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Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
TAFTVlLLE.
Funeral of Damase Phaneuf-Ponenah
Company Begins Harvesting Ice Crop
Today-Notes.

The body Of Damase Phaneuf was
sent to his native home at st. Damase,
Canada, on the 2.23 north bound train
The remains were accompanied by
Henry Phaneuf, son of the deceased.
Upon the arrival in st. Damase this
morning q requiem mass will be cele-
brated and the body laid to rest in the
family lot. Tuesday afternoon at 100
at the Sacred Heart church there were
short services, conducted by Rev. Ar
thur O'Keefe. The bearers were Jo-
seph Fregeau, Joseph Fontaine, Charles
Paradis, Amable Deslandes.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

On Monday evening there was a
cottage prayer meeting at the home
of Adnor o. Norcross at 81 West Town
street. There was a good attend
ance and an interesting meeting held,
the singing being especially good.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Joseph Woisard Of South A street
underwent a successful operation at
his home Tuesday morning. He has
been sick since Jan. LIST, but now ex-
poets to be well in a very few weeks
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
Anniversary High Mass.

celebrated in st. Mary's church this
morning at $50 for James Moriarty.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
coastina on Merchants Avenue.

The coasting on Merchants avenue
was enjoyed by an especially large
crowd Tuesday evening The hill and
Providence street were in fine condi-
ton, and nearly all the big sleds were
able to go as far as the mill yard.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Tuesday Edmund Proulx moved his
engine from Merchants avenue to Bliss
vile pond, IN preparation to begin cut
ting ice. The engine will furnish pow
er for an endless chain.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

The Burley Cribbage club held a
meeting Monday evening in their rooms
at William Kromer's stable. Charles
J. Twist won the first prize a pack Of
cards, ard the consolation went to
Michael Kirby.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
Oldest Negro Minstrel in the Country
Dead

Boston. Feb. 2.-The death Is an
nounced of Charles H. Atkinson, said
to have been the oldest negro minstrel
in the country Atkinson was born In
Limington, Me-. 70 years ago He
was famed as a ballad singer. and was
at one time called the champion bone
soloist. He is survived by a widow,
who for many years conducted a res
teurant In Newspaper row, and by a
son, Charles F., formerly theatrical
manager.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
Notes.

Cleophas Martin of Merchants ave-
nue. has returned, after a few days
visit with his bfother in Ware, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
WOmen'S Garments
Ae speeial Clearance Prices.

At S3.49-Children's Long Coats, sizes
to IA, regular price $500.
At S5.98-Women's and Misses 50-inch
Coats, regular prices $1,000 and
$3.50.
At S1o.00-Women's and Misses Coats,
lined throughout with guaranteed
satin, regular price S17.5o.
At S1650-iWomen's so = inch Cloth
Cloths-many are Sample Coats
regular price S25.00
At S2000-Women's Fur Lined and
Wool Caracul Coats, some OF ous
finest garments. regular prices
$4,000 and $3.50.
At S75o-Women's Tailored Suits,
about rs Suits in odd sizes. reg
ular $500 Suits.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Albert McNulty fell of a load OK
baled hay on Central avenue at Ninth
street, Tuesday afternoon at 4.30, but
escaped serious injury, although he
was nearly run over by a wheel.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
NORWICH TOWN.

Observance Of candlemas Dsy-Meet-
ing of Ministerial Association at
First chureh-Fine Paper by Rev.
A. n. Wilcox.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Miss Alice Beckwith and Miss Hattie
Brown Of South Windham spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Larkin.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Fred King. Arthur Audette and Hen
ry Legarry have accepted positions as
woodchoppers in the employ of John
Legarry, who is getting out ties in Lis
bon.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

James Gay, who has been the guest
of his brother, Charles Gay OF Boswell
avenue, left Tuesday for New Haven,
where he will visit his mother.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
Other Special Offerings

At 15e-Women's Black Wooden Hos
iery regular price Csc.
At 25e-Women's Black F1eecy-lined
Hosiery, plain and ribbed top.
regular price 37hc.
At 15c-An odd lot Of Children's
F1eecy- lined Ribbed Vests. regu-
lar price Csc.
At 69e-4Iisses' Jersey Leggins, regu-
lar price s5c.
At 7ec-Women's Jersey LegginE, reg
ular price 95c.
Infants. Wool Mittens at 100, 12he,
15o, soc and 25o.
Chndren's Wool Mittens at $50, zoo
and 25o.
women's Wool Arittsns at 15e, 200 and
25e.
Boys Yarn Gloves at 25o a pair.
Misses Golf Gloves at $50 a pair.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Mrs Rutherford H Snow Of Hunt
! ington avenue is spending some time
| in Providence, the guest of her aunt,
| Mrs. Leonard Grandy.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

