Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 27, 1909, Page 11

(Continued from Page Ten.) ociety in Cowventry,” which today own as South Coventry. The Rev. »h Meacham of “Enfield began ching here as eaply as the year .. The church was formed and he 4‘01?:Inod as its fitst pastor Octo- © 8, 1714, . The first settler in'the parish of srth Coventry was John Bissell, who ime from Lebanon, Oonm,, in 1716. A nurch was organized in the North arish, October 8, 1745, and the follow- 7 day Nathan Strong, the_first pas- was ordained. The records of the t church, previous to the year 176'5. ‘e either been lost or destroyed. No ords of the Slecond (North parish) areh seem to have been kept until out the year 1800. During the mext half century the w»n gradually grew into a good althy and thrifty rural sommunity 1d the religious and school I-m: kept n a high plane. In the year 1850 the ‘erjtral Vermont raliroad began to op- rate trains through the village and onnected it with the outstde world, hus giving still another quiet boom o the town, and from that time until -he sent Coventry has been a de- ightful little thniving manufacturing .own, really superior to most towns of ts size as anyone may see by visit- ng it. The invasion of the trolley by the Connecticut company, that was far- sighted enough to see the great pos<i- bilities for the hitherto almost un- known town, the present month on the 18th instant, is yet another step to- ward advancement and untold worth to the town and its enterprising citi- zens, The population of the town in 1900 vas 1,632, and it is estimated that it 1as vemained at about that figure since. The grand list is approNimate- v $607,821, 'with only an indebtedness of $11,417.31 in October, 1908. The rate, of taxation is 20 mills. . Chief among the industries are agri- culture and the manufacture of silk goods, wool extracts, shoddies and pa- per boxes and carriages. It s easily aocessible via the N, E. Northern or Central Vermont railroad at South Coventry and by the Highland division of the New York, New Haven and ‘Hartford railroad station at Hop River, and by trolley with Willimantic, Baltic, Norwich, New London, Westerly, R. I.. and other Rhode Island and Massa- chusetts centers of trade. There are postoffices at Coventry and South Coventry and the outlying districts receive their mail via R. F. D. voutss from Wllimantic, Rckville, louth Coventry aml Andover. There as been run to and from the station in old stage since the entry of the Jentral Vermont that conveyed the mail to the postoffices. Gaorge “Nilbur drove the outfit for years during the early sixities, and today the vehicle is in charge of W. A. Wright, whe is op- J4mistic even though the quicker trol- evs mav snap up some of his regular ‘ares. John Isham, - station agent at South Coventry, who is without doubt one of the oldest employes in point of service for the Central Vermont, hav- ing held his present post for approxi- wmately half a century, is well versed in the surprising changes in a one-time secluded hamlet. { NEW TROLLEY LINE]. Among the diversity of manuractur- concerns in the town are E. A. Tra- cy. Inc., shoddy extracts; T. H. ‘Wood, John A. Dady of Putnam, H. K. Wash- burn & Son (two plants), silk throw- sters; A. Kingsbury & Sons, Inc., pa- per boxes and general printing; W. H. Armsirong, a large '(\'Tr}l;inlgesbmtn;s:, including painting; Nichols Bros., pa- per manufacturers; W. F. Wood & Son, spectacle lense grinders, all em- ploying from ten to fifty hands each in prosperous times. The town has three churches, the Congregational, Methodist and Roman Catholic, the spires of which may be seen in the accompanying group of pic- tures; good schools, a broad Main street, with its cross and side streets laid out in an attractive manner. From the group one can readily see much that one may easily enthuse over in charming South Coventry. - ACCIDENT AT LAKESIDE PARK, DANCE PAVILION COLLAPSED. Fifteen or More Persons Injured Last Evening—None Fatally. Willimantic, Aug. 26.—At 9.15 o’clock Thursday evening a large section of the dance pavilion of Wadsworth and Brown at Lakeside park, South Cov- entry, collapsed and between thirty angd forty people went through the floor to the ground, some ten feet below, in- juring about a dozen or fifteen per- sons. As far as can be learned none were fatally injured, although some sustained broken bones bad bruises, sprains, and all had a bad shaking up. Many women fainted in the large crowd. . Accident Occurred During a Dance. The accident occurred during a dance which taxed the capacity of the pavilion and very fortunately happened between the phrtition and the outer well, thus preventing serious injury to the rowd seeking refreshments in the restaurdnt below. Partial List of the Injured. Among the injured wege Miss Lulu Segar of Lebanon, who had a broken rib and ankle, and it is feared has suffered internal injuries, who was taken to tMe home of friends on a stretcher. William XKelley, No. 9 West Park street, Willimantic, badly cut on left