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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
For the Cheerful MorLar

Give us, oh, give us, the man who
sings at his work. Be his occupation
what it may, he is equal to any OF
those who follow the same pursuit in
silent ~sullenness. He does more in
the same time-he will do it better
he will persevere Ionger.-Thomas
Carlyle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Innovation In weddIna ceremony,

An unusual departure in fashion
able wedding arrangements was taken
at the recent marriage of a Boston
girl, when her mother acted as best
mar and escorted the groom to the
altar, although in all other respects
the details of the wedding were quite
conventional.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Artificial snonoe

The manufacture of artificial sponge
is based on the action of zinc chloride
on pure cellulose which has been
mixed with coarse rock salt. The
a Is placed in a press provided
with pins which make tiny canals like
pores This sponge swelis with wa
ter and hardens on drying like a real
sponge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Police poa Dies on Duty.

FUTINT DUS DTCb UT OUtys
The staff of the police station of st.
Denys, n of the toughest Of the
outlying suburbs of Paris, are heart
broken at the loss Of their principal
police dog, Chariot, who had to be
killed as the result of terrible in
juries inflicted by apaches.-Parls
correspondence London Daily Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Explaining the Crush.

Great sale, eh?" commented the ad.
vance agent. Been a line in the lob
by for several hours" Same six peo-
Pie, though" explained the man in
the box-office. Save people you saw
an hour ago. The line is being held
up by a lady who is thinking Of buy.
lng a seat"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
rsnhnIcaHx Exclaimed.

A Rockford (Ill.) boy, while at the
table the other day asked what a
Bpinster was. Before anyone else had
time to explain his t~en-year-old broth
err condescendingly said: Huh! Don't
you know? A spinster is a woman
who amt married to her husband
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Fatal German Grammar

Leposava Jivanovitch, a girl of
twelve, drowned herself in the Danube
after leaving a letter for her parents
explaining that her school marks
could never be satisfactory, for she
despaired Of mastering German declen.
sions.-London Evening Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Hard to Make It Stronger.

But, my dear sir, your play does
not ever touch the chords OF human
Ity!" remarked a theatrical lessee,
referring to a comedy that he had
deigned to scan. What? No human
touch? Great Scott" exclaimed the
dramatist. sand the hero is always
borrowing money from his friends!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
First Book ON Education.

The first book on education ever
written and printed in English was Sir
Thomas Elyot's "~Governour," publish
ed in 1881. Much that is done even
at this day for the education of boys
and girls in the schools was suggested
in this book.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
cInematoaraph as a pstsotlv.

An ingenious, if cumbersome, in
vention has been offered to the Paris
police authorities for the detection OF
crime committed in the streets. In
iaet. 1t could be applied to accidents.
The proposal is to install in the clock
towers In the various streets a cine
matogr phi apparatus directed by
wireless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
CaIf,s Little "Butters,"

One day as my little friend Willie,
aged four, and | were inspecting some
farm animals we happened to see q
young calf with very small horns,
and Willie exclaimed: "Just look at
the cute little buffers 1t has."-Ex.
change.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
snalIs a plaque in ceuInn

The region about Bernwala, in Cey-
Ion, was not long ago afflicted with a
veritable plague Of snails. Though
these animals are extraordinarily pro-
life, they do not often appear in suffi-
GENTLY large numbers to make them
selves obnoxious.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Work for Hair Dresser.

Sir Edward Sugden, a celebrated
English lawyer, who was elected to
parliament in 1885, having heard that
he had been turned into fidicule for be-
Ing the son of a h%airdresser, replied:
$50 l am, and l come into the house to
give a dressing to the Wings"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Caution.

I WISH" said the dashing bride,
that we could arrange to take our
wedding trip in an a%irship." II don't
know" replied the cautious youth,
whether it would be well to take
chances on being obliged to take our
first falling out SO seriously"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Mavhe THEY'RE Exnensfue

DO you expect to receive an ova-
ton when you go down to see your
constituents again?" 81 do not know"
replied the financial politician, absent
mindedly; "how much do ovations
cost?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
WRITING AND Selling.

