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When adjournment was taken late Wedneld.ly at Snrln‘fleld in the trial of Bertram G. Spencer, charged with ! the murder of Miss Martha B. Black- stone, a 00l teacher, the direct evi- . dence for both the prosecution and the | Gefense had been uuhmltted and the prosecution had introduced considera- ble rebuttal testimony. In less than a week, it was predicted, the fate of tne defendant, whose sensational ac- tions in the courtroom have attracted wide attention, will have been decided. Insane When He Killed. The defense ended its direct evi- dence befcre the taking of the noon Delicate, Fxlmv, Clingy Are the dainty fabrics wluch are in the greatest demand for evening gowns. . Marquisettes, Chif- fons and all light weight materials of open weave are the leaders, while soft Satins in vivid colors | k supply the foundations. Bordered designs and Chameleon effects are the very latest thoughts. e R, S_tate Cdl\ed- Leb-m W Conoermé Accused | and Famfly—l?.tpm&Sq “That Murderer s Insane— Second Outburst of Prisoner Dirccted Aganst At- ~7 Spencer'’s home town, were heard. These witnesses were Albert G. Knee- land, jucge of the probate court; Charles J. Abell, town clerk and town treasurer; Nathaniel C. Barker, a store keeper; Mrs. Harriet Robinson, who ‘has lived in Lebanon during her en- tire lifetime of 56 years amnd has been a teacher in the Sunday school attend- ed by Spencer, and of which the pris- oner's father was superintendent, and Mrs, Louise Cooley, formerly Spencer s school teacher. of these witnesses tectificd that they had known Spencer and his family well and never knew of any peculiarities or eccentricities ex- ‘hibited by the prisoner or any of his means more than a fat baby. It means laying the foundation of a strong, sturdy constitution. Fat alone is not enough; there must be bone, muscle, brain and nerves. Scott’s Emulsion is the Acme of perfection for B Mother and Child. ALL DRUGGISTS Garving Sets Don’t hack the Thanksziving roast with a kitchen knife. Carving is a fine art, and an elegant set of Carvers is required. Our new line is just in. Call and examine them Mazda Lamps ‘We have the Norwich agency for Edison's Genuine Mazda Electric Lemps. They Increase the light and reduce bills for electricity. No busi- relatives. Under cross examination Mrs. Cooley recalled that one occasion Spencer had trouble with some of his | recess with the testimony of prominent !alienists. Three physicians, Doctors |Edward_B. Lane, Joseph W. Courtney “MADAM BUTTERFLY” MARQUISETTE is the most durable of these delicate fabrics. The better dressed women know what is and L. V. Briges, all of Boston, testi- | schoolmates and ran home for a T ARB z fied that after thorough examinations |voiver. She thousht that this act CAR ness house and few homes can afford v implied when the name Madam Butterfly is wused. It means R g ol y e rey were of the opinion that the ac- cused man was insane at the time he ;Willed Miss Blackstone. { With the closing of the direct case i for the defense, the gtate called a score nesses to the stand. All were ac- quaintances of thé prisoner and their ev'Cence was largely to the effect that they never saw anything unusual or eccentric in his actions or habits. Tears Trickled Down Face. With the exception of an outbreak early in the day, when he made a vio- lent demonstration against Attorney General James M. Swift, Spencer was of a more peaceable disposition Wed- nesday. Onece or twice he apparently muttered to himself, and = . were seen tncklm" down his somewhat peculiar. he frequently left school during ses- sions ané went either to his home or his father’s store, but she did not think that this indicate¢ that he was eccen- trie. SPENCER WROTE CF HIS STRONG IMPULSES, Wishes He Had Toid Them 19 Years Ago, He Declares to Cousin. ” quality and the top note of fashion. Extremely sheer and the streng:- th tc outwear its heavier sisters. $1.50 a yard We take pleasure in announc- ing that we have in stock G-RNTL ERICERW’S GLOTHING made from the famous pure virgin wool - EARNSDALE WCOR:TED FABRICS “Mi light it possess: 40 inches wide Khaki Clothing The rough weather of the late fall calls for our Hunting Suits,which meet the requirements for sportsmen, farm. ers and teamsters. We can fit you, 'Alominum Ware Our direct SATIN RIVIERA is a silk of unusual width and remarkable beauty. Lustrous as the finest Messaline it has more body and strength. Made in 47 colors in both day and evening shades. Thls is an- other of the famous “Migel” qualities. 