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Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17

In it was happy party Of ladies and
gentlemen. who were laughing and
chatting about some people they had
just run over.
Lohengrin saw them coming and
stopped still in the middle Of the road.
Then he hung his head as low as he
could, and believe If that horse had
been supplied with hands he would
have put them over his ears.
The people in the Bubble began to
shout at us, and l began to shout at
the horse, and friend wife began to
shout at me, while Lohengrin stood
there and scratched his left ankle with
his right heel.
Then the machine made a sudden
jump to the right and hiked by us at
the rate Of about a $1OO fine, while
the lady passengers in the cabin de
luxe stood up and began to hand out
medals to each other because they
didn't run us down.
Ten minutes later Lohengrin came
to and looked over his shoulder at us
with smile as serene as the morning
and once more resumed his mad ca
reer onward, ever onward.
We were now about two miles from
home, and suddenly we came across a
big red touring car which stood in
front of a roadhouse, sneezing inward
ly and sobbing with all its corrugated
heart.
Lohengrin saw the machine before
we did.
He knew there must be an automo-
bile somewhere near because he
stopped still and quietly passed away.
l jumped out and tried to lead him
by the Coroner's Delight, but he plant
ed his four feet in the middle of the
road and refused to be coaxed.
took the horse by the ear and
whispered therein just what l thought
about him, but he wouldn't talk back.
l told him my wife's honor was at
stake, but he looked my wife over and
his lips curled with an expression
which seemed to say, Impossible"
1t was all of with us.
Lohengrin simply wouldn't move un-
til that sobbing Choo Choo Wagon had
left the neighborhood, so l went in
side the rOadhouse to find the owner.
found him. He consisted Of a Ger
man chauffeur and eight bottles of
beer
When l explained the pitiful situa-
ton to him the chauffeur swallowed
two bottles Of beer and began to cry.
Then he told the waiter to call him
at 1880, and he put his head down on
the table and went to sleep with his
face in a cute little nest of hard boiled
cigarettes.
l rushed to the telephone and called
up the liveryman, but before / could
think Of a word strong enough to fit
the occasion he whispered over the
wire: i know your voice, Mr.. Henry.
l suppose Lohengrin is waiting for
you outside"
Forthwith tried to tell that livery
man just what l thought about him
and Lohengrin, but the telephone girl
short-circuited my remarks and thew
came back and set fire to the wood
work.
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SEEING LIFE w1h
rAq6,aJOHN HENRY
SSh ~ Geo1geNHob
N[lN3t' John Henry Goes SIeighridins
John Henry Goes SIeighridins

GAY! isn't 1t great to get all wrapped
- up in fur robes in a fine old sleigh
and let a fine old horse drag you over
the fine old snow on a fine old coun-
try road?
Answer: 1t is.
It's great If all the ingredients are
properly proportioned, but nine times
out Of ten something goes wrong with
the horse or the sleigh or the snow or
the road and you find yourself four
miles from nowhere, sitting on an ice
hummock and screaming for transpor-
tation, while the harsh winds of win
ter are biting their initials on your
southern exposure.
Peaches and l went to visit Uncle
Peter and Aunt Martha upstate, and
when friend wife found the ground
covered with snow, right away she
began to sit up and beg sleigh ride.
She said that the sweet jingle-jangle
Of the bells would bring rest to her
nerves after a season of trying to
cross the streets In New York without
being struck by a taxicab. so Uncle
Peter told me where to find livery
stable and OF hiked.
Anyone who has never lived in a
semi-rural town will doubtless recall
what handsome specimens of equine
perfection may be found in the local
livery stable-not.
The liveryman in the town where
Uncle Peter lives is named Henlopen
Laffenwell, and he looks the part
judged from the excited manner
In which he grabbed my deposit
money that he had a note falling due
next day.
Then Henlopen shut his eyes, count
cd six, turned around twice, multi
Piled the day of the week by 10, sub
tracted Z, and the answer was a cream
colored horse with four pink feet and
q frightened face.
The gargoyle gazed at me sadly,
sighed deeply and then backed up
into the shafts of a sleigh that looked
something like a barber's chair and
something like the tumbril Marie An
toinette used the afternoon she went
to the guillotine.
- The 1iveryman said that the name of
the horse was Lohengrin, because 1t
seemed to go better in German.
/ drove Lohengrin up to Uncle Pc
ters residence and all the way there
we ran neck to neck with a coal cert
Lohengrin used to be a fast horse,
but quite some time ago he stopped
eating his wild oats and now. leads a
slower life.
When l reached the gate whistIed
for Peaches, because / was afraid 10
get out and leave LOhengrin alone.
He might go to sleep and fall down.
Friend wife came out, looked at tho
rig and then went back in the house
and bade everybody an affecting fare.
we'll.
There were tears in her eyes when
she came out and climbed into the
sleigh. She said she was crying be-
cause Aunt Martha wasn't there to
see US driving away and have the
laugh Of her life.
We started off and we were rushing
along the road, passing a fence and
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ONLY A HINT OF MILITARISM
American Women Have Refused to Go
to Extremes In Styles-New Tur-
ban Models.

