Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 24, 1914, Page 2

s What ls Going On Tonight Willtmantic Lodge, No, 120, A. B. 8, 796 in Street. No. 9546, M. W, A, 751 Main Street. Trinity Chapter, No. 9, R. ‘A. M, Ma- sonlc Hall. SEWER CONTRACTORS PAID. ! Got a Balance of $146.67 After Town ! Has Released $763 Attachments. The city of Willimantic has con- elu“1 complicated and entangled, which it has had with Andreani and Greor- mino, the Torrington contractors who put in the sewer in Mansfield avenue. In Qgoing their work, they got into financial difficulties for one reason or another, chiefly because it seemed that no one wanted to trust them. £ The city paid most of the money due 'to the contractors as the work went Pon, but reserved sufficient to make ta final adjustment of the difficulties into which the firm had gotten, and jthis adjustment was made this week %by Corporation Counsel T. J. Kelly, g as empowered by the board of alder- ;men at their meeteing ten days ago. It was found that nine attachments Lhad been registered against the Tor- rington men, somre for the payment of help and others for material and ¥ supplies bought. These were released Eupon payment by the city this week and the ice went to the contract- ors. 'Their final claims completing their bill, totalled $763.14, and after releasing the attachments the city has [ 2 balance of } Legality of Judgment Sustained in Mansfield Suit, The legality of the judgment in the suit brouflht by Rev. E. H. Marsh t Ralph Stimson and other Mansfield parties is sustained by ‘Judge Curtis of the Tolland county superior court, and Judge A. J. Bow- en, attorney for the plaintiff has been notified by Clerk T. Tin- of Rockville. The suit was to ° a mortgage on property sold ‘and the defendants claimed a fraud- Yulent sale because by mistake Dep- \Ic? Sheriff John Si thl.mplin of iolllh ! Coventry was put down as being {from Providence, R. I, where some | of the defendants live. Lawyer C. H. i Capen entered a plea of abatement | because the service was not a legal . one, but the court found that the returns showed that it was Ly ! The case was without a precedent Land interested the lawvers. ! To Open Spiritualist Society’s Season. r Mrs. M S. Vanderbilt is coming o mantic on Stnday, October }11th, for the opening meeting of the i 1 $146.67 to turn over. sseason of the First Spiritualist so- { 3 o society has renovated its * street edifice, which is run as a I'moving picture theatre by the secre- Stary of the society, Bert E. Hatch ¢and . the first meeting will include -dedicatory exerciges. ¥or succeeding ;Snlml various ‘gpeakers have been from Octdber through until Y. Lxvard of Codll Comtrast. . ‘Hillhouse and Taylor sawarded the contract for 200 tons of i coal to be supplied for the Wind- ool and 75 tons of hard soft i Tl . for the Natchaug school. Their Pflca ‘was $1,690. The other bidders PR, . C. JACKSON, Dentist ar] Filling & Spegialty , 762 Main Btn:.“.“m Willimantic A HIRAM N. FENN 3UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER 62 Church St, Willimantic, Gt. - | ‘Telephone Lady Assistant i JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Elmore & Shepard Funeral Director 60-62 North St., Willimantic Lady Assistant Tel. connection els one wishes to see. silk mudl, $5.95. priced. the transactions, more or less | have been | Murray's Boston Store . WILLIMARTIC, CONN. Striking New Autumn Waists One of the smartest collections of new Waists for Autumn has arrived and they are the prettiest little mod- One smart model is of Roman stripe silk with black over shadow lace, lace yoke, sleeves of Jap. silk, $6.50. Another pretty model is of Jap. silk with black over shadow lace, pretty lace yoke, $6.50. Another model is of white messaline and crepe silk, ! fancy yoke and sleeves, black silk piping, $5.95. And still another of black tucked net-over white We also have a good selection of plain black, Copen- hagen blue, green, lavender and white, all reasonably THE H. C. MURRAY GO. were the Linceln and Boss company, $1,692.50 and the Willimentic Coal and Lumber company, 3$1,593.75, — Moose Home Nearly Ready. The dedication of the Mooss home in Willimantic can be held about the middle of October, the directors of the Home