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The Press., 1918-10-24

foolish enough once in a while" md Grizelda might have gone on with her theory of wild oats sowing had she not been cut short by a reprOving. "GriZel- da. why do you say such awful things?" from the elder sister.
 A month later Bob Lamar had re- turned to civilization in general and to the section of civilization ip which the Ferrels had their being iq particulaF Through a few brief letters exchanged 1t was arranged Bob Lamar should visit the Ferrels on a certain week end in June and. though nothing was said to indicate that BOb's visit WAS de signed especially that he might meet Helen, the entire Ferrel family seemed to make preparations with that end in view. That is, all the family but Grizelda.
 When Gregory met Bob at the stn- ton of tlAa town where the FePrelS lived there was something grave and { serious in the face of Gregory that tm- medlately solicited an inquiry from Bob.
 Has anything gone wrOng?" Bob asked. Helen isn't ill-or-or' any thlng?" Her name had not been men toned since his arrival five minutes before.
 "Why, no, Helen is not Ill. But to tell you the truth, you have come at a rather trying time. I'm afraid you will feel the depression of it-you see, my sister. Grizelda-"
 "Oh, the little girl with the brown ringlets."
 "She was a little girl in the picture you saw" Gregory said. "but she's grown up since, then. She's eighteeR- and the ringlets were brown" ..
 Well. what color are they now?" laughed Bob. ::
 s'That's the terrible thing" said Gregory. still very tragIcally "I didn't think I'd tell you, but I suppose I had ! better. They.-the ringlets. aFe-I hardly know how to tell you. But Grizelda had her hair bleached. Yes terday she was a brunette, and now she is. as gOlden-haired as q peroxide show girl"
 Bob, In spite of GregOry's tragic air laughed outright. "Well. it'll all come in brown again." he said
 "YeS, but in the meantime-in the months that pass before that! What VIII people say. Imagine q daughter of Theosophns Ferrel, church warden. and president of the board of educa tion. with peroxide hair. Of course. no one must know. Of course. father was frightfully enraged about 1t. GrizeldH tried to explain and he stormed at her at first and then when he asked her about 1t she was sullen and wouldn't say anything. It happened last night -she came. home that way before din ner. and she's been in her room ever since. We didn't want to have even the servants see Of course, we'll have to send her away somewhere-till it comes Tn brown. We haven't decided just where she'll go. If there were only convents now as there used to be where girls could go to retreats or something. l suppose she'll just have 10 go to some Out-Of-the-way farm. It "wlH take about six months, I suppose. And we don't know what we'll tell peO- E pie. . It's very ugly business, Bob"
 Bob was no longer inclined to laugh. He looked as sad as Gregory. but hts
The Press., 1918-10-24
EnnIand Grows sunflo,uers.

The big war revival in agriculture is producing many interesting expert ments in the growing of new crops on land not in use for growing human food. For example, a big area in Eng land is now, on the suggestion of the food production department, planted with suHflOwePs, the seeds of which are valuable both as a sOUree of oil and for poultry food
 Small cultivators are also urged by the government to SOW sugar Dc .ts as an improved food for stock, especially for pigs. Farmers whose cereal crops have failed owing to attacks from diff ferent parasites are advised to grow instead linseed, The latest reports from the country show unprecedented activity tn potato planting in spite of the bad weather last spring.
The Press., 1918-10-24
10 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM.
 missloners for Holland County


