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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-09-24

spurs, took the candle from the table,
pushed aside the curtain, and entered
the bedroom.
The little boy was lying on his face,
with his arm around his fathers neck
talking to him. Whispering Smith bent
a moment over the bed, and setting
the candle on the table, put his hand
on the boys shoulder. He disengaged
the hand from the cold neck, and sit
ting down took it in his own. Talking
low to the little fellow, he got his
attention after much patient effort and
got him to speak. He made him,
though struggling with terror, to I'M
derstand that he had come to be his
friend, and after the child had sobbed
his grief into a strange heart he ceased
to tremble, and told his name and his
story, and described the two horse
men and the horses they had left.
Smith listened quietly. Have you had
any supper, Dannie? No? You must
have something to eat. Can't you eat
anything? But there is nice pan OF
fresh milk in the kitchen"
A burst OF tears interrupted him.
"Daddie just brought in the milk. and
was frying the ham, and heard
them shooting"
"See how he took care Of you till
the last minute, and left something
for you after he was gone. Suppose
he could speak now, don't you think
he would want you to do as l say?
am your next friend now, for you are
going to be a railroad man and have a
big engine"
Dannie looked up. dad wasn't
afraid of those men," 4,
Wasn't he, Dannie?"
"He said we would be all right and
not to be afraid"
did her
HE said Whispering Smith was
coming"
my poor boy"
HE is coming. don't be afraid. Do
you know Whispering Smith? He is
coming. The men tonight all said he
was coming"
The little fellow for a long time
could not be coaxed away from his
father, but his companion at length
got him to the kitchen. When they
came back to the bedroom the strange
man was talking to him once more
about his father. I'VE must try to
think how he would like things done
now, mustn't we? All of us felt so bad
when we rode in and had so much to
do we couldn't attend to taking care
of your father. Did you know there
are two men out at the crossing now,
guarding 1t with rifles? But If you and
/ keep real quiet we can do something
they have to ride all day tomorrow.
We must wash his face and hands.
don't you think so? And brush his
hair and his beard. II you could Just
find the basin and some water and
towel-you couldn't find brush, could
you? Could you honestly? WE'LL 1
call that a good boy-we shall have to
have you on the railroad, sure. We
must try to find some fresh clothes
these are cut and stained: then l will
change his clothes, and we shall all
feel better. Don't disturb the men;
they are tired"
They worked together by the candle
light. When they had done, the boy
had a violent crying spell, but Whisper.
ing Smith got him to lie down beside
him On a blanket spread on the floor.
where Smith got his back against the
sod wall and took the boys head in his
arm. He waited patiently for the boy
to go 70 sleep. but Dan was afraid the
murderers would come back Once he
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-09-24
CHAPTER XVI.
Williams Cache.

