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Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
GOOD OLD APPLE BUTTER.

Apple butter, relished in thousands of New England homees for genera . tions past, has fallen somewhat from its former popularity, but is still an important addition to the farmhouse preparations for winter. With the advent of better methods of canning and preserving the old shioned op- ple butter held less important place than in the old days, but is coming into its own again through the pres sure of war conditions.
 There is no better method of, say ing the tons of apples which would ordinarily go 10 waste on the farms, CT at least be used only for cider, than to convert them into appetizing buffers for winter usee. To be sure. there are somewhat less of these waste apples on the farms than in the old days, for modern methods of spraying and handling make the apple crop more saleable. But there are still many apples which are hard : Y good enough for sale and cannot oe used on the farms for imme ediate cons umption. '-~
 Almost any apples will make good apple butter, but those which have good flavor and cook readily are most desirable. Sound apples are the easi- sst to use, but these generally have 2 greater value for other purposes. Just as good apple butter can be made from the sound portions of wfndfzlls as from the best of fruit. our a little more work is necessary in preparation. Winter apples prob ably make the best quality of butter. but recent tests by the government indicate that suInrner varieties are also good.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
FOLLOW SIMPLE RULES
 ON REGISTRATION nAv

implicated as the new selective draft law. affecting males between IS and 45 years inclusive, may appear. officials who have charge of it's en- forcement say there will be but little confusion on Sept. F, Registration day. II a few simple rules are followed.
 On that day between a. m. and g p. m', in places designated by 4oeal authorities, every man IS years old and thence up to 4 years and 364 days old, except those who have already registered, or who are now in the army or naval service. must register.
 The first question the registrant will be asked is his name. This means your full name. Don't answer. for in stance, John J. Black" If your name is John James Black, say so.
 Then will come the address. This means not where you work or your postoffice box. but street and number of your actual residence
 To avoid any mistake in these two particulars, it has been suggested thai each registrant print his name and address on a slip of plain white paper in advance and hand it to the man au- thorized to ask the questions, Don't scrawl the name careIessly in hand writing that cannot be deciphered. This will simply cause delay. because then you'll be questioned just the same
 Next you will be asked your age. This means the number of years-not years, months and days If you were 5 on your last birthday, just answer
 25." When this has been put down on card by the official, he will ask you the date of your birth.
 Between now and next Thursday. every man who intends to register ought to know. if he doesn't already. the exact day when he was born. This ought to be easy in nearly every in stance, because city and town clerks can supply the information,
 Don't laugh if you are white and are asked if you are negro. or vice versa, because regardless of what visible evi dence he may have as to your color the registration officer will ask you if you are white, negro. Oriental or In- dian, and you must answer.
 When you are asked if YOU are na- tive born. just answer yes or no.
 If you are not, he will ask if you have been naturalized, and again your answer is yes or no,
 Remember that if your, father was an alien but was naturalized before you became q that makes you citi- zen of the United States.
 If you are an alien, you will be ask i ed if you have declared your intention of becoming citizen, and onca more i the one word, yes or no. is sufficient i answer.
 Now comes the question about your | occupation. If you are a machinist i now it doesn't matter what you have 1 oeen,s Just say "machinist." Don't. 1 however, merely say engineer if you i -un locomotive or hoisting appa- 'atus or a boiler. Tell exactly what | zind of an engineer you are
 Answering who your employer is he
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
MoToRMAN MYERS
 IS RALLYING WELL