Your output OF stories is mot
large" mo, | produce only W q
year" SIS the work Of writing them
so very difficulty" mo IT'S the work
of selling them."-Cleveland PEir
Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Red Hail in ireland.

Red hail is not unknown. In May
of 1885 there was quite a heavy fall
of it at Castlewellan, in County
Down, Ireland. Red and white fell to-
gether. And the red hue was not
merely on the surface OF the pellets,
but went through and through.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Said Much in Little.

ICY" Warman, the poet and humor-
list, is credited with the story of an
after-dinner speaker who was called
or to speak on 'TFhe Antiquity of the
Microbe." He arose and said, adam
had EN-" and then. sat down.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20

Funnier than all the comedies in
New York are the imported western
and middle western dramatic critics
before they have had an opportunity
to learn the subject Of their essays
New York Telegraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Unheeded.

And those long, silent pauses in
your speech didn't quite understand
them?" Perhaps not, Those we're
the points where / had written laugh.
ter and applause into my manu-.
script"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20

The haggis, according to ~iconoclas-
'fic etymologists. is Scotch only by
adoption, having been d popular diBb
IN English cookery down to the be.
ginning of the eighteenth century.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20

I've got an hour or two to kill. /
wish I knew what to do sJust go
over and ask Brown how the new baby
10 getting along."-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Where Woman Are superlor.

Men pride themselves on their
courage, but where both moral cour.
age and physical bravery are COZ.
cerned women give men a good start
and a beating.-Exchange.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Hopes she's choked.

A Washington county paper wants
to know what has become of the old.
fashioned woman who put caraway
seed in cookies. Without knowing,
there is a widespread hope that she
has choked.-Kansas City Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20

He who is false TO present duty
breaks a thread in the loom, and viii
find the flaw when he may have for
gotten its cause.-Henry Ward Beech.
er.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Gfddy Girl.

"Is your daughter of a practical
9urn of mind?" inquired the South
Side man. "No, she is very frivolous"
replied the North Side citizen. Wants
to take cooking lessons instead of i'm
proving her game of bridge"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Electric LIGHT Which Is Cold.

A French Physician, DR., Russand,
has produced an electric light which
Ia absolutely cold. The new light is
perfectly harmless and could be n
ployed without danger in mines and
powder magazines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Mental Arithmetic.

A boy is sent to the grocer's for o
pound of raisins,, and on his way nome
meets three other boys. How many
times did the four boys go into the
pound?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Getting the captain In Line

I'm afraid we might run into an
iceberg" THE danger is very slight,
auntie." We'll, give the captain a
dollar anyhow, and then he'll be extra
careful. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Literature Instead of Politics

What's the reason voting was so
slow?" well, when a man gets hold
OF a ballot IA feet long, he's liable to
hold up the procession a bit while he
reads It."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Where Painters Fail

One OF the strange things about
painters and decorators is that they
always manage to cover up with can.
vas every spot except where the paint
and kalsomine is most likely to fall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Careful 10 Avoid EXTREMITY.

"A man can groan fearfully uIde
the heavy responsibility Of vast richie
without trying to tighten them I'll
least bt.-7New York Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20
Ones Mastery Of WOOL.

It is q great thing to say Of any
man that he has q grip OF his work:
put It is q greater thing to say that
his work has a grip Of him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20

PessImIsm Not Of This Aqe.
There is no room for the pessimist
IN the present order Of things. on
timism g the dominant factor Of the
age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20

Gratitude Net a Strong Point.
Folitlcians are more accustomed to
near anticipations for the future than
gratitude for the past.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-20

pa Rieke n Son sell Furniture on
time payments.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
CHARMING PEN SKETCHES
 OF OLD NEW ORLEANS
The Late Mrs. Dwight RipIey's Book
 Treats Subject With Happy
 Touch,