William Hannum, a conductor, was
taken to the Backus hospital Tuesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Stanley Vergason of Huntington
avenue is spending a few days with
relatives in New London.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

The Harmony Whist club met or
Monday evening with Mrs. James KEEL
ly at her home on Huntington avenue
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Mrs. Roswell J. P. Browne, who
some time by illness. is improving.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Mrs. Frank P. Beckwith of South
Windham was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. @. II. Benjamin on Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03

Joseph Barber was the guest Of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barber
Of Moosup, Sunday
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
VISIT TIE COUNTRY

and enjoy a day In the fresh air.
There are lots OF beautiful places with
in sssy driving distances OF Norwich
Gardeners Lake, Bailsy's Ravine. Ian
tern Hill and others. We've got ths
teams for such trips. and the prices
will be right.
MAHONEY BROS, Falls Avenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
Cottage Meeting.

Mrs. Daniel c. Browne of Mystic is
| the guest of local relatives.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
Olle 8ullefi1r.
Norwich, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1909.

The Bulletin should be delivered
everywhere in the city before 6 a. m
Subscribers who fail to receive 1t by
that time will confer a favor by re-
porting the fact to The Bulletin Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
THE
.POrteOuSg Mitchell
COMPANY.
Winter =
Merchandise
AT Greatly Reduced Prices
Here are good honest values in the
kind of goods you need NOW = the
lowest prices possible for Merchandise
Of absolute reliability.
Mems Wear

At 21e-Men's Winter Gloves and Nit.
tens, regular price Csc.
At 39o-Men's Winter Gloves and Mt
tens, regular price soc.
At 36e-Men's Sanitary Fleecy-lined
Shirts and Drawers, regular
price soc.
At 3bc-Men's F1eecy-lined Shirts and
Drawers regular price SOC.
At S9c-Men's Winter Weight Ribbed
Union Suits, regular price $3.50.
At S1.15-Men's Cancels Hair shirts
and Drawers, regular price $3.50.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
GREENEViLLE.

Six hours after high water it is low
tide, which is followed by flood tide.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Worlds Most
Beautiful River
By DAVID SEUBEL.

The great river which Hudson ex-
plored has had many names. 1t was
called Cahohatea and Skanehtade Ga
hunda by the Iroquois, Mahicanituc
or Mahican River by the Mohican In
dams, and Shatemuc by other In
dams; Una Grandissima Riviera by
Verazzano (1524), whence Rio
Grande, Riviere Grande and Grand
River; Rio do San Antonio or River
OF Saint Anthony by Gomez (1525);
Rio de Gamas by the Spaniards
(1525-16OO); River of the Mountains
by Hudson (1609), or Montaigne Riv-
Ter on Dutch maps (1615-1664):
River Mandates by De Laet (1625l,
or M%anhattans River on Dutch maps
(1615-1G64); River Mauritius or
Maurits River from Maurice, Prince
of Orange, during the Dutch period;
and the MORT River Dutch period)
or North River (English) to distin-
guish it from the south or Delaware
River. Hudson's name has displaced
all of these except the North River,
which is applied in a limited way to
that portion of the river opposite the
city of New York.
The Hudson River is very remark
able in several respects. In the first
place, for $50 miles of its length it
is not a true river but a ford. From
Albany to the ocean it's rock bottom,
with the exception of a few islands, Is
below sea level. How far below is
not accurately known. Opposite
Storm King Mountain, where the en-
gineers of the new aqueduct for sup
plying New York City with water
from the Catskills hoped to build a
tunnel under the river, they have
bored a thousand feet down into the
dirt and sand that fill the gorge un-
der the water and have not been able
to find rock bottom. The shore line
at Albany is at practically the same
elevation as the shore line at New
York, and the tide rises at Albany
two and ei~ght-tenths feet. This up
ward and downward flowing of the
tide, of which Hudson took advan-
tage in his voyage, had, of course,
long been noticed by the Indians, who
spoke of the river with wonder as the
stream that flowed both ways.
The river Is also remarkable for its
great natural beauty. The distin-
guished German surgeon, DR., Adolf
Lorenz, while visiting on its shores
in 1902, pronounced it more beauti-
full than the Rhine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Lack OF Parental Discipline.

