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Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
THE END OF LENT.

The approach of Easter Sunday marks the closing of the "penitential season" Of Lent. which has brought to this com- munity exceptional privileges and rare opportunities for enjoying the advan- tages of instructive evangelism. Dur
 ing the six weeks since Ash Wednesday, our community has been visited by a higher class of church workers than usually falls to the lot of small town. In all the local churches special effort has been put forth to arouse the interest of the people in spiritual things; and in or1er to awaken the public conscience
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

Rev. Rockwell Harmon Potter, the eloquent Hartford divine who, with Walter Prichard Eaton, will speak at the brotherhood supper next week Fri day evening, not long since received a "call" from a wealthy and fashionable church on Fifth avenue, New York, with an offer of $12,O0 year salary. MT. Potter turned it down, whereupon the New York committee came again and raised the ante by several thousand ; and again the offer was declined. The figure was then raised to $20,00O, but the Hartford preacher declined to listen to the call. Finally he was implored to come anyway, and fix the salary at any figure he pleased. It didn't work. MT. Potter would not leave his Hart ford charge under any consideration.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
A Bit of vers LIbre.

(Written Sunday, April 9th.)l Arrives the snow; yes we noticed it.; It keeps,on arriving, quite frequently. We noticed that too. The long freight
 trains
 Thatgo by the house are freiRhting it To Mars; It's hot there, maybe 1t will melt The snow is pure but
 high up And often much too deep for usf We
 can't
 Live up to it. We fain would lon the level) stav
 down
 Where the good old dirt is, for That's the's stuff our beans are'
 Made of and much other truck Oh for lodge in some vast sand storm | Some boundless continuity of mud l. We long for puddles; We have Forgotten the color of the rain. Enough's, B. plenty, more is
 Too,much. All winter. through telescopes, we, Have looked up from tunnels of Unreasonable depths of snow, ' Toward the sky snd seen only more Snowhakes arriving,
 Darn 'em wish they'd quit. hear the House maid singing, "whiter Than
 Snowp'
 By gosh! .. Oh, for a, stretch of continuous Bana,
 GDound,
 Naked and unashamedl Is tlena n ni nd .wallow
 Anywhere? Lead me to,it. Oh, for a chunk of turf Do Isee swamp bogs? Please pass The muck. Listen: Uncle Hopace says the snow will Cease to auTive after Labor Day.
 Dhank God B.. HI
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
The Wurra Wurra Club

The meeting was ordered to order by the president, MT. A. l.. Hugins, promptly on the hour. The attendance was pretty fair, considering it's Lent and there's so much doing in the churches. The roll was called by the secretary, which showed up p'fairly we'll. The Opening Ode was sung by Presi. dent Joe Parsons, of the Business Men s Association, accompanied by nobody on the piano. The minutes Of the other meeting were read by A. H. Herriman, and then the regular order Of irregular business was taken upt
 Mayor Clint. Roraback proposed the name of N. Watson Hardenbergh, junior, for honorary membership. MT. Freeman Dempsey rose 5nOo inquire: "Who the deuce IS N. Watson Harden. bergh, junior ?" but he was laughed to scorn, and the nomination was referred to the committee on moral character
 MT. Whittaesey got up and suggested that it was high time we he'd a system of fire police i'm Canaan, to keep the crowd in order and within bounds in case of fire. ''Take it Sunday morn. luB, sdlu hc, tt IIle red VsllletUe uTe. There was such a crowd of onlookers and curiosity seekers grouped about the yard that tine firemen would have been badly hampered if they had been obliged to fight the fire from the ground. A competent force of fire police would have kept the spectators at respectful distance from the fire fighters and avoided confusion.
 But thepe YVES no confusion and no hampering of the firerpen, at the Gillette fipe;" sold Mr. Farnum, inter. rupUing.
 'l know it, '" said MT. Whittlesey, !" "but there would have been, with all that crowd, if the house itself had caught fire from that roaring chimney. |"
 "There is 10 motion before the house." said the chair.
 "Then move that this Club organize a fire police force,' said Charlie Adam, with Mayor Roraback as chief;: MT. Lyles iust lieutenant; Will Reel second lieutenant; John Graves corporal; Ed. Warner sergeant, and Nat Storm shorb stop" The motion was seconded by Judge Ford, and defeated by large majority.
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and stir the indifferent to realization of their spiritual needs and shortcom,- ings the best available preaching and teaching talent has been procured, and every effort made and every Opportun- ity afforded to disseminate the Word and inspire the people with higher th0rght and bring them to profornder meditation upon the solemn things of life The Christ Church nation wide preaching mission; the frequent union services in the other Protestant churches and the regular solemn Lenten ceremonies in St. Joseph's Catholic church, all have sent forth an influence for good in the community, and even if the attendance in all cases has fallen short of what might be desired, the general result cannot have failed to be of great benefit and have a perceptible effect for good upon our community life.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

