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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-12

was direct in line from Thomas Rug
giles who settled in America, in 1851
being Of the eighth generation. The
Family homestead at HardWick has re-
NAMED in the family for eight gener-
ations For many years Mr.. RuggIes
has been a resident Of Norwich. He
was 3 business man here for years
at which he was a success, and later
spent a number of years in the con-
sular service Of the United States
where he was one Of the prominent
representatives Of the government at
foreign posts.
Mr.. Ruggles was three times mar
ried, his first wife having been Har-
I1et s. Geer. by whom there were two
children. Alice and William Ruggles.
He married Louise b. Cooke as his
second wife by whom there was one
daughter, Annie Louise. and for his
third wife he married Sarah H. Perry.
After HIS foreign service Mr.. Rug
giles spent his last years in this city
with his summers at the home in
HardwiuS. He continued his literary
work and was always q great reader
and follower Of current events. He
was always heard with profit in the
expression of his views. being a man
with q fund Of useful information,
He was held in the highest esteem
and 20 his legion of friends his death
is the cause of the deepest sorrow.
For more than 6, half century he
was a subscriber to the Bulletin.
Mr.. Ruggles is survived by his wife
a son, William c. and daughter, Miss
Annie l.. Ruggles Of this city.
The well known author. the late
William P. Adams (Oliver Optie)
wrote the following biography Of Mr.
Ruggies, they having been close
friends.
From New Engand Stock.
The father Of Hon. Henry Ruggies
was New England farmer, whC
brought up his boys to work in the
field, though, Ike those Of his class
who have "leavaned the lump from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, he had the
proper appreciation OF the value Of al
education. Henry was the youngest
son. and. Ike most farmers sons
worked on the farm In the summer
and went TO the village school in The
winter Early in his childhood and il
his school course he developed a TASTE
for reading and a strong inclination
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-12

Mr.. Ruggelg with his family return
ed to this country and Norwich IN
1882 and had since lived here. He lived
retired life among his books and
papers The family. generally spent
the summers on the old farm in Hard
wick. Mr.. Ruggles was one of the
founders of the Norwich club. which
was first known az the Eims. He was
a member of the Broadway Congrega r.
tional church. joining in 1859, and was
for years an active worker, taking a
prominent part. IN its affairs.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-12

the commanders Of two American ships
of war that were in port to give the
president a reception, and he was re-
ceived with the full henors due to his
rank and position, on board the war
ship Brooklyn and the frigate Shen-
andoah. Both ships manned their yards
and fired royal salutes. President
FfgueTas aud the members of the Wis
iting party, which included the cap
tain general and the governor of the
province Of Catalonia, the alcalde or
mayor of the city, and a number Of
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-12

others high in office. were escorted
on board by Consul Ruggles and were
entertained at lunch on board the
Shenandoah. Commodore Bryson OF
the United States navy proposed a
toast to the health Of the president Of
the Spanish republic, and President
Figueras responded in complimentary
terms, honoring the memory CT Wash :
ington and thanking the American
people for their sympathy with Spain
and the government of the Spanish
republic.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-12
TESTIMONY
OF FIVE women
Proves That Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound Is Reliable.

Reedville, ORE can truly recon-
mend Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to all women who are passing
through the Change of Life, as it made
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-12

me a well woman after
suffering three years. -
= Mrs. MARY BoGART,
Reedville, Oregon.
New Orleans, La.
" When passing through
the Change of Life I was
troubled with hot flashes,
weak and dizzy spells and
backache. Twas notfit for
anything until l took Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound which
proved worth its weight
in gold to me. Mrs. GAS
TON BLoNDEAU, 1541 Po-
lymnia ST., New Orleans.
Mishawaka, Ind. =" Wo-
men passing through the
Change Of Life can take
nothing better than Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. / am recon-
mendiugittoallmyfriends
because Of what it has
done for me. MRS. CHAs.
BAUER, 523 E. Marion St,
Mishawaka, Ind.
Alton Station, KY ''For
months / suffered from
troubles in consequence Of
my age and thought I
could not live. Lydia E.
Pinkhan's V e g ia BILE
Compound made me well
and / want other suffering
women to know about it. !"
Mrs. EMMA BAILEY, Alton
J Station, KY.
J. Oak. 81 was passing
nge of Life and felt very
/ not sleep and was very
liza E. Pinkham's Vegetable
me to perfect health
s4LA - u A.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-12
ARRANGED Reception.

