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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
FIRST SAVINGS BANK ORGANIZED
IN STONE COTTAGE IN SCOTLAND
Idea Was Not Long In Crossing Atlantic and Taking Root
In Our Virgin Soil Today Thrift Institutions
Prove the Backbone of Our Country

Philadelphia. The plans for the Boston
bank must have been well mntured.
for in December of 1916 the "Provident
Institution for Savings in the Town OF
Boston" was chartered. being the first
uublic act of legislation In the world
which recognized the beneficial charac'
ter of the savings bank. This bank In
i've years had deposits OF $GWlOO and
paid one per cent quarterly.
Following the letter received from
his English correspondent. Mr.. Eddy
and group of public spirited men he
gan an agitation that eliminated In the
Bank for Savings, now located at
Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second
Street. New York. characterization.
dollar bank In the meantime, phila
delphia had been busy. and organized
the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society,
which opened Its doors Oh Monday,
December ,. 1916. being the first bank
of its kind to opei for business ON the
Western Continent.
In spite of this early beginning. the
savings bank. as a mutual institution
has remained New England institu.
ton. In that this type OF hank has
never become a financial factor in the
West and South. there being less than
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK.
And the Lesson the Small investor
NeeG3 to Iearn

And the Lesson the Small investor
Needs to Learn.
The advice of one of the large banks
of the country is that every one should
invest his surplus. whether large or
small. in dividend securities of the best
class. whether railroad. real estate or
farm mortgages or public utilities. for
ITO keep money idle is costly oper-
alton
Let every reader of this article re-
member that with as little as SIS or $40
he. can make first payment on the pur-
chase of a first class 500 bond. Let
every reader who has a few hundred
dollars to spare put it in good $500
or $1,000 bond on the partial payment
plan. and let it earn something. Five
hundred dollars invested in a T. per
cent bond with the income deposited
In a savings bank at per cent, will
double itself in twelve years-that is.
the $500 will have become $1,000 in
that time. This $1,000 at 6 per cent
will earn $50 year or over 81 Il week
for it's possessor Even at per cent
1t will double in fifteen years and at
per cent in eighteen years.
The lesson the small investor wants
TO learn is that his money Is just as
good as that Of the larger investor.
The former has greater need of being
careful because he has less to spare
Learn to be careful investor. The
first thing the careful buyer does if he
wants to buy horse. COW. house
or a farm. bond or share of stock
is to make a careful investigation
-Schoolboys may swap the jackknives
they hold in their closed hands. but
grownup men ought to know better
The humbIest investor can buy with as
great safety as the proudest, for both
can deal with the same bankers or
brokers' in these days when small lots
are popular with firms of established
character -Leslie's Weekly.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
BOOKPLATES.
Forms and Styles In Use and a Label's
Place In a Volume.

Forms and Styles In Use and a Label's
Place In a Volume.
Bookplates are not of modern inven-
ton. Their beginning was in the latter
half of the fifteenth century and their
accredited first home Germany. But as
bookplate has the same merit In a
library that a scarecrow has in the
grainfield, a polite hands off, to the
too ready and forgetful borrower. the
fashion of this mark Of ownership has
increased. not decreased, until today
one finds bookplate collections in null
titudes as well as bookplate users.
There are three forms OF plate. the
engraved plate, the photogrnvure and
the line cut plate. The engraved plate
has for long while been as popular as
It is beautiful, but recently there seems
O shifting in fancy toward the photo
gravure-just why nobody knows. Per.
haps 1t Is the lesser cost, for the en-
graved plate mounts up from 500. to
$500. whereas the photogravure may
be had for $25, and the line cut, IL one
Is clever enough to draw ones own de-
sign. costs mere trihe for simple
.
ever. the printings therefrom are but a
trif1e
There are four distinct styles In
plates. The first is the armorial. in
this the crest or coat of arms is used
and sometimes the owners name add
ed thereto. The second style is the
decorative. in which allegory or pure
decoration creates the basis of the idea.
The third is the pictorial plate. This
shows the owners tastes and inclina-
tons. A college boy. for instance. may
have plate which will show tennis
racket. golf sticks. II football. The
fourth and last style is seldom seen.
Still It exists. SO 1t is worth mention.
ing. 1t Is classed as portraiture and
consists Of the book owners picture or
portrait framed in some decorative
scheme. And as far rs good taste goes
1t Is questionable.
Where To place the bookplate when
once 1t Is a possession also rends the
soul of many. Common usage and
common sense show the best pla"e to
be on the inner side of the books front
cover. for II plate pasted between the
dy leaves of the book defeated it's own
purpose Being well obscured. it Is
rarely noticed. When a husband and
wife combine libraries it ia often usual
to find the plate Of one in the front of
the volume and the plate Of the other
In the back. or one may be added in
smaller size beneath the other.-New
York Sun.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01