club believe. At a meet- ing this week they made plans for the furnishing of their place on Pleas- ant street. AUXILIARY TEA. Pleasing Social Affair at Y. M. C. A. ‘Rooms Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon the Woman's auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. served a tea at the association rooms to all women who were interested in the work of the auxiliary, The reception committee, Mrs. Charles L. Crane, chairman, had the aftair in charge.. The rooms were at- tively decorated and the tea was well attend Mrs, F. B. Read and Mrs. George H. Spencer poured. The young ladies Wwho assisted were Mrs. John Boss, ‘Miss Laura E. 'aylor, Miss Eleanor Hillhouse, Miss Helen Harrington. Several new members were secured among the ladies who attended. During the afterncon F. E. Hart gave pleasing selections on the piano. Young, Miss Ruth Try to Coax Champion to Play Roque Since the close of the national roque tournament in Norwich, in which the Willimantic players show- ed themselves to exceptional advan- tage, the local courts at the home of A. D, Spellman, while not .for- saken, have not been as actively used as when the roquists were getting into trim just prior to going down, to Nor- wich. The reason seems to be that since Town Clerk Frank P. Fenton brought home the championship hon- ors in the second division, all the other members of the Willimantic Roque club have been laying for him and seeking an opportunity to “show him up.” But, temporarily at least, Champion Fenton declines to be drawn into combat, feeling as he does, the pleasantness of being a <conqueror, and not caring to risk his position. And so the game languishes, Duckpin League Reorganizes. Thé Willimantic Duckpin league was organized on Tuesday evening, discussed a schedule - and _elected these officers: President, Roy Parker; vice president, James Aspinwall; sec- retary, John Pickett; treasurer, A, B. Cunningham; Tufts’ alleys have been placed in good condition. Messrs. Parker, Aspinwall, Pickett and Aime Martineau were made a committee to receive the names of those who wish to bowl, to equalize the teams and to arrange a series. The league looks forward to a busy season. NATIVE OF NORWICH. “Jomh Pl Aver:, Old Stagecoach Driver, V’ho Died Wednesday. Joseph M. Avery, 86, a native of Norwich, died Wednesday morning. For cver half a century he lived in this city and as driver of the st between Willimantic and Hastford he was a well known and a picturesque character, With the passing of stage- coathes when newer methods of travel came, he engaged in the trucking bus- /iness and after that drove a hack in Willimantic for a number of years. He bad been blind for several years and his health had failed and his death occurred in the almshouse. A daughter, Mrs. Flint, of Chicopee, Mass., and a brother, M. F. Avery of Hampton, are surviving relatives, Miss Lucy Ann Huntington, In Lebanon, at the age of 97 years, Miss Lucy Ann Huntington died Tues- day night at her home there. She had long been a resident of that place and was known and loved by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. She was born August 1, 1817, the daughter 'of Eliphalet Huntington. 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DON, Towns - i WESTERLY AND The Southern New England Telephone Company Huntington and Mrs. Emerson Hol- brook, of Madison, Conn. To Play Westerly Mill Team. On_ Wednesday ‘the management of the Thread mill league completed ne- gotiations with the Clark Thread mill team from Westerly, which last year defeated No. 6 mill in their series, for a series of three games, which will .probably begin Saturday, Oct. 3. This Saturday the leaders of the Mill league play the Ben Hurs of Hartford. Overcome by Heat. E. B. Hanna of the South Wind- ham road fell from a load of corn- fodder which he was loading Tues- day, being overcome, it is thought, by ‘the heat. He escaped serious injury, although he is lame from striking the ground so abruptly. Able to Leave Hospital. Mrs. Clarence O. Barrows, who has been ill at St. Joseph's hospital with typhoid fever for several weeks, has so far recovered that on Wednesday she was taken to her home, No. 161 High street. Mrs. Charles Nelson, Who has been there since the