Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 28, 1914, Page 6

NORWICH - BYLLETIN, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1914 N. B. VARS’ GIFTS TO WESTERLY Collection of Daguerreotypes and Saunders Genealogy Pre- sented Library — Thomas Leonette in Jail — Contract For Mail Transfer Goes to Amos Burdick—Funeral of John Congdon. Tirers is a group of daguerreotypes in the reading room of the Westerly public library, taken over half a can- tury ago by Nelson B. Vars, who disd in East Greenwich, R. I, Thursday, and aich were bresenied the Memorial and Library association a few years since by Mr. Vars. The group is made up as follows: Elder Thomas Tillinghast, Bast Greea- wich, R I, a superior of the seven churches of the Six Principle Baptist denomination in Rhode Island, taken ‘n 1900; Deacon Willlam Stiliman, taken in 1868, at the age of 91; Hider Daniel on, Seventh-day Baptist, Hopkinton, taken in 1869; Hider John Greene, Sewenth-day Baptist, Hopkinton, taken in 1889; Elder Bellows, Adventist, wege, R. L, taken in 1360; Rev. Alf- B. Busdick, Seventh-day Baptist, tak- en in 1867; Elder Stanton Austun, Methodist, Hope Valley, R. 1., taken in 169; HEider Slocum, Baptist, Exeter, L. 1. taken in_ 1861; Elder Fenner Jaquese, Baptist, Exeter, R. L. taken Sn 1861; Elder Benjamin P. Cotteri, Baptist, Scituate, taken in 1860; Lia- don Taylor, long a resident of West- erly, mhn in 1852; Elder Henry Baptist, Dxeter, taken in "*The dagmarreotypes are in ex- cellent preservation and.as clear in ey- gry_detail as when finished by Mr. ars. The Memorial and Library associa tion recently seoured the only genealo- gy of the Toblas Saunders family, com- piled and written by Mr. Vars. It i3 in two volumes of 426 pages each and in Mr. Vars' own handwriting and hes never been published. The work has photagrephic illustrations of the au- thor, the Stephen Saunders homestead, the Toblas and later the sgward homestead, the Captain Arnold Saun- ders homestead, the Tobias Saunders, 2d, Bomestead, Augustus Saunders, Jr. and wife, Dr. Augustus Lewis Saun- ders, Dr. Rowell Thomas, Caroline Saunders-Tappan, Dr. James M. Sa ders, L. Artemas Saunders, Mr. Mre| Wiliam J. Bess, Isaac V. Sau - ders, Julla Saunders Hall, Sophie ‘White Saunders-Crandail-Stevens and | Captain Oiiver P. Saunders. The title e reads: ds of Tobias Saunders and Ilis Descendaedts, with Linfal of the Sau ders Family from the year 1170, as compiled and written Dby Nelson B, Vars, 1880-1801- The frontispiece is the old Saundere Uneeda Biscuit’ Nourishment—fine fla- vor—purity—crispness —wholesomeness. Afl for 5 cents, in the moisture-proof; pac!caga.f Round, thin, tender— . with a delightful flavor —appropriate forlunch- eon, tea and dinner. 10 cents. | GRAHAM CRACKERS A food for every day. Crisp, tasty and strengthening. Fresh baked and fresh de- livered. 10 cents, Buy biscuit baked by - BISCUIT TLOMPANY Always look for that name Two Hours was aj} it took to sell the 51766 place alter Tne Noe..ich Bu.etin went to ut I pow offer Farm lo. l" Just four eud one- hal rop I offer an s-acre farm wel nto mowing, pasture and g T =t Tk ats of cui- !ul.lo-. ly of fruil (lasi year's n h.ev ubples); a never i .