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Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25
SOUTH WOODSTOCK

Miss Ida Sanger visited in Charl- ton last week.
 The Ladies' Aid meets this week with Mrs. Tourtellotte. Mrs. Harvey Tourtellotte visited in Southbridge a day this week.
 Mir. Erickson has closed his house for time and the family is away. Mrs. Wade, who was in New Jersey last week. returned Sunday evening.
 Mrs. Perry visited her daughter Mrs Edgar Bosworth. on Wednesday
 The selectmen have been working on the roads in the village the past week.
 Mrs. Calhoun was the victim of a cold SO she was unable to attend church Sunday
 Mrs. Hull of New Jersey. who has been spending several weeks with her niece. Mrs. Elisha Perry, has gone home.
 Mrs. Ethel Philips Barker of Penn svlvania visited her sister, Miss Cert rude Phillips, for few days. She re- turned to her home on Monday
 Miss Anna Mayo of Pomfret was the week k-end guest of Miss Mary kel. ley. and attended the entertainment given by the Camp Fire Girls at Wood stock Hill last Friday evening
 The annual church meeting was held last week Wednesday evening, and, in spite of the terrific storm, quite a number attended, and enjoyed the bean supper just preceding the meeting.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25

suing year. Mrs. C. O. Thompson. chairman; Mrs. M A. Ellington, sec retary and treasurer. The chairman of the various committees are as fol- lows: Legislative committee, Miss Anna Donlon; food committee, Mrs. John Hanley; sewing committed, Mrs. Andrew Murdoek; county home, Miss Annie 0,Neil; publicity, Mrs. Thomas Hanley; town farm. Miss Margaret Morris; hospital, Miss Mary Walsh church aid, Miss Breen and Mrs. Al. bert Day, cooperative ehairmen junior council, Mrs. Harold Nelson. The report showed St. Moniea's Guild to be in a very fiourishing condition and that it has proved quite a factor in it's various phases of welfare work having expended over Sl ,500 for wei fare work since its organization in May 1921. The chairman of the mem bership committee with her assistants is busy recording names of renewals of membership to which list 1t is hop ed many new ones may be added.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25
WOODSTOCK BRIEFS
EAST WOODSTOCK

Rev. II. D. Baker is confined to the house with a severe cold
 Mrs. Flora Chase of Southbridge. Mass. spent Sunday with Mrs. Emily Allen
 J. E. Aldrich lost his family horse. Fanny" on Monday. l. had been ill for three days.
 Mr. and Mrs. Plimpton and two sons of Sturbridge Mass. spent Sun day with Mir. and Mrs Joseph Spen- cer.
 Elliot Clemenee and family of Sur bridge were guests of Mrs. Glemenee' s parents, Mir. and Mrs. C. II. Potter. on Sunday.
 Nc services were held here last Sun day evening. as several attended the cantata. The Shepherd King. given by the Methodist church choir of Web ster.
 Mrs. George Bosworth had charge of the meeting of the League of Wom. en Voters held Thursday afternoon with Miss Stoutenburgh. The topic was Social Hygiene. Mrs. l.. H. Healey had Current Events.
 "A AHs MNfNN e9lH Hls HNEd or COWS to George Bosworth last week. Owing Co the epidemic of scarlet fever in his family he was unable to sell the milk. The latest victim is Joseph Morse. making the fifth case in the family. Fortunately all are having it in light form.
 Mrs F. A. Jordan collided with an- other ear as she was entering her driveway last Thursday about 6 D. m. She had been attending the League meeting in Putnam. She saw the ear approaching. but thought she had time to cross the road. Both cars were badly damaged. but the occupants es- capped uninjured. Mrs. Jordan had two ladies with her. The other driver was from Pomfret.
 Arvid Anderson and Harry Cady Jr.. had a collision at the four cor ners on the county road on Monday about dusk Mir Anderson's radiator had frozen and the steam obseured his view. Mir Cady was driving horse, which was knocked down. but he made out to get it home by leading it, as harness and crossbar were broken. The windshield on the car was broken and top somewhat damaged.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25
WEST WOODSTOCK