side. He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in an auto. Mrs. E. C. Scheubelar of West Wil- lington received a fracture of the right ankle and was taken to her home in an auto. Ernest Bentley of South Manchester received a badly bruised leg. William Robarge of Willimantic re- ceived bruises about the knee. Mrs, Lloyd MacFarland of Mansfield received bruised leg. ‘Wilfred Rochleau Willimantic, received -abrasions and bruises about' left knee. He fainted before he could be taken from the pile of struggling humanity. Miss Fva Martin of West Main street, Willimantic, has a strained ten- don in the left ankle. Others were injured, but in a lesser degree, and some refused to give their names. of Valley street, Will and Amelia Met Again. William D, Garland and wife, who were married in Newfoundland twelve years ago and divorced six years ago, met by chance on the street here today wnd promptly were reconciled and re- married. When they separated Garland went to the great northwest and his wife to Arizona. Garland secured an inter- locutory decree of divorce in the state »f Washington. Mrs. Garland was granted a similar decree in Arizona. Garland had no idea where Mrs, Gar- land was and Mrs. Garland was totally unaware of her former husband's whereabouts. Garland settled here a shogt tima ago. Mrs. Garland came to See Los Angeles, never giving her former hus- Pand a thouzht. By a strange play of fate they met on the street. “Hello, Will,” said she. “Hello, Amelia,” said he. “How've you been?” But lonely. How've you “Same."” “] got a divorce in Washington.” “l got one in Arizona.” “Did you? Well, let's get a marriage license and try all over again.” “All right, just as you say,” was Mrs, Garland’s reply, and it was done.—Los Angeles Special Must Abide Their Time. The army officers are asking if it took the Wrights five weeks to find weather conditions fit for their aero- plane trials of what practical value the machines would be in war where action must be immediate to be effective.— Norwich Bulletin. Whatever comes in the future in the way of aeronautic accomplishment must make for certainty as to time and independence as to weather condi- tions or the promise of the present will not be fulfilled. To be sure, the steam- ship is still somewhat under the influ- ence of the weather and our most pow- erful battleship would hardly put to sea in search of an enemy in the midst of a howling gale. But the presence of slouds, adverse winds that are of mno @ecount to the navigator of the water, fogs and other unfavorable conditions which now halt all trials and negative all journeys save those with the bal- loon arrangement, will not be a bar to the working of the successful aero- plane. So long as these conditions are & bar there is no success of permanent value. We shall have to wait— Bridgeport Standard. Alaska’s Problem. Alaska, with more than 600,000 square miles of territory,-has virtually 200,000 square miles untouched by the explor- er. Yet in 1908 it produced almost $20,000,000 worth of iminerals, $19,000,- 000 of which was gold. Lack of transportation in the terri- tory i the greatest factor keeping back its development. In these 600,000 uare miles there are only 453 miles wagon road, 397 miles of sled road and 265 miles of improved trails. It hae only 300 miles of railroad, a con- siderable portion of which is out of repair and idle, and only 50 miles of mew road was built in 1908, The cost of transportation has made it impossible to work any but the rich- est of mineral deposits in many sec- tions of the country. Supplies must e furnished the mining communities, and except in those remote camps where the gold deposits are extremely rich, difficulty of transportation makes supplies prohibitive. Alaska is ripe for & new era in transportation facilities.— Chicago Tribune. Paims Moved 500 Miles. A difficult undertaking and one which required the work of six men for near- ly two weeks was recently accomplish- ed in California, when two thirty-foot palms were moved from the abandon- ed residence of H. E. Huntington, on top of Nob Hill, S8an Francisco, and transplanted a distance of 500 miles to his new residence at Los Robles, near Sen Gabrie]l, Cal. Palm moving is a common occurrence in California, but 4t is not likely that any have ever deen moved such a great distance with wuch success. Each palm when boxed weighed eighteen tons and a string’ of ten horses was required in order to transport the palms to the railway sta- tion, a distance of two miles, through some of the busiest streets in San Frn- elsco.—Horticuit ure. Not Afraid of George Cohan, PAnnunzio has announced that he will try for the Nobel prize for litera- ture in 1310.