Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 24, 1909, Page 11

2 Land as we Find lt—Cfl&nfion as we Know It—Every Man Must Know His Own Land and the Needs of His Own Garden—Facts About Crop Variation, Crop Rotation and Crpp Feedin_g—Experie;cq/and Re'u;lle! (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) I've just had a good letter from a fellow gardener touching upon fer- tilisation. He is a very modest chap and doesn’t undertake to teach tne universe that his way is the only way, But he has manifestly run up against » few of those queer happenings which seem to knock the stuffing out of all the old theories and to contravene all wccepted custom. For one thing he ien't certain about the value of rotation of crops. He has one farmer friend who openly says it doesn’t amount to enything. He him- self has raised a certain crop in his garden for thirteen years on end, the same crop in the same place, without the use of any barnyard manure at all ~—just chemicals. And yet, “there are #0 many farmere of intelligence and experience clinging to the idea of ro- tation that I am not able to ri¢ my- saelf of the impression that there must be something ¢o it.” For himself, he is almost inclined to acsept the English idea that *if you dibble your land and fill the holes with special plant food ou can raise parsnlps om an ash eap.” » To tell the truth, | don't believe any Hving man knows just how fertilizers act or just how and what sorts to use to get invariable and satisfactory re- eults. One thing only can be set down as falrly certaln; that every square rod of land must be learned, by itself and for each separate crop, and that, even then the results will depend quite &8 much on the season as on unything the cultivator can do. Fifteen years' experimenting has taught me that one of my pea paiches wants tash and lime, while potash and ime, or either of them, if put on the other patch, not eight rods away, do the crop no good—actually injure it. It is the old teaching that peas, being nitrogen-gathering legumes, need no nitrogen in the fertilizer applied to them. Yet on this second pea patch-I car botter leave out both potash and phosphoric acié than nitrogen. If I don't give the soil any of the latter the peas will not come. ny years' testing of , 1 find that Greg- § Surprise beats any other wrinkled pea with me by from two to five days. A neighbor a mile away finds Nott's Excelsior the earlier with him. One vear we “swapped” a Httle seed. I took some of his Excelsior, he took some of my Surprise. Wa botlr plant- ed the sorts side by side and at the same time. A& usual, my Surprise gave me peas days before his Excel- Sior; his Excelsior eave him a mess hefore the Surprise. Absolutely con- tradictory experience, youwll observe. Manifestly there's something about it that we don't understand. Some years ago a potato known as the Burbank was the favorite market varlety with my potato rnw-lnf neighbors. It grew easlly, ylelded well, and sold freely. I wanted to test some new kinds and so got a bughel of Burbanks from a nelgh- bor's sead bin. My acre had ten kinds that year, s tenth of an acre to each. Ground about uniform; soil apparently all alike; cultivation, fertilization and treatment identical. The Burbank tenth failed to return as much seed as 1 planted; the very next tenth panned out over thirty bushels of Rural New Yorker No. 2. Yet the fleld of the man from whom I bought the Burbank seed averaged him aebout 250 bushels per acre that same year. | don't believe any experiment sta- tien or agricultural college is going to be able to tell me what to plant and how te fertilize. They can find out what to plant and how to fertllize their own lands. The result will be immensely helpful to the man who takes those same lands after them. But thelr formulae are mot certain— are not even likely to prove satisfac- tory on my flelds. What they can do i= to d lop certain broad general priheipl lay down certain general courses, and then leave us to adapt those principles and modify those courses according to the conditions which confront us, They can't do eith- er our handwork or our headwork for us, Each must do his own by himself and for himself. He's unduly stub- hern if he ignores any help they might afford him, he's simply silly if he blindly accepts all he’s told. As to the barnyard manure and the chemiocals, I profess no knowledges, ex- cept that