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Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
BLOCK ISLAND CLAM EXPERIMENT New Hope Refractory BvaIve-reat Pond Furnished Ideal Place For Studying Probem-Oysters Propagation Also Tried

For the first time in the history of the world, clans have been grown when tranSpianted. The experiment.. begun last fall on immense scale at Block Island, has succeeded and it's success is a matter of worldwide i'm = portance, writes H. NJ. Sedgwick in the Boston Transcript. The achieve ment has a direct bearing upon the scarcity of food the world over and a still more direct relation to the dis appearance of the clam in this country, particularly in stf1e regions where it was once frequent.
 Civilfza tfon raanif est ed in a score of forms, has driven r1e clam from it's old haunts till it is rare object between Maine and Pennsylvania. Farther to the north and to the south it is stnl obtafnable, bat ir bade fair to become a luxury nearly as rare as sea duck, till the success of the experiment which has been reported. State Senator Franklin L. Homan, author of a number of inv ventions that have revolutionized the oyster and shelifsh industry, had charge of the experiment. He is president of the American Oyster Company under whose auspices the work was at tenn pted.
 Great Fish Pond on the western shore of. Block Island was selected for the experiment. the first. on a large experiments into the project have been in -eramped quarters and have never succeeded. Full control of the pond, which has shore front of about four miles, was secured by town meeting vote from New Shoreham. the town name of the colony of Block Is- land. New Shore1an1 having mean time secured these privileges from Rhode Island by legislative grant One of the difficulties in perfecting the experiment. has been the impossibility of securing any large sized shore front for the purpose of Investigating The cry has invariably gone up that the native clam digger must be protected and must not lose his, livelihood and the privilege was not purchased from the town of New Shoreham without a large compensation.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

to bother wffh 3 cloth. ' ou simply rub MUsTER0LE on the spot where the pain isrub it on brisk1y-and the pain is gone,
 skint Instead 1t has a delicious com forting effect.
 There is nothing like MUSTEROLE for Sore Throat. Bronchitis, Tonsiiitis, Group. Stiff Neck. Asthma, Neuralgia, Hea dache, Congestion, PIeurisy, Rheu-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

two elements supposedly hostile to their ife-ocean and fresh spring water Few of Senator Romans as sociates have had faith in the success
 of the experiment.. but he has believed in its favorable outcome frem the first.
 The exact conditions prevailing in
 Block Island could not be duplicated in
 the world so far as known to shelifish
 students. One of the problems left
 for careful Investigation, said Sena tor
 Homan today, is whether each variety of fae clans has perpetuated itself, or whether a hybrid variety has been re-
 produced in the set that has just been
 propasa ted. It is impossible to
 tell as yet whether the little cian7s that
 have appeared are a dozen different
 varieties or only one, and the discov-
 cry will mark 9 most interesting phase
 of the experiment.
 'sThe clam has had to fight it's way alone. The Government has done nothing to cultivate it. and it has dis appeared like terrapin duck. We can
 find in old Virginia records laws which forbade owners of slaves feeding them terrapin oftener than twice a day Ferrapin was then plentiful that it was the cheapest food there was. See how ii has disappeared because it was not protected.
 Tn exactly the same way the clam has gone. 1t is now impossible to have an old fashioned Rhode Island clam bake with Rhode Island clans. They { must be obtained from Maine or per-  haps even farther distant There is no reason why clan7s should not be l protected. should not be cultivated and ! raised by cultivation any more than ] there is a reason that lands must be i kept for simply hunting OF for berry | picking in a wild state.
 Fhe Great Pond in Block Island | regard IS an ideal place to make our | start in the experiment.. There are I 906 acres of shore; there are no sew l CTS to eontam1nate the growth of the | shel1fsh. and believe that our success is now assured. Unless it is. the na- | tive clam beds of the East will soon [ be exhausted and the clam will soon | be as much above the reach of the wage earner as is lobster now Per haps more so. because the Government has begun to propagate the lobster and many other fish, but it has done noth- ing for the clam. The conta imitation of the native beds is another great problem and. in three years, expect to see a practical disappearance of the clam unless four experiments fully succeed.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
Planting the Clans.