A Long Island genius has produced a "light green liquid chemical" of which trifling quantity dashed into gallon
 of water will make gallon of fuel that runs an automobile exactly as we'll as gallon of gasoline-and at a cost of only one and cne-half cents for the gallon. And the puzzling feature of it all is, that apparently it does all that the discoverer claims for it. That be. ing true, goodbye visions of 50-cent gasoline!
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

New Haven, not to be outdone by Hartford, now has Press Club. The one spot in big city, permeated by the atmosphere of the true Bohemia, is the headquarters of the Press Club. And it frequently transpires that the Press Club, like our own Wurra Wurra Club, is an "exclusive social organization, y from the fact that "it takes i'll mem bers who could not get into any other organization And that's what makes it worth while.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
The Song You Can't Forget.

fhes Song YOU Can't Forget. Lives there a man with soul so dead That music cannot charm? From whom all joy of life has fled, Whose coldness naught eau warm? That one is fit for treason, spells. Nature herself would shun Such d foul blot, whose presence soils Friendship with anyone. Methinks that all some music love, Some song that casts a spell Over the heart, to gently prove It's power OCT sense and will. Mid peaceful scenes comes "Home,
 Sweet Home,"
 And Annie Laurie" sweet; +Old Oaken Bucket" holds for some A draught that is a treat. On balmy Southern breezes floats Song of "The Mocking Bird;" From Northern fields the sad 'nGng
 notes
 Of "Whip- poor Will" are heards In passing by perchance we hear My Country, lis of Thee," That song to ev'ry heart so dear, In this land of the free. "Star Spangled Banner" wakens
 thought
 Of war on land and sea, And hero lives, which dearly bought Our hard won liberty. In sadness plunged, some soul is drawn, Nearer, My God, to Thee.'' "Lead, Kindly Light" until the dawn Of brighter days to be. "Down on the Suwanee River" hark We hear the banjo's ring. In cabins roofed o'erhead with bark You hear the darkies sing Way Down in Dixie," once again, Mid cottonwood and pine; In "Old Virginia's" forest glen, Where sweet magnolias twine. But "Massa's in the Gold, Cold Ground" And slav'ry days no more, Yet still we hear the old songs sound From out the cabin door. An, yes, some song of by gone days, MethinBs, can touch us yet; Deep down in memory it stays,
 The song you can't forget.
 -F. E. Butcher.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
What the Other Fellows Say

Anna Held says men of brains could end the war. Not if men of hate were determined to keep it up, and they seem to be.-New Haven Union.
 Already the punitive exhibition in Mexico has cost the United States $1, GOO, 900, no small part of which was for gasoline. This prompts the World to observe that some of our joy riders will be amazed at their on moderation when they contemplate the price of a war ride.-Pittsfeld Eagle.
 The fact that Connecticut ranked second per capita of all the states of the union in the sale of Red Cross stamps last year, is something to be proud of, and proves that the people of this state are anxious to do their part in stamping out that dread disease, tuberculosis. sis.-Greenwlch News.
 Germany seems to have decided that neutrals have no rights that she is bound to respect. She is living up to her new doctrine with that complete efficiency and entire lack of conscience for which she has recently become noted. Sentinel. If the colonel read the news from the state convention, and remembered the makeup of the steam roller crew at the republican convention of 1912, he must have been interested to observe that J. Henry Roraback, member of the com. mittee on credentials in that fateful year, is one of the Big Four from this state this time. Waterbury Republi. can.
 London has had a suffrage riot. This looks like an early return to the good old times. Register
 Charles Scott has figured it out that American tourists are saving $500, 900, 900 year on account of that family row in Europe. Trouble is that American tourists are not the people who need to make a saving-Meriden Journal.
 Boston must want Billy Sunday for sure and certain when it is willing to raise a $1,OOO,0 guarantee fund. Didn't know it was worth that to save the whole Bean town.-Bridgeport Post.
 Connecticut river shad will be late this year. They are generally pre- ceded about two weeks by the alewives and the first of the latter were caught Thursady, which is unusually late Litchfield Inquirer.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
The Old Bows.

