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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

have watched tho mon who tIunder
bofch things up with saw or spade.
and I blessed The living wonder who
haf really learned bic trade N I
bad hundred nieCee. . would say to
hrm Ny lears. f YOU wish 10 save
thr pieces. o. you journey down tho
year.. you VIII learn some stunt and
Do DO better than al other maids.
locate knovlod and pursue It mf
you're perfect m your trades. String
iug beans 3r pairing apples darninE
Eocke or akimmlng milk. Winding
clocks or ecubTnr chapels Dot vouf
work Do fine as sIk
,orEs matfhos Adamsg
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11
UNCLE WALT: Ripping Rhymes.
THE SKILLED WORKMAN

All admire the living wonder who's
an expert az bic trade. who be- quick
and skilled on thunder. with his jim.
my. brush or blade ] have watched
on earnest toiier. aa he mondr tho
pans and pots. pIta new handles ou
The boiler. solder up the Ioaky spots.
and he never wastes motion. every
move some purpose serves. and Do Is
balm and lotion 10 the soul 10 watch
hls curves Oh. we meet 20 many
TIMERS Who have only learned TO- TAN.
fhaf al sane and soulful thinker
wonder why they are not I'M jail 7
fcopyriEht. isi6. ~ (
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

IL is an appalling thought that
the Church should have had a
part m the crime of Calvary, and
yet II did. and that the chief part.
The Church is really the villain
of the plot.
What was the sin of the Church
that crucified Christ? Or, to put
IL another way. wha1 are tie
characteristics OF a perverted re-
ligiol? They are chiefly two
l. The ecclesiastical mind.
z. The ecclesiastical conscience.
The ecclesiastical mind Is Z
closed mind-and there is moth
ing Il resents so much as being
pried open to receive a new idea.
Its settled rule OF Judgment. ats
accepted test Of truth. is What
is new is never true and what Is
true IS never new" Philip Gilbert
Hammerton has aptly compared
the conventional process OF reli-
gious instruction and training to
the process of etching on glass.
The mind OF the pupil is first COW
cred with an impervious coat OF
pious prejudice. The pattern OF
the desired creed is then care
fully traced with the stylus of au-
thority: and then only II the mind
exposed to the sand-blast OF re-
ality and the acid test OF ex-
perience which cut along the ex-
posed lines only and the desired
creed is indelibly engraved upon
the mind.
The other characteristic of a
perverted religion Is the ecclesias-
teal conscience. IL is strikingly
Illustrated by one Good Friday
scene. A procession IL sweeping
through the streets of Jerusalem,
bound for the governors palace.
Who compose this processionY
They are the religious leaders cf
the people. the prominent divines,
the chief ecclesiastics. the digni-
taries and prelates OF the Church.
and he Sanhedrim. the chief re-
hgious legislative body of the ma
ton. II is as IL you rolled into
one. the Presbyterian General
Assembly. the Methodist General
Conference. the Episcopal General
Convention. the Roman Catholic
Hierarchy. and the House of Lords
with the whole Bench Of Bishops.
What is the business they have
in hand? They are intent on COM
hitting the greatest crime in his
tory. a crime at which the whole
world has shuddered ever since.
They would cruelty the Son OF
God. But at Pilates threshold
they stop. Why? All. they have
stumbled across a statute with a
penalty. canon OF the Church
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

moments regarding the relative quail
hcations Of Mr. Willard and Colo =
House. but for the present We shall
refrain. with the understanding thai
this inadequate analysis H. only pre.
urinary 20 recommendation tnaf
both swashbuckler and scholar be 70
tanned and that from this day forward
me appellations OF unofficial coun.
selors-in-intimate-fashion be pubIicIv
announced 70 continue during good BE-
havior and due obedience a. follow
Assistant President
Colonel Edward Makepeace House
second Assistant President
Oswald Garrison Willard
Scorer
Colonel Henry Watterson
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11
DID HIS DUTY.

