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About the Mistletoe.
The mistletoe is a shrub which grows or lives upon certain trees, such as the apple, pear, and hawthorn. It is found also on limes, poplars, firs, and sycamores, and, more rarely, on oaks—contrary to the popular belief. The white berries are full of a thick clammy juice by which the seeds are fastened to the branches where they take root. The mistletoe has been the object of a very special regard for centuries, and traces of this high esteem still survive in the well-known Christmas custom. One variety of this practice has it that each time a kiss is snatched under the mistletoe, a berry is plucked from the bush, and that when the berries have all been removed the privilege ceases. The Druids thought that the mistletoe which grew upon the oak possessed magical virtues, and they valued it accordingly. One of their priests in a white robe cut off the precious bush with a golden knife.
Badges of the Apostles.
The painters of the Middle Ages used to represent the Apostles with special badges which were generally symbolical of some incident in their lives. Andrew was depicted with a cross, because he was crucified; Bartholomew with a knife, because he was flayed; James the Greater with a pilgrim's staff and gourd bottle, because he was the patron saint of pilgrims; James the Less with a fuller's pole, because he was slain by Simeon the fuller with a blow on the head with his pole; John with a cup and a winged serpent flying out of it, in allusion to the tradition that the apostle was challenged by a priest of Diana to drink a cup of poison. John made the sign of the cross on the cup, whereupon Satan, like a dragon, flew from it, and the apostle drank the cup with safety. Judas was represented with a bag, because he bare the bag and "what was put therein;" Jude with a club, because he was killed by that weapon; Matthew with a hatchet, because he was slain by one; Matthias with a battle-axe, because after having been stoned he was beheaded; Paul with a sword, because his head was cut off with one; Peter with a bunch of keys and also with a cock, in reference to the familiar episodes; Philip with a long staff surmounted by a cross, because he died by being hung by the neck to a tall pillar; Simon with a saw, because he was sawn to death; Thomas with a lance, because his body was pierced with a lance.
The Yule Log.
Who has not heard of the huge log (or clog) of wood that is laid in the fireplace on Christmas Eve amid great pomp and ceremony? It is lighted with the brand of last year's log which is always carefully preserved for the purpose. During the burning of the log there is much merry-making and songs and dances and telling of stories. It was the subject of several superstitions. If it did not burn all night that was looked upon as a misfortune, and if a barefooted or squinting person came to the house while it was burning that also was a bad omen. The name Yule carries us back to the far-off ages when the heathen nations of the North held their annual winter festival in honour of the sun.
The Senses of Bees.
Experiments conducted by Sir John Lubbock seem to show that bees have a preference for blue flowers. Besides this curious display of a colour sense, there is some reason to believe that these "busy" insects may possibly possess in a very rude state the power of hearing. Some bees were trained to come for honey placed on a musical box, on the lawn close to a window of the house. The box was made to play several hours daily for a fortnight; it was then brought indoors out of sight, but close to the open window, about seven yards from its former position. The bees did not, however, find the honey, though when it was once shown to them they came promptly enough.
Abolition of Christmas Day.
On December the 24th, 1652, there appeared in a small gazette called the Flying Eagle one of the most curious statements ever published in connection with Christmas Day. It told how the House of Commons had that day been considering the business of the Navy, and how, before it separated, it had been presented with a "terrible remonstrance" against Christmas Day. "In consequence of this," the Flying Eagle went on to say, "Parliament spent some time in consultation about the abolition of Christmas Day, passed orders to that effect, and resolved to sit on the following day, which was commonly called Christmas Day."
The Dancing Bird.
The forests of Nicaragua are the home of a dancing bird, variously called "Toledo" from its whistling note, and "Bailador," or "Dancer," from its curious jumping action. A naturalist has described their remarkable performances. Upon a bare twig about four feet from the ground, two male Bailadors were seen engaged in a song and dance. They were about eighteen inches apart, and alternately jumped two feet into the air, alighting always in the same spot. As soon as one bird alighted the other bird jumped up, their time being like clockwork in its regularity, and each "accompanying himself to the tune of 'to-le-do'—'to-le-do'—'to-le-do,' sounding the syllable 'to' as he crouched to spring, 'le' while in the air, and 'do' as he alighted." The performance was kept up for more than a minute, when the birds found they were being watched, and made off.
Americanisms.
A few words current in the United States are being gradually adopted in England. The number of new words coined in America is said to be very small indeed, as compared with the number of fresh meanings which certain words have been made to bear. Of the former "caucus"—a political committee—and "Yankee" are examples. Of the latter "smart" used for "clever," and "clever" for "amiable," are specimens. But even among the different States of the Union, verbal peculiarities are found. When the new Englander "guesses," the Western "calculates," and the Southern "reckons," but these various terms are all meant in the one sense—namely of thinking or supposing. In the New England States, "ugly" is employed for "ill-natured," and "friends" for "relations." Some of the words in vogue in the Middle States are survivals of the original Dutch colonists—as "boss," an employer or manager, and "loafer," a vagabond. As to the Western States, it has been amusingly observed that "every prominent person has his own private vocabulary." Like the Emperor Sigismund the Great, who was "above grammar," the Western States folk are superior to dictionaries.
Peacock Pie.
