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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-07-21

AS baseball is paying very poorly
this summer, it is suspected that the
parents of many Athletic young men
will soon be entertaining non-paymg
guests.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
Sample Each Free by Mail
WELLINGTON

Nice seasonable weather helped to
make Sunday restful- There were 81
usual attendance were at the preach
at Sunday school and most Of the
ing service all of whom enjoyed Pas
tor Derrow's excellent sermon and
the communion service that followed.
MIR. Darrow spoke of his approach
ing vocation in a sympathetic vein
that impressed upon all, anew the
closeness of the tie that binds this
pastor and people. All wish that
a pleasant, restful trip and a safe
return. The services will be held as
usual. The Sunday school at 2 p.
m, ad preaching service at 8 o'clock
Next Sunday it is expected that Rev.
Mr.. Reeves of Stafford Springs will
be the speaker an announcement that
was heard with much satisfaction. AS
Memorial church Is to be closed for
South Wellington will join in worship
on the Hin.
Miss Ring returned to Hillside from
New Jersey on Saturday, for travel
ing companion she har Miss Helen
Robinson who Is always happy to re-
turn to Hillside where the friends
made on previous visits are glad to
welcome her.
Mrs. F. w. Pratt went Saturday to
st. Johns inn, Quonachontaug, R l.,
for a vacation where Mr. Pratt will
join her for the week ends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darrow started an
where the conference is in session and
plan to go on from there to the
White Mountain region.
Miss Emma Rose of Vernon will be
at the parsonage during the absence
OF Rev. and Mrs. barrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07

steadily increasing and Rural Route
Carrier E P. Lyman reports that the
business on his route for the month
OF July beats all previous records.
During the month he delivered to pa
trens on his route 1856 pieces of first
class mail matter, 1852 of second class.
A OF third class and 495 Of fourth
class matter; g. total of 9,196 pieces.
The mall delivered weighed 25S2
pounds. He collected on his route
during the month 4,467 pieces of first
class mail matter, 19 of second. % OF
third and 1O1 Of fourth class, a total
OF 1910. The mail collected weighed
493 pounds. making the weight of mall
matter handled durin gthe month BOTS
pounds and the numbeT of pieces han
died 1896. Before the R F. D. was
established less than half a dozen
daily papers were taken by one peo-
pie; today almost every family in town
has a daily.
Miss Lena G. Wolff, bookkeeper for
j. c. Worth & Co. Of Norwich. Is
spending a few days with her mother
and brother on Columbia Green
Meadows Flooded; Roads Washed.
The storm of Wednesday was the
most severe of the season thus far
Rain came in torrents Meadows were
flooded, roads washed, and corn ad
oants badly blown down. Nearly four
inches Of rain must have fallen.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07

