Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 14, 1915, Page 5

NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNESDAT, APRIL 14, 1915 GOOD THINGS TO EAT| - Jtve Bulletin. Broilers ........ . $1.00 Guinea Fowl . . $1.00 Young Fowl ..... ... 25¢ Fancy 4X Beef Roast ... 24c Fancy 4X Porter House . 35¢ Fancy 4X Serloin Steak . 30c Strawberries SOMERS Ernest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER All String Instruments repaired Viclins sold on easy terms For appointments address E. E. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Nor- wich, Conn. Our Line of 1915 Model Cameras gives you a choice in sizes from the tiny vest pocket size up to the size that takes postal card pictures. All the regular mod- els fitted with the patent view finder. Prices $200 to $20.00. Buy a Camera and enjoy tak- ing pictures this Summer. THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO. Established 1872 PLAUT-CADDEN BUILDING M. J. FIELDS, . . Florist 89 Ward Street Carnations. Special Forms and Plants. Telephone 657 As an Optometrist, | can examine ur eyes, and make Glasses to ri ieve the headaches caused by ey strain. We use utmost care ing the eyes. If glasses are required they are made in our own labora- tory according to your special re- quirements. J. F. MARCH, Optometrist, 10 Broadway, Norwich, Conn. Phone 1812 Varsity 55 in new plaids and checks. You'll like the style; it's a good one for young men, and any other men; you'll like the febrics—Glen Urquhart Plaids and Tartar Checks; you’'ll like| the way the clothes are made, the way they fit, the smart PERSONALS Mrs. Frank Burton of Ledyard is re- Norwich, Wedn VARIOUS MATTERS The moon is new today, the 1th. St. Mari’s day, Sunday, will be observed by the churches. Maie Richmond, cosetiere, gan tomorrow.—adv, ay, April 14, 1915, By = new rule in effect this term, the Free Academy building is locked daily at 2 o'clock. Government seed packages are being received by some of Congressman B. F. Maban's constituents. The eighth annual convention of the Connecticut State Optical society was n held Tuesday at the Hotel Bond Hartford. Tomorrow call at Wauregan and see Maie Richmond's lines.—adv. Religious workers have been notified that the general conference for Chris- tian workers is to be held at North- fleld July 30 to Aug. 15. Norwich students at Miss Porters school in Farmington will leave town will reopen on today, as the school Thursday after the Easter vacation. One of the pastors who left Tuesday for conference was Rev. J. N. Geissler, pastor of the Lee Methodist church, Tolland, formerly stationed at Uncas- ville. Charles Davis the 6 year old son of Warren Davis who re- sides near Giants Neck, Niantic died Monday after one day's illness with Mr. and Mrs. diphtheria. Maie Richmond at Wauregan to- morrow with cosets. Knickers, etc.—adv. Bust Confiners, Simon L. Ewald has_consented to A and Salesmanship, at its mext meet.—New talk to the Norwich Y. M. C. class in Bussiness Efficiency London Globe. At the Central Baptist church er meeting. a missionary With and was well attended. James Weeks, o week ago, Jeft & widow living cal agent for a widow's pension. When St. Mary's Tierney held thelr first anniversary celebra- tion Sunday afternoon in Stonington those present included County Direc- tor William H. McGuinness of Nor- wich. The New York papers mentioned ‘Tuesday among prominent men born April 13th Hon, Charles H. Sherrill, lawyer and diplomat, 48 years old. Mr. Sherrill married Miss George Barker Gl\b:l of New York, formerly of Nor- wich. Taxes will be collected today, April 14th, at 'W. S. Fletchers sfore, Falls, from i2 m. to 1 p. m.—adv. Cards have been received from Tembo and Tambo, Rockville boys who are touring England, giving their tambourine act. They have been playicg at the principal vaudeville Bouses and receiving flattering recep- ons. The senior class at Yale has voted to adopt a sailor costume in_ which to dress from now untl graduation, the costume to be worn at will with the exception that they will not be permissible at college classes and at chapel. A former Waterford pastor, Rev. Brewer Boardman, is to terminate his pestorate at the Central Baptist church at Thompson this month and expects to make his home in_ King- ston, where his wife's burial took place last weelk. shape—keeping quality qf the You'll like the prices, too; $18.00 to $25.00 are un- usual value. Those at $12.00 to $18.00 are the best you can buy for the price. Murphy & McGarry 207 MAIN STREET \NATIONAL BISCUIT CO. NEW WAFER LOCHINVARS at RALLION'S ;:' WANT to put your bus. iness & the pudli there ne Vertlsng columne of The Bulletm. - One of the busy and prosperous plants in town is the West Side silk mill, where the 140 employes are work- ing on a 56-hour schedule. Supt. M. L. Bergstresser states that the de- mand for his product—dress silk—is very encouraging. Separation