middle of June with a broken hip, returned to her home on Dugway Hill this week. H. W. Edwards, the aged sol- dier who was taken to the hospital a week ago, was able to go to th home of a friend in South Coventry Wednesday and today will be taken HOT DAY AT to Fitch's Soldiers’ home at Noroton. Charles Brown of Colchester, who had the fit Tuesday night on Main street, was getting along nicely Wednesday and Miss Elizabeth Provest returned Wednesday after an operation sev- eral weeks ago to her home in the Stone Row. \ At the Opera House. Neptune’s Daughter, with Annette Kellerman and her ;mermaid costume and her magic skill, reached Wim- mantic Wednesday and the reels drew. out the interest of the houses &t the Loomer Opera house Wednesday af- ternoon and evening. Personals. Allen B. Lincoln of New Haven was_a ‘visitor in Willimantic on Wed- nesday. Mrs. S. J. Sumner of Summit strest has returned after passing a week with Milford friends. Miss Hattie Hall of South Manches- ter is visiting Mr. and Mrs, John At- wood of Pleasant street, Mrs. David Smythe of Hartford is the guest of Charles M. Thompson and Bert G. Thompson and their fam- ilies this week. Dr. F. W. Downing of Moosup and Miss Rose Shea of Plainfield were guests of the latter's sister, Mrs. Rob- ert Crawford of Valley street on ‘Wednesday. 0OKLYN FAIR B Sixty-fifth Annual Exhibition Attracts Big Crowd—Clesn Show, With Fine Cattle Featured—Exhibits Made by Three Granges—Good Races. (Special to The Bulletin.) Brooklyn, Conn., Sept. 23.—Clouds of dust indicated the location of the Windham County Agricultural so- ciety’s grounds Wednesday, the first big day of the sixty-fifth annual ex- hibition, and if. there was any hotter place on earth than the space within the fair. grounds at Brooklyn, that place was hot enough to seem like home to inhabitants with horns, cloven hoofs and a tail Society’s Best Fair, The intense heat came in for more or less comment from about every person on the grounds, but it seemed in no way to militate against every- one having a good time and making the most ‘of his opportunity to enjoy what is undoubtedly the best fair the society has arranged in many years. Brooklyn fair has had a long history during which it has experienced its ups and downs, but, continuing the come-back that began to be notice- able a few years ago, it has establish- ed in this year of 1914 a record of aliveness and virility that forecasts 2 long and prosperous future. With- out exaggerating in the slightest the entries are more numerous this year than ever before, in many cases of higher standard of greater range and quality and wholly interesting. The rush of early arrivals at the grounds Wednesday accurately fore- casted the heavy attendance that as- sembled by 2 o'clock, when the grounds were a seething mass of hu- manity, crammed, as it were, into one great meiting pot, not forgetting the extraordinary September Stunt that Old Sol was engaged in demonstrat- ing. September Morn would have been a badly blistered young lady after an hour under the glare of heat that seemed to be beating down from some great reflector. A Day of Dust. The crowd was representative of about every square mile of territory in eastern Connecticut. It was a big crowd, a big-natured crowd, an or- derly crowd. It was assembled for a good time and it proceeded to have it. It was a crowd that came mostly in_automobiles, the hundreds of ma- chines raising a serpent-like trail of dust over the route of every high- way leading to the grounds. And, incidentally, the blue ribbon for dust goes to September, 1914. There was dust everywhere and on everybody. Thousands of gallons of water were sprinkled upon tb- track where, ash- life, it was hoof “D before the offi- cials started their work of,overcom- ing it, during Tuesday night and ‘Wednesday morning. Fog-like banks of dust rolled over the grounds from the traffic-crowded highways in the vicinity and humanity absorbed it and abhored lt—some cussing it. But there wasn't dust enough in the whole state to spoil the fair for one that came to see it. A Clean Show, Brooklyn fair iz as clean a show this vear as it always has prided itself upon being. There isn't a crooked game or a crooked show on - the grounds. There is