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The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
DID NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND
But Mrs. Smithers Meant Well, and
No Doubt Her Good Intentions
Are of Record.

On one side Of the hall in the new
apartment building lived Mr.. and Mrs.
Smithers; on the other side Of the hall
lived two girls who taught in the pub
lie schools and who were having their
first experience in ''baching it." Mrs.
Smithers didn't know them very well,
but she took motherly interest in
them to the extent of hoping that they
had enough to eat and that their neces-
sarily hasty and amateurish spread
would not give them indigestion.
The other day, out Of kindness of
heart, she took them a batch of fresh
biscuits she had just baked. And while
she was there, she showed them how
to use the stove, gave them some hints
on marketing, wrote down lot of rec
ipes for simple viands, and gave them
q lecture on food values and the prep
aration of leftovers.
They were very grateful to the dear
lady, and they told us all about 1t. And
they made us promise solemnly that
we would never tell her that they were
teachers of domestic science.-Cleve'
land Plain Dealer.
The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
Start of Biz Industry.

Upon the invention of a machine for
sewing leather shoes, for which the
patent was issued to Gordon Mckay,
April 90, 1862, was built the great boot
and shoe industry of the United States.
Mckay purchased, in 1859, Blake's sew
ing machine, which was one simply
using wax thread, with stationary
horn attached. While the machine in
tended for sewing boots and shoes op
Grated well in parts of the work, it
failed in stitching the heels and toes
Mckay changed the feeding apparatus,
introduced automatic contrivances, and
finally was successful In adapting
1t to all kinds of work. After the
breaking out of the Civil war, Mckay
began to make army shoes, and In
1862 made contracts with 81 firms for
their USE In 1875, 1,500 were in Op-
GRAFTON. These machines have been
used in foreign countries, and more
than 100,000,000 shoes are annually
made on them in the United States.
The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
HOW ANCIENTS KEPT BOOKS
Development of Comprehensive Sys-
TEN Necessary to Merchant and
Wage Garner.

Accountancy, which is the science Of
systematizing business, has history
that runs back at least 1000 years.
Very early in the development of ma
tiOnS 1t was found that in commerce,
as well as In the affairs of the state,
systematic and careful account keep
ing were indispensable. These sys-
TENS were at first crude and labOrious,
but they at least kept the finances Of
the nation and the marts of trade from
being chaotic.
The invention of double entry book
keeping early in the fifth century by
the merchants and bankers Of Venice
gave to the commerce of Europe an
invaluable trade. instrument and one
without which the great commercial
enterprises of the later centuries could
hardly have existed, according to
Thrift. And so it has been down to
the present time; there has been
parallel progress between the accom-
plishments of commerce and the sci
ence of accounting, and 1t is known
to every man in business that the
former could not continue without the
latter Even the most unbusinesslike
people know this much and we can
hardly imagine any one silly enough
to attempt to carry on any kind of
business enterprise without keeping
books.
Bookkeeping, as a formal subject of
study, is taught in most of the public
and private schools Of this country, but
it is only that form Of bookkeeping
that applies to the affairs of the mer-
chant or the shopkeeper. The public
has yet to learn tnat bookkeeping is
quite as necessary to the prosperity of
the wage worker the salaried man, the
farmer, and the housekeeper, as 1t is
to the shopkeeper, the merchant or the
manufacturer.
The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
Relic Of Old Rome.

During plowing operations in field
near the village of Bratton, Westbury,
Wiltshire, Eng, the plow struck what
proved to be the cover Of leaden cof-
fin The coffin has been examined by
B. II. Darlington, the curator of the
Willis Archaeological museum, who
states that the coffin, without doubt,
belongs to the period of the Roman
occupation, says the London Times.
The place where 1t was found is about
a mile from the site of large Romano
British village. The coffin is 6 feet
inches in length; its width varies from
l foot inches to l foot inches and
it's depth is l foot inches. Large
iron nails Az inches long indicate that
when inferred it had a wooden outer
covering, but that has perished, as
have the bones inferred, except the leg
bones, the pelvis and the lower jaw ;
there is no trace of the skull Two
pieces of lead form the bottom of the
coffin, but the cover is one piece.
The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
CHANCES IN GAME OF LIFE
Must Be Winners and Losers, Since 1t
Is Sure All Cannot Hold
Equal Cards.

