Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 9, 1918, Page 9

o, Mr. M m Was & Here, Wehdh taken s beother of Mr. in the camp, whicl That 10 gy aug'hhu L o MY, s on-the-putskirts mmu southern city -health. Doy in the sough, Weee Ankious that Mr, Morrisqp_cenvéy.a message ot their ntances will be given leave of absence to visit at ud&hnul here Béfore Being s!nl ere.” Trollgy_Seryice Cut. h‘ New ity Coiirt Juitlge. fnrgr Ofic The customary._routine of sessions M the_city eom took onmmn(erqg o Tussday _m when Judgé ¥ oo, Fuller, L setved -the . ?& ing takén mmmugmmu. at po R s of Pa- fwas appointed by the last “%éu wflwwtl Was sworn i and took. 18 Ty g n'nm wmc}? be m";r’én; Al ¥ ", Mgth ; " 1\ ot n. ar fifiewh@‘n"’n i n-nervtm 1 Dfiun. lll‘ f‘é"'% i o} i R . Nalled. Zolptus \Pike_of Brooklyn was wented-before the city .court Tuds ehm against him be- zatlon.of- Putnam’s Wi Linn to reaigr from the- fife, departme, l With the pedsing from . amgf;fe‘fim ngineer C.D. Afnold ywas urgéd emv -upon the mem are of Com- 1 = Le.d!ng clllz:mL Fgre movement. tsxe #, s[to have the dissatisfiea mlmkra of g | the department yiew the: x (Yon from a différent o stahd loyally hy ,binh ey love and in whic t |y Thaks their homes and not rive that city of the very able nnd amcmw pro- enables them to give to Putnam in 2 \7.‘:—.51 {5 na tection that their training as fventen] .and. the gopd had. It was a wo.duml/ Ahin mamfi oursels ack to the days [ afl)un it :wmd that lhe sun.was al- shining. * i —‘A—Cwnbh <] ‘English officer had a_xery fami he :would " let Iren in th§ f e S cad o, another &nd pecking 8t thelans "ot “Passi e erch; on which lome player '{rnag holding: n | s ifin& and thus seriously “p!e:‘;hp' the' oy mp 2 squad-ef Ge A day ahead of schedule, the trolley service of lhl une mm ulLflneiX emselve- E) tho umul for by the itional patyons thust | bers a.?"‘" or-no service at all, b F‘W“‘m -the. fual held responsible for the trouble. Iey Traveling Dangerous. m oleon was..an iee-coated town | exposed . everything to - the mnm- being. eoal G with fee,.Streéts in the most annranu condition or gn"l tg; they have been-this en_and, hopses _found-ft ity m:ul; i stdy_on.their-feet. some streets {! -uu!y abandoy of Se!‘nai_h rQwn on . their stridns took te streets, where the calks in horses’ ghfl hélp cnip afd rough up the m FUNERAL Miss Ka Gingras. . The funeral of Milss Ida Gingras, 2, daughter of Mr. and-Mrs. Joseph 3 ‘Was beld from their home on “ranklin street Ttesday morning wflh at St. James' charch, Rev. M. S_officixting. The bear, Al pgras. Leenidas Vin. Homer Libertie and Wilfrea Bre4 uis . xnnnedy was the fu- » : 4yphoid.fever ‘l‘:d tnd to_be as. well as withtn a M dlyt e families; nun Aoml - borrowiag —~la ffidfi—:losh heér during the present stringent sit- Mr=. Riensi Rob :'dluvnfi will_visit for ends in New Ha- apressed uARtity of lfteratire Semt there.by Be Equal Franchise League of thh .b-:e.e ade_for_the cku.za- ord ‘visited y. List of Enemy. Alions. . ‘When classification of registered men Ti f- WL D e s cut Tusaday and- patrons || TroTEy M. | dreds of teaghers eus~of their schools of Kilingly will be |Bién time of need. ."The spirit of this lfirehldmdt had & together basis. Perfetted and its wo undertaken soon. 1 be fully Dl’nflinn of the firemen who haj gt iy A mcnnu TEACHERS' SALARIES. SES= 2 that tivey woum 165 lee} th’a”t they: Town Sghool Board. Authorizes Ad-|mikht reconsider wit vance of 12 1!2 Per Cent. md dende fo ri‘mxn m the a.. sane g t and. make, the valuable. By a mnl‘vun yote, of u» mem- !