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Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25

it better than ever. Now some one else has passed up few remarks via The News-recently They were good sensible remarks too. But I want to say to all who do not like smelly nasty tasted water, Be Patient; Everything takes time. Why just think! Women have been asking for the suffrage, for about eighty years and not all have got it yet! When they get feeling a bit ugly about it, men advise them to Be patient. So say to my fellow townsmen, "Let patience have its perfect work", and in time the Ca naan Water Company and the Hart ford archeologists and Kings of Chemistry and the interpreters of the Choctow language, will get to- gether again in Canaan and tell us to be patient yet little longer and they hope, if then world don't meantime come to an end,-to have the Canaan Water supply fit to drown surplus kittens in. D
 I doubt if the New York Fresh Air Fund would highly approve of the taste and smell of Canaan's drinking water for the children, but nobody can swear that anybody has died from drinking or bathing in it, yet, and The Hartford Craig Kennedy water experts or detectives, whose business it is to hunt for all the villain germs that lie in nasty smell ing tasting water, have declared, on their honor as gentleman, that the Canaan Water supply is so harmless that the little fairy on a soap wrap per, could drink it and not die! We all feel real pleasant about our odorous drink and especially to when the water bill comes in. We are all so eager to pay it that many pay several months in advance, so as to get all the benefit possible out of the rich taste and rare bouquet of the Canaan Chemical Water works.
 Be patient my bretheren and sis 1 teren, our grandchildren, or at least, great grnd children will undoubtedly live to see the Federal Amendment passed, and also about that time, the Canaan c. W. W. will have become Tn taste and smell winter than snow and as pure. Meanwhile we who must buy our drinking water else where or choke to death, or go with out water entirely, will endeavor to be cheerful as possible, greeting each other every day with smile and a Good morning; have you used the Canaan Chemical Water Works in your bath and coffee?"
 G. M. Hermit
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
THREE KINDS OF FARMERS
First Farmers, Second Agriculturists,
 Third War Gardeners

Earnings in one respect is like keeping a hotel and running a news paper: Every one thinks he can do it and the man who has never tried 1t thinks he can do it better than the man who has been brought up in it. There are three kinds of farmers Farmers, agriculturists and war gar deners. A farmer is man who tills the soil for what he can make; an agriculturist is farmer who farms for the fun of it, and war gardener is man who farms on a small scale from purely patriotic motives. The latter is a development of the war and before that time farmers were roughly divided into the two first named classes.
 A farmer, if he has any kind of luck, makes money from the business, but strenuously denies the fact. An agriculturist never makes any money and generally loses lot, but he al ways is willing to tell what he has made. A war gardener never knows whether he has made any money or not and he doesn't care. His one ob- ject is crops and if he gets the crops he should worry about what it cost him.
 The war gardener is the hardest worker of the three classes. He goes out at his task, like man saving wood against time, and he doesn't let blistered hands and an aching back discourage him in the prosecution of his task. The war gardener is always open to advice,a ,and as he gets plenty of it, both from those who know and those who don't, he becomes some times confused in his work, with a resulting detriment to his production. But the fact is that as he is willing to do ten times as much work per square ] rod of land looked after, he generally gets there with good returns.
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25

The professional farmer works, but he does not work as hard as then war gardener, for it is against his princi- ples to either break his back or blis- ter his hands. The agriculturist never works. He hires all of his farming done which is one reason why farming is such an expensive proposition. He takes all the farm ing magazines, belongs to all the farmers clubs, and is generally chosen delegate to the various agri- cultural conventions.
 !. The farmer has lot to contend with, and he is entitled to the sympa- thy of all classes. From the time that he can blow his ground until he has harvested the last potato he is in constant warfare with weather and bugs, and if then one doesn't get him the other is pretty sure to.
 With farmer there is but one kind of luck, and that is bad luck. No farmer ever has any good luck. Whatever he accomplishes, he ac- complishes in spite of his hard luck.
 We shouldn't like to be farmer, but, like any one else who has never tried it, we think we could make a pretty good living at it if we should ever try it.-Portland Press.
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
SNAP SHOTS

