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Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04


 Needless to say, being all three at once 1t is about hens.
 Now, Pm not a 'hen man, in any sense of the word. I have no liking for the birds. no intelligent knowledge of them, To interest in them, such as l have in horses and sheep. I know the rooster-when he crows-but, be- yond that, don't know any two fowls in my flock apart.
 We need eggs in our business when it comes to various cooking details, and an occasional chicken pie beats a dinner of herbs all hollow. For these reasons, We keep a few hens, about twenty, on the average. When l say keep" I mean that we furnish them lodgings, food and water. But, be- yond that, they get small attention. l don't want anything more to do with them than just to do my duty by them, as required of one who by su- perior strength holds inferior beings in an enforced captivity.
 They have shanty- roofed house, eighteen by ten feet, with a dirt CgraveD floor free from all obstruc- tions. It is built of straight-edged boards, up and down, covered on the outside with roofing paper. Has two front. and a double door, one of tight boards and one of two-inch netting. The eight door Is shut nights; the screen door is shut days. Ever since the first heavy snows came, almost three months ago, they have been con- fined to this house, there being a per sistent snow-bank three feet deer against the little slide-door which opens on their run at the north side
 They get a bran-mash in the morn ing, corn on the ear at noon. and a feed of mixed oats, buckwheat and cracked night CpattnTp1 the dirt floor. Occasionally a few bas- kets of barn-f1oor sweepings are thrown in for them to scratch over Each morning they get a good sized nangel wurzel, are kept constantly supplied with water-which is always wet, but which I have never yet sue Ceeded in finding any way to keer ciean-and have a pan full of ground limestone always sitting in one corner under the rooSts. Occasionally I pound up a few quahaug shells on a project ing stone of the underpinning.
 Their run is about forty feet Ionc by eighteen feet wide, inclosed with ( six-foot wire fence. With the excep- ton of a very few days in earl3 spring. after the snow has gone bu before the first garden seeds are sown and few days in fall, before the earl, snows and after the last cabbage ha been pulled, they are confined to hous and run all the time. In mid -winte they are confined to house alone.
 have rever sold any old hens When they die of old age I add then to the manure heap. Some of m, present flock may be nine or ten year old. for all I know. Rats caught anc killed all but two of the twenty odc bullets I had matched last spring. Witt the exception of those two they ar all what are classed as old hens.
 Moreover, they are inbred to an ex tent which would fill the soul of eugenic hen man with inexpressibl horror. We've always run to Whit Iseghorns, for the simple reason tha they eat rather less. lay rather better and bother less about setting" thal most other breeds. Every spring
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04
EAST WELLINGTON

Dorothy Wilson is i'll with tunsfli- tis. ford, where he expects to find work -
 Henry Walton Is able to be at work again, after an illness of a week.
 J. MrocZowski was in Rockville Monday
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04
Accepts Gall.
FUN ERALS.
Prof. L, p. Chamberlain,

There was a large attendance from the college at the funeral in Rocky Hill, of Prof. L. P. Chamberlain, for merly a teacher here at the college.
 Walter Brundage.
 The community was shocked to learn of the sudden death of Walter Brundage, a student at the college. A number of his fraternity and others representing his class and the college attended his funeral, held at the home of his parents in Danbury.
 The church cushions have been sent away to be recovered and while this is cling done the pews will be vanished
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04

particular bird by the tail. So, the fourth year, I plunged" heavy; put in a lot of fertilizer and a lot of seed and did a lot of work. And the crop proved total failure!
 Last year l put in my usual amount of onion seed on the same old onion patch which has produced noble bush elage for twenty years. Gave 1t ex, actly the same preparation as usual and expected, as a matter of course, at least a usual crop. The seed came
 up fine, was weeded the first time and then, in two nights and day,
 the pesky cutworms ate off every lit tie onion on that bed. Not maggOts,
 if you please, nor beetles, nor bugs;
 just common everyday cutworTns, of the breed which never before on this farm or any of my neighbors had ever so much as nibbled at an onion, young or old.
 For twenty years I've confidently credited myself with knowing how to raise onions. Now MT. Cutworm has shown me that I've got to begin all ! over again.
 I There's no use talking, farming | isn't yet a thing of set rules in any of
 its branches, whether stock raising or fowl breeding or grain growing or truck producing. It's a great big an | nual puzzle box for the practical far | meT. The longer he keeps at 1t and ] the wider his experience reaches, the 1 better guesser he's apt to be. But | it's a guesser that he is, after all and I don't care how shrewd he may he nor how wise he may think himself ! he'll miss his guess, now and then.
 He may think himself lucky and be humbly thankful if he doesn't miss Il
 a good deal oftener than now and i them!
 THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04

