Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 14, 1911, Page 11

Henry Allen & Son UNDERTAKERS 88 Main St. \ - LADY ASSISTANT WHEN REQUESTED is the place (o buy the finest in Tailor- made Suits and Overcoats For $20.00 JOS. T. DONOVAN. ‘Pheme 591. 327 Mais St nov24a X SAVE HONEY on your electric light bill. new wire drawn Mazda Lamps Use the All sizes in stock. Both plain and frosted bowl. More powerful and bet- ter light for 1-3 the cost af Carbon Lemps. C. V. PENDLETOMN, JR. 10 Broadway. Resular 10 and 16 candle pdwer Car- bon Lamps also carried in stack. DENTISTRY If your teeth need atten- tion, den’t Come i let us stra to you what really constitutes _good dlentistry —the BEST dentistry. Let us introduce you to what you'll acknowledge to be ex- pert work and at moderate charges. PAINLESS Extracting and Filling King DentalParlors DR JACKSON,, Manager. Dr. Gallup r. Sydieman . Associates. FRANKLIN SQUARE. Hours — 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. HOWTUCK - AFE ANITARY PRING WATER QJATISFYING Tel. 34-2. Norwich, Cona. Stew Bouillen Cubes Vigoral Bouillen Cubes Armour’s Beef Extract Marshall’s Beef Extract . Just the thing for this weather. People’s Market 6 Franklin St. JUSTIN HOLDEN, Prep. DENTIST DR: E:. J. JONES Saite 46, Shannon Building Take elavator Bhetuciket street emw srance. "Phons DR. C. R. CHAMBERLAIN Dental Surgeon In charge of Dr. 8. L. Geer’s practice. during his last iliness. McGrory Bullding. Norwich, Cenn. On Exhibition A fine assortment of the Latest Styles in Millinery for Fall and Winter wear at MRS. G. P. STANTON'S, No. 52 Shetucket Street. AMERICAN HOUSE, Farrell & Sandersor. Props. SPECIAL RATES to Theatrs Troupes, Traveling Men, ete. Livery connected SHETUCKET STREET. Christmas Gifis Ladies’ Hand Bags The largest and finest stock in this city to choose from, pric ranging from 50c to $12.00. The Shetucket Harness Co., 321 Main Street, WM. C. BODE., Prop. Fidelio Beer On Draft or in Bottles. Team Delivers Everywhers. H. JACKEL & CO. NEW LINE of FALL DRESS GOODS direct from mills at very low prices. Assortment lengths of all kinds. Cotton Goods and Silks at Half Prices MILL REMNANT STORE JOHN BLOOM, Prop. 171 W. Main St. LOUIS H. BRUNELLE 10 Carter Ave. (East Side) WYY WYY v o o i if i H Norwich, Thursday, Dec. 14, % Bulletin - be F-“ P Fhe Bitlotin b: bseribers wi that time will porting the fact THE WEATHER. 3 Forecast for Today. ¥or New England: Fair Thursday and probably Friday; not much change in temperature: moderate morth to northeast winds. Prédictions from the New York Her- ald: On Thursday overcast to clearing weather will prevail, with light to fresh westerly winds: and on Friday fair weather, with slight temperature changes. 3 Observations in Norwich. The following records, reported from Sevin's pharmacy, show the changes and the barometric Ther. Bar. 53 30.00 54 2995 45 30Le Comparisons. Predictions for Wednesday Local somewhat colder; west winds. Wedaesday's weather: Fair; warm, followed by Wortherly winds and a fall- ing temperature. Sunm, Moon and Tides. San. T ogigh | Moon Rises. | Sets. Water. || Rises. »- [ Il 11.57 Morn. i 1.04 I 21 I 31s 2 5 (L) Six hours after high er it is low tide, which is followed by flood tide. GREENEVILLE NEWS. Christmas Sale at St. Mary’s Church —Notes. ‘There was a big attendance at the sale and supper conducted in the base- ment of St. Mary’s church Wednesday afternoon and evening by the members of the Ladies’ Charitable society of the parish. An excellent supper was serv- ed between 5 and 7.30 o'clock. The many prettily decorated tables, piled with dainty fancy articles, sujtable for Christrwas gifts, were well pat- ronized. One table was devoted to beautifully attired dolls. Ice cream as on sale. The proceeds of the af- fair are to be used for the benefit of the parish, Bmpnre|g PPN Notes. Charles B. Mullen is visiting friends in Worcester. J. C. Moirison of Newark, N. I, is the guest of relatives on Boswell ave- nue. The funeral of Theodore C. Sheldon, an old and prominent resident of Som- ers, will be held at his-residence to. day (Thursday). Rev. C. H. Ri etts of this city, a former-pastor, will officiate. There was a month's mind mass of requiem for the repose of the soul of the late Daniel Brennan in St. Mary's church at 8 o'clock Wednesday morn- irg. Many relatives.and friends were present. the Third Baptist church Wed- nesday evening, the