 missioners for Holland County
 hereby apply for license to sell spir ituous and intoxicating liquors ale, lager beer, Rhine wine and cider at 9a Main Street, town of Stafford. My place oi business is not located within two hun. dred feet in a direct line from any church ediiice or public or parochial school, or the premises pertaining thereto, or any post. office, public library, or cemetery,
 Dated at stafford this 18th day Of Oc. loher, A. D. 1918 J MES SULLIVAN, Applicant We the undersigned, are electors Rnd tax. payers Of the town of stafford, own ing real estate. and hereby sign and en- dorse the foregoing application of James sullivan for a license, and hereby certify that said applicant is n suitable person Co he licensed pursuant to said application Dated at stafford this 18th day of Oc. toher, A D. 1918.
 Joseph Levene, Edward A. Jacobsen, , Robert IOunghans, Michael r, p,GorooRn, s. Kuslansky I hereby certify that the above named signers and endorsers are electors and tax payers, owning real estate, in the town of Stafford.
 Dated at stafford this 10th day of Oc, tober, A. D. 1918.
 ]. CARL Cow ERsE, Town Clerk,
The Press., 1918-10-24
GOT THE PROMISED CHILD
Naw chiteat Natives Kept Their Word With the Missionaries, 0t Five
 VearS' Standing.

In my intimate CompaniOnship with Muir in Alaska I saw many instances of his warm human sympathy, $. Hall Young writes in World Outlook. One occurred when in 1879 we were visit Ing the tribe of Chilcats, These Chil- cats, recognized as the most warlike and arrogant of the Thllnget tribes, were nevertheless so interested in the gospel message I had to bring them that they crowded the house where we lodged, filling 1t full and prying or blanks from it's side so that those with out could hear.
 The first night we spent ip the vil- lage, after ap Rllrday's palaver, we were about to retire to our blankets when a woman brought a haby to us which was almost skeleton from lack of nourishment, and whose feeble cry was most p'tiful Q hear, The woman dted, and that they had no food for the child-nOne of the other women being il condition to nurse 1t, At once Muir and set about preparing condensed milk for the haby, We diluted 1t with warm water until we thought 1t of the proper consistency, and fed 1t to the starving baby. The child was almost too weak to take this nourishment, and it required the utmost patience and care to feed 1t. Muir worked with that little papOose almost all night, rocking it in his arms and soothing its cries, and when at last it rested in a healthful, refreshing sleep, he care fully showed the woman how tQ pre- pare its food, and insisted upan leav- ing all Of our remaining canned milk for the baby. The natives voluntarily told me when we were about to leave that If the baby lived 1t belonged to me and they would bring it down to Fort Wrangel. I thought but little of this promise, knowing how easily people forget such things; but five years after this occurrence was sur prised to have some Chilcat natives bring 8 sturdy and healthy little boy, and formally give him to me, saying that this was the baby whose life we had saved, and he therefore helanged to us. The child was taken into our mission at WFaRgeI, and I baptized him with the name of "John," after my friend.
The Press., 1918-10-24
Some Famous War Horses.

At last the gallant cavalry figures cOnspicuOusly on the fighting front, re- viving the glory of the war horse What void there would be in the annals of warfare without their trib- utes to the chargers All the poets, from Homer and Virgil down, have gilded their herOicS with the animals prOwess in battle. Not to mention Hu- cephalus, the first horse of heroic quality to get into history, there was NapOleOn's MarengO. the duke of Vel lington's Copenhagen, General Grants Cincinnati. General Lees Traveller, General Sherman's Lexington and General Sheridan's Winchester, which has the distinction of commemorati0n in poetry and of having his rider for bi0grapher. At Blenhetm there are erected two monuments, one to the Iron Duke and the other to his horse, the latter with this inscriptions:
 "Here lies Copenhagen, the charger ridden by the duke of Wellington at Waterloo"
The Press., 1918-10-24
THIRTYJONE YEARS AGO.
 October TT. IS87.
Items Of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press. thirty-oDe years ago