Life is like a game of cards. Some
must win. Some must lose 1t all de-
pends upon the player and on the
gambling chances that may favor or
disappoint him.
All have the same gambling chance,
so the players ability really deter
mines whether he shall be a loser or
a winner. Assiduity, persistence, prac-
tice and patience all help to make him
a winner, and the lack of these a loser.
Those who win make their gains at
the expense of those who lose. There
must always be winners and losers,
the winners rejoicing and the losers
disappointed, complaining and jealous
of the winners
How much like the experience of ev-
eryday life! Some succeed because of
their diligence earnestness and cease
less ambition, others lose because of
the lack of these winning qualities.
Some live in well-deserved ease and
comfort on the proceeds of their sue
cess, others in discomfort, proclaiming
that they suffer from injustice.
Everybody must play the game 5of
life, and, like the game Of cards, in
the end every gamester must be a
loser. Only the Grim Reaper is sure to
be the winner in the end.-John A.
Sleicher in Leslie's.
The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
Unnecessary Luggage.

A ScOtchman who had emigrated to
America wrote home to his wife IN
structing her to sell most of their
household property and take passage
out to him. The good wife asked a
neighbor to help in the packing. In
the midst of the business they found
Sandy's watch. The neighbor exam
ined it closely. and then said: Its a
grand watch, Janet. Yell be takin' 1t
wi ye?" "Na. nal" was the reply. "It
wad be o nae use cot there, for Sandy
tells me in his letter that there is some
'0ors O difference between the time
here and in California, so I medina be
takin' lumber!'
The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
Queer Notiona

1t is superstition that as soon as
a death takes place in house. all
the looking glasses should be covered
up or turned with the face to the wall
If they are hanging glasses, and must
remain covered or reversed till the
body has been taken out to burial,
and that no person left in the house
must on any account look in the
glasses during the time between death
and funeral. 1t is strange, and some
what akin to the idea, that IL is safe
to cover looking glasses during a
thunderstorm. | never knew of q
looking glass which was known ts
have drawn a lightning "stroke,"
though the same is possible. Queer
notions are often founded on facts
Yorkshire Post Correspondent.
The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
Fashion,

Manners have been somewhat Gym
ically defined to be a contrivance of
wise men to keep fools at distance.
Fashion is shrewd to detect those who
do not belong to her train and sell
dom wastes her attentions. Society
is very swift in its instincts, and, If
you do not belong to it. resists and
sneers at you, or quietly drops you.
The first weapon enrages the party
attacked; the second is still more ef-
fective but is not to be resisted, as
the date of the transaction is not
easily found. People grow up and
grow old under this infiictiOn, and
never suspect the truth, ascribing the
solitude which acts on them very in
iuriously to any cause but the right
one.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
SMALL CHURCH HAS HISTORY
Many Reasons Why Little North Dew.
onshre Edifice Appeals to the
Tourist of Leisure.

1t has an odd sound "Brent Tor"
sounds. Brent Tor is a little bit of
stone church built high on the
frowning cliffs Of the wild North Dew
onshire coast in England. The church
is so little that a DevonShire yokel
with keen sense of humor is said
to have inscribed this cryptic warn
ing, which puzzled many a simple
minded Devonshire farmer: "If you
get into the second aisle of Brent
Tor, you will never get out again."
There Is no second aisle in the wee
church at all.
Brent Tor was built centuries ago
by q man who was lost among the
steep cliffs and rushing waters of the
wild North Devon coast. The fog
mists enveloped him. In his anguish
as the roar and spray of the cold At
lantic assailed him he vowed solemnly
that 1t he ever came safely out of
the fog without pitching into the
growing ocean he would build
church where he landed. Brent Tor
was the result.
The good folk round about Devon
shire tell how the devil tried to ham
per the building OF the little church.
At last st. Michael de la Rupe, to
whom it was dedicated, grew weary
of having the devil interfere with the
proceedings and heaved great mass
of cliff at his satanic majesty. There
was no further trouble.
A popularity of Brent Tor is the
fact that 1t can be seen from all di-
rections-it is a veritable landmark.
Before it toss the restless waves of
the Atlantic ocean and behind 1t
slope the undulating Devonshire
moOrs.
The Winslow mail., 1919-08-01
To Temper China.

