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Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY IN WESTERLY
The Nations Defenders in the Navy well as the Army to be Honored- d-Line Starts at 130 P. M.-Ihe Even ing Programme Major has. H. Ledward's Promotion -Pawcatuck St. Railway Accepts Additional Franchise

ed in Norwich, and there married Christian Kroener. They came to Westerly nearly forty years ago. Her husband died suddenly of heart dis ease in March, 1908. She is survived by two daughters and one son, Mrs. William c. Miller of Elizabeth, N. J., Miss Ella c. Kroener of Westerly and Frederick F. Kroener of Plainfield.
 The rife season of the Rhode Island National Guard opens at Rumford range today (Monday), with Brigadier General George A. Forsyth, retired, as range officer for the season. The field days begin Thursday at Rumford with the Eleventh company, Coast Artillery corps. The field day of the Fifth com pany. Westerly, has been assigned for Friday, June II. on the Westerly range. with Captain Arthur N. Nash, ordi- nance officer, in charge of the range.
 Rhode Island Connecticut league baseball games Monday: Westerly at White Rock in the morning and in Westerly in the afternoon; Stonington at Norwich in the morning and at Stonington in the afternoon; Carolina at Wakefield, two games.
 In the New London County league Saturday there was a baseball game between Westerly and Mystic of five innings. Mystic won by a score of 13 tO O.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31

sheep outfit near by, the Platte Valley Sheep company, own forty thousand ewes, of which they estimate lamb out" S5 per cent. A lamb is valued at s3 at birth and when it is known that their feed costs nothing, except winter. ing few of the most gaunt ones, it is plain what big returns are yielded.
 At from three to six weeks old the lambs are branded and marked" which consists of cutting off their tails and castrating the bucks, after which they are put in the herds to be suckled until fall
 Immediately after the lambing the shearing season is on, which in this region lasts until about the first of August. All the towns have public pens." and some of the larger sheep men have their own. when the neces- sity of waiting ones turn is avoided, and this is a big. factor where every thing is rush and the market price of wool is fuctuating daily.
 Across one end of these corrals are the shearing pens, which are covered srd usually divided into about a dozen smaller pens, in each of which Is one shearer-these small pens are filled by the men in the corrals, called "wrang- lers,D who tally the number of, head and are checked by the shearers.
 The shearers always work in crews, with captain ana some klnd or or ganization, to the effect OF fire one of us and we'll all go.'
 These men are paid from 8 to 10 cents head and average 150 head a day-last years record for individual shearing in this country was 272-head made at the Macoma, Wyo., public pens.
 The deece alone pays the entire ex- pense of the sheep outfit, including herderS wages, and varies from 13 to 22 cents a pound, f1eeces weighing from 8 to IS pounds.
 HERMAN A. GAGER.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31

and misery. l advise all Sunerlng women to take Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound" MRS. EMMA WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com. pound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harm ful drugs, and today holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases of any similar medi- cine in the country, and thousands of voluntary testimonials are on file in the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass, from women who have been cured from almost every form of female complaints, infammation, ul' ceration, displacements, fbroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration. Every such suffering woman owes 1t to herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound trial
 If you would like special advicd about your case write a cOnfiden. tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, al Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free and always helpful. -- |:
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
The West side,s Modesty.

Mr. Editor:-I was somewhat Inter- ested in reading the account of a meet ing held by few of the taxpayers of the West Side and the resolutions prised to find we were not getting all that belonged to us, with a clerk in the street department office, cashier water office, chief of police, chief of fire department. assistant chief, milk inspector, one selectman, one alderman, one councilman, one dog warden, one and sometimes two janitors of court. house. It would seem as if the West Side was a little shy on what belongs to them, 1t seems too bad to deprive them of their just rights after rolling up such a magnificent republican ma jority at our last city election. It would be too bad tc sell the West Side fire station. as it might be used for a grocery store and interfere with some of our Hebrew so-called republicans.
 There are several reasons why the present station should be sold and the apparatus placed at Thamesville house. First The West Main street fire station is within sixty seconds of the Main street fire station. a condition you will not find in any other city in the state. Seconds It win cost more than half the price of a new station to put it in proper condition. Third: spring. Sunlnlliy ward, EtlzaDeth and Mt. Pleasant streets can be reached quicker and easier from Thamesville than the present station, and with the Falls and Main street station (within sixty seconds of West Main street sta tion) and Thamesville station the Wes: Side would be better protected than now under present conditions
 At present ThameSville is without protection from fire If you will look up the taxes paid and the men em- ployed by the industries at Thames vile would 1t not seem to all fair minded taxpayers that the people in that section were entitled to some of the benefits of our fire department which they help pay for
 There are some people who want the earth, and have nothing else to do but dig postholes and try to fence it in There are other taxpayers on the West Side besides the chosen few who are entitled to fire protection.
 A TAXPAYER st Thamesville who pays his share of
 the expense and is entitled to some
 of the benefits.
 Norwich, May 29, 1909.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31

