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Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-25
WANTED

WANTED farmland wanted; good milker; steady employment; $15 month winter, and $25 summer. Theo fore Zeigler. So Windham- feb25d like place: two minutes walk to Franklin square; use of telephone. h. quire at this office. feb25d
 WANTED-CIerk with experience; not over 35 years; good pay; reference school to learn a business and wait on trade; good opening for bright and obliging young man. Address Business, Box 529, Westerly, R. I. feb25d
 wANTED-To buy old L. $. or for eign postage stamp on or off letters; collections bought. Address Stamps, Bulletin Go. feb2d
 wANTED-Position as bookkeeper by experienced man of 40. Address Bookkeper, Bulletin. feb24d
 wANTED-Man for farm work. James H. Hyde, North Franklin.
 feb24d
 wAN'TED-Patent bee hives and fix lures; also several colonies of bees. Ed win Cruttenden, Crescent Beach, Conn.
 BOARDERS wanted in American family, less than five minutes walk from Franklin Square. Inquire at this office. feb23d
 WANTED-Paul Revere was the original speed king. He went over LeAlnSlOn f1lll on nlSl. CODWeD cor ner six for a quarter is the speed king in cigars. Fagans Smoke Shop.
 feb21d
 wANTED-Second hand heavy single work harness, Eclipse corn planter, hay rake, Syracuse sulky blow. Morning side Farm, Packer. feb1Sd
 LADIES-Dr Scott's magnetic corsets gives a perfect figure and perfect health. Abdominal reducing corsets a speciality. All goods guaranteed. Suite 2S. shannon Bldg. Tel. 66O. Office hours, Il p. m. feblId
 WANTED-Second hand furniture of all kinds; we also sell second hand furnoiture. A. Bruckner 55 Franklin St. Phone Ill-S. tebl4d
 U. $. GOVERNMENT wants clerks; soon; sample questions free. Franklin Institute, Dept. 35-M.. Rochester. N. I.
 feb1d
 wANTED-AlI good cooks to try The Liberty Flour. Ask your grocer for it or call Greeneville Grain Co. Phone 326-5- janS1d
 GIRL HELP wanted in finishing de- partments of the American Thread Company's Willimantic mills. Apply at office. dec31d
 WANTED-Raw furs. at H. A. HeeD- uer's every Saturday. A. c. Bennett
 dec13d
 WANTED-Carpet sweepers to re- pair; rubbers. Cyco springs, ball bear ings renewed; brushes renewed and adjusted. E. A. Aubrey, p Summer St.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-25

NOTICE.-All creditors of said de- ceased are hereby notified to present their claims against said estate to the undersigned at 475 North Main St. Norwich, Conn. within the time limited in the above and foregoing order.
 JAMES E. M'CLAFFERTY,
 feb25d Administrator.
 AT A COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Norwich, within and for the District Of Norwich, on the 24th day of Febru- resent-NEI.SoN J. AYLING, Judge.
 Estate of Mary E. Paddock, late of Norwich, in said District, deceased
 Wallace S. Allis of Norwich, Conn.,, appeared in Court and filed a petition praying, for the reasons therein set forth, that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased be admitted to probate.
 Whereupon. It Is Ordered, That said petition be heard and determined at the Probate Court Room in the City of Norwich, in said District, on the 9th day of March. A. D. 1916, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, and that notice of the pendency of said petition, and of said hearing thereon, be given by the pub lication of this order one time in some newspaper having a circulation in said District. at least ten days prior to the date of said hearing, and that return be made to this Court.
 NELSON J. AYLING, Judge.
 The above and foregoing is a true
 Attest: HELEN NJ. DREsCHER,
 feb2od Assistant Clerk.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-25
WANTED