fifty of these banks west OF Buffalo
and South of baltimore.
According To latest reports, there are
Ei4 balks of the mutual type. located
as follows: Maine. 4S: New Hampshire.
Al; Vermont. u: Massachusetts,. 100:
Rhode Island. 10: Connecticut, 81; New
York. no; New Jersey. 20. pennsyl
rania. 10; delaware. .; Maryland. 1s:
which accounts for all but "a In the
United States
The deposits In these SIX hundred
banks total $3,915, 626, 100, of which
SlTno,tGh1tG is in New York, followed
10y Massachusetts with SSGl ,4I0SSD
In dcpositors New York likewise leads
having 3.ll4,240 depositors. while Mas
Sachusetts has 2,249,S24.
These figures do not include the
stock savings banks, OF which there
are upwards of 1900 In various parts
Of the country, nor banks OF discount
operating savings departments Nor
Is IL 10 he inferred that one is better
than the other; but the Centennial cele.
DratiOn which commentaries cen.
fury of SAY ings banking is to do honor
to the mutual savings bank with no
disparagement to other types. whose
history is not so clearly defined. al
though their operation may have done
as great good. In his first message
to the Legislature In 1920, Governor
Clinton Of New York characterized the
savings bank as IAN institution 10
cherish meritolfous industry. encour.
age frugaity. and to promote the wei
fare Of families. the cause of morality
and the good order OF society" And
he was right. 1t has done all this IN
thousands of instances for hundred
years and well merits all the honor
and credit that may come to IL after
II century of honorable conduct.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
If WOMEN ONLY KNEW

What Heap of Happiness it Would
Bring to Stafford Springs Homes.
Hard to do homework with an ach
ing back.
Brings you hours of misery at leis-
ure or at work.
If women only knew the cause
that
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys,
'Twould save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kideys.
Read what a Stafford Springs citi-
zen says:
Mrs John Irons. Furnace avenue,
Stafford Springs, says: kidney
trouble came on me first with heavy
pain through my back, then the kid.
ney secretions bothered me and I be-
came all run down. I could hardly
get about to do my Homework. Being
advised to try Doan's Kidney Pills by
a relative, whom they had benefited,
I got box at the Eaton Drug Store
They brought the best of results.
The pains quickly left and my kidneys
became normal.
Price SOC, at all dealers. DOM
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Irons had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props Buffalo, N. Y.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
StonehenQe.

No sooner had we set foot on the
first swell of plain than became
aware Of what looked like a herd of
elephants, half a mile ahead. They
did not move, and slowly it dawned
upon me that this was Stonehenge. a
few minutes later, seated within the
circles of those enormous stones, was
asking myself the old questions that
so many travellers have asked For
worship, at least, these rude masses
were erected; that seems fairly certain.
And to commemorate battle, IL one
may judge from the barrows that
crown the neighboring hillocks. Reli-
gion and war-the two powers that
have charmed and ruled and tortured
the world. So mysterious is the whole
Of life, alike moral and physical, that
the haunting wonder Of Stonehenge
was neither increased nor lessened by
what then 1 saw.-Scribner's. e
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO.
Items Of local interest taken from the column
OF The Press, thirty-one years ago.
OCT. 9, 1884.

