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The Tip-Top House on the top of Mount Washington was twice destroyed by fire and in 1916, Sylvanus Morgan (inset) was hired by the Mount Washington Railroad to rebuild the Tip-Top as it first appeared in the 1860s ( as shown above). It was restored as a museum in 1980 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. COURTESY PHOTOS

Sylvanus D. Morgan, Architect and Builder In Bethlehem and the North Country Compiled by Paul Hudson and Clare Brown Of The Bethlehem Heritage Society

Sylvanus Morgan’s family member Jean Morgan McGregor recently visited the Bethlehem Heritage Society to view our new exhibit on Morgan’s work in Bethlehem. Anne Morgan Williams Riggs,

Morgan’s granddaughter speaks to Paul Hudson, town historian, on a regular basis from New Mexico. She tells him about her grandfather, Sylvanus D. Morgan’s life and works in the North country. He built many houses in Bethlehem and for a time we knew nothing about

him. During the restoration of the “Glamis” house at Stonecrest on Prospect St. in Bethlehem, Paul found pieces of wood with his name on it as the builder. His family has kindly given us the following information. Sylvanus D. Morgan

was born in Weld, Maine. By the time he was 14, in about 1871, his mother and 5 or 6 siblings had all succumbed to tuberculosis. S. D. walked to Hooksett, New Hampshire. He was taken in by his mother’s Kittredge relatives and he finished his See MORGAN on 32

Om Saturday, September 18th a fundraising Bowl-A-Thon will take place at Funspot Family Entertainment Center to benefit the Batchelder Family who recently lost their home in a tragic fire. Bowlers will compete with two strings of Ten Pin and two strings of Candlepin with cash prizes awarded for winners in both. There will also be a 50/50 raffle and the entry fee also includes coffee and donuts as well as pizza and soda. The fee to enter is $40 per players, including bowling shoes, and the event will be limited to 80 bowlers. No preregistarion required, just show up and pay the day of the event. Cash prizes will be based on number of participants. Sign up for the Bowl-A-Thon begins at 9am and the bowling starts at 9:30am. All the proceeds will directly benefit the Batchelder Family in their time of need. Funspot is located at 579 Endicott Street North in Laconia. For more information contact Mike Liappes at 603-366-4377.

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To The Editor: It’s like death by 1,000 cuts — bills keep coming before the legislature which eat away, bit by bit, at local control, in hopes voters won’t notice. Partial bills are being “thrown at the wall to see what sticks” so Sununu and Biden can take zoning and planning decisions from towns and put them squarely in the hands of state and federal governments, as we’ve already seen with Housing Appeals Board. The HAB does not exist to protect you, the homeowner, but to enable predatory developers who don’t care where and how they clutter up your town with highdensity construction. HB 154, one of many similar bills, was passed and signed by Governor, allowing more of your tax dollars to go to developers for high-density housing. HB 132 is still in committee. If it passes, it will allow developers to more densely pack your town by reducing the required lot size to ½ acre for single-family dwellings on parcels served by town water and sewer. Please email HouseMunicipalandCountyGovt@leg. state.nh.us before committee session on 09/08/21. How to stop creeping new urbanism? Please contact your state representatives and tell them to say NO to the Biden/Sununu attempt to impose “New Urbanism” upon NH towns and

to repeal the Housing Appeals Board (HB 288). The HAB is tyrannical because it takes away your right to vote at town meeting. Jane Aitken, Founder BedfordResidents.com

Not Fiction To the Editor: Captain Whiteman and his platoon were ordered to support Afghan soldiers and protect a friendly Afghan village with its 12 American aid workers. Without orders Captain Whiteman withdrew his platoon during the night without telling his Afghan allies and leaving their position indefensible. He left behind a roster of the Afghan army officers, interpreters, cooperating village leaders, and the American aid workers. He also abandoned a cache of sophisticated weapons that the Taliban didn’t have and huge amounts of ammunition. The Afghan village was attacked; the outflanked Afghan army was surprised and routed. The villagers and their families were tortured and killed. The women were raped and taken as sex slaves. The whereabouts of the American aid workers is unknown. Captain Whiteman is being Court Martialed for many offenses with severe penalties, perhaps execution, including: conduct unbecoming an officer, cowardice, misbehavior

before the enemy, desertion, and disobeying orders. The incident described above is fiction. But what this fictional Captain did to a village, President Biden did to Afghanistan and all its’ people. Biden withdrew our small, mostly noncombatant, military presence including the intelligence, maintenance, and air support that the Afghan military had been trained to depend on. Biden abandoned Bagram Airbase at night without telling our allies so they could defend the base. Bagram held thousands of imprisoned terrorists which the Taliban released. Biden abandoned over $80 billion worth of sophisticated military weapons and equipment for the Taliban. For the first time the Taliban has Air Force. They have used our (former) helicopters to hang some of the tens of thousands of our Afghan allies that Biden abandoned. In their march to Kabul the Taliban tortured, killed, raped, and enslaved people. Now the Taliban has a new list of people to target; the list that Biden provided with the names of the Americans, our Afghan interpreters, and other people who helped our efforts that Biden abandoned in Afghanistan. While Biden declares victory and the end of the Afghan war, the Islamic Terrorist war against the rest of the world continues with our abandoned allies in Afghanistan being the first victims. See MAILBOAT on 34

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Happy Birthday To The U.S. Constitution by Hal Shurtleff Director, Camp Constitution Alton, NH

September 17 marks the 234th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. After its approval by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution was sent to the 13 states for ratification; 3/4ths of the states were needed for ratification. Delaware was the first state to ratify it on December 7, 1787, with all its 30 delegates at its state ratifying convention approving it, and on June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution making it the law of the land. Background To The Convention The United States became an independent nation on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress approved of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union-our nation’s first constitution. It was ratified by the states in March of 1781. The Articles of Confederation had many weaknesses which included: It had no means to enforce its laws It was authorized to conduct foreign policy including making treaties conduct war, receive, and send ambassadors but it had no way of enforcing any of it actions. States could impose its own tariffs. It did not have a steady stream of revenue and could not pay down its debts or pay its bills. Congress rarely had a quorum, and any changes in the Articles needed all states to con-

