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Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
WHAT THE BOY SCOUTS ARE DOING

The following is the programme sent out from national headquarters. as a suggestion for sections in each scout city for anniversary week:
 Anniversary Week Programme.
 February 6-12. Sunday, February y6: Church exercises: Scoutmasters to ar range with their pastors for special sermons on the work of the Boy other groups of scouts will attend their churches en masse.
 Tuesday. February 8. Anniversary day:
 i.ao to p. m. Scout Birthday Good Turn. Troops will visit the sick in hospitals and private homes, taking to them flowers and best wishes of the Boy Scout movement.
 7.30 p. n., Anniversary day meeting. Annual report of troops activities and forecast for the coming year. 8 P. m, reading of message from Colin H. Livingstone, president of the Boy Scouts of America
 -S.I5 p. m.. every member of the Boy Scouts of America, wherever he may be, will staEd at attention with his hand at salute and repeat the Scout Oath.
 s.2o p. m., such other special fea- lures as the scoutmaster may deem advisable.
 Wednesday. February g. 4.3o to 6 p. m.. Troop Community Good Turn.
 Thursday, February 10, 4.30f to 6 p. m; Troop Community Good Turn.
 Friday, February Il, 430 to 6 p. m.. Troop Community Good Turn. 7-3o p. m,s Boy Scout entertainment, exhibi- ton, reception or banquet. Saturday, 2 D. m. Inter-patrol or ifter-troop contest for possession of the anniversary pennant or banner 730 D. m., Lincoln memorial exercises In many cases troops will find 1t con- venient to cooperate with other organ izations in such services: in other cases troops may desire to take the lead in arranging Lincoln program Definite plans have not been com pleted for every turn of this pro- Rramme. The Scoutmasters' associa- | ton, however, has voted to aJeept the invitation of Council President N. A GibLs and Scortmaster H. J. Wyckoff, to attend the Second Congregational church for special Scout exercises on Sunday, February 6. This meeting will be held at o'clock in the afternoon,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
Look and Feel
 Clean, Sweet and Fresh Every Day
Drink glass of real hot water before breakfast to wash
 out polsons. .

Life is not merely to live, but to live well, eat well, digest well, work we'll, sleep well, look well. What a glorious condition to attain, and yet how very easy it is if one will only adopt the morning inside bath
 Folks who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when they arise, split ting headache, stuffy from cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the sluices of the system each morning and flushing out the whole of the internal poisonous, stag nant matter.
 Everyone whether ailing sick or well, should each morning, before breakfast. drink glass of real hot phosphate in it to wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the previous days indigestible waste. sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. The action Of hot water and lime stone phosphate on an empty stomach hs wonderfully inyigoratdng. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, gases. waste and acidity and gives one a splendid appetite for breakfast. fast the water and phosphate is quiet ly extracting a large volume of water from the blood and getting ready for Ia thorough flushing of all the inside organs.
 The millions of people who are bothered with constipation, bilious spells, stomach trouble. rheumatism; others who have saIlow skins, blood disorders and sickly connpie1ions are urged to get a quarter pound of line- stone phosphate from the drug store which will cost very little. but is sufficient to make anyone a pro- nounced crank on the subject of iutarna1 sanitation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
New Chamber of Commerce Building
Preliminary Construction Work to Start to Move Frame Building Adjoining Lot-New Bakery for Asylum Street-Addtions to Houses on Di vision and Durham Streets-Frame Garage Completed at Grosvenor Place-Other Local Building.

The preliminary construction work for the erection of the new Chamber of Commerce building on Main street will be started on Monday next, when the removal of the wooden frame house on the lot will be commenced. Messrs, Hagberg and Sullivan, the owners, have purchased the Cliff street prop erty just in the rear of their Main street lot and will move the present house back to that lot. this meaning that the front building will have three floors of entirely new construction.
 The property on which the new building is to be erected was formerly owned by J. W. Carter, but was re- gently purchased from him by Messrs. Hagberg and Sullivan. It is located just west of the Shea property on Main street. The new Chamber of Commerce building will have two large stores on the first floor. and both of these have been rented and will be occupied just as soon as they are ready.
 rooms on the second floor, and most of these have been leased by the Nor wich Chamber of Commerce for their headquarters, and as both the owners are enthusiastic members of that body they have decided to name the building The owners will have flats on the third floor, of seven rooms each, steam heated, and bathrooms for all. Archi- tect c. H. Preston has the work in charge.
 Frame Garage on Grosvenor Place.
 A frame garage, 10x14 feet and one story high, has been erected by Joseph L. Gendron on Grosvenor place, on land owned by the Falls company. The wooden frame is covered with cypress matched boards and the floor is of ce- ment. The building is now completed.
 To Erect Storehouse at GIasso.
 Peck & McWilliams have the con-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
sLIeHr-PRooF KIDNEY BEAN.