ArTOunut
man was walking along the
street and saw a house on IRE Re
rushed across the way and rang the
bell. After some lime LADY. who
proved 20 BE- slightly deaf appeared
az the door
Madam. your house is o. Ere
What did you saw"
The man BEGAN dancing up and
down. He pointed above. II said
your house Is ahrc' PLANES bursting
out No time 10 lose"
What did you SAVE
House ahre' Quick"
The lady smiled rs that aIif" sho
said swcctlv.
We'll replied the man. hopeicssly, !,
that's an Z can think of just nov
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11
ION AeIN. GONE AolN. %

liarpcrs Unzar.
Tn Montana railway bridge had
been destroyed hy ere. and 10 was
necessary 20 replace d. The bridge
engineer and his stan we're ordered
ln haste 10 the place. Two DAYS
later came the superintendent of the
division. AlIghting from bic private
car. DC encountered tho old master
bridge builder
Bili said the experimentation and
me words quivorod with energy 81
want this job rushed Every hours
ceiay costs the company money Have
you got the engineers plans for the
new BRIDGE"
y don't know. said the bridge
builder, whether The engineer has
ne picture druwed yet or not. but
the bridge O. up and the trains o. pas.
Ein over g."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

was diligent in holding up the legiti-
mate trade OF this country and seeing
imaginary destinations for our food
cargoes, Germany would not have
had such an easy time in putting over
her schemes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

Those who have denied TO the Teuton
sense OF humor are confounded by
the indignant protests of the German
press against the violation by the allies
OF Greek neutrality In the landing OF an
army near Salonica. II il even declared
that all neutral countries should make
a firm protest against this outrage.
Shades OF Belgium. what a joke.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
BY S. w. STRAUS
Prsnasss huSrieas Ssasr fer TlIH

Il is a hard
{ h j N & for
m a ny people
TO realize that
thrift. among
other things,
means taking
care of the
pennies. The
h o n s E =
keeper has a
S p ! e n d j d
chance to ap-
ply the rules
of thrift and
5 a v c m a n Y
a . q - {, .
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

Several conventions have endorsed
"Our Presidents foreign policy" but no
body knows just what II Is going 20 be.
the next day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

The reason the train bandits did not
stop in Wheeling they knew IL would
have been impossible to resist our WELL
known hospitality,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

All Of the crowned heads at war are
related. which only goes to show that a
family fight is the worst kind OF a
scrap.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

90 course Germany viii blame o. all
on Russia
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

villa don't want recognition. All he o..
after D. Carranza's goat.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

so,far the ouakers have shown no su-
pertOrity over Boston Sultur
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

IL looks as n the war stock market
had also been oversubscribed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

Maybe Providence tempers the wind to
"A shorn lamb; but IL so. Providence is
going to have a big job. pretty soon. in
Wall street.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

VIII the Democrats hail the recogni-
ton OF Carranza as great diplomatic
victory7"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

Speaking OF "engagements'' Bryan has
enough on hand to last up to November
l.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

col House appears to be the Presl.
dents Handy Andy"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

Has anybody heard OF Bryan's con-
gratulAtions on the Presidents engage
ment7
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11

II Mr.. Foster had any assistance In
beating Philadelphia II was not noticea-
BILE.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11
WINTER HOSIERY

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Women's heavy fleeced Black
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Mems All-Wool Blue or Oxford
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-11
THE SIN OF THE CHURCH

MODERN Pharsees Who Scrupulou and pou
and Perverted
BY RI. REV CHARLES d. WILLIAMS
Protestant Bshop of Michiyan
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
SOUTH WELLINGTON
Miss Clara Hall Has Leading Role In School PIay-ProbabIe Call to Rev. Charles A. Packer.

H. H. Hall and son Holman, went to Wellesley, Mass, last Satur- day night to see the presentation of ''The Sleeping Beauty a drama in three acts, given by the pupils of Ten acre, young girls of 10 to 14 years of age. His daughter, Clara, played the leading part, The Princess
 Holland county had a second repre- sentative in the play in Harriet Mar well of Rockville, daughter of Col MarwelI.
 Candidate PIeases Church Society.
 Rev. Charles. A. Parker of Newcas- tie, N. H.. preached here again last Sunday and incidentally strengthened the good opinion already formed of him. A vote will be taken Dec. 18th on the question of extending a call to MT. Parker to become pastor. This seems to be somewhat of a formality Unnecessary of course) as there seems to be no dissenting voice.
 Next Sunday Rev. Leonard Smith of Mansfield will preach here.
 During the snowstorm electric lights and telephones were put out of com mission but automobiles kept run ming.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

