Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 9, 1909, Page 11

A FARMER'S TALK TO FARMERS. The Ice House on the Farm--The Advantages of It--How Easily It Can Be Built--An Inexpensive and Very Useful Addition--The Cost of a Small One and How to Build and to Pack the kce So that It will Keep. (Written specially for The Bulletin.) | involved. They needn't be, By the When 1 was a boy—never mind how | Use Of waste ‘materials which are miany years ago, it was 4 good many- | usuaily plentiful on farms, almost any re ‘was but ‘one ice-house in this|one can build a perfectly satistactory township. The big hotel to|ice house in his spare hours. If my ummer guests came from the [ OWN experience is my criterion, it can ty ly had to have ice. Its house | be done at very little money-cost, and n be maintained little rouble, 1% the chily stuff was a great with very to all the lads of the town, was he thought who hap- | at the hour when | for keey The year | built my shop | had a lot| of left-over bits of timber, after the| e A oy oay® | carpenters were through. 1 'was stack- | the mysteries of the dark interior,| D& up the pieces when suddenly the b e ior times was closely shut | thought occurred to me that I might | up and sealed “against intrusion, It|mMmake an ice-house out of them. We| was a great tale he had to tell his|never had one, though we had long| e the next week how he| Wanted it. I had a gravel ridge near | fiad seen great blocks of real ice,|the barn, perhaps twenty feet wide and six or eight feet above the hol- lows on either side. I dug out a sau- | cer shaped excavation on the crown of | this, ten feet square, six inches deep hing as much as a barrel of flour, 1 out and hurried to the ice-box: hotel. And this right in mid- r! Gradually e to beli Ao ot generally not | at the outside and elghteen inches cep | 1 (her discoverer had likewise | at the conter, From the lowest point een the wonder, and corroborated the | I dus a ditch through the gravel ti the wonder, and corroborated the BECH ETavelotl ] it emerged on the ten feet outside the proposed building. | 1 filled with round cobble stones, | ng it would serve to drain the wa- That particular ice-house was exca- e i B mn the melting ice. It has done of heavy stone laid up in| =0 some ten rs roof was covered deep | ; .m0 sodded over: ‘the oun| . Then | rough-hewed four sticks six| had double doors, one being | inches square for the sills, and simply ered twith sheét-iron, and | halved them fogether at the corners. | Shie Tatar on 50 of plank, | Pleces of 2 by 6 plank were set up for 1 with thick felt. Inside thé| the corner posts and studding. Thus mp hay. There |l made me a structure ten feet square | v ltilation, indeed, every effort | #nd elght feet high. If my pleces of W to keep the house ot only | $ix Inch plank weren't elght feet long | sun’s | 1 spliced them by the crude method of buiting two together and “fishing” the | of thess well mes je h thin bits nalled on both - w’gnl,,'l pr \m"‘w'f,‘,f‘r‘;nk};‘f sides. Same with the rafters. I board- | aladle over| ed the outside with the waste stuff le got out | AT he new shop building. Th put 1n ¥ the very best boards I.had as a second wall on the inside of otected against the t also against any possible air. It tr left at all by the end of Au six-inch studding, making an in- boasted of -it, as one might x-inch air space. This I stuff- v thousand bushels of pota- h sawdust, ramming it down ¢ acre iard as I could. The roof was ma e of pine slabs, laid at a quarter-pitch. | I made the roof project well over both | The average farmer, in those days, and left the gables open for ven- | w s 500n have thought of buying | “ n to go to market in as of tilation | » ice-house, He relied on = Thus | got a box nine fest square on the nd eight feet high to the plates, double wall, sawdust- tuffed. T all the work with * to keep fruit and vegetables; pring house” to keep milk and me used to keep thelr cream the well, suspended by a rope around Ma the churn, so that the mouth was kept | OWn hands in about three days. I'm| above water, It wasn't till some one| ho carpenter, you see! I didn't use a liscovered that an ice-house should | 5ingle whole board or plank—just the bullt alove ground; that it needed | Dieces the carpenters left from their | rk, and some slabs from the w heap of a nelghboring sawmill. I had to buy a pair of hinges for the door. | They cost me 15 cents. And that was the money I apent on the ice-house. sawdust was a ay or straw— d been found am of having en now, in this