Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 11, 1914, Page 12

(Written Specially For The Bulletin) There is such a thing as being too progressive. -Ir\:n of us older hayseeds are trou- Bled much, that way, but now and then ene of the younger generation is. “Boost:” “boom things:" —weTe eonstantly being adjured by some fel- low from college or some fellow who ts to go to congress or some city who lives in a $3,000 flat on a it is better to “boost” to * . But there is reason in 3‘2»..-, and sometimes toa exuber- ant boosting leads to a bust-up. There is that, when a man is going to build a tower, he had better sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it. “Lest hapl; ‘when he hath laid a foundation and not able to finish, all that behold be to mock him. m.lnla way with a barn. Or a hen- Or a reaper and self-binder. an automobile. Towers aren’t the only things that cost and have to be paid for. The wise old head'algs dcw;l bell(;nre he begins any one of the various im- provements he hankers after and “fig- gers up” whether he's got the money to pay for ‘em, and also Whether the pay for themselves after he's put his money into them. The “booster” plunges into them, the moment he becomes convinced they're good things, without stopping to consider whether he can personally afford them or not. I'm moved to these reflections by the #tory which came to me, recently, of & young farmer who had failed. {tom hard to understand, at first, why he had failed. He was young; he was ambitious, he was energetic; he was a good practical farmer, he liked cows: he was a hard worker. There wasn't a lazy streak anywhere In him. His habits were good. He was econm- ical in matters of personal expendi- ture. He had done well with a small herd of a dozen cows. So he launched out, gathered a dairy of fifty, and started to “get rich quick’. excellent _authority for To n with he needed more barn reom. e could have built ells and sheds on the old one and made it do, but it would always have been an old contraption and a makeshift, at the best. He knew that dairy cows do best when best sheitered and cared for. The most modern barn possible wouldn’t be any too good. So up went @ $5,000 barn. Then he must have an up-to-date hen-house. He put up two cement siloes, on the theory that, since he must have ‘em, he had better have the very best. Then he bought about gm pure-bred <':be-u‘ ‘paymx xfa.nc;' ces, and a pure-bred sire, paying ap exorbitant price. He had a fair amount of working oapital and a first-class credit. Any- body was willing to take his note for anything he wanted, because he was known to be industrious, frugal in per- sonal matters, owner of a big un- mortgaged farm, sober, enmergetic and pushing. Now the farm and the barn and the silos ang the pure-bred cows and the expensive machinery belong to the people he ve his notes to. He's working at “$30 a month and found” for a stranger. The trouble was that he spread tog much sail for his hull. He “boost- ed” not wisely but too well. He “bit off more'n he could chaw” He didn't sit down in his old barn and count the cost as he should have done; not merely the initial cost but the constant, annual, never-ceasing draft of interest and taxes and in- surance and repairs and maintenance. He certinly did have a mighty nice place for a while. Everything shone for a year or two. The fences were fine, and the flelds were finer, and the buildings were finest of all.- City visitors admired and envied him: prospective buyers of country estates weré shown his place as a model of ‘what could be done with good stock on just common land. Now it is only being shown to pos- sible ers who are thought gulli- Ble enough to bite at poor bait. The whole trouble with this young in was that, led on by his own y ambition, he listened too eagerly to the “boosters” whose idea seeéms to be to plunge blindly into any experiment or expenditure which prom- ises well, regardless of cost. and n extract, in powder form—dissolyes than tea or coffee. Used in training milk, with malted heal IT DOESN'T PAY THE PLUCKY YOUNG*!’ARMER ° TO GO TOO FAST 3 . wherewithal to> pay. “The best is never too good”, is one of their com- mon savings. “You've got to invest money before you can have it make more money?’, is another. Both are true, standing by themselves and as simple statements of condition. It is also true that white duck clothes are comfortable and desirable in summer- time. But the farmer who weers them plowing the swamp, or weeding onions, or getting out manure, or following the cultivator