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Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

AT COURT OF PROBATE HELD at North Sfonington, within and for the District of North stonington. on the 9th day o4 March A. D: 19li
 Preseft-CALVIN A. SNYDER, Judge;
 Upon the written application of Frank D. Gesr of North btonington, in said District, for the restoration of his capacity by said Court, for. reasons set forth In said application of record and
 Ordered. That the 14th day of March. af the Probate Office in said North stonington. bs appointed as the time and place for the hearing thereon. and a pubiicafion of this order in some news paper having . circulation in said Dis trict, and by due notice given to the North Gtoning ton, at least six days be- fore said March 14th, 1911,
 Attest: CALVIN A. sNYDEaH q1H..
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RuIes fsr Yeuno writsrs.

nuIas for Young Writsrs.
 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference Do not use over 250 words.
 {. Original stories or letters only will be used
 5. Write your n4me, age and ad- dress at the top of tho first page.
 Address all communications to Uncle Jed. Bulletin once.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
"a MAINE EsTIMArE or sENAroR
 HALE.

The retirement of Senator Hale from public service which he entered forty three years ago. with . senate record of thirty three years as the successor of Hannibal Hamlin. Is an event which calls for comment not only in Maine. but elsewhere, concerning his remark able career.
 The Portland Express says: There fs no need now. with the statesman ship of Senator Hale part of the recent history of our country, to go Into detail relative to his pubaic serv- lee In all of the recent history of the American republic. Senator Hale can say of himself. as the old Roman did, An of which l saw. and a part of which I was And when this history of moro than three decades is far enough removed from the present hour to give c proper perspective, it is en- tirely safe to say that the name of Hugens Hale of Maine will stand forth high among those others of the great rnen who have served their country in lts legislative halls"
 The Express has not always found ltself in accord with the senator, but it very justly concludes that such em- inent service merits praise from all his countrymen-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The Carnegie hero who is suing for a divorce may think the medal may tell for future betterment If he waits he may be able to catch a woman with a similar medal.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

discovered write short story about the person.
 A prize book at the end of the month to two competitors.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The state of wisconsin is complain ing because of the modernization of the baby crop, and is yearnins for good, old-fashioned statistics on this crop
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The question having been asked if baseball is q science, a western con- |. mporary ventures the assertion that with some 1t Is a religion.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
Our Dear old Ross.

Dear Uncle Jed:-Norwich was set- led about the year 1859 and is a town of supreme Alpine 1oveNness. It is a very prosperous city and is liked by every person know in the city. Most of the people are engaged in a prov identia1 work.
 They have good reason for calling the city of Norwich "The Rose of New England" Its lakes, rivers and land scapes are exceedingly beautiful. They have very nice trees around this place have often thought to make up a poem about our dear old Rose" and so have decided to write one to the the "Chi1dren's Corner" next week and will do my best to make it inter- esting. Your new friend, Mary E Hollingworth, ago Il, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Mrs Belmont's Long Island farm cites are coming in for large amount of praise for their accomplishments in butter making, etc.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Wherever money is being raised for educational purposes today New Lon- don is being quoted as an example, to show a college is popularly regarded as q benefit to a town.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The hope is being expressed that the extra session of congress will not make a bad memory of itself.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Happy thought for today: The hot headed man makes a great showing in his endeavor, but he cannot always keep his feet warm.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

After September l." says the Bos- ton Record. New Haven will know Mory's no moro. Yale of today is not deeply attached to its famous tavern. The era of the automobile breeds de- votion to more remote and modish haunx&."
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The Des Moines Capital says the city Is too poor to hire milk inspec- tor at s30 month, when the state has offered to pay half the bill"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The man who used to predict that the Panama canal would never be built is now getting ready to train with the T. -told-you- u-so's" of 1915
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The man who likes to eat a half dozen eggs for breakfast sees the day dawning when he can once more af- ford to indulge his appetite.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