The horticultural adviser recently had the pleasure of meeting the origi- nator of a blight-proof kidney bean and seeing some of the beans. These are highly recommended by the ex- pertinent station at Geneva, N. Y. John O. Wells of Shortsville. N. r., has been widely distributing seed to his friends with the understanding that they should never sell the seed to seed growers. The experiment station last year tried to inoeulate his beans with blight under most favorable con- dittons yet did not succeed All who grew his variety last year reported to the experiment station that the blight did not trouble them at all. The kidney bean is an attractive bean. and the horticultural adviser does not hesitate to suggest that market gar deners in this section get in touch with Mir. Wells and purchase a small quantity of seed for trial this coming spring. He Is practical grower who is very much interested in seeing pro- gressive movements succeed, and be- cause of his interest in farmers and their welfare has turned down re- peatedly fine offers from seed growers for control of his seed. ,-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
HENS AT sToRRs
 PASS FIRST QUARTER.
Showing an Increased Yield of Nearly is Per Cent. Over Same Period Last Year.


 The hens in the laying contest at Storrs have now finished the first quarter of the race. During this per- iod they have laid more than 10000 eggs. They are 2729 ahead of their record for the first thirteen weeks last year. This is an increased yield of nearly Is per cent. If this pace is maintained throughout the remainder of the contest year it will mean an average annual yield per hen of 175 eggs as compared with 152 vast year. Such high averages seem improbable of attainment and yet the average of ITS per hen has actually been beaten in some of the Australian laying com petitions. te@
 The White wyandottes were not quite able to repeat their perform aIlce of last week when they made a clean sweep of all first places. They did, however, get in three pens out of the first four. Ohed c. Knights birds from Bridgeton, R. I. were first with a yield of tS eggs. A. w. Rumery's Rhode Island Reds from Danviile. N. H5 were second with a production of 46 for the week. P. w. Backus Chatham, Ont. and Tom Barron, Cat forth, Eng were third and fourth with 45 eggs respectively.
 The showroom quality of the White Plymouth Rock6 seems to be some what higher than that of the Barred although 1t is to be expected that
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
THIS WILL INTEREST
 STOMACH sUFFERERs
Says lndisestien comes from ar
 excess of hydrochlorio


 A ,well-knoyn authority states that stomach trouble and indigestion is nearly always.e due. to acidtty-acid stomach-and not as most folks be- ileve. from a lack yaf digestive juices He states that an excess of hydrove- chloric acid in the stomach retards d. gestion and starts food fermeptation then our meals sour like garbage in a can, forming acid fluids and gases which tnfiate the stomach like a toy balloon We then get that heavy, umpy feeling in the chest, we eruc1ate sour food. belch gas, or have heart burn. hatuience., water-brash. or nausea
 He tells us to lay aside ali digestive aids and instead, get from any phar- macy four ounces of Jad Salts and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast while 1t is effervescing. anE furthermore, to conS tinue this for ohei week. While relief follows the first dose, 1t is important to neutralize the acidity, remove the gas-making mass, start the liver, stin- ulate the Kidneys and thus sprorlote a free flow sof pure digestive juices.
 lad Salts Is inexpensive and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined wath Hthia and sodium phosphate. This harmless sa1tssis used by thousands of people for stomach trouble with excellent results.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
APPAM's PASSENGERS
 ARE NOT SUFFERING
Men, Women and Children Were Seen
 Promensding Decks.

Newport News, Va. Feb. 2.@To all appearances the Appam's passengers are not suffering. Early yesterday. when the weather was fine, men, women and children promenaded the decks, their attitude indicating that they were enjoying brief airing in- stead of being held as prisoners of war. As the ship lay at anchor in the Roads tonight score of guards, wearing German naval uniforms and armed with rifles and side arms paced her decks At the slightest sign of an approaching vessel they shout ed hurried warning to steer a wide course of the liner.
 Lieutenant sBerge just after his re- turn tonight fro mNorfolk, where he had dined with United States officials heard a report that civilians had been aboard the vessel. The report proved false, but 1t disturbed him until he discovered it was unfounded.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
BUILDING ACTIVITY IN EASTERN C0NNECTICUT
BUILDING AND BUSINESS.
Year But contraots Number About Same.

