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reditary tendencies and environing in- fluences. It is definable yet obvious and unmistakeable. It is as clearly marked in the backroads farmer of the Litchfield Bbills as o the Brahmin of Boston's Bea- con street It is, therefore a gift, and not an ac- quirement. The -second essentfal is unguenchable “faith in the plemaker: Such faith as the small boy has in his own mother, and {such as older boys come to attzin in otn- er motherly souls of whom the world is Dot worthy. Given these two states of mind with the reinforcing - physical demand which comes from a day spent in labor or play on New Tngland hills, and the absorp- tion of pie rises from a mere physical function to a plane of artistle satisfac- tion. It regales the body; it calms the mind; it soothes the soul. Nectsr and ambrosta could do no more. But ple to attain its ultimate of per- fection, must not only be composed by an expert and baked by a Wise woman, it must also be served with munificence. That wit is own brother to wisdom was never more amply demonstrated _than when the ‘funny man” of The Toledo g2d ;5; i fE £ £ hot biscuits, huge platters full In the gloomy canons of darkest New |and devour similar York, they call two small slices of un- |&h Eppesrance of enjoyment.' So power- | Blade wrote, the other day: @ardone corned beef and one hunk of |ful 35 Ske force of imaginatien! “One misht as well run a pie throush a Unseasomed cabbage 2 “New England | ;1 yug berm, bred, cdueation and have | f00d-chopper as cut it into six pleces™ @tnmer.” Those b words of wisdom, Indeed; Solomon and Daniel could have evolved no wiser at a conference of prophets. “All Gaul” said the Roman histeriam, “4s divided into three parts.” Such, also, would be the ideal division of a real New England home-made, home-baked, home- served pie. But, ‘for mathemattcal and geometric reasons, and because of the difffculty of trisecting a circle into three equal segments, off-hand as it were, a quadration ‘is permissible. Beyond that tlie well-trained New England intellect will not wander. If the pie b made, as it should be, in a deep tin. ons which permits room for general filling beneath the bossed protuberance of its flaky up- percrust. then its divisi i four in the gates of New 1 kmow, for, whils 1 have never eaten Bave eaten breakfasts and eme—that would indeed have been takung |dinners and suppers in every one of its mnwarranted risks—I once ordered one. |six states. I claim reason for assuming A single look and less than a single smell |the right to say what is the chief char- safficed. 1 considered the 70 cents which | acteristic of a true "New England din- I paid for the gratification (?) of those mer.” And I unbesitatingly declare my two senses well spent, without further |confirmed bellef that the onme primo es- ng my digestion by 2 taste. It |sentfal of such a dinner, the one crown ged to the educational fund, as |of its gustatory perfection is, not corned another lesson in the ways of [beef, mor cabbage, nor potatoes ‘boiled emariable town at the mouth | with their jackets on,” but— Hudson E Tose from the table and brongnt out whaling big quarters of mince pie 1 have, several times, |PIE! By that somewhst encyclopedic word 1 4o not mean the fearsome nondescripts and doing every day more work than present-day farmhand thinks re can through with In two days, went at GREAT FOR ECZEMA mean the ple cunmingly compounded of |pricoi Fed i TESOR I e Sy e e e e AND OLD SORES e e e ey rnd stie rest | rebellion on the part of the four reeivi- |not pogi oyl Sl eif vy possible home-made e ts. But the sound mind refuses g “ . y 2 = delectsble “fling” which years of mer- | oo i i <2 fut tolso ‘I, too, did my possible. The good consider arything more fractional. wife, however, must have note: sonal experience and generations of he- reditary influences have taught the tri- umphant New England housewife to malke and bake in her own kitchen range. Guarantse My Ointment, Says I have, indeed, at picnics and “colla- Peterson—Every Box of It. tions” seen volunteer waitresses, giddy with no thought of the fu- for she half-apologized for at breakfast she said, =rving “But Pa's always had respapsible for the nealth ] i1 I _supposed, finished, the good wife farmer, who was then past his cighties it not “with shovel and tongs.” at least me In- voluntary flicker of surprise on my face “and wouldn’t think he'd had i 1| i 5588 i and mounds of rich yellow butter. When EAST KILLINGLY Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Smith of Dan- ,_spent the Fourth with Mr. amd Mrs. William B. Smith. i Mrs. Blisha Soule has been seriousty M more comfortabie at present. o ses Exhelyn and Ella