of town has not gore in- to effect yet, and the place to license your dogs, is the Town Clerk’s office, City Hall. One dollar extra after May 1st—ady, . At the Shennecossett Beach compa- ny’s property at Eastern Point a_con- crete seawall 296 feet in length is bein built from the pavilion east.to the Plant property. The wall will have & four foot base and will be sunk into the sand about five feet. Mrs, Mary §. Holt, 82, widow of Robert P. Holt, died Monday at her home in Great’ Neck. Mr. Halt died 13 years ago. Mrs. Holt before her marriage was Miss Gallup and was born in Waterford. One -daughter, Miss Hattie Holt, survives. . The bulldings at the Golden Spur have been leased from the Shore Line Electric company by Arthur G. Rudd. The shore dinner house is to be moved from its present location adjoining the hotel to the point of Jand north of the dancing pavilion, and other improve- ments are to be made. Postoffice Inspector Charles H. Pen- dleton of Westerly has been in New London in_consultation with Postmas- ter John McGinley in relation to the expected transfer of the office to the new appointee, Mayor Bryan F. Mahan, Whenever a new postmaster is com- missioned an inventory ie taken. NORWICH C. E. UNION To Hold Its Next Meeting in Jewett City. The Norwich Christian Endeavor un- ion will be entertained by the Baptist C. B. society in Jewett City Satur- day this week. The afternoon session begins at 3.30; collation at 5.30; even- ing meeting 7.15. The theme of the meeting is ing Out. Thé speaker in the afternoon is Rev. John Wesley Wright of Dayville. In the evening Secretary Fdwin Hill of the Norwich Y. M. C. A. will speak. There will be several five-minute papers in the af- terncon. Al attending have been re- quested to bring problems for discus- :qg;; in the afternoon. Adjournment at - e 8150 for Selling Pint of Gin. Michael Sullivan was fined $150 by Police Judge Coit Tuesday morning in the New London police court when a demurrer to a violation of the ex- cise laws was overruled by the court: It was charged that Sullivan sold a pint of gin on Sunday to Michael E. Breen. Sullivan's. wife ‘holds the Ii- cense at 86 Water street and they live in_apartments shove the saloon. Patrolman Howard saw a stranger approach Breen on Sunday, hand Breen some money and saw Breen go into the door leading to the Sullivan apart- ments. He was waiting for the mes- senger and took & pint of ‘gin from him when he reappeared. officer confiscated the gin and reported the matter April 25, Episcopai ‘Waure- on Tuesday evening the Women's Pray- meeting, was led by Mrs. Wililam W. Beck- veteran - of Company C, 21st Conn, who died at Norwich & in Packer who has applied through a lo- cadets covering from a serlous illness. Bela Lyon Pratt, the sculptor, of Boston, spent the weelk end at his farm in Salem. Miss Elizabeth Hull of Springfield, Mass., spent the week end here and in Jewett City. Mrs. George Holberton of Matunuck, R. I, was the week end guest of friends in Norwich. Richard F. Pendleton of Franklin street is confined to his home by an attack of measies.' Miss Helen Hull of CIff street is visiting cousins in New Haven and will spend a week in Springfield, Mass., before returning. Miss Nellie O’'Neil of Norwich is go- ing to Rochester, N. Y., Friday to stay wich her sister, who has been here on a two weeks' vacation. H. A. Cronin, who has been in charge of the Noank railroad- station during the absence of Station Agent C. L Fitch, returned to Baltic Monday. Rutherford C. Plaut and his mother, Mrs. Abraham Plaut, have returned from a stay In Atlantic City. Mr. Plaut has recovered from his long ill- ness and has returned to business. OBITUARY. Charles O. Harrls, Charles Oliver Harris, a Civil war veteran, died Monday. afternoon at his home, 38 Thames street, in New L:n- don. ' Mr. Harris had been ill for rev eral months. He is survived by two sons, Charles G, and Peter G. Harris. Mr. Harris' wife died 19 years ago. He vas $6. For_many years Mr. Harris was employed at the shop of the Brown Cotton Gin Co.. as a machinist. Dur- ing the war he served with Company I 2| of the Twenty-sixth Connecticut and rose to the rank of second lieutenant. He was a member of W. W. Perkins post, No. 47, G. A. R. and was a charter member of Niagara Engine Co,, No, 1. Mrs. Robert P. Stanton. After an illness of but two weeks, brought on by the infirmities of age, Harriet Jongs Stanton, widow of Rev. Robert P. Stanton, passed peacefully away Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock at No. 25 Treadway avenue, Where her home had been for the past 34 years. On the 16th of March Mrs. Stanton passed her 9ith birthday, having been born in March, 1821, at Southington, the daughter of Rhoda Lewis of South- ington and Dr. Timothy Jones, a much esteemed physician of that place. Dr. Jones was one of five brothers, all of whom were graduates of