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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-30
Holland County
SPRING HILL
ChiIdren's Exercises, Family Gather 1: ings and Other Social Events of . Christmas Week.

Forty went to the Baptist church last week Friday evening to witness or take some part in the exercises by the children of the Sunday school. Songs. reeitations, etc, followed by the presentation of gifts from the ments, filled out the time to the en- joyment of all.
 Family Gathering.
 The regular Christmas Storrs-Gar- diner family gathering was at the to dinner. The Christmas tree was relieved of its burden, good cheer pre- vailed, and those in the other house. were not forgotten. They, also, re- ceived presents from Mrs. Chadwick and fruit and candy from the Sunday school in Eagleville.
 There was another family gathering Tuesday, when MT, and Mrs. Clarence 4. Hawkins of Willimantic and seven children with their families were en- tertained at the home of H. c. Haw- kins, the eldest son. There were 29 present. A Christmas tree, also, was an important feature.
 MT. and Mrs. Byron S. Hawkins and two children of Middletown, and MT. and Mrs. Nelson H. White of Win sted were at the home of D. c. F1ah- erty. Christmas day.
 MT. and Mrs. R. R. Knapp of Bridge port were of the Storrs-Gardiner party, also Miss Marian Storrs of TEompsonville, and all are staying at the home of Judge L. J. Storrs.
 MT. and Mrs. W. P. Wildes Leland Wildes and Miss Olive Wildes of Providence, R. l., are guests at the home of H. c. Hawkins.
 Mrs. B. L. Recuero of New York spent Christmas with MT. and Mrs. La.
 Mrs. E. F. Storrs and Mary Storrs left Monday morning for Cotuit, Mass, to spend the week.
 Town Clerk W. B. Ross, is on deck
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RIPLEY HILL.
Dinner Guests on Christmas Dav = nt-Green Wedding-cIub Meets.
 Mrs. George Clark, who has beer

ill, is improving slowly.
 William Richardson is working in Branford.
 Mrs. Zechiel of New York is spend- lng the holidays with her daughter, Mrs. John Connor.
 Mrs. H. B. Stiles with her two children, of Sascachawan, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Rowley.
 Miss Julia M. White is having a milking machine installed on her dairy farm.
 MT. Peterson and family are spend- ing a week in New York
 MT. and Mrs. James Morrel and daughter Ruth, spent Christmas with Mrs. Morrei's parents, MT. and Mrs George Freeman.
 George Freeman of Manchester was home over Christmas.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Bonney of Burnside spent Christmas at the home of the formers parentsSeMr. and Mrs Fred Ayers.
 Edward Hazen is visiting his sister in South Manchester
 Fred Snyder spent Christmas with his niece in Willimantic
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MT. HOPE

Miss Merle Clark spent Christmas with her parents, MT. and Mrs. AL bert Clark of Ashford.
 Miss Cora McCracken of Conant- vile spent Christmas with her uncle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. George AIbte
 Miss Irene Russ of Hill Top speni Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Russ.
 F A. Young and Brooklyn of New York and daughter, Winona Of New London were Christmas guests at tne Ledges.
 MT. and Mrs. George ATbee and Miss Cora spent Christmas on Lower Mil with MT. and Mrs. Ralph Church
 George Russ, Mrs. David Russ, Mrs Alfred Childs and children and Mr. Otto Hattin and family, MT. and Mrs: Michael Kroft and Evelyn, attendeo the Christmas exercises at ATWOOD vile last Friday night.
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BOLTON NOTCH

Miss Sadie Howard from New York visited her mother, Mrs. Minnie How ard over Christmas.
 Mrs. Carl Cooley of Hartford and Mrs. Gustie Kimbley of New Haven were guests of their sister. Mrs. Lo- ren Maine over Sunday.
 Mrs. Carrie Barckley of New York visited her aunt, Mrs. Loren Maine over Christmas.
 Misses Ruth and Hattie Warner of South Manchester spent Christmas with their grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Howard.
 The Quarryville M. E. Sunday schoo had Christmas exercises and a treI Monday night.
 The Belknap school closed Friday for the holidays. The pupils had Christmas tree and exercises.
 Mrs. Harley DeWolf visited in East Hartford Wednesday. She attended the Eastern Star meeting Wednesday night.
 Miss Mary Cross is working at tht GriSwold hotel, Manchester.
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STAFFORD
Book Club Has Twenty three Mem bers-Barsaieau-Pinder Marriage Grange Gives Play.

