Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 20, 1912, Page 10

ORWICH BULLETI SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1912 LETTERS FROM TWO STATES Windham County Anaual Business Meeting of Sunday School—Items of Local Interest. Ver; aday morning the mer- d at 53 degrees be- Smith Winchester water pipes in zen, the the gregational vening service the by lamps and lan- early S as repor at the Annual Mesting of Sunday Scheol. mecting of the onSunday rs were elect- Ww. P. treasurer, ed Clinton; and Mabel hLas been confined rheumatism, was a visitor in the wedding 1 Windham of Willi- town this will re- arkin , oidest son of Jere- y appendi- dvisable to 'd_children rooklyn. Wiilimantic dham by 4 enjoved give a so- triends some g nded Be- ntic Tues- are me) h Wind- Miss Celia Egoert d Pres- hur Colbert. ned from a KTTAWAUGAN Parties to Danislsen—ice- Cutters Busy. Sleighing Wiliimantic on for a is b ¢ Putnam spent Timothy nished iy were call- < on mccount WAUREGAN ce Crop Ii from Hayloft —Local tral Village nstallation. Twel h fce has ean past week, r ecured a cr ou sgrees Dbalow zer Saturday and S n McRoy, formert postmas. ed by the Leroy Mr Meeting of the Ladies’ Aid So- c in Local ry Preacher ove g of the Ladies' (Congregational n, nday afternc re-eiected pre: sidents are Mrs. L M C 1 Winthrop, holidays with h fer sister, tew days longer. les Margory has son and family. hill on Saturda: vening last. «“Just Say” HORLICK’S It Means Original a= Genuine MALTED MILK The Food-drink for All Ages. More healthful than Tea or Coffee, s with the weakest digesin, ;g:bwwdghfl- avis are stay- | La- s is secretary returned {ass., where she spent Miss Perkins, remains a Fisher entertained a guests at her home on Grimes was in Massachuseits over Sunday. Mrs. Andrew Metzger entertained the members of the ludies' Bible class on_Wednesday afternoon. Miss Pessie Maynarl returned on Sunday from & several weeks' visit in New London. Lester Laston has_so.far recovered from the injury to his foot as to be able to resume his swudles in the Willimantic high school. Sunday morning was the coldest in a long time, the thermometer going as low as 28 below zero. Mr, and Mre. W. F. Maine have been in_Hartford this week. There has been a number of sleigh- ing parties through town this week, but they do not enjoy tbe road be- tween the Center and South Windham on account of the trap rock which was put on just before smow came, meking it somewhat rough traveling from the scioolhouse to the railroad station. Miss Emma Kenyon returned Mon- day from a few days' visit in New London. The topic for the C. E. meeting to- morrcw evening is Worth-While Am- bitions, John xvii:20-24; Rom. viii:18- 21; leader, Alan Guild. Christian Endeavor Socisty Elects Of- figers. The officers and committess for the | C. E. for the next six months are: President, Mrs. H. C, Lathrop; vice president, C, A, Keeney; secretary, Mre, H. F. Wood; treasurer, Mrs. An- drew Metzger; pianist, Miss Arnold. Lookout committee, Mrs. John Beck- with, Miss Emily Lyman, Rev. H. C. Grimes; prayer meeting, Alan Guild, C. A. Keeney, D. C. Lathrop; social, Mrs. Grimes, Harriet Guild, Mrs. Metz- ger, Mies Anna Bates; music, Eden Cook, Mrs. H. F. Wood, Julia Guild; BROOKLYN. Oscar F. Atwood, maeter of Brook- Iyn grange, attended the annual meet- ing of the state grange in Bridgéport the past week. W. Warren Blake. who for several months has been clerk for Frederick |E. Miller in his grocery store, has ieft his employ and has entered the employ of C, A. Sharpe at Abington. Saturday, the mercury ranged from 22 degrees below zero, the cold- | est morning of the winter this year. | Jailer Field with a gang of prison- ers began _ harvesting ice Saturday from several ponds, The ice 15 eleven ches thick and of the best quality. Brooklyn grange was to have a e and oyster supper Friday night owing to the storm and the ex- treme cold it was postponed. Albert Copeland, who_has occupied the premises of the late Emily D, Bard for the past two years, i8 moving his goods to the new tenement erected by Mr. Thompson on Main hill, for whom Mr. Copeland and son work. Saturday night Frank A. Spaulding took a class of the high school in i | | | da | illingly from Danielson to Putnam for a straw sleighride. WOODSTOCK Exercises at Congregational Church— Chicken Pie Dinner. has returned from vnere he has visited Clarence Tab Bennington, Vt., hig_father-in-law. Miss Nellie D. Chandler is in Hart. the guest of her cousin, Mrs, J. Potter. Church Day Exercises. The Congregational church held its hurch day exercises last Saturday. A large number sat down to a chick- en ple dinner at 12.30. The cold weather and the snow prevented some from attending. At the business meet- | ing at o'clock the roll call showed | a membership of 116, a gain of ten Henry | over last vear. The same plan for | benevolences was continued for the | coming year. The be: ice house at Roseland park has lled with a fine quality of ice. The thermometer on Sunday morn- ng on the hill was 12 degrees below zero, while in the valley 20 degrees | below was reported. | EAST WoODSTOCK | Mr. and Mrs. Roscos Alton Observe Thirty-second Wedding Anniver- y—Notes. ho Reading club met with Mrs. E. Monday afternoon, s Julla Jenkins has been spend- ng a week with Mrs. Wendell Witter the Center district. Mrs. C. C. Gildersieeve entertains L'’Apres Midl club on Saturday after- noon. Cooking lessons are being giv- he club by a Webster lady. Potter is gaining slow- 2nt opersion. She is Thirty-second Wedding Anniversary. nd Mrs. Roscoe Alton eelebra 720 wedding anniversary on | They were guests of their | ) Mrs. Arthur Morse, and fam- Iy _at dinner. The sleighing s excellent. 