Items of local interest taken from the column s
OF The Press, thirty-one years ago.
Misses Kate and Fannie Bliss are
building Queen Anne cottage on
Grant avenue for their own occupancy.
George Dennis returned home on
Saturday having finished his colleg late
course at Eastman's, Poug hkeepsie,
N. Y.
On Saturday, Oct. 18th, a little son
cf John Lille fell from sw ing and
broke boil, bones of his right arm be-
low the elbow. DR.. Newton attende
the case.
The democrats carried Stafford on
Monday by about so majority, elect
ing the following officers: Assessors
A. D. Cady, Myron P Avery, G.
W. Newell: board of relief-J. o.
Bo'th, Orson A. RICHARDSON, Sumner
Fairfield. selectmen-C. E. Newton,
Henry Mckinney, D. &. Glazier;
town clerk, treasurer, ETC., - Miner G.
Kinney; town agent and agent of town
deposit fund-Gilbert Chatfee; col
lector William E. Hanley; con-
stables-D. F. Mullin, VIM. E. Han.
ley, Lewis Chaffee, Henry Butterfield,
F. r. Washburn, E. T. Converse;
grand jurors-M. P. Hanley, Jacob
Glover, Michael Mccarthy. Isaac
Gladly, Frank T. Fairfield, Henry
Lufer; registrars of voters W. P.
Sweetser, w. H Black, J W. Chand-
Ter, A. II. Preble; auditors = E. @.
Pinney, G. Fl. Grant; school visitors
q. W. Ellis, ]. r Washburn; JUS
tices of the peace--R. D. Dawson,
Chas. o Smith, Florence Mccarthy.
Miner Kinney, Frank Chaffee, JAM 8
Hampston, Geo. Washburn, L. J.
Cummings, Miner King, Augustus
Spellman, W. A. King. John R.
Washburn. Albert Scripture, Jacob
Glover, Elmer j. Warrington. A. J.
Turner, J. G. Fuller, Harrison W.
Davis.
Born. -Mashapaug, Sept. 81, a
daughter to A J. Hewlett, Jr.,
Married. - Stafford Springs, Oct z,
by Rev. ]. P. Hawley, Smith W.
Page, Esq of Stafford Springs, and
Mrs. Annie Ferry of Palmer, Mass.
Athol, Sept. II, by Rev. P M Vim
ton, Dwight Lombard and Mrs. Ja-
nette A. Hanson, both of Wales. AS i.
ford, Oct. ], by Rev. T NJ. Day,
Franklin W. Mann of Burrillville, R.
l., and Fannie W Backus of Ashford,
Conn.
Died. Mansfield, Sept 81. Aohasah
Ide, 40.
Died. Mansfield, Oct. ). E i.
Wood, 20. Staffordville, Sept. %,
of Cholera infantum, Harold Roscoe,
year and ] 5 days. youngest son of
LaRoy Squier.
OCT. 23.
Tolland. - The Jail now holds
twenty prisoners.
Union. P. J. Walker during
the past season has cut eight tons of
rowen (which probably accounts for
his getting the first premium Oh butter
at the recent fair.
Married. Holland, 18th, at the
residence of the BRIDES parents, by
Rev. Charles Davies, assisted by Rev.
Charles Seymour, George W. Lansing
of Palatki, Fla, and Kate M, daugh
80
Manchester, 22d, by Rev. E. Tirrell,
Myron I. Cady and Nellie A. Eaton,
all of Stafford
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
I'm a little stone cottage in Ruthwe

I'm a little stone cottage in RuthweTl.
Sc otland. in 1910 the Rev. Henry
Duncan established the first saw
ings bank which was organized
and operated on the recognized savings
bank principle which is: that from the
deposits received. the bank should. by
judicious investment. earn enough to
pay the expenses of management, pay
interest to the depositors and esta blish
guaranty fund to protect them from
losses incident TO all business
DIR. Duncan was by no means the
first to see the need of safe deposit
DRY for the savings of the people. for
several others as high minded. but not
so practical. had heretofore attempted
to establish savings banks. but in their
zeal to make the proposition attractive.
combined features that smacked of
charity, and therefore failed as bust
ness ventures. AS early as 1898 the
"Wendover Bank" was instituted by
the Rev. Joseph Smith, who with two
rich parishioners agreed to receive
sums on deposit and repay the same at
Christmas with a bonus of one-third
the amount deposited. 1t was in sub
stance like our modern christmas
Club" Priscilla Wakefield in 1899 or
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Many Species Of Banana.

