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Evening star., 1918-05-26

AsC- AuotuCI TOM UStonS
from which the Rambler scraped
away the earth and flowers was in
gcribed: In Memory of William Gun
nell. who was born the 18th of July.
1875. and expired the 29th OF Sep
tember. 1884. in the 4sth year OF his
age"
Under the tangle of iris was a stone
inscribed: I'm memory OF Sarah Gun
nell. daughter of Col. James and Jane
Cater. who was born on the 27th OF
November. 1860. and expired the sth
Of June. 1872" Another stone was in
scribed: I'm memory OF Jane Gunnell.
nell. who was born the 18th of May.
1900" The remainder OF the epitaph
was deep under the soil and the
Rambler left II undisturbed.
The Rambler paused for lunch at a
hne spring which supplies the Gun
nell-Jenkins home and. following a
farm road along the border OF fields
and then striking across a wide field
where there was no road, he entered
a garden surrounding an old house.
Pounding at the heavy oak door
brought no response. No dogs were
about the place. and no chickens.
There were signs of recent occupancy.
but the house was tenantless. A few
hundred yards away. in the hollow
OF a feld and seated by a shady
spring. watching some grazing cows.
was an old-young man. J. F. Nichols.
whose father, John William Nichols.
was one of the well known farmers
in those parts before the civil war.
He said that the house without .
tenant had been the home of James
Follin, and Is now owned by RAN
~ Ea1f ~ Mr.
Nichols knew Squire Gunnell-Squire
John Gunnell he called him. 1t 10
worth noting that in this homeland
Of the Gunnells the natives do not
pronounce the name 'Gun-nell." with
the accent on the last syllable. but
"Gun-I." with the accent on the first
syllable.
Mr.. Nichols said that Squire John
Gunnell had three sons-George. Jim
and Bill. They are dead. George
married Miss Alice Hicks Of Fairfax.
and she is now Mrs. Henry Goode.
and the house in which this lady lives
is visible over the fields both from
the Gunnell-Jenkins house and from
where the Rambler sat talking with
Mr.. Nichols.
Striking into the lane which leads
from the public road into the Walker
the purpose of calling at Arnon Chap
Ell, but took the wrong direction and
drew up at a cool. deep well in the
grounds of the home of Arthur F.
Burgess. In the window of that fine
house was q service flag with two
stars. Mr.. Burgess Is now employed
at Camp Humphreys. which occupies
part of the ancient Fairfax tract of
Belvoir between Mount Vernon and
Gunston Hall. Getting back into the
main road and taking the right direc-
tion and passing the green farms of
A. H. Goode. c. C. Jenkins. s. Cole
man. F. o. Hicks and B. Oliver. the
Rambler came to a road junction.
where stands Arnon Chapel. a neat.
plain frame structure. over the front
of which is the legend, in big black
letters: "Arnon Chapel NJ E. Church
South, 1890" South of the chapel and
on the opposite side Of the road lead
ing to the pike at Forestville is Ar
non cemetery. where the epitaphs of
hundreds of the people of the Great
Falls region are carved in stone.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
A Real Compliment.

Nd lilly SUNDAY has had many COM
u pliments. but the one he prizes
most dearly came to him. oddly
enough. from a criminals lips.
It was in Philadelphia. Sunday had
visited Moyamensing prison. There
he had TALKED with a housebreaker SO
convincingly that the man had prom
Used to lead. on his discharge. a Chris
tian life.
This housebreaker. discussing SUM-
day with a guardian afterward, said:
&. He come in here, Sunday did. and
he fairly turned me inside out-made
me sick O. meself. that's what he
done. Oh. he's a winner. I think he's
one of us-one o. the gang-reformed.
you know"
Evening star., 1918-05-26

