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H/7/1902-4-

New business, Under this head, Letitia
Penn, Spinster, 203 Two hundred and three
years old was introduced. So aristocratic
looking was she, in her brocaded satin
and with her dignified mien, that
was proposed to make her an honorary
member of the society.

Edith Hallowell was appointed
meteorologist and will give reports
of temperature, rainfall, and so forth.

Questions
1 Can anything be down for a fine maple
tree which has been much injured by
storms? Cut out dead wood and
unsightly stumps where limbs were
broken! Cut in the branches to make
a good shape and induce new
growth.

2 The Catterpillar days are come, the
saddest of the year; how get rid of
them. Spraying suggested or set
fire to them with news papers tied
to a pole and wet with kerosene

3 How treat an asparagus bed planted
this spring? Plow when the rest of
the garden is plowed, and manure
in the fall.