Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 29, 1916, Page 11

Green. The W. S. 8. E. Ladies’ club met at fi.wn{)flm J. A. Isham on ‘West street Thursday afternoon. Miss E. B, Whitney of New. Harpen whose country place is' at Mesry- “thought_farm near Columbia lake 1ras in to*n for a few days recently. ““Clinton E. Little Promoted. In a booklét'issued by the: Bermon Falls Co:. under the title Some u‘op Notchers, is the following: “After of service as " mmtger of the New York store Clinton E. [Lif tle has been made generai sales xhan- ager of the company with headqyrart ers of Beacon Falls, Conn.. Mr; ]l.ltfle commenced his business “mannfacturing department chester Rubber Co., at Colchkster, Conn. Entering the employ. the Beacon Falls Co. as salesman soon after it wa sorganized. He had the honor of making the first sale of Bea- con Falls rubbers in the state of - New York and was.made manager <& the New York store in 1906. His pfomo- tion will mean increased service and efficiency for dealers everywhere, on account of this practical manufhactur- ing and selling experience.” Mr. Little is a son of Herbert Lit- tle of Meriden. His bovhood was spent in Columbia, and his _ early school days In the Pine Street district school . His Columbia friends are glad to know of his rapid advance ment. Attractive Programme For .Grange Meeting., The grange holds its resulsz meet- ing next Wednesday evening. An in- teresting programme has been arrang- ed by Mrs, A. E. Lymean, lectjrer, and will be carriea out as follows: Music, Grange orchestra; report of state grange, Clayton E. Hiint. mas- ter; reading, The Courtin; vjolin solo, (erch. acc.) Flower Song, THiss Car- penter: debate, Resolved, In.:New Eng- jand at the present time, the, incentive to encourage -our young mem and wo- men to stay on the team is as great as to leave it; affirmative ipy Herbert P. Collins, Miss Harriet Br¢/wn and D. A. Lyman. Negative by M#s Ethel Blakely Miss Nellie Carpenter and Wililam M. Wolff. Discusslon open to all. Reading. Saving Mbther, by Herbert Woodward; song, The ol Oalcen Bucket, by Mrs, l“rusf. Miss Pa'mer and Messrs. Cobb ¢ind Latham. The gral'\:%e holds meetinygs the first ednesday evenfings of each Library Committee Meets. The Library committee; #het Tues- day. evening to select htpks for this vear's addition to the library. An- other meeting of the committee will pe beld next Tuesday eifening at the home~of “Mrs: Rice, the Iibrarian. EKONK Grange Helps Cheer Up Injured Young Man. Mary Adelaide Hopkins is visiting her grandparents. Mrs. Ella Twomey of} New Jersey is yisiting her parents, 'Mr. and Mrs. A.~A. Stanton. School opened Mon(fay after | a week’s vacation on acrount of the'ill- ness of the teacher. Five members’ of Hkonk grange at- tended- the installatiem of Pachaug grange last week. st Master Har- rv Sayles was installfng officer. Steam Saw ‘M@l Moved. Lucius Williamg Irgs moved his steam mill from Grisfwoid to the John C. Gallup farm and §s sawing for Charles Tillinghgst «f Danielson who has purchased the timber. A1l are sorry to hear of the illness of former pastor, Rev. J. Rey- nolds now located 2k Lisbon. Mr. and Mrs. A. ‘'A. Stanton who have been suffering with grip and the whooring eough do :not gain as fast as_their friends wishi Mrs. G. H. Gallup is m D@nl!lflon for her daughter, Mps. Ethel Ingalls. Alvin Corey is avmy trom home on a business trip this'week. Mary Colburiz is confimed to the house with grip. § A.“L. Young, supervisor of sch visited Ekonk Saturday. Rembrances From Grange. Harold Burk who is confined to the house by a frargtured limb receiv- ed a post card shofwer and nice col- lection of fruit from Ekonk grange members. BOLTON NOYCH Mrs. Sarah Halé fhas returned to her home in Springflelid after spending a Week with her sister, Mary Bramwell, who is- ill. Clarence Daily of Waterbury Spent s tha Col— ; J. the hospital Sunday nln:t and was op- erated on for mppenmnnh m She is com!omfle. EAST WILLINGTON W, H.Buck,'lwhmcum Cushman’s, and Herman Cushman spent the fore part of list week in Zoar, Mass. C. S. Amidon is moving his steam sawmill from Tolland to the Horkey ace. Miss Mary Mrozkowski, who - hn been working in the button factory at Daleville, has finished work there and is at home caring for her mother, who has been ill. Z There has been more sickness in this vicinity this winter than for years, nearly every one having grip. very small. 