ROUGH road, plainly showing
M the wear and tear of time.
N\ leads down hill between
q q high banks, and back from
the banks stretch tangled woods.
Then the road crosses a stream which
hurries along in an impetuous way.
The road crosses the stream oy a
bridge whose iron frame and timber
floor rattle and creak as wagon or
an auto passes. but this is habit
many bridges have ana Is not to be
mistaken as sign of weakness. From
the west side of the creek the old road
crawls to highland, turning first this
way and then the other to make its
ascent wiz. greater ease, and at
points along its upward course 1t re-
veals fine vistas of the creek and the
valley down which it flows from the
north The road is the Georgetown
and Leesburg turnpike and the creek
is Difficult run.
After crossing the stream and
climbing the hill the old road reaches
a station on the Great Falls electric
line named Elkins. passes the tracks
and leads on to the west. From Ell
but one of those smooth .and even
ways over which automobiles delight
to rush. For a short distance the
road is lined on each side by woods.
ers the ridge and the hills that rise
above the Potomac in the region of
Great Falls. Into this forest a mar
row clay road, deep in mud when 1t
rains and full of clods or dust when 1t
does not. strikes of to the north. 1t Is
nf he xrop roads (rrPaf Falls
and at the point of departure of this
road from the pike is a group of rural
letter boxes on which one may read
these neighborhood names: ]. AlFDickey,
NJ R. Brooks. E. W. Fugitt and Mrs.
Carl Blaubock.
1t was a morning of glittering sun
shine when the Rambler walked that
way. and the fresh green of the woods
was dappled with the white of dog
wood flowers and the purple pealike
blossoms OF the redbud. which some
men who affect wisdom call "cices
canadensis." and which some plain
men call the Judas tree" In the
roadside trees and shrubbery were
dusky plumage. Some birds are no.
toriously fond Of dressing in loud col
ors. while others dress quite plainly.
and ornithologists have observed that
many of the most useful and talented
birds do not go in for gaudy fashions.
But all the birds were in high spir-
its and good voice. and they chirped
and trilled the news that the bird
world was prosperous and happy.
Some of those that showed themselves
along this stretch Of road were a
scarlet tanager and his lady, of green
fish yellow: goldf1nches. which are
thistle birds to some folk and wild
canaries to others; redstarts. cardi-
mails and f1ickers, while a gray king
bird surveyed the world from his
lookout perch on a telephone wire.
and a red-headed woodpecker. for
some mad reason which only he might
explain, was industriously drilling a
hole in a telephone pole. AS the
road passed out of the woods and
came to where farms dominated the
landscape and farmhouses dotted the
Evening star., 1918-05-26

oseShaoHkSs o1uCIAco dHu HuASo wiz
cared for the men when they came
into hospital. And among those sur
geons who believed it to be due to
some parasite. they Immediately tried
to connect it with lice. because they
knew that typhus is conveyed through
lice.
Nobody died of the disease. so that
there was no idea of its pathology.
Young men ran several relapses. then
recovered. Older men, above thirty
sfsting In q long-continued disability
due to curious attacks. about every
seven days, of this intense pain.
tinglinE in the hands and feet: and re-
between exacerbations of fever, the
temperature ran subnormal and the
pulse dropped from the normal 70s
to the Sos and even below SO: and an
patient when he was running sub.
normal temperature would only shoot
his temperature UP to normal and his
pulse to normal, and he would have
the same, sensations as of a rapid
fever and very frequent pulse. and
yet even when acutely suffering from
an attack. to look at him and take his
temperature. pulse and respiration. 1t
would be considered normal.
"It fs a characteristic not noticed in
any other fever. I found about 200
well kept charts; and I just fed on
them for about three hours. (Some
OF the Americans in those British base
hospitals had kept beautiful charts.
You know that we took over q num-
Der of such hospitals) AS soon as
the Americans arrived the men got
interested and imagined q new dis
ease. They tried to transmit 1t to
laboratory animals. but no ordinary
small animal would take 1t. neither
rabbits. guinea pigs. mice nor rats.
Cats and dogs do not take the dis
ease, neither do goats nor sheep. It
was even tried on monkeys; and I
paid taxi bill to take up little
party quickly"
Evening star., 1918-05-26
He smiled benignantly.

