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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
LEBANON HAS PLANS
 TO CELEBRATE FOURTH
Auhre' L. Maddock is to Be Orator of
 the Bay.

Aubrey L. Maddock has been as signed by the State Council of Defense to speak at the Fourth of July cele- bration ip Lebanon. He is secretary of the publicity committee of the council. and will take as his topic, Loyalty" As an added attraction there will be 2 ball game at ten O. cock m the morning between the Vil- lage Hill team and the Lebanon team. The chaiIi1en of the various commit tees in charge of the celebration are: General committee, Karl F. Bishop: committee of the day Rev. H. A. Cambell; automobile parade Miss c. A. Fowler; refreshments, C. P. Bur gess; Liberty Chorus, c. c. King; marshal, Elisha Waterman.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
Let them wear their prettiest things every day

"Hel-enl" Your mother would call out of the window" don't romp like that in your good dress. Go sit on the porch like little lady" You would glance scornfuy at your best fFock.. How hard to give up your dear games just because you had tkat homely thing!
 Nowadays, even for play, children wear things that make them look and feel like faircssweater and frocks oflight pinks, blues and white. They can be cleaned easily and without harm to the fabric Lux has made the rubbing of soap on to fine gar ments thing of the past
 Thedelicate flakes melt at onceinthe hotwater. You Louses little dresses, Freddys little sweater into the rich suds-pop them up and down and the dirt just rnelts away. It is no trouble, no strain on
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

derson were in Putnam Sunday. w. R. Spooner is working in the box shop at Sterling.
 This is the week the careless boy will need a surgeon or undertaken.
 The law is off on blaekohass
 Mrs. ". Lyon of North Scituate is visiting Mrs C' H. Corey.
 Mrs. Marion Brown has been i'll.
 Deloss Wood lost his entire crop of potatoes by the recent frost.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

The Scotland Road ladies met Tues day afternoon at the hall to sew for the Red Cross. The work is in charge ef Mrs. Albert Dexter Monday a busy group of workers, the larger number coming in the evening. Mrs. Edwin Hutchinson of Elm avenue has charge of the Red Cross work.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

A rather peculiar accident occurred in the Pawcatuck river at Westerly, in which steam canaler and two light barges of the small type figured. The steamer started down the river with the barges in tow on a short hawser. The rear barge swung off on the west bank of the river, and the steamer was stopped for a brief pc riod to straighten out the tow The signal was given to go ahead and be- fore the engine could work in re- sponse, one of the barges bumped in to the rudder and drove the stern post out of place. Just at that time the engine broke down, the water flowed in and the steamer was out of commission.
 The steamer and the two barges were worked into the river bank, so as not to obstruct the channel The harses are only about eight feet in depth and it was expected that they would float at the next high tide. The steamer is also of light draft, and will be. patched up and proceed to New London with the tow. and repair at that port. Had there been a small boat aboard the steamer at the time 50 that men could reach the stern of l the injured craft, temporary repairs could have been made, and the tow proceed without much delay. There | was a large lifeboat aboard but that could not be launched without 8 hcisting geer and none was available
 The Clyde line iron steamship Onondaga that struck on Middle l Ground reef, less than a mile from Watch Hill. Friday night, will proba- bly, became a total loss. The vesse lies in about thirty-fiv feet of wa. ter, the masts and funnel above the l surface plainly indicating her posi-. { ton. In addition to the crushed iror plates in the hull the superstructurc $ breaking up, leaving the main deck open in places. The water con. ditions at that place are such as vii not permit of pontoon work by thC wreckers, and it is impossible t( patch the craft up sufficiently to al low pumping the ship free and theI raising her with air pressure. Thi: Is the opinion of a representative O the T. A. Scott Wrecking company which has taken charge of the Onon
 oaga. Before abandoning hope o saving the ship a thorough .eXami
 nation will be made by expert divers 1 It is believed, however, that tn vessel cannot be saved. and that tn
 wreckers will remove as much of tn
 cargo as is possible. as well as rig ging and other material and, then dy
 namite the wrecked steamer. This
 necessary as the wreck is menac
 to navigation, as many vessels O
 lighter draft pass safely over tn
 Middle Ground.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
ASHFORD
Whitaker House 5urned-9roperty
 Was Not Insured.

