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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13

was detailed as brigade X sniper, he celebrated his appointment by: blow. ing the whole platoon to flags. g
 Being as.Yank, Old Scotty took a. liking to me and used to spin me some great yarns about the plains, and the whole platoon would drink these in and ask for more Ananias was a rookie compared with him.
 The -plainsman and discipline could not agree. but the officers all liked him, even if he was hard to manage so when he was detailed as a sniper, sigh of relief went up from the officers mess.
 Old Scotty had the freedom of the brigade He used to draw. two or three days rations and disappear with his glass, range finder, and rifle, and we would see or hear no more of him until suddenly he would reappear with couple of notches added to those al- ready on the butt of his rife. Every time he got a German it meant anoth CT notch. He was proud of these notches.
 But after a few months Father Rheumatism got him and he was sent to Eighty; the air in the wake of his stretcher was blue with curses. Old Scotty surely could swear; some of his outbursts actually burned you. No doubt, at this. writing he k
 somewhere in Blighty," pussy foot | ing it on a brigade or along the wal | of some munition plant with the "G R." or Home Defense Corps.
 (To Be Continued .Tomorrow)
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13

greased pans and allow to rise again until light touch with the finger makes a slight dent A hard, dry crust should not be allowed to form over the top of the loaf while it is rising. This may be prevented by running the sur face with a little melted fat
 Bake for 45 minutes to one hour in moderate oven (395 degrees to 400 degrees farenheit.l If a pan of wa ter is placed in the bottom of the oven to keep the air moist. In that case the bread need be baked only 30 to 35 minutes.
 This makes a leaf weighing about one pound
 Variations. In combination with wheat flour, oatmeal makes an excel lent bread. It should be added with the salt, fat and liquid If desired, molasses may be used for sweetening. The doubt should be stiffer than when all white flour is used or the baked loaf will be very moist end of a coarse texture.
 When corn meal is used, pour the li- quid over the salt, sugar, fat and corn meal. Heat the mixture gradually to near the boiling point. Cook for 20 minutes. Ct can best be done in a double boiler). Then allow the meal to cook to lukewarm and proceed as in standard recipe.
 Barley flour can be used success fully in combination. ike rye flour ii does not contain the gluten of wheat and therefore does not make as light bread
 l. Until the housewife becomes accus- toned to using the cereals as a sub- stitute, it is sometimes advisable tc use at first the proportion of two and three quarters cups wheat four to one fourth cup substitute, gradually in- creasing the amount of substitute. un- til eventually she is able to make very satisfactory bread, using two cups of wheat flour to one cup substitute.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
LAUREL GLEN
Man Named Dorr Found With Hands and Feet Frozen-New Machinery for Line and Twine Mill.

George Edwards of Ashaway was a visitor at the home of his sister, Mrs. Maria Partlow, last "Wednesday.
 Marian Burtch is spending the week with her aunt, Mrs. Lucy Gayitt, at Wequetequock.
 Hands and Feet Frozen.
 MT. Dow, who lives alone, west of this place, was found by one of his neighbors in a serious condition one day last week, having frozen both hands and feet.s A physician was call ed and it was thought he could have the hands and probably one foot. He is being cared for by Ed Wallace at the home of Mrs. Nye, where he was taken.
 Victor Rusich is cutting cordwood on his Woodlot for MT McCullock.
 MT. Powell, at the Laurel Glen Line and Irvine O., has just received more machinery.
 Walter and Alice Maine attended the grange meeting at North Stoning- ton Friday evening. William l.. Main was the fortunate one to kill the fox last week
 Several from this place attended a supper for the benefit of the Red Crosa held in the old Quaker meeting house near Hopkinton City, R. l., Saturday evening. ?
 Mrs. Leroy Parks, who has been i'll, is somewhat improved,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
REF1LLING or siLos WILL SAVE WASTE.

