Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 7, 1914, Page 12

ORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1914 FARMING WHICH SHOULD BE AN INSPIRATION holder did you couldn’t do, an don’t believe -anybody else coul on your farm. Very iikely not. Neith- and kept at that crop for three year: Oats are sown the fourth year; wheat you do, with the usual tineiny and clover | ceding, the fifth vear. Clover is then | er s Householder doing what Nord- cut for two years, after which it is [ man dees; nor Nordman deing what Householder does. The one thing that ‘can be said is that they are both suc- ceeding in taking prefits where others before them took only loss. They are doing this, not by blindly Imitating each other or anybody else, but by taking advantage of their spec- ial conditions and working to the full their own speclal capacities. turned under, and the rotation begins again. He also has one ten acre field in alfalfa, all the time. This enables him to keep about twenty cows and enough hogs as a sideline to bring in an extra $400 a year. He also keeps five horses. He and his nephew do all the work, except in the three months of summer when one extra hamd is d. smplays There are farme right hers in East. < i > icut where any attempt at His barn is cement-floored. Not |ern Connect! only are the stables cleaned out daily, ;;wy!ng ’edlther m:h rdlurdwmnn‘dor ‘ths but they are also flushed out and ali | Householder methocs Y o straight to the back door of the poor- house. Had they been put on one of these farms I dom't belleve either one -the manure, liquid and selid, drawn at once and spread on the clover flelds as & top-dressing. This, for two reasons: first, because the +weed seeds have | Would ever have gone into the plan he small chance to gain lodgement in a g"vy' ru‘lilw?' %ur 1 uusne't:;‘ he m:uld field already fuily.occupied with clover; “h‘x*} *"l;P; "nme oher! sys! eyl." second, because it glves him a simply | Which would have tted the farm he priceless sward © to plow under, | W& on, and would.bxve made it pay Wherewlith to feed his corn. His herd | Something, somehow. is composed of mixed Jerseys and 1t isn’t likely that the marshes of — B © The Bulletin) | If I can lead only one or two strug- | Holsteins. His milk grades above the | . = 4 icwasen Soscisile o T Ive sald | gling farmers who are making a mess | city standard, and he gets lots of i s Gase;Cof ana Jiew. Seramn woplsave I don't take back anything T've said | %0F " qustriously following other | His cows bring him in from $1,500 to | Take elfher Jalry farms or wheat about exceptional farming and ex- | U ..’ methods into the idea of de- [$1800 a year; his hogs about $400; | favias 'But they make edceedingly ceptional farmers, Nor about the im- | 750 Nhemseives and their farms | caives, wheat, etc. two or three hun: | Profitable cramberry bogs—for those Dossidility of taking them as either | [7 (L5, ines on which they are in- |dred more. The income is steady and | §ho are fitted :to tend = cranberries. types or models. It won't do, when |Gif,lly strongest, it will be all I|as certaln as any farm income can be. | XOU €30t Efow good corn on = sour Eame e s o (ner | Hore fo dol There’ is_something to do_every day, |}and But vou can raise mammot cess, to say, offhand, thai any other = Bt o Season of Fush and’ overwork, | Dlieberries on a soil so sour that it farmer on any other farm could d0 48 | 1. Houssholder, to begin with, is a| The farm has already fully paid for | Would make the faucet of a vinegar well. It wasn't with any such idea |, .0 "%urmer, and Kansas farming | itseif and for all the improvements on | D3ITel sneeze And there's money in 1 told the story of Nerdman of |, eqny follow "the same furrows as beside netting Mr. Householder | Dlieberries ~if you are’ paturally a ! onsin and his 32000 & vear pro- | (onpecticut’s. But what he did, in|something like a thousand dollars a | Plueberry farmer. \ » originally poor farm of stxty | LORSCINS, insds conditions, may | year clear proft, iR | R S “’;*x; hat | ggest to some