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Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
'MASHAPAUG.

D. M. Newell has had his left hand bandaged from bad and deep cut.
 Peter Thompson Is indisposed. the result of a severe fall on the ice.
 Fl. R. Howard is recovering from a sprained ankle.
 F. A. Moore is factoring a horse that was badly hurt and cut by 8 fall on the ice while drawing an ice blow.
 Merrick Vinton is hauling lumber from Bigelow Hollow for Turner Bros.
 Miss Ethel Turner has taken up her duties at school here after a short ill., ness.
 George ". Crawford and F. A. Moore mill
 F. A. Moore attended the funeral of his brother-in-la MT. Chapin, at Brinfeld last Wednesday.
 The Clean Cam and Zenith Bit shop is running fifteen hours per day.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

MT. and Mrs. A. L. Frink were in Gilead Thursday attending the funeral of Mrs. Melissa Post.
 An important Hearing.
 William A. Collins, c, A. Champ1n and l.. K. Winter were at the capitol Tuesday, and appeared before the com mittee on agriculture in favor of bill to prohibit the sale of farm products of state institutions in the markets of the state. Representative W. H. Bliss of Columbia also spoke in favor of the bill
 Louis Brouseau and Harry Leonard were i'll Hartford on Thursday. MT. Leonard attended the hearing on the bill concerning contagious diseases among bees before the agricultural committee.
 Ice is still being harvested in this locality and a fair quality is procured.
 A town meeting is called for today (Saturday) to listen to a report of the committed appointed to investigate the matter relating to approaches to the lake. Other matters are also t< be considered. A special town meeting usually develops interesting features. One or ire matters to be considered is in relation to the purchase of a new safe,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

A special town meeting has been called for this (Saturday) afternoon al l o'clock to hear and act upon the re- port of a committee appointed last fall to investigate and ascertain the rights of the town in a certain piece of road running through the property owned by Miss Irene Dixon on the northwest shore of Columbia lake. The road In question is a. part of the old Hartford and Norwich turnpike, and since the lake was formed more than forty years ago has been the only public approach to the lake from that side. Miss Dix on has recently caused to be erected a substantial stone wall across the road where it enters the lake, thus shutting out the public from reaching the lake for obtaining ice or for other pur- posses. As the road in question is part of a public highway. and has new CT been discontinued, our citizens feel that they still have a right to use it when necessary; and there seems to be & very general feeling that the town should not relinquish it's right to use the road. Much interest is manifested in the matter and the meeting no doubt will be largely attended.
 Matters of Interest.
 H. w. Porter has been putting in a quantity of new shelving in his store, thus adding much to it's general ap- pearance and convenience. MT. Porter is expecting to take the civil service examination to be held at Willimantic March 27 as a candidate for the posi- tion of postmaster in this place.
 Fish stories are still popular here. This one is from Miss Grace Sawyer of Brooklyn, N. Y, one of our popular summer visitors. While. out boating on the lake a pickerel of respectable size leaped from the water into the boat without so much as an invitation, much to the surprise of the occupants of the boat. and the pickerel, too. This rather beats Vests story.
 The Ladies' Aid society met with Miss Emily C. Williams at her home on Columbia green last Wednesday afternoon.
 Miss Edith Little of Meriden spent a few days with relatives in town re- gently
 MT. and Mrs. W. B. Clarke are to move from their present tenement the middle of April and will occupy part of the house owned by Mrs. John c. Mitchell. north Of Columbia green
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
USQUEPAUGH.
Progress on New chapel-Fanily Re- union in Honor of Visitor from Cal iforria.

