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Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25
CANTERBURY GREEN.
Church Repairs-Departure of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel v. Congdon Regretted.

The ladies' aid society is repairing
the church.
Alba Farnham has moved to M.
A. Frames annex.
George III. Graves, who is making
hoops in Voluntown, will resume OPP
erations in South Canterbury as soon
as water is plenty
Rev. Mr.. Clark is doing splendid
work. Sunday the collection for the
church building society was about sf2.
Mr.. Halves is getting his mill ready
and will soon be turning out fish poles.
A Christian Endeayor social was
held held at George e. Larkham's on
Frida-- evening.
Daniel v. Congdon. the manager Of
Mrs. Hattie w. Miller's farm, who has
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25

Dead Deer Found.
Early Thursday morning a deer was
found dead on land owned by P. A.
Lathrop 1t had been shot with a ri
file. evidently the night before Word
was sent to state game warden George
Fl. Bradford of Oakdale, who inform
ed state game warden A. NJ. Miller OF
Fitchville. Mr.. Miller was. here on
Saturday investigating the matter.
The deer was estimated ITO weigh
about 200 pounds.
Home Missions the Theme.
A fellowship meeting comprising the
group of church of Lebanon, Exeter.
Goshen, Franklin, Bozrah and Norwich
Town. will be held with the Goshen
church Saturday. October 2. The topic
for the day will be Home Missions.
Swarm Of Insects.
One day recently a large swarm of
either flies or bees high in the air
was observed. The numbers were so
dense that at one time the cloud would
look like the outlines of an airship,
as the breeze struck it it would change
and look very much like smoke. 1t
remained in that vicinity for some
time.
Prize Tomatoes.
w. G.. Thomas picked tomatoes from
his garden one day this week that
measured Is IA inches in circumfer-
ence.
Rev. Leonard B. Tenney of Scotland
is to give stereopticon exhibition and
address on mission work at Goshen
church next Sunday evening.
A number from this lace attended
the grange fair at Colchester on Fri
day.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25
HAMPTON
Notes and Jottinss of the Week

James A. Finnegan has gone to
Boston.
of Worcester. Mass, were guests of
d. P. Weaver and family last week.
George e. Nichols was in Putnam
on business last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Allen, Mrs.
Frank j. Moran and Miss Gladys Hyde
were in Danielson Saturday.
George M. Holt and family visited
friends in Oneco last week making
the trip in Frank Phillips automobile
Miss Maude Fits of Willimantic
spent Sunday with her parents.
Alfred Neff, of Clarks' Corners was
in town on Sunday.
Senator w. N. Burnham was Put
nam visitor on Tuesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25

respective homes. Attlsboro, Mass,
and Brooklyn, Conn.
Mrs. Charles d. Chester is visiting
her daughter. Mrs. Smith, in Wake
field. N. Y.
Mrs: Irving Anderson's mother is in
poor health.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25
Cannon Caused Deafness.
WAUREGAN
Alex Rock Critically iIl-DeIose- Dore
Wedding.

Alex Rock. rs years of age. suf-
fered paralytic shock Monday leav-
ing him nearly helpless and speech
less. There has been some improve
ment in his condition the past few
days.
Miss Gladys Cove of Danielson is
spending a few weeks with Mrs. Ger
trude w. Tracy
Deloge- Dore Marriage.
Fred Deloge of Fall River and Egg
lantine Dore were united in marriage
by Rev. U. o. Bellerose. Monday. Aft
err a short wedding trip they will
make their home in Fail River.
DR.. and Mrs. Groves Return From
Shore.
DIR. and Mrs. Charles A. Groves Of
East Orange. N. J., called on Mrs
II. P. Topliff Wednesday. while on
an automobile trip from Hyannis on
the Cape, where they have been spend
ing several weeks, at their summer
cottage. Mrs. Groves, formerly Miss
Hattie Freeman, has many friends
in Danielson and East Brooklyn, where
she was teacher for several years.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25
LETTERS FROM TWO STATES.

is spending her vacation with her
aunt, Mrs. Enos M. Gray.
Mr.. and Mrs John r. Gray and lit
tie daughter, of New London, are
spending the week with Mr.. Gray's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Gray.
Mrs. A. B. Eccleston is recovering
from a recent illness,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25

resided in this town for the last seven
years, will soon leave for a larger
farm. Many friends will regret their
going. The ladies' aid society loses
valuable helper and the neighbour
hood can. i'll AFFORD to lose two such
people as Mr.. and Mrs. Congdon.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25
STERLING

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tootill and fam
lily attended the funeral of Mrs. loot
ills niece, Miss Catherine Carroll. in
Norwich, on Tuesday
Miss Alice Eddy and Miss Abigail
Witter spent the week end at their
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25
EAST WOODSTOCK.
Officers of Ladies Aid Soeiety-Cap-
tain Chiids' Death.


