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Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Fat Wives.

The people in portions of Africa have
many curious customs and supersti-
lions, and among the former may be
mentioned the fashion Of having fat
wives.
Being introduced to a great chiefs
wife, Spoke thus described her:
Il was struck with the extraordinary
dimensions of the fat fair one. She
could not rise, and so large were her
arms that the flesh between the joints
hung down. The chief pointin to
his wife, said
This is the product Of our milk
pots; fro NEARLY youth upward we
keep these pots to their mouths, as it
is the fashion at court to have very fat
wives.
"A sister-in-law of the king was a
perfect wonder of hypertrophy. She
was unable to stand except on all
tours.
Il unblushingly requested permission
to measure her. This is the result:
Round the arm, % inches; chest, 50
] inches; thigh, q inches; half, 90
inches; height, feet inches.
An Of these are exact except the
/ height. and I believe | could have OBJ
tanned this more accurately If I could
/ have laid her on the floor Not know
! ing what QlHcuIJleS Snoulu nave 10
contend with in such a piece of engi
neering, I tried to get her height by
raising her up.
This. after infinite exertions on the
part of us both, was accomplished
when she sank down again fainting
/ for the blood had rushed into her
| head.
Meanwhile, the daughter had sat
| before us sucking at a milk-pot, on
which the father kept her at work by
holding the rod in his hand for as
fattening is the first duty of fashion
able female life, it must be duly en-
forced by the rod if found necessary"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Washington County, R. !.
ROCKVILLE
Summer Visitors from Stamford Arrive
at Rockville.

Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Crofut and Mr..
and Mrs. Harold R. CrandaH attended
the ordination of deacons at the Sew
enth- day Baptist church at Westerly
Saturday
Mrs. Henry True of Uno Virginia,
and daughter. Mrs. Samuel Avery of
Hope Valley, were calling on friends
here Sunday.
Miss Jennie Burdick was a recent
guest of her sister Mrs. Charles Palm
er, at Westerly.
Mrs Emory c. Kenyon went to
Providence Monday, returning home
Tuesday
Prof. O. L. Burdick and family of
Stamford, Conn, arrived Wednesday
at Rockhaven, the home of their sis
ters, for their summer vacation.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
WHAT TRUE SUCCESS IS ON THE FARM

written Specially for The Bulletin.)
l don't suppose you very often hear
or read baccalaureate sermons. l don't
anyway. But President Hadley's, de-
livered at Yale's recent commencement,
SO perfectly hit off one of my pet ideas
that l couldn't help reading it,-so
much Of it, that is. as l could find In
any of the papers.
One of the current objections to
sending a lad to college is the as
sertion that college training doesn
fit him to be successful President
Hadley took up this assertion and pro-
ceeded to give 1t fits. 1t wasn't so
much his defense of the college that
impressed me as his square, straight
out, facet face meeting of the ques~
ton: What is Success?
Nine times out of ten, he remarked,
the man who talks of success means In
making money He thinks of the
whole world as playing a game IN
which money Is the prize aSd the man
who makes the most money the win
ner" If this assumption we're correct
he intimated, though he didn't say so
In those words, the colleges might have
hard Job to Justify their existence.
But" he went on. cit is an essential
" wrong way to look at life and the
nation which takes this view of things
does so at its peril" And then he add
ed this definition Of success which
! want you to think over for a minute:
THE true measure Of a mans sue
cess is the service which he renders,
not the pay which he exacts for 1t.
We farmers are apt to plume our
selves on being practical men, with
no durn frills about Us. We have to
be practical in order to live at all. For
that very reason, there isn't a class Of
men in all the world who so much need
to have the dust of daily drudgery
occa sionally blown out Of their eyes by
some blast from the cool northwest
hills Of verify. We have to be practi-
cal in order to live, but we make the
biggest mistake of our days when we
turn that proposition 'tother end to-,
and insist upon living just to be practi-
cal.
The end is always more important
than the means and life itself worth
Rnore than the methods by which we
secure and preserve it.
What farmer would be thought sue
cessful who should accumulate a doz-
en- frst-quslity hoes, and then leave
them to rust on the back garden fence,
without ever doing anything with
them. or getting any service from
them?
Yet exactly that thing is meant when
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
MANSFIELD DEPOT

DR.. Johnson is picking quantities Of
delicious strawberries. which are
somewhat scarce in this vicinity. He
also has some very fine cherries.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
Anty Drudge Lectures to the Woman's Club.

