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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13

The funeral of John A. Morgan. IT,, was held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his home. IF Prospect street. Many friends and relatives from out of town were in attendance. The casket lay in the parIor with many beautiful floral tributes surrounding it. The bearers were members of the I. Q. O. F.. of which Mir, Morgan was a prominent member. Rev. William H. Smith conducted the. service. Burial was in MaDlewood cemetery with au- was in charge of the funeral arrange ments.
 Frederick c. Kendall of Prospect street has accepted a position with the Reid and Hughes Co.
 The examinations at the Greenevil, 2 Grammar. school. for the first term ended Friday afternoon.
 On Sunday morning at 1o.30 in St. Andrews church the scholars of the scurch school will present the pageant entitled The Builders of the City of God This has been prepared to pre- sent with dramatic vividuess the mo tive of the Nation Wide Campaign and the Mission of. the church After an cient custom the pageant will be giv- en in the chancel Of the church. The main point of the play is to present drariticaliy with simplicity and digni- Ity the vital part that all must play in reality as Builders Of the City of God. The cast of characters in. the pageant follow; Interpreter, Albert Turner; Workman. William Baker: Workman. Frank Prodell; Workman. Richard Seed; The Unsatisfied One. Fred Kendall; Complacencv. Ruth .Tedford: i: Average Goodness, Elizabeth Hayden: Little Figion. Dorothy Ellal: vestry- ran. Arthur Fitch; A Child. Ruth Fitch; Spirit of the Campaign. Eunice Taft; Victory. Louise Erwin: Missions. Nahel Mckinley; Religions Education. Ruth Mckinley: Social Service, Ame- lia Erwin; Glad Consecraation, Eliza : beth 1hheson; Venture for God, Will iah Redhead.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
SEDGWicK RELIEF CORPS
 HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION

Mrs. M. Florence Dean was elected president of Sedgwick Womans Relief corps, No. Is. at the regular meeting of the organization at Buckingham Memorial Friday afternoon. Mrs. LilA liam J.. Johnson, the retiring president, conducted the meeting. The officers elected follow:
 President, Mrs. M. Florence Dean; senior vice president. Annie L. Raw sop; junior vice president. Lena A Pukallils; guard, Jennie D. Seed; con duetress. Grace Stetson; chaplain, Mary E. Beswick; treasurer, Gertrude B. Tootill; delegates-First. Grace Stetsen; second, Clara T. Burke; third Eleanor M Doty first alternate Flor ence L. BliKen: second alternate, Jen- nie E. Seed; third alternate. Maria S, Briggs.
 There will be joint installation with the newly elected officers of Sedgwick post. No. 1. G. A. R., on the first Friday in January.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
HUNDREDS RESPOND ID EVANGELIST

; s-i - a zE
 ever crossed the western ocean. Think
 of the record passage we are making.
 Think of the wealth and fashion on
 our decksa Think of the Jealousy of the Cunar6i- Company and the North German Lloyd, how green with envy they will be when we smash the rec ord for this western trip. Think of the
 people of the island. of Manhattan coming down to the. piers of the North
 River and applauding us as we make
 our berth. Did you say slack up? No, sir let her go. And she went and smash into the ice and they said she would never sink And the band went
 on playing rag time and the dance
 went on as she keeled over to 15 de-
 grees and they said again that she
 could never sink. and when she keel
 ed over to 30 degrees the band switch Ted from ragtime to / Nearer, My God, to Thee, and the cry came from the
 bridge. Women and children first and as they lowered the boats the sea
 smashed them against the sides of the vessel until they were just like kindl- ing wood and as that charming Deli
 lah of the deep took her last plunge she carried to the bottom with her
 nearly 1900, souls and if those 1900 people could out of their experience
 send message to the young men and young women of Norwich I think it
 would ruR something like this: Life
 is too important to fool with. There
 is too much at stake. The opportu- mites for uplifting manhood are too great to be thrown away. It is so easy to be wrecked. Life is full of hidden rocks and hidden shoals and sand
 bars and so we would urge you not
 to play the fool, but to make up your
 mind that while you are here you are going to live life that will leave it's
 mark on the community and that your |life shall be God dhonoring and Christ |glorified."
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
MoosEHEART WOMEN MAKE
 sGiETS TO RETIRING OFFICERS

