Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 23, 1914, Page 12

(Written Specially for The Bulletin.) I overheard a hf:m}-r, the other day, about “lawn". ‘I{ , why mot? Why t farmer have a ‘Jawn” as m summer 1 mm .‘whn calls his plage a “farm’ nvn on 1( in the stituti d Truly, der - the con: ion . ane laws snd in accordance with the dic- tiopary, I don't know any reason why e shouldn’t have m‘ our former door-yards. bdw-‘. m: ki nunw':nd the Pig- tchen-door - o here” where n, e and whitewash, to stand up in front of the house and ut ‘water,—whenever the and the pipes haven't burst. no law against such things. Moreover, 1 frankly confeas. that there's something mighty seothing, even to my muer-or-fncl eye, in the | look of a broad expense of smooth-shaven sw! little with the naiural swe of the surface, cut by gravelled ves l.nfl b“ntv-m«ei hora and theve, with little clumps of showy muc shrubs, ete, brought from Japan and Madagascar and other corners of the earth. I certainly do like to sees such things,—on soma other fellow’s place. | had ’em .all on my iy m!::‘:; ‘what would I do with ‘em? 1 would either tale me all Lh while to care for them p! which case I should have no time m make the farm earn me my living, or else I should have to hire a man to care for them, in which case his wages would surely eat up all the rest of farm could bring in. Furthermore, such frills are in: propriate and out of place onl."r!l.l truly” farm, as much as lace rufiles would be on the farmwife's sleeves when washing dishes, or as patent leather pumps and kid gloves on the farmer himself when getting out manure. Thiy that are beautiful in them- But that same piano in (‘i,xs hen-house Bomehow, to hear a farmer talk about his “h.'n“ imj me Very much the same way as it would to hear him tell about using a piano for 2 hen-roost. The things don't go to- gether and they make an inharmony As T think I have nientioned once or twh:e. there's a big difference between a country estate. The farm is both home and factory, and the saurce of the farmer’s income. The country estate is just = summer ; Seckel, Duchess, a farm and elghbor ‘where. ideo “lawas” “pargolas’ the camp, a plaything on which the owner spends .the money he makes else- ‘The treatment which would be ap- gnll'b\ls for either one might well be usly out of place for the other. Nar is there any need for us far- mers to imitate others or go to Mu- rope and the tropics for plants and trees to beautify our homes. There is no reason why almost any farm could not be made into a really Dbeautiful Dbeauty appropriate to and position and purpese, utilization of the means afforded by the farm itself. .place,—beautiful its character 1 knaw several _stately ~—houses which cost ten times as mueh to build asghe total value of the farms going them, houses which cost more to maintain than ghe . gross fncome of the farms, ole which are certainly beautiful to look ! at across the fcres of velvet lawn ini ‘which they are set. But the practical working farmer ean afford neither such houses nor such lawns. They don’t “go” with his ‘business. In the various bhotanical gardens of i different cities and especially in the Arnold Arboretum near n, are grown all the varieties of tree and shrub possible to our climate, ‘brought in frem remotest corners of the earth. But why should the vl&tn working | farmer desire a “gingko tree” in his front yard? Or a bamboo thicket in' his corn lands? ‘wonderful What's the matter with apple-tree: and pear-trees? and cherry-tree: Ana certain other trees and shruba Which grow with us naturally:—just | it to grow, if yow'll only give them ; the chance? Can vou imagine any finer setting for the plain but substantial old farm- house you love than a grove of hardy fruit trees, white or pink or rosy with bloom in the spring and heavy with | yellow and red frgjtage in the OI’KTe there was such a house which I used frequently to pass. mlory has departed from through change of ownership and lack of But. I remember well how, land valley of Avilion which lay— “Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hellows crowned with summer sea,” my mind instantly flew to farm-house, sitting serene this eld in in 4 don't mean that the farmer should wholly neglect his front Qoor~’u‘d. and let it oo -t burdocks Canada thistl But I certainly do_think that he would better spend his time in keep- ing the weeds out of his corn ‘and potatoes than in trimming the edges of gravelled drives. He would be of its “orchard-lawn.” Not anly are fruit trees the most beautiful grow in their bloom- ing season they are generally graceful trees or can easily be made such by trimming, and they are the most use- ful trees in the world, also. In other words, they are appropriate to the farm and their appropriateness adds to their