Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 27, 1909, Page 11

7 ES G + i ; S T“i Farmer’s Embarrassment—Poor Promisers are Too Common—Experiences which Confirm this Fact— The Excuses they Give for their Negligence—A Bad - Exhibit of Moral Punkiness—Promise Breaking is Not Only Dishonorable (Written Speclally' for The Bulletin.) I ever 1 get deep enough into The Bulletin secrets to have disclosed to me the identity of The Man Who Talks I am to hunt him up. As the talking I shall promptly “punch his head.” This for the excel- lent reason that in The Bulletin of Nov. 13 he openly and in the reading of about five times 7,773 Bulletin sub- seribers conveyed, took unto himself, made use of and purloined the whole of my text for this week’s talk. But | shall punch Yooy gently, be- cause if, as I suspect, he's a bigger man than 1, it won’'t do to start him punching back. Alse because my sec- ong impulse will be to grasp his hand and shake it till It glows and slnlpuhol: back till it tingles in congratulal on his wisdom and good jdeals. Hunt up that Bulletin of the 13th and read over again his second paragraph about the sacredness of & promise. ‘“The sacredness of a promise is not felt in everyday life as it should be. . . . Some people do not realize that a promise should be made with caution, and kept with care.” Well, I should say mot! You remember the story of the Glasgew minjster in the olden time who, having had some recent ex- periences with promise breakers, rose in his pulpit the mext Sunday morn- ing and read the 116th Psalm. When he came to the verse which runs: “I said 'in my haste all men are liars,” the dominle paused and, looking over his spectacles at his congregation, shook his head. “Ah, Dauvid, Dauvid,” said he, “had ve lived in Glasgie, ye might ha’ said it at y'er lelsure.” My fellow contributor’s “some people” makes me think of that story. Like David, I have sometimes said “in my haste,” “Doesn’t anybody keep his word any more?" Indead, | think we in the country are worse in this respect than people of the towns. It seems to be a pecu- liarly rural fault. It is one from which farmers suffer as much if not more than any other class. Alas, for the econverse; it is also one of which I think we are more often guilty. Some of my farming neighbors who at the putset, perhaps, were fairly careful about keeping their own promises, have ‘been so often and so0 needlessly dis- appointed by those with whom they hold engagements that they seem to have become infected with the conta- gion. Their reasoning, apparently, is that If other people callously break en- gagements with them, they ought to be allowed to break theirs with others. Of course, this lsn't so0; =o, other other man's fault excuses them; but that's the way I've had some of them talk to me, anyway. They seem to find, if not an excuse, at least some sort of ex- planation in this line of reasoning. As you have noticed, I'm a great belisver in “experience meetings.” Let me tell you just a few recent experi- ences along this line: Some weeks since a man came to me In a great hurry for some fence posts. He wanted them of a specified size and length, all of a certain wood. He knew 1 had them; couldn’t T get them out for him at once? It happened that I knew he really did need .them, and so 1 promised to get him out his four hundred posts, We were fairly busy in the gardens, but by careful plan- ning managed, using bad days and odds and ends of days, to get out his order on time. “I shall send my team after them Tuesday,” he sald. To get the last of them we had to neglect some of our own work on Monday, but we did it. Tuesday came, but no team; ‘Wednesday, but no team. The posts were not sent for till the second week thereafter. ‘Tl pay for them before a single one is taken” was his last promise. It is now more than two weeks since the last post went—and I've heard no more about pay. Oh, T'm not worrying, for he is perfectly “good.” But suppose, on the strength of his promise to pay for the posts, 1 had promised to pay some creditor of mine, relying on the post money? Where would I have been? “In the soup”—hot soup, too! Last summer | ordered a new har- ness. 1 wanted a good one, hand- made and of selected leather. “Take your time for it,” I said to.the harness man, “but tell me now the very latest date on which you can be absolutely sure to have it for me. Take time enough, but don’t disappoint me when the time you set comes ‘round.” He thought it over. “I'll probably