Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 13, 1909, Page 11

y —Experience is a Good aning——lee Advice dom Sbo\dd be Corhd (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) This i a mighty good time for all us farmers to cultivate the vir- tue of patience. The air is full of eigns of spring. But apring lsn't bere ‘:l. and won't be for some little time. «'re nOW facing the worst or six weeks of the countryman's year. The #un Is getting well to the no'th'rd and, ‘when it l'hlnel, its rays are warm and genial. It will beam on you like a fairy godmother for two or three day 0 into a sulk behind a week' storm. en_out it will come again, and you'll wander around without ! gloves and begin to think that your coat would feel better hanging on a limb. Next morning you'll wake up to see aix inches of sloppy snow all over the landscape. One day the south wind will whisper and 0oo 'about your ears, and then, biff" t out of the morthwest corner of tohewan will come & blast one part ice, one part and then siow, and all three parts zero. You'll start, some morning, to get eut manurs on the old “w " gled; by noon you'll have to change to the wids-tired wagon; before night you'll want a scow and a motor boat to €@raw it. One day youw'il think of all the’ work that's ahead of you in plow- ing and harrowing and planting and sowing, ete, etc, and you'll wonder if you can't’ just take a little start. There's the onlon-bed; why couldn’t Out you go with a spading fork jabbing Into the dirt of what begin to be the onion bed. It's dry enough on top; it feels fairly fine to the feet, the fork down full length of the 4 ‘rost left in the ground. You eend the man to harness while you get out the old plow. —J Right there you come up, bump, against your first taste of the real farmer's real spring. The plow- share’s droken, and thers isn't a new one on the ranch. Of course you knew it—iast fall. When you put the broken tool away, you planned to get & naw share immediately 8o as to have it ready for spring work. But there n't any partieular hurry about it; er things came up from day to day: the memory of the missing share grew gradually fainter; at last you forgot it entirely. And hers you want it; vou want it right this minute; you want it bad It really seems as if you never wanted a plow quite so much. The mman comes out with the horses; #o disappointed and sore that you fair- ty snarl at him; vou'd pay a dollar it yoti could only convince yourself that it was his fault, so you could give him th. dressing- flown paomebody clearly deserv, He on” suddenly and gri W‘hlt do' he care? It may mean a trip to town after a new share, instead of a turn between the plow-handies. 8o yi u whirl on him: “What you snickerin’ about? Git out that ‘old Starbuck: p'haps i1l scrateh some o the dirt” You finally plow your bed with the worn-out, long-ago-discarded plow that has been kept just to furrow out 0 rows. And that night, aft- pper and the chores, you drive in to Mown tor s new share, only to find that the agent happens to be out of the exact sise you want—TYou'll ob- serve that this Is no “famey picture” but a plain statement of what gener- «lly happens. DA you ever know the jocal agen® to have just what you wanted when you wanted it? He's @lways out, but he'll order It specially for you—and you pay the express. This makes business. all ‘round, and keeps you from growing lazy and fat. But you've got that onion-bed plow- ed, anyhow.. And next morning it all day it rains; next day it rnlnl. your plowed ground is turned inte & spudgy, splashy, pongey mud puddie which, when it finally dries out, has to be plowed over again, and i8 cloddy after all Then you remember that you had wvery simllar experiences last season und the serson befors, and many other seasons. and dhat, every time you've solemnly vowed you would’t be so “previous” aln. You renew = the pledge and feal sure vou'll keep it this time; but vou won't. It's twelve months to another spring—three hun- dred and sixty-five days, d about 4en times three hundred and sixty-five things are going to happen between 'vn'\' and then to dull your remem- hrange. The leseon of all which is: “Don’t be in too big a hurry” 1It's a very ®ood thing, when you're invited out to dinner, to be on time; bwt it isn't wise 10 arrive so far ahead of time that you cateh the "rnlllui' Just beginning to you're | Teacher—The Satisfaction of when Asked—Superior Wi Up. peel the potatoe: Promptness is a virtue, but over-anxiety is not. The est thing in the” year for me—and perhaps for some other farmers—is to keep Lhe golden mean between precip- itancy and procrastination. I want to be on hand when the general roll is called, but I don't want to answer & alarm. As we grow older, and the added experiences of the passing years soak into us, we come to have finer and finer appreciation of the significance of a hundred fugitive and ephemeral signs, by