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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
WAR WILL ADD s5oo,ooo,ooo TO OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE. Estimated Increase for One Year by
 Edward E. Pratt.

Washington, Dec. That one year of the war in Europe will add $50O,- 100000 to the foreign commerce of the United States is the estimate of Ed ward B. Pratt, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. MT. Pratt has just completed a. study of the reports of American consuls and com merciaI representatives abroad, of agents of his bureau in this country, and of the new orders for American manufactures and products reported in commercial periodicals.
 If the ratio of increase recorded since August, when the war began, is main tained until next August. he estimated that new orders placed on the books of American firms will total half a billion dollars
 In reaching his estimate of the esti- mated grand total, MT. Pratt took into consideration the enormous increase in European bound food supplies noted in September and October. Details of the November foreign commerce are not available as yet beyond the estimate that trade balance in favor of the United States of 70,000, GOO will be shown. Department officials are aware. however, that the increase in food shipments has continued and that man. ufactured articles are beginning to move across the Atlantic in consider able volume.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
BUILDING AND susINEss.
Realty Sales Show Decrease and Few
 important Contracts Let.

Real estate sales by warranty deed in the cities of the State last week re- ported by The Commercial Record numbered POS. with mortgage loans of $56s, ,54s, comparing with 252 sales, and mortgage loans of s50S.490 in the same week of last year and 225 sales and mortgage loans of s6s4s2ss filed in the corresponding week of 1912.
 Flight incorporators with a total au- thorized capital stock of s1,1s1,oea were formed in the State during the past week. Last year in the like week with total capitalization of $7S6, GOO were filed in this State
 Petitions in bankruptcy were filed during the week to the number of. five, with asets of $18.4 and liabilities of $44,400, a showing about equal to that year. when five petitions, with assets of $4.145 and liabilities of $14,454, were recorded In Connecticut.
 Building permits granted in the ci- ties of New Haven Bridgeport, Hart ford, Waterbury and Stamford last week numbered 54, for buildings cost ing $22s,045. The figures for the like week of last year show GA permits for buildings costing $297, ,445, and in 1912, 54 permits for buildings costing $1S9, : 012.
 Very few important contracts were awarded last week. the largest being for the new building for the Crittenton Home in New Haven, which will cost about $f50,0O and for a. new school house in East Hartford costing over $60, GOO. Other contracts let include public garage in Bristol; residence work fin Hartford. New Haven and Bridgeport; changes to business block in New Haven, and a number of frame houses in various parts of the State
 New work for which plans are be- ing prepared include moving picture and business block in New Haven three tore and apartment buildings in Bridgeport; factory additions in Bridgeport; store and apartment building in Stamford; frame tenement buildings in New Haven and New Bri- tain; one and two-family houses in New Haven. New Britain, Hartford Bridgeport and Waterbury; residence work in New Haven and Waterbury and few smaller contracts in sew eral cities of the State.
 Norwich had nine sales of real es- tate last week to 13 a year ago, the loans for the two weeks being $32,050 and $S,S00.
 In New London there were three realty sales last week to seven a wear ago while the mortgages were SfO.77E and $1s.600 for the respective weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03

that will lay well up to three years old, but very, very few of them are worth much for laying after that age it attained
 The ideal winter laying hen is a two-year-old. All -year-oid hens should be well over the mott and ready to lay in October They will start with renewed vigor and with ev- cry natural advantage in their favor. They win lay the fullest sized eggs with regularity and of maximum numbers through the winter. Many bullets are very disappointing in com meneing to lay in winter. Their age is not much of a guide. A very reli- able indication of good layers is wher they begin egg production at about seven months old; and when sub stantial bullet begins to lay in Novem- Der, she is almost sure to render 2 good account of herself before tho winter is over. Every one lookint for winter egs should make it hi business in say September, to selec1 capable layers and give them everl attention consistent with abundan egg production.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
To Put On Flesh
 And Increase Weight
A PhYsieian,s Advies

