Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 4, 1916, Page 18

(Written Specially for The Dulletin.) T'm constantly being appeaied to in regard to the use of lime as a fertilizer. Does it pay? 1Is it better to use burnt or unburned lime? Has fine- ground raw limestone any value? These are some of the questions which 1 am getting along the road and occasionally by mail Now: I'm not going to give any farmer any advice about feriilizing his perticular farm. He has lived on that ¢ farm and cropped it for years. He . knows,—or ought to know—its soil characteristles. He knows—or ousht 1o know—what crops it wants to pro- duce, what crops it can be hired to produce, what crops it can be coaxed to produce, and what crops it wen't pro- duce for anybody under any-circum- stances. 1f, after having summered and wintered it, and plowed it and cropped it over and over again, he doesn't know at least something about these things, then he mustn't be so Jacking in observation and niethod and memory and reasoning power, o short of “gumption,” in gther words that he couldn't be trusted to follow advice: not even if the advice were zood. And, right there 1 want to register & protest against the arrogant as- sumption of some so-called “experts” that they can tell the farmer on a half- hour visit how toymanage his fdrm better than he can' tell after twenty years living with it. They may, per- haps, be able to suggest to him certain general principles which he may not bave understood and which, being understood, may lead him to change methods somewhat and thereby gain better resuits. | But | don't want anybody telling me, | | either In print or by word of mou ‘what manures or what seeds to use on my flelds. I'm glad of suggestions as to experiments worth trying: I'm glad to hear other farmers’ experiences with new fertilizers or new crops: I'm d to be informed of any ard all new iscoveries in regard to e principles which govern plant growth:—but I don’t want any bob-tafled perambu- lating “expert” nor any merely book- taught theorist to tell me. afier halt- an-hour’s stroll across it, what fertili zer to use or what crops to raise on my upper garden. And the sort of medicine I don't want for myself and won't take is the same sort that I won't try to give other ! farmers! ; 1 don't know anything about whether | lime will pay you or mot: whether, if | you do try it, you'll do better with burnt or unburnt: or whether raw ground limestone will be of any good to. you. Perhaps, if I could meet you personally on your farm and have ¥ou tell me something of your experiences with it, T might learn enoush about it 10 make me venture a suggestion as to this, that or the other test which it might be worth your while to malke. But you ought to know more about the rock-bottom facts and the over-ruling ciples which apply to your own d even then, than I or any other casual visitor. I you don't, it’s because you haven't used the facultles God gave you to work with, or because you aren’t fit 1o be a farmer, anyway, and ought to €0 into some other less difficult voca- ® The most that any outsider can profitably do in this line is to cle up eome of those over-ruling principles and cuffs. expense than larger houses. MADAME H. Just arrived from New York COATS, including wool velour models, with large near seal collars, also COATS of silk velour with beaver collars We offer the public big values as we are under a smaller To convince yourselves step in and ;ee our new stock. Latest in Millinery our q;ecin.l!y. We are offering our Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats at 50 per cent. off on the dollar. Don't Fail to Take Advantage of This Large Sale . 