Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 21, 1922, Page 9

! about 20 years ago. We, Bob J myself, In a party of seven, took courage, inned the flannel and oflskin suits. went down the.spiral stalrway, held hands, passed the bridges and into the Cave of {the Winds. It was all very wonderful 10 me and one of my most enjoved trips. Isw't it almost ilme for Valemtine to show up at one of the meetings? Pebru- ary is ahmost here and it is sure her month. We miss you. & Dear Grandma H.: Am very sorry to hear of your efckness. Joan: 1 liked very much the poetry you sent Best wishes to all. « man is like oid s Both 2 sole may toen tanned; botl ces: 10se, are made © left and right, be complete, o go on feet celing, oft are soied, me turn all to mould. st is first; with men The first shall be iast: and when | The shoes wear Te manded now; MARIGOLD. A VISIT 70 MARTHA’S VINEYARD. Dear Friends of the Soeial Corner: Peginning of a new year. How many of ¢ made a ‘set of mew resolu- Now begin to plan for one fine 's gumiter, for it sure will be here. s cldest son comes home on his jon with wife and two sons, aged ¢ly 7 and 5 years, we usually trip somewhere, Last year we ne mornihg, went to West- ¢ way of Scotland, stopped at and then went on to Can- . rhury and Into cemetery there. Then e e went on to Providence, called on be plensex friends, then to Fail River, called on a 1l send cous'n in New Bedford, and on to Woods Hole, where we put the car in garage fier jearning that o take it on the boat Oak Bluffs would cost $11 one way. We changed clothing and left it in car at arage. The boat cams soon and we y way, arfiving at the Bluffs Ve found rooms. had sup- I missed the large was there 40 ye he boat landed. At (@ woman) - broke one bie_toilet get. She report- t to the office and the nro- ke the full price of a new on she reéturried to the room g pieces and thien I al8o misked the Highland house, h ‘stood to the morth of the Sea View. Other times when going ‘there wo went on the railroad to New Béd- ford, then by boat.to Cottage City was then called ;ight miles below, and to gét ad to changs to a smafler hoat. na dgariow wear out they're men dead, spon, - andhpo ing 1 both inecline, he worid to shine t—and would you writers mes_though Should etter ¢ you wil nam EARLY BLUEBELL: Your name has | 2dMed to the Social Corner list. It sssacy o change it to avold con- anothy PARRIE: Your name has been listed | Corner member. i SARAH WORDS OF THANKS Cormer: I wish to thank rner . member for the cal- 2, wnd also extend e Kind words and thoughts fremr the Cormer members In ' ATURDAY EVE. GATHERIXG OF CLUB Ne. 2, r tor amd Sis- ideal day for er Club No, r one hufi- »iG but there is no railroad ete ones, is n used to be. 5 After breakfast niy fon hired Jitney to take us to Gayhead, as T'd nevér heen bountifu! jread we enjoy- | there. Mr. B. st arranged for the grand fter which we had onr usnal s duet by Snowfake and by Stillwater, Chbeo- Trula, Gypey, Wur- Comtort, Cafla LIt 1 and Jen: s always welcome. Blossom® How 3 per hour, took us. Real Indians occu- y this part of Martha's Vineyard, and 4 abundance of grites all along the drive, which impressed us that Mar- tha certainly possessed a vineyard. our way (o Gayhead, as my son’ exceedingl; “Aslc these women here to bofl some for ou while we go farther on” We did so hd on our return they wete all ready or us in 4 box, and they were first clas There's a very pretty lighthouse at yhe2d and as you go on farther you inly realize the reason for the flafiic 4 you see the nretty streaks of g Blue and red clay from the high point of land to tie water. As you walk higher ground still, yot find a affair whets some of the Indian il posteards and mould this elay les to sell. Then 1 thought I'd like to see Edgar- téwn once more, and not knowing there Wwas a 'bus carrying passengers we went on with our careful driver. When thére 40 years ago or so, where wg boarded s a gifl about my age. We uged walk down to the lighthouse, especially 1en the boat came in,'and had a better chance o go fisking and clamming. In fact father commanded o sailboat and so all addressell him as captain, It was more quict in Edgartown. I was so anxious’ o find the friend of my ’teehs. We cofresponded uftil childrén came to demand otr time and attention, We went 19 the locAtion—thie older house was gone —=but on cuming to a cottage afid seeing someone in the shed I said to V.: “Go ask him if he knows what bécame of Katie Coombs?" We did and recsived this reply, “Yes! T martled hér forty years ago” Can you ladies imagins the real pieasure it gave us to again see p- each other ‘face to face?” We then re- eryihifg, Bil vic rned o0 {he Bluffs and made prepata- ¥an & IR 4 ous to take the boat for Nantucket. il tr Off a little way from Gay Head we there ter