owing to the omission of an important
matter in the warning, was adjourned
without action A new warning was
issued for a meeting of the church
and ecclesiastical society on Thurs
day evening, Aug. 5, when the mat.
ter was to be fully considered.
At We-Lyk-It.
Master George Robinson of Will
mantle spent last week with the fam
lily Of his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs
F. H. Avery at their bungalow, We
Lyk-It on Columbia Green
Judge OF Probate J. White Sumner
OF Bolton was in town Saturday of last
week on business pertaining to his
office.
Rev. Mr. Brown of windham occu-
pied the pulpit last Sunday as a sup
ply.
Lost to Andover.
The local ball team went to Andover
last Saturday afternoon and played
the Andover nine. The result was a
victory for the Andovers after ten in
nings were played. The score was
the locals here this Saturday after
noon.
To Play with Band.
F. H. Avery Of East Hartford. who
with his family is summering here,
has made an engagement with the
Manchester band to play with them
this season at their Wednesday eve
ming concerts in that place. Mr.. Avery
is an expert piccolo and flute player.
Crops Growing Rapidly.
Crops of all kinds are now growing
rapidly. Especially Is this true Of the
corn crop.
The Sunday afternoon band con-
certs at the Lake are well attended
and are proving quite popular.
Randall Porter, who has been spend
ing a couple OF weeks with friends
in Saybrook, has returned
Misses Kathleen and Marion Davis,
Of Hamden. who have been visiting
friends in this place, left last week for
Stafford, where they viii spend several
days
Mrs. James P. Little spent We'd
nesday and Thursday with relatives
land friends in Hartford.
Ideal Mall Service.
Columbia has an ideal mail service.
Those Of our citizens who do not get
their mail at the post of1ce on Column
bia Green are served by the rural
delivery carrier. Ever since the es-
adjustment Of the rural delivery ser
vice, the business at both the post
ONCE and on the rural route has been
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
SOUTH WELLINGTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Griggs of Will
hmantic are spending few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman B. Griggs Of
this village.
Building operations in this vicinity
include the bungalow built for Leon
Woodwork and now receiving a coat
of paint, one dwelling house well I'M
derway near the schoolhouse, one
northerly from the schoolhouse and
two on the old Fisher place north
from the village that are having. foun-
dations built All for the G. Hall. Jr.
Co. Miss Josephine Sasck has just let
the contract for a small frame dwell
ing4to Edward Gergler to be built near
the William 2. Battays house.
The fact that Italy Is engaged in M
war is brought to our attention by the
fact that several Italians are to leave
this village to go home and enlist
There will be no services at Memo
rial church for the next two Sundays
and the Sunday school will also take
q vacation.
Miss Maud Aldershaw Of Whitman
tic is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs c. }.
Guley.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
BOLTON
Everybody. at. Church. August. q
Bolton Young People Attended Dance
in Andover.


Bolton Young People Attended Dance
in AndoVer.
Mrs. Louis Levey left Bolton the
first of the week for a ten days stay
at her home in Indianapolis.
Mrs. Susan s. T. Bissell Of Man.
chester is the guest of Miss Alvord.
Miss Mary Moore, after a months
stay in town with Miss Adelia Joomis,
has gone to Boston, after a weeks stay
to go for few weeks to Maine.
Henry Fryer of Willimantic spent
Sunday in Bolton with his wife at Mrs.
E. Jane Finley's.
Mrs. Louise Carpenter has returned
from a visit in New Hampshire.
Frank L. Loomis was seriously III
tho first Of the week. but is much i'm
p-oved.
,lrs. Rcsselievre and two children
havH ccna from Worcester, Mass,
to Bon. where Rev Nr. Besselieyre
has been engaged - breach
Everybody at C.,urch Sunday,
Rev. Mr.. Besselievre and the Meth
odist minister. Rev. w. D. Woodward,
are planning to have an Everybody al
Church Sunday Aug. 20.
Miss Annie Alvord, Ade1ia N. LOOMS
and Charles N. Loomis attended the
Pomona grange picnic in Vernon on
Tuesday.
Mrs Charles Lee ana daughter. Miss
Katie Lee, are visiting In Salem, Mass
Quite party of young people from
Bolton attended the dance in Andover
town hall last week Friday eyenine
given by G. Leslie Cron Of South Cow
entry.
The dance at the Bolton hall Las,
Saturday was well attended. consid-
ertng the threatening weather.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
HEBRON

MRS. Parker Of Providence Is at Mrs
v. Henderson's. She Is troubled with
her eyes.
Mrs. Jared Tenant, Mr.. and Mrs
w. o. Seyms, Miss NJ. Christine
Frink and Miss Eunice Seyms, were
in WilIinant1c with Mr.. Sidney Hewitt
In his automobile.
Harry K Viner and family Of Bris-
tol, are at the Emo cottage.
Mrs. H, @. Cummings and daughter
are at II. G. PorteFs.
Henry Edmond Of Boston Is at H.
G. Porter's.
Miss Eunice Porter Is home from
South Coventry where she has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. II. c. Cum
mings.
Miss Helen Wade Of Brighton, Mass,
Is visiting her uncle. Clarence Han
mas.
Mrs. Clarence Porter and son, of
Hartford, are in town for the hot
weather.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
SPRING HILL.
o. q. Nason's Milk Team Struck by
Auto-Rev. A. A. Muir Taking Two
Weeks Vacation.