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September 17th marks the 234th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. cur. A number of people realized that the Articles was defective. An early attempt to address the issue took place at the Annapolis Convention held in September 1786. Delegates from five states attended which wasn’t enough for a quorum. However, the delegates proposed that a full convention be held. Congress asked the states to send delegates to a convention in Philadelphia. Twelve states agreed to send delegates to Philadelphian. On May 25, the Constitutional Convention began. The delegates were made up of the most qualified America had to offer. All together there were 55 delegates that participated in the convention. They included George Washington, the “Indispensable Man” who served as of the president of the convention, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, who became known as the “Father of the Constitution,” Roger Sherman, Edmund

Randolph, and George Mason. There was much debate and compromise between states with large populations vs. states with small populations including how the chief executive was to be chosen, how the senate would be chosen, and counting slaves in the census. Today, there are many that believe that the delegates considered blacks to be less that human, hence counting five blacks as three men. States with large slave populations wanted to count slaves as full people which would have given slave states more members in the House of Representatives. Free states and states with small slave populations objected which resulted in the 3/5ths compromise which was repealed when the 14th Amendment was passed. There were times when the convention almost dissolved, but by mid-September the debates were over and on September 17th, 39 delegates signed the

constitution. The Constitution was sent to the 13 states for ratification in which 3/4ths of the states were needed for ratification. Delaware was the first state to ratify it on December 7, 1787, with all its 30 delegates at its state ratifying convention approving it. and on June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution making it the law of the land. Comments on the U.S. Constitution: “The Adoption of the Constitution will demonstrate as visibly the finger of Providence as any possible event in the course of human affairs can ever designate it.” George Washington “I regard it [the Constitution] as the work of the purest patriots and wisest statemen that ever existed, aided by the smiles oof a benignant Providence…It almost appears as a Divine interposition in our behalf.” Daniel Webster See SHURTLEFF on 34

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Dr. Kurk Dorsey To Present Complex Legacy Of The Vietnam War At Wright Museum WOLFEBORO - On Tuesday, September 21, Dr. Kurk Dorsey, Department Chair, History, University of New Hampshire, will present Moving On and Hanging On: The Complex Legacy of the Vietnam War for the United States. Part of the Wright Museum’s 2021 Lecture Series, presented by Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney, Dorsey’s illustrated presentation will cover some of the ways in which the Vietnam War continues to influence the United States today. “We can see in our movies and television shows, political candidates, and many of our foreign policy decisions that the Vietnam War has shaped our society for nearly 50 years,” he said. The Wright Executive Director Mike Culver added, “It will be intriguing and illuminating to hear Dr. Dorsey discuss the ‘complex legacy’ of the Vietnam War that continues to resonate with many Americans after so many decades.” Moving On and Hanging On: The Complex Legacy of the Vietnam War for the United States begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 21 at the Wright Museum, 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro on the first floor of the new DuQuoin Education Center. Admission is $3 for members and $8 for non-members. Masks are optional for fully vaccinated audience members. Reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made by calling 603-569-1212. The region’s leading resource for educators and learners of all ages on World War II, the Wright Museum features more than 14,000 items in its collection that are representative of both the homefront and battlefield. For more information about the 2021 Lecture Series, or museum, visit wrightmuseum.org.

“How Victorian Women Got Dressed” Bonnets, bustles, corsets, and petticoats… Have you ever wondered how Victorian ladies of yesteryear put on all those layers of clothing? Join the Ashland Historical Society as it presents “How Victorian Women Got Dressed”, a presentation by Winnifred Boynton and Julie Morrell, members of the Ashland Reenactors. The presentation will be held on Thursday, September 16 at 7:00 pm at the Ashland American Legion. Admission is free of charge. Donations welcome. Starting from her Victorian underwear, Winnifred’s daughter, Amanda Andriski, helps Winnifred undertake the feat of becoming a perfectly dressed lady, layer by layer. Julie’s fabulous narration will not only inform, but amuse!

Town Wide Yard Sale In Ashland

Ashland’s Fourteenth Town Wide Yard Sale will be held, rain or shine, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 21. The event was cancelled last year because of the pandemic. But, it is expected that many will resume their yard sales at various private sites around the town this year. There will also be a group site for vendors in Memorial Park, in the center of downtown Ashland, at the intersection of Routes 3, 25 and 132. At least three local non-profit groups will participate. The Ashland Historical Society will be in Memorial Park selling raffle tickets for a quilt made by Sue Harville and historical items from our past anniversary celebrations. At the Ashland Town Library across the street from the Park, the Friends of the Library will hold their Book Sale by donation of books, audios and videos. The Ashland Community Church at 57 Main Street will not have a yard sale this year, but they will hold a free cookout from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Town Wide Yard Sale is sponsored by the Community Council of Ashland. So come to Ashland on Saturday, September 18, to find that bargain that is too good to pass by, and maybe that treasure that you have been looking for.

NH Marathon Is Almost Here The New Hampshire Marathon has been described as one of the most beautiful races in New England. The course moves around Newfound Lake during our most spectacular season, peak foliage. Races include a full marathon, half marathon, 10K and kids race and new for 2021 we also have a virtual race option. First held in 1993 as a single race event, the NH Marathon has been New Hampshire’s best kept secret for 27 years! This year the NH Marathon is being run on October 2, 2021. The mission of the NH Marathon is to promote a world class running event and to support area child-centered organizations. Over the years, donors’ fees, race entry fees, and funds from related events have contributed over $275,000 to three local organizations: the Tapply-Thompson Community Center, Circle Program, and Camp Mayhew. These groups provide important support to area youth through year-round programs touching and enriching the lives of over 500 children a year. This would not be possible without the support of community partners and businesses. A special thanks goes to our title sponsor, Hannaford Supermarket in Bristol, NH who generously donated $4,000. Registration for the NH Marathon, half marathon, 10k, kids’ run, and virtual race is now open. Access www.nhmarathon.com to complete the registration form. Not a runner but want to help the cause? Please use the registration link to sign up to be a volunteer. Jobs include helping with registration, parking cars, directing traffic, manning water stops along the route and assisting at the finish line. Many of these positions require only a few hours on the morning of race day. You can also contact race headquarters at race@nhmarathon.com or 603-744-2713.

