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Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24
is then eaIlasted with broken stone

is then ballasted with broken stone until it Is submerged
 The protection of Slough Landing Neck consists Of a stone and willow mat covering the stopping sides and bottom of the Mississippi River for a width of z5O feet and a length of 5000 feet up and down stream It was built at a total cost of about st75, 900 and involves about 2s,600 cubic yards of stone and Ia,0oe cords of wdllow brush. It was built In full width sec tions about 1 900 feet long, secured at the upper end and floating until the weaving was completed. It was bal lasted and sunk at an average. rate of about 100 feet per day by a force of 200 men operating a se50.ooo plant. Engineering Record
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24
Summer Advertising

Sales naturally go down in summer time because cheaper things are used and there are fewer wants to be satisfied.
 But wise storekeepers realize they can utilize the warm weath- CT to build business.
 A customer who has a small summer need we'll satisfied is apt to remember 1t and return later when desires are more im- portant.
 Tn to date merchants go after business in a definite, az gressive way in the dull months"
 Evidence of this progressive spirit will be found in the ad- yerttsing in today's Bulletin.
 The men whose names are printed there want business and they intend to make their ad- yertising pay by suppIementiHg it with good service.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24
FRECKLES
Don't Hide Them With Veil; Remove Then, With The Othine Prescription

This prescription for the removal of freckles was written by a prominent physician and is usually so successful in removing freekles and giving a clear. beautiful complexion that it is sold by druggists under guarantee to refund the money if it fails
 Don't hide your freckles under a veil; get an ounce of othine and re- move them Even the first few appli- cations should show a wonderful inn vanishing entirely.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength othine; 1t is this that is sold on the money back guarantee
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

If the British EmRire can escape from this Hindu camping on the Can aaian doorstep, by setting it down to 2 family squabble which will adjust itself, it will have cause to eenggat- tllate itself
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

Surprise Is expressed that the sec retary of state should declare for votes for women when the president has said it should be left to the party, e1t it must be remembered that plat form material is furnished and is put together by MT. Bryan
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

The appearance of the army worms in this county leads to the impress sion that they may be looking fer the nutritious navy beans
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

It is fortunate thing for the state secretary that he isn't concern ed in many of the automobile aeci- dents about Connecticut. One hear ing of the kind just closed Is enough.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

Even though the backbone of the Haitian revolt is broken. the spinal eolumn of the government itself is going t0 reauife some rugged aste- opathic treatment before 1t gets prop- erly strengthened ont.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24
A uaaIass Proeedure

But what good would it do Congress to bring John Lind before it. anyway? !? It is pretty generally understood that the man can't lk-Philadelphia In- quirer.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

The man on the corner says: Pee- ple must be seeking other forms of entertainment when statistics show that lynching bees are decreasing.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

Frost has been reported in north ern Vermont. but that is what the New Haven stockholders are getting as regular thing.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

Speaking of bosses the New York situation discloses that it isn't so much the question of bosses as it is which boss.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

Sympathize with the fellow who eeenomized on his smoking to meet his vacation expenses, only to And aut on his return that the cellar lights had been burning for two weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

There is little hope of any decrease in the canoeing accidents and fataIi- ties. A Maine canoe factory is in- creasing Its plant and output.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

With an increase of seventeen per cent. in the wheat production this year it is to be hoped that it isn't used as fuel rather than submitting to drop in price.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

Some women who are figuring prem iHeHtly in murder cases seem te have taken the quite necessary preeaution to have lot of good photographs ready
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24
Lsarnina some.hina Every bay.

s If the President keeps on hearing from business men there may be a hope that he will know something about business after q while Phila- delphia Press
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

It is safe to say that the banking institution which reaches the century mark is not follower of wildcat financing schemes
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24
OTHER VIEW POINTS