Mrs. Julia Johnson was taken re- gently to Sanitarium in Enfield for treatment.
 Miss Julia Lougheed has been con lined to the house with an attack of tonsilitts. c~z144
 The circulating book club formed at tie home of Mrs. J. B. Hough has twenty-three members.
 c. w. Lasbury has resigned with Brown & Penney and accepted an ad- vantageous offer of Chapman & Brooks of Springfield.
 Barsaleau-Pinder.
 Henry Barsaleau, a former resident of this place, now living at Key West, Fla. married Nev. 22, Miss Grace eo by Rev. J. J. Jones, pastor of the Methodist church. They will make their home at the residence of the brides mother in Key West.
 Grange Play.
 The play Red Acre Farm" given in Memorial hall under the auspices of Stafford grange, came on the night of the worst storm of the vseason. but those who attended felt well repaid for the effort. The grange always gives good plays, but this was the best yet, is the general verdict.
 Miss Elsie Phillips and Miss Helen Wightman are spending the Christ mas vacation at their homes
 E. ". Bassett of Holyoke was home over Christmas.
 C. W. Iasbury and Herbert Phillips of Springfield spent the holidays at their homes.
 MT. and Mrs. C., c. Pinney of New York were guests of MT. and Mrs. B. c. Pinney last week.
 The cantata, Santa Claus Dream. {" given by the children of the Universa- list Sunday school Christmas eve was greatly enjoyed, an able committee having the matter in charge.
 The Wednesday evening service at the Baptist church was omitted on ac- count of ice and storm.
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WEDDING.
Flint-Green

The wedding of Burton aE. Flint and Miss Bertha I. Green took place at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Green on Christmas at noon, Rev. MT. Beebe performing the ceremony. The bride was dressed in white and carried white roses. The bridesmaid. Miss Gladys Flint sister of the groom wore white satin and carried bouquet of pinks. The best man was George Pearl of Brooklyn. Many presents were received, consist ing of money. silver, linen, furniture and other useful articles. About 35 relatives were present. After their wedding trip MT. and Mrs. Flint will reside in the village.
 Notes.
 Mrs. Mabel Cooty of Vermont is wis., iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Green.
 The Hill Top Home club met with Mrs. Rowley, Friday afternoon A Christmas program was carried out.
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holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. L. H. Sevey, of Indianapolis.
 Local Jottinss.
 William B. Trowbridge is in Stam- ford spending the week.
 Mrs. Myron Lee is visiting relatives in Rockville.
 Miss Annabel Post has returned home after a visit with Miss Jennie L.. Bolton of Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles F. Sumner and daughters spent Christmas day with Mrs. Summers parents, MT. and Mrs. John Adams Conklin of Hart ford.
 Felix Boero. who has been working in New York has returned home.
 Miss Clara Post of Hartford spent the first of the week with Miss Anna Post.
 Little Miss Louise Phelps is ill with grip.
 Mrs. Alice Mason Knight. formerly of Bolton. is ill in the Hartford hos pital
 W. L. Phelps of Springfield was a guest at Wesson Phelps the first of the week.
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COVENTRY
Ready Helpers Send Santa Claus on Kindly Errand-SchooIs to Open on Tuesday.

Rev. H. s. Wlnship spent Christ mas at his home in Passaic, N. J. MT. and Mrs. Arthur S. Wood of New Haven spent Christmas with Mrs. Woods parents.
 Miss Anna Wa1bridge and MT. Beach of Hartford were at home over Christ maS.-
 Family Gathering.
 Herbert Hall and family of Spring field, Mass, and Robert Hall of East Hartford. spent Christmas with the gentlemen's parents. MT. and Mrs. O. c. Hall.
 Arthur vinton spent several days this week in New York. making the trip in his automobile.
 Powell Chase, U. S. N., spent a five days furlough with his parents. re- turning Tuesday.
 Mrs. Amelia Walbridge and Mrs. w. s. Green are ill with grip.
 Provided Christmas Cheer. : The Ready Helpers filled three large baskets with all kinds of good things for Henry Case and Miss Anna Case, 93, and 55 years old. W. B. Hawkins acted as Santa Claus.
 Miss Ruth Hawkins is spending the holidays at home.
 Mrs. Augusta Schwarz of Manches- ter spent Christmas with her father. The regular meeting of the Ready Helpers was held Thursday evening in the chapel.
 The schools will reopen Tuesday. -
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Misses Nellie Mcknight, Alice Hyde and Marguerite Oates are home from Mt. Holyoke college for the Christ mas vacation.
 Harold J. Patric is spending the holidays with relatives in North Am herst, Mass.
 Mrs. Clement Clark is entertaining her mother, Mrs. Durham of Stafford
 MT. and Mrs. Eugene Finance had as their guests over Christmas MT. and Mrs. Gardner Hughes of New Haven and MT. and Mrs. Hayes of Waterford
 MT. and Mrs. Raymond Steele of Hartford and MT. and Mrs Leland Sloane of Broad Brook were guests of
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,. A. Price and family on Christmas
day.
 Exercises by Sunday School.