remote E 1 T doubt not in hundreds of | Three days’ work and 15 cents in mon- similarly situated, not one-halt| ey; nothing very dreadful about t eh? have an ice-house among | | Every winter thel. a teamster 1 pay Yet an ice house about the most | neighbor, who draws ice as a winter enjoyable 'uxury that life affords dur. | busin $10 to fill my house. Some- ing the hot summer time. Moreover, | times, when the sleighing is good, he is able to do it with two big loads; ‘ sometimes he draws three, if he has to come on wheels. Every winter, also, I pay 25 cents for a load of fresh sawdust—draw it myself, of course. Every summer we have all the ice we can use for domestic purposes (we run it's a money-saver. Not omly in large dalries, but on the farm where onlv two or three cows are kept its value | in connection with milk and cream is hardly to be overestimated. In many | farm houses the hot season is one of constant worry and weariness to the housewlfe, because of her milk and | no dairy) and every summer I sell cream. A dozen pans of milk, in an | enough 'to Ice-less neighbors at 2 ordinary mik room, on a sweltering | cents a cake to amount to from $5 | day in July, with thunder storms im- | to $6. That is, my little cubbyhole of | an ice house which cost three days'| pending, are more trouble than a| | teething baby. Of course, ice doesn't | Work and fifteen cents In money, has iminate all the discomforts of the | Eiven us every summer for more than eated season, but it conque more of | ten years all the ice we wanted at a them than any other one thing. Not|netannual cost of 35 or less, only in regard to dairy matters, but | = aleo in the keeping of meats and veg- etables it is a potent helper, I've Just been looking it over, Ice trom elght to ten inches thick is r ported from the nearby ponds, and | Y As for ice water, you can drink it | supply s likely to come along ver or leave it alone, according to your | soon, now. Some of the Inside boards own judgment. I think there 1s no|are pretty rotten. They'll “do” once doubt that the free use of water | more though, Next fall, probably, made by plunging fragments of ice | therell have to be some patehing into the pitcher, thus cooling the wa- | Also, the slab-roof s about used up, ter almost to the freezing point, is un- | I shall probably have to spend a dol- wholesome, Such water is cooler than | lar, next vear, on “repairs.” Well, 1 any natural spring affords; the temp- | guess it will be worth while. T shan't tation is to drink it profusely on hot, | kick, should you? sweating days; it tastes mighty good down, but it must be more a shock to the inner or- gestion. A very cooling bev- can be obtained by putting the £0 | Just one suggestion about packing the I've tried pounded ice and awdust between the cakes to fill the And snow beats the others around the outside of your pitcher, | all hollow. You must fill these cracks, | t of directly into the water.|if you expect ice to keep in us smali This also keeps the dirt which may|a house as mine. Otherwise drafts be in the ice out of the fluld you drink. | will rise, melting away the ice vers And even the clearest looking fce has | fast. Punch the snow down between in it—more than yowd | the blocks, and then level off the top of each layer with more, before the a cake and letting the dirt | next layer is begun. When I pack ice | that way, I always have it keep per- | fectly. Last September, when we stop- ped using, there were still twenty | cakes in the house, though two fam- | flies had been supplied from it with | ess you try the 'vxrv‘r.’m"nt! | | The uses and enjoyments of ice are 80 many that I wonder any untry- place allows a single summer to pass without having its own ice house. Per- all they wanted for refrigerators and haps some are deterred from building | ice-cream making for the whole sum- one by fear of the cost and trouble ! mer, THE FARMER. LIVE NEWS FROM THREE COUNTIES. TOLLAND COUNTY. ' GILEAD. Btudents Return to College—Fire Haymow. ed by the local Methodist church by holding cottage #rayer meetings every | evening this week. The meetings have| been full of irterest and well attend- | ed. EAGLEVILLE. Resetting Telephone Poles—Village In- Representative B. E. Foote is in| Barttord this week attending the leg- | e ature. The 8, N. o) cor has | Rev. A. J. McLeod of Andover oceu- | mer e i ippone sompany ha | » work in this section resetting pled the pulpit here Sunda; 101e Dolcs. The poles are cut oft ‘The L. A. 8. met Tuesday with M W. N. Hills, Hebron Grange, P. of H., No. 11, met &t the hall Friday evening. Miss Annie Hutchinson returned to Wifred, N. Y., Monday. Deems, Dorothy and Anna Buell are | Msiting thelr grandparents in Marl- | ricultural college on returning Monday boro. ~ from their vacation found very dis- John Sloan has bought a homse and | asreeable traveling from the station Hecdea it to his wife, on Deerfield ave- | to the college, owing to the muddy cou. | mue in Hartford. dition of the road. R . ¥oote returned to Hartford on |~ County Commissioner Fred O, Vinton | elep! the old poles reset. On New Year's day Frank Quinn of | this place and a young lady from Willi- | mantic were married at St. Mary's church, South Coventry, ) The students of the Connecticut ag- Monday, to Trinity college. attended a mebting of th X to i ebting e commission- | . €. Bllis recently loaded a car of | ers at Tolland on Monday, " > °%" | Gshpound poles at Norw Miss Josie Donovan returned to Bos- Fire w discovered the bottom | ton Tuesday, after spending a few days | ;‘l a haymow hday morning at the | at her home in town. [' ‘arm known as the George Norton Miss Amy Rogers of Niantic spen s 4 ers of N c spent a place. Most of the hay was removed | few days recently with her sis : Mrs, from the barn and the fire put out, no | . O, Vinton, great damage being done. Miss Helen Hodge returned to the | T e | New Britain Normal school Mnnda; MASHAPAUG. | and Miss Helen Foote to the High | | ®chool at South Manchester. Auger Shop Burned—Loss $20,000. About four miles north of this vil-| lage, over the state line in Massachu- setts, an auger shop 200 by 50 feet, | owned by a company of men in New| York, was burned to the ground last| Tuesday morning at 4.20, throwing about one hundred men out of work, The »hop and contents were valued at $20,000. By hard fighting, the machine | shop and a. Snells =olid center bit shop | were saved. » STAFFORDVILLE. Mrs. Walter Belden's Death—Waeek of | Prayer Services. e Chamberlin ding two weoks at wrents, Mr. and Mrs, of Boston Is he home of | Cham- ie Hanna was the guest of Rer sister, Mrs. Nellle Duncan, in Wor- | e cester, over New Year's | EAST WILLINGTON. Mrs. Mahlon West an ——— son, Allen, at- tended al of Mrs. West - | School reopened Monday for the win- ter-in-lav Belden, in | ter term Vernon en died | Alphonso Ruby and famlly visited from the Monday | [Mrs. Ruby's parents, Mr. and Mrs, evening George Wilson. The week of prayer has been obsery- Charles J mes, reported to be miss- | papers as missing from Middletown Is | choly temper: | year-old son of Rez, and Mrs. W. A. | fleld visited the latter's parents, Mr. | 1 L afternoon | close to the ground, new holes dug and | | | the morning service. heavy rainstorm. Many of them are winter In Tolland with her sister, Mrs. Hurlbuk ing from Middletown, is the son of a former pastor of the Congregational church of this town. Mrs. Davis of this place is his niece. Mrs. Charles Robbins of Middletown s his sister. Mrs. Baldwin has several orders for knitted gloves. Grace Watrous has been taken to the Norwich hosspital. WILLINGTON. Class to Study Pilgrim’s Progress— Over One Hundred at New Year's Party. Sunday morning the pastor, Rev. Mr. Gardner, gave interesting ‘“Thoughts New Year,” his text being Ex- Rev. Mr. Darrow preached instructively from Numbers 10:29, Come thou with us and we will do Eat Your Favorite Food Without Fear ENJOY YOUR MEALS WITHOUT FEAR OF DYSPEPSIA HAVE TH S OVER WITH Rid Yourself of All Misery from a Weak Stomach by Taking Some Diapepsin Which Cures Before You thee good. > At the Endeavor meeting in the Con- | Realize It. gregational conference room th; Gardner presided. The subject of 2 Resolutions for the New Year was dis- | If your meals don't tempt you, or you feel bloated after eating and you believe it is the food which fills you; it what little you eat lies like a lump of lead on your stomach; if there is dificulty in breathing after eating, cussed. The regular monthly business meet- ing of the Ladies' Aid soclety was held with the president, Mrs. Preston, Tues- day afternoon, - K . forth- | eructations of sour food and acid, oo e tanies o the Lot iR rh Likes U & SR Of b, you can make up your mind that you need something for a sour stomach and Indigestion. To make every bite of food you eat aid in the nourishment and strength of your body, you must rid your Stom- ach of poisons, excessive acid and stomach gas. which sours your entire meal — interferes with digestion and causes so0 many sufferers of Dyspep- sia, Sick Headache, Nauseous breath, and stomach trouble of