Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 19, 1915, Page 16

NORWICH BULLETI, SKTURDAY, JONE 1o, 1915 (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) I'veanade a little discovery. That is. it’s & discovery to me. Perhaps some of you other o0ld farmers have made it before, and will wonder why I hafdn't found it out in so long. It is, in brief, that some farmers’ idea of “‘progressive farming” is sim- Ply dum laziness. It came about this wa struggling with a patch of what w meant for early sweet corn over in the high end of the “swamp lot” when Neishbor Sherman happened along. Neighbor Sherman boasts himself of his modern ideas and his progressive- ness. He uses a sulky plow, and a rid- ing cultivator, and a side-delivery rake, and a hay-loader, and a gasoline engine to work the hay-fork, as well as to run the churn, saw the wood-and turn the grindstone. Y Neighbor Sherman tooked at me in pained silence a minute. “What's that thing in your hands?’ he asked. “Why, they used to call it a hoe’ answered. “Has it ot a new hame latety”" © *U'm, ye-es he responded; “T re- memiber now that's what grandfather useq to <all it. 1 didn’t s'pose any real progressive farmer like $ou would everithink of goin’ back to such an old Don't you know,” with v in his tone, “that you can do a great deal better with horseools than you can with that <lumsy- old contraption?” I looked. at the corn. T looked at the ground. I looked at'a casual cut- worm which was crawling . leisurely from the hill he had just bitten off towards a.fresh one on which he had intentions. I looked up at the piti- lessly dry I jooked back at the 1ittle-weeds springing up thick- y in everyicorn hill right. among the discouragedtcorn shoots. It's. been a peculiarly pernickety spring’ in my particular neck of woods. ‘We had a warm and early April, fol- 10wed by a May of constant cold, fre- quentfrosts, and no rain. to speak of. ‘Seeds:weregot in early. They gener- ally came up just in time to meet that cold May when they needed warmth -and moisture for their first Zrowth. As a result, they peaked and droopedj\grew feebly: vellowed in the rold andidrouth; became an-easy..prey to insect and grub. enemies. The only things. which grew well were weeds. Why'is it, can you tell me.that neither frosts'nor drouths nor bugs nor blights seem to make any hin@ranceito weeds? When civilized and useful’ plants sicken and‘languish under adverse.conditions, the weeds keep.right on growing with a.cheer- fulness.and vigorworthy of a better cause, Weell, that particular pateh of corn had come up well enough and then had stopped growinz, had begun to droop and yellow. The ground was baked and cloddy. The grass and weeds: were thickening all_over. We conld. hardly see the rows but, by one man._leading_the horse and closely peering out ahead, we managed to zet through them. We went over the patch twice, both ways, with the “aggra- vator'”’as Hank calls the garden har- how. Then we went over them once pach sway with the cultivator. Then, while./Hank with horse-and cultivator rentsat the potato fleld. 1 got out my 0e and started to dress up those un- appy corn hills. Neither agsravator jor cultivator had sufficed to fine the Emw sofl. “After 1 had hoed and -pulled:-the weeds out from among the hills, I often had to mash up a few hoefuls of chunks to get fine dirt mough to flirt in among and between he little cornshoots, “That was the sort.of thing T w: Yolng when my “progressive” meigh- bor descended on.me with his reproof ®r:my old fozy waste of labor and yweat. We talked about the thing for per- aps ten minutes. 1 tried to show him ihat, on the clay loam I was working, the horse tools left so much, undone »r half-done that a descent regard lor the welfare of the crop called for Jupplementary work with hand-tools )nd fingers. * He didn't see it that yay. Didn't want to, 1 fancy. He padn’t used a hoe on his place since ie could remember, he told me. Hadn't ven got one, so far as he knew. ere was more modern and better ole which did the work easier and Juicker. ~ He wasn't going back to tranddad’s ways. No, siree. This vas the twentieth century and we ers had got to use twentieth cen- pry ideas and twentieth century tools, itc. ete. And 50 he left meand went fishing. | think, while T dug away again at hat poor corn patch, That was a week &go. Yesterday, T iappened to be passing his place, He 1as a field of corn near the road-side, For Skm‘ Troubles use Glenn’s Sulphur Soap. No other toilet soap:is as efficient in clearing the complexion of Sulphur _blemishes— “sallow, coily soap oritchy skin, 30% Pure blackheads,pim- ples,~andthives. It purifieziand:heals. 