Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 21, 1911, Page 13

(Written Specially For the Bulletin.) My neighbor Van Schaick wants to sell out. There is a big board with “This Farm for Sale” in black capi- tals tacked on one of the big maples which stands on the lawn and nearest the road. If he can sell. he is going out to Ore- gon, or Washington, or California, or some other extreme western State. ' We all rather hope, down in the| bottom of our souls, that he won't find | a buyer. For he is a good neighbor, & kindly, helpful man, a warm friend, an extremely desirable citizen. We| den't want him to go. We won't put even a straw in the way of his going, | i he insists that he must. But we do | privately hope that Providence will =0 shape things as to keep him with us. zed farm, as eastern He has a good farms go, -probably 250 or 300 acres. 1. includes some outlying land, pasture, ete., on the mountain, but the main acreage 1s in a compact form in the fertile valley. At least two never-failing streams of fresh water run through it, one not far behind the house. one just back of the barns on the other side of the highway. He bas a good, roomy, homelike house: at least half-a-dozen barns and as many sheds: hen-houses, ice-house, tool-house, etc. His land is excep- | tionally easy of cultivation and has been well kept up. It is naturally productive and responds kindly to sertilizing and cultivation. It will pro- ce good crops of almost anything. 7 have seen silage corn growing in one field near the road, the tassels on which averaged fully six feet above VanSchaick's head, as he stood be- tween the rows. And he is all of six feet tall. He also raises sood pota- toes and fine oats and barley. About the only cereal crops I never remem- Ler having seen on his farm are rye and buckwheat, both classed. here- sbouts, as “poor-land crops.” His so i= mestly too good to waste on them. He used to have some orchard, but T b e has found that not ver profitable. He is cutting down the old trees and putting the land into hay. His place also admirably adapted to poultry, He has suc- ceeded finely with chickens., and has exceptional facilities for raising ducks and geese. He has some dry land which can be relied on to do well for him in wet season; and some low-ly- ing meadows which do their best when the summer is drouth-y. Last year he had a four-acre patch of clover which people came miles to see. It stood as tall as any timothy, and was so thick that It couldm’t lodge. When u stalk tried to fall over it brought up against another so near that it couldn't! When he put his mowing- machine at it, men had to go ahead with forks and throw back the cut clover to let the machine get at the next vathe. I don't know how many tons or loads he got, but when I saw it, cock- ed up the next day. the bunches— ®ood. honest-sized bunches, too, were =0 thick that there wasn't room to 4'}"1\'# a wagon between any two of ther 1f | wers a real estate agent, it seems to me that I could get up an absolute- Iy truthful advertisement about that farm which would make any farmer’s mouth water. Yet Van Schaick wants to sell it and &0 west—to the very westernmost west he can reach. He has never told me his motive, mor have 1 thought it discreet to Guestion him. I have said to him that 1 wae sorry to see that “For Sale” ®ign, and that I should be tempted to krnock it off the big maple. some dark night, if I could be sure that he was esleep and the dog chained up. To which he merely responded, with a grin, that he was a light sleeper and the dog was always loose, o'nights. But I have my suspicions, all the sarn as to what is moving him. 1 think he is just tired of the certain- ties of his present ordered life, and wants to feel the excitement of new <onditions, with something more of chance in them. He is sick of living by the same old road which was there when he was born, and wants to et somewhere that he can make his own road. Also, he hankers after adven- ture. Despite his slow and careful manner of speech and his rather con- servative outside, his soul craves novelty. Also, 1 suspect,—these are all mera “suspections” anyway—also 1 #cspect that he would like the chance to sell occasionally some tremendous big, money-making crop, even if he had to go through several intervening years of waiting and disappointment,— scme crop that would enable him to carry a big “wad”’ in his pocket and %o drop a still