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Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
SOUTH WELLINGTON
Teachers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ex-
cursion Set for Next Saturday.

John williams of Willimantic was
the guest of Fred Williams last week
Friday.
At a meeting of the town school
committee, held in the hall the 6th,
it was voted TO engage the following
teachers: Miss Lillian Matthews on
the Hill, Mrs. d. l.. Royce at East
wilmington, Miss Lila Fenton at
Moose Meadows, Miss Mabel Pease on
Village Hill, Miss Mary c. Miller and
Miss Julia Kneeland at South Will
ington. These are all re-engagements.
New teachers will have to be secured
for the remaining schools.
Misses Alice and Julia Denman
were visitors in Norwich a part Of
last week.
A game with the West Wellington
ball team on their grounds has been
arranged for this Saturday afternoon
with the promise of a return game to
be played here the 2Sth.
The seventeenth animal excursion OF
the employees of G. Hall, Jr., & Co. to
Watch Hill and Block Island has been
announced for Saturday, August 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Bracket
spent Sunday at the home Of Miss j.
H Kneeland in Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward James Of Mid
dletown spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. w H. James.
Miss Claire Sheehan OF Wallingford
is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. William
H. Bracket.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
NORTH WOODSTOCK

Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Minot from
Bath, N. H., are guests of L. ]. Leavltt.
Mrs. William Clark and daughter
Lena are visiting Mrs. Clark's sister,
Mrs, Newton ID. Skinner.
Quinebaug Pomona grange has been
invited to hold a meeting at Echo
farm, the home of State Master L. HI.
Healey, on Aug. Goth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindall Houghton have
returned from weeks stay at Block
Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brown and
daughter Mildred are at Narragansett
Pier for a few days.
The pulpit of the Congrega tional
church here was supplied Sunday by
Rev. Mr.. Waters, the Rev. T. Turner
being i'll
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
WOODSTOCK VALLEY.
Guests Come and Go on Summer
Jaunts.

Ernest Keene of Milford, Mass, Is
visiting his cousin, Percy Mattocks.
Mrs. Stephen Slingsley and daughter,
Miss Harriet. and Mrs. Arthur Ed
redge are visiting friends in South
wellington and Hartford.
Sidney P. Butler of New Haven
spent Sunday with his wife at Mrs. l..
P. Briggs.
Howard X. and Clovis L. Carpenter
of Putnam spent Sunday at Allen w.
Kenyon's.
Miss J, Louise Kenyon is visiting
friends in Providence.
Alvin Burley of Springfield called
on friends in the valley Tuesday.
Mrs. Allen w. Kenyon was in South
wilmington Sunday
Mrs. Allen Kenyon was in South
bridge, Mass, on Wednesday.
Miss Jessie Tourtellotte of North
Grosvenordale and Miss Della Newell
of Spencer, Mass, are guests of Miss
Hazel Reach.
Mr.. Douglass and daughter of Will
mantle are visiting at II. o. Bellows.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Briggs of Nor
wich and Harold Briggs of Pomfret are
guests of Mrs. I. p Briggs
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
RICHMOND

Mr. and aErs. Albert Eoyte spent
Tuesday at Matunwclx Beach
Town Treasurer Charles J. Greene
and Nathan Wilbur left Wednesday, Tor
Seattle, where they will attend tbs
Paoifsc- AIaska- Yukon exposition.
Mrs. e. X. James speut Tuesday at
Pleasant View Beach.
Miss Ada Broadbent Of PrpYidenee rs
the guest Of Mrs. A. II. Phillips.
Mrs. Susan Hoxie. who has been
spending a few days with her niece.
Mrs. b. 3. Moore, left Wednesday cor
westerly, where she is the guest OF her
son, Herbert l.. Hoxia.
Mrs e. X. James, M. A. H. Phil
lips, Miss Ada Broadbent spent Wed
nesday with Mrs. Charles Bliss at
Matunuck.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
ELLIMGToy

John Oates Of Ashley Falls, Mass,
is home for a vacation.
Ldrs. JOHN Reed and sons, Donald
and John. of Providence, have arrived
at Thomas Stenson's to sepnd the
month.
Mrs. Max Champion Of Brooklyn.
N. Y. is spending the week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Niles.
Mrs. George Rouk Of Brooklyn. n.
Y. has been visiting Miss Matte
Niles
Mrs. Allen and daughter Hattie ass
guests of their cousin, Francis Ptn-
nty.
Raymond Pinney Of Manchester we%
a visitor in town Wednesday.
Miss Rosa Barr OF Hartford
spending her vacation at her home.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
ROCKVILLE
Driving Aeeident--Horse Breaks Meek
in Runaway.