Motornian Albert F. Myers, who was badly crushed about the abdomi- ral region on Sunday night in a troll ley accident at Gallivans lane on the Montyille road. is reported in con- dition as fully favorable as could be expected after his serious injuries.
 lie is at the Backus hospital where he was taken. immediately after the 'accident and it is stated that so far as known now no bones have been broken. It has been impossible vet to make an N-ray picture as MT. Myers cannot vet stand being moved down town as would be necessary to have. a picture taken.
 The locality where the accident happened is one where the trolley cars going in either direction usually travel at high speed so that the rear
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11

sure to give the name of the concern and not your immediate boss. For in- stance, if locomotive engineer, say Boston ard Maine railroad if you are thus employed.
 If you have a business address your questioner will ask you about that and you must tell him the street and num- Der and the town or city
 Then the last question will be "Who is your nearest relative ?' In answer to this, don't give a bunch of them. If you are married it ought to be your wife, providing she is living. \ If un- married, it might be your father or mother, sister CT brother, or even more remote relatives Just one name is all that Uncle Sam wants.
 After that yeu are excused. On your departure you will be given your reg istration card. showing you nave com piled with the law, and in the course of a,few days you will receive through the mail your ouestionnaire; in which directions will be given as to how to proceed from that point, including how to act on exemption claims and other points.
 Next Thursday is merely Registra- tion day and nothing more
 To nerform, ths. ennrrnniis al1anilnt af
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
POLISH SOLDIERS FIGHTING
 WITH ALLIES 1N ERANHE

A New York paper of Monday hac Ihe following, which is of interest 1t
 Norwich friends of the Polish vol unteers:
 Paris, Sept. (hy 'maiD .--Shoulde, 10 shoulder with the allies in meet. ing the latest smash of the Germans is a small, new army which wears
 the blue gray of France. speaks Eng fish with, a considerable 6uency and carries the flag of Poland.
 | It's the first time in 150 years that 1 tie Polish flag is flying a. the head | of a national army. But it is by no means the first time that the Poles have rallied to the support for free dom and democracy. | Less than a month before the Ger mans started their July offensive. the | new army received it's coiors and be- came a part of the fighting line. For | months it had been in training, frs in Canada, and then in various camps and billets. all the way from the south 1 of France up to within range. of the 1 battle guns
 With the exception of perhaps 900 men from South America and several hundreds from other countries. the whole army was recruited in America | Every reader undoubtedly knows how active Hgnace Paderews4i has been in the recruiting and how he and his committee have worked to see that ! the amaranth flag of Poland with it's white eagle shall fly once more in common with the banners of freedom.
 Most of the new soldiers were in eligible, for the American army be- cause they were not naturalized Oth- CTS are well above draft age. A few have been fighting with the French almost since the beginning of the war. The standard bearer of one of the regiments. Lieut. Jan Chodzko, has been wounded twenty tim as since 1914 Tn the Battle of the Somrre he lost a a leg. But he no whas an able Ameri- can Substitute
 His is the spirit of most of his comrades. They are eager to fight, ever remembering the words of Presi- dent Wilson that after this war Po- land shall be free and independent country
 For six months an American has been working with the Polish army. He is Walter Stanly Schultz, a. law yer Of Hartford, Conn. The soldiers call him "Schultzki Americanzki. but. for. all that, they like him and have taken him with them during their slow but steady progress toward
 hAO't' ihC runs LI4elr T.. M. C. A., teaches them English, and otherwise makes himself agreeable and useful.
 They are splendid body of men" Mir. Schultz said shortly after taey had been reviewed by President Poin-. care and had received their coIors. They feel that they are as much American as they are Polish and they gre continually telling me that if they live to help free Poland, they w1r re- turn to America.
 They come from nearly ali parts of the country-frorn New England from Pennsylvania, the Cesersl States and from, the west. .
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
BEAN WEEviLs WILL SPOIL t. YOUR BEANS.

The bean weevil will undoubtedly spoil a great many bushels of beans this coming winter unless the beans are treated by the carbon bisuluhid method or by some other material which will kill the larva. The larva. Is at the present time working in the beans and vii continue to do so dur ing the winter months resulting in the development of the adult beetle which will lay its eggs the coming season on the bean pods. It is very essential that every precaution be taken to prevent this waste of food
 Carbon bisulphid used at the rate of one ounce for every 100 pounds of beans is the best remedy to destroy. this wevil. The beans should be
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
DON'T PLANT sMurrED WHEAT.

