Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 20, 1914, Page 12

(Written Specially for The Bulletin.) very latest thing is a “topless It hails from Kansas. In fact, it is still confined to Kansas. It hasn't es- caped from the boundaries of that won- der-produeing state, yet. But its glory is being exploited in the newspapers, and it won't be long probably, before it will De in the seed catalogues, as big as life and twice as natural. to. Let’s see; we've had for some time the “seedless ", That came along very soon after the “horseless carriage” as they first called bubble wagons. Then there appeared the “coreless ap- ple” Quite a many years ago I in- vested in a few “thornless blackberry” bushes. Several seasons back, Bur- bank of California and the universe produced his “spineless cactus”, which he guaranteed that other animals be- sides donkeys and stone-crushers could masticate. Then an Illinois farmer came to the front with a “cobless corn”. Now lg AN ¢ Also, there are “smokeless less guns’, and - When we arrive at “cutless cutworms” and “droughuless summers” and ‘“acheless teeth” and “crickless rheumatism” we shall be getting somewhere. Is is a staff correspondent of The Kansas City Star which tells about the “topless potato”. Now, The Star is a tty level-going sort of paper; not given to sensationalism; enterpris- ing in its collection of news, but apt to De rather conservative in presentirg it. I've known the paper for a long time, and have never known it to father any rural or other “roorbacks”. So I can't help taking some stock in its cerre- t's account of the new tuber, even though it goes, according to his description, against all the known or assumed rules of vegetable existence. Aoccording to the story, Farmer Mooney of Seneca, Kansas, was dis- appointed three years ago, in getting some seed potatoes from his store- keeper. The latter was “all sold out.” In one bag however, he found six or seven strange potatoes, coming from knew where, large, white, smooth-skinned, with very few eyes. They were left-overs from some ship- ment the store-keeper had imported, the rest having been sold and eaten. So | be tossed them over to Farmer Mouney, | as the best he could do to relieve the tatter's disappointment. ;lem home and planted them. They ad so few eyes that he had much doubt about them, and thie weeds after planting seemed to justify his doubt. He feared they wouldn't come up, and they didn’t come up. That is, only two or three did, and their tops were pretty ble-looking things. So he put -in Fadishes between the few which show- and thought nothing more of them. er, in pulling radishes, he was as tonished to find potatoes under them. Getting his digging fork he turned over the apparently vacant rows and threw out more than a bushel of fine, big po- tatoes, the same as he had planted. | Some the family ate and found good; the rest were saved for seed. year the same performance was re- ted. Only here and there did a top $how itself, but the other. hills pro- $uced just as well as those which grew @ orthodox fashion. By that time, er Mooney begun to suspect that had struck something rich in the tato line. So he saved all that grew r seed, and this spring planted them When the man from The Star’s staff visited him, he took the scribe out to the fleld and showed him. Here and ghere a top was visible, while fully three-quarters of the hills planted showed not so much as a green sprig ebove them. But a careful uncov- ering of some of the topless hills roved them rull of young potatoes, just . he same. writes: - “The hills uncovered showed the new potatoes beginuing to develop from the parent cutting, and they seemed about a month earlier than the com- mon variety. They are formed on small roots runing out from the cut- ting, now run in size from a pea to a marble. New potatoes of ordinary w~arieties which were planted befote the topless kind are little larger than a matchhead. Seemingly the strength €éxpended by the ordinary seed in pro- ducing vines goes directly into the @evelopment of young potatoes in the wew variety.” The Star's correspondent There you have it. The next quest- tion s, How large is your ca belfef? Have you faith mustard-seed? Or as big as these young potatoes the new man describes? If so, perhaps be sending out to Seneca, Kan., some of the new wonder to plant. One thing is sure: If a potato has- n‘t any top, the potato-bugs can't eat the top, and Farmer Mooney won't have ',;) spend money for Paris green Mooney took | Next | SOR% the same 1 fi(:va ‘been made It won’t do to | gee, nor time in applying it. if they grow without cultivation? a fellow know where the rows were, o as to keep between them? Would a man have to plant, say sunflowers, in the rows so as to show where the seed had been covered? Sunflowers are plenty in Kansas and 1 suppose they would grown in Connecticut. 