plenty of amuse- ment of the allowabie and wholesome kinds. There are fakirs of the harm- less sort adding to the merriment of the whole alluring exhibition, but no grafters. President Marshall J. Frink and Secretary J. B. Stetson, two tire- less and alert workers have scen (o that. Up to their eves in work, tak- ing their lunches a bite at the time, Messrs. Frink and - Stetson were all smiles Wednesday over the fine suc- cess of the fair. They both pro- nounced it as promising to be one of the most satisgfactory in years. Fine Cattle Display. The falr is primarily an a tural show. This is at once patent to the visitor strolling about _the grounds. In adding something from among all the host of attractions that have come into prominence at fairs in the last .30 years the management has not lost sight for a minute of the real reason of establishing this fair nearly a century ago—the promotion of agriculture in Windham wounty, and the exhibition of agricultural products. Windham county, the ex- hibitors prove, grows just as big and just as good pumpkins and squash and potatoes as the farmers of any other ‘county in Connecticut, by heck! And the same is true of all the other products they exhibit of their fruit and dairy and culinary outputs; of their preserves, their needlework .and their ways and methods of doing things. The Brooklyn fair proves that the county’s tillers of the soil have a great deal to be proud of; that they are active and progressive. Experiment Station’s Exhil > Their interest in mew things in scientific agriculture was indlcated by the close attention given to the mag- nificent exhibit of the Connecticut ‘Bxperiment station, which has a big tent near the entrance to the grounds. It was hot enough in there to fry near-raw ham Wednesday, but the seekers after knowledge were not bothered by a little thing like 'that. They listened to the lectures on plant diseases, plant breeding, prevention of forest fires. entomology and kindred subjects with the closest attention, given evidence of intention to apply knowledge gained to the mutual ad- vantage of themselves and the com- munities in which they do business. The hundreds of specimens of bugs, plants, fruits, foods, etc., were care- fully inspectéd by them with a view to thoroughly understanding the fine exhibit the state has made. This ex- hibit is under the direction of Dr. E. H. Jenkins of New Haven, with the following staff of assistants from the eriment station: Forestry, W. O. ey: plant breeding, H. K. Hayes; botany, G. P. Clinton; entomology, Q. S. Lowry; chemistry, C. B. Morrison. Three Granges Make Displays, Three county granges—Wolf Den of Pomfret, Plainfield, Canterbury— all add to the extensiveness and in- terest of the agricultural end of the fair. Their sections are in the exhi- bition building and held as much at- tention Wednesday as any on_the grounds in any department. Wolf Den grange has the best display of its kind ever seen at Brooklyn falr, and probably in the county. It in- cludes an extensive display of fruits and_ vegetables, preserves, needle- work ,etc. Its feature is a miniature farm, carrted out in amazing detall by E. E, Brown, who seems to have not neglected a single thing unless it be the putting of a coo into the tiny pigeons that line the ridgepole and roof of the stable. Wolf Den grange is modest about its showing, though, and sets forth on a placard: “This is our first exhibit, but watech fus grow.” Also: “We have the largest membership, largest horses, smallest pigs, sweetest babies, best cooks, pret- tiest girls, homeliest men—and sas- siest deputy. There's a reason’ Wolf Den was pronounced O. K. by the crowd. They’ll be watehing for it agpin next vear. Fine Fruit and Vegetables. Truit and vegetables from many of the fine farms of the county occupy much space in the main exhibition building. The fruit is beautiful, prob- ably luscious, though the crowd didn't %0 as far as it would like as to this, and in most cases without a blemish, showing the results of the teaching of tree raying methods. The vege- tables are as fine as ever shown at WK [ > NT E Y JOUBLEMI delicious Peppermint of delicious Lots of “Pep!” won't chew out—it lastsl It is DOUBLE wrapped~— which costs us a lot of money