Mrs. John Shepherd is quite indis- posed with a bad cold.
 Alonzo Eoeterhroobs is able Co re-
 duties as mail carrier.
 During the severe storm Of last week the flag pole at Long Meadow Farm was brown over.
 Wayland Harris and Alpho1e Parent are having acetylene gas plants installed in their homes.
 Professor and Mrs. S. P. Butler Of New Haven have rented home in Newton Center, Mass, and will take possession some time this month.
 The January thaw of last week took 8 sudden departure Sunday night when the mercury fell sixty degrees, pleasing those who have ice houses yet to fill. But owners of peach or. ehards are fearful of a scarcity of next summers harvest.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25
NORTH ASHFORD

Miss Gladys Farnham has been wis. iting this week at the parsonage.
 On Monday the Eastford Baptist church entertained the ministers of the Ashford Baptist Association. The weather interfered somewhat with the attendance. but a good time was ex. perienced by those who were present
 The services at the Eastford Bap- tist church at North Ashford on Sun day was well attended. The pastor Rev. Norman Nj. Bloore. preached on "Discipleship. Luke ix: 55-62. The services for the remainder of the win ter will be in the chapel. A prayer meeting will be held at Mir. Farnham's residence on Friday evening. On Fri day evening, Feb. l. it Is planned to have an oyster supper and social.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25
RED PEPPERS END
 RHEUMATIC PAINS

When you are suffering with rheu- matism sn you can hardly get around just try Red Pepper Rub and you will have the quickest relAf known.
 Nothing has such concentrated. pene- trating heat as red peppers. Instant re lief. Just as soon as you apply Rcd Pepper Rub you feel the tingling heat In three minutes if warns the sore spot through and through. Frees the blood circulation. breaks up the eonges- tion--and the old rheumatism torture is gone
 Rowles Red Pepper Rub. made from red peppers, costs little at any drug store. Get jar at once. Use it for iumbago, neuritis. backache. stiff neck. sore muscles, colds in chest. Almost instant relief awaits you. Be sure to get the genuine. with tho name Rowles on each package.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25
Woodstock Valley

Ferdinand Kenyon has been install ling a radio.
 Supervisor MeAlister was visiting the school on Wednesday.
 Stephen Tifft of Westford is visit ing his daughter. Mrs. A. N. Ham mond.
 Jack Frost has been putting in some good work this week and the ice cut ters w;li seen be busy.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25

Burt's Drug Store was right They said that FAIRYFOOT Bunion Plas- ters would euro bunions ten years old they cured mine.-Adv.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25

Mrs. Henry Lamothe has been visit ing relatives in Worcester for several days.
 Mrs. Ethel Phillips Buker returned to Philadelphia on Monday after a short visit with her sister, Miss Ger trude Phillips.
 Sunday morning eantata was giv- en in the church by Webster people under the direction of Mrs. Berniee Lyon. It was very much enjoyed by all
 The union service will be held this coming Sunday evening, January 27i at North Woodstock Elmer Clienes, r. Nj. (. A. secretary of Hartford, will be the speaker. All are urged to attend.
 Mir Houghton. whose father is q missionary in India. occupied the pull pit Sunday morning His talk on the problems and advancements in India were especially interesting because of his personal relationship with Dr. Par ker and other workers there.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-25
WOODSTOCK CAMP FIRE COMEDY DELIGHTS AUDIENCE
Patsy" Is Excellently Present ed to Aid Hall Memorial
 Gym.

The two-aet comedy entitled Pat sy." given by the Hammock Camp Fire at Academy Hall last Friday was a decided success. X running fire Of laughter was kept up by the audience from the time Patsy herself first blum dered into the scene io the end Of the play.
 Those whose duty it was to act as prompters report not a single instance wherein their services were required. The performance in every way was a finished product, and reflected credit upon the excellent coaching of Miss Constance Grigg, Camp Fire guardian. The cast of characters was as fol- lows:
 Miss Lueretia Lane. Aunt Lu"
 Constance Louise Williams Nita Farrell. her niece
 Elizabeth Rollins Ruth Fieldin, Nita's chum
 Clara Lucinda Baker Beatrice Edwards
 Elizabeth Kathryn Kempf Phyllis Edwards
 Gladys Estela Harrington
 Dorothy Glen Lillibridge
 
 Lydia Chamberlain Taber Patricia Muldoon. the maid
 Sarah Estelle Healey The following committee had in charge the sale of candy and cake Edith Nelson. chairman; Florence Child. Sarah Healey, Elizabeth kempf.
 An excellent exhibition of Camp Fire work was in charge of the follow ing. Clara Baker, chairman; Lydia Taber. Gladys Harrington. Proceeds from the sale of candy and cake, as we'll as two-thirds from the sale of tickets, were voted as a gift to the Hall Memorial gymnasium fund. The amount retained by the Camp Fire was used to cover expenses of the eve ming
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
LIVED LONG ON
HOPE AND WATER
But Enfombed Miners Did
Not Establish Record