hundred, likewise modernly housed. constantly tended to, fed rations which are weighed and mixed about as carefully as a druggists prescrip- tion. He is actually fond of those fowls, knows every one from all the others, and humors particular habits and whims. At last reports, he was getting about ffty-f1ve eggs a day. or about an egg per hen every five and a half days
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04
CONFESSIONAL THANKSGIVING; AND A
 PUZZLE
PUZZLE

put twenty eggs, taken fresh from the nests and with no sorting, under two hens. They usually all hatch Naturally half or more are roosters. After day or two the whole batch are given to whichever hen seems to make the best mother, and, later, the young cockerels are eaten, with the excep- tion of three or four which are kept into the winter. The one of these which eventually succeeds in licking all the others and becoming literally cock of the roost," is saved to fer tlllze the eggs for next springs set ting.
 ThereI If that isn't a confession of bad poultry management and incom- petence in the eyes of any professional hen man." then I'll be surprised. Now comes in the thanksgiving part We've been having, all around my hen-houSe, the worst winter weather known hereabOuts for many years. In tense cold, high winds, constant snows, absence of sunshine have combined to make 1t winter to be classed with | the decidedly "old- fashioned" kind And yet my old hens. not modernlv | housed, not scientifically fed, not given any run" inbred and nismanaged- ! ou,re not fit to be allowed to keep l hens,' said one indignant poultry man to me, the other day-and yet those | miserable fowls have been simply 1 shuCklng out eggs. this winter, as if 1 they were paid to do so, I haven't l enough interest in them. as rule, tn 1 keep any sort of record But for more l than two months, they've been doing from six to fourteen eggs a day. with 1 out let-up. There have been but 1 few days when they fell as low as six fewer than those on which they put out fourteen. I'm a little sorry. now l that I didn't keep a record from thc
 first of December. just for c11riOsitv's 1 sake. But it's safe to say that they've averaged ten eggs a day for that per lod. That Is an egg 9 hen every other day.
 ! I've just counted the eggs gathered 1 in the last seven days:-sfyty-six o-
 them on hand. besides at least haIf.
 a-dozen used by the missus to make 1 cake. That cOrroborates my guess O
 the average daily laying.
 Won't any competent and inteIlfqen poultry keeper agree that conSidPrinf 1 my comparative neglect of my hen! and despite my general disregard O the most important rules for foster 1 ing egg production. I ought to b,
 mi@hty thankful?
 | Anyway, whatever his DossibI opinion. I am thankful and want f,
 exnress my thanksgiving publicly.
 If it be true that I don't deserve m, i blessings in the way of eggs. just asi yourself if we any of us really deserv
 all cur blessings
 Most of US are willing to admit theoretically, that if we all got onT
 and exactly what we deserve we shoul
 get less candy and shorter common
 than we Io.
 have one pouItrynnan neiqhbo
 who spends his entire time 'tendin
 his hens. He has between twelve am
 thirteen hundred of them, housed i,
 the most approved buildings. given tn
 most scientifically compounded ra
 1ors, studied constantly and actuall
 made the subject of more solicitor
 care than some folks give their chiI
 dren. At last reports, he was gettin ! about two hundred eggs a day. a
 about an egg per hen every six days. Another neighbor keeps about thre
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04
LETTERS FROM TWO STATES

mantle, Thursday. to attend the fu- neral of his mother, who died there Monday. Mrs. Flaherty was unable to go with him, as she is i'll.
 Judge l.. J. StOrrs was in New Ha- ven, Wednesday.
 Miss Marian Storrs is at home for a short stay.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04
Holland County
STOKRS

Meeting of Book CIub-Fine Enter tainment by MarigoId Quartet-ReV, Marshall Dawson Accepts Call to Local Church.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04

