Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 4, 1921, Page 8

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Whale and Miss Catherine Schults; sec- ond prizes, Stephen Seeley; consolation awards, Wiliam A. STONINGTON - The sued a to' be [Perry and Mrs. Prescott and Miss Margaret® Williams. In the case of State of Rhode Island vs the Frank W. Coy Real Estal al, being tried before Judge Ch Barrows, Frank W. Coy was én Wednesday afternoon and t Co, et W. stand to the construction work on the Shore over the Coy-Welch property. on which the work wa sheld up and Wilam F. Saunders went and ference with Engincer John _and Capt. | ad @ con- Bristown at Narragansett Pler. Following the-con- 28, 1920. Miss Katherine Mulligan of Wickford teatified that she was a music teacher and had conducted dancing classes at times, which necessitated her hiring & jitmey. She said she had hired cars at ference arrant made regarding the for a meeting were this meeting members of the town com- mittee, Mr. Qoy and Engineer Bristow were present. Following the Meeting they . came to Westerly and the contract Wis prepar- ed and later signed by Mr. Coy, the town committee and The agreement provided completion of its terms a deed of the property would be given the town of eer - Bristow. upon the selectmen of Stonington have is- & epedial town meeting Many were atténding to the matter on ‘Thursday, Town Clerk John Welsh will give n information in smoothing out the hard places. According to ornithological reports re- ceived in town, a woman living mnot a great ways fron, the borough, made a pan of fudge and put it out on the snow to cool. A flock of juncoes soon found it and recognizing the only really healthful and putritious portion, proceeded to ex- tract the nuts, leaving. the rest for the unfeathered bipeds. “Fudge,” was hard- ly.a sufficient expletive {o express the feeiings of the originator of that lovely compound, when she remarked the ooou- pation of the discerning birds. Forty-five years ago, the Congregation- | al charch, the Stead block and John R. Tracy's house were burned in the most fire that Jewett City’s history Tecords. That nightthere were' valiant deeds on every hand. Water was passed in pails, houses and roofs were covered with carpets which willing hands kept wet. The late James O. Sweet and the late John Fitch foremost among the measure due to their afforts on the roof of the house south of the church that the fire was kept from spreading down Main street. MMany who Were Witnesses to this conflagration recall, how, when it was at #s height, and it seemed though it 'HUMOR OF THE DAY She—I never expected to work like this when I married you. He—You didn’ that you had become habituated to it. You 'know you tvorked pretty hard to get me.—Boston Transcript. - “The ancient \mariner knew what solitude was.” “Even at that he probably wasn't any lonelier than the prominent Republican statesman who hasn/t been mentioned for a place in the cabine! ham Age-Herald. Hobbs—Why was the will set aside? Dobbs—It kept geétting in the way of the lawyers .who were estate.—Exchange. Em—We're just like the waves, dear? Joe—How's that? Em—We come to the beach all fuss- ed up, then make an awful hit and go back broke. “I recollect,” said old Doc. Mallory, “When wages all firefighters and it wag in a very great(ary.” | “The world moves on by easy stages, Now salary kowtows to wages.” — Detroit Free Press. Co—Did you hear of the tragic death of_poor Bill Smithers? Ed—No, how’s that? eh? Well, I figured -Birming- settling the — Pennsylvania Punch looked up to sal- o REDUCE DANGEROUS' VARICOSE VEINS | People who have swollen veins or | bunches should not wait until they reach | the bursting point, which nieans much | saffering and loss of time, but should at | once secure from any reliable druggist & | two-ounce orig Dottle of Moone'nt Emerald Oil (full sstrength). using this powerful yet harmless germicide treatment improvement is no- | ticed in a few days and by its regular use | swollen veins will return to their normal | size, and sufferers will cease to worry. | Mo ‘s Emerald Oil treatment is used by ' physicians and in hospitals and is_guar- | anteed to accomplish results or money returned. It reduces all kinds of enlargea glands, goiters and wens and is used cxclusively In many iarge factories as an unfalling first afd to the injured antisentic. Gener- ous