which applies just to & cou- ple of my own flelds and to a very few crops. I've mentioned peas. Thus far, I've found nothing so good for my upper pea-garden as & light dress- Ing of good stable manure. (A simi): Aressing on the other garden would result in all vines and no pods.) I 5 Pe S / have a bit of clay loam, rather heavy soil, on which 1 have raised potatoes several times. Any stable manure whatever, applied to that field, harms the crop—induces over-development of vines at the expense of the tubers. It also invariably results in rot, A dress- ing of bone meal and sulphate of pot- ash, on the other hand, gives me good results there, On -another field, of sravelly loam, overlying hardpan, I have found that a heavy dressing of coarse stable manure, plowed in, counts big. Yet, even on that plece, a top dressing of high grade complete fertilizer, harrowed in after plowing, seems to do a lot of good. It is the same about rotation of crops. There is no doubt whatever that in many cases, rotation is almost an essential. In probably all cases it saves fertilizer. Grasg is one feature of almost every rotation scheme. Grass meakes turf, and turf makes humus when it is plowed under and rotted. If your soil calls for humus you must supply it in some way. Plowing the sWard under saves you the trouble and expense of drawing humus on. But not all soils depend for productiveness or. humus. 1 have heard of a big po- tato grower up in New Hampshire who has raised potatoes for twenty-seven years, consecutively, on the same lemd, with chemical f zers aloné—and raised good crops, too. Per contra, I personally know a man who plowed an old pasture—first time in forty years ——put on absolutely no manure or fer- tilizer of any sort, and raised the rec- ord crop of potatoes in his township thereon, Seed, soil and seasonal con- ditions must all be reckoned with, as well as fertilizer, Hereabouts the universal rule of formers is to put corn on sod ground. Corn is a gross feeder; it has the most tremendQ ystem of any erop we raise; ush farthest and fastest through a porous and open soij such as that offe by a turned turf. Yet I have raised corn for seven years, good corn, on the same acre of land. The demands of convenience led me to try the experiment. I have every year hauled my coarsest, strawiest manure on that acre to be plowed under and have top-dressed and hill-dropped a complete fertilizer ,in addition. I draw on the acre every year from twenty to thirty loads of manure, and then use as much fertilizer as I would have used, had the field been turned-under turf, with no stable manure. I think that rotation would be more economi- cal for me if 1 had thg right land, rightly situated, to take up a new plot every year for four or five years. T haven't. This jack of land has taught me to do w t the * farmers” all pooh-poohed e—raise good corn, year after ye old ground.” In my truck garden | am compelled to raise crops on the same old ground, every year, and T think. as a whole, the place ig steadily getting richer and more productive, But it takes ma- nure and chemicgls, both, and a lot of them, On some plats I use only one sort, on gome plats a light dose of one and a heavy dose of the other; on some a heavy doge of both, When I find a certain variety doing well in a cer- tain place, I stick to it, and do my level best to find out why it does well and what will make it do better. If stable manure doesn’t seem to improve things noticeably, I stop spreading it there and tgy chemicals. If repeated variations in the character of chemical sup fails to produce results on anothet lot, I go back to stable ma- nure. For several seasons I got earlier and better tomatoes by using straight cow manure than by anything else, Last yvear and year before, results weren't as good. ‘This vear I am go- ing to test the effect of a liberal dress- ing of 5-9-11 fertilizer, cultivated in after the plants are beginning to bud. But it's all wonderfully “hit-or-miss"” work. _Sometimes a policy works out all right for five or six years and goes to pieces llke a bad egg against a barn door, the next season. Some years the very stars in their courses fieht against you. Then the next vear you can grow egg-plant on a shovel. Ev- ery season I find some of my calcula-~ tions upset and some of them upheld by results. It's a fascinating game you take it as a game; an absorb- ing one if you make it a study, But it’s best not to be too tremendously serfous over it. Ahout the only sure gain I've made In my soil-working ex- perience s that now 1 know I don't know as much as I thought I knew when I began. Let me tell you, I ful thing to feel sure of! THE FARMER. a mighty use- LETTERS FROM TWO STATES. WINDHAM COUNTY. 