10 Main St., Breed Building . \ of which I have spoken, and make their working clear to such as may not have had the time or the opportunity to study them out. ) To be with, there’s nothing. chance-y or miraculous about the ac- tion of any fertilizer. It acts according to fixed and immutable laws,—laws as certain and as invariable as the laws which govern the tides or the course of the sun. UGiven the‘same thing in the way of a manure and the same dirt and the same weather and the com- bination will always sct in just the same way. We can find out, if we will, what Is In the fertilizer: we can find out, if we will, what is in the soil: the weather is the one element we can’t foretell or govern or understand. So far as that affects us we've got to “trust to luck.” So far as the other elements of the problem are concerned we can take them by the tails and swing them just where we want to. What are the broad general princi- ples which apply to lime? In the first place, we aii know that it is a powerful alkali. That is, like soda and saleratus, it has the power of neutralizing,acid. Vinegar is sour stuff. Put enough soda in a half-glass of vinegar and' it will effervesce furiously for a bit and then settle down to a liquid which will have no sourness left. The soda has neu- tralized and killed the acid of the vinegar. Lime acts the same way with soil acids. only slower. It neutralizes them and kills them. It makes “sour soil sweet,” we say Is your soil sour? You don't need a laboratory examination to find out. There are scores of indicaticns plain as the nose on one's face to any ob- serving man. Sometimes it can be told by the smell: the feel of i: rolled Le- tween finger and thumb will some- times give an on dry uplands the growth of sorrel or in lowlands the zrowth of certain weeds and “sour ass” are indications: the litmus paper test is a sure one. Buy a five- cent package of litmus s'rips at the drug store: with a spade forced into the soil and lifted forwards open a wedge-shaped slit into which lay against the emooth back surface & strip of the paper: remove the spade d press the earth back against the paper. After five minutes dix it care- “ully out. If it remains still blue your dirt is not sour; if it has turned to & more or iess mottled red, the soil is sour. In my immediate neighborhood, the tendency towsrds sourness is very gen- eral. More land is sour then sweet. The use of lime ‘tends & correct this. And, as practically all crops except blueberries do better on sweet than on and, t8c chances are that a sonable use of lime up to the point xisting sourness has been neu- tralized will be worth while. Bear in mind that sourness is not al- ways confined to dump and sosgy soils. The continued use of stable manures on any soil tends to produce Sourness in it. The large quantities of vegetable matters in such marure turn acid in rotting. - The very process of rotting developes acidity. Tn land which has been heavily manured fer a long course of years this acidity sometimes reaches a degree which seriously interferes with the work of the rootlets in gath- ering plant food. In such a case it is perfectly clear that the judicious use of lime will not only free the soil from acidity but will at the same time re- ith the latest style of SCHWARTZ | results, It | bag of 1t for on but hadn’t been its sourness. For instance: I have a patch on whieh I have raised sweet corn tg about twenty. years. It heavily Tmangeed. sach. year with ihe strawiest le manure I could get. As a it it §s chuck-full of humus, and is quite sour. Three or four years ago, the corn wasn't quite up to the mark, in spite of my heavy manur- ing. At first T was inclined to think that T had reached the soil's limit of corn-producing capacity, and that I would be compelled, after all, to rotate, 2 thing which it would be mighty in- convenient for me to do. Instead, I trled liming. Put on less stable manuré than usual to be plowed under. and then top-dressed and harrowed in a heavy application of raw ground limestone, Result: as good corn as ever on that patch, with less stable manure, no commercial fertilizer and 2 great money eaving from the use of cheap lime. But,— T've got to watch out that I dom't overdo the thing. My lime probably hasn't supplied much if any fcod to the corn plants. It has simply sweetened the soil and released to the use of the rootlets a store of accumulated humus shoveled on during a score of years but not available till the lime cut the acid- itv and turned it into substances which those rootlets could absorb. x They used to have a -saying in Pennsvlyania that lime farming “makes the fathers rich and the sons pror.” The continned use of lime, without other fertilizers. wi'l in time enable a crop's roots to exhause all the plant food avaflable. The lime itself does not furnish plant food to any extent. Tt