Norwich friends are exceedingly in- terested in a new book issued a week or so ago. The author is Eliza Ripley (Mrs. Dwight Ripley), who was so often visitor here, and whose death In July of this year was sad news to many loving friends. The day before she passed away the final arrange ments were made for the publication in book form of these "reminiscences, which were written at intervals during the past three or four years for New Orleans paper, the Times Democrat. Mrs. Ripley was born in Lexington, Ky, in February, 1892. Three years later her father, Judge Chinn, removed to New Orleans, so that her early rec ollections and girlhood days are all memories of the Crescent City and her book is flttingly entitled Social Life in Old New Orleans. As the publishers state: Mrs. Ripley was prominent in New Orleans life long before the Civil war and her "reminiscences cover a very interesting period. Beginning with the early forties, she tells of the old picayune days, of the shops, the schools, the social festivities. of do- mestic science as it was 70 years ago, of steamboat and stage life, plantation life, belles beaux, etc. Those glorious NebJ III IIAS Otu Cllys WHeT6 He was different from that of any other city of America, are pictured in an in tensely appealing light The book cov- CTS period beyond the Civil war and the final chapter tells of a recent jour ney to New Orleans and the changes noticeable in a ranble throughout the city"
 Mrs. Ripley has done a great favor in preserving for the future such a clear and accurate picture of those other days. No wonder her articles caused no little excitement in rresent day circles and set all New Orleans society to wondering who the northern lady might be who knew so much about them and their ancestors. And those to whom New Orleans is but a name and "old creole days and ways is but a delightful and romantic story will find themselves absorbed in Mrs Ripleys fascinating pen pictures, writ ten in so simple, direct and withal charming style and with a dainty, deli
 cate and loving touch which floods the
 book with the sunshine of her girl
 hoods home.
 One knows before one comes to the authors picture near the end of the 1 book that one will find it the picture ! of a gracious, sweet and placid lady 1 for this is the personality that shows
 in every page and chapter. After all , 1t is personality that counts even more
 than brilliant style. And her sane anC | cheery outlook is a mental refresh
 ment The book is full of charfnins illustrations. many of them copies O. !, the sketches made by her daughter or
 that visit to the creole city which k
 recorded in the last chapter. The booi itself Is nice bit of craftsmanship, 33.
 pages in handsome tv attractively
 bound in green and gold
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
SHOUTED "CHICKEN THIEVES" AT HIM
Basis of SIander Suit Brought Against Andrew Powell of Salem by Elmer Abel of Bozrah-Trial Assigned For This Morning in Superior Court-Several Cases Settled On Tuesday.

The islander suit of Elmer Abel of Bozrah, a minor, against Andrew Powell of Salem for s3.000 damages is next assigned to be tried in the su- perior court when it comes in this morning here. This action was brought Jan. 31, 1910, by Elmer Abel, guardian for Elmer Abel, the complaint alleging that Powell in the presence of the two Abels and George F. Burdick shouted Chicken thieves, chicken thieves, chicken thieves" thrice repeated, and when the defendant asked Who is a chicken thief?" Powell answered You are, you son of -." Real estate in Salem belonging to Powell has been attached.
 MT. Powell's defense is a general de- nial. John H. Barnes is his attorney. c. w. Comstock and H. H. Pettis ap- bearing for the plaintiff.
 Settled Raymond vs. CrandaIl.
 The superior court came in here Tuesday morning with Judge Milton A. Shumway and a jury to try the suit of Mildred P. Raymond, administra- trix, vs. Fitch D. Crandall, but after some delay the suit was settled and withdrawn from the docket.
 The suit was for $10,000 for the death of Thaddeus Raymond, Jr., 5 year old son of MT. and Mrs. Thad- deus Raymond, of Flanders, who was struck and killed by Mr Crandall's s Cadillac touring car in Flanders on the afternoon of Oct. 10, 1911. as the little boy was on his way home from school.
 Mrs. Raymond as administratrix of the estate of the boy was plaintiff MT. Crandall was insured and the in- surance company was real defendant in the suit. At the time of the acci- dent Coroner Brown exonerated MT. Crandall from all blame.
 The terms of settlement were not announced, but it was said that $1,000 was paid by the insurance company for withdrawal of the suit
 Settled After 21 Years,
 A suit that has been in the courts 21 years and was called up for trial, but the court was informed that it had been settled. It was the suit of A. L. Potter & Co. vs. J. P. McArdle Some Fl years ago McArdle, from Albany shipped a quantity of iron borings to the Thames Iron works at Norwich The parties to whom the shipment was consigned refused to accept it, claim ing the quality not right. and the bor- ings were stored on the land of A. L. Potter & Co. at Thamesville, and the Potter company sued for S5,000 stor-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
MAIL QUARANTINE IN
 EASTERN CONNECTICUT TOWNS
Christmas Greens from Stafford, Union, Woodstock, Pomfret and kiIlinqIy Must Be Certified.