Competent foreman for a shoddy mill. running on all wool clips and knit stock Also Or 4 girls or women to sort knit stock. Pay $6 per week. Mill on Montville trolley, five miles from Norwich. Fare 10 cents from either Norwich or New London. Apply at the mill.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-25
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-We have six of those creamery horses that we must sell at once, at some price, weighing from also one extra Morgan driving mare $50 lbs, sound and clever, will sell cheap; l17S Main St.. Willimantic.
 FOR sALE-Four top delivery wag- ons Inquire at Rallion's Grocery.
 FOR sALE-A good all round horse. T. J. Coughlin, Baltic. feb25d
 FOR sALE-Choice Wyandotte eggs for matching. Miss Marjorie Barber, Norwich Town. Phone 46S-3 feb25d
 FOR sALE-An electric coffee grind CT, Inquire at Rallions Grocery.
 FOR sALE-A counter refrigerator Inquire at Rallion's Grocery. feb21d
 NEW .milch cows for sale; cows due to freshen, soon. A. L. Parmetter, Poqqetanuck. Phone 1s91-15.
 ator; Inquire at kallion's Grocery.
 feb19d
 FOR SALE-EGgs for matching; $. c. Rhode Island Red, farm" strain, at S1 S2 and SS per setting, and at g per hundred Reuben F. Burgess. Leba- non' Conn. feb1Sd
 FOR SALE-A gasoline engine and saw; F h. D.; good as new; will be sold cheap. as l have no further use for it. Thomas E. McMahon, Mohegan. Get off at the sc fare limit first left hand road. feb17d
 FOR SALE-Eggs for matching from Single Comb K. L Reds. heavy layers, Phone 1016-l2, Norwich. G. N. Brad ford. Montvile. feb16d-
 FOR SALE-Farm in town of Preston of the late Frederick DombToski; 17 acres of land, 7-room cottage and other located mile from trolley and steam line Ap- ply on premises or to J. A. Macht. Yer sailles. feb14d
 FOR SALE-Holstein COW, giving 16 quarts per day. c. 5. Davis. Franklin, Ct. Phone Lebanon. feb11d
 FOR SALE-5,OOO R. l. Red and White Leghorn baby chicks. March. April and May delivery. Geo. w. Adams, Yantic.
 FOR SALE-The 1O-acre woodlot near Broad Brook, town of Preston, owned by Mrs. Mabel Aver. Inquire of Jewett City Savings Bank. feb3d
 BUY LAND and build to suit your taste; I will sell &S-acre plots at an average of $75 per acre; directly on trolley line. at Trading Cove; best To- cation out of Norwich; get particulars. 4; 33Sea. A HasOerg' 'lO Main St. or fdbad RaGne
 FOR sALE-one Mitchell touring car, just overhauled. nearly new tires, first class every way; onS Overland touring CdIs SOOU COnulIlOn ana all ready 10 run; prices attractive. Inquire 9S Franklin St. J. B. Stoddard. dec21d
 FOR SALE-Yantic West Farms of fer young. sound, gentle driving horse, 10-week pigs, fresh COW, bull calf, Stud ebaker farm and business wagon. Iel. 1l1-3. decsd
 AM BUYING poultry of all kinds Anyone having same, drop postal to Samuel Gellert, Colchester. Conn
 THINK IT OVER -, 25Q noteheads envelopes, neatly printed. for S1.9o; 500 each $3.0O. Send for samples and prices for any printing you are in need of. The Bulletin Company. Norwich, Conn.
 IF ITS SECOND HAND FURNITURE SELL IT TO AND' BUY IT FROM $. ZELINGER, WASHINGTON SQUARE.
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TO RENT

TO RENT-Farm, 11O acres, two miles care Bulletin Co. feb25d
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-25

Attest: HELEN M. DRESCHER,
 Assistant Clerk
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-25

WANTED-A farmland wanted; good milker; steady employment; $15 a month winter, and $25 summer. Theo- fore Zeigler, So. Windham- feb25d
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-25

TO RENT-COttage house of rooms and all modern conveniences. Apply pr. F. J. Jones, shannon Bldg. or Tel 10S0. feb25d
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-25

WANTED-Boarders modern. home like place: two minutes walk to Franklin square; use of telephone. 1n- quire at this office. feb25d
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-25

WANTED-CIerk with eNperience; not over 35 years; good pay; reference required: also young man just out of school to learn a business and wait on trade; good opening for a bright and obliging young man. Address Business, Box 520, Westerly, R. l. feb25d
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-11
INTERNED MEN MAKE GARDEN
German Sailors Relieve Monotony Of
Existence by Raising vese-
tables.