It is now about time for Won Hin denburg to come forth and frankly admit that he expects to eat his Thanksgiving dinner in Berlin Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The man on the corner says: All the sympathy that the underdog gets makes no one envy his position.- Norwich Bulletin. ; Everything is going up but Thrift stamps. They're the only commodity of which you get more than you pay for.-Meriden Record.
 #*%
 We appear to be approaching the revelation that the weekly which George Sylvester Viereck publishes isn't strictly an American weekly Hartford Times.
 St. Swithin voted dry on his name day, but the good saint is not a United States senator.-New York World.
 It must be pretty difficult mat ter these days for a Russian with any money or other portable valu- ables to distinguish between a normal situation and a reign of terrsr.- Ohio Stat Journal **#
 ''Kaiser the Hero of the Twentieth Century,, ran the headline in an English paper. Fortunately for that newspaper establishment, the reading ] matter beneath showed that Hero" was misprint for "Herod" Boston Transcript.
 The Fourth of July has, manifest 1 ly, gone beyond American control.- Greenwich News and Graphic. The prisoners captured thus far are lamost enough to supply the needed labor at delicatessen stores in the United States for the remaind- CT of the war.-Springfeld Daily | News.
 The Germans have always been noted as mathematicians. Maybe they can figure now how much it is going to cost them to get "icked" Milwaukee News.
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
Red Cross Notes

Twenty-six workers were at the Red Cross Rooms last week Tuesday and Wednesday.
 Two cases of old and new clothing were sent to the Italian refugees by the Mission Circle of Pilgrim church through the Canaan Red Cross Branch.
 A meeting of the Executive Com mittee was held on Monday, July 22nd at which the following Com mittees were appointed:
 Preparing Gauze-Mrs. Charles Roberts, Mrs. W. J. Hatmaker, Mrs. F. H. Lee.
 Preparing Garments-Mrs. Ivan Cam, Mrs. George Roger, Mrs. N. L. Jackson.
 Home Committee-Miss Catherine Roraback, Mrs. A. W. Holsapple, Mrs. Burns, Mrs. J. L. Parsons, Mrs. H. D. Humphrey, Miss Louise H. Bragg.
 Packing-Mrs. George Fuller, Mrs. C. E. Badgley, Mrs. w. J. Reel, Mrs. Henry Scutt, Mrs. Fred Brewer.
 Shipping-Mrs. Charles Roberts, Mrs. A. P, Freeman, Mrs. c. E. Badgley.
 Surgical Dressings-Miss May Smith, Mrs. M. E. Peirce, Mrs. R. D. Peirce, Mrs. H. L. Ross, Mrs. Charles Laffargue, Mrs. A. H. Nesbitt.
 Ways and Means-Mrs. H. E. Lyles, Miss Margaret Collins, Miss Finnegan, Mrs. Leonard Caldwell, Supervisors
 Hospital Garments-Mrs. A. W. Holsapple, Mrs. Charles Laffargue.
 Knitted Garments-Mrs. H. L..
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25

local newsdealers for the sake of such reading matter as is provided by MT Hearst, or the profit that comes from the sale of his publications, re- main inactive any longer in this matter that concerns the under mining of our Americanism? We have prohibited the teaching of German in our school. We have set floating over our village green an American Flag of large proportions. Beneath it hang the Third Liberty Loan flag, with it's star of merit, and the honor Red Cross Flag, both testi- flying to our support of these patriot ic enterprises. Above the street flies our Service Flag, speaking in no uncertain way of the devotion of some of our families and men to the cause of Freedom and Truth. But into our homes, and into many where children are growing up, go Hearst's papers and magazines! Does this seem to show that we are consistent, that we are truly serious in our fight against Germany It is high time our citizens, individually and collec- lively asserted their patriotism with no uncertainty. As the editor of the Worlds Work" says: Any man who is convinced that Hearst's in fiuence is detrimental to the United States owes it to his country to cease to buy, read, or advertise in the Hearst publications.
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
OUR RED CROSS