2 Most thin people eat from four to six pounds of good solid fat-making food every day and still do not increase in weight one ounce, while on the other hand many of the plump, chunky folks eat very lightly and keep gaining all the time It's all boSh to say that this is the nature of the individual It tsnt Naure's way at all.
 Thin folks stay thin because tnetf powers of assimilation are defective They absorb just enough of the food they eat to matntain life and a sem blance of health and strength Stufflng won't make them gain single stay there" pound All the fet-produclng clements of their food just stay in the intestines until they pass from the body as waste. What such people need is something that will prepare these fatty food clements so that their blood can absorb them and deposit them ell about the body-Somethiug, too, that will multiply their red blood corpuscles and increase their blood's carrying p For such a condition I always recon- mend eating a SargoI tablet with every meal Sare0l is not, as some believe, a patented drug, but is scfentffic com bination of six Of the most-enf ective and powerful flesh building elements known to chemfstry. 1e is absolutely harmless yet wonderfully effective, and a single tablet eaten with each meal often has the effect Of increasing the weight Of thin man or woman from three to i've pounds a week. Sargol Is sold by Lee & Osgood and other good drugEist1 1v- eryWhere on a positive guarantee of weight Increase or money back.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
EASY MONEY IN SHEEP.
Every Farmer With Forty Acres
 Should Have Some


 Keep all the sheep your spare pas ture will support, writes D. A. Mc- Comb in Farm and Preside. And nook, fence corner, and brier thicket where no other stock will do any good. Sheep can be relied on not only to help clean up the farm but to gather up young weeds, briers, fence-corner grass, and missiles and actually turn them Into your bank account CT your pocketbook. And when I say this, I am speaking from real experience. On our farm we have 35 ewes We aI- ways winter that many. Then we keep a thoroughbred buck. We breed so that our lambs come in March.
 "A year ago last fall our sheep money was $206. This we could al- most call clear gain at least it was almost sef-made money; made while we slept and while we were busy doing other work on the farm.
 Later in the season when we thought the market suited us we had 35 nice lambs to sell. The money we which would otherwise have gone to waste, and it was made almost with out any effort or cost on our part. Then the ewes and ram, in the wool crop, will just about even up with you every year for their keeping So we have come to call the sheep money the easiest clear money on the farm.
 Every farmer with forty acres or more should always have some sheep. Go at 1t according to the capacity of your fence corners and other little hooks and places of nipping for keep ing them without special feeding"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
MOOSE HOME READY JANUARY |
But Few Changes Will be Made by New Tenants at Kes Sunlight Building Rented Before Roof Was On-New Bungalows to be Built.

If present plans are carried out successfully Rose of New England lodge No. 50, L. o. o. M. will have a new home ready for occupancy about Tuesday, the lodge took over what is known as the George W. Kies pro- perty at No. 10 Laurel Hill, leasing 1t for a year from the Norwich Improve ment company. a new corporation re- gently incorporated under the state laws. The property is located on a slight rise of ground just to the south of the Laurel Hill bridge and on the left hand side of the road. The me view of the river afforded by it's loca- ton makes the property an ideal place for the Moose home. The building it. self is in excellent repair, contains IS rooms, and is three stories in height But little alteringAwill have to be done before the building will be ready for it's new tenants. Present plans call for the removal of the partitions on the top floor thus turning that floor into large hall to be used for social gatherings, and the like It is also planned to remove the stairway 1ead- ing from the second to the third floor and to build a new enclosed stairway at the rear and outside the building. There will be an entrance to the third floor at one corner of the hall.
 The secretarys office will probably be located on the second floor where will also be the other lodge rooms. The parlors on the first floor are to be turned into reception rooms The house which Is about 70x30 will pro- vide ample acomodations for the local Moose.
 Exterior Practically Done.
 All the frame work used as staging at the new Thayer block on Franklin square has been removed within the past few days and the building is rapidly assuming a finished appear ance. The metal cornices are prac- tically installed although there yet remains one section to be placed. This section which will contain the name Thayer Building, has not yet ar rived. The letters are to be of gold and will add greatly to the appearance of the front of the building. The 'ce- ment walks have been laid on both Franklin and Bath streets and will soon be ready for use. Work on the interior is being rushed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