Though there was, before the Paris
openings, much talk of the military in
fuence in hats and clothes, it has been
accepted, especially in suits, only in
a conservative way. Today, the smart
est tailored suit is much palmer than
1t has been for many seasons, for it
has borrowed line rather than trimming
Of the military coats. The pocket and
the belt have been adopted, to be sure,
but in their simplest form.
Among the first spring offerings In
millinery were small dark turbans
trimmed with white wings in a rather
daring manner and turbans with a
light or white top. accented by a bow.
The well-gowned woman has chosen
these two models in preference to the
more somber ones. Flowers are Ger.
tainly worn and so are cockades of all
kinds, but the bow on a dark hat is
usually white or beige and the wings
are almost invariably white.-Vogue.
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Takinn No channea-

so you're leaving to get married,
Mary?"
Yes. num-
And how long have you known the
young MANI"
Three weeks, num-"
Isn't that a rather short time?
Don't you think you ought to wait
until you know him better?"
mo, mum. I've tried that several
times, and every time the man changed
his mind when he got to know me
better"
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south American Oil.

According to a recent government
report the production of petroleum at
Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, in
1914 averaged more than 5000 tons
per month. the total output during that
year amounting to 10000 tons. It is
estimated that in 1915 the production
of these oil fields will exceed 10000
tons. The petroleum deposits of
Bahia Blanca and Rio Negro also give
promise Of increased production dur.
ing the present year. The Argentine
government is taking active steps in
developing these deposits on a larger
scale than heretofore.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17

overtaking telegraph pole every once
In a while, when suddenly we heard
behind US a very insistent choof-
choof-choof-choof!
Its one Of those Careless Wagons"
l whispered to Peaches, and then we
both looked at Lohengrin to see II
there was mental struggle going
on In his forehead, but he was rush
ing onward with his head down, watch
ing his feet to make sure they didn't
step on each other.
Choof-choof-choof came the Torpedo
Destroyer behind us, and | wrapped
the reins around my wrist, in case
Lohengrin should get uneasy and want
to print horseshoes all over the auto
mobile.
The next minute the machine passed
MS, going at the rate of IA constables
an hour, and as it did so Lohengrin
stopped still and seemed to be biting
his lips with suppressed emotion.
coaxed him to proceed in English.
IN Spanish and Italian, and then in a
pale blue language of my own, but
he just stood there and bit his lips.
l believe If he had possessed finger
nails he would have bitten them too.
gave the reins to friend wife with
instructions how to act if the horse
started, and l jumped out to argue
with him.
Just when had picked out a good
sized hunk Of ice which was to be nv
argument. Lohengrin came out of his
trance and started off, but Peaches
forgot her instructions and spoke
above q whisper and he stopped
again.
Then took the reins, cracked the
whip, shouted a few paragraphs OF
the language General villa uses in
Mexico when he captures a Federal
soldier, and away we rushed like the
wind-when It wasn't blowing hard.
The hours flew by and we must have
gone at least half a mile, when an.
other Kerosene Wagon came bouncing
toward us from the opposite direction
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MY. my!" could hear the livery.
man saying. "Lohengrin's hesitation
must be the result of the epidemic of
automobiles which is now raging over
our country roads. The automobile
has a strange effect on Lohengrin. 1t
seems to cover him with a pause and
gives him Inflammation of the speed"
thought of poor Peaches shiverine
out there in that comedy sleigh staring
at a dreaming horse, while in front Of
her Red Devil Wagon complained in.
ternally and shook its tonneau at her.
and once more jolted that liveryman
with few verbal twisters.
Don't get excited" he whisnerad
back over the phone. "Lohengrin ia a
new idea in horses. Whenever he
meets an automobile he goes to sIeep
and tries to forget it. Isn't that better
than running away and dragging Won
to a hospital? There must be some.
thing about an automobile that affects
Lohengrln's heart. l think it is the
gasoline. The odor from the gasoline
seems to penetrate his mind to the re-.
gion OF his memory and he forgets tn
move. Lohengrin is a fine horse. with
most lovable disposition, but when
the air becomes charged with gasoline
he forgets his duty and falls asleep at
the switch"
went out and explained to nv wife
that Lohengrin was a victim Of the
gasoline habit, and that he wouId
never leave that spot until the Bubble
went away, and that the Bubble
couldn't go away until the chauffeur
woke up, and that the chauffeur
couldn't wake up until his mind had
digested lot of wood alcohol, SO she
jumped out of the trick sleigh for the
purpose of telling Lohengrin Just what
she thought about him.
At that moment somebody opened
the folding doors in the barn inst
ahead Of us, and Lohengrin, with a
whitening glance at friend wife and a
shrug of his shoulders in my direction,
| tippy-toed to cover and left us fat.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17