The annual report of the local Red Cross Branch as published last week may justly stir within us a sense of pride. The people of the town, especially those who are in terested in the men who have gone into the National Service,-and who IS not?-owe it to themselves to con- M end highly the retiring chairman for the amount and variety of the work accomplished during the past year. The tale of articles shipped from headquarters sounds like the total of Canaan's investments in War Saving Stamps. Not less satisfac- tory is the healthy condition in which the treasury faces the coming years tasks.
 Yet, very few women, compara- lively, have done the bulk of this work. A few are working very hard, and the majority are easily permit ting them to bear the burden of the town's responsibility. Such should not be the case in an activity which has the popular appeal of the Red Cross. No group of women has a mortgage on the patriotism of the community. Every woman should be giving some itime,-a good deal of time,-to Red Cross work.
 1t is greatly to be regretted that cut of the large membership only thirty-four attended the annual meet ing. Not man was present. This may have been due in part to the time and place of the meeting, yet an announcement of community en- terprise of such importance should be a rallying call for all citizens, that the interests of the Branch might have the popular regard they deserve.
 We tender to the newly elected officers, along with an apology for our failure to vote for them, our best wishes for the achie vement of great results during the coming year. Though it has been hinted that a mere man might we'll be chairman of the focal branch, we believe that the chairman-elect has administrative ability equal to that of any man, and we bespeak for her the support of al elements in the town that she may direct our efforts to meet the large demands of the National Red Cross.
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
LETTERS From The PEOPLE
Be Ye Patient

Editor News:
 Last summer or then year before, or perhaps a hundred years ago I passed up few remarks on then sur prising taste and fragrance of the Town Water. l do not pretend to cut much ice in the town; competi- tion is pretty strong, but am told that said remarks, published in The News got across. The citizens learned that there was petition circulated later and a meeting called and-I believe that was about all.
 The water kept on smelling and tasting bad and we all seemed to like
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
HEARST'S PUBLICATIONS

= The ''World's Work" in an editori- al of the current number gives a timely survey of the extent and character of MT. Hearst's control of the reading matter that comes into our homes.
 Beside the ten or more news papers controlled by MT. Hearst, he owns The c 0 m opol i t n, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, Mo- tor, Motor Boating, Puck and Hearst's Magazine.
 For these periodicals good many authors have refused to write at any price or on any consideration. In many towns the newsdealers refuse to handle them, in others they have been publicly burned.
 Recently the civic officials of Mount Vernon have passed an ordin- .anee barring the Hearst and German language papers from that city, and Justice Young of the Supreme Court has rendered a decision upholding these aldermen. Other communities have taken similar action. What are we going to do about it here in Ca naan?~ gr
 flaw we enough patriotic senti. nent to rid ourselves of this bernie Ious influence? Any thinking mar knows that the Hearst papers have been against the cause for which this country is waging war.
 Can the people of Canaan and oul
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
PILGRIM CHURCH
Congregational

Congregational Rev. Ralph M. Timberlake, Pastor.
 Sunday. July 2Sth
 10:00 The Church School Session. 11:00 The Public service of wor- ship. The Rev. Wm. r. Stearns of Norfolk will be the preacher, the pas tor being in New Haven to supply the pulpit of Dwight Place church, whose minister is in Y. M. c. A. work in France.
 7:00 Young Peoples Society. Miss Olga Johnson will lead the discussion of the topic "Lessons from Favorite Psalms"
 Friday, July 26th
 The Woman's Missionary Society will meet with Mrs. Wilcox at 2:3O, and at the same hour the Mission Circle for work at the Red Cross Rooms.
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
Right soon we'll all be dead.

 Then out stepped little Wooley Lamb His face all glorifed- My flesh shall feed the soldier boy My wool shall clothe his back, When the U. s. A. hath need of me Nothing will hold back, Tomorrow I leave these peaceful
 scenes And go straight to the packer, Shall who give my life, my all, Leave you to be the stacker No! strip from your souls all selfish
 greed
 Nor grumble on the quiet, Wake up unto your country's need Lest you get "Prussian Diet". Get into line and do your stunt Nor ever like the piglet grunt. Eloise T. B. Ives
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
A Hoover Pastoral