Sunday school and church services were held at the school house Sunday. MT. Loftus preached. MT. and Mrs. O. W. Sherman attended from West Kingston. All are hoping to see the church vestry finished in two weeks.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. c. Kenyon spent Sunday at Wakefield.
 MT and Mrs. Alfred c. Kenyon spent Saturday and Sunday with J. c. Cahoon at Wakefield. A family reunion was held at East Greenwich Sunday in honor of Miss Clara Bagley of California. who is wis., iting friends here. Joseph Bagley and family went to East Greenwich to at tend. Miss Bagley is to return ao Cal ifornia this week.
 MT. and Mrs. T. T. Locke, who have been i'll, are better.
 Mrs. Edward James of Shamrock at- tended church here Sunday.
 Special meetings have been held this week at the chapel at West Kingston, different ministers taking part.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
uNHApPINEss pIsPELLEp.
Me. and Women Unanimous About It

Men and Women UnanimOus About It.
 Many women weep and wall and refuse to be comforted because their once mag nihcent tresses have become thin and faded. Many men incline to profanity because the flies bite through the thin thatch on their craniums. It will be good news to the miserable of both sexes. to learn that Newbro's Herpicide has been placed upon the market. This is tho new scalp germicide and antiseptic that acts by destroying the germ or microbe that is the underlying cause of all hair de- struction. Herpicide is a new prepara- ton, made after a new formula on an entirely new principle. Anyone who has tried 1t will testify as 10 its worth Try it yourself and be convinced. Sold by leading druggists. Send loo. in stamps for sample to Tho Herpicids CO. Der troit, Mich.
 TWO sizEs-5oc, AND Sf.o0
 The Lee x Ossood Co.. special agenD
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
STAFFoRDVIL-LE.
Underwent Operation for Appendicitis
 at Hartford.

William Chamberlin was taken to day morning for an operation for ap- pendicitis. The operation wah success full
 W. s. Clayton, who has been in the milk business for 8 number of years has sold out to Frank Belcher. MT Belcher commenced his new employ ment the frs tof the week.
 Mrs. Louis West, who left her home about four weeks ago and refused tc return, is In East woodstock. Her three children have been separated. Jessie the oldest daughter, Is to live with her grandmother Mrs. Albert Walker; Dora with her grandparents, Mir. and Mrs. M. H. West and the six months old daughter with her mother.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
TURNERVILLE.
T. R. Prentice Resigns at Station.
 Personals.

Station Agent Robert Generous en- tertained his brother William of Hart ford last Friday.
 Henry Mono spent Sunday in New London with his parents.
 T, R. Prentice has resigned as as- sistant at the station evenings. Ev- erett Thompson, Jr, is filling the va cancy.
 Mrs. Robert Generous was in town Monday.
 NiA Edsazann. aass GAs naen tD Et
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
Shot Two Wild Geese.
POTTER HILL.
Funeral Services of Mrs. Asa s. Briggs.

George Woodman, who has resided on Laurel street for the past thirty years, has moved to the house owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Crandall
 Mrs. David Nayior. who has been i'll Is much better
 Mrs. E. E. Taylor of Providence has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. D. A. Taylor
 The funeral of Mrs. Asa s. Briggs took place at the house where she has resided many years, on Palmer street Monday afternoon. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends which filled the house. The pastor. Rev. William L. Burdicl1, had charge of the services. assisted by Rev. Clay- ton A. Burdick of Westerly, and E. B. SaridArs. Miss Althsa GSandall Ganx
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
LETTERS FROM TWO STATES.

small number present, but the even- Ing was much enjoyed by all who at tended.
 Aieck White of Hebron was a recent guest at William C. Whites.
 Charles Perry of Worcester has re- turned home after visigng at w. E. Howe's
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Lee are spend ing fortnight in Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
BOLTON.

Rev. Afr. Mcleod of Andover occu- pied the pulpit Sunday morning
 Miss Jennie Ferry has returned from Bethel where she was called on account of the Illness of her mother
 The Sewing society of the Congre- gationsl church met with Miss Annie M Alvord Thursday afternoon
 Mr and Mrs. frank H. Strong gave a dance at their home March 4 Owing Co the unpasasant weather thera Wan q
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
EAST WELLINGTON.