A - and other feed must be converted into beef and porn. or milk and cream. to meet the demand for meat and dairy products.
 ;Graan prices are high. and the waste that can be utilized in making silage on the average farm will pay for the cost Of a silo in one year. Not only will a large quantity of the soft corn be lost. but much of the corn fodder and other roughage will be wasted un- less converted into silage.
 What to, Do in February This is a month made up of all sorts of weather, very little of which is pleasant, but the poultrynan is en- couraged by the thought that the end of the cold season is near at hand. Even the hens recognize that fact. and are doing noble work in smelling out'' eggs. Every hen. in the flock is en- deavoring to do her bit this month, and a few of those that have 'been hardest at work during the past month are now showing unmistakable signs of broodiness.
 | It will not. be profitable to set hens I in February, unless a sufficiently warm ! place can be provided for them to in-
 cubate in, and an equally comfortable place to raise the young.
 This issa good month to dispose of capons S2
 The laying season with. the heavier
 ducks such as Pekin, Aylesbury and | Rouen, begins the latter part of this month. Early matched ducklings
 however, began laying month or SC | ago.
 A good price is generally paid fol l broi1ers and soft roasters this month During the bad weather of February
 the fowls are better indoors than out
 provided they have plenty of room and are made to scratch among. straw
 hay, or some other light litter for theil grain.-Farm Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
AN EASY WAY TO
 BAN|SH PIMPLES

If you are troubled with pimples, blackheads. acne, barber's itch, blotch- es, freckles or other skin disease or blemish, now is the time to get rid of it with Hokara. -'
 This pure. and simple skin healer is being introduced in Norwich by Lee & Osgood Co. at the low price of 35c for liberal sized jar, and they have sold hundreds of treatments.
 It contains no grease or acids is cleanly to use. and is true nourish- ment for the skin, cleaning and clear ing it in every pore, making it soft, , white and beautiful
 If Hokara does not do even more than is claimed for it and give perfect . satisfaction, return the empty jar to |. Lee & Osgood Co. and they will re- fund your money. If you have any : skin trouble, you cannot spend 35c to better advantage than for jar of this skin food
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
By F. c. Holden.


 Thousands of acres of corn, left standing in the shock or cribbed, will be of ;practically no use for. feeding live stock unless made into sfiage. Never before has there been so much danger of great losses from spelling as there is this year. - sss-A
 F September fros.s killed the leaves rand started the corn to rotting. Oc- tober freezes prevented it from dry ing out, and warm, rnuggy weather in November completed the damage. A s a result, much, corn rotted in the field, in the shock and in the crib. Putting it in the silo stops the rotting; does away with mold. ~.
 Recent experiments have shown that corn, which had mclded in the field or in the shock, made good feed when | placed in the silo. A4 4;AAj
 Farmers all over the country are l finding out that they can fill and refill | their silos several times during the winter This, in effect, multiplies the number or capacity of, the silos on the l farm and enables the farmer to feed a larger number of cattle or hogs than he otherwise would be able to do, and l 10 dse Up ali his soft corn and rough l age that otherwise would be wasted. i In refil1ing the silo- care must be i taken to tramp and pack the silage down thoroughly Run water in con | stantly during Athe filling process. and when the silo is, filled. run water on l top of the silage for an, hour or two I every day for two or three days. This will keep the, top of the pack from 1 overheating and burning. ,1 :, There should be a silo by. every barr 1 and every silo should be worked to its fullest capacity this year. It is pa ltriotic. profitable, good business.
 No farmer who raises live stock car afford to be without a siio. This is I particularly true at the present time when every available pound of corr
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
SEED CORN
Tests to Be Made of the Product of Holland County Farms.

7 The seed corn shortage has become So acute that every effort is being made to find all the available sources of supply, and the Holland county farm bureau has already started out, to see what can be found in this county. The county agent believes ,that several thousand bushels can be located in, the various towns and he has already offers of $4 per. busheI for all corn that will germinate S5 per cent. or over. ..s,
 The plan as it is being carried out is for the county agent or his assist ant to go to the various farms where corn has been grown. and to get a half pint sample, taken from one hun cred ears, which have seen selected from the corn crib. This sample is then sent to New Haven and the ger imitation test carried out. This test is necessary even though the corn was in the germination contest of the corn show in December, because of the ex- treme cold weather which has resulted since then. and which may have spoil ed the germ in the corn which was not entirely mature.
 Aftes this preliminary work has been done by the farm bureau, the farmers will be notified of the results of the examination test and all who
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
BUILDING UP AN EGG FLOCK
How One Enthusiast Does 1t an, Makes It Pay.

