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| (Written mumm) Doth acids, the lactie 2cid ing treely used in the oobs In the United States, year with another. 300,000 fons are wasted in this coustry, wery year. Some years age able wsy made of walpbu ding. i fornd to bo very helpful weight, But he moment 1 Jeak developed, Wetiing ft, <11 and actomatically stop- ; 5t checked the inflow of wa- his furn corm-eohs have heen wee: lred years or wore in smeking hey may be Ao better tham | sreen Lickery twiss, but they're handier fo get, gimpler to use, and give a perfeet- 7 satistastory flaver, when vsed in sach & way as xo avoid pverheating. Really, the nuymber of uses to Which the cora rlast ean be dovoted s almost!rock itself is cheap, but tha as great o iat of the date-palm, fyom. which, eeriala Bedouin trived aro said to obtain theis fopd, clothing. fucl and drtnks, been known for a-leag time Indians used to smoke pipes. Mmost every museum has examples of thelr work in making thess. FBut wes! emoking a ‘custom of otfier races in otaer um of the ancfent world? grigne Slesovery has lately heen .5 Fragce, during exeavations oa the siteg of the old Roman camps of Cac- sar’s tme. ~Several unquestionable pipes were foind, the bowls short_stems practically -perfect and having, in at lesst me case, remaing of the recogn| i roed stem through whieh the smoke was drawn. Toberes has alwayy been’ supposed to @8 & native American production. It has: been taken for granted that it was Rever smown in Europe till Sir Walter Raleigh, Javing jearned about it during his Amer. iean adventurings, introduced it ints England. We've ail read the stoky of bow Sir Walter's servant, entering his| room and seeing him enveloped in a dense sloud of the fragrant smoke, dashed out + ileket of water, thinking his mas- ter's clothes on fire. Bat, if the Romans of Caesar's arm; 2 pioos, s seems to be no longer capa ubt, then the question arises ¥ ‘n! MJ they smoke heir pipes? Did himzel?, cvenings, ing, by smoking dried |} wmullein or cabbage leave: The siate of New York cight or ten nt §147,000,000 widen! And decpening its canals, especially tat - Firf+ canal When the federal governmert ment tock over the country’s transports tion, during the late war, not only was ne made of thees canale. but tlens wete plied one on ton of another, which sctually .com. pelled’ a diversion of most of the fic to the rafis It is asserted that last scason the ten- nage of freight home on_fhess camals was omiy onedenth thac carMled on the vmaller and ghallower eanals used beforo | m, the spending of that $147,000,000. w, ralironds haol freight faster than sanzls gan float it. But they also charge more—a zveat deal meore. any salky and non-perishable products the sansls farnish » meaps of transportation. Thers has heen wnd s no reason why such eommoditics s eoal and lumber and grain and flour nd feeds should not canal-earriod, whénever terminal faeilities make it pos- sble. As the Erie canal tzps tae Great aakes at its westtrn end and the Hudsom siver at its eastern. this makes paseil an all-water carriage of freight from iny port an the five lnkes right to the “harves at Nerwich e New Londen, for mampla. Todar a laege perceniage of the undue 98t of living is due to exorhitant charges | ‘er transporiing ike materials If the NUXATED IRON -Illli:.- ere was & eonsider- ' ABOUT FARM AND GARDEN RULES duced to their pre-war rate, there ia mo loubt that flour and feeds could be soxd for much less than now. It wag the Done Jfatucus ction of the last administeation in discriminating against the canals and forcing the traffic over to the railroads Which has been directly respomstble for this item of unnecessary expense, ameng others. According to a'vepert frem Obio, farm labor in that state is going to be oyl tler and cheaper, this season. of letters” are said to have beem M by the, staté agrioultural department from former farm emplayes, Row out of Work in mddstrial centers. e aren’t afraid of work and we aren't looking for