'WESTMINSTER Rev. A. A. Smith, assisted by Rev. Bassett of Howard Valley, held etings a' Gay Head schoolhouse | ‘Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings of this week. The usual Fri- day evening prayer meeling was held at the church. George Rathbun | home by iliness, Paunl St. Jean recently sold his farm and expects to move away in a few weeks. Rev. H. Bassett of Howard Valley is 4 guest at the parsonage this week. RAWSON Mrs. R, E. Baker was in Williman- tic one day last week. I W. Hammond and daughter call- ed on iMiss Cynthia ‘Hammond of Chaplin Wednesday. Trank Phillips gave g masquerads dance at Grange hall, Hampton, on Thursday evenins. Mr. and_Mrs. Charles Burnham and davghter Ruth called on Mrs. Everett Whitehouse Sunday. Mr. and_Mrs Everett Whitehouse called on Miss Estelle Burnham Sun- day. ¥ ik Phillipg was in Abington on nday sa Miss ¢ from till her res hosy is confined to his SOUTH CANTERBURY daughter, Mrs. Frank R. Burdick, at Norwich. A number of the farmers have had potatoes freeze in their ccllars. It takes nearly all a farmer's time, now, looking after his stock and get- ting firewood, i Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Brown were at Taftville Tuesday, | Mre. Levi N. Clark ls visiting her | EASTFORD Annual Church Meeting and Roll Call— Mrs. John Holman's Desth at 91. Rev. J. B. King has recovered from his resent illness and occupied his pul pit at the Congregational church last Sunday morning. Church Mesting. 5 At the annual church meeting an roil call’ Deacon Henry —Trowbridge gave a report of the finances of the church. Gilbert S. Dean reported the work of the Sunday school, Mrs. Ar- thur Keith of the Christian Endeavor work; Mrs, Warren P. Keith report- ed for the Ladeis’ Ald soclety, Rev. J. B. King spoke particularly of the work done by the Young Men's club. Dea- con Henry Trowbridge was unani- mously re-elected secretary and treas- urer, Gilbert S. Dean clerk. The other officers remain the same. Secretary Edwin S. Thomas of New Haven visited his mother, Mrs. Mary S. Hine, the first of the week. Judge J. M. Tatem of ‘Willimantic was the guest of his son, C. D. Tatem, and family on Monday. He came up to attend the town meeting to vote to see if the town would vote to pay its share of the costs, which it did, to extend the state road from Williman- | tic to Southbridge. George Bosworth Mass,, visited his father, of Bosworth, and family on Wednesday, | the 17th, staying over night there. Grover C. Bowen, who has recently returned from work in West Thomp son, 1s with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. | A. M., Bowen. Charles W. Clark enjoyed his first! sleigh ride of the winter to Putnam on Sunday, the 14th. He visited his brother, George Clark, and sister, Mrs. | A. W, Marcy. Some very cold weather has been re- ported here—from 18 to 20 degrees be- | low zero. Many are engaged fllling their ice- houses with ice from 12 to 13 inches misslonary, H. C, Lathrop, Mrs. Bill- | ¢y | X ings, Mrs. Grace Hates. Many are taking advantage of the| Clerk at the Assawaugs company's fine sleighing. The K. of P. held a social last Wed- Funeral of Mrs. John Hoiman. | Mrs. Clarisa Holman, widow of John ' company being present. Mrs. Frank Holman, died at Henry Buell's Tues- Kennedy had the highest score at day morning, the 16th, about 9 o'clock cards. a. m. from the infirmities of age, aged | 91 years and 6 months. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buell had cared for her at her old home since the death of her hus- band. [uneral services were held at the North Ashford Baptist church Fri- | day’ at 1 p. m, Rev. Mr. Collins, the new pastor, officiating, She was the last surviving one of the old members of the church. Bhe had many friends. | Burlal was by the side of her hus- band in North Ashford cemetery. A dozen men or more staying at the Bastford house are engaged in looking | after the telegraph lines which pass through here. CANTERBURY. Tidings of Monroe Descendants of Canterbury Desired. ‘Wiil S, Monroe writes The Bulletin: There is shortly to be published & genealogy of the descendants of Jo- siah Monroe, a Canterbury revolution- ary soldler, who died in the service ot the Continental army at Valley Forge, the 15th of February, 1778. The de- scendants of one