Seven years ago I started with four, single comb White Leghorn bullets and a cockereL At different times since then I have sent to reliable breeders for stock and eggs, getting more interested all the time. Finally decided to trap p-nest, which to my mind is the only way I trapnested a pen of forty. and all but four of them went over 150 eggs each, eighteen reached the 200 mark, one laid 269 another 246. I shall not keep any for breeding that do not lay at least 200 eggs.
 My stock is kept in a house 10xt2 feet, made of clapboard siding, paint ed white. The inside of the house is covered with paper and sheathed with matched pine. In one end is a win dow 2x3 feet and there are two open lngs in front 3x4 feet, covered with wire mesh and cloth curtains. the lat
 ter to be let down at night or on stormy days. It has double doors, a floor which is double, with paper be- tween and this makes a very warm house. My birds never freeze their combs, although the temperature falls as low as 20 degrees below at times. use shavings and straw for litter, Wnlcn IS cleaned out as soon as it gets dirty The dropping boards are clean ed every morning. I have found tha.
 cleanliness pays.
 I scatter cracked corn, wheat, oats, | or good commercial scratch feed in the litter at night. enough for their | supper and breakfast, so that as soon as the birds are off the roost in the
 morning they have something to keep 1, them busy. About S.30 o'clock they
 are fed sprouted oats. all that they will clean up in about ten minutes; at 11.3O wet mash, consisting. of
 meal. wheat bran, beef scrap and a 1 little charcoal and salt. I keep dry
 mash, oXster-she beef scrap and grit before them all the time.
 | The drinking fountains are washed
 every day and the water changed twice
 a day.
 l V. V. Hartford in Farm Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13

How he passed the doctor was a mys- tery to us he must have bluffed his way through because he certainly was independent. Beside him the Fourth of July looked like Good Fri day. He wore at thes time large sombrero, had Mexican stock saddle over his shoulder, a lariat on his arm, and forty five hanging from his hip. Dumping this paraphe1naliai on the floor he went up to the recruiting officer and shouted: "I'rf from Amer ,ica, west of the Rockies, and want to join your damned army I've got no use for a German and can shoot some. At Scotland Yard they, turned me down; said I was deaf and so I am. Fl don't hanker to ship in with a damned mud -crunching outfit, but the cavafry's full, so I guess this regi : ment's better than none. so trot out your papers and I'll sign 'em' He told them he was forty and slipped by. I was on recruiting service at the time he applied for enlistment.
 It was Old Scotty's great ambition to. be a sniper or body snatcher' as MT. Atkins calls it. The. day that ht
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
CHATTER xvLcontinned.

When we arrived at the gun pits, She battery commander, the sergeant major and Cassell were waiting for ua We fell in line and the funeral march to Brigade Headquarters started.
 Arriving at Headquarters the bat tery commander was the first to be in terviewed. This was behind closed doors. From the roaring and explos- ions of Old Pepper it sounded as if raw meat was being thrown to the lions. Cassell, later, described it as sounding like a bombing raid. In about two minutes the officer reap peared. The sweat was pouring from his forehead, and his face was the color of a beet. He was speeches.. As he passed the captain he jerked his thumb in the direction of the lion s den and went out. Then the captain went in, and the lions were once again fed. The captain stayed about twenty minutes and came out l couldn't see his face, but the droop in his shoulders was enough. He looked like a wet hen.
 'sThe door of the Generals room opened, and Old Pepper stood in the doorway. With roar he shouted:
 (Which one of you Is Cassell? Damn me, get your heels together when speak! Come in here!'
 "Cassell started to say, Yes. sir
 'tBut Old Pepper roared, Shut up!'
 "Cassell came out in five minutes. He said nothing. but as he passed me, he put his tongue into his cheek and winked, then turning to the closed door, he stuck his thumb to his nose and left. ..
 Then the sergeant-majors turn came. He didn't come out eur~way. Judging by the roaring, Old Pepper must have eaten him.
 When the door opened and the General beckoned to me, my knees started to play, Home, Sweetl Home againt each other.
 My interview was very short.
 "Old Pepper glared at me when entered, and then let loose.
 'Of course you don't know. anything about it. You're just like the rest Ought to have a nursing bottle around your neck, and nipple in your teeth Soldiers. by gad, you turn my stom- ach to look at you. Win this war when England sends out such samples as I have in my brigade! Not likely! Now. sir, tell me what you don't. know about this affair. Speak up, out with it. Don't be gaping at me like 8 fish Spit it out
 T stammered, Sir, I know abso- lutely nothing .
 "'That's easy to sec he roared that stupid face tells me that. Shut
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
OVER THE T0P sy ARTUR (: EMPTY q
Copyright by ARTHUR GUY EMPEY

