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and forest, can be successfully grown here, the com- 

 piler would respectfully call the earnest attention of 

 every officer and member of this society to the matter; 

 for the cultivation of trees is not only a matter of vital 

 importance to the people of to-day, but for those who 

 are to come. 



The annual fair of this society occurs first week in 

 September ; the annual meeting occurs first Monday 

 in October. The officers are: Daniel Bound, president; 

 C. H. Starbuck, treasurer ; J. F. Brown, secretary. 



Botany Class. 

 After a good deal of inquiry, the compiler ascer- 

 tained that there is a botany class in town, consisting 

 of about forty members, of which Mrs. Catharine Star- 

 buck was president. This lady being away from the 

 island for the winter, and the members of the class 

 very reticent in the matter, nothing could be ascer- 

 tained in relation to the doings of the class. This, in 

 the interests of science, is much to be regretted. 



Children's Aid Society. 



The following in relation to this charity was con- 

 tributed by Mrs. Charlotte C. Pearson: — 



This society was organized June 10, 1869, and its 

 object is to provide a home for young girls who have 

 no parents, — or are exposed to such influences as to 

 make a removal from their parents necessary, — where 

 such care and attention can be given to their develop- 

 ment, training, and education as shall fit them to be- 

 come respectable and useful members of society. 

 Children taken charge of by this society are provided 



