Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 23, 1909, Page 11

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Also Blank- etc., Robes, Whips, Etc., at lowest prices, The Shetucket Harness Co, Alice Bldg., 321 Main St. BULLETIN POINTERS | NEWMARKET HOTEL, 715 Boswell Ave. i S st o s erder, John Tucklie, Prop. Tel 43-G HAM AND CHEESE. e best place In Norwich to buy essed or Minced Ham or any kind of Cheese is at Mrs, Thumm's, 738 Franklin Street. Others have learned to buy of no one else. A trial order will make you a permanent customer. 1647 Adams Tavern 1861 pffer to the public the finest standara brands of Beer of Europe and America, Bohemlan, Pllsner, Culmbach Bavarian Beer, Bass' Pal nd Burton, Muelr's Bcotch Ale, Guinness’ Dublin Stout, C. & C. Imported Ginger Ale, Bunker Hill P. B. Ale, Frank Jones' Nourish- ing Ale, Sterling Bitter Ale, Anheuser, Budweiser, Schlits and Pabst, A. A, ADAM, Norwich Town. Telephone 447-12. octsd A FEW BARGAINS Gray Switches Combsand Barrettes Toilet Requisites Fannie M. Gibson, Met 505. Janisd JOSEPH BRADFORD, Book Binder. Blank Books Made and Ruled to Order, 108 BROADWAY. Telephone 252. Room 20, Shannon Building. oct10d DO IT NOW ?ad don’t wait until the last minuts. 'm referring to plumbing or gasfitting. R‘.EE‘NTON DIBBLE, 46 Asylum St } very much as other folks do. (Written specially for The Bulletin.), ‘Well, winter’s struck on, according to present appearances. Up in this neck of the woods the last two months have been more like the second season of Nova Scotlan climate, as once de- | scribed by a native. They had but | two real seasons there, he said; “six | months winter and six months d—d late in the fall.” It's been neither sum- mer nor winter, but quite “late in the fall” for the last eight or ten weeks. | But this morning our old friend of the North Pole has arrived. As I write, it is snowing and sleeting outside; the wind is blowing In vindictive guests; already nearly a foot of snow blankets my garden and is drifted two or three feet deep along the fences. Oc- caslonally a wing of the gale back- lashes over my old-fashioned, big- throated chimney-top,and whirls a cur- | rent down, momentarily reversing the draft and sending a curl of smoke out from the stove. Then the fire takes a fresh hold and roars the wrond-headed zephyr bolsteronsly back up the chim- | ney. Oh, yes, it’s winter, sure enough, the first real winter’s morning and day ve've had. And up at the barn my t lamb, about two hours old, is shivering and bleating and, presum- ably, thinking that this is a cold, cold world for lambs as well as folks. I guess he'll “make a live of it.” Old Mrs. Ewe is tending right up to him, and he seems to have ideas of his own, already, about the proper business of lambs. But it made me laugh with a curious mixture of amusement and disgust when I opened the barn-doors | this morning and looked out into the yard. You see, last evening it was mild and seemed to promise nothing more than a bit of rain. The barnyard has two sheds open on one side, off one of which It has been s have uot shut i} arm, thus far, that I sheep into their fold, nights. It is open so they can go into it if they please, or can roam about tha yard, if they prefer that. But if there is a promi of lambs on the horizon I mean to shut them in over- night and during storms. Probably I do just that about six times out of seven. But that seventh time, when I've miscalculated or misread the weather, when I've left the sheepfold door open into the d and a sudden change starts a howling snow-storm during the night, or sends the ther- mometer down below zero—that sev- enth time is the one which a lamb will invariably pick out to appear on. And this morning, when I was wakened by the snow and sleet thrashing against my bedroom windows, I said to myself, with a conviction that would have en odds of at least two to one gainst any opposing gambler: “Bet you there’s a lamb.” And rhere was; right out in the yard, too. He was on a straw-y and com- paratively dry oasls amid the snow, and under a corner of a roof. But the was sl almost everywhere, and the wind was whipping viciously around the post. And he wasn't en- joying life—not ohe little bit. I called the ewe Into the