1 seem to have seen a few in back gardens. But it certainl; good deal to ask us doubting Thomases to believe that even a potato can live without breathing. I've been associat- ing with vegetables for a good many years, and I had come to suppose that one couldn’t live without leaves, any more than a cat can without lungs. In a rough way of stating it, the vegctable eats with its roots and breathes with its Jeaves. It absorbs plant-food, i e. nutriment, from that stored in the Sofl, and takes in other elements needed to turn the sap into fruitage from the air through its leaves. Cut off a cat's supply of food and it will die, in the course of time, no matter how much air it may have. n air and it will die in about no time, no full of cream its saucer is_requiring a j matter how | may be. | have found the same thing to be true with plants. Take Qquack-grass, for instance, If there's anvthing in the | vegetable kingdom more tenacious of life than quack-grass I haven't made its acquaintance. It's than any cat I ever saw. If a cat has nine lives, quack-grass has about nine hundred. While it prefers rich soil fertilization, it will do very well, thank You can’t starve it to death; you can’t get all its roots out of the soil, unless You sift your farm, acre by acre, though a flour sieve. But you can Kill it,—kill it dead as Julius Caesar's dog, by keeping it from growing a leaf big enough to breathe with for three months. 1 know, because 1 have done it. The only vegetable | ever heard of that would grow underground without | any leaves is the truffle. And that is { 2 fungus, first cousin to the toad-stool, |and not amendable to the laws which govern honest above-ground plants. { Moreover, you can't plant truffles, nor cultivate ‘truffles, nor produce truffies in any way.. They srow where they please and the only way to find them {15 to train dogs, as they do in England, or pigs, as they do in France, to such fondness for them that the beasts will smell them out, a foot deep in a beech | forest, and nose the way for you to | dig after them. They are described as i plum to a potato. But if you plant one lit won't reproduce. Mushrooms have { been made to yield a spawn which will won’t grow from anything except the Lord’s will and their own whims. ! Can it be that Kansas has been i chosen as the home of a new vegetable | mystery, which shall combine’the se- { cretive ' subterranean elusiveness the truffie, with the domestic habits of the kitchen-garden potato? Or is somebody ] draw the ing 1 One thing | have lived long enough to observe about many of these won ders worked by self-styled “wizzards They don’t seem to supplant and take the places of the old stand-bys. There's ino doubt about the “seedless grape”, for instance. Yet, twenty years after !it was developed, most of our seedless ! raisins are still made from fruit which !has had to have the seeds taken out | from it. Nor is there any doubt about | the ‘coreless apple”. Yet the sale of | Baldwins and Greeninzs hasn’t been , Spoiled. { “thornless blackberry” was thornless in fact. That I can testify to. You could handle its vines as safely as those {of a currant bush. It was also a berry- |less vine, in my garden, and about as { useful as a row of alder-bushes. Every once in a while some vegetable ! freak manifests itself. | corn-stalk with no ears on it, rut a | veritable plume of a tassel which rivalled in gracefulness any pampas grass you ever saw. I've had potatoes bin, white, smooth tubers, looking as |good ‘as could be but with no more taste than a hay sandwich. 