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Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12

Sidney p. Marland was in Norwich
Thursday evening.
was a visitor in Danielson Thursday.
John B. Guinois is constructing a
combination store and tenement block
at the corner of Franklin and Dyer
streets
William NJ. Franklin win entertain
a party of friends at his Oakland
beach cottage over the week end.
Taking Parish Census.
Rev. M. ]. Ginet and his assistants
have been engaged this week in TAX
ing the census of St. James parish in
the borough limits.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. F7agg Of Haw-
Ixins street are to move to South
bridge.
Henry A. Greer of Providence was
a visitor with friends in Danielson
Thursday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards has return
ed from a visit Of several weeks with
friends in Worcester and Clinton.
L. q. s. Sewing Bee.
About forty gathered in the vestry
of the Congregational church to at
tend sewing bee held under the aus
pices of the Ladies' Benevolent society.
Wauregan, there is talk in that village
of increasing the fire fighting facili-
ties beyond the limits within which
they are now confined.
Play at Dayville.
At Columbia hall in Dayville Wed
nesday evening play was given in
the interests of increasing the fund
stalled in the Congregational church
Of the village.
New Organ for M. Z. Church.
RrrD1 t. 60 h@ al he
purchase of an organ for the Daniel
son Methodist church. the new instru-
ment to replace the reed organ in
present @Nse. Pledges of generous
amounts have been received.
Mrs. Fred Nash of Worcester and
Mrs. Edward Bidelow were visitors
with relatives and friends here Thurs
day.
Good progress eorrlrues Do be made
on the construction of the big addi-
ton to the mill of the Killingly Man
ufacturing company at Williamsville.
and other things of value to the in
stitution are to be made at the
Thanksgiving offering to the Day
Kimban hospital by residents of
Danielson.
viii Attend Van Steinberg Warren
Wedding.
Mrs. w. H. Warren, Mrs Sidney
Perry and Miss Irrna Perry are to be
at Saugerttes, N Y, tomorrow for the
wedding of Lieutenant Albert H. War
rem, U. S. A.. and Miss Gladys Van
Steinberg. Lieutenant Warren, a
graduate of West Point last June, Is
now stationed at Fortress Monroe.
Who Will Deposit Brooklyn Town
Funds?
Over in the town Of Brooklyn an
interesting situation has arisen as to
whether the selectmen or the town
treasurer has the authority, to desig-
hate where the funds of the town shall
be deposited. The selectmen contend
that this is within their jurisdiction
to direct, while the treasurer contends
that this is exclusively within the
province Of his Office.
Buys Pellet Property.
L. c. Decker has purchased the Pei
lett. property on Mechanic street
where Mr.. Pellet conducted his garage
business before purchasing the Wood
buiiding-and is to engage in bus
mess there. Mr.. Decker is now fit
ting up the property.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12
CITY MEN BETTER PHYSICALLY
THAN THOSE FROM COUNTRY
According to Investigations Of Bar
varian Army Surgeon.

ter men physically than those from the
country, according to the investiga-
tfons Of Bavarian army Surgeon, who
gives, in the Munich Medical Weekly,
the result of his examination of more
than 10000 men. The greater physical
itness, especially as to the suppleness
of body. of the city men over those
from the rural districts was striking
among the younger men. Functional
and organic heart affections existed in
about equal degree in the two classes.
The farmer boys were far inferior to
the city recruits in carriage and in
the development of the bones and
muscles. The most aggravated cases
OF curvature of the spine, fiat feet and
varicose veins were found in the coun-
try CONTINGENT.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12
STAFFORD SPRINGS
New Literary Society to Hear MIR.
Jubb-Start on Making Pearl But
tons-5pys' Club to Reopen.