spent the week end with her mother and brother on Columbia Green.
 Effects of Storm.
 It was snow all day Monday, rain Monday night, and snow again early Tuesday morning, making a heavy compact mixture which clung to trees and telephone wires. There was from 6 to 8 inches of this mixture, enough to insure good sleighing if conditions remain good. The tele- phone service was not badly demoral- ized, although ore pole was down on the green. No mail was received here Tuesday forenoon and Hartford and Norwich papers reached us on the p. m. mail. Rural Mail Carrier Lyman had but a small amount of mail to take out Tuesday morning, only what was received at the office st 4 p. m. Monday.
 Tuesday morning AIilk Carrier Ed wards took the milk to Willimantic on runners, for the first time this sea- son.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
COLUMBIA
Complaints That State Road Is Slip Pery-Church Society Formed-New Pastor Arrives at Parsonage.

Considerable complaint is made of the very slippery condition of the sec- tiOn of concrete road between Colum- bia and Willimantic, east of the WilIi- mantle river, on snowy or even fros- ty mornings. Many horses have fallen. Thursday morning of last week Mark Edwards, who carries milk for the producers here, to Willimantic was unable to get his load over this section of state road; his horses not being sharp shod were both down. He finally unhitched his team from the load, took them to wiIlimantic and had them sharp shod. But the milk was not shipped until the next morning.
 Played at Baltic.
 Lyman's four piece orchestra play ed at a dance and supper at Bolton last Saturday evening.
 Choral Society Organized.
 The Choral society held it's first meeting Thursday evening of last week. About forty, most of them young people were present. An or ganization was effected as follows: President Herbert P. Collins; vice president, Mrs J. A. Isham: secre- tary and treasurer, Horace P. Little; librarian. Herbert Woodward. One or two pieces were rehearsed. From present indications the Choral so- ciety under the able direction of it's promoter and instructor, Mrs E. E. Lyman. will prove a success, as well as enjoyable and beneficial.
 Water Supply Short.
 Wells and streams are quite low. ColuNbia lake is nearly eight feet below high water mark and last week the American Thread Co. ordered w. A. Lyman, gate keeper, to hoist the gate at the lake to supply the Willi- mantle mills with water
 New Pastor Arrives.
 AppreciatiIe resolutions were adopt ed at a recent meeting of Union Con- gregational Church and Parish so- ciety in Seekonk, Mass, upon the res ignatiOn of the pastor, Rev. T. Newton Owen, who was formerly the minister of the First Congregational church of Bristol, R. I.
 The Rev. Mir. Owen has accepted a call to be pastor of the Congrega- tiOnal church in Columbia. Rev. Mir Owen arrived here Thursday of last week as did also their househould goods, and are now settled at the parsonage. MT. Owen occupied the pulpit last Sunday for the first time as pastor.
 Personal Items.
 Mrs Clayton E. Hunt and son, Clay ton, have been spending several days with Mrs. Hunts parents, MT. and Mrs. Simon Golf at Johnston, R. I.
 E. F. Hutchinson is serving as ju- TOT from this place at the present term of superior court at Rockville
 Miss Lena G. Wolff of Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
Holland County
COVENTRY
Weight of Ice Breaks Wires-PoIe Blown Down, Blocking Traffic Souvenir Calendars.


