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Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-12
.LEMTTT CITY

E. E Gilbert has just completed an important improvement for the Textile Novelty company. The plant is situated three hundred feet from the Ashland reservoir and considerably above the wa ter level. Heretofore the steam pipe which conducted the power from the boiler room to the force pumps at the waters edge, also the pipe through which the water was pumped for use in the mill. were on top of the ground or nearly so Now, 8 square concrete tun- nel has been built several feet below the surface, it is large enough so that a. man seeking to make repairs to the steam or water pipes. can walk through it with plenty of room from the boiler house in the plant, to the pumps at the water level. Several man-holes in case
 necessity will admit light and air. A big new Dean force pump arrived We'd hesday and will be put in operation at once when it will do the work of two which are in use today.
 From the records kept by r. C. Whit. ing, whose father, F.. ". Whiting, built in 1878, the Whiting block, now the Rioux block. is taken the interesting list of those who have occupied the room, which are to be taken by the Jewett l City Trust Co., The late William K Shew of Norwich kept a drug stori l there J. E. Leonard's flour, grain ant l feed store was there for several years i Then three men in turn occupied tn place as jewelry store. Charles Bar
 Der, Louis La Point, and Mir. Willis
 When Mir La Point was there his sis ter. Miss Amelia LaPoint, had apart
 urents for dressnaking and millinery Then the post office was there nearl ten years, later it was an ice cream pal
 Tor also the ". C.. T. U. at one tim fitted it up with magazines, papers an
 games a a reading room. Its last us was when it's former owner rented
 fo rthe sale of Easter flowers.
 The Bennett's cove colony has con into more prominence than ever tn
 summer. There are at present six con
 fortable cosy camps occupying variol
 sites overlooking the river or it's tr butary bays In scenic beauty these u1 per reaches of the Quinebaug stand LII
 surpassed, among the many natur beauty spots round about the town. 4 the camps at this point are within
 pistol shot of the famed Salmon roc where years ago authentic records prov ) the Indians came for their winters su1 ply of fish. Out on the river front u ; back water from the AsDinook dam few miles below forms a lake whose re
 beauty must be seen. some late summt
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well and infant daughter. virEiniA and Al -s- Homes ol Brook street, Norwc, t-s As- ard Mrs. F. C. Lentnrwe-- sunday
 2..s. ] socae Tas lor has retu,n.S ,o .ies Henis el WauW ecus Hln. after v,s- i-a-; ia oaugiitr, Airs. Robert Aa,ert 'ol Long is-ane- Mrs Albert ret51rr, cd wiia Mrf. Taylor for a visit.
 '.ei'.sasaci Brothers have a h~. peafeh crop this year.
 Mrs. Robert E. Champlin and dauzb- ter Grace Marion. Of Arlington. wass are visiting Mir and Mrs Alfred E'. Beebs this week
 Frank GoJchie visited relz4iyes in Jewett City over the week end.
 John I. Ross and Frank II. Rorer, are shins5ns on Peck street. Norr5c4
 Sunday morning worship at ejeTan o'clock, Rev P $. Collins wiH preac5 B. '. P. L. led by Mrs. A. H. Rsso. at 73O o'clock Her topic will be ..TTus Temperance in Heart and Life ' Thess 5:4-1I
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you'll wear pa4dbes tn they 6rou OR be- fore you'll pay Em anything more to- wards his birthstone bills!
 Eternal vigilance is the price of l1b- erty." No Jess is eternal readiness for temporary seIf-sacriice the price of economic independence. We can't com pei MT Pro41teer to sell us the silks and satins and steaks and susar-cool1ies we think we want at any price less than he sees fit to ask. But we can get along without them, in toto, till he will be glad to sell them at almost any old price rather than see them overload his shelves, the prey of rot and moth and mildew. The great public can't compel him to write it's price-marks on his goods. But it is equally true that he can't compel the great public to buy q single pennys worth of his goods un- less 1t pleases.
 We buyers hold the cool end of the poker, every time and all the time The whip is in our own hands If we prefer ease to independence, if we put our de- gires above our duties, if we had rather suffer loss than take trouble, if we crawl under imp itions rather than stand up and smack 'ern in the face, if we spend according to what we want rather than according to what we can afford-then we shall be up to our ears in trouble most of the time. As we shall deserve to be. ] If, en the other hand, we initiate th. conduct of the European coal-consunn CTS and, when we find ourselves over charged for inferior goods, simply tel Mir. Profteer we'll buy elsewhere or g' without, we shall not only be showing that we deserve better treatment, VI shall also be doing real service to tn country and,-.if enough of us feel anC act that way. shall be effecting the yer. result we desire.
 Just so long as MT. Greedy-Eut thinks it pays him to be hog, just S long he'll be one. When he learns O is taught that it. doesn't pay, hall talk his feet out of the. trough and be con tent with a fair share of. the swill
 But we of $ the great buying publi have got to learn one thing for our selves, first of all. That is the old, oI truth that we can't eat our cake an have it, too.
 1 Nobody ever did nobody does; nc body ever will.
 THE FARMER.
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HUMOR OF HE DAY