Proper treatment of the seed will prevent srnuts and some other dis eases of wheat Smut is one of the | worst enemies of wheat, but in recent years very little attention has been paid to this trouble because Connecti- cut has grown so little wheat. When one remembers, however, that during the past year the wheat acreage has increased some five or six fold and now bids fair to increase still more, it is obvious of course that "stinking smut becomes increasingly more im- portant. Seed wheat will be imported from many other states where the disease is common so that it is sure to be prevalent sooner or later
 Fortunately treatments and pre- Vention are simple, cheap, and avail able to all growers and best of all, the disease can be controlled by properly treating the seed. Mix one pint of formalin with forty gallons of water and then immerse the seed in the se- lution for fifteen minutes If the bags are closely woven, allow a little extra time so that the soktion can pass through them. Drain the seed and sowsthem at. once; or if for any reas- on they cannot be immediately sown. the seed should be dried to prevent spelling
 Another plan is to empty the bags into a pile and then sprinkle the seeds with the same solution given above, using an ordinary garden watering pot. The pile should be shoveled over during the sprinkling process so that all the. grain is wet. Cover. with blankets or bags and let stand over one night, After this seed should bee promptly sown or else it will be nec- essary to dry in order to prevent spelling This preventable. disease should not be permitted to take ifs toll of the wheat crop when the rem edy is so simple and easy.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
coueHEp FIFTEEN YEARS.

Coughs that hang on and grow worse in the night and weaken the sufferer are relieved by Foley's Honey and Tar oftener than, by any other re = medy. R. F. Hall, .Mabe, Va. writes: For 10 years. I was afflicted with a troublesome. bronchial cough and .ir- ritation Of the throat. NF'eley's Honey and Tar relieved me: after taking one bottle the cough ceased and has not returned.' No- medicine stands higher as family remedy for colds for child ren and groWn-ups.
 The Lee & oseood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
TEAMWORK IN silo. TIME
By P. G. HOLDEN

There is no task irsthe years farm work that will pay more for planning and preparation than filling the silo The cost of silage on some farms is a. most doubled because of poor filling equipment and lack of headwork in planning and carrying on the work of filling. The good farmer looks forward :o filling the silo in the least possible time, knowing that it takes quite a force of both man. and horse power. and that he cannot afford to have any part of the force idle during any part of the silo filling.
 The causes for delays are: A poor cutter, uncertain power, carelessness, not enough men and teams. It is surely an aggravation to have force of F or 15 men and several teams idle while the cutter or engine is being patched. It is cheaper by far to have d first class cutter and engine and be sure than everything is solid and in repair before the cutting commences, than to- stop for. repairs just when everything should be working 100 per cent.
 Look carefully to the pipe that de livers the siiage; have it solid and free from projections that are likely to catch silage and clog the pipe. Go over the knives before starting and tighten every nut tight about the knives and drum. A few minutes time with the knives and drum may save a $100 re- pair bill and. maybe someone's life. Accidents result from carelessness, from things getting out of repair. Have a supply of fuel and lubrications handy. Replenish the work box with nails, have the wrenches, hatchet, ax and mattock handy. It's easier to do this before the rush is on. Have plenty of men and teams. Remember it's poor economy to save on a man or two and an extra team and thereby cause the whole outfit delays. But the silo filling force organized have the teams load so that they come to the cutter one at a time and at the right time. Do not have them all loading in the field at once and then all wait ing to unload This means the cutter must wait part of the time.
 Have low, flat topped wagons, so the silage corn will slip off easily. Don't have anything about the wagon to catch or hinder the unloading Have a special way to unload. The best way is to begin at each end of the wagon and load toward center; then when unloading begin at center and NOIh LOWoi VI tile cIIuS.. WO HIGH HI this way can unload at the same wagon.
 9 Arrange cutter low so that the corn can be unloaded by a man standing on the, ground. This. will enable him to pull the corn off the wagon into the cutter without lifting or throwing it. Tilt the wagon so the top of the rack will slope toward the cutter. thus mak- ing unloading easier. This can be done by. digging holes for the wheels on the side of the wagon next the cut ter. All these little things help. AL ways have distributor on the pipe so the silage can be easily spread all over the silo. Put an industrious man in the silo, one who can be depended upon to tramp and evenly spread the silage.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
CONN EcTlcuT SELLS PERCH ERoNS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.

