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T by ! £ : f T e oK EF (572" | Leader Has Just Claim Upon Admiration of the Ages. F et the | Sunday. morning ‘at ¢ revill interestsd e : o from '3 to /4 anfi".'.“‘ nghu?d:b eni:e‘fiv% in}:fifigfl = mthomm 3 3 Ricketts preached on The Immortality of . a.Great Life—St. Patrick, taking ;A:”m _m:om te;'he ts’n.h Psalm, . 23d ¢ o S s of a 0d man are ordered of the Lord. i e %‘x. Ricketts said: see clearly what St/ Patrick was JOHN F. FIELDS, Coflector. ' |ang did, we must know something of Notice is also given to all delinquent {the age In which he lived. If we study m:lpueu on list of 1916 that tax Mens |him the modern- viewpoint we will be retorded after April 1, 1918, shall fail to gauge rightly how the taxes :i;aumlfl paid on orn}:etnmhfl conditions ‘of his age, his hardships PO ate, Lol mcton Will be takeniland the sftuggles contributed to his i immortality, If his fame rests chief- ly in the triumph of his great spirit NOTICE our obstacles that were seemingly in- Notice Js hereby given to all pe superable. We must know something reons limble kotgy taxes_in the Town of Lebanon that 1 3 of those obstables. Things that make a man great in a given age oftentimes, pass away with that age, but the in- havelh warrant to levy |ner impulses which irge a man to and collect a tax of sixteen (16) mills {clear away the barriers which lie in on the dollar on list of 1917, due and [his path to success are seen today as payable April 1, 1918. ; For the purpose of collecting said taxes, I shall at the Town in truly as ever. The manner in which éaug(\?xix a_nglfl(:aew rr:)aught for world - i dominion lered m the kaiser’s, lggn"_::d“‘;’“fi"’y' a""{g{fif,}gg-lmibu‘t the cruel spirit to crush humanity e Ietoacrn Hn ast val it v Sscienl . h the ancien o Suturday, Aprll 13, 1 shall b & iRoman. - It is only the form of pagan- | Soclety from 1 to 3.30 p. m. {ism that dies, its spipit lives: So it On Saturday, April 20, at the roei-|iS in spiritual warfare. The methods dence of Blisha Waterman from 1 to|used by St. Patrick to bring his. peo- 3.30 p. m. ple into /the marvelous light of the Interest at the rate of 9 per cent.{Christ weére.not.those used by Beecher per annum will be charged after May |and other modern apostles,. but the 1 1918 carnest spirit on the part of both to Dated at Lebanon, March 7, 1918. |bring man back to fellowship with GEORGE E. BRIGGS, Collector. - |Gog gvhich he lost through sin is the same. i St. Patrick figured in' a transition period of the world’s history; when a great personality was ngeded to zive direction to both the material and spiritual interests of men. His whole career emphasizes the fact that when the Almighty has a bix thing to-do He raises up a man big enough to do it, and sometimes it is the weak things of the earth—humanly speaking confound’ the mighty. Human history j fairly gleams with radiant spirits who seem to have been born for special emergencies. . Moses, clad with the} wrath of God, was raised up to smite! the cruel hand that .strangled his un- fortunate people: but he was &afso the great constructi agent who gave toi his fellows laws and freedom after they | had been reeking for four hundred: years in_the Youl atmosphere of slavery and ignOrance. Daviqa was calied up- on to, put the Hebrew people on to a firmer national basis, and he was so successful to coordinating ral and | religious forces that hi became | the basis:of the subsequent throne of | . . “greaty David's Greater Son.” The rate of nine (3) per cent. will be‘added |throne has not yet departed from Ju- from-the. time these taxes became due. !dah. All taxes must be paid direct to Tax \ Collector, and all tax bills will be re- cel by_him: If by mail, enclose if you wish receipt. Dated at Sprague, Conn, this 11th day of March, 1918. JAMBS MGUIRE, Thax Collector. Masons’ Building Materials The Peck-McWilliams Co. TAX NOTICE | TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE TOWN OF SPRAGUE: AN 'sons liable to pay taxes im the Town of Sprague, Siate of Con- necticut, are hereb{ notified that I have a warrant to levy and collect a tax of .10 mills on the doliar on list of 1917, and an additional 4 mill tax will be levied to defray the expeunse of the new steel bridge at.Versailles, due and payable A?H‘L 1, 1918, All persons neglecting this notice will be proceeded against as directed by the Jaws of this State. For the purpose of collecting this tax ‘T shall be at Baltic, in said S e, at the Town Clerk's Office, on all Tuesdays, ‘Thursdays and Saturdays during the month of April, from 10 a. m. to 12 noon, and 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. At Hanover, at the store of Webster Standish, on Wednesday, April 3, 1918, from 11°a. m: to 1 p. m.' s+, At