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Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-18

France had 114,2Ss silkworm grow
 FITS last year.,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-18

borah chapter, Order Eastern Star, on Tuesday evening, these officers were elected, the session being held after a cold meat supper had been served: Hattie l. Barber, worthy matron; Charles M. Ksbbe, worthy patron; Fannie B. Babcock. assistant worthy matren; Albert B. Barber. secretary; Rhoda M. York, treasurer; Maude LarlSin. conductress; Harriet B. Clapp, assistant conductress; Louise A. Ba5cock, chaplain; Gertrude J. Me Ken7ie, urganist; Minnie A. Patterson, Adah; Jessie H. Krebb, Ruth; Lena M. Burdick. Esther; M. Edith Burk, Martha; Julia D. Davis, warder; Neil Mackenzie, sentinel.
 The officers were installed by Grand Worthy Matron Mrs. J. Elvira Burr Of Pawtucket, assisted by Grand Worthy Patron Albert H. Humes of Central Falls, Grand Marshal Mabel B. Gib- son of Woonsecket, Grand Assistant Matron Mrs Remington Of Providence, Past Matron Miss Hathaway of Prov 1dence, and Past Patron Frank E. Leonard of Pawtucket. A handsome past worthy matron's jewel was pre- sented Edith E.. Girven, the retiring worthy matron. Special guests of the chapter were Worthy Matron Frances T. Broughton and twenty members of Ruth chapter, Stenington, and Worthy Matron Bertha G. Crane and forty six members of Charity chapter, Mystic.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-18
Intsrurban Railway Changes Hands

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 17.-An- nouncement was made this afternoon of the purchase of the Grand Rapids. Grand Haven & Muskegon Ipterurban railway by the United Railways and Light Co. of Maine. The purchase includes the entire stock issue of S1, 200, ,Oo0. The road is bonded for S1. .5O0. .000.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-18
Another Steamer Reaches Nantucket

Nantucket, Mass, Jan. 17-Nantuck-
 cts fears of a protracted ice embargo were relieved late today. The steam CT Sankaty forced her way through the ice from Woods Hole and after leaving some supplies returned The weather had moderated materially to- night and it was expected that the ice would break up shortly.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-18

At the sixth annual meeting of De.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-18
AT A COURT or PROBATE HELr

AT COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Ledyard, within and for the District of Ledyard on the 18th day of January. A D. 1912.
 Present-WILLIAM I. ALLYN, Clerk.
 Estate of Russel Gallup, late of the Town of Ledyard, in said District, de- ceased.
 Jennie w Gallup of Ledyard ap- peared' in Court and moved that ad- ministration be granted upon the estate of said deceased alleged to be intestste.
 Therefore, Ordered, That said appii- cation be heard and determined at the Probate Office In Ledyard, in said Dis trict, on the 23d day of January, 1s1f, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, and that said Jennie W. Gallup give public mo- tice to all persons interested in said estate by advertising once in The Nor wich Bulletin. 2. newspaper having . circulation in said District tc appear, if they see cause, at said time and place and be heard relative thereto and return make to this Court of the notice given.
 ATtest; WMLIAM-I. ALLYN.
 1an1sd Clerk.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-18

In spite of it's great oil fields, the United States imports refined petrole- um, though in limited quantities,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-18

The store and business of x. Joseph, formerly the Bray store. has been sold to the Wechsler agency to Max and Louis Brettschneider, who will take possession Friday morning.
 Joseph Zellinger of Norwich was in town on Wednesday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
Scheme for Getting Rich.

A weIl-tO-dO business man of Ar!
kansas city tells a unique story CT
how he got started in life. When a
y"anS man without much money, he
struck New York city. While walk
ing down the street he saw a sign
which read: 1--WE will tell you how
t" get rich for ST." He went and
banked down a dollar and received
instructions In a sealed envelope. &C.
Ing out on the street he opened the
envelope and found a slip of paper
reading: Work like the devil and
save your money" Did he have the
ortfit arrested for swindling? NJ.
Indeed! He took their advice and to-
day he is worth more than 100000.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
How to Run a Newspaper.