On the tables of the squires and nobles was sometimes seen at Christmas and other festive seasons a peacock pie, but so costly was the dish that it was only the very wealthy who could face such extravagance. At one end of the pie the peacock's head, in all its plumage and with beak richly gilt, appeared above the crust, while at the other end the tail with feathers outspread made a brave show. The dish, however, was regarded more in the light of a superb ornament to the table, for it was not very good eating.
The "Ironsides."
This epithet applied to the famous soldiers of Cromwell was at first used as a nickname of Cromwell himself. Mr. Picton, in his well-known life of the Lord Protector, quotes a letter from a Northampton gentleman, written just before the battle of Naseby. The writer speaks of King Charles's army as being much impressed with the news "that Ironsides was coming to join with the Parliament's army." And when "Ironsides" reached them the cavalry "gave a great shout for joy of his coming to them."
Migration of Storks.
The storks pass the winter in the warmer climes of Africa. When the time for migration has arrived, they leave in great flocks, flying at a considerable height. Their wings are large, and have a great sweep, and consequently, their flight is powerful. The company of pilgrims, when at rest, afford much amusement to onlookers, and as they have the habit of constantly clacking their bills together, it will be easily believed that the uproar thus caused is a terrible nuisance. Colonel Irby likens the noise to a rattle, and if you will try to imagine the effect of hundreds of rattles, you may, perhaps, be able to form some notion of the disturbance that these storks create at the time when they are enjoying periods of well-earned repose.
THIRTY-FOURTH LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
Officers' Names are printed in Small Capital Letters, and the Names of their Members are printed beneath. Where a short line, thus "——," is printed, the end of an Officer's List is indicated.
AGE
48966 Emily L. Neul16
48967 Martha Hatch15
48968 Emily Jenn17
48969 Elzbth. Sardeson18
48970 Mary Sardeson16
48971 Edith A. Capes12
48972 Agnes Pike19
48973 Emma Warman13
48974 C. H. Sardeson11
48975 J. E. Sardeson13
48976 Kate Probyn11
48977 Emily Probyn15
48978 Blanche Probyn13
48979 F. M. Garrett12
48980 A. G. Probyn17
48981 Frank Sorrell20
48982 Beatrice Sorrell17
48983 Emmie Mansell7
48984 Albert Mansell9
48985 Winnifred M. Hodgson, Sandgate9
48986 Kate Batchelor13
48987 Fredk. Wraight20
48988 Charles Wraight18
48989 Percy Gordon9
48990 Kate Gordon15
48991 Maud Gordon12
48992 Ella Gordon10
48993 Violet Gordon5
48994 Elizbth. Walkely6
48995 Fredk. Walkely9
48996 E. E. Walkely11
48997 M. A. Walkely7
48998 Nellie Pascoe5
48999 T. E. Ellen19
49000 Clara Turner15
49001 Gussie Hills8
49002 Charley Hills8
49003 Albert Hills10
49004 B. Langford17
49005 Thos. Langford14
49006 A. Langford12
49007 James Hannon10
49008 Mary Hannon7
49009 Michael Hannon5
49010 Esther Hannon9
49011 Charles Sutton10
49012 Fanny Sutton14
49013 Mary Sutton15
49014 Charles Pope9
49015 George Pope11
49016 Emma Richmond10
49017 Jane Webb17
49018 Eva Burville11
49019 M. J. Doughty15
49020 Richard White11
49021 Sarah Garby6
49022 Edith Allebone8
49023 Annie Allebone10
49024 Anne Haynes17
49025 Anne Harnden19
49026 Nellie Sage13
49027 B. Fitheridge7
49028 Annie Phillips18
49029 Rose Hull10
49030 Emily Rogers9
49031 George Keeler12
49032 M. Cunningham19
49033 Rosetta Standing10
49034 Lorie Terry10
49035 E. Anderson20
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49036 Ailie M. Tobin6
49037 Lily M. Littlewood, Stoke Newington15
49038 M. E. Townsend12
49039 W. S. Townsend7
49040 A. J. Townsend14
49041 Jennie Wright17
49042 A. L. Westbeech18
49043 B. K. Wright16
49044 M. G. Wright15
49045 Ethel M. Wright13
49046 A. E. Wright11
49047 Henry J. Stanley15
49048 Annie S. Biss16
49049 Robert Blakeney10
49050 E. Blakeney13
49051 Flory W. Bailey8
49052 Norah M. Boyce10
49053 Annie Boyce8
49054 Mary Davies10
49055 Harriet Herbert18
49056 J. W. Hayden15
49057 Rupert Hailey11