simply turns that which may exist or which you mad add in unavailable forms: into available forms. When the lime has so turned all of it into avail- able plant food and the plants have sucked it all up. of course the soil will not produce further crops. Even a boy knows that he can’t get cider out of a jug he's already sucked dry. Remember that lime is a soil sweet- ener—a sort of soil tonic and not primarily a plant food. It bears about the same relation to plant food that a dose of “spring bit- ters” bears fo vour daily rations. TYou wouldn’t do much work on a diet of spring bitters alone. But some of us know that, taken judiciously, a dose or two heips amazingly in restor- ing a jaded winter appetite and enab- ling us to turn into work the pork and cahbage which, without them, would be left uneaten.—P. S. also Nota Bene: when I say “spring bitters,” I don’t mean the sort vou can buy at the saloon, but the kind your wife brews from the “varbs” hanging up in the attic! Years ago in this cinity land plaster was the standby. It used be brought in by the carload. Then farm_ ers gave 1t up because it ceased to give The old farmers plaster wasn't what it had it was adulterated, Wwhich the simple fact' plaster was just the same, 32 per cent. of lime. The rest is large- Iy a compound of sulphur.. Carbonate of lime, i e. common ground lime- stone, has in it about 56 per cent. of lime.” It Is therefore worth consider- ably more, ton. for‘ton, than. plaster. But its usa is open to the same limi- tations and the same danger of being overdone.. - As to the relative merits of burnt or_unburnt lim 7 : Common limestone ‘or carbonate of lime composed of about 56 parts in the hundred lime and 44 parts carbon, water. etc. When it is burned the carbon and water) are driven off and the result is & 981t 98 per cent. pure lime, accordingito the ‘amount of im- purities in jt. - This practical -doubling of the alkalinity makes it vastly more caustic. And therein lies the danger of burning the tender rootlets of voung plants if the caustic lime is ap- plied "too heavily. It also acts very much more quickly, and. whatever is put on this year will practically be used up in one season. Unburned 1ime is not only less caustic but it also dissolves more slowly, so that the ef- facts of one vear's ‘application may often be visible for #everal seasons. The raw ground stoné is also apt to be somewhat. cheape?, not only by the ton but relatively to its rofi-sweetening value. . 1t T were going 6 reclaim an old swamp, water-soaked for millions of vears, sour ns a. vinegar barrel. and its soil mostly made up of rotted or rotting vezetation. I think I should feel inclined to try a few doses of burned lHme —first letting it air-slake somewhat. Bit on such ground as T am working mv experience leads me to favor raw ground. llmestone. Tt is safer. cheaper and more lasting In its effects with me. This coming year | plan to_put on five acres of gardens about a hundred tons of stable manure and hen manure. T can buy the stable manure, spread ‘where I want it. for $2 a load of about a ton and a half. I am lucky about hen manure. too, as I can buy that, at the poultry mam's yards, for about ($3.50 a tbn. T shall also use just about one ton of commercial fertilizer, for spectal applications to speclal crops. And about ten tons of ground raw lime, at a cost of $2.50 per ton. I ex- pect these ten tons at an acgeresate cost of $25 to save me buving four tons of commercial ferti'izer - an ag- gregate cost of- about $160. My ex- perience in the last few vears indl- cates that the $25 worth of lime. in connection with the stable manure, will do me fully as' much good as the extra $160 worth of commercial fertil- izer would do withont the lime. THE FARMER. * Windham County WEST THOMPSON Mr. and Mrs. James Bigelow Note Golden Anniversary—District Super- intendent G. G. Scrivener Preaches at Special Meetings. Sam Sandstrom for the Frencia Riv Monday. Rev. J. R. Miller spent thre: North Ashford last week with Mrs. Miller’s mother, Mrs. Abbie Buell. C. W. Miller was in Ashford last week calling on friends. He was born in_Ashford 62 years ago. Miss Lillian Flanagan of Mystic spent the week-end at her home here. Miss Nellie Flanagan of New Lon- don is spendiug her vacation