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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16

FOR SALE-House and Lot on
Pike Street. rooms and bath. Good
cellar, cement walks, stone founda-
ton, newly painted and in A con-
dition and the price is right
9-4t ROY L. NESTOR.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16
WANTED!

Horses, Mares and Mules
For southern market. Blocky built,
sound in good order and broke. to
9 years old; weight $50 to 1850 lbs.
No light grays. Will pay highest
market price. Shetland ponies 40 to
4s inches high. There one day only,
rain or shine.
At Belington, W. Va.
On Wednesday October, 22nd 1919.
B. w. BUCK, Agent.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU

If anybody wants work address
The Progressive Employment Bureau
stating kind of work wanted with fee
of 25 cents for advertisement, or if
any employer wants laborers, address
the same bureau with same fee for
advertisement Ed.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16
Mrs. Reach Tells Row She Got to
Krow Rat-Snap."

Know Rat-Snap."
Have always feared rats. Lately
noticed many OF cur farm A niegh-
Dor said he just got rid of droves with
RAT SNAP. This started me think
ing. Tribe RAT-SNAP myself. It
killed II and sarced the rest away"
RAT-SNAP comes in tire sizes, Csc.
soc, $1.00 Sold and guaranteed by
GRANT GRAHAM,
GEO. B. SKIDMORE,
SCRIMGEOUR BROS.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16

Will sell my International Motor
Truck, Excellent running condition.
Write-C. B. Harvey, Philippi, r. A..
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16

Wanted country school near rail
way station. Good reference. No IL.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16

Wanted travelling position
road after October 18th, No. IS.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16

Miss Edna I.ovett who is attending
Wesleyan College was home over
Sunday.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16
NO MORE pNTQ

or mice, after you use RAT-SNAP.
It's sure rodent killer. Try Pkg.
and prove it. Rats killed with RAT
SNAP leave no smell. Cats or dogs
won't touch it. Guaranteed
25c. size q cake) enough for Pan
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
SOC. size e cakes) for Chicken
House, coops or small buildings.
s1.OO size 6 cakes) enough for all
farm and out-buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by
GRANT GRAHAM,
GEO. B. SKIDMORE
SCRIMGEOUR BROS.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16

Wanted a lady solicitor for tw
months. No. u.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16

FOR SALE-Twenty acres of good
land situated on the best farming
section of Florida.
Apply J. F. KELLEY,
Belington, w. Va.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-16
1T Must Have Been Dead at Least 6
Months But Didn't Smell"

"Saw a big rat in our cellar last
FALL" writes Mrs. Joanny, "and
bought 25c cake Of RAT SNAP,
broke it up into small bits. Last
week while moving we came across
the dead rat. Must have been dead
six months, didn't SMELL RAT-SNAP
is wonderful" Three sizes, Csc, Soc,
q no ColI al rr.rr, -, n toad h,r
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
PAT'ONl.C
CFoR YOUR AcID:SToMAcD
W. N. u, KANSAS CITY, NO. s5-1s1s.
QUEER OLD "MAGIC MIRROR"
One in British Museum Known to Have
Been Used by Aztecs and
Ancient Mexcans.

Crystal gazing and the use of magic
mirrors played an important part in
religion and wizardry in the past, and
though almost every nation had its
own method these did not vary as much
as 1t would be supposed.
Thus while Japan had In her inner
temples mirrors which only the priest
saw, and which were always 10 reflect
the good and the beautiful for the
gods, the ancient Mexicans taught
that their god Texcatlipuco had a
magic mirror In which he saw every
thing that happened each day in the
world.
real obsidlan mirror with its
strange textile string still attached Is
in the British museum now and was
used by the Aztecs and ancient Mexi-
cans for various purposes and very
probably for crystal gazing. 1t Is
much the same as the other crystals
used by so-called Wizards" so far as
its shape is concerned. Even in recent
years crystal gazing has been prac-
ticed, and 1t Is said by those who have
tried 1t that the mirror or crystal
seems to disappear into a mist after 1t
has been stared at In complete silence
for a great length Of time, and then
II ever--the visions appear.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
Useful Portable Saw.

