Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 8, 1911, Page 14

LETTERS FROM TWO STATES TOLLAND COUNTY MANSFIELD DEPOT Queer Freaks of Lightning During Re- cent Storm—Lawrence Sherman Wins Gold Medal. During the heavy shower which passed over here the afternoon of the Fourth, lightning played some very peculiar antics. At the home of Eu- gene Richardson a large oak tree was twisted off short, with apparently the greatest ease. At Frank Topliff’s the electric fluid first struck a weather vane, followirg it to the inside of the ba Then it passed from the wall down through 1,500 pounds of bedding, not so much as disarranging it, to the front of a herse’s stall. There it paused long enough to knock several splinters off the wall, and burn the horse’s nose. Then it sprang to an apple tree, about eight feet from the barn. running over that and knocking bark off. From there it went to the top of a well sweep. descending the pole, tearing off solinters, and when it reached a chain to which the bucket is attached it gave it a blued finish and went onm its way. The downpour which very welcome, Close of School. followed was The school on Ripley Hill closed July 3. A gold medal offered by the Erasm Hall high school of Brook- | lyn, N. Y, for a term essay, was awarded Lawrence Sherman. Silver Wedding of Mr. and Mrs, George Baker Celebrated on the Holiday. Mr. and Mrs. George Baker cele- brated their twenty-fifth wedding an- niversary on Tuesday, the fourth. It was strictlv a family celebration, 1ifty relatives being present from Bos- ton, Byfield, Stafford, Willington and Ashiford. The house and grounds were beautifully decorated with the na- tional colors. A appetizing collation was served on the lann at 1 p. m. Noticeable among the many presents was a beautifu. dinner_set. The guests gave Mr. and Mrs. Baker, three hearty cheers ana hopes for a similar reunion a year hence. Holiday Visitors. The Misses Tilden Pntermingd their brother and family from Norwich over the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen had friends from Buff Cap. GURLEYVILLE Epwerth League’s Lawn Social a Sue- cess—Personal Jottings. The lawn social held on the grounds E. L. Smith, under the auspices of M. of the Hpworth League of the church Friday evening was well at- tended, The proceeds which were mearly ten dollars will be used for church expenses. Owing to the extreme heat the usual Sunday evening service was omitted last Sunday. - H. E. Simonds and family have mov- ed into the Latom tenement, William Hasse Mhaving purchased the house where Mr. Simonds resided. Among those who spent the Fourth here are Rev. Ernest Mills and Mrs Mills from Boston, at Charles Chap- man’s, Henry Royce and sister. Miss Royoe at Mrs. Abbie Conant’s, Mr. and B. R. Dimmock’s, Mrs. H. E. Simonds Mrs. Dwight Beebe from Norwich at G. R. Dimmock’s. Mrs. H. E_ Simonds and danght. Kthel speat the Fourth in Willimantic. H. E. Simonds has been the guest of his son Elmer in Springfield. Mr and Mas. G. A. Walker have been entertaining relatives Raymond Bates from Willimantic is the guest of Mrs. O. H. Conant for the summer vacation. NORTH COVENTRY A Yery Ouiet Indspendence Day—C. E. Officers. «The Fourth was the krnown here, partly due deeire for a sane Fourth z of regard to the minister, ‘\hu is v feeble at the parsonag Officers of C. E. Socigty. The C. E. society has elected officers and commitiees ve for six months: Wali Chase: vice president, Te- Knight: recording secreta d W Chase; corresponding Rev. H. M. *Kellogg; tre am B. Ha‘wvkins. Also six committees with five members on each. Rev. Mr, Cooper of Andover preach- ~d last Sunday morning in p pastor, Mr. Kellogg, who and not strong enoug acation which the church voted him. SPRING HILL Quiet Fourth—Prayer Meeting or Church Lawn. Lest Tuesday was a very quiet day here on the Hill. Abo th onstration was church bell at sunrise, digplayed, and a few the boys. Byron S. Hawkins hs or three days as a result treme heat. Walter Smith and family of dence are hoarding at W. P, Arthur Cummi and fami Iy o ten Island. N. Y., are at thelr summer vacation. On account of the hot we: regnlar evening prayer mee Sunday was held on the of the church. er the g last lawn in front UNION. William nton is working for friends in Hollarnd. Mre. Mary Dodge is with friends in Southbridge. John Buckley was home for the Fourth, Miss Grace Myers of West Wood- t 3 Mrs. H. WASHINGTON COUNTY, R.1. USQUEPAUGH. Fourth Observed by Family Gather- ings and Clambakes—Holiday Visitors. Miss M'nnie We of Providence spent the Fourth at her parents’, Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Webster. Mrs. Fred Clarke of Arctic spent WednesCay with her sister, Mrs. J. S. Lamond. Grafton Palmer spent the Iourth his sister at rth Stoningt Cahoone of Wakeficld with y “ourth. Mise¢ Clara Webster of Previdan at her home here for the sulgmer Allen Stevens spen: the Fourch with family. Monday evening a nice social affair was held at his heme. Ice --am and cake were served during the evening, r. and Mrs Amos H. Kenyon