Surprise has been expressed that the
men rescued from the flooded pit near
Falkirk, Scotland, were able to exist
for nine days ION hope and water"
In point Of fact, 1t was just because
these men had fresh water and did not
abandon hope that they not only sur
vived their horrible Imprisonment, but
were actually able to crawl down to
the shaft bottom, unaided, to Join their
rescuers
For healthy man nine days fast
Is, In itself, no very dreadful ordeal.
There are indeed plenty of people who
habitually fast at intervals for from
three to seven days simply for health's
sake, observes Henri Pickard In the
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Not, Of course. that there Is any COM
parison between lying comfortably in
bed without food and existing In the
pitch darkness OF flooded coal pit.
breathing bad air and always under
the hideous uncertainty Of whether you
will ever get out or not.
Even so, these miners were not so
badly Off as a shipwrecked crew in an
open boat. The mere fact Of having
water all around you, yet none to
drink. is literally maddeAing. Yet the
survivors from the Medusa, wrecked
in the year 1875 managed to liv.l
through 10 days on raft, withou
food or water, exposed too, for mucl
of the time, to burning sun.
OF miners the longest entombment O
which we have any record is that o
the last survivor from the Courier,
mine in France, after the awful explo
sion Of March 6. 1903. He was, in all
20 days below ground before bein:
rescued. But he had food for the first
week Of his Imprisonment.
Doctors are divided as to how lon.
man can exist without food PROBES
sional fasters, such as Doctor Tame,
and Succi, have abstained for 40, even
so days on end. and there is case re
ported In the Lancet Of 1853 of a mar
Of sixty-two who refused food for -four
months and recovered
The period Of fasting before dealt
ensues varies with different individu
ais. Generally speaking, healthy per
son can go without food until he or she
has lost one-third of the bodily weight
But different people do not lose
weight at the same rate. Succi, for
instance, lost "a pounds ounces dur
ing 40 days fast. but Jacques, the
champion faster. lost only % pounds
ounces in the course Of his record
fast of 80 days.
Medical Jurisprudence assumes that
fat person will live longer withou'
food than thin one. for, like the hi
bernating bear, fasting man con
sumes his own fat.
The muscles, too, lose much weight
even the skin and hair decrease Il
weight during the fast. The only par
of the body which loses nothing is the
heart
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
WORLD COOPERATION
CAMPAIGN

WITH the slogan "Stopwar! Cooper
ate' as rallying cry, demonstration of
Americas will to peace is beginning
July 1921 that bids fair to make his
tory. 1t will not stop July 9th. Thou
sands of communities will mobilize the
peace sentiment on date locally more
convenient. But the opening of this
Campaign for effective world cooper
alton will be on the tenth anniversary
of the outbreak Of the Great War.
The world is unsettled. National ar
rogance and bitterness are being eulti-
vated Militarists and nationalists COR
stitute a noisy and powerful majority
in every land including our own.
Armed isolation and military alliances
curse the earth.
peace by preparedness contradicts
history Adequate" preparedness is a
weasel phrase for increased prepared
ness. Increased national preparedness
means increased world preparedness;
and increased world preparedness
means ultimately war. War and Navy
Departments are today engaged in a
race in ornaments which gravely en-
dangers world peace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
HEAVY BURDEN ON PEOPLE


In past nine years, more than 100, 900
permanent federal officials have been
added to the rolls-increasing cost
$195, sol, 900.
State official payrolls have been in
creased in number and cost SO that al
together one out of every twelve work.
ers is a government employe.
Additional laws enacted by Congress
and state legislatures all increase taxes
and take money away from the produc-
ing citizen.
1t has been the slogan of the last two
presidents that government payrolls
must be cut down in numbers.
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Washington
and Idaho have consolidated boards
and commissions and materially cut
their overhead.
Every state in the union and every
department of the federal government
could probably trim at least Is per cent
off its overhead.
Why not do it?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
GENERAL PERSHING RECEIVES
ANOTHER INVITATION TO
ATTEND LEGION CON-
MENTION

