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on your floors or linoleum, either with a cloth or brush. Good for new floors and will | hard over night. Such is the fact about OILKOTA. An excellent preparation, and at a price less than ordinary floor | qualities included. Give us a trial at FRED C. CROWELL'S 87 Water Street We give Royal Gold Trading Stamps We close at 6 o'clock Saturdays dur- | ing July and August, (learance of Summer Shirts Straw Hats, Neckwear of the better grades Underwear and Half Hose. Remarkably low prices on high grade Men’s Wear at The Toggery Shop 291 Main Street 1814—1914 John A. Morgan & Son COAL LEHIGH VALLEY No.2 Nut $6.00 per toa Office and Yard Central Wharf Telephone 884 The Mathewson NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. I OPEN JUNE 25, A superb modern Hotel, mag- nificently situated on Ocean Front; American and European Plans: Rose Birch Room (a la carte) open all hours. Only purs Spring \vater used in the hotel. Hot and cold sea water baths. Urchestra. Climatic conditions delightful, nature here presenis a perfect combination of seashore and country. Surf Bathing, Cham- pionsbip Pony Poio, Golf, Ten- nis and.good Fishing. S. W. & E. I MATHEWSON, Proprietors _ _UNIVERSALISM Teaches God’s purpose _to save all souls God is all powerful, all wise, all loving. He can do His will Noth- ing can aefeat God. For information, books, tracts, ad- dress REV. F. A. DILLINGHAM, Supt., < Bridgeport, Conn. Take It To Lincoln’s He Does All Kinds of Light Repairing. Sypewriters, Keys Umbrellas, Cam- eras a specialty. Now located in the Steiner Block, 265 Main St. rooms over Disco Bros Established 1880 REPAIRING WATCHES, QkOCKI. JEWEL- RY AND EYEGLASSES The very best work at THE VERY LOWEST PRICES. 1 save you money because my expenses are small. Highest " prices paid for ald gold, silver and jeweiry. J. Ogulnick & Co. 65 Franklin St., Norwich Opp. Bulletin Office American House FARREL & SANDERSON. Propa Special Rates to Theatre Troupes, Traveling Men, Ete. * Livery sennected. Shetucket Ui o, S Syes DR. F. W. HOLMS, Dentist something that you can put | _The parade will be HIBERNIANS. . those who will attend the biennial gathering of Ancient Ovder of Hibernians and the Ladies’ Auxili- ary of Connecticut in New Augsut 17, 18 and 19 will be a dele- gation of seven from Ladies’ Auxiliary, Division 18, of this city, as follows: Mrs, M. L. Sliney, presideni Miss Laura O'Neil, vice president; Miss Catherine Sliney, secretary; Miss Anna Hughes, treasurer; Miss M; e Dunn, mistress-at-arms, and Miss May No- lan, sentinel. Mlss Catherine Sliney is also recording secretary of the county. During the stay in New London the | local delegates will make their head- { quarters at the Mohican hotel. The committee in charge of the nther‘m: are working indefatigably in whipping things into shape for wjat will probably be the finest convention ! of Hibernians ever held. The committee follows: William T. May: Sullivan; treasurerers, lahan and P. J. Ryan; Thomas Gragan, president of Division No. 2, A, O. H, D. D. Donovan, James F. Reagon, Jeremlah Lyons, Thomas E. Donohus, Barth. E. MecCarthy, James “Flaherty, Mrs. Catherine May. Mrs. Julia Perkins, Miss Katherine Somers, County President Ladies’ Aux- iliary, A O. . Mrs. Annie Henley, | Miss Charlotte M, Holloway and Mrs. Mary Rawley. The delegates will number over 600 and their friends will bring the in- flux of visitors to New London into the thousands. Banquets, hops and side trips of many kinds have been planned ang it s the intention of the committee to have the delegates and visitors return to their homes refresh- ed by their trip to Nw London and proud of the hospitality extended. The city is proud of its industri and since many of them are near to the hearts of the lady visitors, espe- citlly its silk and quilt mills, it is rlanned to make them intimately ac- quainted. Then again the Connecti- cut Women's college, made possible through the gplendid gifts of Commo- dore Morty F. Plant and the citizens of New idon; the million dollar wharf, the modern hotels and the fine shore residences at Great Neck, East- ern Point and Ocean beach will come Chalrman, in for the tour of inspection. All the state officers will be pres- ent. likewise some of the national of- ficers, including National Secretary : Philip J. Sullivan of Thompsonville. { The Crocker house and Mohican hotel will be headquarters for the delegates. EAGLES, | Al preparations for the