TO run a newspaper, all a fellow,
has to do Is to be able to write poems.
discuss the tariff and money cues.
tons. umpire baseball game, re-
pert a wedding, saw wood, describe
fre SO that the readers will shed
their wraps. make 81 do the work
Of $40. shine at a dance, measure
calico, abuse the liquor habit, test
whiskey. subscribe to charity. 90
without meals. attack free silver
wear diamonds. invent advertise.
ments' sheer at snobbery, overlook
scandal, appraise babies. delirh.
pumpkin raiscrs, minister to the af-
"lcled. heal the disgrnntled. fight +,
hhlsh, set type. mold opinions
sweep the office, speak at the nr,v,,
meetings and stand in with every
pody and everything. = Palistina
Kan) Pearl.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

AASSAVAAs
An American, in visiting the Lon
don pOstOffice, observed that the
newspaper box had a large mouth
and. with the curiosity of the aver.
age American tourist, he stood gag
il & into it. Suddenly a bale of news
papers struck him and he fell into
the box.
His companions hurried to the
counters to rescue him, but owing to
the red tape of the English postof.
flee the clerks disregarded their ap-
peals. The American was in the mail
box and would have to be treated as
mail matter. They therefore
stamped him and threw him into
compartment containing provincial
nc wspapers.
The unfortunate mans friends
tlereupOn went to the chief, who lis
tened phlegmatically to their story,
t,en asked if their friend was ad.
dressed. On being informed that he
Was not. the chief said:
THE matter Is simple. The man
viii remain for six months in the
bGrean. At the end of that time. il
no one applies for him, he will be
burnt as a dead letter"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
GRAPEFRUIT ON THE GR1D1RoN

The bell had just changed the end
OF the first round in the fight be-
tween Leach Cross and lone Round"
Hogan. when a second climbed
through the ropes and handed to
'ross grapefruit which the fighter
niunched as he rested between the
rounds. At the Harvard-Princeton
football game between periods fully
a dozen of the players we're eating
the fruit. A trainer explained that
as thirst quencher the grapefruit
is superior to both the lemon and
orange so long used in contests where
endurance counts. Trainers have
been giving their men half a grape
fruit after the morning practice, an
other portion in the afternoon and
9 third at night.-New York World
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

Sometimes our attention Is con-
cer;rated with such disgust and al
hOrrence upon certain phases OF pres
ent-day social life in which ilasrant
vice is dominant, even in the high
est circles, that We mistake a part
for the whole and denOunce the en-
tire body of polite society for the
sins of comparatively few. In some
such mood as this was Methodist
Bishop Wilson in Savannah the other
day when he Numbered from his pu!
ril that Rome in her worst days
never harbOreG such conditions OF
vice as are prevalent in our highest
social circles of the present time,
and the moral stratum is thinner ana
lower than ever before" Ii the bishop
will read again his GibbOn and other
authors who tell us what the social
conditions were in Rome in her
worst days he will see that our times
with those are as the noon ,
day sunlight to midnight darkness.
Al no period in the worlds history
we're there SO many and such per- !
sistent forces working so successfully :.
Tor the uplift of humanity and the
of society as right now.
nd the most splendid and inspiring
pectacle of this age is this mighty
RAISING and organizing of all these
Orces and sending them into action
> beat down and crush out the sin
III tendencies of man. The task
lust 20 on forever, for sin will be
ere as long as We are, but to say
nat We have lapsed to the barbarism
/. Rome in her worst day is pessi-
lism too rank to meet acceptance
Or it is cOntradicted every day and
our by the obvious facts of life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
THE WISE COURSE OF A FED.
ERAL JUDGE IN PENSACOLA.

