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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31
CLASCO
School Children Vaceinated Because of
 Smallpox Cases in Voluntown.

Mir and Mrs. Floyd K. Young were in Norwich Tuesday.
 The school children in the Eighth district were vaccinated Wednesday by Dr. George H. Jennings as pre- ventive against smallpox, of which there are several cases in Voluntown:
 Several from this place attended the circus in Norwich Tuesday
 Sarah Cameron is spending the week among friends in Westerly
 Memorial day was observed by dec oratins soldiers graves in the Rixtown cemetery by the people in the vicinity
 School in the Eighth district has one week more of the summer term.
 A number from this place attended the Memorial exercises at .Pachaug cemetery Sunday afternoon.
 Decorated Graves.
 Byron P. Young and family were calling in the town Sunday and also met with several of Mrs. Young's peo- pie at Rixtown cemetery to decorate the graves of friends. Ire families meet there the last Sunday in May of each year or the Sunday before Me morial day
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

The Chinese have observed their annual dragon festival since 45O E. c. wherever streams in China will permit use of long dragon boat paddles with which the boats are propelled
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31
Children Cry
 FOR FLETcHER'S GAS TO RIA

WHEN YOU WANT to put your bus Iness before the public. there is no medium better than through the ad- ysEtislnE coluuns Of The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

in lots of things besides baseball.
 The blend idea has made Mecca the favorite cigarette with over a million smokers.
 There are twelve mighty choice tobaccos used n Mecca cigare rettes-hve Turkish and seven American-but you don't taste the favor of any one of them separately when you take a deep drag. The only flavor you getis the good old Mecca flavor.
 No one tobacco has every thing you want in a cigarette.
 Each of the twelve tobaccos in Mecca is picked for special. .pur- pose. One for fragrance, another for smoothness, still another for body-tol let you know you're really smoking-and so on down the line.
 Here's how the still blending process works. The different tobac- cosare not just mixed, but are placed together in the blending still. Then moist heat is passed through until all the differenthavors are drawninto one-the flavor that has made Mecca the favorite cigarette with over 2 . million smokers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

Danbury.-At meeting of the Dan- bury Bar association in the probate court the association voted to have it's annual outing at the Country club, Norwalk. Thursday. June G..
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

The forethought and the self denial and the sacrifice which our fathers. found not only practicable in order to sustain their own lives and support their families we their descendants, can, if we will. exercise for the saliva ton of a world menaced by worse foe than they ever faced. If we can't or won't then we're not as good men as they were.
 Let's put that into our pipes and smoke it!
 THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31
ANDOVER
Suffrage Meeting-Sum of $114 Raised for Red Cross.

The Equal Rights club met with Mrs. M. A. Yeomans Friday with Miss Florence Ketcheli and Mrs Fannie Dixon Welch of Columbia as speak CTS.
 Nineteen attended the Christian En- deavor reunion at Storrs Saturday last.
 Andover did well in the Red Gross drive last week. raising STA.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31
Motored from Dakota.

Motored from Dakota.
 Mir and Mrs Harold Davis arrived Sunday evening from Fargo. \. D.. having made the entire trip by auto- mobile. They are to live in the house formerly occupied by D. W. Brad Mrs. A. c. Herrick and two children of Hartford have returned home after visiting Mrs. Frank Bergh of Swastika farm
 Mir. and Mrs. Reed have left for their home in Warren Mass. after spending the winter with their son. Clinton Reed.
 Lewis-Aborn.
 The marriage of Miss Ruth. Aborn and Breck Lewis of Springfield took place Saturday afternoon at the home of the brides parents. MT. and Mrs Miles H. Aborn. Guests were present from New Haven, Willimantic and Springfeld The bride received many beautiful gifts MT and Mrs. Lewis will make their home in Springfield.
 County Conference.
 The Holland County Association of Ministers held an all-day conference at the Congregational church in Filing ton Wednesday. Two most interesting sessions were held. At noon the la dies of the church served dinner to the visiting delegates.
 A. D. Hale and Carlton Pease spent Tuesday in Putnam on business.
 Mrs. Nellie Rice of Worcester is spending few days with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Eugene Finance.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