through the dust on & hot day across the . drought-baked corn field has need to consider, before- hand, how much he can afford to pay the laundress. It truly is difficult to concéive of a barn too good or too convenient to house vaiuable pure-bred dairy cows. But the farmer who has such cows must first consider whether their production yields profits big enough' to pay for all possible and ex- pensive modern barn refinements. There is no doubt that machinery helps a whole lot in farm work. But the farmer who contemplates buying a costly and intricate mechanism’ be- cause it will enable him to do a cer- tain thing in less time, must first stop and reckon up the money value of the time saved, and the money cost of the purchase and care of the machine. It's a good investment if it enables him to put a dollar more in his pocket, after, paying interest on ‘the cost of the machine, and all expense of run- ning it, and charging off a fair amount for yearly deterioration. Otherwise, it's not a good investment, and he'd better keep on the old way. A good many of our critics think we old farmers are a set of Stingy hunks, who cling to our pennies as drowning men are sald to cling to straws. We're frequently charged with being too all-fired mean to spend a cent in order to get a dime. One of the constant complaints of the youns- er set is that we're afraid to take chances: and “plunge” a little when the temptation seems to them very strong.. We're all alleged to be ‘“old s” ang “behind the times”; and “stick-in-the- . etc. etc. and so forth. There’s basis for the charges, too. Some of us are pretty stubborn and “sot” old creatures. We've climbed up and down the old barn ladder so long that we've got used to it and the proposition: to put in an escalator strikes us as dum foolishness. We don’t hesitate to say so. Why, .that boy whom, a few years ago, we had to carry over the brook because he coudn’t jump it and was afraid to stay alone on the the other side, whose little breeches we had to button for him because he didn’t know how—he's already trying to tell us that we don't know how to run the old farm we made pay for itself be- fore he was born! Con-sarn his im- pudence! Does he think he can teach his ‘grandmother how to suck egss? Don’t we, many of us, feel that way, now and then? Eh? Be honest with yourself, now? We think the youngsters are heady and bumptidus; we are fhrritated by their conceit and sorry for the lack of experience. They think we're antiquated and un- able to see the better ways which modern scicuce is opening before the agricultural world. They are even more impatient over our conservation than we are over their precipitancy and_recklessness. They, also, happen to have more apologists and defenders than we dor That's why, just now, I'm inclined to stand up a little for the old 'uns. They're getting, seems to me, a lttle more than their fair share of slang- whanging. They aren't absolute fools even though sixty-year old eyes may not be guite as keen as at twent; If it were only possible to hitch old experience and youthful enterprise to- gether in double harness, what a team they would make! Since, however, that seems mpossi- ble, isn't it within the bounds of prae- ticality to devise some working agree- ment by which, if they won't pull true together, they may, at least, be kept from pulling against each other? That's a real problem in every fam- ily where there are young fellows growing up. 1 want, today, to suggest to the new generation that it be a little easy with us old chaps. This dairyman of whom 1 have written was, and still is, a young man. He had practically every- thing in_his favor, except the one factor-of long experience. He had had The best diet for Infants, Growing Children, Invali the Aged. It agrees with the weakest digesdg:'. 'S*’—at Restaurants, Fountains. Also keep it at home. A lunch in a minute. ALUMINUM PRESERVING 2 3 PR L 7Y I # to eat. Convenient— nutritious. HOLD | hose wagon. things as stumps weeds and bad weather. 'NEW LOND Magnified. The' triple-action _American-La- France motordriven fire apparatus owned by the city of New London and in the keeping of Niagara Engine com- pan, No. 1, was put to a very severe and successful efficiency test at the fire of the Robertson mill, in Montville, last Monday night. It was not a dem. onstrative test such as is given whe; a new apparatus is subjected to be- fore official delivery to the purchaser, when special effort is made to have Its workings fully up to specifications, but ‘was a practical test, for which no prev ious preparation was made. That ap- paratus left the fire house in New Lon- don at 8 o'clock in the evening and re- turned to the fire house just six hours and forty minutes later, and all that time the engine was kept at work co.