The ripened thought of this age
Gu large questions of a public and
moral character is accomplishing
things for the reform of the evils OF
il crude civilization and the uplft OF
humanity hardly less impressive
than the immense advance along ma
ttrial lines through improved me-
chanical devices. This was illus
trated over at Pensacola the other
DAY in the case OF young Bell,
youth OF previous excellent charac-
ter, who robbed a bank there of $55.-
600, and then, scared and conscience
stricken, returned the money.
In times gone by the law wouli
have classed him with other crimi-
Eals--merely subject for harsh
punishment, and sent him to the pen
for term of years to herd with har-
dened felons, coldly and cruelty re-
CARELESS of his possibilities of reform
and reclamation, and intent only
on forcing him into a life and asso-
citation that would kill what was best
In him and develop the worst. But
We live in better age; prison re-
form is now something more than an
academic phrase, and our judges are
using their discretion in a way that
VIII save many culprit not yet har-
dened and give him another chance
in life.
When young Bell after plcadins
guilty In the federal court in Pen
sfcola. stood up to receive his sen
touce, Judge Sheppard used these no.
table words:
Your punishment is the least
g lislderation; yCNr reformation of
tie greatest importance. .
think the ends of Justice would b
letter subserved by your reformation
than by your probable destruction
The public prison is the place de-
signed for the detention of criminals
and not for the correction of ERIN.
youths. My experience in dealing
with, and studying offenders agains,
'"c law for more than five years has
Taught me that punishment of Itself
works no reform in the transyressor
am adopting with effect and grea,
satisfaction the probation system. A.
this term of court two offenders
charged with rather serious offenscs
on whom sentences Tad been SUSPEND
ed on probation reported with testi-
monials from their neighbors of good
conduct. of sober and industrious liy.
ing. which demonstrates in way
that most men will reform if given
n chance. | want you to feel thar
Notwithstanding your great mistake.
society is not against you and that
leniency should be the highest incen-
tive for the best life you can live ;"
The judge then sentenced Bell 10
two years in the reform school If
Washington.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
To Amuse Children.

Children who must be amused on
bal days will find a ring toss"
game delight; 1t can be purchased
Tor 30 cents with four rings and a
red stick for outdoor use, or q red
wooden st'rd 80 thu thc game can
be played indoors on rainy days; It
10 a good game for children Of almost
any age. for the older ones always
nnd much fun in 1t. and 1t teaches
the hitler ones to aim well and throw
correctly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

Editor WalpOle, of the Manatee
Record gives it out strong that he
wants Joe Lees job of internal reve-
hue collector for Florida SO that he
can show the people how white
man can run the Office. That is like.
~ to be about the first appointment
President Wilson will make in Flor
ida, and as it is a plum of large d.
mansions and excellent flavor, Editor
Walpole will probably find himself In
the midst of lively competition for
the place. va
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

Whenever any man-no matter
what his standing in this community.
nc matter what his excuse. no matter
II he has wealth enough to buy up
ali the property in Lakeland
breaks the laws of this city. know.
iLgly, wilfully and defiantly, this pa
per is going to condemn that man ir
no uncertain terms. even though i,
ray not approve of the law that is
broken. If laws are bad. repea
them; if our officials ara incompetent,
or undeserving, fire them and elec,
others There are proper and peace.
full methods for doing these things
But while any law is in force W.
shall use what influence we can com.
mand to have it respected: and W.
shall do all in our power to hold IN
the hands of those whom the people
have chosen as their public servants.
We do hot think any desirable citi-
zen should expect us to do les.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Taft
will not make the Democrats regret
the good opinion they have been 50
freely expressing of him since his
defeat by kicking Democrats and
Full MoOsers out of Office in a mere
spirit of revenge and putting Repub-
licans in their places. As a gentle
man with right sense of pr0priety
MIR. Taft should leave to his success
sov as far as possible all further ap-
pOintments to Office.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

The State Board of Control in ses-
sion at Jacksonville gives out the
gratifying information that all of
the State institutions of learning this
year show an increase OF thirty per
cent in attendance over the same
period last year. \ few years ago
the State university had between
forty and fifty young men in attend
ahce; now there are more than 800,
end the State College for Young
Women at Tallahassee has $40 in at
tendance. Like every other good in
terest in Florida. the cause of cduca.
ton is booming.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
A. J. MACDoNoUGH,
Architect.
Newest Ideas in Bungalow Designing
Room 6 Deem 4 Bryant Bldg.
Lakeland, Florida.
WHY HE LOST HIS FRIENDS.
He was not loyal to them.