one something which e mr:gu-den: of us but has to tell, today, the story of | S\ ve don Connecticut under |« , | some spec ude for some specia i Householder of Kansa: HHERE b O e | “Sixty acres are emough for any|sort of culture. There's hardly a farm % Connecticut conditio farm. The more land he has|in al] New England which isn't cap- ed to say that the best ed- i acres the worse off a man |gble of doing ra b lL::::Zu was not fhat which stuffed a |, Twenty years ago M, Havsaholden E s Nordman of Wisconsin. [-syerage w‘:mgsoml:eorm ‘:flfn’g thuns e il of “Givecss Laayisage, but [took an -acre farm near 1"'i A farmer who can't make money off What ho. saii \db bkt S hat hat which enabled him to draw out of | I L B e e ken | CiEhLY acres couldn’t make it Off a|farm can de most profitably n him. We're no two of us just alike. | et v had O o R . ati ity GAR 7RG out fore Bimeelf SIE b has We all Tike to think that we're differ- | A how_about Connecticut? | the gumption. He must find them out ent/ from other folks. And so we are | S0l 0 Lhat thE OTRRET CRL T - TOE" 5 if he to hope for a ptace in the list ¢n.some. dogree. We also like to think | B0 he sold it to the first | fancy | hear some of you making | of successful farmers. u&s‘. \\f»”‘ \\}”r(v‘r":\vté:r‘;mfh x‘u%’f and thought hims that | the usual objection that what House- THE FARMER. other folk v e faot, or paitRpAEhtE e : S tmore Mhely. b the. froth of |ho had found a buve " fool_enaligh (o — = & )y own over-weel 5 ~conceit. o g E 5o B e et motiow Ry, | imProvement of any sort on the land; %0 pho e o o = o o house; not even a barn 3y imbedded in theirminds are the R G e ew Un Dn S unlcl a ce ru ecl st stubborn and hopeless foes-of all | (hat was ¢ o keep a WoseCl : e O concotts | With modern conveniences: a fine nou wise i ewn concel m: other neede Where is more hope for a fool than for | Pl BRI ot e e SR ’ : tim” So'sala King Solomon. ~But S oy ot e Gace of | Some Dissatisfaction Over Result of Meeting and Further ere is no doubdt, t by sy mo acre; keeps twer excel others, vou and I differ from | % G eer . § i et ‘o fistn ench Glbwy S Pcioun | x all_the butter, Action May be Taken—What Senator Miner Did—Cost degrees. We have our lin k- | 2 - i = ness B i} ines o st h. In! - S and o iCT M H = ol ness and our iyt taeing 1o $2,000 a vear half of which of Municipal Building—Action of Common Council— average: in some ways we are:proba- | I3 T prafiis X Diy above the average. sl Work on New Pier. The men who susceed are generally | Well, in the first place, he dld it by ¥ e e e ey | learning his farm and his markets. e ose who are shrewd enoush or14cky | All the other farmers about him et e e 5 54 e er ‘e line " along | All the other farmers about Mm alsed | Just because a coterie of citizens been just a little coin wasted with strongest and follow T e ens a4 oy | Who are cter ready to battle agalnst|the construction of that building. it and energetically | rain, grain; year after year and of | anvihing that emanates with May- |Some time, some day, there will pe say ou or 1, whose cha T, e I ors haa | or Mahan, came to the aid of those in- | perhaps, a detalled report of the act- may have a crack’ just where theira|Erain low. Frreiermors, his AL At ed in local ice monopoly and {ual cost of that bullding, in itemized are doubly ridged with strength, can'|been =so wi Bl iy _meefing downed the recom- |form, and for general distribution. did, 1s to talk nonsense. | Wouldmt any I lime | mendation of an appropriation for the | Then, and not till then, should the ep- o his trade,” is an old LRt Bty Bushels of < shment of a municipal ice plant, | itaph’ be written. {2 yon can do some things | Evidently he must do so SHierit on the matiar thatis Sfismuen 1n. | e things better than either Tover This meant carrying some | Summer time. The Perry-Armstrong E:arpreve the action of N-muug one of us. or either of us to drop our |clover. Whis meant Samying SOme | contingent, so termed, were out in force | Endine company, as recommended by present plans and_try, like silly mon- | S0CK, N & SO Gl hd with ‘automobiles of ‘theff own | (RS fte commities of ilie ‘sauncl, in keys. to imitate Nordman and House” | While grain was plenty and cheap ed those sir InflgEnce 10 | aman. Al e oD oF Fagmer holder blindly, just because they have | While graln was plenty and cheap i SR U'them coie | Foreman Alderman Thomas E. Dono- succeeded, would be folly. R e i st ‘the Dropos ome of the aiming that Mr. Donohue was alg He found that there was o big call In | SEMISL, e Droeosiion. Sgme of 1he | fully within his rights as a member of I don't tell their stories with i3 i Moy Nty ence to attac y h - D e e thosn, | OTiEinally to renew the farm's fertility, | ahscnce to 2 r tractor of the municipal bULOIE: wot o inspirations, as s 5 e ' 5 y : The mayor has duties in W + ","‘"“b"' of the compdny. While the ome other farmer, of differ- | E ol that inasmuch as a municipal ice plant | .o OPsoleteirules of the company, it into the road on which | = e ik ; would be for the - Eood that those | W88 not the real cause for the expul- 3 not an_exactly identical | The momant he had macs thess 9i” | who = wonld: have besn bemefitted | 20 DU Pather Was Seincent - gt s t ‘one similar. We are dif- | "o\ e would turn out and vote for the meas- | ez 05 J0 (41&ible reason could b Terent from both Nordman and House- CHIE (0 the con whia. I ure. The people avidently believed | as5i§ned for the action, which it is : : Lo ifment. nou nas. He would grow clover R no_opposition to mak- | {3y SUSESNAAS Wholly ofs bereons S e U AT Msell milk, cream and butter. While | propriation and therefore | my " ap1da by the decision of . the ets are different. Vory methods [} v were slowly we ut theiy | did not attend the meeting. The gum |Must at 4 Mo NG e vhich spell success to them might |they were slowly w Ut el | Shoo campaien of the opponents was | CoUrt of common council and as the 0 Ba at they found out | prove his soil with clover and seil | Pehind the mayor to look out for|{ynyrova; th g e e sy gftted for and what | roducts for which there was a daily | the measure to be considered Donohae rétaine Rib SesEarating Ho e made to do and ) Jnd vociferous demand at high prices. | 1N consequence it was a. one-sided | o] ORIy vindicated, Nat 3 ts wou ay for. meeting and the majority had full | JiS been oo S we find out the different ] s e T alitiae and | &1 he has the good and welfare of an hich our farms are fitted for, | He put his farm, outside the house, | oy maitora tar removen T the trn. | organization of which he has been a ir markets will make profit- |garden, and an alfalfa lot, in seven|p i ced municipal ice plant, and they | Mémber for twenty years-at heart, and sble, and which we are best able to | fields and uses a Seven-vear rotation, P ek 'Y | will probably tender his resignation, went the limit. Mayer Mahan was o Bach year one field is planted o corn | wer o e hmit, Magor Mahan Was|rather than be the cause of friction, B e e o pestll was ®|and demand an honorable discharge - is understood that there will be an ef- | {F9m the Nameaugs Protect Tort made to have another try for that | _The councll acted wisely in the mat- municip: e plant. If that time ases| ter as it also did in paying the bills Foursell o ie of the health officer in the smallpox HAa ® & 3 and without farther question. Ask for ool e e unpleasant incident with Dr = A $ is probably definitely closed and ORIGINAL 2t & public will continue to have the GENUINE 5 4 ” benefit the competent health of- - - ficer's se ice. But, the future, he It was real news, of the most ex-|may not take it wholly upon himself The Food Drmk For All Ages-—flighly Nutnholls and Convement e AL AR o o] e B e s SRS L R spa nou hat State Sen- | pense in the department without con- Rich milk, with malted grain extract, in powder form—dissolyes N e L B o e ot the Il o i o in water—more healthful than tea or coffee. Used in training was -the thor | the court of common council. athletes. The best diet for Infants, Growing Children, Invahd< dopted at the last and the Aged. It agrees with the weakest