My dear women, these pictures speak for them
selves. Mrs uses Fels-Naptha soap in her washing.
Mrs still sticks to the old hard-rubbing boiling, back
breaking way Which do you want to look like when
Mondays work is done? Think it over
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

Perhaps threw this cut merely as
q stop to the unsanctified-perh
if we all regarded cur farming in that
same light, we might, some of us, act
uaily get more money than we now
get from being SO mighty tight listed
and shert- sighted!
THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
USQUEPAUGH
Rev. c. A. Palmer Moves to New Farm
The Weeks Events.

William Palmer of Providence spent
Sunday with his mother His son Wes-
ley is spending his summer vacation
with his grandmother.
Clara Webster has finished her
school in Providence and is home for
the summer
Mrs Sarah Franklin is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Elisha Webster Of
Providence.
The surgical operation Mrs, Hattie
Potter had to undergo Tuesday was
successful and she is expected to fully
recover her health.
Moves to Farm.
Rev. c. A. Palmer has finished NOV
ing from West Kingston and is per-
manently located ca the faEn which he
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

An electric railway is planned to run
between the City of Mexico, Pueblo
and to the rim Of the sleeping volcano
of Popocateptl, which is $500 feet
high
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
} HOPKINTON
Strawberry supper-Dry Weather A.
fects Hay Crop.

The graduating exercises Of the Hop
kinton high school were held in the
Seventh day Baptist church, Asliaway.
Thursday evening, when FIVE young
ladies and five young gentlemen re-
ceived diplomas.
a strawberry supper for the benefit
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

We farmers las a rule, aren't in i'm
minent danger of getting a million a
year for our work, nor Of accommodating
two or three hundred millions from
sales of farm produce. But it is still
the fact that we do,-too many of u.s.
hold the idea that farm success, after
all, means just making money. We
guage our neighbors' success or failure
by the size of their farms or the big
ness of their barns or the rumors of
their bank accounts Isn't it too often
so? We generally consider him the
most successful farmer who is the
best fixer," and devote our own chief
thought to schemes and possibilities
whereby we, too, can make more
money.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

But, men and brethren, it isn't
worthy idea of life, that which this
man suggested. 1t isn't even a worthy
idea Of farming. 1t seldom leads to
success, even in money getting. Why,
the only millionaire farmer l ever
heard of,-the late David Rankin of
Missouri, didn't make mere money
getting the chief aim of his farming.
He had a big and a profitable farm.
He kept all the time increasing its
size, but his principal interest lay in
improving IT'S value. He was all over
it, day by day, looking at the crops and
nosing around the feed bins, examin-
ing the animals and making sure that
there was plenty Of fodder and plenty
Of manure and that everything was
kept UP in good shape. He left the
care Of his money to his bookkeeper
and his banker. II was the farm that
he was interested in-not the amount
Of money the farm brought in. His
one ambition was to make his farm
better, every year. when I get
through with 1t l want it to be more
productive than when | took 1t as
virgin prairie" That was his own
statement of his ideal. He accom-
plished that purpose. Incidently, he
also amassed the most money l ever
heard of plain farmer collecting. But,
to the last day of his life, when visit
ors attracted by tales Of his success
came to see him 1t was to his great
corn-tields or his thrifty stock that he
led them,-net to any inspection of his
strong box or his bank account, He
never Prided himself on his wealth,
but did on his magnificent farm, -
and ineidently, on the college he
founded and endowed near his home
town; II was in his service to the
werld and the future that he found his
true success
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