one over there.
 I'm sorry Madam. but that's the lam. shade-Passing Show.
 Formerly you sized UT d neizkho-> hood by the fronts of the hous~s.- "Wen7"
 Now you go around into th. znev and look at the garages"
 Are you serious in your attention re Miss Dobeigh7"
 T am. Her fapser did me out Of SIC. oOO In a stock deal last month and Fl get 1t back if have to marry the entire tanily."-Boston Transcript
 Tom-How is it that you are such a favorite with the sex Do you slvzv, tell girl she Is pretty7
 Jack-Any amateur can do that tel her she is prettier u1an some girl I've heard her acknowledge to be pretty Exchange.
 Banks-Did you ever attend any os Miss Budd's at-homes2 Boreleigh (sadly)-No. but I've attend ed good many of her not al homes Boston Transcript
 Who is that fellow talking to Senator Shortworbhy?" He's professional lobbyist"
 Hes rather shabbily dressed.- A lobbyist doesn't care to advertfs4 the fact that he's drawing sIe.0O0 or sl5,9Oo year for doing nothing in par- ticular Birmingham Ase-HeraIdA
 A little boy. the youngest member of s large family. was taken to see his mar ried sisters new baby.
 He seemed more interested in the con1 tents of the baby's basket tan in ths baby and after examining several pretts trifies picked up a powder puff ] Much surprised at his discovery arH looking quite shocked he said: aIsn'I she rather young for that sort of thin=e'1 Houston Post.
 Pat-Mrs. Flannigan. yure rnor Alfka has just fallen off the seanoldin' an it s killed he is"
 Mrs. F. CcOllapsing in chair--FEivin v
 Pat-Aisy now aisy, Iris e.iy n.s lea thOt's broke. Shure. it's rejc5ced yeTl be to hear it whin ye thought he was killed entirely. y."-Bcston Transcript.
 Judge" said the prisoner in the deck. have got to be tried by a woman jurvf
 Be quiet!" whispered his counsel.
 T won't be quiet. Judge. I can't eren fool my own wife. let alone twelve strange women I'm guilty ,'-Houstou Post.
 ' Advertisement-For sale. SOW with , three pigs and gas tank | Another-Excellent COW for sale: gives three gallons Of milk daily; also a good Diano.-Boston Transcript.
 "A child should gain in SEeis5t about rour pounds between two and seven years" remarked the young n0ther look inr up from the morning paper.
 Huh 70 Our gained forty pounds be. tween 2 a m. and a. m-.' grumble,l the young husband. who had spent ths night walking the floor with his conlelsy first born.-Cincinnad Enquirer.
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THE KALEIDOSCOPE