The Women of Mooseheart, sister lodge of Norwich, Conn. lodge No. $50 L. 0. O.,M.. elected officers at their meeting Thursday evening at the Moose home In behalf of the mem bers Mrs. Rose Carter presented Mrs. Emma Beaver an electric lamp Tn sap- preciation of her services as regent. Mrs. Laura Davenport, the retiring re corder, was presented an electric grill.
 The installation of officers will take place on Dec. 2Sd. The newly elected officers are as follows:
 Past regent, Mrs. Emma Beaver: senior fegefit. Mrs Mafy Andrews; junior regent Mrs Rose, Carter: chaplain, Mrs. Grace Walz; recorder. Mrs: Aida Boyens; treasurer. Mrs. Mary Wright.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Not pseoratlxe.

We often think that woman sets too much store on mere appearances and she, as we always refer to her without, further designation, now an. nounces with some little bitterness that spaghetti with tomato sauce shall never again darken our threshold, merely because she does not think it looks well on ones shirt front.-Ohio State Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
The Almighty Dollar.

Bribery has been the eownfall of many public men during the course of history. Francis Bacon, the greatest thinker of his age, was ruined by his cupidity. Lord Chancellor Macclesfeld and Waterbury were destroyed by the same vice. Benedict Arnold sold fort in New York to the enemy for s31 ,575. For this same sin Gorgei betrayed Austria, Ahithopel f6rsook David and Judas delivered up Christ.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
cAmpAreh sARApNEl,

What you and need is pilot for ,our lives. L offer you Jesus 6hrist. 8 If the devil showed US the storm first, he would never get us; but he shows only the calm waters, blue sky and soft south winds.
 The devil never throws, any baits without a hidden barb. If you take the bait, you must take the barb. The man in the gutter tonight never intended to end there.
 Life is too important to fool with. There is too much at stake. 2, CAMPAIGN DATES.
 7.30 tonight-Gypsy Smith, Jr., speaks at Central Baptist church.
 3.30 p. m. Sunday-speciaI meet ing at Central Baptist church. Gyp- sy Smith, Jr.. will tell the story of his fathers life.
 7.3o p. m. Sunday-FinaI service at Central Baptist church with ser- mon by Gypsy Smith. Jr.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
The Egyptian Barber.

The ordinary village barber of Egypt bears a certain resemblance. in 80 far as his profession goes, to the barber-surgeon of ancient times. in England. He is authorized by law. af. ter having passed an examination, to perform vaccination, application of leeches, lcupping, simple dressings, but Is forbidden to order or prescribe med. lcines.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Great Care Taken of Silk.

Sil, is the most costly of all fibers, and the raw state represents a value so great as to be guarded in it's transportation like a shipment of bull lion. It is shipped from coast to coast in special, solid express trains, under strong guard, the shipments ranging in value from $5;000,OOo to $25, ,0o0, ,0oo
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
The Wise Man.

He is fla wisest man who would have the l. tst to do with the multi tude.... It is not for the wise man to be much affected with the eensures of the rude and unskiIlful vulgar, but, to hold fast unto his own well-chosen and well-hxed resolutions; every fool knows what is won't to be done; but what Is best to be done, is known only to the wise.-Joseph Hall.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Big Man in His psv.

Goliath. the Philistine giant; must have caused lot of trouble for tho army auartermastefs of his day. How did they get regulation uniform to fit him, for he stood eleven feet three Inches in his stocking feet; if, indeed Philistines of those times wore stock. ings-Boston Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Rurrnese EfsheriAs

At auctions of leases of government fisheries in Burma only Burman fish ermen or their descendants are al- lowed to bid. This rule, in force for fifty years, limits competition and keeps spectators from raising the price of fish, the food of millions.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Floor 1so years old stiu Good

When an old house in Pike county Pennsylvania, was torn down 1t was found the floors of pitch pine, 16o years old, were still good, says the American Forestry Magazine of Wash 1ngton. The size amazed the carpen- ters' for the blanks were two feet wide and an inch and quarter thick.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Dainty Hobby.