In order to relieve the monotony
of routine work in the tied-up German
steamships, officers and men have
turned gardeners and truck farmers
and have a fourishing garden under
cultivation.
The vegetable garden is being cared
for by the officers and men of the
steamships Alnerika and Cincinnati of
the Hamburg-American line, while the
rose and flower garden is carefully
weeded and looked after by the Off
GERS and men of the North German
Lloyd liners, the KOln, Whitehead and
Willekind.
Many varieties of flowers, including
roses, sunffowers, sweet peasf gerani-
ums and pansies are in bloom. In
the vegetable garden, corn, beans,
peas, beets, carrots and lettuce pre-
dominate, and the men are looking
for warm, sunny days to ripen them
Boston Post.
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HAD A FEAR OF LIGHTNING
Lifelong Dread Made Woman uncon-
scious and She Died From
Fright.

During thunderstorm at New ton,
N. j., woman who through all her
life of fifty years had felt nervous
dread of lightning" became nncon-
scious from fright and died.
Cannot the multitudes of otherwise
rational people who are obsessed by
the same dread take counsel of the
fate of this unfortunate and allay
their fears? asks the New York World.
They suffer an excess of terror in
every thunderstorm, and in effect I'M
dergo the agony of death many times.
Yet there are few other forms of
death so painless or remote. In
1912 in the whole country only 243 per-
sons were killed by lightning, of whom
but AZ were females. Women, who
mainly feel this fear, should be en-
cauraged by their greater immunity.
But, in fact. twice as many people
are burned to death in conflagratiOns
in year as are killed by thunderbolts,
and the number of those who die from
organic heart disease compared with
those who die from lightning is as 354
to 1.
No doubt the superstition that has
attached from the earliest times to
deaths by lightning has had some
thing to do with the survival of the
fear. People who view their inescap-
able exit from this world with philos-
ophy should be ready to accept light
ming stroke as an end as easy as any
other. 1t is too instantaneous to admit
of physical sensation, while the fear
ridden are assured that if the fash is
seen the sufferer is safe.
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/ then made my way to Detroit,
where had an interview with Lumas,
the express messenger. Lumas was
young man about twenty-six years of
age, fine in appearance, some six feet
tall, and weighed about one hundred
and eighty pounds. He was born in
Vermont. He had an elder brother
who was passenger conductor on the
main line of the Wabash railroad, and
had been in the service of the conf
pany for many years. This brother
remained in the service continuously
until his death, 80 years later. They
had a widowed mother, who resided
in Vermont. Bert. the messenger, had
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pandeIions WMl Be Popular.