have it done in four weeks; make it six weeks and I'll be perfectly sure.” 1 never wén: to his shop to ask for harness 4ill the last day of his six weeks. Then I found the headstalls done—the rest of the harness was not ready for four weeks more. I had been saving money from other uses to pay for that har- ness or the spot. I had suffered some but Bad Business. real irconvenience in this way. It all went for nothing. Three weeks ago | ordered a certain repair job. 1t was o be ready in two weeks.” A week ago yesterday I went after it. “Did I say in two weeks?' asked the man. “I shall have to di appoint you! but T'll go right at it Last night I made my third trip—and ot the repairs Yesterday a customer sald: “I want a box of celery to send to my sister for Thanksgiving; can't I get it by driving down to your place?” “Sure,” I answer. “Il come this afternoon, then,” he responded. A mile further on I'met arother, “Gee, but those are good cabbages; = got any more like em? A few,” T answered. “Can I get seme for the winter, it I come down this afternoon?” “Yes” 1 returned; “T'm going to get out a box of celery for So-and-So, and shall be at home all the rest of the day. I had planned to get into.the woods that afternoon, but gave it up to serve these neighbors. Neither one showed up. I had my wait for my pains and wasted half a day that might have saved me half a weel's struggle with icy hills and drift- ed wood roads getting my winter's fuel down, if ‘winter sets in a little early. Now here are five men, right in this small_country town, who have shown this fall that they don’t consider a promise anything more than a whiff of hot air. Two are tradesmen; three are fellow farmers. I don’t for a mo- ment imagine that my experience is any worse or much different from that of others. If I wanted to take in all that has happened on this little one- horse iarm for the last six months, I could make a story that would fill col- ums of fair promises easily made and easily broken; of agreements. entered into and never kept; or disappoint- ments and_delays innumerable. So could you, kind reader. We all suffer constant irritation, inconvenience, ac- tual loss, because other people will not keep their promises to us. Nineteen times out of twenty the excusa these promise breakers give for their own fault is that some one else has disappointed them. Did Carpenter Harnde., agres to begin shingling your roof on a Monday? When he finally shows up, the following Friday, he’ll explain that Blacksmith Peters 'didn’t get his buggy mended when promised, and he wasn't going to walk three miles. Did your new hired man en- gage to begin work on a certain morning? He'll explain, when he ap- pears the following day, that the cob- bler didn't get his boots ready, as promised, and so he couldn’t come. And 50 on and on. The very most unforgiveable thing about «ll This is the morul punkiness it shows. Why, a man had better walk three miles—yes, six miles a day, and that through mud and slush and pour- ing rain, than break a promise to which he is pledged! He had better work barefoot in fields punctuated with slaty rocks, than not keep his word! To the man of real honor, his word once giv- en, neitlier personal inconvenience nor actual discomfort mor real loss will serve as a cause for breaking it. They will not even maka him think of the possibility of breaking it. But promise breaking is not only dishonorable, it is also bad policy, look- ing at it solely from the lowest view- point of expedience, It's “bad busi- ness.” And right there is where I find my cause of greatest wonder over its prevalence.” Admitting, if we must, that men are selfish and not always ag regardful of honor as of gain, it is an awful indictment against their alleged common sense that they cannot see the practical market value of keeping their words. “If he says he'll do it, he will do it” is a phrase I've once or twice heard applied to some one. And I never yet heard of the man of whom that was said being out of work or in real bad straits. If the endless chain of promise breaking were re- placed by one of promise keeping, we'd all be better off and a plaguey sight happier. “But the others won't, and we can’t make them,” you say. Well, what of it? You and I can, can’t we? You and I, knowing the plain practical value of keeping our words, and rev- erencing our own honor as something higher yet than anything reckonable in terms of market quotation, can keep our own promises, despite occasional personal