He smiled benignantly
Money well spent. although the
monks did not take the disease. It
ruled them out. Then it became ap-
parent that. to study the rnalady,
human beings would have to volvn.
Evening star., 1918-05-26

Bohemia Is q moro disturbing fac
4 Absk1isas-o other Agricultural rro-
Evening star., 1918-05-26

a ROUGH road. plainly showing
M the wear and tear of time,
N\ leads down hill between
q q high banks, and back from
Evening star., 1918-05-26

age" Another PROSTATE tombstone
from which the Rambler scraped
away the earth and flowers was in
scribed: In Memory of William Gun
nell. who was born the 18th of July,
1875. and expired the 29th OF Sep
tember. 1884. in the 49th year OF his
age"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-09
WITH CHINESE LAsoRERs.
Rev. James H. George Having Inter estino Experiences Near Fighting Lines,

F Rev. James II. George, a former rec tor of St. Alban's church, has written from lover there. of his assignment to a special place with the big contingent of Chinese laborers who are doing construction and other ardueus work
 back of tke fighting lines.
 These coolies are under the juris-
 diction of the British forces in France
 and this fact makes it necessary for
 Rev Mr. George to give up his Ameri-
 can army uniform for a uniform of the
 British service. He went to Europe
 few months ago from Columbia, Mo
 to do Y M. c. A. work.
 Rev. MT. George is particularly well fitted for the special duties he is to perform in connection with his new as- signmEnt. He will be engaged in maintaining the morale of the laborers who have come from distant China to aid the allied cause.
 Writing of the assignment to form CT parishioners in Danie1son Rev Mir George tells entertainly Of the expert enceS he is having. In one letter he wrote: "I often wondered why the good Lord sent me to China to do mis- sionary work at the beginning of my career. but I find now that the ex- perience 1. gained during my years in China fitted me for the special work that l. am doing here"
 Rev: Mir. George was-in China for
 several years and during his stay in the east learned to speak a number of Chinese dialects knowledge that is
 now proving invaluable to him,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-09
SOUTH COVENTRY
Spring Term of School Opens-iiIus-
 trated Lecture at Library.

Frank Moore returned Wednesday to Wethersfeld after spending a few days with relatives here.
 School began Monday after a week vacation.
 Benjamin Green is in the Hartford hospital for treatment.
 Miss Alice Coombs injured her foot Saturday.
 Private Jerry Youngs of Camp Dev- ers was visiting at Miss Florence Harmond's over Saturday night, going back Sunday.
 John Lehman and family have mov- ed from School street to Wall street.
 Monday evening there was a public stereopticon lecture at the assembly hall of the Booth Dimock library. The subject was Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia Mrs. Bella Hol- comb Johnson visitor and inspector cf libraries for the Connecticut Pub lie Library committee was the speak, CT The lecture was given under, the auspices of the state board of edu- cation.
 Henry Sweetman and son, Richard of Shelton visited relatives over the week end Miss Mildred Chandler of Stafford vile is visiting her grandparents. MT. and Mrs. William Taylor and other relatives.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-09
CROSSING PROTECTION ASKED.
Petition to New Haven Road For Night Operation of Gates at DayviIIe.

Close after the fatal accident Sat urday night, when John Weary was. killed bN;sthe boat train at DavvfiiS. 8 petition has been placed in 'cirer- lation which is addressed to the New York, New Haven and Hartford RaN1 road company and which requests that. corporation to make arrangements sor' the protec4ion of the Dayvil1e crneg : ing during the night season Ey oper- ating the gates as they are operated in the day time. The needs of op eratfng the gates at night is described az irnpera tive Numbers of sigma = lures. were received in Dayville and al- so in Danielson, many automobile owners being included in the list.
 Following the series of frightful ac- cidents that has occurred at the two crossings in Dayville, crossing the tracks there has become a horror to many people, especially to persons driving cars.
 The danger of being hit by speeding
 trains at the Main street crossing, which is of the kind generally de-
 scribed as blind, is so great that au-
 tomobi1ists, especially; shun it as they
 would death itself, for it is verita-
 ble death trap. Tax Collector George Williams, Dayvilie, who On Monday
 was circulating the petition here and who spoke of the accidents that have occurred at the DayviHe crossings, said
 that many more accidents have been prevented through the vigilance of Dayville people who watch the cross- ing now almost through force of hab- it and yell out warnings to unsuspect- ing pedestrians and auto drivers who are headed for disaster : Dayville is aroused over the string of fatal accidents that has shocked the village during the past three years and wants the crossings protected dur ing the night season.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-09