Mrs. Leroy Kenyon had a marrow
escape from a serious accident when
she was thrown from a wagon In
which she was riding and was kicked
Iby the horse. She escaped with Sc
we're bruises.
Prof. Oscar L. Bu-dck and family
started for New Hampshire wednes-
day to visit friends.
Mrs. Alice Wells and daughter, Mas
Louise of Westerly were guests Of
Miss Lottie Burdick from Friday until
Monday.
Elmer Burdick OF Moscow lest his
horse Tuesday. 1t ran away and
throwing itself broke its neck.
Miss Lucette Crandall IL the guest OF
friends at Westerly
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Chester OF North
S.onington have been guests OF tbs
formers sister, Mrs. J. p. Greene this
week
Moscow mill started up wednesday
after being still a few days 70 hRvs
the engine repaired.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
LETTERS FROM TWO STATES.

grounds and put in cement walks and
curbing. This promises to be one of
the most attractive residences in the
village.
Mrs. Kate Payne is recovering from
an injury to her foot while splitting
wood few days ago. At one time
there were symptoms of blood poison
ing.
BY order of the official board of the
Moosup Methodist church the church
will be closed for the next two weeks
and the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Wheeler, will
spend part Of the time at Button
woods beach.
Miss Ella and Lila Millett are
spending two weeks at the Whitman
tic camp grounds.
Joseph Daigneault, in charge of the
worsted department of the Pocassett
Worsted company of Thornton, r. L..
is visiting with his wife at his moth
er's, Mrs. Amanda Daigneault's, of
Moosup.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
WASHINGTON COUNTY, RI
HoPKiNT0N
voIuntown Man Wins Local 5ride--
New travelling Library Arrives.

On the evening Of July %, Rev. z.
p. Mathewson united in marriage Earl
Lewis Palmer of Voluntown with Mary
Elizabeth Ceilings of Hep{Sinton. Miss
Ceilings recently returned from a visit
at her childhoods home in England.
Miss Ethel M. DEkee and Milton
L. Durkee are guests at the home OF
Rev. Z. p. Mathewson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peleg CranSail OF New
York are visiting at the home OF Mr..
Crandalls mother, Mrs. Jason p. g.
Brown.
Miss Rotha Lewis is visiting friends
in Boston.
1rs. Dele waldron of Montvtife and
Miss Jennie Belle Gadbois of East
Lyme were recent visitors at the hone
of William s. McGonegal.
Miss Deborah Weeks gave birthday
party Monday to nineteen friends. hav-
ing attained the age OF Ave years on
that date. An enjoyable aftcFnec
was spent in games. followed by
sandwiches, cake and ice cream.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Carpenter
and son visited at the home Of John
z. Wells Sunday.
new travelling library has arrived
in town from Providence.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
WINDHAM COUNTY.
M00SUP
Guarantee Discontinued, Spinners
striks-Sunday School Class Has
Picnic at the Lake.

The spinners' strike at the wooden
NIL remains practically unchanged. j.
Werner, agent of the American
WScoien company, explains that the
epinners have practically been work.
ing by the pound or piece work here
tofcre, with the difference that they
have received a guarantee of ten dol
lars a week, under which plan some
of the men have received as high as
twelve and thirteen dollars. No other
mill in the American Wooden COM
pany's syndicate pays this guarantee
and as the cost of spinning is more
than in other mills the guarantee can
not longer be continued in COMPETE
ton with other mills in the company
Mr.. Werner says that men can con-
tinue to earn good wages by the new
system, but they seem unwilling to
make the attempt.
Miss Cora Stainthorpe has gone to
the Rhode Island hospital to receive
treatment for trouble with her left eye
Outing for Sunday School Glass.
wednesday Mrs. John Stanton gave
her Sunday school class Of boys a
pleasant outing at Moosup lake. The
boys passed the day with games of va
rious kinds and boating. At noon ta-
bles were spread under the large oaks
and a lunch of cake, fruit and ice
cream was enjoyed.
Handsome Residence Planned.
The foundations of William Bella
vance's new house on School street
are In and the frame work is UP and
nearly covered c. r.. Johnson is put
ting In @ well and will grade the
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
CHESTNUT HILL.
Vacation at orr's IsIsnd--W. S. S. e
Entertained.