DandeIions will yet become popular
as an article of diet with the people.
They have always been so abundant
that they have not been appreciated.
Now some eastern canning establish
,ments are advertising for dandeliOns
TO can. They are about to put on the
market, as a staple article Of food, to
be had at any time of the year. If
they are so good for factories to can,
they are also good for the home gar
Gener to can. Our schools are now
teaching the science of canning, which
will be help in making the dande-
lion green available. One of the great
advantages in favor Of this vegetable
is that it is extremely hardy. 1t grows
as far north as the shores of the Arc
tic ocean. Some of the seed houses
carry dandeliOn seed. Anyone, how
ever, can gather his own seed, and 1t
should prove interesting to experiment
along. the line Of raising dandelions
from native seed on your rich ground
and under garden conditions.
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senger. The two men formed an iNti-
macy, and soon Lumas got into the
habit of drinking with his friend q
good deal Downer had induced Lunsss
to let him know when he would bs
carrying large sum of money, y
big rum" as it was termed. Downer
had then gone on to say that he wouN
have a friend with him and wouAl
board his car at an out of the way
station and bind him, without 1njur'
ing him, and shoot few bullets
through the side of the car SO as to
make it appear that he had made d
fight, and that subsequently they
would divide the spoils and that mo-
body would ever suspect Lumas on ass-
count of his good standing with the
company. Lumas finally was persuas
ed to enter into the plot. He learned
that safe containing sum of money
exceeding four thousand dollars and
some other valuables was to bs
shipped on his train, and notified
Downer. Downer and Little Al took
train from Detroit and reached Ror
hdA q lulu duCdO vi II din
After the robbery, when he bed re-
turned to Detroit, Downer sent Lumaa
a letter containing ten dollars, with
the promise to send him more later
on; but Lumas had never received an.
other penny. His conscience had
troubled him and he had been drink.
ing heavily in consequence. Lumas
stated, further, that he had become
convinced that the confederates had
tried to strangle him with the gag, SO
as to be able to keep all the spoils and
at the same time to remove danger.
GUS ally.
All the officials of the express com.
sion. l turned the man over to m5
operative and took tho first tsa5a =,
Detroit, where | arrastsj Denny DOVE
er. Downer at once admitted his con-
nection with the robbery, aud stated
that Little AP' was AL Perry of Bos-
ton, noted porch climber sre thief.
Downer and Perry were .5sSged in
the county Jail at Wabash, I'D. IL
due course both were ~; IN vtsl.
They pleaded guilty, and easn man re-
ceived a sentence OF elk years in tho
penitentiary at Michigan City, Ind,
Their sentences were made som,ss1.<
lively light because they pleaded
guilty.
Lumas, who pleaded guilty also, was
used as a witness before the grand
jury against Downe" Snd Perry. AS
he was much younEeZ than the two
men, and inexperienced in crime, and
had, furthermore, been used as tool
by them, sentence on him was suS
pended.
After the robbery tho express COM
pany had offered reward for the az.
rest and conviction OF each of the
robbers, and when they had been con-
victed Pat O'Neal, tho private detecI
tive, filed a claim against the COM
pany to recover the Money. AS he had
had nothing to do with the arrest or
the conviction, he naturally failed to
obtain it.
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DON'T LOSE HOPE
/ IN KIDNEY TROUBLE

I was troubled with what the doctor
said was Kidney and Bladder trouble and
after trying several doctors, gave up all
hopes of ever being we'll again, until a
friend of mine told me about DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root. Before 1 had finished the
first bottle I got relief; and after taking
six bottles was completely restored to
health. say to one and all that Swamp.
Root is a wonderful medicine.
Very truly yours,
MRS. MARTILE VANDERBECK,
400 johnson st. Moberly, Mo.
Personally appeared before me this
9Th day of February, 1914, Mrs. Martile
Vanderbeck, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the same
Is true in substance and in fact.
o. RULICK O'BRIEN,
{ Notary Public.
Prove What Swamp Root viii Do For You
Send ten cents to DIR. Kilmer 4 Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size bot
tie 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing. be sure and mention
this paper. Regular ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Adv.
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Copyright by W. G. Chapman