Harrison Wells was badly hurt in Reed Cleaveland's cider mill at Union last Saturday. He slipped and fell, running his hand into the grater, cut ting the hand and arm within two inches of the elbow into a shapeless mass. Drs. Greeley and Patten of Globe Village performed the amputa- tion, and he is now doing we'll
 All the stone thus far used in the enlargement of St. Edwards church has come from one boulder on the farm of Cornelius Flaherty, and there is nearly enough of it left to com plete the building. The rear is pro- gressing fast now, the walls being nearly up. It is hoped to have the building roofed before winter.
 The schools in the town of Somers are in charge of the following teach CTS: District No. 1, Ella Gribbs; No. p, Mary A. Moore; No. 3, Myrtle D. Harwood: No. 4, Seth Pease; No. 6, Mrs. c. Pollard, grammar, Miss Pol lard, intermediate, and Grace Gowdy, primary; No. 2, Anna Moore; No. S, Hattie Cooley; No. 9, Lillian Pease; No. 10, Cora Bradley.
 Born-Stafford Springs. 23d, daugh- ter to Charles Gary.
 Union, 24th, daughter to Merrick A. and Jennie l.. Marcy; 24th, son to Stephen and Nellie Huntley; 18th, son to Charles and Ella Scranton.
 North Coventry, 17th. daughter to Dr. w. c. Haven.
 South Wilmington, 18th, daughter to MT. and Mrs. F. J. Austin.
 West Stafford. 25th, son to Albert J. Fuller.
 Married-Somers, 11th, by Rev. c. H. Gleason, s. Thompson Kimball and Maud Pomeroy,
 Wales, 18th, by Rev. Wm. Gordon, R. L. Walbridge of Stafford, and Ida P. Bissell of Wales.
The Press., 1918-10-24
Well, That's Different

While high-prieed lawyers argued wrathfully for their clients over the ownership of little white Eskimo dog the animal in controversy was brought into court in sack by negro. dead. Instantly the contestants changed sides. This was at Atlanta.
 Give it to that woman there," ex- claimed Mrs. NJ. M. Brazell. who had sworn out a pOssessOry warrant for a spitz dog before Judge L. z. Rosser. "No, give 1t to her, I want her to have It." retorted Mrs. Anna Lee, who was eontesting the possessOry war. rant.
 The confused negro left the dog and retreated.
 Judge Rosser gave the dead dog to Mrs. Brazell.
The Press., 1918-10-24
Grizelda's Wild Oats
 @0
 By JANE OSBORNE
Copyright 1S1s by the Mcclure Newspa-
 per SyDdicate)

Down there in the tropical loneliness of Panama engineering camp Bob Lamar had seen the picture of Helen Ferrel and it had seemed to him as if all the lOvelineSS that the word woman could possess for him was indicated in those calm, level eyes. that oval cheek. the firm. well-mOlded mouth and the small feminine chin. Helen'S brother, Gregory Ferrel had shown him the picture and when he saw that the picture apparently meant more to Bob than to himself he gave it to him. sure that Bob would he entirely worthy of the gift. Not great deal passed between the young engineers regard ing the picture, but when they parted at the end of their work there together it was agreed that as soon as BOh could return to the northern state where the Ferrels made their home Gregory would introduce them. And having arrived home before Bob, Greg ory FerreI did not lose any lime tn informing his family of the countless virtues that made Bob Lamar "the finest fellow in the world"
 Hes the kind of fellow that can go through the world without fl single scratch" he said one day in his sis ter's hearing. Hes the most maScu- line man I ever knew" he continued for the benefit of Helen. but l don't believe he ever SOwed a wild Oat in his life. Some girl will be lucky to marry him-that is, of course, if he ever takes the notion to marry"
 Helen registered her interest in the character No glOwingly painted by her brother hy blushing ever sH slightly and looking more intently than ever aT her knitting. But Grielda, eighteen year-Old "cniid" of the family, tossed her brown locks and said s0mething that sounded like 'pO0p0
 Just cause q man never SOws any wild oats doesn't mean he's the finest fellow in the w0rld,'" she announced. "You are pretty nice and guess you sOwed some. Greg. guess there are some people that just cant help being
The Press., 1918-10-24
Don't Say That AaalnI