\;I‘:es (:x‘:v are able to render avail a— present, tha,ww , 5¢h001 - to the city. tee aut omn'g‘ an, of 12 i‘ ‘Suel. action upon . their part- would per cent: in. teach-be highly appreciated by many pro ovs efaploved in thé schools | erty -owners and lmporh‘nt erests, throughsut thé towr 6f Putnam. was made clear during Tu - Mhis-netion was taken upon reeoin-|Would he.jegarded in WAy quarte lmndauvn- ol the ‘superintendent of|as an evidehce of absolute fidelity in;line , with, what hag| their h city in the ~welfare ~ df ?& L2 n ber. of the cities and | Whicl it#x certain themeare. yi- ln taking zfie a atl tally interosted. notwithstending the gpu reaL tAvA° 6f the political whedls: o3 ing (e agten, (o noRch : danger of having the:town's teachlm; orglnl:atlcn disrypted unless. an ad- 0 !cu& teachers | Canvassers for_Free Wool Fund Meat N:fi from| with Gratifying Success—Two Stray’ and vhmnm hiave come 1% Gho, ngmber of voung Dogs Killéd by Warden—Milk Pro- & far belok q’ iq_. me teachers, number for the past-fow-vears. This condition is Jargel war nnd o -t s m m. ont of ' hi BALTIC it in sl owi women 15‘ due to the djtions un; the “1?"?‘%‘ sreat | chairman of the people in all| Baltic braneh: of the Norwich Reftf Girls just|Cross. chapter, began to- camvase.this. g oftered | village - for- donatdons,- of. $0 ~eante: nnsltlonn week,-and thus far ha th grgat is being|success. , During ~ November pokmo Bunduade: of abls eaatterd: ooy Barnes received 31750, which was gaged in common school wark and this, D, t0 the treasuger; eing true it is onl; g‘? fiflan, to be used fo pur WOOT 1or the Knitters. The follawing- residents- of Sprague contributed: Rev. J:¥. K Bellanger §i | Rev. Thomas- Lynch .85, . William Peck 510 Mr. Parks $5, R H. D. Rol- “a’ Hanovex résidemy /31| gguu 1-‘1’2 nahoe: 45, Wrss:Georsp tribtited. natural that the s have faken hun- ‘%Ni;no new, of endeayor., 3 hi : 8. _shortage !Bfiehel!cflni the.towas that m wfll» m flt;x?:xthm\“hfi !gc; the h:m 6 that cannot so afford to pay of will not A -total of $39 was con- do_so, n: {on has.recat The remainder of ‘the “$47.50~ ‘was hx»\hvad ',h-l made up from weehly ¢oljections. This/ In Pikpamdne shisai i dhosi eans of lieep- | amount _inc] certain. sections of the advange wiil be ofiu ng this anization | Baltic, as the etite town had not o I B per- bhen: canvassed whep this report-was intact. n u-enoad teel received. The following report. is_as 5-who e W the néed of | given by the publicity committee, Mg, e .% 9&7 i Woode: 4 u,u :fi‘tunfl ‘thar mtemtog—,u tn e ur T{‘a‘;‘;",flfil’r‘"‘)‘,fi?f’ ::ss o 2‘:;;:‘:2 more money t at cormuuy come to hy the roflowina collectors: Miss MT' T le Bessctt $10,40, 'Mm&flcgfi“ m«flzea by ;uo Miss. thy. ‘Wood 3 a e tm1 mngqa,.vlu tota} | Blanche Demuzhe $5.50, Mrs %,z'l‘ l;;', ememl 90 an mc“h Cote $6.90, Mrs. Charles Barnes 53,45 T “The adviat beeonse etive |20 e e et RO triead sum will also he applied to the free ‘wool fund: CASES CLASSIRIED 1,100, The se geia’;x and freasurer's reports A were read at a recent meeting and of This Nug_[m- 210 Have Been As-|Wwere accepted as yead The offic gned to c|... N,. 1, began the new veat on_ & c!eB.n .‘ thA tmmi gnmonstraflen WAy nro offi¢s | the town hall Jan. 6 the fic expm“p’ 'dolnn{vu (,l:‘ogw that out.of xery..olose 10,1,100 dy classified, 310 men- have-béen aési; o, Class No. 1. this exclusive of tha branch were addressed by Rev. Thom- ‘names aré oh the pollés as Lynch, _ urgtig it, though fufly cngni:u; 01 tlr ‘i d dir, Q?xn} ‘gf" £hie voice .his, “gentle Lint" thi ‘Nov. 18,1917, Mrs, Charles Barnes|:°'y; ¢ free Wwool fund of thetk, nes | v m: e{; a_mistake, a t6td agai o\zl stich’ !té&finflnt the G ufi& fifia k;ct -u ef ‘theff” command. \s gu > Tande® of the German sul- lessly “shot nml | &ierh _as if by’ magic. lors ‘@l wooh is ata p!emmm Peop glad 'to - Be- able fo buy ady Kind of wood until_ their orders for coal can [tempted to climly -aboard-the rear of A% whell did not f, v “of tions, he start- ed e “triick, bagkward, which caused thé Boy to be thrown to the ground. 