evangelist, Mrs. E. R. Leger, spoke on Consecration, bas- ing’ her address on the twelfth chapter of Romars, wnerein Faul besceches the brethren to condecrate themselves wholly and acceptably to God. There will be a Bible reading at 3 o'clock this afternoon and services this and Friday evenings. ~ TAFTVILLE Hibegnians Elect Officers for Coming Year—Notes and Personals. There was a good attendance at the annual meeting of Taftville division, No. 1, A. O, H., held Tuesday evening in Parish hall’ with President John Phalen in the chair. Varlous reports vere read and accepted and these offi- cers for the ensuing year were elected: President, D. C. Murphy; vice presi- dent, Thomas ~Broderic recording /secretary, Daniel Shea; financlal s Daniel Connell; treasurer, Fitzmaurice; Serg t at arms, Joseph Devlin. Last year's sick and standing committees were contin- ued. The secretary was Instructed to arrange with the county president for the installation of officers for as early a date as possible. A smoker will fol- low the installation. Notes. The Ponemah company's men are trimming the trees along Providence street. L Elie Gadourie left on Wednesday for Jcliet, Canada, where he will spend the winter with relatives. ¥ Rey. Arthur O'Keefe of Torrington, former rector of the Sacred Heart church, visited his former parishioners here on Tuesda; Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Benoit and two <hildren and Miss Benoit have return- ed to Newport after spending several days with local friends and relatives. T. J. Sullivan of Concord, N. H.. a former Taftville resident, who has been spending several days with local friends, leaves this (Thursday) morn- ing for Hartford. The repairs on the ell of No. 1 mill over the wheel pit, necessitated by the Freaking of the supports last Thursday, are practically completed and the mill will resume work again this (Thurs- day) morning. Preserving a Calmness. The much annoyed customer de- parted and the saleswoman approach- ed another customer and began to tell how disagreeable the first had been, and then, assuming an air of superior- ity, remarked: “But I kept perfectly calm, remembering that self-posses- sion was nine points of the law.” Cause and Worry. Defendant’s Wife — Don't worry, dear. The judge’'s charge was cer- tainly in your favor. Defendant (moodily)—I know that. It's the law- yer's charge that I'm thinking about. B —_— Funeral AGER Director and Embalmsr 70 Franklin St., Bulletin Telephone 64£3-2. Prompt service day or night The ninth annual meeting of the State Savings Banks association was held at Hartford, beginning at 11 o'clock Wednesday. The business ses- sion occurred in the upper hall of the Hartford club. President Willlam H Catlin, treasurer of the Meriden Sav- ings bank, was in the chair. The as- sociation had as its the Hon: A. B. Chapin, bank commissioner of Massachusetts; C. B. Hanaman, X dent of the Savings Bank of New York, who is president of the Troy Savings bank, and Mayor Edward L. Smith. State Treasurer Costello Lippitt, who was in attendance, is a member of the association and in fact a past president. . The New Officers. Former Serator Isaac Brooks de- clined an election as president. Edwin S. Hunt. treasurer of the Waterbury Savings bank, was then chosen. The list of officers is as follows: President, Bdwin S. Hunt, ury; vice presidents, Frederick A. Qs of Norwalk, George H. Stoughton of Hartford and A. T. Bissell of Rock- ville; secretary, Arthur T. Nettleton of Newtown: treasurer, P. LeRoy Har- wood of New London; executive com- mittee, George S. Rowe of Winsted Samuel Hawler of Bridgeport, Edward H. Deming of Farmington, F. Gilder- sleeve of Portland, and Eugene W. Caffee of Moodus. Re: g Investment Laws. ‘The presidcnt was empowered to appoint a committee to consider the advisability of revising the investment laws of the state, the committee to report at a special meeting to be called. This motion was offered by W. E. Attwood of the Burritt Savings bank, Nesw Britain. ‘There was a general discussion of the laws in relation to investments, examinations and the need of a uni- form system of bookkeeping. These were the subjects most prominent in the minds of the bankers and many of those present participated In them. The committee esignated by Mr. Attwood is to be made up of not more than seven Or less than three. \ The president was instructed to ap- point a committee to