'W. C. Ruby moveq last Saturday to his new home on Willington Hill. Washington County, R. I. HOPKINTON Report That Murdered Thomas D. Main's Gun Has Been Found, Hid- den in Bushes. The Turnpike sing was held :ast Sunday evening at the home of Her- bert Ccon at the foot of Pious HilL The next meeting will be held at the home of Feorge S. Champlin. Daniel A. Crandall is suffering from a severe cold. Mrs. Nathan G. Wilbur is very ill at her home, Wilbur Heights. It is reported that the valuable shotgun, formerly the property of the late Thomas Dorr Main, who was re- cently murdered and cremated in the burning of his home, has been found concerled in the bushes on the west side of the road, leading from Hopkin- ton City to Rockville, about a mile from the site of the crime. Mre. Isabella Hull entertained last week two nephews, who were en route from Providence to New London with a newly purchased car. RICHMOND | Mrs. Frank Tefft and daughters, Jennie and Inez, were through this vi- cinity Tuesd: The highwavs in some places are very bad, The mud in places being nearly a food deep. Everett R. Moore and son, Ralph, re- turned from Providence Monday. Mrs. Edwin Smith went to Newport Monday. Herbert Harris who is chopping cord vood for Charles Boss hurt his left arm Wednesday while cutting a limb that was lodged. Joseph Dunn and R. H. Moore made a trip to Wickford Tuesday after oys- ters. Georze G. Tuesday. Palmer was through here ROCKVILLE of Gortcn A Burdick—Post Shower Fcr Shut-In, Funeral The funeral services of G. A. Bur- dick were held at his home Wednesday afternoon with burial in Rockville cem- etery. Mr. Burdick was in his 89th vear. Mrs. Emory C. Kenyon accmpanied by Mrs. Jared G. Barber and Mrs. Al- bert S. Babcock visited Mrs. J. F. Bar- ber at Woody Hill Tuesday. Miss Olivia Chester who has been a shut-in for many vears was pleasant- 1y remembered on her birthday, Janu- ary 18, by a post card shower. EAST HADDAM Charles Smith’s Father Dies Sudden- ly—Barn Burned, Insurance Had Elapsed. Mrs. M. W. Plumstead has gone to Lake Saranac, N. of her health. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Phelps and Mrs. Harry Strong of Town street are ill with grip. Miss Louise Carroll, after several illness, resumed her duties on Y. for the benefit day's Monday as teacher in the 14th district. Deacon John I Tracy went to West Hartford Wednesday to spend the re- mainder of the week with relatives. Rev. Franklin Countryman was in North Plain Monday, visiting . the school taught by Miss Gladys Cone. Died on Trolley Car. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith have been spending several days in Fast Haven, called there by the death of the former’s uncle, Horace Smith. He was 83 years of age and died on a trolley car in New Haven. The de- ceased was a mative of Chester. Mrs. E, E. Williams, Mrs. F. M. Smith and Mrs. A. J. Lecremes went to New Haven Thursday to attend the session Friday of the grand chapter of the Bastern Star of Connecticut. Insurace Had Elapssd. A barn belonging to Charles Hoff- man was completely destroyed by fire Monday morning about 3.30 o'clock. The fire is thought to be of incendiary Snbstltutes G"m K,MHORLICK S 2 MA Mln-:lhdo We do not make“milkproducts” ¢, Skim Milk, Condensed Milk, eto, THE ORIGINAL LTED MILK best Butoaty HORLICK’S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK Made from clean, full-cream milk and the extract of malted ‘The attendance in the school this month is ADVERSE CONDITION IN. THE HOLY LAND. Not Equalled During !ts Modern His- tory—Plague of Locusts and War ! Burden Responsible. (Special to The Billetin.) Washington, D. €, Jan. 28. “Plagued with a locust invasion as severe as that brought over Egypt by Moses, the law-giver, its hordes of tribute-brin pilgrims. cut = off” by the world war, and bearing the bur- dens of war taxation in money and men, the Holy Land, in the year 1915 struggled against such adverse condi- | tions as it has not known throughout its modern history,” begins a bulle just issued by the National Geographic ! Society at Washington, which em-: bodies an account of the great locus plague over Palestine and Syria dur: ing 1915 as told in = eommunlcuton to the Society by John D. Whiting. ““That which was left by the creep- ing locust heth the swarming locust eaten, and that which was left by the swarming locust hath the grass locust eaten and that which was left by the grass locust hath the corn locust eat- en. Awake—and weep and howl— For a nation hath come up over my land, bold and without number.’ Thus Joel, writing some seven or eight hun- dred years B. C. begins his descrip- tion of a locust -plague, which then as now must have Ilaid waste this land. We marvel how this ancient writer could have given so graphic and true description of a devastation caused by locusts in so condensed a form. The oldest men of Palestine remembered no such invasion. Since 1865, commonly called ‘the year of the locusts’, locusts have at intervals re- appeared in Syria, but in smaller areas nothing like a general disaster or dis- tress.. More recently occtirred in 1892, in the Jordan Valley near Jeri- cho, where waving fields of tall green | barley and wheat were eaten down to the stump a remarkably short time. ““The locusts of the recent plague first made their appearance during the last days of February, 1915. They flew overhead in such thick clouds as to obscure the sun. However, before they were seen, a loud noise, produced by the fapping of myriads of locust wings, was heard, described as re sembling the diztant rumble of waves, or as St. John has #t, sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle.’ “They reached Jersusalem in the first days of Marci. Attention was drawn te them by the sudden darken- ing of the bright sunsine. They did not settle in Jersusalem evidently seeking greener and less populated districts. They departed for Bethle- hem. Quantities were now gathered by the poorer Bethlehemites, and a few ate them roasted, describing the taste as delicious, especially the fe- males full of eggs. Still the main rea- son for collecting them was in order to secure the small bonus offered by the local government of Bethlehem. “Tons were destroyed, being buried alive several ancient abandoned cis- terns were filled, while in surround- ing vilages each family was required to produce a stipulated weight. Like- wise in Jaffa they were destroved by being thrown into the Mediterranean and, when washed ashore dead and dried on the beach. were collected and used as fuel in the public ‘Turkish baths and ovens. t “These clouds of flying locusts, in Jerusalem at least, invariably came from the northeast going toward the southwest, and it was observed that when strong winds arose, too stiff for them to resist, rather than be carried they seem to settle till the storm pass- ed over. “The locust swarm began covering the fields preparatory te laying egss. Once the alarming extent to which these eggs were laid was realized, the authorities issued a proclamation, re- quiring each male person from 18 to 60 vears to gather eleven pounds of eggs. It is estimated by competent authorities that as many as 65,000 to 75,000 locust eggs are concentrated in a square meter of soil, and allowing for a less of 30 per cemt in hatching, some 60,000 destroyers can emerge from a space 39 inches squaré. “Locusts are not, however, without their own enemies provided by nature. Large flocks of storks flew past Jeru- salem during the early days when the adults arrived and after the larvae was hatched, consuming abnormal guanti- ties, for which reason the natives have always given ‘Abo Saad’ (the stork) a warm welcome. Furthermore, in many of the underground cells in which the female locust deposits her eggs were found eggs laid by certaln species of flies, the young worm or larvae Oof which, when hatched, lives upon the locust eggs, sucking them dry, till de- veloped into the chrysalis and emerg- ing a full-fledged fly. Wild birds and domestic fowls deveioped a ravenous appetite for locusts, while with the smaller larvae and pupae turkeys and chickens simply ' gorged themselves with the result that the yolk of their eggs became a deep-red color. “The eggs of the locust once hatch- ed the little fellows seem to hold to- gether for a few dayvs, till a little de- veloped and - insufficient numbers, ‘when they start their forward march of from 400 to 600 feet per day, clear- ing the ground of any vegetation be- fore them. It was observed that these new broods Instinctively went in the réverse direction to that from which their flying parents had come. None but those who have seen them can begin to imagine their countless multitudes d the destruction which lhey cause. No wonder, then, that the er of the book of Jud!