An Illinois man, remaFking about the low price of wheat, compared to chicken feed, aaySl "soFt of indicates that wheat may go to the chicks, doesn't It2" Man, don't say that again! l am afraid 1t might be oveF' heard in some broken household in France, where some widowed mother tries to stlll the cries of her hungry children by giving them the greater part of her own scanty ratians, Don't talk about feeding wheat to the chick, ems !-Orange JHdd Farmer,
The Press., 1918-10-24
A 72-Vear.old Messenoer aov

Auburn, N. r., has a seventy-twO- year-old messenger boy. Although re- tired from active work, he decided he could do some war service by taking some young mans place with the tela- graph company.
 "I have had some amusing expert tnees," he remarked recently. 'I an- swered one call. and the man said :: Are you from the Western Uniong I replied that I was. We'll he said. T wanted boy. not the president of the company There was another call to the St. Cloud and I went. The man said: Are you B. bOyg But before I could answer another man remarked faeetiously, He was when you eallad.'"
The Press., 1918-10-24
fs1s-1s1s HOOVER HOME
 CARD TO BE DISTRIBUTED

During the last week in October every one of the 100000 homes In Con- nectieut, whether or not they signed the Hoover pledge card a year ago, will be given the new 191S-1919 home card. containing the Food Administra- tiOn's winter program for continued in- Iensive conservation of all food stuffs, and any home that Is missed by the distributors may secure the new home card from the local food director of the town.
The Press., 1918-10-24
How's Thisl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of CatarFh that cannot be cured by Halls CataTrh Medicine
 Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty five years, and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Poi- son from the Blood and healing the dis eased portions.
 After you have taken Halls Catarrh Medicine for aShoTt time you will see a great improvement In your general health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi- cine at once and get rid of catarrn. Send for testimonials. free.
 F. J. CHENEY q CO, Toledo, Ohio. |. -6oId by .alls Druggists, 7kc
The Press., 1918-10-24
TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM.

nlsslOners TOT lolland county: l hereby apply for R license to sell spir- ituous and intoxicating liquors, ale, lager beer, Rhine wine and cider, at Bidorini Block, Main-st., town of Stafford. My place of business is not located within two hundred feet in & direct line from any church edifice or public or parochial school, or the premises pertaining there to, or any pOst-offiee, public library, or cemetery.
 Dated at Stafford this 10th day of Oc- tober, 1918.
 GEORGE PANoIERA, Applicant. We, the undersigned, are electors and taxpayers, of the town of Stafford, oWn- ing real estate, and hereby sign and en- dorse the foregoing application of George PaneierR for a license, and hereby certify that said applicant is . suitable person to be licensed pursuant to said appliea- tion.
 Dated at Stafford this 10th day of Oc- tober, A. D. 1918.
 Edward A. Jacobsen, Alfred BidoriRi, John B. Bolieau, Felice Costello,
 Alexander Baldi.
 hereby certify that the above named signers and endosers are electors and taxpayers, owning real estate, in the town of Stafford.
 Dated at Stafford this 12th day of Oc- tOber, A. D. 1918.
 J. CARL CONVERSE, Town Clerk.
The Press., 1918-10-24

Vegetable Compound cured me so did not need the operation, and l am telling all my friends about it."-Mrs. A. ". BINzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
 It is just such experiences as that of Mrs. Binzer that has made this famous root and herb remedy household word from ocean to ocean. Any woman who suffers from inflammation, alteration, displacements, backache, nervousneaa, irregularities or |" the blues" should not rest until she has given 1t a trial. and for special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,, Lynn, Mass.
The Press., 1918-10-24
TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
 for Holland EountV