49058 George D. Hare17
49059 Wm. A. Hare19
49060 B. C. Hare15
49061 Ada C. Hall9
49062 Emily G. Kent14
49063 Fredk. Kent7
49064 Arthur G. Kent8
49065 P. W. Kent12
49066 Edwd. S. Kent10
49067 Susan King18
49068 Jas. I. Langley8
49069 A. B. Littlewood18
49070 Rosa Maxwell17
49071 Annie E. Miles7
49072 P. G. Murray13
49073 H. V. Oldham12
49074 Fredk Palmer8
49075 Willie Palmer7
49076 A. G. Palmer12
49077 Wm. Reason17
49078 Emily Reason19
49079 Charles Riett19
49080 B. Scatchord17
49081 Harold Swinhoe11
49082 Charles Swinhoe14
49083 Ethel Swinhoe8
49084 D. M. Stanley12
49085 Mabel C. Smith19
49086 Alice C. Smith13
49087 Blanche C. Smith9
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49088 L. E. Lithgow14
49089 A. M. Gibbons16
49090 M. L. Gwyer6
49091 F. M. Hooper13
49092 E. G. Bamber10
49093 F. B. Walton14
49094 Adelaide Walton11
49095 Henry Blake12
49096 Emily M. Newcomen, Warwick15
49097 Percy Goodacre12
49098 Arthur Goodacre9
49099 H. Goodacre11
49100 Frank Hirons14
49101 Rowland Boyes8
49102 T. Barnett13
49103 Alice Timns20
49104 Herbert Rolls20
49105 Ethel Evans6
49106 Wm. Boyes13
49107 E. Richardson17
49108 Nellie M. Fardon16
49109 Amy Wackrill14
49110 Ethel Lightoller11
49111 Annie Widdows12
49112 G. J. Wackrill17
49113 S. E. Trehearn20
49114 Jane Boyes11
49115 E. E. Humphries8
49116 William Kennett5
49117 Thos. Clements.6
49118 Elzbth. C. Heath15
49119 A. J. N. Kennett7
49120 Lilly Long13
49121 Alice Griffin14
49122 Florce. Fardon13
49123 G. Allibone15
49124 Emma Hanes12
49125 Annie Lees18
49126 A. E. Wilkins18
49127 Lizzie Randall15
49128 A. M. Pankhurst14
49129 E. Bradshaw18
49130 Annie Bailey21
49131 Sarah Noon20
49132 Margaret Jacobs11
49133 R. Garnham9
49134 Annie Evans9
49135 F. Bradshaw9
49136 M. A. Bradon11
49137 Elsie Dutton14
49138 Harriette Dutton11
49139 Florence Beech12
49140 Lizzie Beech8
49141 Maud Beech10
49142 Frank Beech11
49143 Esther Lidgett18
49144 Emily Greenfield9
49145 Janet Granfield10
49146 Geo. Bastock14
49147 W. Marshall21
49148 W. Jones20
49149 Alice B. R. Pavey, Charmouth11
49150 Jane Berry8
49151 E. H. Berry11
49152 Harold Hunter12
49153 Ada Hunter8
49154 Willie Hazard8
49155 Harry Hazard9
49156 Alice Hodder10
49157 D. Nicholls19
49158 S. T. B. Rudd8
49159 Lucy G. Dunn8
49160 Mary Cozens10
49161 Annie Lockyer11
49162 Martha A. Jay11
49163 Alice L. Jay9
49164 John W. Jay7
49165 Fredk. B. Jay5
49166 Harry Pryer13
49167 Annie Pryer12
49168 Emma Pryer10
49169 Ellen Pryer9
49170 K. Norris10
49171 Frances M. Norris8
49172 A. B. Kerbey9
49173 F. E. Kerbey12
49174 G. M. Pavey9
49175 Mabel S. Jacob16
49176 A. M. Wynne13
49177 Mary F. H. Rye13
49178 L. A. A. Hatchard14
49179 A. M. Simpson15
49180 Jennie C. White13
49181 F. G. Parker13
49182 F. M. Loughain10
49183 A. M. Lambert14
49184 A. M. Furlonge12
49185 Lizzie Cornick15
49186 Ida Beatty17
49187 Constance S. Bell14
49188 Mary A. Reed16
49189 Ferry L. Davis13
49190 F. T. Davis16
49191 Edith M. Millard10
49192 C. B. Millard11
49193 F. Mainwaring11
49194 E. M. Mainwaring7
49195 J. M. Venour8
49196 Ethel A. Lang11
49197 Evelyn Venour10
49198 A. M. B. Smith14
49199 F. C. B. Smith17
49200 N. B. Smith15
49201 I. M. Andrews8
49202 Florce. Berry6
49203 E. J. C. Andrews11
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49204 Eva M. Clarke14
49205 L. M. Breton13
49206 Ada M. Breton16
49207 K. A. Patchell11
49208 Grace Pittock10
49209 Rose Pittock9
49210 F. G. Pittock11
49211 John Gidley17
49212 Elizbth. C. Gidley13
49213 M. F. Gidley12
49214 Charles Felton, Hunmanby11
49215 George Coultas8
49216 Arthur Coultas10
49217 Fredk. Dosdill9
49218 George Duke9
49219 Margt. Thorpe7
49220 A. E. Thorpe10
49221 Jane Ratcliffe18
49222 Gertrude Riddell14
49223 Florence Boultby10
49224 Wm. Wightman17
49225 Nelly Parsons7
49226 Samuel Swann17
49227 Ada Ratcliffe8
49228 Mary Swann20
49229 John Swann15
49230 Florce. Bullock6
49231 Julia Boultby6
49232 Joshua Swann9
49233 Teresa Thorpe12
49234 Anne Cooper8
49235 Florence Murdy13
49236 Pollie Murdy20
49237 George Corner13
49238 Sarah Corner16
49239 Harry Wesson8
49240 Francis Fisk20
49241 Emma Brown7
49242 Louisa Swann6
