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Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
GOT NO CIDER
How Bill Rood TantaIzed Philemon
 Fellows, Years Ago.

FelloWS, rearS ARo.
 An old-time Canaan character who may be remembered by the very oldest of our present day residents, was Phile mon Fellows, who iourished during the first half of the last century. He resided in the neighborhood of the Sodom dis trict and was known as an inveterate cider thinker His own cellar was in- variably stocked with full supply of apple-juice every fall, and when his stock ran out he would develop his social qualities and go visiting among his neighbors and friends, with special refer ence to those who had plenty of cider and were generous in pouring it out to visitors; and it was generally understood among them, that whenever Phil" Fellows came to make, call, the cider pitcher was the principal attraction that brought him.
 Generally he found the hospitality of his hosts all that could be desired, but occasionally he would meet with a colder reception and ciderless entertainment.
 Another old-time Sodomite, a con temporary of "Phil's," was "Bill" Rood, who also loved cider, and always had it in his cellar. He was less prodigal in dispensing it to outsiders than some of his neighbors, and Phil never could tell, when he went to call on Bill, whether he was to be treated to swig or not. On one occasion, cool night in early spring, after Phips cider barrels were empty, he casually strolled around to Bills, and was delighted to find that Bill had just brought up pitcher of his favorite beverage, which stood on the stove hearth, with glass beside it,
 Bill welcomed his guest in perfunctory fashion as he poured himself out a glass of cider and drank it, setting the tumbler down beside the pitcher again without offering Phil a smile" Conversation was slow, Phil evidently having his mind on the cider, and Bill being in no talking mood. Finally Phil made bold to move his chair closer to the stove and within reaching distance of the cider. Bill noted the move and taunted him. "Phil Fellows" said he, "I know what's on your mind; you think you're goin' to git drink O that cider. Now le'me tell ye suthin'. You ain't a'goin' t git it. You're like Moses hankerin' fir. tn promised land. You remember Moses got within sight of tn promised land-he could look right into it, but he couldn't go in. Now you can almost taste that cider, an ye want drink of it, mighty bad. You can smack y'r lips all ye mind to, an ye can look at that cider as much as Ye like, but ye ain't a'goin' t have a single swaller-not a single swaller." And he didn't. Neither did he visit Bill any more, after that.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

The readiness with which the good la dies of Canaan responded to the request of the fremen for cooperation in. serv- ing the dinner to the Borden milk wag- on drivers, last Friday; the bounteous- ness of the supply of food contributed, aud the willingness of the young ladies asked to wait on the tables, constitute an eloquent and convincing proof of the fact that the people are proud of their fire company and ready to do their full share for it's encouragement and SUD- port, There's nothing too good for the firemen.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
THURSDAY. AUGUST F. 1911
suFFRAGIsTs COMING

The onward progress of the sufffagist movement in Connecticut, and especial ly in Litchfeld county, is assuming something of the aspect of a triumphal march. That festive female automobile is. honking over the Litchfield hills and scorohing through the Litchf1eld valleys, bedecked with it's festoonery of fla gs and streamers and gaudy pennants, and proelaiming by it's banner with the strange device, "Votes for Women" l" the mission of it's charming joy riders.
 This lovely devil-wagon conveys the vanguard of the army of conquest. which is coming this way, and from all accounts either carrying or rolling over everything before it, and making con- yerts at every stop,
 On Monday next it will reach Canaan, and meeting will be held in Town Hall in the evening, to which everybody is invited, without money and without the price-special and urgent invitation being extended to proud and domineer- ing man. to come out, if he dares, and hear some things that will do him good to know, and which he has got to learn any way, so oner or later.
 Of one thing he may be assured he won't be bored. He will hear ad- dresses by some of the brightest of the shining lights of suffragism-ladies of education, refinement and social station, hn ho ho 6h genuine convection that woman's sphere has been unjustly and unfairly circum. scribed, and the day of. her broadening horizon is dawning ladies who can pre- sent the subject, in all its phases of light and shade, in manner that will hold the interest of the listener until they get through, and make an ardent convert of him if he doesn't watch out.
 The old hide bound anti-woman's tighter way as we'll reconcile himself to the fact that they're after him, and they'll get him, whether he will or no. His stock argument about "woman's s sphere" has been a pointless argument for long time, and he's got to recognize that fact, since woman has shown him that she can do nything that he can do, and a lot of things that he canuot.
 The movement has passed the stage where it was a joke and a legitimate subject for ridicuIe. It is viewed with 8 more marked degree of respect. even by the most rabid anti's than iU ever was before.
 One need not necessarily be a wo- mans rigater to recognize the fact that the movement has made wonderful progress in the last few years. Nor need one necessarily be prophet or the son of prophet to foresae the virtual tria umph of the cause. The signs of the times all indicate its growing strength, The contests it has won in various parts of the country, and of the world. fur nish tangible proof of it's intelligent generalship; and the lords of creation everywhere might as well make up their minds that their dominion is going to be
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