closed pen, and he followed. There they are now. Guess they'll both pull through; if they don't, as the young doctor sald after a rather unlucky case: “I've saved the old man, anyhow.” Theoretically, | don't believe in luck Practically, I cuss it and discuss it Out of about a hundred winter lambs I've had come during the last few years nearly elghty have been born during howling snowstorms or in the midst of a below- zero “cold snap,” when the environment has made necessary about four times as much worry and bother as if they had come in sensible weather. ofr course it sn't “luck;” how can It be when there isn't any such thing as “luck?” But manifestly I'm not re- sponstble for it. And it would really em a little impertinent to charge up h trivial happenings to Providence. re quite as much Inclined to over- work Providence by loading the re- sponsibility for our bad fortune on it as we are to overwork this non-exist- ing but pesky “luck.” Granting that there’s no such thing as luck,” and granting that Providence isn't changing the laws of the universe every little while to help us or bat us over the head; granting that every- thing happens in accord with an un- varying scheme of cause and effect—a sequence so universal and so certain that we call it “law"—granting all this, it's the oddest thing in life how some things happen and some things don’t happen. If 1 lose or mislay some small thing I am almost “certaln-sure” to find it again. I've got =0 I never worry about losing my knife. I've got one now with a broken blade and a cracked handle and a wornout spring that I can't lose. T've dropped it in the hayfield and the following winter found it in the litter at the bottom cf the cow manger. I've dropped it in the road and had it lie The North Pole Moves Down—-The First Lamb--Born in the Open to a Cold World-~The Gddest Thing in Life is How Some Things Do Happen and Some Don’t-~Things Which Cannot be Lost--Sheep Know |dausn What’s Good for ’Em--Instinct Beats Reason for Ani- mals---An Illustrative Instance. he inclosed sheep-£qld. | there, unseen by seven dozen passing boys for a week, only to be scrunched up into plain sight by a buggy wheel Jjust two minutes before I came along to see it and pick it up. Last summer it dropped through a hole in my pocket somewhere in three acres o: garden. 1 found it again. If I lose a perncil or a pair of gloves or an 2ld bolt, they’ll turn up all right. If I don’t find 'em myself somebody else will and return 'em to me. But two years asv a little notebook disappeared, in which 1 had jotted down records and sugges- tions about various more or less per- nickety garden crops during a dozen years’ growing experience ,with them, a book of more practical worth to me than any six volumes in my library— and not so much as a torn corner of a leaf from it has ever since appeared. Perhaps ten years ago a good watcn flopped out of my vest pocket while I was cultivating corn. I missed it at the end of the row it must have fallen in, for I had looked at it before start- ing Old Sorrel off on the row, and I noticed the broken chain dangling as I turned at the further end. But a long search failed to find it and I've never seen it since. If a thing is of little importance or value and I lose it I am fairly sure to find it again. But if it is of real value, |then good-bye. Of course this isn't | “luck.” But what in goodness’ name shall we call it? As the theater programmes some- times say, please assume a lapse of | | about nineteen and a half minutes be- | tween that last word and the paragraph | following. i Tve just waded up to the barn again | to_take a look at the little buster. | His mother has called him out of the fold, and he is lying, apparently | perfectly comfortable, on the straw under the open shed, again. Some years ago, when I was more certain |than I am now that I know more of | a sheep, I should Have dragooned him | back and fastened him in where neith- er of them could get out into the snow. But, the longer I live, the more firm {is my conviction that I know what |1 want better than a sheep. And, | “pari passu,” the longer I live the | more firm grows my conviction that | sheep know what's good for them bet- ter than I do. If they want to eat weeds and