Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
WESTERLY

Jn and About WesterIy-What samu-
 ei Patton Drank, camoufiaged as Sweet cider-state Assembly Pass ' es Anti-Loafing Law = Store of
 James Mcclure Entered-Liberty
 Bond Sales to Be Doomed Today. child-SaviHg Campaign Planned.
 Samuel Patton, for several years general utility man at the New Eng land Granite works, had close call this week. and probably but for the efficiency of a stomach pump would have passed to the great beyond He operates an automobile for the con- cern and started for the Red Stone quarry to bring two of the employees back to the main plant. On the way he stopped at the home of a friend to witness the operation of a chicken incubator While there the friend asked him to have a glass of sweet cider and Patton accepted. A man about the place was told to go and get the cider and was reminded that there was bottle of cider near the cellar way and to get that The con tents of the bottle were poured into 8 glass and Patton partook thereof.
 Immediately after swallowing the fluid he became ehozed up and suf- fered from q burning sensati~n in the throat and chest, and he hs lGifficul- ty in breathing. He called for some baking soda and water. After drinking that he felt some relief and drove the automobile to the Red Stone quarry. On arrival there he was semi-con- scious and unable to speak, falling to the ground as he stepped from the au- tomobile. He was placed back in the machine and was rushed to a physi- clans office. A stomach pump was put into operation and the man gradually revived.
 It was discovered that the cider had been put into a battle that contained a quantity of water glass and which gave the mixture the appearance of cider. just what the friend, Pattor, and others. concerned, supposed that it was, bure sweet cider. Mir Patton suffered from the effects for few days and is now fully recovered.
 The Rhode Island general assembly has just passed in concurrence an an- ti-loafing law. in which t is a misde- meanor nunishahlc 'v f0o or impris onu1eGt f7 ''- i-'- -.'--- mes of war Under f'- --r-. tr--. --'- ,eVer in time or wa tlp '-3- -" ' determ- inc that all persons lld have use ful emDl01'-' '- -.... --t -lairn and # shall then Ue arv able-bodied male resident of the state to be unemployed for at loaep t'''~tv- six hours a week. In the ntrodE " section it is specified that # g the ru- ty of every able-bodied r7e1. betwn~- he ages of IS and 30. to he hahituallr and. regularly engaged in ~o7'e lawful useful and recognized business. p-ofes- sion, occupation, trade or employment. The penalty for r7~-~~-ap apla1co is q fine Of not more 10. or irnDris- Onment for tea .. to exceed three months or retf
 the -~-"--l r..rrtv or n Q come suNcient -2 e1t1nort himself and those recuiari- G--~.r---, u0o1 him. he cclc~ec 10 an r~o -o-'ti07 un- der the act Tho art t-- mt apnly fo persona f~r71erarilv loved by Trns0D rr a..-r-~~7 -v-t -reir eln- rf'.- -r---+s duA or iaia-.a. .-'
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 y, died ~''dde0lv T''-,- 5fs'- aetornoon ll WI .-17tar- after h0 'rr --o ~; tHe NCo~r0~i- N~nl- CTS assoc ciatiof , .-. ..- ae- 1iatirg with the star a~eociation. Mr. Good had been in frr I.-.0r hrls- mess in Providence fo.. than thirty years. He had been r7-rTering from grip and rheumatism c-,@ ',s ---e advised against attempting to speak ut the meeting.
 Immediately after concluding his talk he complained Of feeling ill and left the hall in r9f0narv Of three friends They assis-cl him i1to 8 nearby store and he died before the arrival of a physician. The medical examiner said heart trouble was the cause of death MT. Good was born in Providence in 1853, and was educated in the public schools and. Ia Sale academy from which he graduated. He is survived by widow, three sons and two daugh- ters.