mere accumulation of money is call
| ed success"
! Money like hoes and cabbages, is
| one of the various means towards sue
| cess. But it is not success, in itself:
never was and never will be.
President HadIey called attention to
the fact that Yale wasn't founded and
isn't carried on for the purpose of
| training men to make money. Nor is
| any other college which is worthy of
the charter it holds. By the terms of
its original foundation, Yale was de-
! signed to be a school whereby men
may be fitted for public employment,
J both in church and civil state" This,
said President Hadley, was the avoW-
ed object of American education" Not
to fit men for money making: not
| merely to fit them for professional sue
cess in the law, the ministry or medi-
cine: but to fit them to be of service
and value to the world of their fellows
and the world Of the future.
1t doesn't take much thought for us
to discover that, in the list of the
worlds successful men, money making
is a mighty small consideration. Take
a few American names. Washington
rather successful one, nevertheless.
! Our other great president, Lincoln, was
never anything of money maker:
didn't take to that sort of thing. But
! his name will be remembered when
| those of Rockefeller and Carnegie and
! Morgan are forgotten. Edison has
made some money, but no one ever
| thinks of that as his success. We think,
instead, of the electric light and the
| trolley and the other inventions by
which he has served the world. There
! is a certain mining engineer who is
| said to have an income of a million
year, paid by big business grafters
| because of his service to their private
! greed. How many know his name
Or care straw whether they know it
| or not? There is another engineer,
| one Goethals by name, who is separat-
| ing two continents down at Panama.
| turning South America into an island
! and opening new way for ocean com
| merce right through the backbone of
| the isthmus. He isn't getting millions
| for his work: he is receiving just his
regular pay as an army engineer. But
which Of these two is the successful
man?
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

Yet the farm,-which is Natures
great University should no more be
judged by this narrow rule of cash re-
ceipts than should the college by its
capacity for training men into usurers
and grafters. When Dean Bailey. the
foremost agricultural thinker of Amer
lea was once asked to tell what were
the attributes of a good farmer, he
wrote:
"The ability to make a good and
comfortable living on the land To
rear a family carefully and well To
be Of good service to the community
To leave the farm more productive
than when taken. To be a good farm
er in this sense will be much more to
ones credit than merely to be a mil
lionaire. We need a great number of
good farmers much more than a null
tiplicity Of millionaires."
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

The whole is always greater than
part: the. world is worth more than
any individual. l have known farm
ers to sneer at that as STUFF and
"talkee- talkee." 81 hev to look out for
myself all the time said one such
once to me; the world ant wastin' no
time loolIin' arter my potato-bin, nor
my store bills" And he plainly init
mated that all the rest of the world
might go hang before he'd waste the
edge Of a pocket-knife in cutting it
down. good many of us, while not
quite so brutally blunt in our express
sion, share some degree of that feeling
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

Of course we must make livinu.
Of course we must care for our fam
lilies. Those are fundamentals But
when we have done those things we
haven't attained success. We have just
done our daily, drudging duty. Nor
have we achieved any true success if
we make two livings. Or stuff into the
bank enough to support three families
1t is a real success in farming to
leave the farm, each year, little bet
ter than it was the year before. 1t is
a real success to be of good service to
the community.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

mere accumulation of money is call
| ed success"
! Money, like hoes and cabbages, is
| one of the various means towards sue
cess. But it is not success, in itself:
never was and never will be.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

Yet exactly that thing is meant when
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29

No need of adding ammonia to the water for washing
dishes houseceaningiust make suds of Fels-Naptha
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29
COMING AND GOING