Versailles Postoffice, on Wednes- day, April 10, 1918, from 11 a. m. to 1 May 1, 1918, interest at the Order Out of Confusion. In like manner it can be shown that! at every crisis of human history seme! great spirit has been, forthcoming hig | enough,, under God's ' gui bring order out of confusion. in our own troublous timeés, when all the ‘forces of hell seem to be in the ascendant, it may be that the Lord of All has in_training some great soul who will be strong enough to crush the savagery of the Hums. The Mi public of God must overcome tel Buropa scheme, Such a spirit as this I conceive St. Patrick to ‘have been. Brought into the world at;a time when mankind re- | fused to be any longer, throitled b the arrogance of pagan Rome, he di hie share in bringing darkened WHEN YOU WANT to put your Bus- (jntq the light of Christian truth. fijese before the public, there is no|Ppatrick stands before the world pre maliom better than through the ad-!eminertly as a Christian apostle; verh'sing columns of The Bulletin. that shinipe bard are sold. aflife of w wpans. e#n Burope | Vital. things in literature. i In St. Pai northetn Burope | Byt 1 wish. larly to draw a to throw | comparison | ' vision of St. Paul and Patrick. St. Paul| had come ce, the it. There was no mercy in her deal- ing . with nations. The only argument was the dripping sword; only excuse was her lency. But pagan Rome underestimated th growing strength of some of thes newer nations, and as she settled down t0 a silent admiration. of her invi cible strength, and believed that the gods had made her the final arbiter of |« Italy one day and had things to their liking. In this act the back- bone ‘of the cruel Roman empire was Uioken,' and her world dominion was|7erg 3 nsthe gty ered. . The Call of the lrish. ; Born Into a Convulsed World. I see St. Patrick with eyes strained This. was the convulsed world set- [to the west. . He has a vision of the ting into which St. Patrick was born.|land where once he was captive. Its The warlike spirit had been engendered | composite needs are crowded into this and every man’'s hand was against his |pathetic cry: “We pray thee, holy neighbor. . Predatory bands were ev- |holy youth,” to ‘come and ‘hence for- erywhere active and outlawry was|ward walk amongst us!” This he saw more common ‘and powerful than con- | ‘Was the call of the Irish,” and like stituted authority. A petty Pict king-|Paul he was: not disgbedient to the let ,partly ruler and partly pirate, vis- |heavenly vision.' This dream was fol- ited the west of Scotland where St.|lowed by others which shows how Patrick is supposed to have been born |completely. his mission occupled ' his in the latter third of the fourth cen-|mind. - As he was: about 22 years of tury and seized the boy, who was then|2ge when he escaped from captivity, in his sixteenth year and carried him |he must have been “in. the’ neighbor- captive to Ireland. There he was sold |hoog of 30 when he entered upon his to a chief in whose custody he remain- |immortal labors. He was a member of eqd for six years. This ¢aptivity proved |the priesthood - when he began his work |’ to be a blessing in disguise, for ¢ |and was made bishop’ 16 years later; opened the eyes of this keen youth to {this was -testimony in favor of his existing condifions which at a latersuccess. B : y 1 period appealed ‘so powerfully to his{ The Ireland which this priest in- missionary instinct. To a lad at a|vaded with a great holy purpose was time of life when moral impressions|{not wholly benighted. A .few scat- are easily made, he must have seen |tered.Christian churches:were in ex- how greatly nmetded was the religion |istence; a rude, barbaric culture and of the cross in which he probably had |some desree of civilization. The Irish been somewhat instructed. Born of a|Celts were certainly a people well respectable family in easy circum-|yersed in pagan Iove, :and showed stances it is not likely that his relig- | much barbaric.splendor in dress. man- ions training had been neglected. His|ner and customs, dwellings and in the |’ ubsequent career shows that he must | various implements used. There were have. dreathed a religious atmosphere |aiso poets, philosophers and historians from ‘early youth. who were conversant with the prevail- St. Patrick’s Escape, gnguulang:age, Their priests, - the After six years of captivity, in which |ishey furar, Toa carals were the he does not seem to have been treated |that such a faith-cou'd do. St .Pat- unkindly, he escaped and probably re-lyick found a.people of great - latent turneq home. From this point onward possibility and it. onl, needed a for séveral years'thers is' great con- [puenolpy 8R4 L oWy needed ;Fsm‘; or §3"‘e‘m"‘ °°“C‘fl',;‘;‘“¥ “}‘f er active and direct .it into pl?ober inerary, and we cannot follow the a 5 @ coursé of the- outward events of his|qai neny, ARd his was the hand un- life 'with any degree of certainty. ‘A Epgance Lo dy . leszon, Towever is i beariv from The Moses of Ireland. 