The old boys rice with the young today, Ride by their sides like phantoms gray, The old that were there in the long ago To answer the cry of the Alamo, To leap with their carbines and take
 the wall While the dead lips rang with that
 ghostly call. The old boys hunt with the young off
 there For the cutthroat's haunt and the ban.
 dit's lair; They spring to the saddle as long ago When they answered the call of the
 Alamo, And by every youngster there gallops,
 too. A ghost of the old time derring-do. The old boys wake from their slumber They can answer the call of the Almo Spring to the side of the young who
 rush At their country's call through that
 endless hush Of the mesah-lands and cactus brush Like charge ot the days of long ago. They are up and away, by the young
 they ride, In the sweep of that steady, heroic tide Of the young bent down to their sad
 dies so They may hear the call of the Alamo, May answer, and scurry, and stand like
 men In the hour of thelr country's need
 again. Baltimore Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

up in tEe Arctic regions the nights are six months long," remarked the Extensive Traveller.
 'Thasso ?'' said the Inebriated One.
 Gee! Think of crowd of Eskimos singing We won't go home until morn- ing. '"--Life.
 "The boys at our school had a chin- ming contest.
 "What good is school to you, if that is the language you use ?"
 "Why, it was a chinning contest, dad. You see how many times you eau chin horizontal bar.''
 "Oh, thought you were talking about debate. .''-Louisville Courier Journal.
 Sweets to the sweets," said MT. Slopay gallantly, as he handed plate of cakes to the landlady's daughter.
 "Pass MT. Slopay the beets," said the landlady significantly.-Kansas City Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1916.
"Why do we wait till ears are deaf Before we speak our kindly word, And only utter loving praise
 When not whisper can be heard?" Selected.
VETERANS AND SONS.

During the year 1915, 238 members of the G. A. R. in Connecticut died. leaving the membership in the state S,i81 at the end of the year, and the proportion of deaths increasing.
 En his annual report to the state en. oampment at Guilford, last week, Com. mander Griswold made mention of the rapid thinning of the G. A. R. ranks, and in an editorial the Hartford Cour- ant alludes to the fact that the little town of Guilford had no trouble in car- ing for the veterans who attended the sncampment from all over the state, a feat which would have taxed the hotel capacity of city few years ago. The Courant assumes that "the total Aumber who attended the encampment this week was no greater, probably, than the number who went to the front from Guilford and it's smaller neigh. bOr, Madison" and of those Guilford volunteers and other soldiers now liv- ing in Guilford, only 25 are now re- naining in the local Post. "It is not difficult, says the Courant. to see that the last annual encampment is not far iz the future" -...-
 It is pathetic fact, and one which The News has dwelt upon in season and out of season, in order to impress upon a more or less needless public the privilege and opportunity that the present generation has, and which the Hoxt generation will not enjoy-the privilege and opportunity of giving direct expression to the surviving soldiers of the Civil War, of their loyal appreciation and affectionate remem. brance of the services rendered to the country by the old heroes in the trying days of the early sixties. A very few Eemain. Barely half dozen members of the Canaan Post can be brought to- gether to attend regular Post meeting, whereas in days gone by there were about seventy names on the roll. These few survivors are entitled to the solici- tous regard of every other citizen. and the children should be taught to lift their hats to them and appreciate the privilege that will be theirs in after years, of proudly asserting that they can remember seeing and speaking with soldiers who actually fought in the great Civil War.
 With regard to the duty or carrying on the work to which the Grand Army is consecrated-the decoration of sold- iars' graves with flowers on each Me- morial Day, etc.-it is gratify ing to know that the Sons of Veterans organ. iMation is growing in numbers and in earnestness year by year, and that new camps are being organized throughout the state. At the annual encampment of the Sons, In New Haven, it was officially reported that 165 members had been added to the roll in the state during the year; and the spirit ol patriotism, of devotion to the interests of the living soldiers and of sacred loyalty to the memory of those wht have gone, that was given expression in the splendid addresses that dis tinguished the encanpment, should b.
 N gratifying assurance to the old soldier
 that they will not be forgotten her
 when they shall have passed on t.
 answer the last roll call.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