Mr.. B. G. Howey mingled with the
town folks Saturday.
Nat Huston Of Axlal, registered at
the Meeker yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lunney Of Oakridge,
visited town Tuesday.
Olaf Anderson Of the Park, was q
town visitor Thursday.
John williams was among the
PArkites in town Saturday.
George Lambert Of Angora, looked
the town people over Sunday.
Fletcher Hay Of the Park, reported
all we'll In his neighborhood, Satur-
day.
Gus Anderson Of the Park, at
tended to business In town Satur-
day.
w. T. Kislnger says Little Beaver
will have one Of its best years this
season.
Joe Baldauf Of Miller creek was in
town Tuesday after salt for his grow
Ing hsSd.
Manager c. H. Wolcott Of the HUI
gus Axisl store autographed at the
Meeker Sunday.
George Warren OF Rosedale, attend
ed q meeting of the high school
board Saturday.
Tom Kilduff came in Saturday to
see how Champ Clark's "houn dawg''
was keeping the trail
Messrs H. b. and Dennis Murray,
and John Rescorla Of Coal Greek,
spent Monday In town.
]. w. Barnes, Of the New York
Stores company, from Grand Junct-
ion, spent few days In Meeker this
week.
g. e. Bretherton, IT,. is spending
the summer at the Brethsrton ranch
In lower Powell park. Mr. Brother
ton 10 attending the University OF
California.
Mrs. Eugene Evans and children
came in Saturday and will spend
several weeks with Meeker relatives
and friends
Mrs. Chnard was down from Blu
ford Tuesday. She Is much improv-
ed in health since locating In the up
river country.
Miss Halle Hubbard, arrived last
evening from Ironwood, Mich, on a
visit to her brother, the doctor, and
Mrs. Hubbard.
Claude Wilson gave his dry farm
on Flag creek, the shake Monday,
and exchanged greeting with his
numerous town friends.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29
And-more rain Wednesday and
then some.

There Is more catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced II = local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling to
cure with local treatment. pronounced II In
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by r. J. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo.
Ohio, . the only constitutional cure on the
market. It Is taken Inter nally in doses from
10 drops to = teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case of
cstarrh It fails 10 cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.
Ohio.
Sold by druggists, IS cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

HOssACK--sUTTLEs
Mr.. Frank Hossack and Mrs. EN-
ma Suttles were married last Sunday
at the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Gibbons, the Rev. Dean offic.
iating. The wedding was quiet one,
only few near relatives aud friends
being present.
At the conclusion Of the ceremony
an elegant wedding dinner was ser.
we'd by Mrs. Gibbons.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Heavy rains and electrical storms
prevailed all over the upper valley
Saturday and Sunday. All Of which
added many 'plunks'' to the dry far
mer's auto fund.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

b. s. Lovelace Of Petrolite made a
trip to north branch Of White during
the week. 1t was Mr.. Lovelace's
first visit to that section, and, as he
struck unfavorable weather, he form
ed a rather poor opinion of beautiful
upper White.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Mr.. Keller IL able to get out on the
balcony Of the Meeker hotel, every
day, and take sun bath, but will not
return to tho ranch till after the
Fourth.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Rev. F. M. Bacon, accompanied by
Mr.. J. NJ. Horton, and son Gilbert,
made 3 trip to the lower Yampa
river country last week, returning
Tuesday. Services were held at Axial
and Maybell.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Local Manager J. A. Rea Of New
York Store Is experimenting the EN-
largement and decoration Of his est
ablishment.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Frank Sheridan received six cents
last week for some strays Of his that
reached Denver with Keystone
bunch. Not bad a. . starter.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

MONEY TO LOAN-we have the
only per cent money to loan in this
section. Call quick. Parties having
money to loan are also requested to
see us. Roberts Ramsey, Rooms
1915, Hugus block. j22-29
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

An old White river pioneer, MI. J..
w. McMahan, writes from Helper,
Utah, to inquire II the White River
pioneers are going to hold their sum-
mer reunion, and when? A lot Of
now absent pioneers would attend .
summer reunien. Get busy, yet COM
mittee.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Mrs. Hubbard and Miss Myrtle, ar
rived home from California, Thurs
day evening.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Frank NJ. Cobb, = '6s-er, who laid
out the first townsite 10 Denver, died
In that city last Saturday, aged 80
years. Mr.. Cobb had many friends
In this section, who will regret to
hear of his death.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Ross Harp captured . young coyote
whom coming from Rifle Monday
afternoon, in the Spurlock passenger
auto. The young chicken thief is
now At home At the Meeker stable.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Mrs. Whitney, mother Of F. T
whitney, died At her home, a
Phippsburg, Routt county, last Fri
day.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