490 inches wide $1.50 a yard Spencer’'s letter written in York street jail to his cousin, Mrs. Mart- land, in California, is as follows: Déar Cousin Nettie: It's time I sat {down and wrote you-a long letter, " | Nettie, telling you how thankful 1 ain which make it practically No one other fab- IRISH POPLIN nrossesses characteristics faultless for cither afternoon or evening wear. We invite your critical inspec~ tion » imported assortment o ric meets every requirement of fashion as does this ideal silk and Ev.u vou for sendinz wi - Aluminum Ware has been a great sell wool mixture. The assortment comprices plain, brocaded ard »,mé going on about him. o TR T S e i e a2 er. No other ware is so durable, ligh bordered effects. Spencer’s Second Outburst, t (‘)’&efinfew)afi.rumr:i:l‘rep;g:;ls anmxv‘r);(‘lz‘t:];g -rHE F. Al WtLLS cul and casily cleaned. It's something $1.25 and $2.69 a yard o Ater the Crouing (of (WaieE o ing and flowers are allowed, and sty e Jays Snln HESTNERE G X ‘thing is read and searched for RORW.G.. er outburst of wviolence in the ¢ .." ometning will be sent in, and < : courtroom, Attorney General James M. | T vthing the same going out, and SATIN DORA—We have scid this Satin for two seasons with marked Sy 31[ bel?g the especial object of h'rs ey k?ep a man with me, fearing I 't of the flask it is rapped to loos- swhassh. - Being of soft. clingy neture it is we ted to the pres- B s IURueR, SEoEra) " AEv il do harm to myself, Right and| en and separate it from the sand. And | [ ¢ It is to be had in a complete line of color i T Ve W e T | this that the- pattern and ent vogue. is to be plete of ¢ Spencer began to sh'OW signs of anzer. & u“y was allowed to buy me cards, | castin racter are not intended $1 fl'{; a vard e e S Eal SRt s and dominos to help take up|to remain in the Laman fiask; that = ¥ sily in his cage. Looking at_the mind, as this as an awful, awful | they are detachabie and separate and vy general, Spencer shouted in|,;3ce and if it was not for my wife | intended to be taken out for usc else- Company s i jand baby and dear old mother I should | Whe ihe rapping makes the mold i give you something. pray for relief through death, and it|iarger than the pattern to allow for 129 Main St 1, N 1ch, C Swift Smiles at Him. may come as it ls but whatever the | the inevitable shrinkage of the iron| ain Sireel, Norwich, Coun, outcome I shall take it for the best.|in cooling, just as the large enthusi- ° }r < l",f?ed‘,,lfp‘“;f:,i‘g,‘,,.l"“"(f,:{: youngest boy since I|asms of ihe soul under the spell of i1 }‘? le scemed a1 lcame in here, but I look at it all for | the uoble influenca of friendship and i u £ enzy. Ho jumped to | the best. Bertram. Jr., is growing fast | meligion often shrink when the warmth S~ n to curse the attor- |#Pd Will soon be able to walk. Minnie | of the first Leat of them passes. g comes over Tuesdays and Fridays, and V’hile the molds are beging made & * e o e Wrad N 2 comes almost every day, except|ready the furnace is preparing the iron We Re-uphoister Furniture and Lay Carpets e e N 1 all holidays | to be cast—pig and scrap, the former PR Sl ek fam n ne but my | to give bulk, ‘the latter for the sake e i T e e et ATawyers of etrength and quality, Isn't this like yuzh the bars of the cage and tried Bl that grom Ints chiarscter cast- The bualk of it is the man him- soothe her husband., but-he thrust Just he is, with all his rough- T EERaE I AN A ER e SN St Loy lead pencil, but law is law and | while to this is added the finer e Tl 2 For a thore 1t ampeered that Spencer's |tHe way of the transgressor is hard, the seras of other personafities i S s S A - d my whole life as you know has|-—perhaps a memory of his mothers i tense as that directed. ag: been a rouch one, full of snares and| love and prayers, some brave true By Swithe . Shencer’ howevér: alls. ettic, I am sure that my word from the. lips a father or NEED TO BE FIXED. whole life would have béen different if father had have treated me differ- ently, but he did not, and by his cruel treatment we~ all had to leave our seemingly good homes, and as far as mother was concerned it was all right, for she treated us all so kindly and on_the other hand so different. Do you know, Nettie, I have