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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
SOME LoNe-wINDED PREACHERS.
Three Hours Once Considered Fair
Average Allowance for Sermon.

Dean LEROY, who has expressed the
opinion that ten minutes is long
enough for sermon, would have met
with. scant sympathy from some di-
vines Of past centuries.
Thomas Hooker considered three
hours fair average allowance for a
sermon, though. on one occasion, when
he was i'll. be let his congregation off
more lightly. Pausing at the end of
is minutes he rested a while and then
continued his homily for two hours
longer. Cranmer's sermons were each
a small book when set up in type;
and Baxter, Knox, Bunyan and Calvin
rarely reached Lastly, my brethren"
under two hours.
George Herbert once said: THE
parson exceeds not an hour in preach
ing, because all ages have thought
that a competency" but a certain
rector of Bflbury, Worcestershire,
was of another opinion for he never
sat down under two hours. The squire,
we learn, usually withdrew after the
text was announced, smoked his pipe
outside and returned for the blessing.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
TOILET SIMPLE BUT THOROUGH.
Little Time Wasted on Mornings Alb
utions Of Niger Baby.

Matrons of the west may be inter
ested to hear the details of the Nigeri-
en- native baby's morning toilet. Any
thing over three months old is no long
or baby to the native mater
familias, and is bathed with the oiher
children generally numerous
BROOD, in the chill moihlng air before
sunrise. The little mite yells Justify
while the cold water is splashed over
its brown body. and generally con-
tinues the chorus when put aside to
dry (towels do not form part of the
household equipment) The bathing
process finished, the infants are sub
jected to a sort Of water cure treat
ment The mother seizes a child.
scoops up handful of water, and
using her thumb as a kind of spout
squirts it with extraordinary dexterity
into the youngsters mouth and down
its throat. Protests in the shape of
loud gurgles. horrible chokings. and
desperate strugghngs are quite un-
needed; the steady stream of water
continues to pour down the child's
throat until the mothers practiced
touch on the patients distended stom-
ach tells her that the limit Of. capac-
ity has been reached. All babies are
submitted to this treatment, which is
believed to have most strengthening
effect.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
ONE THING SHE WAS SURE OF.
chiId's ImpoIite Comment justified by
Visitors Behavior.

When Carol was nearly four years
old her parents had occasion to move
into another part of town, and one
morning when strange little girl
wandered into the yard Carol, who is
an only child. was delighted with the
idea of playfellow
Good morning, little girl she
called out brightly. did you tome
to play wiz me?"
The little girl, who was older and
larger than Carol, stared and was
dumb.
What's your name, little girl?"
Carol proceeded.
No answer
"Are you ffve?"
Still no answer.
Are you six?"
The child fidgeted and grinned, but
remained silent with her finger in her
mouth
Carol surveyed her calmly a mo-
ment and then remarked emphatical-
ly: We'll, | don't know your name,
and l don't know how old you are,
but ! do know you aren't very smart
for your age!"-Delineator.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
LEFT ORIGINAL HAUL BEHIND.
Chicken Thief Was unfortunate on
His Second Attempt.

81 haven't ANY heroic ideas about
burglars. said the man. telling of the
purest piece Of sheer good luck that
ever happened to him. and one night
when heard a commotion in my
chicken yafdiI made up my mind I
wouldn't kill man or get killed my
self for the sake Of a few dollars
worth Of poultry. So opened back
window, yelled: Who's there% fred
two shots at the stars with my re-
volver aud went back to bed.
In the morning when went out
to investigate l found sack contain
ing six live hens. counted my fock
and found l had eighteen, the right
number, beside those in the sack. The
thief had made a benl somewhere else
first and wasn't satisfied with It, When
/ frightened him he left hts booty bo-
hind.
Il sent word to the police, and
every effort vas made to Gnd the own.
er Of the fowls without success. They
probably belonged 10 some one who
had so many that he didu< MSS them.
So there was nothing 70 do but TO
keep them. My friends say / am an
bad as the old skinhint who was Wis
tied by burglar When the police
rescued the crook he had lost every
thing he had but his trousers and
shoes"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
The Slipper Habit.

