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Westerly Sold Many Seals School Pupils Led the State in Red Cross Work—Plans for Farmers’ Institutes—Citizens to Push Union Street Grading Project—Cyclers Take Second Game in Pool Match—What Is Doing In Quarry Circles John J. Dunn of Westerly, secretary of the state board of agriculture, is preparing an attractive programme for | the annual farmers' Institute of the board to be held in Providence, March 4 and . The programme has been | made up in outline, with the subjects decided upon, and the names of the gpeakers given as far as possible. Sec- retary Dunn gives the order of ex- ercises, as far as completed, as fol- lows: March 4, afternoon—Address on the Greatest Needs in Rural Education; The Relation of the Agricultural Col- lege to the Farm, Dr. Edwards of the Rhode Island college. Evening— Address on Practical Poultry Keeping, speaker not announced; The Value of Birds to the Farmer, E. H. Furbush; not intend to do any more in the grad- ing line, unless by special request of the taxpayers, have taken the matter up for representation to the council. These citizens, ‘twenty or more, held a meeting Friday evening, and there was deiailed discussion of the whole business from the very start of the project. The committee is decidedly in favor of reducing Union street and extend- ing a change in grade its entire Iength frem Broad to Main streets. 'They favor a cut of six feet at the crest of tne hill with gradual slope on either side of Main and Broad streets. This w could easily be done within the ameunt appropriated in town meeling, bul which tne committee of citizens ¢laim is being held up by alleged legal Natural and Artificial Incubation, I J.| subterfuge and in the interests of Lambert. property holders in a section of Main March 5 morning—Addresson The | street who are opposed to the change, Prevention of Tuberculosis in Cattle as trafic might be diverted to the and Feeding of Cattle for Milk Pro-| improved Union stree duction, speakers not chosen; Fracti-| The rumnq’i;tee of citizens has ap- cal’ Dalrying, Elmer D. Howe, Marl-| pointed a sub-committec to visit the borough, Mass. Afternoon-Increas- | owners of property abutting on Union ing the Yield of Corn, ward W. | sircet and ascertaiil their estimated Thienert of Albion, R, I There will | jamages, and to get their views in re- also be an address by O. H. Benson |lation to the proposed improvement. of the National Bureau of Plant In-| At the proper time this body of cit- dustry, who will speak on boy’s corn{izens wili hring the whole matter to clubs throughout the south. In the | the attention of the town council. nvonln‘lo( the 5th, Prof. F. C. Som;s‘ 2 e of the Massachusetts agricultural col- e lege ‘;‘“ speak on Thgr Future Out- | The second game of the series in the pool match between representative teams of the Westerly Cycle club and the Westerly Catholic club was played in the rooms of the latter club and won by the Cyclers. The game was witnessed by many members of both clubs and there was interest all through the clossly contested game. The score follows: look for Success in Orcharding. There | will be also an address on the general | subject of Orcharding, and Professor Stens will discuss Spraying. Secretary Dunn also announces the following dates for farmers' institutes in connection with the granges and other orgamizations in different purts | of the state: February 8, Dr. H. J. Wheeler speaks at Lime Rock, under the aus- Smethurst . pices of the grange on Solls and |A. Toomey 20 Treatment. Babcock i On Febru 5 there will be a poul. Doyle 2 try institute at the Rhode Isiand col- | J. Ingham . 2 lege, at which Alfred R, Lees, junior | C. Leo Higgins . 39 animal husbandman in poultry investi- | O. Martell ¢ gation of the department of agricul- | R. Hunter 24 ture, Washington, D. C,, will speak on | P. Bryer 2 Packing House Methods of Handiing | W. Sullivan 35 Poultry and Eggs. This will be at = = the morning sessioni at 10 o'clock and | yas1BT . 