—Denver Repubi The Pluck of the Negro. The big negro worker at Pittsburg who faced 50 angry strikers, shot one of them dead and wounded four mere, before he was®beaten half to death, stands for a spirit that will do as much for the future of the negro in America as that which stirs the activities of Dr. Booker "I Washington. Physical bravery strongly defend- ing inalienable rights compels admira- tion. When the longshoremen strikers on the Brooklyn water front, mostly Italians, were trying to terrorize those who wanted to,take their jobs, they succeeded fairly well with other Ital- ians, Greeks and Syrians. But sturdy negroes from down the coast actually terrorized the terrorizers. They car- ried pistols and weére ready to shoot. When the strikers saw the negroes coming they dodged into alleyways: The situation was a curious study to those who had always thought of the Sicilian as brave and bloodthirsty, and of the Ethiopian as timid, shrinking, gnd quick to run away from any row. No sort of education of the negro race will eliminate the necessity of that virility which hits hard, shoots straight and has a stomach for a fight. And as a strike breaker, at least, the negro is developing just such virility, or displaying it. He sees that the right to work is worth fighting for. He meets force with force. And in so doing he wins respect as well as sym- pathy.—Brooklyn Eagle. A Stronger Pull. Now that the life insurance inter- ests are joining vigorously, in the work of fighting tuberculosis, the crusade will be stronger than ever. It given out that an interesting and highly valuable experiment is about to be made by the Metropolitan Life Insurance company of New York. The company has made appliaction to the X v York state insurance de- partment for permission to purchase a tract of land of 3,000 acres or more, for treatment of policyholders having tuberculosig.” It is preapred to spend $100,000 a year for the prevention of the disease and without a bit of sentiment. The project i# treated as a plain business proposiiton. It is figured out that every 32 minutes some policyholder of the company dies of consumption, and it is said the Prudential Life Insurance com- pany pays out $800,000 a year on account of tuberculosis alone. If the mortality can be reduced a great ex- pense will be economized. It is be- lieved, in the case of the Metropolitan, that there can be made a reduction of one-third in the annual death rate.— Hartford Post. Tobacco With a Good Name. Some tobacco growers in Connecti- cut want the state’s name put on packages containing the domestic product, and while the legislature did not grant their wishes, the idea at bottom is a good one. Connecticut wrapper leaf is about the best grown, ranking well with the Sumatra and Florida output, and it is entitled ‘to the protection * and benefits which would follow its proper labeling. A good deal of inferior leaf is sold as Connecticut which has no right to the name. The growers will do well to press their point to a successful is- sue, The name is as good as a trademark, and the value of a trade- mark or ticket some of the producers of fine cotton cloth could tell them. —Lowell Courier-Citizen. Scheme of Life Changing. Talk about the seasons shifting! Why,.the whole scheme of life is changing. Latest Enoch Arden (just returned to Jersey) is filled with the most poignant regret that his wife hadn't married!—N. Y. Herald. Lucky for the Public. Friday, the 13th, passed off quietly. It will be noticed that Thomas W. Lawson kept particularly fltilI,A~Pit‘s- burg Gazette-Times. One Good Feature. ‘Well, there is one good thing about changing the design of our money ev- ery day-—the counterfeiters will never catch up.—Washington Times. + A World Record. The strike fever has gone so far in Sweden as to attack the farmers. That is making a new world record. ~=Manchester «nion BERRIES DID IT. How Rudolph Peterson Won His Farm in Concord—And He Might Have Done It With Much Less. T A writer in the Rural New Yorker tells how Rudolph Feterson made a success of 76 acres in Concord, most- ly river bottom land, bought for $7,- 500, including a cash payment of $2,500. “T asked him what did it,” said the writer, “how at 43, starting with nothing but his hands, he had become so well fixed, and his answer was— berries. Of late yedrs his two money crops have been asparagus and straw- berries, and. the last, he says, have given him his farm. Last season he had unusual success, and received from three acres, after paying for carting to Boston and selling, a little over $1,900. He says he does not ex- pect to do this another year. His leading variety is the Bubach. . As to the secret of his success with berries, it was evident he liked them and their care. No weeds, he said, were allowed to grow in his beds, and further than that at picking time all the family must be there to insure profitable handling of the crop. Speaking gen- erally, he emphasized the importance of doing everything in season. He has himself lent a hand to the me- chanical work about the buildings and so saved expense. His three-acre as- paragus bed has been fairly profitable, but cows he has found to make a net return of little more than the manure pile. He keeps no help in winter— two men through the entire summer, and several berry hands (usually Poles) during the berry harvest. They have rooms by themseWRes in an ell of the house, with separate entrance, but