Ten thousand bushels of clans were secured for the experiment. They were taken from every standard source of stock. From as far north as Prince Edward Island, about the farthest north that the clam has been known to make His habitation, along the Nova Scotia cost, all along Maine. Massa- chuSettS, Rhode Island Connecticut New York and New Jersey and along Chesapeake Bay every variety of the native clam known was ca blurred and was taken 10 the Block Island trans- planting garden They were sown in colonies. each kept distinct for pur- poses of individual inspection.
 The planting took place last fall and it's outcome was awaited. Till the present time it has been impossible te make any statement concerning it. The birth Of the spawn is now appar- ent and the first propagation of cians known to civilization has been perfec- ted. Little clans. the size of a grain of rice. have been discovered, but the quantity is large in every colony that stkee success of the experiment! has been assured
 Both the main varieties of clans known the so-calIed long or common clam. and the round clam, or Indian clam or qua haughs, the rarer brand have responded to the transplantinG. Their growth is the next problem to spring. but they are still a lons dis taHce from maturity and they may be- come dwarfed at any stage of their development.
 An fE teresting experin1 en1 was made in the planting of the colonies Hedges of cedar boughs supported by wire netting were constructed around the beds. so that. when the water flowed through sF1s beds the precipitation of the spawn would be caused. This fIfuoystfon was adopted upon the sug- gestier of Government expert who has been working with oyster spawns at Woods Hole. his experiments with gauge partitions precfpitating the spawns Into the box he had prepared r1reVfrss a re,Y17 y1lesf es af1cress
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

before she was nfafrleds was al hSA wedding reception in Richmond and knew Mir. CorbeIl. her father, before her. He was. as was. a great Union man. and he told me that the only serious quarrel he ever had with his wife was about secession, in connection with the name of his youngest son, called for an uncle who became rabid seeessionist-
 '@The dispute resulted in the changing of the boys name. And I learn that to this day he calls his boy by one name and alds wife calls him by another. Your son.. he said, turning to rne, looks like both you and your hus- band, Mad-d-dam An, Mad-d-dam, the General was as mild and gentle of man ner as he was fearless and earnest of soul have heard that President Lin coin was very proud of having been in strumenta1 in the Generals going to West Point"
 You know, Mir. Stephens, when you were on the Peace Commission and went t-..a5 z ,,,- Fa,-s.y~c.S= faaoA7,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
A Fine Clam Farm.

The scenery setting for the success of the revolutionary experiments is remarkably fitting. Block Island ocean-fed, a dozen miles from main iand, a spot where clans and oysters have never lived. even transpfanted oys ters formerly dying was selected The Great Pond chosen for the beds was formerly filled with fresh water and it is even now fed by fresh water springs at It's bottom. 1t was several years ago opened by a channel being cut into 1t from the ocean, although just outside there fs ample breaIxwater shelter from the ocean storms.
 Oddly enough. the sileIlffsh which have responded ta the cslI for propa- gatien by transplanting, are fed by
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
The Small States eff Eureps eainina
 Security.

The small states are winning the ae- tive sympathy and support of the eft
 izens Of all the states The crimes against Poland and Finland would 1laf now be repeated. Germany would nef now annex SeiaIesNig- Holstein, as was done in lss6 ile a1anexed peoples are not conquered; they are siacol1rssg-e. q I,55
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

in the large hos pitfalls. Doctors and nurses use it
 and recommend it to patients. Ask your doctor.
 At your drug
 gist's, in 25c and Ste jars, and a : special large hos : 1af AnI q a
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
MUSTEROlE N0 Plaster! No Blister !!

Everybody knows how the good old fashioned mustard plaster relieves cold. an ache or pain.
 Your mother and your ara and1nother# always applied it. The plaster burned awfuIIy. But it surely brought relief
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

the Back or Joints, SpraiHs, Sore Mus-
 cies, Bruises, Ghflblains. Frosted, Feet, Colds of the Chest Cit prevents pneu- monia-1 Millions of jars of MUSTER OLE are sold annually It is a staple
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
innocent Always Punished.

Judge Archibald can get what satis- | faction he may out Of the reflection that. after all, naaiorities are almost always wreng.- Washing ten Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
Would Lesser s,,saeuse

Senator Roots plan fer inaugara ting presidents in December would greatly lessen suspense on the part of cabinei Suspects.-B Boston Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
srinuina the oxst.

