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a letter or picture at long distance,
prompted the query "What next from
electricity? Elizabeth C. Davis had a truly
laughable letter from a [?] girl, who
not at all over come by attending a meeting
in Boston some years ago where Lowell,
Holmes, Aldrich, Hale, Mrs. Howe, & Mark
Twain were the speakers, gave her daring
estimate of that galaxy of stars, &
measured them as she would have
done ordinary mortals. Mary T. Bond
read an account of the birth place of Eli
Yale, who founded Yale College. His tomb
may still be found in an old church
in Wrexham, Wales, and his quaint
epitaph is well worth copying.

"Born in America, in Europe bred,
In Africa traveled and in Asia wed,
Where long he lived and thrived,
In London dead,
Much good, some ill, he did,
So hope all's even
And that his soul in mercy's
Gone to Heaven."

Harriet J. Lea's selection was a tribute to
efficiency of our Postal system, and this Ellen
Farquhar confirmed, by telling of a letter
she had addressed to "Henry C. Hallowell,
Sandy Spring," while in Rome, and
although it made quite a trip through
England first, it eventually reached its
destination with many post marks upon
it. Mary G. Colt had an incident which
seemed to prove that the robin is a very
intelligent bird, since a pair was said
to have assisted a young bird from a
perilous position by inducing it to take
hold of a twig, while the old ones closed
their bills over the ends and so
flew to safety. Sarah Stone gave a nice
paragraph upon our frequent insensibilities