A Kansas. forger has been sentenced to 223 years in prison. and he has not yet asked why he was not sent up for life.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The city of Toledo is the victim of politics. The Blade says Tt is the same old disease, politics, politics, pol- itics'
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Monday the two hundred towns of Massachusetts held their annual meet ings, and the first selectman of Peru met with his first. defeat in fifty ysars.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Dr. Aked of New York is so old- fashioned that he thinks the church should keep it's promises to him, and If it doesn't away he goes to San Francisco.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

A contemporary calls attention to the fact that municipal ownership al- ways was a beautiful dream.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Dear Uncle Jed:-I want to thank you for my pretty prdze-book. am delighted with it, for I love to read. I think the boys and girls depart ment is great. hope you will keep printing the puzzles. it is such fun to find them out. Your little friend,
 LILLIAN c. CALLAHAN. Norwich, March 4, 1911.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

'Is your wife good cookw "Ts she a good cook7 Say, believe that woman could make something good to eat out of prunes."-Houston Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The Maine democrats feel pretty we'll over captur1ng aix of the eleven m8yor3 ef c1t1es h thst state. They n'o n1f 2''n ~ . unteFafx fh1A !.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
App.ared in Blocks Of Five.

The Topeka Journal says that at a re- cent Function" there every man wore a dress suit, and there were 1000 men. Were they all there at the same time Houston Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
spseiss Of Graft.

The discovery that the Pittsburg politicians have been plundertng the public schools is . reminder that some forms of graft arc even moro &bom1n-
 able than others.--KAnsas City Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Norwich.
 There was a young lady whose name was Miss Muffet:" she went in the yard anu sat on tuffet; she picked up her bowl to drink her whey. and down came a. spider and chased her away-John T. Hanson, Jr., age 9. Norwich.
 Little Miss Muffet came to the rabbits some whey; but I let out a white rat, and I had her so scat that she jumped up and ran right away Raymond French. age If. Norwich. Little Miss Muffet sat on tuffet, eating a piece of dough; along came a spider and sat down beside het and said, Wont you be my beau ?'-Earl w. Phillips, age Il, Norwich. Miss Muff1et was so very small that she sat the whole long day in spi- curds and whey: but when MT. Spider crawled home in the middle of the night, and woke up Little Miss Muffet she almost died Of fright Lillian c. Callahan. age Il, Norwich Little Miss Muffet reminds me of a little girl who was sewing on an aft ernoon last summer, when a spider was crawling dn her lap. When we told her she jumped up saying. Where ?"-Ruth Heap, age il, Taft vile.
 Little Miss Muffet was a good Little girl; che wore a bonnet and her hair in curls; her mother gave her an or ange to eat; this she thought a very thought a friend was beside her, but what a fright she got to see a big black spdder.-Dora Moran. age 10. Norwich.
 Little Miss Muffet was little country girl who always wore a cap and apron. One day her mother gave her bowl of curds and whey and she went and sat under a tree to eat 1t. As she was eating, a very large spider came and sat beside her, which frightened her so that sine started to run away, The spider called her back and said: Do not run away; l will spin you a pretty dress.'' After the spider had finished it. Little Miss Muffet thanked him and ran home to tell her mother Miss Mildred Voorhees,, age g, Gales Ferry, Conn.
 We do not seem to find anything fin Mother Goose about Miss Muffet'e parents; so we suppose. like Topsy she just grew. If she had any, we think they must have been Farmers for Miss Muffet had curd to eat and whey to drink. She seemed to like curd and whey very much think if was very rude for MT. Spider to spoil her lunch.-Anna Mcdowell, age g. Stonington, Conn.,
 Little Miss Muffet, so they say, was eating her breakfast one fine day which was bowl of curds and whey when a spider happened that way, and
 he sat down beside her, that wonderful spider, who frightened Miss Muffet away-Marguerite M. Copeland, age
 12, Norwich.
 Little Miss Muffet was little girl
 like me; she was just as afraid of
 spiders as she could be; once when she
 was eating some curds and whey she
 went and threw them all away, just
 because a poor little spider came along
 and sat beside her. She wasted all
 her nice dinner just because she saw
 that kttle spinner. She was a silly
 girl, think; the spider only wanted a
 drink.-Natalfe E. Hamilton, age 6.
 Norwich.
 Little Miss Muffet was a dear
 friend of Mother Goose. She came to
 spend the day with her: but along
 came a spider and sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away, -Lincoln Crawford, age Il, Norwich The story of Little Miss Muffet though intensely interesting is some
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There are only eight states omitted from the itinerary of MT. Roosevelt in his featuring tour.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Canada does not produce enough eggs for its own demand and many eggs from Russia and China ara eaten In the pomiRioW
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
Busts chIesee, Mers Likely