YAle. On her father's side Mrs, Stanton was a lineal descendant of William Jones, a lawyer of Great Britain,whose father, Col. John Jones, was_executed at Charing Cross bn Oct. 17, 1660, as a regicide. Upon his father's death, Wil- liam Jones came to New Haven in the same ship with Goffe and Whalley, regicides. He was made a magistrate in New Haven and afterwards deputy governor. On her mothers side her grandfather was Seth Lewis of South- ington, a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. In Southington on Jan. 17, 1848, she was united in marriage with‘Rev. Rob- ert P. Stanton, who was pastor of the Greeneville Congregational church from 1856 to 1880, and whose death occurred here in September, 1898. At the time of her death Mrs. Stanton was a member of Park Congregational church. Up to the time of her last fllness her mental and bodily vigor had been | remarkable for one of her age and al- though confined to the house for a number of vears, she had always kept {in touch with the news of the day by | her reading and was always interested in_her friends who called. Mrs. Stanton leaves one daughter, Mrs. Harriet S. Blackmar, who is principal of Broadway school, and two grandsons, Dr. John Stanton Blackmar and Frederick Stanton Symington, both of this city. Mrs. E. J. Bishop. Mrs. Emma Jane Bishop, widow of Lee H. Bishop, died at the home of her son, Frank Bishop, South Attle- boro, Mass, late Monday afternoon. Mrs. Bishop was born in Griswold, Conn.,, and went to Pawtucket about 22 years ago. She was a member of the Park Place Congregational church and took a deep interest in its un- dertakings. During the past ten years she had made her home with her son in South Attleboro. Mrs. Bishop is survived by two sons, Frank Bishop of South Attleboro and Henry A. Bishop of Pawcatuck. Ladies of the Maccabees. In the election at the annual state conventioh of the Ladies-of the Mac- cabees at Ansonia on Tuesday, the following officers were chosen: Lieut.-Commander( Mrs. Pauline Lay, New Britain; record keeper, Mrs. Martha Downie, ~Stamford; finance auditor, Mrs. Jennie Finkle, Water- bury; past commander, Mrs. Kathe- rine Ring Rose, New Britain; chaplain, Miss Lizzie Smith, Mddletown, ser- geant, Mrs. Cassie Robinson, Winsted; sentinel, Mrs. Katherine Mount, New Britain; picket, Mrs. Katherine Troy, Bridgeport; lady-at-arms, Mrs. Lucy Lynch, Willimantic. Haile Club Officers. The Haile club held its _annual meeting Monday evening in the club rooms in the Chapman building on Lower Broadway. The officers who served the club so efficiently during the past vear were reelected, as fol- lows: President, Miss Annie E..Mc- Namara; vice president, Mrs. M. A. Barber: secretary, Miss_ Nellle B Crowe; treasurer, Miss Winifred Mc- Adam. Plans were made for another sup- per and other business was disposed of at the meeting. - Team of Hack Horses Fell. One of a team of hack horses slip- ped and feil to the streat Tuesday aft- ernoon about 2.30 o'clock while: the driver was swinging them around at the Wauresan corner. In the fall of the first horse the other was pulled over the pole and also went to the sround. Eath were held down by men Who came to the help of the driver until the harness could be untangled and the haclk pushed back so that the Lorses could get onto their feet again. Posted as Deserter From Army, Notice has been sent out from the adjutant general of the army that Willlam N. McKay, who at enlistment gave his residence as No, 26 Pond street in this gity, is a deserted from the army. He enlisted January 10, 1915, and is reported to have desert at Fort Slocum, N, Y. ond March 1915. When enlisting he gave his oc- cupation as a teamster. To Train Nurses. The King Albert's Hospitals _for Convalescent Soldlers have decided to establish in London an institution which will undertake to train eeveral hundred Belgian women to act as nurses in their hospitals In Belgium, Permanent Bas Officers were re-elected, interesting reports were submitted ahd accepted and plans for the coming season were discussed at the adjourned annual meeting of the Norwich Playgrounds assoclation held Tuesday evening in the Board of Trade room in the Thay- er building_on Franklin square There was a good sized attendance and the meeting was -called to order shortly after 7.0 o'clock by the president, John B. Stanton. Secretary Arthur L. Pealo read the call for the meeting which should have been held during February, but which was postponed subfect fo the call of the president. Secretary Peale then read the min- utes of the last annual meeting held during March, 1914, and the veport was accepted and ordered placed on file. Treasurer Lee's Report. The treasurer, John M. Lee. present- ed his report, which covered the pe- riod from March 1, 1914, to March 1, 1915, as follows: Receipts. Balance on hand, March 1st, 1914, $96.37; contributions, $138; sustain ing membership, $5; penny fund, 74; membership campaign, $314.50; t tal receipts, $805.61. Expenditures Supervision, $306.30. janitor service, $75 equipment, $109.07 printing, $23.1 postage, $1: incidentals, $19.35: municipal Christmas tree, $10; total expenditures, $743.89: balance on hand, March 1st, 1915, $61.72, . What Was Done. Miss Mary F, McKay, the play- grounds supery esented her re. port which proved very satisfactory and which was accepted and placed on file. In her report Miss McKa: the total attendance was 25,851. attendance by grounds was Thames street. 