son, John (also a revolutionary soldier), we have not been able to trace. John married Su- sanna Bond, and had at least three children: Joseph, born Oct. 2, 1783, at Canterbury, died two weeks later; | Amasa, born July 15, 1786, died April 23, 1813, and Hannah, born Dec. 19, 1788, died July 9, 1789, I have mot learned whom Amasa married, but he hud at least three children: Cornelius, Samuel and John Beckwith. I have not learned whom Cornelius and John | B. married, but Samuel married Nan- | cy Lamphere of Plainfield and had at| least one daughter, who married Charles Collins. Some of these de- scendants may be living in Windham cunty at this time. Wil they not at once communicate with me? Others who read this notice and know the names and addresses of living de- scendants of the above, or information relating to any of the above, will con- fer a great favor by communicating the same to Wil S.Monroe, State Nor- mal School, Montclair, New Jersey. WARRENVILLE Raw Furs Purchased by Norwich Buy- er—ice being Stored. Mrs. Fred Parker of Wormwood Hill spent a few days of this veek with, her sister, Mrs, George O. Lalch. | Norwich Man Buys Furs. Jared 8. Daniels of Norwich was in town Monduy and Tuvsday, purchas- ing furs. He carried away a large amount of raw furs. The People iu this village have be- gun their annual harvest of ice, J. A. Murphy is critically ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George O. Balch. Several in this village are suffering frem colds, bt | Fire Alarm Given by Telephone Op- | erator Saves Home of W. H. Young. W. H. Young’s house caught fire last Saturday morning, and but for the timely assistance of neighbors who were notified by “Central” probably would have been completely destroyed, The flames caused considerable dam- age to the interior. Mrs. Emily Young and voung son have returned to their home here. Mrs. Arthur Williams is critically ill at_the Day Kimball hospital. Mrs. Esther Phillips is seriously I at her home here, Mr. and Mrs, Barker from Harris- burg, Pa. are here, Canterbury STERLING Epworth League Social Held With Mrs. W. W. Vaughn. Mrs, A. H. Kenyon has recovered | from the grip. | George Babcock is 11l with tonsilitis. Mrs. Irving Anderson has been vis- | iting friends in Providence. Miss Ida Carpenter, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. I F. Anderson, has returned to her home in Attleboro, | Mass. 3 The Epworth league social was held Iwnx‘m Mrs, W. W. Vaughn Friday even- Miss Mabel Moore is the guest of Mrs. W, Vaughn over the w !;'\ en. The Epworth league prayer meeting was held Thursday event: try of the M. E. church, at EKONK Lewis Wilcox has gone to houss keeping in Leffingiwell, after spend A few days here with his young bride. All wish them happiness and success, | Calvin Wilcox is staying with Jared | Galup. | Mr. and Mrs, Willlam E. Cone of New London have recently been visit. ing Mr. Cone's parents, Mr. and Mrs, William Cone of this place. CLARK’S CORNERS F. W. Martin is filling his jce house, Mra. E. L. Rogers and son were in Willimantic Saturday. The young people are enjoying the sleighing. The thermometer registered twelve below zero @aturday mornigg. { AL i Mr. and Mrs. A. A, Stanton visited their children in Norwich and Quaker HIll the first of the week. POMFRET. Local Fancier— Inspection~—Twelve Inch Ice Poultry Prizes for Gran, Stored. Seymour Peal has been very succes: ful at recent poultry shows with his ‘White Recks, winning on pullet two AL nesday evening, a small but pleasant & week end visitor with lis sisters. visitor one diy the past week. ‘Webster Thursday. ster visitors Thursday, Judge O. D. Baker made a business | - rip to Willimantic Wednesday. | HEBRON 3 . B. C. Bugbee, who has been' oS beatige ing .\fé\\.u\l weeks in Providence, Series of Whists for Library Benefit— returned Thursday. | Jewish Purchasers for Available SOUTH WOODSTOCK | ™™ | Monday evening in the library. firsts and three specials and fourth on cockerel at Danbury and on cockerel and third on pullet at Worces- er. A, T. Grosvenor, Seymour Peal, ! Charles Arnold and E. E. Brown visit- ed the poultry show at Worcester. It is reported that Dr. Clark has recently sold 100 of his fancy birds at a long price. E. E, Brown inspected Natchaug grange Jan. 5 and also installed the officers for the coming year. Ice cutting is going along rapidly, many houses being already filled with 12-inch ice. Mrs. Samuel Griggs is so ill with pneumonia as to require two nurses. Dr. James Hutchins and E. E. Brown attended the dairymen’s convention in Hartford this week. DAYVILLE John Coffey Dies of Blood Poison- ing—K. of P. Social—Persenal Items. The Ladies’ Aid society met Wed- nesday afternoon with Mrs. W, J. Reynolds. Edson Armiles has left the employ of the Assawauga company. James Blanchard entertained Sun- day Mrs. Mabel Randell and Miss Fredelle Randell of Putnam. Mrs. C, A, Russell and Attorney Sa- | bin S. Russell are spending the week end with friends in Providence. Miss Bernice Cogswell and sister Miss Cora Cogswell, are visiting in ‘Worcester. Miss Annie O'Neil of Pomfret is vis- iting her cousin, Mrs. James O'Neil. John Coffey dfed Friday of blood poisoning. Leon Gagnon spent the week end in town. Moving Picture Theater. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Hazen have opened 4 moving picture theater, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Foster have the sympathy of friends in thc death of their son Donald from paeumonia. W. Reynolds is the new shipping WILSORVILLE Charles Jennings of Woonsocket was Miss Alice Jack, who has been il is_somewhat improved. Noble Mason of Woodsiock was a visitor with his brother, Saturday nlght. Albert Cooke of Dudley was a local Stephen Pratt of Webster was & sitor with his mother Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson were in Mr. and Mrs. 8. Adams were Web- ABINGTON Rev. 'G. O. Read Appointed to Carry the Mai Dr, J. H. Hutchins was in Hart- ford this week. George D. Smith of Chicago recently visited with local relatives. . W. Thurber of Putnam was in town Thursday. Mrs. George E. Griggs is ill. Rev. G. O. Read has been appointed by the government to carry the mall from the postoffice to the trains, NORTH STERLING Some lost their potatoes in the cel- lar by freezing during the cold wave George Pierce, Jr., has filled his ice house with eight-inch fce. A fine flock of quails was seen here just before the last snow storm. E. P. Harvey is confined to house by sickness. There was_a chimney fire &t the home of C. H. Rounds ome day last week, No damage was done. WESTFORD. the Furs—Additional Profit from Fox Bounty. James W. Baker and Ernest James sold their furs Monday to Jared 8. Daniels of Lyme. They had 59 fox, 19 skunk, one otter and several coon skins. Mr. Daniels paid them 3$486. This with the bounty of $1 on each fox makes a pretty good season's work. WOCDSTOCK VALLEY G. M. Randall is working at the Still River box shop at present. People in the Valley are harvesting their ice, which is 12 Inches thick. It is reported the Crandall place has Leen sold to Willimantle purchasers, Tolland County The first in 2 serles of whists for the Denefit of the library was plaved last The Improvement society met at the schoolhouse on Thursday, the 1Sth. Mr. Cashman of New York city has bought out the Stmons Brothers' store and household goods and is to take possession soon. The weekly whist was well attended. Mrs. Warner of Gilead took the prize. C. J. Strand and Edward Horton were tied, each making the same number of | points. t is reported that two of the Jones have also sold to Jewish people, who seem to be purchasing all the available property in this part of the town. Very cold weather has prevailed. The children have nearly froren going to school. Miss Sarah F. Palmer visited -the schools on the Green last week. There was a small attendance both churches last Siunday. Miss Sarah Doyle is suffering with a severe cold. Mrs, Mary F. Frink met with an ac- cident, painfully burning both hands. Local men are trying to get their ice crop harvested and report rather poor ice. LLINGTON Mrs. Carpenter Remembered on 96th Birthd: The pastor, Rev. E preached Sunday a st elicited favorable comment in upon Prayer—from the last clause of the ol 16th verse of the 5th chapter James. The Endeavor meeting last Thursday evening, held at Rev. E. W. Darrow was led by Miss Emma Florence Rob bing. M#s. Carpenter on her 9th birthday, the 10th, recelved a shower of cards, flowers, cake, candy, fruit, calls from friends, ‘ncluding her pastor, and wish- cs for many happy returns from hosis of affectionate friends near and far. John Herrick, her schoolmate, ordered the cut flowers through a mutual friend. Times Have Changed . Theodore Roosevelt has applied the short and ugly word to many a man —and made it stick. © But we notice nowadays that when he brands any COLUMBIA Mrs. Anson Hyde Observes Ninetieth Birthday—Notes and Personals. Ice is of excellent quality and 11 to 12 inches thick. Mrs. Anson Hyde celebrated her ninetieth birthday on Monday Ilast. She recelved calls from many of her friends and nelghbors and numerous post card congratulations. Refresh- ments were served. Mrs. Hyde fell several years ago and sustained a broken hip, but she So far recovered as to be able to be aboui her house. Her mental facultios are well presery- ed and she takes a lively interest in nelghborhood affalrs. Installation of Officers. The local grange held a meeting last Wednesday evening for the in- stallation of officers. Mr. Barron of Danfelson was present. Besides the | installation & short entertainment was carriel out. An excellent supper was served during the evening. The library committee mcet next Monday evening to select books for the yearly addition to the library. Mr. Rose of Hartford Theological seminary occupied the pulpit in this place last Sunday. The W, S. 8. E. Ladi»s’ club was en- tertained by Mrs. James A. Utley on Thursday afternoon of last week. ELLINGTON Aborn Family