bigger one inte the Benk. He has read, as we all have, of the wenderful fruit yields of some Ore- ;n _orchards: of the phenomenal eat grown im some Washington val- When You Cough There is nothing better than Hale’s Honey Of Horehound and Tar Eontains no opium nor anything injurious. Sold by Druggists. TRY PIKE’S Toothache Drops Be Good to Yourself and the world will be good to you. ‘I'he way is to keep your stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels right. And youwll find great help in 'BEECHAM'S PILLS Sokd Bverywhore. In boxos 10c. and 25¢. He Only Dreams of the Old Home Who Has Left It leys: ‘of the tremendous returns from scme of the newly irrigated lands. He has seen some of them at first hand, when they were at their best. And so he is anxious to tear away from the paternal acres, to pull up all his roots and transplant himself into a new and strange soil T'm_ sorry:—sorry for my own sake as a neighbor, and sorry for him. For 1 sincerely believe that the chances are against him. If he does sell out and go west it is. of course, possible that he may make a good thing out of it. But it is more probable that he will not. The likelihood is that he will himself be sorry, later, if he now succeeds in having his own way. Farming is about the same, essen- tially, the world over. Its conditions naturally vary with the parallels of latitude or the meridians of longti- tude. Théy vary in the same tow. they vary on the same farm with dif- ferent seasons. But its underlying rrinciples are fairly constant. And success at farming depends, in the final analysis, on the farmer more than or the farm, In other words, it is the individual who counts, rather than the soil he cultivates. It depends up- on_the man more than on the dirt. But it takes time and experience for even the best farmer to become master of any set of conditions. When I'he does attain to some limited control over those which rule in any one lo- cality, he surely has more chances for success in that locality than in some other and strange one. We can ali use the tools we are accustomed to rore effectively than new and strange devices. The old shoes may not be so trim and shiny as the new ones, but we can walk and work better in them. Mere change is not n progress. [t may be wise: i often be unw There is such a thing as changing bad conditions for good ones. There is also such a tking as jumping from the frying pan into the fire. All over the east there are farmers, like my neighbor Van Schaick, who are envious of the wonderful results which certain western farmers have accomplished. We are all of us in- clined to take the good luck stories which get into the papers as of they were the usual thing and not ex- ceptions. Yet, if we would stop to ink, we would see that the very fact of their publication proves that they are unusual. It is not the com- mon everyday happenings which make “news.” but the uncommon and ex- traordinary. The one farmer who makes a striking success has his story told and his success chronicled. The ninety and nine who just manage to make both ends meet don’t get into the papers or the agricultural reports, The simple truth is that all parts of the country have some advantages and some disadvantages. We in the east are apt to think of the west as a land of golden opportunities. Many farmers in that same golden west are frankly envious of our eastern markets. We are inclined to think they are better off than we: they com- {)}l‘uin because we are better off than they. Here is a little clipping from a west ern farm paper, whose editor knows both the east and west, and is can- did enough to speak the truth, with- out disparagement to his own home, vet without hesitation in admitting its compensating disadvantages: It is interesting to learn of old friends who have ‘made good’ in all new locality, and it is pleasant to think of the good times we might have in some other climate or on ome other kind of farm, but we must not forget that the lure of the big farm, the fruit ranch, the mild winters and other far-away things have been fatal to scores where it has drawn one to affitence.” Those are frank words, and I'm glad to pass them on for the possible read- ing of those wHo think they might go farther and fare better. There isn't any new Garden of Eden waiting‘anywhere for any of us, That “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” which the New Jersey governor dislikes