Many a lover of fine china Is heart
broken to discover her choice dinner
or tea set lined with hairlike cracks.
Hot tea or chocolate poured into dain-
ty cups cracks them instantly.
A Chinese merchant gave this bit of
information when a rare tea set was
purchased from him: Before using
delicate china place 1t in a pan of
cold water. Let it come gradually to
a boil and allow the china to remain
in the water till cold" This tempers
the china and it is capable of with
standing the sudden expansion caused
by the heat. There is no need of re-
peating the treatment for long time.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06
EAST WOODSTOCK

Agnes White is substituting in
school this week owing to the contin-
ued illness of the teacher, Mrs. Carl
Danielson.
Many families are afflicted with
grip colds.
Agnes White returned last Wednes-
day from Marion, Va, where she went
to teach. An epidemic broke out in
the school.
Private Wendell Bosworth spent last
week visiting relatives in Eastford
and Hartford.
Z. H. Potter went to Washington, D.
c., last week to visit Private William
H. Richardson, who is in the Walter
Reed hospital, recovering from wounds
received in battle last July.
a very interesting meeting of the
Community club was held last We'd
nesday evening. The program consist
ed of piano solos by Carolyn Cox
songs by Martha Todd, and a debate
Resolved That the proposed league of
/ nations will make the people of the
world better and happier and will for
ever abolish war. The disputants held
the floor for more than an hour, Rev
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06
MANSFIELD DEPOT

y farewell party was given last
week Tuesday evening at the home OF
Miss LaUde Brigham to Miss Annie
Dinsmore who left Wednesday for
Buffalo, y. Y. for a visit at the home
o. her aunt.
Mrs Alma Shaler Of Eagleville Wis
tied Mrs. j. McCollun last week.
Mrs + W Klein was in Whitman
tic last Wednesday on business.
8 house 10 house canvass for gifts
to the relief fund for the near east was
made in this village last week.
The Misses Tilden were in Will
mantle Friday on business.
The March business meeting of the
c. z. society was held Sunday evening
after the conservation meeting.
Rev. +. W. Klein conducted the
service at the Mansfield state training
school and hospital Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Hedman Of the state institu-
ton is on q trip to Virginia.
The mission department of Durham
Memorial church is to hold a mission
AIRY tea Thursday afternoon of this
week in the chapel.
The midweek devotional service will
be held Thursday evening at Z O'Clock
in the chapel.
Several letters were received re-
Gently from the three local soldier
boys ln France.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06

change in name there will disappear
from the list of Putnau's streets the
best known one among them For
various reasons it has seemed better.
however to make the change, 50 low
it will be all Main stree. from fhe GA
armory, which was formerly on what
has been known as Harris street,
through the square ana northerly, to
Providence street.
The common council will reconsider,
probably at it's next mcatin@, the pro
posal the membership of the fire com
panies of the city be REDUCED John
8. Daigle appeared Wore the coun-
Gil and stated that reducing the mem
bership of cOmpanie5 of the depart
ment would leave too few men.
The government will have no rep
resentative here between now ard
March Is to aid persons II filing out
income tax returns. Persons VINO de-
sire help in making out the returns
may obtain it, however, at the Cham
ter of Commerce and attorneys also
are assisting.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06
LIBERTY HILL.

The c. E. society held a popcorn
and candy social at the hall Friday
evening which was well attended not
withstanding the stormy weather and
bad travelling
An invitation was extended the local
pastor, Rev. John H. Knott to attend
q meeting Of the Windham county as
ISOLATION of ministers held in the
church house of the Congregational
church at WiIlimantic Monday.
Mrs. Samuel Wachtel is spending a
few days in New York visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. John Kinuaird and son, Ser
geant Gordon, visited Mrs. Kinnaird $
brother, Walter Cleland, and family
in Plainfield Monday.
Mrs. Annie L. Harvey and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Clarke and Mrs. Horace
Foote visited Mrs. Harveys daughter
Mrs. j. Earl James. in Hartford on
/ Thursday.
Winthrop Davoll is saving the wood
piles by gasoline power.
Mrs. o. w. Gurley has as her guest
her sister, Mrs. Mary L. Thompson
who lives near Worcester.
Miss Mary Z. and Nancy r. Fuller
and their aunt, Mrs. Dora Yeomans
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Win
| throp D. DavoIl.
| Mr.. and Mrs, John r. James visited
their son, Second Lieut.. J. Earl James
| in Hartford Sunday
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06