Miss Julia May is visiting her sister
at Newton, Mass.
Mrs. Charles Killam Is visiting her
son Edward at Bethlehem, n. H.
Rev. e, w. Belcher, pastor of the
NJ. E. church in Putnam, exchanged
with Rev. John Miller Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. May spent Sun
day in Webster with H. e. Bannister
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs Marvin Bates returned
from West Woodstock Saturday They
are slowly recovering from injuries
received by their carriage overturn-
ing one evening. on their way home
from church.
K. w Hammond resigned as super
intendent of the Congregational Sun
day school last Sunday. He has held
the Office several years.
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society was held Tuesday after
noon. The following are the officers:
President, Mrs. L. A. Turner; vice
president. Mrs G.. A. Wetherell; sec
rotary and treasurer, Mrs. c. C. Gil
dersleeve; missionary teacher, Mrs
J. M. Paine
Cannon Caused Deafness.
Capt. George w. Child died at his
home early Tuesday morning after an
illness Of several years from a ner-
VOuS trouble. he was nearly 10 years
of age and for some years almost to-
tally deaf; his deafness being caused
by discharge of a cannon during the
civil war. He received a large PEN
sion owing to his infirmity. Mr.. Child
is survived by his widow, one son,
J. z. Child of Putnam, two daughters,
Mrs. N. Y. White Mrs. R. C. Paine,
eight grandchildren, and a brother,
Spencer Child of York, Neb. The flu
neral was held Friday at . p. m. from
his home
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25

Local Barber Located Stolen Prepsr-
ty in Providsnes-Joseph Bourgeois,
Q, Killed by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "
Or. M. s. Nichols, q Former Rssi-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-25
GOSHEN.
Two Hundred Pound Deer Shot-Fel-
lowship Meeting-Stranee Swarm OF
Insects.
Dead Deer Found.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Gillette have
been spending a few days with friends
in Hartford
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-02
THE BOOK AND THE BIG STICK.

One Of the most interesting of the
stories of the late administration is
the story of the book and the big stick
or
A tale Of muck raking and big stick
ing.
Upton Sinclair, q novelist of the So
cialistic type. wrote a book called ''The
Jungle"
The book told some horrid things
about the practices Of the Chicago
packing houses. Its nauseating revela-
lions made many Of Its readers-tem-
porarily, at least-practicers Of the
vegetarian regime.
The Chicago packers had an easy an
swer to Sinclair's book-"It is not
truew
Then President Roosevelt got hold Of
the book and read it. You can fancy to
yourself what he thought about it. He
said out loud. Either it is a pack Of
lies from beginning to end or it is
true" The president thought there
was no truth in the charges, but was
very willing to investigate.
He sent experts to Chicago.
When these inspectors looked into
the shambles Of South Chicago they
discovered chat Upton Sinclair had
told the truth about the filthy methods
of the packers and the grave menace
to the public health.
Out came the big stick.
Roosevelt notified the friends Of the
packers in the senate that unless con-
gress should pass good meat inspec-
ton bill instanter he would tell the
whole grewsome story of the revolving
conditions in the big butcher shops of
Pa9kingtown.
Here was cause for grief.
The packers did not want the truth
made public. 1t would give both do
nestle and foreign trade a big black
eye. The cattlemen didn't want the
story made public. And the president
assured both these interests that he
did no want to harm them, but
The president said to them. Get
busy"
The effect was magical. They got
busy.
The senate ON THE SAME DAY
THE PRESIDENT GAVE OUT HIS
attached the meat In
spection bill as an amendment to the /
agricultural appropriation, and it went
through without a dissenting vote.
And the lower house was scarcely
less prompt.
That is the story Of the book and
the big stick, story that will go down
In American annals along with Old
message to Calhoun.
Upton Sinclair, writer with convic-
lions and a purpose, combined with
Theodore Roosevelt, a president with
/ will of his own, demonstrated that
Beneath the rule Of men entirely
great the muck rake and the big stick
ire mightier than the sword.
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abandon it. accurately forecasting thai
they would do the opposite.
1t is told Of him that he secured the
control of the Ophir mine by engaging
in fist fight with the entire board OF
directors of the company, holding up
the proceedings for half an hour while
his lawyer was securing an Injunction
Baldwin was badly beaten up, but
the injunction. it is said, made him
half a million dollars.
Which was pure pluck.
He had foresight also. When he
bought the big ranch in California and
began to spend a fortune in improve
ments the people openly sneered at the
venture. 1t was called "Baldwin's
Folly" but he lived to see the day
when it was one Of the most valua BILE
estates in the world.
Pluck is luck.
Foresight is fortune.
While Baldwin's career, including
the rough days Of racing and gam
bling. is not a career fit to be held up
for the close emulation Of the young,
1t does prove that brains and courage
are more than luck
Baldwin was not luckier than most
men.
He was pluckier than most men.
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NORWICH UNIVERSITY.