The Brindle Cow stood by the stile And wiped away tear, She saw load of feed go by And said to 'Bossy dear" My mind must sure be failing fast, know my strength is gone, Since "Menfolks" now are eating
 bran, - Our gluten feeds and corn. Old Rover then took up the plaint And gave hungry groan, Three days quite dinnerless I've been While Masters had my bone. Last night while paying to the moon And pouring sorrow out A voice from out the window came And Jim at me did shout He said to me in language strong, The tone was something cruel,- eff you don't quit and 'can' that bark I'll use it up for fueP' The Young Horse neighed as he came
 up
 And kicked an old tin pan, Long years my race has loved and
 toiled,
 A faithful friend to man. Now since he's eating rye and oats l sure must give him warning That there's nothing like wild oats
 and rye
 For bad head in the morning The OK then said, I worked all day And ploughed from early morn, And when at night to my stall came Expecting meal or corn, Into the manager thrust my nose Just longing for my supper, And found dish of lettuce leaves Moth balls and peanut butter. l says to Jake What is this thing That smells to heaven indeed" Says he Ut is Balanced Ration To give you style and speed". The Piglet joined the throng and squealed
 Each day my form grows thinner . Oh, how l hate these substitutes: 1 want my old time dinner Once when heard the breakfast bell VICH Joy elaCe l ran,
 But now they give me sawdust Camonfaged as bran. The Gander raised his raucous voice Gle seemed quite peeved indeed) You know my appetite is poor, Goodies are what need. Last night l tried cherry pie But 1 met my Waterloo For Kate had made newfanolad crust
 And shortened it with glue. 1 lost my teeth-I wrecked my bill And l have indigestion still. Just then the Duck came waddling mn Her heart all in futter,
 Look quick! look quick in Jonesev,s yard 1 Just listen to him sputter! And there was Jones upon his knees Down on his knees, alas!
 toor Jonesey! down upon his kneas And he-was eating grass
 lHls bride forsooth had gone iron,
 home 0ih 10 spend week with Mother" Ana turned her hubby" out to eraze 10 save all cooking bother7
 The Turkey gobbled at the sight
 Ills face with rage was red) It this thing should much furtbar uo
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25

i Ross, Mrs. H. D. Humphrey.
 Surgical Dressings-Miss May Smith, Miss M. E. Peirce.
 Packing-Mrs. Fred Brewer, Mrs. George Fuller.
 Shipping-Mrs. Charles Roberts, Mrs. A. P. Freeman.
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
A RIDDLE

When the people of Germany are going barefoot to provide footwear for their soldiers, how many pairs of silk-hose should patriotic American (man or woman) buy to help Uncle Sam win the war?
Connecticut western news., 1918-07-25
Cent-a-Word Advertisements
FOR SALE

For Sale-One of the most desir- able 7-room houses in this village. All modern improvements, large barn, electrically lighted and the location is ideal. Address K. c. J. care News office.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
3. c. SIS.

'"The next morning, as treacherous
and hypocritical as ever. large COM
pany Of Germans, which included all
the principal and senior men, came TO
his quarters, with a double Object-to
clear themselves ESQ they alleged) for
engaging In a battle the day before
contrary to the agreement and to their
own request therein, and also by de-
ceit to get what they could in respect
of the truce" This is not an extract
from an account of current happenings
In Russia between that country anG
Germany. 1t is from Caesars histor,
of his dealings with certain German
tribes in the year So b. @. Replyin.
to the spokesman Of these Germans
(who had crossed the Rhine to invade
GauD the narrative reads: ITO this
Caesar replied as seemed good; but
the conclusion of his speech was as
follows: He could have no friendship
with them If they remained in Gaul."
These extracts from n famous book
are commended to the attention of
powers that be.-From the Outlook.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
ENTHUSIASM IN PERU
OVER BASEBALL GAME
WeII-0rganized Teams in the
Field at CaIlaO and Lima.
Large Crowd Witnesses Contest Be-
tween Team From 5attleshlp Mar
blehead and Players Picked
From Local Clubs.