The portable circular saw, attacha.
BILE to any lamp socket and capable Of
doing much of the handsaw's work, Is
not the least of recent labor-savlng de-
vices. Such tool, self-contalned,
weighs only - pounds, has three and
one-quarter inch blades, and consists
of a sliding cylindrical base carrying
the blade and one-quarter horse
power motor having speed of 10000
revolutions per minute. Special gauges
insure accurate cross-cut or rlp-saw
work. The tool is guided by an ordl-
nary saw handle, push button con-
trolls the operation, and suitable
guard gives ii safety.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
HAD the SPIRIT OF GERMANY
Old Man Green Might Have Been a
Model for Some Of the Hun
4a Y Statesmen.

A senator was discussing one Of
the German counterpropositlons.
I "The spirit of the thing" he said,
reminds me Of old man Green.
"Old man GREEN'S house was over
run with rats, and he hired rat
catcher for So to clean the rodents
out.
"The rat.cacher worked like a Tro-
jan. He killed q whole packing case
Of rats. Then he said to the old man !:
There you are, Mr.. Green. My
job Is done. You'll have no more trou-
BILE with rats, and you needn't bother
about these here dead ones, neither.
I'll cart 'em away myself
How much do owe you, frlendr
said old man Green.
Two simoleons, like what was
agreed on, boss
"Then the old man pointed at the
huge packing case and said In pro-
testing voice:
"'Don't I get nothing for all them
rats?'"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

by the demands of the war depart
II am sending you this list as re-
suit Of conference which I have
just held with the executive of the
American Association of State High
way officials, at which 1t was repre-
scented that the various states are very
anxious to secure additional equipment
of the kind indicated.
II am thoroughly In sympathy with
the efforts that are being made by the
war department to aid returning SOL
diers In securing employment, and I
am convinced that, IL the equipment
and supplies listed are made available,
1t will facilitate highway construction
and thereby stimulate the employment
Of labor"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
F1J[qg(
Rods
EQUIPMENT FOR ROAD WORK
Tractors, Rollers, Concrete Mixers and
Other implements 70 6e-Returned
From France.
prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of ARriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.)
At the request Of the department of
agriculture, the war department has
ordered to be returned from France as
soon as possible large quantity of
engineering equipment to be distrib-
uted by the department of agriculture,
through the bureau Of public roads, to
the states for use in the construction
and maintenance Of federal aid high
ways. The equipment will be distrib-
uted to the states without charge, in
accordance with recent legislation EN-.
towering the secretary of war to turn
over to the secretary Of agriculture
surplus military equipment not needed
for military purposes but valuable In
highway construction work. The
equipment will be apportioned on the
basis Of the allotments In the federal
aid road act, In the same way that
10000 army motortrucks are now be-
Ing distributed by the bureau of pub
lie roads at the request Of the state
highway department.
The equipment which the secretary
Of war has been requested to return
from France includes about 1900 cater
pillar tractors; about 400 road rollers,
steam and gas driven; and large
number of concrete mixers, road
graders, elevating graders, rock crush
ers, Industrial locomotives, industrial
railway track, dump cars, steam SHOW
els, hoisting engines, electric motors,
and quantities of smaller equipment.
In his letter requesting the return
Of this equipment the secretary Of
agriculture said:
1.-THE highway construction program
which the federal government and the
states propose to begin Immediately is
the largest public undertaking con-
templated In the near future. 1t Of
fers an immediate field for the en-
ployment of labor and the use Of ma
terials that will help to stabilize bust
ness along a number Of lines. The
work has been expanded so suddenly
that It has not been possible to make
adequate provision for furnishing the
necessary equipment. and previously
al! the available supply was absorbed
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
Revenge of a Reporter.

Doctor Gore, the retiring bishop Of
Oxford. has been one Of the numerous
British victims of the American re-
porter. During a visit to the Amerl-
can Episcopal church some years ago,
he was besieged in a "city" Of the
Wild West by horde of copy-hunting
pressmen, who demanded his views Of
various topical subjects, but he de-
clined to be drawn.
The next morning n purely fictitious
Interview appeared in local paper
giving ut great length startling opin-
ions he was alleged to hold on various
topics, including some highly spiced
personal criticisms on local politicians
opposed to the paper.
This work Of Imagination was H.
Illustrated by an enormous pair Of boots
tabled to belong to the bishop. Be
meath the boots was a libelous query {:
"Are these feet or yardsT"-London
Chronicle.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
Mr.. Louis Young, 205
Merrimac ST., Rochester, N.
Y, writes:
Death From Cats Bite.
Made Me a Well Man