The Seniors are working on
their graduation Thesus.
E. S. Huntley, N. u, 'O7 was on
the hill, Friday, while in town on
visit.
Guard mount was held in the
riding hall with the band partici-
pating several days last week.
Sunday evening, Captain H. 7.
Clark led an interesting Y. M. c.
A. meeting on the subject, "The
DUTY of Man"
T. w. Brown, N. U. 'O8 has been
commissioned in the Philippine
constabulary and will depart
hence shortly. He is the fourth
man of the class of 1908 to enter
that organization.
At a meeting of the corps af-
ter chapel Wednesday, two I'M
dergraduates were elected to a
committee of five composed of
three faculty members and two
undergraduate members. The
object of this committee is to
draw up plans for the formation
of a journalistic association which
shall have general control of the
college publication. The object
of this association is to have a
systematic plan for choosing the
positions on the Reveille staff and
also to have a general oversight
of the financial end of the War
Whoop. The members of this
committee are: For the faculty,
Lieut.. K. R. B. Flint, Capt. A. E.
Winslow, Lieut.. A. E. Spear; for
the undergraduates, Sergeant w.
F. Johnson 10 and Corporal L. N.
BurhOe IL
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-02
THE OBSTINATE BOY.

II your boy is determined young
chap who wants his own way. con-
graduate yourself
Obstinacy is a great asset in the cap
ltal stock Of manhood
1t is force, 20 be sure. than reeds
proper aim and direction. but it holds
a large place in the makeup Of the
mental powers. 1t has to do largely
with success or failure.
The boy that is hard to manage is
the boy with the stuff in him-the
stuff that stays.
The power of horse is tremen-
directed. Properly harnessed and
guided. the horse is powerful.
So of the boy. He also needs curb
ing and Harvesting.
Do not think your boy is a bad boy
because he wants his own way. Those
who amount to anything always want
heir own way-and get it.
The way to manage a boy who has
will of his own is to manage him
through his reason and his affections,
not by force.
Do not try to break his Will"
He will need all his surplus will
wer later on. When you break his
will you break his manhood. Even
should you succeed in coercing him
you cannot be sure that he is CON
Juered." He may be deceiving you.
And such deception on his part hurts
the bOy's character
Oh, ii is no easy work, this undertake
ing to manage a high strung, forceful,
high spirited boy!
But it is worth while.
Mothers usually succeed better in
such matters than fathers.
The father may chastise and brow
beat the boy. He may get the prom
lse Of obedience or sullen acquiescence.
which will have no lasting effect
But
If the mother knows!
She can appeal to the best that is in
her son-his affection for her and his
manliness. 1t is the only effective way
10 control a human spirit.
Utilize the boys obstinacy. 1t will
make man Of him.
The world is just beginning to ap-
lreciate the effective force of the hui
han will. 1t is the will power that
hoes things. And II the will power is
to do things II must have its way. 1t
may be guided and directed, but CO.
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short range and is the highest type
of emergency and long distance weap-
on. This gun is the autoloading rife,
which. it is predicted. will one day
/ arm the armies of the world. 1t sends
n 50 caliber bullet, metal cased. lead
pointed, through spring steel over a
quarter Of an inch thick or through
forty to fifty inches of pine. The bul.
let weighs 200 grains and has a muz-
zle velocity of 1000 feet second,
striking a blow of 1000 pounds In
Germany the corpses of seven men
were stood in row in the positions
soldiers would take, and bullet from
this gun went through five of the
bodies. Five bullets fixed i'm a clip
and placed in the chamber can be
fired in a second and a half by an ex-
perienced rifieman, surely more than
enough Of a reserve battery to stop
the widest bull elephant tusker that
ever onrushed a human assailant.
This soft. lead nosed missile only
thirty-five one-hundredths of an inch
thick at it base. mushrooms" as It
strikes and. passing through a body,
caves a hole as big as a mans hand
at its point of egress. This is the gun
that Mr.. Roosevelt's head gun carrier
viii hand him at that moment that
comes to every invader of the African
jungle-the moment when a wounded
elephant. lion or rhinoceros. half
blinded by throbbing pain. charges or
springs madly upon it's assailant.
whose life depends on steadiness of
nerve. eye and hand. with the bloody
Jaws of death yawning and oncoming
two or three seconds away. The re-
coll of this gun is utilized scientific
ally to eject the spent shell, cock the
rife and simultaneously reload It
Forty per cent of the recOn is thus
utilized In much the same manner
that the recoil of the sixteen inch dis
appearing gun I'm forts is used to car
~ the cannon back TO be reloaded and
Tesighted. A special autoloading gun
with gold sights and mountings has
been manufactured for Mr.. Roose-
velrs exclusive use.
A more varied itinerary for a vaca-
llOu Trip IMAM AT. AoOseN eli , Is IdIelg
seen-New York TO Naples. the AIedi-
terranean route, the steamers follow
ing which stop at the Azores and
Gibraltar. then two dag run along
the shores Of Spain. passing close TO |
the Balearic islands Of Ivica. Minorca. |
Maj0rca and later historic Sardinia, /
then open water nOrtheasiward TO /
the vine covered slopes % Capri. from |
whose lofty heights for years the no
torious Tyrrhenian pirate chiefs spied /
and swoCped down upon the richly /
laden craft plying to and from the 4
nelghboring bay Of Naples.
Changing al Naples in a few hours
from the North German Lloyd steamer 4
to one Of the German East African
company. the L5o0 mile slant past the
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-02
SAVE THIS, ANYWAY.
Put 1t in Some Place, for 1t May
Come in Handy Some Day.