New Haven democrats are all "by the ears' over the selection of candidate for mayor in the approaching municipal election. The name latest mentioned in that connection is that of Judge A. Hea- ton Robertson, twice the democratic can- didate for governor {; but there seems to be no magic in even that name to bring the warning factions together. Appar- ently the only democrat of prominence, whose name has not been conspicuously brought forward for consideration, is the one democrat whose influence and popularity in his party are unquestion- ed, and who is better equipped than any other Elm City democrat, to restore par ty harmony-Philip Troup, the brilliant young editor of the Union. But the probability is that he would not listen to the suggestion.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

A commendable example of enterprise
 is shown by the merchants of New Mil ford, in establishing, by mutual agree .ment, bargain day" and proclaim ing to the neighboring towns induce ments to persuade prospective purchas- CTS to visit the town on that day to do their shopping. It is an example that might proftably be followed by other progressive bailiwicks.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
NORTH CANAAN HAS

population of 2,171, (census of 1910.)
 Two railroads. #.a . ..-.t
 National and Savings Banks. }ft. Trolley railroad, in process of construction. Up-to-date High School and irst-class school system. .~
 Five churches. ..... First-class hotel. Fire department. including chemical en- zine. '..e
 Six miles of State Roads. .II.. .. Electric light and power plant,
 Complete Sewer System. . I-F .... Never-failing water supply and the best water in the state. (. '. .#" Wide-awake Business Mems Association. Extensive lime and iron industries. Fraternal and benefit, societies. ..f Brass band. H.S~.4< .n- Up-to-date department stores. t. Pure air and wholesome climate.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

The intimation recently conveyed in a letter from Carleton, to The News, that Senator Charles s. Peck, of Danbu- ry, might be selected as the republican candidate for Iieutenant-governor,s seems to have caught on" and it looks now
 as if there might be a Peck boom launch, ed before the next state convention. |,
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
THE SILENT HILLS
BY EMMA RoDEMEYER WATT

What great majesty we see
 In the silent hills; And the power they possess,
 All our being thrills. Infinite in solitude,
 Drawing thoughts away From this bustling life of ours, From its work, its play. Teaching us the quiet strength Of sublime repose; Needing not the storms of life, Rising OCT its woes. Patient though'the tempests rage. Meeting every test; And their grandeur seems to say, Quiet strength gives rest" If our faith is absolute
 As the silent hills, It will be a tower of strength,
 Breasting all life's ills.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

From the tenor of the explanations and apologies vouchsafed from time to time, we gather that the Pittsfeld Dope Club is called the Dope Club because that's it's name. Which was the same reason why Joe Vaill called his dog "Schneider"
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

divided, sooner or later, and that women who want to vote will vote.
 When they actually get into politics they may make a mess of it, but this consoling reflection remains-they cant make a worse mess of it than it IS now.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

Decker & Alvord have just installed in the Maplewood Inn at Ashley Falls n 1900. gallon pneumatic tank and gasoline engine, together with up.to-date toilet rooms in the basement and complete bath rooms and toilets on the upper floors of the hotel
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
THE NEWS AGENTS