bushes instead of good hay, it’s because weeds and bushes are bet- ter for them. Let 'em have the stuff. If they want to lie out in the open shed, where the wind blows and the snow sifts a little, and there's plenty }Of fresh air, why, let 'em. I've lost |one or two 'sheep by trying to take | care of ‘em, my way. I haven't lost | one, yet, by letting them take care of themselves, “as nearly as is possible under domestication. Indeed, the more | see of animals the more | am convinced that they are very different from humans and aren’t wisely managed on lines which would be good policy for humans. Whatever “instinct” may be, and I don't care a straw for the naturalists’ discussions over its approach to or divergence from reason—whatever it may be, it is a safer guide to follow in treating the animals, which have it than our reason is. Some years ago, a certain experiment station undertook to “coddle” its herd of cows along some rnew feeding and stabling fad ideas.- One of the professors, a farm- raised lad, got permission to make a little “’speriment” of his own. So he picked out a fairly good cow, not one ot the best nor one of the poorest, and proceeded to treat her as nearly the way she wanted as he could find out, She hag her choice of feeds, and was findlly given that which she seemed to like the best and ate up the cleanest, which happened to be mostly farm roughage—cornstalks, straw, hay, etc, She had her choice of a box-stall or an open shed, bat- tened on one side and the ends. She preferred the shed and stayed' in it. She went out to the brook for water when she pleased, regardless of the weather, The other cows had sclen- tifically compounded rations, and run- ning water in their stables, and were never let out if it stormed, and were curried once a day and blanketed if there was a hard frost, and so on and on. And that little red cow out in the open shed, that cold winter, did bet- ter than the coddled herd averaged, came to the spring in better shape, gave more milk and made more but- ter, and produced the finest calf of the whole bunch. We men and women don’t know it all, yet. Those of us who think they do, usually know rather less than their fair share. If I want my horses and cows and sheep and hens and cats to be healthy and happy, I humbly try to find out what they want, and do- cilely get it for them, If T can. Which is a course all the mighty muck-a- mucks of the breeders’ associations will ery out against as heretical, not v idiotle, Well, let 'em. I can Bah” as loud as they ean say “Boh.” THE FARMER. — LIVE NEWS FROM THREE COUNTIES. TOLLAND COUNTY. TURNERVILLE. Interest in Rumored Removal of Silk Business to Westerly—Change in Station Agents. TLocal interest i= aroused by the in- clination of A. G. Turner locating his sflk business in Westerly, as reported. Mr. Turner, accompanied by Supt. ‘Walter J. Costello, has examined the Solway mill property and it is under- gtood found the building adapted ror the silk business. This is looked upon by many as putting the finishing touches upon the doom of this hamlet. Report is current that Trustee M. E. Lincoln has in view a possible cus- tomer for the entire P. W. Turner & Cor's bankrupt property. Should this sale be effected, cause Is shown why the talked of removal to Westerly. New Station Agent. Station Agent F. L. White will fin- ish his duties here Feb. 1st and will be succeeded by a N. Y., N. H. and H. R. R. agent from Baltic. BOLTON. Card Parties—Dance—Grange Visita- tion. Miss Mary Doane and Miss Annabell Post entertained the Ladies’ Whist club at their home Wednesday after- noon, assisted by Mrs. E. H. Warfield. The highest scores were made by Miss Maude E. White and Mrs. J. W. Phelps, the lowest by Miss Mary Doane. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Massey gave a dance and card party last week Fri- day evening at the brick hall at the Center, Guests were present from Manchester and Gllead. Sveral soam Boltop mrange accepts ed the invitation of Andover grange to be with them at their meeting Monday evening, when officers were installed. Gilead grange was invited to unite with them and a party of thirty at- tv;\dad. An excellent supper was serv- ed. Mrs. Mary Warner is ill at her home. Mrs., Jennie Bolton and Mrs., C. S. guests of thelr aunt, Mrs. Maryette Hutchinson. GILEAD. Rev. P. R. Day of Hartford occupied the pulpit here gunday. G Twenty members of Hebron grange attended the installation of officers of Andover grange at Andover Monday evening. H. A. Spafard has recently moved his sawmill to F. R. Post’s lot. The L. A S. met Wednesday after- noon with Mrs. A, W. Hutchinson. H. E., R. E. and E. W. Buell were in Andover Monday. Hebron grange installed officers Fri- day evening. State Deputy Barber did the work. lhA nun:xb!r from hthls place attended e meetings of the state at Hartford last week. g & UNION. Mrs. Mary Dodge has returned to Southbridge for treatment for her eyes. Mrs. George Towne and son, Ed- mond, are visiting Mrs. Towne's son, Raymond, in_ Norfolk, Ct. Hutchinson of Hartford were recent | Thomas McGlaulin has sold his place on Pine street to Mr. Gold of New York. Mr, McGlaulin retains posses- sion of the house until May 1st, when he ana Mrs. McGlaulin will move to Pennsylvania to reside with their ter. Hubert P. Collins and his brother, William A. Collins, Jr., were in Hart- ford Thursday in attendance at the meeting of the dairymen of the state. Mr. and Mrs, George H. Champlin, Mr and Mrs. E. F. Hutchinson, Hubert P. Collins, Miss Nellie Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hutchins and Willlam H. Bliss attended the state grange meet- ings in Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Utley, Wil- liam A. Lyman, Allison L. Frink and William Fries were recent Hartford visitors. Grange Officers Installed. ‘The officers of the local grange were installed on Wednesday evening by Sister Hyde of Brooklyn. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Palmer are visiting friends in Manchester and rtford. Acting School Visitor Willlam H. Bliss is visiting the schools of the town this week. Miss Theda Champlin, who has been ill for some days, improving. MJ. N. Clarke was in Hartford Fri- . Miss Libbie Goodrich is caring for Mrs, Church, who lives on the Utley place, near the lake, and is in a crin- cal condition. Miss Ruth Isham is seriously il Charles H. Tate, who has been con- fined to the house with rheumatism, is out once more. The town meeunf Saturday last was la GURLEYVILLE. Received Word of Death of Charles Robinson—Not: at Columbia on rgely attended. Mrs. Martha P. Robinson has receiv- ed intelligence of the death of #er ‘brother-in-law, Charles Robinson of Barre Plains, Mass. Several from this place attended the lecture at Msnsfleld Center last Friday evening. Mrs. George Copeland, from Worm- wood Hill, who has been ill for several weeks, was taken to St. Joseph's hos- pital Wednesday for treatment. ‘Mrs. Mary Royce and daughter, Gen- evieve, have moved their household goods to Willimantie, and will make their home with Mrs. Royce’s daughter, Mrs. A. E. Sumner, who has recently moved there. Miss Julia Cerveny, from Merrow, visited at Mrs. John Wrana's over Sun- day. EAGLEVILLE. Eleven Inch Ice Stored — Mercury 8 Degrees Below Zero. The icehouse of the Eagle Mill com- pany has been filled with eleven inch ice. Four days of excellent sleighing was the result of last Sunday’s snowfall Tuesday morning was the coldest morning of the winter, the mercury dropping to 8 below zerb, Pural Carrier August R. Unger has returned to his place on the route after an absence of a number of days due to illness. County Commissioner Fred O, Vin- ton spent a few days in New York city the past week, the guest of relatives. Jay E. Eaton of New York spent a few days with his family in the village recently. WASHINGTON COUNTY, R.1. ARCADIA. News from the Schools—Mills Start Up Bverett Woodmansee returned Mon- day from a visit with friends at Vol- untown, Plainfield, Central Village, Moosup and Oneco, Conn, Ira Hadfleld has returned home af- ter a month's visit with his daughters, Mrs. Walter Plerce of Arkwright and Mrs. Benjamin Albro of Hope, R. I. Andrew Matteson and his brother George are cutting market wood for Barber & Reynolds cn the Lovejoy lot Charles Cherry ‘and family have moved from Browning Mill to this vil- lage. Carleton Smith of Wyoming, R. I, has engaged to teach the school in the Lewis district, commencing Monday, Feb. 8th. Mrs. Lydia Nutting