Joe Hollister, of the Eagle, thinks it is point in favor of the Chinese that "they keep things clean and they mind their own business" But does Joe consider that point of superiority over the Caucasian who, besides keeping things clean and minding his own busi- ness, can also mind other peoples busi- ness? Or is he blind devotee of the doctrine implied in the observation of the philosopher who narrated that once npon time there were two men who got rich-one by minding his own business. and the other by letting other peoples business alone?
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

The open season is now three weeks old, and the big trout that got away from President Colley, of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce, in the ripping Konkapot, is still shaking it's tail in defiant freedom, while Colley writes poetry about the City Hall bell which disdains his metric lines as the trout disdained his fishlines. Up to the present writing Waterbury has nothing on that Konkapot trout.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

Combating the Cabbage Root Maggotl
 Many farmers and people with small gardens would like to grow early cab. bage; but are deterred from doing SO, because of heavy losses from the root maggot The work of this insect will show that by a sudden willing on hot day. Tha plant may then soon die. The'plant has been so completely out off by the maggot, which is the larva of a. fly, that circulation of the liquids has been checked. This can be nearly wholly prevented if, at the time of set. ting the young plants, little tar paper. pads are put on the plants as. follows: Take a fairly good weight tar building paper, cut into squares of abouh 24 or 3 inches. From the middle of one side make slit that will extend little past the center, and make a cross on this at the center, thus making little hole in the center of the pad. Slip this onto the plant and press down fiah to the ground. In hoeing keep this fat on the ground till the cabbage are quite large. This prevents the fly which deposits the egg from laying the egg near the plant and the larva ever or scarcely never will reach the cab baRe. In this way fully 90 per cent. of cabbage crops have been saved. This work is but little and one is we'll re- paid for this little in the excellent crop which will follow
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
Look tp.
BY EMMA RoDEMEYER WAIT.

When your heart is heavy laden.
 And your tears refuse to flow; When the sky's o'ercast with blackness
 And your life seems filled with woe; When you think it's not worth living,
 And you have bitter cup That you'd like to dash to pieces.
 Just keep silent, and look up. Through the blackness of your sorrow
 You will see light appear: And the cup you found so, bitter
 Will prove nectar that will cheer You will find life we'll worth living
 When you try to do your best. There's hand held out to help you:
 Trust it! God will do the rest
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

Will the esteemed Hartford Post elucidate, as to whether the following is boost or a knock for P. Davis:
 In poll of Congress taken by a New York newspaper, Congress- man P. Davis Oakley voted for Justice Hughes, as candidate for the Republican Presidential nomi nation. And MT. Oakley is presi- dent of the Bald-Head Club of America, too.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
Probably the reason they are

HrODaDly the reason they are getting bald-headed men to enlist
 is to avoid any hair-breadth es-
 capes. Journal.
 It's about time to get at the truth about this bald head enlistment busi- ness. One report, from Chicago, is to the effect that the recruiting office turns down bald-headed applicants for enlistment; while elsewhere bald. headed soldiers are preferred. The matter will be brought up at the sum- mer meeting of the official board of the Bald Head Club of America, to be called at Hartford by President P. Davis Oakley, in June or July, to fix the date and other preliminaries of the annual banquet of the Club.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

The population of Waterbury is now "close to oue- tenth of million," ac. cording to the Woodbury Reporter. In- deed! The population of Canaan has been for a good many years a fraction of million, and is still growing.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