The Agricultural College at Storrs through Professor H. L. Garrigus of the animal husbandy division has just negotiated the sale of two Percheron mares to the New Hampshire. State College at Durham. The sale includes Carfera of the second No. 133SS6, a two year-old, and Queen Victoria No. 1G4119, a fve-year- old In view of the fact that former professor of animal husbandry in middle western uni
 versity is now in charge of sin far work in Durham, the college and its constituents are gratifed that New Hampshire has come to Connecticut to purchase Percheron breeding stock.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11

car on which Myers was n1otorman would have hit sthe car ahead of it with terrific force. It is considered fortunate that in an, accident of this kind, Motorman Myers escap ped with out injury to his feet or legs when the platforms of the two cars came grinding together.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11

work the draft boards everywhere need volunteers.
 Have you few hours you can spare to Uncle Sam on that day?
 If so, you ought to communicate immediately with the board in your district
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11

placed in an alright receptacle or bin with the liquid which later forms a gas and should be left for at least AS hours in contact with the beans. At the end of this time the weeyils will undoubtedly be dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11
They'd Get More.

If the government taxed the outgo it would certainly obtain more rev enue than it does by taxing the in, come.-St Louis Star
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11

2. Four Halifax newspapers have rais- ed their price from two cents to three cents f1d. to 1kd0
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11

SAVE $s2.5O AN ACRE!
 How many folks would willingly lesTe thirty seven per cent of their
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11

Patriots will reoster. Others must.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-15
THE PEOPLES FORUM.
The DEVILS Punch Bowl.

The senate by test vote has COM
mitted its self on the question of war
prohibition, the same to take effect jan
uary 1919. The House as yet hangs
fire. 1t seems to be afraid to connect
itself. 1t hesitates as if afraid to cross
the Rubican. How can it advocate the
saving of food and urge the saving of
fuel yet hesitate to pass this measure,
which will be mighty saving of both
for the winning of the war. 1t will be
taken up again when Congress con-
venes on Aug. 26th. During this inter-
val you may be sure the liquor inter-
ests will be active. They will leave no
stone unturned to defeat this righteous
measure.
The temperance people will be wise if
they exert themselves to the utmost
and insist on vote for righteousness
and the winning of the most diabolical
war that has ever cursed this earth. We
are saving coal and food to win the war,
at the same time wasting coal and de-
stroying food that would bring comfort
and vigor to millions of needy ones. We
are the meanest kind of slackers if we
try to save this from women and child
rem, schools and churches while the
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winter; non can they keep booze in the
mining regions and have enough coal
later on.
The liquor traffic is curtaifing the
coal output and the time has come to
eliminate it. if there is to be substan-
tial increase in the production of coal
which the war program demands. It
concludes by saying, "Basing its
opinion on economic and patriotic
grounds, the committee unquslifledly
believes that national prohibition tor
the period of the war is absolutely ne
cessary to make effective any plan for
increased coal production"
A comparison of the output Of coal
IN wet and dry territories will furnish
ample proof of the need prohibition.
we need to make it plain to Senators
and Representatives that there Is no
reason why any patriotic congressman
who wishes his country to win the war,
and who really desires the welfare of
our people, should not vote for war pro-
hibition. Tell them you expect them
to do it. The food administration is
serving notice on brewers that they can.
not count on any further supply of coal
beyond what is required to complete
the manufacture Of materials now on
hand. ~
After the war there will be little
danger of congress granting a license
to put deadly enemy into the mouths
of men or a poison that muddles the
nations brains, binders its work and de-
grades its citizenship. The nation shall
have learned the lesson and may be
counted on not to 20 back to the old
way. My fellow citizens! the nation,
the soldiery. the God of right expects
every one to do his and her duty.
JoANNBs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-15

