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Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24
Personals and Notes,

John Sullivan and William Donohue spent Sunday in Baltic.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

Mrs Martha Cross and her grand daughter, Miss Marion S. Rogers. of Washington street. have been spend ing few days in Boston. guests of Allison c. Rogers
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

MT and Mrs. Joshua Heaps spent the Easter week end in Pawtucket R. I.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24
YOUNG WOMEN
 MAY AVOID PAIN
Need Only Trust to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
 pound, says Mrs. .Kurtzweg.

Buffalo, NY My daughter, whose picture is herewith, was much troubled
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

Miss Florence Bennett, principal of Jordan school, Waterford returned to- day (Monday) after a week vacation here. during which day or two was spent with friends in New London.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

Thomas Hoyle returned to Hartford after spending Sunday with his parents here.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

MT. and Mrs. James Edwards and daughter spent the week end in New Bedford.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

Arthur Edwards is recovering from a painful injury received at his work in one of the local factories
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

Fred DunSe Of Meriden spent the week end at his home on Front street.
 Mir and Mrs. Joshua Heaps spent the Easter week end in Pawtucket, R. I.
 Thomas Hoyle returned to Hartford after spending Sunday with his parents here.
 Mir. and Mrs. James Edwards and daughter spent the week end in New Bedford.
 Louis J. Savage of Hunters avenue spent the holidays with friends in Providence.
 The new Sacred Heart church was open for inspection on Sunday from 4 to o'clock.
 Many local fishermen were out on Saturday after trout and some good strings were brough back
 Daniel Thompson of Hartford spent the Easter week end as the guest of his mother on Front street.
 John Fitzmaurice has returned to Waterbury after spending the week end with his parents here. a painful injury received at his work in one of the local factories. Dr. Hartwen Thompson has returned to Harvard Medical school after l spending the Easter recess with his parents, Dr. and Mrs George Thomp- son.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

Louis J. Savage of Hunters avenue | spent the holidays with friends in 1 Providence.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

Many local fishermen were out on Saturday after trout and some good strings were brough back
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

John Fitzmaurice has returned to Waterbury after spending the week end with his parents here.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

Daniel Thompson of Hartford spent the Easter week end as the guest of his mother on Front street.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-24

The new Sacred Heart church was open for inspection on Sunday from to o'clock.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25
Senate Passes workmen's Bill.

Washington. - The compensation
bill, to provide uniform compensa
ton for government employees whel
disabled and adequate benefits fo
their families in case of death wa.
passed by the Senate virtually in tn,
same form as it passed the House
Federal employees would receive two
thirds wages through disability an,
provision is made for adequate medi
cal attendance of injured to effec
economy in preventing protracte,
compensation payments.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25

Wen drink Grant and Sherman and to the subs
To Thomas, Meade and Sheridan uhese in apro-
Well toast them all with goblets full at Benny Ha-
Early in 1866 Gen: Winfield Scott died. For him
this verse appeared:
o4 the s has s s o
And the country which he honored feels heart
As toast his name in reverence at Benny Havens.
Dur.Hg the last year of Bennys life came the
stunning news that Custer and his men had fought
their last fight. James E. Porter, Harrington and
others, eutenants and West Pointers all, perished
with that gallant band. Not until Benny had died
did these verses appear in memory of Custer and
his command:
So sff s%if m to Death brave CUSTER amid
Death caedand. crowned he went to join the friends
To Inc land 81 Peass os where now he dwells with
Wen drop a tear for Harrington and his comrades.
Who fell with the deeds that Elorihed
May their live forever with their glories
They've nobly earned the right to dwell with Benny
Some of tire other fraught with the
magic spirit of West Pont-that spirit that is best
summed up in the words. DUTY Honor, Country,
West Point" which are part of the motto of the
academy.
Nowadays at West Point every cadet memories
the first three verses of Benny Havens, Obi" The
first has already been given: the other two are as
follows:
To old Alma Mater. our rockboun Highland
home
May back many fond regret DER nfes
Until on our last battlefield the lights of heaven shall
glow ,, =, -
May the army be augmented promotion be less slow.
May country in the hour of need be ready for
May find soldiers resting place beneath a SOL
with room enough beside graves for Benny Ha-
vens oh!
Wherever duty has led them West Pointers have
sung Benny Havens, Oil" Since Benny's death
these verses have appeared In commemoraton of
the deeds of West Pointers in all parts of this
country:
Their blood watered Western plains and Northern
Has stained sierra's highest peaks. where piercing
winds eer blow;
The sacred Montezuma shades and walls of Mexico
From Nevada's hoary ridges. from stormy coast of
From lava beds and Yellowstone-,he story never
wherever duty called they went-theIr steps were
with Alma Mater their lips and Benny Hayens
OH
1t is the old, old story of West Point and they
who know 1t well love best to tell it. 1t will never
Hudson as the academy Itself.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25
U. p. Men to Ignore Strike Order.