but gives you clean, fresh, full - flavored gum whenever and wherever you get it And with each 5c package is a United Profit-Sharing Coupon —good toward valuable presents A companion to the famous DOUBLE strength flavor Peppermint. The flavor 'WRIGLEYS, —made by the same manufacturers. Get the WRIGLEY “twin mints” for quality, flavor and hygienic package. Look for the Spears! p w. fi-esumhéu- A horticultural exhibit also in the the fair. occupies considerable space main building. Norwich Exhibit. Plaut-Cadden of Norwich show pianos—Crawfords and Wassermanns —and player-pianos in their exhibit, which is in charge of Adelard Morin and Miss Mazie Rider. Across the way, near the entrance, is the booth of the suffrage workers, busily en- gaged in distributing literature, sell- ing buttons and advocating equal rights at the ballot boxes. Mrs. Rienzi Robinson of Danielson and Miss Rosamond Danielson of Putnam Heights were among the active work- ers Wednesday. 200 Head of Cattle in Sheds. Two hundred head of cattle were in the sheds when the show opened Wednesday morning, the herds the property of owners in widespread sec- tions of the coupty. Seventy sheep and goats were also shown. There were many working oxen, steers and other cattle not included in the 200 mentioned. The showing in this de- partment was one of the largest in years. % Many, Poultry Entries. Poultry entries were offered %0 numerously as to swamp the man- agement’s accommodations for show- ing the featherd beautles and although an addition has been built onto the poultry shed since last year's fair, it still proved to be too small to accom- modate* the scores of pens, some of which the fair people had to scurry around for that ample housing room might be provided. . Women’s Department. The building given over to the dis- play of entries under the woman's de- partment of the fair was crowded throughout the day. Many beautiful pleces of handiwork begot admira- tion fully deserved and words of full- some praise were spoken of the skill and devterity that made possible the production of so many beautiful pleces of fancy needlework. A Prime Herd. E. M. Wheaton of Putnam exhibited one of the largest herds of cattle on the ground. Included were 35/ herd of Ayshire, thoroughbred and grade, a few Holsteins and Dutch Belted. At the head was the thoroughbred Ays- hire sire Lord Hamilton, a registered animal that has won blue ribbons at many fairs and as perfect a one from a scoring standpoint as can be found in the state. Mr. Wheaton's herd in- cludes developed and young stock. He also shows a fine pair of /Percheron mares—Alice and Jane—entered for exhibition. J. B. Clawson of Eastford shows a herd of thoroughbred young stock in- cluding four Holstein calves and a Jersey calf, the latter out of the fa- mous Hood farm, Lowell, stock. Oliver Downs of Brooklyn shows some clean cut Dutch Belted animals, and George E. Spalding of Brooklyn a splendid_Holstein bull, born Nov. 21, 1913, and weighing Wednesday morn ing 780 pounds. C. S. Hide of Can- terbury has a herd of about a score of Devons, Henry Dorrance of Plainfied about as many fine looking Ayshires and Alfred T. Hlil of Plainficld a herd i let. of seven Holsteins. Joseph Bushmell of Hampton shows a herd of Durhams numbering 17. C. M. Daggett, Plainfield, has Ays- ries on exhibition, Jameés Nuttall, Pomfret, shows Holsteins, Charles Hyde of Canterbury, Guernseys, George Nichols of Howard's Valley a mixed herd of 30 head. D. R.iGrattan has Guernseys at the show, Vita Rosa of. North Society a herd that includes Holsteilns, Dutch Belted and Ayshires and Walcott Witter, superintendent' of the cattle show, shows a magnificent Red Pole sire and a grade calf. Kail B. Musser of Storrs was acting judge in the cattle department. Sheep Awards. In the sheep section awrds made as follows Wednesday: E. Spalding, a first and a_ second of groups of 3 ewe lambs, firsts on five midatewool sheep, Lincoln ram, 15 ewes and ram; H. B. Chapman, firsts on great Hampshire and 5 ewes, first on billy goat, first on 3 nanny goats; C. S. Hyde, Canterbury, first on 3 ewe middlewool lambs; George E. Nichols, first on three ewe Shropshire lambs, first on Shropshire ram lamb: H. B. Chapman, firsts on great Ha\apshire ram, 