Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 19, 1914, Page 12

e NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914 e — — ITHE FARMERS TALK "TO FARMERS NATURE’S (Written | Specially for The Bulletin.) To continue our talk about the fer- _(tlizer question : ,‘;‘!’Nvo “things are aboyt as sure as any things can be in this onsartin world, to wit, namely, that is to say: ern farmers have got to use a.fow,big dairy. farmers can their own barnyards to - if we expect to make CTOPS; enough £l the bilL — Most cf] us have golt tsod;‘kyim; our “Mgngry. fields, if we rely on our Firm made manure, or have got z#Hhuy something, somewhere, from somebody, to help out. #.%4]f we skimp the filelds, the flelds skimp their crops, which is bad for our farms and bad for our pocketbooks. If we buy commercial fertilizer reckless- 1%, we are apt to find, at the end of the. season, that we have paid more for the increase-of the crop than the increase will sell for. Which is not only bad B _our- farms and bad for our pocket- ks, but mighty bad for our peace of mind and several other things. +«MWhat -are we going to do, between ese “two uhu'kg*ot' high fertilizer prices and low produce. prices? Is there a.;\y ffilh by wgich e ;can, vern our fertilizer purchases? & , - brother, there is one; a special ‘made for your own particular gm, for each fleld on it and for each erop you put in. .a;.rule made by natural law, orking for- many thousand years in sand cen and over .and under -and ‘through the soil. It's a rule which, when _you've once learned it, wiil en- able you to steer your agricultural raft on a-straight line to agricultural _success. 3 “That sounds 'good,” you say. “Just ;%ug this wonderful rule, Mr. Wise , 80 we can all get rich quick.” Oh, bless you, I can’t tell you the I don't know it. Nor does any other living man know it, be he prac- tical farmer or college professor or la’i"lcnttnrlfl ;d}mr. A § .. The rule for your farm and your e " £ (3 I mean. z £ Tt's'a rule which is not nor ‘printable. It is not spelled out in let- ters and words. ‘' Instead, it is planted in cryptic anagrams through your dirt .and floats in vapory puzzles througn| your’ atmosphere, and jiggle-joggles through the variations of your sca- sons, like a moving picture run back~ wngda%d ‘turned :pdds down. are the one only man who is e.miffor finding out that partic- ular rule and formulating the proper “piethods of epplying it. e Others may offer kelpful suggestionc “which ‘may aid you in your transla-. #lon of it. Others may hint at meth-| \0ds by which they have made out "&' words of the rule for their farms. t, even if I knew the whole rule f¢ my om‘(’nm,' it would do 'you, on your érent farm, mighty little good di you're not working my farm; | yowre working your own, and that's B quite Qifferent proposition. i It _may be thue, acording to the oid ‘saw, -that what's sauce for the goose Is sauce for the gander. It Is just ex- :fly :}; true, according to another tfm _paw, one man’s' fneat is another “mai's polson. v = "Ofi; stuff and nonsense” I seem to hear, some one saying. “Dirt’s .dirt, hnd water’s ‘water, and air's air, the world over. What's the sense in pre- ‘tending - there's any such wonderful Gifference?” N : ‘Well, my dear, it certainly is ‘true I;x.t dirt is dirt. It is also true that ig: ore. Suppose you have a mine of iron ore-on your hill and I've a mine pf lead ore on Hardscrabble. They're both worth working, too. 7 Would you think that the sdme rule which: enables you to get pig-iron out :! Ygxr hem?tit: uv;:uld be the best -bne’ for ‘me to fol in turni galena into pig-lead? 15, . e two ores require absolutely dif- i methods of treatment. If I thould try the iron ore treatmént on smy,lead, or you the lead ore treatment I your iron. the only things either of gs wgu'lldotg\at flxhtlot o\ix; mines would e a lgt.of worthless slag—and a free licket to the poor-housel