CHAPTER IX 



APPRECIATIONS AND HONORS 



AT Mr. Boardman's death the local, general and 

 scientific press united in graceful tributes of respect 

 and eulogy. A selection from those published with some 

 extracts from private letters addressed to members of his 

 family are given. An extract is also made from an article 

 contributed to Forest and Stream of August 5, 1899, 

 by his friend, Mr. Charles Hallock. In order to avoid 

 unnecessary duplication biographical and business details 

 have generally been omitted from the following appre- 

 ciations : 



Charles Hallock, in Forest and Streayn, August 5, 1899 



The honored subject of this sketch seems to be one of those 

 elect whose lives have been graciously prolonged because of their 

 usefulness to men. Recognized for three-quarters of a century as 

 a keen, discriminating naturalist, and possessing the most com- 

 plete private museum of natural history extant, he is now in his 

 eighty-second year, as painstaking as ever in his investigations, 

 devoting himself with energy almost unimpaired by time to his 

 favorite pursuit and study. Statedly, every week he contributes 

 to the Calais Times an article on such natural history subjects as 

 engage the interest of household readers and inform them of the 

 peculiar places which our familiar creatures of the fields and 



