THE SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY; THE BRYOLOGIST 
EDWARD B. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary-Treasurer 
18 WEST 89th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
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Dear Colline:- 
Having beers stuck, and called on in a hurry to see about the 
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'’elections’* of the SMS, I have taken the liberty to appoint you Judge of 
Elections, without first consulting you. T trust that you pill not ob¬ 
ject; the duties are not arduous. 
Cousin Henry was in such bad shape that T Postponed leaving h 
Round Pond until the very last moment, even cutting down one day that T 
ought to have been here. it the tine that T left, he ”?as a little better, 
and beginning to get back hie appetite and strength, hut still far from 
in his usual condition. I don’t really know what was the "letter with 
him, perhaps general debility and extreme nervousness describes it as well 
as anything. On .that account I did not stop anywhere on the road, save a 
few hours in Portland, which were solely to "ait for connections, as T 
took the through train for this burg. 1 
Now, things are in the same old swing. The school is open wilts 
120 pupils, a gain of 10$ flat, over last ye-r, and you may be sure that 
it is a* rather encouraging thing. Whetherwe shall hold this gain for a far 
years remains to be seen, I hope so. There will be a few fluctuations dur¬ 
ing this week, if past ye^rs are any gauge, but T think th"t the numbers 
will remain about the same. 
The work is to be about the s-me as usual, save that T have ratter 
more of the private lesson idea that usual. Al r eady T have one pupil for 
five times s week that promises to last through the full ye^r, and 0 n the 
15th, I expect another one for the same amount. Po, while T shall not hvv 
many boys, I shall have enough^ to keep me going and busy. 
Nothing special in the way of news here, even the papers can issue 
only a well regulated series of guesses on the war, and the probable out- 
c ome . 