8ot & had shaking up and several bruises. on o2 RudCross Mesting. -On- geeoun: “eXtrefite cold on Wednesday he focal Red Cross society open _its ropms, but held ifs at_the home of Mrs. Raiph The -afternoon was spent Heard and Seen. . Miss _St@lla. Brown -has.returned to ste:h;w ‘where ;he prmclpfl sciool. ‘hatcher a(c 0!‘ ’Phlhflelnhia, and e 5 N.,-of 'kaw:s " ims Erlu& g& l’fid : —Joha I .Bro: ‘Woods, C. E. Edward_ Earrell denqa visitor York “friends- * « Alfred Faucher of Central UNCASVILLE Wesk: of anyer s Obihrtarts: Junmed -MecFarlain, Jrg Injured-<Meeting of Red Croys—Miss Campbell to Ad- dress Thursda; Club. M -md Mrs: Geotge W, Part Sunday in New.Haven visiting son, Edward, who i€ under treatment “trowble:-from which he{. there for: is reportéd to be slowly improvi (e <Week of Prayer. Thbis.js being.obspryed as. the of brayer by the Baptist church. o omi: he meeting: 30 4% (b Bomes’s ony Thumi evening ME“ u";. hoi . James C ai PR A and-Mrs. Fred-g, Hope: -~ * Henry-Rogers. employed in No; Rimage, spent. the ends-at Tradig Cove, _ ! _The weekly praver meeting of the Methodist church Fis) held at the par+ sonage: Py Mite Boxine Cark 3 il with rman recruits ing put through their- drill by an un- 1t 18 Done. - Efiywlflm to 'stands very iclose to An flront of him and shoufs in state construction. Jp was a Pro H. Bonlhoe afld ‘daughter Fidelis returned from a v!ut with, New Village ‘Wwas-a. récedt -guest of Louis Trudeau. ‘the members, On 'y evening- it--'was held at the This | home of Mr. and. Mrs. Norman.Allen, at the home of Mr. Iirs: been spending a few days at Hill n flioied ont on t was | “crip- | réund in a large circ stopping’ only. now apd "then to son abd teen avas at§ Tice pnkea thé iodofo: Auze g.m of having. a Wd,gemm Tedve for (Hefh M"sed?“fl P bt m\; m,.uax% &n down 1 my- wound I took the in- n-the commission saw the ‘town and bonght a large basket- | eveni struments from her and applied a1l my [forsanately thets. Wers. caten on the %,'.‘éflk Wito Wi R T e evaning w?ch&% i own dressings. occasion-of-twa: false alarms abont thé{fara to' gw,.!tefiam %lidnee F W d the first lng, ege | wpre E \ arrival of the commisgion. He waslm ~be_able ta ,eh t,‘nem back ta iy | that the mst ’.“““m . le&vewfor e sol- “some anenmg e‘(l\fl"- returned ‘o Germany. 1684 fort .\me foridd’ 1 Zot mrrnis- Switzerland that o is_brutally’ el‘:".c:;r e gtnn One vgcm‘ haa );? As a ermkn through the" little abe: who,_ well, b SN - men ylm en n’ax;ad ina —terrified-of-their n. c. os|camp where thpy vefused: to recfls’m; hard’as long-as they fin his rank. 0 ut fmuch as th& bfllttl ml A1 Yo | for le arel of the [ He, iz)ee 1 Bog aay spent their day ng. ufte; week To ere me of nd on rwhh\ week day pneu- ngly has 3 selected men at ‘I.p Devens and.other camps, the Tgest number from-any oné towr in hfi exemption district Now in Medical Corps. Peter Bidselt, who for skini affections we fully and confidently guarantee. If one tube does not re.|™ nove your Sfin ‘l‘mtlbl! wve wilt gwe l!nci Jour | ¢ noney. We takeé alf the ‘hances —you get all the renefit. 