is il and is be- ing cared for by Lottie Barber. Miss Phebe L, Richmond is teaching the winter term of school in this dis- triet. The mills here resumed operations Monday after a vacation of one week. Senator George B. Reynolds is in at- tendance at the general assembly in Frovidence. HOPKINTGN. Seventh-Day Pastor Recovers from 1lI- ness—Choir Rehearsal. Rev. L. F. Randolph has sufficiently recovered his health to resume his pastoral duties. He occupled his own pulpit in the Seventh-day Baptist church Saturday morning and preach- ed at Canoncbet Saturday afternoon. Services in the First-day Baptist church have been omitted for two Sun- days on account of the weather. Mrs. E. R. Allen has been visiting friends in Hope Valley. The Seventh-day Baptist choir met at the home of the arganist, Miss Ma- bel 8. Mathewson, for practice Tues- day evening. Miss Valcinia Matthieu, | a former member of the cholr, now of | Westerly, met with them, as she was a guest of the chorister, Willlam L. Kenyon. The storm of Sunday left the roads very icy and many are kept at home | because of smooth horses. The sleigh- ing is not good, however. A. A, Church, who styles himself Dr. Church, recently passed through | {the village and delivered a short ad- dress to the pupils of the public| | school. WEEKAPAUG. Joint Meeting of W. C, T. U. Unions— Deacon Collins’ 82d Birthday. The ladies of the Ocean View W. C. T. U. met by invitation with the Paw- catuck and Westerly union at the home lof Mrs. Clarie B. Frazier, No. 54 Gran- |ite street, Westerly. A pleasant af- | ternoon was enjoyed by all. Refresh- ments were served by Mrs. Frazier. ‘Walter James has rented the farm now occupied by Edgar W. Chapman and will move there in the spring. Mr. James has been on the Davis farm for eleven years. Mrs, Charles Tucker is ill. Mrs. Raymond Barber, who has been sick at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Langworthy, is able to be about a little and is improving slowly. Harry Noyes of Watch Hill life sav- ing station visited his parents one day last week. Deacon G. T. Collins passed his 82d birthday Thursday, Jan. 21. Mr. Col- iins is quite well and able to attend to his business. Not So Very Poor. Anson Reed of Worcester visited his brother, L. M. Reed, the past week. C. L. Chism of Stafford called on friends in town last Friday. It is expected that Rev. Mr. S. Se- combe of Boston will preach at the Congregational church next Sunday at 11 o'clock. s Mayor Tom Johnson of Clevelana has money 'enough left, despite his failure, to live In an apartment of nine rooms and two baths, costing $135 a month, and to rent a garage and keep one machine. There are many people in the world who would willingly fail to live that way. eases. . b Mr. Editor:—The Connecticut ty of Mental H: has sued an for more adequate pro- vision for the care of the insane of the state. Charles W. Page, M. D., super- intendent of the hospital for the insane his thirtieth an- at Danvers, Mass., in nual report, say: “It may be asserted that the lunatic hospital, per se, is not a remedy for insanity. In fact, as generally regarded by its Inmates, it provokes inimical effects and in some cases aggravates the mental disease. And yet the hos- pital is a necessity in many cases of mental disorder. Tarough its humane provisions the insane can be protected from their own unreason, while the evolution of natural physiologicai laws. aided by the arts of the physician, it may be, corrects the perverted pro- cesses. For the most part the hospital proper bears the same relation to in- sanity that a plasier splint bears to a fractured bone. The physician may render some important service, but he is greatly in the dark as to the actual requirement. The origin of the mental disorder is so obscure or so remote in the sequence of physiological events that as a rule only adavanced symptoms can be subjected to treatment after the patient nas been committed to the insane hospital. The prevention of in- sanity, rather than its cure, must be accomplished, if this malady is to be dealt with successfully.” Dr. Page and insanity experts the world over maintain that insanity is to a large extent a preventable disease. Wouldn’t the Connecticut Society of Mental Hygiene