7 Themost convenient,inexpensive skin remedy. = A delightfal toilet andbath soap.’s At alFDruggists. [#'s Halr & Witiker Dye. Braws or Black, S0c RS, L. F. and A. J. LaPIERRE 287 Main St. PRACTISE LIMITED TO e, Ear, Nose and Throat Hours 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. {WHEN YOU WANT to put your bus- 8 bofore the public, thers is no um better than through the ad. ‘columms’ o ulleting ? e THE' WAY WHICH PRODUCES RESULTS IS THE BEST WAY was so curious to see what B tooie” Tk done Tor 1t that I hitched the horses to @ fence-post and walked through it and back, both ways of the rows. i First, I noticed that on both sides and both ends, where ‘the ‘horses drawing his tools had ‘turned around, about half the hills were trodden on and seriously injured. Through the Tows I found several places where. for a rod or so, one tooth of the riding cultivator had skidded into the hills and cleaned out all the corn plants. On the other side there would be un- touched areas, a foot wide, beside the rows, where not even ‘e weeds had been injured. His seed manisfest- 1y _been good for, where there were missing hills, examination usually @is- closed the wilted tops lying on them, where the cutworms had dropped them. There was a lot of these; I should think at least one hill in ten. it was evident that he had gone over the field with his horse tools on at least two different occasfons. But the weeds were thick in the hills and close around them. the corn was spindling and yellow, and the whole fleld had that discouraged and unkept look which bodeq ill for the expected har- vest. Coming home, with @ picture of it fresh in my mind's eye, I went directly to my little patch, to observe whether there was any difference, To begin with, the cutworms had apparently vamoosed. While I was puttering along with my hand hoe, 1 had dug out and Killed a good many, and I had thoroughly stirred the dirt. not only arounq the hills, but right in among the shoots where the wor: harbor, so disturbing them that they had got vexed and moved out At least. I didn't, find a single trace of fresh damage by them in.the dozen or_more rows I carefully examined. In the mext place, the absence of weeds and grass wes pleasant to my farmerish eve. The ground looked “clean” and as if it were ready, not only for_the rain it was praving for, but also to make the best possible use of the nightly dews. Just a little brush- ing away of the dry surface with my fingers disclosed moisture underneath. Most important of all, the corn was srowing—actually growing, and Te- suming its normal shade of green. The vellow jaundice was fading away. Some hills, which I remembered on ac- count of circumstances which made me notice them particularly while I was hoeing them, had guite doubled in height since T polished them off. The whole piece, looking over it in & Dbunch, had a decidedly promising as- pect. While not up to corn at the same date in better seasons, it was, nevertheless, the best looking corn 1 had seen that day in a drive of 16 miles through a farming country. I | should reckon it at least 50 per cent. better than Neighbor Sherman's. Tomorrow—God willing and weather and other work permitting, I'm going over it again with the cuitivator, and shall try to repeat the operation at least orce a week, till it gets big enough to take care-of dtself. I don’t intend to. hand-hoe it‘egain—hope 1 shan't have to, anyway. For I don’t like to hoe corn. T do just as little hand work as I can. I believe in horse tools and labor-speed- ing machinery, end use them—where- ever they will do the work I want done. But right there's-the mub of the sit- uation. No matter what the tool is, it must do the work, or some other tool will have to e calied on where it fails. it's results we're after, and methods are simply means for securing results. Some years and on eome soils_ the weeder and the “aggravator” and the cultivator do all the tillage necessary for my corn,.and I never touch it with a hand hoe. But if, for any reason Whatever, these horse tools don’t and won't do ‘the work which the crop de- mands, then D'gosh Il use the hand hoe and my fingers! It's corn I'm after; corn early enough to escape the fall frosts, and sturdy enough to produce a good har- vest. If I can eecure that result by easy methods, then Tl thank Provi- dence for its kindness and go fishing after the team is turned out. If I can’t secure that result by easy meth- ods, then Ill have to pretermit the piscatory adventure and spend the time igging dirt. 1 don't like to work, just for the sake of work. But we've all got to work, whether we like it or not. There's emall use whimpering and whining over our share of the common lot. The wise thing is to so handle the work we must do, whether or n that we'll get the best results from i Whera machines wiil accomplish what we want, by all means let's use machines. Where they won't, why in heaven’s name refuse to resort to methods which will? Forks are an undeniable improve- ment on fingers for feeding purposes. But how about eating olives? The sewing machine is clearly an advance on the old fashioned needlp. But how about sewing on pants but- ons? Spraying with paris green is certain- Iy speedier than gathering the beetles by hand. But how about the stinking Squash bug which no known spray will check? Oh, yes, progressive farming is a fine ihing, and modern tools are great fnventions. Of course. But dirt is dirt, and drought is drought, and weeds are’ weeds, and sometimes you can't most always generally tell how your tonls will work or where your progress will bring you till you've put ’em both up against the particular problem which immediately confronts you. The seasons differ; fertilizers don't