as a hymn may have a place in some _L'loudland of hope and fancy. But it isn’t existent on this rock-ribbed soil covered earth. There is a fly in every pot of our ointment. There is an “out” to be reckoned with in_ every- body and everything. But it is often wiser and generally safer to “bear the ills we have rather than fly to others that we know of” If a farmer of the west is doing fairly well there; — not as well, perhaps, as he'd like to do, but as well as the average,—seems to me he had better stay there, and put in his best licks trying to do more with the fields and crops he is most used to. If a farmer of the east is similarly doing fairly well. seems to me he had better stick to his job right where he is. If he cuts loose and gces west he surely will have to change all his methods and meet wholly altered conditions. If he should set about even much less drastic changes in his home operations, it is not unlikely that he might win from his eagtern acres all the advante—-- he could hope for from western lands, while retaining the market advantages which the western farmer cannot pos- sibly have. All of this is old talk. trite wisdom. It was expressed centuries ago in the proverb that “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” But some- times we forget truth just because it is so old, and overlook it because it lies right under our feet. THE FARMER. " EAGLEVILLE. Norwich Man New Station Agent— Game Scarc Frank Warren, for ssveral years past a section foreman on the Central Ver- mont rallroad, recently left for FPo- naug, where he will be emploved in similar work. J. L. Russ & Son cotton mill Co. has been making repairs on the fac- ory. nty Commissioner Fred O. Vin- turne i Thursday from New York where he had been witnessing the baseball games, A change in agents has been made in “he iocal railroad station, Mr. Shanks of Norwich being the present agent, Local hunters who have tried their luck report game very scarce. J. B. Thompson, who was confined to the house for several days with & severe cold, is able to be out. A Goed Conductor. Dr. Harver W. Wiley may have “talked through his hat.” as Uncle Jim Wilson accused him of doing; buf, if he did, the hat appears to have been a_mighty good conductor of sound.— Manchester Uniest || TOLLAND COUNTY. ' COLUMBIA Supper and Entertainment Net $30— No Water on Pofi Hill After Drill- ing 246 Feet. : About one hundred and fifty were | present at the meeting of Bast Cen- tral Pomona grange, Wednesday of last week. £ Mrs. Manning Pleased Audience. A supper and entertainment given by the Ladies’ Aid society at Yeo:- man’s hall Thursday evening of last week, was largely attended. The evening’s programme consisted of vocal and instrumental music and several readings by Mrs. Manning of Yantic, an accomplished elocutionist, who had previously taken part in én tertainments here, "so her presence at the entertainment last Wednesday evening insured a full house. The af- fair netted the ladies about $30. Testified in Court. Dennison Avery and Frank Wood- ward have returned from Saratoga, N. Y., where they were. summoned as witnesses in_a case that was being tried there., They were absent several days. Mr and Mrs. Louis W. Little of Ias: Hampton were with Mr. Littie's mother, Mrs. Emily A, Little, over Sunday. Last Sunday the pulpit was supplied by Rev. E. H. Thayer of the Hart- ford Theological seminary. Wiliiam A. Collins, Jr., Hill has been spending a few with relatives in town. Arthur W. Little of Holyoke, Mass., spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Esther . Little, on Columbia Green. Mrs. Manning of Yantic was the guesi of Mr. and Mrs. EdwardyP. Lyman several days last week. Injured by Fall. ‘While engaged in picking apples last week, Representative Daniel I. of Rocky days Tucker fell and is now suffering from a broken leg. Drilled 246 Feet. An attempt recently made by Will- jam C. Robinson of this place to se- cure a permanent water supply by means of an artesian well has proved a failure. After reaching a depth of 246 feet, nearly all the distance ihrough solid rock without signs of water, the work was abandoned. Mr. Robinson is located on Post hill, not far from the Hebron town line. This locality was found by a survey some years since to be the highest point of land in a_direct line between New York and Boston. Mr. and Mrs: John Randall of Wilil- mantic were calling on friends in town last week. 1. E. Winter, Joseph Hutchins and Mrs. Alonzo Little were chosen deie- gates from the Columbia church to | the conference of Tolland county Congregational churches, held at Staf- ford Springs Wednesday last. Mrs. Henry B. Hutchins and Mrs. | Lester J. Hutchins and children were | Hartford visitcrs Tuesday. ! George Pinckney of New Haven | spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Howard Rice, on Columbia Green. STAFFORDVILLE Death of Alden Blodgett—Child In- jured by Fall. Alden Blodgett, 51, died at the city hospital at Hartford from consump- tion October S. The body was brought to Staffordville for burial, October 11. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. An- drew Goodwill of this place, and a brother, Waldo Blodgett of Pennsyl- vania. Rev. and Mrs. C. G. ¥Fogg, who have been camping on the island, returned to Mr. Fogg’'s pastorate in Ro; ston, Mass., last week. Miss Elsie Hyde, who has been spending a few weeks with Mrs. A. A, ‘West, returned to her home in Nor- wich last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Odell and niece, Miss Marv Hanner of Blackstone, Mase., were guests of William Hanner last week, Injured by Fall. Little Vera Fagan was severely in- jured last week by a fall. Dr. St!‘?l(_‘hv Who was called, found the wound quite serious. Mrs. Effie Chark and daughter of | Hartford, have been spending a iew days with her mother, Mrs. H. G. Dunham. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Harlan of Am- herst, Mass., were guests of E. S. Col- burn last week, 3 Mr. and Mrs. James Goodwill of Wa- tertown, Cal, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Goodwill over Sunday. Mrs. William Ryder of Gilbertville has been spending a Wweek with* her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith. At State Convention. Rev. M. H. Jones has been in Meri- den this week, attending the W. C. U._convention. Mr, and Mrs. J. H. McCarthy were guesis of relatives in Springfield last week. " STAFFORD Editor Smith Talks to Grangers— Husking Bee. Hon, G. V. Smith, editor of the Con- necticut Farmer, gave a very interest- ing talk, Tuesddy evening on Produc- er and Consumer before the members of Stafford grange. A large company of grangers and their friends accepted an invitation from M. Heck to attend a husking pee at Rock Meadow farm last Friday evening and had a merry time. Rev. L. B, Curtis returned last week and cccupied his pulpit Sunday morn- ing, and enjoved a hearty welcom: Dr. G. G. Fennell of Hartford will speak next Sunday evening. Mrs. George Jones of Hartford has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. | Swift. | Miss Florence Chapman of East Or- | ange is the guest of her cousin, Mise Lottie Hatch. Mr. and Mrs. James Park of East [ Glastonbury were entertained by M and Mrs. William Park during the fair. Rey. _larence Simmons, son of a former pastor of the local Universalist church, wil' cccupy the pulpit next Sunday. Miss Susie Carpenter and her cous- in, Miss Richmond, have been at the . Richmond home in Westford a rew days. HEBRON Streets and Walks Need Attention— Personal Items. I W. 8. Hewitt israt Black Point for a few days. Rev. Mr. Chapin and wife of Sterling are visiting their daughter, Mrs. J. N. Hewitt. Mrs. C. S. Hyde of North Cante bury visited her aunt, Mrs. M. Frink, Tuesday. Miss Della Frink of Andover called on her aunt, M. C. Frink, one day this week. ‘Mrs. Etta Bissell returned to Mont- ville Sunday afternoon to attend the funeral of her father. Leroy Spaffard, who has been sick ith tonsilitis, is able to be ou: I'red Prentice is gaining slowly. Mr. and Mrs. . A, Kellogg of Say- bréook, who have been at Mr. Kellogg's sister's for a few days, returned home Tuesday. | w STORRS. Meeting of Scientific Club—Church Entertainment—No The Faculty Seientific club met in the chemical lectur: 10om Tuesday Substitutes .. Imitations GettheWell-Known Round Package z ‘s:_' SN 2 Against ‘Against HORLICK'S equipped and sanitary Malted Milk plant in the world We do not make “milk products=— But the Original-Genuine HORLICK’S MALTED MILK Made from pure, full-cream milk and the extract of select malted grain, reduced to powder form, soluble in water. Best food-drink for all ages. SEF"ASK FOR HORLICK'S Used ali over the Globe L. A, ing. Rogers of the depart- 3 B ment of agriculture, Washington, . SFRING HILL spoke cn the subject of Biometric F Concert Methods of Studyinz Licteria, | Sunday