He was not loyal to them.
He measured them by their ability
to advance him.
He was always saying mean things
about them in their absence.
He did not know the value OF
thoughtfulness in little things.
He was cold and reserved in hi.
manner-cranky, gloomy, pessimis-
tic.
He never thought it worth while
to spend time in keeping up his
friendships,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

The Times-Union hopes that Pres
ident Wilson will prefer the dignified
simplicity of Jefferson to the pompO, 1. 5
Ostentation of Roosevelt. Would the
T.-U. have Mr.. Wilson ride to the
capitol on inauguration day on horse
back and hitch his nag to the fence,
preparatory to taking the oath o..
office, like farmer coming to town,
as Mr.. jefferson did? In these COM
pick times 1t would be the act of the
cheapest of demagogues and would
rate Mr.. Wilson far lower than all
1.-The pOmpous ostentation" of a
Roosevelt could. Old-fashioned sim
rlicity is impossible in this day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
A LITTLE NONSENSE
New AND THIN


4 certain university professor was
noted for his Observation-Disclosures. One
morning as he sat at the breakfas:
table with a scientific magazine
propped up before him, his wife was
astonished to see him reach out for
the maple syrup. pour it down his
back and lean over and scratch his
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

Our bachelor governor has done
both a gallant and a sensible thing
in appointing Miss Emma Mann
clerk OF the circuit court of Sumter
county to succeed the late incumbent.
Mr.. Nelson Miss Mann Is said to
thoroughly understand the duties o.
tie position.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
MURRELI,
& SHARP
WE WILL NAIL YOu 81

WE WILL NAIL YOU 81
for each set Of old False Teeth Sen,
US. Highest prices paid for old
Gold, Silver, old Watches, Broken
Jewelry and Precious Stones.
Money Sent By Return Mail.
Pb:la. Smelling 4 Reas.a.:s: e..
ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS
S6S Chestnut st., Philadelphia, Pa.
TO DENTISTS
We Will buy your Gold Filings,
Gold Scrap. and Platinum. High.
est prices paid.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

That man seems to be enthusiast.
TIC about Plunkville. Everything
pleases him. Hes been away for
30 years" explained the Oldest inhab.
liant. by tomorrow he'll be look.
Ing up the time tables and cussinR the
bad train service"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

The initiation and recall fad"
gees marching on. The State board
OF canyassers out in Idaho have com
pleted the count out there and an.
COunced that the constitutional
amendment providing for the initia
tive and recall has secured a major.
ity in the recent election.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
Not a Rarity

Funny now many men there are can
tell you day or two after the election
.na' ,hey knew it would be that wav
and that so-and-so would ho o,ec,aS
anu you can always find them, too
COvington News wv
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
What Was the TEXT?

i select my text" began the young
layman. from the Book of Nature. It
Is inscribed on every leaf, which
clings to every tree. in the library
OF the forest-the latter clause of the
fourth branch, and the third twig."-
Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
FROM the same Office u Issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS
weekly newspaper giving Q 70
sume OF local matters. crop condi.
lions, county affairs. etc. Sent
suywaere for Sl.00 per year.

The effort to agitate the question
OF State division is not meeting with
encouraging results. There Is doubt
less some sentiment in favor OF IT,
but not enough to keep the issre
alive.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04
Modern Clothes for cb,ns..

Modern Clothes for Chinese.
travelling for an English firm that
makes ready-made clothing. a drum.
mer recently secured orders for
$l25,oOO worth of "fcrcign" garments
III HarDin' Manchuria The clothes
Will be sold to the Chinesa
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-04

ROOM Z. KENTUCKY BUILDING
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
ESTATE OF ALICE q SHEPARD.

STATE OF VERMONT. The Honorable
District of Mashingtn ton, IS Probate Court for
the District aforesaid To the heirs and all
persons Interested in the estate of Alice c.
Shepard, late OF Rerliu in said District. deceased
Greeting,
Whereas. application hath been made 10 This
Court In writing, by the Administrator Wilbur
y. shep rd, praying for license and authority TO
sell ali of the real estate OF said deceased, TO
wit; Situated in Berln in said District
Representing 10 said Court that Ii would be
beneficial to the heirs and all persons interested
in the estate of ssid deceased. to sell said real
estate anu convert the same into money.
And bringing into Court the consent and
appreciation in writing. Of all the heirs to said
estate residing IN this State. and setting forth
the situation OF the real estate.
Whereupon. the said Court appointed and
assigned the 18th day of NOvembrr, 1912 at the
Probate Office in Montpelier In said District, 10
hear and decide upon said application aud petit
ton, and ordered public notice thereof TO be
fishing said order together with the time and
place Of hearing. three weeks successfully in
the Barre Daily Times. a newspaper which
eirculates in the neigh borhood of those persons
In terested In said estate, all OF which puhlica-
lions shall lie previous to the day assigned for
hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified - appear
before said Court, at She time and place as
= signed. then and there Ia said Court TO make
your objections TO the granting OF such license,
If you see cause
Given under nv haud az Montpelier in SAID
District, this ID day Of November 1913.
MARY J. CUTLER. Register.
new ELLIS
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
ESTATE OF SAMUEL REMls.