obtain informa- tion as to ths best methods for the examination of savings banks and re- ‘Water- SALE '‘AND SUPPER AT CHURCH OF GOOD SHEPHERD Given by Ladi Society and Was Gensrously Patronized. Wednesday afternocn there was opened at the Church of the Good Shepherd the first sale held by the Ladies’ society in the new church, with a crowd of generous patrons for all the pretty and useful wares offered in all the different departments. The sale was held in the entertainment hall and adjoining rooms, which showed their special udaptability for this pur- pose and lending themselves nicely to the attractive decorative scheme car- ried out with Christmas trees, ever- green and poinsettias, Supper with a menu of escalloped ovsters, cold meats and baked beans, was served at 5.30 and at 6.30 p. m. more than 300 partaking of the invit- ing menu. For the supver room a-space was set off by a fence of evergreen, Dbehind which were the severaVsupper tables where 106 persons could be seat- ed at once. The stage at the head of the room was the ice cream parlor. In the entertainment hall were the fruit_and preserve tacles, cake table and housewives' table. In the ladies' parlor were the fancy work and the art studio, and in the wide hall were the home-made candy table and Tet- ley's teas. In each department the ladics had exceeded their efforts of former years to provide pretty and attractive things for sale, so that pur- chasers found an inviting variety to choose from. By the time the sale is over tonight, supper alzo being served, the prospects are for financial returns that will make this year's sale one of the largest ever held at this time of the year by the soclety. In'general charge of the sale was the president, Mrs. Thomas Potter. The committees serving were as follows: Supper—Mrs. N. C. Champlin, Mrs. ¥. B, 8. Washburn, Mrs. John Button, Mrs.’ H. D. Rallion, Mrs. N. Hussey, G. D. Filimore, Mrs. J. A. Peck, Netlie Bacon, Mrs. J. B. Hill. ‘ancy Table—Mrs George A. Kep- pler, Mrs. E, A. Tracy, Miss Minnie Keppler. Domestic—Mrs. C. B. Woodworth, Mrs, H. C. Wright, Mrs. F. S. Young. Candy—Mrs. M. A. Barber, Mrs. J. F. Cobb, Mrs. G. F. Tubbs, Mrs. L. J. Johnson, Miss Jessie BE. Hill, Mrs. Alice Yerrington, Mrs. Nellle Bailey, Miss Dora Jenkins, Mrs. Thomas Pot- ter Nyster: frs. J. C. Alden, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Mrs, Walter A. Bus- sey. Fruit—Mrs, Irish. Cake—Mrs. M. E. Jewett, Mrs. Sher D. T. Ruby, Mrs. John wood Raymond, Mrs. Charles A. Ga- ger, Tce —Miss Hattie A. Harris, Dr. L. E. Walker, J. A. Peck, E. A. Tracy, Charles H. Barnes. Decoration—Miss Jessle E. Hill, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, George A. Kep- pler. Assisting them were Waiter A. Bussey, John A. Peck, Frank Green, George D. Fillmore, Henry Mol Henry Pike FIRST TOWN TO SEND IN ITS REPORT. Colchester Has No Cases of Tubercu- sis at Almshou Allen, clerk of the state tuberculosis commission, received on Tuesday from the first selectman of Colchester a sworn statement signed by Dr. J. Mathew Klein, the town health officer, certifying that there are no inmates of the town almshouse suf- fering from tuberculosis. There was a law passed at the last session of the general assembly re- quiring the proper town official, on or before June 30 and December 30, in each year, to certify on oath whether or not thers are persons In town alms- houses suffering from tuberculosis. Mr. Allen sent printed copies of this law to the officials in the 168 towns of the state and to the county com- missioners. Colchester is the first town to send in its report to the tu- berculosis commissién. POLICEMAN FENTON A WINNER. George T Best Shot on the Local Force Won a Hen. Because he has an eye and a hand that work in harmony with the sights and trigger of a rifle, Policeman Henry Fenton is the richer by one hen “Three bull's s and you get 4 hen. led Policeman Fenton to test out his sheoting powers on Waednesday &t Willlam H. Stingley’s shooting gallery on Maln street and before he was through he had put three bullets i1.to the center of a target so that he walked off with the prize hen offered. Mr. Fenton also made one other tar- et that only escaped deserving a hen Ly a hairbreadth and can ncw be hail- the championship target shot on the Narwich police force i worse shadows since, port to the association. The motion was made by S. Fred Strong of New H,vu. were made at the