sample on receipt of 15 cents, silver or stamps. International Laboratories, | Rochester, N. Y. Your druggist can sup- ply you. —_— @iplomats, one congressman, one pro- | fessor, 248 army officers, forty-one ministers and forty-eight policemen. Canada exported $1,002,672,413 worth | ‘warld war. | ' A If you have danced. If you have held her in your If ‘hers was like A SIGN OF AGE If you hava heard the violin pour out its strains of bli If you have felt the subtle thriil of her—your sweetheart If you have seen tha meliow lights f:stooned in fairy bow'r: If you have not seen Heaven once through all these fistive hours, | say if you have not seen this—per Then ‘Dog my cats, Bo, you are cld. you have sung—if you kave sesn the Where Youth foregathers for the dance this gala If you have clasped hzr velvet palm If You have breathed no toxic lures from lip or aheek or hi | 'ms without a warming thrill- Then Osler’s right. B'Gad, ha's right. You're old enough to kill I you have felt her pulsing heart against your very own; 4 leaping fawn and you 1f you but knew just what it m2ant or The frost has ketched you early, Son, B'Gosh, you'v If you can’t meet her challengz, Son, and bluff her sti Theén friend Methuselah was young and you're the guy that's old. nce that you ware there, Il say you're old for fair. nd felt no pressure the: night of ni wzs like a stone; wirg, did not heed, ne to seed. nd cold, (Will Ferrell, in the Empire.) erage annual fire loss in the Rose's garage and sometimes Mr. > e e, She told o fons when sba hired a machine hat Armold accompanied_them. Colin Brown, who testified that he re- «ided on a farm between Saunderstgwn and Wickford, said he had known Mrs. Arnold for at least five years. He told Handy drove the machine. three of one instance when Mr, Handy was fix- ing a tire on his car in front of his ‘ang Mrs. Arnold was with im. He ::?m? When be saw the couple they. were in Handy’s car and not a jitney. Charles Steere testified that he had employed Handy and said that times when he wanted him he had found Handy at Mrs. Arnold’s house. Mr, Genevieve Frances Rose wite of ‘Walter Rose, who kept a gajage and store at Wickford in 1916, gave evidence /#hat she had assisted her husband in the store and garage and at times answered the telephone. Sne stated than when Mr. and Mrs. Handy first came to Wickford they seemed to be happy. The Witness told of Mrs. Amold calling on the tele ‘phone r a jitney and requesting a Mr. ‘Hl’:dy bi th: chauffeur, She told of having called on the teiephone for Mr. Handy at the Arnold home, where she was able to get him between 8 and 10 o'clock at night. Once when she was ridicg in the machine with Mr. Handy and Mrs. Armold, the two being on the front seat Mr. Handy had his arm around Mrs. Arnold. At the opening of the court Thursday morning Mr. Haslam was called for cross- examination. Mrs. Ann Sarah Smith of Wickford testified that in 1916 she lived across the street from the Rose garage. She testl- fleq that for a whole season Mrs, Arnold would go to the garage most every morn- ing between 7:30 and 8 o'clock. % Walter L. Rose of Wickford, proprietor of Rose’s garage at Philips street cross- ing, testified that he had known Mrs. Armold all 2is life and that Handy work- ed for him as a mechanic for more than ® year. Witness said he sent Handy as chanffeur for Mrs. Arnold at her request. The witness had no knowledze of Mrs. Amold accompanying Mr. Handy wheu the machine was hired by other persons on the trip from East Greenwich, fhe wit- ness said he turned around in the auto- mobile and saw “Mrs. Arnuid and Mr. Hardy huddled up in th <corner. nold, the defendant, took the stand in the afternoon session, She 0ld of the busines-, relations she has had with Mr. Tlandy. ad said he had bogrded at her Uouse for about three years, n her @irect examination, she sald that Mr. Handy's parents and her own parents were related and that she was always friendly with them. - At the time of the eath of the clder Mr. Handy, she went to' Main to atfend the funeral. She ad- mitted that she had accompagied Mr. Handy to Providence on a number of business trips, and once went to Boston, ‘with him to meet some of her relatives Relative to the testimony given by Mrs. Genevieve Rose at the morning sessio Mrs. Arnold'eaid she had never.put her arm arounq Mr. Handy, nor bad he ever put his arm arourfd