Grandma finished
Married and Happy exclaimed: That
was very different from my first les
son. We studied nature at first hand
and ate up the radish that had been
provided as a specimen and
Nowadays" broke in Barbara Lee,
you would have trimmed 1t into some
pretty shape to make a picture for
someone to eat"
Sisters, Sisters" admonished the
meeting was not to be thrown open
until those who had been ASKED to
speak had finished. We will now hear
from Squire Plim.
Squire P1im responded with g. very
pleasing recitation of Bryant's poem:
The Gladness Of Nature.
Following the recitation the chair
man announced: 1.-THE last Sister to
be heard from is The Minister'S
Daughter Owing to bad cold she
is unable to be present but she has
| very kindly written out some thoughts
about Wild Flowers and Memory that
Diana will read.
Diana in a clear and sympathetic
| manner read: ITO one who is fortu-
nate enough to live in the country
wild flowers make the strongest APP
peal. / admire and like cultivated
| flowers, wild flowers 1 love. Each one
| stirs some memory, calls up some pic
| ture of the past.
Show me a bunch of HepSticas and
| I am a child rowing the woods on the
/ first m STriT1rr Xynndar
sunny bank clusters of Hepaticas hold
their bright and delicate blossoms to-
ward the sky. A little brook is rip
ping over the stones with swift
rythm, and beyond the brook the vivid
tgreen leaves of the false heileborc are
outlined against the gray rocks.
Daisies and June grasses In the
meadows and pink orchids in the
swamps recall the farewell to school
Meadow rue was poisoning in the
meadows and the long tassels of the
chestnut trees were tossing in tbs
breeze when sorrow first entered the
home With their return come mem.
cries Of the one who, at that season
of the year, passed beyond our ken
i Golden rod, purple asters and lif,
everlasting being thoughts of ageC
friends whose hearts never grew OLE
who now are in the land Of eterna
youth.
THE flowers bring more than mem
tories, they bring a message. And i
is this-as surely as year by year tn
flowers that die in the autumn return
in the spring so surely shall yol
see your friends again in the countr.
where flowers never fade and sorrow
and death are unknown. We shall Sc
them again, and the old love will eve
look out from the old faces We shal
see them again. and the Saviour VIII
loved the lilies of the field will g
in and out among US and hold familia
discourse as he did with His disciple
of DID,
The thoughtful silence that followe
: this reading was broken by Merr
Farmer who remarked: What a de
lightful program that was
Yes responder Queen Bess, ."eac
entertainment committee has don
} splendidly and a number of the Sis
: tiers have served in that capacity Mo-
propose that the brethren provid
) the entertainment at the next meet
/ ing
The proposition met with great IA
r vor and a committee Of brethren wa
: Immediately appointed.
81 AUNT INEVITABLE.