rovidenee, I . I. , Id Uov. 1* ? 
Bear Chamberlain: 
T have looked over ti e inclosed ms. and have no v.> .ifif. 
to suggest except the insertion of a go: a. 
I had the pleasure of dining: last night at Jr. Fellows’ with 
rofeobor Lee. ' e had a nice lone tal: immediately afterwards. 
As president of the ortland Society of natural History he introduced 
me . Everything went off nicely. The house was FULL. The 
Portland ress pave a column and a half this morning with BIG HBABLIHES 
The irrepressible Stubbs was there and he immediately tackled 
me with "I've got a plant here that T want you to identify xor me. 
X riot it on the battlefield of Gettysburg." he fished out a large 
envelope and then from that a tiny snip from the top of a composite 
which was about an inch and a half long. It had nothing hut bare 
and reflexed involucre scales; not a vestige of flowers 
or fruit. He saia "Well I had some fruit on it when I started, I 
guess it is in my pocket. I’ll find it in a minute". He then 
began to fish out various masses of lint, papers, and various other 
things, such as only Stubbs would ever expect to have in his pockets, 
in order to find the missing? links. o had to give it up, hAwevdr, 
with the remark "Well I guess I will have to wait until another time." 
hat a sad thing about Undcrwoodi How do the Jew 1orr 
people take the matter?, What ie the truth about the tragedy? 
Ue get somewhat conflicting reports from, the different papers. 
Cordially, 