saw a stfip of land éalled No Man's for moVihiz pic- | Land. Doubtless you have read sbout & motor Iripiboats recéntly anchoring there with 1i Now and iren |quor and smalfer boats bringing it away, et s away out of our war. | biit as the land 18 6bwned by no one what A mas who Whs :u;t:m. at the h.l’.l: can bé déne? arsifield sald the pletures put h I've given prices to nelp you to plan as mind of the Newburyport turnpike,|to expénse. Rooms !l.b&, 82 ha Ol-. t was O. K. just the same. We only | plece per night. Our time Was short so biowent. We only remained one night in (he place. ast we afrived at ovr destination, Tt te'l you about Nantucket later. e 4. a yery quaint coufitty place, CRETIA, he home Daisl Websar. 1 saw his — THE THAMES RIVER IN WINTER. from Har we miss e Social Cormer. | BONIE ling of a trip ¢ benefit of the readers I will 1 i34 not leng ago was this way, i had hal rsbileld and Plymout 1 they had planne k with: them as they So on the morning 5 start we arose to find ches B¢ smow and more falling could. Our courage was the prospect wash't very however, we were soon alieu” was said, and we side of the road, veside bulldings il we could see t to Kennebunk sorm was about over. Of Joyed seeing the_pites ail with the feathers siow. 1 en- every minute of the time it took when we got to York beach was shining and there was u> of smow quite cold ths Side: the grave n the Cemeléty, visited Mifles Sandishs grave smd at Dux- y. and went fo sh _where Samuel Woodworth lived who composed the song. The O Oaken Bucket. I saw sverything that is n‘h'-l n .: womg. | wae Spellbsund for 1 neve dreamned of ewet " e 1 e e I ries seeing. Fisé dark and somb; less H nsdmnm,z\: poetry of art. & n:t:;tgnl are the naked stripped of . gorgeous follage, pping with fringes of ice and m::w.. with the of winter, the under of the night. mote mountaine stasid , pointing eol nly hea the witd Birds ery over thé i’!g 58 ¢ on the r H ery over thé the lfttle ham- the G ines iEgf me there 1 found a ifttle rallrond | notw. Tie plaes, like many of the eaftier | . native 'of the island. | and recommiended as a careful driver, at{ ed. on | fond of lobsters, Mr. B, said | i . | 8 Dear Social Corner Friends: ?;;uhow many :f ky:n write are poems? they to be recelved With formality dupted’ in state to the guest our Wives or dedr friends to Be Wwith joy and seated in the family Hv ing room? Sometimes I think a'popuier defnition of poems would be: Something to bs f i L | left there. One cow’s milk was reserved young ~wWhose had Be- his ¢ was. leave that he e fright was ér strange to 13 ] iEE3E gai i 3 & i ¥ i i § ; H H a8 g 2 .4t ing i 3 “hrowie: T remener oneof thoss old i :‘;x‘méd, when in voiumes relegated to elsvated osen stoves. - It mever was used e obscure cermer of the WHETe “mot} and Tust doth corrupt’ ar when met with in magazines or newspa- pers to be ignored, or i recogmiaed &t ,oiio. stove in use for in my time but stored away n the attic til some relic hunter beught jt. But theve Was a 'most claborate and curious a2 many all, by the stiffest permissable bow, My | ver oF 8000 b SO O x near big dictiouary, to which I £o often tarli | 1o 1o ‘was ibng and nestow mad. mot in"time OF doubt, says that poems ars “cqmpositions in verse, with-or without rhyme, properly such compositions char- acterized by beautiful and itnagin thonght and by artistic. construct To me, in these latter yeirs, posms mean more than 1 can words. more between the Hmes than in the lines themselves, so that what part, eontribute, holding a great deal of wood, made & fierce fire While it lasted, but it had to be frequentiy™ replenished. As ome of ative d the family used to say, We Were always either roasted or frozem with it. smoke went throngh (wo The sidepieces expresS in| gnageq gracefully like the old IyTes we In .many of them there is far| ugeq to see in “Picturs res til] it reached a long narrow sty bordered with what comes out 1917 cajled an ornamental fence at the top, us depends largely on what We, on OuT|yhers from the back it went into the Stovepipe. Between the sidepieces was 1 listened to a wonderful sermon 1#8t)an urn which lifted off and the whole Sunday morning. perfectly as if it had been thought out for my individual use. heginning came this quotatiom: prey, Where w words, franght with vital they Wwere spoic imstantly 7 ola schooldays’ friénd— 1s it not a wonderfal an we have never seen and never expresses ‘erent tongues the selfsame ends. and fears. ada aspiration: To me, mow, the taking of poems out well nigh as savorloss, it Are not t patromized by thie class it |Poems as necessary. 