5 MYSTIC, Wik i Pestal Recelpts, Will Seon Warrant Pree Delivery—Fow Lobsters Caught. | leander Barber left Mystio on a business trip Thursday morning. Miss Lizzie MaMory has sold her home at Cedar Crest and moved back to Reynolds Hill. Bhe has sold a build- ing lot to New York purchasers, who have a house up and covered iu at Reynolds Hill Walter Morgan, who has been ill for weveral weeks, is able to leave his room and be around the house. I'be receipts of the Mystic postoffice are getting very near the point to give the village free delivery. A few lobsters are being caught along #hore. The fishermen y the water is too cold for she lobsters to be. plenti- Tul. An Odorous Topic. The townspeople were amused to read the testimony of interested par- tles before the legislature recently that the Mystic fish manufactory is ino - | fensive and uncomplalned of. 1 summer there were times when | in the village weye unable to have tie east windows open, and others were nausated by the odor. Owing to the Jarge amount of .money the industry brings into circulation and the number given employment the nuisance is put up with, but it is mot in any cologne factor; CLARK’S CORNERS. School Clesed£-Teacher of the Week. sense a 1I—Visitors Miss Gladys Upton of Norwich was in town Tuesday and her grandmoth- er returned Nome with her Wednes- s Viola ¥. Jewett was visiting in Willimantic Wednesday. B. E. Chapel js sick with gastritis. A report from Mrs. S. H. Jewstt re- eeived Wednesday sald she was im- | is closed this week because teacher, Wiillans of Willimantic ut Allen Jewett’s this week. Waiter Pearl of Wilkman. tic are visiting here, T. J. Naving was a week end guest at Pat Naving' last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. N, Jewett return- ed from Providence after visiting Mrs. Jewett’s mother. Miss Bridget Sullivan of Wi liman- tic visited her sister, Mrs. P J. Nav- ins, last week, THOMPSON, Exchange Social—Picture of U, S. Sen- ate in 1850 H their grandmother g in Library, Miss Fiora E the guest of M over Sunday. N tt of Webster was Mirs. L. N, Ross Ir. and C. S. Backus were in Providence turg | Walter Raymond Carpenter were guests on Sunday at Nathan Chase’s, _Rev. C. 1. Ramsey visited his home ih_Berwic L .} Mrs. W. 8. Be: sston last scoclal h Wednes A at R. Lewis has returped New York. five beginners school. fine oldupicture of the United States presented by . Lydia Hascall, has been hung in the conversation room in the public library. ek in WOODSTOCK. Mr. and Mrs. John Clark Return from Californig’and Washington, Miss Ella Perley is spending a week in_Andover, Ma Mrs George rink and chiléren were in Hartford and Springfield last week, Mrs. Willlam W. Mathewson, who has been with relatives in Hartford and New Haven during the winter, re- turned and opened her house this week, Fev. T. A. Turner of East Woodstack exchangad with Ray. G, F. Waters last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, John Clark have re- N FARMER'S TALK T0 FARMERS. Mrs, F. W. Howard has been on the sick list, but is now improving. 4 Deacon Amasa Chandler has so far :wverec that he goes out on pieasant ys. . MOOSUP. European Traveler a Visito Town— “Funeral of Albert Burdick—Miss Bg- ker Retires from Postoffice. Mrs. Julla A, Wetmore of Dana, T, who has just returned from a cruise through the Mediterranean sea to Con- stantinople, Jerusalem £ Egypt. France and England, has been the guest the past week of Miss Jeanette Gallup of this village, She has been gone near- 1y four months and has visited four- teen different countries and twenty cities, She made the trip without be- ing sick a day and has brought back many interesting curios and relics, which she is exhibiting to interested people, 2 ‘ FUNERAL. Albert Burdick. The funeral of Albert Burdick, who was killed by an electric car at or near Montville, was held last Sunday at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Burdick, on Prospect street, in this village, the body being brought here Saturday night. Rev. J. G. Stan- ciated. The bearers were relatives of the deceased, The burial was in