Exercises by Sunday School.
 The Christmas exercises for the Sunday school were held Monday ev ening in the church. After a most en- joyab1e program of songs and recita- tions by the children, the audience passed down stairs where light re- treatments were served. Then Santa gifts from thetwo Christmas trees and a social time was enjoyed.
 William Kibbe is spending a few days here at his home which he is re- modelling before his family come from Meriden.
 Miss Ida Bancroft returned on Sun day from Southington where she has has been for the past five weeks. = Miss Esther Reade of Milton, Mass, spent Christmas with her brother, Clinton Reade.
 MT. and Mrs. R. A. Sikes, Miss Grace Sikes apd MT. and Mrs. Frank Nan gle and son were guests of MT. and Mrs. Neilap in Enfield over Christ mas.
 cantata Given.
 The cantata, The Coming of the King, by Dudley Buck, was most fine ly rendered by the choir and a chorus of twenty four voices. at the church service Christmas eve.
 Dr. and Mrs. William Shepherd have as their guest. Mrs. Shepherds sister of Lynn, Mass.
 Exchanged Gifts.
 The grange held Christmas party at their meeting Wednesday evening. After the program which was in charge of Mrs. A. D. Hale, Miss lola Sikes and Miss Jennie Ho1ton. There was an exchange of gifts among the members that caused much merri- ment. Candy and oranges were given to the children.
 Candy Pull.
 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hale enter tained a fe wfriends at their home Friday evening at an old fashioned candy pull.
 Paper covers to protect automo-
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ELLINGTON

Pleasure for Children in Christmas Exercises = Grange Members Ex- change Gifts-oId Fashioned Candy Pull.
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California orchards are piped the purpose of conveying sprs solution to the trees.
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Paper covers to protect automo- piles in storage have been invented.
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Candy Pull.

MT. and Mrs. Arthur Hale enter tained a fe wfriends at their hom Friday evening at an old fashione, candy pull.
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holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. L. H. Sevey, of Indianapolis.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Much money and valuable time IL
lost each year in almost every local
ity in the attempt to put Improbable
acres on a paying basis. Lack of sat
isfactory agricultural credit forcef
many a deserving family to waste time
in trying to get a start on acres that
moneyed men pass by. Misleading ad.
~vertisements and inflated magazine
articles have lured many a family to
give up a comfortable living in the city
to drag out a miserable existence in
toll and worry on worthless land.
Lack of knowledge of the business
side of farming is largely responsible
for loss in the management of unprof-
table acres. The problem Of how tc
prevent a waste Of money, time and
energy in the attempt to develop
worthless land is worthy Of careful
study. At best such waste can only
partially be prevented. The pity of
1t is that so much Of this loss falls on
those who can least afford to lose.
Every farmer who owns unproft.
able land should make a detailed ex.
animation Of his farm, acre by acre, to
detect all Improbable areas. Next, he
should determine the approximate
cost Of making each acre pay it's way.
Such study will disclose what and
how much is needed in the way OF
manure, commercial fertilizer, drain,
age or other preparation, to produce
satisfactory crop yields. This analy
teal study of each portion Of the farm
will sometimes call attention to many
acres that cannot be cultivated prof
itably. 1t is better to leave such land
in permanent pasture, or even to lei
1t lie idle. than to work it at a loss
The farm not only furnishes a home
but 1t is a place of business. AS such
each enterprise and acre should re
ceive individual attention, and. so fal
as practicable, the entire farm should
be placed on a paying basis"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

A farmer of Monarch, Alberta,
claims the distinction Of being the first
in the province to sell a carload of
hogs at the high price of eleven cents
a pound, live weight. The sale vas
made a short time ago at Calgary. and
II that time was a record, although
prices have since gone as high as
i11.12h per hundredweight. With
such prices available for hogs the
'armer has a market for everything
his farm produces, as there is prac-
tically no farm product which cannot
re converted into good hog flesh. The
uncertainty of results which attends
grain farming even under most favor
BILE conditions is removed when the
settler goes in for raising hogs, bee
md dairy products. With Western
'anada's cheap lands, heavy crops, and
Innate free from diseases of stock.
he stock farmer is as sure of success
s anyone can be.-Advertisement.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
ERADICATION OF CORN SMUT
Only Method lS to Cut OF Smutty
Stalks and Burn Them-No
Treatment Of Seed.

