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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
SPRING DRIVE STARTED
 AT STATE COLLEGE Large increase in Production Shown by Hens in Egg Laying Contest.

In spite of the recent inclemencies of the weather a real spring drive" has apparently started at Storrs It will be remembered that a week ago. the hens in the laying contest jumped up their production by over 500 eggs In the eighteenth week just com pleted they, increased their yield by another 16o eggs, laying a total of 3sss for the week or over 400 more than for the corresponding week last year.
 Conyers Farms pen of Rhode Island Reds from Greenwich, Conn, won first honors with yield 4of 51 eggs. Two pens of Barred Rocks entered by Mer- ritt M. Clark of Brookfield Center, Conn, and Fairfields Poultry Farms Rhode Island Reds from Temple, N. H. and A. P. Robinson's White Leg horns from Calverton, N r., all tied for second place with 50 eggs each. by A. Allan of Newport, R. l.. and Pinecrest Orchards of Groton, Mass, and Braeside Poultry Farms White Leghorns from Stroudsburg, Pa, all tied for third place with 4s eggs each.
 In totalling the score cards for the Wyandottes it is found that hen No. 145 entered by A. L. Mulloy, Water. bury, Conn, is the highest scoring in- dividual with S3 3-4 points hen No 2S0 entered by J. B. Watson, Marble dale, Conn.,, is second best hen in this variety and scored 9s 1-2 The best pen is Beulah Farm. Stony Creek, Ont. and these ten birds avenged to srcore 92 each. Cloves & Sullivan, Hartford, Conn, supplied the best individual Buff Wyandotte with a score of 92. Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Holden, Mass, had the best Buff Wyandotte pen with an average of 90 1-2. Out of a total of 1S0 birds. thirteen White Wyandottes and four Bluffs were disqualifed for no spikes on comb. crooked backs, stubs and wry tails
 average pen score of the Wyandot1e varieties on a basis of 1000 for per- feet.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
Glover Versus High Priced orsins.

Glover Versus High Priced orsins.
 The economicai ration fer county dsirymen Is one of which clover hay furnishes a considerable raFt of the protein. Unfortunately comparatively little clover is found in the Lay field It is time, and there is no reason why 1t is net possible for the farmerB to grow more of this needed protein in this section. Soils wiE grow clover and alfalfa when treated and handled properly. With high prsces of grain to continue in the future, this oDring there should be hundreds of bounds of clover seed sown. LikeWise bundrsds of pounds of alfalfa. seed should be seeded this corning July and AuEurt
 The land should. be well lined for both lesumes, and in addition for thr aldalfa inoculation should be mads. With thf clover. oats and other grass reed win be put in Success with the clover will ein1iuenced by the amount of oatr seeded per acre. One ard ouc-hatf bushels will be sufficient per acre. For quantities of grass seed per acre there is recommended IS pounds or timothFs six to eight pounds red tOp. clnhi pounds clover, three pounds aaiife. and two 10 three pounds alfalfa
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
HoTBEDs
Should be Gotten Ready Now for Us,
 Tbis Spring.

Many people made hotbeds last fall so that they might be ready for use this spring. It is none too early now to start the beds or at least a section of them The snow, leaves and all such, should be cleaned out and horse manure which has been handled over several times in order that it may be uniform, may be forlxed into the bed As each layer of three to six inches is put in. the manure should be tram pied level and pressed down. This filling in and tramping of the manure is continued until the pit is filled to a point within eight inches of the top of the front, and 14 inches of the top of the back. A thin layer of three to four inches of loose, dry straw is then placed over the manure. This straw allows for a more even distribution of the heat. which arises from the fer mentinS manure. Hotbed soil which has been previously prepared from a compost heap or placed in the collar is placed on top of this straw or ma ui1re to 8 depth of four inches. If one can make up this soil, one should com bine one part of sand, one part of leaf mold, one part of we'll rotten stable manure. and one part of good garden soil.
 After the soi1 is put in. it is rai1ed
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
MoNryILLE.