Extra copies of The News are on sale at the office of publication and at
 Dempsey's Drug Store, Canaan, EggleStoE's Drug Store, Sharon, Post Office, East Canaan.
 D. H. Oakes' Store Lakevllle,
 Post Office, Falls Village. George T. Johnson's Store, Norfolk, F. H. Smith 6 Co.'S Store Ashley Falls. Mountain View Inn. Pine Grove E. Mclean, Twin Lakes Station. < i w. D. French, Sheffield, Mass.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
TELEPHONE: CANAAN taa RING
AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM

The News should appeal with special force to the ssgacious business man.
 1t has an extensive circulation in Western Connecticut, and especially throughout Litch- field County and Southern Berkshire.
 It has a competent staff of wide-awake cor respondents in the various towns to report the local deings each week, and goes into the homes and is ;perused by the entire families of the thrifty, Intelligent, reading class of people whom the long headed advertiser most desires to reach.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

The experience of Hartford woman who, on Sunday evening, alighted back ward from moving trolley car and was instantly killed, should prove a warning to Canaanites when the Canaan trolley gets into operation. Don't step off back ward unless the car is going backward.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

'I want to do something that will cause me to be talked about" said the ambitious man.
 That easily arranged, answered his wife. Merely move into strange eighbOrhood. New York American.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
Lung Capacity and Corsets

The lung capacity of the average woman who does not wear corsets is about 2S00 cubic centimeters or I'll cubic inches; of one who is in the habit of wearing corsets only 2,20O cubic cent meters or 134 cubic inches; so that the capacity of the normal and unrestricted lungs is about 27.3 per cent more than that of those which have been con- pressed by the corset.-Scientifio American
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

TT was an insufficient stream the fire men found at the High street hydrant- a hobbled squirt, as it were.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

The editor ot the Yakima Republic voices his appreciation of the movement for a sane Christmas in this sensible fashion: "The man who has started the movement for a safe and sane Christ mas, which means, according to him. that the giving of presents should be limited to ones immediate family, is in a fair way to become public benefactor. It's getting too hot to give him the attention he deserves now but along in the fall the Republic will print his picture on the front page and do any thing else for him that his friends want done"
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

From all accounts, if the young men who pulled the body of Duncan Calder from the water, at Twin Lakes, had known the rudiments of the first aid to the injured" code,, the life of the victim might have been saved. The distressing incident emphasizes the advisability of making the simple rules part of the ordinary school curriculum.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

Subscribers are requested to notify the pub Hsb CT promptly of any failure to receive papers regularly, changes of residence etc.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
WANTED

WANTED-A strong girl to do general house work. Mrs. John l.. Thurlough. WANTED--A middle aged, respectable woman as housekeeper. Must be good cook, neat and capable to care for child Address giving age {, experience and references to
 G. Hang, Falls Village Conn. WANTED-By September first Q servant for . general houseworlS in family of two Address, Mrs. Lester D. Brown, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville. Conn
 wANTED-Mau and wife without children, T an as general farmer. wife as cook, No laundry work. Apply Box 9l, Canaan. Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

Get Together. Pull Together, That's the way to confound the kickers.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
WRITE A LETTER ABOUT

Communications on subjects of general inter est to The News readers are invited, but nc attention will be paid to anonymous letters
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

MT. Wombat, the elderly millionaire, has offered me his heart"
 "Take it girl, " advised friend. His physician tells me it's valvular action is very bad. ."-Louisville Courier Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

