Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 15, 1915, Page 9

Something About the Towns to the North and East of Paris Which Have Been Swept by Shot and Shell —~ Com- piegne and Luneville. Verdun and Chalons, Amiens, Guise and HE battlefteld of been tong en- gaged mortal ct, Mes to north _and of Parls. raversed by Dhree rivers, the Marne, the O and the Aisne, it ambraces also the forests of Argomme, 2 mountainous region to the northeast | contat almost inaccessible | passes famous in histery, | which e of the| French Thermopylae During the Franco-Prusslan war in 1870 It was the scene of many import- ant military movements. And it was| over the Argonne heights 2 while ago ! that the third German army crossed and descended the valley of the Aisne. | Compiegne, where the Germans have suffersd severe losses, lics at the junc- tien of the O dates baci to Fr I ksings. ues of historic Interest centers in| around the tow | the A favorite residence of the kings of |citles now rance o 5 a did palace | et e v rebuil Louis XT improved by Louis XV, | otiy XVI and Napoleon I, respec- * | Firmin = ~ |cestle. the very spot s as there that the first Maria Louisa, Napoleon vorld of the day gat ancy is miles cast <-:i - re the cathedral, with atings and the fresco da Vinei, an nber of hospiea nd the Meurth zive one Gt tha | srge France, Its | palac ome of the dukes of | Vorrathe seen converted inte cava s The peace of Lune- | ¥ February $. 1801, when L the borde: line of e, carries s large trade | i wine and brandy. There, September 3, acoording to a confirmed report, Lud- 3 socialist mem- Lis_desth “ With its dating Back to the hird an enturies—when Tetri- me by Aureliau, Anno 4 armies of the Huus under Attlls, ¢ battie in 451—the walled the Marne, has been f Vermandoiss 3¢ seventh century, an Burgunis and Robert of Vermandoise in there that ¢ Was dJdepozed by St. Bernard. There Henry IV brought the parliament from Paris 1589, and some two or three Fears later the pecple burmed the bulls 8 Qergory’ X1V and . Clement VI | a«xcommunicuting king. The Prus- fass occipie nin 514, and the uasiane captured it in 1836, Chéloss “With the environa becams & strongi: 1ied caznp under Napoleon X1 i 1836 and, ' therefore, offored. & vorable position for the allles to in- trench themnsalves and give battle to their foes in the great combat now rag- fog. Three million men have been e &aged on both sides, with this town as the center of activities. Thwre at the beginning of the Fanco. an war, when the French. wers defeated. Canrobert commanded the 8k Army Corps. atterward. Gransterred €0 Mets when the remnant ~f the armies of MacMahen and DeFailly were organ- §3ed and reinforced. The evacuation and Satial gestruc Sish has long been reconstructed i Prussians captured after the battle of Waterloo. industries are iron founé. Born a Fighter. | JFAXNT men have beon wosd soldiers theless, had no reli rance, where the | Germans and the | e e imed, at 2l soldier are w In July, 1805, customark pertormed, nd of the gre tarted to march at the to his horse, the stesd ball upon the sand. Dlace the nig {next day e-ct-Marne, worthy mortal remaina lie in the cathedral an of whom relics are kept in the bishop's unfinished, e one spoke to Oudin | dsep affection the Aisne and|holding Amiens retreated the m mans | has bee French troeps Charles XT and his motk were in dan- ihe Protestants therine de Medic ger of being seized by the failure of e escape to Paris of the king and 1 with their was honored by its gates to k the Germans errible attacks miles to the southeast before the pubiic e | beax its being the first town Teceive him Be Careful of Canary. associated with is all that devastated by the v of Lorraine i is carried_on ¥ ands on the ¢ until recently-the tow Its cathedral, wit) terior, is one of the f Gothic arch; 0 the southeast of Meaux and but a o o aw miles distant on the Petit Morin, a lles Montmi- Give him 2 bath |statue has been erected to hiz memo: {in & parties to which the |than a cen "€ | cipal taries empl| Once 2 weelk scalding wate. small town castle and 2 chu: dieval days. 18 forces are h dating back to m tie corpora has been the prin fortifications i there the Frencl ving over 400 looms, manufactures, of wool alone amaunting to 100,000, { pouna: jAmiens the annual arce fighting to_the Germar tie allies 2 determinea the Abbey 