This village seeE1s to be, growing. There are four houses being buih now by Burke H. Hewitt, Let.am Hun, Mrs. C. B. Chapman and LLadley Potter. The Thames Specialties company Is planning to put up four more houses for their employees and thrs se more pri- vate houses are being planned to go up to allow digging. Besides this, is the beautiful new schooIhouse flat is aI- ready being built
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
BUILDING ACTIVITY N EASTERN c0NNECTICUT

brick apartment building ir HArt1ord residence work in Stamford, two put5~ flo g1xagss. several two-fan1iiy houses, four-4ami1y apartmen< houss and H1- port, factory addftzon ami block Of stores and lofts in New Haven. and residence work in Waterbury and Mid d1etowu.
 Norwich had II sales of real estate durinx the past week, to 4 for the same week last year. The mortgage loans for the respective weeks total e7,2zo and $1,66o.
 In New London there were 5 sAes of real estate last week, to for the same week last year. Tza loans for the two weeks were $z4,o5a and s. 900, respectdvely.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08

ing built by George Allen are pro- gressing rapidly. One is ready Tor the plaster and on another the inter for work is nearly complete. The ex- standstill owing to the cold weather.
 Two story Dwelling.
 A two-story dwelling house Is be- in g erected in Hanover for Mr. House. The building is Of wood construction. The frame work has been erected and will be soon ready for boarding.
 Building Applications
 P. G. Woods. garage. ss Squire street.
 Clara c. Hannon. alterations, 25e Huntington street.
 G. Duca, dwelling. Linden street.
 Fannie E. Sto1l ct al, porch. 30 Razata Goldstein. addition. se2 Bank Joseph Degranse, dwelling. 2s Ocean avenue.
 s J. McMahon, building, 12s Mon taulx avenue.
 Louis Schwartz, garage. wiIlfams and Rosemary streets.
 Mrs. A. H. Frink. addition. Cottage street.
 Raymond & Alexander Lumber O., two story office and storage building, 34x2s, storage 200x70; cement storage, one story. Hamilton street, 40x10o. Theodore Bodenwein, alter dwelling and enclose verandas at f2 Nathan Hale street.
 N. J. Sullivan. addition. sexs4. Aiger place.
 Minuccf Bros, building. Pacific street.
 William L. Macdonald. addition, POP Connecticut avenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
SICK WEES STORY
 SURPRISES NORWICH

The following has surprised Nor wfch: A business mans wife suffered from dyspepsia and constipation for years Although she dieted she was so bloated her cothes would not 1t. ONE SPOONFUL buckthorn bark, giycerines etc. as mixed in Adler-i-ka, relieved her INSTANTLY. Because Adler-i-ka empties BOTH large and small intestines 1t relieves ANY CASB of constipation. sour stomach or gas and prevents appendicitis. It has QUICKEST action of anything we ever sold. Renn4tss Pharmacy at EaftzdiIs-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
MIDpLEToWn.

start work soon on the erection of two cottages in Cromwell, north or Maple hall They will also erect a large boarding house. Three. kouees they are erecting on Main street, Cromwell, are all roofed in.
 Mybchreest Bros. are 1emcdeHnz a brick barn at 55 Crescent street for a garage for George T. Meech.
 August Johnson has started work on shop at the rear of 29i Main street. Ito be used as an electric repair shop.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08

heavily, whereas a cream colored one shows that the bird is laying moderate
 ly, has just started or has just stopped. A milk colored earlobe shows that the
 hen has laid slightly or has stopped laying. A very yellow or dark earlobe indicates that the hen has not laid at all. An extremely white earfobe also may mean very low vitality. The more velVety the texture of the hens comb, the better her health. and it is almost a certain sign that she is laying heavily. Farm Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
PORTLAND.

Danie1 j. Maher, S56 Man street. has purchased the McDonaM property on Main street. Portland, from Mrs. Will liam Mcdonald He plans to build 2 block on the site, to contain two stores and two teneuaents- Work will prob ably not be stnrted at once.
 Thomas McBx-eu Of r. 1tiznd will have plans figured soon for the erec- ton of . new house in Porsia land It will be located just oR of Main street.
 Joseph Kane of PortA14 e making preparakfons for the erectdon of . new one-family cottage in Portland.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
NiANTIc.

Work is progressing on the large bungalow at Oswegatchie for Mrs Norma Becldord of Brooklyn N r. Contractor E. K. Beckwith of Mantle has a force of men at work on the structure. The bungalow is being erected near the bank of the river and will command an excellent view of the river as well the bay and sound
 Some of the summef residents of the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
cRoToN.