inherent beauty. I know another flm house whose front-yard has reom for just five with a; pose, by a simple | country : fall? | the | & Y cmareencag \bout n-’l ears "’ & farmer of whm’! ducer. So he set out on one side of his kitchen garden & hundred-foot row of dwarf pear _trees, including such as Bartlett, Clapp's te, otc. He set them three feet apart, kept them = sharply pruned, so as not to attain over six fe.! in hel‘ht. and now has a perfectly close, even, attractive hedge, Wwhich not only serves as an adequate fence; But is beautital in apbearance and ex- ceptionally’ productive in the way of fall fruit ogtha highest quality. He also experimented with awarf unple trees, with peaches, plums, quinces and cherries. All are { bracticable. ~ Ha s now bragging about hLis latest hedge,—a row of Business Men’s Organization jects For Discussion. i The New London Business lhnl association, never in a more Drogres: | sive meod than at the present time ! and having under consideration many { miatters of special interest for the future success of the city, has the time to revive that old merging idea and is making endeavor to have the i New London Board of Trade disband or lose itself within the busy -portals of the New London Fusiness Men's association. Just what benefit would accrue by the disbandment is not very plain. The business association has gradually extepded its scope and fin: ally usurped the work that was ordin. arily performed through the board of trade, the latter body yielding in order } to avoid conflict between the two or- ganizations Whose DUIPoSe Was Sup- posed to be the general advancemdnt of the best interests of the city. In consequence the board of trade has les- sened its activity, being content to | work by committees and not show any disposmon of opposition to the bus- iness men's a:soclztlon This merging was tried several | years ago and there were several ca Sultations between committees repre- senting both organizations. It was decided that consolidation was out of the question as there were features in one of the organizations that was mo part or the other, and it was also de- j cided that it_would be well for the New London Board of Trade to main- thin its organization, even if inactive, as thers would be times when pepre- sentatives of two organizations would have more force in some public mat- ters that would one. At that time it { was set up that the older organization of the two was the ome that should centinue to exist and that the other { organization was the one that ought | to lose its.identity. It was then learn- | ed that such a thing was not even among the possibilities and the agiu tion was ended. New London Considers Consolidation “at time increase income which it 1s the farm’s business to return him, by using the common fruit trees which he has been accus- tomed to plant out in special orchard over from both points of view, ‘practical nd the aesthetic. Perhaps, li me, you haven't any more use for ‘lawns” and “parterres” and “pergolas” - than you have for corns and bunlons and a lame nose. But you can't have any objection to mu!l!yinslb old lllo. a little B. at the same Yime, you can make beauty pay its way. THE FARMER. Wants to Take .in Board of Trade—Fire Department Furnishing Plenty of Sub- .-hrhd this agitation, and whose fore- made all tions that were not Based on fact at a meeting of the fire committee, probably reallaing in part the error of its way, now comes into public print and declares that inas- much as the company owns fiv sixths of the apparatus that it should be entitled to select its drivers from its membership and that the city pay the hill. The foreman of this newest addition to the fire d ent has become intensely interested in fire de- partment matters and has evidently given the matter much study. He is now so well-informed that he ia in position to instruct the men who have grown gray in the service just how the department -hou)d be managed and that the company he represents should be taken as the model It would be well for the c w&lny to ive the fire caommittes to ui at the apparatus is not to be con- sidered as company property so long as the company is a part of the regu- lar department, before taking any further steps towards the reformation of the conduct of the department that bas §tood the test for the past half century. The company, through its energetic foreman, is entitled to con- sideration, but before coming to any @efinite action on changes as proposed by this new foreman, it would be but fair to give the officers of the com- any that seems to be the point of at- ck an opportunity te show that the change suggested would be detri- mental to the general eqdency ofthe department. There are 'some other officers in the fire department whose experience ought to be worthy of com- sideration. Whether the wrecking of the Pope Hartford auto chemical apparatus was due to the carelessness of the driver, or faulity construction, has not y been definitely determined, although i —_— Think it over, brethen. !