Ev- ergreen cemetry in Cntral Village. Will Be Greatly Missed. Miss Ethel Baker, who for nearly two years has been the obliging as- sistant in the Moosup postoffice,” has retired and has, been succeeded by Miss Yvonne L#frenier. Miss Baker will be missed by the patrons of the office, lllegal Sale of Liquor. Jacob Schweitzer of Flat Rock was brought before Justice H. B. Chapman last Saturday, charged with the alleg- ed sale of liquor. The accused plead- ed guilty and was fined $10 and costs, which he paid. Attorney B. W. Dan- lelson appeared for the state, Newsy Briefs. A meeting of the Baptist Woman's Missionary society was held Wednes- day afternoon with Mrs, P. M, Peck- ham on Main street. The Moosup grammar school base- ball team was defeated last Saturday by the erslde grammar schoel team of Jewett City by a score of 23 to 22. There was poor flelding and hard hit- ting on both sides. The Bgptist neighborhood prayer meeting was d_Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. J. Stanton and in_the evening 8t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benson in Almyville. Mrs. Lydia Butcher, Mrs. Annie Bennett and Mr, and Mrs, Frank Shel- don attended the funeral ‘of George Sheldon last Friday in Voluntown, BROCKLYN. Returned from Washington, D, C.— Visitor Makes Fine Catch of Trout —Danielson Teacher Begins Duties in Witer District. h of Canterbury is iss Gertle .Gree: visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herrick. Mrs. Ellen W. White has arrived in town for the summer. h Francis H. Vinton, who has spent the winter in Washington, D. C., has returned for the summer. The B. Y. P. U. was led by Rev. Dr. G. F. Genung. Subject: “The House of the Interpreter.” ‘ Dr. Genung was in Hartford on Wed. nesday. Notes. Mr, and Mrs. Howard Walker of ‘West Hartford were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F, A. Spaulding over Sunday, Louis 8. Palmer and wife visited Mr. and Mrs. James C. Palmer over Sunday. While here Lewis Palmer tried his hand at trout fishing, going out twice; the first-fime catching 21 and the next time 28. The Woman's club of Brooklyn mat Monday afternoon with Miss Addie Hyde. Charles Edwin returned on Monaay to_his studies at Trinity. Mre. Genung attended the meeting of the Woman’'s Baptist Home Mis- sion society whly: met with Walling- ford church. James F. Palmer and Ralph Cole of Attleboro, Mass., were guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs, James C. Palmer. New Teacher Assumes Duties. Misa Lena Brown of Danielson, a graduate of the R. H. S, began her duties as teacher of the school in the ‘Witter district; Warren A. Tanner concluding he had rather remain in the employ of the Connecticut com- pany as motorman. Mrs, James S. Baldwin having sold her farm and stock, has moved to Putnam to live. Edward H. Brown of Putnam, now teaching school in Hampton, was a visitor in town Sunday and attended church and Sunday school Sudden Death of Mrs. Penfisld. On Wednesday Mrs. Gracia A. Pen- fiell, widow of Ralph Penfield, died very suddenly. She had been trou- bled for a considerable time with val- cular diesase of heart. "~ DATVILLE. Letter Carrier Greene Will Use Auto- mobile—C, E. Society Gave Enter- tainment. Hosea E. Green, carrier on Route No, 1, from Killingly, has received or- ders to use his automobile from mow on; the change in the time schedule brings him back to Killingly office at 12 o'clock noon. The A. R. 1 Dayville attendi the 1 Putnam given by the Putn: pter were Russeil W. Ben- nett, Chase, Miss Cogswell and Mrs. W. F. Bidwell 4 Miss Ida Bailey of Worcester spent Sunday with her grandmother, Mrs. Benjamin Coswell. Personals. Mrs. Montague Castle and daughter He are guests of Mre, C. A. Rus- and Mrs. W. F, Bidwell. re Racine and bride returned 3 le to live, and hosts of friends wisr them joy Louis Turtis spent several days with his father, R. D. Curtis at Pine grove, near Dagyville cry’ Hardman of Providence spent Monday with F. J. Sayles and family. ! Ladies’ Aid met with the Misses Law on Wednesday. Miss C, B. Stokes led the Christian Endeavor meeting on Sunday evening. Mrs, Jabez Brown led the prayer meeting on Sunday evening, Alice Ray of Moosup was the guest of Vinnie Shaw on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Keating and are visiting Frank Chase. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brookes were Mrs. Thomas Cruise’s on Sunlay. Lillie Tallahan of Pomfret was s. Thomas i Tuesday. ung people of the Christian Enceavor give a nne entertainment on Thursday evening. The recitations by F. L. Bennett of Ballouville were very fine. The whole programme was well carried out. - - daughter at aASHFOTD. Mr. and Mrs_ 1. P. Richards of Prov- idence are at The Outlook for a few days. Eli Wood is for B. M. Grant. William Poole spent Sunday at his home here. Myron Esterbrook has moved to the Andrew Snow place painting slick looking bile of - 20-horse- er, recently bought. “T'he paper mill shuts down this week for an indefinite time, owing to the| recent washout of the dam and dun ‘business. Notes. Elmer A. Uhurch has been engaged as chauffeur in Rockville. A. M, Litchfield has purchased a touring ecar. HOWARD VALLEY. C. H. Humes has hired the Shanley Edward McMahon of Boston is vis- iting his father. Miss Lura A. Hankes is visiting in Plainfield. Miss Julia McLoughlin is in town calling on friends. - TOLLAND _ COUNTY. STORRS. \ Spante > Junior Prom at College Hall—Annual Meeting of Second Church and Ec- clesiastical Society — Notes of the College. The Junior Prom was held in the college hall on the evening of April 16. The elaborate decoration showed the interest of the class of 1910 in the af- fair. The ceiling was draped with bunting and the walls were covered with banners of orange and white, the class colors, connected by festoons of green. The stage was banked with plants from the greenhouse. The pat- ronesses were Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Estes. *s. Stevens, Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Wheeler. There were 18 dances, with music by the Thread City Cy- clers’ orchestra. Great credit was due to the committee, A, D. Emmons, ‘Miss Treadwell, R. T. Buell, R. V. Jen- nison and G. W. Deming. Annual Meetings. The annual church meeting of the Second Congregational church of Mansfield was held in the conference room Monday evening, April 19. Re- ports of the clerk, treasurer, Sunday school superintendent, secretary of the Ladies’ Aid societv and pastor were given, after which the following offi- cers were elected: Clerk, Miss Edwina ‘Whitney; treasurer, H. D. Edmond; Sunday school superintendent, Charles Thorn. Directly after the adjournment of the church meetinz the Ecclesiast- jcal society met, with Dr. Charles Thorn for moderator. After hearing the report of the clerk and treasurer, the following officers were elected: Clerk, Prof. C. W. Wheeler; treasurer, Prof. L. A. Clinton; standing commit- tee, Prof. A, G. Gulley, President C. L. Beach and H. V. Beebe. Sale by Ladies’ Aid Society. The Ladies’ Ald soclety gave a cake sale Wednesday evening in the Sun- day school room of the church. The committee in charge were Mrs, Ed- mond, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Estes, Miss Freeman and Mrs. Savage. Secured Position in Albany. C. A. Noble, who has been taking special work in mathematics and sur- veying, has secured a position in Al- bany, N. Y. Notes. Mrs. E. B. Fitts Is spending a few days in Hartford. Prof. J. N. Fitts has recovered from a short illness. Prof. Gullye has obtained a position in_Greenwich, Conn. W, M. Healey has returned to col- lege. He suffered from a severe ill- ness just after reaching home in Bloomfield, N. J., atended by a long unconscious spell. He is well again and able to take up his work. WILLINGTON. Former Pastor Will Be 94 on April 29— 35th Wedding Anniversary Celebrat- ed. - There are cases of measles at Anton Hak's and at George L. Lyons’. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Karner being very ill. Mrs. Matthews and Jennie Kidder drove~over from Westford after Miss Lillilan Matthews Friday afternoon. She returned to Maple Corner and her school duties Sunday night. At the Baptisi church Sunday there were fourteen of the Pratt family pres- ent. Mr. and Mrs. Merrick J. Pratt and Harold W. Pratt returned to Prov- idence Mondoy morning and the Misses Mabel and Helen Graves to Boston. Rev. Samuel Merrick’s Birthday. The 29th inst. is the 94th birthday ot Rev. Samuel Merrick. Many friends are writing his congratulatory letters. His address is Addison, N. Y. Mr. Merrick was born in Willington and passed his youth and early manhood heree. He remembers when the Bap- tist church was organized, when the Nouse of worship was built, was pres- ent at the raising and at the dedica- tion, Thursday, October 