ostler Joe, the charge d'affaires OF
the barn, tried to stop Lohengrin and
ask for his credentials, but the equine
onion brushed right by and planted
himself and the droshky in the middle
of the barn floor, where he promptly
went to sleep again.
Just as we hurried away to nag an
approaching trolley car heard Ostler
Joe say to the slumberiUg Lohengrin:
Wake up. you doggone oil rabbit,
wake up ana git oUen our barn. know
you, dag gone you. even If you be dis
guised by hidin' behind that thar four
poster bed on runners. Wake up, you
oil ijit! You be Henlopen Laffenwells
accomplice in crime, been't ye? WAL
you git right out'n our barn an do
your sleepin where you belong. Dag
gone If you kin use our barn to give
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
To ApprecIate Collar,

Only few of the great painters
have been great "colorists." for the re.
grettable reason that they could not
oiVinely see color, and to such paint.
ers the master colorist has been called
crude and garish. The fine thing for
everyone is to cultivate the eye to a
close and ever observation of all hues
and shades in nature, for in that way
only one can have the pleasure of the
highest appreciation of nature, splen-
did as the wondrous revelations of the
spectrum 10 in its divination OF the
composition of rays of light.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
But He IIndsratnnd.

The artist was painting-sunset, red,
with blue streaks and green dots.
The old rustic, at respectful dis
tance, was watching.
"Ah," said the artist. looking up
suddenly. perhaps to you, too, nature
has opened her sky-pictures page by
page? Have you seen the lambent
flame of dawn leaping across the livid
east; the red-stained, sulphurous islets
floating in the lake of fire in the west {;
the ragged clouds at midnight, black
as ravens wing, blotting out the
shuddering moon?"
NO" replied the rustic, shortly;
mot since I signed the pledge. Tit
Bits.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
The Elnnr Did

Jimmy, five years old, had discov-
cred that he could do few turns on
the swinging rings in the gymnasium
Of the Boys club, following the ath-
letic example of his older brother. But.
as all Joy must end, SO ended the hap
piness of the young swinger. His hold
slipped and he landed on the floor
His brother rendered first aid.
did the rings hit your" he asked.
NO" Jimmy replied between sobs.
but the floor did"
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
HOLDS THE BATHING DRESS
Bag for Conveyance Of Costume Nee.
essary for the open-Alr AbIu-
tions Of the Season.