will wgin housekeeping in the near future t Fawtucket, where Mr. Kenyon wurks in the office of the American Tele- phone company. Cherlie Bagley, wife 2nd son nave arrived at their summer home here. Mr. Bagley is in poor health and thinks the country air may do him good. Safe and Sane Celebration. Several ta.muy gatherings in the vil- iago yrare all the celebration that the quiet place of Usqucpaugh afforded cn the Glorious Fourth. S. Lamond, Dr. Kenvon and E. B. Sheldon each enjoyed a family clambake. G. H. Barber, wife and friends were callers here the Fourth. George with his touring car visited Narragansett Pier and on his return stopped to get the ccol breezes of our quaint little village. Miss Lila Handell of Hope Valley valled on friznds here Tuesday. Jsaac Prosser’s family have arrived hére for the season. Mrs. Arvilla Larkin is visiting her son at Westerly. Amos H. Kenyon and bride spent a few da\s last week with Mr. and Mrs. “randall of Westerly. Coolmansee and family spent at J. C. Webster’s. iam Potter and sister, Mrs Nettie !\ lly, spent Tuesday with their sister, Mrs, Sarah Franklin of our vil- lage. Mrs. Kelly has returned Qome but Mrs. Potter is to make a Idnger vis CFe Tue: da Sallie Anthony, who has been v ng relatives here, has returned to her home. Mrs. Walter Rogers of Hope Valley as a caller here Tuesday. Felen Cosgrove of Providence ting her aunt. Mrs. Mary Mec- - here in this village. Willian: Brigas has been visiting at Gideor Palmer’ ‘Ur a few days. Ma the Fourth with her uncle, rinnell, at zansett Pier. lian: Potter has resigned as mail carrier and Grafton Palmer has taken the job. Mr. and Mrs, C. C, Kenyon are to remove to Ashaway next week. Mr. Kenyon is to place, * in a store at that ROCKVILLE How Local People Are Pass Heated Term—Summer Visitors. Prof. O. L. Burdick, wife and daugh- ter of Stamford, Conn., are summer guests or Miss Lottie Burdick at Rock haven. Several frem here and Harvard rac Mrs. ther Tefft of Westerly | spent the Fourth at Saupderstown. William S. Munsey spent a day at Davisville r ly. Alonzo Sweet of Slecum is the g auest of Dr. E. E. Kenvon. Charles J. Greene, town treasurer of Richmond. left Satu for = trip through ihe United States to Den- ver, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wash. He | will also vi San Frencisco and Los Angeles, to g the | attended the Yale ! NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY. JuLy 8 1911 ed her father, Burrill Andrews, re- cently, D. Alva Crandall attended the Am- erican Instituie of Instruction at Prov- idence Thursday of last week. Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Burdick anfi children of Westerly were guests of Mr. Burdick’s mother, Mrs. Mary F. Burdick, over the Fourth. Mrs. Osmas Edwands and daughter, Miss Gladys, have bheen guests of friends in New London the past week. Mr. and Mis. John Lewis and friends from Voluntown were callers by automobile at Emory C. Kenyon's last Sunday evening. Miss Ethel Pde and a friend from Pawtucket are guests at Wincheck Bluffs. A number from this pla the funeraljof George Phillips Valley, Sathirday, Mr. and Mrs. Wilhlam Watson are spending two weeks at Quouset. RICHMOND Town Treasurer Greene on Extensive Western Trip—Personals and Briefs. attended at Hope Alice of Mr. Mrs, Clarke and daughter Cohoes, N. Y., are the guests of and Mrs. F. E. Marchani. Bradford B. Moorc and family spent Tuesday with Arthur A. Wood and family at Slocum. Leslie W. Dawley and Fred J. Eaton Jennie Xe; the | Willimar on spent , Conn. spent Tuesday e gone about six weeks. and Mr Dawley spent y with his s at- their annual picnic ne 11. 4' the home of Mrs. Br ( norgs Randall of Westerly a spent | dall 1 E few @ays with his sister, Mrs. William J. Dawley, at Kenyon, last week. ‘Wiiliam T. Steadman is employed at the Hoxie farm. Mrs_ Albert Hoyle spent Saturday in Peace Dale. - The Sunday visitors at Jamesford were George E. B. James of Broad Rock from Peace Dale, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Bliss of Matunuck. George S. James of Hillsdale called on his brother, E. K. James, one day recently. Amy Weaver of Hillsdale is ill. She is attended by Dr. H. E. Rouse of Shanneck. " HOPKINTON School Committee Organizes—Town Officers Mainly Reappointed. The quarterly meeting of the school committes was held at the town hall Monday morring with all the mem- bers present. .The committee organiz- ed by appointing Rev. E. P. Mathew- son chairman, Miss Clara Olney clerk and Paul M. Barber, superintend- ent of school. Mrs. H. M. Paxton was reanpointed teacher of the Kenyon school and Miss Ruth Collins of the Tomaquag school. Bills were ordered paid to the amount of $11.13. Many Reappointments. Monday afternoon the town council at their regular monthly session ap- pointed the officers which the law re- quires them to appoint. In almost ev- ery case tha appointments were the same s last year. They also drew grand and petit jurors from the jury box: Bill were ordered paid to the amount of $442.03. Probate Matters. At the s ion of