49243 Clara Richardson7
49244 Annie Grundy8
49245 Kate Jenkinson20
49246 Freddy Crisp7
49247 May Flower6
49248 Lina Leibrandt8
49249 Lena Leibrandt10
49250 Lizzie Denman9
49251 John Herbert10
49252 Walter J. Smith16
49253 Henry Felton8
49254 Florence Mather7
49255 William Thorpe11
49256 Gerty Adamson6
49257 William Felton17
49758 John Joynes8
49259 L. Newton11
49260 Herbt. Marchant19
49261 F. Abbott16
49262 Ernest Christian17
49263 Samuel Smith12
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49264 Fredk. Martin11
49265 Willie Dickins10
49266 Mollie Dickins8
49267 Emily J. Rutter, Chiswick14
49268 Lizzie Ravenhill15
49269 Freda Sumpter12
49270 Therza Sumpter17
49271 Janet Armstrong16
49272 Ada Cleave15
49273 Annie Cleave14
49274 Emma Armstrong18
49275 A. Churchman14
49276 F. Pilkington16
49277 Eva Line17
49278 Thomas Downs10
49279 Ella Harrolt14
49280 Louise Line13
49281 Ada L. Davey13
49282 Kate Green11
49283 Lizzie Green19
49284 Sarah Smith17
49285 Ada Downs15
49286 Lily Warner11
49287 Mabel Mills6
49288 Mabel Seaton11
49289 Mary A. Greatree20
49290 Augusta Meyer11
49291 Albert E. Meyer17
49292 Josephine Meyer20
49293 Mary Randall16
49294 Minnie Purser15
49295 E. C. Richardson13
49296 Clara E. White13
49297 Olive E. Baxter13
49298 Harry E. Rutter8
49299 B. C. M. Praeger11
49300 Maria Elliott13
49301 Edith Elliott2
49302 Ada Miles14
49303 J. Gillingham14
49304 Kate Foster13
49305 Annie Knight10
49306 Alice Lord15
49307 Isabella Gabrielle15
49308 Jessie Foster10
49309 E. P. Richards15
49310 F. E. Baker14
49311 Annie E. Jolly15
49312 Fredk. Meyer17
49313 Percy Tilly16
49314 Alice Mills11
49315 Bertrum Mills9
49316 C. Lambert13
49317 A. Mudd10
49318 E. Mills8
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49319 Ida Bowker10
49320 Edward Eldrid13
49321 H. Bobbins14
49322 Gabriel Banderet13
49323 Anna Vivenot11
49324 Betsy Borton16
49325 Mary B. Harpin11
49326 John H. Harpin9
49327 Emma Wilkinson15
49328 Bertha Cunliffe, Manchester13
49329 Bernard Evans8
49330 Sarah Stott12
49331 Mary Brisbane19
49332 Samuel Brisbane13
49333 J. Wm. Brisbane15
49334 Maggie Stott14
49335 Alice Howell14
49336 Minnie Atkinson11
49337 Lizzie Abbott12
49338 Maggie Brisbane10
49339 F. M. Webster13
49340 Minnie Harrison13
49341 J. Brooksbank8
49342 Mary Rangeley15
49343 H. Howell16
49344 Maud Rangeley14
49345 Maud M. Steele9
49346 G. Howell13
49347 Lilian Steele13
49348 Kate Howell6
49349 Christine Lowe13
49350 Francess Parry10
49351 Kate Mence13
49352 Isabella Backwell9
49353 A. Williamson12
49354 Daisy Steele11
49355 Wm. Mather18
49356 Hetty Bramall9
49357 J. Brisbane7
49358 Mary E. Lloyd12
49359 Jn. L. Mather4
49360 Anne Powell13
49361 Annie Mather8
49362 Ella Chorlton10
49363 Edith Farnell13
49364 Edna Rogerson11
49365 Mary Ogden12
49366 Lillie Kennington11
49367 Jessie Mather10
49368 Agnes Currie13
49369 Edith Rhodes16
49370 Clara Emery12
49371 Arthur Mather16
49372 Jessie Leech11
49373 N. Darnborough12
49374 Annie Stretch14
49375 Lucy Birchal10
49376 Emily Mather12
49377 Sarah Gilbody12
49378 Gertrude Powell8
49379 Helen E. Ray, Norwich11
49380 Edward Girling18
49381 Edith M. Bunnett14
49382 Gerty Langham10
49383 G. M. Willett9
49384 Kate Dinnington12
49385 M. A. Donaldson9
49386 M. S. Donaldson10
49387 Grace E. Bush11
49388 Lucy Morter12
49389 Mary Green11
49390 Dora Goodwyn10
49391 K. M. Ireland10
49392 C. A. H. Brown7
49393 Alice Holmes14
49394 Bessie Hubbard11
49395 Philip H. Girling13
49396 Sidney R. Ireland12
49397 Ethel Griffin13
49398 Ida J. Smith9
49399 M. M. Farmar12
49400 Margaret Cook11
49401 Helen Cook12
49402 Amy Salmon11
49403 J. M. Troughton10
49404 Lizzie Shepheard10
49405 Edith A. Mack14
49406 E. J. Williams13
49407 Deborah Cook13
49408 Emma Bond12
49409 Isabel Johnson15
49410 M. E. C. Wells12
49411 Ellen A. Butler10
49412 A. M. Everett9
49413 E. K. Chapman13
49414 Mabel A. Bush12
49415 M. E. E. Gooding14
49416 May Saul10
49417 Louisa Oldfield13
49418 Edith F. Salmon15
49419 E. S. Hardingham12
49420 A. E. Taylor16
49421 Martha Mase11
49422 M. H. Smyth11
49423 Helen L. Turner9
49424 Lily Girling14
49425 M. H. Everett9
49426 Caroline Garrett9