Last Sunday morning while o. B.
Mason was on his regular morning
trip to the G. A G. with the days
supply of milk his team was struck by
an automobile which belongs to NJ.
Ostrofsky and wagon and contents
were badly broken up. Mr.. Mason was
thrown out and received a severe
shaking up, but apparently escaped
serious injury. The horse became
frightened. broke the harness and
freed himself from the wagon, and
ran on to Storrs. The accident was on
a broad stretch of state road. and
there seems no reason why It should
have been.
Rev. A. A. Muir is taking a two
weeks vacation. He preached in
Willimantic last Sunday. Mrs. Muir
is visiting relatives at her old home
in Lempster, N. H.
Niantio Pastor Preached.
Rev. C. F. Eldredge of Niantic
preached at the Baptist church last
Sunday. AS there were quite a good
number Of visitors and summer
boarders on the Hill the attendance
was unusually large
E P. Bellows Of Brooklyn, N. z,
spent the week end with his family.
Mrs. Nelson White of Winsted
spent the week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. D. c. Flaherty.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles A Denheld
Of Woonsocket, r. L, have been Wis
itors at Alanweld the past week
A. D. Palmer was with his family
last Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07

as foolish 30 dogmatize unless you're
sure OF all your facts.
And you can't know all the facts
about any ordinary humdrum farm
proposition till you've slowly and pain
fully dug 'em all out. one by one;
till you've scmmered and wintered
them; TIL you've wet-season-ed and
drought-ed> them; till you've learned
how they look from all points OF the
compass as well as from above and
below.
In the meantime. you've got to work
In such half-nghts as you have before
the full light comes.
That's all right. Only don't insist
chat your half-light Is the full sum
burst of all knowledge. Don't presume
that you know all there is in the
shadows. Don't jump at conclusions
Dig them out fully, and then roll them
into some proper foundation to serve
as corner stones on which TO build
I'D a whole truth.
THE F4RNER>
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
FL MT. HOPE

1Ir. and Mrs. c. B. Moore and chill
dren, of Somerville. spent the week
end with 3. o. Moore and family. Mrs.
Moore and children will remain
through August.
ford returned to their homo Sunday
after a month spent in the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Church have re-
turned to their Hartford home after
spending a month at their farm here
Mrs. Emma Hamlin of Hartford call
ed on local friends Thursday.
Mrs Shumway of Chaplin has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Albee for
a few days recently.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
STAFFORDVILLE
Engagement Of Herbert West and
Miss Mary Walsh Announeed-oth-
or Local Notes Of the Week.

The engagement of Herbert West,
son Of Philo West of this place, and
Miss May Walsh of Philadelphiatha has
been announced
and three children of West Spring
field were guests Of Mrs. Lima Booth
few days last week.
Berton Belcher has been visiting his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Taylor, in South Coventry this week.
Mrs. II. Larges has been entertain
ing her granddaughter. Miss Higgins
of Plymouth, Mass, this week.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
8 ToIIand County
|: BOLTON NOTCH
Station Agent Purchases Building Lot
The Weeks News in Brief,