With the warm weather, open-air
bathing once again becomes possible,
and in anticipation of holidays 1t is
well to prepare bag for carrying a
bathing dress. 1t should, If possible,
be made Of some waterproof fabric.
1t Is cut out in two pieces which are
sewed together at the base and half
way up the sides; above this the ma
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
LOOK YOUR BEST
AS to Your Hair and Skin, cutleura
Will Help You. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, tho
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant suDer-creamy emollients pre-
serve the natural purity and beauty
1f the skin under conditions which,
If neglected, tend to produce a state
Of irritation and Disagreement.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
The earuOyIe eazed At Mel

your limitations of Rip Van Wrinkle.
Come on now, git!"
When we finally reached home Aunt
Martha asked US how we enjoyed the
sleighride.
THE scenery was perfectly lovely
1t was so stationary" Peaches an
swered, with chattering teeth.
"One Of the best walks ever had"
l said as put both feet in the fire.
place to warm up
Lohengrin. eh? To make him go Mr..
Wagner would have to set him to rag
time.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17

ner shown in diagram A at the top Of
the illustration, and when the bag is
SO closed, 1t can be carried by the
long handle and cannot possibly come
open.
Initials of the owner or the words
Bathing Dress" can be roughly en-
broidered upon one side of the bag.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
COULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak Could
Not Do Her WOrk-Found
Relief In Novel Way.
Adrian. Mich. -" 1 suffered terribly
with female weakness and backache ana

got 30 weak that !
could hardly do my
work. When /
washed my dishes /
had to sit down and
when I would sweep
the floor ! would get
so weak that l would
have to get a drink
every few minutes,
and before l did my
busting Iwould have
tn lie down I not
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
No Mar This rima.

Critical Husband-This beef isn't At
to eat.
Wife-Well, told the butcher that
If 1t wasn't good l would send you
around to his shop to give him a
thrashing; and l hope you'll take
someone with you, for he looked pref
ty fierce, and didn't like the way he
handled his big knife.
Husband-Humph! Oh, well, l must
say I've seen worse meat than this.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17

terial is bound at the edges with braid.
The opening Of the bag is stiffened
on either side with pieces of cane, the
material being turned over and
hemmed down and the cane run
through.
The handles of the bag are made Of
cord securely tied to the pieces Of
cane and It win be noticed that there
is one long handle and one short han
die. The long handle is slipped
through the short handle In the man
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
sewIna Wlth rwo NeedI.s a, nn..

Sewing With Two Needles at Once.
1t will facilitate sewing to use two
needles at the same time. In shirring
two rows can be run in almost the
same time as one. and in sewing a
braid fiat on the bottom of a skirt
saving both of the skirt (Which is
handled less) and of time will be ac.
complished by the use of two needles
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
Idle Metapbors.

What is the title of that book you
are reading?"
THE Sea of Matrimony.'"
Hum! Any submarines about?"
"oh, yes, but the particular ship
whose fortunes am following is in
no danger. 1t is conveyed by dread
naught."
''Meanlng?"
"The brides mother"
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
Pride In Tho I4oms

Many men ere determined to beau.
thy their home grounds this summer
even if they have to make their wives
DO the vork.-South Bend News.
Times.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
AnEInat RIlIhnardi

Several hundred women in Firwood,
Pa, have started crusade to place
under the Ian every store, theater and
other business that uses billboards as
an Advertising medium.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
oeorue Washlnoton outdon..

Pop" said little RolIo, "why are
parlor ornaments called ornaments?"
my son." replied Rollo, ST., 81 can.
not lie; don't know."-Philadelphia
Ledger
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17

DR0pSV TREATED, usually YES quick
NJ relief soon removes swelling
81 and short breath, often gives entire relief In
! 5 to rs days. Trial treatment sent FRER
REk DR.. THOMAS E. GREEN, Successor to DR..
AAN H. H. GTeeaS Sons. Box A. ChAtSwOrth. &c.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17
Hard Wnrk

First Flea-Been on a vacation?
Second Flea-Nope, on a tramp
Penn Punch Bowl.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-10-23
WESTERLY HEARS OF RESCUE
j. Holmes Overcome While Bringing Unconscious Daniel
J. Sullivan From sGasPoisoned Dry Wea-Luns Motor
Prevents North Stoninston Tragedy-Body Of Missing
.Herbert McPherson.F Found in William A. Baker
Arrested, Charged With Non-Support.

prosecuting authorities were made &C
quainted with the facts in the case.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-10-23