Lawn Saturday. The former is now employed at the Stonington shipyard
 Mrs. Mary Esther Gallup of Ledyard is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ripley
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31
In short, the average New England

In short, the average New England farmer of hundred years ago was a semi-independent princeling on his own unrestricted and autonomous freehold. He saw very little money in the course of a year. but he had no absolute need of much, for what few things his own domain failed to supply him he obtained from others by a process of barter.
 He had to work for all he got.-- work hard and long paying for his living with sweat and callouses and aching muscles.
 Now we pay for most of our living with money. and think we are leagues and ages ahead of those primitive old backwoodsmen to whose hard d-woa vigor of constitution we owe the fact that we exist.
 But are we?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31
Given Nav Basket.

An immense May basket was hung by company of young people to the Misses Billings one evening recently.
 A number from here attended the union service at the Mystic Baptist church Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31
PENDLETON HILL.
Local Residents Join North stonineton
 Grange-New American Flag and
 Two Star Service Flag for Church.

North Stonington grange worked the third and fourth degrees Friday night thereby making Deacon Elmer E. Coon, Mrs Coon, Clark Coon and Mrs. Hem ry D. Johnson of this place members. Overseer Clifford Thompson, Mrs. Thompson. Katherine Thompson, Nor ton Cook, Miss Edna Gray. Thomas E.. Wheeler and C. E. Maine were also present at the meeting.
 Mr. and Mrs. Homer Kinney have been entertaining Mrs. Kinney's sis ter, Mrs. l. w. Curtis. with Ralph Curtis and Mildred Curtis. during the past week. Mir. Curtis joined here for the week end, returning Sunday to Chicopee, Mass. where they have re- gently moved from Augusta. Me.
 Edward P. York, Mrs. York and three children of Stonington were callers at Mrs. Harris Boardman's on Sunday.
 Mrs. Martin Chapman spent Friday night with her daughter, Rilla. t Judge and Mrs. c. c. Gray's in North Stonington.
 Clifford Campbell of Westerly was here Friday soliciting funds for the Red Cross. Mir Campbell formerly lived in this locality and attended the Hill school.
 Special Church Services.
 The exercises at the church Sunday morning were of the best. Rev. F. P. Mathewson preached a most interest ing sermon taking for his theme the word Service" At the conclusion of the services a new Amrican flag was unfurled and a service flag containing two stars. one for Moves D. Wheeler of this place and one for Corporal Frank Palmer of C1arl's Falls. a member of the church. Both are sta toned at Camp Devens. The choir of mems voices. consisting of Clifford Thompson. Charles Cottrell Henry Johnson and Morton Cook, sang with special harmony. A postponed entertainment for the benefit of the Red Cross is to be held Saturday evening. Ice cream and cake will be on sale.
 Mrs. Oscar Burch and family have moved from their farm to that owned bv Arthur Warner in the same local ity
 Henry D. Johnson and Miss Juliet P. Boardman were in Westerly Satur- dav
 Deacon and Mrs. Coon and Clark Coon were in Mystic Sunday after noon.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

Nowadays we very seldom get a quarter of our own supplies from our own farms. We sell almost everything we raise. and. usually, have to sell it at wholesale rates. Then we take the scant money which the sale brings to us and promptly blow it in for the other things which our granddads used to produce for themselves, us- ually paying full retail prices for them.
 That is, we sell our produce, mostly for what the big dealers will pay al- lowing themselves a wide margin of profit for handling. Then we buy from small dealers for what they see fit to charge, they allowing themselves always margin or reasonable or un- reasonable profit. as their conscienees dictate.
 We lose at the bung and waste at the faucet. And then we boast of our progress, and our advancement beyond anything dreamed of by out forefathers!
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

Ever find yourself planted at the ball-game alongside one of those old-time rooters?
 You know the kind-he can tell you Pop Anson' batting average in 1879, and how many home runs Jim Delehanty whaled out one afternoon in 1887.
 He remembers when some of the players wore whiSkers.
 He remembers when Billy
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31
ELLINGTON
Motor Trip from Dakota-Lewis- Aborn Wedding Conference of Ministers Association.