'h‘y'lfm‘yw-i- 3 th G G Enner "'L be ¢ « | nearly 400 No, .l men in this dis. France) trict. So thesa: %mum wil prove physieally: tnfit- when they ai s | llin Jor . havl-g fa{llefl "to- ntun ues- tionnaires_and who, therefore, auto:| Mon@ay morning Dog Warden Loui matically o Tnfo the Arst class. | Trudeau disposed of A dog whieh toan (S Jiin same ratio holds thronghout | eled throwsh High stréet without a colL te*flmuan mk ‘:Nin ¥l be|lar or a license tag, .Last week the ere wiil doE. warden captured_an.ouf of fown animal ,that appeated on the m—eecs here:~ This'd0g. alsa. was Rilled. ficafion has not. been -yeceived hem Stray Dogs cum that the dog quirantine. has raised. All dogs at large will be ta) to the pound. hv Dog Warden Trodean. Horse Bolts When Frightened. A horse .owned.by a-funkman was left staad in- the eastern seetion of the town. T ¥ -noon with- a blan- i ket .thrown -eyer. him. -A stiff wind blew up and .disarranged the blanksq causing it to fall against the horse’: NOULS. THIS ¢aused him {0 Start Kick- ek called tor,ennnmuom but the pery centags of d 8, vn thig ground-wiftnot Ye ¥o mgfi # was ; The as a selected w Lrom Rhode Faignd. has b the medical comuieias% High sr.huyl m ho live inl|imsyamtt g mmmum& bave to d and. started at a fast clip -throuj 3 Car feay 'fi g 'E%rfl& ;'i:; the stteet. The wagon was upset a 3 & fokving uulb w M lmlu an old stove th‘m!difind a gtter. The o than what they bri n!hol u‘l’t: animal was_sf by, a farmband nearly 4-p.-m. flfl{l&u mile t’dna’; ant . from where he Amadee Berrier is m du’on of his Ac 3 Busineds (o Simor KRR, of Put- P acnar ; p.-The members. of. the Sprague Milk by 1y S s AIl Stars bas, | LToducers’ association have recsived Ketball team - will - ebe - lv,;‘ n nqlhala!ameeflngntflreuflcm De- hebé - this of the asebel: it wag voted to nluc m pw againet the Kiingly Hi ';‘{xt 8fe§s§tut§"m 13‘;“.? oaa ol mflk s s lelive & Statfon at Provi- :mm youngates, M dence. Farmers living in different por- “ cw- tions of the town ship milk to the Provflmce auflm by the early morn- of thy ‘he milk_producérs claim d be (h&t ‘T?Ee r é e a ' ces of grain o t bt | Quart of mille cannet be produced for lhlpment with & profit, for less_than 1-9 Bacpts per auart, Ak is| being Veted to families in " Baitic 'at '12 con(s a quart, _..... Waed Conting to Town. & ed‘?s“d" a local man said he count- cords of u m;onefl wood being ““;},‘,. hauled fnto Bal -farmers from ealth is im- | di merenn parts of e town. latiém it D-.yvme. has his own ideas: the troliey le sl tailed. He mmzy h § ux M l.ll) a.. &\ chers- \Ill I MI. to tb‘lr Dayville, " ARE YoU Fhsisie PO Do you Efl unfl!lnr ua% dtiposit an" All people were fairly Well Sup: ndm churcH was . charge. The after- | I | Btrack wl\ m“l ;:lhc cotd ruck here; then coal had to be byrn- freély, and it Iooks as though fow t they would not have enough to carry. them through until the arrival ¥ kldncy and | of new shipments. }|to shut down the monia, Coal Received. twe -catioads- of goft coal- -Thig Rds been unmblé.te run-for a owing to a shortag: I To Cold to Run, Phnt weelk | gon; was going u district Thursday; Campbell, county demonstrator for the farm bureau, will‘address the Thurs- | been considered frogtp: &d - thé ‘past week.” Farmers and bome’ garderiers_who had stored. their potatoes: for ‘home use’of for market{ Wednesday afterrioon. They are kni later liave in many instances lost all [tins ‘andsewing for the Mystic Red Cross* branch. Robert Randall, who, undgrwent an operation ahouf two, Memorial* Hospital, New ' Lo steadily imipreving. and’ expects to be M Glub Emu-’qm By -Mrs. Howard}able to return:ta his home heré in a S. Wodd—~Two Tables of Whist. ‘The, Center-schoel -opened Wednes- very trivial boy'’s Thte nt: of é‘né Melcer. “just above Falmer Bros. Co. mill has been given ‘a coating of coal ashes by John Clark. Damel Rogers has leased .of Harry Bogue the use of iceheuses and right to harvest the ice crop on the C. R. ue pond;. Quarterly Conference. The. fourth quartéerly confefénce was held at the Methodist church Thurs- ng. . Re¥, ©. G. Scrivener, ‘ superifitendént, of Norwich, conducted*the meeting: Mrs. -Arthur - Blalsdelt is-confined. fo her home: with.a severe attack of grip. eve) “Miss Campbell to Speak. Jan, “10; Miss ‘club ‘an the use of corn. ‘The- -Methodist Junior ‘league held its meeting-at the parsonage Saturday rnoon:. “have previously of have fail- they had. - for. the winter. term, Mrs..John F. Purvis s with her hus- band at Fort Perry for 4 few davs. Miss Sadic Hilton of Danielson spent The Keyes Product Co. has received | Synday with- Mrs: Martha: Jones. Baniel- Gauup. Mers. -John Gallup and | ' Danielson, and- Miss Gallup-of ‘the Conmecticut col+ lego have: been -guosts of Mrs. H. S Linder, - of TheShagnon & Huggard Co:, manh4 [Call. tirers: of .papertuhes, wereo account of the extrefire cold. of .griD. an attack 2653&[ Térm Opens. The public dcheolé~fh -fown opened sday morn- the, winter ferm Wedne: § Street 3€ able to be dut aiteg ”-um BEF. and Mrs. Clifford Dav!s are vis- il Monday; on iun?: in New, Yor! ——ML -and Mrs:. their som and- fam! ly in Wauregan on Liss -Florence Bray-ton' is: 1l . ‘MiHigan i Né'» Yeaready. unt of. 3 .shortage of copl | ey On_agep: the Uncasville_scho session until relief v Arthur La driving merE With the shipping department. held 8s_Obtaine as. Coi- Aid Soc ty Muh d. il M [amme has given up Putnam jitney and obglrined em| i last | ng U S a‘rm s[é‘fionefl at Foft Wright, hds §pent a furlough at_the home of his parents, Mrs. Witltam €ra Scrvu; s in Chapel. be conducted in the Sunday. room of.the chapel, as it takes less fuel fo.heat this.zoom than the hem the chureh: Mrs. Osear Chirch aiertained (he flfl'mm G oy o Thursday Atfernoon club last he Ladies' Aid society of the noon was spent tying a guilt. ;9; lp}nnd R ko Hear Oakddle, with, Sund y mornping the the Methodist church will Mr. and | ggnar, 6hool much week, | Coate! Meth- L.e - 0N -of 1 on. ploy- fchurch nmswfxe .hv his shore, Mrs, Hmvaxd ot ~Memhers’ M night T. anc or the Sunday The _fuperal-of Seth-W. Cartver was -on South Main street t his h y aftérnoon, Rey. H. A. Mr. Carver 'was 73 was 3 Ciyil War veteran. He wife ~, aid ughters, am a sister. ving. Boathouse. Cragin . is® ‘having his M arlain, who live | boathotise, which was located on the | her- studies at Wheeler school, North d#le, mef with an accident | west shore of Hayward's lake, moved | Stonington. Friday. Gilbert Brunnell, who drives|across the lake on the ice to the east D.md Farmers are being daily requested |the duto truck for Palmer Bros. Co:, to deliver wood and are filling these | was attempung to back up to the the Goodchild property. e LAKen | arm ‘above the’ clbow, . yary - <| when we. ware getting, to amuse us by waving good night those at the other end of the -roomr| Nt e {1k and snluu.ug the passers-by With his|nad n “Nellie J. S, WMg entertained ; home Friday -after- £ whist were .I,))am resent from Dan- but one | ielgon and vg&ffi 2 B-‘I-Kenyon were in s@rvms of the Second in thefC sation hurch. § . Kate ‘wrfin was ln Providence cek, to auend thé funeral of a © of _Rockvillel (;urv:r, Civit War Veteran—Dr. ‘E.: B. ;Cragin - Moving Eflthbu&-—‘hck Diamohd Train Tak -in Linwood Williamy H. Douglas was' interned. Wnrd ard dressed O‘r ‘'wounds. - She was @ harmiless old per- knew very r she had 'gg?f;f;?e Engllsh sofl?