Sheffield are ghending their vacation with relatives in Mr. and Mre. John Philllps of North Scituate spent the week end withm Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Oatley. Herbert Oatley and his mother have been ill but are improving. Edw. W. Aldrich and family returned from camp meeting July 4th, after two Weeks' absence. ‘The Ashford Baptist convention met with the Union Baptist church Wed- nesday, Jume 28. There were fourteen Sunday schools represented and the church was full. Revs. Love and Moc- Kay of Providence were the principal speakers of the afternoon. Miss Sheldon and Mrs. Frost each sang a solo. Sev- eral children took part by singing or speaking. Everything went well. Every but is two. the zet his, pie it hot. sultry day. The Fourth passed so quletly that some thought it was Sunday. Once in that|end guests of Mrs. Roland Browning. one enjoped the meetings in spite of the | Mrs. J. P. Crowley of Melrose, Mass., Harry Randall of Plainfield, Mrs. Mary Evans of Wakefleld, R. I, George Potter of Peacedale, R. L, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Adams of Versailles were week Mrs. Lillle Browning and daughter Myrtice attended the Starkweather- Hogue wedding in Yantic Tuesday. Miss Muriel Parker of Brooklyn, N. Y., is spending the summer with her aunt, Mrs, L. A. White. Miss Florence Brown of Bristol is| spending a few days with Miss Rena Race. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Riley and son | Louis were hotiday guests of Mrs. Lillie | ‘Browning. Mrs. Isaac Geer, Mrs. Earl Geer and | son Isaac and Mrs. Charles Gray, all of Ledyard, ‘were recent guests Mrs. | Ernest Smith. BALLOUVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Jesse O. / ok ot Norfolk | Downs, Mass., have been guests the past| week Of Mr. Cook’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Cook. Mr: and Mrs. Joseph Labelle of Dan- ielson were guests Sunday of Jehn La~ belle and family. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Knlght and son of Providence were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Knight. Miss Joseph MacConville and daughter, Katherine ~MacConville, and Duncan | MaéCenville, who were on a motor trip | were guests Sun- | nnell nad family. | K spent the week end | and Mrs. Nathan from Peterboro, day of Hector M Mrs. William ¢ with her parents, Babeock, of Jewe Mrs. Wallace 1. Good! Marian of Union a Mi. ace Buell | of Eastford were week end guests of Mr. | and Mrs. Albert Goodhall 1 and Mrs. Hector MacConnell and | left Wednesday Pleasant | H Il and daughter ) for If you want fo live in Like the kind of a your town— When every one wor Your neighbor can You needn’t slip your clothes in a grip And start on a long, long hike; You'll only find what you left behind, For there’s nothing that’s really new; it’s a knock at yourself when you knock It isn’t your town—it’s you. - Real towns are not made by men afraid " Lest somebody else gets ahead; You can raise a town from the dead; And, if while you make your personal stake Your town will be what you want to see, It isn’t your town—it’s you. ——Minerva, in O. C. Store News. the kind of 2 town town you like, ‘.« ks and nobdy shirks, make one, too. Wi H. A: Rogers of Salem visited Mrs. llam Sisson over the wee Fourth. Mr. nad Mrs. Alfred Full ton were guests of Mr. and Raymond y Mrs. Li Frances T " PRESTON Preston Tuesd: both novel excursior g the t, 1 w you to get a large 35 |t MAY be of blueberries, it may be of | Gymc but ecighths and twelfths. Once |EeNtleman looked up with a slow grin. o sterson’s Ointment today. | pumpkin, St may be of cmstard. Or, per- | o, b BENUE SO0 RO ORCE Lve seen mie I didn't want at break- stand back of every |haps, of other constituents mot wholly Voune flittertigihbit reckless. | fASt NOT any other time” he said. “But ruggist guarantees to re- | famiar to the masculine mind. 1 have ‘rather small pie into six. | When a Pie's a good pie. T can’t see why _the nase Drice It Peterson's {eaten with gusto what my smiling hostess She served ona of them | tain't as good in the momnin' as i the ‘called a “buttermilk pie and found it afternoon. View, R. L, where they wil spend tw weeks. The usual night patrol of the v a while some boy would fire a cracker or & cap pistol by way of a reminder. ages And Huldy's pies are ones. He lived to be and told hortly before his death, that in all life he had mever known what cither digestion or headache meant. ema, oM sores, t rheum, ulcers, sore breasts, itehing skin, lind, bleeding and itch- well as for chaiing, burns, its, bruiSes and sunbarn.” is, who, like myself, was a New Englander. Ha did not it _was too small to ba eaten. sucked it fn. as one insensibly notes of dust on a wi touching very near the right spot. I hav. !eaten other pies of whose componen: jparts T could f~~m no convincing idea and concernizg which 1o information was vouchsafed, but which got thers, just tnc Bk sores Uk MY e Then he looked up and said s Fere are two rather striking lustra- was in three different | S2M® the sample ng me some.” |tions of the extent to which a continued B Amputa was advised. | To o preper appreciation of pie two |As for me absquatulated ; |dlet of pie shortened life. These two BN greftiog was 4. 