which Nature indicates her progress from snow-time to seed-time, I think we older farmers make fewer mistakes in reading the spring prom- ise than we used to. Indeed, we'd be a sorry lot If we didn’t. The farmer who isn't learning something every year, whether he is elghteen or elghty, is on the wrong job. There's so much of this work that we're ignorant of s best of us, so much that we want to| know and ought to know but don't know_that I, for one, sometimes feel | like dropping on my knees out back of the barn, and asking pardon for being such a fool. But when I reflect, per contea, on how much more 1 know | now, about my slaves and my tyrants in the natural kingdom than 1 knew when I began playing the great game against them, then I take better heart, and am {nclined to be somewhat puff- ed up. Disguise it as we may, there is a certain satisfaction In being “an old farmer,” and thus able to recognize the blunders which inexperience leads our younger neighbors into making. Take that. onion-bed fable with which 1 began, for instance; don’t think Tve really done thing this year. I did it once, though. And one of my young neigh- bors last week, during a real hot spell. got out into his garden and began forking up the dirt where he in- tends to« put some early vegetbles. I drove by and saw him doing it. (That ground has since been buried under a two foot snow-drift, and | winter gots out of the lap of spring.) As | say, | saw him digging away and, half a mile later, T had & real good time, all by lonesome, congratulating myself that I knew more than he did. But, do you imagine that I stopped and told him he was wasting his time and strength? No, sir-ee; that's what ghbor Hoskins would have done; it's what Nelghbor Hoskine' example has taught me not to do. Why should 1 attempt to dampen down the powder of his youthful cithusiasm and zeal? Because my old boiler is worn and thin, and patched, and won't carry but forty pounds’ pressure, shall T under- take to tell him what steam he may make? Tt mighty comforting to think that we know a little more than some of the youngsters; but if's pretty good judgment to keep our superior kmowledge to oursclves—at least until we are asked for a chunk of it. We were all_younger than we are now, forty years mgo. And didn't we all think, then, that the old fellows, (who were just where we fre mow), were quite _ old-fogyish, behind-the-times, slow, “sot” in thelr wavs? Didn't we wonder why they couldn’t let us alone 10 try things out for ourselves? Did n't they irritate us with their inasked advice and their {ll-timed croakings > “The world is made when a man is born,” once wrote Boyle O'Reilley, the | poet. It's a new world to every new intelligence that comes into it. He must learn it from the beginning and for himself. The things others,have learned may apd should help him, but no_other man's experienfe 18 so val- uable as that which he wins through his own venjurings. As I look back, it seems to me that about half my lit- tle farming skill has come to me through the teachings of othefs and thropgh inherited instinct, while the other half has come, letter by letter and word by word, from my own experiments, my own 'successes, my own mistakes and faflures. And that latter half is al- ways the most present with ma. It may not bulk any larger than the Im- parted wisdom of others, but it is solider, more eertain, more helpful. If we grizzled and gray beards want to have our young neighbors like us and look up to us a little, we'll do well to stand ready with any advice or sug- gestion our ence may enable us 1o give,—~when thev ask for it: for the rest of the *ime, let's keep our superior ‘wisdom corked up so they won't be all the time smelling it. T know this will suit their ideas best: T think It will be, also, the most helpful in the long run. THE FARMBR. LETTERS FROM TWO STATES. TOLLAND COUNTY. SOUTH WILLINGTON. Tos Outters Harvesting All 1ce 8 inch- @s or Over—Emamination for Post- master's Appointment April 10. Mies Mettle Malne is heiping Mrs. W. Eidredgs. The ice company has resumed the cutting of fce and wil try and har- vest evervthing above eight inches in thiekness. “Bven at that the house will be only abouwt two-thirds filled. ‘Thers has M and still is an un- nisual amount of eickness in and about the vii ; In some cages as many 25 four in one family being Il at one time. ‘The ‘trouble meems to be In a particularly inalignant form of cold. Examination for Postmaster. ‘The United States civil service com- mitssion will hold an examination at Rockville, Aprfl 10, for the position of fourth class postmaster at West Will- ington. Thi jon for the post master at this office last year was $553. Information as to the requirements be had at the postoffice at West Applicants must reside in district gerved by eald postoffice. Rev. James Balfour Connell of Hart- ford will preach at the Baptist chuych in ‘Willington