take a step in the right direction by considering measures to prevent the occurrence of insanity? We must attempt to prevent its oc- currence in the same way as we at- tempt to prevent the occurrence of what are called ordinarily bodily dis- If it be admitted that to a large extent preventable dJiseases exist among us 1n consequence of the ignor- ance of the people, it is clear that we can only convert the preventable into the prevented, by the removal of that ignorance thiough a sounder cducation. Men must be taught that it is their duty, and not merely their interest, to understand the laws of health and to :ntually the rule of their hort, we can only hope sle insanity, like other preventable diseases, will be diminish- ed in amount when the education of men is conducted as to render (h.m both intellizent and dutiful guardians of their own physical, intellectual and moral healt Says a well known writer on insan- No fact connected with insanity is more firmly established than that it largely originates directly from _in- herited tendencies; and, if we include all weaknesses, imperfections and dis- eases rising from the same source, it may be found that more than half the insanity of the present day can be traced ~directly or indirectly back to hereditary sources. Let it Le under- stood, more and more, that discase and insanity come mainly from inherited canses; let young men and women be- come thoroughhly acquainted “with xuch facts, and it must lead to greater care. fulness in forming matrimonial alli- ances. When the community is gener- ally informed on this subject, inquiries will at once be made as to the health, the constitution and the inherited ten- dencies of candidates for marriage. Such inquiries are already made in a quiet way, and they must increase, in nature of things.” es Coxe in a summary of the primary causes of insanity says the leading factors are “dissipation in all its forms, overwork, meagre fare, lack of ventilation, and neglect of moral culture,” It will be seen that each one of these covers a great deal of ground. Passing by the last point— neglect of moral culture—the other four constitute the chief sources of diseases of all kinds. some of which terminate in mental derangement. But nearly all these great agencies, pro- ductive of so much disease of body and mind, are subject to human control and can be more or less checked, if not entirely prevented. The first named, di fruitful source of insanity. This may consist in drinking habits, in the use co and opiates, or in the abuse ua] organs, by licentiousness and solitary vice. These evils are all the resuits of voluntary acts, the work of a free agent; and so they can be prevented. 7 Overwork of body or mind not in- frequently brings on mental derange- ment, Meagre fare and bad air are evils which multitudes of poor people cannot always escap Neglect of moral culture is an evil directly con- nected with the choice of individuals, and the state of public morals. It i a sin or an evil which can be correct- ed, wherever the fault may be, and there certainl~ can be no necessity or justification for any neglect. Dr. Hen- Mandsley, the distinguished for- lienist, speaks on this point as ir Ja ipation, is a eign ‘ollow ¢ “It is to the perfecting of mankind by the thorough application of a true system of education that we must look for the development of the knowledge and the power of self-restraint which shal] enable them, not only to protect themselves from much insanity in one generation, but to check the propoga- tion of it from generation ot genera- tion. Unhappily, we are not yet agreed as to what should be the true aim and character of education. Regarding the subject from a scientific point of view, the best education would seem to be that which was directed to teach man to understand himself, and to under- appear, should at once be sent to a hospita] for the insane. Th;ewund.fl iolent cases, but in l:: ac and violen! milder forms of the friends fre- quently object and delay. It is a great step to take; there are certain forms of law which must be with; then, the dread of its effect on the patient, the trouble attending the removal, and the anxiety about the situation and treatment of the patient in the