America makes 80 per cent of the worlds automobiles. India is one or ooe largest growers oa wheat in the world
 Mexico's exports Of crude oil amend to soo.o00 barrels daily.
 The first school for girls tn Csnc--1 natl was established in 1909. The United States produced sss7 ssl.-1 900 worth of rubber products in 1918. Louisiana newspaper has tho cs- tinction of being the hrst ASeE..Srtntsd on wall paper
 About 350.005 tons Of ssEzr are 6se5 in confectionery consumed in the Unted States in one year.
 In England last year work vas RSp- ned by 1.7I5 trade disputes. wnioa tn- yolyed l.s90.000 workers.
 The French government benefits st Cd rate of s5o.00o day as its share Of ths profits of one popular gambling casino | In India women's and children's shoes purses. handbags and other articles srs being manufactured from lizard skins. The postage on a letter from Aus | tralia 10 London IS now less than uhzS ! on a letter sent from London to one of | its own suburbs.
 The greatest zinc mine in the forldS | situated in Sussex county. New Jersey.l has been worked almost continually sinco colonial days.
 Illustrated World reports that the New l York aquarium has had more than 15 < | 100000 visitors since it was opened 4n December 1896.
 Experiments made by London sci enlist indicate that bats are directed in their flight by special sense Of ee2-- ing and by sound waves.
 A Jewish shipping corporation has been formed at Jaffa. with capital Of fi.- e5O 900, to establish a Jewish Tncrc2nrtlo marine for Palestine.
 Aurora. III. pays its street car fares with little pieces Of metal perforated with the letter A. number Of these can be carried on safety pin
 Few persons Ni.o have admired che common rose quartz realize how very rare Is the crystallized form Only two specimens are known.
 Waterproof concrete houses or bun galows with vaulted roofs. whica are planned to make them cool in summer and warm in winter. have been con structed in Buclinghamshire, England in two weeks time.
 The United States produced tn lsi II per cent of the worlds petroleum 2 leads in the production of iron and stee copper and lead. sulphur. phospzte roek vanadium. aluminium and several sthei mineral products.
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afternoon to be fully appreciated. The boating bathing and fishing is all that could be. asked f suoplfad to order. On Thursday evening was celebrated at the Moro camp sts sort of special house. warning. Fifteen couples were there, and, in an extension which has been added to the sun porch. a grand wood land dance was enjoyed
 Never before did the staid old deni- zens of Bennett's cove hear the like of the peals of laughter and shouts of de- light. Delicious refreshments were en- joyed by the merry company.
 In the window of Carey's store We'd nesday was an enormous fsh-head mounted on a block with its gaping mouth prfed wide open with a toothpick. Displayed with 1t was the legend "Mackrer', caught Aug. 1 in Beach Pond by E. S. Hiscox. What next, from Beach Pond?
 : Mrs. Ella wh.pple of voluntown vis- , ited Mrs. James McCusker of Tracy ave- nue Wednesday.
 Miss Faye Callahan of Hartford has 1 been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. James McCusker. also of Mrs. Dennis Sullivan
 of Tracy avenue.
 John welch has just returned from a few days visit In New York where
 he took his young nepfew James Mur. ray to see the sights. MT. Welch was for IS years a resident of New Yori
 where he followed the trade of a house
 smith He had charge Of large con
 struction gangs on the steel work O
 many, of the city's great skyscrapers. H
 was foreman of a gang on the struc
 tural work of the Greensboro bridg
 over the East river. To show hoy quickly changes recur there. some of tn buildings he helped to build are bein torn down now to be replaced by large
 and more modern structures. Il First seiectInan William Johnston 3 went to the upper end of Ashland pon t Thursday to inspect and accept the ne
 bridge just completed by E. F. Gilbe1
 for the town of Griswold. A noder structure of South Carolina pine Wit Q 40-foot span. constructed On tf . oantilever principle. has replaced u AQ decayed bridge. with hewn ches . nut logs for span beams. The floor . = double laid with the upper planling e = tending Iengthwise When wheels sha i 7, wear the floor complete replanking II not necessary.
 [, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith. Is. wife e John Smith, GTed at Backus hospital l. Tuesday Her condition was such tn e the Caesarian operation was performe a She survived only a short time, bl J leaves a son. Her case has been or T that physicians have been unable
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attended and nettel the soc'-;y nearly f,.g.N do.-a.~. Mrs Henry Guile was il c-a-9e Of the refreshments Mrs J. p. Ri,hsrIson tn Drosra mrsae. Mrs G-o-sa the fancY and mystery is- hles an . VIII am Car.stonl''':- iile Eli1abei ,Ce extract table and rr-ze c' 6c. Mrs F S Leonard. of JeTett Ci.y. s. nS two groups of soY@s. by Cad- man ard Eubrnste.n. I:ichmond P.
 Garincr sang gral.ss of songs by Ru- beHsta-n Mrs Clinton Frink. the Cam ierbIry. rasresentatiye gave several readings. Mrs Irving Brink of Brooklyn gave q monologue and Mrs Lowell Of Canterbury recited Grandmas Attic . Treasures. It was an attractive pro- gramme unusually. well rendered.
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LEFFiNCWELL

Benjamin Pickett of New York, is visiting at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Joan I. Ross.
 AIr. and Mrs. Harold A. Ross and children Muriel, Clayton and Norma, of Cncasville, were guests of MT. and Mrs. Harry Bedat Sunday
 Howard Vibber and family, of Wor- cester, Mass, visited Mir. and Mrs. Ed warda Reynolds Tuesday.
 Miss Ruth J. Ellis of Norwich Town spent Sunday with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Charles F. Ellis
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick A. Leffing-
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Winsted.-Mrs. Mary B. Hall 48 widow of Asaph Hall of Goshen died at the Litchfeld county hospital Sunday morn ing following an illness caused by uremic poisoning. Mrs Hall was a retired teacher
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The Household :