AS soon as Consul Rugglex heard
lac was in the city he arranged with
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-12

D. n. OIChLE19,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Flenipotentiary. TO Hon. Hamilton
Fish, Secretary Of State, Washing
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12

CuICAGO.-'Who is tho loneliest
l. person in Chicago?" asked n traf.
dc policeman the other day. an officer
who sometimes looks at things from
n novel standpoint 1T Is not the
crib tender. the bridge tender nor tho
night Waterman. II Is not the Gle.
waited train operator In his secluded
cage. II is not the scrubwoman who
sweeps out the empty skyscraper be-
tween midnight and sunrise. II Is not
the mllkman nor the man who puts
the town TO bed All OF these are
lonely but none Of them SO lonely as
the traffic copper
This desolate Robinson Crusoe ma
rooned in a sea Of traffic with thous-
ands brushing his elbows. with the
loarsc cries OF coal wagon drivers and
the honk Of automobile horns ever in
his ears. holds the palm rs the lone
lest man Standing squarely In tho
heart of the city's uproar. his solitude
Is deeper than that OF the hermit or
the aviator near the altitude mark"
Il could stand this job better" con-
tluucd the chaos dissipator at one OF
the busy downtown intersections sew
eral days ago, waving back taxi with
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
FISHING WITH A STEAM PUMP
Each Stroke Of Piston Brought Up
Torrents Ct W-ter in Which
Were Fish and Crawfish.

One Of the most singular fishing de
vices imaginable was discovered by
accident in France. Though extreme.
Is simple the system is revolutionary.
says the Scientific American.
y pond on tho farm OF Ia Marie.
quorc horhcrcd by rocky shores. was
drained one year by the aid of a
steam pump Zach stroke OF the PTS
ton drew mp - gallons OF water. and
the pond was emptcd in a few hours,
and not only was tho water drawn or,
hut all the fishes also were transferred
to a new element.
This was a revelation The owners
of ponds in the neighborhood followed
suit and the proprietor o; the pump
made specially OF this sort of work
lie let" one OF his pumps. modified
FOR the purpose The peasants OF the
resion called II the fish pump" Each
stroke Of the piston brought up tor
rents Of water. IN which were fish and
craw fish. together with mud and de
brs.
One pond Of several acres was
cleared OF fish ar an expense OF about
S72O The process was Ingenious. but
as one cannot have his fish and eat
1t, too and as such rapid consumption
would have led 70 equally rapid cN-
termination. the authorities stopped
the practice.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
FURs ARE MADE M0TH-PR0oF
Skin 10 Removed by Freezing Process
and Hairs Made Quite unsssaII
able by vernln.

A European scientist has evolved q
plan whereby furs can be made abso-
lutely moth.proof. II Is only the skin
to which the fur is attached that at
tracts these creatures. The idea.
therefore. suggests itself TO substitute
some other material not adapted as
food for vermin. in place OF the nat.
urai skin, and has been successfully
accomplished in the following man
ner: The fur Is stretched upon
WOODEN frame and Is then dipped. hair
SIDE down, in fiat dish, the dish be-
ing filled with water and placed. with
the Iur, in refrigerating room and
allowed To freeze. When the fur is
frozen to n solid block the skin is
sawed of with a circular saw. IL can
be further utilized for the manufac.
ture OF leather. The surface OF the
Ice block is allowed 10 melt down
small distance so as 10 bring out the
ends Of the hairs, and then a number
of layers Of rubber solution are APP
piled. After this has set the ice
block Is melted of. leaving the hair
hrmly rooted in the rubber. The re-
suit perfectly resembles natural fur.
but differs from 1t in being quite I'm.
assailable by vermin.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12

ing TO his partner, he said: Il know
nobody; you catchem witness-me
wait. You go downtown-catchem
witness, come back, We get mailed"
Taking the native OF the Orient 10
the front of the yard the negro lassie
hid him behind n tree. and admon-
ishing him TO remain under cover she
stalked down the street. the plumes In
her hat fluttering in the breeze.
Witnesses must have been hard to
find. for il was fully three hours be-
fore she returned with a tall man OF
her own race, who was willing 10
swear that he knew both persons who
we're Gosirous OF leing married. Co
Ing stcalthily toward the tree. she
pccrcd behind Il, but the celestial was
not there. He had become tired and
had lost faith in the ncgress, and said
to the sheriff rs he started down the
street: she no ca,chem witness. me
catchem fcrry-go home guess she
no come back Me so home"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
Eiizabethap DAYS.