The banana as a substitute for the
potato would have one drawback. Il
has been found that those who live
mainly upon this article Of diet soon
tend to become what is politely called
''tubby." The banana with which we
are all familiar is only one Of many
useful species. Cochin China produces
single fruit that is an ample meal fol
three men, and in East Africa an in.
toxicating drink is made from the na,
tive banana.-Lonlon Chronicle
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
london'S Bio Bell.

Big Ben" the bell in Westminster
clock tower. London. is known the
world over. but it is incorrectly named
Sir Benjamin Hall. the first commits
sioner of works. during whose tenure
of office the clock was erected. had far
less to do with it than Lord Grim
thorpe. who designed it and was the
moving spirit in its erection. In jus,
tice to him ii should he known as "Old
Grim"-LOndon Mirror
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Wasn't the Uniform.

a sailor under the influence of liquor
went to the main entrance of New
York theater recently and presented
Cc.i,t. The manager refused to admit
hiI,. telling him that his money would
lie refunded at the box office.
Don't you respec' y'r country's uni.
form?' asked the bibulous one.
"Sure," retorted the manager. Take
it off and I'll put it in stage box
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF. Bay
Rum. a small box Of Barbo Compound,
and Y OF. of glycerine. Apply to the hair
twice a week until 1t becomes the desired
shade. Any druggist can put this up or
you can mix 1t at home at very little cost.
Full directions for making and use come
In each box of Barbo Compound. 1t will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and removes dandruff. 1t is excel
lent for falling hair and will make harsh
hair soft and glossy. 1t will not color the
scalp. Is not sticky or greasy, and does not
rub OF.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
800 REWARD. 300.

The readers of this paper will be pl ased 10
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Cat arrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to the med
ical fraternity. Catarrh being a cOnstit utional
dieease, requires a constitutional treatment.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work The proprietors have
SO much faith In its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It
fails to cure. Send for list Of testimonials
Address r. j. CHENEY CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Let Her In on This.

II believe man should be master
i'll his own house,; said the newly mar
ried man. There can be only one
head in a family, and mean to be it,,
That's very good idea." answered
his friend, who had been married
more years than the other had lived,
"a very good idea indeed. Have you
spoken to your wife about it?"-St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
HOW TO CULTIVATE THRIFT

@ First learn 10 distinguish be.
9 tween Injuries and necessities
@ You do not need all you think
o yon need. and certainly not all I
o You huy Yon want things be-
@ cause vou see Ihem-that Is what
. Shon windows are for Second.
@ learn Ia know good value. Learn I
. WHORE and when aud how to buy
q l.c"ru To know good meat from
g had noariShine from the worth. I
4. loss. Learn to Judge clothing (
O and shoes. and buy good mate.
Q rial-it pays I'm the end. Third.
Z. keep track OF your expenses.
Q Know how much II costs YOU TO
@ live, ami how much you spend (
@ on various items OF the house.
8 hold Limit your pleasure mon. ,
@ ey" and choose wholesome pleas. I,
o ures II you like the theater, I
o learn where TO see the good plays 4
Q at reasonable prices. and go con- I
o sistently,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Tearing Sounds.

The ear can be trained to accustom
itself to the sound Of the tearing of
various materials. The noise accom-
panying the tearing of cotton is unlike
that of linen. The warp has its voice
and the filling quite another. the for
mer being shrill. while the latter is apt
to be dull
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Dying Without a Will.

In tue event of ones dying intestate
the heirs come in for their share of the
estate as established by the laws Of
the particular state in which the prop
erty is found. In the event Of no will
and no heirs the property goes to the
state.--New York American.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01

mlSslOnSTB lot lOilAnu 1Ounty
i hereby apply for license to sell spir-
ituous and intoxicating liquors, ale, lager
beer, Rhine wine and cider, at Bidorini's
Block, Main street, town OF Stafford. MY
place OF business Is not located within two
hundred feet In a direct line from any
church ediice or public or parochial
school, or the premises pertaining thereto,
or any post office, public library, or GEM
etery.
Dated at Ste ford this 18th day Of Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1915.
GEcRGE PANcIERA, Applicant.
We, the undersigned, are electors and
tax payers, of the town OF Stafford, own
ing real estate, and hereby sign and en-
dorse the foregoing application OF George
Panciera for license, and hereby certify
that said applicant Is a suitable person 10
be licensed pursuant to said application.
Dated at Stafford this nth day of Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1916.
Peter Panciera Pero, Alfred Bidorini,
John B. Bolieau, Joseph Levene,
Alexander p. Baldi.
hereby certify that the above signers
and endorsers are electors and Taxpayers,
owning real estate, In the town OF Stafford.
Dated at Stafford this 18th day OF Feb.
ruary, A. ID. 1915.
MARCUS b. Fisk, Town Clerk.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Thone Dear Girls.