business The t Wil llam H. Catlin, treasurer of Meri- den Savings bank, was followed with interest. Sympathy for Mr. Neoble. L The association passed resolu of sympathy in the iliness of State Bank Examiner . Noble, who is held in high regard by the bankers. man, A. Walter Learmed, New London; Elliot H. Moirse, New Haven; Costello Lip- pitt, Norwich; Miles Lewis Peck, Bris- tol, and William H. Catlin, Meriden. The addresses were made after lunch- eon. Mayor Smith welcomed the mem- bers of the association with a chara Revision of Laws. The general topic of discussion was The Advisability of Having a General Revision of Our Investment Laws and of the Law Relating 10 Examinations. This subject was treated by Mr. Hana- man and Savings Bank Commissioner Arthur D. Chapin of Springfield, Mass. Committee in Charge. The committee in charge of the meeting was P. L. Harwood, treasurer of the Mariners bank of New London; Arthur T. Nettleton, treasurer of tha Newtown Savines bank, and Robert W. Dwyer, treasurer of the Dime Sav ings bank of Hartford. . The New York State President. President Charles E. Hanaman of the Savings Bunk Association of the State of New York, spoke on The Trustee Savings Bank. Among_those present were: Treas- orer C. B. Chapman, Chelsea Savings bank; Treasurer Costello Lippitt, Nor- wich ‘Savings society; Treasurer F. E. Robinson, Jewett City Savings bank Treasurer P. Leroy Harwood, Marin- ers Savings bank, New London: Treas- urer C. F. Herwood, Stafford Savings iy and Acceptable Christmas Gifts for o Although the minstrels always evoke shrieks of by declaring that a woman's Christmas gifts for a man never range beyond a purple Ue or a box of holiday cigars of burlap stuffed with excelsior, is not true, and that much perplexing thought is often in the effort to_choose for a man some gift which will make Christmas all the year round. The most ungrateful male could not fall to find pleasure in a Christmas remembrance fom this list: R e B otet. smwkking sweater. Fob, stickrin, seal ring, any price. Dest set, diary, dill or notebook. Traveling set in durabie leather. Case for glasses, tobacco bag, key- match safe. 3 latest beok. Umbrella, cane, card case, wateh at traveling IF'ine solid-color tie, box of hose, or of handkerchiefs. Ash_receiver, nice box of stationery with his addrcss, a possession which every member of the family cannot torrow. Coffee cup, or cereal set in any good china; Room ornaments, picture, waste bas- ket, bookcase, « ostumer, Alarm clock, electric candle for the man who travels. Muffler, wristlets, shield, cuff and collar box. ete. 1 nothing in this list appeals to you, glance cver The Bulletin's adver- | tising columns today! They cannot fail 10 aid you in defermining suitable sifts, suitably priced, and among the | very mewest offerings. K. OF C. DEPUTIES Delegation to Attend Unveiling of Monument in Washington. State Deputy William J. Muliigan of Thumpsonville presided at a wmeeting in New Haven on Monday of 14 stat deputies of tne Knights of Columbus | and many questions of interest were discussed. The matter of decreasing the in: ance membership of the order was r- bank; Frank Larrabee, Willmantic Savings Institute. THE MAN OF STRAW WAS THE TOPIC. Sixth Shop Talk Given at McCrumm- Howell Plant by Rev. C. H. Ricketts. The sixth shop talk given on the se- ries at the McCrum-Howell company plant under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. was on Wednesday at noon, the speaker being Rev. C. H. Ricketts of the Greeneville Congregational church. He had an interested audience of good numbers. Rev. Mr. Rickctts spoke upon the topic, The Man of Straw. He spoke in part as_follows: I hold in my hand a small model of what you call a core, kindly made for my use by a workman here. 1 need not tell you what it is for, because you know better than L In some of the larger castings the core is a very for- midable looking object, but it is not as heavy as it looks. It is made up in unequal portions of nothing more dangerous than sand, flour and mo- lasses, mixed with water and then baked hard. After it is set In the mold it comes into contact with the molten ore, and what happens? Why the intense heat of the liguid saps the strength of the core, takes away its very life and what is left crumbles like gravel; it is rapped out of the casting and thrown away as a useless thing. This is a good illustration of what I