war- timo wages,” is an extract from one let- ter sent by two young men of 23 and 23 years, respectively. Let us hope that other farmers, in othér statesa than Ohio Wwill be able, this year lo hire labar for less wages tham the entire value of tho™farm output. Phosphetic aeld s ene of the mast I‘ll\u.ble, not/to say indispemsadlé fertili- zers used. Inthe averags farmer's mind it rather overbalances all tho ether elo- ments of a complete fertfMizer. Theua- fands of farmers still cail all commercial {fertilizers “phosphates” though . phes- phorfe acid may often amount to only twe. or thres per cent. of the total Welght. Tho phosphates Which arc chiefly’ used come from yast deposits of a peculiar rock found § and some other gouthern stafes. This rock s crushed land treateq with sulphuric acld. Im@hmflm“fi‘dl.nfluw The { 2cid costs |money and, worse yet,is wasteful. A rock, Which contains as much as 32 per cent. of phospheric acid, raw, yields only 18 per oemt. or less When treatod with onid | The buresu of solls at Washington has. Been experimenting 1 the hope of dis- covering some and lesy wasteful way of meling the phosphate avallaile ‘The bureau Kaz fond, at last, that smeit- ing with crude oil as fuel results in doub- {Ing the percentage of phosphoric achl feaved and m rednchg the cost from 22 per cent. of the valu of the product © 15 per cent. This has vet 46 be trled eut, commer- efally. Hut 1t ff can ba made w0 wark, Dractieally. » farmer will be uble to got 4 much manurial valts in half a ton of phesphate ag he now gets In a ton, and will have to pay freight on but half as muelr inert “filing. The departmedt of agricuitare reports {that, M last year's yrize-tumble, the far- mers of the country lost more than all| their - previeus gains from war-time prices. Last January, for instance, the 1 2verage price on the farm of meat cattle was §4.31 lees than the price of the year before we weat to war. As to comn the drop of wm “not enly wiped out all the gain of tae preceding threa: years, but perceptibly exceeded it.” Put_that in your pipe, Mr. and Mrs |City Consurier, and smake &1 - llllmm‘”mh-flu 40,000 animals which, slaughtered, 8oy 7,680,000,400 pounda of best. Laat sént only 12.100,00¢. animals ylelded 5,000,000,000 peunds of o exporiad 123,400,000 potnds | 184,008,000 pounda last year. em | yoars ago the avarago anmual coneump- n of beet was 7€ pounds per head of our pobulation, Lest yer it was 6 por 42Vl g A o Vi S 25 shall all be living on turmins and arti- chokes, and iwondering over the deterio- ration of the racel The U, 5. depertment of agriceiurs cearaestly warns grass-seed buyers jagamsi socallod o“cléver-and-timothy” iitures, cxcept after Great eare Bas jbeen used jn Iearming the exact propor- fion of the miztures. While. the claim iw viade {hil the differsnt soeds eccur in the | proper proportioss for sseding, “frequent- |'y there, is net more than five or six per nt of elyver presont—not exeush tn apy value m the erap.” In sueh cases} (et ey e Bl il Gouble timethy priot. A widely cireulated satherity on gar- ening says that the same kind of vege- tables 8hoyid, never be planted twice in sucsialon n the sume placs This is cct as 2 general rule. It has its ex- Eeptions, “Howewer, ‘Oné cxseption i In the .case of oni In my part ef the country it is universally agreed that en- 19ns. Go better if eontinuously planted en the same bed, Ptnu:’lli T have Had £00d crops for twenty-five comseestive |Scars on the same mmall pateh. 