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A Little Scratch Though I am not much of a gambling man, I have been instrumental over the years in helping those who are. (Of course, not just gambling by Brendan Smith men, but gamWeirs Times Editor bling women as well as all other types of humans who gamble.) Since I have started writing this column in 1995, occasionally I have been asked by the NH Lottery Commission to come up with some fresh ideas for scratch tickets to keep up with the times. In fact, my scratch ticket idea “Pot Holes and Frost Heaves” in 1997 is, I am told, in the NH Lottery Commission Hall Of Fame. (True Story). With accolades like that, it is hard to resist the temptation to continue to create even though I am not much of a scratcher myself. If I can once again find such success, even at sixty-five, I can give Tom Brady a run for his money. Scratch tickets, I case you were not aware, help not only to fund the state’s education system, but also help convenience stores survive, so they do serve an important role. The increasing popularity of online tickets has taken away that important human interaction that is needed for society to evolve. There is nothing like that one-on-one connection between ticket buyer and clerk as ticket dust is rapidly removed with experienced strokes of a coin only to reveal yet another loser. It can be a lonely experience when home in front of a computer, but with a human to share your misery the ordeal can be easier to cope with. Of course, there is also the occasional joy when a ticket is scratched revealing a winner which the scratcher can also share with the clerk.

“Wow, A five dollar winner!” “That’s wonderful. I am so happy for you. Would you like a five dollar ticket instead of cash?” “Of course.” As times change, so do the discriminating tastes of elite scratchers, so the old run of the mill “scratch three stars and win” ideas aren’t enticing the hard-core scratcher and certainly aren’t drawing in the occasional player who usually knows better than to throw his dollar in change after that elusive fortune. In fact, our new politically correct culture has sent some of the more popular scratch tickets to the ticket dust heap. I would name them here, but even doing that may bring a slew of critics to bravely slander me on social media. I am hoping that some of my new ideas, which are sensitive to the direction of our rapidly declining culture, will help draw some more money out of the pockets of folks to help. Here are three of my ideas that are already in the stores. What Really Matters? – This ticket is geared towards the dedicated Social Justice Warrior. If three of the nine scratched squares spell out “Black Lives Matter” you win. (I have already had to redo this ticket since some, when scratched, had the words “All Lives Matter” as a possible combination which, even though they weren’t winners, had some ticket holders going back to the convenience stores in a rage to protest, along with a group of their friends who had nothing else to do. The store owners were not happy since the protesters were covering up the Help Wanted signs.) “How Dare You” – This ticket has proved to be wildly popular with the Climate Change crowd. It costs ten dollars and if you scratch off three melting polar icecaps you win. But be aware that once you scratch off

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The Coming Abortion Insurrection

I told you it was coming. Back in May, on my show, “Sovereign Nation,” I chronicled significant signs of pro-life progress that were driving death-lobby Democrats mad -- and I warned of a wave of intolerant tantrums to come as we hurtle into autumn. It’s here. In a 5-4 ruling last week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to strike down the by Michelle Malkin Texas heartbeat law protecting unborn Syndicated Columnist babies as early as six weeks of age. This follows nationwide adoption of heartbeat laws and other abortion restrictions in so many state legislators that the left-wing Guttmacher Institute apocalyptically reported that “2021 is on track to become the most devastating antiabortion state legislative session in decades.” Extremist pro-abortion ghouls immediately lamented last week that more innocent human lives with detectable heartbeats in the womb will be saved thanks to the decision. Richard Hanania, a former Columbia University research fellow, complained that “(I)f red states ban abortion, we could see a world where they have five times as many children with Down syndrome, and similar numbers for other disabilities.” Saved lives: horrors! That callous response was tame compared with the unhinged rantings of actress Bette Midler, who called on all women to “refuse to have sex with men” in protest of state abortion restrictions. (I’d venture a guess that plenty of men would not consider abstaining from sex with Bette Midler a punishment, but I digress.) The mayor of godforsaken hellhole Portland, Oregon, Ted Wheeler, indignantly proposed a resolution banning city trade and travel with Texas until the state withdraws the law or it gets overturned in court. (I’d venture a guess that very few Texans will consider Portland’s abstinence and withdrawal from the Lone Star State a punishment, but again, I digress.) A literal Satanic Temple announced plans to defy the law and assist any woman who “wishes to undergo the Satanic Abortion Ritual within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.” Meanwhile, webhosting company GoDaddy showed its Satan-sympathizing colors by yanking down a whistleblower website run by Texas Right to Life that aimed to support enforcement of the heartbeat law. Pro-abortion bigotry is similarly out in full force in the tech and entertainment industries. Standing up against the homicidal cancellation of unborn life will get you canceled by Hollywood and Silicon Valley. See MALKIN on 37

Colorblind Is the Moral Ideal Ben Shapiro is off this week. Please enjoy the following column by Dennis Prager.

by Dennis Prager Syndicated Columnist

There is little that reveals the immorality and dishonesty of the left more than its labeling the term “colorblind”

racist. Here are just a few of countless examples: The University of California publishes a list of “microaggressions” -- terms and ideas it considers racist -- that white people should avoid using. The list includes the term “colorblindness” as well as statements such as “there is only one race, the human race.” The left’s racist war on colorblindness is everywhere. Psychology Today published an article by a psychology professor titled, “Colorblind Ideology Is a Form of Racism.” HuffPost published a piece titled, “How Colorblindness Is Actually Racist,” in which the author gives three examples of statements white people make that are racist: “I am colorblind.” “I see people, not color.” “We are all the same.” The Walt Disney Co. recommends that its white employees atone for their racism by “challeng(ing) colorblind ideologies and rhetoric” such as ... “I don’t see color.” Even the U.S. Army got into the act. It sent an email to all personnel saying that the word “colorblind” is “evidence of white supremacy.” (The Army later withdrew the email after a congressman threatened a federal investigation.) I could give dozens of other examples of the left’s Orwellian labelling of “colorblind” as “racist.” Why Orwellian? Because becoming colorblind is precisely what people opposed to racism should aspire to. That is why Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous quote, from his most famous

speech, is: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” The left’s position is that Martin Luther King Jr. was wrong. But it’s the left that’s wrong. The colorblind person is the very definition of a nonracist person. Here’s one obvious proof: The worst racists -- defenders of slavery, supporters of Jim Crow laws and the Ku Klux Klan, just to cite American examples -- were the least colorblind people. Color is the one thing they and all racists see in people. Precisely because they defined people by their color, they justified their subjugation of black people. Colorblind means one does not believe a person’s color is in any way significant. Isn’t that the ideal? Shouldn’t we define a person by their heart, mind, personality and, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, above all, character? When people, of any color, look into a mirror, do they see color? No, they don’t. They see a human being. When a white person looks into a mirror, does he or she think, “Look, a white person!”? When a black person looks into a mirror, does he or she think, “Look, a black person!”? Of course not. When we look at ourselves, we see John, or Jessica, or Tameka, or Jose. We see ourselves -- not color. Why isn’t that how we would want everyone else to see us? The left’s insistence that color is important is one of the most racist and anti-human doctrines of our time. It was precisely when America was most racist that people’s color was deemed most important. Why would we want to return to that time? Why is your skin color any more important than your hair color or, for that matter, the color of your shoes? Name one important thing your color tells others about you. You can’t. Does your color tell us if you’re kind, or smart, or what foods or music you like, or what you do for a living? Does it tell us anything about the most important thing about you -- your valSee PRAGER on 37

