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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Panthers in New England. 



The famous "Wardsboro Panther," 

 nicely stuffed and remounted, has lately 

 come to rest in the collection of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History. 

 The animal was captured at Wards- 

 boro, Vermont, in 1875. Later it was 

 lost, and has only recently been found 

 in Bennington. 



Make Good Use of Forests. 

 In many places there are the forests. 

 I think that we do not get the most out 

 of them. Certainly they have two uses ; 

 one for the products, and one for the 

 human relief and the inspiration. I 

 should like to see a movement looking 

 toward the better utilization of the for- 

 ests humanly, as we use school build- 



THE WARDSBORO PANTHLK. 



We are indebted to the Boston So- 

 ciety of Natural History for the cut of 

 this Wardsboro panther, as remounted. 

 In a letter dated September 20th, Mr. 

 Glover M. Allen, the Secretary, writes 

 as follows : 



"This specimen is one of several New 

 England panthers still extant, and was 

 killed at Wardsboro, Vermont, Novem- 

 ber 20, 1875 It was mounted and kept 

 for a long time in the town of Ben- 

 nington, where it was erroneously sup- 

 posed to have been the original of the 

 famous panther statute there. It final- 

 ly was lost sight of, and for some time 

 was stored in a barn. Lately it was 

 purchased by our Curator, and though 

 poorly preserved and wretchedly 

 mounted, was made over successfully 

 and now forms a desirable addition to 

 our collection. I am planning to write 

 a history of the panther in New Eng- 

 land and should be glad to receive any 

 information'of the species that the pub- 

 licity attending the knowledge of this 

 specimen may bring out." 



Who has seen a panther, or, better 

 still, who has killed one in New Eng- 

 land? Please send to this magazine 

 any information that you may have in 

 the matter. 



ings and church buildings and public 

 halls. I wish that we might take our 

 friends to the forests as we also take 

 them to see the works of the masters. 

 For this purpose, we should not go in 

 large companies. We need sympathet- 

 ic guidance. Parties of two and four 

 may go separately to the forests to 

 walk and to sit and to be silent. I 

 would not forget the forest in the night, 

 in the silence and the simplicity of the 

 darkness. Strangely few are the people 

 who know a real forest at dark. Few 

 are those who know the forest when 

 the rain is falling or when the snow 

 covers the earth. Yet the forest is as 

 real in all these moments as when the 

 sun is at full and the weather is fair. 



I wish that we might know the for- 

 est intimately and sensitively as a part 

 of our background. I think it would 

 do much to keep us close to the verities 

 and the essentials. — L. H. Bailey in 

 "The Holy Earth." 



Lawyer — "Do you drink?" 



Witness (a bit ruffled) — "That's my 

 business." 



Lawyer — "Have you any other busi- 

 ness?" 