&rf h the prog- -u vvnl & ree from stone, Lln ' fheidsi hoyse nas id ln“ gouth; lar arn, with :u-w 565 hn-& barn,’ 24 by and several jon. n.lad, carn EE u-'.hmr‘r; 4 farm (5 @iruated in a spet, free frem the Siiey and Bustie of city Its, and chn be bomght on easy ter: ‘Ehle price is $3909: $1000 dowp, g s on mort- gage at 5 per cen nvestigate, for Wileex's Farm Bulletin Just jssued-—choice of 406), WILLIAM A. WILCOX Beal Esiaie Broker, 41 West Bread Stzeet—Rooms 1 and 2, | | { | | { | [ | | | fer from Mr | emp homestead, photographed by N. B.Vars Feb. 22, 18i4. The homestead is in Westerly. The house 1s one stor: high, with gambrel roof, size 25 by feet. The west half was built in 1634 and the east part in 1765. The intro- ductory of the valuable records, which represents about a quarter century or research and the expenditure of sev- eral thousand dollars, reads as fol- oova: This work is devoted to ae gen logical and biographical history of To- bias Saunders and his descenda- Tobias being one of the f ttlers in Misquamicut (W in e | seventh genera through the of his son Edward, conse- quen ve a deep personal interest as full and correct history was possible to ptu- ued the work with muca of tiine rs and ye:, af*or to wg,rex my A.-i oq of the fam cure. 1 have pur: unyielding devotion for the last all my labor: ability to 7 of the family. “Many moved away to distant plazes, | leaving but scant records behind them, | and it has been very difficult to foll v | them and get full records Yet i ha'e Succeeded in tracing far better thin could have been done had I wai.ed some years later before beginning the search. The deaths and changes that have ocurred from 1900 leaves it nw impossible to get what I did before | 1900. Between 1775 and 1825 th were many moved from Rhode Is| | to the west, and many died in Rhode | Island that left but little or no famiiy | records. So it is impossible to tra-e all of them, and now the descendan:s tered from the Atlantic to the and ond. find in the War of the Revoiutioa, 1e names of nearly everv he family, able age, was n some in the war. or privat ed the Rhode Isl al records and f them in this be found records of t they are closely unders family al and the Srtepien of the fam nd the Be: of T John e daughtor: East Greer The bec Vars had a the Vars family in ten similar umes which have never baen publi Deputy Sheriff Mitchel!. acting un execution given him for servi f Thomas Leonetie against A took the defendant in Some Lecnet-e time ago and Comporto were in a fight, durin which, it s alleged, one of Comport /s gers was I en and put @ of shave d is of very little use. Civil suit ia mages was brought in the super urt and Judge Stearns awarded d. es of $250 and execution was i to recover. Sheriff ell could iid no real or personal property upo which to levy and was therefore -°- quired to take Comporto into custody Leonette agreed to withdraw o provided Compo ich proban! Compor ed | to E children. herefore to commit Comp on. During his incarcerat: y wiil be withoul his suppert and Leonette ed to p for the hoard of C He w be compelled to ren ail so long a is paid by the paintifi, h time as his release c.mu | 1t is piration of the ¢ otherwi-e Comporto will be permit- the poor deblor's oath and from time limit disposed ¢ ted to tak be reles The permanent contract for the transfer of mails in Westerly, between | the tion and the post office has to Amos B | the lowe iis bid of § | been he will begin service In the fo POTAry s e from March 1 to April 1 Theodore F and the lowest would be | nent contract. but | ided to accept Mr. | service given by 1onth has been | and is praised by and his working | ard’s bid was supposed he attended to t several yea successor, ed upon the | and Hartford | has declined of- rdick to enter his oy and attend to the transfer ser. when the New York, Railroad compa v Lync cquaintance of | all comm coming to | Wester them in le trunks if. In | Burdick took ould secure the with. it the 1 travelers, the transfer of maf a employer | had him fairly and | that he ald not propose business for the dollars in salary to injure hi sake of a few extra Local Lacenics, Frederick N. Freeman of New Lon- don was in Westerly Frid Herbert Edwards has enlisted in the | navy as a second class machinist. Plans are in of anot t Alexander London Friday Fr ay bordered on 8] and the benches in Wilcox park were occupied A delegation of Westerly Klks will accompany New Londen lodge to Wil- limantic next Monday night. | There's to be a coeiking main in this | section and cocks of pure pit pedigree are being trained for the event, | It will not be m days before | Crarles Coon, sup ent of Wil- | cox park, wiil m, 1 his full working force and make the p: most attractive rk one of the places in the state, Mrs. Annie f Pro announced t engagement daughter, Alice Mabel, to Irv Cone of Providenes, Mi & graduate of the Westerly i and the State Normal school a teacher in Providence schools, The striking siene mand $27 for six day on_ strike and the contraciors give no indication of yielding to the demand. In the meanti oriant werk is being held up and worismen engagea in ether building trades are liable to be affected. Mrs, Perry Perry, sup schools, will e Hour in t the Westerly wife of Dr, ' | man called for toasts from the follow- | companied the School league held this weex, amons | A (. Pember ha ss other questions, the need of a mo e | moved into one of t! 1 Hsun %AI E 4 t 5 { modern schoolhouse in town, of “avitz | ements on Main street. S fowm e 9 to 0- - (] urday) afternoon. Her audience will ' Dbe composed of puplls of the Quarry Hill and West Broad street schools. The body of John Congdon, who died in Providence, was brought to Wes- | terly Friday and burled at River Bend, | Mr. Congdon was employed for sev- eral years at the C, B. Cottrell & Sons company plant and was in charge of - the upright drill department. Many of | his former shopmates attended lhe, funeral, The gymnasium classes of the Wes- terly High school, boys and girls, that have been instructed at the Memorial building gym during the winter, will suspend their indoor exercises with the present week. The boy class€s met twice a week.and the girls’ classes once a week and each was in charge of com- petent instructors, John Gavitt of Westerly, who played in the outfield and on the pitchers’ mound for teams in minor baseball leagues in Rhode Island, is trying out for a place on the Pittsfleld team of the Eastern association. He was rec- | ommended by Peter Clemens and John Frill and also by Charles Clancy, the local representative in professional | baseballdom, The eulogies of Congressman George | H. Utter of Westerly, delivered in the house at the last session, have been printed in book form and will be ready soon for distribution. Each member | of the house is entitled to nine copies | but many have assigned their allot- | ment to Congressman Peter Goelet | Gerry, and he will receive about 1,200 | copie. Mr. Gerry will furnish a copy | to applicants while they last and near- 1y all of them will be distributed in the | Second congressional district, COLCHESTER | Supper Followed by Taik by Miss Helen E. Atwood—A. J. Brundage | Speaks on Boys’ Corn Clubs. Trees Tre SHRUBS, ROSES, VINES, HARDY FLOWERS and everything to make the Home Grounds beautiful and profitable. PEACH TREES as low as $10.00 per hundred for good thrifty stock. We employ no agents, but share agents’ profits with our customers. For cash with order we allow a discount of 10 per cent. on $5.00 and 15 per cent. on $10.00 orders. Special price on large orders. Landscape Designing and Planting A SPECIALTY Tennis Court construction, grading, etc. Nurseries near Maplewood Cemetery. HARTRIDGE'S NURSERIES NORWICH, CONN. Write for Catalogue Come To Us for Glasses EYES TIRED EASILY head aches. Eye-strain is not exactly a defect, but a condition, resulfing from neglected defects. Headache of the persistent kind is one of the common