Did you ever have the slipper sick
ness? l do not mean the kind mother
gave you in infancy whenever you
were bad boy and the hsirbrush was
not handy. Gneat Japiterl What a
household convenience mothers old
slipper used to be when all Of us old
fellows were being trained to obedi-
ence and morality! But the slipper
habit refer to jtast now applies to
adults who imagine themselves in
physical decay First, get ktte bit
under the weather Secondly. cut out
wearing shoes and molly about the
house in felt comics, or something
knitted, orochetted, embroidered and
stamped wear Japanese straw san
dals or Indian nOccasins. Pretty soon
you Will be a genuine invalid.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
He Meant Wei.

The sods-fountain clerk was en-
gagged in vigorously shaking up choc-
olate-and-egg when suddenly the glass
brolae in his hands, and the ensuing
deluge made him look like a human
eclair.
The Mortified customer leaned over
the counter trying to be sympathetic.
Not knowing exactly what to say. he
finally blurted out:
"oh!-er-too bad-did the glass
break?"
Dripping chocolate from head to
foot, the clerk looked at him wither-
ingly.
Did the glass sreak?" he roared.
did the glass break, eh?" And then.
with freezing sarcasm: "Oh. no
not at all, not at an You just hap
pened to step in while l was taking
my morning shower"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
WESTERLY CHIEF UNEARTHS CLUE
That May Lead Detection of Persons Responsible for
Abandonment of Newly Born Babe-Westery-B Bulk.
eey Ball Game Today.

II honest confidence counts West
erly high school team will win in the
baseball game this "wednesday aft
ernoon, with Buckley school team of
New London, and create a tie for the
leadership of the eastern division of
the Interscholastic baseball league. The
games between these teams on the
home grounds create more enthusiast
tic interest than any other baseball
games played in the town, and it is
believed there will be a record break
ing crowd at this important game be-
tween the schoolboys.
Not only are the players and the
school members confident of winning
ed by almost every resident of West
erly.
Burrows has been in careful train
ing for this game and has been spared
from pitching for over weke. in or
der that all his strength and skill as
baseball twirler might be reserved
for the game with Bulkeley He has
been in active practice. however, in
other positions and with other teams.
just to keep in condition for this game.
1t was cheering information to. the
local high school boys that Pitcher
Wall of Buckley had been presuma-
bly, weakened by being sent into the
pitchers box after the second inning
to save the game to Buckley in the
contest with the New Britain high
school on Memorial day in New Lon
don 1t is almost impossible to find
any man, woman or child in Westerly
who is not strong in the belief that
the Whalers from Whaletown will be
whaled as they were never whaled be-
fore.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
Clever Crabs.

The tree crab of the South Sea is
lands is akin to the hermit crab. but
1t is larger and it has its hind quar-
tiers sheathed in shell. 1t is
also known as the palm crab, because
1t climbs the cocoanut palm and
picks the fruit which it nips on
close to the stem. 1t always takes
care to choose a palm tree with plenty
Of stones at the foot, so that the
coeoanut may be broken by the
fall. When the natives see that
crab is in tree they tie run of
grass around the trunk When the
crab comes down again he is upset by
the grass and falls heavily to the
ground, where he lies stunned. He
is then killed with a stone ax.rhis
nippers are tied together and he
Is slung upon a spear to be carried
to camp. The South Sea islanders
roast the palm crab between two hot
stones and consider the flesh a great
delicacy.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
LESSON LEARNED FROM ORIENT.
Western Nations Appreciate the Value
of Their Forests.


Scientific men speculate to the eff
feet that the boundless desert of Sa-
bara was once a garden supporting a
mighty population and doubtless the
seat of what was then human civiliza-
ton. There is authentic history for
it that the region called Mesopotamia
was the granary of the east and the
center of human Nendeavor when Cyrus
the Great was king, but it is now a
desert waste. and owls and bats in
habit the ruins of Babylon because Of
the denudstfon of the forests of that
once splendid country. Spain paid
bigger price for the havoc she wrought
among the trees of the valley of the
Guadaiquivir than the Berber invasion
and the Moorish dominion cost her.
The nations of western Europe
England. France and Germany-ap-
pear to have learned the lesson and
profted by it. In those countries tim
Der culture is as much a regular crop
as potatoes in Michigan, corn in Iowa,
tobacco in Kentucky, or cotton in Mis-
sissippi, and in at least one of those
countries it is the law of the land
that for every tree felled another must
be planted, and no tree is felled I'M
I'll 1t has attained to its zenith as a
plant
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02