uble self as no one know throu zh pride I have kent m doings within myself, whereas 1 had told someone my uncontroliable desires | 4 T could have been -t | and this awful, vful thing | would never urred. desire to | some herc—and with every bit of such scrap added the iron of character gains quality and strength, i And when the heat is ready to be poured, then beging the test of the molder's work. His molds are in place and the iron is ready. It i like | the way the human flasks stand wait- | ing for the heat of temptation to test their value and to turn the work of preparation into wages. .I have seen | men carry and pour the molten iron under immense difficulties, not waver- | ing even when through someone's fault the spattering fire slipped down restrained. Spectators Eacer to See All During Spencer’s outburst of race mest of the spectators in the court room stood up in order to see what was goilng on. Sheriff E. P, Clark rapped for order and ordered all ver- ns to be seated. Most of the spec- ators heeded the command, but half women, evidentlv unused to edure and etiquette, remain- = WHY SUFFER PAIN OR PAY LARGE PRICLES? Without the least particle ef pain you can have the most sen- sitive teeth remeved by our method. ‘Wea fill teeth with sllver eor enamel for 60 cents and gold for $1.00, or solild gold crowns for $6.00, . Dr. H. D, Sydleman is a mem- How's Your teate IF NOT EXACTLY TO YOUR LIKING, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE MAKE A SPECIALTY O INSTALLING THE MOST APPROVED FLANTS FOR found shy then directed that all who had not obeved the sher- ‘ted, and three or four wom- | escorted into the corridor by |sSteal began when but 9 vears old and | inio an open shoe and ate | s agoniz- | ber of this Assoclation and su- | ] fhs corrt oERe ¥ |y desrees has led to my arrest April!ing way into the euivering flesh. If | perintends :ha manufacture of _ . . 1910, and with my temper that ha ly men could ri nd like rhe: our artificial teeth. He has no s on men could respon ike that when Expert Testimony. followed me always and at a flash/no- | the (ime comes to pour . character: || equal in this branch of denti Spencer was insane and irresponsible d_controlled by irresistible impulses 1L the time of Miss Blackstone’s mur- d‘ar according to the testimony of Dr. By o lering of us you re the benefit of his years of ex- perience. tice has been the eause of many un- happy recollections that I have longed | and wished were never so, and as I sit in my dreary cell T think and think of standing without flinching in the heat of temptation, in the agony of Strug- gle with the flery trial heat pouring Heating by Hot Wate, A | steadily into the prepared mold, there Work guaranteed ten years, P !44 o a Josenh Couinan i ouseh af 0o | many happy times T had while at | yould be fewer rejected castings when || and as we lease our offices and ea;ul Gfl figi fl]ag hospital, . Boston Attermer Gemersl|1214, but thel are all gone like PoOr|the jron is cool. How many of you have been established here elght i A ¥y Switts T Croas cxmins T CogEr : . | Bere today eould stand a fifty or sev- years, our guarantee is of in- e I SR e 3 Uft- | She is better off, Nettie, though 1's| enty_five per cent. loss of castings each disputable value, ney, sald thetHuencon: Whils ‘P the I nard to part with loved ones, but we | yaqt voy pour? And yet are we not ‘We will be pleased any time AND _WE KNOW HOW TO SO AR- Dow home. pullel down a window |[have all got to go sooner or later, so x to examine your teeth without often content with only an occasional charge. fair casting of character? We ough!‘ o demand better perc:ntages of our- .l\ps when we are after far more tant results than iron castings. Some of the work calls for cores, which are carefully set and adjusted in the flask, but which have utterly dis- ¢creen on the north side of the house. v, judee.” called out the prlsnnl'r stage of the proceedings, “those were down. T never knew there anyone in the house when T went there, Don’t let him tell you that lie.” Spencer was aufeted. ino matter how dark things may seem there is a gleam of sunshine for us all | somewhere. l'} trial comes off 1fth of Seot. at 9.30 a. m. It's strange to me, Nettie, that as much money as I have been trusted with and only once 8id T take from my employver and NS URE SAT- RAQGE THEM AS TO I ISFACTION. Open from 9 a. m. till 8 p. m. King