&s — Mumn. s\mm and, and a Forkion o f the stum] death life of the road "and. at- o'clacK. chapel the Miss cation. ‘houses . Mrs. United ‘home. Wil E. A Ackert Miss at_the Mrs. ith viisted of. ties as | home, i annual ties as at the| Miss Miss .+ Miss Mrs: gubsts- Miss- teachi the hol Biake years four field. Miss digestion and been sent to Conx;anwe to be ex: by the with ‘him ‘two Another young -ofiicer had lost hid§ Whert e hant ‘been. in: ‘Constands [Hssther Sad. KAKER byt 3 ierraas. e mguning the nurse. cnma- hardship. had mvon mm yery bad in-labout two weeks: we were givea-ourljor if we had any. written messages ‘Blacker and Chailes H. Strorig are ot evi Logs Through Celd. Trdin’ Ditgantinied, o pasnam Point " schook - having | ¢, ks diag B8 The 3.10-p.m. train out of Colches- 'spenit {fie vacation at the home of Mr. eather iost ] Gintoes and . “popnlasly Inown as thep iacien dra. Johw B Williand, l2s. One faimer who Diamond _expres: town and Feturs of The train was largely patronized along the ling, espécially. By ‘the, schodk chi dren who go to morning and reach ‘home who do stay all day. run Saturda Services were held in the Episcopal o'clock, dueting. Attending lyaurelton Hall. Milford, where she will attend school. F. H. Bartlett caller here Monday. Baptist Ladies' Aid Society Working| Schools-have opened after the va- ‘Wilfred, Brown and E. L; sons. havé completed and thickness. church, of which socfety she is presi- dent, Wednesday Warking for Red Cross. Thé Baptist Ladies’ Aid’ society few days. iam Kenmned¥ of Camp Devens spent Chrisfmas with and Mrs. John Kénredy. ° Wilfréd E. Brown hds~ moved his household oods and family from the Old Mystic, to East Ordnge, ing after ‘spending the holiday recess holidays of Mr. and, Mrs. ‘Williams Mr. mid’ Mrs. J..Henry “Fitzpateiok | have returned fromya visit to:Capti jand Mrs. John E. Spofford of Brook- yn, N. Y, to Raymond, N. H., to pesume his du- enjoying“the vacation™atHis summer ners district. ‘ew “Prestan,”, Ct. idays with hef parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Avery: F to - New :George W. Harris. laffer:a holiday teaching ‘at Cromweil after- the vaca- tion at the home of her parents, Mr. and Afrs. Perry ‘H, daughter. Miss Emma A. Williams, are with her father and Sister, William J. | Willlams and Miss Ruth Williams. The oraly school opened Jan. the winter term. _Mrs, Frederick E, Liese has relurned from ‘& wvisit' to Newport, R. 1, where Mr. Liese is on the U. S, 8. Mans- Miss Marjory Harris has returned to where _he. recently purchased' Everett, Mass., to resume teaching. The Epworth league met " By Lieut. ], HARVEY DOUGLAS Fourth Canadian n-mmq Riftes e...&«m ?"'f.... e Public Ledger Com pany first ‘batch of letters, which we were overjoycd to receive, as we felt as gmu.h we had been absolutely cut off the world. After a great deal of dfscussion permission was also given us to write home. About December 1 the commission actuglly came. We ware shown one by hto 2 room containing the Swiss umerous German dugtors Qk We Were examinied; notes about our cases and we e room without being told r we had been: accept.efl. or re- The next three or four days We spent comparing, hotes as fo which ctors, we had seen and what they had said, ndeavor to find. out h: ed ‘gnd who had failed. Germans wonld tell us nothing. e day an unteroffizier came in with a, \l‘st of..5ix or seven ngme: This was réad out ‘and the officers menv tipned,were told to pack up and ieave for, camp ai_.once. Almost every day a similar list came in, and each of us ‘irembled for fear his name might be inclyded. Gray, Mondie and Addie Stme were victims of these Hsts. - On ‘December 5. we