Mr.. and Mrs. William C. Robinson Of
Post Hill have returned from a two
weeks stay at Orr's Island of the
coast of Maine. Almost the entire
outward trip was made by trolley, the
party boarding the trolley at Putnam
and continuing to Portland, thence by
boat to the island.
The w. s. S. E. made q trip to Man
chester Green on Thursday, where they
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Walker. Weather conditions were
favorable and everything was done by
the host and hostess to make the stay
of the ladies' pleasant. 1t was q de-
lightful cutting.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
STERLING

Miss Edith Parsons. who has been
visiting friends in this village, return
ed lhome on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gurdon Love have
the sympathy of their friends in the
loss of their hid.
]. w. Baker is spending his vacation
in Mystic.
w. w. Vaughan is visiting friends
in East Hartford
Mrs T. Belanger is entertaining
her sister Miss Mildred Heath OF
Beecher Falls. VT
James Dougherty, who has been i'll
SC long has resumed his dutles as as
81 Unit at the Sterling station.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
MOUNT HOPE

Mrs. Caroline Lowton was in War
renville visiting her son. M. J. Lowton,
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Walker of Cur
leyville called on Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
White recently.
Mrs. William Ford Of Norwich Is
visiting with her sister, Mrs. J. H.
Bacon.
Mrs. w. II. Griggs and sister, Miss
Ida Dean, were Wiilimantic visitors
recently.
Master Charles Lowton Of Warren
vile has been staying with his grand
mother for a few days.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
POMFRET CENTER.

Mrs. Arthur NJ Smith of Cherokee.
Kansas visited Mrs. E. E. Brown the
past week.
Mary S. Brown spent Saturday and
Sunday with her mother at Central
Village.
Robert Rust is building a large
swimming pool at Courtland's.
Miss Fanny Brown started Friday
for Frostproof, Florida, where she is
to teach.
Willis Covell is making extensive
improvements ON his residence
Hon. James Botham visited at Town
Clerk Covell's Wednesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
ASHFORD.

William Sprague has moved his
family to the Whitaker house.
Miss Brown of New London and
friends are at Elmcroft for a few
weeks.
Miss Inez Whittemore, who has been
spending the summer here, returned
to Providence Wednesday.
p. Canning has been in Wallingford.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. P. Richards were
in Southington a few days this week
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
WESTMINSTER
Miss Alice Baker Recovering from
Injuries.

The c. E. meeting Sunday evening
was led by the president, Edgar H.
Parkhurst.
Mrs. A. A. Smith of Leicester.
Mass. spent couple Of days here
last week with the pastor, Rev. A. A.
Smith. and made several calls in the
parish.
Misses Grace and Sybil Rathbun
have returned from visit with their
aunt in Central Village.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Coulter are
entertaining their little nephew from
New Haven.
Miss Alice Baker, who was thrown
from her carriage near Plainfield de-
pot and severely injured two weeks
ago. is improving slowly.
Mrs. Merrill Button, Miss Carrie
Button. Mrs. George Rathbun and
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14

Charles Allen were among those from
this place, who attended the funeral
of Denison Allen In Scotland Tues
day.
Miss Frances Wedge, former res
ident here, is spending a few weeks
with a relative in Princeton, Mass.
Arthur Bennett has so far recovered
from an operation for appendicitis that
he has been removed from Backus hos
pital to his home.
Rev. A. A. Smith ofiiciated Wednes-
day at the funeral Of Nicholas Powers.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
CLARK'S CORNERS.
August Visitors at The Naples.

Recent guests at The Naples are Mr..
and Mrs w. Fl. Needam, Mr.. and Mrs,
Adams, also Philip J. Palmer, I'rinci-
pal M. F. Palmer. all of Springfield.
Miss May B. Hart of Plainville has
been the guest of Viola F. Jewett
Jeremiah Mccarthy and family OF
Willimantic are visiting in town.
J. Sullivan of New Haven is visit
ing John Navins.
Mrs. Fl. E. Colburn is visiting at
Liberty Hill.
Mrs. L. H. Jewett has returned from
Mantle.
Alfred Neff has moved to his new
home
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
EAST WELLINGTON

Mrs. Gilbert Ide is under the doetor's
care. Mrs. Philo Church. her daugh-
ter. from Rockville, Ia caring fer her
Albert Watrous fell from q load Of
hay and broke his shoulder.
/, Mrs. Fred Squier has recently besE
to the hospital again.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
SOUTH WlNDHAM.
Summer Visitors in Local Homes.

Mrs. Nathena Godfrey of Hartford
is the guest of Mrs. Mary Turner.
Mrs. e. w. Avery and Miss e. A.
Larkham returned Tuesday from a
visit with friends in Mystic.
Miss Annie l.. Smith is spending a
week in Westerly.
Mrs. M. l.. Larkham and son, Will
liam Backus, attended the funeral of
Mrs. Eugene Latham in Windsor Locks
Wednesday.
H. A. Avery and H. A. Card called
on friends in Mystic Sunday.
Masters Allan and James Eaton
have returned home after spending a
week with Mrs. H. A. Eaton.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14
HOWARD VALLEY
Preston Woman Preached mt Valley
Church.