Alice Gust engaged)-What do you
think Jack said to me last night? That
If he had to choose either me or $4,000
ne wouldn't lock at the money. Marie
Dear. loyal fellow! Wouldn't like to
risk the temptation. suppose.-Boston
Transcript.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
BIRD BOOSTS.
Safety First as 1t Is Practiced by the
Feathered Tribes.

Feathered Tribes.
One of the best ways to prepare for
long journey is to make short one
So we find that many birds. before
they embark on their great air voyage
which is to take them from their sum
mer to their winter home first make
daily trips between their sleeping quar-
ters and their feeding grounds.
This IL the habit of our robin. Rob
ms raise two and sometimes three fam
lilies in one season. When the first
it il taken by the father robin to somt,
dense. leafy growth Of young trees to
pass the night. To this place they re
turn every night Many other robins
sometimes thousands of them. come to
the same woods Such resorts are
known as robin r0osts. In flying to
and from them the young birds learn
how to find their way
Meanwhile mother robin is patiently
sitting on her blue eggs. from which
in about two weeks time another little
family will appear. In two weeks
more they also will be large enough to
leave the nest and can join their broth
ers and sisters in the roost.
. GrackleS. or crow blackbirds. have
the same habit. But since they have
only one family or brood both the par
ent birds go to the roost with their
young
Sometimes the robins are joined by
the grackles and both by the European
try and released in Central park. New
York. in 1890. have since become one
of the most abundant birds in our mid.
die Atlantic states. Such a roost Is
visited nightly by many thousands of
birds.-Frank VI Chapman in ST. Mich
Olas.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
His Claim an Empty One.

FJIS NTdHH at GUhPey 0U0s
isn't 1t funny how Bounderby de-
lights in claiming he's self made
MANI"
Eyes, and there's nothing in it.. His
wife selects his clothes, his mother-in-
law regulates his hours and his wife's
sister supervises his manners''-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Mo Novelty to Her

Miss Gigglegum single and romantic,
The shower of SCOT and ashes from
VesuviuS must be an awe inspiring
sight Would you not like to witness
it? Mrs. Pottson Pans married and
prosaicI-Oh. I don't know: I've seen
my husband take down a stovepipe
Judge
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01

1.-THE first year of married life is al
ways the most troublesome. After a
couple passes that safely the great
danger of separation is over" 'tsf
''Why do you say that?"
1T usually takes Il man year to
learn the futility Of arguing with his
wife Detroit Free Press. ~
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Infallible.

do you believe that there is really
something which can invariably tell
when man il lyingY'
II know it."
"Ah, perhaps you have seen one of
the instruments 2"
"Seen one? l married one."-Hous-
ron Post
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
import Hair a Million Birds.

About 100000 live birds are imported
to the United States every year, inciud
ing about 1900 species, Of which ca
naries, parrots and game birds are the
most numerous. No birds can be in-
ported without permit from the de-
partment of agriculture, which issues
about 500 a year.-New York World
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Tree Leaves and Water.

Ash leaves are capable of taking up
more water than those of most other
trees. In hundred pounds of ash
leaves are eighty-five of water, in the
same weight of beech leaves seventy
i've. of maple sixty. of pine fourteen
and of fir ten
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Too Timid.

Green-Has fortune never knocked
at Browns door? White-Oh. yes. but
Brown didn't dare open it for fear
twas a bill collector!-New York
American
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Up 70 Date.

FLOWS the story you are writing
getting along, RobbieY'
Fine! Just now there's an awful
storm, and every one aboard is afraid
the boat IL go to the top"
You mean to the bottom"
mo, l don't; this boats q subma
rine. Boston Transcript
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-01
Naturally So,

She's been 50 conceited since they
managed to get player piano."
well. dear, player piano owners do
as general thing put on airs."-Bal.
imOre American,