John E. White has purchased OF
Frederic Faulkner a small tract of
land with two houses on Keefe Plain.
n. S. Literary Society to Meet.
The literary society known as the
Agora club, recently formed at the
high school, will hold it's first meeting
with F. S. Gorham this (Friday) eve
ming Mr.. Jubb, recently Of Porto
Rico. will be the speaker.
MuIIins-YaIe Invitations.
Invitations have been issued for the
Mullins. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Michael Mullins, and John F. Yare,
which will take place Thanksgiving
day.
Miss Edith B.. Battige. teacher in
the third grade in the borough school
was, obliged to be absent Thursday on
account Of illness.
Burt T. Eaton, who cut a deep cash
in his foot while splitting a. stick OF
maple a few days ago is obliged to
use crutches and will not be able to
work for several days.
The Current Events club will meet
Monday evening. A very interesting
program is being planned. The sub
ject will be Current Events. There
will be music by Miss Marjorie Morse.
Washburn, Mrs. G. Rumbalow, and
Miss Ethel Moore The hostesses will
be Miss Mary Newton and Miss Elinor
Valentine.
Making Pearl Buttons.
A good deal of raw material is be-
ing taken to StaffordYille and the
manufacture of pearl buttons has al
ready commenced, Only a few hands
are yet employed, but it is expected
to increase the number to so or so
within a short time and when the
plant is operated to its capacity there
will be about 100. This will be a great
help to the village, which suffered Sc
verely by the burning Of the Garland
Wooden mill Ii months ago. The plant
is operated by the United Pearl But
ton Manufacturing company. which
| was Incorporated about three months
ago.
The Hospital Aid society win have
pital Tuesday afternoon.
| The Stafford football team will play
the Torringtons in Torrington Satur-
day afternoon. 7
| Boys Club to Be Reopened.
| Preparations are being made for re-
opening the Boys club room on VIII
lingzon avenue. The club has been
in existence for the past four years
| and it makes good place for the boys
IT is possible that the club may be
able to have more room this wtnter.
The German club, which occupied the
room over the Boys club, has moved
out and the suggestion has been made
that this room be added to the already
rooms.
Confirmation Sunday.
/ There will he a reception In the
guild room OF Grace church Saturday
evening from to 10 o'clock in honor
lof the now suffrasan bishop. There
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12

children of many persons In this city
who are now advancing in years, Is
"a years of age. She has not been O
visitor in Putnam for number OF
years.
Two Deer Killed at Pomfret Landing
From Pomfret Landing comes the
announcement that two deer have been
killed in that section recently, both
bucks. One had 14-point antlers, the
other 10-point. Since Aug. 1, when
the new law went into effect permit
ting the killing of deer on farms where
they are found more than a score OF
the animals have been despatched in
Windham county. Reports of the deer
killed are filed with the game officials
of the county.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12
BRIEF STATE NEWS

observation-disclosures, estimated
at about $4,000, resulted Wednesday
from fire in an ell of the convent of
St. Patricks Roman Catholic church
here today. The fire was confined to
the partitions.
Middletown-Rev Hiram ". Smith,
formerly pastor of the local Univer-
salist church, has accepted a call TO
a pastorate in Ldnesville, Pa, and has
already removed his household effects
10 that town.
Meriden-Plans have been made by
the Alexander Brush company of Me-
chanic street to extend the business of
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12

figured getting sufficient money to
meet their expenses en- route through
the sale of postcard photographs of
themselves, showing their crippled
condition. They walked from Boston
to Providence and from Providence to
Danielson. From here they went to
Putnam and then came back to Dan
ielSon.
Camp promised to take care of Te-
treault and get him out of town
Camp says that Tetreault was only re-
Gently released from a Providence hos
pital after undergoing an operation.
The pair left here for Norwichfi
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12

the tenement house next to the board
Ing house, which has been unoccupied
for the past ten years, in a livable
condition. The house is being shingled
and outside repairs will be finished
first.
VIII Form Bowling League.
A bowling league is in it's infancy
In several departments of the mill as
many have visited the new bowling
alleys in Norwich and plan, to have
a series of games there.
Troopers Ride to Camp.
About 200 of the cavalrymen from
Fort Ethan Allen went through here
Monday en- route to the camp in Boz
rah.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12

worth millions of dollars from Great.
Britain France and Russia. Since the
outbreak Of the war and the flooding
OF this country with nunitien con-
tracts. no other corporation engaged
in the war contract business has suf-
fered so serious a loss. perhaps. as
sustained by the great organisation of
which Charles n. Schwab Il the head.
The building that was destroyed was
one of the boring mills and was a
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12
srAeao cerun Gene RiShe OF. Clgar A.
Whiesle, by Using sGets-aA"

the new way. Inats ans Irets-It has
become the corn remedy of America,
the biggest selling corn remedy in the
world. preferred by millions. Do you
remember that toe-eating salve you
tried, that sticky tape, that toe
sbundling bandage, the gougtng you've
done with knives, razors and scissors?
Well. now, forget them all. No more
fussing. no more pain. Whenever you
is s doomed e sure ss So IS every calfous Gus.
,wart or bunion. Never cut corns or
ca1louses, it makes them grow that
of blood. poison. No cutting Is neces-
Isary by using "Gets-It." Use 1t tonight
and end your corny existence.
"Gets-1t" is sold by all druggists,
25c q bottle. or sent direct by E. Law
ence e. Co.. Chicago. :
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12
DaNIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
DANIELsoN