2d, 1829, and united with the church the following January. He preached the semi-cen- tennial sermon December 28, 1878. His brother, John, was 83 on Monday, the 19th. ) Wedding Anniversary. The 35th anniversary of the wedding of Deacon F. Wayland Pratt and Mrs. BEstelle J. Pratt was one of the pleas- antest of Willington’s many pleasant soclal events. Guests were coming and going all the afternoon, and in the evening the pretty home was crowded h friends and neighbors. There were fricnds present from Boston, Springfield, Holyoke, Sharon, New York city, Providence, Rockville,Mans- field, Willimantic, Westford and from all parts of Willington, and the numer- ous and valuable gifts covered a wid- er range, Pennsylvania, Rhodg Island, ‘distant points in Connecticut, and a very handsome _display from friends in Stafford Springs. Ice cream and cake were served. STAFFORDVILLE. Sermon on Prayer Enjoyed—Rev. J. Von Decik Declines Methodist Pas- torate. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bambert and n_visited relatives in West Swanzcey, N. H, over Sunday. John R. Parkhurst of Stafford Bprings preached a good sermon on “Prayer” last Sunday morning in the local Methodist church. Ernest Moore and Merl Hughes of Springfield were home over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Joice of For- estville have moved into the Eaton house and are taking boarders. The Garland mill is filling up with help and there are several strangers in town. To the disappointment of ali, the Rev. J. Von Deck has not accepted the pastorate of the local Methodist church. Next Sunday it is expected that Rev. Robert Williams of Middle- town will supply the pulpit. BOLTON. A large party of youn sembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Penny last week Thursday evening. Dancing and card playing were enjoyed. Refreshments were served during the evening. J. K. White visited friends fa Col- chester Sunday. Mrs, E. A. Fordyce of Boston is the guest of Mrs, Mary D. Carpenter, Charles Ruggles of Springfield, whe spends his summers in town, has been people as- L. A. Carpenter and daughter, May Carpenter ‘Naugatuck, Miss Harrio® " at her tome on Elm street, dent of rhis villuge until ard a hal’ ako, when she “Wesierly with Fer 1lece, Mrs. N, Burdicx Attended r-wm Migs Heien Foote and her brother, of West Hartford, spent a few days | at E. E. Foote’s recently. Anna Buell is visiting her grendpar- ents in Mariboro. . W. Ellis has finlshed moving Mrs. Latham’s househqld furniture to He- b ron. John Dietz cut his band badly re- it ; guest at W. C. White's the first of the week. ‘Members of Bolton attended the m of East Central Pomona grange at Wapping last Wednesday. Mrs. Eliza Daly is ill. i ‘Maude and Elizabeth White in Columbia Sunday, the guests of their aunt, Mrs. M. S. Holbrook. COLUMBI/ James H. Townsend, 94, Had Voted at 72 Annual Elections—New Cataloqu: Required at Library. James H. Townsend died at the hos- pital at Brewsters Neck last week. He was 94 years of age and to within a comparatively short time was re- markably vigorous and active for a man_ of his age. A few years ago he made a trip to the Pacific coast. For 72 years he had never falled to cast his ballot at elections. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs, A. E. Brown and Mrs. J. N. Clarke of this place, and one son who resides in the west. Funeral services were held on Friday at the Episcopal church in Hebrou. Burial was in the cemetery in that place. * M. E. Booth, the blacksmith, moved ]whh his family to Scotland on Monday ast. Forace Griggs’ auction, which was to have been on Thursday of last week, was postpuned to last Thursday on ac- count of unfavorable weather. Card™~Catalogue Propo: Miss Joh:son of liartf.rd, a librerian in the employ of the state, was in town o Friduy of last week in consultation with the ljbrary committee relative to adopting the card system of cata- loguing the books in the library. There are now about 6,000 volumes and the necd of a new catalogue in some form is imperative. Exi s funded and valhed tne rest of to Westerly. HOPKINTGN. Delegates from Churches and Bibie Schools Meet to Form Federation— cently. RI’D, Gilbert of Boston was with his parents here over Sunday. 