Bringing the Oyster Block Island
 Another branch of the experiment made by Senator Homanis company deals with the oyster. The cultivation Of this biValVe has been assured of course, but the experiment. which was made aimed at giving him perman- ent tcne and breeding grounds on Block Island. A quantity of oysters, equal to that of the clans that was transplanted, was planted in colonies under exactly the same conditions as those governing the clams. The oys- ters were gathered from as diverse beds as the clans and their propaga- ton was ardently desired as q means for adding to the natural wealth and resources of Block Island Senator Homan said that, as far as the oysters are concerned. the experiment. of propagation has failed There is no sign of life or spawn among the oysters The experiment. will be repea ted with slightly varied conditions another year.
 A variety of the experimentation with the sheIIffsh which has netted comm erciaa returns directly and promptly is manifested in the trans planting of oysters. already partly grown. The few months life these have had on Block Island has given tEern the most attractive f;2 o1. which the officers of the company have been able to produce. Those which have been developed under the conditions at Block Island will be reserved for the
 
 the country. This experiment will make Block Island the permanent growing place of oysters, although not a propa gation bed, and will greatly add to the wealth of the little sea-fsie community which has found the fight for existence stubborn and bleak 4 Senator Honan holds radical views of the future of sfielIfish farming and it's relation to the problem of fhel worlds food supply. He said.
 Sooner or later every sea board Sta 8 must euIogize tIe prepa gat1o1 of clans and oysters. Intensive farming for shelfish must be Practised as rigidIv as intensive farming of the soil. The clam and oyster fisherman is exhaust 1 ing tho product from the shores just as the fisherman of other kinds is | driving other fish frem the seas.'
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

Doctors Tell How MusteroIe Believes
 Dr. J F. Frey, Chicago, Ill T pre- scribe your Mnsterole every day ,e 1t in all cases of alveoiar abscess and all inflammation"
 Dr. Abbott T. Hutchinson, New York, N T have prescribed many times your MusteroIe. (41l
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

MUSTEROLE
 nmzzzsgaz is the same rem edy without the plaster and with out the blister.
 MUSTEROLE
 szsEDszaEz is a clean, hite ointment, ma de with the oil of mustard
 You don't have
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

 andth n hat the hads upy sleeve eign ors "a
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

The man Y ha invests in green aaeeis must WaaJ money bad.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04

If your druggist cannot siInnIv vol1 send s25c or soc to the MusteroIe Com pany, Cleveland, O., and we will mail you q jar. postpaid
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
lnersaslna tha Warids Food sunalu

Another possibility of the shellfsh coming to the rescue of the world shortage of food supply is taken up in company aas just patented. This con-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-04
NORWICH BULLETIN, TUESDAY, EEBaukRY I. lels
@zg5lgk g|kbs Etafl flEN .sssa ssa a5see -zNz1l YzAp BY fs1RS. GEN. PICKET.
 5.-ALEYANDER H. STEPHENS,

@OMEMS greet al our Veaaans Fscepedon Was | a man Of whom Abranaan Lincoln had wratten if > before:
 1T tell you that MT Stephens of slaz of hours length I ever heard My vsfthered, fum of tears yet in 1S47:#
 Mexico forbidden fruit. is to be seized at very
 
 netghbor1ng Republic, will of looking back the shattered and bEoA their federaey md sreveng in rhe halls of Mon of a1oafFng cities of be compelled to farn and behold their bIcod4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12
rubli. SCHOOL Mnltcrs.

Tie public schools OF this city wili
close for the holidays on DcccmbcI.
% 20 reopen on January >. The closing
VIII be marked by entertainments ~
the several schools. tnicr the leader
ship OF Principal Wolff. OF the High
school. literary and debating socicty
rs being organized. primarily as an
educational enterprise. but eventual
~ with the View OF embracing the en-
tire school system in us scope
The $500 appropriation asked of the
council for the establishment OF pub
lie Fairgrounds at the schools for the
children Of tho city. will be needed for
the equipment ana care Of the grounds.
\ director or superint endeut of tine
grounds viii probably BE- needed
Miss Maudc Hobbs. principal of the
Leo school and Miss Virginia McKcn-
ney, secretary Of the Petersburg Edu-
cational Association. have gone TO
Charlottesville" to appear before tho
board OF visitors Of the University of
Virginia in advocacy Of the establish
mont OF a wornan's college as part OF
the state university system. They will
cooperate with others IN urging the
cause.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12

The Fourth Congressional District
Democratic Committee viii meet at the
Chesterfield Hotel. in this city, at /
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, 10 pa ss
upon the appeal frOtn the decision OF
the city committee, as 10 the icgalit Y
Of it's action in ordering Il primary
election for tho nomination OF a can
didat" FOR judge OF the Hustings Court
Of Petersburg The city committee
subsequently,. with tho name OF only
one candidat" before il, declined to In
doris" any one Tor the position. and
revoked tho order for Il primary The
authority OF tho committee 10 order 4
judicial primary under tn. election 10 w
is the question 10 be passed upon by.
tic district committee, which under the
ruling Of state Chairman E.llyson has
jurisdiction lin the matter. James NJ.
Quickc. 4 candidate for the judvcshi p
and who favored primary. In a letter
addressed 10 the committee, denies its
jurisdiction.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12
GcncrnI News Nn1n..