Real estate transactions for the past week show a substantial gain over the corresponding week of last year. Sales by warranty deed. in the cities of the state reported by The Commer- cial Record last week. numbered 2ss, while the mortgage loans aggregated $S90. .19s. as compared with 266 war ranty deeds and mortgages to the amount of $834, ,9S2 for the same week of last year.
 The bankruptcy report made a poor showing last week when compared with the corresponding period of last year. Five petitions, with assets Of s74s000 and liabilities of $11S,052, were filed, as compared with six petitions with assets of $15.506 and liabilities or S35,63S, filed in the state during the like week of last year.
 In the cities of New Haven, Brioge- port Hartford, Waterbury, Stamford and West Haven, 49 permits were 1s- sued during the week, for the con struction of buildings estimated 10 cost s121,935. This is but slightly were issued in the same cities for buildings to cost $91.076.
 Contracts awarded last week are for factory work in Bridgeport, Wa terbury, Hartford and shelton, an ice cream plant in New Haven, hotel ad- dition in New London, business blocks in New Haven and Bridgeport, apart ment blocks in Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven, brewery in Bridge port, residence work in New Haven, Hartford, Waterbury, Stamford and New Britain, and the usual number of two and three family houses in Hart ford, New Haven, Bridgeport, New Britain, Ansonia, Derby and Shelton.
 A fair amount of new work was re- ported last week, Including store and tenement blocks in Hartford, Bridge port, New Haven, Derby and South Manchester; a hotel addition, garage and warehouse in Bridgeport, six family houses in New Haven and Bridgeport, business block in Water bury, a factory building in Plantsville, two-family houses in Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport and Stamford, as well as some fine residences in Water bury, Naugatuck and New Haven.
 Norwich had five sales of real es- tate last week to eleven year ago. The mortgage loans for the two weeks were $11,850 and $S2,315 respectively.
 In New London there were six sales of realty last week to seven year ago the loans for the two weeks be- ing $2270O and S29,S10.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
WISE CHOICE OF SEED CORN.

A great many farmers will find when 1t comes time to plant corn that they have reserved a very small portion of corn for seed purposes. Many will realize that they have fed their best corn instead of saving 1t Tor this purpose. Consequently it seems advisable to draw the attention of those who have not selected seed corn yet to do this if necessary from their crib before large proportion of it has been fed. In many instances 1t may be found better to get this seed corn from your neighbor who has taken considerable pains to select his seed rather than to select it from your own crib. Too much attention cannot be given to this matter as it is the seeds vitality and breeding which will determine to quite a large extent the yield of corn per acre. It costs no more to raise. corn produced from good seed than that from poor seed. but results on the other hand are much more favorable. This same principle applies to all farm. seeds Special care should be taken to select it and then, before planting see that. it has good vitality
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
ELLINGTON.
Handsome Colonial Residence Built
 for Miles H. Aborn.

A beautiful colonial house, the most pretentious modern residence in El- lington, has been completed for M. H. Aborn. and adds much to the appear ance of Maple street: It is located just west of the Hall Memorial Li- bary. The house is of Georgian Co., lonial architecture, the large columns and portico forming the main decora- tive feature of the building, which is of frame construction, with hollow tile foundations, and covered with asphalt shingles. The pergola constructed on one side will occupy an important place in the scheme of landscape gardening to be employed, and two large verandas, one on either side of the house, apart from the portica will give fresh air living rooms at any time of the day. One of these verandas will be inclosed with glass during the colder months of the year, and will be screened for summer use. At the second floor is balcony in the center of the portico. Connected with the veranda off the living room is a porte cochere approached from the street by a winding gravel drive, which forms a loop in front of the garage. at the rear of the house. Wide concrete walks are laid across the front of the property on the approach to the main entrance, under the pergola, and on either side of the house. E
 The ma1n entrance nall Wn1Cn IS twelve feet wide, occupies the center of the house. with wide, easy stairs leading to the second floor. To the right of the hall through large arch opening, is the living room, which is Is by 25 feet, which opens into the dining room and to the left the library. which is Is by Is feet. From the rear of the hall, a wide passage leads to the den and kitchen on one side, to the dining room on the; other side which is fitted with china closet and plate rail. Between the kitchen and dining room is a buffers pantry, and off the kitchen is cold pantry, with built-in refrigerator, service porch, and closet. Also at the rear of the main hall is large toilet room and clothes closet.
 With the exception of the kitchen woodwork, which is in the natural finish and the den, the entire first floor is of mahogany finish, with oak, floors throughout the living rooms
 On the second hoor are five bed- rooms, bathroom, sewing room which leads to the balcony: linen and clothes closet by 12 feet, of cedar, the full langth of the house. The woodwork on. the second floor is~white enamel throughout, with mahogany doors. On the third floor will be finished at some future time, a billiard room and several quarters.
 The basement contains a laundry, boiler room, large coal, hins,s vegetable. lcellar, water supply tank and electric
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
Troop 8. The last meeting opened at o'ciocl
CRIMINALS NOT TO BE
 TREATED LIKE ANIMALS
Declaration of Thomas Mott Osborne in Speech at Yale.

'. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 2.-sThere is no criminal type-criminaIs are natural human beings and must not be treated like caged animals' So declared Thomas Mott Osborne. for mer warden of Sing Sing prison, in New Penology at Yale last night
 There is a prison type, however" he continued. 'the more slamf to those who are responsible for it Forth from our penal institutions, year after year, have come large numbers of men, broken in health and spirit with the timidity of beaten dogs. But these are creatures whom we our selves have fashioned; the finished product of our prison system These are what we have to show for the millions of dollars wasted and the thousands of lives worse than wasted because of our denial of common sense and humanity" ...s -
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
WASTES OF MANURE.
Can Be Prevented By Competing and
 Storing Under Cover.


 According to English investigators observations were made on the losses of. nitrogen and phosphoric acid in heaps of manure stored in the open and under shelter. Of two heaps stored Tn the open, one lost 25 per, cent. of It's nitrogen from January to April and the Other lost 33 per cent. of its nitrogen from November to May There was a loss, of about per cent. of the phosphoric acid. In the case of the manure stored under cover, the loss Of nitrogen was 6.9 in one case and 7.9 in the other. and there was no loss of phospohric acid.
 The experiments indicated that rain was the most potent source of loss. That the loss is not due to teaching was snown by experiments in which the manure heap was artiflcially watered put not to the extent of causing in creased teaching. The artificial water Ing caused large loss of nitrogen as compared with the unsprinkled manure heap
 The conclusion is reached that the loss of nitrogen from an exposed manure heap is not due to volatiliza- tion of ammonia to the extent that it IS generally supposed to be nor en- tirely to teaching. but that a consid- erabIe proportion of the loss is due to Inc 1act that nitrates are formed on as sAe sur oi tne manure; these nftrates are washed down by the rain fall into the interior of the heap and are rapidly decomposed with the es- cape of free nitrogen. Observations indicate that considerable loss in nitro- gen results from any turning over or moving of the manure heap.
 The results in general indicate that losses in manure can be practically pre- vented by competing and storing un- der cover They show that the pump ing Of liquid manure on to a manure heap does not reduce the loss.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
SELECTING SEED VARIETIES.
Experiments Should Not Be Con-
 dueted on Too Large a Scale.

Gardeners and truck growers who have not already placed their orders for the necessary supply of seed are now thinking great deal about the matter of varieties and of purchasing their seed. This is the time of year when. seedsmen are sending beautiful catalogs to many people and will gladly send them to others who would like them. There is very much inter est and enjoyment for one who loves vegetables in studying the different catalogs at this time of year.
 Those who grew vegetables last year learned a great deal from their mistakes as we'll as from their suc- cesses, and will plan as far as. pos ,sible to escape repeating their fail ures this year. In many cases fail ures were due to selection of poor varieties. It is not always advisable to select varieties which are starred
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
FISHERS ISLAND.

W. G. Wilbur is having extensive alterations made in the interior of his store. A number of partitions have been taken down and several of the rooms enlarged repainted, new shelves made, and in fact the inter- for has been almost completely chang ed and very greatly improved in ap- pearance. The work is under the di- rection of James Mcdonald head clerk at the store. The work mostly is be- ing done by the men of Stetson & Young of Norwich, who have come here to do the work on the bungalow of Mrs. Hoffert. and the cottage of Captain Grifflng.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
''CASCARETS" SET YOUR LIVER AND
 BOWELS RIGHT
THEY'RE FINE! DON'T REMAIN BILIOUS, SICK, HEADACHYr
 AND CONSTiPATED
BEST FOR COLDS, BAD BREATH,
 SOUR STOMAcH-cHLDREN LovETHEM.
set a 1O-cent box now.

Get a 10.cent box now.
 Be cheerful! Clean up inside to- tight and feel fine. Take Cascarets to iven your liver and clean the bowels Ind stop headaches, a bad cold, bil- lousness, offensive breath, coated tongue, sallowness, sour stomach and gases. Tonight take Cascarets and enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. Wake up feeling grand-Everybody s doing it. Cascarets best laxative for children also.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
HAMBURG.

Plans have been drawn for exten. sive Improvements othe house in Hamburg, owned by Harry Walsh. It is to be equipped with modern in1- provements. including bath, and steam heat, hardwood floors and trimmings. The interior of the house Is to be en- .tirely remodeled so that it will be up to date in every respect
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03

Frederick S. Chapman. selectman. has received petition with the re- quired number of signers for a town meeting, to decide whether to use part of the town hall or to build a struc- ture on the land near there for a post of15ce. Anywhere but up the street is satisfactory to the signers. The meet ing will be called the latter part of this week, as son as Robert D. Burns, the new postmaster, receives his conn., mission
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
MpDDLETowN.

Plans are being made for interior alterations to the house on Wash ington street for G. G. PetrocelH. The first floor will be arranged for an office, consultation room and apart ment and an additional apartment will be provided on the second floor. Sew eral partitions will have to be re- moved and new electric wiring and Fixtures will be required.
 Bids will be received in a few days for 6niShing Il rooms in the Y. M. (. A. building on Main street.