ana Wn1InS. At IaSI repOTlS, ne WsS getting about ffty-f1ve eggs day, or about an egg per hen every five and a half days.
 Now l come to the puzzle part:
 Why on earth do I get, this beastly income of eggs which. by all the laws of hendom and all the rules of the ex- perts I don't deserve, while Jones and Jenl0s, who by those same laws and rules deserve eggs by the bushel aren't getting them? Jones, who hasn't much patience with my weak ness, says he can't explain 1t except on the old theory that the good Lord looks out especially for children and fools. As I graduated from the prtm- ary department more than fifty years ago, the inference Is plain in which class he grades me!
 Jenks, on the other hand, more suavely agrees that it's as much a puzzle to him as to me.
 Tho disquieting thing about it all to me is that, the longer I live on the farm and the more I have to do with beasts and birds and bugs and plants and other farm habitants, the more of just such puzzles I'm constantly pumping into.
 One year I sowed a small patch of oats the same day that a neighbor's hired men were sowing large field just over the fence. The soil is the same both sides of that fence and, of course, climatic conditions are alike. There was no appreciable diff ference in the preparation of the soil. I worked hard and late, in the face of a threatening storm, to get my seed well narrowed in before dark. The men on the other side knocked off about three o'clock to go to a ball game, leaving their seed on top of the ground, unharrOwed. That night it began to rain and for ten days the soil was unavoidable. In the mean time about forty hens were industriously gathering their daily rations from the seed oats scattered over the surface of my neighbor's field.
 Naturally I, who had treated my field intelligently and faithfully, ex- l pected the results to show it. But that other field, neglected and | mismanaged and abused, gave a crop ! averaging two bushels to my one!
 Some of my garden crops are mighty pernickety critters. They have to be studied like problems in mental arithmetic and humored like sick girls. Some years ago, I thought had found the right medicine, at 1 last, for one of the worst of them l put it on a different kind of sOil gave
 it different mixing of fertilizer, and | got fine results. This was pleasant
 but I was too wary to bet heavy on | just one seasons experience. So I tried the same plan a second year | both times in merely experimental quantity. Again it worked well. A ! third trial also with noble returns
 convinced me that I, at last, had tha'
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04

Cwritten Specially for The Builettn.) This is partly a confession; partly a thanksgiving; and partly puzzle.
 Needless to say, being all three at once 1t is about hens.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04

Rev William Martin Brown of Windham, preached here Sunday morning.
 The Ladies' Book club held an inter esting meeting Tuesday evening in the library. There was sewing for the Red Cross. A paper on Children's Pen sions was head by Mrs. G. H. Lam son, on Child Labor Laws by Mrs 4. M. Esten. A paper on the Children's Bureau, prepared by Mrs. A. J. Brundage was read, in her absence, by Mrs H. D. Edmond.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04
ANDOVER

Most of Chester Morton's Estate to Local Congregational Church, Library, Public Schools and Poor Chiidren-Myron Evans Has Aue- ton.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04
MariqoId Ouartette PIeasas.

The NIarigold quartette gave a fin ished concert Wednesday evening in Hawley armory. Their costumes were chic their selections bright and pro- gram varied The date had been de- ferrod from the early part of February when the cOlIeGe WAS closed
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04
At Tea Room Thursday.

The tea room Thursday was in charge of Mrs. A. G. Gallup. Mrs. w. M. Esten. Mrs. H. L. Garrigus, Mrs. G. A. Manter, Mrs. George Fraser. Miss Moves assisted in serving. A short meeting of the Ladies' Circle was held before the tea room opened to elect a member of the committee for selecting hymn books.
 Miss Ruth Bates of Haverhill has been spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Henry Judkins.
 Accepts Gall.
 Rev. Marshall Dawson of the Yale School of Religion has accepted the pastorate of the church here. He will begin his work here the first Sun day in March.
 There being no new cases of scar let fever, the patients in Grove hall have been released from quarantine and the building will be reopened next week
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04

Most of US are willing to admit. Theoretically, that if we all got only and exactly what we deserve we should get less candy and shorter commons than we do
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04

EVILLE SHOW EVER PRESENTED AT THIS H
The Washington herald., 1916-11-15
OTHER TEMPERATURES
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
WHITE.