49427 M. B. Burrows10
49428 Margaret Girling11
49429 M. A. O. Self9
49430 Francis H. Duck4
49431 Beatrice E. Blades, Sutton15
49432 Emmie Abbott13
49433 Amy Balcombe15
49434 I. M. Balcombe12
49435 Marian Berry8
49436 Bessie Berry7
49437 Alice Binks16
49438 Agnes Binks9
49439 Amy Binks11
49440 Emily Bower19
49441 Cordelia Bower17
49442 Nellie Bower10
49443 Ethel Bosworth11
49444 Louisa Bracey12
49445 Mabel Bracey7
49446 Alice C. Colby17
49447 Lilian Colyer16
49448 Alice Colyer14
49449 Percy Colyer13
49450 F. E. Colyer10
49451 Alice Cork13
49452 A. C. Smith16
49453 Effie Dresser15
49454 Nellie Dresser13
49455 E. R. Dresser11
49456 Alice Drew15
49457 Daisy Fisher11
49458 Winnie Fisher9
49459 Ethel Gabb13
49460 Violet Griffith15
49461 Beatrice Hobbs15
49462 Constance Home13
49463 J. E. Houlston15
49464 Pattie Huskisson13
49465 Percy Huskisson15
49466 Maggie Knight16
49467 Jennie Knight16
49468 Alice Lancaster15
49469 Winnie Lancaster11
49470 M. E. Langridge16
49471 Edith Larner12
49472 Ethel Mileham11
49473 Mary Perry17
49474 Jessie Miller14
49475 Maude Rayner13
49476 Maria Rayner10
49477 Lizzie Rayner8
49478 Richard G. Rolls8
49479 Ethel Turner11
49480 Mary White14
49481 Mary Williamson16
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49482 Amy S. Coulton13
49483 Maude H. Platts15
49484 Louisa M. Price14
49485 A. B. Vine8
49486 Grace Pettman, Ramsgate14
49487 Grace Holladay12
49488 Lillian Nash11
49489 Frances Bone9
49490 Florrie Bone13
49491 Margaret Palmer16
49492 Aggie Sutton12
49493 Florce. Garwood11
49494 Sally Sutton10
49495 Anna Wood18
49496 Nellie Bowers11
49497 Annie Spain13
49498 Minnie Spain6
49499 Harriett Goodson14
49500 Freddy Goodson10
49501 Kitty Church12
49502 Walter Spain7
49503 Florence Jones9
49504 Sarah Covern12
49505 Minnie Nouel13
49506 Mary L. Nouel11
49507 Ethelbirt Nouel9
49508 Ann M. Nouel6
49509 Florence Newby12
49510 Mabel Newby11
49511 F. I. M. Larkin12
49512 Winifred Barnes9
49513 James F. Barnes15
49514 E. M. D. Barnes13
49515 S. P. Martin11
49516 Howrd. Musgrove12
49517 Edwd. Musgrove13
49518 A. M. Musgrove9
49519 M. E. Musgrove8
49520 R. W. Musgrove5
49521 E. H. Musgrove11
49522 Percy Makins9
49523 Leslie Farrier8
49524 F. C. Archer17
49525 K. Schwengers8
49526 Jane Makins14
49527 Harry Makins5
49528 Susan Cadman11
49529 Walter Cadman6
49530 Joseph Cadman10
49531 Hilda Cadman8
49532 Minnie Sherred5
49533 Samuel Sherred8
49534 Robert Sherred11
49535 Annie Sherred15
49536 Jessie S. Sherred19
49537 Albert Abraham, Liskeard13
49538 Thos. H. Pascoe20
49539 A. E. Morcom19
49540 Lucy Rich19
49541 Arthur Pooley18
49542 S. A. Playne18
49543 Ernest Cullen18
49544 Chas. Ainge17
49545 Ernest J. Snell16
49546 Ellen Davey16
49547 Alice Stowe17
49548 Edward Ainge15
49549 Alvena Bradford15
49550 Fredk. E. Moon15
49551 Wm. Middleton14
49552 John Broad14
49553 William Daniel14
49554 J. Cheynoweth14
49555 R. S. Truscott14
49556 Thos. Wonnacott14
49557 J. E. S. Old14
49558 Samuel Raby14
49559 Herbert Dyer13
49560 John West13
49561 Percy Snell13
49562 Arthur Sampson13
49563 Fredk. Edgcumbe13
49564 Thomas Roberts13
49565 Joseph Hill13
49566 Mark Sampson12
49567 Charles Rule12
49568 Arthur Hodges11
49569 Wm. Stoneman11
49570 Edmund Skinner11
49571 John A. Little11
49572 Joseph H. Pearce11
49573 Wm. Dunbar10
49574 Arthur Rule10
49575 Samuel Sampson10
49576 Edward Wright10
49577 Rose Lyne9
49578 Willmot Wright8
49579 Percy Lyne7
49580 William Rowe19
49581 William Brenton15
49582 Edith M. Tinney15
49583 Charles Hambly14
49584 J. S. Blandford14
49585 Thos S. Peters14
49586 D. R. F. Wilson16
49587 R. G. F. W. Green15
49588 Geo. A. Northey14
49589 William Pollard14
49590 John Martin13
49591 H. J. Trethewy12
49592 John B. Old13
49593 William Grose12
49594 John Scantlebury12
49595 Arthur E. Pearse11
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49596 Eardley Vine6
49597 Nellie Sykes8
49598 A. M. Potter9
49599 Edith Jenkins14
49600 Nellie Corke13
49601 Kate Jenkins12
49602 Herbt. Barham8
49603 Wm. Worssell7
49604 Richd. Worssell10
49605 F. J. Williams10
49606 A. E. Chapman12
49607 Robert J. King11
49608 E. W. Mann12