want to say to you at this noon hour. Human life everywhere has these cores, or whatever you wish to call them; things that seem to be more formidable than they really are. As You all know, the strength of the core is more imaginary than real. Hot iron robs it of it strength, and shears it of the last vestige of its power. A Sreat majority, perhaps gine-tenths, of those things in life that loom up before us as insurmountable obstacles are, for the most part, imaginary. At a second glance their terrors dimin- ish, and when approached with skill and courage they entirely vanish away. These things are what choose to call men of straw, because tneir existence is fancied rather than real. maginary things, for the time be- ing, can give us us much pleasure or pain as the real. A great novel fas- cinates us when we krow that most of it was born in the brain of a skilful writer. When Melba sings the dying wall of Marguerite we weep, eyen If Faust is “most ' imaginary. A little girl once burst into tears during a thunder shower on the stage. There was al] the blinding and deafening ef- fect of a real storm.Even though it was produced by sheet iron and a siil- ful use of the light, it was a tremen- dous reality to the ' frightened child. Did_you ever come face to face with black shadows that took some nerve to go through? I have, both as a boy and a man, and I tell you that a boy's shadows cause as much pain as a man's. Men, I have had to pass through but not alone, for the great white hand of love and mercy from the throne has grasped mine and led me safely through them. showing that they were mere specire: that couldn’t harm. Nothing will make these men of straw disappear so rapidly as to face them squarely under the divine leadership. ‘Workmen are up against ugly snags very often, but most snags are mov able. Workers of all kinds who find life worth while meet obstacles, but most bears and all kinds of bugbears wilf run away when faced by a strong, determined man. As workmen some of you are fac- ing this problem: “How am T to ed cate those four hoys? My income is slender, my bank account more So, and 1 can hardly meet my living ex- penses? You are not the only man in Norwich wrestling with that proposi- tion. But doesn't the fog lift a bit when we think that the Almighty is interested children? And that four live boys themselves are factors in the solu- tion? You may not be entirely out of the ~woods, but now and then a stray light comes that points ou® the direction. Think for a moment how many men of straw have been demolished by science! With blanched faces we mno longer sing weird songs and Dbeat drums to drive away the evil spirits that produce eclipses. Tennyson's Harold is a vivid picture of early Eng- land distractedsby the red trail of Hal- ley's .comet, for it portended war and carnage. Sclence has met these and other superstitious bughbears and over- thrown them. But it is &sing =a grander work today. It is putting consumption into the list of dead nightmares. It has already robbed small of its once supreme terror. It is throttling diphtheria and typhoid, &nd now it is being claimed that even cancer has met its W:nnlo-g. Sclence has been pouring hotiron upon the core of disease, sapping its strength and killing its power. Men, it seems to me that, with science Jead- ing us by one hand and the Almighty v in the education of those brought up and threshed out. Plans were also laid for the making of ar- | rangements for the state delegation | which will go to Washington, D. C., the | last week in May to participate in the unveiling of the monument to Chris- topher Columbus which the govern- ment is erecting. It was estimated that about 2,000 knights would attend from Connectlcut alone. Reports cancerning the fund of $800,000 which the order is ralsing to resent to the Catholic university at ‘ashingion, were most encouraging, | and it was announced that this amount would probably be in by mext year. It was further shown that the order all over the state was in a most flourishing condition. NORWICH TOWN Lathrop Memorial Association Hears Interesting Reports and Letters— Death of Jeremiah Hallahan—Fourth Quarterly Conference. A large number were present Wed- nesday afternoon at the meeting of the Lathrop Memorial Foreign Missionary society of the First Congregational church, which was held in the recep- tion room at the Johnson home. Mrs. J. O. Barrows