all kinds; Pu- trefying the intestines and digestive canal, causing such misery as Bil- ed from Pilgrim’s Progress, a class for the study of the book has been planned and held its first meeting at Maple Corner from 7 o'clock until 8 o'clock Thursday evening. Rev. Austin Gara- as for many years made a study of this remarkable work and is always able to talk interestingly upon it Success of New Year’s Reception. Everything worked together tc make New Year's party a grand success. attendance was large, over a hun- th [y dred were present, and all sections of | the town were represented. The sup- | lousness, Constipation, Griping, etc. ped did due credit to the Willington | Your case is no different—you are a cooks and was enfjoyed by all. The | Sstomach sufferer, though you may call it by some other name; your real and only trouble s that which you eat does not digest, but quickly ferments and sours, producing almost any un- healthy condition. A case of Pape's Diapepsin will cost fifty cents at any Pharmacy here, and wili convince any stomach sufferer five minutes after taking one Triangule that Fermentation and Sour Stomach is_causing the misery of Indigestion. No matter if you call your trouble gathering at the parsonage, where the time was passed in husic, Mrs. W. H. Hall at the piano, and in conversation, was ideal. The weather was perfect. A handsome sum which according to time-honored custom was lett with the pastor and his wife was realized. The nervous malady of Miss Grace Watrous, who has been ailing for soma time, having taken a more serious as- , she was carried on Saturday to rwich for medical treatment. Mrs. Waldo returned to Hartfora |Catarrh of the Stomach, Nervousness Thursday. or Gastritis, or by some other name— always remember that a certain cure is waiting at your Pharmacist any time you decide to begin its use. Pape’s Diapepsin will purify B. Gardner started on a western hess trip Monday. The schools commenced Monday morning after their Christmas vaca- I the tion. Miss Burleson returned Saturday | sourest and most acid Stomach within afternoon and took her boys' class five minutes, and digest promptly the Sunday school next day without any fuss or discomfort all of The increased interest in the Baptis: [ any kind of food you could eat. Sunday school continues. Dr. Lawrence from West Medway, Mass., was in town last week. He wds entertained at John G. Himelas' Two touring cars came un on Fri- MOUNT HOPE. Barn and Contents on Walter Place day evening to the New Year's part: A loaded to capacity. Colonel Hall dro Destroyed by Fire. one and Mr. Griggs, the chauffeur, the |y .4 yre T AL Young of New York have been spending a few days at the old homestead. Mrs. E. A, Walter's barn and con- The Charles James reported in the o he e Charles James, aTnst o o . fomer aahcorof the | tents were destroyed by fire on Mon- et tiet ks aniien: L swas navar | & The barn was insured for $100 and Mrs. Walter received $60. The contents were hay and a horse rake, which belonged to B. O, Moore, val- th and was of a melan- His father was a in rugged he: native of Mass., and be- onsea ued at $40. There were some house- longea to one of thie oldest familios | ned &t 340, There were some house- PR mings, destroyed. These were valued at_$50, COLUMBIA. Davil Russ and family spent o Christmas at Merrow. Death of Little Son of Rev. and Mrs.| Mrs. L. M. Knight and son Milton, Cora Grant of Hartford and Clinton Grant of Storrs spent Christmas at their home. W. A. Shelton—Accident—Conductor Ford Had Local Relatives. St C. B. Moore of Boston _ spent News has been received of the|Chirstmas at home. death of Curtis Yeoman, the three- Mahl Moore has been visiting rela- tives In West and South Willington. “TURNERVILLE. Joseph Mono, Jr., has resigned from the employ of A. G. Turner. Otto Acker and family left Tuesday for New York, where they will reside during the winter. Mr. Acker expects to rebulld in the spring. the house de- stroyed by fire Christmas morning. Shelton. Mr. Shelton was a former pastor of the Congregational church in this place. The death occurred in Oklahoma, Mr. Shelton's new field of labor. Mr, and Mrs. Shelton have the heartfelt ~ sympathy of Columbia . and Mrs. Roya] Pearse of East- on, Pa, have been visiting Mrs. Pearse's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as_McGlanlon, Herman Little of Yale spent the hol- iday vacation with relatives in this ; P TPLT. ok wilas Al ik AN WASHINGTON “OUNIY’ R"l' P. Little's mill In West street, one Y g~ g day last week, was slightly injured