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Toxic Victimhood Are you a racist? All white people are, says “White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo. Race explains everything, says bestselling “How to Be an Antiracist” by John Stossel author Ibram X. Syndicated Columnist Kendi. “Every policy is either racist or anti-racist.” Kendi’s and DiAngelo’s books are now recommended reading at schools, corporations and in the military. Both authors command high speaking fees. Isn’t that good? It’s important to

educate people about racism. But John McWhorter, author of “Woke Racism,” says, “The way we’re being encouraged to think, hurts Black people.” In my new video, he gives this example: “There is a disproportionate number of suspensions of Black boys in schools for violence. (Kendi says) that must be racist ... a stereotype of Black men as violent. But ... the data makes it very clear that Black boys do commit more violent acts in schools. If you don’t suspend those boys, the violence is being perpetrated (mostly) against other Black kids.” Kendi’s positions “leave Black kids in the lurch,” says McWhorter.

Kendi and DiAngelo call most every disparity between races “systemic racism.” White people live longer than Black people? Racism. Income inequality? Racism. White and Asian students get higher test scores? Systemic racism. In the past, says McWhorter, civil rights leaders asked, “How can we make it so that Black kids are better at the test?” Now they want to “eliminate the tests” because they “make Black people unhappy.” This just makes the problem worse, he says, because it encourages people to think of themselves as victims. If you believe you are a helpless vic-

tim of racism, why study? The idea that it is “unreasonable to expect Black kids to use analytical thinking in a rigorous way. ... This is a new way of thinking. It’s a religious way of thinking.” Blaming racism for low test scores ignores “aspects of Black culture that don’t stress getting good at those tests -- the way that South Asian immigrant culture clearly does.” Nigerian and Caribbean culture, too. People from those places are often just as dark or darker than Black Americans. They “come here and deal with the same racism that everybody else does. Yet they make the best of See STOSSEL on 34

The Progressive Freakout John Metzler is off this week. Recent data from the Cooperative Election Study shows 20% of atheby Erick Ericksonists have particiSyndicated Columnist pated in a march or protest, compared with 6% of white evangelicals. Forty percent of atheists have contacted a public official, compared with 24% of white evangelicals. Fifty-two percent of atheists have donated to political candidates, compared with just 26% of white evangelicals. Pull back further, and the divide between progressives and conservative evangelicals shows the former, not the latter, more actively involved in protest and politics.

As progressivism secularizes, politics becomes religion. Virtue signaling replaces a Christian ichthus fish on the back of a car. Outrage becomes a signal for identifying heretics. If one is not outraged, one just might be a heretic to secular, progressive zealots. This past weekend, college students took to stadiums across America to experience the joy of fellowship and football. Across television networks and social media, progressives decried the activity as unsafe. Outdoor festivities again became superspreader events in ways mass protests and ransacking small businesses did not during the riots and protests surrounding George Floyd’s death in summer 2020. The Supreme Court let a Texas law stay in place because the plaintiffs

in the case sued the wrong people. The Supreme Court refused to halt the law because the Court does not stop laws. The Court only stops people from enforcing the laws. When the wrong people are sued, the Court has no power to stop them. Progressives insisted, despite the dereliction of duty by the plaintiffs, that the Court should stop the law anyway. While four justices would have done so, they would have deviated from legal precedent. Undeterred, instead of blaming the plaintiffs for their collective screw-up, progressives assailed the Supreme Court, Texas, former President Donald Trump, conservatives and babies. They fixated on the worst-case scenario — rape. According to progressives, women who are victims of rape will have to

carry their babies to term and face untold psychological trauma. They patently ignored that Texas cannot stop a woman from traveling to another state to terminate her child. Nor did they care to point out that rape accounts for, at most, 1% of abortions. To listen to the commentary on television, one would think rape and pregnancies therefrom happen constantly. Meanwhile, one doctor admitted to killing dozens of children in the run-up to the law taking effect, none because of rape, but rather because of the mothers’ convenience. As the remains of a hurricane went up the East Coast, sending flooding with it, progressives freaked out about climate change. Never letting a crisis go to waste, See ERICKSON on 37

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I read an article a short time ago informing the world that we should no longer call a particular moth a “ Gypsy” moth to avoid offending gypsies, and indicated that there would be a name change. A nearby article warned us about the devastation that can be caused by “Japanese” beetles, but I noticed no intent to change the name of that insect. In today’s overly sensitive culture concerning possibly offensive names one needs to be careful about what he/she calls the bugs amongst us. The brown-tail moth was thriving in the town of Hopkinton, New Hampshire in the Spring of 1906 and the town selectmen offered a bounty of three cents for each nest brought in for destruction. By mid-April a total of 5,800 nests had been brought in and some local boys were said to have reaped a harvest. The Portsmouth city council took a different approach in an effort to rid the city of the same pests. They passed

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that had been noted for several years was causing alarm in Franklin. The grasshoppers were said to have been eating every type of vegetable matter in sight in the Webster Place section of the city. They destroyed gardens and reportedly had gone on to chew on telegraph poles and fences. Men who were haying in the fields and had taken their coats off and laid them on the ground found holes in them made by the grasshoppers. Larger pests were causing problems in the town of Northfield. In an area where the wild game were protected from hunting the deer were eating fresh clover and causing other damage to the fields. Farmers were suggesting that the

state should pay for the damage to their land. During the last years of the 19th century New Hampshire residents were made aware of another pest, the Tent caterpillar. The white tent-like structures you see now in September in the treetops are probably not the American tent caterpillar which come earlier in the year, but webworms. The American or Eastern tent caterpillar is a yearly resident, but once every decade or so we are apt to experience a large infestation of these pests. The Granite Monthly magazine in 1900 included an article about the American Tent Caterpillar and the Forest Tent Caterpillar. That See SMITH on 35