with her parents. Miss Mildred Johnson has recovered from her iliness, so as to be able to attend school again. Married Fifty Yeors. Mr. and Mrs. James Bigelow ob- served their fittieth anniversary Wed- nesday, Nov. 1st, in a quiet way. Miss Ellen Sandstrom spent Satur- day afternoon and evening at the home of Mrs. Mary Marsh in Putnam. Church Interests. The pastor of the M. E. church, Rev, R. Miller took for his subject last Sunday “The fPrice of a Saviour,” aying whatever we allow to stand be- tween us and Christ is the price we set on our Saviour. It may be mov- ing pictures, or the neglecting to read God’s word, or prayer, or attending | church, and many other things. The pastor with fifteen of his people attended the Methodist church in Put- nam Sunday evening. Special Meetings. The extra meetings being conducted Dby the pastor are well attended, The {Rev. G. G. Scriviner of Norwich | preached Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nésday_ evenings,” and the messoges which he brought was in the spirit of 1 Cor. 13 chapter. Quite a number re- sponded to the invitations as they were ziven and if the church is no better from the effects of these meetings it Wil not be God's or the preacher's ault, commenced, work er Textile Company days in EAST THOMPSON Principal of Prohibition Party Explain- ed By Candidates—Squires Family Leaves For Hom The prohibition automobile and its occupants, G. Whitefield Simonson, prohibition candidate for governor, and other speakers, arrived at the church lawn at 4 o'clock where they were scheduled to speak on the chief is- sues of the day, Prohibition. ‘The speakers were listened to®with muck interest for a half hour, when they proceeded to North Grosvenor- dale for their next stopping place. Start For Nova Scot Charles Squires, who had been in town for a few days, started with his fymily for their home in New Brunswick, N. S., November Ist. Henry Withey is expecting to mave into Mr. Goldin's house in the spring, as he has hired the farm. Salyanus Woodward of Warren, R. 1, isthe guest of Lowell Joslin. Mrs. Emily Johnson of Worcester, Mass.. 1s staying for awhile at her old home. Re LETTERS FROM TWO STATES Charles Sahlen and family took an automobile trip to Pomfret, Sunday. Henry Titus is moving to Moosup, where he nas secured work for the winter. E. A. Hall has moved his saw-mill near William Barber's place. - William S. Johns has secured em- ployment in the mill at Sterling. ELMVILLE Hallowe’en Social—One Shot Kills a Brace of Pheasants. _— About thirty local young people en- joyed a Hallowe'en social at the home of George W. Kent and his sister, Miss Olive L. Kent. Games and re freshments were the order of the eve- ning. Mrs. Charles Wheatley of Providence 2nd Denton Gallup of Danielson have been guests of Mrs. Addie E. Call. Mrs. Marion Brown of North Sterl- ing is visiting Mrs. Clayton Wright and Mrs. A. H. Battey. X Mrs. Henry V. Haswell friends in Providence. Miss Clara West has returned to the Hill Crest House, after ten weeks® ill- ness at her home in Moosup. Miss Mildred A. Davis_entertained New London friends Sunday. Two Pheasants With One Shot. Harold Conklin shot o bair of pheas- ants with one shot last week. Mrs. C. H. Pike has been spending a few days in Providence. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Carpenter of Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. Georgse M. Lowry 'and Miss Doris Barrett of Pomfret Center called at RKumseme, is visiting Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bramham of Providence spent Sunday ot Grass- mere farm. Mrs. Phoebe A. Potter of Water- bury and East Killingly is the guest of Mrs. C. D. Mowry. B. C. Conklin is in Webster ‘week. Miss Florence Hopkins epent Wed- nesday in Putnam. Fayette Wright of Pomfret called on friends here Tuesday. Clifford Davis has been in Norwich and Southbridge this week. SOUTH CANTERBURY Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Newton, Mrs. Josephine S. Hester and Mrs, Lizaie Goodale of New London spent a couple of days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Levi N. Clark. Burr Smith was in Jewett City Mon. day. Mr. and Mrs. Park Smith entertain- ed their niece, Mrs. Patch and her fam- ily of New London, Sunday. NORTH WINDHAM The Grange had its annuai Harvest supper Friday night and initiated two members. 