Mrs. Hannah Hathaway received a cablegram Monday from her son. T. Earl Hatheway, announcing his safe arrival overseas
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

Just hundred years ago, this spring, my grandfather died, leaving a widow with a brood of small children. My father was ten years old and, to help the overburdened mother. an uncle adopted him and brought him to this farm One of his first experiences at his new home was being taken for two days trip with his uncle to "the river" and back
 Every year in shad time, the far mers of that day residing in this vicin- ity sent one of their number to "the river" twenty-five miles away, for a two-horse load. Starting early in the morning, he would reach the seining grounds in the afternoon, pick out his fish-never less than a ton and usually more,-load them, and start back about midnight. so as to make most of the return trip in the cool hours. Arriving home during the forenoon, he would find the other farmers waiting for him. The load would be divided up pro rata each sharer. would pay his own home, where the fish were promptly cleaned and salted down, much like pork or corned beef.
 The highest price paid for a single shad, on these trips, was five cents and that meant an extra big one, specially picked out and put one side for eating fresh.
 Last week I priced a shad at a mar ket in my nearest city; $1o5 for the smallest one I could see in the bunch
 So I am going without shad this year. It tastes too strong of money. Of course, for this and sundry other | reasons, which we can't control how ever much we may deplore them, such a had-buying trip and such shad salting time would be absurdedly i'm i possible, these days.
 I've told this story simply to illus trate how those old fellows beyond whom we think we have advanced SC | greatly took advantage of the oppor- tunities that were open to them. Some of those opportunities have been since closed to us. But not all And others have opened.
 1 In this special emergency, when we | are hedzed In by game laws and
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

He never bought a beam or a board or a window sash. If he has build ing. he cut his own trees. had them sawn into boards and blanks at the neighborhood saw mill, while expert carpenters with their huge broad axes" hewed out the beams into the requisite six by eights or ten by twelves.-For they built with honest timber. in those days, not with two by-fours for timbers and seven -eighths or thinner boards for siding and lath made of waste slabs, and final re- liance on paint and putty to hold the f1imsy work together till the con tractors could get away from it. The carpenters even made the window sashes and panelled the doors.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

Sunday knew a lot more about the trail from third to home than he did about the sawdust trail.
 One thing the old fan will tell you-the gang that brings home the pen nant isn't the one that has all the star performers.
 It's the bunch that knowsteam play, and how to blend their efforts so they work like one ma chine, that gets a crack at the gate money in the big series.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

CWritten Specially for The Bulletin)
 Once on a time, the farmer folks of New England were a sturdily inde- pendent parcel of humanity. Each farmer was, practically, an isolated but wholly self supporting head of separate state.
 He raised his own wheat, rye, corn, oats barley, etc., and had them ground at his local mill, where the miller took his pay by ''tolling the grist," i. e. taking out for himself one tenth, by measure
 The same farmer grew and fattened his own pork. beef and mutton, part Of which he ate fresh, when the wealth CT permitted it's. keeping, but most of which was salted or corned.
 He produced all the milk and cream and butter and cheese which the family could consume from his own dairy: all the eggs and chickens they wanted from his own hen yard: wool for making real cloth from the f1eeces of his own sheep and, ire quently, flax for cool linen summer He grew his own hops and brewed his own beer or ale untroubled by any sumptuary laws: fshed- his own brooks and caught messes of trout, regardless of 'open" or "closed" sea- sons, which were not yet invented for the benefit of rich. idlers from the city: hunted his own woods and brought back quail and woodcock and partridge and grey, squirrel, and, oc- casionally, wild turkey, with no thought of game" laws which, again, ; had not yet been dreamed of as con- sistent with freedom and equality.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-05
Lives 200 Years!

For more than 200 years, Harlem Oil,
the famous national remedy of Holland
has been recognized as an infallible relief
from all forms Of kidney and bladder dis
orders. It's very age is proof that it must
have unusual merit
If you are tsoubled with pains or aches
in the. back, feel tired in the morning,
headaches, Indigestion, insomnia. painful
or too frequent passage of urine, irritation
or stone in the bladder. YOU will almost
certainly find relief in GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules This is the good
old remedy that has stood the test for
hundreds Of years, prepared in the proper
quantity and convenient form to take
1t is imported direct from Holland lab
oratories, and you can get it at any
drug store. 1t IS standard, oldtime
home remedy and needs no introduction.
Each capsule contains one dose of five
drops and is pleasant and easy to take.
They will quickly relieve those stiffened
joints, that backache, rheumatism lum-
bago, sciatica, gall stones, gravel, brick
dust" etc. Your money promptly refund
ed if they do not relieve YOU. But be sure
to get the genuine GOLD MEDAL brand.
In boxes, three sizes.-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-05
Only thirty DAYS.