always act alike; general conditions often vary widely. But the farmers object is always the same—to ralse crops. He may succeed one way, one vear: he may need to try another way, |. another year. He must fit his methods and his tools to his needs. It is as unprogressive for him 4o tie himself down to 1915 ideas and ma- chines as it would be to cling wholly to 1815 ideas and tools. The thing to do is to reach the goal set up ahead, to attain the end desired. How that goal is reached, how that end is at- tained are quite secondary matters. If by easy riding back and forth on a horse-drawn tool, wel] and good. If only by hard hand work, also well and good. “Get to it! And the soomer the better. It doesn’t so much matter what road one takes, if o be only that he “gits thar.” THE FARMER. LETTERS FROM TWO STATES South mfl:fifll t}o attend the funeral of an ive. Miss Ruth Griffin is in Chicopee, Mass,, visiting her sister. Frank Porter has moved into his new house. Gold and Medal. Miss Marjorie Thompson received ten dollars in gold and a bronze medal for writing an essay in school. STORRS + Dr. A, F. Biakeslee Resigns—Receives Handsome Farewell Gifts—Com- mencement ‘Events. Dr. A. F. Blakeslee, head of botanical department, has resigned go to_the Biological Experiment Sta- tion at Cold S ‘Harbor, L. I Wed- nesday evening, June 10th, he gave a farewell dinner to members of the fac- ulty in the college dining hall. At the close of the dinner BE. O. Smith on behalf of the faculty presented Dr. Blakeslee a self winding clock. Friday, June 11, the students of the college presented Dr. Blakeslee a large loving cup. g The president’s recéption was held in Grove cottage Friday evening, Mu- tic was furnished by the Beeman and Windham County STERLIN Class of Eight Graduated from the Centre School The graduating exercises of Sterling Centre school were held 'Wednesday at 8 o'clock. The of exercises follows: Song, Clang of the Forge, Rodney: reading, Lady Clare, Tenny- son, Rose Damico; class history, Mildred "Adelaide Babcock; declama- tion, Tom Brown at Rugby, Hughes, Chause Pickell: piano duet, In Festal Array, Engelman, Gladys Baker and ‘Adalaide Burlingame; reading, Wee Willie Winkle, Kipling, Cecilia. Alber- ls; declamation, The _Black and His Rider, Lippard, Joseph Philip Chamberland; song, The An- gelus, Conrade; class prophecy, Ada~ laide May Burlingame: closing ad- dress, Annfe Amelia Wass; presenta- tion of diplomas; closing song, Star Spangled Banner, Key, The graduates were: Mfldred Ade- laide Babcock, Gladys Louise Baker, ‘Adelalde May Burlingame, Joseph Philip Chamberland, Mary Rose Rami- co, Cecllia Albertha Filis, Chause o COLUMBIA All Salute Flag at Children’s Day Concert—Farewell Reception and Gift of Money for Rev./and Mrs. E. O. Foster. Louis Kaplin of this place was ar- rested and_brought before Justice of the Peace Raymond E. Clarke, charged with watering milk. He pleaded guilty and was fined $8 and costs. Bungalow for Hartford Man. C. R. Buell and Roland Smith are erecting a bungalow on the west shore of Columbia lake near the property of the Center church of Hartford, for Dr. Wells of that city. The bungalow is 38x38 and built of native stome lald In cement. The walls are 12 inches thick, Guests at Wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Clara Robinson were at Granby, Mass, last week and at- tended the marriage of Miss Ruby In- sram and R. G. Fuller. The bride and groom, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Robinson on their return to Columbia and spent their honeymoon at Far View farm, the home of Mr. Robinson. Miss Harrfet K. Porter of Wellesley college is spending the vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, H,_ W. Porter, Prof. Raymond Hunt and family, of Emporia, Kansas, are spending their vacation with Mr, Hunt's parents, Mr. of the teacher, Miss Storrs, and the aptitude of the pupils. H. C. Hawkins and family went to Middletown last Sunday by automo- bile. Mrs. B. S. Hawkins and daugh- ter returned with them and have been Visiting at D, C. Flaherty's through the week. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson White of Winsted also called there Wednes- Mrs. Jane Smith and Mrs. E. P. Bel- lows of Brooklyn, N, Y., have taken possession of #he Palmer home, where they will remain through the sum- mer. Mr. Palmer has bargained for a farm in Manchester and the family expects to move there late in the sum- mer. They are staying temporarily in the small red Freeman house. Mrs. W. A. Weld was in Palmer, Mass., Wednesday and Thursday, SOUTH WILLINGTON Wedding Announcements — Speaking Contest and Graduating Exercises— Prize Winners—State Secretary C. D. Hine Compliments School. Miss Edith L. Morgan left Monday for her home on Fishers Island. She has engaged to teach next vear in a graded school in Collinsville. Miss Margaret Imer of Willimantic, Who has been teaching in Mansfield, is to teach the grammar grade in the village school next year. Next Sunday will be Children’s day Pickell, Annie Emela Wass. The faculty for the past year in- cluded Miss_May Leathers, principal; Miss_Rena Smith, Miss Ethel Mullen and ‘Miss Hstelle Brown. " PACKER Interesting Exercises