2,126; Falls, 2.914; Greeneville, 4.702; Pearl street, 5.547: Lake street. 10.562. Miss McKay spoke of the equipments on the grounds and told of the various games provided for the amusement of the children. In concluding her report Miss McKay made the following suggestion: It will be necessary to build a store- house on Lalke street ground. We were obliged at the close of each day 0 chain up the apparatus to keep it from destruction during the night and this proved a very unsatisfactory method. At the end of the season the apparatus from the other grounds could be stored in this storehouse. It might be a good plan to have Lake street playground open under super- vision, during the early part of the evening for the benefit of the boys and girls who are employea during the day and who would greatly énjoy the ad- vantages of this ground, Most of the apparatus has been in use for three seasons and although re- paired, it is mearly all worn out and | need to be replaced next season. Additional equipment would be great- ly_appreciated by the children. Lake street and Greeneville grounds, an ideal playground, although rather hard to reach, demonstrate the advan- tage of. an open lot for playsround use. FHere there is plenty of space for all children, boys and girls, large and small. The boys have an opportunity for baseball which is their chief pas- time. A playground like this centrally lo- cated on the West Side would prove a great success. In. this locality the school yards are used and although ex- cellent grounds, there is not the free- dom that could be had in a larger place, If impossible to secure such a place it would seem a good idea to estab- lish a playground on High street for the small children who are not able to attend Thamesville or Pearl street and who play in the street. It it were possible to pay more money for supervision we would not need to make so many changes in in- structors. The success of each play- ground depends in a large measure on the instructor and if we could hold those who have the greatest interest in the work much more could be ac- complished. President Stanton’s Report, The final report heard was that of President Stanton, which follows: To the Directors and Members of the Norwich Playgrounds Association: The various reports presented have covered the work of the past year so fully and completely that only a brief report is necessary from your presi- dent. During this last year as in previous years the problem that has confronted the executive committee and the board of directors has been one of ways and means. Special attention has been given to the problem of supervision for which, with the necessary repairs to appar- atus and the purchase of supplies for games, et most of our funds have been expended. From the organization of our as- cociation the grounds at Lake street have seemed to be the place that should be developed first. The im- provements made there have been most noteg. The ecity appropriation made it possible to improve the sur- face of the diamond and courts; to congtruct a wading pool, to purchase a tent fly for shade. and to make way for tho thirty trees this spring. This work was done under the direc- tion of the public works committeo of the common council. Apparatus formerly used at the Hobart Avenue School grounds was _transferred to Lake street as the Hobart Avenue School building was closed for repairs during the summer, The limited funds caused the eve- cutive committee to decide not to try to open other needed grounds but to provide additional supervisors for the grounds now opened and attended by such large numbers of children. At both Lake street and Pearl stredt two teachers were in regular attendance while at Lake street Horace Coyle had charge of the games and work for the older boys. Miss Mary McKay ,our playgrounds director, has had charge of the details of the whole work and has developed it in a pleasing and satisfactory man- ner. In my report one year ago I sug- gested that effort should be made to place the work of this association on a permanent basis. This we tried to do following the suggestion of Fleld Secretary North of the Playgroypds and Recreation Association of ATSH- ca,. we were not successful in getting a hearing before the town meeting. = Mr, North was somewhat anxious to have the matter pushed