& likens tbe Midianites; who had for years de- vestated Israel's land, to locusts, and to ‘the sand which is upon the sea- l._hfire for multitude. ' ““The ijocusts, when advanced into the second or pupa stage, walk like ordinary insects, leaping - only when frightened into a quicker pace, which they readily accomplish by the use of their two long and powerful post legs. However, while still in the first | ground moved, producing‘a most cur- ious effeoct upon one’s vision and caus- ing which in some was so | bitter sons ! The moat around David's tower was so filled that the dry earth seem to be a living mass. “Fortunately by the 4ime these young broods had hatched the graln crops were too far advanced to be much hurt. The vineyards and or- chards were the places at which the locust naturally halted, for the rapid- ity of their marchings and the fre- quency of their stops seemed to be tegulated ‘by the amount of forage en- countered. “Once entering a vineyard, the sprawling vines would in the shortest time be nothing but bare bark, the long dark stem lying fiat on the ground, much resembling snakes. Fig leaves perhaps of all things best suited their taste, and when once a tree fell a prey to them the ground about would be literally layers deep, and the trunks so covered with crowlers as to make it a bright yellow color. They first ate away the tender parts, leaving a perfect skeleton of the large broad leaves, but soon these, too, were de voured, and usually after ome da: work the tree stood naked of any leaves, with nothing but the hard un- ripe fruit protruding stiffly from the branches. When the daintier morsels were gone the bark was eaten off the young topmost branches, which after exposure to the -sun, bleached snow- white. Then, seemingly out of malice, they would gnaw off small limbs, per- haps to get at the pith within. The effect thus caused was a weird one, Te- sémbling white candles on a dried-up Christmas tree. “Likewise were destroyed the veg- etable and truck gardens in the plains and hill; say nothing of the abso- lute annihilation of the grape, and of thousands of acres of mative corn. still but a few inches tall, were eaten to ial, Stereopticon Views and Spell- g Match—Dance at Scotland Road Hall—William Ryan to be Bookkeep- er at Yantic Mill. An enjoyable social given by the Christian Endeavor soclety was held ¥Friday evening in the First Congre- gational chapel. Rev. G. H. Ewin gave a talk explaining the stereopticon pic- tures of Cornell university thrown up- on the screen. There was a spelling match, and different games. In clos- ing hymns were sung. Those in charge were Mrs. John Bréwning, Philip B. ‘Whaley. Philip T. Luther. Misses Mar- garet Ewing and Lillian Durr. OBITUARY. Miss Hannah E. Dawson. After months of intense suffering, Miss Hannah E. Dawson passed pece- fully away Friday morning at her home on the New London _turnpike. She was born in Norwich Town the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Dawson. She was educated in the public schools and_ was graduated from the Academy. Her life was spent in making a happy home, taking the care for years of her mother, whe death occurred five weeks ago. The firm friends won, and her sisters and brothers will miss her kindly presence and Eer thought and love for them. Miss Dawson is survived by two sis- ters and two brothers, Misses Mary E. and Sadle J. Dawson, and John W. and George B. Dawson, all of Nor- wich Tewn. January Weather. the ground. In fact, nothing escepéd their ravages except the orange gar- do’gvr-’s“r::agm?retxew:-‘:s T;%““‘W‘R’finfii dens at Jaffa, due to the heavy sea|plec® ‘T Sjgve TpitE ST HRCES breezes and strenuous human efforts, days in January The Bulletin while those of the suburbs were e: of January, 1915, stated. In The Bul- letin under date of January 29, 1914, appears this item. These are disap- pointing days for Young America, with neither skating nor coasting. Ciub’s Dance. Friday evening at Scotland Road hall a dance under the auspices of the Social cluh was enjoyed. Green- man’s orchestra with Prof. E. L. Tink- ham of Hanover as’ prompter helped to make the