‘Mnan: LOVE TED WEEKLY 'Mukaldmtm For sale by all dealers. Price 50 e &#w"m UNT! L IKE IN COMEDY m S2WSS 10-Scotch Lads and Lassies-10 A"S 90"e" Colonial 2000 Ft—*“The W take no other. —————eee—en Keep Bowel Movemant Regular. “An Affair of Dress,”...s “Innecent But Awkward,”. “Slippery Slim's Strateg; Hef New Life Pills than any ever tried,” says C. E, Hatfield of Chi- cago, Il 25c, at your Mrs. B. Topliff, Wednesday. Russell Boynton, the small son of Frank Boymton is very ill with pneu- monia. A council of physicians was held Monday. Mrs. L. Zechiel and family, of New York, are at their summer home, the Hemlocks, for the season. ~Married 44 Years. Rev, and Mrs, R. H. Sherman cele- brated the 44th anniversary of their marriage May 19, FLOWERLAND PARISH HALL Banefit of Sow Sacred Heart Church. FIFTY DOLLARS GOLD ‘edding of Prudence,” Essanay—2000 Ft Astonishingly Beautiful Drama ef Old Puritan Days Coming Tuesday Only, “Judith of Bethulia,” TONIGHT Theatre Mary Fuller in Dolly of the Dailies Vitagraph Drama with Sidney Drew .Featuring Alkali lke's Best Girl -4 Reels Biograph Drama MAY FESTIVAL MAY 23, 26, 28, 30. Taftville., Conn. Entertainment and Dancing each night No Canvassing. Each mfllmr of $1 receives a chance on every article #warded. THIRTY ARTICLES Admission 150 Public Address. special mee of the Hill Top Hame club was held Friday evening at the hame of A. E. Peterson. Professor Brundage of Storrs will speak on Azfl culture in Public Schoola. The teach ers of the town schools have been in- vited and children and men are-being A Perfect Feed for PIGS, SHEEP A scien! Mrs, Elisha Lewis Falls and Breaks ‘Wrist—North Cnu"nn Guest. llf' George ’Wlllon of New Yark 18 ing her sister, Mrs Alice 'l‘homp-o The school on the Green has three T Stiss AdQle Jugwer is thé guest of iss o s the Nllu Ellen Blldl.."-. ¥ W. Chamberlin took a party to Wil- limantic to attend the circus, the Middlesex hospital in & ecritical eondition. Orrin_Fuller, whe 1s now living in North Carolina, is in town calling on end: Mrs. Hattie Robinson and children were guests of her mother, Mrs. Gillette, the first of the Week. Miss Clara Pendleton left last week for Westchester, New York, whers she For Sale is engaged as a graduate nurse. M B Broke Her Wrist, yAX ‘:(1;5 Elisha Lewis fell and broke her wris| Mrs. A‘n.. Wood lost e valuable MOLASSINE COMPANY better occupied encouraging his timothy and red-top to grow to four- tons-to-the-acre size In the back 3 btcp. tha grams of the e B er to @ grass of e lawn getting over two inches high. too bad that even a fow farmers wunlduthl.tmcyeul“lfl- elr farms by inexpert, half. wu and ineffective imitations of the citified methods of summer grants from town. all their charmy when thwl For i piana often an attractive piece of furniture ‘which has about the same effect as a Avoid Impure Milk for Infants ana Invalids HORLICK’ It means the Original and Genuine MALTED The Food-Drink for all Ages. m‘.“ grain, in powder form.: f-“n-flumd'umehfldrg.' “Pure nutrition, upbuilding the whale body. + Tmwigorates nursing mothers and the aged. O Take no substitute. Ask for HORLICK'S. ORLICK’S Contains Pure Milk North, So.:th East, West ugfidaxfim;mmm,,smm. trees. -And the five include a larch, a Canada balsam. a red cedar, a black spruce and a tulip-tree,—all chosen apparently for no other reason than ‘because not one of them is properly native to the locality. That house would be a deal better | in keeping if the five included a Mackintosh Red apple, a Bartlett pear, a standard cherry, a hickery and a b‘ttamllt. Some years ago there was quite a MILK More healihful than tea or coffec. *Agrees with the weakest digestion.s Keep it on your sideboard at homs. Aqwkbchmedm-mm umerous ailments cau: of diguflon and flhlfl‘ Saa dhvmh&w«fl) mm mv&’- and the best ‘more restful P.tlz!;:qu of tllxn g this merging Ay night the committee was continued as it was declared that all hope was not lost. The only reason given by the committee of the New London Busines: Men's association for the merging was that it might i crease the membership of the busi ness association came from the boar of trade, and that includes practically all of the active members of the or- ganization, most of the balance being members in name only, or those who have no desire to be associated with the New Lchdon Business Men's asso- ciation and are content with being enrolled as members of the board of trade. Therefore the consolidaticn, merging or disbandment of the New London Beoard of Trade would not be beneficial to the business men’s asso- ciation. ' There are members