big fleld day of the New England Bagles have been completed by the New Haven commit- tee. The Eagi®s will gather at the | Elm City on July 19, when there will be a banquet and the gathering will remain until the 21st, the day for the big parade. reviewed by Governor Baldwin of this state and Governor Walsh of Massachusetts. Acting Mayor Hubbard, the delegation of congressmen who will be present as guests of the Eagles and grand aerie officers will also review the parade. The following judges have been selected: Charles W. Tuttle, chairman; Maj. George T. Hewlitt, Joseph H. Mulvey, William F. Alcorn, Rocco lerardi, George Jacobs. Harry Asher. and the following prizes will be given for the parade features: For the largest aerie numerically, the prize will be a handsome clock set, For the largest aerie, percentage of membership based on last grand aerie report, the prize will be valuable clock set. For the finest appearance, the prize will be beautiful lamp. For the longest distance from home, the prize will be a punch bowl. For the best float, most typical of tie ideal, the prize will be loving cup. { For the finest appearing police es- | cort, 12 men or over, the prize will be_individual cups. For the tallest Eagie in line, for the smallest Eagle in line, for the stout- est Eagle in line, charm for each. | On Monday afternoon at 2.30 sharp | the degree team contest will take place. | ! This will be a big number on the! program, as some 12 crack teams are entered. Monday’s program will be brought to close by an unique illumination in the form of a set piece 40 feet square | emblematic of the order. The com- | mittee has a feature that will hold the thousands on the green until the last bell. as it will be something never be- | | fore attempted. and a departure from the time worn programs usually ar- ranged on such occasions ~and will leave a lastinz impression on all who | witness this spectacle. The judges for the contest .on the green will be Captains Woebele, Hag- : gerty, Beebe. Cramer and Ward of the New Haven militia. The prize offered , for this event is $300 i gold, $150 to | the first, $100 to the second, $50 to the third team. and will be awarded on the same evering at Eagles' hall, ' Crown street, New Haven, at which time all the teams will assemble, to |1earn the names of the winners. | 'The banquet on the nineteenth will | be one of the great events of the cele- ! bration. MOOSE. Rose of New England lodge, No. 950, the delegates Joseph George and F. Hazard reported on the conventlon | held at Hartford last Saturday and| the officers that were elected for the Connecticut Field - Day Association were as follows: Dictator, M. L. Hub- bard, Merident; vice dictator, J. B. MeGrath, New Britain: prelate, John; Sullivan, Thompsonviile; secretary, J. R. Murphy, Hartford: treasurer, F. B. Parris, Waterbury. The fleld day will be held at Hartford sometime in June 1915. FRATERNAL BENEFIT LEAGUE. Norwich council, No. 25 held a re&- ular meeting Wednesday evening wzth | la fairly good attendance. After the | completion of the regular routine of business the meeting adjourned. MOOSE At & special meeting of Rose of New HOTEL WOODSTOCK 43D STREET, NEAR BROADWAY TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK 360 ROOMS 270 BATHS EUROPEAN PLAN ONLY ROOM WITH BATH $3.50 & $8.00 DITTO FOR.TWO §350 & $4.00 TS A O ML S ATMOSPHERE MODERATE PRICES —AND— IN THE CENTER OF NEW YORK W. H. VALIQUETTE, MGR. Alse THE BERWICK, RUTLAND, VT, Bean Hill Athletics Won. <Clifford and Mrs. Mary Mueller. a few from the councii will attend. The Spelling Book’, ‘and attempt to teach state officers are expected to Visit the them their names. And what a her- | ¥ear holds itiation fee will b:”s\mnccd to $10. ‘The well attended and was much interest ewas manifest. A num- ber of applications were presented for n. On next Thursday night a number of the local Mooss will to Willi- mantic on the 6.45 o'cl car where they will attend the Moose caraival in that city. owLS. Norwieh Nest, No. 1396, at their meeting, Tuesday evening in Ow.s’ hall declded to hold their outing this year at the Drawdridge, on August 29. he committee in charge reported that things are in ship shape and that the outing will be an excellent one. ORDER OF PROTECTION. Norwich lodge. No. 248, held a reg- ular meeting Monday eévening in Buckingham Memorial with a fairly good attendance. The regular officers of the lodge were present and con- ucted the meeting. Wheeler made =a visit and was re- ceived very cordially by the brothers. After the completion of the routine of business, light refreshments were served and a social hour was spent. ODD FELLOWS. Shetucket lodge, No. 27 with a good attendance Tuesday evening transac- ted a regular business meeting at Odd Fellows’ hall. = Uncas lodge. No. 11 met in Odd Fel- lows’ hall on Monday evening and transacted a regular business meet- ing. The attendance was fair and the regular officers of the order con- ducted the meeting. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Waurgan lodge, No. 6, conducted a regular meeting Tuesday evening in Pythian hall with a good attendance. ROYAL ARCANUM. The summary of membership and finances, June 30, 1914, is as follow- ing: Membership—Last report 250,313, applications since received 728, re- instatements since received 38, 251,080; Sus. & Per. withd'ls deaths 840, total 1214; approximate membership 249,866, total number Councils 1,922, W. & O. B. Fund—Balance last re- port $290.502.61. received during the month $637,897.95, transferred from Emergency Fund . total $928.- 400.56, death benefits paid $728,542.83, balance on hand $199,857.73. Total payments from organization to_date, $166,549,463.91. Emergency Fund—Amount per last report $5,806,334.63, amount since ad I- total 874, | ed $14,029.38, total June 30 $5,820,364.20 transferred to W. & O. B balance, $5,820,364.00. Excess of Mortuary Resources over all known Liabilities, $5,885,853.42. Approxtmate amount standin against certificates under Section 439, (1..8), $5,125,947.70. General Fund—Balance last report $34,718.27, received during the montn $59.59, total $35,577.86, paid during the month $23,787.60, baiance on hand $11,790.26. Norwich council, No. 720, on Tues- day evening transacted a regular bus- iness meeting. It was at the next meeting o ] the Supreme Deputy Grand Regent Hewitt will ae | 1, Present. i SEBEQUONASH COUNCIL. Sebequonash council held a meeting ' ing Saturdaye alternately. | Monday evening with a large attend- | bright group of 25 or more, ages from Miss Ada Lathrop, Pocahontas, |12 to 4 years. presided. Delegates were appointed to bright little boy and a colored girl by £0 to the great sun council to be heid my side, I present to them the col- 1da umn of characters, called the alpha- Quite bet from that noted ance. in Bridgeport in October, Mrs. council at any time. HEPTASOPHS. Norwich conclave, last meeting admitted one candidate o membership. The auditing committee, consisting of J. Foote, T. Hanlon and J. F. Cochrane, made a report showing the conclave to be in good condition. An outing committee of ten was 1ip- pointed by the archon to outline plans | for the annual outing at Loomis gro e, They were J. Foote, W. D. Moran, T. Hanlon, William H. Disco, Joseph Bellefleur, R. Woodmansee, J. Des- jardines, Albert Huntley, J. Bjork and J. F. Cochrane. The regular organizers of the order being placed altogether in the organ- izing of new conclaves, the supreme | archon, M. G. Cohen, has issued a cir- ‘cular to be read to the members at their next regular meeting outlining a plan for the conclaves to secure 3,000 new members between Aug. 1 and Dec. 31, and offering a substantial reward to all conclaves and their members Wwhko may be instrumental in bringing in the new members. The reward is such that every member should be .n- terested and lend a hand and every member should be at our next meeting July 27th to hear the archon's circular read and also the report of the outing committee. INTERESTING REMINISCENCES OF OLD-TIME SCHOOL TEACHER Mrs. Julia Ayer Verplanck, Now 84° . Years Old, Writes of Her Early Ex- periences in This Vicinity. The proposition to celebrate “Oid School Waek" in Willimantic in June, 1915, has brought forth a <most in- teresting reminiscent letter from Mrs. Julla Ayer Verplanck, of South Man- chester, Conn., who nearly seventy vivid recolections of the Windham Centre and mow in her 8ith year holds vivid recollection of the achools of those days. Mrs. Verplanik | is a native of Franklin, and has man; personal friends all through this sec tion of the state. Her son, Fr,den K A. Verplanck, has been 1 many years superintendent - of sdchools ‘st uth Manchester, was at one time &flnclv&l of the state model school at Villimantic, and was graduated at the Natchaug High Schoul In 1880, in same class with Professor Wilbur I.. Cross of Yale. Mrs. Verplanck writes s follows: Mrs. Verplanck’s Letter. “T have read with great