Frank c. Hawkes. left Tuesday for
Raster, r. l.
Mrs. Henry Humes is entertaining
her uncle and aunt.
Elmer Hawkes. began work for M.
w. levitt at Clarks Corners last Mon
day.
Lewis Hawkes. is at work in Shell
ton, VT.
Miss Pauline Kern of Preston
preach in the Valley church last Sun
day and is expected TO preach here
till conferences meets, sometime next
month.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14

Whether the bullet that came so
near perforating Hon. JEFF Davis was
fired at him or another, the splendid
Jeff was unframed, and great nation
is not bereft and desolate.-Kansas
City Journals
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14

VI there is any one thing which, more
than another, differentiates the pros
porous from the unthrifty farmer
believe it is this very matter of de-
tails. In many cases all the difference
between profitable and Improbable
farming lies in the attention given to
minor matters, after the bigger affairs
have been looked after. | find that the
work / do in my truck patch evenings
after supper and the chores-,usr
"puttering" here and there, nursing
one backward plant. pulling a few en-
croaching weeds, tending to a new
hatch of bugs, mailing a board on the
line fence, catching up the loose
threads of the days work. find that
this sort of thing often counts for
about as much in the debit and credit
account OF the gardens as the solid
work l put in between a. m. and 6
p. m.
THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14

According to the latest crop pros
poets, the corn yield OF the United
States is going to come close to
5000 100000 bushels. That's a whop-
pin lot of corn. But it's all made up
of single kernels. And nature takes
more pains and lavishes more solicitous
and constant care on the fashioning
and ripening of each of those separate
kernels than some thousand acre
farmers of the wide west think they
ought to give to their whole farms in
year. It's out of the little things
that big things are made Many a
mickle makes a muckle," as the Scotch
saying has it.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14

Four times out of five-I guess one
might say nineteen times out of TWEEN
ty, our accidents and our losses and
our discomforts are due to our own
fault in not looking after the little
things. Those whom our Bulletin
MAN Who Talks" wisely and wittily
calls the children of hard luck" are
generally the fathers of that same luck.
Not always, of course; some things
can't be foreseen and prevented, no
matter how careful of the little things
we may be. One can't help dying If
he's struck by a healthy lightning
fash; but he can help leaning against
a wet tree trunk when the storm is
roaring its loudest. Deacon Sanders
says he couldn't help ii that his best
COW choked TO death on a green apple
out In pasture the other day. Perhaps
not, but If he had cut the bushes out
OF that pasture ten years ago, when
he ought TO have done so. and when
the wild apple tree was only sprout,
where would the green apple have
come from?
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-14

A shingle Is only a little thing. II
Peter Tumbledown had put one on his
leaky horse barn roof last week before
the rain he wouldn't have lost those
two bags of ground feed which were
soaked by the leaking water and
promptly heated and spoiled when the
following hot wave struck on. He lost
$40 because shingle was too small
a thing to engage his massive intellect.
You all remember Ben Franklin's ia
nous fable: For want of nail the
shoe was lost; for want of shoe the
horse went lame; for want of horse
the rider was captured and his des-
patches taken away; for want of these
the battle was lost" Not long ago l
passed a broken down wagon by the
side Of the road. One wheel was hope
lessly smashed, one axle badly bent,
part of the load spilled beyond recov-
cry; whole day had been lost TO the
teamster. all his days pay, several dol
lars for repairs, and so on-all because
he had thought a certain worn out bolt
too small a matter to waste time in
replacing before he started out
There's an automobile now standing
before a neighboring blacksmith's
shop which went into ditch and
against a wall, killed one man and
.
just because somebody didn't properly
make or fit one little gear. Some years
ago one farmers wife complained that
she couldn't afford to make butter; she
didn't get enough to pay the feed bills.
She fell i'll and a competent neighbor
took hold of the dairy. In two weeks
this latter woman had turned a loss
into a good profit, simply by taking
pains in two or three small details OF
caring for the milk and saving the
cream. Another neighbor came to see
me recently. Could he get little ice?
His had all wasted and he was going
to suffer | don't know how much loss
unless he could get some for his milk
room. | have but small icehouse and
am already furnishing one custoln-E,
beside supplying my own needs from
it. SO | couldn't help him. He has a
bigger house than mine, put more ice
into it last winter, uses no more than |
do. You see, when | take out a cake
/ carefully pack the sawdust back over
the exposed remainder, tramp it down
enough to make it compact lay my
shovel over the next cake, so that /
don't have to uncover a square rod to
find it tomorrow He, on the other
hand, grabs a shovel and digs away
any old place till he strikes ice, yanks,
tears. breaks out enough for immediate
use, throws it out of the door and the
shovel into some corner, half the time
doesn't even take pains to shut the
door when he comes out. I'm. sorry
for him, but I'm not going to suffer
for lack of ice myself by letting him
have what I've taken pains to preserve
when he could have had more than
by taking equal care.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-03
THREE CHILDREN OR SIX