1is captivity, as he himself ‘makes use| An ignorant and un: of in the Confession—his most impor- |ceuld 50(%‘«‘1% won "m?"fli‘wflig tant work. Far back in Bible times we | Célts to Christianity, and among them have the historyof another great, i®ir- |he - was wonderfully successfil. Prob- it whose boyhood was spent in captiv- jably no missionary ever had a great- Abus that . captivity was providen- er -variety of duties o perform; they tial. Nothing is ‘more. pathetically }were religious, political.and education- grand in all history than the story ofjal. He found a few widely-scattered oseph. Captivity opened his eyes toland dormant churches. He established he glaring needs of Egypt, and ‘heothers everywhére in the island where was made the means in the hands of{there were emough people to warrant eohyah of being its material salva-|it. Then he unifieq them into a sys- He also became a blessing to {tem of which he was appointed the his own pecple arnd other outlying na- lapostoiic’ head. He was emphaticall tions. In St. Patrick’s case like Jo-/| the' Moses of Ireland as the hgterprete}; sevh’s,” the Almigh of the will of God to the people. Society of that day was patriarchal and clannish in both form and spirit. For a while the people were satisfied with these primitive political condi- tions and St. Patrick was wise enough to let them grow into higher ideals and aspirations. He knew that an organ- —~— i ized religion would sooner or later de- {mand an organized state. And thus by, a natural process the separated clans became unifieq- into va ‘state in much {the same way that scattered churches re brought together into an organ- ized system. The unified national con- jscience of Ireland was.born in the la- thors of St Patrick. makes the wrath ph through captivity was the ing Fgypt material bread, in like manner St. was enabled to give the Irish race that bread of hich if a man eateth he shall i|caught the favor of women 1like wild- There is no foundation for the alleged viclations .of law attributed to our Company by agents of the . Federal Trade Commission and I want to say emphat- ically that Swift & Company is not a party to any | conspiracy to' defraud the Government. Nor has’ ' . Swift & Company been guilty of improperly storing foods or of making false entries or reports. Conferences of packers, where prices have been discussed, have been held at the urgent request. and in the presence of representatives of either the Food Administration ‘or the Council of National Defense. And yet the packers have been accused ' .of committing a felony by acting in collusion on - Government bids! . | ; We have done our best, with other packers, large and small, to comply with the directions of the ‘United States Food Administration in all particulars, including the furnishing of food supplies for the U.S. 'Army and Navy and the Allies, now being handled - through the Food Administration. - 4 We will continue to do our utmost, under Government direction, to increase our production and assist the Food Administration.’ We consider that the opportunity to co-operate whole-heartedly and to our fullest powers with this branch of the Government is our plain and most pressing duty. . The Trade Commission Attorney has, by false inference and misplaced emphasis, given to discori- nected portions of the correspondence taken from our private -files and read into the Record, a false' and sinister meaning with the plain purpose of creat- ing antagonistic public opinion. ; ‘. The services of the packers of the United States dre most urgently needed, and I regret exceedingly that ‘'we should at this time have to spend our efforts in defending ourselves against unfounded, unproved, and unfair assertions such as are being daily made public. ing, so to remain until the coming of | tack of rheumatism of the heart.-She Bevo is a great favorite in the Army Canteens, where none but pure, soft drinks may be sold. After drill or march, you are sure to see a long line, of hot and dusty-throated loldm.boyl,mahng a pee-line for Bevo. They know that there lies complete satisfaction, full refreshment and pure ‘wholesomeness. : ‘ At home or abroad —at work or play — between mull4 zation camps and other places where refreshing beverages Bevo—the all-year-"round soft drink Guard against substitutes, Have the bottle opened in fr ou, first seeing that the seal is unbroken and that the ont of ‘em the Fox. Sold in bottles only, and bottled exclusively by ANHEUSER-BUSCH—ST. LOUIS Stoddard Gilbert & Co., Inc. * NORWICH, CONN. . i It is ne:i easy