49609 C. E. J. Phillips10
49610 Lilian Stoneham, Ampthill Square, London12
49611 May Broom10
49612 Ernest Stoneham9
49613 S. W. Stoneham12
49614 Alice Dorington9
49615 H. G. Humphries7
49616 M. E. Humphries9
49617 L. M. Gossling7
49618 A. M. Edwards7
49619 Richd. H. Bendy8
49620 Katie Hill6
49621 G. F. Collins7
49622 E. H. Bendy6
49623 N. A. J. Saunders9
49624 M. A. Sanders8
49625 John S. Gretton7
49626 F. E. Summerfield10
49627 E. E. Copping11
49628 M. L. Summerfield8
49929 A. C. Stoneham13
49630 Sarah Neuff10
49631 G. A. M. Gillott14
49632 Mildred Jones13
49633 Louisa Harragan13
49634 Rosina Wight11
49635 Kate Carter10
49636 L. Melvill10
49637 Ella Wyand17
49638 Edith Pasmore13
49639 Amy Carter12
49640 Lydia Dansie7
49641 May Soper11
49642 Alfred Kingsbury8
49643 Alice Pigot10
49644 Lilian C. Soper15
49645 Rosa Soper13
49646 Blanche Wyatt14
49647 Helen Melvill10
49648 Maud Middleton10
49649 Christabel Jones8
49650 A. A. Langsford15
49651 I. Macculloch14
49652 Ethel Wyand15
49653 Clara Rowley10
49654 Gertrude Ellwood11
49655 Beatrice Jones14
49656 Louie Appleton12
49657 H. G. Rowley15
49658 Annie Davis11
49659 Alice Loomes12
49660 Annie Cox14
——
49661 E. Ballefant8
49662 Florence C. Barrett, Poplar, Lond.12
49663 George Gilley17
49664 T. H. Shepherd18
49665 C. E. Peckham11
49666 Katie Fischer12
49667 Grace Allen8
49668 H. E. Worland11
49669 Sophia A. Gilley11
49670 Beatrice Merralls14
49671 Geo. R. Miller7
49672 H. J. Birleson16
49673 C. S. Richardson14
49674 E. H. Merralls13
49675 Clara Bull11
49676 John Gilley9
49677 M. C. Phillips11
49678 A. H. Oughton6
49679 Ellen Quantock13
49680 Wm. Birleson9
49681 M. A. Woodrow16
49682 Annie Atkinson6
49683 Percy A. Bull9
49684 A. Hatterleys10
49685 L. E. Abraham8
49686 A. M. Peckham10
49687 A. E. Birleson9
49688 W. T. Merralls10
49689 E. M. M. George15
49690 Jane Quantock12
49691 Sarah E. Evans9
49692 Samuel Gilley15
49693 Maude Allen9
49694 G. C. Peckham8
49695 A. M. Scotten12
49696 C. Woodrow12
49697 Thomas Gilley13
49698 Harriet Holgate18
49699 Wm. H. Miller10
49700 Charlotte Scotten14
49701 B. W. Allan20
49702 W. C. M. Barrett15
49703 Reuben Merralls8
49704 M. S. Worland15
49705 G. M. Gilley18
49706 S. F. Birleson11
49707 Sarah A. Stains7
49708 Annie C. George12
49709 Edith. M. Miller15
49710 Geo. E. Girard9
49711 H. J. Abraham10
49712 A. M. Merralls7
——
49713 Clara Kemmins14
49714 Walter Kemmins10
49715 Cyril Walton13
49716 O. Schofield8
49717 Esther Schofield7
49718 Rosa M. Davies12
49719 M. L. Struthers20
49720 A. L. Lowndes14
49721 F. Masterson12
49722 Amy Atkins13
49723 Violet Jackson15
49724 Kate M. Boyd, Belfast10
49725 Frank Ward7
49726 Robert J. Stewart6
49727 Bessie Lamble15
49728 Elias Lamble12
49729 George Moore7
49730 Ellen P. Weir5
49731 Charles Weir3
49732 Aggie Nesbit7
49733 David T. Ward10
49734 John Whiteside12
49735 Lizzie Whiteside19
49736 Chas. W. McMidd16
49737 Alexandra Cosby11
49738 Jane Mitchell6
49739 May McKinstry15
49740 Annie Hamilton13
49741 Mary Mitchell9
49742 L. Shaw6
49743 L. MacDonald13
49744 Minnie Rainey9
49745 Sam Fitchie7
49746 James H. Shaw11
49747 John Macnamara15
49748 May Purdon7
49749 Wm. McDonald8
49750 Ida Mitchell14
49751 Edward Purdon4
49752 James Steward7
49753 Ellen T. Shaw8
49754 S. C. Ward17
49755 Thos. Whiteside6
49756 L. Chamberlain8
49757 John Shaw16
49758 Isabella Frazer15
49759 D. Richardson7
49760 S. McKinstry13
49761 E. J. McMinn17
49762 M. Chancellor17
49763 Mary E. Frazer11
49764 Selina McMinn10
49765 Wm. McCann18
49766 David Mitchell12
49767 Ethel Browne6
49768 Agnes Gilbert15
49769 H. MacGregor7
49770 Hugh Cooper11
49771 Frances Moore6
49772 F. MacGregor5
49773 S. Crawford14
49774 Isabella Gilbert10
49775 Annie MacGregor8
49776 Robert Browne11
49777 Violet Anderson, Kensington12
49778 Lottie Wilson5
49779 Geo. Middleton12
49780 Emma Mugford9
49781 Rhoda Taylor10
49782 Frank Coombs7
49783 Poly Humble4
49784 John Martin3
49785 Annie Patinson4
49786 George Humble6
49787 Mary Nash7
49788 Florence Wiles10
49789 Rosy Hudson3
49790 Robert Copeland10
49791 Martha Isaac10
49792 Annie Turner10
49793 Nathaniel James6
49794 M. Raulerson11
49795 Percy Pollard4