further Jest we lose the _cumulation effect of our work up to this time but to the executive committee it séemed better to wait until business condi- tions should have improved and the said that The West France and England. It is estimated by the geological sur- vey of Canada that the Pelly river formation has 33,908,000,000 tons of coal. In the tertiary formation of the Souris area there are 2,304,000,000 tons. Country west of Souris has possibili- tles of 23,600,000,000. outlook - became brighter. The carrylug on of this work does not re- quire the expenditure of a large sum of money though very much could be used to good advantage. Some complaints have been made be- cause of the noise at some, of " the playgrounds but this has been' caused ‘by the presence of older boys. for PLAYGROUND OFFICERS RE-ELECTED J. B. Stanton for President Wi!l: Those Who Have Success- fully Carried Out the Work—Treasury Has a Balance— President Stanton Advises Efforts to Place Work on a whom we were not able to provide elsewhere and for whom we had no suitable games and amusements ex- cept at Lake street. The problem can be and I am sure it will be, worked out completely when we realize just what it means to our boys and girls, the citizens of the future. There is no lack of interest in this work. If the response to apeals is cordial, the ladies of the association will go on with some improvements each year until either by municipal appropria- tion of by private bequest or by both it shall be placed on a permanent working basis for the larger work. This report was also accepted and ordered placed on file. Election of Officers. The choice of officers to guide the assoclation through the coming year resulted in an unanimous reelection as follows: President, John B. Stanton; vice president, Mayor Timothy Murphy: second vice president. Elizabeth Huntington; secretary, thur L. Peale; treasurer, John M. President Stanton will appoint di- rectors to serve the ensuing year and the appointments will be published in the near future, Arthur L. Peale, Miss Elizabeth Hunting and Mrs. W. H. Shields were appointed a committee to confer with the Ladies' auxiliary tp the Y. M. C. A., over the possibility of holding an entertainment of some description un- der the joint auspices of these bodies. Entertainment Committee. A motion was made, seconded and carried that the chair appoint an en- tertainment committee of five, with power and the five appointments were Mrs. F. Gallaudet, Mrs, W. H, Miss Elizabeth B. Huntington’ Mary F. McKay. ART STUDENTS ASSOCIATION MEETING. New Constitutional Amendments and By Laws Adopted—Twentieth An- ersary Luncheon in May. first The monthly business meeting of the Art Students’ association was held Monday evening at Slater hall. After the reports of the last meet- ing were heard and accopted the pres- ident, DMiss Lucas, announced that the purpose of the meeting was to vote on the proposed new amendment to the constitution and the adoption of zdditional by-laws. Articles 2 and 3 of the amendments passea in 1912 were repealed, and the ne wamendments and by-laws were passed. A committee_was_elected to attend to the printing and distribu- tion of copies of the revised consti- tution, s The president announced that sever- al speakers have been secured for the twentieth _anniversary luncheon to be given on Monday, May 17. The meeting then adjourned to Mon- aay, April 19th, when reports of the docent work done by the association wiil_be siven. Light refreshments were served by the house committee. PAST REGENT'S BUTTON TO CHARLES STAMM Presented at Whist Evening by Nor- wich Council, Royal Arcanum. There were 18 tables at the whist conducted in Buckingham Memorial on Tuesday evening by Norwich coun- cil, No. 720, R. A., and the prizes were awarded as_follow: Ladies—First, Mrs. Thomas A. Beck- ley (37), cut glass bon bon dish; se ond, Mrs. A, F. Howard (36), silver lined sugar bowl and creamer.. Gen- tlemen, first, Harry Comstock (37), military hair Brushes; second (33) Royal G. Holmes, During the evening Secretary Daniel McNeil presented a past regent's but- ton to Charles Stamm, who is to rep- resent the lodge at the grand lodze gathering in Waterbury next week. Mr. Stamm responded in well chosen words. Orator Earle Wms. Stamm and Vice Regent E. Sumner Willard were in general charge of the whist and W. J. Simpson and W. Rush had charge of the refreshments, which consisted of ice cream and cake. STATE HOSPITAL TRUSTEES Had Only Routine Business at Their Quarterly Meeting. The quarterly meeting of the trus- tees of the Norwich state hospital was held there on Tuesday morning at 11.30 o'clock, preceded by a meeting of the finance committee at 10 o'clock. At 1 o'clock the trustees had lunch with Dr. H. M. Pollock, the superin- tendegt. The trustees present were Edwi® C. Pinney of Stafford Springs, Dr. C. A, Jenkins of Willimantic, Eu~ gene