Combination Store and Tenement
EIeok--Lieut. A. n. Warren to Wed
Saugerties Girt--Sate of Pefiett
Preperty-one- Armed, one-Lesged
Pair Arrested, but Permitted to
leave Town.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12
Cuban Sugar Growers sansuin,

Havana, Cuba, Nov. 1l.-Seasonable
rains have raised high the expectations
of the Cuban sugar planters and splen-
did reports OF the growing cane are
coming in from all parts of the island.
II gentle rains continue, followed by
O spell of cool dry weather, the most
extravagant esti1natesA of the crop,
which viii unquestionably break all
records, viii! be fully justified.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12

e. A. Robbins of East Thompson
has moved to Granhy.
Mrs. Lewis Hayward, who was badly
injured when struck by a train at Me-
chanicsvilie, remains at the Day KIM
ball hospital
To Address Franchise League.
Mrs. Mary Kenney O'SuIlivan, spe-
cial investigator of women,s work for
the state department of labor in Mas
sachusetts. is to speak at the meeting
of the Putnam Equal Franchise league
this evening. E
There Is no session Of the high
school today. which is visiting day / 81
the teachers. ~
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12

will be confrma ton and sermon by
the bishop at the church Sunday
morning at 1890.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12

New Britain.-Musical Director F. r
Harmon Of the Catholic Choral union
has completed the plans for the coming
year. The union is now rehearsing
The Messiah for the special concert.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12

the concern and three new lines of
brushes have been added to the pro-
ducts of the plant.
Mid6lstown-At the meeting of ST.
AIoysius' T. A. 3. society Tuesday
evening the society unanimously voted
to accept the report of the. building
committee and buy the property owned
by Henry 8. Beers on Main street,
Norwaik-As the result of over
crowding housing conditions and high
rents in Bridgeport. NorwaIk is begin
ming to feel the result of the war
boom. Many families of Bridgeport
workers have taken houses in Norwalk
and commute to the Park City.
Fair HaYen-Principal Graves is ar
ranging for rainy day lunches at the
school for grade eight. This is done
to encourage better afternoon attend
ance on stormy days. The children
will meet in the han Tor "A light lunch
and social during the new recess.
I NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a clean city
for Old Home week"-was the slogan
adopted by the forces back of the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-12
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PUTNAM

Mrs. Mary K. OsuIlivan to Address
Franchise League-Death of Seward
chamberiin-Trade School Bids TO
Be Opened the 27th-Demoerats May
Organize Club.
The Washington times., 1915-03-03

LII men think all men mortal but
n themselves. All men see that
n other men live in glass houses.
but refuse to see the permeabil-
ity and fragility of their own. Man
with an exalted sense of his own right
ecusness becomes pathologically aware
Of his neighbors. his competitors, his
rivals. his enemy's shortcomings, yet
remains wholly convinced OF his own
pure motives and eternal virtue. Few
men know themselves, while many pro-
fessors. experts. authorities and other
conspicuously prominent gentlemen in
all wslks Of life have 4 moonstruck
n adness about their own value and an
utter contempt for that of another.
Most of these illusions are the result
of that Ali Babn's cave Of Jewels and
dross called memory. Memory Is both
the prisoner and the walder of q man 8
outlook. The memory of the just is
blessed. but where Is there such a per-
son? The memory Q most human crea-
lures is cursed by delusions, dreams.
reveries. hopes. hatreds. wishes. disap-
pointments and aspirations. Show me
any one who is able clearly to separate
n recollected event from its encom-
passing mixtures Of visions and I will
babe. or a superman. There are none
such
Freaks of Memory.
While memory holds seat in the dis
tracted lobe of living stuff the motion
picture takes place side by side with
reality. a rough. round globe of the
proper color, seen for an instant, will be
sworn to in court and under oath as an
orange. A shot heard half an hour after
n nearby murder will cling to memory &
tablets as an event simultaneous with
L.
Infants and young children have the
most accurate memories. No matter
now virtuous. honest and sincere n man
or woman may be. the older they grow
the less reliable in general, will their
memory be. Emotions, beliefs, visions.
illusions, desires. pictures and dreams al
become intimately and almost indissolu-
bly, intertwined with what actually hap
pened at another place and instant.
Psychological laboratory experiments
have of late ben directed more and more
toward an analysis and understanding
of memory. Most persons realize that
there are more elements to memory than
mere recollection. The power to recog.
niZe a previously experienced thing Is
always much more simple than to re.
call something at will. To recognize, &c
recollect and to recall are each under.
stood when you think of your own native
! language.
You speak and use-that is. to recol
lect and apply appropriately-only 4
| few thousand words. Your converse
| ton is made up of n limited list o.
plain words. Yet you read your news
paper and understand--that is to say
your memory "recognizes"-tens o
thousands of words and their mean
ings, which you never recall in th'
practice of conversation.
An Amazing Experiment.
J Mr. Garry c. Myers. an eminent stu
{ .nt Of psychology. has just unravelle
, another one of these tangled skeins o
the intellect in his researches upo
The Washington times., 1915-03-03
Small VOcdbuldrieS
Used by Persons Whs
Kno1v Countless Words
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG,
copyright 1885, by Feature erv.ce IncS