We have Just read . line about "John ID. RockefelIerss bust In Chica- cago," and we don't believe . word of it-Phiiadelpfia Inquirer.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
LEGAL NOTICES.

AT A COURT or PROBATE HEMn ,atnia, of Norwich, on the 9th day of March Present-NRIsON J. AYLING. Judge
 Estate of Thomas Whitaker, late ol Lisbon, in said District. deceased-
 Margaret Whitaker of Lisbon. Conn. appeared in Court and filed q petition praying, for the reasons therein sel forth. that admins stration be granted upon the estate of said deceased, al legged to be intestate.
 Whereupon, 1t is Ordered, That said petition be heard and determinetd t a, a, Norwich, in said District, on the l3tf day of March, A. D. 1911. at II o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice of the pendency of said petition, and of saic hearing thereon. be given by the pub. lication of this order one time in some newspaper having a circulation & in sate te the date of said hearing, and that re- turn be made to this Court.
 NELSON J. AYLING,. Judge.
 The above and foregoing is true soRt RRtttest: I FANNIE c. CHURCH,
 mar9d Clerk.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

The story of Little Miss Muffet. though intensely interesting is some what disappointing. Imagine her sit- ing upon a tuffet about to partake of the delicious curds and whey-when the fierce and ungainly spider took up ilis position beside her. The poor girl
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

friend of Mother Goose. She came to spend the day with her: but along came spider and sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away. Lincoln Crawford, age II, Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
ANswERs TO HIDDEN-woRp
 PUZZLE.
Little Mise Muffet.

If Little Miss Muffet lived today she would want an ice cream cone or a lolly-pop. She would not run away from the spider. She would like to see it crawl on her dress, for that means, ESQ little girls tell me-" that she will have a new dress. Ha! Ha! I'll wish one would crawl on my coat.-Richard w. Tobin, Jr, age 9, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
Tie Rose ls Red.

Dear Uncle Jed:-The rose is red, the violet blue, the shamrock is green and so is the water. Your new friend, J. D. H., age 8, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

white paper and arrange them so as to spell the name of the person the let ters represent.
 When the hidden name has been
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

There was a young lady whose name was Miss Muffet:" she went in the yard and sat on a tuffet; she picked up her bowl to drink her whey, and away.-John T. Hanson, Jr., age 9. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09
THE HIDDEN NAME PUZZLE.

To solve this puzzle, cut out the letters and place them on a sheet of
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

guess Miss Mufret would want something better than curds and WheJ if she was here today. The little<girls like a box of Lowney's chocolates and strut around in hobble skirt. Euess
 1t would take more than spider tt scare them now.-Troy I. Main, age Il NorEich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Little Miss Muffet sat underneath she, "of curds of whey and rose-leaf tea," but when a spider spied her, he sat down beside her she didn't take
 time to stay, for he frightened her
 away.-Helen Whitaker. age 12. Taft
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Little Miss NufIet, as you very well know, was awfuIly scared 8 long time ago: if she had lived in these eulight' ened days, she would have eaten hel ern kitchen with sferi1ized wall where spiders and germs were not allowed fc calL-A6ary Adelaide Harris, ago Il
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