3 as a barracke), | as known as Samarobriva, I name beinz derive: he fighting Jine, is Coulommiers Grand Morin, habit of eat- Fet bim inte th e-et-Marne, One beionged was governe: d pay sems aitenti that be denends companton. founded by close of the . sitaated just for remembe: ser. hosiery, earthen v is carried i | Spaniards ca Housewife’s Window Box. the center of the r Vitry-le-Francoie, 1 troops won tl at Sezanre ARSLEY srows from seed and srows 1t sheuld be pianteé in box zbout six inches deep that hesbeen 1 th good Tich ear sunay window, wat from one season te = sported be- victory, the wa l office estimating that more than 2,000,- 006 1wen have been engaged in actior Sezanne 13 a small town of some 5,000 | queurs, and during ench forces occupied Soissons i a forti- nounced fo be ag out, though se day and it inhabitants iher, besides pretty garnishing for c pped fine and siirred into omelets 1t spicy flavor. When growing it > an ornament to 2 rcom. Needed! One of ths bsi Representative nowned for its cora, | one of the world, now, alas, wre man gunfire. French kiuge were coronation cathedral, | of Charies tory of Rbeims goes back to the of the Romans, w of Belgica Secunda. sleges during the middle ages, | withstanding one by the Englt Alemanni by Jovinus in | Edward Ti5 Aetius ang | for eight ed by Of the buildings worthy be mentioned the Palace of the bishop, the Hotel De Ville, a 5 high-grade or more than 200 years (1547- 2 untversity e cotton, | ured many that people sheaid Too Much! Yes, That’s So. ©p T eentati Honk! Ho of notice may tucky, who has no | admiration for the newspape: telly a decidedly tective yar e weakness v! trating this theory They Won't Burn. which happened to vhlle he was woolerns and the tenth century | city wase oce of Verdun | tember 4,-1570 pied by the Germans Sep- Amiens, September 8, it was the departm Pas-de-Callais, | colored womau of was also ther the ground Fortified by been the see of a bishop since 340, the headquarters for scclesiastical councils 1025 to 1430 and the home. of Robespierre. manutictures, its tapestries of the mid- dle ages have been so famous that the name of the town has been these art fabrics. NSV to the train step was 2 1oug ome, and when the col- who was cerrying e bas- 2 ptec to boerd t a gimcuits in ©up and endeavered to pull her- the handles, she beld o R B L PSS plaining sutomobile against some civic injustice, was mailed to a new It was not printed. k red woman the trip the ma- his story ruy Arras is also noted for threads and laces aud its trade in s e “Did you find any * demanded the writer i bscribe to you ‘eplied the editor roared the writer vou print the communi- Aloug the cours to northeastward, distarce from onc anotner, of towns where the Fron in_severe fighting witn utonic foee, reports comin bornly contested acticrs, first with the Germans geining ground, then w enemy severely driven Backw Nearest to Paris, miles away, ¢lone to the Ourcy canal, i worst place in the could mot make the required step. my friend and I stood ther situation struck us ma being fueny und we probadly let our ajusement becon, The woman turned arsund, deland T shall never forget ber words, z=o safe an’ soyn’ | she said: mebbe he won't Constitution. cle Remus" h have en- indignant- Iy, “why @idn’t TZit ter put in fer vo' dadd: good a word answersd the editor, up dar sarvin® ou_have seut us that same| d ter sen’ hi montks and we have priuted |t svery | thme until uewi" n what are vo' gvod steel nails a Why don't ye' pushi " tion of the camp took | agin—Atlanta YANTIC FIREMEN Addreased by Chief Stanton and Fev. . B, Goldie of Gracs Church==Vets Tell Their Experiences 'Mid Flame and Smoke. The entertainment committes of the Yantic Fire Engine company of the town of Norwich held a smoker im their hall Wednesday evening to which all the members, ex-members -4nd friends had been invited. The com- pany is oo of the oldest Yolunteer companies in the state and the only { chartered volunteer company the rm % Over a hundred turned out {o enjoy the social evening plonned. Herfnon 3. Gibbs, fereman of the present com- pany, spoke briefly on the work during the past vear and acted as chairman of the meeting. '] 1 the courtesy of the Plaut-¢ srapho- | phone selections were enjoved through the evening P. J. Keily of Fitchville, the mat, to fire the present engine, getti