evening a success. Ice ream and wafers were served auring he interv. tirely eaten. “In Nazareth it . required several hundred men to sweep the locust "to- gether and to destroy them, and many donkeys to cary away to near-by fields the miniature carcasses. Stores were closed and some houses abandoned, for there it seemed as if the locusts were jeven more active than in other towns. During the Egyptian plaugue we find Moses announcing the locust scourge in terms of whiCh our present exper- ience uch an exact duplicate, as follows: “Behold tomorrow - will I bring the locusts into they coasts; and they shall cover the face of the earth, d they shal eat the residue of Social which is escaped—every green Scouts’ Mecting. which groweth— And they shall There will be a meeting of boy thy houses of t servants, and the|scouts, troop No. 5, this (Saturday) houses of all the Egyptian: evening in he First Congregational N MONTENEGRIN QUEEN AND PRINCESSES MADE EXILES BY WAR'S N REVERSES N Lazare Miouchelovitch, the prime minister and the minister o fforeign affairg of Montenegro, arrived at Brin- disi, Italy, accompanying Queen Milena and the Montenegrin princess on their way to Fn.-o.. Montenegro will con- ‘war. against "Austria to the Nicholas and his two Has keen enjoyment in every glass. , The rich malt juices in Narragansett ! P . enrich the blood and warm the body , ' of those who for business or: plea- sure brave the piercing wintry blasts, chapel. There will be marching, signalling, and tying of bandages. Will Be Bookkeeper at Yantic. William Ryan who has been working in Plainfleld has been engaged as a bookkeeper in Admore mill in Yan- tic, and is at his home on West Town street. BRITISH STEAMER CHASE HiLL HAS FOUNDERED AT SEA No Dettails Are Available Concern- ing Loss of the Vessel. New York, Jan. 28.—The British steamer Chase Hill, which sailed from New York for Havre on January 4, foundered at sea, according to officers of the steamer Indralema, which ar- rived here today. The captain of the Indralema said that on January 22 he sighted the Spanish steamer Mar Adriatico, which signalled that sbhe had on board the shipwrecked crew of the Chase Hill. No details were given concerning the loss of the vessel ‘The Chase Hill sailed from here with a cargo consisting largely of steel billets and beams, packases of chiloride of lime and barrels of lime. Local Jottings. Rev. G. H. Ewing of Elm_avenue will give an address at the Norwich jail Sunday afternoon. Mrs. E, P. Phreanor of West Town street has been. spending the week with friends in New Mifoird. Mre. Julia Byrnes of Otrobando av- enue who has beeam ill since before Christmas, is improving in health. Mrs. William M. Zumbro will give an address at the First Congregational Endeavor service Sunday eévening. FAIRFIELD SHERIFF FINED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING Shentcring Arms Sunday afernoon. |He Has Appealed From Sentence of $150 and Costs. Stamford, Conn.,, Jan. 28.—Sheriff Simeon Pease of Fairfield county was fined $150 and costs in a justice of the peace court at Darien today on charg- es of reckless driving of an automo- bile. Ha apppealed and furnished a bond of. §i It was charged that on June 27 iast he coilided in. his car with a motorey- cle carrying voung men, all of whom were seriousl: Rev. and Mrs. Dwight C. Stone from Stonirgton visited Mrs. Stone’s par- ents, Rev. and Mrs. J. O. Barrows of West Town street. Mr. and: Mrs. Joba L. Browning of East Town street will spend Sunday in Westerly with Mrs. Browning's grandfather, Henry Breed. Scotland is taking to the use of me- chanical potato planters. To Progressive Farmers : Due to the gréat European war, there is practically no potash in this country available for egricultural purposes. This ‘scarcity makes those commercial fertilizers which depend on- potash far too expensive for the majority of farmers. ktcnnvn en-ln.-l have been carried on. hy the Lowell Proven maf larnrammal Mwnh Mm "‘Wmnb o ma' i mnfi-flmmlnr&m-fwl ‘e have made fertilizers from nature proscription— .—c.nfil;-ol' and Meat. mfl-lbued l)eree.?. the feld. d.» i: bnhlynn lf I cannot J. PARKER. Pntn. Maine.” You can cropa good paying abnormal prices for potash. &m.mmanmwu.m' LOWELL FERTILIZER CO., Boston, Mass. THE SPEGIAL PRICES Buffets Chiffoniers REDUCTIONS " Dressers EXCEPTIOW