When commercial travellers in olden days went their rounds and received orders they generally presented mini ature set of dolls furniture and china tea or dinner services to the children of the house. One of the quaintest bits of this "miniature' furniture is a satinwood nsndel of a grand plano.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Mnnkeu-TaIk

Professor Garner reports that the female ape says "Moohoo," and the male ape replies "Wahoo." Evolution doesn't appear to have carried us very far A chap on the moonlit beach last night said, Who's is oo?'' and the girl replied, 'Ts oo's."-San Francisco Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
How to Tell sapphires.

A really good sapphire should appear blue by artificial light as well as day light; some stones have a trace of black, and some red, the latter making them resemble amethyst, especially by lamplight, or gaslight.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
0lt1e. Rllllstitl.
Norwich, Saturday, Dec. 13, 1919
THE WEATHER.

Mild temperature prevailed Friday night generally east of the Missrssippf river. During the last 24 hours there were local rains in the Atlantic states, The indica lions are that the west ern area of cold weather will Spread rapidly eastward and over the Atlantic states Saturday night and Sunday In the Atlantic states unsettled weather. and rains Saturday will be followed by fair weather Sunday.
 Winds off the Atlantic coast:
 North of Sandy Hook-Strong southwest shifting to west winds, reaching gale force Saturday; rain. Sandy Hook to Hatteras- Strong southwest shifting to west and north west by Saturday night; rain. Hoist southwest storm warning 10 a. m., Delaware breakwater to East port. Storm of considerable intensity over the Great Lakes increasing in in tensity and will move eastward.
 Forecast.
 For Southern New England: Rain Saturday; Sunday fair and much colder.
 Observations in Norwich. The following records. reported from The Bulletins observations, show the changes in temperature and the baro- betric changes Friday:
 Ther. Bar. a. m. m.................... 28 30.05 ' p. m... m. ii.:................ z z $o so.S5 S5 Highest 46. lowest 2S.
 Comparisons.
 Predictions for Friday: Cloudy and, warmer; rain or snow before night Fridays weather Snow in early morning, followed by rain.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Disease Caused by Tree Tapnino.

Osssase Oauseo Dy Tree Tapping.
 A Dutch scientist has found that the disastrous brown bast disease of the rubber tree is caused by the present method of tapping, and not by a mold infection, as has previously been thought.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Nobody Enyies a bead M,r.

Everybody envies the man who Is going to die rich, but the moment he Is dead everybody ceases to envy him.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
TAFTVILLE

Within the past few days there has been a noticeable falling off in the variety of soft drinks offered for sale at the local soda fountains. The req son for this is given to be the lack of sugar which ether affects the To- cal fountains directly or indirectly. Some of the fountains use sugar m making their syrups while others buy the rock candy or clear syrups to which they add extracts. Now, owing to the sugar shortage these commodi- ties are practically impossible to get and the effect, is the cutting off of the variety of soft drinks.
 The last night of the fair of the Congregational church held in Pone- nah hall was fully as successful as the two previous nights and the finan- cial returns are highly gratifying to the committee in charge
 A large number of the local basket ball fans went to Willimantic in high spirits but returned much crestfallen as the Crescents were defeated for the second time by the EmeraIds.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
BORN

Sterling. a daughter to MT. and Mrs. Norman Arnold. Hebron, Dec. s, 1919.
 a daughter to MT. and Mrs. LeRoy
 Bensinger.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
DIED

M'KERNAN-At her home in Morris Cove, Dec. II. 1919. Margaret, wife of Matthew McKernan. formerly of Norwich.
 Funeral service at Litchfield Monday. Dec IS. at 10 a. m Kindly omit flowers.
 JOHNsoN-In this city, Dec. Ii, 1919, Peter Johnson, aged 80 years. Funeral from the home Of his son, Emil J. Johnson, West Main street, Monday afternoon. Dec. 15. at 2.s0 o'clock. Burial in family plot in Maplewood cemetery.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Have Some.

Okolehao, which Is Hawaiian moon. shine, Is. similar to. combination of vinegar and alcohol.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Sun. Moon md Tiaes
GREENF.v1IIE

Six hours after high water 1t Is low water. which is followed ny flood ti,ln
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13

WHEN YOU WANT tc gut your bus. mess before the puhlie. there Is nc medium heftsr than. through The ad- vertislnE cofumns eS The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13

The peculiar cork shoppers used for champagne bottles were invented by a Benedictine monk named Pariguoa. at the Abbey of Bantvilliers, about the year 1870.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
MARRIED

H-SHENKEL-1n Norwich Dec. Il, 1919. by Rev. J. H. Frederick, Ralph Harsh, U. s. N, and Mrs, Agnes Shenkel of Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13

Predictions for Friday: Cloudy and, warmer; rain or snow before night
 Fridays weather Snow in early morning, followed by rain.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-04-01
A Clever Cow.