143 at the beginning of the session Pres- | 5 £ eferee and Sam- | ident Edwards will give an address of | uel Bliven as scorer, The next game welcome. In the afternoon at two | Will be played at the rooms of the o'clock, George V, Smith of Willing- | Cycle club, Thursday evening. On the Conn., editor of The Conneciicut | following evening the Catholic club Farmer, will speak on Poultry a3 a |team will play the third of a serles Form Crop. This session will be fol- five games with the P. S. Barber owe? by a question box, ¢ team. The Catholic club 1\\ nn has issued a folder adverti mes of the series with The local St. John Baptist society| Invitations hav by, | has elected the following office the friends and and President, Dr. Omer Larue; vice pri Mrs. W LA Bay Napoleon Jette; secretary, Geo.' View avenue attend their twelfth assistant secretary, Alfred W edding anmv v at their home on Roblllard; treasurer, J ph ‘Papalme; February 12, from curateurs, Amede Menard, Francols this institute, and xwing a 1 the firemen and broke even with the questions which he suggests cyclists, asked &t the time of the Questlon Box. Local Laconics. T ebrary A e pombert Wl sust as soon as weather permits iron's Corners. On the toth. | there will be a rusn of work in the also, Charles S, Phelps will speak at nite quarries of Westerly. an institute conducted by the Cumber- | A Norwich granite manufactur and grange, and his subject will be | declares that during the twelve yeal iover snd \ml:, he has been in the trade he has not On the 23d, J. D. Foord of the Mas-, been cheated out of $5: sachusetts agricultural college will A petition is being circulated in| speak at an institute of Lime Rock | Bradford, urging the Westerly Light grange on Corn Improvement and|& F *ompany to extend service to Culture. that village On the 27th there will be an in-| Dr A, vV, Phelps completed the se- stitute in Odd Fell hall, Wakefleld, | 12 ot S Thclps: ‘Tf‘)‘c"fi.s:le horaes at which Prof. George R. Cobb will “Thursfiay evening, in the Broad speak on the subject, Pleasure and|Sireat Christian church | Profit or. One Acre. This meeting will o # At} ook ‘rank H, Crandall, registry clerk on Z3th there will be a mept- | 4t the Westerly postoffice, is on a few ing with the Moosup Valley grange, at | ¢° ilc is on a duck hunting which Mr. Lambert will speak omn Poultry. On 20th, South Scituate grange at Ashland will have an institute at which Mr. Lambert will speak on Poultry he 29th South Scituate grange hland will have an institule at Collins Tefft will speak on slture Combined with Fruit | Culture for I’):fil March 18 the Greystone Horticul- turnl society wil lhave a meeting at| whick James Robertson will speak on Dahlia Culture. On F , George E. Ad- amg wil ime Rock on Plant Breeding a maeting on Wheeler will Grass Culture. nge will have the 28th, at which Dr. speak on Alfalfa, and| In the Christmas sale of Red Cross' seals, the scheol children of Westeriy ! s : than the schools of any oth- t and are there- vacuum clean- the Rhode Islan association. M secretary of the local \e asecciation, received of ‘the award, Westerly pupils made an record in selling the act, the m successful ever | the The sale aver- eighteen seals per camu‘ schoois of Bristol and Smith- id came second, Witk over nine seals for eaca pupil, and the average was \ en North Smithfield, Bur- rillville, Barrington, Bast Greenwich, Lincoln, Little Compton and Kast Providence. The other chools. in or- der of sale North Kingston, | Fortsmout orth Providence, War- Cumberland, Warwick, South ren, ituate, by The prize for the schools of and The matter of cutting down Cookey hill, or Union street, is to be revived, inned to carry the whole ) a decided fin of prominence being of the town council does 0110, CITY OF TOLLDO, oF makes oath that he er of the firm busine: ng in e of Catarrh by Hall's e the use of FRANK J. CHENEY. to before me and subscribed this 6th day ot Decem- € D. 1856, k A. W. GLEASON, (Seal.) Notary Public. Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter- acts directly on the blood Furfa of the system for testimonials free J. CHENEY *0.,_Toledo, O. & sold by all Druggists Take pation. 