The postmaster general has issued a circular to the postmasters in New England calling attention to the quar- antine against Christmas trees and Christmas greens from certain towns in that section on account of the browntail moth and the gypsy moth, ordered by the secretary of agricuI- ture. The circular states that trees and shrubs and parts thereof may be received for mailing only when accom- panied with a certificate of a repre- sentative of Department of Agricul- ture to the effect that they have been inspected and found free from the pests.
 The towns affected in Connecticut are, Stafford, Union, Woodstock, Pom fret and Killingly.
 The order of the Department of Agriculture not only includes Christ mas trees and greens, but covers logs, tan bark, posts, poles, railroad ties, cordwood and lumber, and field grown florists stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings and other plants and products for planting and propagation, except ing flower seeds, bedding plants and other herbaceous plants and roots. The transportation of any of these from the areas quarantined to points out side is prohibited.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
A GOOD PRESCRIPTION
For a Lonn Life.

This is the prescription for a long life given by an old gentleman in Conn.,, who is 99 years old and stili well and cheerful-"Live temperately, be slow to anger. don't worry, take plenty of exercise in the fresh air, and above all keep cheerful"
 Should the system get run down digestive organs weak-the blood thin and sluggish take Vinol. which Is a delicious combination of the medicinal body building properties of cods' flyers, with the useless grease elimin- ated and tonic iron added. We regard Vinol as one of the greatest body builders and strength creators in the world for aged people.
 Mrs Mary Ivey of Columbus, Ga, says: If people only know the good Vinol does old people you would be unable to supply the. demand it is the finest tonic anG -trehgth creator 1 ever used.''
 We wish every feeble old person in this vicinity would try Vinol on our agreement to return their money if 1t fails to give satisfaction. Broadway Pharmacy, c. G. Engler. Norwich, Conn.
 P. s. If you have any skin trouble try Saxo Salve. We guarantee it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04

age charges. Storage charges were agreed upon at $1 per day, the ex- pectation being that the iron would not remain there long. Litigation fol- lowed and McArdle sued the Thames Iron works in the courts of New York and got Judgment. but the court of appeals set the verdict aside, and the case is still pending.
 As the Potter firm was not paid suit was entered for the sum of $5,O00 and the judgment in the New York courts against the Thames Iron works was attached. It Is a curious fact that the oily and fine iron shavings caught fire a number of times and finally burned and rusted out of sight, so that the matter the legal trouble started over has disappeared.
 The settlement was made by MT. Potter and MT. McArdle at the Wau- regan house Tuesday. The attorneys have been A. NJ. Brown, Desmond, Shields and Perkins.
 The Potter McArdle case is the sec ond on the docket, the old horse case of Thomas Howe vs. George c. Ray mond holding first place.
 Payments in Allen Cases.
 When Alderman E. T. Kirkland, chairman of the contested claims com lhAttCC O4 tuC ANCW 1-OnuOn COuIl Ol common council, at the councils De- cember meeting held Monday night an nounced agreement to settle suit of Euniee Allen vs. city of New London for s1,250 and the council voted to ac- cept the terms of settlement, it be- came known also on what terms the suit of Wellington H. Allen vs. the New Haven road had been settled. These had been on the superior court docket, but ten days ago it was an- nounced that the two suits had been settled for a lump sum of $2,700, but counsel refused to state the figure in each case.
 Deducting the $1,25O paid for the suit against the city, there remains S1,450, which was the amount for which the New Haven road agreed to pay for cancellation of Wellington Aliens suit.
 The city of New London feels itself fortunate in settling the Allen suit for $1,250. The jury in the superior court gave Miss Allen s2,S00 Judge Ralph Wheeler ordered her to take s9NO or 1 nothing, and she appealed to the su- l preme court, which has since found no error, meaning that the case must be retried or settled.
 The New Haven road saves S1,550 by settlement, as the jury gave MT Allen, who Is Miss Aliens brother, a ] judgment for $3,000
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
DIED.