The,sixth annual convention of the
Department of Maryland, American
Legion, which is to convene in Havre
de Grace on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, August 21st, 22nd and
23rd, gives promise Of being one Of
the most successful since this great
organization was instituted in Mary
land. Joseph L. Davis Post No. At,
of Havre de Grace, has a convention
committee of untiring workers and
their first concern is to display the
work and possibilities of the Ameri-
can Legion in city, state and national
life. Delegates and visitors from all
parts of Maryland will be in Hayre
de Grace during the three day SEES
sion. Approximately $500 circular
letters will be addressed to Legion
naires urging their presense in
Havre de Grace.
Among the guests of the conven-
ton appear the names of: General
John J. Pershing, National Comman-
der John Quinn, Past National Com
mander Hanford MacNider, Director
Frank T. Hines. of the United States
Veterans Bureau. Governor Albert c..
Richie and Mayor Howard w. Jack
son, of Baltimore. These men will
receive another invitation from the
convention committee of Joseph L.
DAVIS Post, and it is confidently ex-
pected that they will make an
effort to be present at some time
during the session. Other names
appear on the list of guests and
speakers, but the foregoing will in
dictate the measure of priminence to
be attached to the first gathering of
World War veterans in Havre de
Grace.
William D. Leithiser, chairman of
the convention committee, cabled
another urgent invitation to General
Pershing in Paris last week.
General Perishing is chairman of the
American Battle Moments Com
mission which is touring the battle
fields of France and Belgium to
select sites for monuments to be
erected by the United States. De-
partment Commander d. John Mar
key is also a member of the Com
mission and will leave no stone un-
turntd to stress General Pershing' .
presence at the convention.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
Navajo Monument in
NorfhrOesteyn Arizona

The Navajo national monument is
within the great and little known Nav
ajo Indian reservation In northeastern
Arizona. 1t comprises tracts of land,
each Of which contains the ruins of
a remarkable prehistoric cave pueblo
or cliff dwelling in good state of
preservation. These are known as Be
tatakin (the Navajo name Of side
hill house). Kitsil (meaning broken
pottery: and inscription house. The
latter ruin derives Its name from an
Inscription scratched into the clay
plaster Of wall. II reads: "S-hapeiro
Ano-Dom 1861"
Betatakin Is situated at an elevation
Of 1000 feet in great cave 450 feet
long. with a maximum depth Of $50
feet, in the side of soft. red sand
stone cliff, which forms the walls Of.
most picturesque and beautiful
canyon, says the Detroit News. The
cave roof projects far out over the
village. which originally contained 100
rooms and occupied every foot Of
building space. but Is so high that
swirling storms have caused shrub
berry to grow up to the very founda-
tions of the ancient homes
Kitsil Is the largest Of the cave
pueblos and is appropriately named. as
the open spaces between the apart
ments are strewn with broken pottery
Of the finest type produced by the an
cicnt cliff dwellers The village COM
pletely fills a cave $50 feet long and
90 feet deep. There are 148 rooms In
ALL Similar circular ceremonial
chambers or kivas at the front OF the
cave and below the level Of Its floor
indicate that the tribe occupying II
was different from the clan that lived
at Betatakin. as In the latter there are
no rooms of this type. Kitsil is stu
ated in wooded canyon. the walls Of
which are warmly colored-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
WHAT CAREI1EssNEss COSTS
OUR FORESTS

Careless campers who leave their
fires burning in the woods or toss
lighted cigar and cigarette stubs into
the brush, burned last season more
cumberland than was cut by all saw
mills in the country all year.
Reforestation has been reconized
for years as one of the great necessi-
ties. Something is being accom-
plished in this direction. But forest
fires at present wipe out much more
timber every year than is being re-
grown.
Records kept by the forest service
show that every year the area of
forest land swept by fire is about
twice as great as the area cut over
by logging operations.
Four-fifths of the fires each year
are man made. They might be pre-
vented by the exercise of ordinary
care. Most of them start from hot
Goals left by campers or picnickers or
from lighted cigarette butts, and
some of them come through careless
ness of settlers in burning up stump
piles and brush heaps.
The burned-over acreage Is largely
cut-over land, which reduces the
monetary loss, but the potential
destruction is nevertheless terrific,
for the fires on the cut-over acreage
destroy the seeds and young growth
that would reforest the land.
The forestry service says the
first important step in reforestation
is to start the growth in the cut-over
land, and on much of this land
effective protection against fire will
be all that is necessary for this
purpose.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
Explaining the Sexton