3 Albert Green of Griswold was call- ing on friends here last Sunday. Will _Sibley has moved into house with his father. Tsaiah Stevens has purchased a tract of land from Wilbur Steyens. The hall committee had a dance in the Hall Friday night. Tolland County BOLTON Many Hallowe'sn Pranks — Property Moves About in Mysterious Way. this the NORTH STERLING F. W. Caperton, traveling salesman, has been staying with George C. Spooner. 5 Frank E. Potter and family of River Point, R. I, called on W. R. Whaley, Sunday. Sweet cut his leg while working iri the woods, the second ‘time he has met with an’acoldent recent- 1y Miss Myrtie ‘Griffiths of Plainfield spent Sunday at her home here. Mrs. Tda Kennedy and son, Nor- mon, and Miss Wood of Putnam, call- ed at George C.:Spooner's: Sunday: A number have began their annual coon hunts. { : F. O. Plummer and famfly 'and Charles M. Pinney spent the past week in Putnam. Mr. and Mrs. Chafles N. Loomis, Jr, and son Northam have returned to their winter home In South Man- chester. e Mrs. Henry Osborfi of Manchester, N. H, and Albert Grant of Little Falls, N. Y, were recent guests of their brother, William R. Grant. Mrs. Louise Isola and daughter, Misg Veronica: Isola, have returned to their home in New York. Miss Isola has been spending_sev- eral weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Louls Cavagnaro, rec ing from an op- eration for appendicitis. Guests at William H. Toomis Sun- Motirs whoss | children are weak and e R not gain fledh and strength, who lack the rosy cheeks and i bright eyes of | healthy child - hood, should re- member that the.| safest (onte and body er i "them o Father John's Medicine " be cause ‘it s a bure and whole- some medicine 3ree from al- cohcl or danger- ous & Thousands of mothers give it to their children whenever they be-{ come ‘weakened or run-down. - - Hallowe’en Pranks; A large number of Hallowe'en pranks were played at the Center Tuesday evening; " all were less. 4 In the morning nearly every family = found they had lost something, from a busi- ness wagon to a saw horse or fence gate. Al were later found mot far away in good condition. Some were found in trees and others strayed on to their neighbors’ land. 1t is evi- g:zln that some hours of hard work was ve for New Jersey. Dr. and Mrs. Van Derdock and chil- dren have returned to their home in New Jersey after a visit at Mrs. B. E. Daly’s. Mrs. Van Derdock's sister, Miss Catherine Doane, and cousin, Miss Mary Daly, returned with them, e former to spénd the winter and thi latter for a week’s visit. sl STAFI ORD Three Public Lectures Arranged— Guardsman W. A. Black Home From the Border—Paton-Park Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Pstrick Hassett at- tended the wedding of their nephew, Dr. John Hassett, at Rockville, Oct. Rev. G. P. Booth attended the Springfield fair last week and visited freinds in Fast Longmeadow and ‘Warehouse Point. Illustrated Address. At the Baptist church Sunday ev- ening at 7.15 Dr. F, P. Batche.der will give The Story of Two Wonderful Days, with stereopticon illustrations. Mrs. Michael Switt, who was recent. ly operated on for appendicitis in St Francis’ hospital, Hartford, is improv. ing. Mr. Swift has been ill with neu- ritis, but is improving. Public Lectures. The dates for the free lectures of the coming season are now completed. Dr. Peter MacQueen will speak in Memorial hall, Nov. 14, Hon. Joseph G. Jamp Jan. 23, Bawin C. Whitney Feb. Last Sunday Rev. and Mrs. I P. Booth were visited by their sons, F. L. Booth of Springfield and E. I Booth of Providence, the later being accom- panied by his small daughter, Eliza- beth. Merits Town’s Honors. W. A. Black, son of Mrs. Sarah Black, came home last week from Phen, Texas, where he has been with his company, the Twenty-third New York Infantry. His relatives display- ed flags during his absence and it has been sucgested that his friends unite in honoring the only boy of this vil- lage who has been to the border ready to defend his country. Paton-Park, At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Park, Wednesday evening at 6.30 o'clock, their youngest daughter, Ma- bel Campbell, was united in_marriage with