hereby amply for a druggisls license to sell Spirituous and intoxicating hq. uors, ale, lager beer Rhine wine and cider, at East Main-st., town Of Stafford, | agree not to sell spirituOus and int0xi. eating liquors to be drunk on the prem ises l agree not to sell spirtmous and Intoxicating liquors in quantities ex. ceeding one gallon, except other than distilled liquors, and those in quantities not exceeding five gallons agree t0 pay fifty dollars only for such Iicense, and that 1t shall be revocable for mis. representation if do not fulfill the fore. going agreements. And !, on oath, do state that the business there to be car, ried on is one in which ! am engaged as proprietor, or as employee 0f the pro. prietor, and that am a licensed phar' macist
 Dated at Stafford this 18th day of Oc- tober, A. D. 1918.
 WILLIAM II. MILLs, Applicant We, the undersigned, are electors and tax payers, owning real estate, of the town of Stafford, and hereby sign and endorse the foregoing application or Wil' liam II. Mills for . license, and hereby certify that said applicant is Q suitable person to be licensed pursuant to said duplication.
 | ated at Stafford this 10th day of Oc. tober, A, D. 1918.
 Wm. ] Williams, FJ Chandler, c. B. Gary, Chas. II. Meyers, A |. Mitchell
 hereby certify that the above named signers and endorsers are electors and tax payers, owning real estate, Of the town of stafford.
 Dated at Stafford this 10th lay of Oc- tober, A. D. 1918.
 ], CARL CONVERSE, Town Clerk,
The Press., 1918-10-24
rn rHE BOARD oF CoUNTY COM.

miasioners for Holland Cunty
 hereby apply for Q license to sell splr- ituous and intoxicating liquors, ale, lager beer, Rhine wine and cider, at the Hotel MoVle. Wilhngton-ave., town of Stanora' Nv place of business is not located with in two hundred feet in direct line rom any church edifice or public or parocnlAi school, or the premises pertaining there to, or any post-ofice, public library oi cemetery.
 Dated at Stafford this l4th day of Oc' tober, A. D. 1918.
 FRANK E. MoeLE, Applicant. We, the undersigned, are electors and tax-payers, of the town of Stafford, own ing real estate, and hereby sign and en' dorse the foregoing application of FranS K. Mogle for license, and hereby certi' fy that said applicant is suitable person to be licensed pursuant to said appliea' ton. ro Dated at Stafford this t4th day of Oc' tober, A. D. 1918.
 Anders Jacobsen, s. Kuslansky,, Joseph Levene, Robert founghans'
 Edward A. Jacobsen, I hereby certify that the above nameC signers and endorsers are electors anC tSx-payers, owning real estate, m th' town of Stafford. Dated at Stafford this 14th day of Oc tober, A. D. 1918.
 J. CARL CONVERSE, Town Clerk.
The Press., 1918-10-24
TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM

ulSSkOuEAA TUT AOllAnu AQunLy
 hereby apply for license to sell spir. ituous and intoxicating liquors, ale lager beer, Rhine wine and cider at Blue From building, Main street, town of Stafford My place of business is not located with, in two hundred feet in direct line from any church edifiee or public or parochia school, or the premises pertaining there. to, or any post-office, public library ol eemetAry.
 Dated at Stafford this 18th day of Oc. tober, A. D. 1918.
 BERNkRDA X ToNIDANDEL, Applicants. We, the undersigned, are electors and taxpayers, of the town of Stafford, own ing real estate, and hereby sign and en- dorse the foregoing application of Der nardR & Tonidandel for & license, and hereby certify that said applicants are suitable persons to be licensed pursuant to said application.
 Dated at Stafford this 18th day of Oc- tober, A. D., 1918.
 Benjamin Campo, Felice Costella, Joseph Levene, Antonio Jacobsen,
 s. KuslRnsky.
 hereby certify that the above named signers and endorsers are electors and tsx-payers, owning real estate in the town of Stafford. ...- .. Dated ct Stafford this 18th day of Oc- tOber, A. D. 1918.
 ]. CARL CoNvERsE, Town Clerk.
The Press., 1918-10-24
FOOD VIOLATION PENALTIES.