74 FRANKLIN STREET t| Telephone 531-4 BULLETIN BLDG
The Catholic bulletin., 1921-12-10
SPARTA MINERAL WATER CO.

The best quality of soft drinks is
bottled and put on the market by
VIM. Jones e Son, located corner
Water and Main. This company has
made rapid strides in the develop
ment of it's business until it now sup;
plies the trade of the entire territory
contributory to Sparta and this and
other counties. At present, the name
of this company back of any of its
products stands for the highest quail
ity, their Ginger Ale being in con-
slant demand by homes in many cities
and towns. The company has a very
efficiently and thoroughly organized
distributing and delivery system, so
that all orders for it's products are
filled promptly. The best way to pur-
chase them is by the case, and they
are. handled by all of the leading drug
gists and ice cream parlors and places
where soft drinks are sold.
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HARRY p. ROBERTS.

One of the finest and most attrac-
tive stocks of clothing and gents fur
nishings is to be seen in the up-to-
date store of Harry P. Roberts. With
out doubt, it is one of the largest
stocks yet shown in Sparta, and men
and young men who take pride in
their appearance are making their Sc
lection Of new suits and overcoats
from it while it is complete. Patrons
of the store know that they always
get correct fits when they make their
purchases at this store. 1t is receiv-
ing the new stocks of haberdashery
for winter and is showing the new
styles in hats, caps, also some attrac-
tive neckwear, hosiery, gloves, shoes
and underwear.
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GERLETTps BOOK STORE.

Everything in stationery, office sup
plies, books, magazines and novel
ties will be found at Gerletti's Book
Store. 1t undoubtedly carries one of
the largest and best selected stocks
of its kind to be found anywhere in
this vicinity. All of the latest ideas
in office equipment and supplies, type
writer papers, second sheets, carbon
papers, pencils, inks, erasers, ledgers,
journals and other record books, both
bound and loose leaf. Then there is
the big stock of school supplies and
school books. You can place your
orders here for your favorite maga-
zine or periodical. Do you kodak :?
If so, you will find full line of sup
plies here. You will also find many
suggestions for gifts here from the
large selection of novelties.
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BRoTHERsoN & POTTER.

Your plumbing and heating troubles
will disappear if you lay them before
Brotherson & Potter, plumbing and
heating contractors. To enjoy your
home in the right way, it's heating
and plumbing systems must be prop
erly installed and always in proper
working order. If you are about to
erect a new building of any kind, it
will pay you to get estimates for
the work and its costs from Brother
son & Potter before you let the gen
eral contracts. The firm is we'll
versed in the problems of ventilation
and radiation and can give you inval-
liable advice on the size of heating
plants to install. They also do gas
fitting and carry a line of gas fixtures,
gas stoves and gas supplies of all
kinds.
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THE HOME LUMBER CO.

Contractors and builders throughout
this vicinity have found to their sat
lsfaction that the Home Lumber Com
pany gives them the best deal every
time in lumber and building materials.
Ii you have put off building for the
past three or four years because of
the high cost of lumber and building
materials, the time has come for you
to begin your construction work. But
before you let any contracts or place
any orders, be sure and get prices
and estimates from this firm The
farmers will find everything they need
In lumbers and building materials,
posts. tile and silos A fine line of
hardwood lumbers for flooring and in
terror finishing is also in stock.
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BALDWIN MERCANTILE CO.

The Baldwin Mercantile Co. is the
home of the best grades of shelf and
heavy hardware and has reputation
for handling only the highest quality
of goods and selling them at the low
est possible prices. The store also
carries complete line of enameis,
aluminium and tinware for the kitchen
power washing machine, laundry sup
plies, lawn mower or garden and farm
tools, carpenters and masons' tools,
paints and oils, rope and glass, you
will find big stocks to select from A
good line of hunters and trappers'
supplies is on hand, and also sport
ing goods of all kinds.
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volved, the question is, is the amount
you carry sufficient compared to five
years ago? II. you should pass on,
would your family be able to live in
the same manner as you live at pres
ent from the life insurance you car
ry? Should your house be destroyed
by fire or wind, and you carry the
same sized policy you carried five
years ago, how far would it go to-
ward rebuilding it with present day
prices of materials and lumber? This
is the way to look at insurance II
is business proposition for you, pure
and simple. The question is, are you
protected? w. III. Blyton & Co. han
dies general insurance. He is ar
authority and will be glad to advise
you on these matters.
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THE CHlLDREN'S HOUR.
THE MUSIC BOX.

