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Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
REFORM IN SCHOOLS.
heoln1asters' Round Table Advocates
Important Changes.

The Schoolmasters' Round Table of
Western Connecticut. which held its
annual meeting in Greenwich Satur-
day, adopted a resolution reading as
follows:
'In our opinion, the demands of the
times call for a reorganization of
school systems to the end that the vo-
cational side of education be given
more prominence; and that prepare
ton for rational living as well as the
ability to gain a livelihood be made j
conscious end of school work"
During the meeting the following
programme was profftably discussed
!. Is state supervision of all schools
IN Connecticut desirable? ?. Is the
teachers influence and social standing
I'm our community life as great as for
merly? If So what are the evidences
If not, why not2 g. Do the present
educational demands require the reor-
ganization of our public school sys
tenn? T. Would a pension system for
public school teachers in Connecticut
result in more efficient service. and
better schools? ). Practical sugees
tons for future Round Table meetings.
s. Meeting of the Connecticut State
Teachers association. Committee ap-
pointed to revise the constitution made
their report which was adopted
The Round Table voted to hold its
rest meeting the second Saturday in
February in Darien.
OF the 01,oO0. 900 acres Of land in
Sweden, fully 51,000.000 acres are in
wood Finland alone. of European
countries, having large forests than
Sweden.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
PASTORS BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Surprise Arranged for Rev. F. o. Sar
gent, Who Was too HI to Appear.

Owing to the illness of Rev T. D.
SARGENT on Thursday, the birthday
surprise party, planned for him, to
take place in the Congregational
chapel in the evening, was somewhat
changed. A more disappointed party
never met than the many who at
tended the prayer meeting expecting
TO extend birthday greetings to their
pastor at the close of the service. Mr..
Sargent was taken i'll in the afternoon
and was absolutely unable to attend
the service and did not know Of the
party until Friday, when he, too, was
greatly disappointed in not being ablt
to see SO many of his parishioners at
a Thursday evening prayer meeting.
Rev. Wallace Stems ably conducted
the services, at the close of which a
reception was held for eac hone pres
ent. Ice cream and cake were served.
The large birthday cake, lighter with
candles. prepared for Mr.. Sargent, was
upon exhibition. Birthday Greetings,
signed by the eighty present, We're
sent the pastor. Although all regret
ted sincerely the absence Of Mr. Sar-
gent, yet most social evening was
spent.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12

Maurice Fitzgerald of New London
was visitor in Danielson Friday.
Miss Mary Hickey, recently returned
form a stay of two years in Italy and
Switzerland. was the guest Thursday
of John Awkward and family.
Mrs. George C. Foote of Southbrdge
i. spending a few days with her moth
err Mrs. William Chapman of the West
Sida
Mrs. Charles Dominique, formerly OF
Danielson, is dangerously i'll at her
homo in Woonsocket.
Mrs. Ell. V. Stackpole and daughter,
Mary Louise, are visiting in New York
for a few days.
Going to Denver.
Mrs. Cady Carpenter and Miss Char
iotte Carpenter are to leave Danielson
to make their home in Denver, Col
Mrs. James Bennett of Academy
street had the members of the Ladies'
Benevolent society of the Congrega-
tional church at her home for a meet
ing Friday afternoon.
Shot 18 Pound Coon.
w. A. Graves, Winfield Colwell, Fred
Taft and James Kent brought in an IS
pound coon Friday morning. The coon
was caught in the Trip Hollow coun-
try during a hunt Thursday night
Supper Melted Over $50.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
list church netted a little over $50 at
the chicken supper held at the parson-
age this week. More than 200 persons
came to the supper. Four tables were
set. and all of the places were occu-
pied during period of two hours.
Honors at Whist.
Miss Lillian Lemay won first hon
ors at the meeting of the Biiou Whist
club on Thursday evening. The others
to win honors We're Mrs. Demase Bou-
has and Mrs l.. J. Fourier.
VIII Spend Winter in Florida.
Mrs. r. N. Co1vin and her brother,
Henry w. Bab$on, are en- route to St.
Petersburg, Fla, where they are to
spend the winter. Mrs. Colvin and Mr..
Babson usually spend their winters in
that state. but at some point more
northerly than is St. Petersburg.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS
Noted by Souvenir Tayior-Johnsons
to Outnumber Other Members-Only
Two Smiths.