HOPKINTGN. by being caught by a belt, which he was endeavoring to adjust while the machinery was in motion. Sudden Death of Conductor Ford. Conductor Henry B. Ford, who was killed at Unionville on Friday of last week, was a brother of Mrs, Williard B. Clarke and Mrs. Gertrude Hutch- ins of this place, and was well known to many local citizens, who were shocked to hear the news of his sud- den death. Bell Tolled Passing of the Year—Pro- bate Business Held Up by Non-Fil- ing of Death Certificate. Most of the young people In this vi- cinity watched the old year out and the new year in, being entertained at the home’ of Mrs. A. Irene Mills. At mid- night two young men of the party toll- ed the bell of the Seventh Day Baptist church. Fred Wolff was a visitor with| Mrs. Almedia Crandall Witter and friends in Norwich r Sunday. hree daughters, who have been Peter Albrecht has been entertain- ng In town since early summer. ing friends from Rockville. During | left last week Wednesday to join her their stay they made a large catch of fine pickerel at Columbia lake, some of the fi weighing flve pounds. Miss Julla Kneeland has been visit. ing her cousin, Mrs. Otto Nettleton of Lebanon. ‘The contractors who are bullding the state road between Columbia and Willimantic have the work well under way and has apparently suspended operations for the present, Sunday School Officers Elected, Last Sunday the annual reorganiza- tion of the Sunday school took place, when the following officers were cho Superintendent, A. A. Latham husband, Rev. A. B. Wiiter, who has ghaige of a church fn Adams Center, At the home of the officlating clergy- man, last Saturday afternoon, Albert D. Kenyon and Laura E. Gardiner of Hope Valley were united in marriage by Rev. E. P. Mathewson. Mrs. E. £terry Holdredge of Hope Valley visited her mother, Mrs. George K. Thayer, over Sunday. Mrs. Frank Babcock of Carolina call- ed at the home of Mrs. George K. Thayer Saturday. Annual Church Meeting. The annual meeting of the Seventh tant superintendent, E. P. Ly man; secretary and treasurer, Wil- | Day Baptist church was held In their liam P. Johnson; assistant, Alonzo | louse of worship Sunday. In the morn- i ing special muslc was rendered by the " cholr. a history of the church was read by Deacon Alfred A. Langworthy, and ELLINGTON. several letters were read from mon- resident members. At the noon hour a fine chicken dinner was served by the ladies of the society at the home of Charles Ross Kenyon, nearby., In the afterncon the business meeting and clection of officers was held, at which Roger W. Le wis was arpointed to serve as deacon, In place of Benjamin P. Langworthy, 2d, deceased. School Mesting. Chapman Family Going to Mexico— Mrs. George Thompson 94. Mr, and Mrs. W. P. Fuller of Spring- and Mrs. Collin,s over Sunday. Mrs. Geary entertained her sisters, Mrs. Swift and Mrs. Belden, and their dren on New Years day. he Y. P. S. C. E. held a business | The quarterly meeting of the school meeting a'fl_d soclal ot the parsonage | committee was held at the town hall Monday evening. Monday morning, with the chairman Jacob Ruch has moved his tamily | and superintendent £ % z S T present. The su- Moo ine tenement house owned by Miss | perintendent read his quarterly report, Miss Carrie Peck was in Hartférd Probate News. over New Year's, the guest of her aunt. Clarence Johnson of Wapping was at Mr. Berr's on Sunday. Mrs. Albert Pinney and Wizabeth are in Worcester, with Mrs. Pinney's daughter, Mrs. Piper. Miss Eleanor Allen, who teaches in Suffield, is home ilL Miss Lilly Nangle returned to Hart- ford Saturday to resume her dutlies. . 'lehe schools opend Monday, after the oliday. Raymond Kibbe of New York was home for New Year's. Miss Allen of Bast Longmeadow ren- dered two violin solos last Sunday at At the monthly session of the pro- bate court Monday afternoon action upon the will of John F. Baker, who died recently in Florida, was continued till the February session, as the cer- tificate of death” required by law had not been filed in the town clerk’'s of- fice. Jennie L. Fidler, guardian of the per- son and estate of her son, Thomas S. Fidler, was granted permission to sell the interest of hre ward in certain real estate located in Woodville, in this town. The will of the late Charlotte Arn- old was proved and ordered recorded, and George R. Holburton was confirm- ed as executor. The accounts of Eunice L. Brow executor of the will of Henry R. Brown, deceased, and of Lafayette Edwards, administrator on the estate of the late Leonard