on Children’s Day—Strawberry-Supper. Nazair Landry, Philip Stmino and son Alfred Simino, spent the week end visiting friends in Norwbich. Children’s day was observed by the church Sunday. The exercises were very good. The Ladles’ Aid soclety gave a strawberry supper Tuesday evening which was well patronized and enjoy- ed. s The pastor, Rev. Mr. Higgins, at- tended the Stonington Union associa- tion meetings Wednesday and Thurs- ada; Thomas J. Brown visited in Norwich Tuesday. Theodore Nelson of Lowell, visited friends here Sunday. Miss. Edna Briggs is spending a few Mass., weeks with her grandmother, Mrs. Howe. 8 Mr. Wood has recently moved into the village. £ Miss Hattie Phillips is spending few-days with Mrs, W. J. Filley. Toliand County BOLTON Charles N, Loomis Superintendent of Paper Mills—Graduating Exercises Held in Hall. Mrs, J. B. Sumner, daughter, Mrs, Jennie Eolton, and Leslie Bolfon of Hartford, have come to thelr Bolton home for the season. Mr. Loorhis Superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Loomis, Jr, and son, Northam Loomis, of South Manchester, have opened their sum- ‘mer home at the Center. Bolton friends of Mr, Loomis were pieased to learn of his recent appointment as superin- tendent of the Oakland paper mills, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of R._G. Campbell, Miss Clara Post of Hartford spent Sunday with Miss ‘Annabel Post. ~ William R. Purple of Hratford has ‘een visiting Bolton friends. Mrs. Henry Dibble and son, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. are spending some time at the Baker farm. ¥ Mrs. Charles Loomis has been in Andover the past week. the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Wiillam B. Stet- son, 3 Graduating ‘Exercises, The Bolton schools closed this week with the greduating exercises in the Bolton hall Thursday evening. The members of the graduating class were Misses Bessie Horowitz, Gertrude Reichard and Elizabeth Sumner. The program follows: Processional, the four schools; prayer; essay, Gertrude Reichard; reading, primary Class; rec- itation, liam Rubin: song, South and Center schools; essay, Bessie Hor- owitz; reading, Charloite Reichard: recitation, Ida Ponticelle; song, Belk: nap and Mountain Schools; essay, Elizabeth Sumner: reading, Frank Gagliardone; recitation, Edward Hor- owitz; recitation, Dorothy Von Deck; song, graduating class; reading, Henry Massey; presentation of diplomas; ‘America, by all. The hall was pret- tily decorated with flags. Yale blue and white streamers, the class colors, and roses, the class flower. MANSFIELD CENTER Cards Presented Cradle Roll Children —School Picnic—Meeting of Young People’s Club. The Children’s day exercises held in the church Sunday morning were well attended. A very interesting program was carried out. Lucy Ellen the lit- tle daughter of Mr. and _Mrs. Rollin Birdsall, was baptized. After the pro- gram the members of the Cradle Roll were called to the platform to receive cards. Five were graduated, receiving their diplomas. The church was dec- orated with ferns and white daisles, School Picnic, The children of the Mansfield Hol- low school enjoyed a picnic Saturday Their teacher, Miss Gottschalk, went to her home in Poquonnoc in the late afternoon. The Center school closes-today (Sat- urday). Helen Olin of Hartford is spending & week with her parents here. Mr. Learned and daughter Bessle, and Esther Barrows, have gonme to Pleasure beach for the month, Fannie Robinson is spending the week with Mrs. Birisall of Mansfield Depot. Miss Edith Doolittle of Branford is visiting Mrs. Aver. Mrs. John Dunham has Teturned home after spending two weeks with her daughter in Sprinsfield. Young People’s Club Meets. The topics taken up by the Young People’s club Wednesday evening were Richard Plantagenet and the Cru- sades, and Fannie Crosby. At the close of the program the committee served sandwiches and fruit salad to about 30 young people, HEBRON Miss Marjorie Thompson ‘Awarded $10 In Gold and Medal for School: Essay. Mrs, E. Wilson, is visiting her sls- ter. Mrs. Alice Thompson. Miss Carrie Kellogg has returned from visiting rilends in Bost#n and Hartford. Mrs. Hawley Cummings _has been visiting her mother, Mrs, Clinton Por- ter. Mr. and Mrs, George Mitchell were in Willimantic, Thursday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Trumbull Burnham. Annie Griffin was home from Chic- copee, Mass.. Sunday night and re- turned Monday morning. Mr, and Mrs. Edmund Horton and the former's_brotger- Daniel, _went -to. Hatch orchestra of Hartford. The Scoll and Pen and College Shakesperian club held their annual banquets in Hartford on Tuesday eve- ning. Bta Lambda Sigma fraternity held its banquet at the City club in Hart- ford, Saturday evening. Dr. Charles A. Dinsmore of Water- bury delivered the baccalaureate ser- mon Sunday. The schaol of agriculture held class day exercises Tuesday afternoon in the college chapel, which was pret- tily decorated. > Commencement Exercises, Commiencement exercises were held Wednesday in the college armory, which was beautifully decorated with evergreens and potted plants. Dr. Carver delivered a scholarly. address on the subject, A Productive