There are only a limited number of pres. -But there is an unlimited va- Hety In soils. Bvery farmer who has er held a plow or hand-led a hoe ows that some soll is gravelly and some sandy and some clay-y and jome loamy; that some is stony and Jome 4is stoneless; that some is black Md cheese-y -and some.ls gray-and fumpy; that there is usually a more or less fertile top soil and a more or less subsoll, anywhere from two nches to two feet down. Such things are obvious to the eye ind the touch. But they are not jard and fast distinctions. Gravel ines down into, sand, and shale shades Aff 4into ‘loam, and on some hills there sn’'t any findable top soil, and in some HEh pockets nor reachable subsoil. Moreover, these obvious and manifest ippearances don’t begin to tell - the Wwhole story of the dirt. Somehow, sometime, in some mysterious way, ’ld Nature may have filled your soil Fith an excess of phosphoric. acid. similarly, she.may have filled my soil with an excess of nitrogenous humus. Dr_she may have scattered carelessly -Ldet.of:potash salts through Neighbor fones's dirt. She has loaded up one Mace with more lime than it ought to 1ave, and hasn’t dribbled a on sthers, a mile away. One farm has fot an oversupply of silica and inother a surplus of soda, in one lorin or another. Nay, one corner ) one fleld may have so much sul- MANDATE: LET YOUR FARM TEACH YOU . phate in it that the use of land plaster affects it like a poison, while the rest of the same field may be starving for that very plaster. 7 No two farms are alike; no two fields are alike; no single field that I ever yet saw was alike all over. Now, fertilizer i{s just that thing which supplies to a soil the things needful for plant growth which that soil hasn’t got enough of, naturally; or the antidote which neutralizes the harmful thing which may be too pientiful in it. - To assume that the same fertilizer will do the same, wher’ applies to a light gravelly soil, that{it will do on a heavy clay loam would be just as absurd as for me to try to get my lead ore into pigs with your iron ore furnace. In fertilizing as in other things, you've got to make the punishment fit the crime. % You've got to adapt methods to con- ditions. < You've got to treat small pox with different medicines from rheumatism, and a limeless soil with different fer- tilizers from' a well-lined one. Suppose you buy a commercial fer- tilizer guaranteed to analyze according to the formula “1-4-6”, That means one per cent. c‘pltrogen, four per cent. phosphoric acid ond six per cent. potash. In other words, it means that, in every twenty hundred pounds you put.on your farm, youll put on lust twenty pounds of nitrogen, eighty pounds’ of osphoric acid, and one hundred and twenty pounds of potash, —two hundred and twenty pounds, all told, of plant-food or- plant stimulant. The other seventeen hundred and eighty pounds will be just “filler,”— ‘which may be worth as much as seven- teen hundred and -eighty pounds of sand, and .may not be. On the other hand, suppose you buy a’ commercial = fertilizer analyzing “6-8-12.” In tpat case yowll. put om your flelds @& hundred and twenty pounds of nitrogen, a hundred and sixty pounds of phosphoric acid, and «wo -hunared and..forty. pounds of potash;—flve hundred = and _twenty pounds of “git-thar” stuff with only (| fourteen hundred and eighty of inert filler,” Naturally, that last fertilizer will cost more than the other, a guod deal more. It may be worth more to you on your farm, and it may not be worth as much. The question of what it costs hasn’t anything whatever to do ‘with what it may be worth to you. Its value to you depends wholly .on the profit its use will bring you in the increased value of your crop, OVER the increased cost of the fertilizer. If a bit of land has plenty of nitro- gen already ‘'Iin it and only meeds a little phgsphoric 'acid and potash to sort or even' things up, then the