symptoms of eye-strain. No medicine can cure headache caused by eye-strain. Correctly fitted eye glasses will do it. Come to us and we will prove it so to your entire satisfaction. We grind lenses on the premises. The very latest and finest automatic grinding machinery used by expert men with years of experience. Satisfaction guaranteed. THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO. Optical Department Plaut-Cadden Building Friday evening of last week about members of the Girls' Wideawake M' sion_circle and of the Boys' Missica band enjoyed an early supper at t%e Congregational chapel, having as their guests Miss Helen E. Atwood of Waiu- regan, a junior secretary of the Ea. t- ern Connecticut branch ol the Wori- | an’s Board of Missions, and Mi: G j Te Phone 1274-2 | BOAT PAINTS _ | Don’t fail to consult us in regard to Paint for your Boats. { We offer you the following well-known brands: Woolsey's Copper Paint, Pierce’s Yacht Flat White, ed over by the president of th Mission band, William 5. Gerhardt, proved most enjoyable. Following Miss Atwood's interestirs response to her introduction, the chair- BALTIC Nothing Learn:d of Whereabouts of | Miss Flora Atchison—Many at Whist Pierce’s Deck Paint, ing members of the = Crockett’s Spar Varnish, Valspar. Bunyan, Leslie P. Be and Entertainment—Pool Match. Beebe, . Lawrence C e | Brushes of ail kinds, Bristle and Wire. Steel Wool and Sandpaper. Jennie V. Hall. Kach speech Was| Up to a late hour Friday eveninz |3 heartily applauded. nothing had been heard of as to the | Everything in the Paint line at At 7.30 p. m. a talk by Miss A>-|whereabouts of Mi At apel, attend- FRED C. CROWELL'’S, 87 Water St. wood was given in the ¢ who has been mis ed also by older friends, at which man |day morning ing curios of Japan and Tul | terested in Open Sat v Evenings until 8 o'clock We Give Royal Gold Stamps. vere shown. An offering was |about town S Gt wksen for foreign missio searched. It is reported Miss Nellie Gerhardt accompan-ed on | ward ha. d to the plano several memwvers of tas| The Misses Alice, Helen fi VE 5 [EET— the plano several memuers of tin| e Aisses Alice Helen WE GiVE ROYAL GOLD TRADING STAMPS. ASK FOR TiHEM EESmmm rier and Bunyan, as with their violins | recent guests of Mr. and i {hey led the singing at this service. | sence A° Gareaw of Hail We Have the Distinction of Putting An offering was taken for forelgn m.s- |- Friday was a ty S S A | sions. | Several farmers repor I. O. O. F. Degree Exemplified—Deoth | A graduate member of the ¥Misslon circle, Miss Ruth B. Carver, solo; ~accompanied by Miss Eacku: during the early part of the pro- gramme, while later Misses Gerharat \d Hall, with Miss Celia Park a companist, sang a duet. The prayer and benediction were by robins in the trees about Pool Matches. A pool match was held in ( treault’s at Occum T noon. The first contest Charles Tetreault and FY resulted in a victory by the clo | of William H. Smith, a Native of sang a Norwich—Former State Representa- tive. GOOD MEATS Within Easy Reach of All. Our Meats Are Absolutely was_between = ent, I O. O. F,, heir rooms Ir degree w3s exem- The pastor of the church, Rev. Henry e score o Siffen oaie o 2o 5 = Blake. second was between € t| ue-s:x'nenl(;‘l . Al, and, Quality Considered, Our Prices Beys’ Corn Clubs. and Fred M | talk and the L A. J. Brundage of the Conrccticut |Sult being | e Lowest. Agricultural an addross | OEI'I UARY. under the au. in Academy ollege gavn William H. Smith. hall Boneless Brisket PRIME RIB ROAST 1 60 i 7.80 o'clock on Bo; der th D Smith dlet = 12 Atlen I, Churehy o e Triday CORNED BEEF,Ib142€ | nothing better, 1b. . r-:mlnx :zanluelxe-}dmlumr;“‘:;n ‘\un s church. Many a few « day. e gt O Fancy Sho‘ulder lzlc Eastern Cut Fresh lzlc George V. Cavanaugt admir: of frivai o M db e ROAST, Ib...... 242V | SHOULDERS, Ib. 142 Smith of New F s in town ederick A. calling on ritaln | Thuls- | characters. follow, M. Bincent, the guest, Geo: g of th cast of characters | Small Tender Legs LAMB Ib. 125¢ s reported that the Tip Top ha'l | en up agaln as a moving pictire | Jacrisse, the cook Oa ext mont der new man- | Laflute, a ser mentl A i frionds 1w | AR omcer Genuine Spring 81 Boneless 151 Hartford g Rt = ideoes LAMB FORES, Ib..02C | RIB ROLLS, Ib. . 