1 dew't now the reason for this But the fact| i3 an established ona. 1 con't grew potatoes twe years rum- Biag on fhe same 1aod Wthent scab. Nor | abbsges two yesrs running without plab-foot. But 1 have grown goad sweat- | T for over twenty vears on the same ) and. ARd last year I had a fine crop: ¢ easly beets from a plot Which has| been yegularly used as a best-bed forj Whteh bed I mora than fitty years, to my knewledge. | iuiii'fi.ifi"% ,,;i It wen't de fa be tee degmatic ahout m pr garden rules. They are almost. i swbject to modification or even nulll catien by speelal locel and asuunax con- gitlons. The fa Mereny fertilimation, cultivation, ste, gometimes quita reverses any , general THEE PARMER. BOLTON Tht pregram at the meeting of Baltem grangs, Ne. 4, last Friday evening was a8 follows: Home Economids Night—Roll ¢ell, Bome New Artlele in My Home, ér That ] Would Like in My Home; Labor Saving Bquipment, Miss Adelta Laomis; How 1 Use My Head to Save My Heels, by Mrs. F. D, Finley; Hmuwdk ices o Man Olnlhlmmwua Frank K. Abbott; Is the Equipped for Tis Work as Well as the Farm, an article by Miss Annie M. Al vord; group simging of eld-fashioned (L nge. - The Ladles' Ald society met with Mrs. Charles N. Loomis last Thursday after- noon, Lagt Tuesday.evening the members and muu‘ of the Congregational Sunday school enjeved a supper and social at the ghuroh bagement. The supper was given the girls, their side having lest in a .mu.t to securp the largest number of new members. Blmer J. Finley of New York spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs: Jame Fin- Tey. Miss Emma Brown has returned after 8 visit with her niece, Miss Alles Browa, of Fapestville. My, and Mrs. Depison H. Loomis and son, Donald Leemis, ut Westfleld, Mass., re guests lu-du # the fermer's par- ants, W'uh- . Loamis. ford she was called by ess of h-r M-t. John A. Conklin,) whose condition wae mere eomfortable | Cushing academy en M}hfl; minds” was. 14: 2'* . &Iflmwfl 10.3‘ cheols o) of last week. did nat return and Miss Lydia Lathrop, d:ughfi!’: of Mr. and Mrs. James H. La~ tarep, hnu-’ Three papils o North Soclety dis- triot adult night aehool will receive di- Mrs. S. Olsen and twa little datghters have retumed to thelr home, Longview, after a visit i East Hartford, - April 3 Dr. Jolm and Dr. Marle Boyn- their two sons, with two friends, automobile guests of Mr. and Mrs. vmnun Rollinsen, calling also at Rose- dale. mm and Springfield, Mass., to Fred La Chagelle is announced. Miss Marion Osgoed of Providence is visiting in the Rosenzweig home. Miss Ruth eig is recovering from an attack of appendicitis. Nrs. Louise Raymond .returned from Danielso nlast Week to care for her sis- ter. Mrs. A. T. MacLeod has returned to her home after three mwonths in St. Luke's hospital, New York She has only praise for the treatment and care received by her at St. Luke's. June 9, 1320, there was a wedding in ‘Westminster chureh, duly described i The Eulletin. Ten months later, almost to a day, Friday evening, April 8, the lit- tle bride slipped from this life to the cters nal, leaving an infant son to her sorrow- ing relatives; the community was shock- €d to hear of the death of Mrs. Clarence Joselyn (Rita Dell Merrifield). The fu= meral was held fr her home at the Moody's Suaday afternoon and was ate terded by a large number and conducted by Rov. Mr. Coombs. rector of the Epis- copel church ot Plainfield. Mrs. Joselyn had realized she Was ieaving this life and réquested to have the Bpisconalian rector conduat the service which she had received baptism. musie, both at the house and at the com- mitment serviee at the grave at Canter- bury .Plains, where are buried’others of ber mother’s family. The flowers were of great beaut: Mr. and- Mrs. Taylor Colony of New York, 2unt and uncle ef Mrs. Joselyn, and her brother Richard Wwere among those coming for the funeral. The fant is a sturdy little fellow. MYSTIC Mre. Erastus Raynor and son Edward| have returned to Sheiter Isiand after a brief visit with Mrs. G. L Mitchell. Mrs. John €. Wheeler has returned from a visit in Boston. E. C. George is driving a new coupe. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilcox of Noank, who has served as treasurer of Charity chap- ter, No. 61, ©. E. ., of this place for the past 11 years, is soon to leave for Cam-{- den, Me., where she will make her home. Mrs. Hesbert S. Davis 1s a visitor in New York. The whist held in St. Mork's parish house Thursday evening Wwas an emjoy- able affair. The ‘several camns of Camp Fire Girls | are to hold a cake sale and tea. Mrs. B. W. Gaskell ‘and Mrs. John Lewis were in New London Tuesday. Miss Marion Cooper is coommt of ilf health, The cafeteria summer in the .Congrega- tional parish house ghursday evening wag largely attended and proved a profit- i The choir of the Westminster chureh mvvmu.