Work of moving the several cottages at Eastern Point, which was com menced some time ago, is held up on past few days. Nothing more will be done until the streets are in better condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08

grove have ccnteznplAted making a number Of chanxes and Improvements
 about their places but owing to high prices Of materia1s h8gD cancelled a1- teratiou4 for the nreaeuk.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
BUILDING OPERATIONS
 IN NEW ENGLAND

Statistics of building and engineer ing operations in New England, com piled by the F. ". Dodge company, fol- low:
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
Don't
 Suffer From Piles
send ro1 rres rrial 9reatmsnt

No matter how long or how bad = % tc box of Pyramid Pile Treatment. lt
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08

raise his calves more cheaply than h'e could by feeding Gresh milk.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08

PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08

Boe xnzhnts, HnvmlIdm mn@ GFwwtnw CAlidgnn
 Tho orisinai vssd,priab yss-A An AGsA
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

may possibly have occurred--we have
never seen It. Neither had the three
Misses Avery. Nor did they ever ex-
pect to. And IL they had seen 1t, It
is quite likely they would have Joined
the backsliders at that instant.
But without wasting much time on
this gruesome thought, they hurried
to window commanding the best view
Of the parsonage. and raised II. Then
they clustered behind the curtains, and
watched and listened. There was
plenty TO heart From the parsonage
windows came the sound of scamper-
ing feet and banging doors. Once there
was the unmlstakable clatter OF chair
overturned. With 1t all there was
constant chorus OF "oh, look !" "oh I
orr "Oh, how sweet u "Oh, papa |"
"Oh. Prudencew "Look, Larkie, look
at this"
Then the eldest Miss Avery closed
the window overlooking the parsonage
and confronted her sisters.
"We must just make the best OF IT,"
she said quietly.
nut next uOOr tne gray Olu phTSOn-
age was full to overtlowing with salts
faction and happiness and love. Every
one has experienced the ecstatic, creepy
sensation of sleeping in n brnnd-new
home. The parsonage girls reveled In
the memory of that first night for many
days. at may be haunted for all we
know" cried Carol deliclously. "Just
think, Connie, there hay be seven
ghosts camped on the head of your bed,
waiting
"Carolv
When the family gathered for wor-
ship on that first Sabbath morning,
Mr.. Starr snid, as he turned the leaves
OF his well-worn Bible, 81 think 1t
would be well for you to help with the
morning worship now. When finish
reading the chapter, Connie, you will
make the first prayer. Just pray for
whatever you wish as you do at night
for yourself. / will follow you"
Comics eyes were wide with respon.
slbillty during the reading of the chap
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
"ouiek! They Are comIns!"

ter, but when she began 20 speak her
voice did not falter. Connie had nine
years of good Methodist experience
back of her
sour Father, who art In heaven, we
bow ourselves before thy footstool In
humility and reverence. Thou art our
God, our Creator, our Savior. Bless us
this day, and cause thy face to shine
upon us. Blot out our transgresslons,
pardon our trespasses. Wash us, that
we may be whittier than snow. Hide
not thy face from the eyes of thy
children, turn not upon us In wrath.
Pity us, Lord, as we kneel here pros
trate before thy majesty and glory.
Let the words of our mouths and the
lnedltations of our hearts be accept
able In thy sight, o Lord, our strength
and our Redeemer. And finally save
us, an unbroken family around thy
throne in heaven, for Jesus sake.
Amen"
This was followed by an electric ST.
lence. Prudence was biting her lips
painfully, and counting by tens as fast
80 'i' N'uiu' diy WuS utnlully 90
Ing over the prayer, sentence by sem
tence, and attributing each petition
to the individual member In the old
church at Exmlnster to whom II be-
longed. The twins were a little
amazed, and quite proud. Connie was
an honor TO the parsonage-but they
were concerned lest they themselves
should not do quite so well when their
days came.
But In less than n moment the min
ister-father began his prayer. When
he said Amen" Prudence was on her
feet and halfway upstairs before the
Others were fairly risen. Fairy stood
gazing intently out of the window for
moment, and then went out to the
barn to see If the horse was through
eating. Mr.. Starr walked gravely and
soberly out the front door, and around
the house. He ran into Fairy coming
out the kitchen door, and they glanced
quickly at each other.
Hurry papa" she whispered; "you
can't hold In much longer! Neither
can II"
And together, choking with laugh
ter, they hurried into the barn and
gave full vent to their feelings.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