Mr. Duke, Legislator-olect from Nor
tolk' was in the city to-day in CON
ference with friends on the political
situation and i'm reference To matters
TO come before the Legislature.
The negro, Jam Tampa, who was re-
Gently shot whilo rioting az Reams, in
Dinwiddie County. Is reported u he
in dangerous condition at tho hospital.
The boys Of the city arc raidinE
the premises OF citizens and taking
away barrels and boxes for storage,
with which to lindie bontres at Christ
mas
Tho board OF directors OF the Farm
ers Eank. OF Butterworth, Dinwiddie
County, have declared a scmiannual
dividend OF per cent out Of the earn
inss.
The Rev. T. s Brown. the new pas
tor of High Street Methodist Episco-
pal Church. viii deliver an address
sunday afternoon AT tho First Zap
list Church. before Tho sunday School
Union Association.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12
Iicnv> snlc. OF rohncco.

Six hundred lots Of bright tobacco
and 200 lots Of dark were sold at the
warehouses in this city, and AN equal
amount was solG on tho day previous.
Tho planters ARE rushing their crops
carly In preparation Cor Christmas. The
sales for the month VIII close on Fri
day % next week Dark wrappers this
week brought So. anu many farmers
realized 50 10 $50 on their bright Of
ferings sales of bright tobacco for
tho season now exceed SDh.00Q pounds.
They VIII reach over a million pounds
next week With greatly enlarged
area In cultivation, the bright offerings
next year VIII sum up into many mil
lions OF pounds. and the buyers will
bc here to take IL all
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12
.COMPANY D WINS
HONORS AT DRILL

West Raleigh. y. @. December Ill
In very interesting and closely con
tested competitive drill held by the
companies of the \. & NJ bnttal-
ion Wednesday afternoon. Company Il.
drlled by Captain w. r shaw. was
awarded first place by Captain Russell
G. Langdon. OF the United States Army.
There were seven companies contest
inc, and tho three companies making
tho best showing were n, Z and y
Companies. these three putting up such
good exhibition that II was hard TO
decide between them. but Captain
Langdon decided that II Company put
up The best allround drill and gave 9
Company. under Captain w. H. Smith.
second, and \ Company. under Captain
II. j.. Coz. third place. y Company
viii act as color company FOR the re
nainde: OF the year, aud Will bc al
lowed 10 return to the armory first
after iril! in the afternoons
The first term final examinations be
Gin tomorrow and continue until sat
urdny week. when tic Christmas hoU-
days VIII begin. Tic holidays viii
continue until January :. which date
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12
Colurcd srnnl.h yc,rrnn,.

Al the meeting This week Of Jack
son Camp. of Colorcd Spanish War Vet
eranS, tn" following officers were cicct-
cd: commanders. r. &. Smithers, vice
commanders. y. Jackson and J. II.
Brown; officer of the day. Joseph
Lynch; sergeant OF the guard. William
Jones: chaplain. II. Grcnaway; surgeon.
br. c. Il. Alexander. adjutant. 6. W.
Thw"att; quarter master. T.. r Walk
or; trustees, Il. Hin. IL Clarke and l.
T.. Walker
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12

Last evening IL IN" shiuG ton
Street Christian church. the Rev.
George c. Zciglor officiating. Miss Mary
Catherine Burger. OF stony Creek, ana
William II. Cabaniss, OF this city, were
quietly married. Twenty-Five invited
guests witnessed the ceremony Tho
attendants We're Miss Lula Burger, sis
ter of the bride. as bridesmaid. and
Richard Feass as best man. The young
couple viii spend their honeymoon
in ohio, ami will be At home TO their
friends hove after Jnnuary /
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12