hospital, etc,, all these things cause delay, sometimes for weeks and months, and may prevent the patient from going til] the acute stages of the disease are passed. The complaint is often de by superintendents that large numbers are sent to the hospitals who cannot be cured, because they come too late. This is given as one of the reasons why the rate of cures is so small; for, taking all admitted into our insane hospitals, only about 40 per cent,. on an avera actually recover. EUGENE BERTRAM WILLARD. Everett, Mass, MUSIC AND DRAMA. Ysaye, the great Belglan violinist, is to come to America next season for the fourth time under the manage- ment of R. & Johnston. Constance Collier, who is William Gillette's leading woman in “Samso has been engaged to play the leading role in the new Bernstein play, ] when it is produced in this country. Lilllan Nordica, who has reached the Pacific coast on the greatest con- cert tour ever booked for this fam- ous prima donna, will give a New York recital at Carnegie hall, Tues- day* afternoon, Feb. 16. Harrison Grey Fiske has bought a play for Bertha Kalich named “The Unbroken Road.” It is the work of Thomas Dickinson, a professor in the University of Wisconsin. The scenes are laid in the capital of one of the states in the middle west. Mr. Paderewski has cabled the Countess Massigila that he will be at the charity festa to be given Feb. 1, at the Waldorf-Astoria, for the earth- quake sufferers. Albert Spalding, the violinist, wil play; Enrico Caruso ls to draw caricatures, and Antonio Scott will sell pictu and photo- graphs. ‘Hatzoff,” an Amenican tone-poem, is suggested by a Boston musics critic as an appropriate title for a new sym- phonic composition to be dedicated to “The Merry Widow” hat and be per- formed in the churches, 1 Lillian Blauvet has been engoged as the leading soprano for the Mendels- sohn centenary concert to be held in Albert hall, London, Feb. 3. She will appear in New York in “Hansel and Gretel” at Carnegie hall on Feb. 27. Most people know what they think of the family cook, but those who are interested in knowing the cook's idea of the family can best get this view- point by seeing “Mary Jane's Pag,” in which Henry E. Dixey, with his aro:- liery, Is “Pa” and serving as the fam- fly cook. “A Stubborn Cinderella”, the new musical production which' will be the attraction at the Broadway theater, ew York, commencing Monday, Jan. 25, brings to Broadway, in its leading roles, John Barrymore and Sallle Fisher, phalanxed by a company of about seventy-five. Miss Annette Kell “diving Venus,” will seen at the Colonial, New York, In her famous swimming and diving feats, and also her wonderful demonstration of “di- abolo.” an, the lovely Percy G. Willlams will present at the Alhambra, New York, Harrison Armstrong’s one act playlet entitled “Circumstantial Evidence,” which met with recent success at the Lamb's “gambol” and calls for the appearance of fourteen players. Henry Wolfson rrotests against the cable reference to Mischa Elman, the young violinist, as a prodigy. “This is against the wishes of the artist; he Is not and was never exploited as a prod- jgy. Mischa Flman {s a young man of 19, who is coming for his first American tour as artist, and wishes to be judged as such” Miss Gertrude Coghlan, who is ap- pearing in James Forbes’ comedy, “The Traveling Salesman,” in her desire to give to the public an opportunity of witnessing what her father, the late Charles Coglan, considered In his oplinion the greatest play ever wri ten, will late in February give a mat! nee performance of the Hindoo play, “Sakuntala,” at the Galety theater, New York. This drama was written 300 B. C. An Oversight. Mr. Roosevelt, having inspected the models for navy’s new battleships, de- clares them all right, without suggest- and the nature which surrounds him | ich he is a part and a prod- ing that the ability of the ships to 1wt o tree be tested.