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Wright Museum to host Free Admission Days for Teachers WOLFEBORO - On Sunday, September 19, the Wright Museum will offer free admission to New Hampshire teachers, an opportunity made possible by Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB). “We initially conceived this opportunity for just history teachers, but we realized that teachers from a variety of subjects may want to bring their students here,” said Mike Culver, executive director of The Wright. “If you are a teacher in New Hampshire, visit us on Sunday, September 19 and bring someone with you at no charge.” Featuring more than 14,000 items in its collection that are rep-

resentative of both the homefront and battlefield, The Wright works with dozens of schools across the state. “We have a curriculum that has been developed to complement what students learn in the classroom,” said Culver, who noted The Wright provides “a balanced interpretation” of the 1939 - 1945 era. “We look at how the successes and failures from this time period were formative of our nation’s character post-World War II,” he added. Citing their recently renovated Art Gallery, Culver said this space is “incredibly important,” because it enables the Wright to also explore other American history stories through rotating

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exhibits. “We have delved into so many societal issues that are currently pertinent as well as those subjects associated exclusively with WWII,” he said. “We address past and contemporary topics and place them into context to create a better understanding of the American character. This is a wonderful place for all ages, but especially students.” Presented by Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB, remaining Free Admission Sundays for New Hampshire teachers take place on September 19 and October 17. For more information about The Wright or special events, visit wrightmuseum.org.

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Letters From God This series of Letters From God is an attempt to put the thoughts of God as revealed in the Scriptures as they relate to individuals and the nation of the USA.

wouldn’t allow it. I stood against them (Jeremiah 21:13). You have taken the same path as Israel. I had blessed you beyond any nation in the history of the world. You won wars, like the Revolutionary, First & Second World Wars, that were not humanly possible without my blessing. Your leaders, at that time, revered me and looked to me for my strength and blessing. None were perfect, but they honored me by acknowledging me and my word as the basis of their morality. I was welcomed into virtually every school, most of government proceeding and judicial judgements. As a result, I honored their faith with resources that gave them victory after victory. Like Israel, however, you threw me out of your schools, you banished me from most government and judicial proceedings, from public squares and civic activities. My Book, The Bible, was for years, what children in your country, used as a primer to learn to read and write. It was the basis of oaths taken by political leaders, witnesses in trials and many other places. Though you were never perfect you used my Word, in The Bible, as the basis of morality, judgements and correct living. Now, however it is no longer welcomed but rejected and often with tolerance for other religions and false gods instead of me. It was inevitable that you would, as a result, abandon my commands and standards for life. Just as Israel, in the time

of the Judges, rejected me and had no divine King, and as a result every man & woman did what was right in their own eyes, you began to practice and endorse sinful behavior that I called abominable and worthy of judgement (Judges 17:6). You, like Israel, who worshiped the false god, Molech (Leviticus 20:3), began to sacrifice your children through abortions, even while I was forming each of them in the womb (Psalm 139:13-19). You have made a mockery of marriage and now family, which I instituted at creation and told you, what I have joined together, no man is to separate (Malachi 2:13-16). You have endorsed and even legislated sexual orientations I never ordained or ever blessed. You call evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20); you honor me with your lips, but your hearts are far from me (Matthew 15:8). As a result, I can’t bless and must bring painful consequences upon you. I do this because you have disobeyed me, but I also do this because those consequences are the only way you might turn back to me and to my blessings (Isaiah 26:910). Sadly, for many, they continue on despite my judgments upon them (Isaiah 1:1-15). I did not stand with my Chosen People, Israel when they departed from me. I did not stand with churches when they departed from me and practiced things that I called abhorrent (Revelation 2:5). I can’t stand with you as well. I can’t bless and I must

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QUESTION: Is The Failure In Afghanistan An Indication Of Losing Your Blessing? I appreciate your question, and I sadly answer it by responding, YES! You must know that I both give and withdraw my blessings, depending on your desire to trust me and obey me. On a number of occasions, I had to forsake, my Chosen people, Israel. I remember the day that I withdrew my presence from their temple, shortly before they were taken captive by their enemy, Babylon (Ezekiel 10). They had the unique and distinguished privilege of having me dwell among them and manifest my presence within their Capital city of Jerusalem and in the Temple that I asked them to build. Because of their continual sin and rebellion against me, however, I withdrew my presence and my blessing. I am holy, without even a trace of sin or evil. But when my people turned away from me, worshipped other gods and practiced vile sins, I could dwell with them no longer. With me, they and their nation were indomitable (Joshua 1:5). I am almighty and I will give my resources to support and sustain all, when you walk with me, obey me, and please me. Without me, however, they could not win. I

curse (Deuteronomy 11). Like Nineveh, you can be restored, if you turn back to me (Jonah 3), but the longer you wait and the farther you distance yourself from me, the harder it will be. You will seal your fate. Never forget that I am God, Almighty. There is no other God. You must listen to me, obey me and serve me, as you once did, or your defeats will increase until you, like other nations, will crumble. I wish I could bring you better news, but you are forcing my hand and my will. If you would live, turn back to me and my will, fast and fully and choose leaders who will lead you to me, instead of away from me. I love you and I long to bless you. Live in such a way that I can. God These letters are written by a New Hampshire pastor.

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Busy September for New Hampshire Boat Museum WOLFEBORO - In September, the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) will host a number of events to conclude a successful and busy 2021 season, highlighted by its biennial Vintage Race Boat Regatta. Featuring dozens of vintage boats, including small outboards, Grand Prix hydroplanes, Jersey Skiffs and Gold Cup racing boats, the Regatta is a free spectator event that takes place on Wolfeboro Bay, September 17 and 18. The Regatta also features evening events for the public, including a Cocktail Party on Friday, September 17 and an Awards Dinner Fall Social takes place on Saturday, September 18 under a large tent outside NHBM. “These are great opportunities to meet the

Haley Brown, race boat driver in The New Hampshire Boat Museum’s Vintage Race Boat Regatta 2019. drivers who come from throughout the nation to compete in this exciting event,” said NHBM Executive Director Martha Cummings. While it will close on Columbus Day in

October, NHBM will continue, however, to offer digital learning opportunities through its Virtual Lecture Series. Featuring former Olympians and renown authors, the Series

explores the sport of rowing and crew from many perspectives. “This is your chance to learn about the diversity that is emerg-

Steve Noury (l) of South Shore Outboard Association and John van Lonkhuyzen from The New Hampshire Boat Museum. ing in this sport and how it reflects and reinterprets American culture,” added Cummings. “Our exhibits and programs are increasingly developed with diversity in mind.”