inconvenience, in the face of temporary hardship, against the threats of possible loss. “Other men’s failures will never save us” Other men’s vices do not become virtues when we don them. And the fact that some cue else does what we know to be wrong will never be accepted as ex- cuse for our imitating him, whether in the courts of our own consciences, or before the impartial arbitrament of eternal justice, THE FARMER. LETTERS FROM TWO STATES. TOLLAND COUNTY. WILLINGTON issionary from Africa in Charge of C. E. Meeting—Christmas Commit- tees Named. On Sunday Rev. Mr, Darrow will ex- change with Rev. Leonard Smith of Spring Hill. " Rev. Mr. Dorward, who is with his ‘wite and daughter visiting at Rev. Mr. Gardner’s, took charge of the Endeavor meeting Sunday at the request of Miss B. F. Robbins, the assigneds leader. His address upon the Thanksgiving topic was listened to with great inter- Mr. and Mrs. Dorward have been maries in Africa under the au- spices of the American board, and the interesting little daughter Florence was born in Zululand, Mr, Dorward has translated a hymn book in the Zulu, which is being published by a Boston house. Many of the hymns, both words and music, are Mr. Dorward’s composi- Mrs. Darrow was summoned to her home in Waterford on Saturday on ac- wount of the illness of both her parents from grip. 88 Alice Maud Preston came on Thursday from Hanover, N. H., where he has been for eight weeks. She over at Maple Corner until , when she left for New York for the winter. _The meeting of the W. C. T. U, was at the Baptist parsonage on Sat- afternoon. e L 0x, last. 0se appointed to select committees ‘the carrying out of the Sunday school's plans for Christmas brought 3& following names at the session school on Sunday: Recitation ammittee, Miss Lilllan Mathews, Miss d@ M. Adams, Miss Mabel E. Clarke; Miss Dunning, Miss Harriet C. 15, Mrs. Darrow; finance, Mrs. jed her daugh- ford on Friday Mrs. Benton; to get a suitable tree or trees, James Taylor; to trim the tree, Mrs. Preston, Elmer Mathews, Willie Cleveland; purchasing and marking Christmas presents, Mrs. Pratt, Miss { Bartlett; decorating the church, Miss M. E, Clarke, STORRS. '~ Faculty Scientific Club Meets—Arm Broken by Fall—Vacation Notes, The Faculty Scientific club met Tues- day evening, November 16, in the chemical lecture room. The meeting was addressed by Dr. A. W. Dox, who spoke on the subject of the chemical properties of the Camembert Cheese Mould. The talk was illustrated by chemical periments and the use of the polariscope, showing the effect of the moulds on sugar. A special meeting of| the ladies’ cir- ¢le was held in the church parlors on Tuesday afternoon. Plans were dis- cussed for the Christmas sale. Sidney, the young son of Prof. Fred- eric Stoneburn, fell while playing Sat- urday morning and broke his left arm below the elbow. The college exercises closed at 4 p. m. Tuesday, November 23, for the Thanksgiving recess. Most uf the stu- dents have gone to their home Dr. C. A. Meserve, who was lormerly chemist_at the college, and is now in government employ as food inspector, was entertained by friends at the col- lege over Sunday, November 21. George H. Hollister was a recent visitor at the college. Dr. G. P. Clinton of the Connecticut experiment station, New Haven, spent Sunday_with Dr. A. F. Blakesice. The Rev. O, D. Fisher spent_Thanks- giving with hiis son, Norton Fisher, in Danielson. Mr. and Mrs, H. D. Bdmond were guests of W. H. Hummond of Hamp- ton Thanksgiving. For Revenus Only. Bryan's prohibition campalgn fs not likely to interfere with his travel plan Unlike the tarift, it is mainly for reve- nue—Beston Jhekaih Over the Holiday. The family of H. A. Keech is under an'nnnune. two ‘members of th - ‘being 1l with scarlet fever, Helen, ’?d old, and Herman, 6 years old. . School is closed in the Lower Vil- lage district, owing to the cases of scarlet fever in the neighborhood. Miss Fanny H. Rose has gone to Wallingford for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Briggs spent Thanksgiving_ with friends in New York. Mrs, Briggs will remain sev- eral weeks. ‘William Tucker of Bristol, Pa., spent Thanksgiving with his family at John M. Woods, returning Friday with them. % Holiday Visitors. Among home-comers and visitors over Thanksglving were Mr. and Mrs. Orcutt of Norwich at W. C. Latimer's, Kingsbury and family of Northumpton, Mas: at _ Addison Kingsburys, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hull of Baltic and