Statistics about the incoming legis-
iature? Yes a few are available at
this time through the courtesy Of Sou
venir w. Fl. Taylor, who is already
preparing to compile data for the reg
ular edition of the pocket manual.
Souvenir has been looking over the
names of the Legislators who will as
sembie at Hartford in January and has
noted some interesting facts
If numbers count for anything, the
Johnsons are going to be the real
lxingpins of the session. There are to
be seven of them from various parts
of the state. One of them will sit in
the senate. incidentally, no member
of either the house or senate will wear
a name beginning with ] except the
JOhnSons.
There are to be four Packs in the
new legislative body-three in the
house and one in the senate-but it is
not likely that their light will be hid
den under a bushel no more than will
three other members of the house
the Hydes-be inconspicuous because
of the name they bring with them.
There are to be Two Jsidwells, two
Blakeslees. two Clarkes and one Clark,
two Doolittles, two Goddards. two
Halls two Harris, two Kelseys, two
Moores two Reynolds, two Stevens,
one Stephen two Smiths (there were
seven in the last legislature}. two
=. w
There Will be one Kelly and one KEEL
ley, one Bailey in the senate and an
other in the house. as will the Fem
family also be represented in both
branches of the legislature.
OF ali the Sullivans in the state only
one has been elected to go to Hart
ford, and his name is Dennis-R.-of
Barkhamstead.
The busy BIS outnunber all others
but the SIS in the alphabetical list of
legislators. There are to by IS of them.
The SIS just nose them out of first
place with total of 81. W and Fl are
each represented by 20 members. NJ
and T are next with II each, while
there are IS members whose names be-
gin with X. A and P are each repre-
scented by y members. G and l. by II
each and D and r by 10.
Souvenir says he will have another
bunch of statistics in few days-and
all about the new legislature
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
NEW HAVEN ROAD.
Strides Made in Seven Years Under
Presidency Of Charles S. MeIIen.

Since ancient times the world has
been accustomed to measure chro-
nology by seven-year periods-as be-
ing somehow intrinsically fraught with
fundamental changes. Rarely has
saere been a better instance than is
furnished in this present sabbatical
year of the New Haven railroad" says
the Boston News Bureau.
Seven years ago today Charles S.
M;ellen came out of the west. A few
folks in New England then knew of
h. mn as president of the Northern Pa
+cific and as busy lieutenant to ]. j.
lIill Today everybody in New Eng
|; Land is almost Derforce aware of his
e Eistence- Seldom has one. man SO
b riefly and so deeply impressed the
Fl. aancial commercial, political and
even social life of a whole section of
country. &
'''This has come to pass, of course,
because he has meanwhile transformed
the transportation of New England.
Au gustus boasted that he found Rome
bril- * and left it marble. Were Mellen
ado icted to self Wanting he might
air, sady say that he found New Eng
lam rails rusting and has made them
glitter with use, development and ex-
pan sion.
q n 1903 the New Haven was a
stea m railroad pure and simple. Its
invt stment of s14,o0o,0e0 was stock OF
leaated lines, not merged, which had
peel 1 GXcHd1SSu LOT STOCK Oh It's OWL
and held in the treasury. Its income
from securities held was less than
$500 boo, or slightly over three per
cent of the net income.
~ Dday the New Haven is a, huge
invet sting as well as operating machine
1t OWNS securities totaling 1910, 600
and its annual income from this
sour ee is almost s4.500.000. Total net
net after taxes is but four times this
It's total capitalization is now 1875,
000,tO0 compared with SAL 100000 il
19G3. Other steam railroads, street
railways and steamship companies
have been swallowed and now yield
irnpo rtant sources of its revenue. This
han &c in the structure of the company
is sh own in the appended figures.
''l'ctal capitalization 1910, s376,05S,-
425: 1905, Sal, 3S1, $50; capital per mile
1910, $S5,40o 1908. $4,000; securities
owne 4 1910. $40, s13,14o; 1903. S24,s-
15s75S; inc. stocks and bonds, 1910
s4,49 16T1; 1903, $488,193;' dividends
paid, 1910. s6,759,081; 1908, s4,618.43s.
'.Tl re New Haven of 1903 had total
receiI IT'S of less than s50,o00,o0o. The
New Haven of today has, if the earn
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
Catarrh Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease
Cstarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease. and in order to cure it YOU
must take internal remedies. Halls
Cstarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
a quack medicine. IT was prescribed
by one of the best physicians in this
country for years and is a regular pre-
Ecrtption. 1t is composed of the best
tonics known combined with the best
b1ood purifiers. acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combi-
nations of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh Send for testimonials
free
# j. CHENEY & co. Props. Toledo. o.
sold by Druggists, price 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patiou N8
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
DANIELSON and PUTNAM NEWS