the probate court the will of Charles H. Kenyon of Woodville, deceased, was referred to August 7, with order of notice, as was also the petition of George A. Whip- pie for his appointment as administra- tor on the estate of his wife, Abby M. Whipple, deceased. Assessors Meet. The assessors of taxes for 1911 held their first meeting in the town hall on Wednesday morning. George N, Cran- was elected chairman and Rev. E. P. Mathewson clerk. sessment to be made August 1 s prepared and the instructed to have the same printed, posted and published according to law. Luey llen of Hope Valley i The notice of | chairman was ! visiting at the home of her grandfa- ther, Hon. E. A. Allen, this week. Haymg is baing pushed as rapidly as possible, as the dry weather has ripened the grass. ARCADIA Holiday Proved Quiet Locally—Per- sonal ltems. Mrs. James Tyler of Mystic came home to enjoy the Fourth -on her farm. John C. Lewis of Apponaug, R. L, and Thomas Wcrden of Providence, were guests of Benjamin Sheldon. It proved a quoet Fourth in this place, the more patriotic who desir- ed to celebrate going out of town to various places. Mrs. O. P. Bates is ill requiring the services of a physician. Everett Woodmansee passed the Fourth with relatives ad Midway, Conn. Mrs. T. H. Barber visited relatives at Thornton, R. I, during the week past. z SOUVENIR FOR LIANG TUN YEN. Chinese Minister, Now a Yale LL. D, Has Gift from Hartford Classmates. Tiang Tun Yen, Chinese minister of foreign affairs, who was given the de- gree of doctor of laws at the Yale com- menc2ment last week, has been pre- sented by the members of his class of 1878 at the Hartford High school a handsomely bound souvenir book con- taining the photographs of the mem- bers of the ciass and of the school fa ulty at that time and also other mat- ters of class inter2st. The presentation was made at an informal dinner ten- dered the Chinese atesman at the home of D. Newton Barney of Farm- ington Monday night. 1lle intends to stay in Hartford until July 5. when he will leave for New York, sailing from that c for London on July 13. A New Kind of Bank. Old Jacob Ze who lived a hermit's life on a farm in Monroe county, Ili- nois, was not seen by his neighbors for a long time, and an investigating farmer found him in his bed, dead, and or. a table a note saying that he had been taken ill and could not go for a doctor In the note there was men- A time-tested remedy for skin diseases. Un- equaied for bathing and toilet purposes. Sold by all druggists. H.Ill-l'ltilulw‘l:-knn!'- Hukah'--. tion of a hoard of money in the cellar of the shanty where he lived. The coroner and several neighbors made a search for the money and four it cunningly hidden. There was an o oak log in a dark corner of the cell and in the log were holes, so w | pluggéd with original wood that the log looked whole. Under the plugs were found gold coins, and $300 in all was taksn from the queer bank and turned over to the county authorities. Utterly Wretched Hervous Prostration Long Endured Before Remedy was Found. Miss Minerva Reminger, Upper Bern, Pa, writes: “For several years I had nervous prostratien, and was utterly wretched. I lived on bread and bee! tea because my stomach would not re~ tain anything else. I took many rem- edies, but obtalned no relief until 7 took Heod’s Sarsaparilla, when I began to gain at once. Am now cured.” Pure, rich bleod makes good, nerves, and this is why Hood's parilla, which purifies and enrich; blood, cures so many nervous diseases, Get it today in-usual liquid form or "hocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. it under the name “ Gansett Pilsner,” Has the Real Pilsner Taste Plus Narragansett Quality. Say “Gansett Pilsner” On Tap Wherever " AFTER MONTHS OF CAREFUL AGE- ING AND SCIENTIFIC TESTING IN OUR NEW MAMOUTH CELLARS = ported direct from Bohemia for our new brew. During its ageing, “Gansett Pilsner” is sampled and tested inthe good eld-fashioned Pilener way. ‘The quelity of this beer is a high tribute to the skill and pains exercised by our brew master. Narragansett is Sold. NARRAGANSETT BREWING COMPANY, PROVIDENCE, R. £, All Botilst ““Gansett’’ Pilsncr is Brewery Bottling® Those who like the distinctive flaver and snap of genuine Pilsner Beer, can now secure with all the protection as to guality of ingredients, skill in brewing and care in ageing which the name “ Narraganseit” always implies. When You Order Our New which to store Pilsner Cellar We have built an entire celler im and age the new brew Gansett Pilsner Beer. ' This immense chamber is filled with steel glass lined tanks—the most modern and sanitary brewing storage vats. There are three sizes with a ca- pacity of from 300 to 500 bbls. eack. The total capacity of the entire new cellar is 50,000 or more bbls. which can be stored here at one time. ; The new brew, Gansett Pilsnur bas been ageing here in this cellar for many months in a low temperature, It has been constantly tested by - our brew master; and is now on tap ‘wherever Narragansett is sold. SAY “GANSETT” PILSNER