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Scheduled for Thursday, September 23 at 7 p.m., NHBM’s next lecture will feature Wolfeboro, New Hampshire native Hilary Gehman, two-time Olympian (2000 & 2004) and sixtime National Team member. “We are thrilled to have Hillary join us for this year’s exciting lecture series,” said Cummings. In addition to its own programs and events, NHBM is working to promote hydroplane racing through a partnership with the South Shore Outboard Association (SSOA). “We will be in attendance at SSOA’s Kingston Sprint Cup Invitational on September 25 - 26 in Kingston, New Hampshire,” said Cummings. “Our broader goal at the museum is to encourage people of all ages to not only enjoy the state’s fresh waterways, but appreciate their importance as a natural and economic resource.” Hosted by the Kingston Children’s Center, the Granite State Title Series & Sprint Cup Invitational will feature small outboard hydroplane racing “at its best.” “The SSOA event is great fun to watch for the whole family,” said Cummings. This event is truly a race whereas our Regatta is a live exhibition.” Cummings expressed gratitude for those who have supported NHBM this season. “This has been an incredible year, and we are so thankful for all those who continue to support our mission, including our sponsors, members and individual donors,” she added.

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The sun was starting to set behind the marsh, casting a golden glow on the backyard. In this magical light, we could see dragonflies by the dozens, perhaps hundreds, zipping around the yard. Looking closer, aided by the light, we could see hundreds, if not thousands, of mosquitoes, presenting themselves as tiny specs in the air. Looking even closer, we could see the dragonflies chase down and eat the mosquitoes. The mosquitoes didn’t stand a chance against these perfectly engineered predators. I went out to try my luck at photographing a dragonfly in midair. It’s been an elusive shot in my catalog of nature photos. Even with the sheer numbers of dragonflies and the perfect evening sun at my back, the shot proved to be a challenge. I somewhat met the challenge, however. I wouldn’t say I nailed the shot as it’s not ideally composed, focused, exposed or any other type of technical photography term you can think of. But, for my purposes, it’s not bad. I’m not shooting for National Geographic or anything. Dragonflies are small, fast and can move in any direction. It’s not easy to get a good shot of a dragonfly when it’s

A green darner chases mosquitoes in a backyard in New England last week. perched, let alone zipping around in unpredictable patterns. I tried to follow an individual dragonfly through the camera lens. That was a lesson in futility. Even if I could follow one (which I couldn’t) it would have been impossible for the autofocus mechanism to keep up. Manual focusing by panning the subject wouldn’t have worked either. Not even close. So I tried a trick I used sometimes when I was a sports photographer. I focused on a spot and waited for something to enter the frame. Actually, in this case, there were so

many dragonflies that they were constantly in the frame so I just held down the shutter. Just because they were in the frame doesn’t mean the shots came out OK. On the contrary, 99 percent of the photos were instantly deleted because they were out of focus, usually by a long shot. But I kept trying and made adjustments to the camera as I went along and the sun continued to set. I have no idea how many photos I took, but it didn’t really matter. Digital cameras can hold lots of photos these days. This would have been impossible to do with

the “old” film camera. Imagine blowing through several rolls of expensive oil and paying the cost of having them developed only to see a bunch of blurry dots. That was our reality not too long ago. Clearly, the dragonflies didn’t eat all of the mosquitoes as I donated a few pints of blood trying to get the shots. What is it about my ankles that mosquitoes like so much? As I mentioned earlier, dragonflies are a perfect predator for their prey and a single dragonfly can catch and eat dozens or even hundreds of mosquiSee BOSAK on 34

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Every year about this time pigskin pundits make “bold predictions” as to who will win the NFL’s various divisions. I don’t know what is so bold about making such predictions. Unless, of course, one’s putting big bucks on the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl. That’s bold. But if sportswriters’ predictions come true then they get cred (credibility) with sports fans. And cred has value. Ergo the predictions. Being usually wrong, sportswriters tend not to bring up their mispredictions when the seasons end. Which brings me back to my days as a sportswriter and columnist for John Harrigan’s Coos County Democrat. In 1979 I did a preseason NFL column featuring “bold” football forecasts, predicting the winners in the NFL’s then-six divisions. My boldest pick was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the NFC Central. Considering that Tampa Bay’s Bucs are now reigning Super Bowl champs, that may not seem so bold. But when the Bucs began play in 1976 they lost their first 26 games, going into 1977 when they finally won two games. They’d won five games in 1978. So who’d dare predict them to finish first in 1979? Me. And so it came to pass.

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The early Tampa Bay Buccaneer football teams not only had the NFL’s worst records but they also had the NFL’s worst uniforms The Bucs did win their division that year. And my other picks were also on the money. The Cowboys in the NFC East. The Rams in the NFC West. The Dolphins in the AFC East. The Steelers in the AFC Central. That left the AFC West, where I’d picked the Broncos. They’d led the division most of the season but stumbled at the end and needed to win their season finale at San Diego to finish first. It was the very last game to finish out the NFL’s regular season schedule. If the Broncos won then I’d have picked all six division winners. I figured I had to be the only sportswriter in the country to accomplish that. Big time cred! Who the heck else would have picked Tampa Bay to finish first? I figured I could parlay that distinction into dollars. Las Vegas people would pay me “mucho dinero” for my prognostications, once they saw that all my peerless preseason predictions had come true. Cred. I’d become a famous modern-day “Nostrada-

mus.” But Denver had to win that final game in San Diego. Final Score: Chargers 17 Broncos 7. There would be no Las Vegas deal. Which brings us to 2021. Does anyone want my predictions? (I didn’t think so.) But I will make one forecast as to the next NFL champion. The Cleveland Browns will beat Tampa Bay in the Super Bowl. How’s that for “bold?” Sports Quiz Who was the coach of those hapless Tampa Bay football teams of the seventies? (Answer follows) Born Today That is to say, sports standouts born on Sept. 16 include L.A. Laker hoop legend Elgin Baylor (1934) and Tampa Bay Buc lineman Charles McRea (1968). Sports Quote “I thought we had a deal. Now I feel as though I’ve been jilted at the altar.” – Tampa Bay Buccaneer owner Hugh Culverhouse in