were ailowed td wire far ouf. parcels, and the Germa3s| told' ~us we would probably spend ‘Christrias:in Constance, as our Goy- ernment_would'not agree to the terms of the exchange. Oneday I was talking to = German umteroffizier who hada great deal to | do. With & on account of his knowl- edpe of ' !ng!iah Thee ‘conversation drifted around. to'who started the war, Hé, of course, insisted that England way 10 1 “Do_you yourself, ‘in’ the hottom. of Yyolir heart, really think v‘u England startéd the ‘war?"'T asked. “ewell. yot kmow iwe've gut to be: sag his'reply. Theré i more nuth than poetry in this - | no-one, Jnewwhet! Om December 12, a_lot of parcels|not, R km-mlun., G ich ‘hdd heen “accumulating for us|lists \fe‘lfiu&% vfe ‘iam& or, e homta;‘urr;ved 2 (; Izii‘y e(scapg tbftlk t“lrggl vigtually as wer lgl e | stance, = neéxt day fcr -é«mie rjghd. 1. pal'“cu— on nsc” w” hdd i He, had ba;-:us}! e o1 e Tarly, 'got v large m ich | in mcludi us, ors. plos.in, opder to Be 4l e ot aneid 15 pe: l;:ufhaes me to s "fl riences ol a Wounded s of the Enemy gold in our possession. “I take your word as mufi ’ and gentlemen that such is the safd the major. Respect Englishm: The Germans baye a high for the word of an Ei afraid the feeling:is fan from Our persoms were Not ‘"g the.baggage was tho t £ after wl;l:h it :?I cked carted to the. statiom, - DMy feelings -abowt; ‘time gathered from! the fol from my -first letter home ing Germany: < et “As you -know by now,- of. am ‘in Switzerland, or at lv.u - I am. Every minute-f expect. to- up and hear gome Hun shounting, - stehen, Kaffee-trinkén' I wrote. rxu from ' Co DUt you :probably never got the letters. Permission to ‘write ‘was given very: the whote stay: was: ries of was that the commisdion would ut be. able to sde us for some time, had come prepared for/a i«w-#! stay omy. All our tinned -stwft ? left behind in camp or-hespital: 0 bad tn fall back on’the hofrible man - rations~—mostly « cabbage on the side as a/vegetable : again’ as ani entree. ~ Si as. bolt from the blue & smmm read out-centaining-the-names of ‘!‘ senior officers whe Avera t&l& camp. Tt Wwas some. sort risal, Iam sure.; .. Guillatine Ull Fr.qlllll.‘ | “We sawi ‘the- commission cand.then 3 = statement. Hotel, in which, Lieutenant | 5 this ruson coumE on 10} ustc’ud to_the French fi&fufiém Sien 1 told him I .was leayigg, and, asked Vim to carry. out arcingements about my parcels. % day, % We laft, thit bagzage which &a neXatnined and sealed in ronght_in and placed by Ws' were gatherad heard such a eheer as w were riflt Shaing hand into.bed he us? -feamp, 3 but I suppose they were might miss it No fear!” (copunued wm«’n% ford exrecting to sail soon. Allowed to Write Humu, xfl ‘tn he ish housa, : e e o . i oo BROOSLY‘N a1 Cluurahes:Unite For Watoh, Night Ser- about kfi ¢ vite—Annual ‘Meeting’ of Congrega- It accommodated many othersf tiomal Society-—Jail Prisoners Help |- running ‘to deaxq- and rut in his cellac 25 bush hag Been taRar notatoes for piart ng uCxt them teucked with Loty all were mi'aed. % harrels «f Imlfloel Tuing mg and also all the fruit lfie hll can- iddletown hopping and not wishing . N “Mi, snd Mrs. Wallace L. § and iy The traintmade its last| ©*¥navish a F gaughter, Rlts E. were cafers on A watch service New Years eve|Mr Pond's parents, Mr and 2 0. Fond, Saturday, meking the my fiom_Provifente in a seilm. which he had but recently owner. The zitendance at the churches on Surday was very light. Althm‘h the' sun shone, brightly there were., fe\v places, if any, where it thawed.: ice is very R R, Witter, was in_Clayvile, R I," Sunday fo see his wife who is. there