to sum u pin a.few |g words the main features of his many- !sided character. His burning zeal for he salvation of the péople was al- wavs prominent, but nothing escaped his attention that tended to human limprovement along any line. He was iterrible in his denlnciation of all kinds iof injustics and wrong, but tender as ia child the presence of distress and imisfortune. ‘He was a combination of }the characteristic features of patriarch, g, prophet ang apostle, but to my mind he most closely resembled the Apostle John the Beloved, a man “full f grace and of the knowledge of the Holy Spirit.” Such a man has a just laim upon the admiration of all sub- isequent ages THE SEASON’S SHOES 3 FOR WOMEN'S WEAR White, Tans and Blacks to Lead in Or- der of Popularity—Dressy Styles ‘at Saturday’s Openings. re. A popular type in the new designs is the “Hi arch” cut, a swagger boot when developed in black lustre kid. This has a welt sole, medium leather heel, imitation tip, and.the high arch feature which insures comfortable support to the high-arched foot. Pumps and Oxfords. No woman who aims to keep up with the fashions or to manifest good taste in dress will omit patent lea- ther pumps from her wardrobe. One of the best types for spring and sum- mer wear shows long, graceful lines, Louis heel of wood, enameled, turned sole and a medium pointed toe. Gun metal calf, black kid, tan calf, white canvas and other seasonable materials also come in this stunning cut. The patent leather Oxford is also stylish anq desirable. This dainty mode] is shown with medium narrow toe, turned sole, wood Louis enameled heel. Shoe-soap kid, white canvas tan ¢alf or gray kig Oxfords come in sim- ilar styles. . A Walking Model. A Parade pump of tan calf is prom- ised a great.vogue among women who enjoy walking. This has the desirable welt sol¢, leather military heel and imitation tip. Other materials used to develop. this stunning shoe are white pro-buck, shoe-soap calf, or white canvas: A distinct novelty is a one-strap Oxford, developed in black kid, white cloth, or patent leather. A 'Tailored Type A number of charming styles in white pumps figure in the season’s novelties, one having .the attractive new Duchess heel of .wood, covered with white cloth.. There is provided, also, a new whitecloth Oxford de- signed to be worn with the white tail- ored lgiz, or flimsy summer flock. The selection of Easter feotwear is not a matter to be deferred until the last hurried moment. Now is the time to buy, when the very latest types of boots, pumps and Oxfords, with fashionable hosiery to accompany them, are shown by the dealers. . As a preliminary to a pleased se- This is the era of the smart shoe. Nobody realizes the fact more than does the dealer, who must have some- thing new in color, cut and style to mers each season. leaders? White, tans and said a prominent Norwich dealer Saturday, during a brief lull in the brisk business of the third: post- poned concerted Opening Day. “Two medium types of gray are also coming strong.” % Queried about the favored makes, he explained that the white boot is des- tined to have a big season, although pumps and Oxfords will figure promi- nently in the wardrobe of the dressy ‘wWoman. v ‘White Boots Featured. The designers have surpassed all previous seasons’ cuts in the white boots featured 'in this Spring’s dis- plays. Of specially. prepared cioth, (with enameleq ‘leather heel and welt sole, or with ivory-colored’ welt sole, Louis heel of cloth-covered wood, shapely toe and graceful lnes, the modish white boots are a joy to any woman’s heart. Some of the models are made also |’ or with you will appreciate what we have done for with Cuban heels, imitation tips, fan- |lection, etudy what The Bulletin’s ad- it will : i 0 G e e : cy stitching and the like adding to the | vertisers have to say today. ; you in making this W“‘mph in soft drinks, . i trig and natty apmn.nece of the foot- . You will find Bevo at inns, restaurants, groceries, depart- wear, v At PATRONAL -FEAST DAY ment and drug stores, picnic grourids, baseball parks, soda STme R S OF ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH o 3 m cars, in the navy, at at mobili As a general thing, vamps are long. @l Hnad bl untains, , at canteens, bili- A popular design 4s of cloth top with | o and Muslo, Sunday Commem- vici kid vamp; and an infinite variety of styles is-secured by contrasts in these combinations, as well as in con- trasting lacings. The mahogany calf boot 1is ' pro- rounced in favor, this showing the military heel, welt sole, imitation tip, [;:rlmted, also a perforated vamp line. 3 Another desirable shoe is made of tobasco calf, gun metal calf} or black id. . Chocolate kid is a well liked tint of brown. An Exquisite Model. ‘ An exquisite boot comes in soft gray kid, with flexible sole, Louis heel of enameled leather, long-pointed toe characterizes - there is shown this season a tary - heel, which- has Work of Ireland’s Apostle. Although government regulations had their effect yesterday in causing crown top period, the patronal feast ish was not f the period of the passion, or suffering gospel was Jothn vil, 46-59. 