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16.9 SPIRrTUAL SCU:NTIST.
'i>b:U1, epak(>T8' et:md nod coo:;re;:otion
el':l~ p:lvtllon for donclng, elc. J.'or 0 fe\?
,.,eeli. tho coullge. '\"lent np as though by
D lonch of the mogic '\illnd. Some '\Vere
frnuitd ODd bun~ 10 the cl1lt'3 of Worc:coler,
Fllchbl1l'G ODd Boverblll, nnd thom rrelgbled
to the grove. Cnmp meeting commenl.'t:d
Jnly 8, ODd ten _~ were linlehed. even
to the p3lnUng. 3IId were oec:1:IplE'd. Fifty
tentS were also brougb~
Into requlsltloh to
IlCtlOmmodate those wllo wlsbed·to encrunp.
The meeting closed July 24, and was entirely
eticceseful, not only financially, but In lIB
.. encltll fentures, the qunlJo4t of the addresses,
and tbe general Indorsement It received In
the Blntlmcnt of those who had al.teDded. I~
gave OD Impetus to the sale of 10IB, and 100
were dlspoet'd of.
TIle IIDnuaJ meetlng of thtt Assoclatlon
'WlI8 beld Jan. 9, 18'18: Ae the reslllt of nine
month's work, tho' 1J'e»urer's repc>rt
showed It to be free from debt, and with
money In the \.seasury; $6000 had been spont
In iDlprovemanta. A 1\ percenL dividend W88
declared. It W8S voted to build a p8mlanent
wbaH, at an expense of $1200, layout $1000
on the roads and grounds, and expend several
hundred dollars In other improvements. The
c.'ILpltal 8tD\:k was Increased from 82GOO to
,0000 to ralBe the fund.. necee.'W')' for thlB
purpose, ODd almost the wbolo of this new
soock WII9 a~ once Bubscrlbeoi for.
In A prll of the present year, a tract of 100
acres, .eparated from the original purcbase
by a email arm of the bav,.aDd extending
directly to the Old Colony Railroad, came Iu.­
to possesslou of the enterprise, thereby briog-
. IDg llIe camp gronud .. I !.bID balf a mile of
tbe track. The dlrec~rs voted to build a
bridge coDoectlDg the two, and It was com·
menced at once, an~ 18 now finlsbed. The
Old Colony, recognl1.lng the Importance of
the ruove, dl8CODtinUed LIIe old camp station
and establlsbed a new Bag staliOD at this
point, blllldlng an extemlve platform and
layloB down a sIde track for lumber, and
other frelgb\ and excunlon care •.
The new approach is over blgb land on the
sbores "f the bay, and along 118 eDtll'O length
eau be obtalued vlewe of th.e numeroue fresh
'Water streams, coves IIDd eatnarlee of the bay,
and the cabioB, teu"', cottages, sea-.bore
bOuSes, club bouses, bOle'" and summer colonie,
that dot the shores and lalands in tbo
Imu!edlnto vicinity or far dlBtalJcc. These
bead \Vatere are protected by law ngalnet the
sdne. af tlIo menbod .. ri 011 rattorl~.. The
Boft, brnclllsb WOIN ... upon the norm, s:lJldy,
abnllowe nre supplied wllb aYBle,a ODd "the!'
shellfisb, ODd DIe tbe nntnroll breeding 1'\"­
ce3 of blS.3, seup, t~lIIO:;; 82:. perch olld otber
voluable fIlIbes. The fnlne of tbe30 Ii.b~rips
oltrocts mony sportsmen, BOd duriug the
p!~t doys, bo::.ts nnll yntCbs nre present
tn l:uge numbers, either darting tbrou~b tho
chlllUlels llbout Ibe Islands for blue Ii.h or
onchored lor smlllier Ii.h.
The eottn:;e>, lOnny of them, are already
occupied, alld others are being put in order.
Of those built last year may be mentiolled
the following: On.et avenne, W. lV. Currier
of lIoverbill; Albert norry of South Yarmouth;
Oscar C. PerklDs of Bridgewater;
Loring Baker of Cob .... eL South Boulevard,
A. W. Wilcox of Worcester; S. H. Sibley of
Warcester; Nelson Huckins of Brockton; S.
S. Applin, Fitcbburg; II. H. Brlgbam, Jo'itcb·
borg. J'lensant avenue, Jo~pb Wblttemol't'-_
of lIamstablo. Pr08pt!ct avenne, O. D. lIlarcy
of Boston. 'Vest Cerltral avenue, Simeon
Butterfield of BOston an~ alBO ~ cottage built
by one of the direc~rs that baa been sold the
pl'(!l!ent season ~ Mrs. lIlelyle A. Clayton of
Auburn, Cayu,.na county, N. Y., wbo will occnpy
I~ this year. Sluce camp-meeting laot
year, or during the present Beason, there baa
been built 00 ~be Sonth Boulevard a cottage
for L P. Greenleaf oJ Boswu aud anotber
for Captain Alfred Naab of Cbplsea. West
Central avenue, Ira O. Blackburn of Uosoon.
Uulon street, U.8. lJInd.; Tbomaa WIlliams
of Sandwlcb; Mrs. (''base of Fall rover. Onset
avenne, Albert Berry baa ralserl bls cot.­
tage and added an I., as well 119 made other
Improvements. Prospect. avenue, C. M. HoI>bins
of Fitcbburg, and, one otber no~ yet
comple!ed. NeI.on Hncklns of Brockton baa
commenced a I .... ge bundlng on the Sontb
Boulevard. Thames Griffith of Carver I. to
build on Prospect avenue. Many others
b~ve announced an intention to build, and It
Is stated that conl.raCts have heen closed for
several of them, but the above are, with but
two exceptlone, completed, and for these two
ground baa already been broken.
C~':l ... tIDg tbls year will be one month
later 18st ,ear, commencing the 4tb of
Augw.t and continuing dnring tbe tuonth.
One of tho featu~s of Intel\sSt will be a yacbi
race. The conroe to be sailed baa often been
used for the purpose. From the second b3l­
CODY oJ the cOttages on the Boulevard and