Here is a simple homemade
mixture as given by an eminent
authority on Kidney diseases, who
makes the statement that it will
relieve almost any case of Kidney
trouble if taken before the stage
of Bright's disease. He states that
such symptoms as lame back, pain
in the side, frequent desire to
urinate, especially at night; pain
full and discolored urination, are
readily overcome. Here is the re-
cipe. Try it:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
half ounce; Compound Kargon, one
ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsa-
parilla, three ounces. Take a tea
spoonful after each meal and at
bedtime.
bedtime.
A well-known druggist here in
town is authority that these in
gradients are all harmless and
easily mixed at home by shaking
well in a bottle. This mixture has
a peculiar healing and soothing
effect upon the entire Kidney and
Urinary structure, and often over
comes the worst forms Of Rheu-
matism in just a little while. This
mixture is said to remove all blood |
disorders ami cure the Rheumatism
by forcing the Kidneys to filter and |
strain from the blood and system |
al uric acid and foul, decomposed |
waste matter, which cause these
Try it if you aren't
veil. Save the prescription.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-02
Heart toHeart
Talks.
TWO PICTURES in ONE FRAME.
By EDWIN A. NYR.
copyright 1909 by American Press Asso-
ciationl

TWO PICTURES IN ONE FRAME.
Marjorie Gould, daughter of George
Gould, had coming out" party thai
cost the princely sum of $4,000.
What did the money go for?
The newspapers tell us that 5000
orchids were used for decoration pur.
poses. Orchids cost money There were
big banks of American Beauties. 5000
palms from the south seas and iardi.
nieres of rare ferns. The viands and
the wines were rare and costly. II you
do not care for expense you can easily
spend $4,000
Two hundred guests helped the
young lady of eighteen years to "come
out"
Viewed from the standpoint Of these
young people, the event was a red let
ter day of the calendar, a view which
society editors seem to have conceded.
Now for the full picture:
While the sons and daughters Of the
"moneycrats' made merry at the Ho-
tel Plaza and daintily dallied with the
rich viands charged up by the caterer
at big sum per plate, down on lower
Broadway a long line of miserable
mortals stood shivering for weary
hours in order to get a few bites of
bread and few sips of coffee.
Why paint this picture? you say.
1t paints itself. That is the pity of
1t. 1t is no fancy picture.
There it hangs-on one side the pic
ture Of luxury and waste and of the
roistering scions Of plutocracy, on the
other the chill gray of early morning
and the hungry, half starved wretches
of misfortune.
Both in one frame!
Well
We are outside the picture, my
friend. We are neither millionaires
nor paupers. And we can get the per-
spective and the lights and shadows of
the picture.
Those broken fragments Of humanity
poor balls of flesh batted over the
fence-as they peer into the lighted
windows of the palace hotel feel
miserable envy, If not settled hatred,
Of the fortunate rich. And the fortu-
nate rich swagger in their pride and
fancy their doings are real epochs in
The history Of the race.
Let us pity both.
Let us pity and help, if we may, the
poor devils" of misfortune, but
Let us pity also no less than the
'miserables" of our day the silly chill
1ren of the very rich, whose false
standards of real life and false values
If real things make them objects of
n not of disdain.
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OLD AGE PENSIONS.