Miss Sadie Howard. who has been
spending a month with her mother,
Mrs. M. E. Howard, has returned to
her home in New York.
Mr.. DeWolf, the station agent, has
purchased building lot of M. ".
Howard and is having a house bull;
ON 1t.
Arthur Peck visited his mother in
Hartford, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Of Vernon
were in town Monday.
Mrs. Reeds brother, William Howe,
who died in Syracuse, was brought to
Hartford and buried Monday.
Mrs. T. N. Skinner and son, Will
liam A. Skinner. dife and daughter
Grace, visited in Rockville Sunday.
Mildred Sumner of Rockville is Wis
iting her uncle, z. NJ. Howard.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07

hidden and mysterious laws and
thingsr axnagkne someone asking.
Good land. aman, I'don$ know: that's
mp to you. That's part Of the con-
tract you undertook when you signed
up as q farmer and agreed 10 60 into
O. blind pool with Nature.
There's nothing more certain than
that you won't ind them all out
There's nothing more certain than that
you'll need all your own gumptton and
ell you can beg. borrow, or buy from
your neighbors to md out Just a. few
Of them. and get hemsright. But how
you're going to tackle the Job Is q
purely personal question between you
and Old Lady Nature. You've got TO
learn your lessons for yourself, hy The
methods best adapted to your own cir
cumstances and capacities.
You .rernon16er ssOsh Billings edVtoe:
sTcn't ne~or prophesy onaeSs ye
know.
I'm ,fY-v4n4.- IN e1REzas<k :fffarA FRA If3rrxf
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
STAFFORD SPRINGS

Mrs. Ann Siswick, SO, widow of Geo.
8. Siswick, died at the home. of her
daughter, Mrs. Lewis Stevens, Monday
evening Of diabetes. mellitus. She
leaves two daughters and four sons.
The DAUGHTERS are, Mrs. Lewis Stevens
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07

It's, somseirnes hard to know Just
what legislature-nade law, printed
out in plain words with black ink on
white paper, always means.
But Natures laws are not thus spell
ed and printed out for us to read. They
are buried in the soil and the rocks;
they doat invisible in the air and the
ether; they brood In the sunlight and
crash in the storm: they sink In the
ooze Of soundleSs ocean bottoms, and
grope to the light In growing grasses;
they manifest their effects In forms so
minute that the microscope cannot
make them out. and in stellar spaces
SO infinitely vast that the telescope
reaches only their nearest frontiers.
Yet have known men, farmers, who
thought they could dogmatizc upon
these laws after one seasons expert
ence with clover in one field!
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07

up ON her head 20 that she
had to keep her hair loosely
braided The breaking ous
was unsightly and the itch
ing on her neck was 90 bad
she could not keep her hands
away from 1t. Perhaps that
Is why It spread way up to
the top Of her head and
caused her hair to fan out
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
COLUMBIA
important Church Meeting Adjourned
Now Warning Issued-The Weeks
Personals.

The church meeting which was call
ed for Friday afternoon of last week
to hear the report Of the committee
on pulpit supply and TO see IL they
would extend q call to Rev. r. "a. Hol-
lister of Mystic to become the pastor
Of the Columbia Congregational church
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07

Americans sending mail matter 70
South America continue to put in.
sufficient postage on Il In q great
many cases.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
~ LETTERS FROM TWO STATES ,a4<

Of this town and Mrs. louise Taylor
of Worcester. The sons are, George
of this place, Alfred OF Springfield.
sydney of Old Mystic and John of
Hope Valley, r. l.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
HIVES ON NECK
ITCHED AND BURNED
Unsightly. Spread to Top Of Head.
Caused Hair to Fal! Out In Comb
fuls. Kept Awake at Night. Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment Healed. !

los Village St.. Midway; MamL-'My
sisters hives began with intense itching
under the skin all around her neck and vzy
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07

A recent correspondent quoted some
anonymous philosopher as saying, in
effect: 1.-The knowing man is proud he
knows SO much; the wise man is
abashed because he knows so little"
The very highest wisdom attainable
is, thus far, that which makes US ap-
preciate our own ignorance
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
DON'T PRoPFEsY SUNLESS =YoUsNowl

a Quaemtre& now and then. But, II
we keep our eyes open and sour ears
Uncovered and our brains working,
we're hketyeto avoid some sloughs that
otherwiseawould mire US.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
But