On Thursday the wind blew furious ly.
 Oracle Waters is improving slowly.
 George Wilson works 8 little every day.
 Many are suffering with colds. |.
 Mrs Baldwin's grandson, Wilbeaf Baldwin, is quite an expert in play ing the violin. His grandfather, J. E. Baldwin, was very successful teach CT of music before coming to Willing ton
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

Joseph's hospital, willimantic, for some time, is improving.
 Mrs. Hattie Whipple of Middlefeld visited at E. A. Raymond's last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Philip Kues of Boston visited the formers parents, MT. and Mrs. C. Kues, few days last week
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

Mrs. Nancy c. Bush. postnistress at Charlotte. Vt. has just celebrated her 7sth birthday. She has been in the postal service for 3s years, begin- ming az telegraph operator and assist ant postmaster. Tn response to pe- tition signed by almost every inhablt- ant of Charlotte. President Grant ap- pointed her postmaster in 1875.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

Prof. Dolbeare of Tufts college has found that at 60 degrees Fahrenheit the rate of the chirp of crickets is 80 minute: at TO dt grees Fahrenheit the rate is 120 a minute, a. change of four chirps a minute for each change of one degree.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

bins corporate excess tax being estab- lished and the increased inheritance tax which he recommends than of the state tax pure and simple. The Searls resolution declaring 1t to be the feel ing of. Connecticut that the inheritance tax should be reserved for the exclu- sive use of the several states as a means of raising revenue is a straw to show which was the wind blows.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

Among the Lincoln relics in Tacoma. Wash, is a valise carried by Lincoln more than hfty years ago on his de- batting tour in Illinois with Stephen A. Douglas. It is a plain box split in two and covered with black cowhide leath- CT. with thin Iron bands thickly stud - ded with large-headed tacks like but tons.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

Mrs. Thomas Withersbee Foote of the Jackson Park Yacht club, Chicag go. is now a certihcated ships master. it. censed to navigate the Great Lakes. She passed her examinations with ly- ing colors. She's the second; Mrs. Og- den McCiurg was the first.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
ROCKVILLE.
Oyster Supper Given by Loyal Work.
 srs-Personal Notes.

The oyster supper given by the Loyal WonkeTs at the home of MT. and Mrs Fred Bohining last Saturday evening was well patronized.
 Miss Ethel Kenyon of Hope Valley attended church here last Saturday and was the guest of Mss Lyra Bab- cock.
 Ernest Boss, who has been i'll the past week, is reported to be somewhat better.
 Eugene Saunders and son Frank were in Providence one day last week
 J. P. Greene, who has been confined to his home by illness, is again out.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

It is likely that Holman Hunts ''The Light of the World" which is one of the votive paintings in St. Paurs, Lon don, will soon be balanced on the north of the altar by "a celebrated painting by Afurillo. 'Christ Healing the Paralytic." This work has been known for several years. in a Bond street gallery. but was called a. copy Of a picture of the same subject already well known. I. ts now determined to be a painting by the Spanish master.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

Last Tuesday was election day in Berwick Pa It was also Peter Keck's hundredth birthday. He went to the polls in an automobile (his first ride of the sort) and voted the straight re- publican ticket. His eldest daughter Is S0." says the despatch, land there are living seven children. twenty-four grandchildren. thirty great-grandehil- dren and four great-great -grandchil- dren."
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
CLIPPED FROM EXCHANGES.

Mrs. Helen Woods Miller left s20,- poo to Brown university. to be used in its department of comparative anato- my The remainder of her estate is to go to the Women's college.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

An oil portrait (life size) Of ex- Governor Charles M. Floyd has been hung up in the council chamber of the New Hampshire statehouse, the DOT trait of Governor RamsdeIl-1ss7- -gg- retiring to the state library
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
WEEKAPAUG.
Boys Careless Aot Results In Bad
 Brush Fire-WiId Geese Shot.