While Tobe House and family were
out autoing the other evening, they
ran on too fine buck on Ninemile
hill. The fine fellow was dazed at
hrst sight Of the auto, but soon re-
covered and ran of into the brush.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Boyd and Wilma Crawford gave q
party Thursday afternoon in honor
Of their cousins, Rhea and Audrey
zimmerman, who are visiting at the
Crawford home In Powell park. A
large gathering was present and all
had . flne time.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29
Notice

Until the 10th day of July, we will
make a special price on lumber at
the Miller Creek saw mill. The
White River Lumber Co. j22-2t
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Frank Sheridan was in Wednesday
looking ~ pleasant ~ Gentry or the
other dry farmers" This shows
Franks natural good nature, for a
Republican that can look pleasant
these days, must have . whole lot Of
natural good nature In his make
mp.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Chaplin 4 Joy have finished q fin'
bath and water plant at the HON,
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gentry east Of town
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Everything Is in readiness for the
finest celebration Of the Fourth ever
had In Meeker. See the program on
An inside page.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

The people in the Yampa river val
ley, near Msybell,, are enthusiastic
in their expectations, reports Rev.
Bacon, Of good crops, and look for
. large influx Of population In that
region this year.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29
St. James Church

Services will be held next Sunday
by Mr.. John Miller Horton, as fol-
lows:
Sunday school, lOa m.
Morning prayer and sermon, II
q. m.
Evening prayer, p. M.
The rector will be absent on an ex-
tended missionary trip In this county
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

During the absence of Undersherih
whitney last and this week John
Story Il attending to the duties Of
the once.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Neither our csttlemen or dry farm.
ers objected to the liberal rains Of
last and this week.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29
Moving Pictures

Jack Shields will reopen the Gem
theater on Wednesday evening the
Bird Of July. Practically continuous
show on the Fourth.
The show will be the best ever Civ
en- In Meeker.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29
The Meeker Percheron Horse Assn.
D. D. TAYLOR, Manager
Nos. HB4I:3 and 72O15

POSITION WANTED-Ma and
wife wants position on first class
ranch. State what wages will be
paid. Address f. N, Lily, Moffat
county, Colo. jy-l3
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Sam P. Clark, travelling represent
tative Of H. e. Bucklen 4 Co., Chi
cago, was doing business with our
drug stores Monday. Mr.. Clark re-
presents one Of the Oldest aud larg-
est Wholesale drug houses In the
country,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29
MARRIED
JONEs--P1rTs

Frank NJ. Jones, Mseker's pioneer
ieweler, and Mrs. Julia A. Pitts,
lately from Selma, Ala, were united
in marriage last Saturday by Rev.
Dean.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

The first Democratic nominating
assembly Is called to meet In Pueblo
August 9Th.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

F. f. Kimball, the J. l. Case man,
will be in Meeker July Bird and 4th,
with headquarters at Shepherds
Hardware store.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Veteran Pioneer w. F. Hossack IL
mp at the Van Cleave saw mill look
ing after the machinery. Mr. Hos
sack ID hale and hearty man to be
past 90.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Mr.. and Mrs. VIII d. simms receiv.
ed great big boy yesterday morn.
ing. DR.. Hubbard officiating. All
we'll including Grandpa Rees.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29
Storklets

Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Joy were glad
ened by the arrival at their home,
Sunday, Of . fiue girl. DR.. French In
attendance.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Vern Phelps Is at his old Job At the
Hugus store.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Ed Saltmarsh sent prise for the
foot racers. from Syracuse N. Y. 1t
was . handsome pocket knife.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

Tom Stith 10 at the home OF Mi
and Mrs. Ike Collier in town, quit
sick.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

The cotton-iyihg season is on; and
Its nearly ~ bad ss the mosquitoes.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-06-29

1t was recorded that Aessrs Wild
hack and Houston were putting up
private telephone lines.