 When you read about charity boards at this season of the year, and go around with money in your hand and beg people to work, 1t causes that feeling so well known to a large per centage of the thrifty people of the land.-Middletowp Press.
 The government proposes to stop the publication of the board of trade quo tations on butter and eggs. on the ground that 1t is means of boosting prices It should do so on the better ground that publishing the prices of butter and eggs tends to incite riot Waterbury Republican
 If there is a director or past off, cial of the New Haven road who has not been honest in his trust out upon him and give him no quarter ex cept that which is his by decree Of justice that hews to the line, but let us all reserve our Judgments until we have heard from both sides.-New Haven Times-Leader.
 There are mighty few towns in the State where the State police could not make as relatively a good show ing as they did in Meriden. And the curious thing is that these raids do hot necessarily reflect on local off, cials. By virtue of being strangers the State officials usually have a dis tinct advantage over the resident po- lice when it comes to enforcement of liquor laws, and those laws might easily keep the State men busy every year There is plenty for them to do. Bristol Press.
 Nature never intended that a bath ing beach should be paved with banana skins that have outlived their useful ness, discarded peanut shells, crusts of bread that proved too dry for pic nic consumption, newspapers and plain papers, sardine cans, boxes that will never smile again with the luncheon that is past-and others endless des- criptions of trash. Nature intended that a bathing beach should be just plain sand. with now and then shell
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24
whv Not aas.bsu umpir.,

With the passing of the dime muse nm barker George Fred Williams seems at a loss to find an adequate outlet for his talents.-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

pIete an electric current through their bodies and thus become their own ex- ecutioneFs
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Strikes never were satisfying for a crowd of baseball fans.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24
Have The Bulletin Follow You

Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have it follow them daily and thus keep in touch with home affairs. Order through The Bulletin business office.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-24

s35 San Pedro St., Trinidad, Colo, who is cured of various digestive troubles after all the doctors that she knew had failed. A bottle can be ob- tained of any druggist at fifty cents or one dollar. the latter size being for family use. Results as claimed are guaranteed or your money will be refunded, This grand remedy is the safeguard of health in thousands of good American families.
 Families wishing to try a free sam ple bottle eaH obtain 1t. Rsstpsid, by addressing Hr. w, R. Caldwell, 4l9 WashinEten St, Monticello, III.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

Danbury barbers are discussing the Sunday closing movement. In their opinion, all men could be shaved Sat urday night if they wished, and thus give the barbers Sunday for them selves.
 Thomas Condley was fined $35 and costs and sent to jail for six months by Judge Kane this morning. He was charged with assaulting Phoebe defended him and he appealed under $500 bonds.
 Col. F1tzg1bbons and his assistant John Hope, are kept busy getting the isolation and smallpox hospitals at mediate use. The number of conta- gious diseases is somewhat larger than usual, especially so with diph- theria.
 The Bridgeport Liquor Dealers as- sociation met at Madison Hall yester- day afternoon. and for several hours discussed the license question. Disap- pointment and anger were expressed at the action of the County commis- sioners in refusing to reduce the I- cense fee and it was voted to petition the commissioners to reconsider.
 T. J. Murphy of the local associa- ton, is quoted as saying: .sIt is all wrong to say that any large number of liquor dealers in Bridgeport want l to see a high license law passed. If they were sure that they would get | Ithe license they might. but they don,t know which way the plums are going to fall. High license don't work any way. It occasions too many un-H- l censed grogeries- It did in Spring l field, Mass, where came from and l it will here. It makes a monopoly I of business. I believe in giving every i body a chance" On the other hand 4 it is doubtful if any other thing done by the commissioners has received such unanimous endorsement as their refusal to lower the license. On all sides they are receiving words o1 l cemrnendation, even many uquo1 l dealers speaking approving1y. The I commissioners mean to see that the
 law is obeyed to the letter. The fol 1 lowing was received at the Farmer 4 office to-day:
 i To the Farmer:-In an interview ir J the Union I am represented as say I ing that the Liquor Dealers associa. I tion voted to leave nothing undone Ito have the license fee of $4oo re #I duced in this city: also that a peH I ton similar to the one presented te 1 yesterday would be presented to then
 by the local association I have beer
 rnisquofed. The association has nev
 sr taken such action and know moth
 Ing or a petition to be presented tt
 them In reference to the state
 ments made by the State street deal
 CT, wish to say that they are false
 hoods I think they must have bee1 made by some one who probably get
 to a meeting of the Liquor Dealers as
 sociation once a year and then know
 it a1l."-T. J. Murphy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
Bridgeport As 1t Was
 10O-5O-2O YEARS AGO. CTaken From The Files of The Bridgeport Farmer)
10O-5O-2O YEARS AGO.