tributes what is most characteristic to
the local color of Salonikl. The foun-
dation of her costume is a petticoat of
some dark silk, and white bodice
crossed below her throat-a very thin
bodice, cut very low at the neck and
palpably unstiffened by any such mail
as western women arm themselves
with.
Over this superstructure the old lady
wears a dark skirt bolero lined with
fur and two striped silk aprons-one
before and one behind. The latter is
caught up on one side, some corner of
it being apparently tucked into a mys-
terious pocket. But the crown and
glory of the old lady is her headdress
"a sort of fiat frame, tightly wound
about with a stamped or embroidered
handkerchief, and crowned with an
oval plaque set off by seed pearls.
Whatever its color, this creation in
variably ends in a fringed tail of dark
green silk, also ornamented by a gilt
or gold plaque of seed pearls, hanging
half way down the old lady's back. In
this wonderful tail she keeps her hair,
of which you see not scrap, unless at
the temples. And about her throat
she wears strings and strings of more
seed pearls.
She is, this decorative, this often ex-
tremely handsome old lady, a mother
in Israel. The old gentleman in the
gaberdine is her legitimate consort,
while many of the modernlzed young
people at the cafe tables are their de-
scendants-very many. A dozen differ
ent estimates of the population are
given, varying according to the race of
the informant; but they all agree on
the point that Saloniki contains not
far from 10000 people, and that more
than half of them are Jews.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

| the girls-with Fairy TO keep me bal
ancedl l read, but l do not like to
study.-No, you'll have TO get along
with me just the way | ala, Mrs. Ad-
ans. It's all l can do to keep things
going now, without spending half the
time dreaming of big things to do in
the future"
Don't you have dreams?" sasped
Mrs. Adams. "Don't you have dreams
of the future7 Girls in books nova
| days dream"
"Yes, dream" interrupted Pru-
dence, 81 dream lots-but it's mostly of
what Fairy and others will do when !
get them properly raised. Youll like
the girls, Mrs. Adams, know you will.
They really are n gifted little bunch
except me. I'm just common little Pru-
dence of the Parsonage-but the 9TH
ers r. And Prudence flung out her
hands dramatically.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
MAN NOT REALLY STRONGER
Woman Says Idea Is Merely a Fiction
Inspired and Fostered by the
Gentler Sex.

1t is strange that no man envies us (;
that you never hear one Of these lords
of creation bemoaning the fact that
he was born man and not woman.
Time and time again women will rail
against the supposed handicap of their
sex. Without so much as a protest
they let the poet write about man as
"the noblest work of God" 1t never
so much as occurred to them to dispute
or deny 1t.
1t Is refreshing and no less surpris-
Ing, then, to find in one of the current
magazines, the Unpopular Review, an
article on the JOY Of being woman.
Men are geniuses, the writer con-
tends, merely because women permit
them to be. Women lose nothing by
this generosity, since 1t is infinitely
more gratifying, more soul-satlsfying,
to have made Plato than merely to
have evolved his philosophy. Woman
deliberately and with malice afore-
thought permitted herself to be sad
died with reputation for weakness
so that man might grow strong enough
to be considered worthy mate for
her.
Man is tlmorous, self-distrustful
creature" the author writes, "who
would never have discovered his pow.
ers IL not stimulated by woman's weak
ness.
"Women, conscious how they hold
mems welfare In their hands, simply
do not dare TO discover how strong
they might be If they tried, because
they have so far used their physical
weakness not only as a means of
arouslng mems good activities, but also
as a means of turning to nobler dlrec-
tions their bad ones. Men are natural
ly acquisitive, impelled to work for
gain and gold. Unable to deter them
from this impulse, we let them support
us, preserving for their sakes the fic-
tion that we are too frail to support
ourselves. es."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

aHR. STARR, a widower
M Methodist minister, has
been assigned TO the con-
gregation at Mount Mark, Iowa.
He and his daughter, Pru-
dence-she is nineteen, and the
eldest of five glrls--have come
on ahead to get the new parson-
age ready for the younger MEM
bers of the family. OF course
the whole town, especially the
Methodists, is throbbing with
curiosity about the newcomers.
Mrs. Adams, member of the
Ladies' Aid society, hurried over
TO call on Prudence, and nosing
around found the girl on her
knees praying in the barn. SO
she began at once to "pump"
the girl for all she was worth
Ii would be great stun TO tell
the neighbors-and is still at It.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
OPPORTUNITIES
THAT ARE MISSED
Why Wait? Why Not Go to West
ern Canada NoW2