A cat bit him and Levi Kurtz, a
Pennsylvania farmer, died. He found
u cnt chasing his chickens aud tried to
seize the animal, which buried Its
teeth in his hand. The cat would not
let go and neighbor chopped Its
head off. Hydrophobia developed some
weeks later and treatment at the Pas
teur institute, Pittsburgh, was unavail-
ing.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

No, Hazel, man isn't necessarily O
thief because he takes picture; he
may be photographer.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
GOOD ROADS HELP SCHOOLS
Before Improvement Average Attend
anee Was SO In Eight countles--
70 Afterwards.

A survey, made by the government
Of the effects Of good road building on
school attendance In eight counties
shows that before the roads were i'm
proved the average school attendance
was SO. with 70 after the roads were
improved.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
WlIIInu Enouuh,

"Subbubs. why don't you make
gardenT
I'm willing, If you'll tell me what
can grow with tin can substratum
and ashes for a top soil."-Louisvill
Courler-J Journal.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

1t was Mrs. Youngbride's first ex-
perience in marketing. "How do fish
Gomez" she asked the dealer.
an various sizes, ma'am."
"Then give me pair Of sevens.
That is the size of the gloves wear"
Boston Evening Transcript.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
choIIy's Type.

II can read Cholly like a book"
You're foolish to strain your eye!
over small type."-Cleveland Press
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

The Reason for "she."
She-"I never could see why they
call boat She" He-"Evidently
you never tried to steer one"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
COULD NOT SLEEP
Mr.. Schleusner in Misery From
Kidney Complaint. Doan's
Gave Complete Relief.

Heavy work brought on my kidney
complaint" says VIM. Echleusner, 8a0S
Suburban Ave, Wellston, Mo. "One
morning when shoeing d horse ] was
taken with q sudden pain in my back
and fell fat on the floor. If I had
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

The shortest horse gets the longes
odds.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

One seldom realizes that he Is wrong
until he Is found out.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

Most people are sorry only after 1t
Is too late.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
Concrete Pllinu Best.

An English inventors interlocking
concrete pilng is said to be stronger
than sheet piling mode of wood.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

A secret is something that woman
does not know.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

Weigh the man, not his title.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28
BEL-CHING
Caused by
Acid-Ston,actl

Lot EAToNIC, the wonderful modern
stomach remedy. give you quick relief
from disgusting belching, food. repeatinE.
indigestion, bloated, gassy stomach, dyspep-
sic. heartburn and other stomach miseries.
They are all caused by Acid-Stomach from
which about nine people out of ten suffer
in ono way or another. One writes as fol-
lows: Before used EATONIC. could not
eat q bite without belchng 1t right up. sour
and bitter. I have not had bit Of troubls
since the first tablet"
Millions are victims of Acid Stomach
without knowing It. They are weak and
ailing, have poor digestion, bodies improp-
erly nourished although they may eat heart
lily. Grave disorders are likely to follow IL
an acid-stomach 10 neglected. Cirrhosis Of
the liver. intestinal congestion, gastritis,
catarrh of the stomach-these are only Q
few Of the many ailments often caused BY
Acld-6tomach.
A sufferer from Catarrh OF the tomach
of IL year standing writes: IT had catarrh
Of the stomach for II long years and never
found anything to do mo any good-Just
temporary relief-until used BATONIC. It
Is q wonderful remedy and do OF want to
be without It."
II you are not feeling quit r.ght-lack
energy and enthusiasm and 1ou't know just
whore to locate tho trouble-try BATONlC
and see how much better 20 wi feel In
every way
At all drug stores-a biz x for SOC ana
your money back II 20 are MT satisfied.
n N n
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

been hit with Q trip ham
mer,. l couldn't have suf-
fered more. / stayed in
the house for Eve weeks
and the pain was wearing
the life out of me. At
times, ! couldn't get a
wink Of sleep because OF
the misery and I had to
get up every few moments
to pass the secretions that
ware b,oh1v oolorad ~
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-28

tsa' 'sasea" were highly colored, OF
foul odor filed with sandy sediment
and terribly scalding. My Bladder felt
as though il were afire. The pain
brought stupor. and reeling sensation
in my head; the torture Of 1t cannot
be described. II / got onto my feet /
couldn't walk but felt dizzy and all in
a futter and everything would turn
black. My head ached 50 IL seemed
as though my eyes were being dragged
out! l started using Dodn's Kidney
trouble"
Subscribed and s,oorn to before
q. a. CoGGEsHALL,
Notary Public.
Get Desnas a Any Store. e0e q Boz
no "A Nc Kidney
~ y AZ PILLS
FosTERMnBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. X.
Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24
The Swanee River Quartet, Nov. 10