Life. Music was furnished by the Beeman and Hatch orchestra of Hartford. Di- plomas were presented to a large class in both the school of agriculture and the collegefi by Trustee Hubbard of Middletown. Alumni Dance. The alumni dance was held in the armory Tuesday evening. Tucker's or- chestra furnished music. It was large- ly attended by alumni, faculty and students. The annual alumni_dinner was held in the dining hall Wednesday at the close of the graduating exercises, fol- jowed by the annual business meet- ing in the horticultural building, WILLINGTON Pastor’s Salary Raised at Church Bus- iness Meeting—Plans for Childran's Sunday. A sewing meeting of the Ladies’ Aid society was held with Miss Palmer Friday. Church Rell Call. The annual business meeting and roil call of the Federated churches was jeld Tuesday afternoon, the Sth. At e business meeting Deacon F. Way- Ang Pratt in the chair, the report of the treasurer, Miss Rose O. Hall, show- ed all bills paid and quite a surplus in the treasury. The reports from the Sunday school and all socleties aux- iliary to the church were satisfactory showing increased interest. The stand- ing board of officers was reelected. The supper, Mrs. Ida. M, Brown in charge, was delicious and beautifully served. The social hour was greatly enjoyed Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Gardner were not able to be,present, but had many callers. At the evening session at the suggestion of Deacon Pratt, Deacon W. H. Brackett having been called to the chair, the pastor's salary was raised from $300 to $1,000 by a rising vote. This came as a_ complete sur- prise to the pastor and his wife, but Mr. Darrow spoke in words of appre- ciation. All apportionments of the dif- ferent benevolences were accepted and voted to be pald. There was special music following the roll call, including an anthem by the South Willington choir. ~The Lord's Supper was ob- served, the church roll call hymn was sung, followed by the assembly stand- ing with joined hands encircling the audience room and singing Blest Be the Tie That Binds and God Be with You Till We Meet Again. A. J. Glazier of Hartford, a native of the town, spent the week end with friends and relatives, attending the services at Memorial church in_the morning and on the Hill in the after- noon and later with Deacon F. W. Pratt called on Mrs. F. E. Johnson. He gave the Ladies' Ald society a gener- ous nucleus for a fund to be used for enlarging the Sunday school rooms that his grandmother was instrumental in building—the present conference Toom His grandfather donated iand for _the site of the Baptist church, Next Sunday will be observed as Children’s day at the church. The ex- ercises will begin at 3 o'clock. + STAFFORDVILLE Methodist Sunday School to Observe Children’s Day—Rev. C, C. -Lyon to Address Masons. There will be a children’s day con- cert in the Methodist church next Sun- day morning at 10.45. Mr. and Mrs, Willis Belcher and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Belcher, visited friends in South Coventry last Sunday, making the trip in Willis Belcher’s automobile. The L. A. S. served a salad supper in the Methodist vestry Thursday evening. Rev. Charles G, Fogg will occupy the pulpit in the Congregational church next Sunday morning, Rev. C. C. Lyon will give an address at the §0th an- niversary of Burning Bush Masonic chapter, Essex, this (Saturday) eve- ning. He will also attend the 107th anniversary of Andover theological seminary and the reunion.of his-class in Boston on the 2ist. BOLTON NOTCH Mrs. Sarah Hale of Springfield is visiting her sister, Mary Brownell. Mrs. Kinney of Bristol is visiting her daughter, Jessle Smith at M. W. How- ard’s. Mrs. Loren Maine visited at Lyman. Maine’s in Willimantic, Saturday. There was & g0od attendance at the Quarryville M. B. church _Sunday night to hear Rev. G. G. Schrivenar. Arthur Peck was a Hartford visitor Saturday. William Strone of Wapping and Mr. and Mrs. Bd Gates of hester, ‘were guests of T. N. Skinner, Sunday. MT. HOPE Charles Southworth made-a business trip to New London and bought a new horse which proved a speedy one for the country roads. Miss Pronin has closed her school for the year and for some time to come @s she was married Thursday at Wil- limantic. She is off_on_her wedding trip to Newburgh, N_ Y. and up through Canada to Dorchester, Mass. Frank Young has moved to the old homestead from Brooklyn, M ¥ Gilbert Mathewson spent the week end at home with his family, and Mrs. Fred A. Hunt and other|at Memorial church. The exercises eastern relatives. Professor Hunt has | will commence at 10.30. been a member of the faculty of Em-| Miss Daisy Baker is to teach in the poria college for several vears and|summer school at the Connecticut will return there at the close of vaca- | Agricultural college this summer, her tion. subject being the Model School. Mrs. Cook and son, of Wallingford Bguri;e ,,,;‘,fd, have been visiting her sister, Mrs. % Howara Rice. 2 Announcement of the marriage of ¢ Eliska, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Karel South Windham Won. Poboda and Oldrich A Burian of New The Columbia baseball team went to | York city, Wednesday, June 