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CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP TO FRAMINGHAM 
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION 
on account of its natural beauty, and, rather than see 
the trees cut down, she bought the plot. 
Near the house of this member is a little triangle 
where roads meet and cross. There was an old wood- 
en sign post there. It was said that somebody pro- 
posed to buy up that little tract and put some building 
or other on it. The member bought that place. The 
old wooden sign went down, a substantial column 
with a pretty signboard went up, and climbing vines 
were planted by the member at the foot of the column. 
In midsummer or early autumn, the sign is nothing if 
not an architectural cameo. 
Along the banks of the Sudbury river is a stretch 
of a few miles of wooded land which belongs to the 
Saxonville mills, of which F. E. Simpson is manager. 
The association has had its eye on the land for a long 
time. It wishes to get it ultimately for a park. The 
time has not seemed ripe to Mr. Simpson, and no bar- 
gain has been made for the sale of the property. It 
is possible that none ever will be, but the members of 
the association have done the next best thing — inter- 
ested Mr. Simpson in the plan. He has built a wall 
along the driveway and thrown the park open to the 
people. There is a constant change of scenery as one 
drives along the steep bank of the river — a stream so 
clear at this time of year that it is hard to tell where 
the shadow begins and the real ceases. 
Probably publicity is the peg on which much of the 
success of the association hangs. The Framingham 
Tribune devotes a two-column article under a two- 
column head to affairs of the Framingham association 
every week. 
This story does not indicate any spirit of self-lauda- 
tion. The association, on the contrary, feels that its 
achievement is not yet worthy of record. Indeed, 
some, of its best members are opposed to all publicity, 
as foreign to the quiet conservatism of the town. And 
yet, it what has thus far been brought to pass may 
possibly inspire other communities, there is scriptural 
authority for sketching this picture of civic effort. 
CEMETERY. 
COMPLETE TEXT OF LINCOLN’S FAMOUS 
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS CAST IN BRONZE 
The complete text of Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg 
speech, cast in bronze from the model shown on the 
cover of this issue, is to be distributed through the 
efforts of the Grand Army of the Republic to patriotic 
organization and individuals throughout the coun- 
try, to be placed in schools, public halls, G. A. R. 
Posts, and other public places, as a permanent lesson 
in patriotism. The tablet has been designed by James 
Klaber, of S. Klaber & Co., of New York, and its 
distribution is in charge of Charles Burrows, Ruther- 
ford, N. J., who is quartermaster-general of the G. 
A. R. 
The original Lincoln tablet, the first one made, was 
also designed by Mr. Klaber, thirteen years ago, and 
presented by his firm to the Society for Ethical Cul- 
ture, in New York, with the idea of preserving it in 
permanent form. The original model is shown on 
this page and as will be seen differs in some small 
details from the new form shown on the cover. The 
corps marks on the frieze are the distinguishing in- 
signia in full size of the different army corps engaged 
in the battle of Gettysburg. The leaves and flowers 
on the corbels on the base and on the frieze are all 
reproductions of American wild flowers. The tablet 
is 23x29 inches in size, of simple, artistic design, and 
a fine example -of a long modeled inscription as well 
as a work of great historic significance. It was not 
designed with the idea of placing it on the market, 
but members of the G. A. R. considered it of such 
value in the work of national patriotic instruction 
that they have adopted this method of placing it 
where it may reach the hearts and minds of the 
greatest number of people. 
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