WHITE
James c. Simpson. 2, and Lillian n. Kieny, y
Charles R. Brill 9, and Edna D. Rathyon 81
Rev. Edward NJ. Mott
Edward HoEennalc. g and Nellie NJ Moore. q
both OF Brunswick, Nd. Rev. Fl. F. Downs.
Turner A. Groves. o. Of Remington. Va and
Anna L. Ramsay. Rev. E. H. Swem
Joseph b. Klein. "a, Of Brookand, and Mildred
L. Popkina 10. Rev. E. J. Farmer.
AUGUSTUS s. Nichols 90 and wilhelmina Mueller
S Rev. Percy F. Hall.
Robert q. Beasley, q Of Richmond, Va, and
Ethel I. Riner, 2 Of Millions, Va. Rev. Hugh T.
Stevenson.
Edgar c. Hertscb, q, and Grace r. Melton, 3,
o. hichmoGd. Va. Rev. G. H. Van Fossen-
Rev. James A. smyth
Antonio Carmatore 20, Of Hagerstown, Nd, and
A[malinda Ambrogi. 32 Rev. N, NJ De Carlo
Charies W. Oxley, s. and Catherine A. waesche
~ both Of Poolesville. Md. Rev. W. P. Johnston.
Louis H. Hoover, Is and Elsie NJ. Lawrence, g,
Oh Abie. Md. Rev. William A. CahilL
Paul A. Menzel.
John 9. Lewis. 81. and Kate Keil. s Rev. Hary
Edwin L Finch. IS, ard Regina T. Bartlett. 80.
Rev. James L. Montgomery
Herbert h. Hall, q, Of Alexandria, Va, and Ida
Bisnce Prescott, q. Rev. George F. Dudley.
Eusene n Foster, q. and Anita H. Heitmuller.
o Rev. Paul A. Mensel.
John Johnson, %. and Violet Williams. %. Rev.
Charles A. De Vaughn.
Elmer Elme. 8. Winters. a. and Cora Carter, Is Rev.
J. Lnther Ater q, and Alice W. Thompson. D.
Rev. William J. Mcveigh.
:, Lewis h. Wilson. 2. and Margaret Montscmery.
~. James r. Randolph.
Alphonso r. Baylor q. and Lillian E. Braxtou,
ID. Rev. Howard Barnes
William g. Bronson, 2. and Esteile Grifin. IS.
Rev. Monroe 8. CaYer
The Washington herald., 1916-11-15
British Aeros Raid Towns.

London. Nov. 1.-THE towns OF Magh-
daba and Birsaha have been raided and
two Fokker aeroplanes shot down by
British airmen operating with the Egyp-
tian army.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-15
Argentine Aviator Killed.

Buenos Ayres. Nov H.-Pierre Macho.
an aviator, was killed today when his ma
chine fell while he was flying with
passenger. The passenger was unin-
jured.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-15

Guides Annual Flower show
Open until D. m. 1914 F St.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-15
Union Adopts New Constitution.

new constitution and bylaws were
adopted last evening at meeting of the
treasury branch Of the Federal EN-
ployes' Union. Oficers will be elected at
the next regular meeting.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-15
WEATHER CONDITIONS,

District Of Columbia and Naryland-o,erc.s. and
colder "wednesday. Thursday probably fair and con
tnued cold; fresh northerly winds
Flrginia-OVercast and much colder Wednesday;
PROBABLY Iain on the coast. Thursday fair and con-
unued cold strong northerly winds
storm that Is now central over the Florida
peninsula will move northesstwsrd and be attended
g rains Wednesday in the South Atlantic States
other"ise the weather will be generally fair We'd
nesiay and THURSDAY in the States east OF the Mis-
zssippi River
The Temperature will be considerably lower Wed
nesday in the Middle and South Atlantic States
The Washington herald., 1916-11-15
LOCAL MENTION.

Martin schnelder,s New Rathskeller,
N and nv. German Restaurant and csfs foE
i.dies and seEtlemsn. MuAc sysu evening
The Washington herald., 1916-11-15
LOCAL TEMPERATURE

Midnight, s.; .. m. 50: 1 a. m. Sc: "a m, 81;
a m, 50; 10 a. m. S. L noon. 80; p. m. o; I
Highest, 9.l: lowest T.
Relative humidity-s a. m 81; p. m., 81;
?. m, g. Rainfall Is .. m. to p. M COL
Hours OF sunshine, !05 per cent Of possible sun
shine l.
Temperature rams date last year-Highest, B: ::
lowest, %.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
NO CONGRATULATIONS
FROM KING TO KAISER
MUCH INTEREST MANIFEST IN
LONDON, HOWEVER, OVER CON.
FERENCE IN BERLIN YEsrER-
OAY-OTHER EVENTS.

LONDON, Jan. 2S.-As was to he
supposed, the kaiser's birthday wac
completely ignored in Great Britain
although in peace times the warmest
congratulations were always ex-
changed between the king of England
and the emperor of Germany. Great
interest is manifested here. however
In the council that was held in Rer-
lin yesterday. The censorship is so
strict that it is, of course, impossible
to gain any information that is even
remotely reliable, but it is this very
uncertainty that makes the next move
OF the Teutonic allies interesting.
Gen. Gallieni, the war lord of Paris
is shutting down the lid tighter and
tighter on graft His latest decree
prohibits officers of the army from
niiing both military and a civil
junction. The order is a side issue
OF the Dalbiez law, which DEGREES that
every Frenchman should be serving
.is country in the way that he is best
ii'ted' but it has brought confusion
among the directors of three of the
ssa'e suoventioned theaters. Thus
Inespis. like Mars, is mob;lized -
Paris. III
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
LITERATURE DAY OF
THE PALMETTO CLUB
THE PHILIPPINES IN SONG AND
STORY PLEASANT FEATURE OF
ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE Az
TERNooN.