That doesn't excuse us from max
ing the best possible use of the little
we do know, nor from a constant en-
deavor to know more, always provided
not such an awful lot Of what isn't
so.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07

b combfula It also kept her awake at
night. Fiery red spots broke out later that
caused much Disagreement and the itching
and burning were intense.
After about two weeks suffering shs
commenced using Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment. Relief from the burning and itching
came very soon and two weeks from that
time she was entirely healed" (signed)
ArS F. A Stackpole, August s. 1914.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad-
dress postcard ''Cuticura, Dept. T, Boz
ton" Sold throughout the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-07
one of rny neIahbore, q dozen years

Ono Of my nsiahbors, q dozen years
ago. tried to raise some alfalfa No
go. Wouldn't grow. So he plowed up
which did very well. Thereupon he
declared that any eastern farmer who
tried to raise alfalfa was a fool. F'od-
der corn was much better crop.
That same year another neighbor
tried alfalfa on an old garden patch
OF three or four acres. It did we'll
from the start. He got q good crop
the first year and simply whacl1ing
Yields the next season and the third
summer also. Whereupon he an
nounced that he had learned how to
grow alfalfa, and put a whole sixty
acre upland meadow into the stuff
He never got wheeIbarrow load Off
the sixty acres, and. after two sea-
sons OF vain struggling to amend the
failure, plowed the thistles and the
scattering, sickly alfalfa plants which
survived here and there. and sowed
rye.
The FIRST man thought he knew IL
oil, after just one years try. The sec
ond man thought he had a right to
say he knew. after three years ex-
perience.
1t seems that neither one knew the
real truth. For third farmer, who
later bought out that first mans farm,
is row raising profitable alfalfa on It,
using different fields and different
methods.
We live to learn, and we can all
learn by living II wen only take the
tilnc and trouble to learn all sides be-
fore we make up our minds.
The difficulty with too many OF MS
is that we get a glimpse at one edge
Of a great big fact ont Of the corner
Of an eye and promptly declare that
we're fully acquainted with the whole
shehenE. We can't wait TIL time and
effort have uncovered, first an angle
and then another edge and then a part
of at least one face. before we decide
about what shape and how big the
whole nugget mustsbe
In other worda we Jump at concfu-
Esions before we have acquired q suf-
1cent understanding Of the conditions
to make any commissioned
Then we dogmatize: we "7ay, down
The law" as vigorously and emphatic
ally as e we really knew It. Like some
thoologians we imagine a dividend.
guess at Gv1sor, and then. give out
the Quotient as q dictum Of Tinfallible
| truth,
Which is always a foolish thing 10
do, whether In theology or farming.
| "But how are we TO find curt these
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29