MT. and Mrs. Arthur Hanna and Mrs. Clifford of Wilhmantie visited at John Fitts Sunday. Mrs Pearl Adams has returned home from the Day Kimbau hospital, where she has been for several weeks.
 House Burned.
 The house known as the Whitaker place in the south part of the town burned down some time during Thurs >day night The place had not been occupied for some time and no one knows how the fire started. There was no insurance on the property.
 John Fitts has been i'll the past week.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
Russia and Prohibition.

The great difficulty about forming an intelligent opinion about the effect of prohibition in Russia is that they act just about the same whether drunk or sober.-Ohio State Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

By dredging the discharge canal of the works of John Cockerill and Co.,, at Seraing, near Liege on the Mouse, the Germans have recovered over { 0,O00 worth of copper objects. such as machinery taps, pipes, &c., which were hidden there at the time of the German invasion,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

The best Showing, vet recorded in any district of the state, however, comes from the Downs school district in the town of Bethany in New Haven county In this district are only nine houses, having thirty-four inhabitants. Of these twenty seven persons con tributed pledges for 39f war savings stamps, an average of s47.s5 per cap ita, a figure unequaled in ahy other section of Connecticut, according to present reports.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

Mrs. Walter Way and daughters. Emily and Doris of Otrobando avenue, are spending two weeks with New London relatives.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

Fred Rose and son. Earl. of Leban on. x. H.. were guests Sunday of M". and Mrs. Carlos F. Eccleston. at their home on New London turnpike.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

After passing q week with Miss Jane Hitchon of West Town street Miss Gladys Thompson has returned to hel home in Montclair N. j.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
Local Laeonics. .

Travelling salesWomen have made their appearance in Westerly.
 James Simmons, a former resident, now of Plainfield. N. J.. was in Wes- terly Tuesday.
 Attorney Harry Parsons Cross has arrived overseas and will engage in Red Cross work.
 The Rhode Island Federation of Labor has sent protest to Washington against national prohibition.
 In several Westerly stores women clerks are doing the morning chores due to scarcity of male help.
 Matthew Hogan, of Providence, for raerly of Stonington. many years To- ! comotiye engineer, was in Westerly Tuesday William H. Farrell of New London deputy collector in the internal reve- nue service. was in Westerly an6 Weekapaug Tuesday. | John Scott, sen of the late Captair Thomas A. Scott, noted diver anG wrecker and builder of the Race. Rock lighthouse, was in Westerly Tues 1 day.
 | Governor BeecSrnan and Major
 TOhn w. Keefe. medical corps, are il | Washington endeavoring to have al afmY base hospital located in Rhod, Island.
 Mrs. N. F. Williams of Westerly ha
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

MT. and Mrs. Wellington Miner of East Great Plain motored to Milling ton this week to v'sit Mrs Miners parents, Mr and Mrs. Robert Beebe.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

Mir and Mrs Earl Maynard and Miss Edith Versason of -Vergason av- enue, were on Fishers Island for a few days outing, during the week end
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
Leave For the Beach,

MT. and Mrs. James r. Thurston and daughter Miss Ida Thurston. of Town street. are leaving to spend July and August at their summer home Taconic Cottage. East Beach, Quonochontaug, R. 1.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

Mir. and Mrs. J. F. Albertin and family of New Bedford, Mass, have been visiting. Mir. and Mrs. George Le- Pan or Bellevue farm.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
No Christian Significance,

The Turks accused of sacking hospitals may accept the Iron Cross without embarrassment. It has no Christian significance. - Washington Star
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

Miss Lucy Stan6ish of Scotland road leaTes today "Wednesday to spend
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

Mr. and Mrs Albertson. Mrs. Mul- laney and Mrs. Tracy motored from Boston to spend. the week end with Mrs. William Tague, of Mcclellan av- enHe
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

Mrs. James F. Fuller of Washington street is returning after two weeks' stay with her nephew at Little Boar Head, Maine.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

Mir. and Mrs. Oscar .Eccleston and daughter, Miss Ruth Eccle4ton, of Tanner street were in Preston City Sunday, to visit MT. and Mrs. Pen dleton.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

MT. and Mrs. J. Albert Robinson from Canton, Mass, were guests Sat urday of relatives on the Green.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

brief visit with friends on Vergason avenue this week
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
NORWICH TOWN