12th, were South Windham last Saturday after- |received by friends last week. The noon and were beaten by the home|young couple are at present at the team. Score, 15 to 13, d home of the parents of the bride in this viilage. All Saluted Flag. A. D. Charter of Stafford Springs Children’s day was observed last 3 took advantage of the jitney service to Sunday, the church being nearly filled. | make his annua! vacation visit to his The Sunday school from Hop Biver|daughter, Mrs. John R. Neil, Satur- village attended in a body. The church | day, was handsomely decorated with ferns| Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lillibridze and daisies and Amerfcan flags. A caged canary sang, Four children were baptized. The exercises by the Sun- day school consisted of songs, recita- tions, Bible readings and remarks by the pastor. A pretty feature was the reading of Governor Holcomb's Flag motored out from Hartford Saturday, staying over uSnday with relati GRADUATING EXERCISES Held Connection with Speaking Pure, Cold They can be kept cleal than any other kind. Lined with zinc or real day proclamatfon by Miss Evelyn| Contest—Addresses by W. H. Hall, Woodward, while Miss Evelyn Lyman | Secretary C. D. Hine and E, O, stood beside her with the American 5 flag. After the reading Miss Wood-| Smith. ward requested the congregation to rise, and with her, salute the flag. Lucius Robinson visited his college chum, William McXicol of Jewett City, last week and from there the two en- joyed an automobile trip to Fall River, S e e The program follows: Prayer, Rev Tendered Farewell Reception. E. W. Darrow; To Thee, O Country, Rev. and Mrs. E, O, Foster were chorus; speskipg contest, America for tendered & reception Thirsday evening | Me, Joseph Mirtl; Warren's Address, at Yeoman's hall by the people of the | Marie Hak; Brave Kate Shelley, Doris Darish pror to thelr aeparturs to |Amidon: Who Stole the Bird's Nest, their new field at Essex Junction, Vt, | Helen Pospisal; The Deacon’s Master- early next week. The Columbia band, | Piece, Louis Juk; The Village Black- The speaking contest and graduating exercises were held in the Memorial church, June 12, at 7.30 p. m. The class motto was Always Higher, the class colors white and gold, and the class flower the daisy. which Mr. Foster was largely instru- | SMith, —Margaret = Polstes Teddy mental in starting, was present and | O'Rourke, Walter Benson: The Ferry furnished excellent music. Refresh- |t0 Shadow Town, chorus; Indenen- ments were served and a handsome | dence Bell, Julia Bartok; Principle Put sum of money was presented to the|to the Test, Harold Cushman; The e parter Last Hymn, Isabelle Service A Smack M in School, Mary Herold; How H News in General, Saved St. Michael" Agnes Pobuda: Mr. Russell is having a bungalow | Somebody’s Mother, Alice Richardson: erected on the east shore of the lake. | Columbus, William Klecak; A Puritan Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Little, of [ Doll, Helen Fleige] Enunciation and East Hampton, spent the week end [Expression exercises, Glass Factory with the former’s mother, Mrs. Emily | school. A._Little. _The program of graduating exer- Miss Martha McCale, librarian at|cises was as follows: Speed Our Re- Emporia_college, Kansas, spent _the | public, chorus; The Flag. Theodore Week end with Prof, and Mrs. Ray- | Pokorn The Industrial Progress of mond Hunt, at the home of Fred A.[Connecticut, Anton Nedwied; Work of Hunt. Clara Barton, Martha Toberman: The Miss Maud Latham, instructor in|Lost Chord, chorus; Seein’ Things, English at the hizh school in Clear- | George E. Scussel: Bill and Joe, Ar- field, Pa., is spending a portion of her [ thur G. Joslyn; class prophecy, Phoebe vacation at the home of her father|E. Green; class will, Louise M. and sisters at Chestnut Hill. Later | Schmidt; closing address, Charles J. Miss Latham expects to attend the|Pobuda; class song; presentation of California_exposition. class, L, T. Garrison; awarding of cer- Wednesday night was Children’s | tificates, William H. Hall; awarding of night at the grange. A play entitled | prizes, E. O. Smith; America. Her Busv Day, was given and_thor-| In awarding the certificates William oughly enjoyed, after which light re- |H. Hall spoke of the opposition to freshments were served, consolidation by himself and many Mrs. Sarah Richardson of Avon |others in the past, but time had shown Park, Florida, is occupying the house [the wisdom of such a move and if on Columbia Green formerly owned by | Proof were needed, these exercises had Mrs. Mary G. Tucker, who now re- |furnished it. He paid a tribute to the sides in California. work of Supervisor L. T. Garrison. et kin complimented the children, assuring COVENTRY them of the absolute need of honest, sincere effort if they were to win suc- Morning Service Time Given Up to Children's Exercises—Supt, F. W. cess in life. i Chase Resigns. Secretary of the State Board of Ed- ucation Charles D, Hine, when in- troduced, said he thought it most fit- ting that the exercises should be held A in a building dedicated to the highest Fhe tlace of tho i tlf’os‘: forms of education. The school build- e placelof tie g ast | ings compared favorably with those S Y iey Sery interesting program |in other towns in the state, the course g e Y of study was the same and results as oot “and making. other. genciat e | Sood 48,18,nY of e school in Hart- 3 nty. }’;0,;5:2;2‘; 50 the property she recent- Agfldwiln O. Smith of the Connecticut . : ricultural college awarded the prizes Brigham O, Spaulding is very ill|and furnished the humor for the eve- with pneumonia. 