undergone a desired amount of aIco- hoIic Fermentation. For each gallon of cider disolve one eighth to one-uuar- ter ounce of calcium sulphite or sul- phite Of 1tmes in one quart of the cider 10 be preserved; add this solution to three quarts of cider. making one gall Ion in all, and mix thoroughly in the Jug or cask. Allow it to stand for several days, when it will be ready to bottle is it so desired. The calcium sulphite can be obtained from the lo- cal drug store for about 60 cents per pound, or five cents the ounce Often little cinnamon, wintergreen or sas- sa1ras IS added to the bottled cider to give 1t a spicy flavor which is more pleasing to the taste. A pinch of balx- ing soda added at the moment of in- serting the stopper helps to neutraIize the acid and render the beverage eff Iervescent when 1t is unstopped If this is done it will be necessarv to lie in the cork
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
EGG LAYING CONTEST
 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR
Experimental station,s Sour Milk Pen Leaders for the Week at Storrs

Pen Leaders for the Week at Storrs
 The production for the fourth week Of the laying contest was 132 eggs bet ter than the preceding week and rela- lively 311 eggs better than for the corresponding week last year. the hens having yielded in this period l. IT eggs. The Storrs Experimental stations sour milk pen of Leghorns stood first with a production of 42 eggs. The English pen of White Wv andottes owned by Ed Cam of Hogh . ton were second with 39 eggs. and f11ilv1ew Poultry farms Rhode Island Eeds rom St. AIbans. Vt, were a close third with 3S Windsweep farms White Leghorns from Bedding Ridge Conn, laid S5 eggs for the week and an English pen of Black Leghorns owned by Jonathan Collinson of Gar stang followed closely with 34 eggs to their credit. It will be remembered that the Experiment stations ssour milk pen in the contest last year in ished within five eggs Of first place 1t is interesting to note therefore that the sour milk birds in the present contest are now 57 eggs ahead of the record for the same period last wear, Seventeen pens including Barred Rocks, White Wyandottes Rhode Ts- land Reds, White Leghorns and Black Leghorns yielded 30 per cent or bet IOT AOE l1I0 W0GtAy LuG I0dQlng pen O. ing up as high as 50 per cent
 The colds which appeared among some of the birds soon after the con- test started and which were due no doubt to change of climate and to possible exposure in transit, are now much less general and also less se- were. One of the chief remedies em- ployed by the management of the con- test has been @ sort of a chloroform lfniment made up of one part chloro- form and three parts cotton seed oil Whenever there was any rattling or difficulty in breathing, the birds throat was swabbed out with this liniment in much the same way as a ch1ld's throat would be swabbed for diphtheria. In addition to this, lit- tie of this lininnent was applied by means of absorbent cotton to the nos- trils- The hens should be induced to fnnale just a little of the liIlmens, thus rendering 1t more effective
 The awards for the month of No vember have been announced as fol- won by Windsweep farm, Redding Ridge, Conn, whose White Leghcrns produced IFS eggs during the month Second prize was won by Ed Cam, Hoghton. England. with White Wyan- dottes that laid 166 eggs Third prize was won by Merritt M. Clarks White LeghOrns, Brookfield Center, Conn, with production of 128 eggs for the first month of the contest.
 Of the 1000 hens in the contest the following six did the best individual work for the first month:
 R. I. Red, No. AZ, Attlebcro. Mass. 2S eggs; White Leghorn, 59s, Storrs, Conn, 25 eggs; R. I. Red. 420, Bridge ton, R. [. 24 eggs: White L,eghcrn. R. I. Red. 261. St. Albans, Vt, a eggs: White Wyandotte. 142, Hoghton, Eng, 22 eggs.
 The ten leading pens to date are as follows: Windsween farm. Redding
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
KEEPING CIDER SWEET.
Prof. sackett eives some Enforma4fon
 on Subject.