Red Cross Work Taken Up With Earn est LoyaIty-Guests Come and Co., Thurston Family Leaving For the Beach.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
WINDHAM

Over s3,ooo PIedned for War Stamps
 Lieut.. Alfred Eaton in AirpIane Ae- cdent-Urgent Gall for Red Gross
 Workers,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
Noted Here and There,

Joseph Ohlsen of Hartford a former resident of Norwich Town mao a
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

The unexpected seldom. happens tc show up at "a boarding house foI
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

According to the report of the United States Geological Survey; last year Westerly and all the rest of Rhode Island produced only 1S9,9S4 pieces of granite paving block, val ued at $12,737, which was slump of S4 per cent. from the ESQ., pieces produced in 1916, and of value of SS5, ,027. The average price per thou sand. blocks was $67 in Rhode Island which was near. the highest marks among the states. there being an in crease of $1 in this states price.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
To wash fine white fabrics

Use tablespoonful of Lux to every gallon of water Dissolve very hot water and whk into thick lather Let the sheer little white dresses and pesticoas soak for few minutes. Then dip them through the creamy lather again and again. DO not rab Press the suds again and again through very soiled spots. Rinse in three waters, the same temperature the water in which you washed them. Dry in the sun.
 Fine colored fabrics Wash as above but in lukewarm suds, and do not soak. Dry in the shads.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

delicate fabrics If egaftr olor< eps~'' ;-i.y> tL<rs Lax egeat.
 Get your package of Lux today at your grocer's, druggists or department store-L Lever Bros. Co.,, Cambridge, Mass
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03

Judge Edward M. Burke held reg ular session of the Westerly probate court Tuesday afternoon. The will of George N. Burdick, who died May 15, 1918, was admitted to probate. The document was executed on March 31, 138S,s and with contingents relative to the survival of heirs, it provides the sum of s1O0 be paid to the son. Hen ry L. Burdfck. and the rest and resi- due of the estate is bequeathed to his wife. Ada L. Burdick, wno was nom- mated as executriX. Mrs. Burdick was confirmed as executive. Bond $500
 The will of George F. Sheffield, who died May A. 1918. was admitted to probate. The sum of $500 each is given to his daughter. Elizabeth A.
 Sheffield, and his son, James P. Shef- field. The rest and residue of the es- tate is given to his wife, Annie M. Sheffield. The court confirmed Eli zabeth A. Sheffield as executrix. Per : sonal bond $15.000 John T. Edward,
 appraiser.
 The first and final account of the
 Industrial Trust company, admins trator of the estate of Abby Lang
 worthy; was received, examined and approved for record.
 Upon petition of Arthur B. Kings ley, a minor his father. Harry M
 Kingsley was appointed guardian of his estate. Bond S100. Everett A. Kingsley appraiser.
 The petition for probating the will of Mary J. Crandau was continued to the next session of the court.
 Robert Russell, coIored native of ,, North Carolina, is the first to be ar
 rested in the town of Westerly for evasion of the selective service jaw. At the instance of Tom Howick, of | the Providence office of the depart
 ment of justice, Russell was taken in- | to custody by Chief of Police Thom- as E. Brown. on the charge of fail
 ure to register. Russell was at work 1 in Watch Hill hotel and claimed as
 a reason why he did not register thar | he was not twenty one years of age and therefore not required to go through that formality. He came ! here from Boston and it is believed l he failed to register in that city
 Chief Brown notified Mir. Howick that 1 Russell was in a cell in the Westerly l police station and that he declared l he had not reached his majority and i therefore not subject to draft. Chief ! Brown received orders to hold Rus l sell for the federal government and that an officer from the department
 of justice would come and get him
 Russell appears to be nearer 25 thar o1 .-.'
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
ly Fourth Liberty Bonds
':Don't let the SON go down''

You don't have to pay all cash for your
bonds. You can make your first payment
from cash in the bank, and take, care of
the balance out Of your daily, weekly or
monthly savings.
The forced saving you do now will mean
nice nest egg later, for the bonds you
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