Subscriptions are being received, how ever, and the applications will be filled out later, a.
 The towns Of Putnam in this loan has been anporti6ned $19S,50Q. This is regarded as exceedingly. heavy com pared to what-is being asked of some of the other towns in Windham coun- ty, but Putnamswill nH. ,falter atethe task f. is facing, and going over the top under such a handicap will make the victory. all the greater. X Putnam must and will have its p}aee on the country's honor, roll.s$ <
 Plans areT being perfected to boost subscriptions in { this city and an ,ef- fort will bezmade to iEtefesf as .'many persons as fposs sfbie to become sub U. o. BelleroSe of ATaftvilleg will speak at St. Mary's; church in, the interest of the. loanandsit is. felt that his coming here will result in. materially boosting the amount of subscriptions among the members of St MarS3s parish.
 This time each town irl the Putnam district will stand orls it's, own legs as regards getting subscriptions and each will get credit fer the amount for which it's inhabitants stif,scribe. The effort noWaaiss tp. .haYeseYefyone of the 15 tonws# Iii ssS fndhafm county an honor town, privileged ssoithe flag that will indicaAe. to all fwhd bass within the bcundariesa of ;eaciI town that it's citizens sars. .iH 1the$ forefront of the ranks fsthbse yMi1o.a at; home, are do- ing mudAssto back itilE hays in the trenchess4, 'f <. $ 7, gs #. .,s: '
 RugIer easneis Picture Shown.
 In the window at Bart's store there is displayed a rpapetama. picture of the 227th Battalion of the Canadian forces, now in France, and in the group is a Putnam boy, Charles GaSne, who is shown as member of the band.
 Bugler Gagne, who is 35 years of age, is.:a. FQlunteer. He enlisted in the day. that Sthe United Statess declared war ,song Germany; ana completed his training at Hamilton. Ont; s.
 He has. ~heen in France for. some time now and at times his: duties bandsmen ata times acting as stretch CT bearers have; brought him into the front line trenches. He was one of the first Putnam boys te getrinto ser vice. abroad and is proud of the dis tinctioTi: Letters come regularly from his to his brothers here, and he writ es tiaat'he likes the service and. is well
 Sells Over $6,oOo Worth of War Stamp. | Letter Carrier George Clark is stn
 hanging up. records in the matter o1 selling war saving stamps and certifi cates. !, He already has placed more than $e,000 worth with the people ] along his route and will increase thi.
 very considerably, it is certain, dur l ing the Liberty loan drive.
 -eavlhg oday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-09
SIX MEN NEEDED.
Exemption Board Gets Orders to Send
 Four of Them April f5.

A telegram received here by the To- cal exemption board Monday afternoon, from the office of the adjutant general at atHartford directs that men be se- lected from the list of registrants to be sent to the Parker Memorial school at Boston. F'ou1. of these men are to leave Putnam next Monday, April 15, andftFe remaining two are to leave to attend the same school on May 1.
 The government wants these half dozen men for special training and the. opportunity that is to be given them for training is one that should hold trants for they will receive execution al opportunities to become skilled in occupations that will be of value to them long after the war is over q
 Young men are wanted to take spe- ciaS courses in automobile renairing. Electric welding. carpentry and sheet metal work. In civil life men in these trades command very good wages.
 The registrants who apply must have at least an eighth grade educa- tien and must be physically fit. Volun- teers for the appointments to the school at Boston must file their applications with the. To- cal board immediately, because Ol tFfe ldcl Illtt lCllr Ol the men are to be sent away to school next Monday. In case the board does not receive a | sufficient number of volunteers to fill the quota, a sufficient number of men
 will be taken from the lists and order
 ed to the school.
 The appointments are open to regis | trants of the district, which is faade up of the towns of Putnam. Killingly 1 Woodstock, Thompson, Eastford and Ashford. The opportunity offered should be | a particularly attractive one for the young men who volunteer will escape
 much. of the drudgery that goes with
 the hard training in the encampments
 and, indeed will be quartered in3the l city of Boston. where they will have
 an opportunity, for several months, te l attend one of the finest Yocationa l schools in the country.
 i volunteer for this service neet
 not necessarily have had any train l ing in the trades mentioned but it i. l desirable that he should have an apti- 1 tLde for some one of. them.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-09

