Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 24, 1915, Page 6

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915 % 5 % higher. Traveling Case, $8.00 “TRAVELING CASES and MANICURE SETS in compact leather cases, from $1.00 to $10.00. Be sure and see these MEDICINE CASES {2 and DRINKING CUPS. Also in leather—25¢c to $3.00 Y\ \Y\Y\Y Y\ YA\ AYAY A \YNYAYNYNYNYN YA A A \ WE LIKE TO THINK OF OUR CUSTOMERS AS OUR FRIENDS If you are just customers now we hope you will be our Friends later. These make useful gifts. Shaving Stands, $2.50 to $3.00 SHAVING STANDS with Mirror and Mug attached, $2.50 to $3.00 Nice large Mirror that can be raised or lowered and carried anywhere to the best light. TRIPLICATE MIRRORS Also HAND MIRRORS black wood. Triplicate Mirrors, $2.25 to $5.00 in many sizes and shapes at factory prices. in white, ebony, mahogany and We would be pleased to show you these goods. Thermos Bottles, $1.25 to $3.50 THERMOS BOTTLES Thermos Carafes, Thermos Lunch Sets, Thermos Carrying Cases Anyone would be pleased to find a Thermos Bottle in their stocking EXTRA SPECIALL Our stock of PARK & TILFORD CHOCOLATES and BON BO usual to any address in the city, or we will pack ready to send by Parcels Post. The price is the same as usual, though sugar is It you have not already been in to see us, come in and look around. ~We shall be glad to see you, whether you buy or rot. y all prices. Manicure Sets, $1.25 to $10.00 MANICURE SETS Nowhere in this city will you find such an assortment of these goods and we know we can satisfy you and your pocket- book if any interest you. in leather case boxes and ROLL-UPS at W\ They come S and CHOCOLATES has arrived and will be delivered as - THE LEE & 0SGOOD COMPANY, Norwich, Conn. 600D ADVIGE 10 WESTERLY PUPILS School Committee Issues Card of Health Rules—Rare 1776 Book Secured by Library—Three Hundred Railroad Laborers Finish Work and Are Paid Off—Death of Elmer H. Day, of Block Island, Formerly of Woodstock- The Westerly public library has just ded to the collection of old and rare books a volume with this title page: The Origin of Printir In Two Es- says: I—The Subftance of Dr. Middle- ton’s differtation on the Orgin of Printing in gland. II—Mr. Meer- man’s Account of the Invention of the Art at Harleim, and Its Progrefs to Mentz. With Occasional Remarks and Appendix. The Second Edition, with Improvements, by William Bowyer, London. Printed for W. Bowyer and hols, in Red-Lion-Paffage, Fleet- | MDCCLXXVI. On 'the fly-leaf of this volume is written: “It is true that Homer, Plato, Virgil and Cicero attained their celebri- and their empires over the mind of men before the existence of the printing pri but it is the news- paper, on e breakfast table. It is the Shakspear in every village library. 1+ Is above all, The Bible in every cot- tage. It is the English Primer among the wilds of Austrilia. The English Hymn book on the streams of the uri! These are thie products and triumphs of printing.” Having above, noticed the value of the printing press, we naturally turn to the origin and use of letters them- Belves, as the basis of that discovery. The following extract from Moses and Aaron, by Thomas Godwin, in 1671, may not prove uninteresting: ‘Writing In no nation came to its perfection on a sudden, but by desrees. The opinion of the ancients concerning the authors and inventors of letters are different. Some say Cadmus brought the use of letters into Greece. Others say Pala- medes some ay Rhadamanthus, brought them into Assyria, Memmon irto Iizypt, Hercules to Phoggia, and Caromenta into Latium. Likewise, some owled v the Phoenicians had the first ge and use of letters. Others Ethiopians, and others the But upon is thought that Moses first taught the use of letters to the Jews, and that the Phonecians learned them of the Jews, and the Grecian from the Phoe- nician.’” In these modern days of typesetting machinery, it may be of interest to re- the, Assy better grounds | Oldstiobe~ Its makers, having an experience of 35 vears as gas engine builders sne-half that period automobile: well known reasons for the popu »f the “Olds.” Large, roomy bos ies, nand-finished throughout, 120 in. wheel sase, and many features of the higher sriced cars, place it in a class by itself, at $1,095, §'s at $1.1 A. R. MAXSON, Agent, ‘Westerly, R. I. fer to the work of the old-time com- positor, the chap who set type