sULLIVAN-In Fitchville, Dec. 2, Katie, daughter of the late John D. and Mary Lynch Sullivan. Funeral from her late home Thursday morning at 9.15 o'clock. Requiem mass in St. Johns church at 10 o'clock.
 AVERY-At her late home. 237 West Town street, Nov. 30, Harriet c. Stark, widow of Dwight Avery, aged "A years.
 Funeral services at the house Wednes- day morning at Il o'clock. Burial in Plainfield cemetery on the arrival Of the special electric car leaving Nor wich at 12.45 and stopping at the cemetery crossing for the accommo- dation of the funeral party. NORTHRUP-In Worcester, Mass. Dec. g. 1912. Frank Eugene Northrup of Southbridge, native of Lisbon, Conn, aged 61 years. BROWN-In Hartford. Conn, Dec. g. 1912, Emily S. Foote, wife of John T, Brown, aged IT years. Prayers at the residence of her son, Herbert E. Strong, 99 Deerfield ave- nue. Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, Funeral services in Congregational church, Colchester, Conn.,, at half past 3 o'clock.
 WHEELER-In Hartford, Dec. 2, Mrs Herbert A. Wheeler, aged 62 years, a native of Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
JAIL SENTENCES FOR
 HoBoES WHO RETURNED.
Three Get Time and Fines in City
 Court Tuesday.

Charles Daly, Biddeford, Me, John Cleary. Holyoke, and James Carroll, Providence, were before the police court on Tuesday morning, charged with vagrancy, and each went to jail to work out the sentence of time and fines imposed upon him. They were three. of the hoboes warned out of town Sunday morning, but they came back Monday night and applied again for lodgings. Captain Twomey locked them up this time
 Cleary 20 days and costs, and Carroll 20 days and costs. The costs in each case amounted to over S8.
 James McGrath of Norwich was also given a jail sentence on the charge of vagrancy.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
Electric Motor Gave out.

The Willimantic trolley car due at the square at 3.45 o'clock Tuesday af- ternoon did not reach there, as the motor on the car gave out just before the Taftville postoffice was reached. Soon after leaving WiIlimantic the motor began to run bad and consider able trouble was experienced by the car crew. When the hill near the Taftville Congregational church was reached it gave out altogether and the car was at standstill. This was
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
Technical High School Committee.

A committee to consider the advis- ability of erecting a technical high school for the town of Norwich has been appointed by the selectmen. This committee was appointed on recom- mendation of the committee appointed to report at the last annual town meet ing upon the relationship of the town to the Norwich Free Academy, No time has been set for report from the new committee, but 1t is thought that they VIII make one at the next annual
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
TAFTVILLE
Eight Pieces of Hendrick Prc-ert
 Bought by DanieIson Man.

The real estate owned by Fannie C. Hendrick, and situated in Taftville, was sold at public auction at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning to MT. Hawkins of Danielson. The estate consisted of eight tracts of land situated at diff ferent parts of the village and was sold as one parcel. There was not a large attendance at the sale and Mr. Hawkins was the only bidder The su- perior court of the state of Connecti- cut, held in New London, gave yer dict of foreclosure in the case of the Jewett City Savings bank vs Fannie c. Hendrick on June 28 last, and Will liam F. Hill was named to conduct the sale.