erty Loan committee of New England, was :n. Danielson Monday in confer ence with Chairman Charles A. Till inghast of the Danielson district or ssflizat;ono, bankers and others who are interested in making a success of sthe loan
 MT Ti1linghast was encouraged over til manner in which bonds are be- ing subscribed for here, but hundreds who can subscribe for bonds have not done so.. The desire is for everyone ste show real interest in the govern ynent's effort to heat Germany to her knees and to back up this interest with money. Feeling agreeable. to this plan is not all that is required of those who would have us win the war. Money talks now, and 1t Is wanted to back up the sentiment of good will.
 k~8iinyfv car raise it's quota promptly f # nr;Ii This tcX7a cannot afford to look cheap beside the towns and cities that are .apidlY raising their quotas and aFe winning the u1,ch coveted homer flags %sIIinglr wants one of those flags as much as does New York or Baltimore CT Boston and it- can get
 oue Of the purse strings are loosen cd and some Of tira reserve of cash
 leareG--not given---to Uncle Sam c'1sutauqua Session in July
 Clifford. II. Starkweather. secretary oe the nanselson Chautauqua, said on Monday that this years Chautauqua dates have been fixed for July 16-21. a five days session This will be Chautauqua's second year in this town.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-09
BOROUGH MEETING
Frederick E. Cunneen Reelected Warden-No Opposition to Remain der of Ticket.

 Frederick B. Cunneen was re-elect- ed warden of Danielson and all other candidates on the borough ticket went shta office without opposition in Mon days. annual borough meeting. This year the tax rate will be six mills plus half a mill tax which will go to- ward meeting the cost of a new motor fire truck for which the meeting by unanimous vote appropriated s10.575. The regular tax is half a mill less than last year, the reduction being made possible by the fact that no sewers are to be built this year. The taxes will be collectable on the first Monday of September. The meeting voted to purchase a Seagraves triple combination motor truck with pump which will deliver 75G gallons of wa ter a minute. The members of the fire committee of the board of burgesses and Chief Engineer A. P. Woodward were appointed a committee on the truck which will be delivered probably fn six monthz
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-09
UNCASVMLE
Guests at oakdaie Surprise Party Serious Woodland Fire Near Big Cochegan Boulder.


 Albert Mathers has moved from one of c. W. Darts tenements to Mood us.
 Mrs. Herbert G. Dart and children are spending the week with friends in Naugatuck. Mrs. Annie Hooper who has been spending several weeks as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Henry Dart, re- Mass, Monday
 dies Aid society of the Methodist church Thursday.
 Guests at Party.
 Miss Teresa Hickey, Miss Alden Lusigman Miss Florence Chapel, Miss Elsie LaBounty of Pequot and Pal mertown, were in Oakdale one night recently attending a surprise party at the home of Joe Hookalosh.
 The Good Cheer Sunshine society was entertained Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank Mouseley at the recent whist given by the so- cetv at the home of Mir. and Mrs Frederick F. Comstock. Mrs. Nathan WhJdworth was awarded the prize The consolation award went to Fred ericlI Perkins.
 Mir. and Mrs. George W. Dart spent Sunday with their son, Edward s. Dart in West Haven
 Fire Near Big Rock.
 A fire on the farm on which the famous Cochegan Rock is located did considerable damage. Ore of the la. borers on this farm started to burr over some. of the moving land and be- fore he knew it the blaze had TUT through the wall and caught in the woods. The smoke was seen by meI who had been fishing nearby and were passing. After several hours worf it was found that help must be called Fire Warden Willis Sawyer was noti fed and with a gang of men worke, several hours before the fire was un. der control. Tine owner of the farm was in New York
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-09
A Talk 10 Mothers About
 Group and Gold Troubles
The NeW Treatment With Fresh Air and Anti- septic VapoFs, that Makes Internal Dosing" Flannel Jackets, etc., Unnecessary.

or catarrh, down to sore throat, bron. chitis or deep chest colds.
 Just apply VapoRub we'll over the throat and chest, covering with a warm flannel cloth. Leave the cover ing loose around the neck so the vapors, released by the body heat, may be freely inhaled. The next morning the head is clear, rhlegm loosened and soreness gone. One rubbing with vapoRub usually re- lieves croup in 15 minutes and an application at bedtime prevents g night attack.
 Colds are easiest to stop ar the b. ginning. Nip them in the bud" by keeping plenty of fresh air in the bed room and applying VapoRub freely at the first sign of trouble. Your druggist will sell you a 25c jar with the privilege of months trial RHE-26c- 50c- sf.O0