Miss Ethel Hull of Wall- ingford at Mrs. L. A. Mason's, Miss Ruth Higgins and Miss Edith Tracy of Mt. Holyoke college at their re- spective homes, N. Searle Light of Hackensack, N. J. at the Congrega- tional parsonage, Miss Fanny White 'of Beacon Falls at her home, Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbury of New London at W. H. Armstrong’s, Miss Lottie Hutch- inson of Providence at E. L. Hutch- inson’s. Ruby Higgins returned to Hadley, Mass., on Friday with ster, Miss Ruth Higgins, for the ‘week end. The Late Mrs. Harrist D. Brown. (Contributed.) Mrs, Harriet D. Brown died in Ston- ington, Conn., Nov. 21 at the home of her sister, Mrs. Mary Capron. She was the widow of Isaac N. Brown, who died in Lebanon ten years ago. Mrs. Brown joined the First Baptist ehl:\rch in Stonington in 1868 and always lived up to the Baptist faith. On Nov. 30, 1871, she married Isaac N. Brown in Baitic, Conn. Mr. Brown was then a widower with four children ranging from 4 to 11 years of age. In the year 1878 they laid the youngest child—a sweet little boy—te rest. He died of typhoid pneumonia. This was a great shock to Mrs, Brown, as she loved the child with a deep love. She had only one child, who was born to her in 1874, a sonm, Joseph N. Brown. He married Mary Hall in 1904 and ¥ living in_Shelton, Conn. Besides this son and his wife, she leaves the three stepdanghters, two sisters and two brothers. The body was taken in a hearse from Stonington to Westerly, R. I, and conveyed from there to Norwich in a special funeral trolley car, with its mourners. The services were held in a tent erected for the occasion over the grave in Yantic cemetery, Nov. 23, at 2.30 in the after- noon. The pastor of the First Baptist church in Stonington officlated. Mrs. Brown was 67 years old July 27, 1609 It was with deep regret she was laid beside her husband. The floral tributes were beautiful. C.E. N. GILEAD Clears About $18—Special Meeting: Hebron. The chicken pie supper given last week Wednesday, together with sev eral zifts, netted about $82. Miss Lola Crocker is spending the Thanksgiving recess at her home in Springfield. Dr. H. T. Sweet of Hartford was in town Sunday. Hebron Grange met at the hall Fri- day evening. Thanksgiving Gatherings. Among the Thanksgiving gatherings were the following: E. W. Buell and family at O. E. Bailey's, in Bucking- ham; J. E. Ellis and family and E. S. Newcomb and Mrs. Newcomb at Ar- thur Ellis’, in Buckingham; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Fuller of Andover and M. F. Davis and femily of Stafford at J. R. Gilbert's; H. E. Buell and Miss artha Bueil at H. P. Buell's, in Col- chester; Mrs. Clara Hanmer, Mrs. An- na Way and son, Alfred, and Mr. and Wrs, Wychoft Wilson of Hartford at W. S. Eills’. Special Meetings. Rev. J. G. W. Herold has begun hold- ing special meetings in Hebron each ening this week, assisted by Rev. J. H. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Davis Rawson spent Sunday at 3. K. Gilbert's, WASHINGTON COUNTY, R. I. ROCKVILLE Loyal Workers' Supper Nets Good Sum —Holiday Guests. The supper given by the Loyal Workers at the home of Miss Lottie Burdick last Saturday evening was well attended and added a gocd sum to the treasury. Miss Lucia Meserve of Hope Valley was a guest Sunday of Mrs. Emory C. Kenyon, Mrs. Oscar L. Burdick and daughter, Maida, of Stamford, Conn., are guests over the week of Miss Lottie Burdick. Clarence Bohning, who has been home on a week's vacation from his dutfes on the battleship Conmnecticut, returned to Brooklyn Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Crandall and the former’s father, John E. S. Cran- dall spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Crandall of Wester] Mr. and Mrs, Paul B. Irish entertain- ed on Thanksgiving their children, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Irish and_daughter of Providence, and Arthur Irish, Mr. and Mrs. Caarlton Irish of this piace. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Babcock and Miss Lucretta Crandail took dinner at the parso1age Thanksgiving day. Mre. Addie Bingham of Providence is a guest of John F. Palmer. Rev. E. E. Sutton and A. S. Babcock attended a special meeting of the mis- sionary board at Westerly, Wednes- day. Mr. and Mrs. Bmory C. Kenyon and children spent Thanksgiving with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs, G. F. Bar- ber, at Woody Hill. " RICHMOND Roll Call—Christmas Committee Appointed. Supper Anuual Tree The annual roll call and reunion of the Baptist church of Shannock is to be held this (Saturday) evening, No- vember 2 On Sunday morning there was a large congregation _at the Baptist church, the service being attended by Pawcatuck council, No. 15, Jr. O. U. A. M., in a body. The musical part of the service was rendered by the choir. The sermon by the pastor, Rev. W. N. Rey- nolds, was from Co. xv, 3, and held close ‘attention throughout Mrs. B. B. Moore was the guest on Monday of Mrs. H. Smith in Wyom- ng. Harold Smith is working in Park Ridge, N. J. £ Tax Collector Bradford B. Moore ‘was in Hop Valley, Monday. Mrs. Victoria Lewis and daughter, Ida, visited their former home at Ken- yon, Saturday. 5 ‘At the session of the Sunday school at Shannock, Sunday, a committee was appointed to arrange for a Christmas tree and exercises. The Latest Auto. The French have invented what they call an “amphibious automobile.” The automobile that will climb a telegraph pole or vault over a railroad train has }"ek to be contrived, however.—Newark ews- 4 Y Al iy [ Henry A, Spicer. Cole, Jr,, Fell from Horse Wednes- day. Dr, Al Wells of Boston, Henggid. Spicer of New York, Arthur H. Buf- fum, Jr, of Brandon, Vt, and Cather- were t the home of John E. Wells WW‘ and Friday of l'alut week. Henry A. - Sploer- was a Hopkinton o Tor hirty veure. o has hesh or e ‘been Fuccessful and Mied faltheully several responsible positions in Providence, New London, Boston and New York. He was, in his youth, sexton of the Seventh' Day Baptist church in this e. Attended Rockville Supper. Several from this vicinity attended the supper at the home of Miss Lottie Burdick at Rockville Saturday even- ing. Ligaments in Ankic Torn, John S. Cole, Jr, fell a horse at the Cole farm a few ago and £o0 injured his ankle that Dr. Sweet of Wakefield was summoned Sunday and found the ligaments torn and a bone cracked, ard forbade the young man from walking without crutches for a while. He is a student in the Ashaway school and will not be able to attend its sessions for some time. Forced to Give Up Home. Mr. and Mrs. S. Mann, both of whom are in ill healta and unable to care for themselves, have been forced to give up their home, which they have been able to maintain for many years by their industry, and to go to the home of Willlam V. Avery for care and maintenance during their few remaining days of life, Waltsr P. Dixon, attorney at law of Westerly, was a caller in town on Tuesday afternoon. Special Town Council Session. The town council met in special ses- sion Tuesday afternoon and drew sev- en grand and 18 petit jurors, pursuant to_an order of the court. Frank E. Crumb of Rockville and Moses H. Main of Hope Valley were cited by Town Sergeant George H. Baker Tuesday to serve on the petit jury in Westerly, Nov. 29, at the ses- sion of the superior court. Notices are posted about town for a special town meeting of the tax- paying electors Dec. 9, at 1 o'clock p. m., to decide whether the town will exempt from taxation for ten years persons or corporations who wiil erect a plant to the value of $25,000 over and above the present assessed valuation of the land on which they may locate. It is understood that parties contem- plate, if all goes well, erecting a lace mill in the village of Hopkinton. Hon, and Mrs. E. R. Allen left town Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with their son, Attorney Fred C. Allen, in Boston. ! James A. Jefferson is spending Thanksgiving week at the home of his parents In Fayetteville, S. C. Sisson-Rathbun Wedling. Fred Denison Sisson of Hopkinton and Susie Evelyn Rathbun of Water- ford, Ct., were married at the residence of Rev. E. P. Mathewson on Wednes- day evening of this week. Mr. Sisson is driver of the bakery wagon for his brother, E. W. Sisson, at Ashaway. ARCADIA Hunters Have Good Success—200 at Complimentary Oyster Supper. A. E. Austin and a party of friends from Providence and Pawtuxet were hunting wild game last week with the usual success. ‘Many persons from this place attend- ed the oyster supper given by Senator- elect Slocum and Representative Grin- nell last Friday evening at Grange hall, nearly 200 persons being pres- ent. A social and dance was given by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bliven last Saturday evening. Everett Woodmansee has conclu his labors for E. M. Tillinghast ani gone to work for Barber and Rey- nolds. AFTER FORTY-NINE YEARS Brothers Reunited for Thanks, Dinner—Strange But True Tale. ing Tuesday’s Bridgeport Standard