recognition and recall as related to hu.
man remembrances as subjects Of the
investigation. Mr.. Myers used 234 high
school students as subjects. A num-
as If for a spelling test, and half an
hour later the two hundred subjects
were asked to recall the words. After
lapse of three months they were
again surprised by request for
second recall. After the answers we're
made-two minutes only being allow
ed for this--the words were called out
again mixed with twice as many other
words. and the students were asked TO
recognize them.
of the 234 brilliant students could re-
call six Of the words, and one-fifth Of
them could recall none. Yet 233 of the
234-all but one-recogniZed nearly all
the words. and more boys recognized
all of the words than did tho girls.
Mr. Myers concludes from his ex-
periments that the capacity of the MEM
ory to recognize-"recognitlo efficiency"
lis from two an One-half times TO four
times greater than tho ability Of the
ship In any one persons memory be-
.. tween his power to recall and his speed
and power of recognition. These two
functions seem to be separate and dis
tinct. Training. exercise and experience
must be directed separately for each.
The longer the interval which elapses
between an event and its subsequent re-
call or recognition, the more fictitious
and incorrect these are. Inaccuracy
multiplies moro rapidly, however, Tor
recall than for recognition.
The strength of the memory to recall
Ia greatest where new words. scenes or
1 occurrences can be associated or linked
up with something which your memory
tional accompaniment always aids reeoi-
| lcctions.
The Washington times., 1915-03-03
Make "SOul Mates" Marry;
They'll Punish Each Other
And Justice Will Be Done
III Love Ny Wife, But" Is the Tresome Whine of the
! Man Who Is Caught-Recent Case
ESQ., Cited AS Example.
BY WINIFRED BLACK.
copyright 1916. Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.l

band for him and give her children an
honest name.
An honest name! What good would
that do the children OF such z union?
be, born Of lawlessness and selfish
cruelty? ...... -.
The woman who killed her children
was not insane when she did i.
at the moment. just as she took an
other womans husband away from her,
when she felt like it.
And now persons who have nothing
else to do are rising to dSnounce not
trict attorney who is doing his duty and
prosecut this woman for the murder
And in all their denunciations they
otoncus iteration. the words that have
become SO tiresomely familiar to US all
in all these cases:
Soul mate. affinity. love wife. Faugh!
Can you make q cancer over into a
name?
The Awful "But--"
What strange madness Is 1t that Is
seeking to possess the world?
No one Is exempt from sudden seizure
of folly.
have seen good women. sensible
women. honest women. struggle against
a lawless love. but they struggled, and
they've won.
l have seen a man. n clever man, a
fine man. man OF high and noble
character. fall dead in love with a wom-
an who was not his wife. and the wom-
an who was not his wife fell in love
with the man.
But neither Of them tore the world TO
pieces to try to pretend that what they
did was right.
They knew 1t was wrong all the time,
and had at least the grace to be
ashamed of themselves.
Is there no longer any such thing as
honor. as truth. as fidelity. for fidel-
itys sake?
II love my wife. but" How tire
some It is. the whine Of the man who
is caught.
You love your wife, but you humiliate
her. you break her heart. you lie to
her. If there were a place Of eternal
punishment it would be filled with
echoes Of q phrase like that.
AS for this particular case which Is
filling the papers at this particular time.
1t seems to me that there is but one
just punishment for the woman who took
her friends husband away from her,
and for the husband who was taken.
Fake them to the court OF justice, Mr..
District Attorney. Take them there,
willy nilly. and force them to marry
each other.
That will turn out to be the most
dreadful punishment within the power
of man to metc.
The Washington times., 1915-03-03
Editorial For
Women
A Bouquet For American Women.