Williams CdCne.
Ed Banks had been recalle, before
daybreak from the middle pass. Two
of the men wanted were now known
to have crossed the creek, which
meant they must work out of the coun'
try through Williams Cache.
"If you will take your best two men,
Ed" said Whispering Smith, sitting
down with Banks at breakfast, land
strike straight for Canadian pass to
help Gene and Bob Johnson, I'll under
take to ride in and talk to Rebstock
while Kennedy and Bob Scott watch
Deep creek. The boy gives good de-
scription, and the two men that did
the job here are Du Sang and Flat
Nose. Did l tell you how we picked
up the trail yesterday? Magpies. They
shot scrub horse that gave out on
them and skinned the brand. 1t
fastened the banquet, but we got there
before the birds were all seated. Great
luck, wasn't it? And it gave us a
beautiful trail. One of the party
crossed the Goose river at American
fork, and Brill Young and Reed fol-
lowed him. Four came through the
Mission mountains; that is cinch and
they are in the Cache-and If they get
out it Is our fault personally, Ed, and
not the Lords"
Williams Cache lies in the form Of
a great horn, with a narrow entrance
at the lower end known as the Door,
and rock fissure at the upper end
leading into Canadian pass; but this
fissIre is so narrow that a man with
a rife could withstand a regiment. For
100 miles east and west rise the gran
tie walls of the Mission range, broken
nowhere save by the formation known
as the Cache. Even this does not PEN
crate the range; 1t is a pocket, and
runs not over halfway into it and out
again. But no man really knows the
Cache; the most that may be said Is
that the main valley is known, and It
Is known as the toughest mountain
fissure between the Spanish sinks and
the Mantrap country. Williams Cache
lies between walls 1000 feet high, and
within 1t is small labyrinth of can
yons. A generation ago, when Medi-
cine Bend for one winter was the
terminus of the overland railroad, vigil
lantes mercilessly cleaned out the
town, and the few outlaws that es.
capped the shotgun and the moose at
Medicine Bend found refuge In a far
away and unknown mountain gorge
once named by French trappers the
Cache. Years after these outcasts had
come to infest 1t came one desperate
more ferocious than all that had gone
before. He made frontier retreat of
the Cache, and left to 1t the legacy Of
his evil name, Williams. Since his
day 1t has served, as 1t served before,
for the haunt of outlawed men. No
honest man lives in Williams Cache,
and few men of any sort live there
long, since their lives are lives of vio-
lence; neither the law nor a woman
crosses Deep creek. But from the day
of Williams to this day the Cache has
had its ruler, and when Whispering
Smith rode with little party through
the Door into the Cache the morning
after the murder in Mission valley he
sent an envoy to Rebstock, whose sue
cess as a cattle thief had brought its
inevitable penalty. 1t had made
Rebstock a man of consequence and
of property and a man subject to the
anxieties and annoyances of such re-
sponsibility.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-09-24
"Now Shall | Break Your Arm7"

the chute, made a helter-skelter run
for Sleepy Cat. At three o'clock they
struck north for the Mission noun
tains.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-07
BELL-MAIN 1898.
H0ME-CITY 1885.

For the convenience OF patrons.
arrangements have been made with
tho following 10 receive liner ad-
refreshments at the same rate as
charged at the home office:
EAST SIDE.
Hong hten-French Coal Co., 432 Can
neld ave east.
VT. Elliott Pharmacy, Mt. Elliott and
Gratiot-aves
y. BrowB, 1889 Jefferson-ave.
). McPherson, 2400 Gratiot-ave.. oppo-
site car barns.
WEST SIDE.
q. q. Eanor. Sg5 Grand River-sve.
Turner stanton, 16S Myrtle-st
T. -. Drisco1l, AZ Michigan-ave.
y. w. Willard, l419 Forrest. west.
W. w. Bush, 59i Michigan-ave.
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Deliver, Democrat

de-
OF the lie
Xeraly interesting, sometimes right
told making OF the Dingey
thus
defend that aw2
defended or
the old defenses
In rising lbO
the clothes that their backs
That
telling all about tariff sched-
Doliyer saying word.
the Iowa
Republicans who
immaculate perfection OF the Dngey schedules
fraud He said
Democratic
horrible being
refused defend the schedules Dover helped
ke
And to
relief still available indicated followed
| Adrch bued in the wool schedule with this
he
original along these lines
terated reiterated
chamber has
ken wooens
Democratic claims which
lion
There Doliyer you does feel to be
led the
! witt those
hur the ephet
I'D public
But In in
thing the
hness OF the opportunity
schedules
3tude gyraions
The
least of
Jed by Aldch. and in for big
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The.
People

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Persons whose names appear I'm
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The Detroit times., 1909-05-07
DAILY DEATH LIST.