B, F. Blackmore of AuxYasse
township was in Fulton the other
day and told the Gazette how he
buys bonds He let's his wheat crop
do it. Last spring he borrowed mon
up with his wheat money, and now
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

quarters read like the old lady's
explanations in regard to broken
churn. she had borrowed. In the
first place. she said: 4 did not bor-
row 1t at all, and in. the second
place II was already broken when /
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

II. L. Berry, near Skinner, lately
bought a thorobred spotted Poland
China boar In Randolph county He
has a large herd of Poland Chinas.
Audrain is becoming distinguished
for its fine hog stock.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

got OF So, in the first place, the
German Army has not retreated at
all, and in the second place It re-
treated IN order to get more room
to maneuver."
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

he safd, "but it is the best way l
know for me to do my part toward
making my other property safe.p
The Monoe Democrat thinks the
official rcporg from German head
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

has his crop in bonds. He will do
the same thing when the next issue
is offered, and will pay for the
bonds with next years wheat
Looks like I'm mortgaging some-
thing / haven't got to buy bonds"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

buy now and pay for as you go along, will
prove splendid investment that will pay
you good interest every six months. !.
After the war, the bonds will be. worth
more than you paid for them. Don't hesi-
tate to do your duty and do it quickly.
s'Don't let the SON go down.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

THIS ADVERTISEMENT
PAID FOR BY
Sam Morris.
C.A.Gi1pin, Egg Produceco
Graham's.
R. D. Worrell Jewelry Co.
Chas. d. Mutton, Motor Co.
W.s,Bush Undertaking Co.
H. A. Precht, w. S. Bush.
Dry & sappington.
Fry & Fry,
La Crosse Lumber Co.
Mexico Poultry & Egg Co.
Morris-Haas Poultry Co. 4.
Mexico Power Co.
F. M Ragsdale.
Smith Bros. Auto Co.
2o7-e-II w. Monroe St.
Ricketts, & Ernnons DIG Co
Johnson's Variety Store.
Sunnen Motor Co.
Fredendall & Wilkins.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-17
The Dream of the Naval Reservist
on His First Night in Service

BY Harold Willard Gleason.
The clock struck bells, and the wind blew fresh
from lee;
The boatswain wound the pinnacle and pped all hands
We reeed the bowspr close and closed the capsan bars
Yankee tars
The topsa sprung a leak, but eaulked her up with
beef
And the good ship waved on the bowling swells we
veered her DER the reef
The captain sawed the log and the galley put TO
While gulped my grog like bluff sea dog as we ut1ed
the mzzen tree.
The gunner and his mate rather indisposed
And filed the sheets the bridge bowsed or the
fo'c's'le watch closed
But we hauled the tarpln close, and clewed the
sternside hatch,
stave of a rousing catch.
The skipper stood the gaf and the cookie damned the
wheel,
While Chips and Legs the holystone performed
cod line reel.
The all spiced the helm, topgaant feat, 1 think;
So jumped ashore for if Id dreamed that skiff
would be forced to s. *.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-17

A Friendly French Satire

hates intelligent people. 1t is really worth while
to ask what he means and the first thing to note
about it is that he does not in the least what
he says.
1t is made quite clear that he is himself de-
cidedy intelligent person; and if he meant, as some
people do mean that the human mind is more
manly for being mudded, he would be hldeOusly
unntelligent person. Logic IS simply law Of life;
and Colonel BRAMBIE could no more do without 1t
In soldering or even in salmon fishing, than ST.
THOMAS AQUINAs could do without it in theology
or Sir ISAAC NEWTON in mathematics
Nevertheless, though he does not mean what ne
SAYS he means something He means something
which is profoundly true and which the more ex-
haustve French intelligence has already discovered
to be true 1t is the French themselves who use the
phrase an intellectual as a term of contempt.
The only difference is that the Frenchman knows
he is right and knows more less why he is right.
Art for Arts Sake Has Been Succeeded by
Brains-for Brains Sake
What is the matter with Intellectualism is not
that it uses the intellect but rather that it eontem-
plates it. or rather wOrships it. 1t is that it en-
ploys intellect TO think about intellect, instead of
employing intellect to think about things.
Hence follows the fact which any one must have
noticed who has ever moved among faddists, found
ers of new religions and rreligions pessimists ard
persons in revolt against everything; mean the
fact that intellectuals really their intelleets
very little. 90
They are satisfied and stupefed simply with
being intelleetuals. They remain in a radiant sur
prise at the fact that they have intellects; like
man who should stand stockstill in admiration of
the fact that he had legs.
Thus in France, what irritates the mass of pa
triotc people in the party which they call the In
telectuas is that they tend to harden into static
aristocracy, in which it is a privilege to wear
head as it might be to coronet. 1t was a
brilliant French Revoutionist who said of another
Revolutonist that he carried his head if it were
the Blessed Sacrament.
But in France at least, the cure for intellectual
ism is intellect. 1t is the right cure and We were
wrong to dsparage it in England But a satire
sympathetic a. that Of NJ MAUROIs may do much
to complete the mutual comprehension of two n.
lions which have reached the same truth by very
different roads.
Soon most Frenci men will have passed through
intelectualism, and most Englishmen will have be-
gun to comprehend intellect; and the Entente may
really be translated by the strong Scriptural title
of understanding. G. K. CHEsTERTON -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-17
Nora
BY Dora Sigerson