dlgestlon. Ask for “*HORLIGK’S’’—at Hotels, Restaurants, Fountains. Don’t travel In Lunch Tablet form, also, ready to eat. without it. Also keep it at home. A lunch in a minute. Cenvenient— nutritious. Families Are Buying “Sunkist” Oranges by the Box or Half-Box Enjoy the rich, delicious meat and sweet, tangy juice of ruddy, thin-skinned, seedless ‘‘Sunkist’’ oranges. , Have this golden fruit for breakfast: ‘‘between meals. (2215 10mpv %) by bare hands. - and packers of ‘‘Sunkis tn oranges’and;lemons wear clean,;whitejcotton; gloves. { W:‘S\mkist” oranges are the fin- | est, juiciest oranges in the world. Tree-ripened, fiberless. Not a seed in_“Sunkist.”, Buy them by the box n buy- - weeks. t” lemons — so full of juice that they go farther than other lemons. Try “Sun- ; kist”” lemonade—hot or cold. &« Lemons add flavor fl or half-box. € That is cheape ing by the dozen. % They ke i Ask for “‘Sunk th ep to fish, meats and salads Buy “Sunkist” Or at Your er’s Send your name and full address free premium sheet and Premium C! Plan. and all inquiries to , - California Fruit Growers Exchange | 139 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IIL Address all orders for preminms i | Get Ro ers Silver with )“Sunlngt” Wrappers ~ Cut ‘he trademarks from ‘‘Sunkist” orange and lemonwrappers and send them tous. We offer27dif- ferent premiums, all Rogers A-1 Standard Guaran- teed Sil..ware. } Exclusive ‘‘Sunkist” design. For this orange spoon send 12 ‘‘Sunkist’’ Orange or Lemon Wrappers and - 6 two-cent‘ stamps. orange and lemon, wmppexs count same as ‘‘Sunkist.” a.nd Lemons for lub (148) dessert and ’ & Cleanest of all (ruxts—never touched All the pickers ‘“‘Red Ball” which ga home »onds lature With three steam scows with engines in operation for soundings for the piers of the big railroad bridge across the Thames, and with more than twice as man pile drivers and dreggers at work within a short distance on the tate pier, gives Indication of what is to come when work is in full sway on those two big undertakings which will mean the expenditure of a couple of million dollars before completion Already that section of Bast New Lon- don is a very busy place and the act] ity is sure to spread and the good in- fluence will permeate the whole city and beyond. Before the summer.gets a good start it {s predicted by those who are in position to predict correctly th wairm report rdopt me n of the the | r men and | that made ommended with although changes bill was to do that measure, yroval, some hade while the r- e there will be work for every man cnoc familiar rith, o in New London who want to work and O el L that as least five hundred will have of the court of common council and | peil S34ed to the present population S nance committee, |y reason of these two big projects, the By ed the recent fi- | o5nstruction of the buildings of the 2 for a city meet- | connecticut Women's College, the amon_councii re- | e As the Munsey and other buildings. Sonmerd stated just once before, the vear )!‘ ‘“v 1914 will be a boomer-for New London, furnishing for meeting neared it was discovered t '[ “ d c ty the meeting could e held to act olian oun upon the appr nd the issuir of bor n, for there was a e n that home BOLTON ruie bi Th vision that the city debt must be taken into consider- | Members of Alvord Family on Sea ation in the issuar of bonds and| Trip—Dance for Benefit of Hall 2,000 worth would bring the city be Elnd: mecting was officially « e Miss Annie M. Alvord sailed from | % New York Wednesday with her cousin, s Ella Alvord, of Torrington, for | R e e L e e o building reminds of a bit of ancient| hree months. They were accompanied h:story hat may bear repetition. It| iy the latters' brother, George Alvord, i\\:l~ T C cially stated when the | gng son of Hartford, who are to go project of the new building was being | panama. , discussed, or @the repairing of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lyman of Columbia i old one, for which the power to iS- | were racent guests of Mr. and Mrs, | »nds was originally granted, sev- | Af