Union gunboats and transports on the Tennessee River, near Johnsvi1le. Four gunboats, fourteen steamers, and thir~ ty barges are claimed to have been burned up, consuming an immense amount of valuable stores. As he claims the burning of immense ware- houses at louisville, we may doubt his story. as we still hold Johnsville, and but little, if any army supplies have been destroyed there.
 Our readers will bear in mind the fact that Campbell & Castles English Hall, tomorrow night, in Balfess beautiful opera 'sThe Bohemian Girl" :"
 Somebody who knows says that when two or more women approach- ing you on a narrow walk, fall be- hind one another to let you pass, you may be sure they are ladies of un- common politeness and considerable lon. The usual course pursued by women is to charge all abreast, sweeping every body into the mud.
 The failure of the 27th' says the N. Y. News, was one of the greatest victories and successes we read about tomac continues to be the graveyard of Federal Generals.
 %s4ss
 information from Spottsylvania and Stafford Counties, Va, shows that the rebel conscripting officers are fsecur- l ing the country in all directions, and every man under sixty and boys over fifteen are impressed into the rebel
 service. 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
DOCTORS SAID INCURABLE AND GAVE THREE MONTHS
 TO LIVE CURED MRS. H. L. MILES, Potter Hill, Post Office. Box 55,
 Rhode Island

For some years I suffered continually without being able to get any relief, although went to many doctors kept getting worse all the time and at as doctors mt that was suffer- ing wit that there was no for me. weak and sicxly. that they told could live three (s) months. people me to the x-Ray Experts they dAd not believe that | could stand exertion the trip they took me there in an automobile and. carried up stairs for I was unable walk. They firmly believed that they would have to take ne home dead, and only took me Experts please they thought had oniya short time to live anyway. was truly had to rest over an hour before could tell the iaed to help if possible and placed me under treatment for month trial At the end of the month I was he end of three rnonflas was entirely we'll and I am perfectly well today I lived Potter Hill R. T. all my fife, and all my neighbors friends know that writing at Potter Hill, Westerly, R. l., Post Office Box, Number 55.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
poqs Far praft Werk.

The use of dogs for draft work was prohibited in London in 1889, but re- mained legal in the provinces for an- other affeen years Sir Walter GIL bey, in his sRecollections of Seventy Yeaks, notes as a feature of his boy hood at Bishop Stortford the numbers o6 dog carriages and carts on the Essex lanes and highroads "Au sorts and conditions of men used dog car Eaa&es, from small tradesnen to poorer people who could not afford a pony Dog draft was abolished because eeEtain people ag1tated against it as GEstea, but think that generally the dogs were neither III treated nor over Woeked. There are probably many peo- pie living who can remember when the tuaging propensity of the dog was utilized in England. Workingnen had fhefr sdogcarts' in which they made Sunday and hol4day excursions. The dogs employed were, as q rule, heavy hasE hEed ball mastffrs with touch of the Iurcher in them. They thought nn&hlng of dEa wing their masters fifty CT sixty miles in a day.-London Sphere
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
&@&aA
 THE DISPATCHES We this day commence publishi