H. Burr of Middletown, Gen. Ed- ward S. Greeley of New Haven, Lester G. Watrous of New London, Dr, James J. Donchue. Dr. C, E. Stark and Henry H. Gallup of this city. Dr. Greeley stayed over Tuesday night as the guest of Dr. Pollock. RIFLE CLUB CHARTER Has Been Received Here from Na- tional Rifle Association. The charter for the Norwich Rifle club has been received from the Na- tional Rifle association and permission has been granted for the use of the state armory for a rifle range, so that the club is all ready now to consider plans to secure an outdoor range when they hold a meeting on Friday even- ing at tho armory. The charter has been hung in the rooms of the Third company at the armory. Louls Ort- mann is president of the club. NORWICH ROUND TABLE. Papers Were Given Upon Topics Re- lating to lIreland. The regular meeting of the Norwich Round Table was held on Tuesday ev- ening with is§ Mary A. C. Avery as hostess at fler home at No. 44 Oneco street. where there was a good at- tendance of the members. The roll call was responded to by an Irish anecdote and the two inter- esting papers during the evening were by Mrs, Arthur R. Blackledge, upon The Conquest of Ireland and by Fred L. Newton upon Home Rule in Ireland. Current Events were discussed by Mrs. Mary G. Webster. At the Intermission a number of musical selections were furnished by A. C. Hatch upon the Victrola. Cattle and Hogs P: d Inspection. The cattle and hogs at the Norwich state hospital have been inspected for the second time by the federal and state officers who are looking out for indications of the foot and mouth dis- ease. The 83 cattle and 450 hogs were given a clean bill of health. They are to be inspected once more while the officers are here. OLD FAMILIES AND HOUSES OF STONINGTON Described in Miss Grace D. Wheeler's Paper Before Faith Trumbull D, A. R. The regular monthly meeting of Faith Trumbull chapter, D. A. R., was held Tuesday afternoon ‘with Mrs. Amos A, Browning of Union street. It was conducted by the regent, Mrs. Will L. Stearns, and opened with the singing of America, led by Miss Annie E. Vaughn at the plano, followed by the usual reports and business, Mrs, Stearns told of the recent meet- ing of regents and delegates in Hart- ford, after which Miss Annie Vaughn gave two charming piano_s lections, The Elfin Carnival, by Mrs. L. Dowe, and Valse Dreaming, by Archibald Johce. Mrs. Nelson D. Rob- inson delighted the company with a clever history of the Memorial Gates placed by the chapter at the Norwich Town cemetery and dedicated July 4, 1903. These and the boulder and bronze tablets are in honor of French and American soldiers of the Revo- lution. Mrs. Robinson also told of strenuous efforts on her part to keep these gates in constant order and re- pair since their dedication. The principal feature of the after- noon was an interesting talk by Miss Grace D, Wheeler of North Ston- ington upon Old Families and Houses of Stonington. Besinning where the old post road crossed the river at the .| fording place from Westerly she de- scribed the old early settlers, the Noyses, Denisons, Wentworths, Eels, Yorks, Miners, Babcocks. Benjamin Franklin bought a horse in New London which had belonged to Rev. Mr. Eels and which refused to carry him beyond the Eels home one evening, so he had_to spend the night there. = Erastus Wentworth moved there from Norwich. When the church was built in 1673 there were 48 ‘heads of families in the town. William Cheesebrough settled there in 1649 and for several years his_wife was the only white woman in Stoninston. The oldest house now standing was _built in 1668 and is now owned by Judge Collins. She closed with one of her poems, The Old Homestead, describing these old houses. Mrs_Elisha E. Rogers explained that this old post road alonz which these houses were bullt is a part of the Old Trails road from Boston to San Fran- cisco, now being marked by the Na- tional D. A. R. soclety. Afternoon tea was served by the hostess. Mrs. Bela P, Learned and Mrs, Hugh H. Osgood presiding at the tea table. VOTED DOWN APPROPRIATION FOR BAR LIBRARIES. dew London County Representatives See No Need of More Money for Them. houses built by the Paimers, Rhodes, An adjourned meeting of the sena- tors and representatives of New Lon- don county was held in the capitol at Hartford Tuesday afternoon, and in the absence of Senator Whiton, the chairman, Clerk Mitchell called the meeting to order, and Representative Wilcox was chosen chairman. The meeting was for the purpose of the further consideration of a special ap- propriation for the law library. Sen- ator Barnes made a motion that the county appropriate $2,000 for the bar library at Norwich and $300 for the li- brary at New London in addition to the annual apprapriation to each libra- ry. Mayor Murphy of Norwich and Selectman A. W. Lillibridge were glv- en the privilege and they spoke in