of the board of trade who will never consent to the scheme and perhaps it would be well for the active members of the business men's association to devote their spare time to matters of more importance concerning the welfare of New Lendon. After giving the matter mature de- liberation the general public is con- vinced that the proposition that em- anated from the foreman of the baby company that the eity pay a stipu- lated salary to the drivers of the sev- eral motor-driven fire apparatus, is Just a trifle out of order at the pres- ent time, and will continue to be so Jjust as long as the volunteer firemen render efficient service. It is con- ceded to be the entering wedge for a paid fire department and had its origin in jealousy and aimed directly at the Niagara engine company, which, with its modern fire apparatus and tralned firemen has been doing the greater part of the fire duty. For the past fourteen vears the Niagaras have had motor-driven fire apparatus and up to a year ago owned lts own machine, although it was under the direct ord- ers of the fire chief, the fire commit- tee and the court of commen ecouncil, Just the same as any city owned fire apparatus. During that period the city has al- lowed that company the same amount of cash for each run that was paid to livervmen who furnished horses for the apparatus of the other companies. The interest taken in fire department matters by this company has resulied in tho very highest degree of effielency and on a par with any paid fire com- pany in the state. This company does not ask for a change in plan of pay- ment of drivers, aithough it has two of }he most competent drivers in the department. The company has been repeat€dly called upen to pay for the rvice - from company funds and ‘without a murmur of compiaint. There have been many months, like the pre- sent, when' there has been no call for fire duty, but the drivers received their pay just the same and frem company funds. The next ecompany to secure motor- driven apparatus was the Pequots, ‘who purchased a machine at a cost of $6,000, the city generously donating $1,000 towards the purchase. That company has never asked the city to pay the drivers, being content with the same arrangement that existed with the Niagaras and the apparaius 1s_under the direct contrel of the fire officials as is any other apparatus in the city. ~That company will nat sub- mit to the city paying its drivers, as it would tend to lessén the interest that is necessary for the success of a volunteer fire dounmau\. 7 This W' company that has o | the fire committee is satisfled that it | Was not due to a flaw in the broken axle, but are not fully satisfled that the stock was properly tempered. ! There are witnesses who declare that : the rear wheel dropped before the car struck the tree and that the axlo therefore was broken by shock. It is| conceded by all that the dmiver violat- ed the orders of the chief, assistant chief, foreman and chairman of the re committee, In running the ap- paratus out of the house, when not called out for fire duty. This shows a state of inefficiency and lack of 4 j cipline that does not exist in any oth- er company in the ecity, for as a rule the order of the foreman is law. ular piece of apparatus imast daily spine and it ‘Wwas out on one of those regular spins when the machine was wrecked. Just why a couple of trucks came from the manufactory at night and left be- fore dawn with the wrecked ,machine has not been fully explained. It was taken away without the knowledge or consent of the fire committiee, al- though the local representative of the Hartford concern says that the removal for repairs was sanctioned by Mayor Mahan. It is understood that the expense of repairs will total about half the cost of the original machine which was new to the New London fire department six months ago. Dur- ing that period the machine was gure- ly abused and was never intended for continucus speed tests. There were numaerous complaints of tho running of that fire machine on rubhn ways on joy rides and the resu has shown justification of the complaints. Like complaints are be- ing received from the joy-riding prac- tice of the Northwest apparatus which is being run out on the highways just as much as was the one wrecked N-J cently. The fire committee has ‘ord-, ered discontinuance and perhaps the order will be observed and perhaps not, for be it known that declaration has been publicly made that the city owns only one-sixth of ‘the machine and therefore can order it kept in readiness fcr fire duty only one day in six. And this is the company that 'claims credii for the agitation aimed against the Niagaras. By the way, this latter company owns & wagon, made of a converted automo- bile, just as is the Northwest motor ‘wagon, but that squad wagon is