Columbia and Andover, where his or chestra will rehearse.
 Attended Westchester Funeral.
 The members of Wooster lodge, F, and A. M, went to Westchester Sat urday afternoon to attend the funeral of their deceased brother. Milton L. Loomis
 Flowers and refreshments for Mem- orfal day are to be left in Grange hall this (Monday) morning. where the committee will be in waiting.
 A number of the young people from town will drive to Moodus tonight (Monday) to attend a shirtwaist social given by the young ladies of that place. Kelleys orchestra of Colches- ter will furnish the music.
 K. of P. Social.
 The social club of the Knights of Pythias in town gave a successful so- cial in Pythian hall Friday evening. There was a fair sized crowd present although the evening was stormy. Pro- lessor R. R. Cone and wife furnished the music, and Professor Hamilton Of Norwich prompted. A number from Hebron and Westchester attended.
 Bacon academy baseball team went to Columbia Saturday to play the nine from that place.
 To Play Wentworth Clubs Team.
 Bacon academy team plays the Ken ilworth clubs baseball team from New Britain today The club has sent a team over here for the past three years. The nine is composed of young men from this section who work in New Britain. The town team has beaten them for the past few games but the club has a stiff team this year
 Rev. Charles F. Weeden of Lynn Mass, was the guest of A. A. Baker on South Main street for a few days the past week. Mir. Weeden was pas tor of the Congregational church ir this place for a number of years.
 Miss Caroline Ransom of Chicago is visiting friends in town for a few weeks. Miss Ransom was formerly g resident of this town.
 William E. Baker, George B. A. Bak- CT, D. Clark Smith, Lester Smith and Daniel w. Williams of New Britain are at their homes in town for Memo rial day.
 John Brown of East Haddam was ir town Friday.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Wyoming Sheep Shearing.
La Prele Camp. Inez. wyo.,

La PreIe camp, lneZ, Wyo.,
 May 21, '09.
 MT. Editor:-In your edition of 14th was interested in the account of the sheep shearing contest back home and think perhaps that short account of the manner and methods of the flock masters in this country may not prove uninteresting to your readers.
 This country Central Wyoming) is reached by a spur of the Chicago and North Western railroad from Chadron, Neb., which is on it's main line to Lander, Wyo., where it ends abruptly and from which point the primitive stage coach is still used for traffic north to Cody the home of Buffalo Bill, and west to the Yellowstone country.
 In this region just described and southern Montana is the greatest sheep country in America, and during this season presents it's busiest spectacle About the first of May the bands (never flock in this country) of ewes are 'lambed out" some in huge sheds, but the great majority on the open prairie or in secluded mountain recess es. It will perhaps be interesting to know something of the vast profits of these big sheepmen. For instance, a
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
WEEKAPAUe.

The Ocean View w. C. T. U. will meet at the Weekapaug church We'd nesday afternoon, June 2. Flower Mis- sion day will be observed with special music. Each member is to bring flowers to send away to Providence.
 MT. and Mrs. H. N. Robinson and Miss Sarah Tallcot of Hartford, who have been spending a week at their cottage, returned home Friday.
 The Honor Bright club met at the home of Mrs. Asa T. Hoxie Tuesday afternoon. A pleasant time was en- joyed after the routine business. Re- treatments were served by Mrs. Hoxie
 Mir. and Mrs. B. F. Maxson were at their cottage for short time Sat urday.
 MT. and Mrs. Nelson Hines of West erly were business callers in this vicin- ity Wednesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
OBITUARY.
, Milton L. Loomis,