the dog attacked the boy is not known
1t is said that no one witnessed the
happening.
Horse Dead in Woods-Neck Broken.
In East killingly a horse owned by
Peter Young ran away with him one
day last week. The horse could not be
located for several days, but was final
~ found dead in the woods near the
neck was broken. An UNUSUAL circum-
stance in connection with the matter
was that Mr.. Young. who lives just
across the Rhode Island border. was
driving the horse home from the III. IL.
Davenport auction in Pomfret, where
he had paid $f02 for it. The damage
to the buggy and the cost Of searching
fer the horse cost NJ. Young another
&10O
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
ELKs' MEMORIAL
This Years Service to Be Held De-
cember 4.

Putnam lodge of Ellzs. in keeping
with the custom of all lodges of the
order. will hold an annual memorial
service for their deceased members
on Sunday afternoon, December 4
Ralph Tefft, j. Harry Mann, John B
Byrne, James Tatem, Jr., and Alex
Gilman have been named as the COM
mittee to make the arrangements.
About the City.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Dwyer were
visitors in Boston Friday.
Arthur d. Frisbee of Providence
visited Putnam friends Friday.
Michael Kitteridge. who has been
porter at the Chickering house for the
past two years, will leave Putnam t.:
day, returning to his home in Wor-
cester.
The meeting of the stockholders OF
the Putnam Fair association which
was to have been held this week TIC
determine the future course of the or
ganiZation, has been postponed tC
next week
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
PUTNAM
Damato Trial Postponed to Jan. Sd
Souvenir Taylor Separates Legisla-
tive Sheep and Goats-Open Meeting
of Merriam Camp.

The trial of Sabatino Damato for the
murder of Angellus Remello, which
was to have begun in the superior
court here next Tuesday, has been
postponed to Jan. g. This was an
nounced at q short session of the SUI
perior court held here Friday after
noon, Judge Marcus II. Holconb pre-
siding.
The uncontested divorces that were
listed to be heard all went over to a
future session.
The jury will come in next We'd
nesday. Cases assigned for next week
are as follows: Jennie Dubreui VS.. G.
Fred Wa terman. Wednesday,; Herman
B. Chapman VS.. New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad company,
Thursday; Joseph Paterson VS.. George
F'rink, first case Friday; Frank 7.
Preston, executor VS.. Albertus q.
Westcott ct al, second case Friday.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12

played in Hammond hall this winter
New seats to the number of $50 are
to be added and accommodations for
200 additional persons provided
The seats will all be in place for the
Thanksgiving day game, when the
season. is to be opened with the Yale
Rovers lined up against Manager Cor
dier's fast team.
The teams will line Up as follows:
Yale-Cobb and Spn. forwards; Dom
aghue, center: Starkweather and
Klingbeu, guards: Schofeld, captain.
Putnan-Sidney Marland, William
Mariand, Wallace Paine, Armand Liz
otte, Pin Matthew of Webster, Sis Pei
oquin of Southbridge
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
SUPERiNTENDENTS'
CONFERENCE
Held at WiImantic With State Sec
rotary Hine-School Problems Dis
cussed.

C. E. Pratt of Bradley street, su-
peritendent of schools in Eastford,
Ashford and Woodstock, attended the
conference of the Eastern Connecticut
superintendents held at the Hooker
house in Willimantic Thursday eve
ming. Charles E. Hine, superintendent
of the state board, entertained the
six superintendent of the eastern part
of the state at dinner at the hotel at
seven o'clock, after which the prob
lens of the superintendent work
were discussed with Mr.. Hine. The
state superintendent has divided the
Connecticut superintendent in three
squads, and is to meet each squad at
various times through the year to
discuss school work
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
Both spe. ,dy and Effectivs,

This indicated the action of Foley
Kidney Pills as S. Parsons, Eattle
Creek. Mich. illt lstrates: II have been
afflicted with a severe case of kidney
and bladder trou bic for which / found
no relief until used Foley Kidney
Pills. These cure ID me entirely of all
my ailments | was troubled with
backaches and Sc we're shooting pains
with annoying ur mary irregularities.
The steady use of Foley Kidney Pills
rid me entirely of : Ill my former trou-
bIes They have 4 ny highest recon-
mendation." The I ee e Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
Dressed in "sIaok and Yellow