by hand. Although the compositor might be sitting all day, vet in his own wa he was a great traveler, or at least his typesetting hand did. An average compositor would set 8,000 ems a day, or about 24,000 letters. The distance traveled over by the hand averaged about one f t for a letter going to the h the type are contained, urse, returning to the com- tick, making two feet for every letter, he s This_ would distance e day of 41,006 or a little more than nine miles; and in the course of a year, excepting S that type hand traveled about 000 miles boxes in wh ard, of , or 7 The committee of the Westerly pub- lic schools has prepared printed rules which the members urge pupils to com- ply with in order to keep strong and well. "hey are as follows: Keep Clean— "0ld sponge bath every morn- advised not to by parents. ke a warm bath at least once a Wash hands always before eating. Have your own soap, towel and face cloth. Keep mouth. nose and teeth clean. Brush your teeth morning and night. ‘Wash your hair and scaip thoroughly about once a month ush vour clothing daily; have it cleaned when badly soiled: Food- t nourishing food three times a t until satisfied; Eat slowly thoroughly. Don’t eat between meals. not until stuffed and chew your food Drink some milk Drink from four to eight glasses of water dail Don’t drink tea or coffee. Don’t drink liquor of any kind. III. Sleep— Get at least nine hours sleep. Make a complete change of clothing for the night. Do not sleep under too many bed clothes. 1. Open bedroom windows at top and bottom, . General— ke me brisk exercise out of doors every day Keep yvour shoulders straight, your chest high. Breathe deeply through ou cannot breathe tell your teache: yvs breathe fresh air. If you have a cut or scratch, keep it clean. Keep hands and fingers away from mouth, nose and_eyes. Don’t smoke. Try to avoid all hab- its you know are bad. your nose; through your At the annual meeting of Westerly grange, officers were elected as follow: C. Palmer Chapman, master; Roger F. Dunham, overseer; Mrs. William C. Gavitt, lecturer; William H. Burdick, steward; J. Hobart Chapman, assistant Mrs. Hattie L. C. Barbour, George F. Barbour, treas- Mrs. Isabelle C. Chapman, secre- Edwin A. Hall, gatekeeper; Mr: F. Saunders, Ceres; M Adella M. Burdick, Pomona; Mrs. Car- ric B. L. Hall, Flora; Edith C. Champ- lin, lady assistant steward. urer; Local Lacon This is the old home season in Wes- terly. The jitneys are gradually becoming taxies in so far as fares go. The steady rain of Thursday aft- ernoon affected the expected Christ- mas trade. everal fire companies are on the invitation list of the P. S. Barber Hose company to attend the annual fair next month The public schools of Westerly closed Thursday afternoon and will resume on the first Monday of the new y Genuine Rhode Island turkeys are arriving from Connecticut and states more distant. All are scld for Christ- ma native birds. No definite plans are decided upon t in regard to the rebullding of the ch Hill road for which the town ppropriated $65,000. The Nichols & Langworthy machine shop at Hope Valley, has been sold to Gordon Waller and John W. Sul- livan, of New York. The finding of the remains of a hu- man body in the Woody Hill section will probably be tabulated with the other Westerly mysteries. Misses Mary and Wilhelmina Bro- employed in Plainfield, N. J., are at home with their parents in Newton avenue, for the hoidav season. Miss Amey Hazard, teacher at East Orange, N. J. is at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Natt Hazard, at Hinckley hill, for the holidays. Three hundred laborers who have been employed in rock ballasting the railroad tracks, were laid off Wednes- day night and were paid off by Ticket Agent George A. Golden, Thursday morning, at the railway station. The proposed new agreement, or bill of prices, between granite workers and manufacturers is of shorter term than heretofore, two_or three years, instead of five years. Which means more fre- quent disturbance in that important local industry. There has been a general advance in tax valuations in Westerly and the individual taxpayerg are anxious to know just how much. They cannot find out until the tax assessors’ report is printed for distribution. Then they will be required to call at the tax col- lector's office and settle. No tax bills are mailed and there is no appeal to a