er know that there was a var going
on at all. I think that the new fire
truck that they have Eren talking
about over there went past the house
last evening, as there was fire up
the line about six kilometers from
here and | heard a truck coming pell
nell up the street and past the house
a whizzing. and it was one of those
chemical trucks and I think that it
must have been the ona Put had or
dered. Well. if it or one like it ever
arrives in Danielson AMI gets to
travelling at the rate of speed that this
one was going last night, all of the
natives will be digging for their Gel
lars as it sure can travel, almost as
fast as the big Chicago Limited Elk
press train. They do not have many
fires over here as most of the houses
are built of stone or cement and with
tile covered roofs, but the American
troops have a fire once in a while in
some of their shacks and he French
say that they are too careless and are
in too much of 4 hurry and I guess
that they are more than half right.
Well, old chap give my regards -
all the boys Of the club and also to all
the boys who care to inquire, hoping
you will receive this package O. *.
I will ring off for this time and will
drop you some more in the near fu-
| ture, SO long.
"The Ole Scout" JOE"
First Lieutenant l. A. Warren care
Regulating Station a. y. T. O.. 712,
France.
The siiou Whist club, II closing on
Shrove Tuesday evening its .annua!
winter course of weekly gatherings,
rounded out IS years of existence. The
club has always been TerY successful
as a social organization ana at this
years gathering about 100 were pres
ent. Following the whist there was
dancing. The hall was very prettily
| decorated in natural colors and Jap
lanterns and fans were effectively
| used in the arrangement.
| Honors at whist were won by the
! following club members: Mrs. AL
| phonse Quintal. Miss F.vnlcna PORTER
Mrs. James Nas! Mrs. Arthur Lasnier
| Miss Jannette Lariviere. Mrs Howard
| Whitney, Mrs. Z. GerSron. Mrs. L. J,
| Norm. Mrs. Fred Dubua, Miss Lo%
Bonneau. Miss Cora I.arivicre, Miss
| VIOLA Cheverette.
Miss Marioanna Godteau won the
prize for the visiting ladies and AL
| bert Mailhot and Narcissn E1anchette
won prizes offered for the gentlemen
! The consolation prize went to George
| Iariviere
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06
WOODSTOCK

The Willing Workers are to enter
tain their mothers and friends at the
parsonage next Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. f. HUE and E G.
williamson of Springfield spent the
week end in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Hardy left
Monday for several weeks stay in
North Carolina.
Miss Laura Rich of oxford, Mass,
has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
W. J. Lindeman.
The good government class of the
Woman's Suffrage league meet We'd
nesday afternoon at the chapel.
Charles NJ. Perrin is to address the
class at the next meeting on Town
Government.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06

name and fame of Abraham Lincoln.
This famous collection was brought
together by the late Gilbert A Tracy
OF Putnam, he spending a great deal
of time and money in securing il.
Miss Tracy has turned the collection
over to the Watlli4so library, and
stated in a letter that in so doing she
was carrying out the spoken wish of
her father that his library go to Hart
ford. There are about 200 titles win
many additional photographs, cut
tings etc. With great generosity has
included very valuable Lincoln let
ter which is not found in many com
| pilations Of his writings that have
been made.
The following announcements were
made here Wednesday relative TO
| Farmers institutes that have been
| planned in Windham county:
| Grange hall, South Killingly, Tues
| day, March II, conducted by the High
! land Grange, cooperating with Wind
ham County Farm Bureau and Cen
necticut Agricultural College. Pro
gramme for agricultural selection:
! 1890 a. m, Reducing the Farm Ex-
| pense-The Feed BIf!, B. W. Ellis,
! county agent, Windham county: The
| Labor Bill, A, w. Manchester, farm
management demonstration, Connecti-
cut Agricultural College extension
| service.
! 1.15 p. Embarrassing the Farm Re
| ceipts-The Other Live Stock, A. G.
Skinner, specialist in animal lusban-
| dry, Connecticut Agricultural College
| extension service: Apples Mr. ellis;
The Big Receipts, Mr.. Manchester.
! Lunch-25 cents.
| Also programme for women:
/ 1880 a. m.-Textiles and Clothings,
Miss NJ, E. Hayes, Connecticut Agri-
cultural College extension service.
1.15 p. m.-The Housekeepec's Day,
Miss Charlotte Embleton, Windham
County Farm Bureau.
2,15 p. m.--The Business of the
Home, Miss Hayes.
Farmers Institute Agricultural
Hall South Woodstock, Wednesday
March 70, conducted by the Wood
stock Farmers Cooperative Associa-
ton, cooperating with Wiudham Coun-
ty Farm Bureau and Connecticut Ag-
riculturaI College. Programme for
| agricultural section:
1880 a. m-Making the Farm Pay
Farm Wages, A. w. Manchester, farm
management demonstration, Connect
cut Agricultural College extension
service.
p W, Ellis. county agent Windhar
co11nty
20 y n-The Dollars From An.
pies, S. P. Hollister, extension hort
c0iiene s+oo o'ILl' eetic ~ III d
"a y m-The Ris, Farm Recein+s
Mr. Manchester
Bring your lunch C2Hee Will d
SSI vet, r.--....... ,,..:-.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06
PUTNAM