49796 Arthur Bennett3
49797 Katie Kinton4
49798 Lizzie Cannon6
49799 L. G. Hudson6
49800 Isabella Bennett9
49801 Emily Easton10
49802 Ada Vogan6
49803 Robert Pollard11
49804 Frank Galliford8
49805 Louisa Floyd2
49806 Jane Vogan8
49807 Beatrice Mayfield9
49808 Albert Coomber10
49809 Rose James3
49810 Maud Martin7
49811 Ada Barnes5
49812 Richard Porch7
49813 Kate Coomber12
49814 Clara Cannon9
49815 Sarah Ball10
49816 Nellie Dixon11
49817 Fanny Barnes7
49818 Charles Ball5
49819 Ada Ball13
49820 Eliza James12
49821 Annie Mayfield7
49822 Edwd. Pullinger15
49823 Julia Hudson9
49824 Lizzie Pattinson10
49825 Ada Cullingford11
49826 Albert James10
49827 Arthur James8
49828 Amy Baker11
49829 Arthur Stone10
49830 Arthur Bennett5
49831 Louisa Rogers11
49832 George Barnard6
49833 William Pullinger9
49834 Fanny Porch4
49835 Ada Pollard13
49836 Annie Utling7
49837 Rose A. Hudson3
49838 Thomas Mitchell14
49839 Rose Pullinger11
49840 Norah Willison10
49841 Robert Pullinger12
49842 Adolphus Ball6
49843 Alice Allen13
49844 Alice Vogan11
49845 Harriett Humble12
49846 Alice Hall9
49847 Thomas Pollard14
49848 Henry Hazell11
49849 Alice Barnard4
49850 Edith Taylor5
49851 Maud Mason7
49852 Ernest Butter10
49853 E. E. Rawlerson13
49854 Florence Hatcher8
49855 C. Wharton9
49856 Alice Humphries9
49857 Harry Mugford5
49858 George Martin10
49859 Mirabel Turner8
——
49860 E. C. M. Wright11
49861 Eleanor Wright13
49862 Ethel McMaster12
49863 Philis England13
49864 Ethelind Kennedy, Stewartstown14
49865 Annie Brown10
49866 R. J. Stevenson15
49867 C. S. Dudgeon11
49868 Maggie Simpson5
49869 Charles Graham6
49870 K. McGahey10
49871 John S. McGahey8
49872 Ethel McGahey5
49873 Alexander Martin8
49874 John Megaw13
49875 M. E. Shepherd10
49876 Alexndr. Shields11
49877 H. J. Russell12
49878 Thomas Nichol10
49879 M. D. McGhee11
49880 Emma McGhee8
49881 Charlotte Reid10
49882 Wm. Hamilton5
49883 Robert Hamilton8
49884 Mary S. Brown5
49885 J. T. Kempton9
49886 Hugh Elder9
49887 Mary J. Turtle9
49888 Robert J. Turtle12
49889 Maggie J. Gibson12
49890 Mary H. Gibson10
49891 Emma B. Gibson8
49892 Edith Gibson5
49893 Sarah Thompson5
49894 H. Thompson9
49895 M. J. Thompson11
49896 W. J. Thompson13
49897 Chas. Abernethy13
49898 H. T. Abernethy10
49899 L. Abernethy9
49900 M. Abernethy7
49901 A. Steenson6
49902 Thos. Bingham12
49903 Samuel Bingham11
49904 Sarah J. Bingham6
49905 Sarah A. Devlin5
49906 Mary M. Devlin9
49907 R. J. Devlin9
49908 Maude C. Woods14
49909 James Clements8
49910 John Clements12
49911 C. Clements10
49912 R. D. Steenson12
49913 Minnie Steenson6
49914 Meta K. Woods9
49915 Robert S. Woods7
49916 Sara T. Woods12
49917 Hugh Peers8
49918 Hugh Brown10
49919 Marcus Reid12
49920 Hannah Martin6
——
49921 Maud S. Frisby13
49922 Ethel L. Smith7
49923 Alice Newton11
49924 Maud Bullock9
49925 William Godfry10
49926 Emily Martin8
49927 Walter Raine10
49928 Annie S. Bond16
49929 Edith H. Bond8
49930 A. M. Annandale13
49931 Agnes A. Rose17
49932 Elizabeth Dole, Bristol14
49933 Agnes Porter19
49934 Agnes Place19
49935 Augusta Harris18
49936 Lizzie Harries17
49937 Florence Morgan17
49938 Alice Sewell17
49939 Katy Rickens16
49940 Frances Rebbeck16
49941 Mary Dole16
49942 Rachel Dole16
49943 Constance Wadge15
49944 Edith J. Sewell15
49945 Mary Verier15
49946 Ermy Loxton15
49947 Susan J. Rickens15
49948 Rosa Major15
49949 Anna M. Gibbs15
49950 Florence Hicks15
49951 Mabel B. Peirce15
49952 Marion L. Cundell15
49953 Marie Heine14
49954 E. M. Gatcombe14
49955 Agnes Winstone14
49956 Eleanor Durston14
49957 Elizabeth Arney14
49958 Mabel Major14
49959 Gertrude I. Sewel14
49960 Nellie Coe14
49961 Fanny Gregory14
49962 Kathleen Place14
49963 Florence Pope14
49964 Edith Tyler14
49965 Maggie Morgans14
49966 Isabel Nicholson13
49967 Edith C. Morgan13
49968 Jessie Slade13
49969 Mary I. Butler13
49970 Emily Edis13
49971 F. Cullingford13
49972 Lillie Basset13
49973 Marion K. Bell13
49974 Mary A. Hicks13
49975 Janie Jones12
49976 Florence Hartnell12
49977 Emma Bennett12
49978 Beatrice Quick12
49979 Bessie Hayward12
49980 George Peirce11
49981 Katie Bowyer11
49982 Julia Stuart11
——
49983 Harry J. Eder13