The Meriden Journal this week cele- brates it's thirtieth anniversary with an elaborate anniversary edition that would do credit to the leading journal of great city. The Journal was founded in 1886, with a total capital of $8, 1000, by Francis Atwater, Lewis Allen, Thomas l.. Reilly and Frank E.. Sands. Today its capital runs into the hundreds of thousands and the Journal is power in it's territory. Sands is the only member of the original firm still with the paper, and occupies the dual post of president and treasurer. Atwater retired on the wealth he &C., quired from the paper, in 1918; Reilly pulled out to go to Congress, where he served two terms; the genial Lew Allen died last year. About sixty hands are employed by the Journal Company, over whom "Dick" Owen, for a short time The News foreman, is superin. tendent The Journal is one of the substantial newspapers of the state.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

"Cynical Inquirer :''-You lose. The roads through the center of the village of Canaan are state roads, their present condition notwithstanding. Appear ances are deceiving; remember that.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

"Are you superstitious about the number thirteen ?''
 "Why, no. I was born thirteen minutes past the hour on the thirteenth day of May, in house numbered l3, and I spent some thirteen lunar months in the thirteenth year of my age. "- Boston Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

Here's another divorce on coffee grounds. A Hartford man asks for separation because his wife put dope in his coffee.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

When John T. King nominated J. Henry Roraback to succeed himself as chairman of the republican state com mittee, and called for rising vote of the 35 members of the committee, Col.
 Ullman, Seymour Judd and John Rattelsdorfer, all of New Haven, re. mained seated. If 32 others had voted with the New Haven trio, J. Henry would have been unanimously defeated.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

This will be J. Henry's third experi- ago, at Chicago, he served on the cre- dentials committee-and a strenuous time he had of it.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

The Hartford County Commissioners have revoked the license of the Nutmeg Club, of the capitol city, which was convicted of being 8 gambling joint. Looks from here like this was the bitter end of the Nutmeg.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

Tonight the Canaan Business Mems Association will meet, and there are some matters of importance to be con- sidered. Let's all be there.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
MAILS CLOSE GOING

MAILS CLOSE GOING North East South West 9:48 a. m. 813 a. m. 7:44a. m. 10:20 a. m. z:09 p. m. 3:55 p. m. 2:32 p. m. 6.3o p. m.
 MAILS OPEN FROM North East South West s:25 a. m $50 a. m. 10:30 a. m. 900 a. m. 310p m. 11:00 a. m. 7:39 p. m. 4:25 D. m
 7:15 D. m.
 Mail closes on Route No 1, R. F. D. at 10:30 a:m. For Southfield and Mill River at 1. p. m.
 E. l. ROBERTS, P. M
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Many of our blessings pale when our neighbor gets an automobile.-Ex- change.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

Get Together. Pull Together. "The growing end of the Nutmeg" mustn't shrivel up.
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20

Lent ends next Sunday. Has it hurt very much, to be good
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-20
THE EWS' AGENTS

THE NEWS AGENTS Extra copies of The News are on sale at the e0ce of publication and at
 Dempsey's Drug Store, Canaan, Post Ofnce. East Canaan. Post Office. Falls Village, George T. Johnson's Store Norfolk H. L. Rood. Ashley Falls. A. l.. Dickinson. Salisbury. J. W. Morgan, Great Harrington, Mass.
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MISCELLANEOUS

pressing and repairing reasonably done. Cluthiug sent oy parcel post will be re. turned at my expense. Anna NJ. Tierney. East Canaan.
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TRAINING, gardens plowed and narrowed. E, R Atwood
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-05-25

Germans are strongly attacking. They
took a French trench north OF Haudro-
mont quarry on the east side of the riv.
er. Violent artillery fighting con,
tinued all night, but there were no
important infantry struggles, either
around Douamount or the Dead Man g
hill front.
The French gain was made in small
wood between the river and Cumieres.
The positions ~swOn would be exposed
to a German thanking attack if French
forces attempted to push on southwark
to Cumieres. Southern exits to Cum.
iercs are under French artillery fire,
so there is no fear of an assault from
that quarter.
General Nivelle has made no attempt
TO seize Fort Douaumont during the
night Through complete exhaustion of
the infantrymen, operations on both
sides have temporarily halted.
French military critics are agreed
that the weeks fighting has been blood
lest in history. The Germans lost more
than in any Of the wars previous bat
ties.