Schoolboys in q Munich suburb.
were instructed recently to write u
composition aboutS the sexton in tht
local church. and the following effort
attracted so much attention that 1t is
being reproduced in many Bavarian
newspapers:
'-The sexton Is a useful man. He
rings the bells at Ave o'clock in the
morning so the people know they may
sleep two hours longer. At eleven
o'clock he rings the bells again. indi-
eating to the farmers In the field that
they. should become hungry. In the
evening there Is more bell-ringing
which indicates to small children they
will get their ears boxed II they do
not run home rapidly. Sometimes the
sexton is very troublesome. especially
when he rings at night to announce a
fire. The sexton thrives on weddings
chrIstenings and the dead. He earns
the most money through death. There
fore he is glad when many people die"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
DELAWARE MAY AGAIN LEAD
IN PEACH GROWING

While Delaware does not occupy the
place that it did twenty-five years ago
as a peach state, it is rapidly coming
back, and if the same rapid strides are
made within the next five years that
have been made within the past four or
five years it is believed that the acre.
age set in orchards will be nearly as
great as it was two decades ago.
Peach culture many years ago was
Abandoned to a large extent by the
extensive growers owing to the fact
that plant disease could not success
fully be combated. For several sea-
sons, when the industry was at its
height, the crop was almost an entire
failure because of diseased trees coup
led with climate conditions. Within
recent years growers have learned how
to combat the San>Jose scale and other
diseases that played havoc with the
peach crop, and once more farmers are
turning their attention to the peach in
dustry as source of revenue.
Scarcity of the fruit within the past
ten years has caused a great demand,
and has resulted in high prices being
received by those who have been sue
cessful in having small orchards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
Grcnd Mesa Forest

President Coolidge, ION March II,
changed the, name of the Pattlement
National forest in Colorado to the
Grand Mesa National forest. The new
name describes the principal topo-
graphic feature Of the entire noun
famous part of that region Grand
Mesa proper comprises the very Inn
portant southwestern arm of the ma
tional forest upon which the principal
irrigation water Of the vast farming
region surrounding 1t is impounded, In
artificial reservoirs, to be discharged
in the periods when needed for agrl-
culture. 1t is also an attractive recre-
alton and fishing grounds for the popu-
lation surrounding valleys as well as
the travelling public.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
SOW SOME FOR GAME BIRDS


The State Game Department again
during the season of 1924 appealed
to the agriculturists of Maryland
through the District Deputy Game
Wardens, to sow small patches Of
buckwheat and soy-beans or mile,
and allow same to fall, which will
provide cover and feed for the, game
song insectivorous birds, during the
wintermonths.
The birds which inhabit the covers
of our State are of vast Importance
to the agriculturists and the farmers
receive more benefit though these
birds than any other person, there
fore, they should be most interested.
The Department is not requesting the
farmers to stand this expense alone.
since we have offered to pay for the
seed which they use, provided, same
is left to fall for cover.
The sportsmen, of course, would
receive some benefit through this
method Of conservation, however
the farmer. will receive ten times as
much by protecting these birds dur
ing the winter months, thereby as
surfing a good supply Of brood stock
for the following season.
Anytime during the month of
August will be ample time to seed
buck-wheat, however, so y-beans
should be seeded at once, otherwise
they will not mature. Soy-beans
make excellent cover, as it stands
high, and would protect the cover
by keeping snow from the ground. /
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
HOG CHOLERA IN MARYLAND

Hog cholera was reported to exist
on rs premises in Maryland during
the month of June. Fourteen of
these We're backyard outbreaks
Twenty-three were classed as pri-
mary and as secondary. Wiscom-
leo reported outbreaks. Dorches-
ter followed with 4, Anne Arundel 5.
while Cecil, Hartford, Montgomery
and Somerset were tied for fourth
place with 2 each. Talbot turned in
one. OF the primary outbreaks, 1G
were apparently due to the feeding OF
garbage. table scraps, etc. New
stock was responsible for 6 and .m-
properly buried carcasses for /.
The two secondary outbreaks were
caused by hogs running loose.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25

A letter which had been tossed
about in the Atlantic for three weeks
was recently received by q Plymouth
resident. His son. an engineer on
steamer bound for Vancouver. placed
the letter In sealed tin with q flag
attached, and dropped II overheard.
Three weeks later the tin was washed
ashore on the Azores islands. where it
was found by fishermen. who for
warded the letter by post.-London
Tit Bits.