on Winter Trip—Wed- ding—Grange Installation. Harry Elliott spent Sunday in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Miles H. Aborn and daughter Ruth have gone to Havana | and Florida for the remainder of the | winter. Mrs. Willlams of South Manchester visited her sister, Mrs. Clurence Rich- ardson, Monday. Ellsworthy Niles has returned to New York after spending some time with his parents, Miss Carrie Ploney visited friends in Hartford on Sunday. Married at Parsonage. Roy Inman of Boston and Miss Ha- zel Nicholson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Nicholson, were married at the parsonsge by Rev. D. E. Jones ‘Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs, F. B. Nangle attend- ed the state grange sesslon in Bridge- port last week, Paul and Miss Goldie Liebman were in New Britain over Sunday. Benjamin Nangle recently visited his aunt, Miss Cora Nangle, in Hartford, for a f@v days. At the next regular meeting of the grange, the new officers will be in- stalled. UNION. Grange Has Installation Followad by Oyster Supper. L. M. Reed, master of Mashapaug Lake grange, No. 101, attended the state grange sessions at Bridgeport last week. Albert Slade of Southbridge visited triends In town a few days last week. Mashapaug Lake grange, No. 101, had installation of officers and an oyster supper Wednesday evening. George Town filled the icehouse for Mr. Myers with good clear ice the past week. It is many years since so many fa- vorite house plants were frozen. They were supposed to be well protected by the careful housewife, but many were trozen by the recent cold spell. Lillian Munda has returned to New York. Miss Grace Tyler is visiting friends in New York. Miss Sara Moore has closed her house and 1s spending the winter with Mr. and Mrs. George Town. MANSFIiELD DEPOT Annual Mesting and Rollcall of Dun- ham Memorial Church. Because of the extreme cold, at the close of the morning service at the Baptist church, further service was abandoned, it being impossible to warm the building comfortably. Church Meeting and Rollcall. The annual business meeting and rolicall of the Dunham Memorial church was held Jan. 11. _Officers elected were: Clerk, Mrs. Kate L. Dimock; treasurer and trustee, A. T. Burdick; auditor, Mrs. Lottie Thomp- son; superintendent of missions, Mrs. A. T. Burdick; secretary, Miss Augusta Tilden; treasurer, Mrs. Ida Smith; aid department, Mrs. McCollom, secreta: Miss Tilden, treasurer; Young Peop department, superintendent, Mr: Katie Bowers; secretary, Mrs. Ja Stedman; treasurer, Mrs. Lottle | Thompson; Bible school, superintend- ent, Mrs. Ida Smith; secretary and treasurer, Mrs, Kate Dimock. After the rollcall refreshments were served. lectured in the church Friday evening. His lecture about the north and its people was very ints John N. Fitts, 8. P, Hollister and A. T. Stevens atteuded the meetings of the grand lodge, A F. and A. M., held in_Hartford on Wednesday. Professor Lee of Wisconsin college, at Madison,addressed the Faculty Sci- entific club Tuesday evening on the subject of Creamery Problems, Twelve Inch lce. The men of the farm department have filled the college icehouse with 12-Inch ice during the past week. The electriclans have commenced wiring the college buildings. The president’s house is the first to be wired. Beveral of the newer buildings are already wired and only require switches and lamp fixtures. A largo number of students, with Professors Trueman, Clinton, Fitts and Garrigus, attended the dairymens meeting in Hartford on Wednesday and Thursday. ANDOVER. Death of John Murray—30 Degress Be- Murray, resident of Andover. He was | in_his 85th vear. With the thermometer down to 30| degres below zero there was no ser- vice at thie Congregational church last | Sunday morning, though there was a, fair number present at the evening t 1 The local garage will hold an instal- lation on Monday, Fob. 5, and has in- vited Bolton grange to be its guest. A large amount of spleddid ice, 14 or more inches thick, has been placed | in icehouses this week. John D. Ross and son on Tuesday finished the work of filling thefr ice- house. January 14th was the coldest morn- ing in 25 years, according to a local| resident, the mercury geing to 24 be- low zero. Excellent sleighing and coasting are being enjoyed about the village. Mr, and Mrs, Fred O. Vinton, ac- companied by Professor and Mrs. Stoneburn, are spending the week end in New York city H. G. Bentley recently left for Long Island to attend to the cutting off of large timber lot which he has purchas- ed there, (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) are & carpenter becomes a carpenter, and and the sons of their sons, India, largely Kuropean the son of a farmer becomes a farmer. That's settled a: first s that the craftsman attains an aimost eerie dexterity with th he was brought up to use. apt to be clumsy and seem to can eyes incapable of doing good work. infancy THE MAN THE FARM FITS, FITS THE FARM Gelight fn it for its cwn