low- priced fertilizer of low analysis may ;| bring you better profit than the high- priced one of high analysis. On the other hand, if the iland .lacks pretty nearly everything, is naturally.barren or all run out, you may have to shovel on ‘the ‘very highest grade of fertilizer to raise anything at all. P've got one little field of an acre and a half, one end of which wants nothing so badly as cheap land plaster. On_the other end land plaster won't make even the weedssgrow. T've got anpther bit. where plain, fine-ground Hrme, at $2.50 a ton, will do more good than an .equal weight of high-grade fertilizer, costing $45 a ton. The question is not wHat a fertilizer is worth in money on the market, but what it is worth in corn and potatoes on your farm. That question neither dealer nor manufacturer nor college professor can answer. Your. farm is-the only thing that can answer. And you're the only man it will answer to. 5 But you haven’t any laboratory. You couldn’'t use one if you had it How are you going to tell what your farm really lacks and needs. Ask it, man; ask it! You can get some help from the agricultural college laboratories. But, in the main, you’ve got to depend on the old rule of thumb. You've got to experiment and test out; try what seems most promising and keep try- ing, till the farm has answered you often enough, -under varying seasonal conditions of differing years , to teach you its rule. Then, when you've learned it, stick to it. Follow it. But don’t, in the name of shuddering com- mon sense, start out on any crusade to make your neighbors do what you have done, just as you have done it. The - very method which has turned your field into an oasis of fertility might, perhaps, turn your neighbors different garden into a desert and a waste, Let him learn his own rule, as you've learned yours. Furthermore, when you're trying things out, don’t jump too brashly at conclusions. Don’t take one answer ol a single. witness as- establishing any case. Ask your question of other witnesses in other forms, and cross ex- amine them all before you let ‘em off the stand. Don't get disdouraged when the answers seem_ confusing and even contradictory. Nature never contradicts herself. She can't. When she seems to, it is #ly “seeming,” and due to our bad s or faulty logic. She's “straight” always and everywhere, But our- poor eyes are too often crooKed. Above all, don't get dogmatic on limited knowledge,—the fault of tco many farmers. And, to quote Josh Billings: “Don’t never prophesy onless ye Knowl” THE FARMER. ~ The Food Drink For All Ages—i'iigu; g. Nnmti;ns and éo_;em:nt Rich milk, with malted grain extract, in powder form—dissolves in water—more healthful than tea or coffee, Used in training athletes. The best diet for Infants, Growing Children, Invalids, ~"and the Aged. It agrees with the weakest digestion. Ask for ““HORLICK’S”’—at Hotels, -7 Don’t travel without it. Also keep it In Lunch Tablet form, also, ready to eat. Convenient—nutritious. Restaurants, Fountains. at home. A lunch in & minute. Tolland County SPRING HILL Caucuses Held by Both Parties— Thirtieth Wedding Anniversary of Mr.: and Mrs. W. P. Wildes. The republican caucus to nominate candidates for the several town offices was held last Saturday at the Town hall at 2.0 p. m., with the following re- Chairman, . Alfred G. Gul clerk, Chauncey C. Davis; as- Frank N. Slate; Davis, ‘Willis P, Wildes; selectmen, Walter F. Storrs, Edwin K. Whitehouse; _clt and treasurer, Bradley M. Sears; agent of town deposit fund, Bradley M. auditor, Willis P. Wildes; grand jurors, Albert E. James, Byron ©O. Moore, Frank W. Millard; collector of taxes William A. Weld; constables, Joseph: H. Bullock, George G. Jacob- son; trar \of voters, Frank W. Millard; town school committee, An- nle B. Vinton, Fred B. Eaton; .judge of probate, Llewellyn J. Storrs. Democratic Nominations. At the democratic caucus held in the