Raymond Paton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Harvey Paton of Newton- ville, Mass. Only relatives and a very few 'friends witnessed the ceremony which was performed by Rev. L. Rees of Stafford Springs. The double ring service was used. The bride was given in marriage by her father. She received many gifts. A large recep- tion followed the ceremony at which three hundred guests were present. Upon thgir return from their wedding trip Mr." and Mrs. Paton will make their home in West Newton, Mass. STORRS Children Guests at Masked Hallowe’en Party—College Football Team to Play New Hampshire T! After- noon. Church services are being held in the college chapel while the new fur- nace is ‘being put in the church. Mrs. C. L. Beach entertained the la- dies of the faculty Wednesday after- noon. Children’s Party. Mrs. G. H. Lamson gave a masked Hallowe'en party for her son Arcol and the samll children of the commu- nity Monday afternoon. Mrs. H. J. Baker has been visiting at her home in Haverhill, Mass. Mrs. Judkins/and son Forrest re. turned from Haverhill, Mass., Sunday with Mr. Judkins, who made the trip in_his new car. Rev. Marshall Dawson attended the Sunday School convention in Hartford Wednesday. Rev. W. E. Lamphere of Hartford will deliver a temperance scrmon_at the morning service Sunday, Nov. 5. Game With New Hampshire. The college football team will play the New Hampshire team today (Sat- urday) on the Storrs field. A close game s anticipated. Almost the en- tire_student body attended the game at Rhode Island last Saturday where the game was lost, 13 to 6. The ladies’ circle will meet with the president, Mrs."H. D. Newton, where funeral arrangements will be made for the annual sale. The new state road has been sraded with crushed stone to a point north of Beebe’s store. COVENTRY New Owner For Twist Farm—Mrs. Annie Ahders Exchanges Farm For Rockville Property. Mrs. Frank Waldvogel will leave on Monday for three weeks’ vislt with her Parents in Fredericksburg, Va. A number of young people from’ this place attended the bean supper at Mansfield Depot church, 'Wednesday evening. Andrew Anderson has been laid up with lumbago the past week. Anton Miller has purchased the Charles Twist farm and moved in this week. Mrs. Annie ‘Ahders has exchanged her_farm on Silver street, for & -house in Rockville owned by W. E. Orcutt. Mrs. Ahders will digpose of her stock and farm tools. The_tenement house belonging = to John Hughes' estate has been sold to Elmer Coon of Hagtford. Perverse Ways. . As 2 general thing it is the wemen who wear the veils and the men who face the music—Galveston News. WILL J. WARD and HIS 5 SYMPHONY GIRLS BIG PIANO NOVELTY—5 PIANOS ~. . BILLY BROWNING The Traveling Salesman EQUILI BROTHERS _ Masters of Equilibrism - - LILLIAN GISH in DIANE OF THE FOLLIES TWO-REEL KEYSTONE NOTE—Change of Time for urday Evening Shows. First Show ~p. miy 8econd 8.15. el bl S S Another wonderful array of Keith Supreme Vaudeville has been se- cured for the first half of next week that is going to be the BLUE RIB- BON SHOW of the season. 7 MONTHS PRICES $1.50, $1.00, PRESENTED BY A POWERFUL AND PERFECTLY ' BALANCED CAST OF NEW YORK FAVORITES _ One Solid Year In New York City IN BOSTON 75¢, 50c, 35¢c and 25¢ Seat {.3Je Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 10 a. m. A RIOT OF MELODY AND MIRTH SEATS NOW SELLING AT THE BO X OFFICE AND AUDITORIUM HOTEL TODAY—3 Acts of Vaudeville and Beatrice Fairfax—TODAY Next Week AUDITORIUM —WITH— Mat., 10c and 20c. Eve., 10, 20c and 30c 2—Shows Daily—2.30 and 8 p. m. JOHN J. QUIGLEY PRESENTS THE ORIGINAL PHIL OTT AND HIS MUSICAL FOLLIES [Eo-PEGPLE =0 | _ A BIG LAUGHING SHO' Mattie Quinn, Eddie Healy, Rose Pearl and Sixtcen Others THE BEST MUSICAL COMEDY SMOW OF THE SEASON COMPLETE CHANGE OF BILL MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY Supreme Photoplays COMING NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE SUPERB EMOTIONAL STAR MADAME IN A FIVE-PART PETROVA PICTURIZATION OF “MY MADONNA” From the Spell of the Yukor and Other Verses by Robert W. Service PATHE WEEKLY Evening at 7-8:30 All Seats 0o TODAY AND TONIGAT The Magnetic Five Acts of Exquisite Photo-Play of Dramatic_Power METRO TRAVEL SERIES SOUTH WILLINGTON COLUMBIA Prohibitionists