"Parertal discipline in American
homes has been most lamentably re-
laxed; to such - Sztete. }n3&41, that
parental authority has almost ceased
to exist. With the increase OF lux
ury and indulgence of every kind;
with the increase of nervous fmpu}-
| siveness, accompanied by a refusal to
exercise or submit to restraint, there
has come to exist generally a condi-
ton in which children are allowed to
have their own way, their inherited
and acquired impulsive desires are
gratifed without stint or question.
and their natural youthful tendency
to rebel against authority, especially
that of the teacher, has been aggra-
waited by a parental support, in too
many cases, of wilful defiance on the
part of children toward the rules and
discipline of the school; and child and
parent all too often make common
cause against the teacher as COM
mon enemy.
"A feverish desire on the part OF
youth to have excitement and enter
tainment, for selfish pleasure, is aided
and abetted in its qualification by a
fond yearning on the part of parents,
carried often to a most %imprudent and
dangerous extent, after the acquisi-
ton by the children of the so-called
social arts and graces. Hence arises
the great problem Of the social dissi-
patton INDUCED in by growing boys
and girls attending school during the
school year. Principals and teachers
may warn and thunder against the
high school dance and party. All is
futile. The parents do not sustain
the teacher, and OF course the youths
will heed neither admonition nor
condemning; and we have dress suits
on boys of sixteen and elaborate
w%ardrobes for girls of fifteen, and
headaches and pasty compilations and
Indigestion and melancholy and lassi-
tude and inconsistencies, with perma-
nent undermining of health, and often
of morals.
"It is because I believe that a
healthful outlet for boyish energies
may thus be provided, that thus the
more successfully may youthful &C
tivities be diverted from unhealthful
pleasures to wholesome, strength
bringing exercises, and through them
to a nobility Of character and a de-
votion to duty that I advocated an en-
couragement of school athletics. It is
the football field. the diamond, the
track, against the party, the dance.
the pool parlor, and the saloon. 1t is
the open air and s%turdiness Of every
sort against steam heat and cigarette
smoke and general disintegration."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Private Johns Office.

when I first decided to allow the
people of Tupelo to S NAH name as
a candidate for Congress I went out
to a neighboring parish to speak,
said Private John Allen to some
friends at the old Metropolitan Hotel,
in Washington, recently.
"An old darkey came up to me
after the meeting. tMarse. Allen he
said, Use powerful glad to see you.
Use known OBJ you sense you wuz a
baby. Knew yoh poppy long befo'
you-all wuz bohn, too. He used to
hold de same Office you got now. !
members how ne held dat same Office
for years an years.
What Office do you mean, uncle?'
I asked, as I never knew pop held
any Office. .
why, de Office of candidate,
Marse John; yoh pappy was candi-
date fo' many yeahs. From Nor
man E Mack's National Monthly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Baden-Powell and Zeppelin.

Major B~aden-Powell has. just been
telling how he was bluffed by Count
Zeppelin. He wanted to see the
counts airship, and he. had paid him
two visits. On the first occasion the
count gave him every information,
and allowed him to take photographs,
but by the second time the German
Government were in treaty with the
count. Nevertheless, he was received
very pleasantly. II have come" said
Major Powell to him, "to see how
you are now getting on with your
balloon" "Do you play chess?" was
the counts reply. Eyes" said Major
Powell, 81 do" "Well," said the
count, 1--WE had better have a game"
"and," added Major Powell, I'VE
played chess all the afternoon, and !
neither heard nor saw more OF the
acknowledgements Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
In Virginia.

The Highway Commission has !e2-
perimented with macadam roads cost
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile.
fine gravel roads costing from $1,000
to $500 a mile, sand-clad roads at
$500 per mile. Wherever good roads
have been constructed farm lands
have increased from twenty-five to
100 per cent. in value. The Govern
or declares that no expenditure or
public money brings. such immediate
benefits as for good roads, not to mem
ton the comfort and pleasure 1t gives
to landowners and everybody dwell
ing permanently or transiently within
the States. There has been a great
educational awakening in Virginia OF
late, farm values have been wonder
fully enhanced, and outside capital
attracted to an astonishing extent.
The railroads are deeply interested In
the progress of r~oad.making, and are
transporting material and conVicts
free from place to place so that the
work may be Observation-Disclosures
Times-Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
The Maryland Tomato.