A large brush fire which burned over & large tract Of land was set Monday afternoon by boy firing off a fire cracker at the Dennis Corners school. The fire caught the grass around the schoolhouse, and with a strong wind blowing at the time 1t soon spread so that 1t was beyond control Several houses and barns were threatened; i; head fires were set. and large force of men worked into the night before 1t was subdued. Quite number Of farms were burned, besides woodland and meadowland.
 Shot Two Wild Geese.
 Ernest Champlin shot and killed two wild geese one day last week.
 Mrs. George H. Moves has lemon tree that has over sixty buds and blos- sons on 1t. The blossoms are very fragrant and beautiful.
 Mrs. O. B. Macomber and daughter, Mrs Leon W. Bliven, attended the funeral of their aunt, Miss Caroline Briggs. Of Ashaway, Monday afternoon.
 Harry Moves Of Watch Hill spent Saturday and Sunday with his par ents here.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

manual the best book of its sort put out by any state in the nation. It is also fact that 1t is immensely vaFu- able to Mir. Goddard for exchange with other state librarians for works issued by their states which he wants and ought to have. It is of great value to every library in the state, and every one gets a copy. It is of superlative value in the newspaper offices of the state, but that fact needs little com ment in newspaper.
 Further than that, MT. Taylor is very far from a grafter and put the honest value into the books. so that it would not be possible for anybody to get up the work that he does. containing less than he gets. Statements that what he gets s4O00 for could be got for S1,000 exhibit merely a silly ignor ance. If 1t be desired to leave no pie torial history of the present genera tion for future generations, that is one thing: but we have rather generally come to see the narrowness of any such attitude, as well as its thouehtfulness. Having then established the value of the book, there comes the question of why not let the state pay for such books as 1t uses and the members pay for the books which go to them. Sim ply for the reason that the publisher Of the book couldn't afford to get up the book which he does now on a smaller scale and that if it were left to lndi- vidual members and senators whether or not they should go in the book and pay for it themselves quite a number would stay out and the book would be incomplete and of little value. This used to be the case and the present method of its publication was evolved to cover the case, as it does.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
COLUMBIA.

Special Town Meeting to investigate Towns Right to Road-Mr. Porter Will Take Civil Service Exansina- tions.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

'Face to Face" and q quartette, "wher Have Crossed the Bar
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

IF we arizzlsd and gray boards want to have our young neighbors like us and look up to us a little. we'll do well to stand ready with any advice or sug- gestion our experience may enable us to gfve,-when they ask for 1t: for the rest If the lime, let's keep our superior wisdom corked up so they won't be all the time smelling 1t. know this will suit their ideas best: I think 1t will be, also, the most helpful in the long run.
 THE FARMER,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

The lesson Of all which is: Don't he in too big a hurry" It's a very good thing. when you're invited out to dinner, to be on time; but it isn't wise fo arrive SO far ahead of time that you catch the ~nissus'' just beginning to
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
Bond Issue Measure.

The joint committee on finance has sue authorized by the last legislature, and never issued, a $7.000. 900 bond is- sue, but the measure is being held up so that 1t can be reported in a shape which will make it comport with all the other measures which it concerns, some of which are now before other committees. The state has already committed itself to this bond issue through the last legislature and it isn't proposed to take a backward step now.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
Outlook for Stat. Tax.

But when it comes to the state tax
 that Is going to have harder sledding There isn't much sympathy for that and it q 0esn't look as though it would be levied. There is far more likeli- hood of State Tax Commissioner Cor
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
CHESTNUT HILL.
Local Men Favor Bill at Hartford Hsaring-Measures to Be Considered at Special Town Meeting.

MT. and Mrs. A. L. Frink were in Gilead Thursday attending the funeral of Mrs. Melissa Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13
A FARMERS TALK TO FARMERS.
The Air Full of the Signs of SpringThe Way Spring Opens on the Farm-An Early Start Not Always Wise Experience is Good Teacher-The Satisfaction of Knowing-Give Advice when Asked-Superior Wis dom Should be Corked Up.

peel the potatoes. Promptness is virtue, but over-anxiety is not. The hardest thing in the year for me--and perhaps for some other farmers-is to keep the golden mean between precip- itancy and procrastination. want to be on hand when the general roll Is called, but I don't want to answer a false alarm.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-13

But you've got that onion-b bed pIow- ed, anyhow. And next morning 1t rains; all day it rains; next day it rains; your plowed ground is turned into a spudgy splashy spongey mud puddle which. when it finally dries out, has to be plowed over again, and is cioddy after all.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
TaiIOrs' Symbols.