Denver.-Conductor and engineer.
on the Union Pacific railroad on the
Colorado and Nebraska divisions have
notified the company that they will
not go on strike if a strike is ordered
Information concerning the purpose oi
the conductors not to strike is con
tanned in a message sent out by Presi
dent E. E. Calvin, who stated that ths
conductors decided to continue al
their posts in the event of strike
The engineers of the system an
nounced some time ago that they
would not participate in the move
ment
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25

Beware of the man who has a ma
mia for offering apologies.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25
What Impressed Her.

Shortly after VIII Crooks, the labor
ieader. was elected to parliament, says
an English weekly, he took his little
daughter to Westminster. She was
evidently awed at the splendors around
her, and maintained profound and
wondering silence all the time. Mr..
Crooks was much impressed.
"Well," said he to her at last, "wbat
are you thinking so deeply about,
dearT"
81 was thinking daddy" answered
the little girl, that you're a big man in
our kitchen. but you aren't very much
here"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25
Gzz4eD NoNzn~.AT Nt3T <aNzT

Point-Grant Fitzhugh Lee, Sherman, Custer ana
others-spent happy hours in Bennys retreat.
In 1888 Lieut.. Lucius O'Bren of the Eighth
United States infantry paid visit to Cadet Ripley
A. Arnold, who was then first classman.
Arnold introduced O'Brien to Benny Havens a
warm friendship at once springing up between the
two. In the academy at this time John
Thomas Metcalfe, who after graduation studied
medicine and became one of the foremost surgeons
In the country. and Irwin Mcdowell, who COM
manded the Union forces the first battle OF Bull
Run. Both Metcalfe and Mcdowell great
friends of Benny.
Benny Havens, Lieutenant OBrlen. Metcalre and
Arnold together composed the original five verses
of the song Benny Havens, OH" and set 1t to the
tune of ."rhe Wearing of the Green" An obituary
notice of Doctor Metcalfe says: "He had an carly
taste for versfying, and with skill at the guitar
and good tenor voice, composed many n dtty
to pass away the idle time. 1t thus that he
wrote the celebrated song Benny Havens, ohr"
l! Is not what would be called good poetry. Some
of It is crude. Today there are about 80 verses,
almost all of which We're composed before Bennys
death In 1877. Glass after class added verse. In
the waning years of Benny's life almost every
night the cadets sang them through, crowding
round Benny, with glasses full while their host led
them with his fiddle and his low clear barytone.
This fiddle, by the way, is still in possession of
old citizen of Highland Falls
Come all your glasses fellows and stand up in row,
N there's sS6risty: pro%otion's very s9T;
Soon came along the Mexican to furnish in
spiration to the cadet poets. Several verses
added to the poem in commemoration of the
deeds of those whose gallnntry carried the Amer
lean flag from Vera Cruz to the heights of Chapul-
tepec, overlooking Montezuma's ancient capital.
Two of these are:
Here's health % to General Taylor. whose rough and
Struck terror to the rancheros of braggart Mexico
May his country forget his deeds and neer for
get to show
She 6Sf' 6Si him worthy of place at Benny H"Sen'
To the "ven. vidi. Welt" Scott the greatest
hero,
Fill the goblet to brim. let shrinking go.
And his fame be great Kenny Havens, Obi
The civil stressful times at the Point
and the cadets turned their attention to sterner
things than poetry. The ranks of the corps were
thinned by the loss of the Southerners, who went
home to take up the cause of their respective
states. Many of those from the North and South,
who had been friends of Benny, fell on the field
of glory-Mnnassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, the
Wilderness and hundred other places were
stained with the blood of West Pointers.
There was little gnyety Mt Benny's during the
stern four years, for Benny getting old and
the almost daily news of the loss of his former
friends on the battlefield robbed him of his old
time lightheartedness
Some of the verses of the poem which were writ
ten just after the lost There seems to
be only the following intact:
To the army's brave commanders let glasses
fow.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25
The famous old ballad has
been sung for nearly a century
by the cadets of the United
States Military Academy. Its
history makes good reading

Wen oRs Ssver fail to drink to her ar
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25
OF Course Not!