5 Hampshire ewes, three merino ewe lambs. Hogs are practically barred from the fair this year on account of the prev- elance of hog cholera, Lut one big porker wag seen at the show. How the Poultry Awards Went. Some of the awards made Wednes- day in the poultry department follow: G. L. Dawley, first on buff rock cock and hen; Mrs. J. C. Willlams, seconds on hens and cock, S. C. R. L. Reds; R. D. Wood, firsts on white leghorn, buft leghorn, buft leghorn chicks, sec- onds on_white leghorns, buft leghorn chicks; Mrs. U. Burdick, firsts on R. 1. Red pullet and cockerel, S. C. R. 1 Red hens in pen; seconds on S C. R. 1.Red cock and hens. R. D. Weod, firsts on white wyan- dotte hen, Ancona cockerel, Ancona hen, hwo firsts, two seconds on pen of white wyandottes and cockerel, second on Ancona pullet; Kenneth B. Weath- erbee, first on 3 hens and cockerel, B. F. Rocks, three firsts on S. C. white leghorns, first on two pullets and one cockerel B. P. Rock: Giay were ks. E. Goldic Gr: first on white leg- horn cock, second on white leghorn hen, first on white Plymouth Rock hen, second on white Plymouth Rock cock, first on white Plymouth Rock hen, firsts on white . R. cockerel and pul- A. T. Hill, second on B. P. Rock cock; O. P Atwood, firsts on B. P. Rock_pullets E. N. Andrews, 4 firstson R. C. R. L. Reds; C. M. Daggett, second on S. C. leghorn pullets. H. F. Barber, firsts on Minorca hen and cock, on breeding pen and three hens and white legborn cock_ on black Minorca cockerel, on breeding pen of Minorcas. £. L. Dawley, second on B. R. pullet, two firsts S. C. Hamburg cock and hen, di of Buff Rocks, onds on breeding pen of Hamburgs, eding pen of Buff Rocks, R. I. Red 5. N. Andrews, first on white cock, first cond on white leghorn cock, first on C. R. I. Red pullet, second on S. C. R. I. Red cockerel, two firsts and two seconds on pen of buttercups G. E. Hopkins, two firsts on Buff Orpingtons, cock and hen, two sec- onds on S. Spangled Hamburgs. Mr. Hopkins is certain to‘win more awards for he has the finest individual col- lection shown in the poultry depart- ment this year. His pigeon entries— all beautiful birds include Magpies, Tumblers, Black Homers, Speckled Homers, White Homers and Fantails. Mr. Hopkins also shows spendid pairs of Toulous geese and what is probably the finest pair of buff turkeys ever showR at the fair. Grandstand Crowded. All seats in the grandstand were sold and the crowd was clamoring for more space up there before the first of the: light harness events was called by Starter J. Carl Witter at 1 o'clock An oddition of the lines along the length of the home stretch were lined with bumanity, some of which con- tinued to ebb and flow across the track in imminent danger of being trodden under the trotters’ hoofs, but evidently ablivious of danger in an ef- fort to get somewhere else. The crowd was so large and so enthusiastic in spots, that it was not easy to con- trol, but events'of the afternoon were run off without accident. The race results were as follows: Lady’s Driving Class. First honors in the ladies’ driving class cf. the afiernoon, $10 in goid, went ‘to Mrs. Fred C. Leavens of Day- ville, driving a herse owned by Mr. H. H. Starkweather of Danielson. Sec- ond prize, $7.50 in zold went to Mrs L. E. Kennedy. Denicison, third prize, $5 in gold to Mys. L. M. Winigen, Brooklyn, fourth prize. 6 in gold, to Mrs. A. Tait Hope, Dayville. Free-for-all, Trot or Pace. Viola McDougall, ch. m. o T. E. Tillinghast 13 ¢:¢.2 Rosie Morn, b. m. F. 2 Rose ... 13273 Burgeas, by. & Marcy $ 1 22 ¢ 234 221 1-4; as. ficst money; Viola Me- Dougall, second; Rose Morn, third; Alsey Band, fourth. 2:35 Class. General B, bk =z A. H Mathewson -.....-e.....-.. 3 4 3 Kittie Mapes, blk, m, 0. TR a5 Sy i e Gold Bell, ch. m. A. H, Math- ewson .. - 43 4 Provider. . 5. H. F <1 St 2.29 3-4. Excellent Vaudeville and Music, Music during the day was by St. James’ band of Danielson and the vaudeville by the first class Sterrett’s animal circus, which made a big hit. At nightfall the fair was pronounced a big success. The fair had made some money, as did the concession buyers, the crowd was satisfied and quickly disappeared in many directions,'under tye clouds of dust that still hung heavily about the grounds.