Town hall Monday evening the following were nominated: Assessor, John M. Daggett; board of rellef, Her- bert O. Huntington, George H. An- drews; _selectmen, Ozro G. Hanks, George L. Fish; agent of town deposit fund, Bradley M. Sears; auditor, Charles S. Butler; grand jurors, The- ron D. Swift, Edward C. Gergler, Jo- seph C. Fuller; collector of taxes, James C. Green; constables, James C. Green, Richard Hamer; registrar of voters, David Russ; town school com- mittee, Archibald W. Buchanan, Gorge L. Fish. Served Baked Bean Supper. The Ladies’ Ald society held a 5o- clable at the Baptist church Tuesday evening which was well attended. A bakén bean supper was served at 15 cents. Married Thirty Years. On Wednesday evening about thirty neighbors and friendg of Mr. and Mrs. ‘W. P. Wildes responded to an invita- tion to be present at the observance of the thirtieth anniversary of their marriage. The Spring Hill school has opened with an attendance of 12 pupils, and with Miss Abble Storrs of Mansfield City teacher. The .board of -selectmen held its final meeting on Monday of this week, ‘and closed the books for this year. The auditors are now at work. Miss Marian Storrs is teaching in Thompsonville. 3 Mrs. E. P. Bellows, who has spent the summer in Mrs. Freeman's house, returned to her home in Brooklyn, N. Y., Friday. -Her mother, Mrs. Smith, will -visit at L. J. Storrs’ before she leaves. Rev. L. B. Curtls of Stafford was the guest of E.7F, Storrs: the first of the. week. ANDOVER Handsome Gladioli Picked—Ticke? Nominated by Republicans. Recent visitors to the parsonage have been Rev. and Mra. Percy E. Thomas and sons of Rockville, who stayed for two days; also Miss Myrtie Sibon of Hartford, who stayed for four days. As usual, the Misses Favor of Rock- ville passed their summer - vacation with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph’ Bass. , Royal D, Wi er is enjoying a month’s vacation from his duties in Hartford. Mrs.” Thompson of Stamford 1s the guest of her son, H rt Thompson. Mrs, Sherman Bishop picked in her garden from one gladioli bulb seven large spikes of flowers, pink and white, which have been greatly admired. Miss Esther Bishop enters a Hart- ford business ege next Monday. Miss Bishop: her duties as teacher of the Granby street grammar school, Granby, last Monday. Miss May Kenny of Boston has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Phillips, for the past five days. y Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Fitch ot Chi- cago are the guests of Civil Service Commissioner Henry G. Phelps and Mrs, Phelps. Improving Church Property. About one thousand feet of concrete walks have been lai@ around the church and five hundred more will soon be laid. With the fixing-of the fence, the surroundings have been much im- proved, - At the Congregational church, at the morning service,-the pastor, Rev. John- J. Lockett, will preach on God's Providence in Sorrow. Miss Arline Burt is spending a few days with friends in Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. Randall L. Jones spent Wednesday in Hartford, Wapping and Bloomfield, visiting friends. Republican Nominees, At the republican caucus the ronow- ing were nominated: Assessors, W. E. Stetson and dall L. Jones; board of relief, Willard ‘E. Fuller and Erskine B, Hyde; selectmen, Louis B. Whit- comb and C. P. Stearns; auditor, W. B. Sprague; grand jurors, Willard E. Fuller, Fred S. Case, Fred P. Clyd collector of taxes, Leonard H. Porter; constables, Leonard J. Merritt, Moses P. Linnell, Frank E. Thompson, alorace J. Backus; registrar of voters, Ysdwin S. Standish; school committee, Leon- ard H. Porter; library director, Fred S. Case. STAFFORD Coon Supper Held in Grange Hall— Students Depart. Miss Winnifred Larned has entered Oberlin college. Frank Larned has returned to his studies at Meredith, N. H. Mrs. Jennie Ellery of Hartford has been the guest of Mrs. Julla Johnson. Mrs. Nella Weston has returned from a few days’ visit with friends in Norwich. Miss Hannah Black is spending sev- eral weeks with Mrs, Frank Shippey of Woodstock, 3 Miss Margaret Glover 18ft last Sat- urday for Boston, where she will take a six months' course in millinery. Miss Eva’'Bugbee has returned from a three weeks' stay at New London, Mystic and Groton. The corn supper was held in Grange hall as the weather was too cool for an outdoor spread. The affair was enjoyable and a success in every way. id BOLTON NOTCH Boy of Five Catches Big Pickerel. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Malne were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs, Lyman Maine of Willimantic, Judge M, W. Howard was a Hart- ford visitor Sunday. Clarence Daley was the guest Sun- day of his mother, Mrs. John Ste- vens, Misses Ruth and Mary Warner of South Manchester were recent guests of their grandmother, Mrs. M. E, How- ard, Youthful Fisherman, ‘Master Harry Cross, five years old, LETTERS FROM TWO STATES went fishing Wednesday and caught two pickerel, one fourteen and ‘one fifteen inches long. WILLINGTON Delegates to Ashford Association Meeting—Grange Discussed Raising of Boef Cattle. Sunday afternoon there were 77 at Bible school and about 100 at preach- service. s. Emma Burdick Fuller is visit- ing her brother, Eddy Burdick, at the old homestead. The bee for making the church cel- lar ready for the new furnace was an all-day affair set for Friday, the 18th. Dinner was served at noon in the conference room. Convention Delegates. Delegates to the Ashford Baptist as- sociation meeting to be held in Put- nam the 29th and 30th were chosen, and are the pastor and Mrs. Darrow, Mrs. Holman, Miss Hall, Mrs. Preston, the last named associational director of the W A, B. H. M. S.,, having re- celved her credentials from the gen- eral society in Chicago as director for 1814 and 1915. The reports of the W. C. T. U. for the state convention are now being prepared. Mrs. Preston is sending press blanks to all the local county correspondents to be forwarded promptly as directed. Mrs. Harold Pratt and little son, Eugene, of Providence, are at Deacon . . Pratt’s. Friday afternoon there was an im- promptu and most delightful walking party of ladies to the Pinnacle, for Miss Ellis, who left later in the after- noon. - The growth of the trees to the northward has cut off the view in a measure, but it is still wonderful and the elevation is easy of access. Grange Meeting. At the Grange Friday evening the lecturer, Mrs. G. V. Smith, arranged reading of a sketch of the boy- of Jared Sparks, a humorous reading by tary Floyd Ayers— both of which were well recelved and were followed by a very interesting talk by the master, G. V. Smith, re- garding the raising of beef cattle and the pasturage in the locality. This was followed by an enthusiastic dis- cussion, instructive and enjoyable, participated in by nearly all present. In view of the fact that the food sup- ply of the world is growing to be of paramount interest, it was suggested that forage feeding of swine be one of the subjects for discussion at the next meeting. The fleld day recently held will take the place of the exhibit this autumn. Rey. Mr. Darrow attended the min- isters’ meeting at Willimantic Mon- day afternoon. Had Warden’s Permission. Mr. Amidon was given permission by the game warden to kill the deer that destroyed his squashes, and other rarden vegetables as well as his po- tatoes. Deer occasionally dig both po- tatoes and turnips, BOLTON Profits from Dance Nearly $26—Death of Rev. 8.'N. Ellis. Rev. Mr. Young of Bozrah preached in the Bolton church Sunday. Rev. Sherrod Soule of Hartford, secretary of the Home Missionary society, will occupy the pulpit tomorrow. The Ladies’ Aid society met Thurs- ?ay afternoon with Mrs. L. A. Carpen- er. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Drawll of Har- risburg, Pa. were .recent guests of Mrs. L. H. Levey. Calvin Ruggels of Springfleld spent Sunday with his grandmother, MM; Frances E. Ruggles. . Mr. and Mrs. Willianl Aspinws of South Manchester have been visit- ing at Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson's. ‘Walter Brady of Hartford Sunday with Leslie S. Bolton. Mr. and Mrs. John Ward of South Manchester were visitors the first of the week. Dance a Success. Nearly $25 was cleared at the dance held in the sBolton hall Saturday evening. Rev. S. N. Ellis Dead. Rev S. N. Ellis, pastor of the Meth- odist church in South Manchester, who has been very ill with consump- tion for the past fifteen weeks, was brought to the brick house at the Cen- ter Wednesday, where the family mov- ed on account of his health, but he died the following day. Mrs, E. H. Talcott of Torrington has been visiting her sister. Republican Caucus. The republicans and democrats held their caucuses the first of the week and made the'nominations as follows: Republicans—Assessor, Louis Cav- agnaro: selectmen, Waldo E. Rice, Louis Cavagnaro; board of relief, Jo- seph La Chappell, John Johnson; au- ditor, M. M, Maine; grand jurors, Frank L. Loomis, Frank H. Eaton, Harley B, DeWolf; registrar of voters, Samuel R. Woodward; collector of taxes, Andrew E. M Democrats — Assessor, Theodore Reichard; selectmen, Charles M. Pin- ney, Everett Lathrop; board of relief, C. N. Loomis. Chearles M. Pinney; au- ditor, Fred D. Finley: grand jurors, N. C. Maine, Walter . Howe, M. W. Howard; tax collector, Paul Clement; constables, Albert N. Skinner, Frank Strong, F. E. Coleman; registrar of voters, Frank H. Strong:; school com- mittee, Theodore Reichard, J. White Sumner. HEBRON Service Omitted, Pastor on Vacafion —Changes in Tenants and Owners. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Raymond and son of New Britain were guests of Frank Raymond over Sunday. Miss Olive Tucker has a position in Boston and goes this week to her new home. There was no service at the Congre- gational church last Sunday, as Mr. Harold is away on a vacation. Mrs. Roger Porter led the C. E. meeting Sunday evening. The meet- ing was very interesting. Miss Natalie Blume is at the Hart- ford hospital for a surgical operation. The Goldmans, who have purchased g:e Gillett farm, have taken posses- jon. Mrs, Douglass returned to her home in Boston Saturday. E. T. Smith and family attended church in Willimantic Sunday. Miss Mary Lord was home Sunday. Moves to East Hampton. Mr. Lawton has moved his family to East Hampton, where he is engaged at carpentering. Frank Porter has moved into the Orrin Fuller house vacated by Clinton Jones. Mrs. E. Birdsey of Meriden has moved the household goods belonging to her and her sister from the Bissell house to the old store, known as the Buell store, on the Green, Miss Ellen Gillett is ill with grip. Her sister, Mrs. Fred Rathbun, is car- over spent | ing for her. H. F. Tennant was the guest of his brother over Sunday. Miss M. C. Frink was in Willimantic Saturday. Mrs, Edwin Gllett has gone to her PIMPLES SPREAD ON BODY AND FACE Never Had Night's Rest. Clothin, Irritated Eruption and Pained. Used Cuticura Soapand Ointment. Didn’t Have One Pimple Left. 6 Myrtle St., New Haven, Conn—" My skin itched on my body and face which made me scratch and after I stopped scratching * the ekin remained very red. Hard little pimples also came out where I scratched. never had a night's rest and as ‘Many nights I did not sleep; I could not move in bed for if I did they got worse. Sl =) and many kinds of olntment but they did nob ment I pimple (Signed) Miss Rose Consiglo, Apr. 2, 1914 Samples Free by Mail Although the Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment are most successful in the treatment of daughter’s in Lebanon for a lengthy| visit. Arthur Gillett has moved to the Eno_house, having sold his farm re- cently. SOUTH WILLINGTON