50 Plils for consti- Hall's Fam A Warning Against Wet Feet. trip in the vicinity of Wauchaug pond, town Charlestown. No ¢ session of the Third district riday, but two writs on book ac- counts were entered, answered and continued for trial. A delegation from the Westerly council attended the reception and en- tertainment of the state council, Ju- r Order American Mechanics, giv- en by Miantonomah council, in Prov- fdgence, Friday evening. _ Jehn McCarthy died in St. Joseph's Providence, Thursday. He ell knowiy in Westerly and su- Yerintended the installation of tie big Liese. engines in vlant, The monume at the grave of Bish op William N. McVicker in St. John's churchyard, Providence, is to be of Westerly granite, of strong and rug- ged lin d to represent the cha. r of the man whose memory it o perpetuate. Congressman George H. Utter of a ar man, has been one e ten members of ve board of the republican ressional committee. The other ers of the committee are sena- presentatives of long ex- perience. A Quincy firm has been awarded the conttact for a monument for Revere post, G. A. R, at Canion, Mass. It 1 be of Westerly granite, with the eption of a ball with which it is Lo be surmounted, and this will be of dark blue polished granite. The mon- ument wili rest on a base and the total leight will be fifteen feet. W the local eléctric and ! {to the f | minal cr civil case tried at the court | | the city’s | by the city is so leaky it has been de- | NORWICH EULLETW SATURDA ‘FEBRUARY 10, 1912 SQUARE DEAL-=The Best and Most for Your Money Are you going to be the goat? WHY PAY FOR EXPENSIVE DELIVERY SYSTEM or the other feHow’s bad lmlt- ->r Humphreys’ Seventy-Seven Breaks up Grip and l COLDS “Seventy-seven” goes direct to the sick spot without disturbing the rest of the system. “Seventy-seven” breaks up Colds that hang on—Grip—that do not yield to other treatment. ““Seventy-seven” is a small vial of pleasant pellets, fits the vest pocket, ever handy, ready to take, no delay, no fuss. At Drug Stores 25¢. or mailed. Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor. William and Ann Streets, New York. served. The commanderies of Wester- , New London and Mystic accepted invitations to be present. PUTNAM Woman's Relief Corps Places Con- tract fer Monument to Soldiers and Sailors—Yorkshire Nightingale at Congregational ~ Church—Wilkinson | Estate Matter Going to Supreme Court. | | It was stated Friday the efforts of | the Woman's Relief corps to raise a fund for a monument that will stand as a memorial to the men of the army | and navy from Putnam and vicirity, has been crowned with success, und | that the monument will be erected in time for dedication in connection with the Memorial day exerclses. It is! understood that the contract for the monument was placed Friday through marble works of this city and that the price will be about $3,000, The site for | the monument is not announced. For the success that has been achieved in creating the necessary fund in the face of many difficulties Mrs. Lillie Leach of the W. R. C. is entitled to special credit, her labors in the wor- thy cause having been indefatigable. Yorkshire Nightingale Heard. Rev. Enos Bacon of England, famil- iarly known as the Yorkshire Night- ingale, gave a very pleasing enter- tainment at the Congregational church here Friday evening. All the Delivery in City 8 Cents STEAK 2:..x [ 5¢ SMOKED Fancy, Sugar Cured SHOULDERS #Brown as a mut Forequarters LAMB PORK CHOPS Best Elgin BUTTIER, b. ..... Yellow TURNIPS Short 8irloin Port-rhnun e Extra Large GRAPE FRUIT, 2 for 25¢ Seeded or Seedless RAISINS, 3 pkgs. . 25¢ % can !()Zorn " For Yellow Eye BEANS 2quarts ........... 19c Golden Yellow MEAL 10 lbs. . 22¢ At 4 o’clock Saturday BEaNs, . 10C h10'c SATURDAY and MONDAY SPECIALS b 850 Fresh, Lean, Little Plg' Booton Rolled SALT PORK Extra heavy, b Tic| Large, EGGS Dark Brown Fine Dry ONIONS “Little Pix" PORK LOINS, Ib. ™ Shoulders |, H],c mlfitive FoWL FRANKFURTERS SAUSAGE Peanut BUTTER ek LT Ib- Isc 12 Ibs. 25¢ b {2;¢|Prime Rib ROAST . ih. | 4 |Chioice Lamb Chops 1. | | ¢ [lic Fancy Malaga GRAPES, bb. ... GOLD DUST Large package . Evaporlted PEACHES CeresPUMPKINS 2 Ibs. Starch 1 bar Soap 1.can Cleanser 1 pkg. Stove Polish 12Y5c . 19¢ ® Mealy Cooking POTATOES, peck .+ 35¢ Fancy Baldwin APPLES, peck ...... 29¢ Karo SYRUP can 8c Pure Flavoring EXTRACTS, 2 oz. bots. 21¢ Fancy White Head RICE, 4 Ibs. ... 23c Pure COCOA PRUNES—extra large 1lc c1msu,nmms N R T Seedless ORANGES " Royal Blend COFFEE, bb. ....... 34c Washington CRISP 3 pkgs. . 