3 ning. As he suggested, the questions Superintendent Resigns. given in the geography of Connecticut F. W. Chase, who has been superin- | CORtest were strenuous ones and the tendent of the Sunday school for the |PTize winners were oJsephine Boro- past four years, has handed in his res- | Vicka and Joseph Mirtl. Mr _ Smith ignation to the board of trustees. announced that Mr. Hall would con- Miss Hattie Hawkins has returned | tinue the prizes another year, from a month’s visit in Norwalk and | In the speaking contest, Joseph Mirtl Westport. While there she had the|and Isabel Service were winners of pleasure of hearing an address by ex. | the Drizes in the A class and Walter President W, H, Taft in the Norwalk | Benson and Helen Pospisal in the B armory. class. : Mrs, ‘Alice Darby of Sterling is vis- | The judges were B. O. Smith, Wil- iting her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Hud-|liam H, Heald and A. N. Potter. son Austin. MANSFIELD Miss Hattie Chase is spending the Friends Surprise Rev. J. B, Ackley— 'week in Vernon. Ruth E. Hawkins has returned home Community Picnic Planned—School Exercises, The Children’s day from school for the summer vacation. William F. Pitkin has gone for a three weeks' visit with his daughter, near Providence, B. L STAFFORD Mrs. Elmore Puffer is at Rose villa Many friends of Rev. J. B. Ackley of Gurleyville gave him a surprise Saturday, June 12th, when they gath- ered in the parsonage parlors in his absence and greeted him on his re- for the summer. turn. Sandwiches, cake and lemonade Dr, Batchelder of Boston has been were served. A very pleasant evening spending a few days at his old home | e spent in plaving games. here. Mrs. J. C, Fuller of Mansfield has Thomas Symonds is recovering from | returned home, after spending a few e Pl e days with her daughter, at West Up- ‘Wolcott lodge held a meeting Thurs- | fon" Mase, Jo S e the M. M, de- | “Children’s day was observed \Sun- o . day morning in the Gurleyville Meth- Mrs B. H. Pinney and daughter | ogist church with special music by the Ruth have been spending & few days|choir, an address by the pastor and s oman 5 recitations by the children. The grange has received an inv B blahned tation to visit Willington grange Wed- icnic Planned. nesday evening, June 23. The several committees will meet The members' of the Ministerial as- |this (Saturday) evening, June 1Sth, sociation will hold a picnic on the hill {at Mrs. H. E, Simons’ Gurleyville, to above Hyde park Monday afternoon. |make arrangements for the community Rev. L. B. Curtiss will attend the | picnic to be held July 3 under the aus- commencement_of Colgate university, | Dices of the Sunday school. 5. Hamilton, Y. and the reunion of Closing Exercises. (O Folnus; School closed Tuesday at Gurley- 2 le with a nice entertainment ar- SPRING HILL ranged by Miss Bliss, as follows: Recitations, ~ ~ System, = Margaret School -Closes with Picnic, Followed [1guchles Two Little Birds —Sophia by Special Exercises. Boy, Rupert Kuckle, Hunts and Fritz < Stiemeyer; The Aster, Nellie Musial; ReviJA A, Muir is in Newton, Mass. | Qur Heavenly Father, Frances Douda: for a couple of weeks, attending the|yn Vacation Time, Bertha Fuller; War- theological lectures. Tem's Address, Louie Pollock: The The Children’s day exercises at the | Charge of the Light Brigade, Bdward Baptist church will be held Sunday|Kuchle; Gettysburg Address, Bertha morning in place of the regular ser- | puller; Throe Littlee Chickens, Robert vice. Walker; The Unseen Playmate, Lillie School Pienic. Marschat: Auntie’s Skirts, Loule Mar- The-term-of the-public school-closed | schat; The Rain, Hedwig Rupprecht; ‘Wednesday. The pupils had a picnic |In the Orchard, Amelia Langer; The in the school yard in the middle of | Whole Duty of Children, Freda Lan- the day, followed by the exercises in |ger: Seven Days of the Week, by seven the affernoon, in which all.showed the | girls, Margaret Kuchle Sophia Musial, effect .of, efficient .servicecon:zthe Lillie ~Marschat, . Anne : Riben,+Mary- them is pure. FINN’S BLOCK, Our Refrigerators Are Cleanable, apart and get at every corner and crevice. Come in and ask to see them. M. HOURIGAN, 62-66 Main Street, Norwich, Conn. and Dry ner, colder and dryer You can take them all porcelain, food kept in Stlemeyer, Bertha Fuller and Alfreda Walker; To the Boys of America, Jo- seph Marschat: Two Sides of a Sto Leon Dimock and Sophia Musial school, Alfreda Walker; In the O chard, Bertha Fuller; Whippoorwill Isadore Riben: Looking Forward, Wil- lie Marschat; The Captain’s Daughter, Annie Riben: Katrina, Elste Ribe A Little Gentleman, Henry Donda: Mistress Mouse, Fred Rupprecht: The Answer of the Flag; The Flag, Bertha Fuller: The Red, White and Blue, Margs Kuchle: The Red, Lillie The White, Alfreda Walk- The Blue, Leon Dimock. Ma Kuckle, Nellie Musial, Bertk Amelia Langer, Freda Lange y 'Stiemeyer and Rupert Kuckle, each received a prize from Miss Bliss for perfect attendance, Nellie Musial, Sophia Musial, Bertha Fuller took the prize in spelling in grades one, five and seven. ret Marschat; er: EAST WILLINGTON Dr. F. B. Converse has a new tour- ing car. Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Converse, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Devereay spent Sunday in Woodstock, guests of Mrs. Converse's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben- nett, Miss Elsie Maine returned to her home in Franklin Monday. Washington County, R. . USQUEPAUGH Andrew Peck Starts For South Dako- ta—Plans For Strawberry Supper. Mrs. E. L, Simmino attended strawberry supper at Wyoming Wednesday evening. Mrs. Fanny Bichnell was a caller at Hope Valley Wednesday. the on Leaves For South Dakota. Andrew Peck started Monday _for South Dakota to visit his sister, whom he hasn't seen for sevcral years. He will visit Niagara Falls and other places of interest on his wa: Mr. and_Mrs. Randall Carpenter of Brooklyn, N, Y., are assisting at J. S. Lamond’s and_attended _commence- ment of R. I S. C. Mrs. Carpenter is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. S. La- mond. Dr. J. K. Lamond of Middletow: n., spent part of this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lamond. He attended the R. L S. C. commence- Mary McConnor spent Wednes- day with her father in Providence, Stephen Brown and daughter, Nelly, attended the Ringling Brothers’ circus at Providence, Saturday, and visited relatives at Greene over Sunday. Fred K. Crandall and family were visiting with Mrs. Crandall’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Kenyon, Sunday after- noon. They made the trip in their new car. rs. Ida Madison of South Scituate visited friends here, Sunday. Mrs. James Peckham. Miss Josie Sullivan, were at Hope Valley Wed- nesday. At Summer School. Rev. C. H. Palmer is attending the ten days' summer school at Newton Mass. He went Monday afternoon. Oliver Watson and_sister, Dorcas, Mary Cottrell and Mrs. K. Bristow, and daughters, of West Kingston, were callers here Monday. * Mrs. Melissa D. Palmer is spending this week with reiatives in Providence- The church is to have a strawberry supper an dentertainment. RICHMOND Joseph Fielding, an old resident of this town, but now living in the Sol- diers’ home in Bristol. ~ called on friends and nefghbors in this vicinity making a stay with Mrs. Annie Sayles, of Hills Dale. Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Gdinnell call- ed at the Moore homestead ~Sunday afternoon. Mr, and Mrs, Willlam Wright of East Greenwich enjoyved a few hours® fishing in Beaver river stream Sunda Silas Lillibridge who has been stay inz with Robert E. Moore for a few ‘while. weeks, went away on Monday fors |~ Mrs. Josephine Kenvor-—who hastbeen . a short stay with Amy went home Wednesday. rawberry vines are yielding quite notwithstanding the dry weath- well er. Josuha Boss and Russell Joslin of Txeter, called at Everett Moore's re- cently. WEEKAPAUG W. C. T. U. Members From District Visitors Arrive. Hear Report Convention—Summer The Ocean View W. C. T. U. held its he meei mer with the president, Mrs, El- owr with a good number present, The meeting was opened by M . R. Witter, the oldest member of the union. A’ good report of the district convention was given by Mrs. Loofboro who went as a delegate. One more meeting will be held at the Dunn’s Corners church to close the season until the first of September. June itors. L. C. Sanford and__ daughter, of New Haven, H. M. Lewis of York city and Donald Dunn of Boston, are guests at the Macomber farm The Chapman farmhouse has been wired for electricity and the poles are being set connecting it with the main wires. Mrs. C, E. Morris and family of Philadelphia has opened her cottage, Eastcote, for the summer, HOPKINTON Community Sing—Auction at Carpen, ter Place. The community sing was held at the home of Charles N. Kenyon Sun- day evening. Mrs. George B. Carpenter had an auction of household furniture at her ome on High street, Ashaway, Tues- ay. There was a very small crowd present and articles sold very low. Mrs. rpenter will leave town soon to make her home in Alfred, N. Y. Her daughter, Miss Ruth Marion Car- penter, has already gone there. Curtis F. Randolph, treasurer of Al- fred University, and his wife, are spending a few days in town. George Herbert Whipple, of New York is visiting his father and sister, on West street, Ashaway. The graduating exercises of the two high schools in Hopkinton, were held this week, at Asheway, Wednesday evening and at Hope Vailey, Thursday evening. Rev. E. P. Mathewson, attended the sessions of the Stonington Union As- sociation in Mystic, Wednesday and Thursday ROCKVILLE Miss Lucy C. Palmer was a mema ber of the graduating class of the Hope Valley High school. The grad- uating_exercises took piace in the “irst Baptist church at Hope Valley, Thursday evening. G. ¥, Barber of Exeter was a caller at E. E. Kenyon's Thursday. 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