Miss Myrtle Perkinson daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Parkinson, of Ches-
terrified county. died Yesterday after
noon in the Petersburg Hospital. Miss
Parkinson had been III for some time.
and vas removed TO the hospital on
Monday for AN operation as the only
hope for her life. il proved unavailing.
The body will b" taken 10 tho home
o: her parents in Chesterfield. whore
tho funeral will be held tomorrow
Afternoon ~ . O'clock
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12

y
land through its own prodicta alono.
Every animal raised on tile place
carries off tn" phosphorus needed to
make up his bony skeleton am,
hat must finally lead 10 tho cXhaus-
non of tho supply Of phosphorus
~ 'hc soil You can maintain tho
nitrogen in the soil and increase II
Win The aid Of tie lerumcs. ana yonr
S"ii may contain ni ip"Mhaustihl,
store OF potash, TINT can bc ii.tt,. avail
able by Increasing the huiuus In til.
SoiL but you sill have TO restor. the
phosnhatca either by buying them. or
by buying feed for stool, which has
h~ch grown ON some one clsc's land.
Where ono has a good home marko:
Tor dairy products. he can. like Or
ipctrich, make q littl. farm Vcry rich.
by buying grain grown suInowh.rc
olso anu feeding il on tho farm This
- simply buying the fertilizer in an
other form. ana tho great majority or
farmers Viii hnd II more pruntabIe To
buE tho phosphatcs on the market
I)r. Dctvichs plan OF growing green
crops and cutting and feeding ia the
stables viii answer very wcn on a
ss'nah farm where labor is plentiful.
but cannot we'll be carried out ON q
large farm because Of the great cost
OF labor involved You can more o:s.
ny maintain ana increase tho fertility.
81 IN" soil - keeping no stock at All.
nut using the lcguucs us manure and
commercial f.rtillzo,e lil. ,.,t
psnte and uotasb IN, 49,. ''.' ;s,
maintain III fr-,ili,,. 49, " ~
solely on lts o,,r n,ol',y, ."'"''E
show very we'll foi 4 timc. but no
ia came ,ho,,t a. -; 30 'H''
C,,t,n
Karin ,,,r',,,'
.rav soil ,yi,i,i ,n..i,, ne lt ~
IN application OF fcrtili2o- Inn, r.r
am ohlI,,oG - ro''"n on ~.
my oth.rI.,'d h. w., ',g'H' ~,
wan, To- l,,,n,y lyh,, ~ NV ~ usn'
lana rr,,y cn,,o, M W. y, 'l''hc 'hiS
we'll In, no nI,,,a a., - ''',l',
. rrco, r,a,, d - "''' "H'
last yr,, a,,d ,dl ,.'p "a '1tt"n
aero. DOES n r.,IIt,,,. go 'l.i
TIC ll,no Coz, ,.r ,a, I ~ "S' 60 :
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12

News of Petersburg

school are engaged In AN interesting
advantagcSfof Chester and Chesterfield
County The citizens OF the vi
entity have agreed to give suitable
prizes for The three best compositions.
bright tobacco. for which tho land 90
chesterncld Is said to be well adapted.
viii be subject to be treated Of. 1t
is proposed Ia nave the best compost
ton published with tho name OF the
writer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12
A uov.. Fin, nrcord.

Stanley Robinson. an eleven year old
hoy. OF Brunswick. nephew Of J. c.
Robinson, OF this city, the senior mem
be! Of the firm, consigned 10 tic Rob
iEson- purdy Corporation. two hogs
heads NJ f'u"-cureu tobacco. which was
sold today at oaks Warehouse for
so and $50 per hundred pounds This
tobacco was p!s nted cultivated and
cured nnd shipped 10 market by Mas
ter stanley liobin-uu. who. during tho
whole season. only employed labor for
three or four days II IS splendid
rcoord hut shows what determined
Virginia boy can do
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12

stroyed large barn on The farm of Jacob
Warden, near Berryvillr, In Clarke County.
and all contents. including six show-ri,,r
horses. twenty-five cattie. y dozen hogs. so
bushels OF wheat, great quantities of hay.
straw. oats fodder. farming machinery. har-
ness and 100 TONS OF silage. Twenty sht
other cattle. which dashed through The
flames. arc dying.
Tho Warden Colonial mansion caught IRE
siN times, bur was finally saved. The loss is
ovcr llo.Nll. with 81. 0l0 insmrnncc -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12
will he registration day for tic sec
und term

Professor j. =. AicNu;t returned sun
day from Chicago with a class OF If
teen seniors ana Juniors from the Agri-
cultural Division. whore they attended
the international Live Stock shows
Professor McNutt reports a very sue
cessfui trip. which he thinks was very
beneficial 10 the students in The live