49984 Solomon Ososki13
49985 C. W. Sax15
49986 William Hunter13
49987 John Russell14
49988 John Parker14
49989 William McMunn9
49990 William Whisker13
49991 Arthur S. Everest8
49992 Henry D. Everest12
49993 Ellen S. Bull13
49994 E. Hetherington8
49995 Jane Robinson12
49996 D. Monnington8
49997 Richard Caldecott7
49998 Ann Hetherington13
49999 Florence Bodley10
50000 G. C. Stephens15
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE "LITTLE FOLKS" HUMANE SOCIETY.
F ifty thousand Officers and Members—such is the printed muster-roll of The Little Folks Humane Society. As most of the Readers of Little Folks are aware, however, this does not comprise all the names on the Register of the Society—for since this grand total was reached many hundreds of Children have enrolled themselves; nor does the fact that in future the publication of the Lists will be discontinued (as announced on page 55 of this Volume) signify that the work of the Society—which has been so enthusiastically carried on since it commenced in January, 1882—is accomplished. On the contrary, the Editor earnestly trusts that his Readers will not only still come forward in large numbers and become Members, by sending in their "promises" to him, but will also, in the future as they have in the past, continue to induce their relatives and friends to enroll themselves under the Society's banner. For it should be remembered that the Dumb Creation always stands in need of help and protection; and it is to a great extent by the aid of such associations as The Little Folks Humane Society—founded for the purpose of inculcating in the minds of children Kindness towards Animals—that the claims of the weak and defenceless creatures around us are recognised as they should be.
The names of all who fill up and sign the "form of promise" (which is again printed on the next page), and send it to the Editor, will, as heretofore, be duly inscribed on the Register of the Society; and Certificates of Membership will be forwarded to any who desire to have them, if stamped addressed envelopes be enclosed for the purpose. (The limit of age for enrolment is 21).
Members will also be eligible to become Officers of the Society and receive Officers' Certificates if they induce Fifty other Children to join, and send in that number of "promises" to the Editor, all together; but the small book and medal hitherto awarded to Officers will, in future (as stated on page 55), be given only to those who, in sending up their Fifty "promises," enclose a certificate from a Parent, Teacher, or other responsible person, stating that the collection of such "promises" had been commenced prior to July 1, 1884.
The wonderful progress made by The Little Folks Humane Society since its institution in January, 1882, has, the Editor feels sure, been a source of much gratification to all who have taken part in its work; and while tendering thanks to the Officers and Members—comprising representatives of every rank and station, and living in all parts of the globe—who have so zealously and heartily co-operated with him, he can only express the hope that in the accounts of the Society which he proposes to give in Little Folks from time to time, he may be able to record the same satisfactory progress in its growth during future years as he has in past ones.
The "form of promise" to be signed (which should be copied on half a sheet of note-paper and forwarded to the Editor, after being filled up, and attested by a Parent, Teacher, or other responsible person) is as follows:—
To the Editor of Little Folks. [Here insert full name] I ....................... hereby undertake, as far as it lies in my power, to be kind to every living creature that is useful and not harmful to man. [Full name] ......................... [Address] ........................ ........................ (Age...........) Witness [of signature] ......................... [Date] .........................
All communications to the Editor in reference to the Society should have the words, "Little Folks Humane Society," on the left-hand top corners of the envelopes.