sake. Really, it matters little whether such a man is born in back-road farmhouse among New England hills or in a eity. If he was born to be a There are countries where hereditary. That is, the trades son of ing. the son of a cobbler, & cobbler, as a | tenement. low Zero Sunday Morning. matter of course. Their sons like- | farmer, he will find it out, sooner or The death is announced of John|Wise, become carpenférs and cobblers, | Jater. When such a man finally does his own bent, and his fate is lough' to let him follow it, he rly re to become that most nate being—a successful farmer. learn kind down to he last generation. It is almost whol- v this way In Japan and China and S0 in Russia and some countries. And, of course | who fath- Heaven defend us from farmes are farmers merely because thel as he is born. soon service. i ol ers w nd thy happened to be borfle On Sunday the pastor, Rev. John J.| It is intimated by those who have |n fa Lockett, will preach at the 10.45 ser- | traveled and lived in lands where this A And s hwwfn V‘also nrlutec;h vice on Ess>ntials of a Well Ordered | rule prevails, that it has two open | from discouraged city people Life. and manifest results, at least, The |know nothing about farming or farms and e no aptitude for them, but ant to get out of the city into almost any sort of simply frying-pan fire! tools are Ameri- | Thy of both these with farm eTe are too many &0 ggling vainly pro Yet the native farmer, trained from watching by The second result of this custom is that it prevents progress towards b ter tools and still better work. Ac eventually becomes a mere automaton. Just because his tools are su clumsy and his methods 8o unserviceable, he has to put all there is in him to the is task of mastering them. There nothing left in him to make growth or out-reach. He becomes & expert up to the limit of his poor contrivances, at the cost of all his time and all his care and all his en- hunger man ma potatoes EAGEVlLLE ihem, and by personal i P them from the moment tender + The man who does his work simply 2 sinews became equal to the strain, the | because he has to; who is driven to it Sunday the Coldest in Twenty-five| ., ive farmer often accomplis because he “must do something;"” who Years. with them which amazes onlovke as no higher motive than the fear of of ¢ raise gome corn id, of want;—such & and some and a “hawg” or two, and cut customed from his very earliest years | enough firewood for the winter. But to doing certain things in exactly the | he isn't a farmer; he's just a drudge way his fathers did them, with ex- |and a slave. He's a drudge because actly the same tools, the craftsman |he does work that he doesn't like; he's a sla hecau he does the work un- der the lash of fear. orst of it is that he is ¢ the assets of the soil and jortunties of his own 1 he's out of place—bes cause he's in the wrong place, The only farmer who usually amounts to much is the farmer who farms be STAFFORD Cyril Johnson has been confined to the house for the past week by iliness. Miss Isadore Dunham has been con- fined to the house by a severe cold. Miss Eisie Corbin has entered the Holyoke city hospital, with a view to becoming a graduate nurse, The diphtheria quarantine was lift- ed trom the home of W. P. Simons last Wednesday after a confinement of two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Warren were called to Wastboro, Mass, Tuesday, to attend the funeral of their daugh- ter-in-law. Dr. A. B. Coats gave the Baptist people a visit on Sunday, which was enjoyed by all, Dr. Coats is to return Sunday to open a series of meetings which will be held evenings through next week. Dr. W. G. Fennell will preach a part of the tim SPRING HILL D. C. Flaherty has been confined to his home and under the doctor's care since Monday. B. M. Sears has filled his icehouse this week, 12 to 13 inches thick. ‘The old people at the almshouse were again remembered last week by the Baptist Sunday school, which sent them a basket of oranges and confec- tionery. E. F. Storrs has been in Coventry most of this week. A sleigh ride party from the C. A. C. {yassed through here Wednesday even- ng. Washington Coung, R. I RICHMOND Rev. G- W. Kinney of Providence in Local Putpit—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Brayman Observe 50th Wedding Anniversary. v. G. W. Kinney of Providence oc- Sunday morning, preach- ing an intercsting sermon from Heb. 13-2. of Bdwin A. Kenyon, BOLTON Providence Teacher Secured for Local School—Elisworth J. Loomis Serious- ly il Miss Gertrude I Mc: dence, who has been engagsl (o teac in the Center district, opened school Tuesday morning. Ellsworth J. Loomis of South Bolton was [Il last week and was taken to his wife's home in Manchester, where remains in a critical condition wi double pneumonia. Mre. Mary A. Brownell is ill at her | sister’s, Mrs. Sarah Hale's, in Spring- | fleld. Michael Daly, Jr., of Gilead is ill. Mrs, H. W. Howell has returned from | New London, where she was the guest | of her father, A. E. Goff. Mre, R. S. Warner, until within a few years a resident of Bolton, is ill_with diphtheria at her home in South Man- chester. Joseph Mack and Thoomas Daly, Jr., who have been very low with pneumo. nia, are improving. TURNERVILLE. Best Sleighing in Years—23 Degrees Below Zsro Registered. Mrs. J. H. White visited her grand- mother in East Hampton Tuesday. Mrs. T. R. Prentice and Mrs. D. F. Jaquith were in Willlmantic Tuesday. 