- tinuously. The run from New London to the mill fife was about eleven miles, and although a section of the road wus in very bad condition, the Niagaras had two streams of water on the burn- ing bullding within twenty minutes after leaving the fire house. In the run to the fire the machine carried just 1550 fset of hose and four- teen firemen. Every length of the hose was laid in two lines up a steep hill of long grade and water pumped through an inch and a half, and an inch and a quarter nozzles for fully six hours. The pumps were worked easil with pressure averaging about sevent: five pounds, being all that the firemen could handle due to the frequent shift- ing of the position of the hose lines. Although the usual complement of hose for the machine is 1000 feet, still if another line of hoss was available, even in addition to the 550 feet extra, the engine would have worked faster and consequently to_better advantage. The water was lifted twelve feet from a sluiceway and was pumped through tha long lines of hose with force suf- ficient to furnish solid streams that re- quired the services of three pipemen to each_stream. Just sixteen gallons of gasolene and three gallons of engine oil were used during. the severe test of endurance and efficiency. About five hundred gallons of water were pumped a min- ute, which could readily be increased were it practical under the circum- stances. Although the engine was not run at high speed. still if traveling on the highway instead of pumping water, the apparatus would have travelnd about 220 miles. No the engine did not stop for even a second, as the gears that gave the motive power was shift- ed to the pumps immediately upon ar- riving at the fire, and were shifted back again for the homebound trip. The Niagaras and all New Londone: have reason to feel proud of this mod. ern fire-fighting apparatus. Connecticut and ought to be duplicated in New London, which is gradually becoming a city of motor-driven fire- apparatus. With the hook and ladder company, there are eight fire organi- zations in the New London Volunteer fire department and there are five motor-driven. While the disposition seems to be to be up to the minute in the matter of equipment, there is a lateness of about twenty minute in not substituting another triple action ma- chine for a combination chemical and Of the five machines the city has been given opportunity to purchase only two, owing to the spirit that prevails in the New London de- partment and which is the cause of its general efficiency of the volunteer de- partment. The firemen realize that New London, is not a New Haven, or a Hartford, a Waterbury, or even a Bridgeport, and for that reason som of the companies have substituted motor-driven apparatus for the hand- drawn and at no expense to the city, knowing that to satisfy personal pride there would be no justification in hav- ing the tax-paver the burden of the expense of the substitution. every piece of fire apparatus city, is under the absolute control of the cl and his assistants and the court of common council, through its repre- sentatives, the fire committee. As a result better service is given the city than could -be possibly given by such a any degree of efficiency in comparison ‘with the present volunteer fire depait- ment. The city has the apparatus and the firemen, too, as good and as effi- cient as in any other city in the land, and the taxpayer is not round should- ered over the taxation burden that goes to the malntenance of the fire department. There is now, there always has been, and there probably aiways will be just a few persons who advocate a pai dcr-rtm.nt In New London, but as a Tule their preferences are based on pure jealously or unfamiliarity with the real fire department and other lo cal conditions. These few advocates periods. or among those who are always in th van for public improvements and who stand ready to assess the cost, or rather tl share of the mnn.w ON FIRE ENGINE TEST Run to and Service at Montville Fire Most Satisfactory—Five Pieces of Motor Apparatus—Trouble Among Volunteers and by. It is better to middle of the on to.a ‘sKy- enough to drop in ing of the immortal Lincoln of fooling the people once in awhile but not ail the time, was not appreciated and un- derstood by the whole people. There has been repeated