An Illinois man bought lot Of stock,
including COW and her cali, which he
was driving home. A river Was reached
which the cattle had to ford. The
water Was deep, and a. the cattle plunged
in they were swept of their feet, the
motScr COW among the rest. The cali
VAS carried several rods down stream by
ths current, and when the COW regained
her footing and discerned this she swan
down the stream below her calf, 30 that
the current drove the young orestnre
aoaInst tho protecting body of It's mother.
The COW started for the shore. the calf
.vjmmine beside her. About midway
oS the river the swift current swept the
calf 81 away and 1t floundered down strsam
sgaIn Once more the mother went to
the rescue. Her efforts the second time
we're successful and both SWIM safely to
shOro.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-04-01
Continued next weel
GET SALT FROM SEA WATER
Old Method Of Obtaining Necessary Of
Life 10 Still Practleed In
Various Places.

The use Of salt for seasoning and
preserving foods Is so ancient that
the earliest written records refer to
it, says q writer in Popular Science
Monthly. For many centuries prac-
tically all the salt used by the human
race was procured by the evaporation
Of sea water.
This method Of obtaining salt Is
still employed In many localities where
the conditions are favorable. A flat
stretch of sea coast and hot and
dry climate are necessary II salt is
to be got from sea water. An ideal
locality for this industry Is the coast
on the Bay Of Cadis, Spain.
The sea water Is allowed to collect
In shallow basins, barely above high
water mark. AS the water evaporates
the various salts contained In the sea
water crystalline out and form crust,
which Is removed and shoyeled In
small heaps. There the salts undergo
the first stage of publication.
The edible salt is drained from the
other salts, which constitute the great.
er part Of the impurities. The edible
salt crystallizes out first, while the
other salts retain the water and form
q concentrated brine which Is allowed
to run into bitches dug for that pur-
pose.
The partly purified salt is then gath.
cred into large heaps. Occasional
rains wash out the more easily soluble
impurities, and the hot sun dries the
salt on the surface Of the pile. Al
though 1t still contains about Is per
cent Of impurities 1t is shipped in
large quantities without further refin-
ing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-04-01
HIGH.cLAss WOMEN WRITER'S
Fair Sex Has Taken Prominent
Place In Literature, and In the
Production OF Plays

Further signs Of the emancipation"
of women are seen on the covers OF
new books and magazines. The names
Of women authors, except In the case
of war books, where the women are
at disadvantage, seem to outnumber
the men. In no class Of writing are
the women unrepresented. For many
years women have been writing nov
els and doing a good job Of 1t more
than occasionally. as readers OF Jane
Austen. George Eliot. the Brontes and
others less known will bear witness.
Among contemporaries there are per-
haps as many women nOvelists from
whom q skIllful and high-class work
can be expected as there are men.
Until few years ago the woman
playwright was more or less a rnr-
ity. Looking back over the history ut
the theater 1t will be difficult for the
average person to recall a single fem.
inine name that stands out prom.
nently through connection with the
making Of plays. Last year several
Of the most stimulating and interest.
ing plays seen were by women writer's.
Names Of women dramatists on Broad
way theater signs are almost az conl-
mon az those Of men,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-04-01
NOT WISE ABOUT osTRICHEs
Grave Difficulties Seem to Surround
Scheme Devised by Soldier Who
Wants q Mascot

The machine-gun sergeant at Doug.
las who wants an ostrich for mas
cot and is willing to hatch 1t himself
II somebody will provide him with an
egg, does not know much about os-
triches or the task In which he pro-
poses to enlist, in the opinion Of the
Arizona Republican. II he gets the
egg and Is not otherwise restricted, he
might as we'll be mustered out Of the
service. The Germans will be at tpeace
so far as he Is concerned.
He has perhaps been misled by
stories he has heard Of the careless.
irresponsible way in which the ostrich
race Is perpetuated, by the laying OF
the egg In the sand. where 1t Is left to
its own devices until 1t becomes an
ostrich. That may happen In Africa.
where there is plenty Of sand and heat,
but It will not work In the climate OF
Douglas, where, though there Is no
lack of sand the sun cannot be count
ed upon to assist in the business OF
incubation. The sergeant would have
to 60 to setting.
Moreover, the ostrich is q bird OF
slow growth. It would be q long
time before one coming forth from
the egg could become potent influence
In the struggle between autocracy and
democracy. BY the time 1t would be
In readiness to be taken to Berlin the
war would be over and only historians
would yet be talking about 1t.
We would recommend some other
kind Of mascot, one of quicker though
even Of less sturdy and magnificent
rroytA.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-04-01
Farm Labor Cost Doubled.