In the death of Milton L. Loomis the town has lost one of its best citizens. Although a resident of Westchester, one of Colchester's parishes, he was well known in the village. He repre- scented the town in the legislature and was for several years member of the boards of selectmon and assessors. He was member of the Congregational church in that parish and chairman of it's society committee for over forty years. He was a member of Wooster lodge, F. and A. M, of this place. Ills deep affection for his family and his true Christian character are the quail ities for which his fellowmen loved him and this love will not cease though he has passed to the great beyond
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
Today the Legal Holiday.
COLCHESTER.
pr. Arthur connor to Locate in BaIti- more-Death of Milton L. Loomis- Today's Ball Game.

Arthur Connor returned home Fri day evening from Baltimore, where he has been attending a medical col lege for the past four years. He was graduated last week with high honors, and many friends congratulate him on his success. Dr. Connor will locate for the present in Baltimore He is a graduate of Bacon academy
 Mrs. John Champlain left Friday for a few weeks visit with friends in Westfield, Mass.
 S. P. Willard was in Clinton Fri day.
 Charles H. Strong returned Friday from few days trip to New Haven and Guilford.
 Willis Cone has received his famous bird dog Ned from Guilford and will get him in training TOT fall shooting.
 Professor Bunce left Saturday for
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
Local Laconics.

Tuesday will be circus and election day in Westerly.
 The public library will be closed to- day (Monday) Memorial day.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas FaIlon of New York are guests of Andrew Fallon in Pawcatuck.
 Joseph D. Harris of Norwich has been in Westerly arranging for a clam bake for the Blk Six, so-caHed. of that city.
 Miss Ethelind T. Randolph gave a whist at her home in Chestnut street Friday, in honor of Miss Cornelia Tefft of New London. There were sixteen iIt the party. Besides whist there was vocal and instrumental music and re- treatments.
 Ex-Gov. c. H. Utter was the principal speaker at the 45th anniversary of the Fremont Temple Bible school in Bos- ton, Sunday evening. He will deliver the Memorial day address in East Greenwich today (Monday).
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
Gas and EIectricaI Depart-
-$1s6, 6,4S2.47
t4ss.7os.11

To meet the expenditures called for by their estimates, a tax of 10 mills on the last City list will be required. said list being $12,59s,247.
 In addition to the above estimated expenses for ordinary purposes of the have been requested by petition. com mittee reports. etc. to bring before the next annual meeting for it's action es- inmates of the cost of the following for, to wit:
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31

E. Pinkham's Vegei table Compound. Eleven years ago ]
 was a walking
 shadow. Ihad been
 under the doctors carebutgotnorelief. My husband per suaded me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's We ge ta ble Com pound anditworked like a charm It re- lieved all my pains
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31

Attorney Waiter H. Barney of Prov idence was in Westerly, Saturday, and took an automobile trip over the Watch Hill road with Town Solicitor Kingsley. Mir. Barney is to defend the interests of the town of Westerly in the sui. brought by Courtland P. Chap man to recover for damages alleged to be due him by reason of injury to his property in connection with the Watch Hill road improvements MT. Parney carefully viewed the premises of MT. Chapman in connection with the case, which is assigned for trial in the superior court at Kingston, next Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31

Mrs. Eliza Frickmann kroener, re .
 turnino from shopping tour, Saturday evening, was taken suddenly sick when near her home, in Carrol street, and died soon after being assisted into her house. of heart disease. She was 50 years of age and when she arrived from Germany, a young girl she resid-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31

Waterbury-The Rev. Frederick D. Buckley, rector of Trinity church, will deliver an address at the Memorial day exercises of the Center Congrega- tional church in Torrington this (Mon- day) evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
LEGAL NOTICES.
LEGAL NOTICE.