on B\udla,mm‘nln[ and in the hall at South ilington at 4 clock in the afternoon. BOLTON. Rev. My. MoLeod of Andover occu- pled tae pulpit Sunday morning. ise Jennie Ferry has returned from hel where she was called on account ©of the iliniess of her mother. The Sewing soclety of the Congre- gational church met with Miss Annfe small number present, but the even- Img was much eajoyed by all who at- leck White of Hebron wl.l a recemt guest at Willlam C. White's, Charles Perry of Worgester has re- turned home after visifing at W. . Howe's Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee are spend- ing a fortnight in Boston. GURLEYVILLE. Social at Conference Room—Personal Pointers, Richard Mason is at St Joseph's' hospital, Willimantic, receiving treat- ment for an injured hand. s. Paul Langer is also at the same hospital, Communion was observed church Sunday. Mre. Norman Stoughton from Tast Hartford has been a guest of Mra, Sarah Stoughton ) Eamuel D. Yeomans i suffering with chltic :Zeumlszhm B. Stmonds was a guest of ster, Mrs. Bertba, Jridley i New Britain recently. Mrs. Charles Dodge entertained her nephew, Bert Simonds, from Middle- town, wnh @ griend from ‘Willirrantic, last Sun at the Rev, F. iberlain and Mrs, Cham. berlaih were South Coventry visitors last week Wednesday. The ladies held lhllr dollar social Wednesday evening at the conference rocm. There was a small auddence, but several dollars were added to the car- pet fund. John Wrana and Miss Tda Smith en- tertainéd the company with music, vio- lin and orpn EAST WILIJNGTOH On Thursday the wind blew furious- 13, Gracle Waters is improving slowly. 7~ George Wilson works a ll!!l! every suffering with colds. in's grane Baldwin, is quite an e M. Alvord 'rhurnday afternoon, Mr. z. .!rmog%ve and Mrs, .uanmum 80 the ungle ert in play- His graudtather, J. E. Baldwin, was a very snccessfill teacl :;‘:w music before coming to Willing- ing the violin. g o < (Satw 1 oohetol to hear nfl‘;:“ mn ‘a committee investigate udunmln of the town in a certain piece to the lake mu on has recently caused to be substantial stone wall across the Yoad where it enters the lake, thus shufling | . out the public from reaching the lake for_obtuifing | ln or ag ‘other pur- posees. road uestion part of a p-muc “highway, and has nev- or heen discontinued, our cltizens feel that they still have a right to use it when nece: and there seems to be very general feeling that the town should not relinquish its right to use the road. Much interest is manifesf in the matter and the meeting no doubt will be largely attended. Matters of Interest. H. W, Porter has been putting in a quantity of new shelving in his store, this adding much to it general 8p- pearance and convenience. Mr. Porter is expecting to take the civil service examination to be held at Willimantic March 27 as a candidate for the posi- tion of postmaster in this place. Fish stories are still popular here. This one is from Miss Grace Sawyer of Brooklyn, N, Y., one of our popular summer_visitors. ~While out boating on the lake a pickerel of respectable size leaped from the water into the boat without so much 28 an invitation, much to the surprise of the occupants of the boat, and the pickerel, too. This rather heats West's story. The_Ladies' Aid soclety met with Miss Emily C. Williams at her home on Columbia green last Wednesday afternoon. Miss Bdith Little of Meriden spent & few daye: with relatives in town re and Mrs. W, B. Clarke are to move from their present tenement the middle of April and will occupy a part of the house owned by Mrs. John G. Mitchell, north of Columbia green. GILEAD. Farm Changes This Spring — Recent Deaths and Funerals. * Hebron grange met at the hall last evening. C. W. Hutchinson returned home last week from spending & few days with his brother and family In Princeton, Mass. They have an excellent location both on account of Mrs. Hutchinson”s health and from a business point of view. F. €. Brown will move soon to the Latham place. M. R. Gilbert has leased tie farm of his parents for seven years. H. A. Spafford has moved his saw- mill to G. A. Miner's lot. Miss Jennie House has gome to Rhode’ Tsland to assist in caring for Mrs. J. Dexter Hunt. Oscar Bartholomew has rented the ‘Welles place for the ensuing year. Mr, and Mrs. E. E. Foote were in Colchester last Saturdey. Obituary Note Dennis Keefe died last week Friday at his honme at the age of 75. Burial was In Middletown. Jonathan M. Wood died Monday morning at the age of 86. The funeral was held at his home on Wednesday at ]Lda'clack. Burial was in Rhode Tsl- Melissa Post &led Tuesday og°. of 80 years. The funeral was held Thursday at her res- idence. Burial was in Manchester. CHESTNUT HILL. Local Men Favor Bill at Hartford Hearing—Measures to Be Considered at Special Town Meeting. Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Frink were in Oflesd Thurgday attending the funeral of Mrs; Melissa Post, An Important Hearing. William A. Collins, G, A. Champiln and L. E. Winter were at the capitol Tuesday, and appeared before the com- mittee on agriculture in favor of a bill to prohibit the sale of farm products of state institutions in the markets of the state. Representative W. H. Bliss of Columbia slso spoke in favor of the il Louls Brouseau and Harry Leonard were in Hartford on Thursday. Mr. Leonard attended the hearing on the bill concerning contagious = diseases among bees before the agricultural committes. Tce is still being harvested in this locality and a fair quality is procured. A town meeting is called for today (Saturday) to listen to a report the committec appointed to Investigate the ma relating to approaches to the lake. Cther matters are also t// be considercd. A syecial togn meeting usually develops interesting features. One o the matiers to be considered is in rela*ion.to the purchase of a new safe, | A MASHAPAUG. 1 M. Newell has had his left hand blmhged from a bad and deep cut. Peter Thompson Is indisposed, the result of a severe fall on the ice. H. R. Howard is recovering from a sprained ankle. F. 'A. Moore is doctoring a horss that was badly hurt and cut by a fall on the ice while drawing an ice plow. Merrick Vinton is hauling lumber from Bigelow Hollow for Turner Bros. Miss Ethel Turner has taken up her dutles at school here after a ghort ill- nees. George W. Crawford F. A. Moors are, )\n\lfln‘ at the Wells' steam saw- A Moore attonded the funeral of hil ‘brother-in-law, Mr. Chapla, at Brimfleld last Wednesday. The Clean Cam and Zenith Bit shop is running fifteen hours per day. STAFFORDVILLE. Underwent Operation for Appendioitis at Hartford. Willlam Chamberlin was taken to day morning for an operation for ap- pe;!dlcflll ‘The operation wah suecess- fu W. 8. Clayton, who has been in.the milk business for a number of has sold out to Framk Belcher. Mr. Beicher commenoed his new employ- ment the firs tof the week. Mrs. Louis West, who left her home about four weeks ‘ago and refused to return, is in Hast Woodstock. Her three children have been separated. Jessie, the oldest daughter, is to live with her grandmother, Mrs. Albert Wl..r Dora with her gran Mre 30 L Veee el tha el mowig old daughter with her mother. TURNERVILLE. Prentice Resigns at Station— Personals. T. R Station Agent Robert tertained his brother Wiill - ford last Friday. Henry Mono spent Sunday in New London with his parents. T. R. Prentice has resigned as as- sistant at the statlon evenings. Hv- erett Thompson, Jr, is Aliing the va- Cher:i got their hands in your pocl now and they'll M them thm for the next four years unyway.” “That's all rt:m." said the toller with the pall. I keep my money in the bank, what ain’t in bonds I¢ up in a n.nty deposit vault. Not in my el pockets.” “That's m 1 thought,” dluplltluolu character. “You'd the set of your overalls wouldn't m“ 'l'he weight, M it would make you legged, wouldn't 1t? ‘What are you drlnklu beer for if you've got all that weaith?" “Because I've got a thirst” replied the toiler with the pain. “T ain’t drink- in’ it now, though. I did think of or- derin’ beer, but I may and make it chnmp time Billy gets around the matter with thi “Too much suds as l. {e al thllll. wvolunteersd another of pall bear- ers. “That's what you fellers haye been gettin' right along,” said the disputa- tiovs character. “Suds is what they’'ve been feadin; you. They slop suds over on the bar and you chump‘ think it's prosperity. Prosperity! You're eating porterhouse steak three times a day. ain't you, friend?" “Wh¥‘. no,” replied the patient toiler with the pail, *T ain’t. 1 don't like Joseph's hospital, Willimantle, for some time, is improving. Mrs. Hattie Whipple of Middlefield visited at E. A. Raymond's last week. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kues of Boston visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Kues, a few days last weelk. WASHINGTON COUNTY, R 1. HOPKINTGN. Auction at Thayer Place—Claim for Fox Bounty. ‘The postponed auction of property on the premises of ;. K. Thayer was held on Wednesday of last week. It was well attended, con- sidering the bleak northeast wind and clouded sky. The articles found a ready sale at fair prices. Mrs. Thayer will remain at her home till April 1, having retained furniture for three rooms. She is expected to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. E. Ster- ry Holdredge, at Hope Valley, after that date. Mise Zoe L. Kenyon spent a day at the home of Rev. E. P. Mathewson last week Thursday as the guest of his daughter. Miss Mabel S. Mathewson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B‘baock of Car- olina called on Mrs. Geéorge K. ‘l'hxyer last Saturday. Hon. E. R. AHen was a ealler in Hope Valley Monda® afternoon. Harold R. Tewis left Tuesday for a short visit in kast Greenwich. ‘Willlam S. Aldrich of North Ston- mgton was in town Tuesday having the necessary papers made out to se- cure the state bounty on a fox which he killed in Hopkinton recently. The work of the public school has been interrupted by severe colds among the puplls. ng cough and mumps have gained an entrance Into Ashaway. Mention is frequently made of hear- ing bluebirds lately, but there has hardly been a week this winter during which they haye not been seen or heard in this vieinity, USQUEPAUGH. Progress on New Chapel—Family Re- union in Honor of Visitor from Cal- ifornia, ersonal Geo. Sunday school and church services were held at the school house Sunday. Mr. Loh\u preached. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman attended from West xmg-mn All are hoping to see the church vestry finished in two weeks. Mr. and Mra. C. C. Kenyon spent a“)’lld‘y ‘:l wlfl. QA‘?N C. Ken r an yon spent Saturday and audny with J. C. Cahoon at Wakefleld. A family reunlon was held at Fast Greenwich Sunday in honor of Miss Clara Bagley of California, who is vis- iting friends here. Joseph Bagley and famlily went to East Greenwich to at- tend. Miss Bagley is to return «~ Cal- ifornia this week. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Locke, who have been ill, are better. Mrs. Edward James of Shannoek at- tended church here Sunday. ‘Special meetings have been held this week at the chapel at West Kingston, different ministers taking part, WEEKAPAUG. Boy’s Careless Aot Results in Bad Brush Fire—Wild Geese Shot. A large brush fire which burned over a large tract of land was set Monday afternoon by a boy firing off a fire- cracker at the Dennis Corners’ school. The fire caught the grass around the schoothouse, and with a strong wind blowing at the time it soon spread so that it was beyond control. Several houses ‘and ‘barns were threatened; head flres were set. and a large force of men worked into the night before it wus subdued. Quite a number of farms e burned, besides woodland and meadowland. Shot Two™ WHd Goese. Ernest Champlin nm nd kfllud two wild geese one day last Mrs. George H, Noyes hu a lemon tree that has over sixty buds and blos- soms on it. The blossoms are very fragrant and beautiful Mrs, O. B. Macomber and daughter, Mrs. leon W. Bliven, attended the funeral of their aunt, Miss Caroline Driggs, of Ashaway, Monday afternoon. rry Noyes of Watch Hill spent Saturday and Sunday with his par- ents here. POTTER HILL. Funeral Services of Mrs, Asa S. Briggs. George Woodman, wWho has resided on Laurel street for the past thirty anl. has moved to the house owned Elizsbeth L. y_Mrs. Crandall hMrs David Naylor, who has been ill, Dbetter. Mrs. B. E. Taylor of Providence bunt!u'umothernner.un.n A. Taylor. The funeral of Mrs. Asa . Briggs took place at the house where she has resided many years, on Palmer street, Monday ‘There was a large e.a.m relatives and friends vhh'h filled flr\: hm”dg The pastor, Burdi hnd cha assisted by Re e ith a tw ‘banjo. Mmmm“-flwndnw pe organ in the totler s peak 0-foot. hflfn an’ Come around it an’ hear ‘em.” commented the dl-pnutlou; utomobile ou send around fur me some e “Sure thing,” ur wlll." n* and 1 sald the tollor with the “It'll be a pleasure to have you. tell Jou orie al fr!efld come to 2 to gend him off with I'm gettin’ enough to to drink. Fill her up, tho it a me I e dus eat an’ o Billy, an’ ou“fl glve it more’ \- four-foot drop. I for- €0t to grease the bottom, so don't take advantage of me.” “As long as you've got enough to eat and drink you're satisfied, sald the dlnpuuuom c “Welt, I hold, out for in the winter® craning over rson in the wi l"mmm-. el sald , T w»o"." w clo'es, > u& the (oller, the dll'puuuou- chanc~ tur you ‘smoke your old pipe and tne bosses smoke their Havana cigars. You drink beer and they dr!!al; cham- a ne. Their wives wear yours wears calico’ apron: monds Then tlmr say ‘Vote for prosperity,’ and you vote for prosperity. luxuries anl The patieat toiler and took up his pal course they do. jaw"' he said. would be the use of be Chicago News. “Face to Face,” and a q you get what you can.’ put down his dime I Have Crossed the Bar.” ROCKVILLE. . Ofstee Supper Glven by Leval Work: ‘hey get the you big slack- “If thev didn't what Yourself of Stomach Trouble Which Is a Detriment to You in Many Ways. ; You can eat anything your stomach craves without fear of a case of Indi- n-uon n‘l" h. or (hll ;gur ferment or ur -usmeh i you will un mm-ln lfl'flr eatin, ‘our meals wi e anything you P By nothing. can ferment or turn into u.