25¢ 1 pkg. Macaroni 1 pkg. Jelly Powder 1 jar Jam Rolled OATS At 4 o’clock Saturday BREAD . BC-8C favorable press notices that Rev. M Bacon has received on account of h wonderful voice and versatility were | lived up to by him at his appearance | here. His voice, of wonderful range, he can change at will from exception- | al high register, for a man, to a deep | Dbaritone. | St. John Baptist Officers. | Wedding Anniversary to be Observed | —Observance of Lincoln Day—Fore- | man. Gaskell Meeting. Presides at Firemen's { non-payment of dues. corps, Latham camp, Sons of Veter- ans, Phebe Packer Rathbun tent, Daughters of Veterans. A fine pro- gramme has been arranged. Delinauents Expelled. At the regular monthly meeting of | the Mystic Hook and Ladder com- pany, held in their parlors, Wednes- day night, Foreman Winfield Gaskell | presided over his first meeting, It was voted to accept the offer of scme of the honovrary and active members to furnish a pool table for the com- | pany's rooms. One member was re- celved and many wero expelled for It was voted to make a few alterations and improve- ments in the electrig lighting system. Heard and Seen. of Westerly and Mr. and Mrs, Will- iam F. MacKenzie of Pittsfield are guests of their mother, Mrs. Isabella A. MacKenzie of Broadway, who re- mains quite ill Charles E. Wheeler has been visiting in New York this week. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson New York friends. Mrs, Henry A. Wilbur has returned is visiting | to Noank after a visit to her daugh- ter, Mrs. George C. Lane. Frank N. Gilfillan of New Britain is the guest of his family on East Maln street, A new range employs both electric- ity and steam. An electric current cooks the food on top of the range and also generates steam, which is conducted into the oven to cook its DRINK HABIT RELIABLE HOME TREATMENT. Thousands of wives, mothers and sisters are enthusfastic in their praise of ORRINE, because it has cured their loved ones of the “Drink Habit” and thereby brought happiness to their homes. <an be given secretly, OR- RINE costs only $1.00 per box. Ask for Free Booklet. Mr. and Mrs. George A. MacKenzie contents, Srodeur; commissaire ordonateur, Jo- | Patrioti . | {seph Guertin; corresponding seare- Atriotis Servios; directors, Alfred _ Monday evening, Lincoln day, at the | Gaudias Rivard, Arthur Gre. Union Baptist church, sa patriotic Joseph A. Vandale, Alphonse meeting will be held. Invitaions | Joseph St. Onge, Oliver La- |have been extended to Williams post, bossiere, Gudias Rivard. |G. A. R, Williams Woman's Reliet Few Remonstrants. - A comparatively small number of | persons has so far appeared before the | members of the board of relief of the town of Putnam. There have, of course, been some persons who desir- ed to call the attentlon of the board assessments levied against them, but on the whole the prospects are for few changes from the lists as made up by the board of assessors. Officers of Hook and Ladder Co. Following is the new board of offi- cers, ratified by the common council, of the Putnam Hook and Ladder com- | pany: Foreman, Martin Welch; first | assistant, Henry Welch; second as- sistant, Willlam Murray; secretary, John B. Daigle, City’s Disbursements. The principal items of expense in | ccounts for January a George W, Perry, C. A. Gamino,sewer contrac- 1; Putnam Light and Pow er company, $481.27; court $108.34; Putnam Water company, $375 for Sprinkling Cart. Because the sprinkling cart owned ! as follows: 2,19 officers, $28, cided by the common council to buy | cart, which will be secure and ready for service during the spring and summer months. The cost | the new cart will be about $375, which will have a steel tank with & capacity of 450 gallons. Trying to Settle Wilkinson Estate. Further legal consideration is pend- ing in connection with dhe distribution of property coming from the estate of Smith Wilkinson, one of the promi- nent early zens of this town has Dbeen dead for many -3 who complicated as to require 1 waiting, and points that have come up jin An immense block of granite was recently jed at the Concord branch the New England grbnite works, when a solid mass 150 feet long, 30 feet wide and 49 feet deep containing approximately 300,000 cu- bic feet and weighing 25,000 tons, was taken from this side of Rattlesnake hill Four holes 25 feet deep were | drilled for removing a single blast he granite and was sufficient. NOANK School Ppils Punctial in Attendance | Madeline, —Instailation of I. 0. G. C. nk schools poriml adance for January are as