Anna Polaske. &c years. so2 Eigh-
teenth: epilepsy
Emily. 5. Dutton. So years. AZ Taft;
heart disease.
Anna Kuharka, 40 years. 4s Ruby -pl.
Pneumonia.
Elizabeth Luther 20 years 10 Rose
dale; cerebral hemorrhage.
John y. Steinbach. 90 years, ISL
Bates, nephritis.
Mary Miller &C years: so South;
bronchitis
Lucy Decker IS years. 97s Van Dyke;
senility.
katherine Linderman. IS years. Chi
caRo Ill. intestinal obstruction.
David Rottenberg. ; years. Children
Free hospital, meningitis
AnnastnrIa Slcslnska Sc years s67
Kirby east; ncphrltis.
Edward Rose, 81 years. Clinton
Mich: pneumonia.
Augusta Meyer, ie years Bedford
Ohio; shock
Louisa Wolf, AZ years. Bedford, O.;
shock.
Mary r. Koch. az years. Grace hos
pital; shock. operative.
oliver Maillatt. 4 months. l15 Bur
demo; commissions.
job murphy Is years, ST Mary
hospital, hemiplegia.
Josephine Rohr Al years. 242 st. An
tome. operative shock
Jennie Roberts, 81 years. IL Bushy;
carcinoma
Julia Calm. 80 years, 7ss f. Willis;
diabetic coma.
Annie Smith. 81 years. Ridgetown
Ont: Bright's disease
Edmund 8. Mccain. &c years ~
Braina rd: arterio sclerosis.
A. T. Danielson, 20 years 1i9 Lin
den; pneumonia.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Antonio CifaldL 80. CarmeIe SaIo-
none. 81.
Robert w Chadwick. 30. Buffalo ~.
Y. Celia NJ Hess. a. Detroit.
Walter kulsa. %. stella Lemkie. Is.
Frederick @. Jenkins, 80. Florence
Foreman. 10.
Thomas III. Hackett, 80 Rose T.. Hill.
90
Leslie O. Hopkins. SO; Mary Johnson.
40
John wojtowicz, 81, Apolonia Gu
baia, II.
Albert Peliszko. 25 Kate ZemeIka, 90.
Robert Mcdonald, 81: Mary Burns. 30
Szezpan Craczik. 20; Anna Soloczin-
ski IS
The Detroit times., 1909-05-07
BIRTHS

GIRLS
NJ Bothwick. 400 Milwaukee.
David Dusky. ll2 CharlevoiX.
Casmir Wicskowski. 81 Thirty-second
Senekerim Hogopian, 26S Field
Robert Smith, t9S Adelaide.
Giuseppe DiPrro. 349 Watson.
Carl Brooke. i26 Alfred
Victor Milard. 80 Guilloz
Scott Kimball. t29 Gilbert
Anthony Posprichalsky 405 Garfield.
William Coverdalc. 1864 Holcomb.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-07
BIRTHS.

Joseph DeCiceo. 7s7 Rlvard.
Anthony Mercurio. i39 Rivard.
Ludovico Fiori, 1876 Illinois.
BOYS
Domenico D'Filippo. 500 Rlvard.
Edward Motl. 1896 Twenty NTH.
Robert tombstone, PSI Lincoln.
Alexander Spater. 30 Grummond.
Joseph Szafta 900 Dubois.
Paul I.oewe, 1872 Central.
John Iberia. l29 Crossley
Joseph Schikora. 1895 Forest.
Frank Bielsky. 500 Superior.
Geo. Barry. 1873 Crane
Frank Shannon. 235 First
The Detroit times., 1909-05-07
Bucket Shop Men Guilty.

CINCINNATI. O.. May Louis
w. Foster, Ed He'll, ]. NJ Scott. Wal
ter Campbell and Arthur Baldwin,
members of the defunct bucket shop
known as the Odell Brokerage Co.,
were today found guilty in United
States court of using the mails To de-
fraud in conducting their b~cket shop
bus ness. Motion for new trial was
made and Is being argued.
The longest aerial telegraph line in
the world without break. is a recent
ly completed stretch OF over 5000
miles in Australia.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-07

MICH. CREMATION ASSOCIATION. :
per cent interest certificate. good Tor
one cremation. +. y kolh, Treas.
and General Manager 1926 r.. Bouls
ward Phone Ridge 565.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-07
wANTEp-llELP-MALE.