L. Edwards, were allowed and ordered recorded. Mr. and Mrs. Snow jolned the Con- gregational church by letter Sunday. Services are being held each evening of this week as the week of proyer. Going to Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chapman Aborn are storing their household goods, pre- vious to leaving for Mexlco, whero they expect to remain for a year. 94 on Thursday. Mrs. Gorge Thompson, who is the oldest person in town, passed her 94th birthday on Thursday, Miss Mary McKnight has returned to college. The farmers are rejoicing over this sell real estate belonging to his chil dren, of whom he is guardlan,, was re- ferred to February Ist, with order of notice. The petition of Marion H. Hows, a minor over the age of 14 years, for the appointment of a guardian twas re- ferred to February ist, with order of notice. Ralph C. Watrous of Providence was appointed administrator of the sstate of his father, Leonard Watrous. E. R. Allen, administrator on the es- tate of Lawion Foster, was granted taking down their tobacco. Miss Sarah Morris will spend the The petition of George B. Hoxsie to | | | [ | mation. 3 ‘was appointed administrator on the estate of Lavelle Browning, deceased. \ Town Council’s Appointments. ‘The town council Mon afternoon appointed tha following officers: Dan. iel E. Blake, health officer and also col. lector of statistics of births and deaths in 1808; Herbert E. Lewis, inspector of buildings, and Benjamin Kenyon, ap- praiser of personal property on the town farm. Bills against the town to ;lfi amount of $340.41 were ordered ROCKVILLE. Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Stillman—Endeav- or Officers, Thursday evening, December 31, marked the fiftieth milestone of the | wedded life of Mr. and Mrs. John Ed- win Stillman Crandall. ~Mr, and Mrs. Crandall were united in marriage by the Rev. Stephen Burdick at the home of Mrs. Crandall's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Joshua Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Abel B. Kenyon served as best man and bridesmaid. The annlversary was not formdlly observed as Mrs. Cran- dall's health is not good, but their friends extended congratulations and best wishes, | Officers of Christian Endeavor Union. At the Christlan Endeavor meeting Saturday afternoon the following of- ficers and committees were elected: | President, Harold R. Crandall; vice president, Mrs. Annie B. Kenyon; cor- | respondiig secertary, Miss Lyra A.| Babcock; recording secretary, Miss | Elva Woodmansee; treasurer, Miss Evelyn L. Palmer; prayer meeting committee, Mrs. Annie B. Kenyon, Miss Lena Saunders, Carleton Irish; lookout committee, Miss Lottie J, Bur- | dick, Miss Ada Woodmansee, Edwin Burdick, Eveline Palmer; music com- mittee, Miss Lyra A. Babcock, Har- old R. Crandall; flower committee, Mrs. E. E, Suttono, Mrs. Margaret Burdick, Florence ~ Barber; social | committee, Miss Lyra A. Babcock, D.| Alba Crandall, Rev, E. E. Sutton; lit- | erary committee, Rev. E, E. Sutton, D. Alva Crandall. Briefs and Personals. A number of young people were en- tertained at the home of Mr. and | Mrs. Osmas Edwards Saturday eve- ning. Erlo N. G. Barber, Miss Florence | and Master Wilfred Barber and Miss | Eva Palmer attended the play, Cham- | pagne and Oysters, at Laurel Glen last | Saturday evening. A new water wheel has been put in | at_the Centerville mill this week. The mills at Rockville started up Wednesday after being still ten days. ARCADIA A. P. Chase is drawing logs to Bar- ber & Reynolds’ sawmill. Mrs. Mary Austin is ill. Mrs. Charles H. Reynolds, who has been {ll for several weeks, is improv- ing. Thomas Tefft has built dwelling house, Everett Woodmansee visited friends in Moosup, Conn., the past week. WEEKAPAUG. Miss Jennie Opie, who has been sick for a long time, is slowly improving. Willie Purcell of Salem, Conn., is at Deacon S, A. Congdon’s. The Ocean View W. C. T. U. met at the home of Mrs. G. T. Collins Jan 6th. The subject for discussion w Crusaders and Mothers' Da BRANDEGEE TO WIN U. 8. SENATORSHIP. a large Chairman Michael Kenealy Picks Sen- ator to Win by a Good Majority—An Estimate of Outcome—Senator's Manager Claims That Every County | Except Litchfield Will Return a Ma- | jority for Him—Litchfield Conceded | to Hill. | A Hartford Times reporter had a conversation with Republican State Chairman Michael Kenealy of Stam- ford in Hartford before he left day for home, on the contest between Senator Frank B. Brandegee and Con- gressman E. J. Hill over the United States senatorship. Mr. Kenealy is in | charge of Senmator Brandegee's can- | vass and is In a position to obtain rellable information on the probable result of the caucus next Tuesdav ernoon. As a political forecaster Mr. Kenealy has a deserved reputation for | accuracy. Asked by a Times reporter if he were prepared to make a statement as to the probable result of the republi- can caucus next Tuesday afternoon Mr. Kenealy replie “Yes; the canvass for Mr. Brande- gee is nearly ended. As the result | of the canvass it is my opinion, and | also the opinfon of those associated | with me in the Interest of Mr, Bran- | degee, that the senator’s vote will lead Mr. Hill's by a safe majority. Mr.