‘ld or or stomach gas, which nun- D.lehin'_ Dizziness, a feeling 68 after eating, Nausea, I dll&luon' (like a lump of lead in stom- ach), Billousness, Heartburn, Water ‘brash, Pain in stomach and intestines or_other hes from the stomach are absolutely un:nown where this nflel:‘» _Diapepsin really does all the work of u healthy. stom- ach. Tt digests your meals when your stomach can't. Bach ule will digest all the food you cam eat and leave nothing to_ferment or sour. Get 50-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from your druggist and start taking today and by tomorrow {ou will actually bm about your Lhy, strong Stom: for you then t an; and everything you Srant without. tho slightest ‘discomfort or misery, and every particle of im- purity and Ges that is in your stom- ach and Intestines is going to be car- rie¢ away without the use of laxatives or any other assistance. eing a boss?" uartette, “When The oyster supper given by the Loyal ‘Woniess at the home of Mr. and ®rs. Fred Bohining last Saturday evening was well patronized. Miss FEthel Kegyon of Hope Valley attended church here last Saturday and was the guest of Miss Lyra Bab- Ernest Boss, who h: past week, !s reported. better. Bugene to his home by illness, Best Tudges Tut Adjou August—How Time (Special to The able reports, by means ures whish either have attention to or o pay spending of little time a:lckly killed me in, especially fro committee, which ]is any thaught of. the logislature some time with the minor court their days in the hous lature. Adjournment date or not. on the rule proposed obliged to make all ti the first of May, and jected the resolution, I statement. ‘The local judgeship: means be finished this far as tke house is co; the end of the list. Thi pretty generally follow: trated more for wrong it is that 1y are. They take up the th more than of the serat islature is really sent an effect, whelming after they are goften and many times their in connection with 1) the case are usually b mass of ests to The better than that of state ought to be able to sii and more openly and ‘would :u:}en a rnuy method choosing t) would stand a adopted. ehctlnn have little them. It is the newspapers abou of Taylor's might open the minds edllgflrl to facts "&n to them. It is a fac that this is the best 1 - 1as any l Saunders and were in Providence one day last week. J. P. Greene, who has been confined CON\NECT!CUT LEGISLATURE, INDICATIONS OF SLOWNESS. off, are s & sessjon is getting under way, | 1s about the only indicat to say mothing of their significant of the slothfulness characterizes the work of this legls- the should be made in the way that they ciary committee and of the to the bottom. The state this regard is being deprecated more notody has up to date. pointment by the governor or popular The Bast Legislative Souvenir. readily avo&ren&. by mdlng t as been ill the to be somewhat son Frank 1s again out. rament Early in is Taken Up to Bulletin.) Hartford, ‘March 12.—The unfavor- of which meas- no support back of them that the legislature is pound are sufficientiy to be considered of little or no merit, and therefore warranting the upon them, are ing to m the judiciary sign that the ut that it there ct that there must come a final adjournment of the this year. On the other hand, the fact that '.l!a J\ldl- clary committee hasn’t Judge: hnvln: g:d se, s decidedly which Gossip. ‘The best judges now doubt if final adjournment wiil come a day than it did two years ago, the first day of August, and there are shakes of the head as to whether it will come by that The committee on joint rules reported unfavorably thls week earijer by Quintard of Norwalk that committee chairmen be heir reports by the house re- t being declared that it would be impossible for all the committees to complete théir hearings by that time, to say nothing of getting their reports in, which is a very true Local Judgeships. s will by no month, even o ncerned, though the judiclary committde is getting to e committee has ed the poilcy of giving the Jocal representatives and the senators from the district in which the town was. included what they de- sired In these matters, or two instances it hasn’t been consid- ered feasible to do this. tions which have arisen in connection with these local judgeships have illu though in one The situa- than ever how appointments me of the judi- —far 0+-to the exclu. sion of the businsss for which the leg- to Hartford to do, and not only that, but they. have nd in many cases an over- ffect, on all of the other Iemhfion whizh Is in progress until out of the way, effects are felt clear to the end of the session. For these appointments have become pure- ly political and men gain their ints hem solely, or practieally so, by political log roiling and trading, and in cases where thers is & sharp conflict the real merits of urled beneath a ersonalities ang other inter- he utter exclusion claims of merit and ablility. {relent method of the is doubtless appointment of minor judges by the old method of county caucus nominations, as is done now in the cases of county commis- sloners, though in most particulars It isn't so far different from th: to which it has dege: Though, to be sure, there through with the form of a hearing before a committés of la t in the erated, !l gone wyers who ft the situation of affairs