took charge of the de- votional service. The time was large- Iy spent in hearing the reports of the 44th_annual meeting of the W. B. F. M, held in Park shurch. | Letters full of interest from Rev. B. H. Smith of Ing-hok, China, regarding {his work, were read and listened to | with close attention. Mrs. Usher,writ- ing to her parents here from Van, Tur-' key, states that owing to the high price of wood thig year they are able o have a fire only In the eariy part of the day, relying on sunshine for the rest of the day. In the bitter cold this is especial- | {1y hard on the very poor. | The latter part of the afternoon was | given to the study of the second chap- | ter of The Light of the World, the sub- | | ject being Buddhism. | News from All Points. DPaniel L. Ray of Canterbury Green | visited relatives here last week. J. H. Giddings of Mystic has been | ting his sister, Mrs. James Ray, of | Eim avenue. Miss Isabel Douglass was the guest Wednesday of Mrs. Charles Vergason at her home on Vergason avenue. Mrs. George Peck of Plain Hill is| spending a day or two in_ Coicheste: the guest of Miss Elizabeth G. Day I ‘Wednesday afiernoon new linoleum purchased by the Ladies' Church Im- provement soclety was put on the floor of the chapel of the First Congrega- | tional church. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Canfield and Miss | Gurde ave moving this week from Washington street to the place which | they have purchased at Geer place, off ‘West Thames street. OBITUARY. Jeremiah Hallahan. Jeremiah Hallahan, whose death oc- | Curred at his home, on Otrobando ave- ! nue, Tuesday morning, was born in| Ireland about 70 years ago, comins | when a young man to this country, | His wife and three children died some | time ago when he was living in Nor- | wich and was a member of St. Pat- rick’s parish. For the past nine years he has lived in Norwich Town. Mr. Hallahan was a devout Catholic. The trength of his chararter was in his honesty and sincerity. He had a nature likable, and held the high regard and | esteem’ of all who knew him. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Johanna Buckley of Norwich, a brother in Ire- land, also @ sister ncar whom he liv- ed, Mrs, Jeremiah Murphy, and her is th.e reliable remedy for Coughs Colds and Sore Throat m-d‘I-fi jnoranything injurious. Pike’s Toothache Drops Care ia One Misute. threo the advertis- etin. W) ou want to put your busi .BEE': th "“Eé“ XA no m A Xace 0 Norwi . women know that this | ney remedy. Norwich, Conn., confirm the puhlic statement I gave in praise of Doan’s Kidney Pills in Au- sust. 1908. procured at Store, several years ago when suffer- ing from hackache and other symptoms of kidney entire relief. to be an excelient one.” cents. Foster-Milburn Co., New York, sole agents for the United States. | mcross the Vaal | noses of the police. | success.” e Have Found That is True. * This A cold, & A little cause may hurt the kidneys. Spells of backache often follow, Or some irregularity umq-m A splendia remedy for such attacks, A medicine that has cured thousands Is Dosn's Kidney Pills, a true kid- Many Norwich people rely on it. Here Is Norwich proof. Mrs, E, Sheppard, 46 says: Palmer St, “I willingly I used Doan's Kidney Pills, D. Sevin & Son's Drug irouble and they gave me 1 consider this remedy Price 50 Buftalo, For sele by all dealers. Remember the name—Doan's—and take no other. Ends Winter's Troubl a season of | To man} winter s trouble. The frost-bitten toes and | fingers, chapped hands and lips, chii- | blains, cold-sores, red and rough skins, | prove thi But suc troubles fiy b fore Bucklen's Arn Salve. A convinces. Greatgst heale Boils, Piles, Cut Sores, zema and Sprains. Only Osgood Co.'s. John, ildren, Mary, Michael, Jeremiah and James ) Stewards Meet. of ‘thé stewards was held Tuesday evening at the First Meth- cdist church. The class mee! Tuesday evening was held sonage on West Town stre, The work of setting the for electric lighting is progre idly hey have be ai . and around | Harla ner to Peck’s Corr from there on East Town stree Iy to the Green. A meetin new poles sing rap- | A for soms | Held Quarterly Conference. The fourth quarterly conference the vear was held Wednesday evening in the First Methodist church. Rev. J. H. Newland, presiding elder, charge of the meeting. ILLICIT DIAMCND BUYING. Dodges the Traders Worked In Kim- berley’s Early Days. There are us