Miner, Reed & Tullock, New Haven, $0,OOO to Red Cross, excessive profits GOrowltE & Friedman (twO stores), Hartford, indefinite unfair order cut. ting off all supplies, selling wheat flour at excessive prices and with insuffi- eient substitutes; c. Pastore & Co, Danbury, $100 to Red Cross, selling wheat flour without substitutes; Peter Gabrielle & Co. Danbury, $50 to Red Cross, selling wheat flour without sub stitutes; Phillip Hoffson, Hartford, In- definite unfair order on sugar, falsify. Ing sugar statement.
The Press., 1918-10-24
NaiIs Turned Out In ouan.l.,..

Formerly the metal for making nails was cut into strips and then forged in. to shape with hammers, and an expert took about one minute and a half for each nail. Today they are made of steel and are lighter and stronger. Strips are cut with steam shears and fed into automatic nail machines. One man, who tends three machines, drops a nail every second.
The Press., 1918-10-24
TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM.
 missioners for Holland County:


 missioners for Holland County: hereby apply for license to sell spir- ituOus and intoxicating liquors, ale, lager beer, Rhine wine and cider at S3 Main street, town of Stafford. My place of business is not located within two hum dred feet in a direct line from any church edifice or public or parochial school, or the premises pertaining thereto, or any post-offlee, public library, or cemetery. Dated at Stafford this 9th day of Oe- tober, A. D. 1918.
 JOHN SENA, Applicant. We, the undersigned, are electors and taxpayers, of the town of Stafford, own ing real estate, and hereby sign and en- dorse the foregoing application of John SeDa for a license, and hereby certify that said applicant is a.suitable person to be licensed pursuant to said application. Dated al Stafford this 9th day of Octo- Der, A. ID. 1918.
 Benjamin Campo, Alfred Bidorini, Antoni Jacobsen, Michael Kmetz,
 G. B. Fontanella.
 hereby certify that the ahoVe named signers and endorsers are electors and taxpayers, owning real estate, in the town of Stafford.
 Dated at Stafford this 14th day of Oe- tOber, A D. 1918.
 J. CARL CONVERSE, Town Clerk.
The Press., 1918-10-24

bhNeu ne IKhtn MAl operation, l cannot say enough in praise oft. lsutfered from organic troublesRnd my side hurt me 90 l could hardly be up from my bed, and l was unable to do my homework. l had the best doctors in
 Eau Claire and they wanted me to have
 an operation, but
 Lydia E. Pinkhan'a
The Press., 1918-10-24
TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM.
 ..s..i....,... z. rIN.IIn .,.l Ann.nt.

missioners of Holland County.
 The Teutonia Association, acting by Henry Raith, duly authorized by vote of said association, club, society, hereby applies for a club certificate to entitle it to have in its possession and dispense to it's members, spirituous and intoxicating liquors as an incident to it's social life, under the provisions of Chap. 297, Pub, lie Acts of 1915, at the quarters of said association, club, society located at West Main st., town of Stafford, Said association has for it's purposes and objects the following Social inter. course. It has a membership of 25, and was organized Dec. 18th, 1899. The off. cers, directors, board of governors are as follows: President, Henry Raith vice. president, Max Turschman, Jr. secre- tary, Bernard Reister treasurer, August Theising. A copy of. its bylaws, rules. constitution and iist of members are hereto annexed,
 Dated at Stafford this 18th day of Oc. tober, A D.. 1918
 THE TEuroNIA AssoctATIoN. By Henry Raith, its President, duly ap.
 thorized.
 Stafford, Conn, Oct 18th, 1918.
 Personally appeared Henry Raith, President of Teutonia Association, and made oath before me to the truth of the foregoing application, and that said as sociation is bona lide organization wherein the dispensing Of liquors to it's members, who are twenty one years old, is not it's chief object, but is an incident of it's existence as an organization, and that there are no minors in the active membership,
 ]. CARL CONVERSE, Notary Public.