article American Magazine
families that three children
six
confines consideration entirely the
it less trouble
might logically
proved
Therefore children into the world
and thus depopuate the earth. Is s-ate
But there points in this line of logic
all wish consider only their
the matter parents find
freedom gained in being childless
This the instinct which peopled world
In force the instinct
parents a children,
death parents
The death of of three Little loved regardless
their number the there them the the
parents will give out.
And. after ALL in this world for what to
81 and not for what get of it.
At least that is what in it If it right
It that three children
than Most OF the noblest
large families The training
rights Others. which
best schooling a child get
proyerbia that the single child spoiled
dugence and pampeng
poverty.
Poverty bad thing. but it whether
people with good
society than there with not enough.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-03
BRIDGE PROBLEM MUST BE MET

bridge question future important
the people to be considering 1t
narefully.
During early large bridges
Timber then aturay wooden bridges went
But good bridge mbers even in this lumber
land and the price is high.
bridges tumbng down. They must be re-
placed and the problem to be solved is, how.
will into hundreds thousands OF dollars to put up
will last but and then
the city will old question 1t will cost POSSIBLY
million steel bridges all They
will to to the junk
heap possibly million build the number Of
will forever There will be
repairs painting danger of collapse Besides they
thing beauty While steel wooden bridges
a blot
Shall the city the and do permanent
work?
the question the determine They will
bills probably proposition will be put to
coming determine whether the perman-
bridge building shall be There three four
bridges that be replaced at early day.
City officials who after have the big repair
bills bridges unit for the
bdge expensive Hundreds
dollars tinker the Eleventh street bridge
right 1t needs 81. 900 in repairs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-03
and Graceful
Are Latest Dances
Slower Speed and Old-Time Waltz
Step Follow Fashions Demand
for Narrow Skirts.

There's a preference for graceful
effects and rather slow rhythmical
movements in the attractive new
dances for the season. With fash
ions decree for the narrow direc-
toire and empire skirts, some of
the hurly burly Of past seasons has
been dropped.
The good old-time waltz step is
the motif of many of the new
dances. 1t is being revived with
all its early charm, and Is being
danced much slower than a few
years ago, due to the influence of
the narrow skirt.
The Skaters, a sliding, hopping
dance with two-step music, has a
bit of the barn dance idea in it,
but much less hoydenish and very
pretty. 1t seems designed to kill
the popularity of the other.
The Correct Waltz, Espana,
Boston Waltz, Board Walk and
Schottishe Caprice are all new or
variations of older dances with
an Improvement on the old. The
two-step even seems a little milder
than last year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-03

,camphor or tincture of benzoin
drys the surface and causes a scab
to form more quickly, thus has
tening the healing process. Cam
phor ice acts in the same way as
spirits of camphor, only much
Slower
Tincture of benzoin is generally
too strong to use by itself, and
should be diluted with few drops
of glycerine. 1t is well to cleanse
a crack in the lip with a weak so
luton of boracic acid before ap-
plying a remedy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-03
THE EIGHT-HoUR ISSUE.
tor Of Tacoma Timess

Editor OF Tacoma Timess
The letter In the Times by Miss
3. r. Nogg upon the eight-hour
work-day for women I read with
nuch interest, and / firmly believe
nat she IL all right In her opin-
1onn.
Il II unreasonable and unjust,
- she says, to have an eight-hour
law for men and q ten-hour law
10r women The objectors to the
eIght-hour day for women say
chat the short hours In stores,
1hops and laundries win greatly
1iscommode the public. But they
tho public s,son acquire
~ habit Of doing their shopping
80, 1t an earlier hour in the day
q the eiGht-hour law was In force
When the eight-hour law for men
~ 1rsf proposed the objection
%voD made that business would
0zElsr and that the cost of labor
would BE- Increased, but the world
It'll goes on and employers still
prosper and get rich
Some employers are fine, honest
11en, but the maJerity OF them, ]
1onr, care more for their profits
a huHfness than they do for the
6flkh and happiness of their EN-
p1oVss.
xours for truth and justice,
SAMUEL L. WHITE.
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