—Providence Journal. L Disease Germs-Our Blood—Our Defense Pyre Danger Discase germs assail us on every hand and at all times,—when we are awake and when we are asleep. We cannot get away from them; but if our blood is pure they cannot harm us. Your blood is not pure if you have any biood disease or ail- ment,—scrofula, eczema, eruption, catarrh, rheumatism. Nor is it pure if you are pale, weak, nervous, or are troubled with loss of appetite, or general debility. You can purify it, you can enrich it, you can make it of the right quality and quantity, by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, or there Is something pecultar or extraordi- nary in your case. This great medicine probably has accomplished more than any other ever produced, in purifying and enriching the blood and curing all blood diseases and ailments and all run-down conditions of the system. 40,366 testimonials by actual count, received in two years—about 65 every working day. They came from all parts of the world and from people in all cir- cumstances of life, showing the universality of this great medicine. A FAMILY DEFENSE Four Generations Owe Their Health to Hood's. “I am a strong and vigorous woman of elghty years. This hap- py condition I ascribe to Hood's medicines. “My eldest daughter, aged two, has just passed safely through a critical period with the help of parilla. Hood's “To her daughter of twenty- eight years, burdened with mater- nal and household cares, ‘Doctor’ Hood and his remedies are almost dally, most efficient alds. “Her little girl of six summers, finds in Hood's Sarsaparilla cure-all for childhood’s ailments. “My descendants and myself represent the four seasons of the Yyear, m:—s&fln‘, tumn and Inter, Hood's and of life” Mrs. Mary Smith, 87 Military St., Fond du Lac, Wis. I~ Hood's Sarsaparilla effects because it contains sarsaparilla, but because it combines its wonderful cures, not simply the utmost remedial values of more than 20 different ingredients, each greatly dients are the very remedies the same diseases and allments. strengthened and enriched by this pecullar combination. These ingre. that iclans Th Sarsaparilla. If urged to buy any preparation said to good,” you may be sure it is inferior, dealer a larger profit. for ere is no rulph,:ub-umm“ Hood's be “just as costs less to make, and ylelds the Begin taking Hood's Sarsaparilla today, Sarsatabs, the chocolated tablets known as in the usual liquid form or in 100 Doses One Dollar, taking Foley's Kld: . and the ng s Kldney m’ pain ually abated an lllfi ceased and my urine became normal, ley's Kidney cheerfully recommend Foley" Remedy, The Lee & Osgood Co. Have you tasted “Salada’ Tea? Un- equalled Tor purity, strength and flavoe, ‘Trial packet 10c. At all grocers. 13 M. 3. Gilbert & Sons 137-141 MAIN STREET, Pre-inventory Sale PARLOR and LIBRARY FURNITURE 1 Three-plece Suite $100.00, now $80.00 1 Three-piece Suite § 05.00, now $50.00 1 Three-plece Suite $ 45.00, now $36.00 1 Three-plece Suite § 80.00, now §23.00 1 Five-plece Suite §$ 30.00, now $23.00 1 Divan . veees § 83,00, now $24.00 1 Mahogany Sofa § 35 now $27.00 1 Mahog. Arm Chair § 25.00, now $19.00 2 Mahog. Arm Chairs § 22.00, now $15.00 6 Arm Chairs . $ 20.00, now $15.00 6 Arm Chairs . $ $10.00, now $8-96 12 Reception Chairs § 6.00, now § 400 PORTIERES Values $3.50, NOW. . vvoesie smesnes $280 Values $5.00, now ... Values $7.50, now MUSLIN CURTAINS Values $1.25, $1.35, now.... $100 pair CARPETS Velvet, $1.15 value for .......... $1.00 P Sewed and lald. Velvet, §1.00 value for .......ese Bewed and laid. Tapestry Brussels, 95c value for 880 Sewed and laid. Tapestry Bruseels, 35c value for 7Be Sewed and lald. Heavy All-wool, 680, LINOLEUMS Inlaid, $1.26 quality for $1.00 square yd. Printed, 60c quality for 45¢ square yd. Axminster Rugs 9x12, a few patterns Sanford quality at low price of $19.00. Sale ends Saturday, Jan. 30th fanz28 Just see what we can offer you in the line of Canned Fruit and Vegelables PEOPLE{S MARKET, 6 Franklin St. JUSTIN HOLDEN, Prop. sansea This Ad. and the recommendation of those that used it, sold ten gross of our Syrup of WHITE PINE AND TAR last year. Made and sold by the H. M. LEROV CO., 276 West Main. ‘Phone 477-13 LadiesTravel Miles to e to our store for the bargains in ffi":u GOODS. The fact that we from the buy direct manutacturer, saving the middieman’s is being appreciated mots ov:? y. Our cus- tomers get the benefit. May we add your name to our Increasing list ? BRADY & SAXTON, Talephons 306-2. NORWICH TOWN. auglsd SRR A b i ore ol ilie, better than -o'lum" of The