many stories of 1. D. B. —1. e., illicit diamond buying—in South Africa as there were of smuggling in England a cenjury ago. Louis Cohen tells of some of the dodges in his “Reminiscences” of Kimberley's early days. “Dogs were enlisted in the traf- fc and used as carriers. Often the poor auimals were first kept without food until they were on the verge of starvation and then given Jumps of meat containlug diamonds, which they bolted. Safely arrived at Christiania, river, the faithful dumb friends of man were immediate: 1y rewarded for their services by hav- ing their stomachs ripped up and the imbedded baubles taken out. Horses, too, were utllized, being fed with balls of meat containing diamonds and driv- en across the river under the very Carrier pigeons were requisitioned to ‘fiy through the air with the greatest of ease’ laden with the brigands’ booty. Hollowed heels inclosing diamonds sealed down with wax were also expedients em- ployed with decided and profitable One lady bad an Ingenious way of getting out of a scrape. She was cooking dinmer when a Cripe 1 knocked at the door and sold a forty carat diamond to her husband. It was a trap. A detective immediately rushed in to arrest the buyer, search- ed the house, but no diamond conld be found. The good wife had placed it in the stuffing of a goose she was bast- ing.” Getting Down to Facts. *I shall make it a rule,” sald the young man who 1s learning politi never to go back on my friend “An excellent rule,” id Senator Sorghum, “but the real.test of the game ‘s to keep your friends from go- ing Lack on you.” — l')’l ED. HENDERSON—In' Norwich, Dec. 11, 1911, James Henderson, aged o6 years. % Funerai services will be held at his late residence, 565 Boswell ayenue, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial in Maplewood cemetery stus Hammett Tuneral services for Wood's under- will be heid at A taking rooms ~ Danielson, = this (Thursdny) afternoon at 1 'o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. 811 impuriti 55 S L TSy i T strain, a sudden wreneb. | We Cannot Tell a Lie—_ There Is Some Slate In Gur Ceal There 1 in all Coal, and must be, for the veins of Coal run between lay- ers of slate. Our Coal is comparatively free from Same. pnm‘ as everybody charges. CHAPPELL CO. Central Wharf and 150 Main Strest. Telephenes. GOAL Free Burning Kinds and Lehigh ALWAYS IN STOCK. A. D. LATHROP, Office—cor- Market and Shetuckdt Ste. Telephone 163-12. CALAMITE COAL “It bwna up clean.” Well Saa_:soned Wood G. H. HASKELL. 402 — 'Phones — 489 JOHN A. MORGAN & SON, Coat and Lumber Teiwephone 884, Central Whart FOR THE COLD SNAP Heavy Shaker Knit Coat Sweaters Al With the collar or witheut. ors and grades. WINTER GLOVES from medium to very heavy weights, and an excellent assortment of double hand CA that cover up the ears. The Toggery Shop, 291 Main Street Opposite New Chelsea Savings Baak, Norwich, Conn. . MACPHERSO! JAS, 1912 OVERLANDS are here, ready for a demonstration to you. The best and most value for yeur money in an automobile today. You can’t beat it. One demonstration will cenvines you. Ask the man who owns one. FOR $900 a five-passenger 30 H. P, Touring Car. THAT'S WHAT IT 18, See it for yourself at THE M. B. RING AUTO CO. Telephon Chestnut Strest. PIANOS Before making your purchase, call and see us. Our line includes the well known McPhail, Bush & Gerts, Tonk, McCammon and Keller Bros' Planos. The best medium and high grede limes in the country at moderate cost. All oasy fully guaranteed and sold on terma. Six months' lessons free with esch Piano. SHEA & BURKE House Furnishers. 39 to 43 Main St. CARD OF THANKS. The friends and acquaintances who by kind words and deeds In the hour of trial and affliction aided and consoled me, and those who expressed th ard for my deceased husband b ributions of beautifu] floral must realize that gratefulness at a time cannot be fully expressed in Tt affords me pleasure to thank in th way every person whose thoughtful words and denas tended o alleviate my distress and embirrass- o L¥ROY WASHBURN. 13, 1911 MRS Norwich, Dec CHURCH & ALLEN 15 Main Street, Funeral_ I]_irectors Embalmers. Lady Assistant. ‘Telephone call 328-3. Henry E. Church. Wm. Smith Allen, GIFTS We have some good pieces of Furniture suitable for Christmas gifts. The Fanning Stadias, 31 Willow Street LANG Ory Cleaner and Dye- 157 Franklin St SUITS PRESSED 50c Our Wagon Calls Everywhers