Putnam patriot., 1928-04-12

Misfortune And Sadness
The wild hyaciDth, or biuebell, also
known as wood hyacinth, st. Georges
flower and bending Endymon," sym
bolizes misfortune and sadness The
commonplace wild flower. with no par
tlculnr beauty, by cultivation has be-
come a flower If rare beauty and fra
GRANGE. IL was first known 90 the
Greeks. al, Al" words Of grief some
viii affect 20 see, in Greek character.
On hyacinth blooms. Yet because the
sound Is like that Of III { eternal)
the plant has come 20 signify remem-
hranee; hence It is used 20 be sculp-
tured on tomhs.
Though the lilies are welcome early
visitors. with perfume and soft eolors.
generally representing beneyolence and
affection, no less beautiful flower Is the
gnntian Ia the falling ef The year. The
fringed gentian and the closed gentian
with is strange unopened "bird-like
prominence Of intense glorious blue"
was known 70 the "Medeein" men,
Physicians Of old held the plant 20
be "sovrayne' for poisons, pestilenees,
indigesiious. dog bites, stubborn livers.
wearncas. lameness and other mala=
dies. II bears the name of Gentius.
king Of illyria. who discovered It 70 be
useful IN medicine.
IN Hungary the plant was Sanctus
Regia Herbn, in honor of Ladislas, the
king, whose reign was voxed by a
plague IN despair Ladislas went into
the fields bearing his bow and arrow,
and prayed that when he shot at ram
dom the Lord would direct his shaft to
some plant that might be Of use in
checking the rayagcs Of the disease
He shot, aud the arrow was found
sticking into the root Of the gcntian
which he Immediately culled. and with
which wondrous cures were wrought
The Wars
King Phillips War began IN l675--
the Revolutionary War hundred
years later. The Indians have gone
but the flowers they loved remain.
While We gather the beautiful cor
chids' or "lady's slippers" tho Indians
always gave them their real name Of
INDIAN moccasin,'
Indian Pipe. waxy white
That droops and browns when
plucked."
The yellow moecasins," most ador.
"a and about which there Is the LEG
end Of Little Bravo" is fast disap-
pearing.
soon after the settlement Of the
western part Of the town. BENJAMIN
Marcy. Hczokiah Smith. Manassa
Holman and Jonathan Bugbec form
Cd a company 90 manufacture iron and
they used the glacial drift that had
been deposited In the low lands. They
built dairy, erected forge with
trip hammer at the end of Bugbee
farm Woodstock Valley, and mad,
wrought iron. using charcoal 90 melt
the iron. and all kinds Of hand-mad,
nails were fashioned tno machines
for making nails thenl. Child's tan.
merry north of Black pond. grew and
others took up the industry. Much OF
the early work was cooperative. The
farmers from miles around brought
cattle and sheep hides. The Wrights
seeing their leather was being made
into shoes. began 10 make them. and IN
1920 the first case 'of 60 pairs OF sale
shoes were made in Connecticut
These found ready market and soon
about dozen little shoe shops Were
built Farmers drove 10 the Valley
took ease az stock home. put Il 70
gethcr with wooden pegs. and soon
about thirty companies were manu-.
factoring shoes and shoe stores were
opened.
A Shoe Town
BY lS46 Woodstock was the shoe
town Of the state The shoes Were
sent mainly 10 commission houses IN
New York. but the financial panics 81
/ 1897 and iS47 proved disastrous "a
many 81 the shoe men hv the failure
Of the commission men. and the husi.
ness went 90 larger towns. The
) Wrights and others at the Valley
, made heavy hrogans known rs "Stor-
Rys, hence the name "Stoggy Hollow
Peregrino White. a silvcrsmith. made
silver spoons and tail clocks
THE great clocks tick
And the grim clocks took
But with all their wisdom
They never will tell
or what they tick .tockcd long. long
ago