1 statuesi and crucifixes were sh in the violet of orate March 17th, and Evangelistic the omission of the customary St. Patrick’s night sermon at the locall} church, evening services having been suspended during the fuel shortage of the par- Yesterday was Passion S\md&y.‘two weeks before Easter, theé beginning of of our Lord. The epistle read-in all the masses was from St. Paul's epistic to the Hebrews, ix, 11-15, and the penftence "‘Qm Easter ‘day. At the 9 o'clock mass Rev. Peter J. Cuny. preached from Luke xv. 21, the remorseful exclamation of the Prodigal Son;, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight’ and am no more woithy to be called thy son.” The various types of prbdigals outside the church and within were considered, the speaker urging his auditors to in- dividual® independence and - responsi- bility, to see to it that, like the re- pentant prodigal, they come into their Father’s house, not influenced by what others in the world may do, or quib- bling over defects or lapses of a few members of the great church body, {either in ancient times or at the pres- ent day. $ Reference was made to St. Patrick, patron gaint of the local parish, who left his Roman home to convent the then pagan nation of Ireland, to bring its peoples, like the Prodigal Son, back to their Father's house, accomplishing his mission with such signal success that the faith which he implanted. has continueq and flourished, resisting the persecutions of centuries, firmer to- day than ever before. ¥ The means of strengthening their Christianity, their Catholicity, which St. Patrick gave the members of the ancient Irish nation the mass, prayer, the “sacraments—are still the means which men must make use of if, today they would repent, turn to God, come into their Father’s house. continue in that faith’ which the glorious apostle of Ireland devoted his life to spread- ing. * During the mass. Organist Henry La Fontaine played a number of Irish airs, chiefly from the melodies of Thomas Moore. 2 Hundreds received. Easter holv communion from Rev. Father Cuny, who was assisted by Rev. Myles P. Galvin. SUDDEN-DEATH OF MRS. JAMES M'KEE Rheumatism of the Heart Carries Off Well Known Norwich Town Resi- dent. The death of Mrs, James McKee oc- curred suddenly at her home on RBliss place Saturday, the cause being an at- LEGAL NOTICE DISTRICT OF BROOKLYN, SS,, Court of Probate, rch 15 1918, Pstaté of Belle' C. White, ,late of Brogklyn, in said District, deceased. The Executor having applied for an order authorizing and empowering him to sell certain real estate belonging to said estate, as per application on file more fully appears: Ordered, That. the -23d day of March, 1818, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at he Court of Probate in Brooklyn, “be, and the same is, assigned for a hear- ing on the foregoing application. and this Court direets the Executor to cite all persons interested therein to ap- pear at -.said time and place, by pub- Bshing this order of notice once in some neéwspaper' haviag a circulation in said rict, and by posting a copy on the public signpost in_the Town of Brooklyn, - where - the - deceased last fivelt.‘lth lealat -ave%da{’: befouk sa{d y of hear! and return make to *his Court ofihe notice gl was born in Norwich, the daughter of Charles and Caroline Humes and near- 1y all her life has been passed in Nor= wich. Her marriage to James McKee took place October 16, 1867 and last October the fiftieth anniversary %f the marriage and also Mrs. McKee’s birth- day wa sobserved. Five years ago Mr. and Mrs. McKee gave up their home on Williams street and went to re= side wit htheir daughter, Mrs. E. J. Jones, on. Bliss place. -Her joy :in life was intensified because - of ‘her christian experience. She * entered heartily. into all the activities of "Frin- ity Methodist church of which she was a faithful member, was one of - the Home chapter of the King’s Daue enthusiastic in:its work also act the Woman’s Relief corps «{ which she was president. In its thirty-one years of existence Mrs. McKee was the:only president who had died in office. Fine qualities,of character 2ndeared_ her ta many friends. Most of all will she be missed in the home circle where*ith her loving sympathy and warm heart she filled o large a place. Mrs, Mc- Kee is survived by her husband and Jaughter, Mrs. E._J. Jones. 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