Compliment Col. W. H. Hall—Hallowe’en Supper, Social and Children’s Frolic—Campaign Speech- es Near the Mill. The prohibition ticket will contain the name of Col. W. H. Hall for sena- tor from the 55th district in apprecia- tion of temperance measures that he has worked for during his service in the general assembly. Benefit by New Pension Bill. Mrs. Ellen Morrison and Mrs. Mar- garet Thompson of this village will benefit by the pension bill approved Sept. fth and will draw $20 per month from that date. Mrs. John R. Edwards recently spent several days at her former home in Lowell, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Griggs of Es- sex attended the Hallowe'en exerc at Social hall Tuesday evening, driving up from Willimantic. Supper and Secial. The supper at Social hall Tuesday evening was well patronized and th children’s frolic_that followed was witnessed by a hall full of zdults and was very much enjoyed. Elmer J. Mathews and Louis Service attended the Chrisi Endeavor con- vention in Meriden last Fricay, Sat- urday aid Sunday. Only Four New Voters. Although 23 were admitted as elec- tors at the sessions of the board of electors this last month and one name restored to the list, the list of electors contains only 194 names, an increase of four oyer last year. About 60 members of Uriel lodge, F. and A. M. attended the funeral ser- vices and burial of George H. Baker at Westford Hill last Sunday. The assessors have finished thelr in- spection of taxable property in town and have received prac:ically all resi- dent lists. Proh onist Speakers Convincing. Messrs. Simonson “and Hohenthal gave a noonday talk in front of the mill Monday znd while they ma have turned the town to the pr: tion party ticket, they did, no doubt, strengthen thc cduse of temperance. The remarks of the speakers were ap- preciated by sometwhat more than 100 people- . Personal Mention. Mrs, Charles I. Macfarlane and Mrs. R. H. Worden were in_ Bristol las weel on a visit to Miss Dorothy Mac- farlane and were accompanied home by her for a weck end stay William N. Graham of Flushing, L. I, spent Saturday and Sunday with Leon O. Woodworth. Mrs. Hervert Cahoon spent a part of last week witl Mr. and Mrs. Robert ‘Taylor in Mystic. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roboins spent Sunday with relatives on Village Hill, STAFFGRDVILLE Miss Bertha Belcher is ill with typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCarthy have been spending the past week ~ with friends in Dalton, Mass. Mrs, Nora Chamberlin, ‘Mrs. Maude Larges, Mrs. Napoleon Larges and Mrs. Rose Silk were guests of rela- tives in Monson, Mass, last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, E. S. Maling of South Manchesier were gdests of Mr. and; Mrs. E. M. Chamberlin over Sunday- Mrs. Lilllan Goodell, who has been spending four weeks with Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Bosworth, returned to her home in Boston last Monday. Mrs. William Chandler has been | spending the past week with her sis- fer, Mrs. H. C. Barlow, in New Brit- | ain. i Mrs. Phebe Winter of Hartford | ‘spent_a_few days with Miss Bliza Chaffee last week. Her son, Harr: ‘Winter, came after her in an automo. bile Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Marcy and Mr. and Mrs. Omer 'W. Marcy and son and their pastor of Palmer, Mass. were recent guests of Mr. and ®rs. William Ferry. Poets. are born, and occaslonally one paid. is Over $42 Contributed for Armenian- Syrian Relief — Plan to Utilize Library as a Schoo! Help—Two Ral- s for Nov. 6th, Laurens Holbrook ° expects to oc- cupy the new house he is erecting in Pine street district, the coming win- ter. Congressman Richard P. Freeman is announced to speak at a Republican rally next Monday evening, Nov. 6, at Yeomans' hall John H. Davis and family of Ham- den, spent the week-end 1with Mrs. Davis' father, William A. Collins of Chestnut Hill. It is reported that Henry C. Isham has sold his farm on Chestnut Hill. Mrs. George Burton of Hamden spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard B. Clarke. Frederick Avery of East Hartford spent Sunday with friends in town. Arthur W. Littie of Holyoke, Mass., visited relatives in town last week. Clarence C. Little of