One day when Mary Lou was going
on an errand she saw something
shining bright and yellow in the lit
tie path in front of her. She pounced
on it and picked it up. Some kind
of key she said. "A funny kind!"
The little key was of brass. Its
handle was in the form of two fat
cupids with roses round them, and
its stem was. hollow The key ended
in queer little square,,
Mary Lou took it home and show
ed it to her mother.
II never saw a key like that" her
mother said "What can it belong
to? Perhasp some one will advertise
in the paper for it.
But though Mary Lou read the
Lost and Found column for month,
she could not find anyone who had
Host little key with cupids at one
end and a, square at the other. At
yellow ribbon and hung it round her
neck. Then, since she was fanciful
little girl, she began to pretend that
| it was the key to an enchanted gar
den, to magic room, to, a princess
trunk that had gone astray, to a
kings castle-to all sorts of things.
She tried it in every keyhole she
could find-in the keyhole of the pi
ano, of the sewing machine, of the
linen closet, of the cedar chest and
Of many other things. liz,
Never mind" she said at last. TITS
my happiness key, anyway. It's bound
I to belong somewhere, and one of
these days it's going to unlock some
thing beautiful"
Mary Lou" said her mother one
| day, I'm going to take you to call
on some people who moved into town
only a few weeks ago. There is a
| little lame boy in the family. He
may get well after a WHILE. but just
now he cannot walk at all and is
very restless and unhappy, they say.
You must do what you can, Mary
Lou, to cheer him up
Il will" Mary Lou promised glad
lily. Indeed l will"
She did her best, but the little boy,
whose name was Horace, was hard
to amuse He sat by window with
his books and playthings round him,
but he was tined of them all.
Mary Lou made funny rag dolls out
of her handkerchief, and he did laugh
at her, but he soon grew sad again.
Mary Lou was sorry. She felt that
she could not sit there and see him
staring so wistfully at the boys who
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bottled and sealed and kept thorough
y chilled. The dairy handles, also,
3cs.iage cheese and buttermilk.sE 10
HARRlsoN,s RESTAURANT.

t. J,,Ty ylar%A
No matter how particular you are
about the manner in which your food
is prepared and cooked, you will be
pleased with that served at the Har-
rison Restaurant. The best and
freshest cuts of meats are selected,
the highest grades of groceries, the
freshest fish, vegetables and fruits
are all sought out for the kitchens
of Harrison's Restaurant. An up-to-
date lunch counter is also maintain
ed where prompt service is given day
and night. The restaurant puts up
lunches for workers, picnic parties
and travellers on short notice, and also
has an up-to-date soda fountain in
connection. It is. also headquarters
for good cigars, tobaccos and confec
tionery.
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DIR. p. E. STRAIT.

Owners of live stock have discover
ed that Dr.. Strait, Sparta's well known
veterinarian, is qualified to treat the
most battling and stubborn of stock
diseases. DR.. Strait has had a very
thorough training in his profession,
followed by wide experience so that
he is competent in every particular.
If you have not had your hogs vac
cinated against cholera, let him at
tend to the matter for you. 1t is ad-
visable to have him inspect your cat
tie, sheep and horses from time to
time to prevent any diseases getting
a foothold among them He answers
calls day or night.
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PAUL ScHALLER.

Everything that can be expected
from first class drug store is found
at Paul Schaller's Drug Store. The
drug department is always in charge
of an experienced, licensed pharma-
cist, and is completely stocked with
pure drugs. The store is open at all
times for the benefit of the public,
and carries a complete stock of con-
fectioneries, stationery, toilet acces-
sories, fancy soaps, tooth pastes, pow
ders and brushes, fountain pens, pens
and pencils. The carefully selected
stocks ofstafcs, powders, perfumes and
other toilet accessories pleases the
taste of the many lady patrons. The
store also handles paints, oils, glass
and wall paper, fancy china and cut
glass. Asys
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TAYLOR e. JOHNSON.

The drug store of Taylor & John
son is always well stocked with drugs
SO that it can give you prompt and
accurate prescription service. It's
drug department is always complete
ly stocked and in charge of a COM
petent pharmacist so that any pre-
scription requirements, no matter
how unusual or exacting, can be
promptly compounded without substi-
tuition of ingredients. Taylor & John
son carries a complete line of stock
foods and remedies, and your mail
order will receive the same careful
attention as it would if you were
there to make the selection. You will
appreciate the delicate imported and
domestic perfumes, the dainty tales
and powders, face and shampoo
Ecreams, medicated soaps, manicure
sets and other requisites for the beau
ty and. appearance of the fair sex
If you like real good confectionery
the quality kind, you will find it in
the stocks carried by this store, in
bulk and box goods. I'LL.