<tHF I were to be born again, l
should wish to be an Ameri-
can woman. She seems to have
better kind of life than the
woman Of any other nation. or. in
deed. than anybody else. man or
woman. - do not want to be an
American woman merely for the
sake Of her material gain. She seems
to deserve her good luck because
she eoII has done her business in life
whole than the American man has
done his
This is the statement Of Canon
James owen Hannay. otherwise
known as G. A. Birmingham, au-
thor, dramatist, novelist, and Irish
man.
The very first intimation that the
American woman Is really consid-
cred, not on her own merits al COM
pared with other women who may be
better house and homekeepers, But
on her own merits as compared with
the American man. is cheering.
After all, to have it said that we
have done that which we have to do
better than others who have been
working under the same conditions
is the best kind Of praise. especially
when it comes from a foreigner,
whom we must confess has the ad-
vantage also he being Irishman.
For foreign gentlemen who have
come over to America are proverb-
tally severe critics of American
women. and loud and long are the
lamentations over poor houSekeep-
ing. the inability to efface oneself
il one happens to be a woman, and
the heart breaking manner in which
American children krs reared.
G. A. Birmingham has put a new
meaning in the words "American
woman" and it is a good one, which
stands for compliment instead of
adverse criticism. Let us hope he
tells the same story at home.
The Washington times., 1915-03-03

and news stories. Frank Marks, of
Business. won the first prize for a
short story entitled "Christmas Here
and There" war story that ap-
peared in The Balance Sheet for
December. Miss Margaret Peckhanl.
of Western, won the cartoon prize
for her Local" heading, and Bland
ford Jennings. of the same school,
was awarded the editorial prize for
"Wider Patriotism" and article which
has appeared in the Western. The
news story prize went to Norman
Barnes, of Technical. for his account
of The Champions"
The program for the indoor sports
to be held by the Central High School
girls at Epiphany gymnasium on Fri
day afternoon at 2:45 has been an
nounced as follows
l. Marching by the athletic associa-
tion girls, with Miss Minister as lead
.. Running maze by the athletic as
sociation girls, with Miss Swartout as
leader.
3. Dodge-ball. by freshmen.
4. Stoop-ball. first semester VS.. sec
ond semester. Miss Gantley. Al, and
Miss Allen. A-3. leaders.
ID. oNeTlahe pdii, iiilu seihSStci NS'
sixth semester, Miss SwartOut, b.,
and Miss Filler A-6, leaders.
6. Dumb bell drill.
:. Relay race.
s. March to side walls Cheering.
.. Song. Here's to Old Central"
10. Basketball game,
The Dragons Claw a short
Chinese sketch. will be presented at
Eastern on Friday afternoon by Miss
Dorothy Leet, Gilbert Clark. Miner
Ellis and George Ellis. Miss Edna Ell
lis has been coaching the players.
This short play Is one Of a number
that are being arranged by those
who are trying out tor parts in tho
spring play to be presented by tho
Dramatic Association.
The Washington times., 1915-03-03
IN DANGEROUS WATERS.

IN DANGEROUS WATERS.
- DEFY any one to sit for several
hours in the soft glow Of lights. the
perfumed scent of flowers. the rustic
Of women and the rakish. delirious
music Of the day and not get Its
sensuous, devil-may-care message Of
This is the life.' 1t came to me sit
ting there in the hotel dining room Of
the Metz-dancing and frivoling with
crowd that would have shocked me hor-
ribly at home. I wondered what. after
all. was the matter with Mary and me.
We were drifting far atield In the exotic
atmosphere Of the life about US. For a
time. as l have said: I %atshsd Har,tsed my ~
Mary's frank return to his overtures.
I sulked a while. I'll admit and then
I did what many another man has done
before me. retaliated by flirting with
Joan Arbeck.
After that Joan fatty refused to dance
with any one but me.
''How awfully. awfully good looking
you are. Peter" she whispered once as
We were 5.dint;on gliding in r.I,z perfect accord
Again flushed. for was thoroughly
unaccustomed to the frank fattery
which Joan used as a weapon with most
bewildering sincerity in her wonderful
dark eyes.
Marriage and Filtration.
THANK you." stammered. And then
I was not quite sure. but fancied joan
chung to me a little. Before long I was
very sure. There were times as We
danced silently together when Joan's
head was upon my shoulder and her
hair brushed my cheek-there were
times when her soft white hands clung
to me. All my liking for this girl sud-
shocked
prise.
"Don't!" said once to her. and she
laughed softly.
You're deliciously funny and de-