A somewhat befuddled individual
who had evidently been lunching q
trile too freely, climbed on board the
car with difficulty.
whats the matter?" he asked, mild.
~, as he observed the conductors i'm.
patience. "Aint this car the one
want?''
"IIow do i know whether It is or
not?' growled the conductor.
"Oh, You must have known 1t, or you
wouldn't have stopped to let me catch
It," said the befuddled one.
Beware of the man who has a ma.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25
WHY women
Write LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co. 7

Women who are well often ask CAR
the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing,
genuine?" care they truthful !"
"Why do women write such letters Z"
In answer we say that never have we
published a fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
an untruthful letter, or one without the
full and written consent Of the woman
who wrote it.
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
ham Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
1t has relieved women from some of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements. Inflammation, liberation,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.
1t is impossible for any woman who
Is well and who SSS@SSS
has never suffered wv NISSNNNI
to realize how these (U/ 81 SSSA\M
poor, suffering wo-
men feel when re- ~
stored to h alth;
their keen desire to -,SS3 ~
help other women MN GSNA%A/M
who are suffering as CYESSANyNHA
they did. fS61 { rINxs1d
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25
italian Ship stampaIia Sunk.

London. - The Italian steamship
Stampalia, which phys between New
York and Italian ports, has beer
sunk.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25

Red Cross Bag Blue mikes the laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than snow.
AL good grocers. Adv
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-25

IO was Benny Havens? ASK the
next West Pointer you meet to
tell you something about Benny
Havens. He knows and you'll
find that his eyes will klndle at
the mention of the name, says the
New York Sun.
West Pointers for half a GEN.
tury have told the story of Benny
Havens - they have bled and
died with 1t on their lips.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-28
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

PhiladeIphia, April z.-BUTTER-The market
YES quiet and l rent lower with more liberal
oferingsL We quote: Western flesh solid packed
creamery fancy specials & extra, 3iIaa35; frsts q;
seconds 55a35I4 nearby prints, fancy, s.; average,
extra =; frsts. 6aB: seconds, SaS; special fancy
brands Of prints jobbing at AsA
EGGs-Recsipts were quite liberal but demand
fairly active and values well sustained
We quote In free cases. nearby extras. a PER duz +;
nearby hrsts, SIS per standard case: nearby cur
rcr dozen; Western extra frsts, 6T5 per case; do.
to quality; fancy selected eg9s jobbins at
Ha9 per dozen.
LIVE POUITRY-FOEls, per Ii, Isa0
roostsrs, l2al3; spring chickens. according to
quality, weighing lR2 lbs apiece, AaS; ducks,
as to size and quality. lSa20 geese. Hals; pigeons
old per Iair. sSa3o; do, young. per pair. 2Oa2.
DRESSED POULTRY-DTypsc fowls i2 In
box, dry-picked fancy selected IN; do. weighing
t4aS pounds apiece. =; do. 4 pounds apiece . :
DO. 81 pounds apiece, n; 90. pounds Gpsece
lsa2O: fowls in barrels fancy dry picked weighing
H4a5 pounds apisce, 1h; do. { pounds apiece M:
smaller sizes, Han; old roostsrs dry picked Is:
bruiers Jersey fancy, 5a5S; broilers. other near
b. weighing 2a3 pounds to the pair sOa45; broiers
rearby larger sizes Sass. CapoDs per pound
Weighing sal0 pounds apiece, 6a2s; smaller sizes
2aB Ducks, nearby. spring, aa3p. Squads. per
dozen-whiae, weighing II 10 Il pounds per dozen.
5.45s5eo: white. weighing to 10 pounds per dozen
is5a5.S; white, weighing 8 pounds per dozen,
375a4.35; do. pounds per DOZEN 3.ooa3.So; do
6ssh pounds per dozen, 250s275; dark, 2oOs275
small and No. ?, l.oosl.5.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-28
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