-gestions for a window box:
 Begonias are one of the most att tractive plants that may be used for an Indoor box Both towering and non-hoWering varieties will give sat- isfaction; in fact. the towering varie-. ty is one of the few plants that will blossom indoors without special cu1- tivati ion. The begonia is not very particular in it's Requirements and will flourish with ordinary care.
 Small ferns obtained from a. for ist will flourish. These are particu- larly adapted to house culture, as they do not require direct sunlight (Care of ferns will be described in greater detail in a subsequent artfcIe)
 Even more hardy than ferns is the foliage plant known as the aspidistra This adaptable plant-groWth will stand a measure of neglect. drought, and dust and still thrive It does not require direct sunlight Geraniums may also be used as fo- hage plants. though they must not be expected to blossom in the window box.
 Wentworth ivy may be. planted along the edge It will grow nicely from seed
 smilax may be grown from the back of the box and trained up about the window to give the effect of an at tractive bower.
 The inexperienced grower of plants Indoors cannot expect to do we'll with l roses. These plants are most exact- ing. and not only will they probably fail to, flower, but also their foHage may be affected by nildew, blight, etc. | The ordinary fndividuad who desires
 other varieties Of growing dowers
 may supplement his window box with towering potted plants brought in from outside, including bulbs raised as described in a previous article of this series These will probably I I<GA1n f f4 4@1v H.1 only. People who are fond of D1antr will, of course, obtain better results
 with blooming varieties after many trials. Some have dealt with very difficult problems. which they have , solved successfully. but the present Isuggestions are meant for the novice
 as well as the more experienced grow
 CT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
THE INDOOR WINDOW BOX

Washington, Nov. 1S.- Indoor win dow boxes, properly planned and ten- ded will afford much pleasure and sat- isfaction to the housewife who misses her out-of-door garden during the winter months. It is a mistaken no- ton that plants when kept in living rooms use up certain elements of the air in such quantities as to make it unhealthfu for individuals using the room It is much harder on plants to be in a room with people than for people to be in a room with growing plants. Plants indeed use a great deal of air but use such a small DOT portion that the effect of the plant in the room is negligible if the room is ventilated. This also holds good for cut flowers or plants in a sick room. although the odor of some flowers may be depressing to the patient, and bad for that reason.
 A good depth for an indoor window box is about 12 inches. The bottom of the box should be covered with stones and broken pottery to give drainage and this should be covered by layer of moss to prevent the soil above from working down through the stones. l drainage and moss should take up about three inches The greater the body Of soil above the moss the more The soil should come to within. an inch and a haf or two inches of the Itop of the box.
 The indoor window box should be made to fit into the window. To get as much light as possible 1t should be level with the window. it may be fast ened with brackets or placed on 9 table or have legs made for 1t. There l.shou1d be a drip pan beneath tc keep water from soiling the floor. The
 box may rest directly above the driT pan on legs half an inch to an incl nj icr77 fI1a I10x he 1feS-- ierTa1
 with the exception of a hole at ont
 end. to let out the water.
 The top of the soil should be allowed
 to become quite dry once in 9 wfaiIe
 The result Of watering will teach the
 owner to regulate the supply. Boxes
 may need watering suns11iny weather
 (especiaIly toward springl every day
 or at least every other day, in cloudy.
 mid winter weather not more thar
 once a week. As rule 1t is better t Fl water lightly and frequently thar heavily and infrequently. The special
 ists of the U. S. Department of AgTi culture advises this, although just tn
 reverse is considered best when wat
 ering is done out-of-doors in the sum = mer.
 :. Foliage Not Flowers for Window Box A large proportion of the plants il a. window box should be of the sam, : general character if the growth is t. lbe successful. Plants of differen [ character need different treatment. I is very difficult to raise f1owerins
 plants In a window box with the ex < ception of begonias. Ordinary flow
 ering plants are very exacting ant will not find enough light in the or dinary living room, even thougl F placed near the window, althougI
 they may do well in a conservatory . The main object of an indoor window , box is to furnish the fresh appear ance of growing green leaves rathe ? than to raise flowers indoors.
 The Department of Agriculture' specialist makes the following sug
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18

fell upon ss.l --sss .Icraps, of colored silk that his wife had been using for patchwork These gay colors had a peculiar attraction for wearied optics. On resuming his work after gazing at them for several minutes he found them quite fresh After several ex- periments he surrounded his inkstand with brilliantly eolored striped silk ma terial that his eyes must rest on every time he dips his pen into the ink This brings instant relief.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
Climax Of a G;ddv whirI.