How to destroy surplus kittens or
puppies in painless way, without
calling into use the old-fashioned
method of bag and a pail of water is
told in the annual report of the Lon
don Institute for Lost and Starving
Cats. The directions are as follows:
Take a dish cover, place it where it
can be pressed into the mold Of the
garden, or, in default of this, on an
old cushion, so that the latter bulges
out all around and makes the cover
air tight. Place the animals beneath
and pour four ounces Of pure chloro-
form on wadding. Push the wadding
under the cover, hold the cover down
for three or four minutes and then
leave undisturbed for one hour. The
body must be stiff before burial
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
Heavenly Shadea-

81 can't figure out what the meteor
shades are" said shopper Il passed
about eight windows in one store,
each window had different color,
and each was labeled meteor shades
They were reds, blues, yellows-all
the colors, in fact"
Why" said the fashion editor.
scornfully. don't you know the meteor
shades reproduce the colors of the tail
of the meteor Don't you have me-
teors where you come FROM"
Eyes, we have them, but they go so
fast that all we can see in detail are
the shades of night"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Woodbury.-The town officials alb-
thoriEe and require the town consta-
bles to arrest every person riding q
bicycle on the sidewalks.
Waterbury.-The silver jubilee Of
the Rev. Timothy NJ. Crowley, pastor
Of st. Thomas church comes today
"wednesday. Father Crowley was
ordained June 2, 1884.
New Britsin.-The stores will close
Wednesday at 1890 beginning July "a
and continuing for eight weeks. This
action was determined upon at meet
ing the Business Mems association.
WallIngford.-The graves Of the for
mer pastors Of she First Congregation
al church were decorated Monday
mornin by a delegation from the Sum
day school just previous to the q. A.
r. parade.
Now HaVen.-Giford Pinchott, head
Of the bureau Of forestry OF the Unit
ed States and founder of the Yale
Forest school was In this city over
Memorial day. the guest of Attorney
Samuel Fl. Fisher.
BethsI.-The members OF Parta
council. No. ts, knights OF Columbus,
met al st. MasY's church Monday
morning at 1880 and attended mass FOR
the deceased members and afterwards
decorated their graves
Derby.-Mrs. Daniel E. Brinsmade
of Derby, the daughter OF Hon. d. n.
Morgan, ext. S. treasurer. was unan-
imously elected president OF the Wom-
ans club of Derby, ARsorfa and Shell
ton. the largest club OF Ms kind IN the
state.
PlainVilIe.-Ths Benjamin Lamb Co
mas recently shipped to Germany one
Of their latest Inventions. the Oculto-
microscope. The instrument is used
for testing the eyes, and Is attracting
considerable attention wherever IL has
been exhibited.
Oranqs.-The longest asstomobhe trip
ever made by an autoiEt from this
part OF the country is being made by
e. d. Mead Of Orange, 20 San Fran
cisco and return. Mr.. Mead, who Is a
member of the Automobile club OF
New Haven, left Tuesday with his
brother, Abram Mead OF Greenwich.
BristoI.-when the meat nnaprnR Of
James Tracy was opened Saturday 4
was found that during tie night meat,
canned goods and eggs 10 the value OF
x30N had been taken away in a. wagon
and the TIL and 50 mskag p9Hha4 -
onanee N tnenl s-s--.A------------s------
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
DESPAIR at Seventeen.