"Did you ever notice how the tall
ors while measuring man for suit
of clothes mix in few letters occa-
sionally among the numbers?' asked
a downtown lawyer recently Of
friend. whenever I have been
measured for a suit of clothes the
tailor always said S. B. L. in sub
dued voice as he took the measure
for the length of my trousers. l Of
ten wondered what this secret signal
meant, and on one occasion made so
bold as to ask, but was put aside IN
some casual way, which plainly
showed me that the taller did not
wish me to know the meaning OF the
mysterious S.. B. L. Well. | never
knew what those letters meant until
one day this winter when l stumbled
across the solution quite by accident.
l was waiting to have my measure
taken while a strapping big fellow
was on the rack AS he measured the
length of the trouser leg the tailor
said: '33, S. B. l. Yes came back
the reply from the big fellow, and
- bowlegged, too!' All these years
tailors had been accusing me of being
Slightly bowlegged,' and | had never
caught on until l was practically told
the answer in the accidental way. -
Philadelphia Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.

About 8 o'clock the men were
startled by an extraordinary noise,
apparently coming from the eastern
end of the island, a noise unlike any
thing they had ever heard before.
Dropping their tools and starting to-
ward the east, they beheld such a
sight as it falls to the lot Of few
people to witness There, not 500
yards from the shore, was being
waged a battle to the death-a fight
between the great COW whale pre-
viously seen and school of thresher
sharks. The calf was swimming
about distractedly, but the old bull
had disappeared, having basely de-
serted his family at the first ap-
proach of danger.
The sharks, as though acting in &C
cordance with somo preconcerted
plan, had completely surrounded the
two whales, and, apparently realizing
that nothing was to be feared from
the calf, concentrated all their efforts
upon the COW. Again and again they
charged in upon her, their jaws snap
ping, tearing at her mighty sides until
the sea was red with blood. Mean
while the COW lashed her tail furious
ly, hurling up sheets of reddened
water and occasionally crashing down
with terrific force upon one Of her
voracious opponents. Maddened with
pain and rage, she dashed this way
and that, but the sharks hung to her
side with a persistency and ferocity
that made the fascinated onlookers
Shudder
Now and again the wild-lashing
tail would catch one of the assailants,
driving it beneath the waves-no
doubt killed or disabled-but the re-
mainder rushed in undismayed, tear
ing viciously at the mammals bleed
ing fanks or butting her with the
force of battering rams.
Presently the spellbound specta-
tors realized two facts-firstly, that
the calf had disappeared in the melee,
and secondly, that the tortured whale
was undoubtedly becoming weaker.
1t was obvious that the unequal strug-
SIC CouI' nave ouly OHS SuuluS. Slili,
however, she fought on doggedly, win
ming admiration and sympathy by her
exhibition of hopeless courage. AL
tering her tactics, by supreme effort
she hurled her whole great bulk clear
of the water for a moment, and the
fascinated onlookers beheld the
sharks hanging from various parts of
her cleaning body by their serrated
teeth. Then down she went again,
with crash like thunder, and for an
instant whale and sharks were buried
amidst masses of foam, heavily col
ored with the poor mammals life
blood.
Rising again, she essayed another
change of plan, making for the rocks
and desperately striving to rub off the
elipging sharks against their edges.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
Decay of Building Stones.

The causes of decay in building
stones are various and depend on the
physical structure Of the stone, its
composition and the nature of the
surrounding atmosphere. The most
destructive agent to which the stone
is exposed is rain or Il moist atmos-
phere, and also in minor degree
wind, frost and smoke. The air of
large towns is usually charged with
various deleterious acids. These
acids are dissolved by the rain, which
penetrates the stone in a greater or
less degree, according to its physical
structure, and combines with the con-
stituents of the stone, causing 1t to
decay, so that any contrivance that
will check the admission of water will
be most likely to succeed in arresting
decay.-Building World.