1 s states of mind are essential. One is the |fied to ariness and | country people, gormands of pie and ¥ T Mienionn e pumrs: | New England mentality. This must be |there t where T [hot biscuit, were cut off untimely at the N WAl rders filled by Peterson | inborn. It cannot be adquired. It is a |knew m re-[ages of only 95 and 99 years, respective- Oin Inc.. Buffaio, N. Y. slow growth through generations of he- |posed of |ly. Who knows how old they micht have Starts Saturday, July 9th CIRCUMSTANCES COMBINED TO MAKE THIS AN EVENT THAT SURPASSES EVEN OUR UNRIVELLED SALES OF THE PAST Twice a year we hold a final disposal sale—One in January and one in- July. Though we liold many interesting sales throughout the year, these two are the most important for all our remaining stocks of the season are offered that bear no relation to their actual worth or value. l':'.l’*JDOF'I'I'-IESEASONl BLOUSES SALE OF SUITS iteduced for Quick Women's and Misses’ Wool Jersey Clearance Suits, in oxford, brown and blue, | White and Colored Voile Over which sold at $25.00 and $32.50— blouses, a good assortment of colors JULY SALE PRICE $14.45 and sizes, regular price $3.00— Weasa's sind Mises' Cloik Sud JULY SALE PRICE $1.95 some tailored styles, others embroid- Gewsme Waists, Whit? ard flesh, ery and braid trimming, which sold | 20d Tricolette Blouses, in all colors, which sold at $5.00 and $6.50— from $37.50 to $85.00— JULY SALE PRICE $25.00 JULY SALE PRICE $2.95 & E LA Special lot Waists, slightly soiled, all Women's and Misses’ Cloth Suits, sizes, but only a few of each style, that sold from $25.00 to $35.00— | that sold from $2.50 to $3.00— JULY SALE PRICE $18.95 J JULY SALE PRICE $1.00 MILLINERY ! SKIRTS At Clean-Up Prices At Clean-Sweep Prices Sport Hats, in white and colors, also F Plaid and Striped Sport Skirts, Women's and Misses’ Ready-to-wear il g e box plaited. season’s new Hats, which sold for $3.00 to $5.98— | skirts, which sold from $15.00 to JULY SALE PRICE $1.48 $17.50— JULY SALE PRICE $9.85 w } ‘d -3 £ . 1o MBS, itig w"'."'w""'i’;“'l'."’! White Wash Skirts, in Surf Satin and fancies, others with flowers and wool £ rices DRESSES At End of Season Prices Wash Dresses, in Organdy Linen, Pongee and Voile, white and colors, which sold from $15.00 to $19.50— JULY SALE PRICE $11.95 Taffeta and Satin Dresses, in navy, brown and black, that sold from $25.00 to $37.50— JULY SALE PRICE $18.95 Wash Dresses, in Organdy, all the latest. models, in white ‘and colors, that sold from $22.50 to $25.00— JULY SALE PRICE $14.95 MUSLIN UNDERWEAR 'New in style, low in prices Muslin and Crepe Bloomers, white and flesh, some lace trimmed at bot- tom, regular prices 59¢ to 75¢— .. JULY SALE PRICE 50c Embroidery Trimmed Skirts, with dust ruffle, full width, and fine qual- ity embroidery, regular $1.50— JULY SALE PRICES $3.85 JULY SALE PRICE 98¢ Silk Baronette and Crepe-de-Chine | Mercerized Silk Step-in Bloomers, Skirts,in white and colors, which sold | with fine val lace trimming, regular for $10.00.and $12.50— $1.50— A JULY SALE PRICE $7.95 JULY' SALE PRICE Gabardine, in regular and extra sizes, that sold from $5.00 to $5.98— '51.00 ; SPECIAL! Sweaters, black, white and sport colors— July Sale Price $4.85 . ;- “THE STORE OF GOOD VALUES” 94-100 MAIN STREET zood NORTH FRANKLIN Miss Nina Fitch Clyde nad Grosvenor Fiteh of Versailles spent the Fourth with Mrs. William Lamb. Mrs. Jennette Hoffman and daughter Ella, Mrs. Frank Rockwood and ters’ Florence and Hila, Mrs. : Tate, Mrs. Fred Armstrong, Mrs. Fred H. Race, Mrs. O. L. Johnson, Mrs. Albert Stiles, Mrs. Archie Lamb and Miss Lydia Johnson attended the Ladies’ Aid soclety meeting at the home of Mrs. Fred G. Bliss on Laurel Hill avenue, Norwich. Mrs. B. Davis and daughter Althea spent the week end with the former's mother, Mrs. Franklyn of Mansfield. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, Rev. and Mrs. B. D. Hetherington and Mrs, Lydia Miner, all of Fitchville, spent the Fourth with- Miss Mabel 3 Charlcs Duerr and daughter Charlotte of> Groton ‘spen tthe Fourth with Mrs. Fred Duerr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lewie and family spent the holiday at the drawbridge. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bolande of Kan- ‘sas City, Mo., spent the week end with Mrs. Earl Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. George Avery and Albert Beckwith were holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Snyder of Ledyard. “Mrs. Christine Chase of Norwich was a guest the Fourth of Mrs. Jennette Hoff- man. =Y Mr._and Mrs. Stewart Judd of Seymour and“Miss Helen Barnes of Syracuse, N. Y., spent Sunday and Monday with Mrs. Fred Duerr. Mrs. George Kahn and daughter Helen me, | was maintained over the holiday was unusu bration being William H. Cook which | no premature cv“]t-' by anyone. 7 o'clock meetin; the Ballouville Ep- worth _league 2 ast. the topic being Thy the World, the last in a series of topics. In| spite of the heat, the meeting' was well attended Mr. d "Mrs. Pierre £pe | the holiday i NORTH LYME Mr. and Mrs. Willi ford spent several da the past week. Mr. and Mrs. H. Conway of New Lon- don were visitors at Erwin Rogers' over | the holiday. ‘ Alpheus Nye and family of Fitchvi Merrill Babcock, Doris and Maude B visited at George at J. W. Stark's 3ab- t Rev joyed by picnic held e Fourth w: people. There lunch, ice cream and punch those attending from out of town were Mrs. Katie Jewett, Mr. and Mrs. Giles| Reynolds, Rev. Mr. Howe and family of | New London, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes of Lyme, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Ackley, Miss Ida Stark, Jennings Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gillette, Miss Gladys Stark, and friend of Chester, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Fuller of Abington, and 2 number a ba Kmons | in charge of the!y, | ets fo n Stark of Hart-|v 3. c.ls © ) nue ping at Junction will h and of ¢ r round and look after the hes of the excursionists. NORTH STERLING Frank O. Plummer and been visiting n family London ket | tri Spooner’s Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Henry a few days in East this past we H South Manchester.—Dur August the Manchester pub be closed Tuesday and Thu from the adjoining communities. A. R. Tiflany of Wallingford and Mrs. noons. have | | HUMOR OF THE DAY “What parior Be evist?™ Jsunily,” repiied Mise Cayenne, “Be has been cbliged, since h gave out elsewhere tea and sandwiches— e, that doz bas ® L It must be about three féet.” Class Scout—“Yes, that's his rd."—Boy's Life. it are you making such & fuse I thoweght you were a good 50 far as an election is con- swered the excited citisen 1 concerned about is the good 32 < Jack is going to propest 70 down into his celias ps his private stock”— -Union. There' a mas oden leg, mum we don't neel s the biggesl K 50 to, present com- Iways excepted.—Knoxville Trie nd Journal Benham—What do yon think of “ship-by-truck” idea? nham—Is your mother ready te | go home ’—&Houston Post. : St School Teacher—What d¢ 1 from the parable of the prod- Brow That it is better to be the n than the fatted calf—De- john, a man called this after- d he would supply us with city to light our house and run the washing or only $1 a month. What dg nk of that? b—You should have told him thal we want current fiction we wili at a bookstore.—Boston Trans- “Does a_rabbit’s foot really bring good luck?” “I should say so. My wife felt one | in my money pocket once and brought it was a mouse."—Judge. + 135-¥43 MAIN STREET NORWICH, CONN. NOTE :—Avrangements have been SR s July The Plaut urious comfort and you add ness of your life. store and spend as much time as scores of beautiful new designs in most manufacturers, Couch Hammocks Dining Room Suites Rugs and hundreds of other articles of or Camp). | is complete. 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New London, Conn. made for trolleys to go through tnfiCl;(r:’I Village on Saturday Nights, 9th and 16th, leaving Norwich at 9: KALEIDOSCOPE | Anigators of Jamaica are often seen | miles out at sea. | The first electric pump was made | by Voita in 1800, There are 550,000 more men thax women in Canada. The city of Manchester is Eng- | {land's greatest industrial center. Mrs. Ben Martin, of Allamakes | county, is lowa’s only woman sheriff, two separate hearts other 160 times & , is said to have beex first European city to have & po- icewoman. A stove which burns sawdust enly heats a waiting room at London Bridgs station. Mrs. Mary B. Lindley h 2 m Sacramento. At the time of its birth the giraffe measures six feet from its hoofs e the top of its head. ! France plans to conserve 40,000,004 tons of coxl annually by the electrifie been clect- the city council of ] 1 tion of its railroads. Under ctor: the British factory act e may be open for more tham t hours in any one day. 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