her. She denied that she had ever at any time tried to alienate the affections of Mr. Handy from his wife, and flatly de- nied that she had ever committed adul- tery with Mr. Handy. At three o'clock the witness was turn- ed over to Attorney Whitman for cross examination, and she will again be on the stand this (Friday) morning. Over 250 were present at the weekly whist held Wednesday evening in the basement of the Church of the Immacu-{ Jate Conception. Music during the even- Ing was ished by Mullaney’s orches- tra, and followed the card playing, a short entertafnment was presented. Vocal | selections were rendered by Olgo Gerva- sini, Edward Brown, Jobn Brennan, and the Brown quartette. Refreshments were served. The prize winners for the evening wers: First Prizes, Daniel [ Flavor! }!f llikel tea, here is a ight you imagine you don’t like xt,;here’e a surprise! Mrs. Ida A *Formosa Oolong” im’t like common tea, because it's so good. . More smoof low, more fine in flaver, Prepared under the care of the Formosa Government. Such tea #s you never tasted! Try it—ask for “Formosa Oolp=<” in the fol ‘lowing brands: | psapeloses hyagriomds "PRINROSE,” “BENEFIT” rormosa Oolong” —and Be Sure! —I N Lo ALY Westerly. The contract called for suf- ficient catch basins to care for the sur- face water and stone walls of ‘the road. He testified hdd been constructed in the north side ang ghat the wall bullt on the south side was ‘nadequate and that part of it had fallen down. & ¢ He said that gt no tims.did he intend to dedicate the land #o highway pur- poses and still claims te own the land over which the new road was constructed. He said that the old Toad is now suitable for use by the public. Tristam D. Babeock, Fred P. Babcock, Eugene O'Nell and William Rhoades: all testified that the south wall properly constructed. H. Russell Burdick was on the stan Just before the noon recess and identifi certain photographs he had taken of the Ssohe road where it passes over the Coy- ‘Welch property. ed Thursday noon. of her birthday, Donald Bonner, the eight-year-cid son of Mr. and Mrs. Pobert was operated on Tuesday at Hope hos- pital in Providence & reported to be Hold- ing hiz own. Mcs. Michael Higgins returned to’ her ome on West Broad street Wednesday night, after spending a few weeks in Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. E. J. Cleveland delivered an ad- mericanization” at the meet- ing of the Daughters of the American Revolution, held Thursday afternoon in the Memorial building. dress on Danbury.—Bishop John G. Murray of Roman Catholic diocese of Hartford was one of the speakers at the meeting of the club zt the Hotel Green Wed- The bishop spoke on the subject of European relief,.in which he is deeply interested, and was ccomp: Boosters' nesday noon. to this pean relief council. Lacenics ‘The members of the local chapter of the Daughters of Isabella held a meet- ing in the basement of .the Church of the Immaculate Conception Thursday even- ing. Abel* Randall of Hadlyme, Conn., Vis- ited friends in Westerly Wednesday. The Christian Endeavor. soglety of the Broad Street Christian church held a very successful social Tuesday evening in the church vestry. Games were play- ed and refreshments were served. The new furnished tea room Was open- ‘The Altruistic club, composed of mem- bers of Mrs. Viola Burdick's class of young men irr the Broad Street Christian Church Bible school gave their teacher a surprise party at her home on West Broad street Monday eveninz in honor of city by Frederick W. Kaye of New Haven, state secretary of the Euro- both sides t no wall |ang printing, Lorenze D. it seph H. 020es ot | Thursday evening. A yumber of small trees on build fres, JEWETT CITY Lis mind. - in or underneath the coop. ried out. certainty of not injuring the Bonner, who ble close at hand over fiftéen pounds. paid $5 for tlie defunct 'coon. “Doc” Wellace, trapper, dressed supper is soon to be announced. the result of a stroke of paral; States at Glasgo Wednesday apied | trouble .with his automobile, concert to be held in April. The follow- ing committees were selected: Advertising Fairbrother, Jr, Francis D. Burtch, Billings B. Faire brother; tickets, John B, Bindloss, How- ard E. Koelb, Billings B, Fairbrother, Miss' Barbara_Muller, Mra. Thomas C. Connell, Mrs, Harry H. Doty, Mrs. Frank D. Stanton, Miss May L. Pendleton, Miss Prudence