1 once found a five-leaved clover. And last year my horse-plum tree, which I tol- erate becanuse it makes <ood spring bee-pasturc, instead of producing plums, bore a quantity of membraneous j bag-like things,—something like small | toy ballons. Every farmer finds these queer freaks among his growths, just as every year sees born, somewhere, a five-legged jcalf or a two-headed colt. As a general thing, a freak is a freak, ang that's all that can properly be said of it. As another general rule, the at- | tempt 1o get freaks to reproduce them- selves is about as useful and profitable 7 Against : Substitutes GettheWell-Known Round Pac Imitations HORLICK'S MALTED MILK In the largest, best .qullpod and sanitary Maited ik pl i lant in the world i ‘We do not make “miik products™— Skim Milk, Condensed Milk, ete. _But the Or7, Original-Genuine HORLICK’S MALTED MILK 4 game of poli they have to be cultivated, how would | Popularity i his home city as w harder to kil you, on land too poor to raise beans.! | growing anywhere from the size of a! doevelop more mushrooms, but truffles | of | how many gulls They're still in demand. The | 1 once found a from on “sprouts” in a neglected cellar | But I wonder | est_products, is itics and is not I throughtout the state. required years of experience before the Ilate Senators Platt and Hawley arose.to & point of influence in the upper bmanch of the national government; but meith- er of them such rapid stride as Our Own Frank is making and if. con- tinued in office he is destined to be t! equal of either as a statesman, like experience. Mr. Brandegee is now among, the most ‘influential of senators and 'he is ewinging into the ranks of the leaders and he is sure to get into the very front row if reelected. Connecticut is a republican state and Mr. Brande- gee is a dyed in the wool republican, one of the foremost in the state and entitied to the vote of every member Among the increased powers grant- ed the city of New London at the last session of the legisiature was the increase in the board of perk.commis- sioners by two members and the com- missioners are required to prepare a Cut off the same cat's | comprehensive plan for the systematic and harmonious development .of the city, and to that end the board is em- powered to employ expert advisors. concerning the location of amy street, avenue, highway, boulevard or park- { way, shall be referred to the com- missioners by the court of common council for its consideration and re- port before final action is taken. The board is required to have made a map of the entire city of New London show- ing the various properties situated in the city and all the streets, show - ing the location of proposed streets | and grades thereof. The map is sub- ject to the approval of the court of commen council and is ubject to | change from time to time by that body. After the approval of the map by the court of common council, no water or sewer pipes shall be laid except upon such streets as are shown on the map. | The act also provides that the map shall be used by the board of asses- sors to aid them in determining the | property owned by any person or cor- poration, and for such other purposes | as may be necessary in making the | proper assessments for taxation. The power to do these things has been { given to the court of common council, jand over a year ago, and its a safe |bet that the legislative power asked | for has mnot been applied Wonder | why not? This matter which directly concerns New London was introduced in the senate by Senmator Johnson, { February 17, and referred to the com- mittee on cities and boroughs and re- ceived like reference in the house four days later. Senator Alton Miner of New London, the senior alderman, was chairman of that committee, and it was | adopted upon the favorable repor: of that committee. This same act gave | the city authority to engage in the ice | business and when the city undertook | to take up the. business, the citizens lin city meeting assembled, refused to | make the necessary appropriation, and | there is no municipal ice plant. But the city still has the authority to try again. The court of common council was also authorized to establish building lines on the lands abutting on any . > r——————— z - 2 Daties of the Park Commissioners Under Increased Powers —Little Activity For Building Lines — Contrast Be- ® tween Old Time andiPresent Day Boat Races. The act provides that all questions{ing circles and al street, or public place, between