 The snow of Monday did consider able damage to telephone and tele- graph wires here. Ice collected on the wires till they were two inches in di- ameter. The great weight together with the strong wind caused the wires on the Providence to Poughkeepsie line to break rear August Hfllman's. A pole or the Hartford line near Miss Perkins was broken off and fell across the turnpike completely block ing travel. All telephone service was cut off for several days.
 Tuesday the R. F. D. carrier was about three hours late when he reach ed here. which is only about half of the route.
 Gave Illustrated Lecture.
 Rev Harold S. Winship occupied the pulpit Sunday morning as a supply. In the evening he gave a stereopticon lec- ture on Missionary Work in Africa The slides were loaned from the A. B. c. F. M.
 Worked For Charitable Purpose.
 The Ladies' Aid society met with Mrs. I. P. F'iske Wednesday afternoon. The work done was for a special char itable purpose.
 The Ready Helpers will give scrip ture text calendars to members of the Home Department as Christmas gifts. The annual entertainment and Christmas tree of the Sunday school will be held next Friday evening
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
cannot help but see that it is growing more and more general.

cannot help but see that it is growing more and more general.
 Do not understand me as assuming or asserting that any such heresy Is more common among farmers than among others. I do not so believe.
 The ultimate fruit of the evil seed is pauperism. And pauperism is not so common among farmers as in the cities As a class, I am confident that we tiIIers of the soil are still less in fected with the poison than some other classes. But &ny infection is to be deplored. A single case of 1t Is one too many. And that it Is spreading among us as well as elsewhere Is un- deniable. There always has been "slackness" and "thriftlessness' among farmers. But the days were when the thing was sneered at and the slack and thriftless ones despised- Have those days passed? Have we, too, got into such a state of weak mollycoddle- ism that we take it for granted the most of us would drop our duty, any time, to go to the circus or take in free show? Have we really got to the point that we find it worth news paper paragraph when one of us re- fuses to shirk his duty in order to pander to his pleasure?
 Genius is two per cent. inspiration and ninety eight per cent. perspira- tion. according to Edison. Life as we are born into it, is about ninety eight per cent. doing the things we must and two per cent. having the things we want. Any attempt to re- verse those percentages will result in something unpleasant if not disas trous.
 You can't make a silver whistle out of a pigs tail. You can't make an un- ending picnic out of a farmers life. The wise man is the one who attempts neither.
 And the really happy man-I sus- pect the only really happy man-is the one who, accepting the common lot as probably the wise as well as the inevitable thing, turns his work into his joy. He, and he alone. makes his own happiness as he goes along, trans l figuring the tasks which others look upon as drudgery into actual satis- | factions and delights, finding in the faithful doing of necessary work finer | recompense than in the neglecting of it to chase some, treacherous ignus fatuus that promises a pleasure it never can bestow.
 Do you remember Wordsworth's Ode | to Duty, that stern daughter of the voice of God":
 Stern lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace;
 Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face; | Flowers laugh before thee on their beds,
 And fragrance in thy footing treads | Thou dost preserve the stars from | wrong;
 And the most ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong"
 THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
STAFFORD
UniversaIist and Baptist choirs to Combine and Give Cantata-James A. Johnson's Death.

Mrs. H. c. Fisk is in Hartford hos pital for treatment.
 Mrs. E. NJ. Bugbee of Hartford was the guest for a few days recently of Miss Lizzie Gerculd.
 The topic for the Y. P. c. U. Sun day evening is Christmas by Candle light, leader, Dewey Murray.
 Will Give Cantata.
 The combined choirs of the Uni versalist and Baptist churches will give the cantata, Star of Bethlehem, by Harker, Sunday, December 18th. at 4.30 ?. m.
 The special meeting of wolcott lodge, F. and A. NJ, for the installa- ton of officers will be held Thursday evening, December 23.
 Funeral of James A. Johnson.
 James A. Johnson. T. died last Thursday morning after a long illness MT. Johnson was a, capable and higl ly respected citizen. For twenty years he was boss weaver at the Phoenix mill. but retired a few years ago. He came here from Wales. His widow survives him, also one son, Fred John- son. The funeral was held from his home Saturday forenoon at II o'clock and burial was in the family lot at Wales.
 Hand Had to Be Amputated.
 John Ernhoff was badly injured at the Phoenix mill last Thursday. He caught his hand in a carding machine the muscles and flesh being stripped to the bone. The doctor found ii necessary to amputate the hand. Play We'll Given.
 The three act drama, Just Flair Folks. was presented in Memoria hall last Friday evening before . large audience. Every character was well taken and showed careful train ing for which Dr. Puffer received due credit.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
BOLTON
Members of GurIeyviIIe Methodist Sunday School Give Entertainment Dance For Hall Benefit.