Pinney | eral vears ago, t the work could | Miss Alice FEaton is in Rockville, be accomplished for a sum that would | where she went to attend the funeral not exceed $64,000. It was sald at the | of her great-grandfather, John Mon- time in this correspohdence, that be- | otte, last Sunday. Mr. Monette was fore the building would be ready for | gver 90 years of age. occupancy th three times that A teachers’ meeting was held at amount would be expended, and it | Center Tuesday afternoon. does look as if it was a case of “1 told you so.” When the last public Dance for Hall Fund. report was made the estimate of the John H. Massey gave a benefit danc total cost was $112,000 or thereabouts. | for the Bolton hall fund at the brick Now it seems that the figures cover- | house at the Center,Tuesday evening. ed the completion of the building but| Through the efferts of Mrs. H. C not the furniture other interior | Btirling enough money has been raised furnishings, and the total cost will| to reinstall a telephone in the Bolton probably be in the vicinity of $185,000! | railroad depot for one year, This is a Looking from th outside the | great benefit to the public. | building is practically finished, but | The Ladies’ Aid society met with there is much to be done on the inside | Mrs. John Jehmsen Thursday afte That build must be completed, | noon, some time, and the city fathe -| _ William Sitzy is heme from New pected to suggest the ways und means, | York, where he spent a .mogth with and the people will pay the freight. It | relatives, is a case where civic pride demands| Mrs. Henry Fryer of Willimantic that the building be compieted without | was with her mether, Mrs. Jane Fin- delay regardlessiof the cost. But nev- | ley, a few days recently. er ain. It is'a handsome building, Mrs. Roy Carpenter of Westfield, of artisiic design and substantial | Mass., spent Sunday with her parents, build, and is an actual public need. | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loomi But it is difficult to convince jusi a| Theedere S. Perry of Lisbon was in not | town-over Sunday. | Monday Phone --meph c:om KLEINE PRESENTS QU0 VADL THE WORLD’S HA'TERPIEOE in} niPHOT O-DRAMA *‘Finer pimue- ‘were never seen here. AUDITORIOM 3-DAYS ONLY-3 FEB. 9th, 10th, 11th Two Shows Daily MAT. 2.30 - EVE. 8 2%, Hours Show SEATS NOW SELLING Prices 15¢ and 25c¢ Same Production that Played 306 Times at the Astor Theatre, —N. Y. Sun. of Realism.”—N. Y. Herald. LYREL A Entertainment Course CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH THE COLLEGIATE QUARTET of New York, Wednesday, February 11th. Doors Open at 7.30. Program at 8. Admission Tickets, 50 cents. On sale at the door. STAFFORD Lincoln To Be Theme of Service— Distinguished Lecturer Coming. Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Puffer of Read- ing, Pa. are guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Foster. At the Young People's Christian Union meeting Sunday at 8 p. m. the topic will be “Abraham Lincoln: the man and his message.” Rev. F. W. Sprague of Boston filled the pulpit of the Universalist church Sunday and will preach next Sunday. George Lord was given #& birthday surprise party last Monday evening, when about sixteen friends came to his home to spend the evening. After a pleasant hour Trefreshments were served The next lecturer in Memorial hall will be given by Lincoln Wirt, ex- plorer, lecturer .and author. He has braved all' manners of dangers and risked his life in the frozen north and his “Conquest of the North” has stirred the hearts of three continents. The annual roll-call at the Baptist church last Friday evening was well attended. Supper was served at 6.15. Responses were received from a large percentage of the membership and many friends in the congregation. The program closed with an address by Dr. A. B, Coats of Hartford. BOLTON NOTCH E. A. Shaw's store was broken into Saturday night and about $50 worth of goods were taken kman were in M z Williams Thompson. MANSFIELD CENTER Eimer Lanphear at Injured—Play Given by the Grange. cutting