Greenfield, Mass., has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs, James P. Little. The young people held a social at the home of Mr. and Mrs Madison Woodward, Saturday evening, about 25 being present. Home from the Border. Two former Columbia boys, who re- cently returned from border service in Arizona, spent Sunday in their home town and were present at the morn- ing church service. They were Henry Brown of Troop B Connecticut Cavairy and Cyrus Hilton of Co. K First Con- necticut Infantry. Conteibutions of $42.18. The total amount recently collected for the suffering Armenian and Syrian people as announced by the church treasurer, L. E. Winter, is $42.18. William H. Bliss,. Supervisor of Schools in Granby and Barkhamsted, was calling upon friends in town last week. Mr. Bliss’ home is in this place, far from Chestnut Hill station, business necessitates his being away most of the time with head- quarters at Winsted. Horace Little of Hartford is enjoy- ing a two weeks' vacation and hunt- ing trip. Frank Woodward of Glastonbury is spending a few days with relatives in town. not Church Meeting. The Columbia Ecclesiastical so- ciety holds its annual meeting this (Saturday) afternoon. Plan to Utilize Library. The Library committee met Monday evening at the Library building. Charles D. Hine, chairman of the Connecticut Public Library association and ‘supervisor of schools Levi T. Gar- rison, were present. The meeting was called to consider the matter of using the public library 'in connection with the public schools in town in conform- ity with plans presented by the State rary committee. The plan is to be tried during the present school year. Among those who attended the an- nual fall meeting of the Connecticut Library association, at Seymour, Were Mrs. Emily Fuller Lymon of this place and Miss Esther Owen of Hitford. Miss Owen spends several months in the vear in Calumbia at the lake, Conrad Schrieffer comes to the 3 - to e Rt ekl e for BHEE Bookio seak o eenife LECTURE At Slater Hall MONDAY, NOV. 6 at 8-P. M. THE GRAND"CANYON OF THE COLORADO ILLUSTRATED Prof. W. W. Atwood of Harvard Tickets 50 cents each. On sale at store of Cranston & Co., and at the door before the lecture. front with about 400 bushels of fine Green Mountain potatoes and 300 bushels of table carrots. Potatoes are already selling at $1.80 per bushel and carrots from 75 cents to $1.00. Republican Rally. ° The republicans will have a rally Monday evening, Nov. 6th, at Yeo- man’s hall. The speakers will = be Congressman Richard P. Freeman of New London, Attorney-General Geo. E. Hinman of Willimantic, and Col. William H. Hall of Willington. The Foster band will furnish music. The ladies have been specially invited to be present. The band: will give a con- cert from 7.30 to 8 o'clock. When it was known the republicans were to have a rally Monday. evening, the democrats with “Wiison diplomacy™ hired the upper room, in Yeoman's hall for Monday evening, _although they had not then arranged for & meeting. So_there will probably be two railles the same evening in the same building. The local grange held its.meeting Wednesday evening. MT. HOPE Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Byles and two sons, of Groton, were callers at their aunts’, Mrs. Jenny L, Bacon's, iast Friday. George Rich of Groton was also a caller at Mrs. Jenny L. Bacon’s. Mr. and Mre. Willlam Ford and Harry Ford, of New Haven, are visi- tors with their aunt, Mrs. David Russ. They are out after game these days and report good: luck. Mr. Willlams. of New Haven has been staying with Mrs. Bacon for & few days, also after game, _ Miss Irene Russ nas returned from Mrs. Hannah Church’s, as Mr, Church has closed his summer home’ for the winter and has returned to Hartford. A Pointed Question. Mrs. Nelson O’Shaughnessy ehides those who find no enthusiasm for the women's campaigne train with being ignorant. Isnt it the ignorant whom the men politicians are trying to edu- cate?—Washington Herald. From the Consular Reports. France is taking officfal notice of the American farm tractor in .what s calied the “mechanical culture.” Rich veins of zinc are said to exist in all parts of Japan. New Zealind fs preparing.to sow & larg> acrcage In wheat. . | Corporations may own land in Haiti. RIUM, Norwich, Conn.