8. P. Willard of Colchester was in town last week looking after delin- quent school children. J. R. Gilbert is confined to his home with erysipelas. Constitution Adopted. - Joel Brown of Hebron has been —_— «pending a few days with friends hers. Mr. and Mrs. A. Ray Button of Mrs. W. S. Ellis and Mrs. A. H. GWQ visited at the home of John Post attended the meeting of East|B, Central Powopa grange at Wapping, | Harold Lewis is quite il at the home ‘Wednesday. of his father, Roger W. Hebron grange met at the hall ¥Fri- A well attended anu and others from the cl and day evening. . B e ia e g Bible achools in the town of « ELLINGTON. ton was held in the Becond Seven - kau.ptln' church l:ftu:. u; Wesy ! as a federation of churches Grangers Visit- Enfield — Sylvester | 2/Clock as a fod e el Skinner Going to North Carolina. | Rev. L. Randolph presided and Rav. Elrh)k E. Sutton of Rockville acted clerk. ,The funeral of C, Pitkin Pease was attended from his home on Sunday afternoon, Rev. D. E. Jones officiat- ing. Burial was in the Center cem- etery, About forty grangers went to En- field on Monday evening to witness the conferring of the third and fourth degress upcn the candidates, {hey returned in a special car, which was furrished by ex-Senator Charles Thompson. The many friends and neighbors of Michael Cannen responded well in ald ing him in his serioys loss by fire. Sylvester Skinner has sold his prop- erty to a purchaser in Bolton. Mr. Skinner will move to North Carolina Mrs, John Randall, who has been |the end of August, where they intend spending the winter in Willimant making their future heme. has been for some days with relatives | Mrs. Charles Thomgmn and daugh- in_this place. ter Mabel are ill with grip. Monday last was a hot day for se MiSs Georgiana Stenson has return- early in the season, the mercury at|ed from visiting Mrs. J. J. Reed in one time reaching the 80 degree mark, | Providenc The series of thunder showers in the “0”"1 H-‘O‘P—E— L call of the pre Precocious Child. Ralph Kenyon, a Httle son of Ches. N. Kenyon, found Sunday, April 18, a five-finger blossom, a live grasshopper and a woodchuck. Notes. The thunder shpwers of M morning and evenlx: passed m us but ushered in a copious raln which lasted through the day Tuesday. William A, Avery was plowh greensward on his newly-purch: farm Monday. iss Zoe L. Kenyon Ras been spend- ing a few days in Spencer, Mass. %aul M. Barber, superintendent of schools, visited our public school on Monday afternon. ARCADIA. Personal Notes—Preacher from /!A.t Greenwich. Miss Bertha Perkins of Westerly is the guest of Lottie r. Mrs. G. B, Reynolds visited rela- tives at Lafayette the past week. Allen Carr of Coventry Center, R, 1, was the guest of Hon. G. B, Reynolds Monday. Barber & Reynolds moved thelr saw - mi'l to the Edward Barber place Mon- day. Ira Hadfield went to Providense on Saturdey to visit his wife, who I8 be- ine 1tremed at the Rhode Tsland® hos- ital. e Rev. J. H. Trenbeth of Bast Grean- ., preached at the Four Cor- last Sunday and at the church in this place In the eveming. evening reminded one of last summer. A. 0. U. W. Lodge. A new lodge of the A. O, U. W, was instituted in this place on Thursday evening. Delegations from Williman tic, Coventry and Hebron lodges were Mi: present. It is expected the new lodge will start in with a membership of about 2. ‘William A, Colling, Jr., has purchasea a tract of sprout land from Warren A. Colline. Mrs. Warren S. Worth of this pla, exkibits a quilt pieced during the pa winter which containg over two thoi gand five hundred pieces. She has also knitted several yards of fine lace, al- though nearly 70 years of age. Judge Marshall Porter and James H. Jagger, who reside just over the town line in Hebron, are enjoying a few weeks at the Bermuda Islands. To Reside in Pennsylvania. Thomas MeGlaulon's aucticn, whic was to have taken place on Tuesday, was postponed until Wednesday on ac- count of bad weather, when the sale took place. S. B. West was anctionzer. Mr. and Mre. McGlaulon left for Prov- idence, where they expect to =pend a few days with friends and relatives, and then go tg Easton, Pa., to reside with their daughter, Mrs. Royal Pease T. G. Tucker was the juror drawn from this place to serve at the April t(;;'lm of the superior court at Rock- ville, E. E. Packer Storing Goods—Per- sonals. Mary Barnes of Norwich is visiting Mrs, J. H. Bacon. Charles Jacobson spent Sunday at J. H. Bacon's. Miss Grace Russ has been visiting in Merrow. Oren Russ is improving, ‘William Griges has been ill and em- ploying Dr, Knight. He is