breast and the landlord put the hand;
cuffs on him Then / called the Local
officers and turned him over he mac
two pistols and knife on nm; ano !,
his wallet panned out over $4,000. Al
this time more than a hundred men
were looking for him in Tennessee ano
Kentucky, there being a reward Oh
fered fol. him dead or alive; Twas i was
willie, but had I not caught hlm as -
did and in the way I did. the anair
would have had a different ending st ne e
boat down the river, and once outslas
the hotel he would likely have killed
any man who dared to approach him.
Sometime after that at ss,sy yG1ns IN saate mae
Ps%sd Psnk h Ear! cheaso skpped On
that % i was OF service then. doing a
bit of work for Uncle sam. and l wa was
/ had seen him in court about a month
before, where he was witness In a
case. His peculiarity also Was ms ms
voice was as light and thin as WON.
ans He had thirty hours the start
of me, and had left no trace OF nis >
trail. Having learned that tisn =, ne p,r;s Was
/ had set out for New York. in hopes
to hear something at the steamer Of
Ace. He had not been seen nor % had ne ne
been among the passengers sailing Tor
any foreign port the day before.
arSued that he had fingered on the
way somewhere. and wouid YET n surn
up in New York l nsnS na1 Isen nee Rrosde
way one afternoon in the street car
when there was jam. A car coming
down ran of the tracks ana ana it ioeksa
ment I heard a thin. piping voice cry
ssWhy y don't you do something7 We
shall all be killed before we get out OF
T The voice belonged to a good d-si1ed
fellow on the platform OF the car. ana
/ spotted him in a minute TOR bsnne,r frnr,
there to the ONCE Of the French line
steamship company. and after he had
purchased a ticket I stated the case to
sne sns.ss.S suSer and held until the necessary
papers could be had. II was Bennett:
sure enough. but how changeo, ne mac
sgsS his :soit syeo1Tasih Ts had ans his
clothes for an ordinary sun, ana his
beaver for a soft felt. might nave
sat and looked at him for twS nopf his
In the fall of the next year q pay.
master suddenly stepped out OF Hgnt
with S17s.ooo in new; Crisp sresn0ssfi snn Wss n
Cairo when he received the money. ne
put II in q satchel and lost nimseII;
between 8. o'clock In the evening a ana
zone three days when I reached Cairo.
"a was described to me as tall, slim.
light man. with side
whiskers, blue eyes. and auburn naLr.
except the habit Of rubbing the bacw
81 his left hand with the palm OF his /
Fight when speaking. This was very
sifeht clue to work on but IL was all
had. i searched for four days around
4 nd outside of Cairo, but couldn't
strike his trail. My idea was that he
ret ont OF the country. but he had
,ther plans Pretty well satisaed that
he couldn't leave Cairo by rau. I be- |
ran hunting among the steampoatA
sho might possibly have been the pay-l
master, took . boat that night up the
liver but how far no one could say
rhs information was - vAgus tAat u
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29

about it. Then you'll have to see abou,
the coffin. You won't be too upset to DC
that. will yoL?'
Mr.. Dolby moved his legs and moaned
in his sleep. and Mrs. Dolby took that
for an answer to her question and con-
tinued:
Il was looking at coffins at Browns
the other day. You can get them at all
prices. but seeing 1t was me he said he
would give me $40 one for $50. Just re-
mind him of it, Samuel, and don't let
him sneak out of his promise. The
funeral will take place at o'clock day
after tomorrow in. the afternoon, and
you will have twenty-five chairs. I want
Mrs. Carter. Mrs. Phillips. and Mrs. Be
bee to have front seats along with you.
raj than any other three women I know
of. and weepin helps things to get on all
right. don't expect you to do much
weepin' Yourself. but you had better shed
may be hard work. but you will try,
won't you, Samuel?"
Mr.. Dolby was noncommittal. Being
sound asleep and dreaming OF being
well be Otherwise. Mrs. Dolby worked
up an imaginary picture Of him in the
front row. with tears raining down his
cheeks. and then she said:
as u liic ITedCHiuS, IL won dInOuTt
to much. 1t will be by Elder Tompkins.
of course. and he'll say that another
flower has faded, another leaf fallen by
the wayside, another human being laid
down the cares of earth and sailed away
to be an angel. Let the women folks
do most of the weepin.' and YOU can come
in at the end while they are waiting to
sing. You may feel like singing, Samuel,
but I wouldn't do it. II l were YOU.
You've got such q voice that It might put
the rest Of EN- out. / want them to
sing Rock OF Ages The Home Over
There and The Sweet Bimeby. and /
don't care which tune comes first. While
they are singing It would look better
for you to sit up straight with your
In your right hand. Can
you remember all this, Samuel?"
Owing to the circumstances over which
he had no control, Mr.. Dolby made no
reply. Such a trife as that didn't dis
furb Mrs. Dolby. however. She went
you'll ride in the carriage with Tho
elder to the graveyard. and II was you
wouldn't say much nor let him draw
you into an argument about the whale
swallertng Jonah. Squeeze out . few
more tears at the grave. II you can, anu
don't look too happy as you ride home
You can return al the borrowed chairs
before dark have soma pudding and
milk for supper. and 80 to he'd and sleep
IS sound a. you ever did In all yos.
life. You hear me. don't yc1 samusl?'