Not Football CoIors' but the color
OF the carton containing Foley's Honey
and Tar. the best and safest cough
remedy for all coughs and colds Do
not accept a substitute. but see that
you get the genuine Foley's Honey and
Tar in yellow carton with black let
tiers. The Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
Take VIBURN-0

It is a wonderful female remedy, ~
YOU will admit if you try it.
Directions for it's use are printed in
six Languages with every bottle. Prics
St25 at druggists
FRANCO GERMAN CHEMICAL CO,
1oe West 12eth Street, New York.
mar3fd
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12

Senator elect George A. Hammond
has arranged for 2 decided improve
ment for the benefit of the fans. who
will follow the basketball games to be
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
SIXTY SIX VOTES
Rejected in Town of kiIIineIy by Bal
lot Counters.

Sixty six votes We're thrown out in
the three voting districts of Killingly
by the counters at Tuesdays election.
The greater part of these ballots were
rejected because there was no cross
in any of the circles at the top of the
columns. Others We're excluded from
the totals compiled for each candidate
for failure to mark cross where one
should have been marked opposite the
names of candidates and others be-
cause they carried more than the legal
number of such marks
Removing Vault.
The vault that was built into the
store in the Phoenix building when
that structure was put UP is being re-
moved from the store to he occupied
soon by new business enterprise. The
store was originally occupied by the
Windham County bank. now located in
the same building, but in the section
next to the Attawaugan hotel.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
VULCAN ODORLESS
GAS HEATER

insures you all the heat you want and
just when you want il. The gas pipe
carries the fuel, no can to fill, no oil
to spill. Get one today and make this
the most comfortable winter of your
life. Experience has shown you that
house heaters airs rarely working at
satisfactory efficiency in the early
hours OF the day We have these
odorless creators of comfort at s2.7s
and $500 each, highest quality tubing
cents per foot, fuel piping done at
cost of labor and material.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
Removing Vault.
BARREL OF JELLIES
And Other DeIicacies from Town of
Brooklyn for Hospital.

A barrel Of homemade jellies pre-
serves and canned fruit has been pre-
scented the Day-Kimball hospital at
Putnam by the ladies' of Brooklyn This
fine gift was made possible through
cooperative effort directed by Mrs J.
S. Bard. Apprecia ton of the fine re-
membrance from Brooklyn has been
expressed by those in charge of the
hospital.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12

Old Gentleman Ito waiter)-Can you
tell me if my wife is here? Waiter
Yes sir, eighth hat to the left.-F'lie
gende Blaetter.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
Bitten by st. Bernard.

Joseph Coffey, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Coffey of Dayville, has been 50
badly bitten by a st. Bernard dog own
ed in the village that IS stitches were
required to close the wound. Just why
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
DANiE!SON

Hunters Shoot IS Pound coon-66
Votes Thrown Out in Election Count
Barrel of JeIlies and Preserves for
Hospital
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12
HAMM OND HALL.

$50 New Seats to Be in Place Be
fore Thanksgivinq Game.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12

It's easy to greet the new day with
a smile when you can have the morn
ing bath room as luxM4antly warm as
the air of the tropics. Why take
chances of having the temperature of
your bath dressing OF dining rooms
below the safety point, knowing as you
do SO we'll the variableness of our
New England winter weather A
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12

"Be pleasant until ten o'clock
in the morning and the rest of
the day will take care OF itself"
1Ilaka.a I'D
Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-12

ings of all the subsidiary companies
are added to those of the railroad. a
gross of over $4,000, 0O0.'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-07-27
THE SPLIT-LOG DRAG.