DentalParlors S which disappear in the process; the money that goes for an education, the time that is given to rest and recrea- n, the strength that weélps another in need, the sacrifices that hold up some arch of virtue and purity and power. & fied that Spencer could not distinevish Franklin Square, Norwlch, Conn. between rizht and wrone and was In- sane at the time of the murder. Visit to Bridaewater. Dr. Briggs also said that he had vis- {zood and steal here and in everv vlace I have been and ended up by killine a roor defenseless woman at anv time I would protect with my life, the awful screaming of four women . Another TBoston exvert on mental | hundreds and thousands of dollars have | : h % diseases, Dr. .. Vernon Briees, follow- |peen intrusted in my care and T ne'.'n:]ii-z;lp(‘u”:,d whell tie seming. . conl AgQ |l 15, Dr Couriney on the stand. Dr | thousht of taking a penny and to think | Ahere are @ good many things tha DR. JACKSON, Mgr. ea lng Gves an aflg Erizes. liké the previous witness. testi- |1 should zo out from all that was |1€IP to make good character castings 2 other but T WE ALSO HAVE IN THE BEST KINDS AND LOWEST PRICES. ited the Bridgewater hospital for the |suppose umnerved me and kere T am ol e 5 v hina 1nsane afice Mie Bpencer, the | God. have mercy on Al my folkce and | These corcs are consumed in the ferce 2 - prisoners’ mother, had informed him |relatives and keep them ome and all| fedt of ! 1-41] oy lhgcm PRt 'k the - that Spencer had told her was being [from harm. Tove and kisses snd best | (hE HOLes it DY, ey h abused. Dr. Brigzs said -his visit to |Wishes to vou—Ben ‘and Grandma. |OFiginal pattern. =~ 0 8 - !‘! Lri izewater convinced him that Spen- | Azain thanking wou for all —~ur kind-| A ..\ ‘x‘ L3 € ; ¥ l'lkfi r:;l;n‘, ot i er was being well treated but was |nesses in every wav, and to hear from | SPIUC, OF (18 WOUTRS (HC that TeOT T : & fro % 5 vas |vou,—if only a word, your 1 ; AnTels & g ATaCLer e R S suffering from deiusions that he was |You. i ¥ o o2 |is formea. ‘These are br;.vl:\:[n'nn as of | pefore making your purchase, call | On cross examination Dr. Briggs told Aug. 22, 1910. .“?u‘x-. l‘:(nb? d]x:; fl(’)‘t of tln‘r:g; ’33.’[ and see us, Our line includes the well AT BARGAIN PRICES. of a conversation he had with the pris- | p. S._Mother is not very well. but | stick out of his life are not really | known McPhail, Bush & Gerts, Tonk, e oy & Jagt puencer, e Wit /j1s trying S0 herd' to'keep up for my | ary to his real usefulness, and | McCammon and Keller Bros.’ Planos . ComAned, e ot A T of In- | sake. Poor old mother, how much she | are better broken 'off and left béhind. | The hest medium and high grade lines |stances where he found it impossible | 1as haa o sufter. The castingg /are rough and dirty, | ;"% % Tl EL BT LR Al e Lo rstrain friwn TOBMNE.: OmchSpetbes — | even hose tii ‘pans mipection as ! | s Jooe, Al f;;“mg‘mg,ft‘“,o‘tmh:: and walled thies | CASTINGS AND CHARACTER for use. Some that are too frail for | fully guaranteed and sold on eas I miles in an attempt -t ercome’” hi SUBJECT s P TALK the tumbling barrel with its gouging | terms, L e et u CT OF SHO! - rs have to be pickled; just as every | g . Ath |impulse to rob. On the way home he| - " i e Citeinea abasmy “ery | six months' lessons free with each IN THE MOST ACCEPTABLE AND '1d he stole a floor mop and was sai- | ..Rev. Herbert J. Wyckoff Heard by (omewhat acidly, though it may not | Piano. e L s Mo R Bt o 2 150 at McCrum, Howell Plant. | be rough-handled in the finishing. 15 eiee 5 » 3 { So the castings are molded and i S htned Tt wrerc ly at the McCrum-Howell plant under around the foundry. The reason for o KNOW YOUR NEEDS AND OUR EX- A K thines (hat were Orht lihe auspices of the Young Men's making them is found when they are e Weetahare. ' € | Christian association was continued on mbled and fitted into their proper house he was in. PERT WORKMEN WILL DO THE 3 Wednesday noon, with Rev. H. J. e in the finished whole. I wonder 39 to 43 Main St. | S Defense Rests. | Wyckoff of the Second Congregationa men heve ever followed your | __When the cross examination of Dr.