un- der the direction of the chief engin- eer just as is the powerful tripla ac- tion machine owned by the city. So far as the company is concerned there is no @istinction of ownership. That squad wagon is not used for joy riding and such a thing would not be considéered and more than would the running out of the fire ap- euam; for other than fire purposes. en this agitation 1s sifted to the ‘bottom the members of the court of common council will find the gentleman in the wood pile and pull him from his hiding place. " Tolland County Caterpillar Contest—Rev. and Mra. R. H. Sherman Married 44 Years. —_— Raymond Green, & pupil of the Rip- ley Hill school, was awarded the thirg prize among the contestants in the tbwn ‘of South Coventry for ntha- 5 egx masses. The lad. l‘l i John Chandler iy recaveris op-nuun for lmndlcltll retura to the home o OF AMERICA horse recently, it was injured by get- Mo 1 ting in the mud and had to Be killed. Edward Smith accompanied his sis. ter and a friend to Cromwell . Sun. day afternoon in their auto. Smtih returned by train, Miss Smith lmlfll‘ | the automobile through the week. The Episcopal church reof is celving a coat of red paint. Washington County, R. 1. = HOPKINTON -~ Recent Deaths—Dr. and Mrs. Briggs Married Forty Years. Mrs. Roger W. Lewis has returned from a visit at the home of J. W. Bliv- en, of New London. Hon. and Mrs. E. R. Allen are home after a week spant in Boston. The town council met last week Fri- day afternoon & board of canvass- ers and completed the list used at the financial town meeting May 21. Mrs. Ida May Riffenburg died Saturday at the home of her son, Will- iam Riffenburg, on High street, Asha- way aged 57 years. Her funeral took place Tuesday afternoon at the same place and was conducted by Rev. F P. Mathewson, assisted by Re VanHorn. Mrs, Lioyd R. Crandall lnd Miss Jessie Clark sang “Wh Friend We Hive in Jesus” and Rock of Ages” Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery, Ashaway. Married Forty Years, Dr. and Mrs. Alexander B. passed the fortieth anniversary of thelr marriage Monday evening. No special observance was made of the annivers- ary. ha W. Wayland Lewlis died at his home east of Ashaway, Tuesday, May 10th, after an illness of several weeks from an_apoplectio shock. Clark Burdick, of Lawrel Glenn, who has for sometime lived alone, was found i1l Tuesday with what appears to be cerebral hemorrhage. USQUEPAUGH No.dlo Imh Ofl in Woman's Hand —Entertal Clears $20. Mrs. 8. C. Webster, Jr., returned on Friday to her home at Readville. Moving pictures and vnnhvllln are be d in Grange hall. Newport Wlt- leased the hall, for one week. E. L. Simmons has leased the Cran- dall farm for one year. Painful Accident. A local woman had a needle break off in her hand. The piece broken in the hand was one and one half inches long. It was removed by the local physician end the wound Iis doing well, . Clara Webster has Nwm.d to keep house for her father, J. C. Webatar, P all of Westerly was 8 wvisitor here Tuesday. Clearsd $20. Several from this village attended the play given at West Klnnum chapel Tuesday evening. After entertainment, u.ndwu:hu. ulla. cot- fée and ice Th. chapel 8t. John To Hang Pictures. Pictures are hu.z preferably now- edays without long pieces of wire dropped from a molding, except in the case of extra large and Dbeavy ones. They should be hung fat sgainst the wall; and small'pins or hooks that hold firmly and do not mar the wall may be had to effect the invisible banging. Te- Young America. “Mother, I wish father 'd hurry up end get rich. I hate havin' to keep on lyin' to the other boys about him."— Collier's Weekly. HOTEL WO0ODSTOCK 43D STREET, NEAR BROADWAY TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK 800 ROOMS 270 BATHS BUROPEAN PLAN ONLY ROOM WITH BATH $250 & $3.00 PITTO FOR TWO 3350 & $d.00 COURTEOUS ATTENTION MELMCE ATMOSPHERE MODERATE PRICES —AND— IN THE CENTER OF NEW YORK ‘W. H. VALIQUETTE, MGR. Alse THE BERWICK, RUTLAND, VT. last WINDOW wide. wide. Quality the Best eream realized $20 ft-n I’-h- flld u&r-. Melisa D, Palmer was a caller on friends at Gardiner's Four Corners Wed: udu 1 1. M. Kenyon -p-t Wednesday wuh Mrs. N. B. Lowis a l.l_tnl truea in ane day Tecentte c feed, made under a patent formula never successfully copied. Twenty years of public approval war- rants your own faith in Molassine Meal. NOTHING TAKES ITS PLACE You need have no fear about the keeping qualities of Molassine Meal—it has no “expiring date” when it ceases to —1t gives satisfaction twelve months in the year. YOUR YOUNG STOCK THRIVE ON IT Cows give more milk and richer milk, because its pecul- jar antiseptic and digestive qualities make a healthy stom- ach and the cow gets all the value out of her regular ration. 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