Special Town Meeting to Act on Prop- osition to Discontinue Section of the Highway. Miss Margaret Carroll, employed by Mrs. William H. Hall, was taken to the Hartford hospital Saturday, suf- fering with appendicitis. Homer N. Neil, Jr, was home over Sunday, but left Monday. He will travel through various parts of this state the present week and start on his southern trip next week, to be gone until Thanksgiving time. Attending 'High School. The town of Willington sends to Windham High school the following for the coming year: Fred Service, Louis Service, Anton Wostrel, Har- riett Smith, Elsie Whitman, Merwin Royce, Clinton Church and Wilhelmina Masinda. ‘ Phyllis Ryder is to go to Stafford High school. A special town meeting is called to be held at the Town hall this (Satur- day) evengng to see if the town will vote to discontinue a certain section of highway in the Roaring Brook dis- trict. Joseph Nedried with his violin prov- ed to be a valuable addition in the work of the church choir Sunday. Washington County, R. I.| Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kenyon of Bar- rington were guests at Woodcrest on Sunday. William H. Browning of Westerly and Dr. George Browning of Sioux City, Ia., ‘were recent guests of rela- tives here. 3 A. E. Whitford of Exeter was a call- er_here Sunday. Miss Mary E. Burdick, who has been ill the past three weeks, is somewhat improved. N. H. Lanphear of Westerly was the guest of relatives here last Saturday. A number from here have attended the fair at North Stonington. Frost has been reported in some places the past week, but has not been sufficient to be noticed much. J. F. Palmer was a business caller in Providence Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. Charles Stone were calling on relatives here Monday. Leroy Kenyon, who was ill Iast week, is so much improved as to ride out this week. Josiah C. Palmer, who broke a bone in his leg while attending school at Hope Valley, is doing as well as could be expected. RICHMOND School in Beaver River district began Monday with Miss Mary E. Brown as teacher. > Miss Elizabeth Swan of Newport is the guest’ of Mrs. B. K. James. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Moore and Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis were in West- erly Wednesday. Miss Bessie Nye of Natick, who has been the guest of her cousin, Mrs. B. B. Moore, returned home Tuesday. The Clark's Mills W. C, T. U. held its annual meeting Wednesday after- noon at the home of Mrs. W. G. Ken- yon at Shannock. Rey. Willlam France of Massachu- setts spent Sunday with Albert Hoyle. Mr. and Mrs. George E. James spent Sunday in Westerly. Miss Ruth Reynolds is the guest of hei‘ aunt, Mrs, George James, at Hills- dale. HOPKINTON Most of the local residents spent one or more days at the Kingston fair and enjoyed meeting former friends. The usual midyear meeting of the Second Seventh-day Baptist church was held in their meeting house Sun- day afternoon. Complaints are heard from the farmers in this viclnity that potatoes are rotting badly this year, so that What promised a large crop will dis- appoint many agriculturists. Mrs. Sarah F. B. Hood and Miss Jennie Louise Blake spent Saturday and Sunday with Charles I Blake at Fishers Island. The family of Daniel E. Blake are spending some time this month at their -cottage at Quonocontaug. Light frosts have been manifest for several mornings, but have done little damage as yet. WEEKAPAUG Motor Trip to Westport, Mass.—Bay- field Cottage Closed for the Sea- son. Mr. ang Mrs. E. W. Macomber of. Westerly spent Thursday with Mrs. H, A. Macomber and Mr. and Mrs. L. W, Bliven. Dr. Ellen H. Gladwin, who has been in Hartford on professional business, returned to her cottage Thursday af- ternoon, Mrs, L. C. Sanford left Thursday for KATHERINE KELLY Character Readings ANIMATED WEEKLY MARY PICKFORD ........ TREY O’HEARTS—Two Reel DAVIS THEATR McNAUGHTON BROS. A Case of Scotch FOR THE LAST EDITION Two Reel Reliance Featurs “THE LOCKED HOUSE".........F Coming WINDHAM COUNTY FAIR Today AUDITORIUM e ey ey g e e p———— THE PEPPER TWINS jysivarona | at Block Island COMING MONDAY EYTBULING . 5c and 10c. EVE. 100 and 150 "HARRY LANDER & CO. COLONIAL THEATRE Two Reels—“THE RAJAH'S VOW,” Kalem—Two' Reels. Gorgeous Oriental Spectacle with Mammoth Star Cast | “THE POLITICAL BOSS,” “BRONCHO BILLY’S LEAP,” with Anderson eaturing Flora Finch and Little Bunny n—“THE SQUAW MAN,” Seven Reels, with Dustin Farnum Shows 2.30, 7, 8.45] Mat, 10c. Eve, 10c & 204 SISTERS CARDOWNIE International Dancers 1 THE COAST GUARD’S BRIDE! Two Reels—Entire Picture Taken -IN THE SULTAN'S ,Ghj@g ssreseeccenens...Sixth Ch E 16 COMEDY BILL IN THE FUNNIEST SKETCH IN VAUDEVILLE. WELLS G. DE VEAUX Musical Comedian P Ty T OUR MUTUAL GIRL, No. 34 ~ _KEYSTONE COMEDIES - WEDNESDAY an automobile trip to Westport, Mass., for a few days. Miss L. Gertrude Stillman returned to her home in Ashaway Sunday after a few days spent at the Macomber farm. Cottage Closed. Miss Jane Tuttle and Mrs. M. E. Keyes have closeq their cottage, Bay- field, for the 'season and returned to their home in Hartford, ‘Walter - Madison is employed as chauffeur for Mr. and Mrs. S. M. | Gladwin. USQUEPAUGH Invitations Out for Lamond-Carpenter Wedding. Stewart Denham and family of Brooklyn_are visiting at Dr. Kenyon’s. J. C. Webster spent Monday in Providence. Miss Minnie Webster of Providerce spent Sunday with her father, J. C. Webster, and attended the social at Allen Stevens’ Saturday evening. C. C. Kenyon and family, of Ash- away, visited at T. T. Locge's Sun- d: ay. Mrs. Eva Webster began the fall term of school at Point Judith Mon- day. a:(u. Susan Arnold of Exeter is car- ing for Mrs. Sarah Franklin. Mrs. E. L. Simmons visited Wakefleld, Tuesday. J. C. Cahoone of Wakefield was a caller here Monday. Mr,_and Mrs. Ira M. Goff have re- turned to their home in Providence, after two weeks' stay at The Maples. Richard Bristow and family are to move to West Kingston next week in the house they purchased recently of John Briggs. Invitations awe out for the wedding of Miss Helen S. Lamond and Ran- dolph Carpenter of New York, {o take place Saturday afternoon, Sept. 26. at Many People Follow Agricultural Oc- cupations in Connecticut. There are 390,463 persons in Con- necticut that work for a living and 47,414 of them are employed upon the farm, according to & report which has just been issued by the United States census bureau. Of the persons en- gaged in agricultural pursults, the bulk of them are farm operators and farm laborers. The farm operators jmmber 19,000, and 18,000 are mea and ,000 are women. There are 20,000 farm laborers in the state, and 19,500 are males and 500 females. There are 1,137 dairy farmers in Exhibition of Cattle in Pens, Oxen and Steers. Trotting in the Free-For-All and 2.35 Classes Called at 1 will be worth the admission to the Fair BROOD MARES AND COLTS A Fine Exhibit of Percherons is Assured LADIES' DRIVING CLA>S FCR PRIZZY% Sterrett’s Trained Animal Circus Each Day’ 3 Children under 12 admitted FREE Thursday AT BROOKLYN, CONN. e Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, September 22nd, 23rd, 24th TUESDAY ENTRY DAY—Make Your Entries Early « CATTLE DAY | = the state and they employ 474 labor- ers and 19 foremen. There are also ;} persons in the state whose source of income is from :tm ing. The number of ctowboys and sheep herders in this state is 40. In the entire United States there are 71,680,270 persons over 10 .years Aof age, and 38,167,336, or 53 per:cent. of this number are engaged in gainful occupations. Of the gainfully employ- ed 12,659,203, or 33 per cent., are en- gaged in agriculture. There are 5 865,000 farm operators in the ‘natiom, and they employ, 5,975,000 laborers. 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