interest the grmu.m for observance of Oid chool Week in Wilimantic, “It ha& arvused pleasant memories and assoclations with those pioneer teachers of Windham, Dr. Fitch and John G. Clark; the latter, my uncle, from whom I first received the lave and enthusiaym for school work that 1 stil possess, in my eighty-fourth ¥ear; and it affords me interest and _agnusemant to still keep in touch wiwn i “If is oft said ‘the old live in the past’; they do and they have the ad- :‘5"5‘ of liv!l:l én the present. too; contras e present methods. he former, No. 424, at its my own and to my joy and pride, :n | | i { | { { | | | | l | position. to prepare Serv-Us pared like a potple pickles and coffee. . Foods. Start Collecting package. them for ycu from and yet strange to say it has as much muscle builder, and ideal health food. & pound of meat and it costs less tham 3§ as It has no waste matter—~no bones and gristle which you can’t eat but must pay for. Meat is 3 water in com- Serv-Us Macaromi 1s ¥ solid nourishment. Besides Serv-Us Macaroni is so easily prepared. It takes one to two hours to boil meat—but only 20 minutes i VALUABLE FREE like the one shown here can be cut from every package of Serv-Us Brand They are good for all sorts of beautiful premiums. If coupon is not on the label it is inside the® Insist on Us Brand. 1f your grocer hasn’t them he can get Macaroms in a number of delicious ways. You can enjoy it int soups and stews. It is very tasty with fruit or tomatoes—and it is especially delicious pre- with grated cheese and tomatoes. Serv-Us B ight away. MADAM: good coeks. Well, Serv-us Macaroni has a distinction something like that. It is the food with which you can reduce the cost of living nourishment and nutrition as the most exruiv- food—DBeef One pound of Serv-Us Macaroni will go just as far in You’d consider it quite an honor, wouldn’t you, ta be known as the most as well as the best of Steak. 1t is a greal giving a man strength Like all of the other Serv-Us Brand Foods it is a pure food guaranteed under the Pure Food law. It is made in strictly sanitary kitchens and under & pressure of 1800 to 3000 Ibs. per anteed to contain absolutely no coloring matter. SERY-U5 EGG MO0 S el et and eggs. - same Quality and delicacy as SERV-USMACARONL Both are put up in Sc and 10c packages. Give yourself and family a square deaf by insisting on SERV-US BRAND FOODS _ | which reduce the high cost of living without reducing the HIGH QUALITY of what you eat. Serv-Us Brands save you 35 and more of your grocery bill and give you a chance to spend more on and house furnishings. mndscoverpracdnllycveryflzm’ginpumfoodsfmmflourand GIFT COUPONS t as re inch. It is guar-, N - to reported that |salary, ‘and school environments. “At the age of seventeen years, at e suggestion of my Uncle (Mr. Clark) 1 assumed the position of teacher of the ‘Brick Top' District School; salary $1.6 per week: teach- 1 had a Vivid in mind, 1 see a old ‘Websters culean task for us both! O that a vision of the present methods could have come to me! I devised ways of a few weeks, they could read from the | book, ‘I see the hen’; and soon from that column of .words, beginning with | ‘B-A-K-E-R' which was proof that a | child’s education had commenced. ‘Early Domestic Science Instruction. “The time in the morning was de- | voted to the three R’'s and the after- | noon to what is now called manual training. Both boys and girls brought work from their homes. This was be- fore sewing machines were in every household; therefore the pupils be- came helpers in their homes, and were doubly interested. One girl made her- self a dress, bringing parts of it al a i ; and many others or made pretcy baskets, and book-markers from per- forated paper; while some would knit, But when a girl brought a pair of denim pants for me .to baste, I felt that the Rev. Mr. Tyler, the acting visitor failed to censider my ability for the pesitien, in not inquiring if 1] Well, 1| made the parts of study | during recess, the girl helpins; | one day., Johnnie greeted me, ‘Goud and | morning’, proudly, with them on! | Salary $12 Per Month. “My next call was in the Jerusalem | and these with a few pounds of ch;lk‘ ty for pleasure and profit. I had the | #quare deal, particularly when District and like the Jews of old, I loved the name, piace and dear peo- ple. All save your esteemed towns- man, Mr. Robert Stanton, bright and | thoughts of state, { helpful when a boy, as now, and a eon in manual work? cousin