Old London and Shakespeare's Eng
land are 10 be reproduced next May
at Earls court. This show place "a
70 be a city Of narrow streets, OF
wooden houses. Of Elizabethan revels
in which about 5000 Society people"
will take part. The Globe theater OF
Shakespearean days will be rebuilt.
and on its stage will be presented
plays of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Ben
Jonson. Beaumont ard Fletcher aud.
the dramatists Of that day. The music
will be appropriate to that time. and
there will be dancing OF "pavanes, gal
lizards and corantos." The Fortune
theater is to be brought back from
the land Of shades and morris dances
VIII take place there daily. Queen
Elizabeth will dine in state in a ~
quoting hall, with all her courtiei-
about her. One of the attractions will
be duplication OF Sir Richard Gran,
ville's warship, the Revenge, with
Francis Drake on board. The Revense
played a great part in the defeat of
the Spanish armada. It will ride at
anchor on a lake showing PlymQuth
sound and the famous bowling g4een
at Plymouth Hoe will also be shewn.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
Smugglers Tried to Beat Uncle Sam

NEW oRLEANS.--one OF tho odd
Az est" cases that have puzzled tho
local customs department happened
Few days ago. and, as In tho great
percentage OF cases, the land agents
OF Uncle Sam guessed right and saved
the old gentleman n few dollars In nd
dition to knowing that they had saved
him from being "bunkoed."
Under the parcels post and the Gus
toms regulations. provision Is made
Tor certain class OF samples" which
may be sent into this country. Al
though strict restrictions are drawn,
there are many foreigners who try
every year to use this little loophole
as one through which to send goods
without paying duty. Knowing this.
all samples are subjected to close
scrutiny by the government agents.
1t seems that gentleman In Asia
Minor. In the City OF Smyrna. sought
Information from friends in New Or.
leans with whom he desired to do
o small business. learned Of the loop
hole, and conceived the idea he could
put one over" the sharp-eyed agents.
He sent twenty.four odd" slippers.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
Negroes Lost Her Chinese Bridegroom

yTANCOUVER, Wash.-A comic
v tragedy in which a Chlnaman OF
Portland and young negro woman.
alfred in an old rose colored suit,
topped of with red hat. We're actors
Was staged on the lawn of the county
courthouse. with the employees OF the
building and callers as the audience.
when a vain attempt was made TO OBJ
tain "A marriage license. The super
was another negro. at least six feet
tan. who was TO have been the wit
ness had the Chinaman not fed from
behind an evergreen tree. where ne
wls left by the young woman in old
rose
The Chinaman, about forty years
Cid and we'll dressed, wearing no
queue. but American clothes, ap.
pcarcd at the courthouse at an early
hour accompanied by the young ne.
grcss, who he said was twcnty.four
Years old. She was logged OUT for
the happy occasion with n hugo bow
g. black ribbon 10 hold the front edges
o. tie coat together, an immense red
hat md tremendous smile upon k-r
face
Finding the auditors office all right
The Chinaman asked his allimportant
question, "Catchem license" He was
i'll that a witness was necessary be-.
iyrc the paper would be issued. Turn
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
They Were
Very Prim
(copyrighi, 1919, by Associated Literary Press.l
Mr.. Gerald Rochester was a man of