fol- rst grammar room: Annie Camp- Florence Fi rick Marijan gman, Gladys Sirong, Lloyd Brown, bert Hill, Sixth and Seventh grades—Constance Hiil, Helen Maine, Beatrice Rathbun, Helen Vallette, Alfred Crowell, John Smith. Fourth and Andrews, Lois vean, Hadley Hecladay., adie Morris: n Victoria Rasmussen, nor Specht, camB Durwood Fifth grades: Butson, Catherine De- Fitch, Ruth Fitch, Helen Meled Joseph Musante, Rosalie Raymond Rathbun, Flea- Alfred Ward, and Third r, Kenneth Hill, ain, Leland grades: John Olay Jensen, Marvin Porter, John - Wet and chillead feet usually affect| Jensen, Rollin Rathbun, Arline Stang, the mucous membrane of the nose,| L.ynton \\'ilro( nd lungs, and la grippe, bron- [ First grade: Harold Brown, Francis is v pneumonia may result. | Filll, Dexter Holaday, Alice Main, Doris ch carefully, particularly the chil- | Walter M i, Annie Sciva t the <Ing stubborn Philip § 5 s oley's and Tar Nokomis’ Instaliation inflamed | o omisco . r € and L PR TR dekly. Take no s The Lea| 2 204 & Osgood Cc cvening rus 1 in- } mander, Dav He Won't Limp Now. No more Hmpmg for Tom Moore of ‘ochran, Ga. “I had a bad sore on my instep that nothing seemed to help til] 1 used Bucklen's Arnica Salve,” he W] “but this wonderful healer soon = me.” Heals old, running sores, ujcers, boils, burns, cuts, bruises, eczo- me or piles. Try it Only 25 cents at Zhe Lee & Osgood Co's ), vice noi'e commander, man Sutherianc; past noble command- er, Laurence Grumley; nokle keepe records, T. J. Sawyer; treasurer Latrence Grumley: records, Mrs. Minnie V prelate, Mrs, Nellie Bailey; inner gate, Simeon Ccle; outer gate, W. A. Frazer. of the work cake and Mrs. tinancial keeper of Mette: worthy warden of warden of At the cloze coffee were 4 Ro- | | | | I considering various phases of the settlement have been referred to the preme court of the state for decis- ion. City Notes. W. H. Young of Woodstock and John Jarvis of this ci both well known horsemen, left Putnam Friday afternoon en route for the west tc buy “green” horses. Messrs. Young and Jarvis had no definite plans as to where they would buy and may travel i al western “horse” states | before completing their purchas: ng‘ They will be away from Putnam until about March 1. | Mr. and Mrs. Prosper Poirier of St. Canada, are visiting rela- tives in this city, Mrs. Poirier's par- {ents being Mrs. Eugene Durocher of Woodstock avenue. Mrs. Emily Manning of this city re- | | | cently passed her 90th birthday. Alderman E. L. Davis has stored 9,000 tons of ice in his houses, two corps having been cut. | The rura] free delivery carrlers had | another tough experience to face Fri- | day morning when they started over | their routes from the local office with the temperature hovering around the | zero mark. Willingness by the Express Com- panies to co-operate with the inter. state commerce commission in cor- recting abuses of which shippers and merchants complain was declared at a meeting yesterday of the joint confer- ence committee appointed by the inter- state commerce commission. Terrible_Suffering | Ecxema All Over Baby’s Body. | vas four months | ith eczema, | and at s!).vevn months of age, his face, | har in a dreadful | d all over his | We had to put a mask or cloth | over his face and tie up his hands. | Finally we gave him Hood's Sarsapa- | rilla and in a few menths he was en- | tirely cured. Today he is a healthy | Dboy.” Mre. Inez Lewls, Baring, Maine. S Hood's Sarsaparilla cures blood dis- eases and builds up the system. Get it today in usual liquid form or ehocolated tablels calied Sarsatabs. | WINTER OVERCOATS Today, Feb. 10, and Next Week Sale for a Week and a Day AT 30c MORE THAN HALF PRICE || Sale Ends Feb. 17 is Means $10.00 OVERCOATS _________________$ 550 $12.00 OVERCOATS ___.______________$ 6.50 $15.00 OVERCOATS _________________$ 8.00 $18.00 OVERCOATS _________________$ 950 $20.00 OVERCOATS _________________ $10.50 $22.00 OVERCOATS _________________ $11.50 $25.00 OVERCOATS _________._______ $13.00 $30.00 OVERCOATS ________.________ $15.50 $5.00 CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS_._______$ 3.00 $4.00 CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS_._______$ 2.50 # i Alterations Extra. 4 Aawu All Sizes—Men’s, Boys’ and Chiidren’s. THE F. A. WELLS CO. ““Good Clothes Store” N. D. Sevin & Son, 118 Main.