By o. NJ. ALLYN. Illinois Experiment
Station.)
There is no treatment OF seed corn
for smut. The spores which cause
smut in corn live over from one year
until the next in manure, soil, refuse,
etc. In the summer, under favorable
conditions these spores which may
have wintered in the soil or may have
been hauled to the field in the manure,
find Judgment on the tender parts OF
the corn plant, usually by the action
Of the wind, and start to grow.
The source of the spore is not the
seed corn, therefore. treatment will
do no good. The only method Of Grad
ication is to cut off the smutty stalks
and burn them. This, of course, is i'm
practical.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
"LOw-yielding acres, like boarder
cows, are often fatal to successful
farming" according to ]. C. Mcdowell
Of the office of farm management,
United States department Of agricu[
ture, in the new year book. Our
farm survey records show that areas
Of poorly drained, compact and sour
soils, or soils low in humus, greatly
reduce net profits. Sometimes these
records show that as much as 30 per
cent of the entire farm acreage does
not produce enough to pay its a
One farm in Wisconsin, on which
records were recently taken, has 40
acres Of poorly drained land that in
its present condition is practically
worthless. Twenty-Five dollars per
acre spent in drainage will make this
40-acre tract the equal of any in that
district, and good land is selling there
at $3.50 per acre. A small portion of
similar land on this farm has already
been tile-drained and is now produc-
ing a fair profit on each acre so i'm
proved.
1.-The successful business man al
ways tries to weed out all Improbable
enterprises and to expand those that
pay a profit. Improbable acres can
not always be disposed of as readily
rs boarder COWS, but usually they a
be improved until they become profit
bearing. II the income from such land
cannot be increased it is quite posi-
BILE that the labor spent upon it can
be reduced until the income at least
pays a little more than the cost Of
labor.
ltemlze Before Purchasing.
"In buying a farm, Improbable
acres that cannot easily be made prof
table should ordinarily be considered
as having little or no agricultural
value. They may even be a burden
TO their owner, in which case they
have a negative value. A farmer was
about to buy a Quartersection farm
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Ms. sophIa G. oheIIew LOses sult.

Colorado Springs.-The case Of Mrs.
Sophia Gertrude Chellew, who several
years ago started suit for half OF the
estate of Winfield Scott Stratton, late
multimill onaire mining king, was
thrown out OF court by County Judge
w. p. Kinney At the conclusion OF
several days of evidence. He declared
has decision that the claimant not
the widow Of Strattol, according to
The testimony given by witnesses.
His specific f. .dings were:
That from Dec. p, 1873, to Jan. 2,
1874, Stratton was in or near Colo
RADIO Spri gs, and not in Texas, where
Mrs. Chellew claims he was.
That A. N. Poor, first husband OF
Mrs. Chellew, died in 1875, and that
therefore the claimant was Mrs. Poor
at the time she claims to have mar
ried Stratton:
That the claimant was not married
to Stratton Jan 1, 1874, in Texas, az
set lcrth in her complaint
Judge Kinney's decision ends the
suit as far as his court S concerned
unless an appeal is taken, which is
not expected.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

work and washing for eleven and ] can
tr%uthfully say Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has been a godsend
to me for 1 would have been in my grave
today but for it. / would tell all wO-
men suffering as ] was to try your valu-
able remedy. - Mrs. WIN. GREEN, 1872
S. Addison Street, indianapolis, Indiana
There is hardly a neighborhoOd in this
country, wherein some woman has not
found health by using this good old
fashioned root and herb remedy.
If there is anything about which you
would like special advice, write to the
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn,
Mass.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

won, for the question Of how to fasten
wire to concrete posts has been a diff
cult me-.
The new device consists of a slot
made at an angle in the post, while
a vertical slit is made to connect will
the outside cut. The wire is placed
in the slot while loose, and when
frightened cannot get out Of the groove
The idea looks sensible.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
.DAIRYING IN
WESTERN CANADA
Accompanying Industries Also
Prove Highly Profitable.