ANY YOUNG PERSON desiring a good
position can get one after completing
one OF our courses Day and Night
classes, all the year. our facilities
are positively 'unequaled In Michigan,
Detroit Business University. ll-2i
WilcOx-st.
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AUCTION SALE
N,,gny May IN 1QuV

- wv =
Monday. MAY 10. 1909.
al IL o'clock noon,
on the premises.
Saloon at 1ltS fort-st west. opposite
Scotten- Dillon Tobacco co.
stock of wines. liquors. beers, ci-
gsrs aud fun equipment OF furni-
turpN and bar utensils. etc.
Everything ready for business:
good location and reasonable rent.
r, rms Cash.
For further Information apply TO
Union Trust company. special admin
istrator of estate Of Harry ". Manch.
deceased
The Detroit times., 1909-05-07

A.A.--SEWING machine storage sale;
drop-head Singer and drop head
White: must be sold. TAI Gratiot-
ave. Phone Ridge 342; City 343l-Y.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-07

Auction Sale-64 Choice
VACANT LOTS
ON THE WEST SIDE OF

VACANT LOTS
ON THE WEST SIDE OF
TECUMSEH AVENUE
Commencing at Michigan-ave. and run
ming north. Also
Two-story brick house and i've
lots, north side of Michigan-ave. com
mencing at northwest corner OF Te-
This property is high and dry.
About two blocks west of city limits.
Convenient to schools. churches and
stores. Michigan-ave. through car
takes you TO the property for one
fare.
Every lot offered will go to the
highest bidder without limit or re-
serve Spectators, homeseekers. you
cannot make n mistake by buying
one or more OF these lots; o,cn II,
at time OF sale. s25 more in one week.
balance to suit.
Sale takes place. rain or shine.
under large tent. corner OF MICH
GAN AND TECUMSEH-A AYES,
SATURDAY, MAY 8
AT 2 O'CLOCK.
THOS SHEAHAN. Owner.
O. Wardell & Sons. Auctioneers
Offce, 1223-1225 MAJESTIC BLDG.
Phone Main 1851.
AUCTION SALE OF rubber stamps and
stencil outfit. cor sisting OF one l0xl5
and one SX12 ordon printing presses
tpower). one 22-lnch Jewell pape,
cutter. type, racks and suses, wall
cases. work benches. cabinets. coun-
ters desks. tables. showcases, shop
tools angle vises OF all kings. com.
posing table. rubber stamps, stcel
stamps. Office supplies etc, sale
Mnv- TO ~ p g. W.-K eMBER
LINT = 90. AustiOncerS
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-12
10 NEW YORK N Q R WlCA LINE
Via sTONINGTON

The water way - the comfortable way of travelling.
 Steamers New Hampshire and Richard Peck--safe, staunch vessels that have every comfort and conven- fence for the traveller.
 delightful voyage on Long Island Sound and a superb view of the won- derful sky line and water front Of New York
 Steamer leaves Stonington at li.Is ?. m. week days only: due Pier 70, North River, 7.45 the next morning. Fare Norwich 10 New York $l.75
 Write or telephone W. J. PHILLIPa Agent. New London. Conn. octid
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-12

later in the season. The ten-mile run between George Bates and Henry Will Hams proved to be fzzle, Williams quitting after 3 14 miles and Bates at the 1-2 mile mark. The time av- craze was min. and 2 sec. per mile.
 The half-mile running race for horses was fair race and mounts of Alfred Brown and Michael Casey turn ed the track in 1.17, 1.09 and 1.06, the last two heats being won by Brown. It is said that Casey's horse sustained hemorrhage in the second heat and had difficulty in catching his breath.
 In the 100 yard dash, these flyers toed the mark and got away with the srack of the gun in grand style: Claude Nashburn, Pete Champag gne, Roy Hewlett, Bill Baker, Joe Nolan and David Messier. Washburn won both heats in 12 and Ia 1-5 seconds. respec- lively.
 John Pearl and Alden Whitmore had i1 out in the two-mile bicycle race. was bad wind but Pearl succeeded in turning all the corners in 10 min utes and 4 seconds.
 One of the mayors newsboys, Jack Donahue. challenged George Bates to 10-mile running race to be run off in two or three weeks. The challenge was accepted and when the event is run off the public will have an oppor- tunity to see how fast Bates really is.
 Louis N. Dondero officiated as start CT for the events and Edward Carlsen was the official timer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-12
OPENING GAM Es.
High Sehool Loses to Wsuresan, 1-o- DayvilIe Defeats Central Village, 6-t.