Copyright by ARTHUR GUY EMPEY up. Get out; but I think you are a damned liar just the same. Back to your battery
 q saluted and made my exit.
 That night the captain sent for us. With fear and trembling we went to his dugout. He was alone. After sa- luting, we stood at attention in front of him and waited. His say was short
 "Don't you two ever get it into your heads that Morse is a dead lan-1 guage. I've known it for years. The two of you had better get rid of that nervous habit of tapping transmitters; it's dangerous. That's all.' fs
 We saluted, and were just going. out of the door of the dugout when the captain called us back, and said: 1"' Smoke GoldfiakeS?i Yes? Well there are two, tins of them on my table Go back to the battery, and keep your tongues between your teeth. Understand? We understood. For five weeks afterward our bat tery did nothing but extra fatigueS. We were satisfied and so were. the men. It was worth it to put one over on Old Pepper. to say nothing of the injury caused to Fritz's feelings" When Wilson had finished his story I looked up, and the dugout was jamnned.' An artillery captain and two officers had also entered and stayed | for the finish. Wilson spat out an enormous quid of tobacco, looked up saw the captain, and got as red as a carnation. The captain smiled and left. Wilson whispered to me: "Blime me, Tank, I see where 2
 click for crucifixion. That captain | is. the same one that chucked us the
 Goldffakes in his dugout and here I
 have been 'chucking me weight 1 about his hearing"
 Wilson never clicked, his crucifxion, | Quite contrast to Wilson was
 another character in our brigade
 named Scott, we called him "Old
 Scotty" on account of his age. He was
 fifty-seven, although looking forty.
 ''Old Scotty" had been born in the
 Northwest and had served with the Northwest Mounted Police. He was a
 typical COW ow-ptncher and Indian fight
 CT and was dead shot with the rife
 and took no pains to disguise this fact l from us. He used to take care of his rifle as if it were a baby. In his 1 spare moments you could always see him cleaning it or polishing the stock 1 Woe betide the man, who by mistake
 happened to get hold of this rife; he soon found out his error. Scott was
 as deaf as a mule, and it was anus 1 ing at parade to watch him in the I manual of arms, shyly g1ancing out .ot
 the corner of his eye at the man next
 to him to see what the order was
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
'ToMMYs DICTIONARY OF THE TRENCHES"

Periscope. A thing in the trenches
 which you look through. After
 looking through it, you look over
 the top to really see something. Physical Torture" The nickname
 for physical training. It is torture, especially to a recruit.
 Pick. A, tool shaped like an anchor
 which is being constantly handed
 to Tommy with the terse command,
 Get busy"
 Pioneer. A soldier detailed in each
 company to keep the space around
 the billets clean. He sleeps all day
 and only gets busy when an officer comes around. He also sleeps at
 night.
 "Pip Squeak" Tommy's term for a
 small German shell which makes a
 pip and then a squeak when it
 comes over. B. Poilu. French term for their private
 soldier. Tommy would use it and
 sometimes does but each time he
 pronounces it differently, so no one
 knows what he is talking about. Pontoon. A card game, in America
 known as "Black Jack or Twenty
 one" The banker is the only win | ner. ..t- Provost Sergeant. A sergeant detail-
 ed to oversee prisoners, their work
 etc. Each prisoner solemnly swears that when he gets out ot "clink" he is going to shoot this sergeant and when he does get out he buys him drink.
 Pull Through. A stout cord with a weight on one end and a loop or the other for an oily rag, The weighted end is dropped through the bore of the, rife and the rag on the
 other end is pulled through. Pump. A useless contrivance fol ! emptying the j trenches of water Useless because the trenches refuse | to be emptied.
 Pushing Up the Daisies" Tommy's l term for soldier who has beer killed and buried in France. l"Queer.r 4TommNs term for beins r sick. The doctor immediately in forms him that there is nothing queer about him, and Tommy does not know whether to feel insulteG or complimented.
 Quid. Tommy's term for a pound o1 twenty shillings (about S4S0). H, is not on very good terms with thi. amount, as you never see the twt l together.
 c. M. Sergeant. Quartermaster-Ser l geant, or Quarter" as he is called A non-commissioned officer in
 company who wears three stripe and a crown and takes charge 0
 the company stores, with the em phasis on the takes In civil If he was politician or burglar.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
FOOD SOURING IN
 STOMACH CAUSES
 INDIGESTION, GAS
"PAPE's DlAPEPSiN" RELIEVES
 STOMACH DISTRESS IN FIVE MINUTES.