The question has been raised fn many parts of the country how best to preserve sweet cider. Prof. Sackett of the Colorado Experiment Station has the following to say in Better Fruit:
 'tMany people desire convenient. eff- cient and yet inexpensive method for preserving sweet cider. Mustard and horse radish have been employed to this end for years. with varying de- greeS of success, but there is nothing which commends itself more highly for this particular purpose than call cium sulphite. This must not be con- fused with calcium sulpaa&e or gyp- sum. The cider can be preserved eith- CT in a fresh, sweet condition, just as it comes from the press, or after it has
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
Roofed In.


 Marked progres is being made atsthe new Sunlight building on Franklin street. The roof has been covered in and is now being tared. The parti- tions are being erected for the stores and lathens are at work.
 A new record has been established by the Sunlight building as the en- tire building was rented before even the roof was on. The owners receiv- ed total of 24 applications for space, but they were only able to satisfy five of the applicants including the local Knights of Columbus who have rent ed the upper floors in its entirety It all ready for occupancy sometime in January.
 Foundation NearIys1n.
 The excavating for the new resi- dence that Henry G. Peck is having erected on Sachem street is now done and the laying Of the foundation is about completed.
 Two New Bungalows. . Two fine bungalow type residences are to be erected on lots on what was formerly know as the Slater property on Broad street. by William w. Beck with, who has purchased two lots, Nos. 1S and 15. from George W. Car roll. One of the houses will be To- cated opposite the residence of Jos- eph Hall and the other next to the corner of Broad and Cedar streets The foundation has been started for one of the houses and the other foun- dation will be commenced soon, The residences will be of eight or nine rooms each. will have hard wood floors and will be finished in cedar, mahog- any or rosewood. The upper part of the houses will probably be finished in flat white. All modern conveniences will be installed and the houses will be of attractive design. MT Beck with will supervise the building per sonally.
 New Piazza.
 A new piazza is being built in front of the house at No. F Lafayette street owned by the Falls company to replace the old piazza which has outlived it's usefulness.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
BUILDING ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT
MsDplErowM

B1znR Agg1goni bas started work s1un alterations to his block on Main street, which will be arranged for 9 hotel A new elevator will be install
 ,. J. Cooney fs making alterations in fhe upper floors of the McDonough Hlock a& the corner of Main and Court @areet@.
 IAnuG Baldwin has tho contract for Ghe erection of concrete ice house at fImng Effll for Richard Davis. Donald Mckenzie is building q 3Azne addition on Mrs. Sanders house kAt %aEm Hlll.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
WINTER LAYING.
To Insure It There Must be Appropri-
 ate Feeding and Housing.

. The appropriate feeding and hous-
 ing of hens for winter laying are mat ters which must have constant atten- ton from all desirous of securing good
 egg supplies at this season For winter laying the hens must be spec ially fitted, as no amount of good treatment will keep the egg baskets going fully in the short days. One of the worst classes to depend on are the over-oId hens; too young bullets are nearly as unreliable. Those who know them individually pick out hens
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
ELINGToN.

AZ F1te meeting of the building com kRn1ttee for the proposed town hall several architects appeared before the i, committee and submitted preliminary sketches, which were taken under con- Esideration. The committee consists of lG. H. Lynch. William Pinney. Lucius
 lAborn, Howard Mcknight, John Lenz,
 1 A. .lington Kibbes Samuel Rosenberg
 William Kibbe and J. D. Tuttle.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
TYPICAL LETTER OF REQUEST
 FOR RELIEF FROM BELGIUM.
In Dendermonde 12oo Houses Have
 Been Destroyed.

London Dec. 2, 6:s7 p. m.-Herbert Clark Hoover. chairman of the Amer ican Relief Committee, received to- day from the municipal authorities of Dendermonde letter which is typical of requests for relief which come to the committee daily from Bel giurn. In this letter it is said that 1900 houses in Dendermonde have been destroyed and that the population of our city has been reduced from 10000 to 4,000. All of those who re- main belong to the working class and as they have no means of obtaining employment they are absolutely des- titute. .
 we have nothing here" says the letter. "Our greatest needs are for food. beds, clothing and coal"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
NEW LONDON