Mr.. Gerald Rochester was a man of
twenty-seven and very prim-yery.
Miss Agnes Frayne was a young
woman OF twenty-five, and very prin
very.
No mistake must be made between
prig and prim. The terms are not
synonymous. These two people could
have been prigs just as well as not,
but they weren't. They were merely
prim-very prim. They were born
that way and couldn't help It. Mr..
Rochester was a bookkeeper in q saw
ings bank, and there was no rule
against his being rather jolly in con-
versation and bit careless about his
neckties, but after five years had gone
by no one could recall that he had
ever forgotten himself for single
moment. Even during a memorable
run on the bank he had been prim, al
though some OF the officers used reck-
less language and had taken their
coats of. All honor TO Mr.. Roches-
ter! Let a man be one thing or the
other -prim or unprim.
Mss Frayne had also been born
pill. AS a girl she had never skated
on the sidewalk, slid down hill or
chased d bad boy around the block.
At eighteen she might have had a
beau, but she kept her modest eyes on
her toes and discouraged him. After
three years more no one on earth
could have got her to climb a tree,
even 10 rescue her lost canary bird.
She was in the millinery business.
Some Of her patrons thought her rath-
er too prim, but others said II was
better so than to find her Ginning
with half dozen drummers at once.
At any rate, what was said for or
against made no difference. Miss Ag-
mes went right along with her prim.
ness. All honor TO her also.
Mr.. Rochester and Miss FrayEe
had to take the same electric car 10
get to and from their work. They
had often noticed each other-not in
a bold-faced but a prim way. They
had not been introduced, and what
could they do but sit side by side and
stare out of the opposite windows
On one occasion the car crashed into
too confident milk wagon and scat
tered broken glass and splinters oil
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
Golden Wedding is Copy of Original

cnt on this occasion were Capt. BY
ron Dawson. retired army officer:
Richeson Moore, and Mrs. Nancy Ora.
ham. There were about fifty persons
at the original wedding. but these
are the only ones now living In Marion
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowser have lived for
more than forty Of the fifty years OF
their married life In their present
home. In many respects theirs has
been an ideal romance. Mr. Bowser's
father also was a pioneer farmer OF
the county. and owned farm adjoin-
ing the Dawson farm, about three
miles south OF indianapolis. AS play
mates In their childhood. lovers in
their youth and husband and wife In
later years hardly day OF their lives
has passed but what they have seen
each other.
For many years Mr.. Bowser con-
Quoted n grocery at South street and
Virginia avenue and later at Fletcher
avenue and Shelby street, but retired
from business several years ago.
Mr.. Bowser Is sevcnty-four years
old and Mrs. Bowser is sixty-eight.
He is I'm excellent health, but Mrs.
Bowser has been confined TO her chair
from rheumatism for several years.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
Letter Stamping Bcx.

a letter stamping machine, which.
when coin or coins are dropped in
the slot, viii automatically alIlx a
stamp in an envelope. The upper sec
ton OF the box has a coin slot ~ the
top and in lower corner. back OF a
little window, a roll Of stamps. 4
slot at one end admits the letter and
the window allows the user 70 see
that the corner of the envelope is eI-
actly in front OF the roll Of stamps.
\ coin is inserted and the plunger at
the top of the box pushed down. This
presses the END stamp against mois.
'ener. and from there on 10 the enye-
lope. which is then withdrawn and
dropped into the lower compartment
for collection
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12

wood about, and the milkman got q
broken leg and his horse a broken
neck. There was panic. with shouts
and screams and questions, but amid
all the alarm the two prims never
lost their primness. They scarcely
turned their eyes from the straight
line. They were not complimented
by the other passengers. A man
asked Mr., Rochester If he was a hu.
man beer bottle and a woman asked
Miss Frayne If she had human heart,
but there was the satisfaction OF real
iZing that they had preserved proper
form.
Again. while q fat man was looking
for lost dime on the car tracks he
was picked up and hurled over the
fence, and there was ripple OF laugh
ter from the passengers at the way
he spreadeagled himself. All the pas
sengers but two joined in the laugh
ter Those two never uttered a haw!
haw! Their primness caused a man
TO ask Mr.. Rochester If even the death
OF his mother-in-law could fetch a
smile to his frozen face, but it was
an impertinent query and he did right
to ignore 1t. A woman passenger also
had n remark to make. After signing
a long sigh she shook her head and
said:
Il have been told that the hyena
has no sense OF humor, and now ] see
it's true!"
This primness had gone on year
and a day. The day Is mentioned be-
cause both the bookkeeper and the
milliner had recorded II in their dia-
ries, and the little books agreed.
Twice a day for year and q day, and
they had not spoken! They were
waiting for the introduction that never
came. Even an introduction would
not have swept the primness aside for
more weeks. There would have been
questions to ask and answer.
There must be climax to nll
things. One winters day, when the
weather bureau bespoke fair skies
with It's usual confidence, 1t rained.
The wind came down from Hudson's
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.--With the
T. same menu that was spread before
them fifty years ago, and with several
OF the same persons as guests who
were present at their first wedding
supper, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi c. Bowser
the other evening observed the tit-
ueth anniversary of their marriage by
Serving wedding supper TO their
children and few friends.
When Miss Caroline Dawson be-
came the bride of Levi c. Bowser on
March G, 1862, the event was fol.
lowed by bounteous supper at the
country home Of the brides father.
John NJ. Dawson. then one of tho
Prominent farmers OF Marion county.
Turkey was the piece do resistance OF
the happy feast. and turkey was
served TO the wedding guests again.
The guests who witnessed the we'd
ding fifty years ago and were pres
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
NOTES OF \
AsCl ia Nj
g1NVENTION