We'll unused six-year-oId Harry as he was buttoned into clean white suit, -this has been an exciting week. hasn't it. mother? Monday we went to the zoo. Wednesday 1 lost tooth, Thursday was LiIy's birthday party, Friday was sick yesterday I had nay hair cut, and now here I am rushing of to Sunday olt'-Lippfncot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
Dear. Innocent ThinaI

Hubby (while dressing}- }-That com founded trial balance was running in my head all night. Wifey-John, you must tell the manager, and maybe he will give you extra pay for working overtime. Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
Keep Awav Fron, Then,,

The world is full of vice and tempta, ton and pitfalls, as the pessimists say, but somehow or other none of these things really bother the man who has made up his mind to be decent and sue ceed-Detroit Free Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
Do Ysu Suffer From Tired Ryes7

Oa YoN SU1fsr From ! rod Eyee7@
 M you suffer from tired eyes-and who does not at times 7-you may be glad to try French authors acciden- tally discovered remedy It is a simple method of restoring the vision to fresh- neas One night when engaged in writing an article his eyes gave out be1ere he cou1d finish and he was compelled to stop So, turning from hls unfinished nanuscrtp, his eyes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Rumor is prevalent about town to- day that Sherman has reached Ma con, Ga
 The rebel newspapers contain For rests report of the destruction. of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
"sTAL-AT-HobdE" sUFFERERs OF HAY FEVER AND ASTHMA GET A BOTTLE OF TO-
 LEY,S HONEY aAs0
TAR COMPOUNn

Restful sleeps relier ana comfort from choking. gasping asthma and tormentng hay fever for those who take Foley,s Honey and Tar. It spreads a healing soothing coating as it glides down raw tickling throaf
 and stops irritating coughs and sum- mer colds. Hindle's Drug Store.-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
HGHLY "PORTANT.

E The following message was yester- day sent to both Houses of Congress, by the President of the United States The sentiments it excited in both Houses were purely national and al- most unanimous.-Naion IntelH- gencer.
 To the Senate and House of Repre- sentatfves of the United States.
 lay before Congress communities tons just received from the PIenipo- tentiaries of the United States, charg- ed with negotiating peace with Great Britain; showing the conditions on which alone that government is w1ll- ing to put an end to the war.
 The instructions to those p1enipo- tentiaries, disclosing the grounds. on which they were authorized to nego- tiate and conclude a treaty of peace, will be the subject of another cons munication.
 JAMES MADISON, Ye President of ye United States of
 America
 washington. Oct. 10. 1914.
 Broke into the enclosure of the subscriber, in the month of Septem- Der last, a dark brown BULL: two years old; has no ear mark. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges and take ye BULL away. EBENEzER COLEY. Ee town of Weston. Oct 6, 1s14- s&as& THE DISPATCHES We this day commence publishing l ye documents of our Ministers at Ghent. It will be seen that Great Britain demands great part Of Ohio and Massachusetts, aand the entire abandonment of the Great Lakes !I ! Many articles intended for ye paper l this day are unavoidably omitted.
 U.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18

Charles W, Pickering. Jr.. mem Der widely known in PhiladeIphi hia banking circles, died of heart disease while at breakfast at his home. He was assistant trust officer at the United Security Life Insurance & Trust Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18

A $35, 1000 fire destroyed the buf1o- ing of Elisra. Wells & Go, of Phtla.- delphias manufacturers of marine en- zines. The fire was set by burglars who were unable to crack the office safe.