sald: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Lee of 1131 Noble avenue will have unusual cause for thanksgiving tomorrow, when they will_be the guests in Medford, Mass., of William Nichols, Mr. Lee’s own brother, from whom he was separated for forty-nine years by a strange com- Dbination of circumstances. There will be the happiest reunion imaginable, for neither of the brothers knew of the ex- istence of the other up to a short time ago. Mr. Lee is 52 years old, the legally adopted son of George Lee of Broad street. His brother, William Nichols, is the adopted son of the late Dr. Wil- liam Nichols of Boston. When Mr. Lee and Mr. Nichols were infants their father died at & time when the family treasury was depleted and the widowed mother arranged for the adoption of both children. This, of course, separated them and both grew into manhood and middle life without knowing that they were brothers or without having seen or even heard of each other. The family of Dr. Nichols raised the son Willam like one of their own flesh and blood and the bond of af- fection became S0 strong that the adopted mother decided never to let her son know that he was an adopted child. So well did she cherish the secret that she gave away the adop- tion papers to friends to avold their discovery among her effects upon her death. , The son was kept in complete ignorance of his real identity. Meanwhile Charles Lee was brought up with the knowledge that he was an adopted son by George Lee of Hast- ings, N. Y. A few years ago the fam- ily moved to this city. The elder Mr. Lee went into the employ of the War- ner Brothers’ company, while Charles H. Lee became shipping clerk for George C. Bachellor & Co. chols became a traveling salesman and is in comfortable circumstances. ‘About a year ago the foster mother of Mr. Nichols died in Boston at the age of 83 years. A short time before her death a cousin of the deceased who knew of Mr. Nichols’ life story thought that he should know the facts and re- vealed to him the long kept secret. He made a search for the adoption papers and was successful in obtain- ing them, but he did not permit his mother to learn that her wishes had not been respected, and she died hap- py in the thought that she had carried the secret with her to the grave. After obtaining the adoption papers he was informed that he had a sister living. His first thought was that his sister might need financial assistance, and, being comfortably situated, he pushed the search with vigor. It took him into various parts of Massachu- setts, but for several months he had practically no encouragement to con- tinue the’ search, and he abandoned it. His wife advised him to persist in his search and it was renewed. Hundreds of letters were written by Mr. Nichols and by comparing his let- ters, getting a little information here and there, he was finally led to Bridge- port and a letter addressed to another Mr. Lee came to the factory of George C. Bachellor & Co. and it was opened before the error in the address was discovered, but the mistake was a very fortunate one, as the letter opened up correspondence and Mr. Nichols dis- covered that he had a brother instead of the first time in his life that he had a brother living. Miss Edna Weyl Was Married to Po- sister and Mr. Lee found out for ever produced such convincing proof of_merit. 7 Mrs. Catherine Hogan, 22 Hickory Street, Norwich, Conn, says: “For some time I was severély troubled by kidney complaint. I had pains and aches across my back and an inde- scribable feeling of weakness all through my body. I tried’ numerous remedies but did not obtain reliet. I was finally told about Doan's Kidney Pills and procuring a supply from N. D. Sevin & Son's drug store I took them according to directions. They helped me from the first and contin- ned use brought about a complete cure. 1 can recommend Doan's Kid- ney Pills very highly. (From statement given April 12th, 1906.) ® =, Doan’s Kidney s Cure Permanently On August 25th, 1908, ‘Mrs. Hogan said: “I take pleasure in confirming the statement I gave in favor of Doan's Kidney Pills over two years ago. Practically speaking, I have had no trouble from my back or kidneys since using this remedy. Many people have called upon me to ascertain if my statement were true, and I have always convinced them of its correctness.