 Members of the Quarryville Metho- dist Sunday school gave an enter tainment in Bolton hall last week on Friday evening. The programme con- sisted of a reading. Rebecca of Sunny brook Farm. by Miss Julia Rogers Beach of Milford, which was inter spersed between acts with vocal and piano solos by Mrs. J. Carlo Stirling violin solo by Master Elmer Shaw. vocal solo by Fred Reichard; duet by Mrs H. B. De Wolfe and Fred P.aich- ard; recitatiC:1s by little Miss Char lotte Reichard. The proceeds are for the benefit of the Christmas en- tertainment of the Methodist Sunday school.
 Supper and Dance.
 Mrs Jennie s. Bolton and Leslie S. Bolton gave a supper and dancN at the Bolton hall Saturday evening for the benefit of the hall. There was a good attendance of out of town peo- pie, all reported a good time. A good profit was realized. A. P. Lyman's orchestra played for the dancing. r. s. Doane prompted.
 Walter A Dewey of Torringford spent Sunday at Mrs. W. c. Whites Mrs. Charles F. Sumner spent a few days in Hartford recently.
 Miss Ida E. HoIbrook of Columbia spent several days in town the past week.
 Damage Done By Storm.
 The snow storm of Monday serious
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
Washington County, R. l.
RICHMOND

The auction sale of personal prop erty of the late Alfred w. Kenyon was held Wednesday
 Isaac Roberts has opened a black smith shop on the F. Lane James place.
 R. H. Moore and Joseph Dunn, who have been assisting Everett Moore in building Christmas green, have re- turned to Barberville.
 Eber J. Sherman and Robert E. Moore were recent callers in Wyoming.
 Joseph Kenyon has returned to WiclkfCrd.
 The storm of Monday night was very severe in this locality, beginning
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
ROCKVILLE

The Loyal Workers served a vari- ety supper at the home of Mrs. O. c. WOodmansee last Saturday evening.
 Arthur Burdick, who has been work ing in New London for some time is at his home here suffering from blood poison in a finger caused by a piece of steel
 Mrs. I. L. Cottrell, who has been i'll with bronchial trouble for the past two weeks, is somewhat improved.
 Some from this place attended the auction Thursday at the home of the late Deputy Sheriff George H. Bar Der, at Hope Valley.
 Mrs. Charles O. Crandall is in very poor health.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
LETTERS FROM TWO STATES

Tuesday morning, when the runner caught on a wire that was down acrOsS the road. ephone out of order as we'll as the telegraph.
 Mrs. Loren Maine was a Hartford visitor Wednesday,
 Mrs. Harley DeWolf was a Hartford visitor Wednesday.
 Miss Mabel Howard was home over Sunday
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

ly interfe3red with the routine of af- fairs in Bolton, the trains were so late that no mail was received at the local office Tuesday, telephones were nearly oil out of working order; the telegraph operators reported little or no work for a few days owing to practically all of the wires being broken. Quantities of telegraph poles were broken. many arms were brok-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
Candidate PIeases Church Society.
BOLTON NOTCH

A number from this place attended dance in Bolton hall Saturday night M. A. Howard was in Hartford on Saturday.
 The storm Monday night put the tel MT. Brant, a milk man, got turned out of his sleigh. milk cans and all,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

The first keel plates of the new bat tleship California were set in place with imposing ceremonies at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on October If. Three years will elapse before this battleship will be ready for service. Her propellors will be driven by cleo tric motors, the first venture of this kind by any government.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

ever born, wrote Lowell, whose work is not born with him. And the man who does not attend to that work is faithless to the law of his own being and gives no excuse for his own exist ence Nor can he ever know what real play is till he has earned the right to play by doing his proper mans work first of all; doing it fully, wholly, thor oughly, up to the limit of his strength and of the daylight.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

Years ago l used to hear it said that All work and no play makes Jack 6
 dull boy;
 All play and no work makes Jack a
 mere shirl1''
 But it isn't to prevent Jacks being dull that he is allowed some play; it isn't to save him from becoming a shirk that he's given some work. Prop erly managed he gets some of both in natural order because that is the se- quence of the universe. No man is