IT'S an ill wind that blows nobody
good-a p%latitude, of course, but n
that finds constant corroboration and
support in the stern facts of exist
ence. Consider, for instance, the re-
cent drouth. It turned the country
side into dusty steppes and drove the
farmers to pessimism and agnosti-
cism, but all the while it was making
the Maryland tomato a perfect fruit.
When the clouds leak copiously the
tomato is apt to grow watery and
emaciated, but when rain is sparing
it grows firm and nourishing. The
tomatoes Of the present season are
the best known for years. They are
poor in water but extraordinarily
rich in foodstuffs. The modern to-
mato, with it's round. rosy cheeks
and sweet, cool heart, is essentially a
Maryland product. It's wild grand
parent was known and esteemed by
the native Indians of the State as far
back as the year $500 3. c. When
the white settlers came they began
to improve upon the aboriginal meth
DDS Of %cultiyating it, and oon 1t was
lifted from its original state as a
lowly pot herb and placed among the
h~eaven-sent delicatessen. To-day
the tomato asks no odds OF any other
fruit or vegetable. AS it is grown
upon the eastern shore it is as perfect
as the grapes of Calabria or the ap-
Piles Of the Hesperides. The most &C.
complished tomatologists in the
world have their laboratories on the
shore.-Baltimore Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
hen He COLLAPSED.

The first time a man speaks In pub
lie he probably suffers more, agony in
a shorter space of time than at any
other part of his career. Young
Frankington felt the truth of this
very keehly the other day when he
found himself facing an audience OF
free and independent voters at an
election. He had prepared a very fer
vid Grafton in support of his fathers
candidacy, but for the first few mo-
ments he could do nothing but gasp.
Then, in response to an encouraging
cheer, he began to speak.
"Mr.-Mr. Chairman" he STAN
mered, when when I left home
this evening only two people on this
earth-my father and myself-kneW
what I was going to say, but now
now-well, now, only father knows"
-Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Population Of the German Empire.

Population Of the German Empire.
The Statistical Year Book for the
German Empire, the 1909 edition OF
which has just been printed, gives
the population of Germany on June
80, 1909, at 6~3,SS6,000. The popu4
lation of the empire on June 30i
1908, was So, 1882 900. The year thus
shows an increase of $4,000. This
is slightly less than the increase for
the year ended June 80, 1908. which
is given at 500 1000. The last census
of the empire was taken in December,
1905, when the population was found
to be %6O,641,278. Later population.
figures are arrived at by adding the
excess of births over deaths and emf
grations. BY. this method the popu-
lation on June 80, 1906, was 61,177,-
900; in 1907 it vas 62,083,000. In
the three and a half years since the
last census the increase in population.
has been 3,250,000, and since the
founding of the German Empire in
1871 it has been, in round figures,
3 5000, 0O0.-From Daily Consular
and Trade Reports.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

should fld a place waiting for it on
many an Office desk. This contriv-
ance will open letters much more
speedily than any other method yet
conceived and will do the work neat
ly. The machine consists of a long,
narrow box with a 1ared mouth run
ming the length of the front. The
upper portion of this fared mouth,
both parts of which are metal, is q
knife with a razor edge. 1t is pivot
ally mounted and operated by means
of a vertical rod which terminates in
a knob on top of the box. To open a
letter the envelope is thrust endwise
or ~lengthwise into the slot, A press
ure on the knob depresses the knife
and it cuts through as much of the
envelope as overhangs the metal shelf
which constitutes the lower portion
Of the mouth. Care must be taken,
of course, not to push the letter too
far in.-Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
The Dying Dance.

Dances in society are becoming
fewer and fewer. Even in the sea-
son proper they are much less IRE.
quent than formerly.
. Ten years ago there were numbers
of smart people who gave fortnightly
dances throughout October, Novem-
Der and December, and these were
always greatly appreciated and well
attended. But nothing elaborate In
the way of supper was attempted, and
dancing commenced about ten and
ended about two and everything was
on simple, h~ospitable lines.
But now things have to be done on
a grand scale. The ordinary young
man; is apt to look on dances as rath-
err "a bore, don't you know!" And
unless he knowslthat everything will
be done in a particularly princely way
he doesn't even trouble to answer an
invitation.-Home Chat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
He Was Amazed.