reterence to an alleged fight between volunteer firemen that has almost made that lit- tle blaze in Reed street famous. It was printed that it was a Donney- brook/affair that resulted in blackened eyes, cut heads and bloody noses and that the firemen had forgotten about the fire and engaged themselves as a squirming mass of fighters. What con- founded rot! Ax a matter of fact, there were a few disagreeing words between a couple of firemen, and one attempted to hit the other but was stopped by the hand of the fellow at which the blow was aimed. And that was all there was to the story of the “fighting volunteer firemen at the Reed street a the few advocates of a fire department were exhausted, too, they selected the Bank street fire as ‘base of supply and attack. Hera there was another fight between the volunteer firemen and a sideswipe at one of the most efficlent fire depart- ments in the state. According to the press report, as farnished by the se- lected few who would like to pose as public dictators here, there was an- other squirming mass of fighting fire- men. This, too, was another -case of gross exaggeration and misrepresen- tation. This event consisted merely of one firemen taking hold of the neck- tie of another firemen and pulled the ends just a little stronger than was attended, and the fellow took offense, and really did threaten to fight. But not a single blow was struck by the al- leged fighting volunteer firemen. Ev- erybody in New London knows that these misrepresentations are intended solely to discredit the discipline and efficiency of the New London firemen. ese incidents are in the nature of anclent history but they are referred to £0 often in public print that it is perhaps just as well that the reading public should know the truth. Tolland County STAFFORDVILLE | Wrist Broken in Accident — Blair-Tyler Archle Sanger's Motorcycie f engineer | Marriage. Archie Sanger, while riding on his motoreycle met with ‘a bad accider: His machine broke, throwing him some distance, breaking his wrist and cau: ing several bad bruises. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Schindler resigned at the Garland mill last week. Mr. Schindler has bought out a meat bus- iness in Springfield, Mass. Blair-Tyler. Arthur Blair and Mrs. Btta Tyler, who were dnited in marriage recently, will make their home in New York city. Mr. and Mrs, Willlam Chandler and family recently visited relatives in South Coventry. Mr. and Mrs. George Cooley spent the Fourth with their som, Archie Cooley, in Somers. Miss Margaret Hodge has returned ot Monson, after spending two kees with Mrs. S, M. Lambert. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bosworth and family, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Miller and Mrs. Martha Goodwill, spent the Fourth with Mrs. F. H. Ballou, in Union. STORRS Sunday School Children and Friends Have Picnic At the Lake. About forty ehildren of the Sunday school with their friends, enjoyed a picnic at South Coventry Lake, Wed- nesday, The trip was made by auto- mbflk While at the lake there were boat #ldes, baseball and other games. Préf. E. O. Smith has returned from Pllgrim Beach, Provincetown, where Mrs. Smith and Miss Winifred Smith are spending the summer. and Mrs. Newton have been % | Visiting with Prof. and Mrs. Smith at Provincetown. Vacation Visitors. Prof. Rettgar and family of New Haven are occupying Prof. Newton's house during the vacation season. Mr. and Mrs. Hollister have returned from a visit in Kingston, Pa. President and Mrs. C, L. Beach re- turned Friday after visiting several places in the Central west. Miss Skinner has been visiting her brother, Prof. J. W. Fitts. Mrs, Judkins returned Friday from Haverhill, Mass. UNION Herbert Newsll and daughter Arline, of BSpringfield visited the former's ‘brother, T. O. Newell the first of the week. . ]dlohn Buckley was home for the hol- ay. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Palmer of Hart- ford spent the holiday with relatives at_the Marcy cotage. .William P. Marcy is spending a few days in Hartford. 4 . GGeorge Lawson and sons, of Middle Haddam, also Mr. and Mrs, W. G. Howard, attended the tional church last Sunday. MANSFIELD DEPOT The lecture by Rev. W, E. Lanphere at the Baptist church Thursday even- ing was instructive and inspiring. A petition for prohibiting the manufact- ure of intoxicants was circulated and signed by a number of voters and ‘women, 'wl(‘.rf ..n: I"r,; uoyg Thompgon are ng T lompson’s r!