eat with the family, an excellent plan this seems to be with foreign help. I found Mr. Peterson just after dinner time, January 1, enjoying his paper, and with leisure to give me an account of his farm experience. One conclusion he had reached interested me—that he could have done as well on a place one-quarter the size of his own—say 20 acres. Berries, we may agree with him, have been the means of the family's competence, but behind the crop has bheen the family charac- ter; and qualities of courage, indus- try and thrift have contributed mainly to their success.” The Sunday Bill. The governor has, we are asured, the Christian sentiment of the state behind him in refusing to affix his signature to the bill. e secularists have six days of the week to assert themselves and must, keep their hands off the Sunday. The sporting element were jubilant that the liberalizing bill had, under cover of a vaguely phrased clause, succeeded in legalizing profes- sional entertainments. They were most interested in its passage. Workingmen and the varioys denominations dis- pl?yed no partiglity for the Latimer bill. Connecticut will have to wait for another legislature for a draft of a law which while removing the obnox- ious features of the old Puritan Sab- bath will still have an eye to the sanctity of the Lord's day. Both the sticklers for the old Puritan Sabbath and the advocates of a more liberal Sunday have two years to think the matter over.—Catholic Transcript. Either all classes should have equal Sunday privileges or the restraints which many excellent people think necessary should be strictly imposed upon the whole community. The pres- ent playing fast and loose with the law is a demoralizing proceeding which is bringing all law into contempt. All men are certainly not equal before the existing Sunday laws, and for this rea- son, if no other, they should either be stiffened or liberalized as soon as pos- sible.—Bridgeport Telegram. The house has acted L\‘lsely in.re- fusing to override the veto of Governor ‘Weeks in the matter of the Sunday ob- servance measure—by far more wisely than the senate, whic assed the measure over the veto. ew Hayen Palladium. o p Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has put his shoulder to the wheel in the work of reforming the abuses of Belgian gov- ernment in the Congo Free Siate. He has written a letter to the London Times “urging the powers to convene a European conference to deprive Bel- gium of a trust so dreadfully abused and to make other arrangements for the proper government of the Congo and redress or revenge the wrongs in- flieted upon its people.” We had sup- posed, although we cannot now recall the exact evidence, that the “dreadtul abuses” alleged of the Belgian govern- ment, had been in some way mitigated or reformed and that the fearful “old man of sea,” King Leopold, had been taken off the backs of the suffering people. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, how- ever, is quite likely to know what he is writing about and his appeal ought to have a strong influence.—Bridgeport Standard. When William Quit Smoking. An Excerpt from Doris’ Letter: “...And oh, Will, if you weren't the dearest boy! You told me often that you would do anything in the world for me, and now you write, for my sake yvou've quit smoking. I'll have to wait until I see you to -tell you what a dear I think you are...” From Janis. “...You write that out of considera- tion for me you have stopped smoking for good. That was just lovely of you, Willlam, and.you may depend that 1 greatly appreciate it...” From Phy lis. “...Billy Bey, its's just ripping! You're the dandy kid! Just to think that you would swear off using the weed, just for me. It was mighty dear of you, Billy, and it makes me all the more keen' for you....."” From Marjorie. N “...To think that you've quit smok- ing, Willlam! I was so surprised! Of course, I always knew that you care for me, but to think that, as you say, you've made this sacrifice on my ac- count—why, it's positively noble of From His Mother my son, this proves your love for me. Father is inclosing a check to show that he appreciates the fact that you think enough of your parents to give up smoking for them..... From His Doctor. “..Your letter advising me that you haves obeyed my orders and stopped the use of tobacco is at hand. As I said, your compliance...."—Puck. s;éf?.{d Tobacco Crop. Some of the farmers of Suffield, Cogn., have begun cutting tobacco, and in another week the work will be in full swing. Those of the growexs who primed their crops last year are” repeating the process this yvear, so that it looks as if the experiment of picking the tobacco in the fields was something of a success. The expense of harvesting the crop in this way is rather more than when the crop is cut in the old-fashioned way, but it is claimed py those who have tried the experiment that the extra weight of tobacco obtained in this way will more than make up for the increased cost. The rain of last week has been absorbed by .the crops, and another good rain is already much needed. The tobacco crop is uneven about the town, some pieces being ripe while others are just beginning to show the bud. This “difference will make .the hired help problem for the harvesting some- what easier than in the years when everybody wants to get in their crops at once. Tobacco as a whole looks as well as it did last year, and the grow- ers ought to realize fully as much for their summer’s labor. Getting Used to It. Wu would feel slighted if he wasn't recalled once in a while.