2C winners of t fruit di rd M relatives in bury. O'Brien is the gue: Xaugatuck ana W3 Calf. Cut Fancy Shoulder b 131 STEAK, 18c value, 20 Eastern Fresh & PORK LOIN Fresh Killed, Native FOWL HAMS, bb. 13:¢ 810 10 Ib. 15;(: average, lb. Ib. 18:¢ Orchestra at Hebron. Edward Smith, a former graduat Bacon de; invited he Acade a concert in Hebror | The or-nestra left | at 6 p. m. Dexter Meade, ma i member of the class of ‘14, orchestra and pleased megic. a- the audience with feats ir Discussed Live Topics. At the oses Lambert | | | | lost a ¥ meeting of the Home a.d|Friday morning | | ] | 1 | | he ad- pub- T dent health officer, and ages of a Junch roon for t lic school pupil. ine cla nning for an in is LEAN SMOKED 8! SALT PORK, Ib. .. .02C were di3:ussed 113c Charles T. Wilson o. Worcesrer, o ICU Mass., was a_local visitor Friday turned SHOULDERS, Ib. Mre. Etta Lombard is he guest of her daughter, Mrs. Jotn Riley, in | Hartford. i L n v H. C. Wilcox of New Haven was t:~ | »ols closed Iriday on Crow >t Norwich is FRU!T AI\D VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT guest of friends in town :1e pas. week. | vacation. Vaccination na ‘Bertram D. Wil id G. Bigelow has ~one to New | kept the attendance t ; 3 = fitt, of W Mr. uregan ar KALE * - = peck 15c In some things Woodrow Wilson ere he is with the Stenotype | lower than it would . Mr. Bigelows stemotvue | beer S Best Table 25‘: Fancy Crisp 8c , Wk he use: with n D. Parkhurst was a novelty in this place | his mother, Mrs A e POTATOES, peck. CELERY, bunch..... excifed muzh comment ana intcr | Thursday. , Guilford atter Catin = [ ss Thelma Lynch a | relatives on i Wi T, | week with her grandm and Hotmes i Charles Phillips s so much col- such an am.(leur In politics. For in- | after his recent severe burns Mrs, stance, when he appealed to the Ten- | directed the loading of a ¢ 505 { hoe e speion e o | Mot (5 Bndie ' e rrure 25¢ | BANANAS, doz. 20¢ Washington Herald. Thursday evening R GRAPE FRUIT 2 Best Value in Oranges in the City Good Quality Extra Large Oranges ORANGES, 24 for. 25c l special value, dozen 25(: Special Sale of Seap with Exira Stamps 20 Stamps Kapicons, SOAP = A&P Laundry 250 Bull Head 7 Rolls Pacifi CATSUP, 3 botties.zsc TOILET PAPER . . 25¢ 10 STAMPS FREE With any of the following Groceries VERY has studied Baby’s wel 1 can Sultana Spice 3 10c |1 can Vanco Hand Cleanser 10c ~ Shite 3 1 pkg. Grandmother's Oats . 10c || 1 pkg. A&P lIce Cream or fare knows how important to baby’s sturdy 1 bow Elufty Rurt e Starcts, 00 l Jelly Powder e erow g p o o arriace 1 b Shaker Salt....... 10c 1 can Pumpkin c growth and natural development is the Carriage 2/ Boxes AP, Stove Polith, 1 A&P Paprika 10c each 5 1 1b, Peanut Butter 15¢ That is why doctors dorse and for Baby pecialis urge the BLOCH , approve, Carriage i35 Main St.§ ol P 3 Free llsii\vflm TELEPHONE 294 Every BLOCH Baby Carriage is a model of perfection—graceful in desig comfortable, roomy, easy riding. then sce that the name quality. Kead “ILec Your Own bucror Decide,” BLOCH is on the Carriage—it is GET A BLOCHAND p4d HOURIGAN MAKE BABY HAPPY the sian of Norwich and Jewett City. 2 2t ik i e s R e . . 5 2 £k S