Baltimore, April a.-EGGS-Marktt hrm. Mary
land Pennsylvania and nearby frsts 2la22: Eastern
Shore, Maryland and Virginia frstS, Ia22; Western
(Ohiol irsts. aa22; West Virginia frSts, 21a2l1
Southern North CarUlina) frsts, 22a3.
BUTTER-Creamery. fancy. 35a3514; do, choice
S514a3ih; good. Sas4; prints. 36aS; do, blocks,
Baa: do. ladies. 22a25; do. Maryland and Penn
sylvania rolls, q; do. Ohio rolls "a; do, Mary
land Virginia and PennssiJaniR dairy prints, Y;
process butter. a store-packed "a
LIVE POULTRY-C Chickens winter IN and
lbs. gas; do, spring, IL to N lbs. 3; do
old hens. ! lbs. 10; do, small to medium Is;
do old roosters, i0sll: ducks MuscoTy and mongrel
l7als; do, white Pekings, lsals; do Indian runners
lTals; do. puddle, large. young, per pair 5asO;
guinea fowl. cid, EACH 40.
VEGETABLES AND GREEN FRUITS-Pota-
toes white Eastern shore AIcCormicks per btlsheI
s5as5: do, Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bushel
l.o0all0; do, New York and Maine, per bushel
l.0oall0 do, Florida, No. l. per barrel, 7o0a
80; do. No. 2. per barrel, 500as.5o Sweets yel-
low Eastern Shore, Md, per barrel, 100; do.
Eastern Shore Va. per barrel 15OalT5: do. Della
ware fancy, per barrel 20Oa2.25; do York River
fancy, 15oal.T5; do, hampers, per basket 5nas5.
Vans North Carolina. No. l. per barrel l5oal.75;
do. Maryland and Virginia. per barrel, l.soal rs
Asparagus Georgia. per dozen, 225a30O; do, North
and South Carolina, per Dozen L50a2.D. Beans
green per basket, G5oa4.oo; do wsx, per basket.
25s3.75; do. pearl per basket 30oa325. Beets per
bunch, 3s4. Cabbage, Florida, per basket, 75sl.Oo;
do. Eastern York Florida. per crate L25al.o.
CelerI. per crate. L7sa225. 0iearaheEs per basket
The Washington herald., 1916-04-28
WASHINGTON PRODUCE

Quotations given below are for large lots Of good
marketable goods only. Jobbers' prices are higher
Lower grades may be sold for less Fancy good,
command higher prices
The produce market yesterday closed in stable
condition firm demand prevailed for eggs and
live stock but failed to strengthen the quotations
While the demand for poultry was moderate only
the figures remained steady
The fruit and vegetable market showed activity
for most Of the Southern goods With moro
liberal receipts the quotations on beans peas
rhubarb and spinach were slightly lower, but the
demand WAS active.
EGGs-Frssh. per doz q
BUTTER-Best prints, new. per h., q; do, tub,
per h.. y; process q; uDdergrade creamery, Sias5
store packed, 3.
LARD-Tub, pure, h., lla12; do compound le,s
eottnnseed oil, per can 2T5.
CHBESE-New York new. per lb, Is; fat, per
b.. Hi Swiss domestic. per h.. o; DO, foreign,
per h.. 40
LIVE POULTRY-Hens, per. b., 10; ROSTERS. III
IL; spring ducks. per h.. IsaeO; chickens spsinx
per b.. 70; turkeys. per h., na23
GREEN Go0DS-Bezns. per basket, 2OoaIoo;
beets. per crate. L5oa2oo; cabbage new, per Dbl,
l75a2oo; do, per basket. Local 5; carrots, per
bunch, >; eauEfiower, Fla. baS., l50a2 80; celery
FLORIDA, per crate. l5oa20O; oucumbers per basket
LOaim; cymblings. per crate, l.75a200; eggplants
PER crate, 2Ja9-5o; kale, per bbl. 5oaT5i lettuce
North Carolina. basket. 20oa35O; onions per sack
zoaZ % do, Texas, per crate. l.75s2Oo; peas per
oaskets E5oa3oo; parsnps. per box 50a60; peppers
per crate, 2SaaD; popcorn. per bo1, 75as5; pots-
toes. per sack. 2ooa3l0; sweets. per bbL 2ooa3 SC
rams. Per bbl, lso2zo; squash. per bbL, L5oe
The Washington herald., 1916-04-28
Forcing Frames.