Oh,ewhen I think we have only q
single life to live, and that every mo-
ment that passes brings US nearer
death, | am ready TO go distracted
do not fear death, but life is so
short that to waste 1t is infamous.
try to tranquilize my mind by the
thought that l shall certainly be-
gin work in earnest this winter. But
the thought of my IL years makes
me blush to the roots of my hair.
Almost II, and what have / accom-
plished? Nothingl This thought
brushes me-From the Diary OF Marie
Bashkertsen.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02

In the Memorial day parade in West
eriy there was one veteran who wore
on his left breast beside the Grand
Army bade a medal of honor awarded
him by act of congress for distinguish
ed bravery i'm the civil war, and he
displayed the mark Of honor with
characteristic modesty. This medal of
honor man is James A. Barber who
served as corporal in Battery G, First
Rhode Island light artillery. He en-
listed November 81, 1861. and original
Is served as private. On December %.
1868, he re-enlisted as veteran VOL
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02

Consul General Richard Guenther OF
Frankfort writes that after lengthy ex-
perimental tests the German govern
ment will now proceed TO establish
electric motor car traffic on 50 sections
of the railsoad lines in Prussia and
Hesse. The estimated average speed
will be 81 English miles an 1our.
which. however, can be increased to
81 IL miles.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02

Winsted.-The typhoid fever wave is
believed to have abated. The condition
of all the patients is reported satisfac-
terry
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02

Dznbury.-The death OF Thomas p
Culhane. a young hat maker. occurred
suddenly Sunday morning about $50
Geo. e. a 49,, nss ts3shs. hsaFt s1s b.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02

unteer. He was wounded July, 1864.
and was in the general hospital in
Philadelphia for two months. He was
mustered out of the service June "a,
1865.
Mr. Barber received his medal of
honor for distinguished bravery be-
t0re Petersburg. At the solicitation
of Captain Adams of Battery G. Cen
eral Wright consented to his selection
OF a number of volunteers from the
battery to scale the enemy's defences,
get possession OF their guns, turn
them upon the rebel forces, or spike
and render them useless, as circum-
tances warranted A movement so
full of hazard required thorough prep
aration, consequently Captain Adams
selected seventeen men. among them
Corp. James A. Barber of Westerly,
and Private Charles d. Ennis, now
of Ashaway, and although of the dan
ger of the enterprise the volunteers
were eager from the fray.
The assault was made April 2, 1865,
and was successful. the guns being
turned on the enemy. The captain
with his selected volunteers marched
up with the corps until the opportune
movement when, rushing with great
impetuosity they scaled the earth
works and crowned their undertaking
with success and without the loss of
life. The moral effect of this deed of
daring was inspiring and awakened
the greatest enthusiasm. In recogni-
ton of the value of this gallant and
meritorious service Corporal Barber
and his brave comrades received the
medal of honor
The end is not yet in the finding
Of the dead body of a newly born child
in Shady lane. In the rear Of shed,
last Friday. DR.. j. Howard Morgan,
medical examiner, is satisfied that
death was due to criminal neglect and
exposure, and considered it a case for
the attention of the coroner. He made
official report to Coroner Everett E
Kingsley. Tuesday and farther inves-
legation will be made as required by
the statutes.
D.. Chief Bransfield is at work upon the
case and it is said he has unearthed
a clue that may tend towards the de-
lection of the person who committed
the crime.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-02
Insist Upon Getting the Best

smnd II ycW ask FOR Burkhardts Book
Beer yoa'h certainly get the best beer
9Drswed. Drown from the wood at
WHO'S. n. WILSON'S, 70 Franklin ST.
nay27d
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-07-20
Women and the Ballot

So far as the direct plea for the
representation of women in legislation
is concerned, we may express a Ger.
tain amount of sympthy, just as
much sympathy, in fact, as women
themselves have for such a plea. AS
soon as women ask for such represent
tation they will get it, just as they
get everything else that they demand.
But to speak OF women as having no
voice in the affairs OF our country
is a little inaccurate, seeing that at
the present time our newspapers con-
tain column after column of voice"
Equally inaccurate is it to speak of
striking where there is no defense"
The self-defensive powers of women
are as great as those OF men, and
greater and it is to be feared that
when they get the vote, as no doubt
they will, there will be a bitter real
ization of its ineffectiveness and also
of the fact that new weapons imply
new assailants.-Argonaut
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-07-20
BRAIDED RIGS

Braided rugs are now the fashion
Formerly one saw them only in the
country but now they are seen In city
bed rooms and living rooms. Any
country housewife might make money
by braiding strips of rags during the
long winter evenings and making them
into rugs 70 sell. If city boarders
come to the country in the summer
they will buy, but a surer way Of sell
ing them is to make arrangements
with some OF the numerous women's
exchanges or women's industrial
unions that are~found in large cities
and where handiwork OF women is solt
at n good figure. Hooked rugs are
equally in demand, and some every
beautiful ones may be made by tho
country housewife -iudi Ia mcr
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-07-20
DR.. A. J. PICKERING,
PoST-0FFICE BUILDING,
EVANSVILLE, w. VA.
TO CLEAN L6T.