\‘lmnr is to serve the local peo: home from | Clumxllm and Frank Slaytom ’l& ‘ovedster, Mdss, were -zuests of Mp m(hhldli Mass. e d o‘ ') Mrs. Bdward Keynolds o few' Jays 3rs. John Rippel. Tiite Biiza 3 Denson: s out after | his week it illness. Mrs. N Charles H. Eocleston was the | proving aud is able to be up mr') boure | guest of relatives in New Londoa Wed- feach day. nesday, Marguerite King of Auburm, R.|drem. Jack and Mary, of 5 mual '-Qp guest of Ber parents, Mr. gud|arrived Saturday .te visit Mre. Fred G. King. Harry . Hodat Mp. ¥olincs Tetmined s Mre. Albert Cole i recovering from Fisher's Taland Sunday. illness. Mrs, J. Roland Brown i the guest of hc ncenfined te, his home by illnéss. New Jersey relatives. Harry E. Bedat was called to Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Abell and Mrs. Ruth S’n:;; m'l::eegaxn ‘:d‘m:d the’ funeral ‘of] Ma 1l were visitors in New London 3 wm':y A m oK A Eifiott i’ adding o \cmn. has left for Euun, Pl.. to ouse. Jacob Spicks whq‘c meornisg Rev: L ummnflt.mnk-mmnn»fll B mm. Mich,J atter o visit with relatives|U. at T30, led by Mra Jesse E. TRogers. She will take for her subject How Can Ruun- K. Bwrrows has entered the ‘We Tmprove Our Rlcv‘lhnf I _Co. 1% office of the Allen Spool and Wood Turn- 23, 24, 31-33; 11: 1. ing company. A number from here were in RCTKVILLE : in; ot John Grinnell was 4in New Londen | 2158 on triends hers one day last wewk i ot o e caring for Her son's wi Mis. Erlo Johndon apd daneibtew Bac | jsu memard Bom, of Laurel Glen, wid has been il Several from here attended the, South County Central C. E. convention at the Hope Valley Bapiist echurch Saturday evening. . ' Mre. Tayler of Pennsylvania, who has beem the 'guest of her son, William Tay- lor, and his wife of Moscow for a few, ‘Weelts, met with a serious accident Sume day. She fell down stairs and cut a long .r‘]h-.d. her forehead and was otljerwine Funeral services for Mrs. Bridgpt Cum- mings, widow ‘of Richard Cum: whose death occurred Tuesday night fol- lowing a lingering illness, were held om Thursday morning at 9 o'eloek i St. Patrick’s church. Mrs. Cummings was of a cheerful disposition-and met the vicissitudes of lifo bravely. Although she had a great deal of trouble in the later years of her life. having lost her husband and a son and daughter within a comparatively shert time, she bore her burdens patiently. She had a great deal of native Independence of spirit and was of an industrious and kindly nature and had the respect of the community. She leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary Finnegan, also ho have been saddened by Claude Hopking and qearzo Edwards agh recently burchased’a new touring BOLTON NOTCH Ethel Von Deck, froin ' Staffordville, L W. Howard visited in the wuest of Mrs. J s The bedy of Lyman Botham. who dled| Loren Maine ‘was in Providence Fri, n Webster, was brought here for burial) day, as a delegate to tio Methodist com: Saturday afterncon. ference. Mprs. Btta Lover ontertained her nicce, | Mrs. I M. VonDeck fram ' StaZordville Miss Ellen Dotham, of New York over|was the guest Igst week of her daughs Sunda; ter, Mrs. A. 'W. Skinper. . Loren Maime was {n Springfield Sat- urday. - M| Edward Drookman s driving a e 28 autemo! pastor another year, it being the fourth. Miss Edythe Woodward was called ta Harrisville, R. I, Sunday by the serious Ulness of her sister Mury, who died Sun-| At the Girl’ club rooms Monday. w day morning. fvers pleasant evening was ' speni A Miss Flora Miler, home demonstration ' kitchen shower ven Miss Flora gent of Putnam, was wrerent at tha‘Bt‘rl'\unl‘ the @istrict nursp, which was weekly meeting of the K'nz's Danghters|a compicte surorise and mueh appreciated ‘Wednesday and tausht the mempers