Wonder what upset your stomach which portion of the food did the dam age-do you? We'll, don't bother. If your stomach is in revolt; if sick gassy and upset, and what you just ate has fermented and turned sour; head dizzy and aches; belch gases and acids and eructate undigested- food; breath foul, tongue coated-just take a little Pape's Diapepsia to help neu- tra.lize acidity and in five minutes you wonder what became of the indigestion and distress.
 Millions of men and women today know that it is needless to have dys- pepsia. A little Diapepsin occasional ly keeps the stomach sweetened and they eat their fayorite foods without fear.
 If your stomach doesn't take care of your liberal limit without rebellion; if your food is damage instead of a help, remember the quickest, surest, most harmless relief is Pape's Dia- pepsin, which costs only fifty cents for large case at drug stores. It's truly wonderful-it stops fermentation and acadity and sets things straight, so gently and easily that it-is really as tonisf1ing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
THEY GAVE
 HER V|N0L l. AFTER SICKNESS
It Completely Restored Her
 Strength

Brooklyn, N Y.-"Pneumonia left me weak and tired, with pains under my shoulder blades, a bad cough and no appetite. Five bottles of Vinol restored my strength and health gained in weight and my cough dis. appeared. d."-Mrs. B. Richter, 132 Men. han St., Brooklyn, \. Y. ss ! This is because Ninol is a consai. tutional cod liver and iron remed, which creates an appetite, aids diges- stion, enriches the blood. and in thi. natural manner restores health and strength. Formula on every bottle. Show it to your doctor. He knows.
 Broadway Pharmacy, G. q. Engler, Proprietor. Norwich. Vinol is sold in Willlmantic by the Wilson Drug Co, in Danielson hy the A. W. Williams Pharmacy, and in Putnam by J. F. Donahue, and at the best drug store in every town and city in the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
GREEN SOY BEAN SEED.
Amherst Experiment Station Hat
 Limited Supply for Farmers.

Seven dollars per bushel is the price that you will have to. pay for medium green soy beans
 The experiment station at Amherst has a1imited supply of this seed which they are willing to allow the farmers to buy and try out on their farms.
 This variety has matured at the ex- pertinent station practically every year. If it does not mature, it: can be utilized for silage purposes. It has yielded from p to 40 bushels per acre of seed and from five@to seven tons per acre for silage purposes.
 Soy beans are a legume which when grown and combined with corn for silage purposes will increase the amount of protein in your feed con siderably. This will lessen the need of buying the high priced concentrates which are needed to supply the needed protein. Anyone interested in getting soy beans for stock for future use should notify the league adviser as soon as possible.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
ESCAPED JAIL SENTENCE ON PATRIOTIC GROUNDS
Auto Thieves Now Employed in Mu
 snitions Plant in New Haven.s

Winsted, Conn, Feb. 12.-Harry Hull and Harold o. Prentiss, - w]io pleaded guilty today in the superior court here to the theft of State Rep resentative Dudley L. Va,ilrs automo bile last November, escaped term of year each in jail on patriotic grounds Their counsel pleaded that they were engaged now in the Marlin Rockwell munitions plant in New Ha- ven, where their services were needed, and Judge Webb suspended sentence on good behavior.