|church as the peayver in place of Rev. step or two bevond the pay en- REST. Brizes was concluded the defense rest- | C. H. Ricketts, who was obliged to be and been glad to have had a DEN I IS7] ed its caze and the commonwealth atjout of town. An-audfence of 150 men share in making a home comfortable ¥ cnce opened its rebuttal trict Ai- | heard Mr. Wyckeff's talk with much by one of these heaters, a hospital a R. ONES terney (wm?l‘an conducting the exam- |interest. There was also a soprano rcal shelter for fracile lives bm‘uusP;D . E. J. JONE iration In place of Attorney Ceneral |solo by @irs. Louis O, Potter, whose it was warmed by the boiler one of | o & 1 n | Swift. : i PR it R ey e sections you yourselves moidea | Suife 4G, Smacnon Luilding . | Lebanon Witnesses Heard. i Castinzs ana Character was the sub- 1 voured aud fitted together. This IS | Take elovatdr Sheluciket street on- | Five witnesses, all of Lebanon, Conn., | Ject of the address. the real meaning of character, and the | oo o’ “ppong 2 Rev. Mr. Wyckoff spoke as follows: | heart of what I have been trying to x A manly charaeter ought to have say to you today—that however suc- B 8 B FISH FISH FISH 23-25 Water Street in it. This is why I have :gs with c! cter in my subject today, und why I hope to leave »me sugzestions about character tag- yvou mold character and how- you ally pour its ! be only a y are assembled | Tel=phone 254.12, S A HACKER, 5. Frankiin Btreet, Manufacturer of ized to every casting that shall re for which they | 3 it made and skipped from foundry of us fol- | COUCHES AND LOUNGES., Specia! Prices from 2 to 10 =57, 110 ;hmees Som i i > 8% sLuEFisH the pattern it is poured in an open or characterr with our very best of | rholstery mold; but where there cannot he any strength and skiil and diligence; but Repalring and variation at all it must be made in a | Jet us not stop till the castings are Polishing MACKEREL flask with drag and cope to make it assembled and husy in their own prop- Barber Chairs HALIBUT . c | take the exact shape and size of the |er place in this world, giving warmth a Speclalty 4 ' i HADDOCK lx»mtern. An open mold is sugsestive | and cheer and comfort and help wher- O oaion % | 2 = i e of a man’s physical nature with its|ever these are needed. e ' e The D"m :Sav‘fl!’s Bank FLOUNDERS strong animal tastes and passions. If e L ve s Y [SMELTS ........ e l these give shape to human nature there equal 1o New 'SCALLOFS, quart s ‘may be some similarity to the pattern, Slip Covera cut OF NORWICH. Keep DUNN’S CATHARTIC LIVER PILLS in the house at all times. Their action is gentle, but positive, insuring a freedom fronf headache and heavy feeling caused by a torpid liver. They're 15¢ a bottle at DUNN'S PHARMACY, 50 Main Street | OYSTERS, Wakefields . | Boston Fish Market; 32 Water Streel Telephone NOTICE—ALl persons are hereby 10!‘- bidden fo trust my wife. Emily Heeth- | am, on my account, without u written order from me, as I shall pay no bills so contracted after - this _date. John Bedibam, Nerwich, Conn., ¥ov. 22, 1811, novasd DIVIDEND The regular Semi-annual Dividend has been deciared from the net earn- ings of the past six months at the rate of Four per cent. a year, and will be payable on and after November 15. FRANK L. WOODARD, Oct24daw Treasurer. | WHEN you want tc put your busi- | ness before the public, there iS no me- dium better thun chrough the advertis- ~g columns of The Bulletim The ¥ou want te put your busi- 'ore the public, tnere is no me- 1"' than through the advertis- ?n:?nmnl of The Bulletin. v but if to the drag of the physical we add the cope of the mental, and the molder oi character brings Lis reason to bear on his work, the result will come much nearer to the pattern. The patters of character is the vire life, perfect in all its detail. Hfina work the rattern is often of.] {end rometimes of Cerman silver; the castinz is only iron, hut it can be very like the pattern without egualing it in value., A man need not expect to duplicate the perfect life of,God, but he 'rust admit that there only that one pattern for chaaracter, though the human castings, Jike those of vour iron here, differ in quality from the pattern. After the pattern is tamped ihio the di- In ass re—— POSTUM 10 Days In place of coffee or tea shows which is best for Health “ There's a Reason’ and made to order - MONZY LOANcew on Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and curities of any kind Al th, Low s Inter 4Il, : ’ stablished 1im to deal wit R s]E«uhl <hed 1872.} a” 1THE COLLATERAL LOAN co, 342 Maln Sireet, Upstatre. JEV'ETT CITY HOTEL New and Up-to-date in every articular. IRA F. LEWIS, Propristor.