Thursday afternoon was Literature
day at the Palmetto clubhouse. and
Philippine" in song and story. was
the subject of the entertainment.
There were a goodly number of
the members and friends present to
enjoy the efforts of the club ladies'
The clubhouse was decorated for
the occasion with American flags. The
stage was a bower of beauty, banked
high with green. The ladies in charge
sat upon the stage in the costumes of
the native Filipinos, which were most
gaily hued, some with lace mantillats
but all with coquettish fans, and the
everpresent beads, of every shade
and style. All of the ladies pursued
the native customs of the Filipinos:
some were busily engaged in weaving
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
S0uCITS FARES AND
ANSWERS TO MAYOR

Lawrence Robey, a city hack driver
appeared in the mayors court this
morning at 900 o'clock to answer a
charge made against him by H. R,
Smith, traffic officer at the F. E. C.
depot, for soliciting fares on the sta.
ton platform.
hobey pleaded not guilty and told
now some negro had come to him at
MS regular stand. saying that an ar
rlVing party wished a carriage at
once at the depot When Robey
reached the plStform he was arrested
by Smith. This morning, however. he
could not produce the negro alleged
with carrying him the message
Mayor Titus fined the driver $40 90
which fine he suspended ON the pood
conduct of the prisoner. He instruct.
ed Officer Smith to report any further
misdemeanors along the same Inc
and make arrests if necessary.
1t Is understood that the law r.
garding hack drivers privileges at the
Florida East Coast depot will be rig.
idly enforced
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28

oooh' Phiilppine Life" bringing ont
IN her delightful way, in a voice very
ciear and well modulated, the cus.
.oins' traditions, habits and the life
IN general, of the Filipino.
MISS Edith Newell gave a few snon-
taneous remarks on her experiences
WINE traveller in the Philinninas
The program then closed with
pretty serenade by the Palmetto or
chestra' fradier's La Paloma''
MRS. Otis was piano accomnanis+
s arthur H. Carter and Mrs. Jas
H. Nlver were the hostesses
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28

rugs and hats, some embroiderinp
others card playing and smoking.
Mrs. Murray L. Stanley, the presi
dent. opened the meeting with a few
well chosen remarks, and announco
ments. The first number on the pro
gram was a very soft, entrancins
waltz, "Pepa Chatting" played by
the Palmetto orchestra, and this mum.
Der was very well received. Mrs
Charles E. Gardiner, chairman of the
literary department, read a very con.
else and most interesting letter from
friend in the Philippines, which pre-
pared the hearers for the topic
The romantic and lovely song an
Old Madrid" was then sung in duet
by Mrs. Bohannon and Miss Browne
The harmony was delightful
Miss Susan P. Gladwin A p D.,
Inns college, then read a fine n.nor
on her personal "reminiscences of rfa
IN the Philippines. 1t was most intar
esting, Miss Gladwin CARVING bor =,
teners through the many experiences
which she underwent there in a verv
charming way.
MISS Browne then rendered a Snan.
Ism love song, HNita Gitana which
was wonderfully sweet.
Mrs. Graham Thompson then eave
short synopsis of LeRoy's famous
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
SWAN WILL RESUME
SCHEDULE MONDAY

Notices have been issued by Capt.
J. H. Howard, general manager for
the Howard Transportation company
to the effect that, beginning January
81, the steamer Swan will resume her
regular schedule, leaving Jackson
vile on Mondays and Thursdays at
500 p. M, for st. Augustine and
Daytona.
The Howard will leave Jacksonville
every Monday night for points south
of Daytona as far as Fort Pierce
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
Protected AGAINST Roaues.

IL Is difficult In Germany for a pro
Iessional rogue to enter a family as q
domestic servant There every sers-
ant mas a character book, in which the
mistress must enter the dates OF inc
coming and leaving of the servan"
with her character while in service
Inis the girl is Obliged to take to inc
nearest police station and have u
dated with the official stamp.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
houndness of Earth Iono Know,

Inc TACT that the earth is round
hot an original conception of
columbus. The approximate circum-
ference was calculated in Alexandra
early In the Christian era. Seven hun
ored years afterward practically the
same result was arrived at by the
Moorish geometers in Spain, where
they taught geography from a globe
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
WRESTLERS TO MEET AT
ILLINOIS ATHI Er,c ctup

CHICAGO. Jan. 28.-The. Central
Amateur Athletic union wrestling
championships will be held at the Hill
nols Athletic club tonight and tomor
row night. During the tournament
wrestlers of all weights will be
matched