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and Julie shared her mac & cheese with summer sausage with me for supper. Just as night came, so did the rain and the arrival of a dozen AT thru-hikers. They were noisy, built a giant fire and set up their tents in places around that fire ring where it didn’t look possible to set up a tent. When it began to rain hard it became quiet

and everyone was off to bed by 7:30 pm. After more than 10 miles of hiking and climbing we slept well and looked forward to the morning when we would begin another long walk. Safford Notch Campsite to West Carry Pond Lean-to campsite, 12 miles. During the night the

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second breakfast. Gone with the Wind, a retired couple from Georgia we had met at the campsite, caught up to us and our break overlapped with theirs. We met a local older couple along the shore of Flagstaff Lake who are the volunteer trail maintainers of that section and they told us wonderful stories about the area. Julie soaked her feet in the Lake and I went for a dip. We enjoyed our long walk in the forest. Big Pines and delicate looking young Cedar trees lined the trail. At West Carry Pond Lean-to we saw Loons as we filtered the pond water to make our supper. We were the first at the site and when we heard thunder we quickly set up our tents and finished the task just in time to stow our gear inside as the sky dumped buckets of rain. We ran to the lean-to with our food and prepared supper high and dry inside. Gone with the Wind arrived first and one began to prepare their supper while the other set up

their tent. An hour later the rest of the gang from the previous night arrived soaking wet. After a couple of hours the rain let up and they built a huge fire and stood around it trying to dry off. 8pm is hikermidnight. West Carry Pond Leanto to Harrison’s Pierce Pond Camps, 11 miles.

The Loons sang to us all night long and it was a lovely morning. Gone with the Wind and most of the others left before the sunrise to hike the flatish 15 miles to reach the Kennebec River crossing before the canoe-ferry stopped running at 2pm. We continued our long walk and we walked in the footsteps of Col. Benedict Arnold’s army on their way to attack Quebec; the AT follows their portage trail between Middle and West Carry Ponds. The long walk went by quickly with good footing and no hills. We met a solo gal hiking towards us and she was floating on air. “I met the cutest See PATENAUDE on 31

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Flagstaff Lake along the Appalachian Trail. The name Flagstaff was chosen by the first settlers of the village because it is where Benedict Arnold’s army erected a flagstaff at their camp on their way to invade Quebec in 1775. In the 1950’s the Long Falls Dam was built and Flagstaff Lake now covers its namesake abandoned village.

Two more AT thru hikers on their way to Mount Katahdin about to cross the wide and swift Kennebec River. This is the widest unbridged water crossing on the Appalachian Trail. We let these hikers go ahead of us so they wouldn’t have to wait to get back hiking on the trail. Our day was nearly done and we savored our time on the bank of the big river.

PATENAUDE from 30 guy and I ate the best pancakes at Harrison’s,” she sang as we crossed paths. At Pierce Pond Lean-to, posted on its wall, was information about the happy pancakes. We ate our lunch on the shore of Pierce Pond and we headed to Harrison’s Maine Hunting Camp just a third of a mile off the AT and decided to stay. Our host, Tim, showed us to a rustic log cabin right on the bank of the Pierce Pond Stream. Truly a hiker’s heaven. We spent the rest of the afternoon soaking and dipping in the stream’s cool water. We missed the sunset over the pond and the song of the Loons but we had our sleeping bags spread out on good mattresses and the sound of the stream lulled us to sleep.

banana and blueberry and a side of sausage and eggs. Deer mounts and trophy fish are hung on the dining room walls and there is a fine view of the stream out of the window. Breakfast ended at 7:30 and we were back on the trail. Julie told me that the crossing of the Kennebec is the lowest elevation of the AT in the State of Maine. It felt like we had been walking downhill for two days. Now we followed the stream while admiring its cascades and waterfalls all the way to the big River. The canoe ferries the first hikers at 9am and we arrived in time to see the first hikers reach the other side. We sat on a log with the 4 hikers that blew past us on the trail earlier. The Maine Guide takes two hikers across at a time about every 15 to 20 minutes. The hiker in the bow gets to help paddle. Just before it was our turn two hikers arrived. We made them crazy happy by letting them go ahead

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Julie hanging out her tent to dry on the porch of our log cabin on the Pierce Pond Stream at Harrison’s Pierce Pond Camps. There is trail magic along every mile of the Appalachian Trail and just off the trail we found treasure, a traditional rustic Maine sportsmen camp. For breakfast we ate pancakes in the dining room of the main lodge with other hikers that stayed at the nearby lean-to. history beginning in the 1930’s and we learned that Tim has owned and run the camp the last 36 years. Living in the wilderness is a labor of love and the joy that he is able to share with hikers and other sportsmen is a gift. Julie and

I talked about returning to kayak and bird watch. Breakfast served at 7am sharp is limited to 9 hikers that made a reservation in person the previous evening. $12 buys 12 patriotic pancakes, raspberry,

of us since our hiking was just about over. The wind blew and there were a few white caps. I wished we could have paddled upstream to enjoy the river longer. It was a short walk to reach the paved road and small parking area where my car was waiting.

We both would have liked to keep on going to Monson. Next time. Have Fun. Amy Patenaude is an avid skier/outdoor enthusiast from Henniker, N.H. Readers are welcome to send comments or suggestions to her at: amy@weirs.com.

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, September 16, 2021 — MORGAN from 1 schooling there. His health evidently deteriorated working for eighty cents a day in a sawmill in Hooksett. He was encouraged to move the White Mountains to ward off Tuberculosis. The family story has it that he worked for a while as a barber, however, by the 1880 census, he was a boarder in the home of Thomas W. Bean in Bethlehem and working as a house carpenter-soon to become a renowned architect and contractor. In a letter written from Hooksett about 1876 to a cousin, S.D. already showed an interest in architecture, as he drew simple pictures in his letter of the Hooksett Hotel and a picture of a large house he was thinking about building for himself. According to Bryant F. Tolles, Jr.’s book,

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Sylvanus Morgan built an addition to the famous Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods. MORGAN from 32 owned the Centennial House (Arlington Hotel, demolished in 2013); The Edgemont (1903) which is across the street from the Abbe house on Berkley St. (This was built for Miss Emily S. Perkins and later bought by Mr. and Mrs. Ruel W. Poor. Mr. Poor was a national figure in the banking business ending his career as the chair of the board of the Chase Manhattan Bank). He built the Ivie Cottage (1908) by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ivie. Mr. Ivie was the manager of the first F.W. Woolworth store in Manhattan and returned in 1928 as the head buyer for the entire Woolworth Company. His wife, Henrietta was the sister of Frank Woolworth, the founder. (The Heritage has a remarkable pictorial history of this home during the construction); the Glengarry Cottage (1908), which is next to the Ivie Episcopal Church (built for Dr. and Mrs. John W. Kenney) and the Beaumont Cottage, 1908, on Park Ave, was built for Mr. and Mrs. Charles 0.