Tests Of human bones show them 10
be 80 per cent. stronger than hickory.
The United States spends every
year SlI,500,000 for education in art
alone.
An Italian university professor
claims 10 have found radium in ofdi.
nary dew.
If blindfolded. II is said no man is
able 10 stand five minutes without
moving.
A method OF planting eyelashes and
eyebrows has been developed by q
French surgeon.
In eastern Turkestan sheep are used
as common beasts of burden. They
are said to be excellent carriers.
Cold air contains more oxygen than
warm air, requires fewer respirations
and consumes less heart energy.
A patent has been granted for an
attachment to rocking chairs. which
operates n fan to cool the occupant.
A piano will be less affected by
dampness II set against an inside
wall OF room than II against an out
side wall.
It has been found that the eye of a
fly Is able 10 see an object no larger
than one five-millionth OF an inch In
diameter
Any attempt to turn the knob or
insert key into lock that q New
Yorker recently patented rings a bur.
glar alarm.
Nearly a thousand patents have
been issued In the United States for
devices to do away with the rubber
tires on automobiles and other W.
hicles.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12

OF choice morocco leather. to his
friends here. or course. they were
samples" The agents looked at
them carefully. saw the flnc workman
ship and valued them accordingly.
Then they calmly put tho slippers
on a shelf and waited-and smiled.
And in three weeks there came a Sec
ond package OF samples" to the same
party. They pulled bundle one" from
the shelf. and found that the two bum
dies made twenty-four pairs OF nne
slippers, all matched. The sstonishcd
recipient finally secured them BY pay
ing the duty, about one-half their
value.
And the custom house men, put It
down as an "odd" case and waited tor
the next sharp foreigner.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
Crossing Policeman is Like a Crusoe

ono hand and drawing forward a tiny
girl In a polo coat with the other, "if
II wasn't SO lonesome. I used to get
SO tired standing on my feet all day
that l didn't notice It at first hut
lately that thought has been coming
to mo more and more. Why. some
times | get SO lonesome that | saw
Hello TO some wagon driver, and
that's a dangerous thing to do. Ono
morning while | was standing here
and thinking what terrible thing Il
Is TO DO all alone In the world along
comes a big wagon with a red headed
fellow sittin' on the seat that looked
like one used TO know, and yells
out Hello, Hank!' and the guy was SO
surprised he nearly fell of his seat.
Hello yourself. you big stint he
says. Don't try to kid me. I'm wise
to you. I'm driyin' this team right
and you can just let me alone
After that there was nothin' I
could do but pinch him-had to use
my club some. too. That's just ono
instance. oh. OF course, talk at
lot OF people and they talk at me, but
what's the good OF that? They're mono
OF them talkin' TO me. You're tho
first one I've had a real conversation
with on the Job for about q month.
guess"
They get like that" said man
who knows ali about traffic policemen
and others, too. I've seen them get
so lonesome on that loop job that they
ask 10 be shifted"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-12
PUNCTURELESS TIRE IS NEW
With Cushion Of Air inside
Ia Soft-Riding.

Ever since a man discovered how 10
make soft-ridirg tire by wrapping
the product OF the rubber tree around
compressed air, other men have been
trying 10 devise a way 10 protect that
soie-riding device from damaging con.
tact with the unfeeling roadway. its
tin cans and broken glass and sharp
stones, and so on.
One OF the most recent devices is In
vented by +. Stewart OF Kansas City.
Mr. Stewart has a pneumatic tire, ell
right, but he hides II away in the
wheel, so that the only surface IL en-.
counters is Of smooth metal, adjusted