in if somebody Md substitute hese officers it chance of- being The great trouble is that Certalnly ap- to recommend the sf there i8 little conception or thn v.lug lative Souvenir. falk with state Librarian = Godard of some of the hadn't occurre t, for Innuv: islative souve- slature in the Alate register and manual the best book of its sort put out by any state iv the nation. It is also a fact that it is immensely vahi- able to Mr. Godard for exchange with other state librarians for works issued by their tes which he wants and ought to have. It is of great value to every librar; n the state, and every one gets a copy. It is of superlative valug in the newspaper offices of the state, but that fact needs littie com- ment in a newspaper. Further than that, Mr. Taylor is very far from a {rlrler and put the honest value into t! €0 that it would not be possible for anybody to get up the work that he does, containing his does, at a price materially . Statements that t he gets $4,000 for could be got for 81 000 exhibit merely a silly ignor- ance. 1f it be desired to leave no pic- torial history of the present genera- tion for future generations, that is one thing; but we have rather generally come to see the narrowness of anv such attitude, as well as its thourhtfuiness. Having then established the value of the book, there comes the question of why not let the state pay for such books as it uses and the members pay for the books which go to them. Sim- ply for the reason that the publisher ot the book couldn't afford to get up the book which he does now on a smaller scale and that it it were left to Indi- vidual members and senators Whether or not they should go in the book and pay for it themselves quite a number would stay out and the book would be: incomplete and of little value. This used to. be the case and the present method of its publication was evolved to cover the case, as it does Bond lssue Measure. The joint committee on finance has passed favorably on the bill which substitutes for uu u 500,000 bond ls- sue authorised by the last legisiature, and never issued, a 81 000,000 bond is. sue, but the measure is being held up so that it can be reported in a shabe which will make it comport with all the other measures which it concerns, some of which are now before other committees. The state has already committed itself to this bond Issue through the last legislature and it isn't preposed to take a backward step now. Outlook for State Tax. But when it comes to the state tax, that s going to have harder sledding There isn't much sympathy for that and it d)alnt look as though it would be levied. There is far more likeli- hood of State Tu Commiasioner Cor- Mr. Corbln sees that if state expenses are to be on the present liberal scale, n-n ,be some new source Of revenue discovered. Hesoffers '.hm methods—an increase of the inheritance tax rate, a tax on what is called the corporate excess, and a {direct state tax. As regards the first, this state less (it :ema) than most of the other states charge, and it is to be remembered that this tax is the easlest of all to bear and as casy as any to collect. It Is In effect a tax |, on gifts; the individual who has la- hored to accumulate the property hag gone; the tax comes out of what he has left behind him and has “given” to others. As to the corporate excess tax, it amounts In effect to taxi manufacturing stocks up to their ful value, as is now done with bank, in= surance and trust compony stocks. By s much as th companies pay into terasuries of the towns where they are located, by just so much their tax to the state will be reduced. The chief objection to it in Connecticut will be that it is a direct reversal of our established polfey, which has dealt kindly and gently with manufactories as the activities and life of their com- munities. It is a method, however, v&m«:h as proved itself across the Iin Massachusetts, where manufactur- ing seems to flourish notwithstanding the corporate excess tax. The Courant belleves that Whatever may be done with the other proposed sources of in- come, there should be a direct state tax, it for no other reason than in or- der to make the payers of that tax sit up and take motice of the state ex- penditures. There are manifest ex- travagances today which would never be tolerated if every cltizen felt his own money was floating away in this manner. There is a lot to think about in Mr. Corbin’s guggestive paper.