steam up in eizht minutes and holdi the state record, was called on to make a few remarks. He was grected witl much applause and was followed by James Counterman, the present stoker. Experiences at Fires. Charles Carpenter narrated perier he prese: and Char Congdon followed wi! his exneriences at the Shannon buil }inz and Chappeli wharf fires recemtly and McNally's fire and the fire at Fitchville years ago, when the old hand tub was used. Three cheers for the old compa were given. Charles Schiough of Norwich, who never shirked any fireman’s uty while 2 member, was the nest speaker, and David McConnell told of his experi- ences at janitor. Chief Stanton Praises the Boys. ir. Gibbs introduced Chlef Howard L. Stanton of the Norwieh fire depart- ment as o in New E of the most efficient chiefs giand as speaker of the Chief Stanton said in part that the work Of a volunteer company was | much difterent from 2 paid system. He spoke of the advisability of fire pro tection and gave a brief history of his experiences. He loves his work and praised the w 1o Yantic fire de- partment had done in the past and wanted to state publicly that Norwich was fortunate in having them so near. Suggests Fire Prevention Clubs. He narrated the statistics of | Norwich fire department, showing | o8 ver capita 31.77 in 1915 with § 1000 fire loss, and year 3108 capita. He suggested clubs for prevention of fires, clubs among and school children, that frequent talks on the subject Wil e He said i would put the Yantic hose rcom immediate He remarked that o1 T t in this | vicinit have | was proper zave | nim great only Oldest ex-Member, L ext told 1, the oldeet ex- whose father was a son Edward mow calied on. He lie told of evoked much the fire oss of as nest duction e men one to nd a sub- testimonial, -of I impressed dance and the good the men. oldest acive ompany, hav- his firet fire the old hand sness have io the men His som. o jolned company T a of Williams in the company. | The Original Charter. The origiral company was organized. 1847 by ther, Erastus fiams, a is a copy:of Se this Assemb! fire company be, and ‘the hereby established by the Yantic Fire Engine com- e raised and located in the in the town of Nor- and that on or before the 10th of July Erastus Wil- laims be, and hereby is. authorized and empowered to give public notice by posting same in two public places in the village of Yantic, that enlistment will take place uvon the third Saturday in July. 1847, at 1 o'clock p. m., by him. the said Erastus Williams, for the es | tablishment of said fire company; and that there may be enlisted a fire com- | pany, not to exceed 40 members, 35 of | whom may be from the militia of this | state, and no more. And the persons to be enlisted as aforesaid or at any time after said third Saturday in July, 1847, their as- sociates and successors De, and the are, hereby comstituted a body, car porate and poli the usual pow- ers and privileges of fire companies in this state. Provided, this grant mayTbe altered, ame repealed at the leasure of the general assembly. d a Picture. nted the fire com- en of the company i_celebration of He spoke of the 1 the building od that the men takea. rite to the selectmen for . Williams pr the picture tal the town of 630 feet of poor hose and sugges card and w proper hose. Episcopal Rector Speaks. The next speaker introduced was the Rev. M. McLean Goldie, recently es- tablished pastor of Grace church, who expressed much pleasure in being with the members and to see such a mag- 6 in such a small village. the name William absence of a fel speaker, the Rev. ( the Sacred Heart chur able to attend Sociability and Sebriet He told a number of pleasing and entertaining stories and expressed his pleasuré at seeing =o many men en- joying a social evening and eliminat- ing the use of strong drink, which won much applause. Seymour Quiniey told aboutsthe fire at the old C. V. station and how read- ily it burned, causing much merriment. Aegrets were read from J. R. Pafk- hurst nd C. nest Aver of Stafford Springs and Frank W. Striteh, who has taken an active part in the social af= fairs of the company and who by ] activity has raised the finamncia! condi- tions considerably since joining E’ company, followed with a few amu: incidents of fires in towns he been in. The members of the committee- H. J. Gibbs, chairman; F. W. Sti