To Whom It May Coneern:--
 At a meeting of the Court of Com- mon Council held at the Council Chamber on Friday. evening, May 21, 1909, the following report of the Com mittee on Finance was accepted and the resolution accompanying the same adopted:
 Norwich, Conn, May 21, 1909. To the Court of Common Council:
 The Committee on Finance present their estimate of the expenses of the City, and of each department thereof. during the year ending on the 18th day of May. 1910. and of the receipts for the same period, as follows:
 ESTIMATED EXPENSES.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31

pr. J, Howard Morgan, medical ex- aminer for Westerly, has made thor ough post-mortem examination of the dead body of the female white baby found behind shed, near Shady lane, Friday. Tha medical examiner is sat- isfied that the child was alive for sev- eral hours after birth and that death was caused by neglect and exposure. The lungs were tested in water, whole and pulverized, and remained buoyant. The child was apparently sound and healthy. Effort is being made by the police to unravel the mystery con- nected with the affair
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
LEGAL NoTIcEs-

foregoing is true copy of the original report and resolution.~
 ARTHUR c. cRowELI. City Clerk and Clerk of the Court of
 Court of Common Council Norwich. Conn.,, May 21, 1909. may22d
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
OWES HER
 LIFE,TO
Lydia E. Pinkham's
 Vegetable Compound

Vienna, W. "I feel that I owe the last ten years of my life to Lydia
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Grand Army Observance of Memorial Day-Address by Rev. H. A. Hersey Crystal Lake Grove Opened-Fu- neral of Mrs. Louis Ducharme.

The local Grand Army observed Sat-
 urday as Memorial day. The comrades
 met at the hall at 6.30 a. m. and start ! ed for the graves in the outlying ceme .
 teries They returned at l o'clock to the hall, where dinner was served by
 the Woman's Relief corps. Shortly af- | ter 2 o'clock the line formed and the
 march to the Stafford Springs ceme- | tery begun.
 Teams were provided for the veter-
 ans but the sound of martial music | brought back memories of the stirring | days of the war and with one or two
 exceptions they insisted on walking
 Lincoln's Gettysburg address was read | by Rev. George A. Grant, after which | Commander Adams introduced Rev | H. A. Hersey as the orator of the day He took as his topic The Spirit of '61. It was a masterly address and | full of food for thought, especially fol | the rising generation.
 Opening of Crystal Lake Grove.
 Several young people from the ! Springs attended the opening of Crys- | tai Lake grove, Saturday. A shore dinner was served and there was dane | ing during the afternoon and evening | for which Steins orchestra of Rock | vile furnished music. The hotel and | grove are lighted by electricity this
 year, which is a big improvement | There was a sacred concert at the | grove Sunday afternoon.
 Borough Notes. l Mrs. c. c. Gilligan and daughter | of Danielson were in town for a, brief | visit Saturday.
 w. D. O'Connell of Derby is the l guest of local relatives. Miss Fannie Martell is in Hampton Mass, the guest of relatives. 1 Mrs. Rose Murray, who has had
 charge of the sewing department al the Rhode Island mill, has resigned | and has gone to Springfield The funeral of Mrs. Louis Ducharme
 took place from St. Edwards church l Saturday morning. Burial was in the | Catholic cemetery.
 There will be a meeting of the town school committee at the library this | (Monday) afternoon.
 | William R. Rudge, a former resident
 new of Millbury, Mass, has been re-
 newing acquaintances in the borough. William Wobbecke of Springfield is
 visiting relatives in the Hollow. | At the meeting of Stafford grange l Tuesday evening, Vernon grange will | furnish the programme ! Miss Ruth Anderson is i'll with the l measles.
 Charles Converse of Greenfield Mass, is visiting relatives in town.
 Today the Legal Holiday. Although the Grand Army observed | Saturday as Memorial day today l (Monday) is the legal holiday. anc some of the mills, the stores schools | Eanks and postoffice will close today
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-24
OATS AND HAY FOR MISSISSIPPI.
By W. B. Mercier.