which lines no bflflu or part thereof shall be erected. The mayor was given autberity to appoint a building line <comimission, non- wo& rather tizens. But as known nothing do- ing in the building line business, al- though the necessity of such ordinance enforcement is many sec- tions of the city. ere's another lit- tle power by the legislature but which is not made applicable by the court of common council. That is, to provide for the regulation of the emission of smoke from any smoke stack, or oth the limits of said city, and to prescribe penalties for violation of such ordin- ance, and provide for the enforcement of the crdinance through inspectors. Another case of wonder why not? Although the Yale-Harvacl boat races were rowed about ten days eari- ier than usual, this year there were of his party, and will probably get it. | fully as many yachts in the harbor Imd along the course as in most prev- ious years, and déys do count in the opening of the yachting season. Such @ large number of yachts in full com- missfon at this early @ate indicates that the fleets when on annual cruise ! will be of large proportions. But this is the cass when Lipton, or any other challenges for the America cup. This event increases interest in yach among the people who dwell -.lon'ntho coast and es- pecially those who live in the harbor town of New London. As has been the custom_ever since the zation, the craft of the New York Yacht club, the largest of its kind, will visit New London harbor when on annual'ecruise. It is probable that the trio of big- stickers built as cup defenders will be with the fleet, and of course the points of greatest attraction. The time was when New Londoners showed appreciation of the visit of the yachtsman by a general illumination along the shore, the display of fire- works and music by the band. Re- ciprocation was given by a decoration of the yachts with electric lights and some fireworks. In those days there was @ summer shore hotel on the New London side of the Thames and it was in front of that hotel where the mul- titude assembled and made the dem- onstration of welcome. The hotel was licked up by the fire flend, but the grounds, the wharf and the same wa- ter front is still there. The property, the site of the old Pequot house, is owned by Senator Frank B. Brandegee and there is doubt that he would be pleased to have the public use the place in connection with a welcome to the New York Yacht club by the peo- ple as a whole. Here is opportunity for some one to get buay start the ball a rolling for a weicome to the fleet, such as their dadies or granddadies used to do in the days that are gone and are to come no more. Congressman and Mayor Mahan h aspirations to become a United States senator and is_an open candidate against Simeon Baldwin, the present governor of the state and who was elected to the office as a democrat. If the usual custom prevails of sending members of the legislature and dele- gates to the state convention it is a safe prediction that the governor will not be nominated for United States senator. He did not make any friends of the legislators. So from this dis- tance the indications are that Con- gressman and Mayor Bryan F. Mahan will be the democratic nominee. + Windham County HAMPTON i | Grange Confers Degrees on Class of Fifteen—Hefty Horses. 1 Little River grange worked the third and fourth degrees at the last | regular mnleeting, June 2. The class numbered fifteen. About sixty-flive | members were present and visitors | from Brooklyn and Wolf Den were { there. Ice cream and cake Were serv- | ed. Mrs. Mary C. Phillips has return- ed to her home here after visiting rel- atives in Rhode Island. Horse Weight 3,000 Pounds. F. A. Phiillips has purchased an- other large pair of horses, weight { 3,000 pounds. Children's day was observed at the Congregational church here by special exercises, Sunday, June 12. Quinton Howe and Miss Ellinor Humes were in Scotiand last Friday night, where they played for a dance. \ Mrs. Clark is a little more comfort- able. Mrs. ¥. W. Howlands is visiting at | C. N. Gill's. M. W. Bennett is visiting at D. P. Weaver's - EAST KILLINGLY Jr, of Brooklyn visited friends here, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. A. E. Chase of Danielson, vis- ited friends here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chandler and son Barle of Putnam, visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Olive Credie and son ; Joseph, spent Sunday In Ballouville. Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks and| Miss Edith Harrington visited in Dan- ielson, Saturday. Harry PTrooks and Ralph Smith' were guests Sunday of relatives at Putnam Helghts. Miss Marion Wood Wauregan, Sunday. Henry Oatley wae a guest Sunday of friends in Westerly, R. L John W, Wade Jr, and Miss Myrtle Cross were in Dayville, Wednesday. Miss Alma L. Rich has resigned as bookkeeper and stenographer for the Brookhill Manufacturing Company. Misses Annie Doty and Orpah gave their pupils a pienic at the Old Killingly pond, Friday. Toiland_County BOLTON Coleman Home Burned—Last Benefit Dance a Success. George Eastment visited in The home of Mrs. Charles Coleman and son Frederick E. Coleman on Coleman street, near the Manchester | line burned Saturday morning. . The | cause is thought to have been a defec- | LETTERS FROM TWO STATES land Day., all being enthusiastic about the success of the celebrations. Benefit Dance. John H. Massey gave the last benefit dance at the brick house at the Center last week Friday evening. The violin- ist Frank Bliss of Hebron gave his services. Ice cream and cake was given by the ladies at the Center. Enough money was raised to finish the fund for the drop curtain. Mrs. Annie Barnes who has been working at the W, C, Daly farm has been taken to the St. Francis Hospital, Harford. It is thought that she has appendicitis. An auction of household furniture was held at the former Rev. W. J. McGurk place at the Center, Tuesday. Thomas Faulker of South Manchester was auctioneer. Flag and Library Day. John 1. May closed his school at the Center yesterday. Wednesday was ob- served as Flag and Library Day. The puplis furnished a pleasing program. ‘Miss Hewins of the Hartfor@ Library Zave a very entertaining talk to th children, after which Mr. May the teacher served cake, ice cream and lemonade. Miss Elizabeth M. Daly who was in the graduating class of the South Manchester High School, entertained her classmates at her home one even- ing recently. Miss Helen Berry of Hartford is vis- iting at Miss Adelia Loomis’. Mrs. Susan S. T. Bissell Manchester was & recent Miss Alvord. Mrs. Jane Summer, Mrs. Botron, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hutchinson of Hartford spent Sunday in town. : Mrs. Mary Swift of Norwich, Mre. Arthur Washburn of New London and Everett Dow of Hartford are guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Pinney. Mrs. Pinney h; recently returned from a wisit wi relatives in Hart- ford and Windsor. Mrs. C. N. Loomis has been spending a few days in Andover with her daugh- ter, Mrs. W. E. Stetson. Carlos Ruggles Jr., and Austin Uhl of Springfield epent” Sunday with the gm.wlr'u grandmother, Mrs. Frances E. 1 es. rs. James F. Milburn has returned g"vm Eo\llhofl;::h:mr,h'horb she was e aughter, Mrs, Jol WUSM. &1 hn of South Buest of e HEBRON 8chool Holds Closing Exercises—Va- us Prizes Awarded. The school held its closing exer- cises at the tdwn hall Friday. A dance followed the entertainment. The same teachers are engaged for next year. For the Center school, Miss Jo- sephine Hart of Montville, for the Grammar school, Miss A Knox of Chester, Mass., for the Prim- ary ent. Folles ‘was the p e at 23 mn“‘r . rogramme & Greeting song, school graduatien Mildred Jones; Principal of the Res- all saved, the house was partially in- sured. A large nu f of Bolten people | .,...nn..% Saturday, Home- tive flue. The furniture was nmlyl ! olution, with songs and garlands, rl Lawton; The Inch Caps uth Grifin; Pealm of Life, ::::;-Th'l;l Blave's Dream, . The Bridge, George | for a week, the guest | phine Hart. | " Miss Genevetve Little is quite ill. COVENTRY \ Pupils in Graduating Class—Natienal Patriotio Instructor Presents Flag to Pupils. Graduatl exercises were held in | the town at South Coventry Wed- i nesday evening of last week, at which i thme elght puplls from the north end | were graduated frem the grammar es, ready to enter high school. hey were: Alvie Christensen, Lillian Killum, Isabel Long, Charles Dinsmore, Florence Hill, Charles Schell, Walter Bennett, George Freeman. A program of recitations and essays was