The Swanee River Quartet is in its
tenth year of circuit work and has
Justly earned the title OF "the finest
negro quartet in America" All peo-
pie are hungry to hear good negro
voices, to hear again the plaintive,
haunting melodies of the camp
meeting" the rollicking songs of the
darkey gatherings and the sweet,
grooming lullabies. When these "col-
ored boys" step before you and har-
monte those weird minors and intro
duce little Jazz to make it inter-
esting, it will call you back to old
Virginia and you will not be able to
make your feet behave. As features
of the program besides singing, the
quartet introduces banjos, guitars,
mandolins and reader; the famous
Swanee River harp (the only one of
its kind in the world), and Mr.. Gan
tett as "old black joe" This pro
gram will open the course at s o'clock
Nov. 18th.
Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24
DRIVE FOR SAFETY
ON RAILROADS
Local Employees Now Cooper
ating With Plan
Extraordinary Care Being Taken to
Prevent Injury

The great railroad safety drive now
being conducted by the Safety Section
Of the Operating Division of the Rail
road Administration should receive
the attention of every man, woman
and child in New England. No mat
ter whether past deaths and injuries
have resulted from collisions, derail-
ments, or other reasons connected
with the operation of trains, or
whether they come from trespassers
upon railroad property, it is perfectly
evident that the number has been too
large and that there is plenty of OPP
portunity for bringing about an i'm
pcovement by giving the situation
proper consideration.
The Railroad Administration.
shrough A. +. Duty, Manager of the
Safety Section, Division of Operation,
md through Fred w. Mitchell, Super
tisor of Safety for the New Haven,
is appealing to every officer, every en-
ployee, to make an individual effort
to bring about a high degree of safe
ty All are besought to regard their
own personal safety, the safety of
their families, the safety of their
brethren on the railroads and the
safety of all with whom they come in
contact in their daily work.
An old railroad employee stated on
Wednesday that men in the Putnam
yard are cooperating in the plan by
taking unusual precautions to avoid
accident or injury.
Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24
HOW CORPORAL F. II. CONVERSE
ESCAPED
Badly Wounded At Battle of New
market

Last week The Patriot carried a
story of F. H. Converse, Grosvenor-
Dale, telling of how he was wounded
at the battle of Newmarket in the
Civil war. 1t may be of further inter-
est to our readers to real the anthem
tic report which appears in Walkers
History of the 18th Regiment, Con-
necticut Volunteers, which is as fol-
lows:
Corporal F. H. Converse, Com
pany ID, barely escaped being left, a
fate that he avoided only by his own
almost superhuman exertions. He was
severely wounded in the abdomen and
forearm. and carried to Mount Jack
son, where his wounds We're dressed
as well as was possible under the cir
cumstances. He was almost the last
to leave the barracks. The chaplain
and Surgeon Harrington in passing
through the barracks, after nearly all
the wounded had been removed, found
Converse and assured him he would
be sent for soon, while they passed in
to other rooms to see if there were
others of the Eighteenth still in bar
racks. When they returned, Con-
verse was missing. In the meantime
he had crawled out of his room unas-
sisted to the roadside and hailed some
battery men just passing, who allowed
him to get upon one of the boxes, and
in this way he rode all night and thus
escaped capture. All were astonished
by his cheerful endurance and deter
mination not to fall into the hands Of
the rebels. But he suffered terribly
and is yet sufferer from the terrible
wounds of that fatal day"
Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24

Read the ads. Trade at home.
Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24
SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE

The Windham County Suffrage
Conference will be held Friday after
noon, October "a, beginning at 8 o.
clock, at the home of Mrs. John w.
Gallup, Main street, Danielson. The
arrangements are being made by the
Danielson Equal Franchise League, OF
which Miss Grace Spaulding is presi-
dent. Representatives are expected
from all the suffrage leagues in the
county.
Miss Rosamond Danielson, Wind
ham County chairman, will preside.
Miss Katharine Ludington of Lyme,
president of the Connecticut Woman
Suffrage Association, will give an adj
dress on the Problems of the Present.
The meeting will be open to the public
and all who are interested in suffrage
work are invited to attend.
Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24
PUTNAM HIGH SCHOOL ENTER
TAlNMENT COURSE

The Putnam High school entertain
ment course viii open early in No
vember for one of the finest seasons
programs ever given in Putnam. The
producers of this years course have
eombed America TO find entertain
ments and have brought fine pro-
gram filed with life. virility, quality.
with no "deadwood" or camoufiage.
Last years course as offered at
Putnam high school was more popula-
than it had ever been before. Every
performance was to a crowded au-
ditorium. This years offering has
been greatly strengthened. is costing
mole money and is selected with q
Keen thought for the very finest tastes
II tn, people of Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24
FORMER POMfRET
MAN DEAD
Lewis N. Gilbert Born In
Neighboring Town
Became Prominent Wooden Manufse-
turer.

Lewis n. Gilbert, widely known
wooden manufacturer. and former
state senator of Massachusetts,, died
at his home in Ware last Saturday. He
was SO years old.
Mr.. Gilbert was born in Pomfret
Jan. 25, 1896. His parents were Jo-
seph Gilbert, native of Brooklyn,
and Harriet Williams. Lewis, the
second in the family of three children,
attended the common schools of his
native town, Woodstock Academy and
an academy in Danielson.
When Is years old he went to
Ware. Mass, and entered the office
of the wooden mill of his uncle, Geo.
H. Gilbert.
When he began work under his UNI
Gle only about 100 hands were en-
ployed. In 1857 he entered the firm
which took the name of George H..
Gilbert & Co. The rapid growth of
the business. both in Ware and Gil
bertville, where mills have been built,
was most pronounced during and inn
mediately after the Civil War, and in
1868 it was Incorporated under its
present name of the George II. Gil
| bert Manufacturing Company. At
| this time about 500 hands were en-
ployed.
George H. Gilbert died in 1869, and
| Lewis n. Gilbert succeeded him as
president of the corporation, to
which for nearly So years he had de-
voted his time and efforts to the fur
| Their development of the mills in
Ware and Gilbertville, and day after
| day and with clock-like regularity he
might have been seen in the office on
| South street.
In 1876 he was a member of the
Board of Managers for the State al
the centennial exposition at Philadel-
| phia, and one of the exhibits in manu-
features was that of the Gilbert Com
pany.
He was a member. of the Masonic
fraternity For many years Mr.. and
| Mrs. Gilbert attended the Congrega-
tional church in Gilbertville, beau
| tiful memorial in stone erected by the
Gilbert family.
Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24
Cannot Praise this
Remedy too Highly
TNg WAY OHg LADY FIGls NTIA
SUeFln1mo TWO YEARS

Judging from her letter, the mis-
cry and wretchedness endured by
Mrs. Charlie Taylor, r. F. d. No. 1,
Box la, Dillon, S. c., must have
been terrible. No one, after read
ing her letter, can continue to
doubt the great healing power
Of PE-RU-NA for troubles due
to catarrh or catarrhal conditions
in any part of the body. Her
letter is an inspiration to every
sick and suffering man or woman
anywhere. Here it is: Il suffered
two years with catarrh of the head,
stomach and bowels. Tried two Of
the best doctors, who gave me up.
| then took PE-RU-NA and can
truthfully say 1 am well. When |
began to use PE-RU-NA, / weighed
one hundred pounds. My weight
now is one hundred and fifty. l
cannot praise PE-RU-NA too
highly, for it was Godsend to me.
| got relief from the first half
bottle and twelve bottles cured me.
/ advise all sufferers to take
PE-RU-NA.D
As an emergency remedy in the
home, there is nothing quite the
equal of this reliable, time-tried
medicine, PE-RU-NA. Thousands
place their sole dependence on IT
for coughs, colds, stomach and
bowel trouble, constipation, rheu-
matism, pains in the back, side and
loins and to prevent the grip and
Spanish Flu. To keep the blood
pure and maintain bodily strength
and robustness, take PE-RU-NA-
You can buy PE-RU-NA any
where in either tablet or liquid