Sylvanus Morgan and wife, Henrietta who was the sister of Frank Woolworth. Beaumont of Philadelphia. Sylvanus built the New Profile House in Franconia Notch. On October first of 1905, the first Profile House was taken down with a small portion saved for the new hotel. Under Morgan’s experienced supervision, the shell of the new hotel was raised and closed in before December first by a crew of 300 men who took up temporary residence in Fran-

conia Notch. With the help of steam heat and large wood stoves, work went on all winter, which was luckily a mild one. Morgan also built The Tip Top Lodge in Sugar Hill, Eastern Slope Inn in North Conway, and built an addition to and completion of the Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods. He also built the 3rd Summit House on Mt. Washington, as well as being the contracting supervisor in rebuilding the Tip Top House as it first looked in the 1860’s. His commercial buildings also includ-

ed the Glencliff Sanatorium and the Memorial Hospital in North Conway; The Newport National Bank (1912); the Club House at the Bethlehem golf course (1912) and in Lisbon, the Boynton and Bank Blocks, Lisbon High School, the Congregational Parish House, and some of the rooms at the Masonic Lodge. His family home, which he built, is on Highland St. in Lisbon. He is said to have had two ”firsts” in the North Country construction business. He was the first to use steel girders/beams and this was done to his addition to the Balsams in Dixville

Notch, and he prefabricated the frame for the Mt. Washington Summit House, building them in his shop/ barn in Lisbon during the winter and then transporting them to the base of Mt. Washington by train and then up to the top of Mt. Washington on the Cog Rail train. In the 1920’s, his construction days seem to dwindle. He had a trucking business in the 1920’s which ended about 1932. He also tried selling generators to farmers. He passed away at his home in Lisbon on March 15, 1948 and is buried in the Lisbon Cemetery.

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, September 16, 2021 — SMITH from 11 article described the life-cycle of these pests and the destruction they cause to New Hampshire trees. The American tent caterpillar emerges from eggs in early spring when the leaves first make their appearance. The grown caterpillar then spins a cocoon for itself, enters the pupa state, emerges as a moth which lays eggs to begin a new cycle. The eggs are laid upon the twigs of the apple and wild cherry trees that this creature prefers and can destroy if there are enough of the caterpillars to defoliate the tree three years in a row. Clarence Moores Weed wrote the 1900 article to explain the life-cycle

from predators. They go out from the webs to eat the leaves on the tree but return when their appetites are satisfied. If the tent becomes too small for the growing inhabitants they move to another location and build a larger one. Six weeks after hatching the two inch caterpillars are full grown and travel down the tree to find a place to spin a cocoon in which they change into a pupa state. Two or three weeks later they emerge from the cocoon as a brown moth. The moth lays the eggs that hatch the following spring. The caterpillar expert wrote about two events in the year 1898 that put an end to several years of large numbers of tent

Tent of caterpillars that was attacked by birds ( from Granite Monthly). of this creature and its habits. The new-born caterpillars congregate on a fork of the tree where they begin laying the silk-like webs that become their tent. As the caterpillars grow the tent which shelters them also grows. It provides a warm shelter for the little creatures on cold Spring nights and offers some protection

caterpillars. The first was a long continuous period of spring rains in central New England that occurred just after the little caterpillars hatched and before they had time to build their tents. The heavy rains washed many of the little caterpillars off the trees and they died. The second event that was said to have destroyed

Picture of caterpillar tent from the June, 1900 Granite Monthly Magazine. most of the remaining larvae was the outbreak of a disease brought on by damp weather in May and early June. The Forest Tent Caterpillar was said to be similar to the American Tent Caterpillar but hatching a little later in the Spring, preferring maple and oak trees, and not building as elaborate tents. An article in the September 6, 1902 issue of The Ashland Citizen reported that in some areas of New Hampshire the most notable insect of the recent growing season was the squash bug. The preferred method of combating the squash bugs was to pick them off the plants by hand, but this was said to have become more difficult as the season progressed as the young bugs were hard to find. The article declared that kerowater, a mixture of water and kerosene would kill the bugs. A mixture containing 8% of kerosene however, was said to kill the bugs but also killed the tender squash plants. An alternative method was to use a mixture with 2% kerosene which would release an odor when

sprayed on the plants and the ground which would cause the squash bugs which were con-

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and destroyed without killing the plants. An 8% kerowater mixture could be used on the ground alone to destroy the nymphs of the squash bug. To my knowledge ticks were not a major problem in New Hampshire until recent years but have become a greater health concern than most of the bugs we have had to deal with in the past. Mosquitoes have bitten us for years, but have become of greater concern because of the “bugs” they now carry into New Hampshire. I’m sure that we would be hearing more about the 2021 tick infestation if it were not for the COVID-19 pandemic. There seems to be no let-up of bugs that have troubled us down through the years.

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Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. His latest book, published by Regnery in May 2019, is “The Rational Bible,” a commentary on the book of Genesis. His film, “No Safe Spaces,” was released to home entertainment nationwide on September 15, 2020. He is the founder of Prager University and may be contacted at dennisprager.com.

prescriptions pending further study. Progressives freaked out about Rogan and his doctor while assailing Texas for getting between a woman and her doctor. All of the freaking out is theater. In the postmodern age, one demonstrates one’s commitment to a particular truth or cause through performance. The screaming and wailing on social media and television is performance designed to both signal one’s commitment to a supposed truth and identify the heretics who choose not to perform.

As progressives continue making secularism a religion, the ritualistic outrage will get more intense, but this will also help discredit the progressive cause. Most people don’t have time for outrage these days as they struggle to get by thanks to progressives closing schools and causing inflation with massive spending binges. To find out more about Erick Erickson and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators webpage at www.creators.com.

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