board of relief, as none exists in Rhode Island. Elmer H. Day, 55, pharmacist, for many years employed in the drug store of his father-in-law, Darius B. Dodge, on Block Island, died in a Providence hospital, Wednesday, fol- lowing an operation. Mr. Day was born in Woodstock, Conn. He went to Block Island when a young man and resided there ever since. He is sur- vived by his widow, one son, Brainard, and two brothers. Arthur of Provi dence and Wolcott L. Day of Phil delphia. From one family in France 72 men enlisted for the European war. STONINGTON Special Christmas Sunday Program at Baptist Church—Renovation of Nina Council's Quarters. The musical program for the Sun- day Christmas service in the First Baptist church will be rendered by a choir composed of Miss Gates, Miss Pendleton and Miss Dudley, Mrs. opranos; Brightman, van, soloist; 2 Paul Conant, te amin Brown. Ralph Koelb, andall, Huber Zella, basses Bolles, organist. Morning prelude, Hark, the Herald Sing, Mendelssohn: anthem Shine, Makin; nthem, Sing West; Tillinghast, —Organ Angels Arise, Unto the Lord, organ postlude, March of the Wise Men, Ashford communion. Evening—Organ prelude, Adagio in A Flat, Volkmar; anthem., S Oh Heavens, Tours; solo, Miss MacGowan; quartet, The Holy N Mrs. C. Larkin, Miss Gates, ) Pendleton, Mrs. illinghast, _ Mis Brightman: organ postlude, March Pontificate, Lemens. Stonington Pointers. The quarters of Nina Knights of Columbus, are modeled and materially impr when present plan: Knights expect to P council being re ved, and re completed, the have the best-ap- ted society rooms in the town. Thursday’s rain put the kibosh on skating_here and hereabouts. The Ram Island Gun club 1 do some clay pigeon shooting on Christ- mas day. Stonington high school will not be represented in basketball this season MYSTIC Officers of Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society —Annual Election Royal Neighbors —Mrs. George Stafford Dead. At the annual meeting of the Ladies’ Aid society of the Union Baptist church the following officers were elected for one year: President, Miss Susan Fish; vice president, Mrs. F. A, Coates; secretary ‘and treasurer, Mr: Phebe Grinnell; music committee, J. K. Bucklyn. Mrs. Rowland H. cox, Mrs. F. A. Coates. Royal Neighbors’' Election. Florine Dow camp, Royal Neighbors, held the annual meeting Tuesday night and. elected the following officers: Oracle, Catherine Gilbert; vice oracle, Clara Cook; past oracle, Leah Lam- phere; chancellor, Adele Breed: mar- shal, Anna High; inner sentinel, l1da Ravenelle; outer sentinel, Fanny Board; manager for three years, Fan- ny Wilson: recorder, Mary Hickson; receiver, Anna Smith. These officers will be installed, together with Pe- quot camp, Modern Woodmen, in Jan- uary. Mrs. George Stafford. Mrs. Mary Jane Stafford, 7§, wife of George Stafford, died at her home on Denison avenue, Wednesday morning, after a lingering illness. She had been a resident of this place for several years and was highly respected. She leaves besides her husband, two soms, George and Charles Stafford, and sev- eral grandchildren. Personal Mrs. Letitia McGaughey called to Danielson by ness of her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hammond are in Palmer, Mas: guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Newbury. has been the critical ill- JEWETT CITY Funeral of James Mohan—Five Hun- dred Children at St. Mary's Church —Note: The funeral services of James Mohan of Plainfield were heid at St. Mary's church on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. A solemn requiem high mass was celebrated, with Rev. J. J. Mc- Cabe as celebrant, Rev. R. F. Morrissey s deacon and Rev. J. H. Sieferman as sub-deacon. The burial was in St 's Mary Mich cemetery and the bearers were el Shea, William Bishop, Joseph Roode and John Wood. There were relatives present from Norwich and Moosup. Christmas Party at St. Mary's. Five hundred children, with many of the parents, were at the parish hall at St. Mary's church on Thursday af- ternoon to enjoy the Christmas party. Th was an excellent programme. The first grade children gave short recitations. There was a sketch called Mrs. Randy’s Christmas, presented by Yvonne Guillet, Edmund Desrosiers, Margery Leyden, Dennis Sullivan and Vivian McLaughlin. There were reci- tations by Estelle Jodoin called A Let- ter from Santa, A Scheme by Yvonne Hourigan, A