Wages for farm labor in the United
States have more than doubled since
1902 and have increasd 4S to "a per cent
for the different classes of brings since
1915, or So per cent for farm labor In
general. These comparisons are war.
ranted by the results of recent investi.
CATION made by the Bureau of Crop
Estimates, United States Department OF
Agriculture.
For 1918 the wage rate per month
with board was $34 92, without board
$47.07; per day in harvest with board
%. .65, without board 1922; per day out
of harvest with board $207, without
board $2.83. These are average wages
for the United States. The higest rates
were in the far West, and next below are
those of the Northwest Central States.
The wage rates of the South Atlantic
States were lowest and were little be.
low those of the South Central States, as
state-group averages. A record OF So
years of farm wages places 1918 at the
top, and far above the higest rates of the
half century before 1915. Wage earn.
ings measured by purchasing power may
warrant different statement.
While the wages of farm labor have
greatly increased In only two years and
have doubled in 16 years, 1t is interesting
to observe that from the time Of low.
water mark In farm wages, 25 years ago
in the great industrial depression OF
lS93-1S97, the rates have increased from
1856 to 229 per cent for the different
classes of brings.
Day wages on farms increased in
greater degree than month wages did
during the last two years, and this Ia
true for the last 18 years except for
month wages with board. Wages by the
day for work outside of harvest have
advanced more stongly than for harvest
work. Apparently the procurement OF
month labor isiless of problem TO the
farmer than the finding of day labor,
especially for work outside OF harvest.
Weekly News Letter Heard's Dairy.
man.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-04-01
An EutomoloSical House Cleaning.

An chronological House Cleaning.
The Eutomologist of the Maine Agri
cultural Experiment Station thinks thai
perhaps never in. the ct oil recent history
OF our country have We had 80 good an
opportunity to start In fresh with the
grain situation--entomologically con.
sidered.
This type of food for man, beast, OF
fowl, having been at premium for the
several years of the war, we have scraped
the old -four barrels, and purchased
sparingly both for patriotic and economic
reasons. The storehouses of the whole
sale dealer have been emptied, the gro
GERS supply has been brought low and
the grain products of the country have
been used to q narrower margin than
ever occurs In normal times. =,
This all means, of course, that when
we buy our fresh supply we will be
getting grain products that have not
been long on the market; and consequ-
emily that the opportunity for their being
infested with all the insect ills that grain
is heir to is much less than usual.
The moral is easy to read. The miller
who takes proper precautions, the far
mer who cleans out his grain bins, the
rooms, the grocer who prepares a fresh
setting for his cereals, and the house-
wife who digs out the cracks under the
-four barrel,-in brief all who take the
trouble to get rid OF any left over cereal
pests while the supplies are still low
should be rewarded by being comparati-
vely free from larder insects for o long
time to come. And the economic losses
from these pests totals large and to re-
duce their ravages is we'll worth while
from every point OF view.
The simple, though in some circum-
stances laborious, process of house
cleaning is measure directed against
large number of insects at once. The
yellow meal-worm and the darker meal.
worm, hard shiny cylindrical larval in
habitants of the grain bin and the dark
beetles they transform into; the little
Cadelle that will devour various grains
and then mine through the bin boards
themselves; the wee saw-toothed grain
beetle that through commerce is said to
have spread over the whole earth; the
gransry weevil and long shouted rels-
tives; four especially bad grain moths
and their greedy caterpillars; and mite
or so:-a mere list of their names Is
suggestive of the advantage to be gained
by getting ready to meet the new cereal
supply with the idea that 1t is to be used
for food by humans and their live stock
rather than as nesting place for insect
pests.-Chss. D. Woods, Director.