C, Fairbrother; music, Mrs. Jo- ond ; gtage, Theodore Dew- hurst, Charles O. Ryon, William E. Rose. Miss Lois Brown entertained the Wide World guild at her hme on Elm street Capt. F. J. Ostman 1§ having his large scow put in commission at Mystic where she was laid up during the ter. e land of J. E. Lord have been destroyed of late by lads who'on Sunday afternoons visit the Lord's Peint section and use the trees te Elmer Miller, now living on the George Ayer place in the south part of the town, was sleeping peacefully in his bed a few nights ago, when out in the vicinity of the hencoop there arose such a clatter, that he sprang from his bed with the thoughts of chicken thieves foremost on Out near the coop his dog “Turk” was giving noisy attention to something, or somebody that was either Mr. Miller rushed to his bedroom, hustled on a few clothes, grasped his trusty rifie and hur- Now he found the nocturnal marauder and “Old Turk” so mixéd up that it wzs fmpossible to shoot with any dog. he says, he was a wilness to one of the toughest fights he ever saw. The raccoon —for so it proved to be—is no mean an- tagonist and seldom runs from a dog unless he fears something more formida- The dog fairly. killed the ’coon. Miller brought the carcass to Jewett City where it was found to weigh a trifle As the result was an auction on the spot, Postmaster Fin; 2 noted hunter and e animal and a coon Mrs. Samuel Gardiner is in a critical condition at her home in Pachaug, as ysis. Supt. F. H. P. Clement, Who was ts give a stereopticon lecture on the United evening, was unable to reach there on account of He give the lecture this (Friday) evening. Local people are being reminded that ihe income tax return limit is March 15. could not be stopped, Mrs, John Fitch, who was sick unto deith, was taken on an improvised stretuher and carried to a point of safety in the George Wilcox house across the way. She lived but a short time afterwards, and was never taken back to her home, which Was not destroyed after all. Charles H. Ray of Sylvandale in lnoking over some old papers ahd records at his home, found ‘Tuesday, a sermon preached by Rev. Jere- my W. Tuck, known all through this section as Elder Tuck. He was pastor then, and in this sermon, which Was a memorable one, preached on a Sunday soon .after the fire, he told of the sick woman being carried from her home, when it was deemed necessary to save her from the all-devouring flames.. The Sunday following the fire, Rev. Thomas L. Shipman, pastor emeritus, preached the sermon in the Baptist church, taking for a text a . quotation from scripture. Speaking of “Our house of worship is laid waste.” ABINGTCN The meeting of Wolf Den grange was held Feb. 23. The following program was given: Violin selection, George Summer, accompanied by Marian Watson; read- ing, The Flag of Betsy Ross, Mrs. George Hicks ; song, Battle Hymn of the Repub- lic; Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Irving Hattin; violin and’ piano, George Sumner and Marlan Watson; original paper, Moth of '76, Mrs. Covell; history test, first prize, . K. Haines. A birthday with 34 candles was cut and cocoa Wwas served. The 24th of February was the 34th anniversary of Wolf Den grange. Eighteen members of the grange attend ed the meeting of Quinebaug Pomona grange Saturday, Feb. 26, at Odd Fel- lows' hall, Putnam. Sayles B. Steere of Rhode Island State grange was to be the installing officer, but on account of ill- ness was unable to be present. L. H. Healey, with- Mrs. Healey and Mrs. Mary Munyon as assistants, installed the offi- cers. Because of lack of time it was im- possible fo give the program in full. In- teresting and instructive addresses were given by Herbert Knox Smith of Farm- ington on Child Welfare and Dr. Henry K. Dewlinger of Connecticut Agricultural |college on American Ideals. The frater- -nal greeting was by Earle E. Johnson, master of Putnam grange. A vocal duet was rendered very acceptably by Mrs. Davison and Mrs. Melntyre of Putnam grange. Mrs. F. K. Haines and son Ellis spent a few days in Winsted the past week. Miss Ada Stoddard is home from ‘Worcester on a. short, vacation. Miss, Sarah Averill 0f Worcester is vis- iting her aunt, Mrs. Emma Grosvenor. So, Mr. n T will A man always has use for one more jan improvisa “Ah, yes, I remember now. it was an old favorite of mine, but I could not think of the name of it for the moment.”