The cheese industry throughout
western Canada today is in a highly
iourishing condition and is bound in
a very short time to become much
more important. The war has created
a great demand for that article, and
its 8 abroad has given 1t a lot OF
useful advertising. The article known
as Canadian cheese is now sought not
only by the soldier in the trenches,
but by the ordinary civilian consumer,
Who, having used 1t, is quick to ap-
preciate its value. This means that
after the war there will be a demand
created for il that would not other
wise have been. Up to the present
the war needs have limited the local
supply, but with the increased effort
that is now being put forth it is hoped
that this will be met. AS a matter Of
course the prices are high, and the
farmers who contribute to the cheese
factories are making money.
The cheese season is now fully open
and there is every prospect of an ex-
cellent year because the high price
which obtained last year will undoubt-
eddy be maintained this season. West
ern Canada has all the natural re-
sources for. the making of cheese. the
iced and the cool nights, two things
essential, and in time it is bound to
become one of the finest cheese coun-
tries of the continent.
The lower foothills of Alberta, used
only at the present time as ranges or
for no purpose, will in time produce
cheese in great quantities, and doubt
less will soon equal the famous up
lands Of Denmark.
The cool nights mean the better
keeping of milk and cream and
cheese, and that is a great thing for
the industry. especially when com
bined with possibilities Of cattle feed
such as exist on the long slopes from
the Rockies eastward.
The hog market. which may be
classed as an adjunct Of farming, is
an exceedingly good one, and the low
cost at which the feed can be pro
duced, coupled with the high prices
realized, make this industry very prof
table.
One Of the first thoughts that occur
to the mind of the average prospective
settler is the likelihood Of suitable
markets. In this connection the fol
lowing table will be Illuminating. II
is supplied by the P. Burns company
hackers and exporters, of Calgary. ant
shows the average monthly price pait
for hogs for the six years 1910 to 1917
inclusive. When n considers the low
initial cost of the land and the small
overhead cost of maintenance and
feed. these prices challenge compari
son.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
RED, ROUGH, PlMPLY SKIN
Quickly Cleared by cutleura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely ON these fragrant,
super-creamy emollients to care lor
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth
ing better to clear the skin Of pimples,
blOtches, redness and r%oughness, the
scalp Of dandruf and itching and the
hands OF chapping and
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Stony Land-Very Hard to Clear and
Not Worth Much When Cleared.
in the corn belt at 500 per acre. This
appeared to him to be a very reason
able price for a farm in that region
until a careful analysis Of the PROPOSE
ton called his attention to the large
amount of waste land on the farm.
Actual measurements and careful es-
Inmates furnished the following data:
80 acres rich. sandy loam, not stony,
not rough, gently sloping' well
siq5%So $1,000
A acres poor land, sandy, stony,
rough. billy, probably OF little or
no agricultural value; actual
value Z
q acres poor pasture land. wet land
that can be drained, but that can
not be drained at a profit; actual
value $40 per acre; SlO%S5 ..........' -
Buildings -1o
Total SIPS
S2. SO0+100=$S0.
"These figures gave the farm includ-
ing buildings, a value OF $50 per acre
though a part of 1t was worth consid-
erably more than the average price
per acre asked for the farm. An item
lied study of the farm, acre by acre
and a detailed study of fences build
ings and other improvements, should
always be made before purchasing
Such investigation often calls atten-
ton to enough Improbable acres to
stop the sale.
Utilization OF Unproftable Acres
"To what extent and at what rate
we should attempt to decrease the
number Of Improbable acres depends
largely on the increased demand for
agricultural products. The law OF d.
minishing returns pre'ents the re-
clamation Of waste land until the ris-
ing prices or cheaper methods OF pro
duction make such action practicable.
Frequently 1t pays better to spend
time and money in the further i'm
movement Of acres that are now prof.
table rather than in the reclamation
Of less desirable land.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
cburoh Doubles Pension Fund.

Saratoga Springs, N. Y.-Authoriza-
ton of a campaign to raise $4,000
600 for the pension fund for retired
Methodist ministers and their wd
ows "a given by the general con
ference, which adopted a resolution
continuing an effort begun eight
years ago. to provide an adequate
competence fund for the clergy when
they are too old for active work.
Four years ago the goal was set at
$1,000 1000. Plans were adopted 20
provide funds to finance the cam
paign.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

that ! could
not work. ] was
thin, pale and weak,
weighed but 1O9
pounds and was IN
bed most Of the
time. ! began TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound and FIVE
month later J
weighed 1873 pounds
I do all the house.