fs almost dead from night. but man~ ages to run away. with her eyes etllI cast ion8ingiy at the curds md whey. Thus we see portrayed anticipation, and desire, and nppettfe completely routed by fear-Persis M. Copp, age
 13. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Little Miss Muffet one fine day saJ down to eat some curds and whey when along came a spider wishinl something to eat. and spying a spide on Miss Muffets cheek, he quickl. spun web that way: but 1t fright ened Little Miss Muffet away. Now if Little Miss MufEet had stayed, vol see, this merry rhyme would never be Bessie Bushnell, age 13, eNorwic1 Town
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating a piece of dough; along came a spider and sat down beside het and said, Wont you be my beau ?'SEar1 w. Phillips, age Il, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Name of Others Who Sent in Correct
 sAnswers. Gertrude E. Thorne, Norwich. Ellen NJ Connolly, age 2, Norwich. Ruth Geer, Garfield avenue, Norwich. Ruth Dairs, age 10, Jewett City. Edith Barber. age g, Moosup. Miss Lois Kinney of Norwich. Esther Kinney, age g, of Norwich. wich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Little Miss Muffet came to the French rabbitry to feed my French rabbits some whey: but let out a white rat, and I had fler so scat that she jumped up and ran right away Raymond French. age If. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

I know what I would have done when the spider came along. I'd have nei- ther cried nor run. but would have sat right still and eaten my dinner and said: Now, run right away, you little cob-web spinner."-Aliee Lef- fingwell, age Il, East Great Plain.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Little Miss Muffet was a good little girl; che wore a bonnet and her hair in curls; her mother gave her an or ange to eat; this she thought a very fine treat; when she sat down she thought friend was beside her, but what a fright she got to see a big black spdder-Dora Moran, age 10, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Little Miss Muffet reminds me of a little girl who was sewing on an aft ernoon last summer, when spider was crawling dn her lap. When we told her she jumped up saying. Where ?"-Ruth Heap, age il, Taft vile.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Miss Mufflet was so very small that she sat the whole long day in a spi- der's web beneath a tree and ate her curds and whey: but when MT. Spider crawled home in the middle of the night, and woke up Little Miss Muffet she almost died of fright
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

Zca: You must not use face powder If you Nnnt | smooth, roay.s healthy couaplexten. Fewdee elstsfS tho .pores,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-18

David Cayan and A. +. Benson VIII
return today TO Virginia City, Mimi.
They have been visiting in Houghton
and attending the Michigan College OF
Mines reunion.
G. O. Scott OF Charlotte has taken
the store i'm the Healy block formerly
occupied by Gately a virgins and
will open with a line of general mer-
chandise about September 1.
ED. Haug left today for Tonopah,
Nevada where he located as a mining
engineer He has been visiting with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Haug,
during the college reunion.
The Pere Marquette of the Port HUI
ron line, with passengers and freight
was i'm port yesterday afternoon and
the Western Line freighter Superior
discharged freight at the Copper Range
dock yesterday afternoon.
Permits to wed have been issued by
County Clerk Kaiser TO John Rom and
Katie Adlic of Calumet Paul Spehar
and Annie Kopsch of Calumet; Fred
erick Rohrer Laurium and Anna Koch,
Calumet; John Mcmahon, Atlantic and
Hattie Olosk of Osceola; Anti Laita-
men and Mrs. Ida Ojala of South
Range.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-18
GOPHER VISITS HoueHToN.
Training Ship of Duluth Naval Re-
serves Here on Its Way Home.

Tie L. s. $. Gopher. the training
ship of the Duluth division of the
Minnesota naval militia came into
Portage Lake yesterday afternoon
shortly after the arrival OF the Yantic
on the return of the latter from its
annual cruise. The Gopher tied up at
the Copper Range during the afternoon
and the men were given shore liberty.
The boat made Chicago its destination
on its annual cruise this year. there
meeting the boats of several of the
other naval reserves of the states bor-
dering on the Great Lakes.
The Gopher, like the Don Juan de
Austria and the Yantic has interesting
historic associations. She was form
erly the lighthouse boat Fern, and when
the Maine was sunk at Havana was
stationed at Key West. She was as
signed by the government to the use
Of Admiral Sampson for the investi-
cation of the wrecking of the Maine,
and for several months was stationed
alongside the wreck from which the
whistle was removed and placed on
board the Fern. After the boat was as
signed To the Duluth naval reserves
about six years ago and brought TO
the lakes, her name was changed 10
the Gopher.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-18
INTEREST IN CONTEST.