STATE OF VERMONT. The Honorable
Disriit OF Washington, s.. Probate Court for
the Diatrtct aforesaid; To all persons inter-
csred in the estate nt Samuel Bemis late OF
hNrshfsid In said District. deceased,
Directing
whereas. said Court has assigned the I5tn day
OF November next for examining and allowing
the account OF tbs Auminisfrstur ~ The es "a L.
81 said deceased, anu for decree Of The
residue OF said estate TO the lawful claimants
uf the same, and ordered that pnhlIc notice
thereof be given TO ali persons Interested IN
said estate by publishing this order three weeks
suecessively previous To the day assigned, in
the Barre Daily Times, anewspaper puuiished
al the City OF barre in said District.
Therefore, you are hereby notified TO APPEAR
at the Probate once in Montpelier in said
District on the day assigned. then and there
TO contest the allowance of said account II you
see cause. and to establish your right as heirs
legatees and lawful claimants TO said residue
Given under my hand. this goth day OF 0ato-
Der 1914
FRANK j. MARTIN, Judge
oct 2S-noy Ali
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
A Natural obiect.Lesson in neredIty.

The long.looked-ior history OF the
kallikak family has at last come from
the press of the publishers. Under the
auspices OF the training school for feeble.
minded at Vineland, n. j.. DIR. Henry II.
Goddard has investigated and compiled
the results OF his work in the heredty
OF the most remarkable family. Dur
| ing Revolutionary days the first Martin
Halifax 1.-THE name is fcttiousl, de-
seconded from long line OF good En-
glish ancestry, took advantage OF a
predetermined girl, The result of their
indulgence was feeble minded son.
This son married a normal woman. They
in turn produced five Predetermined and
two normal children. Practically all OF
the descendants of these detectives have
been traced as Well as those Of the two
nOrmals.
From both normal and defective de.
scendants of this union came a long line
of defective stock. There were 4s0 in
all, OF these thirty.six were illegiti-
mate, thirty-three sexually immoral,
twenty-four confirmed alcoholics and
three epileptics. Eighty.two died in in.
fancy, three were criminal. eight kept
houses OF i'll fame and l43 were dis
tinctly feeble-minded. Only forty-six
were found who were apparently normal.
The rest are unknown or doubtful. But
the scion Of the good family who started
this long line of delinquent and defective
progeny is also responsible for a strain
OF an entirely different character. After
the Revolutionary war was over, he
Quaker girl of good ancestry
and settled down to live respectable
life after the traditions of his fore |
fathers. From this legal union with
normal woman there have been 496 de- !
scendants. All OF these except two |
have been of normal mentality. The ex- |
ceptions were cases of insanity, presum.
ably inherited through marriage with J
an outside strain in which there was a |
psychopathic tendency. In
All the 400 there is not an instance of
feeble mindedness. The offspring de-
;cended from this side of the house have
occupied positions in the up
Der walks of life They have never been
criminals or neer-do-wells. On the
'ther hand, there has not been single
Instance Of exceptional ability among
he descendants of the first Martin Kali
ikak and the feeble-ininded girl. Most
Il these descendants have failed to rise
Iboye the dead level of mediocrity; in
Iced, most Of them have fallen far be-
ow even this minimum standard This
triking study in heredity Is commented
IN at length in a recent number of I,
The Journal of the American Medical
association
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
Tagged Train With Shirt.

Tearing his shirt from his back, an
Ohio man tagged train and saved it
from wreck, but II. T. Aston. Raleigh,
\. c.. once prevented wreck with Flee
trio Bitters. Il was in terrible plight
when | began to use Them he writes,
my stomach, head. back and kidneys
were all badly affected and my liver was
in bad condition, but four bottles OF
Electric Bitters made me feel like new
man." A trial will convince you of their
merit for any stomach. liver
or kidney trouble. Price so cents at the
Red Cross Pharmacy.-Advt.