3 their icehouses with fine 10-inch ice. The -sleighing is fine, the best in vears. During the cold snap of last week 33 degrees below zero was the lowest temperature recorded. |~ Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Jaquith attended the library whist Monday night at Hebron. RIPLEY HILL Eugene Richardson Injured by Fali on the Ice—Snowbirds Came to Be Fed. Mrs. B. Toplif has returned to her home somewhat Iimproved in health. Eugene Richardson fell on the fce injuring his right shoulder and seri- ously bruising and straining himself. The cold weather has brought juncos, The farmers about here have filled | | who at thy day evening, was held e Carolina Baptist church Wed- Miss Alice M. Ayres spent Saturday and Sunday at her home in Mystic. Mrs, Albert Hoyle is entertaining her brother, Thomas Dixon, from Lenox, | Mass, Mrs. M. H. James, who has been ill, | nesa | ‘11’11‘ e a business trip| 1 Entertained at Whist. { Mr. and Mre. Ralph Cornell enter- | tained the' whist club Wednesday | evening. | ] ord B. Moore was Wednesday ta chool census, Johneon Hoyle attended the whist club at Ralph Cornell's Wednesda evening. Golden Wedding. Mr, and Mrs. Thomas P. Brayman, a well known South county couple, cele- brated thelr golden wedding anniver sary Wednesday, Jan. 10, at their home t West Kingston. HOPKINTON. Mrs. Eunice Wells, 84, breaks Leg by Fall. Alton has been received here that Mrs, Eunice Wells of Boston fell on Saturday morning and_broke her leg above the knee. As she is 84 years old, the outlook for compbiete recov- ery is dark, aithough she is receiving the best of care at the Massachusetts | General hospital. She is the widow of Fdward S. Wells, a native of Hopkin- of Ler life | ton, and resided here most Town. oo viesiaiss o v Enters the competition to grow an set forth in The Bulletin's annou being $100 to first; $50 to second; of the contest. Coupon for the Bulletin’s Corn-Growing Prize Competition for 1912 oo, COUntY. . coveinsoniny acre of corn according to the plans incement on Jan, 1st, 1912, the prizes $25 each to third and fourth; and $10 each to three others; and suject to all the rules and requirements | ergy. There he stops—he and all his | Gescendants. They do the same o as thing in the same old way, now as a hundred, perhaps a thousand, “g0. With all due respects to the “wis- | dom of the ancients,” this isn't the sort of thing which keeps the world advancing. It is not even the sor i of thing which makes life worth liv- | | | ing. To say that every boy born in a cobbler’s shop must, therefore, be t right kind of a boy to make a cob y what common & that every boy therefore, be born on intended a farm for a farmer, is to say what many of us_have found false. must, While it is true that heredity and propinquity do much in shaping young lives, it is just as true that these in- fluences are not supreme, There are Cther elements that enter into the matter and that ought to be accepted as_controlling elements, too. Take our trade—that of farming There are lots of men in New land today whose farms ruin and who themselve; dogs because, having been born on the farms, they were forced by par- ental foolishness or personal unw \ u | | | 1 the 3 are no better than botch- are farmers the in Th making they fa not th uld be of themsel it make and vhich they mi make. cobble Tessm and yppy faiiures penters and cor It by no means follows that every boy who the itch for town meant for town. Statistics make i perfectly clear that more than nine out of ten who leave the farm for the city fail e even more sadly t sible in the country. Its pr o tell what a boy is cut out f v ms and prejudices poor_guides, and he 18 ap be a good deal of a puzzle to c heads. How to find out what he really is meant for? Give him his head and the chances are even that he will break his own neck; hold him in and check him too tightiy, and you may | break his spirit. And the question whether a live jackass is better than a dead lion is Dot all one-sided, aft er all! gets But the longer | five and the more | see of farmers,, the more sure I am that the only-man who really is fit to be a farmer is the one who takes vp farming from choice; from sheer | who take | spirit usually | | { pe | |1 | cause he wants to; because he'd rathey farm than go fishin’. Enthusiasm nts for a good deal, even in digging and pulling beans. There are men to the plow and the hoe a duck takes to water, would be unhappy indeed with r carpenter’s hammer or cob- s awl. They live with their farme not merely on them; they are fonder of their