In the month of October, 1883, q
daring train robbery occurred near
the station of Rohan, Ind, on what
was then part of the Wabash rail-
road.
One of the cars belonging to the
Pacific Express company was at
tached to the Wabash train, which
was running between Detroit and In
dianapolis. 1t left Detroit in the eve
ming and was due to arrive at the
latter city at about two o'clock the
following morning. When the train
stopped at Rohan it was boarded by
two men, who entered the front door
OF the express car and held up Bert
Lumas, the express messenger. They
stuffed large gag, consisting of two
handkerchiefs rolled together, into his
mouth, and, after tying another hand
kerchief around his face and fasten-
ing his hands behind his back, they
lashed him with rope to the safe,
which they opened with the keys they
had taken from him. The safe con-
tanned about four thousand five hun
dred dollars besides quantity of
jewelry and other valuables. The
two men left the car with their plum
der at some point between Rohan and
Peru, Ind
When the train halted at Peru the
expressman raped on the car door
and, receiving no reply, called for as
sistance and forced an entrance.
Lumas was found lying on his back
unconscious, with his arms and Shout
ders tied to the safe. There were
found indications that a struggle had
occurred, and there were three or
four bullet holes in the side and roof
OF the car, the shots having evidently
been fired from within Medical aid
was summoned, and the doctor, after
considerable trouble, succeeded in re-
storing Lumas to consciousness. He
bore no marks of violence other than
what he had suffered from the gag,
but this had nearly cost him his life,
as it was so large that it had almost
stopped his breathing.
When he was revived Lumas stated
that as the train was leaving Rohan
he was busy writing out his report,
and while thus engaged he was
upon by two powerful masked
men. They felled him to the floor,
gagged and bound him, took his keys,
and robbed the safe. Lumas said that
he became unconscious during the
course of this latter operation, and
that he had been surprised so unex-
pectedly that he was quite unable to
retain any memory of the mems ap-
pearance. He added that they had
taken his pistol, which was lying on
the table in front of him, and fired
several shots at him, none of which,
however. had hit him.
At this time | was chief special
agent for the Gould system of rail-
roads, which included the Wabash. |
On the morning after the hold-up l
received a Geographic summary of
these events, and at once went to Ro-
ban. was unable to obtain any
further information there, however,
since nobody in the town or at the
station had seen the robbers or had
any knowledge of them 1t seemed
probable that the robbers had been
lying in hiding and had boarded the
train unobserved, just as it was leav-
ing the station.
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| always lived with his mother until he
took service with the Pacific Express
and he had an excellent reputation.
So much was told me by Mr.. Brace
superintendent for the Pacific com
pany Of the Wabash division, with
headquarters at Decatur, ILL.,, whom
met at Detroit while making my in
vestigations.
"Lumas is in good standing with the
company, and there is no possibility
of his having been in league with the
robbers said Mr.. Brace, when l sug
gested that Lumas might have beer
implicated. Why" he continued, you
must remember that Lumas was al
most dead when he was found in his
car at Peru. The robbers undoubtedly
attempted to kill him, and would have
succeeded, too, had it not been fol
the timely assistance rendered by the
doctor. Now, if Lumas had been i'm
plicated in the affair in any way, the
robbers would not have attempted his
life"
While still dubious, l appreciated
the stand which Mr.. Brace had taken
on behalf of one of his subordinates
l knew him personally, and he had a
reputation for kindness, which was
well deserved next interviewed Mr..
Fuller, the general superintendent of
the Pacific Express company, and all
the other officers who would have been
likely to know anything about Lumas.
They, all spoke in the highest terms
of Lumas, and of his brother also. I'm
it advisable to repeat my statement
as to the possibility of Lumas having
been implicated in the affair, but re-
quested that Lumas receive instruc-
lions to report to me whenever l
wished to see the messenger 1t was
also arranged that Lumas should come
to me whenever he was wanted for
the purpose of identifying any sus-
poets.
l next decided to shadow Lumas in
the most thorough manner at both
ends of his route. placed two of my
operatives at work for this purpose,
one at Indianapolis and the other at
Detroit. The instructions given to the
operative at Detroit were that he
should pick up Lumas when he left
his train at that point, and not lose
sight of him again until he boarded
his train for Indianapolis. The op-
erative at Indianapolis was told to
pick up Lumas when he stepped off
his train and to keep him in sight un-
til he left for Detroit. Thus the ex-
press messenger was kept Swallowed
at both ends of his route and this pro-
cedure was kept up for four months,
until every act of Lumas was known.
The operative at Detroit soon no
ticed that Lumas was hard drinker.
He was habitual frequenter of low
saloons and other places of i'll repute
in that city. On the other hand, the
man who was engaged in watching
Lumas at the Indianapolis end report
ed that as soon as Lumas arrived
there he would go to his rooming
house, retire to bed, and remain there
until it was time to leave for Detroit
again. 1t was evident that Lumas di-
vided his spare time into two parts
sleep and pleasure, the former part
being that of Indianapolis and the lat
ter of Detroit. He needed sleep and
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rest after his carousing in Detroit, and
he seemed to live his purposeless life
in highly practical and purposive
manner.
The operative in Indianapolis, obey
ing his instructions, succeeded in OBJ
tanning a room in the lodging house
adjacent to that which Lumas occu-
pied. The man who was shadowing
him in Detroit was just as fortunate,
and in a short time had managed not
only to make the acquaintance of
Lumas but to established himself on
terms of intimacy with him. He was
with him almost constantly while
Lumas was In Detroit, and In this