| Brandegee will have a majority in| each of the eight counties except | Litchfield county. We concede that | Mr. Hill will have a majority in Litch- | fleld county. Fairfield county, where | Mr. Hill lives, will, T have no doubt, | give a majority to Mr. Brandegee.” Two to One. Asked if it wasn't possible for Mr. Brandegee to have a majority in each | county but Litchfleld and yet not have | a majority of the total republican sen- ators and representatives, Mr. Kenealy replied: - \ “That is possible, to be sure, but T do not belleve it is going to happen. Mr. Brandegee's majorities in seven | countles will be larger than Mr. Hill's matjority in Litchfield county, and I shall not be surprised if Mr. Brande- | gee is nominated by a majority of two to one. Let me assure wou that the Brandegee people are not engaged in the work of rainbow chasing. We believe that we know just where we stand, and our canvass up to Thurs- day night shows that Mr. Brandegee will be renominated. We are assum- ing nothing and our figures are based on what we consider reliable infor We are told that Mr. Hill backers are claiming the votes of men who_are known to be certain to vote for Mr. Brandegee. Mr. Hill's man- agers have conducted an active cam paign and I do not see what can now be done in his behalf to gain a sin- | gle vote between now and next Tues afternoon, when the caucu Speaking of Mr. Brandegee's old congressional district, Mr. Kenealy said: “The Third district, comprising New London and Windham counties, will be solid for Mr. Brandesee. In some places in New Haven county Mr. Hill is quite popular, but a majority of the republican senators and repre- sentatives are for Mr. Brandegee. Mr. | Brandegee s strong in Middlesex county, The canvass of Tolland county shows less than six votes for Mr. Hill,_Mr. Brandegee is very strong in Hartford county, as he al- ways has been, and in my opinion there is no doubt about his having a majority in Fairfield county Not Over 76 for Hill. The Times understands from two different sources that the canvass for Mr. Hill gives him 76 votes as an out- side estimate. This estimate con- cedes all doubtful votes to him. On the basis of this canvass, Mr. Bran- degee will have more than two to one, as the republican caucus will consist of 31 senators and 208 representa- tives, a total of 239. | No Nominating Speeches. It 1s understood that at the joint caucus of republican senators and rep- resentatives on Tuesday next to nom- | position | slege of C Handsdon GOLD MEDALFLOUR atthe mill The work is all done by machinery: Buy GOLD MEDAL FLOUR Have clean bread WASHBURN-CROSBY S GOLDMEDALFLOUR SEHE VERY HIGHEST QUALITY senatorship there will be no nominat- | ing speeches made. This arrangement is in accordance with the plan fol- | lowed at the caucus in 1905 when Sen- ator Brandegee was first nominated. Mr. Kenealy’s Estimate. | The forecast of Chairman Michael | Kenealy that Senator Bra will be nominated by ‘a good majority | over Congressman Hil} at the republi- | can senatorial caucus next Tuesday afternoon is the sion drawn | jegee from a thorough and careful canvas Mr. Kenealy has achie distinction | as an accurate political forecaster, His predictions have generally erred only on the side of conservatism, and he now says that he would not be sur- prised if the senator had a lead of tw to one. Ihe survey of the senmatorial situa- tion as Mr. Kenealy is ar tere pution to the li of the campaign. He insists t e1ght counties a majority of the republican senators and repre- | stnatives is for Mr. Brandegee. Only Litchfield cos is likely to return | a majority for “Mr, Hill in the re- | publican caucus, acco to Mr. | Kenealy's computatic The confidenc: Brandegee and his managers h shaken. The crusade ch Mr. Hill's | backers have made been agar sive, but apparently it has made more nolse than votes. ndegee cam- paign has been m ieter and has fewer proc but ux s nd un- no time been w ha h q mations 1l askew less forecasters obser who are ordinarily reliable have come blunderers in’the twinkling of an eye the New London senator’s renomina- tion is now assured.