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have been drowned if an idiot had not
come to his rescue. Annie Shoemaker
gave an extract from the "Outlook" upon
the life and character of the late Alice Freeman
Palmer, Pres. of Wellesley College when only
26 years of age. Her standard of greatness
was declaired to be that of Christ. "He that
would be greatest among you let him
be least." It is proposed to erect some
sort of memorial to this noble woman,
whose early death was so deplored in
Boston and elsewhere. Annie M.
Shoemaker also gave a short article on Dr.
Lorenz, which was followed by a
brief discussion of the marvels in surgery
performed by his new methods of
breaking up all malfoundations, and
trusting Mother Nature to make them over
according to type. Mary B. Gilpin told us
of some remarkable experiences of her
daughter-in-law in Mexico, who is 90
miles from a R. R. in a mining country
which has nothing to praise but the
climate. She had tried to attend a bull
fight in an adjacent town, but the fight
was so terrible she could not stand it
and left abruptly during the first act.

The Sect. had an article describing a
machine for making bread, invented
by Lydia Sharpless of Philadelphia.
It is thought to be most valuable, not
only because it can mix and work the
dough for ten loaves in a very few minutes,
but the bread is said to be vastly
superior to the hand made loaf. As the
machine is to be adopted by the Gov.,
we suppose it need no other endorsement
and will become popular shortly.

The conservatory was admired and a
beautiful scarlet cactus in the middle of the
dinner table was especially noteworthy.