Gus Peterson hain't care much for
dis har society business. but sum tam
his wife her drag Gus out and he hav
awful tam figering out vot tn du with
his hand and feet.
Last week MiSSuS Peterson took Gus
tn dinner party at Washington hotel
and Gus ha hav IN set between tn So
ciety vimmen. These vimmen tank it
bane guide yoke and they try tn talk
tn Gus, but ha amt say vary much.
"A got letter from my son. He's in
Yale, you no" said vone of the VIM
men.
"Ay got bruther vOt bane there tu,"
Gus say.
rs that so? yot year," ask the
woman.
"He don't got no year" Gus tai her.
Gle yust punch a Norwegian Teller in
the eye and the yudge give hem 80 day
in vail. "-Washington State Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-05
nA THAFG Watson r. CoIeme q, Wash
IN "a ington, &c. Books free High
- 6su ~ est references. Beet results.
SOME WIVES ARE LIKE THIS
oVermuch DociIity Is Not Always APP
preciated by the Gentle Sex, as
This Story Shows.

MY dear, you know there is moth
ing l hate more than a domestic
scene"
"Well, then, John Henry Dubwaite,
why do you conduct yourself in a way
that forces me to create domestic
Scene?"
'What have l donc?"
Nothing. That's just it. You've
said, Yes, my dear to me so many
times I'm sick and tired of hearing it.
Why don't you lose your temper occa-
sionally? Throw things around, slam
the door, kick the cat, threaten to
choke me, For once in your life do
something to convince me that I'm
married to a red-blooded man and not
spineless je!lyfsh.-Brmingham
Age-Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-05
Lemon Juice
For FreCkIeS
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for a few cents. Try i'll

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white shake well, and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion. and complex
Ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
for few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck.
arms and hands and see how freckles,
sunburn and tan disappear and how
clear, soft and white the skin becomes.
Yesi 1t is harmleSS.-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-05

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Trees and shrubs about the hOme
and farmstead not only increase the
value of the property but make con-
ditiOns pleaSanter and more healthful.
limited amount of planting may be
done, therefore. for comfort alone ir-
respective of other return. Where o
considerable plantation is Contem-
plated. however it is essential to
know what material may be grown
economically and the uses to which it
may be put
On the average farm in the plains
region the first effort in planting is
to provide a small grove plantation
which will protect the buildings from
severe winds and furnish shade for
greater comfort of both man and ami
mails. Sometimes when such a wind
break has been established the owner
tries to make it furnish a supply of
material for use on the farm. This
Is mistake. for if a belt of trees is
planted primarily as protection
against the wind the pruning and re-
moyal of much large material may
essen or even destroy its protective
value.
Value Of Plantation.
The value of plantation other
than windbreak. on the farm lies
in its ability to furnish fuel, posts
and limited amount of lumber and
repair material. Within a very few
years after planting the plantation
will need to be pruned and the prun-
ing will furnish considerable fuel, de-
pending upon the size of the plot, If
good care is given the trees they will
develop rapidly and some thinning
will have to be done to prevent harm
Jul crowding. The material thus re-
moved will contribute materially to
the upkeep of the farm by furnishing
posts and stakes, When the planta-
ton is still older more valuable ma
terial may be harvested. Small tim
bers for building construction. poles
for implements, also tool handles,
neckyOkeS, eveners. whiffletrees and, in
favorable situations, a limited amount
Of lumber is provided at home as
decided.
Throughout the plains region there
is a marked scarcity of timber which
will produce even fair grade of lum-
Der and this fact should be taken
into account when species are select
ed for planting. When large planta-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-05