/ Enthusiasm in Peru over tlJe Amer
lean game of baseball, which has for
years been at high pitch, was ac-
cording TO advlces from Callao by
John j. Doyle, president of the Amer
lean Sports Publishing company,
famed 10 bright flame by the arrl.
val at that port Of the U. S. s. Marble.
head recently, While the primary OBJ
ject of those on the warship was to
pay the respects of the American gov.
ernment TO the Peruvian nation for
the action by the latter In breaking
Off diplomatic relations with Ger.
many, an important feature Of the
visit was n game of baseball between
the Marblehead's team and nine of
players picked from several local
clubs.
The game was pronounced sue
cess in the matter of attendance, the
crowd being the largest that ever at
tended n similar entertainment, and
while the sailor team won handily
the good play by the contestants was
heartily enjoyed.
Callao has three well-Organlzed
teams, the Callao b. b. c., the Club
Sportivo Fry and the Callao High
School Athletic association. Lima,
which is only twenty minutes distant
by electric road has one club named
the Clclista Lima, and there has been
an interchange Of games. The CallaO
b. b. c., which is the strongest in
Peru, has played Il total OF 16 games
during the past season, winning II
of them.
The Lima council in order to encOur.
age the sport put up a fine champion
ship cup, and this was captured by the
Callao b. B. c., after a spirited com.
petition. The Improvement in the
work of the various teams in Peru is
shown by the close scores, while pre-
vi0dSly the figures ran up as high as
10 and 20 runs per game.
The high status of baseball In Peru,
according TO the report, is due to the
intelligent and untiring efforts Of Mil
ton NJ. LongshOre principal Of the
CallaO high school; A. o. Molino and
Oscar Medelius of the Callao B. B. c. |
and o. Delaude, pitcher and manager
Of the Ciclista Lima.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

To drive tank, handle the guns, and
sweep over the enemy trenches, takes
strong nerves, good rich blood, good
stomach, liver and kidneys. When the
time comes, the man with red blood in
his veins sis up and at it," He has iron
nerves for hardships-an interest in his
work grips him. That's the way you
feel when you have taken a blood and
nerve tonic, made up of Blood root,
Golden Seal root, Stone root, Cherry
bark, and rolled into a sugar-coated
tablet and sold in siXty-cent Walls by al.
most all druggists for past fifty years
as DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dscov-
cry. This tonic, in liquid or tablet form,
is just what you need this spring to
give you vim, vigor and vitality. At the
fag end of hard winter, no wonder
you feel rundown" blue, out of sorts.
Try this Medical Discovery" of DIR.
Pierce's. Don't watt To-day is the
day to begin A little 'pep," and you
laugh and live.
The best means to oil the machinery
of the body, put tone into the liver,
kidneys and circulatOry system, is to
first practice a good house-cleaning.
know of nothing better as a laxative
than vegetable pill made up of May
apple leaves of aloe and jalap This
is commonly sold by all druggists as
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and
should be taken at least once u week to
clear the twenty-five feet of intestines.
You will thus clean the system-expel
the poisons and keep WeH Nop is
the time to clean house. Give yourself
spring house cleaning.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
SCHALK ON BASEBALL BRAINS
Player Does Not Necessarily Need
SchooIroom Education-case of
Ty Cobb Is Cited.

"a man does not necessarily need
schoolroom education to have what
we refer to as baseball brains,'" says
Ray Schalk, leading backstop Of the
American league.
II admit this is the day of the coll
lege player in baseball" adds Schalk,
"and the better education a man has,
all other things being equal, the bet
ter player he should be. But he might
know a lot Of Greek, literature, wave
motion, phrenology analytical geom-
etry, metaphysics and similar subjects
and still be absolutely a frost on
ball or the hit-and-run.
"Ty Cobb has the ideal baseball
brains, but ny isn't college man. On
the other hand, / used to play In the
minors with graduate of n WELL
known university who was n brilliant
scholar and good natural athlete.
But he was positively the limit In
playing baseball. He would do the
most incomprehensble things. In
fact, he was impossible"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
PotentlaIitles of China.

The prospects of Chinese troops
fighting in Europe would have vastly
interested Lord Wolseley. Knowing
the country and its people, he had q
great respect for Chinese character
and military potentialities. "To me
they are the most remarkable race on
earth, and l have always thought, and
still believe, them to be the coming
rulers Of the world. They only want
Chinese Peter the Great or NapO-
leon to make them so. They have
every quality required for the good
soldier and sailor" He pictured Ar
mageddon as the eliminating battle
of the world, with China and America
as the antagonists
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
TRYING FOR 0UTFIELD BERTH
Veteran John HummeI Making Good
Impression at Sacramento-Valu-
able Player for Dodgers.

Old John Hummel seems to be max
ing a good impression in his efforts
to win an outtield berth out at Sac
ramento. 1t was in 1905 or there
abouts that Hummel broke into the
big show with Brooklyn and for ten
years he was the man of all work on
the Dodgers and one of the most valu-
able players ever on the pay roll. He
played second, short, first and the out
field and did all well.