Within English village yesterday
1 came upon child at play
I fingered by TO watch the baby game
And heard some voice call gently on her name.
Sweet she replied. How caped my heart to hear
The pretty notes. the accent ever dear,
Shy as the wind soft singing from the south!
l. hungry, kissed the brogue upon her mouth.
From The sad lCaF<. tcorce IL. Dorm Com pdny.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-17
Copyright, 1918. Al rights RESERVED.

Copyright, 1918. AL rights reserved.
COMEWHERE in the wilderness of waste paper
~ with which have already Uttered the land l
have attempted abstract description of the for
eigncF: that he is man who laughs at everything
except jokes. And in international relations jokes
are very serious things, because they are always
taken seriously. 1t is danger to be watched
fully in the of the Allies who have all the dis
advantages of being independent and therefore
divergent nations
1t is not always understood, for instance, that
American fanfarronade is meant to be fppant or
that English fiippancy is meant to- be friendly.
If an American should happen to say, in casual
conversation, that the Kaiser will want twelve
million Zeppelins to hoist up his moustaches when
first he the Stars and Stripes he is not troubled
about ridiculc, because he means the remark TO be
ridiculous.
The Serious Side of Jokes.
He is not offended at our laughing; but rather
at our not laughing. But he is troubled by resent
mcnt; by the surly humour which suggests that he
has been Dragging seriously.
And if the flippancy of the Englishman should
happen to take the form of answering: ooh, put
your head in a bag, it is possible that the Ameri
also may take the matter too seriously and fail
TO that this imagery also is of wild and sym
bolical description. do not say he is likely to
carry literal spirit of discipline far to at
tempt TO put his head in the bag; but he may be
serious enough TO think it improper way of talk
ing to a fellow soldier who is also undoubtedly put
ting his head in the lion S mouth.
In such a dialogue of cross purposes, it will be
noted the two national types have quarreled not
about what they meant, but about things that they
did not mean; things that were, indeed the oppO-
site Of what they did mean. One has taken the
Zeppelin seriously and the other has taken the bag
seriously, and both fantastic figures of speech.
Translated into universal human language the
first means something like, What an absurd bust
this is, - and the second, What an amusing
fellow you are. \
The Disadvantage of Having the Same Name
for Different Things.
The possible misunderstanding between English
and French soldiers are no greater, if great as
those between English and American soldiers.
TO speak of the identity of language is very mis-
leading; there is rather more misunderstanding
through having the same name for different things
than there is through having different names for
the same thing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-17
To Christopher
Killed, Suvla Bay, October E, 1915
By Godfrey Dearmer.


At Suvla when sickening curse of sound
Came hurting from the shrapnel shaken skies
Without word you shuddered to the ground
And with gesture hid your darkening eyes.
You are not blind to-day
But were We blind before you went awayl
Forgive u.s. then, if falterng, we fail
To speak in terms articulate of yOu
Now Deaths celestial journeymen unveil
Your naked soul-the soul we hardly knew
o beauty scarce unfuEled,
Your blood shall help TO purify the world.
Awakened now no longer we believe
Knight errantry myth of long ago.
Let US not shame your happiness and grieye;
All close we feel YOU live and move, we know
Your life shall ever be
Close to our lives enshrined eternally.
From Poems. Robert H. Mcbride d Co.