oprosition to the special appropria- tions, as also did Representatives Thompson of Lebanon, Crandall of Groton, Taylor of Lebanon and Hen- derson’ of Norwich. The motion was defeated by a vote of 14 to 4. In order that this matter cannot be brought up again, Mr. Crandall moved reconsideration, with a suggestion that the motion be' buried so deep that Gabriel's trumpet would not resurrect. The motion to reconsider did not pre- vail. Representative Kenyon of NGroton calied the attention of the meeting to a pending bill which related fo the bridge over the Salmon river between the town of Colchester in New Lon- don county and Chatham in M county. The bridge is.now maintained by the two towns and the proposed act Will_place. the maintenance with the counties. It was voted that New Lon- don county is opposed to any chanse. Representative Kenyon was delegat- ed to inform the committee on roads, rivers and bridges of the action taken. At the public hearing there was no appearance and the committee report- ed the Dill favorably, but the matter was tabled. . DWELLING HOUSE BURNED AT POQUETANUCK Residence of Charles Baral Was Com- pletely Destroyed. The frame dwelling house of Charles Baral at Poquetanuck was burned to the ground shortly before noon Tues- day. It is supposed the re started from a_defective chimney. There will be about $1,500 loss with partial insur- ance. The next house, that of Mrs. William Wilcox, was threatened several times, but was saved. Mr. Baral was formerly boss weaver in the. Lucas mill at Poquetanuck. After that was burned, he was loom- fixer at Yantic mill. The only occu- pants of the house were Mr. and Mrs. Baral, their children being grown up and residing in other localities. The auto-chemical from Norwich was sent down in response to a call for heln, but the house was practically gone before it reached there. Mr, Baral's wife had gone to Yan- tic to sdend the day with friends. Mr. Baral left the house for a few min- utes, going to a near neighbor's. On returning he saw that the roof was ablaze. Mr, and Mrs. Baral have been mar- ried over 42 Vears and all the furni- ture, etc. which they had accumu- lated was lost, with their clothes. WEDDING, B Silekowitz—Smith. Isadore SilekKowitz of New York and Miss Lena Smith were united in mar- riage Tuesday evening at the home of the bride at No. 222 West Main street, where the ceremony was performed at 8.30 o'clock by Rabbl A. G. Leavitt. The bride wore a gown of white lace over white silk and was attended by Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Smith of Put- nam. The attendants of the groom ‘were Mr. and Mra. Philip Smith of this city, a recent bride and groom. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Max Sirkin, of No. 224 West Main street and a wedding supper was served. Among the out-of-town guests were the parents of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Silekowits of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Smith of Putnam, Louis Epstein of Jewett City, AMrs. A Ginsteln of Fairfield, Morris Solikowita, H. Ginsberg of New Ha- ven, and Miss Karlson of Northamp- ton. The newly married couple are to re- side in Putnam, where Mr. Selikowitz is = engage in the fruit business. Both bride and groom are natives of Russia. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith and has been a ‘dressmaker, BOY SCOUTS WERE Had Parade With Tukbs' Band Lead- Ing—8aluted Waterman R. Burnham at His Home. The Boy Scouts of the city enjoyed the hospitalities of the Y. M. C. A. on Tuesday evening and all were much enthused over the special pro- gramme arranged m by General Secretary Edwin Hill Headed by Tubbs' Military band, some 150 Scouts with their scoutmas- ters formed in line in front of the as- sociation cuilding at 7.45 o'clock, and after parading the principal streets of the city marched to the home of Wa- terman R. Burnham on Main street and greeted this former president of the Y. M with the following yell Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah Boy Scouts! Boy Scouts! Boy Y. M. C. A. Burnham! Burpham! Burnham! AMr. and Mrs. Burnham responded by appearing on the veranda of their home and thanked the boys for the honor conferred upon them. After giv- ing three hearty cheers for Tubbe' band, the scouts then countermarched to the association bullding and gath- ered in the hall, where there was an excellent programme of movies and musie. General Secretary Hill welcomed the scouts and their friends and Scoutmas- ter Benjamin Bruce responded. Fol- lowing two Charlie Chaplin _reels, scouts of the various troops in the city and Norwich Town gave exhibitions of tilting, and then a Hearst-Selig news film was shown. Prof. J. A. George gave a number of bugle calls on the old army bugle which he used while fighting in the union army dur- ing the Civil war. Professor George ‘explained the siznificance of the