"Our literary club discussed Shakes peare last night All the girl were there"
 That accounts for your discussing Shakespeare. ."-Exchange.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
Cent-a-Word, Advertisements Minimum Charge 25 Gents
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Cucumbers for picllling.
 L. H, Kellogg, Falls Village, Conn. FOR SALE heavy wagon, surrey, 1 buggy, set bobs with wood rigging, set light double har ness. Mason Noble, Jr, Canaan, Conn. AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE -- Waltham- Orient Runabout, 4Cylinder l6 horse power, Trans mission: sliding gear type, speeds and re- verse cone clutch, Tires S0x3JS, all four brand new Hartfords last fall, not n mark on them. Color: Dark Green body, Cream running gear Paint in excellent condition. Complete outfit consisting of top, storm front and side cur tains gas lamps, oil, jack, pump, extra tubes tool kit and chains for tires. Nothing broken or worn out about the car. $500 takes 1t. Call or write for demonstration
 Dewey Garfield, East Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17
MISCELLANEOUS

AR. PATTEN. optician of Torrington, conn.,
 will be at "The Eanneld" hotel the first Mon-
 day and Tuesday afternoons of each month.
 If unable to call send postal Consultation free. S. R. STARK, Nurse, Canaan. Telephone i5-2
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

|f. w. PARSONS, BUSINESS MANAGER
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-09
AN ACADEMIC DISCUSSION

The Donnellson Review gives over
almost the entire first page of its lat
est issue to discussion of what it
calls the county seat controversy.
The gist of the whole matter is that
the Review favors one county seat. in
Lee county. instead of two as at pres
ent, and is hopeful that should this
be authorized. Donnellson would be
chosen as the shire town. West Point,
also. favors abandonment of the pres
ent arrangement, in the hope that it
could by some sort of legerdema,n
land the seat of county government
These are wholly worthy ambitions
on the part of both of those communi-
ties, but discussion of the matter Is
purely academic. The public convea.
fence demands that county officials be
located in both Keokuk and Fort
Madison, centers of population con-
tanning considerable more than half
the people in the county, and that
terms of the district court be held in
these cities. Within a very few years,
with the growth of population that
will logically follow the development
Of the keokuk water power, the neces-
sity of continuing this arrangement
will be still further accentuated. Even
were conditions otherwise, it is not at
all probable that three-fourths of the
people of Lee county would vote in
favor of the proposed change. Nor is
1t at all likely that the legislature
would repeal the rule it has establish
ed in requiring a three-fourths vote.
Donnellson and West Point would dc
well not to set their hearts upon
proposition that. however laudable
from local point of view. is vision
AIRY and impractical.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-09
THE DRUG HABIT.

To some people the problem of pro-
hipition is a very simple one-merely
to prohibit the drinking of alcoholic
liquors. or at least, the sale of them.
and the problem is solved. And yet
The experience developed by the abol-
ition of the army canteen should
have warned even the most ardent
prohibitionist however blind In his
fanatic zeal. that the problem is one
of the most complex in modern civ
iliZation
Many evils have followed in the
train of prohibition-evils that are
more damnatory, in their effect. even
I than the consumption of liquor
Among them is marked increase in
the drug habit that has made the
United States one of the principal
Users of pernicious drugs in the world !:
consumer. for instance, OF greater
quantities of opium than even China.
Cases in point are cited by the Buff
falo News as follows:
In the prohibition districts of New
England the Increase in the use OF
drugs has been most marked, and DR..
Cabot Of the Massachusetts General
Hospital, who has been investigating
the matter, attributes 1t largely to
I the difficulty Of obtaining liquor. SAYS
! he: The moment you limit the use
OF alcohol you increase the use OF
drugs. Nothing is more sure than
that men accustomed to the use OF
alcohol will come to use morphine il
alcohol is withheld
The prohibitionists NAV answer
that the remedy for this is to pro.
hlbit also the sale of drugs. but even
if this could successfully be done. ii
would only mean-such is the weak
ness of human nature-that those de-
pryed OF these stimulants would find
some other and more harmful stimu
iants TO take their place
The statement of Dr. Cabot only
j eorrooorates what has been discoy
! cred about prohibition in the southern
t states 1t was praiseworthy thing tc
t Try and keep liquor away from the
n negroes who, under it's influence were
= stimulated to heinous crimes. bur mn
e fortunately the liquor habit down Their.
e mas been replaced by the cocaine anG
morphine habits, which are infinital,
worse"
AS the News truthfully remarks II
Q commenting upon this state OF facts
). everything seems to point to the fac
: that prohibition does not nrob,hit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-09
HAPPY WOMEN.
Plenty of Them in keokuk, and Good
Reason for it.