Either one of the above named crops
could be written about separately at con-
siderable length and with a great degree
of interest to large number of our
farmers, but in this paper the writer will
deal with the two crops together, or
when grown upon the same land.
1t has been proven by myself and
number of others in this section of our
state that the growing of the oat crop,
followed by hay crop, is one of the
least expensive and also one of the most
remunerative that can be grown on most
OF our land. They not only fit in nicely
IN a system of rotation of crops for our
poverty-stricken soils, or rather shame
fully abused and neglected soils, but,
taken year after year, will give greater
net profit from his lands with less loss
from washing and general neglect than
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-24

! crop, while occasionally January-sown
oats will make fine crop. The best
oats | have ever seen grown on any land
in Mississippi was fertilized with 1000
pounds raw cotton seed per acre, applied
when the oats were sown in fall. And
the crop of hay following would have
made professional hay-grower glad No
fertilizer ever applied to worn soils in
Mississippi will give the actual results in
yield of crops and permanent improve
ment of the land that raw cotton seed
will. Chemists may analyze and oil men
may claim to the contrary, but results
of the experience of practical farmers
are the safest guides in what is good for
a growing crop. Who ever heard of a
real good farmer failing to grow corn
and hay as long as he used the cotton
seed grown on the farm for fertilizer!
There are few yet who do not sell any
seed to the oil mill, and you may go
to them this spring when practically
everybody is buying feed-stuff, and near
ly every one has corn to make his crop
all because he did not care to sell
blHutl nay WltH luOMtI anu rake,
with the necessary hauling, threshing
oats and his seed for about half what
they are actually worth, and haul seed
and fertilizer both ways for accommo-
dation.
Now as to the kind of hay to follow
oats, which depends a good deal on cir
cumstances. Up to the past few years I
grew pea hay exclusively, but several
reasons have caused me to almost quit
the pea hay and use lespedeza.
/. Pea seed have been scarce and very
high-priced.
2. Planting peas requires a second
blowing of the land in June, when other
work is pressing teams and tired out and
weather hot for this kind of work.
81. Pea hay is without question the
hardest to cure properly, and if rank
enough to make heavy yield, is very
,hard to handle and get into marketable
condition.
4. Every time we break hill land, some
will be washed off by the excessive rains
of recent years.
Lespedeza can be sown at the rate of
one-half bushel per acre on top of soil
after oats gre sown in fall, or can be
sown on oats in latter part of February
or first part of March, and a section
harrow or weeder run over the land.
This will loosen up enough soil to cover
the small seeds which will come readily
after the first rain upon them. The oats
seem to protect and shade the young
plants. You never see it die on oat
stubble during the dry seasons, as is the
case where land is sown to the lespedeza
alone.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-24

any other combination of single crop
know.
l dare say that what is true in this
prove to be the case in nearly any part
of our state. In some locations 1 know
that much larger yields of both can be
safely counted on.
1t would be perhaps better to change
the land every two or three years into
other crops, but l have been growing
oats on the same lands for ten years,
with the exception of one year, when
corn and peas were planted on it, fol-
lowed again by oats in the fall. This
land, fifty acres, is absolutely free from
washes or gullies of any kind, not a
stump or bush on it, has as complete
and as effective terrace as can be found
in the state, with the best crops growing
in and ON the terraces-eonseque not
one foot need to be lost in the field.
The land when the writer began on it
about twelve years ago, was about as
full of old field pines, gulies and briers
as could be found in any country. The
land, as a whole, has constantly inn
proved, growing as good or better oats
and hay each succeeding year. The
main reasons for growing these crops con-
tinuously on same land are as follows:
1. The whole is under hogproof
fence, where | can turn in any day to
Craze the young oats down; also can
let the hogs get full benefit of all shat
tered grain, either after oats or pea hay.
2. 1t is near barn, making it conve-
nient to house oats or hay with least
hauling.
3. 1t is free of stumps or other obiec,
ton where one desires to use binder,
mower or other labor-saving tools.
4. 1t is very rolling and easily washed
from hard rains when the soil is culti-
waited in clean crops.
My average yield of oats has been
about 20 bushels per acre, and an aver
age of more than one ton of hay per
acre Some will say this is very little,
but they will find it above the average
yield of the country. 1t must also be
noted that this is poor hill land, not
best adapted to either crop.
1t has never had over 500 pounds raw
cotton seed or over $50 pounds of COM
mercial fertilizer per acre any one year.
l have always found ready sale for the
oats at rs cents to ST per bushel of seed,
as | grow nothing but the red rust
proof variety. The hay sells readily for
SIS to SIS per ton at home market
This gives a minimum yield of crop sell
ing for more than $40 per acre.
The only expense will be breaking and
planting and narrowing twice when oats
are followed by peas, only once if fol-
lowed by lespedeza. The harvesting of