of the skull. 1t is much more impor-
tant that man should have both
arms intact than both legs. A clever
pilot who was killed on the western
front was Lord Lucas, who had an
artificial leg.
Considerable importance is attached
To the respiratory system. In addition
to good, healthy lungs and vital capac.
ity, the WOuld-be pilot must pass
breath-holding test This gives an In
dicati0n of his capacity to stand the
strain Of flying at high attitudes.
where the air is rareiied and breath,
ing is difficult. No man with Il weak
heart can hope to pass the tests.
Self-balancing is another test. The
candidate has to stand on one leg with
his eyes shut and his hands on his
hips. There is also the old test for
sobriety-waliing a straight line heel
to toe with eyes open and then turn,
ing round and walking back without
losing balance. The Importance OF
this test can be understood, seeing
that an aviator flying in dark cloud
or In fog becomes unconscious of his
position and sometimes the machine
Is actually upside down. 1t is essen
tial that he should not lose a second
in recovering his balance.
The throat, nose and ear are care
fully examined, for any defects might
seriously handicap a man during the
great strain that all flying imposes
With regard to the eyes, it is cOnsid-
cred that pilots should have perfect
color vision. in order to pick out the
color or marking of hostile machines,
and in recognizing signal lights and in
judging the nature of landing grounds.
Air Sickness Rare.
A candidate who suffers from sea
sickness or train sickness would not
be rejected on those grounds alone.
Air sickness, caused by the rolling and
pitching of the airplane, is very rare
complaint. and sickness usually occurs
Immediately after landing.
An unstable nervous system suggest
ed by fidgety movements of the hands,
feet or face, or biting the nails Is
poor recommendation
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-05
MUSTARD GAS WORST

and severe coughing and vomiting en-
sue.
Direct contact with the spray causes
clustering of the skin, and the vapOr
penetrates through the clothing. Gas
masks. of course, do not protect
against this. The symptoms are similar
to pneumonia - high fever, heavy
breathing and often stupor.
The damage done by mustard gas is
slow and insidiOus development. The
breaking down of the affected tissues
is slow, the height being reached from
five to ten days after the burn is re-
ceived. The painlessness is Also a
marked characteristic. Healing is
slow.
Mustard gas besides being used in
direct attack, is also used for "neutra-
liZatiOn." For instance, where supplies
and ammunition are being brought up,
Il few mustard gas shells will result
in dangerous confusion and delay. A
part Of the infantry is ''neutrali2ed"
by having food and ammunition cut
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-05
CABBAGE WORM MOST
DESTRUCTIVE ENEMY
Spraying Is Effective Remedy in
Combating This Pest.
Community Action Is Desirable Wher.
ever Related Crops Are Grown
Extensively-Ieave Few Pois-
oned Stalks for Traps.

tF'rom the United States Department of
ASriculture.)
= The common cabbage worm, the most
destructive enemy of cabbage and re-
lated crops in the United States, be-
gins its depredations as soon as the
young plants are set out in the spring
and continues its work throughout the
summer. Control measures, to be eff
fectiye, should begin as soon as the in
sect makes its appearance.
Although the insect caused the total
destruction of cabbage. cauliflower,
and other crops in large areas in the
years Immediately after its first ap-
pearance in this country in the sixties,
control measures have now been per-
fected to such degree and adopted
to such an extent that losses need
not be great. Spraying with a solu-
ton of two pounds of powdered arsen-
ate of lead, four pounds of arsenate
of lead in the paste FORM or one pound
of paris green to so gallons of water
should be begun as soon as the planta
are set out and should be repeated rs
often as examination of the plaH.S
shows it to be necessary.
The common cabbage worm" is the
larva OF a white butterfly having black
tipped wings. The butterflies appear
on warm spring days, and continue
about gardens and fields until after
several severe fall frosts. In the Gulf
region they are present throughout the
season. Eggs are laid on cabbage and
related plants where they hatch in from
four to eight days.
The caterpillar is velvety green,
about the color of the cabbage foliage.
It eats voraciously and grows rapidly.
becoming full grown in from ten to
fourteen days after Matching Three
generations occur each season in the
northeast and probably six in the ex-
tre,ae South. The first generation usu-
ally develops on wild plants.
Hand picking may be practiced sue
Cessfuiy in small gardens. Where
pr1ys are employed they should he