School Concert Well Attended The Ladies' cicc e met with Mrs | —Personal items. D. Edmond oan Thursday nafter- Rev. L. B .Cartis 0f Stafford Springs The ments d: tete gram m ¥ M visitors at Mr. F G. H. Lanson spent Sunday with his om, Bosten Quartette Entertains. and Mrs. W, 1. Han mond’s { the ‘Tuest of 1. . Storrs a couple Arst of a seiies of entertain- | 0 days last wee AR S e alter Cummings of Webster, Mass., ening. Schubcrts maic quarw | SPent last Sunday with his_mother, of Boston furnmished the pro- | MI%. B. M, Sears. o | Charles B. Lamb of Willimantic vis- Riten i TR is e | ited his sister, Mrs. C. C. Davis, last | Sunday. mmond wer: Miss Dorothy Lamb of Noank spent lant Sunlday with her grandparents at he on Sun R Rozers summer home. son, G. H. Lanson, Jr. ; ey erith Mr. Garrigus. o« for | Town Clerk B. M. Sears was in Hart- N ens pave begun to arrive for | rorq jast Tuesday on busines: the egs-loving contest which begins | Rey Teonard Smith and Hrs. W. P fn Nayember.| The contest will last | wilaes atténded the Baptist ‘state con. LV built on the north side of his house. s 3éebe is having BOLTON Grange Votes to Hold Weekly Meet- ings. Charles W. Burt was in Wa- vention at Waterbury 1 The Sunday Baptist church t Tuesday. hool concert at t Sunday an addition the Ia evening. | was well attended. quite a large dele- | tion from the Bagleville Sunday school being present. The annual harvest supper which be given at the Baptist church ednesday evening by the Ladi Aid society was postponed on accouw of the ainy & 'y recently, caring for her sister, ther. Miss Alice Buell, who is ilL Miss Anita Baker, who spent the summer in town, has closed the sum- mer home of her mother, to Lewey, for the winter. and returned Miss T er will make Mr: H. | L. Indianapolis Twenty Dollars Realized from Harvest Dinner and Supper. | a stop in Buffalo to visit her broth-| . . 2 % or. Wright R, Baken | Last Friday a harvest dinmer and Bolton grange, No. 47, ‘has voted to | SUPDEr was served at the conference heTARItE imuethagtl wee during the | [00m, under the auspices of the Ladies winter, instead of twice a month as |50¢ial Benevolent society. The pro- formerly . Grange Deputy Howard | ¢6€ds, Which were about $20, were used Svies. of Sufela to vitit Dolton | tOWards paying for the new furnace e e T 3 | for the church. The cost of furnace Mre. Henty Hallett of Hyannis, | Wil be $100, the ladies pledging them- Mass., has been the guest of ner | SeIVes to pav s cousin, Mrs. Cary D. Carpenter. P L ge Walker: Have Mrs, John H. Massey, who has been 1]!(\'“ l_‘ll(‘l’l:'!nln:; relatives from visiting in Medina, Ohio, and Bing- | gl namton, N. Y., is in Pond Pa., | A for a_ few wes s stay. there | ety I Mrs. Massey is to return to Bolton. |1 o imozans S WILLINGTON TURNERVILLE. — — — Mrs. Charles H. Brown is seriousi: Mrs. T. R: Prentice has returned | ill P Lieen from a two weeks' visit with relatives | On account of ths dedication ser in_Stafford Springs. | ices in the Clara Hall Elliot Memo Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Raymond, Mrs. | church, next Sunday afternoon J. H. White, Albert Rathbone and Wil- | will be no mornin achine s liam Chamberlain attended Stafford | at the church on the Hill, fair last Wednesday, making the trip | day school will meet at 11 o'clock, tt in_Mr. Chamberlain’s auto: usual hour of the church service. Miss Nellie Murphy of Willimantic | Miss Palmer is in New York was the week end guest o T. R.| The Ladies’ Aid society meeting Fr Prslnur-e_ e s day afternoon v well attended Mr. ang . F. Jaquith have re- | enjovabl turned from a week's with reil | S M. aml Mrs Benjamin Greene atives in Stafford and South Coven- | Waterford are at the Baptist parson Ty. age. one hand.” Eow much of Monday do you spend at the wash-tub? clothes any way. the line. drudgery. Fels-Naptha soap robs Monday of it’s But it must be used the Fels-Naptha way—no‘boiling, no hot water. Follow directions on the red and green; wrapper. Anty Drudge on Vaccination. Health Department Doctor—‘‘Give me your arm, Mrs. Mazlone, I have been sent to vaccinate you. Mrs. Malone—On me arm? How will I be able to wash wid me arm the soize of a horse’s leg?”’ < Anty Drudge—“‘If you’d use Fels-Naptha soap, ycu’d be able to da all the washboard rubbing necessary with One of the greatest blessings of Fels-Naptha soap is its quick action. 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