84 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



how fascinating to the geologist with the high, rocky 

 walls, the leaves of the strata superimposed on each other 

 as evenly as those of a book and crowded with fossils ! 

 Rev. B. F. McDaniel was of the party and pointed out 

 the principal geological features and explained the fossil 

 contents of the strata. Some good specimens were found. 



Rev. William Silsbee, a native of Salem and a graduate 

 of Harvard in the class of 1832, who has been for many 

 years the revered and beloved pastor of one of the churches, 

 extended a cordial welcome. He has a charming home ; 

 and the exterior of the fine stone building, that holds the 

 Free Public Library, which he has gathered as one of the 

 ripened sheaves of his work, was duly noticed. 



The day following, the party proceeded to North Adams, 

 and soon after arrival a large proportion of the tourists 

 took carriages to Williamstown, only a few miles distant, 

 the seat of Williams College, a most beautiful village, with- 

 out fences on the street (hardly one in sight) ample lawns 

 of the richest and closest verdure, overarching trees and 

 wealth of shrubbery, a fine and striking illustration of 

 the influence of the village improvement societies that 

 have been organized in many of the rural villages of the 

 New England states. The next day, Tuesday, left North 

 Adams in the morning and arrived at Salem the same 

 afternoon. 



In this short week, many new pictures have been hung 

 in Memory's halls and through them will echo the sweet 

 music of Trenton and the mighty tones of Niagara. 



THE ROSE SHOW, on Thursday, June 25, 1885, was 

 well attended, and there was a fine collection. Among 

 the contributors were Hon. J. B. F. Osgood, Mrs. Benj. 

 Creamer, Miss E. Ropes, Mr. Charles Bowker, Mr. John 

 H. Punchard, Miss Carrie Read, Mrs. C. H. Miller, E. 