wood ay, Elmer his toe on ‘a stump, to fall forward, his contact with Whi lot Frid on the Dewing Lanphear stubbed which caused him and coming sharp stub that pene- ) trated the fle part, causing ful wound. Dr. W. E. Cramm it. Miss Ruth Davoll. who has been in St. Joseph's hospital the past w suffering with pieurisy, is recover; A. W. Buchanan, agent for the state board of education, spent Sunday at his home with his family. Wesley Whiton moved Monday to Willimanti¢, whe he is employed by the American Thread company. Grange Entertains. Echo grange gave a splendid play entitled Packing the Missionary Barrel Monday evening at_their hall The Christlan Endeavor society held a social and entertainment Wednesday evening. The topic for the C. . meeting on Sunday evening was Christian Endeav- or Progress. Buchanan The leader was Annle W, There was a good attend- ance, and the songs by the young peo- ple’s’ choir were much appreciated The Willing Workers met Wednes- day at M nk Preston’s STAFFORDVILLE Elwin Phelps visite son Phel and family Tal- cottville over Sunday. Mrs, Fred Moores and daughter have n spending the week with Mrs mas Hayes at Stafford Springs. ~orge Gibson of New York has been visiting his ents, Mr. and Mrs Leonard Gibson, recently. Mrs. Star Fisk, and little son, of Winthrop, Mas arrived in town Mr. Fisk is assistant super- intendent of the Garland mill Mrs, Sarah Potter, who has been in feebla health for some time does not improve. Mrs. E Maling of Seuth Manches- ter has been the guest of Mr, and Mre Ellery Chamberlin, - #&DrBull's ! A mckln§ cough with pains through the chest to the i back, short breathing, ! hoarseness and raising of muous, | is best treated with the tried and de- pendable Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. 25c. | No Morphine or Chioroform. | “I always have Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup in the house for severe coughs and gladly recommend it | tobe the best ever used Mae Murnane, 4082 Wentworth Ave., Chicago, 11l | SIMPLE HE Write A.C. MEYER& CO. Meatioa papes BALTO., MD. S b e Mr, and Mrs. T. N. Skinner and son | William spent Sunday in Manchester. State Policeman Hurley was in town Sunday investigating the robbery at Mr. Shaw's store. Some time Mon night someone threw a rock through the office win- dow at the station Mrs. A. Oliver and Mrs. Aldin Gor- man and daughter Helen were in Man- chester Monday Hodgekin and in | 2.30, All Seats 10c ECCENTRIC_ SINGING TEMPLE & HUFTS S5tEiIRic sivatne KINNER & WOODS | GREAT GORDINE Expert Dancing_Artists The Wizard Magician 2 OUR MUTUAL GIRL FoR55i7 Vi Sown " COMING—MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY ALF HOLT & CO. . Big Comedy Sketch RUSSELL AND O'NEIL... Cnm.dy's.ng.ng and Talking TYROL _The Funny Ventriloquist Theatre CHARLES McNULTY, Mg EVENINGS 10c MATINEE 5¢ 2000 Ft.—“Ancient Order of Good Fellows”—2000 Ft. Hughey Mack and All-Star Vitagraph Cast “ANGEL PARADISE” .Splen: Western Drama “IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS". ... 0. 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If in want of Poultry Supplies call and see If we haven't just what you want we may be able to get it for : Wt alking of Poultry pplies let us ad 3 plan ahead and buy r Poultry Netting e we can probably zive you better prices »w on Diamond Mesh Pou and Chicken Wire than you can get later in the season. We are agents for tt burg Welde eel Farm and Poultry Fencs. 12 30u have not see s in and let us show it. It is a heavy wire, square mesh, with elec welded joints. Will not break at the joints. will not slip at the joints, and does not collect water and rust. While much heavier than ordinary fencing it costs you but little more, as we have bougnt this in large quantities and can 1 it right. Will loan stretcher for reasonable lengtn of time. p: ALBERT BOARDMAN, Prop. Bulletin Building, 74 Franklin St. THERE 1s oo agverrising medium 13 Eastern Connecticut equal to The Bul- letin for business resulta THERE & mo s@vertsing m: Eastern Connectictt equai to LR LT busioess = STae Bl