Chief of Police Thomas z. Brown
received from the police department.
of Brooleline, Mass, a warrant for the
arrest of William A. Baker, wanted in
that city to answer to the complaint.
Of non- support, brought by his wife.
Minnie Baker. Baker was located at
work in North Stonington cranberry
bog and was taken into custody by
Deputy Sheriff william Casey and de-.
Hvered to Chief Brown at the state
boundary line. Baker was lodged in,
the Westerly police station and the
Brookline police authorities were no.
titled. An officer came for the ac-s
cused Friday afternoon. Baker waived
extradition rights and was taken to
Brcokline. He claimed that the arr:
rest was unwarranted, and that he
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-10-23
STONINGTON
Death Of Miss Helena v. Vargas
Werkmen's Club Officers For Club
License. sEa.. E


: After an illness extending from Au-
gust 10. Miss Lena " Vargas died
Friday morning at her home in Gold
street. -Stonington borough, and after
receiving the professional attention of
physicians and experts of Connecticut
and Rhode Island. Miss Vargas was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Vargas, Jr., and was bookkeeper for
her father in the ice business. Miss
Vargas was popular with her asso-
cfates and was held in highest esteem
by her many acquaintance.
After Club Liquor License.
The Pawcatuek Workman's club,
through its treasurer, Herbert z. Tay-
Tor, has made application for a club
certificate TO enable the club to have
in its possession and dispense to the
members spirituous and intoxicating
liquors, as an incident to its social
life. Treasurer Taylor, as the appli-
made oath that this club is bona flde
organization wherein the dispensing of
liquor is not its chief object, but an
incident Of its existence as an organ
ization. and that its members are over
twenty-one years of age. and that no
minors are admitted to active mem
bership. The object of the organfza-
lion, as specified, are recreation. social
amGsements, mutual acquaintance and
a study of political economy
Inc CLUB was organized May 3, 1906,
and the present officers are: Horace
Weldon, president Oscar Martell, vice
president; George 7. Lord. secretary:
Herbert E Taylor, treasurer: A D.
Hill, John McShone. Edward z. Mag
hen. Frank Lynch, board of governors
J According to the application the club
has membership of forty-three at
the present time. This club is locat-
ed off West Broad street.
Stonington Pointers. ,.:s
Louis Peppin and Antonio Falconio;
were before the Stonington court, Fri
| day charged with keeping a place on
railroad property in which intoxicat-
| ing liquors were for sale without IL
cense, and with actual sale They
were found guilty, and each were
fined a total of $40 and costs. They
did not pay and were committed TO
Jail in. New London These men are
of the party who are employed in the
rock -ballasting of the railroad and
sold to their fellow employers who
are housed on the old steamboat
wharf.
Miss Gladys Smith was given a linen
shower at the home of her mother
in honor of her coming marriage with
Mrs. LIE Bounty, Wednesday evening
i Edwin Myers.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-10-23

Stephen Lanphere, fisherman of.
Lower Pawcatuck, discovered the body
of colored boy in the Pawcatuck
river in the rear of the Pendleton
store, Friday morning. The body was
secured and DIR. M. H. Scanlon. med
ical examiner. was summoned and a
permit was granted for the removal of
the body, the examiner deciding that
death was due to accidental drowning.
The boy was Herbert Mcpherson, age
5. son OF Mrs. Charles Boyd. and has
been missing since last Saturday. He
was seen playing aboard a, scow near
the foot of Cross street, and evidently
fell overheard and was drowned.
Search was instituted for the body
Sunday, but without success and was
continued Monday and Tuesday and
then Abandoned, to await the natural
rising of the body to the surface.
Two boys have been drowned in the
Pawcatuck within a week, the other
being Carl Clark, who was drowned on
Sunday, his body being recovered the
same day.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-10-23
PRESTON

There will be, services at Long So
ciety church Sunday afternoon. Rev.
A. L. Tedford of the Baptist church
conducting the meeting.
There is to be mending and pack
ing day in the vestrys of the Congrega-
tiona1 church by the ladies of the
church.
Jesse Crary was in Kingston this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H Wilson attended
the wedding of their niece, Miss Helen
Harrington, in Willimantic Wednes-
day.
All. and Mrs. LaPoint visited their
daughter, Mrs. Lynwood Crary, Thurs
day.
Mrs. ]. o. Crazy is visiting friends
in Mystic.
Charles BENJAMIN and family
Charles Zabriskie and Rev. A. L. Ted
ford attended a conventiiu in Middle
town this week.
The schools in town were closed Fri