improv- ng. Mr. White is recovering from an op- eration. E. E. Packer recently brought a load of goods t) be stored in his house here in town. EAST WILLINGTON. Whih\arErlmblc Marriage. Water Staves off Old Age. The older a woman grows the mer: water she Id drink and the more fruit she shoffld eat. With Increas- ing years comes deposits of eertain earthy salts in the body, which pre- duces decrepitude. Unless one takes plenty of water this process is acceler- ated and the feebleness of age is has- tened. WALL PAPERS —AT— YERRINGTON'S, 49 Main Street. Mrs, Merrill Cushman is suffering from a fractured ankle. Miss Vina Bramble and Frank E. Whitney were united in marriage on Wednesday. Measles are prevalent, the family of George Lynch being among the num- ber affected. Mrs. A. G. Baldwin has been suffe¥- ing with neuraigia. Her daughter, Mrs. John DeYoung, of Terryville, is caring for her. Friends of Jesse Eno are glad to learn that he is to rebuild his house which was recently destroyed by fire. Daniel Blakeleyv has moved to his farm in East Willington, WASHINGTON COUNTY, R. L. POTTER HILL. John Caton, 90, Home After Winter's Visit—Clay Company Sends Out Bricks. John Caton, the oldest man in this village, now about 90, has returned home, after spending the winter with his daughter, Mrs. James Byrnes, in Monson, Mass. Mrs. Byrnes came with him, to see that he traveled comfort- anly and to aid in settling him in his home. The old gentleman was much fatigued by the journey, but seems in good health Mrs. Elizabeth McNaly, who has been 11l at her home, is improving. Miss Sarah Fannon, after spening Saturdas and Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lowe, returned . to Central Village Sunday evening. A var load of bricks was taken out from the Ciay company Thursday. Evtra cars were run Tuesday even- ing to cal the people from Westerly CHESTNUT HILL. Child Dies from Dose of Carbolie Acid —S8etting Hen With Fifteen Eggs Produces Sixteen Chicks. . A young son of Mr and Mrs. Petros. ky, who have just come to this place from Hartford, died early Thursday morning from the effects of carbolic aci@ which the chiid had in scme man- ner gotten hold of and swallowed. Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Tate are enter- taining their son and littl grand- daughter from New York this week. Thomas Kelley of East Hampton is visiting the family of Station Agent J. F. Condon. 8 Lucy Doubleday recently ob- tained sixteen chickens from a setting of fifteen eggs, the hen having laid cne more egg after beginning to set. UNION. Herbert Newell of Springfield vis- ited his father, T. W. Newell, the first of the week. Morris Marcy of Southbridge spent a few days early in the week at the Marcy homestea aprigd LOUIS H. BRUNELLE BAKERY We ars confident our Ples, Cake and Bread cannot be excelled. Give us & trial order. nov2d 20 Falrmount Strest. Remember, it is still too ear! the umpire. Post. to kill Be patient.—Washington OUR BUSINESS CARD (Obverse.) - Est. 1837.—1898 Inc. The Edward Chappell Company, NORWICH, CONN, Lumber and Goal Purchasing solely for spot cash enables us to sell at Lowest Prices Office, Wharves and Yard: 44 fo 76 West Main Street (Central Wharl.) Branch Office: 150 Main Streel. Local and Long Distance Telephones at each offics. e Over. (Reverse.) GOAL ‘With our Large Storage Capacity we carry all sizes (including first-class No. 2 Chestnut) in Hard, Medium and Free Burning. Genuine Blacksmiths’ Coal. Steam Coals. Bituminous Coal. LUMBER Our roofed floor space alone is several acres in extent, Insuring dry lum- ber. We carry the largest stock and greatest varlety in this section, including Spruce Timber and Joint, Shingles In great variety, Lath, Furrings, Flooring of many kinds (including fancy hard woods), Sheathings, Clapboards, Siding, Ceilings and Wainscot (of many patterns and Woods), Hemlock, Chestnut, Oak, Ash, Black Walnut, Cherry, Cypress, Maple, Birch. Whitewood, Pe a2 ‘White Pine, North Carolina Pine, Georgia Plne, Veranda, Clothes, Hitching and Fence Posts, Flag Poles, Doors (of various woods and patterns), Win- dows, Blinds, Window Frames and Sash, Mantels, Shelves, Shelving, Base and Casing (molded and plain). Corner and Plinth Blocks, Stair Treads and Stair Ralls. Newels and Balusters, Threshlolds, Moldings (regular and fancy z1d of Gifferent woods), Brackets, “House Trim" generally, Building Papers, an' Cased Pantmy Drawers. Ove