—Milwaukee Sentinel ¢ i 754,895,000 — - r nd areas St unreserved in 1908 were acres, Of which 368,022 acres ;virgal’n Alaska, "i:fi .00‘0‘» ?‘}8 o vada, 2 ontana, 44,778, oty T 42,769,000 'in Ar- izona. ural exhibitl An agricul for the first ti 8 of Santa Cruz, de Teneriffe in May last. The, cornérstone was for a permanent’ building, and the agricul- tural society will hold nually in May. King Manuel of Portugal is said to be going on a journey in which he will include the countries of Europe where there are eligible young ladies. He will visit England first, and it has been hinted upen more than one oc- casion that he wishes to wed an Eng- lish princess. was held An unusual record for long railroad service ended at Elgin, 11, in thé death of dames V. Wilson, who wag regarded as the dean of railway en- gineers in the Central West. He serv- ed the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 53 years as locomotive driver and 14 years as master mechanic. Before the draining and diking of England and [lolland, mesquiives, ma laria, chills and fever were as bad as in our southern states today. Undiked and undrained, neither of these coun- trfes had risen to its high place in history, but had been balked by ma- larial degeneration.—N. Y. Press. ‘Within the mnear future definite plans will be formulated for the elec- trification of the mere important state railways of Sweden. The first line to be taken in hand will in all probability be that between Kruma, the center of the great iron ore fields of Lapland, and the Norwegian frontier, a distance of about 81 miles. s * The principal features worthy of note in connection” with financial maitter: the eagerness to issue bonds and d entures abroad. Japanese municipal authorities and tramrway and steam- ship companies look abroad for capital. It is said the amount of foreign cap- | ital recentiy introduced in this way into this country is about $30,000,000. Dr. Sarah Dolley of Rochester was elected honorary - chairman at the meeting which the women meinbers of the American Medical association held a few days ago in New York for the purpose of devising means for ed- ucating the public in the prevention of dease. Dr. Dolley was the second woman in this country to take a medi- cal degree. Prof. Richard Burton of the uni- versity of Michigan, in' commenting at Chautauqgua, . Y. on the cheap lit- erature of the country, is optimistic about the future in this respect. “When women take a larger part in our public affairs and enjoy a fran- chise, then there will be a change in\ regard to literature that comes into our homes,” he said. Besides the four or five government schools now teaching rail- way engineering, another is recom- mended to be established at Tientsin. Also a_mrail-making plant is to be erected at Tia-Yua-fu, and every de- partment and district touching the railway is directed to plant 30,000 elm trees in order to provide ties for the future. Chinese During the last fiscal year 488,564 money orders were sent to Italy from this country, amounting to $2,292.- 938.57, an increase of $2,306,418.96 over the -previous : year. It is apparent, however, thaf this forms but a small part of the tdtal amount sent out of the' country annually by Ttalian resi- dents the © United States, other ageneies being used. . e Chief Spencer, aged Klickitat, died reee: ofi the reser- vation at Fort Simcoe. In 1843 he saw whites eame to the coast across coun- try as ‘settlers. In 1856 he was a guide and scout for Colonel Wright and Major Raines. He had always been faithful to the whites, in spite of the fact ‘that volunteers, in 1850, killed every member of his family. 110' ‘years, | The 'Marchioness of Ripon is one of the handsomest of the popular Eng- lish women. Her husband has only recently succeeded to the title, and was when she married him the. .Earl de Grey. She was Constance Glady wife of the fourth Earl of Lonsdale, and sister of the Earl of Pembroke, so she cannot be said to be new to honors that have come to her through her husband’'s succession _exhibitions an- | a | | | | i : e y . DEVOTE THEIR LIVES TO THE STUDY OF “SANITATION” IF IT'S NOT AN IMPORTANT SUB- JECT ? WHY DO COLLEGE PROFESSORS MAKE A SPECIALTY OF “SANITARY PLUMBING” IF NO SUCH PRECAUTION IS+ NEEDED ? CONSIDER THESE THINGS FROM EVERY STANDPOINT, FAIRLY AND SQUARELY, AND WE ARE SURE YOU WILL COME TO THE CONCLUSION “THAT SANITATION, ESPECIALLY IN PLUMBING, IS BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY.” . 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