What is so fine as to be able to
bring a happy smile into the face and
eyes of the aged poor?
Like a rare burst Of sunshine on a
dreary day are the illumined faces OF
half a million aged and INDECENT gov
eminent pensioners Of England on
their weekly pay day.
The first payment of old age pen.
sions began in that country in January.
The applicant for an old age pen
zion IN England must be seventy years
Of age and have a yearly income Of
less than S175. No one who has re-
ceived poor law relief or who has been
convicted Of crime can be a pension
er.
The total amount to be paid this
year by the government is $73,000.ooo
tremendous reminder Of Brltain's
very poor.
Payments are made at the postof-
ices. where lines Of bent, feeble fig
dres gather to receive their weekly
dole.
A correspondent gives some of these
Incidents:
A feeble old man and wife were
given 3s. Cd. apiece. Here. lass" said
the old husband, you be the keeper
Of 1t all Let your purse be fat for
once"
A fat purse with less than So
Two reedlewomen. sisters. aged
nearly eighty. whose eyes had failed
them, received the bright shillings
just in time to save them from being
paupers. Their last stick Of furniture.
on which they had been living. was
gone.
A tottering dame whose certificate
showed she was eighty-five said as
she took her stipend: Thank good
ness Now can have some plum
pudding"
One frail. gentle old soul was so
impressed by her riches that she gave
a beggar threepence.
blind old lady said in a quavering
voice when she was led In. Il couldn't |
trust anybody to collect so much mon |
ey"
Surely. you say. sl.25 per week
$3.50 for married peoples little to
rejoice over But !
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LUCKY" BALDWIN.
"Lucky" Baldwin is dead.

Lucky BALDWIN Is dead.
All his life long he was misnamed.
He lived TO be eighty years Of age
md was successful And men are not
uniformly lucky for eighty years.
Instead Of Lucky" he should have
been called "Plucky" Baldwin.
Men. looking at his successful ca
reer. attributed his success TO some
special favor Of fate or TO birth under
some lucky star.
II did not seem TO occur TO them that
the fortunate strikes Of the bold oper-.
ator were the result Of carefully map
ped out campaigns and that Baldwin
was a cool headed. brainy. forceful
man.
In his mining deals he came In con
tact with the shrewd. long sighted
men Of his day. He came out best in
his ventures because he was shrewder
and longer sighted than they.
Baldwin was plucky.
His nerve and daring carried through
tig deals which he had carefully
thought out IN advance.
For Instance
When be wanted Sharon & Jones to
close their option on a big mining deal
be offered them a check for $4,000 to
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ton and a half of concentrated energy
hits him ON the forehead. 1t is the
weight of the shock and not the velOc-
ity or penetration of the missile that
makes this weapon inhumanly effec-
tive, and. moreover, the bullet has a
hole at its tip, causing the lead to
spread or mushroom" when 1t strikes,
tearing an immense hole through a
carcass. The second type of gun is
specially constructed shotgun, which
is used as a rife, for the shell used
therein contains a solid lead slug in
stead ofAsmall shot. Accurate at short
range and crushingly effective, this
shotgun is used only when the animal
is within fifty or sixty yards distance.
Outside that zone the gun is unsafely
inaccurate. Whatever living thing this
bullet hits within its zone will not
stop for repairs; the repair stage will
have passed. The two guns mentioned
are for elephants, appropriateness. lions
and rhinoceroses. They will stop
charging behemoth when all else has
failed. Tearing its way through bone
or flesh, the bullet leaves a hole as
large as a cocoanut where it energies.
For long range Mr.. Roosevelt has a
high power, high velocity, smokeless
gun, carrying SOFT lead pointed, metal
cased bullets that weigh 300 grains
and have a muzzle velocity of 2,150
feet a second. The bullet strikes a
blow of a ton and half. This gun is
used in shooting fleet footed, man shy
animals, such as antelopes and colobi
The fourth type of gun is without
doubt the most valuable of the collec-
ton, as it is effective at both long and