Forcing frames will be found useful in
starting vegetables early in the open
ground. Cabbage, caulilower. lettuce.
corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, melons, egg
plant and other vegetables can be planted
out or seed sown several weeks earlier
when protected with frames than when
no protection is afforded. They are also
useful for starting seeds of towering
plants early in the garden or for protect
ing plants set out early.
A frame placed over rhubarb or hardy
plants, either flowers or vegetables will
hasten maturity considerably Placed
over bulbs in the spring. in small gar
dens, blooms of greater perfection may
be had much earlier than usual The
heat of the sun is trapped, so to speak
during the day and held over night the
frame at the same time protecting the
plants from cold winds and the cold
night air. Small forcing frames can be
purchased of seedsmen and florists or
can be made; they are really miniature
hotbed frames. Philadelphia North
American.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-28

The Credit Mobilier was a perilously
close connection between great
financial undertaking and legislation
by Congress; and in the presidential
campaign of 1872 it was openly
charged by the Democrats that Mr..
Colfax. the Vice President. Mr.. Henry
Wilson, the Vice President elect. the
Speaker of the House of Represent
atIves, and a number of senators anS
representatives had accepted gifts of
Credit MobIlier stock in consideration
of legislative and other services to be
rendered the company.
Both houses appointed committees Of
investigation. The revelations which
ensued filled the country with uneasi-
ness and disgust
Against the more prominent officials
accused no proof Of conscious wrong
doing was found. Only two members
of the House and a single member of
the Senate were found to have de-
liberateIy engaged in transactions
which touched their integrity and
honor.
But many a detail came to light
which showed that members carried
very easy going consciences in such
matters. accepted favors without look
ing too curiously into their motive or
significance. thought more often of
their personal interests than of the
public honor, and felt very slightly the
responsibility of their posts of trust.
II was open to any one who chose to
believe that less had been told than
had been covered up; that, with but a
little more probing. il might have been
possible to unearth many an unsavory
intrigue.
The discredit OF the ruling party in
the houses was steadily deepening.
The painful impressions left by the
investigation were heightened by the
deliberate action OF the houses during
the very session which saw II instl-
tuted and concluded. They did not
scrupIe to pass an Act which increased
the compensation of senators and rep
resentatives and which was made to
apply retroactively to the sessions OF
the past two years-an Act which the
country very bluntly dubbed a salary
grab" and deemed quite in keeping
The Washington herald., 1916-04-28
Movies Show Safety First. -

dramatic. interest-gripping motion
picture drama is the channel through
which the emDloyes OF the New York
Central Railroad lines are being taught
the vital lessons Of the safety first
movement A railway coach. fitted UP
for the special purpose OF showing this
production. is being taken over the lines
stopping al all yards and shops for daily
exhibitions before employees and their
families. Employees are. required TO at
tend. Not only do these reels show the
various practices in shops and switch
yards which are now universally recog-
nized as unsafe. but all OF these practices
are skillfully woven into a plot which
contains all the thrills OF fiction. inClud-
ing a head-end collision, and yet is rec
ognized by railroad men as being traEi-
cally real II will require many months
for the car to cover the whole railroad
system.-From the April Popular Ne
chanics' Magazine.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-28
HOPEFUL REPORTS
strengthen LIST
Optimistic Advices Regarding
Sub Issue and Mexican Sit
uation Boom Market.
OTHER FINANCIAL NEWS
Lanston Makes Advance on Local Ex-
change-Greene Cananea
Declares Dividend.
OTHER FINANCIAL NEWS

Continuation of optimistic reports
as to the probable outcome of the sub
marine controversy, coupled with pri-
vate advices from Mexico indicating
that a working basis for Harmonious
cooperation between the American
and Carranza governments in the
Villa chase has been reached. con-
tributed to a stronger and more ac-
tive market in New York.
The action of the local exchange,
however, was irregular, with advances
registered in some stocks and recess
sions in others.
Shelters. Mexican Petroleum, and
other stocks affiliated with Mexico
showed strength in the New York
list. due in part at least to favorable
advices from Mexico Greene Cananea
declared a quarterly dividend yester-
day, and this probably had a good
deal to do with strength of Mexican
Securities. Greene-Cananea is largely
held in Washington and is listed on
the local exchange.