-l Migs Mildred Tilden - Norwich is | visiting -her aunts the Misses Tilden. Animals Burn Tn Barn On Noble Farm " —Lewn Party in The Pagk: - d, thin, with a delightful flavor —appropriate for _ luncheon, tea and Prince of appetizers. Makes daily trips from Ginger-Snap Land to waiting mouths every- where. Say Zu Zu to the grocer man, § cents. Springfield, Mass., are visiting in town at Mr. Price's father's. Animals Burned To Death. Fire of unknown origin totally destroyed the large barn belonging to H. T. Noble, Wednesday evening about 9:30." One horse, heifer and pigs were burned. For a while_the buildings of Arthur D. Hale and Mrs. E. T. Davis seemed doomed to go, but through the efforts of the neighbors and friends they were saved. Miles H. Aborn has sold his farm, known as the Olive Hyde place to Mr. | Leavitt of Norfilk, Va. Harold Davis, who is at the Hart- ford hospital suffering with blood pois- oning, is a little better. Miss Alice Pinney has returned from two weeks' visit in Warehouse Point. Lawn Party. The choir and Camp Fire club held a lawn party in the Park on the even- ing of the Fourth. A number from here attended the Fourth of July celebration at Ware- house Point. Hall Memorial library was for the holiday. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Chapman of Hart- for spernt the week-end with Mr. aad Mrs. Miles H. Aborn. Burial of Ella .Burgess. The body of Ella Burgess formerly of this town, but who died in the Hart- ford hospital, was brought here for burial on Wednesday afternoon. Ellsworth Niles of New York was home over the Fourth. SPRING HILL Oiling the State Road—Guests Enter- tained Saturday. closed Among those who were here for the Fourth were Dr. E. R, Storrs and fam- | iy of Hartford at Judge Storrs’, Mr. { and Mrs. Reed of Worcester and E. P. | Bellows of Brooklyn, N. Y. at the Bellows summer hom: Miss Mildred Cummings of Staten Island, N. Y., at the Rogers Summer home, Mrs. W. A: Tucker of Vernon at A. D. Palmer's, Mr. and Mre. Byron S. Hawkins of An- doyer at D. C. Flaherty's. Mrs. Arthur Cummings and son My- ron have arrived at the Sears home for the summer, The Day family have gone into the house which was Mrs. Shumway’s. W. B. Trobridge, who taught the school at Mansfleld Depot last year, i called on friends on the Hill Thur: y. Mrs. Adelbert Jackel of New York has been the guest of Mrs. A. D. Palmer the past week. Rev. A. A. Muir was called to Ash- ford Wednesday to attend ths funeral of Mrs. Henrietta Moote. The section of state road which is under construction here is receiving a coat of oil. BOLTON NOTCH Miss Sadie Howard from New York is visiting mother, Mrs. Minnie Howard, Miss Ruth, Mary and Hattie Warner from South Manchester, spent the Fourth with their grandmother, Mrs. Minnle Howard, A. N. Maine from Torrington s visiting his brother, L. S. Maine. Mr. and Mrs. James Clift of Tor- rington is visiting at Loren Maine’ Mrs. Nettie Weirner of Hartford is visiting friends in town. Mrs, Emma MoGinn of Hartford spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. L. 8. Maine, A number from this place attended a dance at Columbia Friday n! Master Robert Bridgeman Hart- ford is with Mrs, Frank Wheton. Frank Wheton ln.ln“nl—flc ‘Wednesday. : 'MASHAPAUG —_— George Nelson Stone, a Native .'.01'; entry, Reaches 75th Birthday. Last Wednesd George Nelson Btone observed i 75th. bin at _ OF THIS TERRIBLE CATASTROPHY LILLIAN ORR & CO. in “A Mexican Round-up” MARSTEN and SEELEY. LUCILLE LOVE, Series No. 9 Singing and Talking Musical Comedian | ANIMATED WEEKLY COLONIAL THEATRE Mrs. Simeon Stone.. The family mov. ed to Southbridge, when he was six years old and lived there seven years before coming to this place. In 1881 Mr. Stone purchased the Emmerson Johnson farm, where he has since liv- ‘ed. Mr. Stone is widely known through thigsection of the country. For 29 years he was highway surveyor. He served in the Civil war with Co. E, #h the Fourth Massachusetts calvery one year and eleven months. Mr. Stone married Miss Lottie Roper of Holland, Mass. Four years ago he married Mrs. Margaret Keefe of Mil- ford, Mass. Mr. Stone enjoys good health and up to about five years ago carrfed on all his own farming. At the present time he can swing a scythe as well as a man in the 40's for a few hours at a' time. Mr. Stone can tell many interesting stories about Civil war and was in many battles. On account of lack of orders and the general depression in steel finished goods, the Snell Auger shop closed its factory last week Friday night until Monday, July 20. A party about a dozen young men from Southbridge walked to Masha- paug Lake and captured 10 small Sun- fish Tuesday The round trip walked ‘was about 10 miles. BOLTON - Local Young Lady to Teach in Hebron —Team Breaks Even in Holiday Games. Rev. Mr. Waters of Rocky Hill preached at the Congregational church last Sunday, and will speak again to- morrow. Mrs. John Hanlon and daughter of California are visiting Mrs. Hanlon's aunt, Mrs. Charles N. Loomis. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fryer, Mr. and Mrs. Minot S. Fryer nd Douglass Fryer of Wiliimantic spent Siturday and Sunday with Mrs. Henry Fryer's mother, Mrs, E. Jane Finley. Mrs. L. R. Ward and son Junior of Ocean Grove, N. J, are visiting Mrs. ‘Ward's sister, Mrs. 8. M. Alvord. Mrs. Louise Jewett and son are spending a fortnight at Prof. and Mrs, S. M. Alvord's. Mre. Frank Crygler of Hartford has been visiting at Mrs. C. F. Sumner’s. - Mrs. C. E, Pomeroy of Windsor is with her daughter, Mrs, W. C. Whitea. Mr. and Mrs. Avery of Webster, Mass., spent the Fourth at C. M. Pinney’s. To Teach in Hebron. Miss Elizabeth M. Daly is in Dan- bury attending summer school. Miss Daly has been engaged to teach in He- bron the coming year. Mrs. John Upton was a recent guest of Mrs. W. E. Clark. The Bolton boys played baseball in Andover Saturday. The Bolton team won in the morning, 5-1. The after- noon game was taken by the Andover boys, 4-3. SOUTH WILLINGTON Special Town Meeting Votes to Build $1,000 Schoolhouse. Mr, and Mrs. Fred Colburn, Walter Colburn and Miss Ruth Eilis spent the Fourth at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry at Mansfield Center. John H. Westerfield left Monday for Stamford. where he will be employed. His family will remain here for the present. Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Preston of Mansfleld were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Brackett, Saturday and Sun- Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Safranek are en- tertaining Mr. and Mrs. John Safranek and Mr..and Mrs. Joseph Ruyicka of New York. Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards are on a visit of several days with relatives in Durha; N. . Mrs, James Marer and son, James, of Quincy, Mass. are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Denman, To Build Schoolhouse. The specigl town meeting last Friday evening was well attended. It was voted to build a 24x30 foot school- house in the Potter district at a cost not to .exceed $1,000 and equip the SaAme with necessary furniture. Messrs. W. D. Ruby, C. S. Amidon and W. O. Eldredge were chosen building com- mittee. Hilltop Home Club Hoids a Fourth of July Picnic—Petition Against Manu- focturing Intoxicants, ‘The Hilitop Home club held a picinic at the home of Mrs. A. E. Peterson the Fourth. Over ninety were present. First on the programme was a ball game beiween the married men and the Ciimbers, score 14 to 13, in favor of the Climbers. Ralph Hazen was struck in the face by a foul ball, re- ceiving a painful bruise. Tables were spread on the beautiful lawn in front of the home at which the guests were seated to partake of the tempting spread. This was followea by a pa- rade of the Climbers in costume, each carrying a small ladder. A debate upon Political ‘Equality for women af- fored much amusement. R, H. Sher- man, F. B. Topliffff and F. J. Snyder stood for the affirmative, R. W. Haveri, Julian Beville and A. G. Rowley for the negative. Mrs, J_E. Priestly and Miss Fannie white, decided in favor of the affirma. tive. Rev. J. E. Priestly gave a very fine address on Patriotism. Patriotic sofigs by the club, tennis, eroquet and flelg sports by the young people the time pleasantly. Fireworks in the evening ended a memorable da: Petition Against Intoxicants. A petition. prohibiting the manufact- ure of intoxicants was circulated last week, receiving a nuimber of names, none to whom it was presented refus- ing to sign. Don = Brigham visited friends in Mystic over the Fourth. Dwight Avery-of Norwich passed the week-end with his family at the H. P. Toplifr place. Wee-end guests on the Hill, were Gordon Hills and John Reinarty of East Hartford at R. W. Hazen's; Mrs. George Plerce and Mrs. Murdech of Waterford, Ont, and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hazen of Boston at Mrs. Sarah White's; ‘Laurence Sherman of Bran- ford and Miss Sarah Stanton of New London at Mr. Sherman's, tages and bungalows at exceptionally low prices just now. 'M. HOURIGAN Suggestions Worth While \ Yes, down ' to $6.00, 4 and up to ’ $50.00. We have - just the REFRIGERATOR "FOR YOU Norwich, Conn. The judges, Rev. Mr. Eaton,;