Secretary John Mcnamara of the
Copper Country Fair reports marked
interest among the oranges of the
upper peninsula i'm the contest which
has been inaugurated for this year.
fair i'm grains and grasses. ii Is eX-
pccted there will be an unusually large
number OF entries. II is probable that
the exhibits Of the copper country fair
will be turned over to Manager Quin-
by of the Upper Peninsula eDvelop-
ment Bureau and sent to the Chicago
land show as a special exhibit from
this section.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-18

prickly heat and itching, my, how 1t
does soothe and relieved Even pim-
pies, blackheads and eczema which
are always difficult to cure, will simply
fade away. You'll wonder how 1t
could possibly be done.
Besides this, Gu ti-clay Soap will
cleanse your skin as Il never was
cleansed before II will make your
skin soft as velvet with a pin<y, pear
ly appearance that is fascinating. For
a head wash, and the cure of dandruff.
its equal is unknown i'm this world.
Cu-ti-clay Soap does all these things
because 1t is made of remarkable
healing clay found in Mexico. II con-
tains no coloring matter, and II is alb
solutely safe.
IL Is more than n soap Ii is skin
remedy and n skin beautifier that is n
positive luxury and a surprise. II is
different from anything you have ever
uscd before.
Cu-ti-clay Soap Is sold at all drug
gists at 25 cents n cake, or sent direct,
on receipt of price. by The Cu-ti-clay
Co, Chicago. III. Sample cake sent on
receipt of &c In stamps.
Cu-ti-clay Soap is sold in Calumet
by Eagle Drug Co.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-18
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Houshton Council May Hold a spe-
cial MEETING Soon.


The Houghton council probably will
hold special meeting soon. TO consid-
er municipal questions which have
come up during the last few weeks.
among them the dog nuisance qucs-
ton, the extension of Hubbell avenue,
the establishment of public market,
proposed improvements TO Agate and
Dodge streets. the extension OF the
street car service To East Houghton
and the petition from residents of Da-
kotah Heights for admission To the
village.
Attention is called to the fact that
the Hubbell estate has plated several
lots at the south end OF the avenue,
but instead OF being i'm a straight line
south. the lots are about one block
TO the east. causing jog i'm the street,
which II is claimed may prove incon-
venient I'm the future. IL is likely
that the estate viii be asked TO
straighten out the street.
1t Is practically certain that the
Haas Brewing company and the Han
Building company. owners OF proper
ty on both sides of Dodge street, north
of Sheldon will pay for the installa-
ton of curb and gutter. after which
the council will defray the expense
of resurfacing the street. A similar
is likely on Agate street.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-18
HoUGHToN BREVlTlES.


The steamer ]. A. Mclean arrived
at the Copper Range today with 1900
tons of coal.
Electrician Phil Robinson of the
Houghton County Electric Light COM
pany, is in Lansing.
Judge of Probate BENTLEY has been
absent from his office for several days
past on account of Illness.
H. $. Corrigan and wife of Buffalo
are visiting in Houghton are registered
today at the Douglass House.
DIR. f. c. Runge and family and
John Maxi and family have gone to
Freda To spend a week In camp.
Mrs. II. S. Burke has returned from
a visit to Ferrysburg, Mich, coming
home yesterday on the Pere Mar
quette. f#N
Mr.. and Mrs. "A. r. Gray have re-
turned to Boston after n two-months'
visit with relatives and friends in
Houghton.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Fr5nk jerks OF Cleve-
land left yesterday to return home
They came here To. attend the Jones'
Baggaley wedding Wednesday
Contractor Anderson this morning
commenced work on the construction
OF n new cement sidewalk extending
from the county bridge to the Copper
Range depot.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-18
Weather conditions

Low pressure persists over the
Northeast. and cloudy weather con-
tinues, with showers reported from
several stations. The crest of the west
ern high pressure area is now over the
Red River Valley having increased
considerably in depth since yesterday.
All sections from the East Gulf states
and Mississippi Valley west To the
Rockies and north to Canada are now
covered by this field. Fair weather Is
general over these sections fd. morn
ing, although scattered local showers