of his, I trust are now .a the New Jerusalem. My salary was $12 per month, and board round. This to me was an education and delight; all were American people and I nad the best the house aiforded: and always a Jone hostess, who never sat at her table, but served, would oft repienish ay coffee with tea, and vice versa! “The littie old school house, was not red but shingied from head to foot all over, which rough exterior, touch- ed my pride, when {friends calied (shingles not oft terfor finish). I taught there three winters, terms of three months each. The ventilation the first winter quite modern, in that a current of hand or foot. There was an open stove in the center of the rcom, in which I oft built fires. Desks on three sides. Seats made of slabs with sticks for support, and one low seat for the small pupils. We were without any school conveniences. The influence of Dr. Fitch’s school and methods were felt in adjoining districts., My puplls and myseif desired a blackboard. One side of the room was celled, (where once was a fire place) 1 suggest:d this, and that the door adjoining be painted black for that purpose. Making a Blackboard. “One of my good, studious boys Was | or gny throat trouble, so common the Henry N. Wales, afterwards town clerk and judge of probate in Wind- ham. He grew up a nice man and died in that town a few years since, an esteemed citizen. He volunteered to get the paint up at old Windham village and do the work some Satur- day, the girls made erasers of clotn; used then for ex- | | became necessary to divide the school was | | cold aiir came from the base board, | | from under which one could pass a | | { | ‘ | cut in pleces gave us-a board which we all enjoyed, and which helped clinch ‘shooting ideas’, as well as Was not this a les- Scheme For Ventilation. “The year the Providence R. R. was being built, many foreign children came from shanties built near the Shetucket River. They were bright, active, quick to learn; but on ac- count of the inpossibility of sanitary conditions in thelr shanty homes, it table and chair dow. It was room space to put the newcomers by themseives until they could be made waywise, and learn to take better care of themselves. Here again Henry (Mr. Wales) came to our aid, and wita a gimlet made holes in the window shash, and let down the window for ventilation. tend school. and a sink with board the entire length of the rooin and long white curtains at each wia- including an entrance chairs for their basin faces; Not A Drop of Water. accommodation for the teacher; great pleasurs to teach one summer in the present building in South Wind- a desk and chalr for each pupil; sepa- rate rooms and entrance for boys g: black- limantic, but then too young to & . 1 : “This closed my school work In Annoyed By Brickmakers’ Habit. Windham. 1 taught two summers in “We made long print aprons, which | ‘Baker Town' Sootiand; bad puplls both boys and girls donne ‘with pleasure, during school hours, and left them, on the pegs at night. Our greatest discomfort was the defi'e- ment of the floor, by rivulets of to- bacco juice, expectorated by young brickmakers, from the brickyard ad- joining; a condition usually found Monday morning after a Sunday ov ening meeting. One morning when I Taught In discovered and spring;—no bubblers then! terms of twenty-two weeks (no vaca- Norwich Town. cleaned out am dence house visible from the school- house; and the firet summer Dot & drop of water to drink. The second summer the boys -d.: O] Two | felt more than indigant, that good “°"l) in 5"‘;':‘? ':T"'O* with ”f‘z man, Mr. Solomon Weaver, came to [PUPlia. crow D e S my aid with pail and mop, and asked (3o P ;{ schoe! m‘ru“-‘ the men to refrain from the practice ‘:‘" t Henry M&u lman, & in future. wyer of Hartford, phabet, with “I will add that during my “three w‘:' l%m‘:“ a: his side. A?‘i_ years there, not a pupil had diphtheria | 2% T 19 e e~ in the city where we bad Gov. DESRORE e i on the School Board. ¢ Dr. Fitch A Model Teacher. D ot of: et e Uy “Ot all the teachers of former | teen years; highest salary $335 per. years Dr. Fitch stands first, in intro- | vear. Qucing new methods in school work. | (Signed) His was styled the ‘“Model Schooi” often visited by people in the vicini- SRTRLLTTLLLLLIRTRTTLLTALALILTTILTLLLLLLLARIAAL '"TWILL HELP YOU wemaniy diseases R will help you, if you drugs AATALRRARRRS " R N\ N A-I)fb' Y Woman’s Relief De. 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