AGasons have begun laying up stone l!HUr the north wal of the proposed Ma lsortc building on Union street There Sfrcna the lot before work can be com funenced on the walls on the other side Enf inc building.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
AccuMuLArED MANURE.
Now Is the Time to Spread it--Hesvy
 Loss by Leaving 1t in Piles

Now is the time to spread the ac- cumulated pile of stable manure which is standing under the caves or else where. Heavy losses are likely to oc- cur where such piles exist. The total amount of plant food that is soluble in water in horse manure is 5S per cent. and for cattle manure 52 per cent. This soluble part is likely to be lost if rains continue to drain through the pile. While in the piles heating takes place and thus fermen- tation goes on. which Iberates the nitrogen and further lessens the weight and the volume. Frequent ap- plication of the manure should be made, thus conserving the 50 per cent. which is likely to be lost if left under the caves.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
OPPOSE MOVEMENT TO
 BRING 7ELeIANs TO IOWA,
It Was Planned to Have 100000 Come
 After the War.

Ames, Iowa, Dec. 2.7The opposition tothe proposed movement to bring 100, 900 BeIgians to Iowa after the war, organized for a determined fight on the project at the Greater Iowa Yon- vention session this afternoon.
 The Des Moines trade and labor as- sembly is opposed to the coming of aliens, and Mayor Hanna of Des Moines. is here to use his influence against the plan
 W. W. Marsh, of Waterloo, president of the Iowa Association to the Belgian movement as an explosive subject"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
Political Gossip


 Candidates are busffy at work in be- half of the two places on the board of county commissioners which mus; be filled this year. Commissioners Smith and Brown are seeking an en- dorsement of their services by a re- turn ito the board while others who are understood to be desirous of hold ing those positions are Lewis R. Church, J. H. Henderso, A. G. Crowell and the name of G. L. Hewitt has al- so been heard for the place which he formerly held.
 The many friends of George W. Rouse are interested in his candidacy for the appointment as doorkeeper of tine senate, and it is, rumored that w. A. ChappeII is seeking a place as 1oorkeeper of the house.
 It is reported that Stephen H. Reeves for number of years in charge of the free employment bureau here is a candidate for the labor commission ership.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
PORTLAND.

The new bungalow being erected in lPortIand for Edward C. Camp Is now
 ready to finish. Linus Baldwin is the contractor and 2acon .G3rcs have the, plImbing and heating.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03

James E. McGann of New Haven. MT: Forster is said to have the backing of Congressman Bryan F. Mahan. The selection will be made by the demo- cratic representatives when they go to Washington next week, providing they are able to agree.-Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL co.

All of the interest represented appear to think the matter will be the big opic of the convention.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03

George Forster, recently defeated for sherfR of Holland county, in which position he is now serving, and former chairman of the demo cratic state central committee, is said to be a candidate for the ap- pointment as United States marshal to succeed Sidney D. Hawley. Other candidates for this place, which pays 92.5e0 (although there is a bill before congress increasing it to $3,5ee), are Constable James Ran dolph Graham of this city: and
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
lHuiLDtNo OPERATIONS
 IN NEW. ENGLAND.

The statistics of Building and En- gfueerfng operations in New England as complied by The F. W. Dodge Com rRaWtr1 RrT1nxxE3
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03

Republicans, who were elected to serve in the state senate next year, will meet at the Hartford club on Fri day. Dec II, to get acquainted and to lay plans for the coming legislative session. Senator Cheney of Hartford has sent out the invitations for the gathering. It is believed that Senator Evarts of Milford will be president rr1 tenn of the senate.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03

High Sheriff c. c. MidIIebroogs of Litchheld County took the first step towards contesting the elecion of Frank H. Turkingon of East Morris the republican nominee for the Shrie- valty
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
Ordered to Arrest Young BeIgians.

London, Dec. 2, 7:25 D. mt is re- ported by the American correspondent of the exchange telegraph company that Major General Keim, German military governor of the Geigian pro vince of Limberg. has ordered the ar rest of all young BeIgians in that dis trict who are liable for military ser vice in the army class if 1915. lis action it is said. is to be extended throughout Belgium
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03

IYLUMRlNG AND STEAM FITTING