Street Commissioner Woodbury., of
Bangor is Using Them.
The King road drag has been exploited
in newspapers and magazines and farm
journals, and the wonderful results
obtained from its use have been sung from
lecture platforms occupied by highway
commissioners throughout the country
for months, and people have read and
listened, wondering il this were true and,
il SO, why SO absurduly simple contri-
vance had not been thought of long be-
fore. Commissioner Woodbury., OF Ban
gor, is one Of the converts to the machine,
and has fifteen of them in use.
Bangor roads first felt the touch OF the
King drag this spring. Thirteen Of the
country roads were gone over with them.
The suburban commissioners have charge
of this work, under Commissioner Wood
bury's direction, and everybody con-
cerned, including the public who use the
roads, is in earnest when he praised the
King drag. Commissioner Woodbury.
speaks OF it as follows:
III Is q great tnfng. Inc drags nave
been over the roads, and although this is
the first time the drag has ever been tried
in Bangor, we are satisfied that it has
come to stay. Formerly on the country
roads the road machines were used.
Each OF the machines WAS drawn by four
horses, and it was very slow work. The
drag is drawn by a single pair Of horses
and gets over the ground much more
quickly. 1t does all the work that the
road machine does, and does it much
better, except that it cannot ditch out the
cutters.
1.-THE road machine can go over the road
only once, but the drag is taken out many
times, so that the holes can be kept filed
in and the road smoothed out at frequent
intervals. Thus more and better work
csn be accomplished for the money ex-
pended. Two of the drags are in use
right in the city, and 80 far we have gone
over the Hampden road twice with them"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-07-27

outlet, and Nat told me that his Uncle
Richard said it was an Indian burial
ground. One day he read me some verses
that he had written on the death OF Mr..
Tarbox, who lived near by, and who was
frozen to death in terrible storm. / can
not remember line of the poetry, but was
much affected at the time by its pathos.
This Tarboy tragedy occurred March IT.,
1879"
The fact Of his writing this poem shows
that he had already taken up the pen in
Raymond. Still further evidence Of this
was discovered only few years ago when
q manuscript book was unearthed in the
Manning house containing all sorts of
odds and ends about ghosts and hob COB
blins. On the fly leaf of this book was
the following inscription:
presented by Richard Manning to
his nephew, Nathaniel Hawthorne, with
the advice that he write out his thoughts,
some every day, in as good words as he
can, upon any and all subjects. as it is one
OF the best means of his securing for ma
turer years command Of thought and
language"
The contents OF this script shows that
weird thoughts, suitable as foundation
for future tales, were even then run
ming through his head.
Haunted houses always had q super
natural charm for him, and many of
the thoughts here penned in a boyish
hand relate to matters OF this nature. This
diary is still in existence and contains
much matter Of historic importance that
has never been made public.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-07-27
PEACE COMMISSION.
EXPIRES. Roosevelt May be Made
Chairman of Commission,

EXPIRES. Roosevelt May be Made
Chairman of Commission.
1t is reported that it is the intention of
the President to appoint ex-President
Roosevelt as the head OF peace COM
mission which some members of Congress
in the Senate are disposed to authorize by
an appropriation bill for that purpose.
The idea is that the peace commission
shall tour the world in an endeavor to
have the sovereigns and chancelleries of
the great powers agree to Limitation
limiting the staggering expense Of
military and naval establishments and in
the interests OF peace.
1t is said that Russia is on the eve of ex-
pending 1900, 100000 for the army and
navy. This will necessarily arouse Japan
to like effort. Germany, notwithstand-
ing her colossal military and naval estab-
lishments, will certainly not quietly sit by
while Russia is organizing such pre-
ponderant force, and Austria, France and
England will also bestir themselves until,
as someone has said: "Every laborer of
Europe will have soldier or sailor on his
back"
An army is productive of nothing but
destruction. Every soldier and sailor is
so much taken from the field of productive
work and made to swell the ranks, not
only OF consumption, but of destruction.
If the millions of soldiers now in armies
throughout the world could only be con-
verified to workers in the fields, in the
factories, and the mines, the cost of living
would be greatly decreased and that
question would cease to agitate Congresses
and bread winners.
Think Of what Russia nigh do with
that one billion in the way OF railroad
building. That country has millions of
square miles OF as fine agricultural land
as can be found anyw here, and cheap
transportation would quickly quadruple
their Taiue and bring prosperity TO a
hundred million OF very poor people.
But Russia is under the immediate ne
cessity OF expanding her millions in pre-
paration to destroy instead of to produce,
II the great powers OF the world the
United States, Great Britain, Japan, Ger
many, Italy, Russia and France would
agree to settle the exact ratio as to mill
tary establishments, they could reduce
expenditures probably seventy-five per
cent. and still be on the same relative
basis that they are now, and these mil
lions could be turned to the material de-
velopment OF the unimproved parts of
the world, SO that thrift aud prosperity
might gladden. the continents and the
islands.