An E~nglishman was asked to
speak at a club dinner in Chicago
He arose, stuck his mcnocle in his
eye and told CHS story: Il was in
Chicago at d dinnah, you know
said he, "wheah they were to give a
prize for the best story. One fellah
got up and told Il story and sat down,
another told another story ard sat
down, don't you know, then they
asked me to tell a story. l arose
and began: L am an E~nglishmau
with a sense of humor!!' And to my
amazement they gave ne the prize
before I could say another word. You
see what / mean!"-kansas CitJ
Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Rusy. Not Useful.

The generally accepted belief that
a person is useful in proportion as he
is busy is c~ontroverted by a writer
who says: Il have a dog that Is load
ed up with fleas. In the summer time.
when the feas are plenty, that IS the
busiest dog I eve saw; when he isn't
biting at the feas he's swapping at
the flies. lie never has a minute to
spare, but when he is the busiest he
is the least account for practical pur-
poses. A I'd there is q young fellow
in my neighborhood who has a cheap
watch and he smokes cigarettes.
When he isn't winding his watch he
Is lighting a cigarette. He is a
mighty busy young man, but he isn't
worth two hoops in a water BARREL"
Rule .CTexas) Review.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

The breath of a healthy person has
no odor. This is equivalent to say
ing that no one whose breath has ha-
bitually a disagreeable odor is in alb
solute health. Somewhere there is
trouble. the presence Of which. al
though not always the location of it,
is betrayed by the expired air.
A person with bad breath is not al
ways aware Of his misfortune, or per-
haps one should say the misfortune of
his friends, and it is a kindness and
a duty on the part of his family to
tell him. The trouble "a almost al
ways be bettered, if not entirely re-
moved, and it is the duty Of n so
afflicted to place himself in the ply
sician's hands for care.
The cause of a bad breath is often
evident, but sometimes q very careful
examination, weighing and rejecting
one by one the different possibilities.
is necessary before the seat of the
trouble can be determined.
Local troubles must be looked for
and corrected. Catarrh of the nasal
passages, or Of one Or more Of the
cavities in the bones of the face COM
m%unicating with the nose, may cause
a very foul breath; this can be re-
lieved in many cases by snuffing up
some antiseptic huid-well diluted,
for the nasal mucous membrane is
sensitive-through each nostril sew
eral times a day. The nasal douche.
so often recommended, should be
used only under the direction OF a
physician.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
An Emergency Brake.

Saying her prayers is considered by
little Katherine a nightly Precipitation
to the Almighty to be accomplished
with all possible speed. Night after
night she ratified off the Lords Prayer
a string of unintelligible g%ibberish un-
til a Nemesis overwhelmed her in the
form of maternal chastisement.
"I'm sorry to be obliged to punish
you," said her mother, "but you are
a naughty little girl. It's very, very
%irreverent in you to rattle off the
Lords Prayer like that
"I don't rattle it of" sobbed Kath-
crime. Really and truly, mother, I
don't. I always slow up toward. the
end because I'm afraid if I don't I'll
say it all through twice before I
think."-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Better Than Nothing.

douglas Inglish, of Lamar, Mo,
had a friend who failed to answer his
letters. Mr.. Inglish sent him a "pre-
digested" letter to sign and mail back
as follows: Douglas Inglish, La
mar, Mo-: I am, and have been, too
darned lazy to write you. I have
promised so often that I doubt my
ability to tell the truth. I am dead,
to all intents and purposes. so far as
writing is concerned. If I could mus
ter sufficient energy I would write,
but as I am shy on both energy and
inclination, I shall only write my
name" Here the writer left a blank,
with directions to sign if not dead"
This letter brought an answer.-Kan-
sas City Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Politics in the Pulpit.

It is a new and curious feature OF
political campaigning in New York
City for politicians to spout from
church pulfits. For years, though,
many clergymen have preached po-
litical sermons, which, as master
pieces of misinformation, were not
equalled in any other cline. Whether
the politicians in their pulpit talks
tell all the truth, for they certainly
know it, is quite another matter. If
a few years ago even the idea had
been advanced that a machine poll
tician should speak from a pulpit
there would have been, in the opinion
of those who have mentioned this
new and curious feature Of New York
CITY campaigns, universal objection.
on the ground of its approach to the
saarilegious.-New York Sun.