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember take no othe —_— e CONNECTICUT CROPS. Corn Production Larger Than That of Last Year. the name—Doan’s—and The official crop report for Novem- ber shows that the total of the Con- necticut corn crop this year is 2,501,000 bushels, as compared with 2,395,000 bushels in 1908. The average yield per acre of corn in Connecticut this year was 41 bushels, as against 36 bushels, the average yleld for ten years past. The quality of Connecti- cut corn is 89 per cent. somewhat be- low the average. Commecticut farmers are reported to have had on hand No- vember 1, 29,000 bushels of corn, in- cluding 1.2 per cent. of the last year crop. Following are the department’s fig- ures for various other Conmecticut crops this year: Buckwheat, production 58,000 bush- els, vield 19.5 bushels per acre, qual- ity 93 per cent.: oats, weight per meas- vred bushel, 30 pounds: tobacco, pro- duction 22,125,000 pounds, vield per acre 1,650 pounds, quality 95 per cent. Irish potatoes, ‘production 4,300,000 bushels, yield ‘120 bushels per a. quality 93 per cent. The production of various frults in Connecticut this year, as compared with a full crop, is reported as fol- lows: Apples 50 per cent., grapes 82, pears 70, chanberries 7 The farm value of important Con- necticut products on November 1 was as follows: Corn 78 cents a bushel, oats G4 cents, potatoes 79 cents, hay $18 a ton, rye 91 cents a bushel, but- ter 33 cents a pound, eggs 40 cents a dozen, chickens 16 cents a pound. WILL BE BLIND. ier Who Tries Himself—Bridge Prostrated. Former Meriden Ca to Kil The Meriden Record says: Justice McCall of the supreme court Monday granted an attachment for $10,000 against the property of Thomas M. G. Lennon of 110A Atlantic street, Jer- sey City, In favor of the Manhattan Lighterage company of New York. Lennon, who tried to kill himself in Newark, Sunday, was fofmerly cashier of the company, and, it is alleged, con- verted to his own use funds of the company. Deputy Sheriff Metzger at- tached Lennon's account with the Coal and Iron National bank of this city. Lennon had just been married and his bride is prostrated. Her physicians Monday feared she would losa her rea- son, Lennon was one of Jersey City's best known politizians for many years. He was a close friend of Robert Davis and a leader of the Eighth ward, Jer- sey City. Lenon was found in the Continental hotel, Newark, where he shot himself in_the head. He will be petmanently blind, but Monday it was said he would recover. The accused cashier had a wide cir- cle of friends in Jersey City and his attempt at suicide, followed by his employer's charge, has created a sen- sation in Hudson count; NEW GUN SILENCER. Maxim, the Hartford Man, Has An- other Invention. A new gun silencer has been sub- mitted to the government by Hiram Percy Maxim of Hartford, its invent- or. The size of the new silencer has been so reduced that with a slight change In the hilt the bayonet may be fixed without removing the silencer. The device is less than one inch in diameter, whereas the old de- sign was one and three-eighths inches. The weight is seven and one-half ounces, & reduction of six ounces Several criticisms of the old silencer have been met. Where it was neces- sary to remove the old silencer before the bayonet could be fixed, the new arrangement is a permanent and fixed part of the arm,” and the reduced weight on the end of the gun barrel will answer in a great measure the criticism that have been made against disturbing the balance of the rifle. Improvements which Mr. Maxim has made are due to the suggestions made in the School of Musketry report, and he belleves he has overcome the dis- advantages pointed out by the ex- perts. Promotes Too Many Broils. A New Jersey woman says the frying pan is often the cause of divorce. In other words, it is the promoter of too many domestic broils.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The bubonic plague is raging in Eucador, and the Panama canal zone is not far awa! But Colonel Gorgas and his sanita) corps are invincible. —Springfield Republican, liness are baked in surroundings where clean- ' are touched only once by human hands ~—when the pretty girls pack them— are sealed in a moisture proof package— ‘That Makes them an ideal Uneeda Biscuit and precision are supreme— That Makes them Uneeda Biscuit That Makes them Uneeda Biscuit That Keeps them To Be Tried for Murder. | Napoleon Bissonnette of Bridgeport | will be held for the December term of the criminal superior court on the charge of murder in the first degree. 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