Christmas Story by Gratia A Christmas Speech by May hristmas Bells by Irene Brick- ¢, a chorus song, A Christmas Story. Santa Claus, impersonated by James Olsen, was there, and each child re- ceived a bag of candy. Notes. Miss Alice McBroome has returned to New Britain hospital after a brief visit at her home. The Slater libra: v will be closed on Saturday, so the librarian will issue books this evening, contrary to the usual routine. The local schools are closed for the holidays. There are to be masses at St. Mary’'s church on Saturday at 6, 8 and 10, and vespers at 7.30 in the evening. The concert and tree at the Meth- odist church are at 6.30 Saturday night. Postoffice Hours. The postoffice is closed on Saturday a* the usual hours from 9 to 6.30 and after 7.30. BALTIC Christmas with Santa Claus at Sprague hall this (Friday) evening will be of more than usual interest to all, . Chilean President Inaugurated. Santiago, Chile, Dec. 23.—The new president of the republic, Juan Louis San Fuentes, was inaugurated today with solemn ceremonies in the pres- ence of the congress. Old Saybrook.—James E. Smith, who died suddenly on Saturday night in a room in the Central house on North Main street, Bristol, was a resident of Old Saybrook. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. E. H. Doherty. He went to Bris- tol a little over a week ago. ALES, WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS Fresh, c =plete stock. Best Servi DAN MURPHY 11 Bath Street MISREPRESENTATION OF GERMANY ABROAD Campaign Against It by the Overseas News Agency. Berlin. Dec. 23 (By wireless to Say- ville))—Continuing its campaign against misrepresentation of Germany abroad, the semi-official Overseas News Agency today issued a state- ment concerning stories which have gained wide publicity in other coun- tries to the effect that German clergy men have preached sermons advocat- ing the killing off of the nation’s ene- mies and destruction of their property. The news agency refers to despatches circulated in France and Great Britain which purported to quote extracts from such sermons. In these des- patches German clergymen were rep- resented as saying it was German “divine mission to crucify humanity" that “her enemies must perish by di- vine command” and that was a work of love to kill the nation’s ene- mies, invade their countries and burn their houses.” The news agency declares these des- patches are pure inventions and that in some cases there are no such in- dividuals as the supposed clergymen named. Meriden.—At a meeting of the Meri- den Turner society George Baer, Al- bert Boehringer, Albert Both, Joseph Hickish, Charles Hagner and Oscar Yacker were appointed a commlittee to make arrangements for the New Year's entertainment to be given by the soclety for members and their friends only. FORMER N. H. DIRECTORS’ COUNSEL FINISH DEFENSE Argument for Dismissal of Indictment of Record Length. New York. Dec. 23.—Counsel for the defense at the trial of the eleven for- mer directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, charged with criminal conspiracy under the Sherman anti-trust law, finished t y what was said to be the longes: argument for the dismissal of an in- dictment in the history of the local federal court. It commenced last Mon- day. At the conclusion of the argument the answer of government counsel was begun and will continue tomorrow Court will adjourn at noon until Tues- day next, when, it is expected, Judge Hunt will give his decision. KNOX COMMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE Man Who Shot and Killed Two Men at Baton Rouge, La. B3aton Rouge, La., Dec. 23.—District Attorney Holcombe announced today he would recommend that Robert L. Knox, surveyor of customs for New Orleans, who killed Benjamin Foster. a prominent attorney and Alex Fraen- kel here yesterday be committed to the state criminal hospital for the in- sane. Knox's attorneys have agreed to the action, the district attorney sald. According to the average expecta- tion of life the kaiser ‘will live fifteen years longer. American Mixture Page & Shaw CHRISTMAS BOXES Chocolate Mixture, reguiar 40c - 29¢ Christmas Broken Candy, 2 /bs. 25¢ Diana Mixture, regular 60c - - - 40¢ Sunday Schools Supplied Christmas Tree Boxes Furnished Free With Our Candies Have you forgotten the Assorted Nuts and Ice Cream for the Christmas Dinner? Phone 1248-2 or 1916 15¢