given. A debate, Resolved, That ‘omen Should Vote, by William Richardson of South Coventry for the affirmative and Raymond Green aiso of South Coventry, for the negative, created much interest. Visit from National Instroctor, June 10th Pond Hill school was honored by’ a visit from Mrs Nellie D. Orchard, national patriotic in- structor of the Daughters of Veterans, nd Mrs, Hattie Reynolds, another of- ficer of the same association. A proj of patriotic songs and recitations had been arranged by the teacher, Miss Kalms. An interesting feature was the singing of the Star Spangied Banner while Mr. Reynolds unfiiled the flag. Mrs. Orchard, with her father’s army coat on, read a fine essay on My Father's Army Coat. She gave an essay on the fyaning of thg Grand Army Badge. Mrs. Rey- nolds distributed cards with the flag and badge to parents and puplils. The most interesting feature of the afternoon was the awarding of the prize, a beautiful silk flag, to the pupil who had written the best essay on The Flag. The essay of Walter Ben- nett was decided on. He received the flag from Mrs. Orchard. The essay of Lilllam Kellum was such a close rival that Mrs. Orchard promised to send had a flag also, ‘When Mrs. Orchard presented_the flag to Mr, Bennett, she recited Your Flag and My Flag. During the after- noon Mrs. Reynolds read an instructive essay on Flag Day. Waedding Invitations. Invitations have been received to the wedding of Miss Amy Storrs Loomis and Charles Henry Smith at 8 o'clock 1;: he evening on Wedneaday, June ith. Walbridge-Beach Engagement, Mr, and Mrs. Jobn N. Walbridge announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna M. to Timothy B. Beach, ._of Hartford, Rev. W.'T, Willlams will preach at the Second Congregational church Sunday next. Coventry grange held Its meeting on Thursday evening. On Thursday of last week The Ready Helpers held their annual banquet and election of officers, as follows: Pres- ident, Arthur J. Vinton: vice president, Amy 8. Loomis: secretary and treas- urer, Byron W. Hall; entertalnment committee, Hattle D. Chase, Gilbert H. Storrs, Percy H. Carver. STAFFORD Reading, Penn. Pastor Accepts Uni- versalist ~ Call—Frederick Glover Injured. Mrs. L. W, Rollinson has been spend- ing several days with her parents in Bcll‘cher(t:o'll, Muass. ev. C. H. Puffer of Reading, Pen; has accepted the call to become M!Gl‘" of the Universalist church. He will move his goods here the last of July. 8ocial Given Up. ‘The social planned for Wednesday evening was given up, as Kent Rock- liffe of Somerville, Mass., the musican was taken suddenly ill. Miss Nettie Morse of Pawtucket, R. L, is the guest of Mrs. Alva Brown. Mrs. John Wood of Stonington and Mrs. Dwight Lamb of Merrow were ‘tnul'.' of Mrs. James Wood of Stafford stree Swimmer Injured. While a company of boys was swim- ming in the meadow back of Fred Gray’s, Frederick Glover slipped from the bank striking his foot against a jagged rock causing a severe cut. Ar- thur French hearing his ery sp: in LUCILLE LOVE SERIES No. 6 ENTITLED, “BALAOO THE DEMON. Man,”. X ing E “Making Him Over for Minnter. . CHURCH SISTERS I G T e Singing and Dancing Musical Neovelty e ———————————————————— e e ANIMATED WEEKLY FINE VAUDEVILLE AND A SPECIAL 3 REEL PHDOTOPLAY BABOON COMENG MONDAY 30 BIG ATTRACTIONS tion good things. You Can Do No Better Than To Buy Qur Wurst It’s Delicious if it comes from THUMM’S How convenient it is to come in here or “call up” for the Salads, Cold Meats, Canned Goods, Cheese, Pickles and Relishes that save cooking and satisfy the most critical tastes for 5 BIG FREE ACTS $40,000 ANIMAL SHOW ROSE OF NEW ENGLAND*950 MOOSE GARNIVAL June 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 BATTLE GROUNDS Johnny J. Jones Exposition Shows Contest opens Saturday, June 20. Closes Saturday, June 27, at 9 p. m., on the Camival .Grounds. Where to,vote—Broadway Pharmacy, Smith’s Store, F & Son, W. H. Nicholson, 329 Main St, itcher & Service. Phone 1309 THUMM'S DELICATESSEN STORE 40 FRANKLIN STREET ticipants were from the hill school The debate on equal suffrage, by Wil- liam Richardson, affirmative, and Ray- mond Green, negative, was guite amus- jafter him and brought him to shore. After binding the wound with his stocking, Arthur French with the aid | of the other bovs assisted him to his | home. He suffered considerably from loss of blood, but is doing well. STAFFORDVILLE Flag Day and Children’s Day Ob- served at M, E. Church, James H. Jones, of Amherst, Maas., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Browni: ng. Robert Walbridge, of Wales, is working_at Mrs. Sarah Benson Rev. E. H. Tunnicliffe’s subject in the M. E. church next Sunday morn- ing will be A Lesson in Numerais. A salad supper was served in the M. E. vestry Thursday evening. Henry Goodell, who has been %m- ploved at Mrs. 5. Benson's for some time, has resigned and is_ with his brother, Bert dell, at Willington. Mr, and Mrs. Leo Schindler, who have been in Massachusetts for some time, returned to their former employ- ment in the Garland mill the first of this week. Mrs, William Taylor of South Cov,- entry ‘and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bar- low of New Britain were guests this week of Mrs. Minnie Belcher and Mrs. ‘Willlam Chandler. Observed Flag Day. Children’s day was observed in the M. E. church Sunday Sunday mern- ing when the children presented & very Dleasing program, e church was ttily decorated with flags to cele- te Klag day, and flowers. ode, George Hardy; the Last Hymn,| !Meresting Debate at Graduating Ex- | cently underwent an operation at the ercises—Getting Rid of Caterpillar ing. Those entering the high school frem here are, Miss Barbara Peter- Austin Peterson, Brenton Free- William Richardson and Ray mond Green. Austin Peterson is taking a bicycle trip to Manchester, New Britain, Southington and Glastonbury. Miss Sadie Peterson is the guest of her brother, A. E. Peterson, Jack Sechelling of Clinton is stay- h&u Mr. Sherman’ iss_Julia White entertained Miss M. E. Bingham and Barbara Peterson Saturday evening. Destroy Caterpillar Nests. Cooperating with those who gathereq egz masses, during the winter resi- dents on the hill have destroyed the caterpillar nests and have practically banished the pest, although on some roads they are in evidence. nited effort is the only way to success. SOUTH COVENTRY C. E. 8ecisty Rohearsing Play—Moth- ers’ Meeting Held—Cradle Roll Or- ganized. , Mrs, Austin Boynton is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Brnest Perki and family, at East Providence, R. I. Rev, and Mrs, George W. Christie are visiting relatives in the west. The family of Washington I, Her- mance of Ripley Hill has removea to Garrison-on-the-Hudson, N. Y, Maxwell Drainerd of the U. S. S. 'otomac has been a guest at the home of Mrs, Mary Albertin. Mrs, W, J. Wilson is in Worcester to attend the wedding of a relative 2nd also to attends commencement at Clark university, where her son, W. J. Wilson, Jr., 13 = student. Mrse. Grace Noble Green, who Te- private hospital in Willimantic, has returned to her home in Bridi,nort affer spending a short time with her ts, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Noble. Rehearsing Pla; 3% people have to rehearsals daughter, minws, Mra ‘"Ballou, the summer. Held Pionie, day Agnes Armstron cast of characte Watson Montana, LeRoy given considerabie under direction of Mrs. Following is the Higbee millionaire n; Hon. With- ‘Theodore his :'ly through Criek Kany T ¥ith time from Nettie Cour: Madge Cum- Montana, Hattie Brown: senator's sister, ; Mre. Malvina Middigrew, :l.uourl. must be shown, Dorothy Col- n. Edith from Children’s Concert. There will bé a Children’s day con- éery at the Co Sunday evening at § o'clock Misses Ruby B, Higgins and Mar- church next Brown of Mt. Holyoke and Alee mer of Wellesley are home for Scheols in the village closed on Fri- June 12th. day, The thre the Center school heid an plcnic at the Sandy shore Saturday. Mothers’ Meeting. ee grades of enjoyable Thursday afternoon of last week a school. short o Mothers’ meeting was held in the Con. gregational vestry under the of the primary teachers of the Sun- A cradle roll has been instituted with Miss Nellie Albertus superintendent. Mrs. A. E. gave a tall metherhood. Miss Ni a brief outline of the purpose meeting and organization of the cradle roll. Mrs, R. 8. Brown had e of the meeting. A lunch of sand: 4 ‘wafers - jand fruit served by Miss Hattle Sarah White, Mrs. Walter 1. Eaton and Mrs, Brown. the punch was Miss A rubber tennis court is about ‘o be Londo: Ohild FOR rdry tried experimentally in ren O § Ory