Cold weather tried the nerve If tre ball players and put the playing ablli- ties below par Saturday sfternoon; nevertheless two of the teams in the Eastern Connecticut lag Ie r ave.l opening practice games. The local high school team went down to Wau- regan and stacked up against the Greys. Wauregan won by the marrow margin of to o. The spectators, muf- fled in overcoats and furs, saw an in tere sting game which was closely con tested all the way. It WAS L. cold fir any real fast work, but considering the coi 6itions there were few errors. Ba-- ry and Goven were the battery for che league team and Rainville and Bruns- don for the high school.
 Up at Dayville the league team had an easy task defeating Central Village The game went five innings, Dayville winning, to 1. s James was on the firing line for DayviIle and opened uD the season in form that delighted the fans. He will probably surpass his record of last season and with Reach as a partner to do box work no team in the league will have anything on Dayville, so far as pitchers are con- cerned.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-12
BAPTIST SOCIETIES.
Officers Elected for Ensuing Year.

Following are the newly elected off, cers of the ladies societies of the Bap- tist church: Ladies Ad-Presidenb Mrs. H. O. Preston; vice presidents, Mrs. J. A. Dady, Mrs. Thomas Finchan, Mrs. David Clark, Mrs. J. B: Bowen, Miss Anna Armstrong, Miss Ellen Has, sard, Mrs. Francis Joslin, Mrs. Rufus Chase; superintendent of socials, Mrs. Charles Richardson; secretary, Mrs. Louis Law; treasurer, Mrs. J. B. Kent; committee on place of sewing meeting, Miss Ann Prentice; chairman of work committee, Mrs. Clinton Manning; saleslady, Miss Elizabeth Robinson; Miss Alice Morse, Mrs. Moses Aldrich; treasurer for sewing meeting, Mrs. A. c. Luke.
 Women's Home Missionary society President, Mrs F. A. Libby; vice presi- dent, Mrs. Charles Richardson; second vice president, Mrs. William Leonard; secretary, Mrs. E. E. Robbins; assist ant secretary Mrs. Bertha A. Brew ster; treasurer Mrs. N. A. Ballard; chairman of committee on work, Mrs. William Warren committee on publi- cations. Miss Mary D. Eddy; music committee, Mrs. William Warren, Miss Flora Truesdell, Miss Florence Stub bert.
 Women's Foreign Missionary society President, Miss Anna P. Armstrong; first vice president, Mrs. A. c. Luke; second vice president, Mrs. Clarence Pierce; secretary, Mrs. G. A. Vaughn; treasurer, Mrs. Moses Leonard; music committee. Mrs. Fred Flagg, Mrs. Ann Prentice, Mrs. J. B. Bowen; commit tee on publications, Miss Armstrong; programme committee for all societies, Mrs. J. B Kent, Mrs. F. A. Libby Miss Armstrong;; secretary and treasurer of five cents a week fund Mrs. N A. Bal lard: supervisor of all ladies' societies, Mrs. J. R. Stubbert.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-12
COLCHESTER.
Holiday Visitors and TraveIers-. Academy Ball Team Defeated by East Hampton.