vari- ous calls, concluding with Taps. The final moving picture film shown was that of the Norwich fire department, taken by Charles McNulty of the Colo- nial theatre. All of the pletures shown were heartily applaused, as were also the scout exhibition and the bugle calls given by Professor Georse. lefreshments were then served the lobby under the direction of John C. Darby of the social committee. The réception was arranged by the Y. N C. A. through their desire to co-oper- ate in the Boy Scout movement and the moving picture films were secured through the courtesy of Mr. McNuity. or AND THRIFT. New York Magazine Editor Gave In- structive Address. BANKS Under the auspices of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce William H. Kniffen, Jr., law editor of the Bank- ers’ Magazine of New York, lectured Tuesday evening in the Town hall up- on the subject of Banks and Thrift. He was introduced by President Wil- liam H. Cruickshank of the Chamber of Commerce, and gave a talk that was particularly interesting to the 35 men present. He spoke of the banking in: three kinds of itutions, the bank of dis- count, sayings bank and trust com- pany, and gave a very illuminating description of the operations of the bank of discount and the savings bank. The savings bank he described as a thrift institution which stands ae one of the great factors in making better Thrift, he said, embodies all the vir- tues of earning, planning, and saving, and Lord called it the strongest and surest foundation of an empire. The sav- ings bank is the greatest teacher of thrift that the world knows. Our national curse is waste and what we need to.do is to learn to cut out the waste. This 1§ an era of municipal ex- travagance when cities are vying with each other to build the most expen- sive school houses, bridges, municipal buildings, etc. The generation to come will have to pay the bills we are contracting. Extravagance is found not only in the corporations but in the individual and the extravagance is frightful. His dcfinition of thrift he said porterhouse steak treated right” First buy a porterhouse and get a g0od meal. Then one ought to be able to get a zood coup out of it and then a good hash. A thrifty housewife can do that. Thrift is a habit and also a matter of incentive. At the close of his address of over an hour he was given a rising vote of thanks. Several questions from his audience were satisfactorily answered by .Mr. Kniffen. Rosebery has Berlin Bills of Fare. In order to convince his American friends that Germany is not suffering from a shortage of food, it is reported that the American consul in Munich has asked restaurant keepers to sup- ply him with their bills of fare for one week, These he intends to send to his friends in the United States. Spain's orange crop was severely in- jured by frost early in February. DAUGHTER BORN TO PRINCESS; SHE NOW HAS FIVE CHILDREN. Berlin, April 13.—A fifth ‘child has been born to Crown Princess Cecile. It is a girl. Mother and child are reported doing well. The crown prin- cess, who is a daughter of the late Friedrich Franz IIL of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, married Frederick William, the German crown prince, in June, 1905. They now have four boys, the eldest being nine years of age and one daughter. GUESTS AT Y. M. C. A. | very | managing | CUMMINGS & RING Funeral Directors and Embalmers 337 MAIN STREET Oppssite Post Office. 'Phone 321-2 Lady Assistant Incidents in Society LouissR. Porteous has been in New York for several days. Robbins _entertained the Monday afternoon. Mrs. Lero Sewing club W. H. Caruthers, who has been spending a few days at his home in town, left Tuesday evening for New Yorik. Mrs. Sheldon Peck of Newari, N. J., who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. Charles Burnham, has returned home. Mrs. Frank H. Smith of Washington street gave an informal tea Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Frederick R. Smith. Miss Marie Gallup of Norwich has been the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gallup, at the Mohican hotel, New London. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. nue have returned absence during wh Woodbury, Conn., city. Allis of Blm ave- after a few days’ h_they visited in and in New York Arthur H. Brewer and his daughters, Mrs. William A. Norton, Mrs. Willis Ausuin and Mrs. Lucius Briges, left for New York Tuesday morning and will start today for California. Alfred S. Kimball, prominent for many years in democratic poHtics of Norway, Me., and equally well known in fraternal circles, died at the age of 73. He was president of the Nor- way Savings bank. use Schiffmann’s Concentrated Ex- pectorant. 2 ounces make a full pint at home, and if not found the best remedy ever used, your money will be refunded by Plicher & Service's Drug Store. 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