— Hartford Courant. CLIPPED FROM EXCHANGES. Mrs. Helen Woods Miller left $20,- 00 to Brown university, to be used in ts department of comparative anato- my. The remainder of her estate is to g0 to the Women's ccllege. Prof. Dolbeare of Tufts college has found that at 60 degrees Fahrenheit the rate of the chirp of crickets is 80 a mibiute: at 70 dcgrees Fahrenheit the rate is 120 a minute, a change of four chirps a minute for each change of one degree. Ar ofl port @it (ite ol ) of ex- Governor Charles M, Floyd has been bung up In the coundil chamber of the New Hampshire statehouse, the por- trait of Governor Ramsdell--1897-55 retiring to the state library. Mrs. Thomas Withersbee Foote of the Jackson Park Yacht club, Chicago, is mow a certificated ship's master, li- censed to navigate the Great Lakes She passed her examinations with fly- ing colors. She's the second; Mrs. Og- den MoCiurg was the first. ‘Among the Lincoln relics In Tacoma, Wash., is a valise carried by Lincoln more than ffty years ago on his de- bati: tour In Iillnois with Stephen A | Douglas. It is a plain box split in two and covered with black cowhide leath- er, with thin iron bands thickly stud- ded with large-headed tacks ltke but- tons, ’ Last Tueeday was eslection day In Berwick, Pa. It was also Peter Keck's hundredth birthday. He went to the polls in an automobile (his first ride of the sort) and voted the straight re- publican ticket. “His eldest daughter is 80.” says the despatch, “and there are living seven children, twenty-four grandchildren, thirty great-grandehil- dren and four great-great-grandchil- dren.” 1t is likely that Holman Hunt's “The Light of the World,” which is one of the votive paintings in St. Paul's, Lon- don, will soon’ bebalanced on the north of the altar by /a celebrated painting by Murillo, “Christ Healing the Paralytic” This work has been known for several years. in a Boma street gullery, but was called a, copy of a picture of the same subject already well known. It Is how determined to be a painting by the Spanish master. S to be comforted because their once mag- nificent tresses have becoms thin and faded. Many men Incline to profanity because the files bite through the thin thatch on their crantums. It will be good news to the miserable of both wexes, to learn that Newdro's Herplcide has beem rwomz:s—m,mouuo The Lee & Osgood Co 00D TASIE DEMANDS I Porcelain, Not Ugly Metal, Filling for Teeth. is Proper DR. JACKSON PRACTICES THIS MODERN DENTISTRY Everybody Can Possess Testh of Nat- ural Beauty—No Pain, In this day of Porcelain Dentistry one who suffers the disadvantages of an unsound and unsightly set of testh is his or her own worst enemy. ‘Tis not the intention of the writer to dwell extensively on the matter of being thus handicapped. for every possessor of a poor, repulsive set of teeth knows too well the disadvantages which very often extend even to a tortuous degree. A _person Wwho rather than open his mouth to talk, exposing the decayed condition s teeth, does not enter in a con- versation, is often mistaken for ignor- ant, or, 89 to speak, a “dummy.” Still this sam be the wit of the company an, and Is sa the opportunity to “make good” simply because of self consclousness or rather consclousness concerning the repulsive or detectable false set of teeth he so zealously at- tempts to hide. Such a person is his own worst enemy. Since the inception of the practice of Porcemin Dentistry in this city by Dr. Jackson at the King Dental Parlors many people have been released from the bondage of poor teeth to find lite far more worth llv- ing, for such teeth are not only & mea~ ace to health, but to soclal M-u as well. The “oid_school’ denk was all right. It served its m-pu- of providing teeth to masticate wil but it Aid not go far enough to the natural belul{ of the mouth, This is the mission of Porcelain Dentistry —to wive you a set of teeth sither by filling process, inserted teeth, or bridgework that will so closely e form to nature as to be non-dstectable. No_ gold or metal of any kind is used in the practice of this modern dentistry, for metal ls in and ugly contrast with the color which nature has endowed the 3 but Porcelain is nature’s counterpart and while shades of teeth Porce- lain is by a unique and prae cess baked so the precise shad of your teeth will be perfectly nnud. 'ou Te robbi of the good in it Una of the greatest rellefs ever experienced to be able to and smile without that ever uneasy sort of feell you are addressing 1 teeth., Porcelain Dentietry s because it is the dentistry that the most for you. The away with the pain and the old time methods, Dr. Jaokson would like to have & ‘with you about your teeth. He tell you without cost what he can do for you. Visit him at the King Dental P‘flar-. Franklin Square, over Bros.”. any day or_evening. You ought know about Porcelain Dental work and he is the one to tell you in this city, 1eb23TuT! M. A. BARBER, Machinist 25 Chestnut St. FOR THE BEST ALES and LAGER Ge To “The Plank,”’s Frankiins. O'CONNELL & SHEA. Telephone 554é-4. nuug Purina Pancake Flour GOOD FOR BREAKFAST, Order from CARDWELL, Telephone 952. 3 to 9 Market St. feb27d 00 IT NOW 1s the best thing any property ewner can do. DLon't walt unul coid, vad weather comes before making neces- wry fall repalrs. if you h naw work begin today by getting our fig- ures. STETSON & YOUNG, a Central -~