Black lace. unless very dusty and
soiled. should not be washed but well
shaken to remove the loose dust. 1t
should then be dipped in solution OF
deep blue gum water
IT. however. the lace is dusty and
brownisn In color. it should be washed
In soap lather, then rinsed and stiff
ened in the deep blue water, TO which
gum water has been added. This re.
stores the black to its original appear
ance.
Net is washed IN the same manner
as common lace, and also stiffened in
hot water starch; but as net is so
thin, it does not take the stiffening
readily and must in consequence be
put into fairly thick starch. For thin
nets boiling water starch is used
The net Is dried dampened. and
ironed on the wrong side. 1t must be
carefully ironed to the width as it has
a great tendency to draw TO the length
and become stringy. The edges must
be kept straight and even.-New York
Globe.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-07-20
SPORTING BREvITrEs.
Alfred shrubb is king at fifteen

Alfred Shrubb is king at fifteen
miles.
At Bangor. Me-. Johnny Hayes beat
Neary and Dineen running as relay
In a FIFTEEN mile race.
The race for the Championship of
the Sea at Monte Carlo was won by
the cruiser Chantecler.
NJ. c. ID. Borden's steam yacht
Little Sovereign was launched. Her
guaranteed speed is thirty miles an
hour.
Barney probably feels as does q
close friend of Wagner. who says the
talk about the Dutchman quitting the
game is joke.
Stage. Hutchins and Sheldon, OF
Chicago. Wisconsin and Indiana. re-
spectively, favor letting the football
rules stand Us they are.
Jack Johnson, heavyweight cham
pion, and Jack O'Brien. of Philadel-
phia, were matched to fight six
round bout in Philadelphia on May
10.
John l.. Dodge. Il we'll known New
York horseman, has purchased Hol-
lyrood Stock Farm, located at Circle
vile. few miles fror' Middletown,
n. Y.
Gossip here says Fred Taral is
coming back from Germany and will
retire from the saddle for all time.
He has a son riding now. Fred has
been at it long time
The worlds record for two-men
bowling teams was broken at Pitts
burg by Al Schwoegler and Tony
Schwoegler, of Madison, Wis, when
they rolled 1904. The previous rec
ord was 1854. held by Chalmers and
Klene, of Chicago.
Fourteen worlds records were bro
ken at Los Angeles by motorcycle
riders at the Coliseum track. Among
them are records for two miles.
LAB Is; >three miles, 2.37; four
miles, 3.S1 Is; six miles. 500 4-5 !;
seven miles. 5.56 Is; eight miles,
ESQ: nine miles. TAB 2-5
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-07-20
Too MANY Books to BEAD.

We feel the deepest sympathy for
those moderns who complain that so
many books are now published and so
noisily advertised that they are be-
wildered as to choice, and turn back
to the old favorites That, surely is
n thousand times better than adopting
the alternative which now seems so
popular-of not reading at all. What
with automobiling, golf, the theater,
bridge and the 15-cent magazines.
thousands of our most substantial cit
liens are accused-by discontended
booksellers-of never opening a book
from one years end to another.-New
York Evening Post.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-07-20

months use of them. Mrs. S. A.
WILLIAMS, II. +. ID. No. ii, Box 80,
Gardiner, Me.
No woman should submit to a surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
ly from roots and herbs, fair triaI.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved TO be the
most valuable tonic and remover of
the female organism. Women resid-
ing in almost every city and town in
the United States bear willing testi-
mony TO the wonderful virtue of Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
1t cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. If you
are i'll, for your own sake as well as
those you love, give it trial.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women TO write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.