—Hartford Times. JUDGE ISAAC JOHN Of Delaware county, Pa.. who pres in the trial of Mrs. Erb and her sist African Courtship. Among some African tribes, when a man professes his iove for a woman | and asks her in marriage, she invari ably refuses him at first, lest it should appear that she had been thinking of | him and was eager to become his wife. | By so doing she maintains the mod- esty of her sex, as well as tests the | love and abases the pride of her lov- | er. This policy is also intended to be of use to the woman in her married | life—as, should there be guarreling and the husband threaten to send her | away, she can remind him of how he | made repeated professions of his love | and urgently pressed his sult before | she consented to become his wite. | | Don’t Get Mad, Our own anger, indeed, does us more harm than the thing which makes angry; and we suffer much more from the anger and vexation which we al- low acts to rouse in us, than we do from the acts themselves at which we are | angry and vexed. How much most people, for instance, allow themselv, to be distracted and disturbed by | quarrels and family disputes. Yet in | nine cases out of ten one ought not to | suffer from being .found fauit with. If | the condemnation is just, it should & welcome as & warning; if it is und served, why should we allow it to dis- | tress us?—Sir John Lubbock. | Greek Fire. | Greek fire was a combus‘ible com- | (now unknown, but thousht | to have been principally napht thrown from engines said to have| been invented by Callinicus, an en- | gineer of Heliopolis in Syria in the | seventh century, to destroy the Sara- | cens’ ships (which was effected by the general of the fleet of Con ne | Pognatus and 30,000 men were killed). | A so-called “Greek fire,” probably a | solution of phosphorus in bisulphide of the carbon, was emnloved at the on in 1863, Last, Sir Leopold McLintock, the Arctic explorer, who died recently, was once giving an account of his experiences amid the ice flelds of the north. “We certainly would have traveled much farther,” he explained, “had not our dogs given out at a critical moment.” “But,” exclaimed a lady who had been listening very intently, “I thought that the Eskimo dogs were perfectly tire- creatures.” Sir Leopold’s face wore a whimslcally gloomy expression as he replied: “I—er—speak iu & cul- inate & candidate for the United States MY sense, miss.” Anty Drudge’s Advice to Mrs. Careworn. Mrs. Easywork—‘‘Jack and I went to the theatre last night. It was fine.” Mrs. Careworn—*‘And I suppose your wash got a lick and a promise, Any woman who does her work right is too tired to go out Monday night.”’ Anty Drudge—‘‘No, she didn’t let her work go! I’ll tell you what she did. She used Fels-Naptha soap which does the work in half the time and doesn’t give you a backache in doing it.”” Here are two ways of washing, Choose for yourself: The 0ld Way. Get up at 5 o'clock. Make hot fire, fill the washboiler and get it boiling. Wet your white clothes, soap them and put them into the boiler. When they’re boiled good and tender, rub them hard on the washboard, meanwhile putting others in to boil. Keep the fire good and hot. It will fill the house with nauseous steam but that’s necessary in this kind of washing. When noon comes, if the smell of boiling clothes hasn’t taken your appe- tite, snatch a bite of cold lunch. When you have the clothes boiled and rubbed sufficiently, wring them out, go from the steaming hot room into the cool air out- side and hang them on the line. You'll likely catch cold, but it must be done. The New Way. Get up at 7 o’clock summer and winter. Wet all your clothes, soap well with Fels-Naptha and let them soak in cool or lukewarm water for 30 minutes. Then rub lightly, rinse well and hang out to dry. That’s all. And your clothes will be cleaner, whiter and purer than you could get them in any other way. The whole washing takes only a few hours. Which way sounds best to you? In using Fels-Naptha, follow simple directions printed on the red and green wrapper. D HEAR THE | DROP IN A Billy | and Betly o1 COFFEE 20c Ib. As good or better than the coffees w | usually sold for 35c to 40c per Ib. a zes | We guarantee satisfaction or your | money back. Mayed by the composer | Price List Free ROY C. 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