—Houston Post. THE KALEIDOSCOPE The plain Quaker hat originated in the sevent®enth century. Vampire hats are dangerous in South America. Peter Faneuil built Faneuil Hall in Boston as a gift to the town. The Danube is navigable for a dis- tance of nearly 1,500 miles. The ringed boar snake was wor- shipped by the early Mexicans. Aliska bought more thrift stamps per capita in 1920 than any state in the Union. The members of the American ni¥y are said to be the best fed body of men in the world. Among the persons taken into 'cus- pair of susperders. Co—Well, you see he was wearing one of those new celluloid collars and college grew too hot for him.—Penn- sylyania Punch Bowl. The teacher was trying to illustrate and to bring out the word “persever- “Now suppose,” she sald, “some one ‘were to go on day after day being good, and doing good, despite all tempta-. tions and hinderances, what would that A small hand shot up. “Well, Johnny, what would you call it? / “Monotonous, Boston Transcript. Host—“Won’'t you try a piece of my wife’s angel cake?” Guest—"“Will it make an angle of| replied the boy. — Host—"That will depend on the Rind of life you have led Teacher—You see, had the lamb been obedient, and stayed in the fold, it would not have been eaten by the wolf, would it? Boy: No ma’am; it would have been eaten by us.—Montana Farmer. Passenger — Do you ever sterilize that whisk broom? Pullman Porter (puzzled)—Wha' to,’ Colonel? Passenger—Why, to kill any germs it might be harboring. Pullman Porter—If Ah ebb it doin’ anything like dat, bdss, Ah'm tellin’ you’ Ah’ll simply pulverize i Buffalo Express. “Professor,” j the distinguished musician who had been engaged to entertain her guests, “what was that lovely selection you played just now '—Exchange. ketches said Mrs. Newrich to madam,” he answered, “was ion.” I knew numerous and by the police in Washington, , during the last year were two The United States navy pays $84 a man to obtain recruits, or $114 if the pay of recruiting officers is included. Former Crown Prince Frederick has recently expressed his desire to re- turn to Germany and become a gentle- man farmer, Braille characters are, of course, read with the fingers, but one arm- less blind man has been taught to read with his tongue, & New York, Illinois, Pennsylvani Iowa, Ohio and Minnesota are the six leading American Legion departments in regard to membership. A German private, during the woerld 'war, received 20 pfennings (normally about 5 cents) a day. The pay today has been multiplied 250 times. counties. From the Consular Reports. Holland rush to equip all factories, of munitions and materials during the“flw. or 300 times as much as the av- two imported aoout $35,000,000 worth of machinery last year, and Ger- many supplied about two-thirds of this amount. Machine tools have been im- ported at such prices as to cause a Americans’ business in this line is all but de- stroyed. During the first elght months of 1920 this country imported from Belgium diamonds worth $25,551,058, Persia produced 915,000 toris of erude oil last year. Success. as a rule, can be attributec to an intuitive knowledgs of humas nature, e eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee— A _giew concrete girder birdge in oldt country, California, carrying hway across the Salt river, is sald to hold a record for length. Each span measures 142 feet from centers of supports, against seventy-four feet as the longest previous span for a bridge of reinforced concrete. Grog, the popular name of a drink for sailors, made of rum and water, owes its name to Admiral Edward Vernon, who wore, while in service, grogram breeches and was popular- ly know as Old Grog. He was the first commander afloat to order the sailors to dilute their rum with water, and the name was given to the drink as a term of derision. Of the 10,700,000 feet of yellow pine in Klamath and Lake counties, Ore- gon, fully 80 per cent. has been killed during the last five or six years, or is now infested by beetles, say a re- port to the American Forestry Asso- ciation at Washington. The average annual loss has been about 150,000 000 board feet, worth at least $25i YOUR FRECKLES Need Attention in March or Face May Stay Covered. Now is the time to take special care of the complexion if vou wish to look well the rest of the year. 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