Wouldn't any woman be happy.
After years Oh backache suffering,
DAYS of misery, nights OF unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles,
She finds relief and cure?
No reason why any Keokuk reader
Should suffer in the face of evidence
like this
Mrs. R. j. LANCE. 200 Bank street,
Keokuk, Iowa, says: Whenever |
caught cold. it was sure to settle on
my kidneys and for several days
sharp twinges darted through my
back, making it hard for me to get
about During one of these spells
several months ago, l happened to see
Doan's Kidney Pills advertised and
procuring box, | began their use
The first few doses relieved me ant
| now have no cause for complaint
Doan's Kidney Pills have earned m,
hearty endorsement" Statement Civ
en- August II, 1860
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-09
MONEY IN POULTRY.

Mrs. W. T. Ebaugh of Des Moines
tells in the Capital how she made
s25.07 from fifty-four Barred Plymouth
Rock pullets in March. She says
she took no extraordinary care of the
chickens, but her method of egg pro-
duction speaks for itself. Twenty of
the pullets were Matched last October,
thirteen in September and the rest
last spring. In the month of March
she got 1,311 eggs, or an average of
little over "a eggs to the pullet. rhe
market price OF eggs varied during the
month from thirty-five to seventeen
cents per dozen, the average being
about twenty-three cents. The value
Of eggs for the month was s25.07, or
4eA cents for eac,s pullet AS to the
means employed hrs Ebaugh writes:
We feed whole corn and wheat and
keep the hens as fat as possible. our
latest hens being the best layers. we
feed no oyster shell or ground bone,
but give them plenty of sand The
average weight of the pullets is
about IL pounds. We throw no feed
to the chickens, but let them get what
they want from feed box. made large
at the top and small at the bottom,
the feed falling down as consumed In
watering them. tile is set in the
ground, an earthern vessel filled with
water placed over it: hot bricks every
morning are put inside the tile, pro-
viding warm water all day
1t has been Mrs. Ebaugh's exper-
fence that chickens Matched late in
September or early October make good
spring, summer. fall and winter lay
ers. She holds that if chickens are
given plenty of fresh water, good
ventilation and feed, where they can
get at it at all times, anyone can
make success of poultry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-09
NOTES AND COMMENT.
Appropriate advertisement for {
monument firm: we honor the dead.

Appropriate advertisement for
monument firm we honor the dead.1
The Jacksonville Courier claims
that Harry Hofer has developed into
a sort Of baseball Aguinaldo.
The SUnf1over philosopher holds
that no man vhose wife. keeps board
ers should try TO save the country.
There are nineteen unpassed good
roads bill in the state legislature, =
says the Waterloo Courier. A tropic-
al exuberance Of not air Is generally
accompanied by an arctic sterility Of
performance,
n the Democratic doctrines get TO
xorking ln their usual way in time TO
affect the 1919 election. the Council
rluGs ssonpsreil thinks Taft's calling
of The extra session may prove TO be
4 sebrevd political move.
The Hzrghalltovn Times Republican
In sgeAEtDg oY Wofnens ages, de-
elsYes mat 81 ia a great pity that all
y1reen Who suffer foolish and vain
yezYefa oyer their lost youth might
mr. jeayn the truth and realize that
@f1rfz ii q besHtlfgI age,H II is all OF
mt mn ngore, ~ ~ nsefnl age
MIN nea ana women have come 70
their fysfHon and accomplishment.
ii IL aa age ~ strength taught b. SUI
teyggx mn regponsihlity. ~ IL the
styr1y mr. which yoijts, leans on, a
y,eSsstsf.sB yfe10l, tender with the RI.
Dogee 5eje4s ~ Iife, the tree full
rum sp1 f9JJ ~ fruit IN the autumn
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