to | b, rthume. A delicious supper make dress forms, . There were 15 » d in the early eveninz. angd three forms wers made, A.deliciou fams of Danicleon, state aus dinner was served at noon. tomobile inspector was in the vilage Mrs. Emily Johnson has returned to|Wednesday granting lcenses to the pers ber home here from Worcester, where she (50ps owning new automebiles, J. Ray- has heen several weeks because of the|mond, Fred Swan and Mrs. Gifford. fllness and death of her siter. The euarantine has been lifted from George Wilber, a former resident, call- | the home of H. K. Loring, the family bes ed on friends Saturday afternoon. Heling in’cquaratine since. last December. was called here by the death of Mr.| Miss Mary Tracy of Central Village is Botham in Webster, beinz a relative of Istaving with -Mrs. Willlam Tracy, who Mr, Botham. i confined to her home by iliness. 2. Fred Kies spent = with reiatives m Providence, T. L. SQUTH GmaWOLD Miss Flora Herthiume was a guest of friends in Providerlce over Sunday. Mr. and Mre. Hemry L. Burton enter- tained Sunday Mr. and Nrs. Jobn Steq| \Vitiam Hill r. had his gog: killed man from Varietgville, R.’L. Albert G. Greefie 2nd Irving O. Bur- &3 attended the auciien of Vine Palme i n Piainfield April 7. Several from this place attended the grange meeting at Pachang Thursday o ; Dairy Inspector F. H. Paine of Pom- fret, was an offieial ‘edlier here Saturday. H. F. Button of North Stonington eall- ed on leeal relatives Sunday. last week and Monday of this we new WAUREGAN Cutlcura Soap Will Help You Clear Your Skin ap. Oistmant Talewm, %2 wru. Beple That is our obligation to the wearers of 50,000,000 pairs of Ipswich Hosiery annually. For 99 years we have en- deavored ta meet this obligation by making good hosiery that wears well, fits well and looks well at a price most mederate. You will experience real hostery satisfaction if you say IPSWICH to your dealer, IPSWICH MILLS Cdit and e of the lergent Hoslery Mill tn thc Unled Soien LAWRENCE # €O, Solb Selling Agents _ Boacn NewYeds Chiosws St visited her sister, Mrs. Harold Lee, last ] Pumvm' ! the week end| Mr. and Mrs. Oacar. ¥ flhwwfll\“? ang f.mue e 400th. ussell Taylor is able to be out, having! mmmu sermon will be on “Jobn Rethial (not n sister) of Majér Eant.C) that Mr. JWeeks is & girect descendant of Clapp.* [ A, Miss Fanay Jenninge has seld mm;wamrmu-rmwm mu Nellie burke from Woroestes wae a week emd guest of Mrs. Kate Haggerty. oo mt’l‘ wm):‘d his flfl‘q tri fell . and erackes e . He is eomfortgble one night last week. at_present. Mrs. George ,Allen of New London ls vieiing her eon, I\aest Fostar gnd his_family. School was eclcsed Wednesday at moon on_account of a teachers' meeting. Mrs. Kate Hageerty entertained friends from Pawtucket Sunday. Mrs. Frank Pettit and % X 38 nuu as the North aended 3 funeral at Moosup | has ecoupied for 53 yeam. Special Distributors NATIoRAL Drug Shns Main & Shatucket Seld Also First-Class Dmu-n Edward Lassere Iac. Agents, 400 West 23rd St. New York. —FOR SATURDAY— “That’s all there is— £ there isn’t any more” They ain’t no fancy work or frills—we know you don’t want ’em—all u want is our prices on this week’s bunch of merchandise—so here ube— 564 pairs Men’s “Sunday” Shoes, high and low: 783 pairs Men’s “Sunday” Shoes, “seconds” $4.90 - 3390 75 pairs Men’s U. S. Army Shoes, “corkers”........ $3.90 166 pairs Men’s Work Shoes, tan and lace... Q‘lw 15 pairs Men’s High White Canvas “Keds” ... .... $245 172 pairs Women's Black Lace Oxfords ... ... $295 134 pairs Women’s Tan Lace Brogues .......... 973 pairs Women’s High Shoes, all si 846 pairs Women’s High and Low Heel Shoec ALSO A .82.95. COMPLETE LINE OF Children’s Shoes Now we said — _ anymore”—but it ain’t Men’s Work Shirts. .. Men’s Dress Shirts. , “That’s all there is — there isn't —'cause we was only joshing. WE GOT— 79¢ Men's Suspenders. ... 2% 79¢ Childrer’sHose...... 1% s Men's Overalls ... $1.15 Boys'Blouses ....... 19c SELF-SERVICE SHOE STORES FRANKLIN.SQUARE NORWICH CONN, ‘ CLavesty ’ il