prisoners, including 500 Saxons, who
were caught on train which was in
tercepted on its way to the front. All
the prisoners have seen are a good
looking lot of men. above the average
of those taken recently. although con-
tanning fair proportion of extremely
young men and weaklings.
Of the booty captured it Is useless to
try to make an estimate, for guns. ma
chine guns. ammunition and stores of
all kinds are scattered all over the
battlefield.
The Germans expended an immense
amount of labor in their efforts to make
the generally fiat ground in this section
defensible. The trenches, however, are
mostly poor, far inferior to the aver
age German trenches. There were
many machine gun posts and rifle pits
and posts for shippers. Some of the
dugouts are not more than three feet
deep. and in these the snipers lived and
evidently slept. Some OF the dugouts
were hidden by pieces of corrugated
iron; others had pieces of painted can
vas stretched over the top. Some of
the gun pits were so shallow that
man hardly could stand erect in them.
All was of makeshift character,
but there was tremendous amount of
it, so much that the labor of thousands
of men must have been required.
Everywhere over the battlefield was
evidence of the completeness of the
enemy's rout. In all the machine gun
pits the guns still remain, but with
them in virtually every case were from
one to ten dead Germans. The amount
of material left behind is enormous. In
some of the wooded sections our men
found whole batteries of heavy guns
that had been deserted by the Germans
IN their mad flight. Cases Of ammuni-
ton stood ready for use. Along the
roads were overturned lorries and the
carcasses of horses that had been hit by
our shells. Everywhere there was the
plainest evidence of the intensity of our
artillery fire. On the roads over which
/ went there was shell hole after shell
hole, showing that our guns registered
to foot. Progress often was impos-
sible, 80 terrifcally had our guns cut up
the ground.
The whole territory back of the enemy
lines had been fairly riddled by our guns.
At one place we found the wreckage of
an old British airplane and beside it
grave. Naturally we expected to find
it the grave of one of our brave airmen,
when what was our surprise to find that
the grave was that of a German in
stead. He was Lieut.. Hammer, an
enemy airman, and the date on the
grave board was May 49, What is the
story of this British plane and German
grave? None of US could guess.
At one place there was a complicated
system of trenches in which we took
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-15

Kaiser's breweries and Hun saloons are
allowed to go on in their wholesale de-
struction of what our government must
have saved for her vitality and exis-
tence. The liquor interests use enough
grain to make eleven million loaves of
bread each day of the year. This would
feed all the Allies.
The breweries of our country if fused
into one would make a pot big enough
to consume 43 million bushels of barley,
2 million bushels of rye and 10 million
bushels of corn and sugar-well, it
would be enough to increase our daily
allowance, so that we need not deny
ourselves in the least. Nine-tenths of
the breweries are German owned and
they use 2, 100, 900 tons of coal year.
Yet there is not enough coal to carry on
our war industries. Howeverthe brew
ers deny this. They say it is only Soc
900 tons. All right. Admit it for the
sake of the argument. Robbing the
nation of what is vital to its life. 1t
would require 500,0 freight cars, or
]. 666 each business day of the week to
carry coal for this iniquitous traffic,
while the railroads can scarcely carry
the soldiers and war supplies to ships
for transportation over seas. Each day
this goes on helps the Kaiser to make
the poison that breaks the efficiency
and lowers the moral of the nation.
What we should dois to tell Congress
this must top. We can lick the Kaiser
and his hordes, but this sort of U-Boat
propaganda must be stopped in the in
terest of patriotism and common sense.
We have had enough of Hun butchery
of our boys at the front, and women
and children with helpless men in their
homes. Congress supervises coal, food
and wires. why do they allow this
waste of food and fuel. This loss would
make up all the shortage by our ex-
ports. Why is the petition that was
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$50 prisoners. Round about were more
than score of dead, including the
body of German officer who apparent
ly had not been scratched. We assumed
he had been killed by shell shock.
Any one with taste for souvenirs
could find rich harvest on the Santerre
Plateau. There are rifles, bayonets,
helmets, every conceivable wreckage
that could dossibly be found on a mod
ern battle field. Every trench was lit