Elizabeth Porter Putnam chapter,
D. A. R, has arranged u public re
ception for Friday afternoon, from 3
to ., at Odd Fellows nall in honor
of Miss Isabelle Byrne and Miss Ruth
Daniels, Putnam nurses, who recently
returned from service with the Amer
lean forces in France. Misses Byrne
and Daniels formerly were at Ro0se-
welt hospital New York.
Mrs. Eunice Arnold, widow of Levi
Arnold, and mother If Ernest NJ. Ar
mold, who died early last Friday
morning, died Wednesday afternoon
at her home in this city. Mrs. Arnold
was very i'll at the time Of her sons
death and never was aware thereaf-
ter that it had occurred. Mrs. Arnold
before her marriage was Miss Eunice
| Briggs and a member of the Briggs
| family so prominent years ago in the
| operation of the big plants in the
| Grosvenordales. Mrs. Arnold leaves =
| daughter, Mary Eleanor, and three
sons, Walter, of Warren, R. L, Louis
| of Phoenix R. l., and Clifford J., OF
| Whitinsville, Mass.
| Frank Coss, in charge here of the
| governments free employment ser
! vice, said Wednesday afternoon that
| he was continuing to receive applica-
tons from many persons who desired
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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06

the Nations, at the meeting of the
Mems club Monday evening.
At present Dayville has three pa
tents at the Day Kimball hospital.
Reports are encouraging from them.
They are Edwin Hill and daughter
Grace and Mrs. Juliette Field.
Mrs. a. J. Lathrop entertained the
Ladies Aid society at her home on
Tuesday afternoon. A social hour
was enjoyed, the hostess serving a
collation..
The body of Frank J. Sayles of
Providence, formerly of Dayville, was
brought here last Thursday afternoon
for burial in the family plot at High
street cemetery. MF. Sayles was the
son of the late Sabin L. Sayles and
spent the greater part of his life in
this village. Among the beautiful
floral tributes was a Masonic piece
from Columbian commandery of Nor
wich, of which Mr. Sayles was a
member
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06
Simple Home Treatment
to Remove Hairy Growths
(Beauty Culturel

Two or three minutes use of a della
tone paste VIII Danish every bit of hair
from your face, neck or arms, This
paste is made by mixing some water
with powdered delatone. After the
paste is removed, the skin should be
washed to free it from the remaining
delatone and it will be clear and spot
less. You will not be disappointed
with this treatment if you are sure to
obtain real dela1one from your drug
gist
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-06

SuffieId.-Tbe Masouoc club Of Suf-
field will entertain the merhers of the
Masonic clue of Thomp spnviIle in
Suffield. Mach %. Tho Thompson
vile club entertained thu &ufield club
Saturday evening.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-09-28
Sc ESTAN REPARANDO LAS
Was FERREAS

4 juzgar por 10 que dicen los
Empleados superiores De IA Inca fe-
rrocarrilera entire esta = Corpus, de-
nominada S. \. &. A. P, las repara-
clones cue Sc estan Nevando q cabo
en- dicha Inca quedaran t~erminadas
manana domingo, fecha en- que va
podran correr trenes entire eSta cIu-
dad ' aquella de Ia costa.
A Portlna Y Arkansas Pass. Sc ma
estado llegando por Il via principal
del f~errocarril mencionado. pero no
todas las lincas eStan en- c~orriente,
tales como ell ramal de Alice, Falfu-
rrias Y Mathis. De este ultimo punto
es de don3e parrieron los trabajoS
para reparar el puente que fue total
mente destruido ' que eStan progre-
sando aunqae ientameate. pero toda-
via no es possible fiiar Ia fecha en-