The writer has frequently heard the
remark that "after the war we will go
10 Western Canada" II does not oc-
cur to those making the remark that IL
they wish to secure lands In Western
Canada. whether by homestead or pur-
chase. the best time TO go is now. After
the war the welcome will be just as
hearty as ever, but the chances are
that land values will increase and to-
day homesteads are plentiful and land
is reasonable In price. There Is no
question about what the land In Mani
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Will
do. what 1t will give under proper cul-
tivntion.
Farmers In Western Canada are pay
Ing for their land holdings with the
proceeds of last years crop. That this
Is no idle statement may be Cleaned
from the three following items, which
are picked out at random:
"In the spring of 1916 a half-section
OF land was offered for sale at S17.OO
per acre. There were 105 acres of
summerfallow, which because the
owner could not at the time find a
buyer, were seeded to wheat. A yield
OF 40 bushels per acre, 4,200 bushels
all told, grading No. /, was obtained.
The price the day the grain was sold
(Which was very early In the season,
before grain prices advanced to round
about 5000 was SLIGO, which brought
the handsome total of $8,T20.00. Three
hundred and twenty acres at $17.0O
equals $5,440.00, 80 that a buyer. by
placing less than half of the whole
under crop, would have made profit
OF $1.2S000." - Robson Messenger.
Robson, Sask.
"That the Indiana Boys farm this
year raised sufficient crop to pay for
the land. all the machinery and all
overhead expenses as well as make
handsome profit, Is the information
given by N. b. Davis, the manager.
The wheat yield was over 22,00o BUSH
els. OF twelve cars already sold, nine
graded No. /, and Mr.. Davis has sold
over 1000 bushels locally for seed at
$500. Naturally, when he gets to In
diana he will be big booster for Al
berta."-Bassano Mail, Bassano, Alta.
| "Oscar Castalor. who bought land at
Blusson after the crop had been put
In last spring. for S3,S0000 has
threshed 5000 bushels of wheat, which
Is worth ut present prices about
$7,50O.00. He refused an offer Of
s5,000.00 for the land after the crop
had been taken off."-Lethbrldge Her
aid, Lethbrldge. Alta.
Reports from the wheat fields are
highly encouraging and show that the
wheat crop of many farmers In West
ern Canada was highly satisfactory.
Coblenz, Sask.--W. A. Rose has
threshed an average of SO bushels per
acre and SO bushels OF oats.
Glelchen, Alberta.-Up to date 237,-
80 bushels of grain have been received
by local elevators, of which nearly
10000 bushels were wheat. Seventy
one cars Of grain have already been
shipped.
Stoop Greek, Sask.-James McIaae
has threshed 5,400 bushels Of grain.
1000 bushels OF which were wheat,
grading No. Northern. One field
averaged A bushels per acre. and a
large field Of oats averaged SO bushels
II information as to the best loca-
ton is required, 1t will be gladly fur
nished by any Canadian Government
Agent. whose advertisement appears
re.-Advertlsement.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Halri Get rs Cent Bottle
Of Danderlne Right Now-Also
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin. brittle. colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence Of a neglected
scalp; Of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive to
the hair as dandruff. II robs the hair
Of its luster. its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching Of the scalp. which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast A little Danderins
tonight-now-any time-will surely
save your hair.
Get 70 ccat bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store. and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life. luster and luxuriance
which is SO beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and iuffy and have the appear.
ance OF abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softneEs, but what will
please you most will be after Just q
few weeks use, when you Will actual
ly see a lot OF fine. downy hair-new
hair--growing al over the scalp Adv.
Australian nearl fishing industry IN
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

STo BE coNTINUED9
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

Pimples, boils, carbuncles, dry up and
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid.
ADV.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

Dut for the occasional happening Of
the unexpected 1t would soon cease to
be.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

More than 20 per cent of the exports
OF Jamaica come to the United States.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

Doesn't II seem that the happy
so-lueky housefuI Of parsonage
girls will win the friendship Of
the Avery spinsters and tear
away the barrier Of snobbishness
and reserve which hedges them
In?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

Tattoolng was a distinct trade IN
Caesars, time.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

Australian pearl fishing industry In
being held ap by the war.