cows or their hens than they could of 4 hunds or pet Pomeranians; they grow vexed at the sunset because it Shortens their op= portunitics for accomplishment; they find joy in tasks which to others might eem menial, dirt handles ‘as b The man with that general sort of is a suc ul farmer nsive and productive farm an_who approaches every ith reluctance, as a hard ship ho must go through with in sel protection or self-defense—that man v mighty poor back pastures, has shingles on the old with a resy tut ‘the n But th far mduty 1t's a hopeful sign of the times that ow, more than ever, turning m from cholce. From the f such men we may reasonably and improvement, f D Te nodb Sicis | ing his methods and bettering his re- ety or congressmen; s | Sults than the man who s interested through with it possi The one whose f yund up in the plans and pu has made and the hopes h ed is much more likely ire than the one who only in getting a8 Likewlse there are men In cobulers’ | drifts with the current, or s blown shops and v:_u'pl.nixsxs' &ho! apd in | 3ONE B i congress who would be worth & €004 | g don't hear much, nowadays, ot ueal more to themselves and the world | ,, W 4% Hear [uch, el e e were on farme. s | i7" was good enough to stay home on hi dp vary, faic fohe At TER- here's a_different sent! of- CaDAREE, gaivs, E10Y. e world; a different smell in being recognized, at L ng 1s, in every respect, an occupation as any in tha nd that it takes, at its best fuller mental and physical equipment than . some others. It is also becoming. more generally recog- nized that, for the average man, its re- wards are fully as promising as those 3 lings in which ex~ ptional men may make more money But when an exceptional farmer 1fka David Rankin egn make over $3,000~ 000 at straight farming we needn’t di count too harshly the mere money-~ making possibilities of the farm. However, money is only one reward wa may win in thig world; and not by any | meags the most important, at that. What the country wants is not mora cobblers and carpenters bungling away | at farm work, when they ought to ba at that which nature intended them for; but more farmers farming it be- cause they are born farmers and like the job. THE FARMER. | tii"after the geath Services were First Baptist ch count of the wea Miss Hazel Grace Browne of Woon- socket, who gave an entertainment at the Dunn's Corner church Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the The Hopkinton 00! y losed Monday, as the slush wag con-| No services were held here | too deep for the children tollast Saturday, owing 10 the severe £ old | o 7 ? James Edwards a business call- | WEEKAPAUG. {er in Ashaway Wednesday. ! ——— Mrs. Mary Sunderland of Wickford Entertainment Given by Miss Hazel|is at the home of her brother, Hon, G. Browne—Personals. Benjamin Kenyon, here. ROCKVALLE Mrs. Byron L. Kenyon has return- ed home from Wickford, Las been for two weeks. Miss Susie Franklin, who has made her homo in this place for a number of years, has recently removed to Hope where she tor. A large number of friends and acquaintances attended this mass Afterwards the entire company went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lacrolx, on East Dover streel, where dinmer was served. Mr. and Mrs. Lacroix recelved the written blessing of Bishop Herman Bruneault of Nicolet, P. Q, and of their daughter, who is a nun in Woon- socket, R. I Making Pulp Out of Agresments. Germany apparently 18 trying te make pulp out of the Canadian-Ameri- can agreement as to print paper.— New York Herald. chickadees and song sparrows in large | Quonochontag garage, was greatly ap- numbers near houses in search of food. | preciated, although there was a small Jasper Harris has sold his farm to a | andience on account of the very siip- Valley. A BISHOP'S BLESSING. Has Something Just As Goed. New Jersey purchaser who will take possession at an early date. STORRS. Lecture by Professor MoMillian— particular story as an infamous false- hood the principal result is a general lglllh of incredulity.—Chicago Inter cean. Events of the Week. Professor McMillian, who was with Peary on his trip to the North Pole, pery going. Miss Browne has a fine contralto voice, and as a reader was much enjoyed. Oliver Gavitt has a large force of men filling his ice house with eight and nine inch ice. Mrs, George Noyes, who has been quite sick, is gradually improving. Leon W. Bliven had the misfortune to lose a horse one day last week with pneumonia. Received by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph La- croix on Their Golden Wedding Day. The golden wedding of Mr, and Mrs, Joseph Lacroix of 30 Fast Dover street, ‘Waterbury, was observed M; 7. . A solemn high mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock in St. Anne's church by the Rev. Ernest A. Lamontagne, the pas- When the Colonel says that he If out of politics he, doesn't mean, w¢ take It, that he has used up his suppin ~—RBoston Globe. 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