k. Mir. and Mrs. Samuel Raudenbush are intending to leave town for Mid dletown, where Mir. Raudenbush has a business engagement. He has had charge of the poultry at Hon. Harniltcn Wallis place on upper Broadway since he has been in town.
 John Bradshaw Of Willimanttc was caller here Friday.
 A number from town drove to Salem Friday night to attend a social in Rogers hall.
 Louis Schlaich of New Britain was in town Friday
 Mrs; Charles Hinckley of Goshen and Mrs. Ralph Clark of Hebron were guests of friends in town Friday.
 George A. Mills and John Kramer ot Lebanon were callers in town Satur- day.
 The body of Mrs. Milhan, who re- certly died from a shock, was taken to New York Thursday for burial
 Attorney David s. Day of I3ridg Hort was at his home on Norwich avenue Fri6ay. He tried his skill at trout fishing with fair results.
 MT. and Mrs. A. N. Lewis and two sons left Saturday for their home in New Britain after a weeks fishing trip.
 East Hampton 2. Academy 5.
 The Academy baseball team played the first game with an out of town team Friday afternoon, the Minute Men of East Hampton being their op- porents. The score was to in favor of the Minute Men. The batteries were: Nelkins, West and Shugrue for the Academy and c. Cavanaugh and C. Metcalf for the Minute Men. Morris Tynan was umpire. There was a fair attendance.
 Miss Deborah Shea. who is working in Hartford as stenographer. was the guest of her parents on Lebanon ave nue Good Friday.
 Miss Annie K. O'Connell, who is teaching in East Hampton, has been visiting at Mir and Mrs. John O'Brieu's s on Norwich avenue.
 D. Clark Smith. Lester Smith, Wil- liam E. Baker and Daniel W. Willia IFS of New Britain were at their homes in town Good Friday
 Patrick O'Brien has returned 70 his work in Lebanon after a few days visit with relatives in town.
 George Westbrook returned to New York Friday after brief stay at his summer residence in town.
 Henry Fettee of Hartford was the guest of friends In town Thursday. Mir Fettee was formerly in business here,
 F. P. Trowbridge of Salem was a caller here Saturday.
 Mrs. Joseph Sultze and son Edward of New London are visiting Mrs. Sultze's parents on Linwood avenue.
 Mrs. Milton L. Davis, Mrs. Iiuthe- Davis and Mrs. Ada Risley of Hart ford were guests Friday of Mrs. Emma Stebbins.
 William Cavanaugh of Beacon Falls and John Cavanaugh of New Haven were guests of their parents, MT. and Mrs. P. F. Cavanaugh, on Pleasant street, over Easter.
 Harrison Avery of East Hampton was the guest of friends in town Fri day.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-12
WILLlMANTlC.
Hearing in Bankruptcy Case of the F.
 c. Taft Machine Co.

G. att Machine Co.
 Before Referee In Bankruptcy An drew J. Bowen Saturday afternoon Franklin G. Taft was examined by at Iorneys for the creditors of the bank Tupt estate of the F. G. Taft Machine Co.
 A number of the creditors was rep- resented by Attorney George w. Me- iony. Attorney E.i Frank Bugbee ap- peared for G. J. Kirby, a creditor to fhe extent of S424. MT. Taft was rep resented at tSe examination by At Dorney Samuel B. Harvey Miss Lou lse Williams was present and took Btenogi aphic notes. A number of creditors were present. the examina- hon being conducted in the rooms of lhe Willimantic board of trade
 Franklin G. Taft, one of the part pers of the bankrupt firm, examined by Attorney Melony, stated that the firm had never been incorporated but was a partnership composed of Frank Elmore sold his interest to Henry c. Bacon. The full books of the firm comprised ledger and day book and day slips that were signed by both Bacon and himself He stated that he did not know of any other book. There never had been three account books used while Bacon was in com Rdhy hANh AAAAA' hClb Aldn DGGAl EAOAAl- CT book but that was used during his partnership with MT. Elmore He said that the book might be found, but was not positive where 1t was or where it could be found, as the book went out of his hands about a year and a half ago. He said that he did not take the day book out of the shop because for bidden to do so by Jay M Shepard He left the rooms of the F. G. Taft Machine Go. January 2, 1909. He left the shop after a conversation with O. A. Sessions. The day book of the com pany was left in the place, but he took the ledger with him
 He claimed that he did not give the day book to any person. The day book comprising daily slips made out and signed by both of the partners. The various slips were taken from ~ads.
 The result of the examination will be determined later
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-12
Care of 0llcIofh,

Oilcloth should not be swept with q straw broom or scrubbed with a stiff brush. Instead sweep with a soft hair brush and wipe of with lukewarn water in which has been dissolved teaspoon ful of Gold Dust washing powder and rinse with clear, warm water. Where oilcloth has been down for a few months and is losing the shiny surface, wash according to directions. Then melt a little ordinary glue in a pint of water, letting it stand on the back of the stove until dissolved. At night go over the whole carefully with flannel dipped in glue water. Choose dry day and by morning aud make the oilcloth wear much longer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-12

Miss Mary Hamlin of Hartford has been the guest of friends in town.