caring for her mother, who is uedomlr in. 30| Washeld in the Episcopal ichurch, four Of the resident, ministers-taking part. Owing to'the excessive cold not many turnéd otit. ‘The meércury ‘Suriday morning stood at 74 dégrees below zero. Monday 10 id Tuesday § below, r ¥. Downs with their ‘son’ uve visiting relatives and trisnds at their former home on Long Isiand. Annuzl Chuech Meeting. :The anuual mectirg. of the Congre- Sunday afternoon at 3 Rev. Sherwood Roosevelt con- Mary White. left Monday, for, f New Haven was a OLD -MYSTIC 2% for Red Gross—lco Crop Harvested—— | gational chiurchy was hold on Junuary ‘EKONK ts Begin Term's [iot. Beporis ware made, by the pastor, = R Teachers and Students Begin Term's [ ap gadabptiepesion || e R Work. ciatie: d with .the church. An Grange Hall. excellent, l‘(l)nl't was made by the su- perinteréent ¢f the, . Sumday - school. These were all accepted and ordered rec,rded. . The following officers were chosen for the coming year: John F. The zero- weather for ovt a, qu has been hard for all 4 sipnere A7d lost vegetables afid fruit almoflgb soflu lling their kept fires in their withi;ice of excellent quality “vm.& o ior Hihude e hmeg ha&i“;:y mr:s "-s e 23 Towry, trustee for three years -and|sior Th ring therd Toud Jm"'h\ Herman Maine entertained the |: 4| storm. e trees wer Workers of the Methodist [\ oo - THurber, clerk and ireas. lice and the traveling was dangerous urer for one “ear. The church and envelgpe committee the same as last year. for man and beast. School opened Monday morning aft-| er_two weeks' vacation. John B. Gallup returned home én Sunday after spending his vacation| with his grandparents. There was no church service Sth- day. Both Ankles Crushed. Mrs. Jarvis has received word from| & cousin in the U. S. servica who is crippled for life, both ankles m; crushed. A whist was held in Grange Rall 6n Saturday evening. Harold Hopkins was a caller hers Tuesday. There is a great call for fire wood 'from the villages. afternoon at her Prisoners . Extinguished Fire. C. H. Blake F:ad a bad sgare on Sun- t| day ferencon. when the chimney caught Mr Field, with eight jail pris- chers with pailé came. to the rescue and in'a shor: time had the. fire out, Miss Grace Thuibér had her vaca- cation extendcd nearly a week longer on arcot of the luci ol fuel., She lef: on Friday far Lowell. Sailing Defe:icd. aceaunt of steamer upon Charles Kdwin Blake expecte -sail not srriving in port and the fact that the government had taken the berth he had secured for -his passage for officers who were going to 2 7 join the army at the front, hi returned| On December 13 the North Hinder home for a short stay with his parents|Dutch lightship was brought in, and | and sisters, leaying Saturday for Hart-!will not be replaced. at is ago n, eel his parents, Mr. Morgan place to the Henry farm, about one mile north of Resumes Teaching. Bertha C. Lamb has returned J., to resume teach- Lamb homestead in Ledyard, Emma Morgan ~Williams of street was ‘the glest over thd Clarence Mystic; { of * Industridl ‘place, Willlam G. Park-has “retdrfed principal of a school there after Seaview: cottage, ‘Burnet's Cor- Eavra Avery- has-returned to ., 10 .7esumo her du- ‘teacher aftér;gpending the hol- | €. Louise-Harris has returned Haven. after a visit. te Mrs Lillie P. Chipman has returned visit _to _her- twin Dr. “’ P. Chipman, a! Frances Eldredse has ?e!umed Eldredge. Prentice™ A." ‘Wittiams~ and of ‘friends in® Massachusetts. -Maud Williams has rdsumed at Bezrahville after. iday . recess -at -Plainview farm Oral; Schoal Opens. Tth for Mildred Brown has returned to Tuesday