10 a well roufided flife as food or . fo drass? “‘man What moad, and be fli- Verily, 1 Hot vou éme to th | Ars you weary with the stroggie of | d to me some poem, I son mple and heartfelt lay. at shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughls of day. /o e s the. night mus And t ares that infest the day, all fold their tents, Iike the Araks, 1d as silently steal away.” Have you seen a vision? Then strike chord of triumph-— Mine eves have secn the glory of the coming of the Lorat” Are you struggiing upward though dissatisfied with your present achieves ments and longing for a broader life? Then this is for you: “Build thee. more stately my souf, is the swift seasons roil! Leave thy Jow-vanlted past! Let cach new temyle, nobler than the last, Sbut thee from heaven with more vast, Till thou at length art fre Leaving thine oulgrown sh: unresting sea!” hanks for dainty calendar and best es to all EVELINE BURR. teana filled with shall be t mansions, O a dome by lfe's HELPING THE CORNER, Dear Bditor and Sisters of the Svelal Carner: 1 thought I would try and help fili the Cornér pags. This week 1 was pleased to see so many letters send In last week. T want to thank the sister that sent me _the pretty ealendar. pleased with it and also appreetats it have hung it in my dining room and it makes 4 fine showling on the green wall Paper. I eall it my Soelal Corner girils and am in hopes some time I may kriow the sehder. Red Rose: Sorry vou-could not have Juneh with me Wednesday. The ofange Shorteake was O. K. -Shall look for you hext week. Come any time. Tou are always weleome. Mid_Clover: Did yon gat that pencil? If not, it is too late sow. You Should have followed the crowd. Wishing every Cotnér mémber good | here goes. luck and al®o a happy New year, if not 00 1at “INl fares the land, to hasteming ills & {Westminster from New York state and 1 ourselvey friends |church, filling it with coals from the friendship mot dependinz on | gervice. l i endar 1_received. 1 vas JoUch | ondar with me at present in the Back- reng| FHieRSS: A It ficted my heed 28| structurc was co¥ered jn raised fruits and flowers, It was cast in Troy and Almost at thtlype only one resembling it that I ever saw belonged to a family coming to was in the form of & Grecian temple in- alth accumuiates and men do-fsteaq of & lyre as much as a stove could resemble éither. Do any of the sisters remember the truth and as applicable today as Wheki|gg foot stoves of perforated tin that As they fell from (8¢} useq (o be carricd to church fa bygone recognizéd | doys? The only one 1 ever saw used was when I was a ehfld. Old Mrs. Lam- son used to sometimes bDring cne to church stove at noon for.the afternoon And then there were the brass wirming pans With & perforated cover - how perfectly andiand g jong handle which were filled with e this | coals and passed between the sheets to warm beds on & cold winter might, es- 1 or viace has made | pecially in the ‘“spare chamber’ when company was venturesome encugh to come {o occupy.a room’” cold engigh to freege a wiilfe bear. solid the. wiy spare chambers always is” which last quota- tlon will be found in Harriet Beecher Stowe's “Oldtown Folks” And now 1 have discoursed long enmough' for once and far t00 long. So I will close for this time with best wishes. IOLA. CORNER IS NOT FORGOTTEN. Dear Socia{ Corner: If it !s not too late, T wish tht editor and all of the Social Corner sisters a havpy New Year. 1 am afraid the most of you Will think I have forgotten the .Cotfier, but have not. I enjoyed reading Bluebivd’s d scription of Niagars Fail¢ very tuch. I always wanted to see them, bul never have time. My sight seing trips are usually taken between breakfast and supper. 1 was STy to see by the paper that Grandma H is sick, Hope she is bet- ter by this time. 1 love to meet with with her at the meetings and picnics, she is so jolly. . Merry Widow: Did you get stuck in & snow bank golng home after Christ- mas? Smilés: Thank you for the card and the nice Soctal Cormer badge with my name on it Balsamn Fir: Was pleased to receive your card. 1 have mislaid it. T want to send you one when I find vour 2d- dress. Can any one tell me what has bécome of Bob White? I have not met her for 2 long time. I wish to thank ail who meé with Christmas cards. DELIGHT. JUST THANRS. To the Social Corner: I wish o thani the Bocial Corner member who sent the pretty calendar—aiso the editor for the prize fioney. THIRTY TWO. APPRECIATES THE CALENDAR. Degr Edlter and Soctal Corher Sis- ters: I am rather late {n Writing to the Corner, but I want to thank s Sogial Corner mesmiber for a loveiy little. cal- 1 have . that cal us hospital, where I am a patient. Hope to be able to mieet with you one and all soom. Yout Cormer brether, PAPA'S BOY. AN ENSOY®® VISIT TO OCHATTER- RS, and Seclal Cermer er- informed e, - #he would be disappeinted € she @id not see a fetter from me in this wesk's paper, I read the letters and they are so much mere Interesting than anything T con wete. 1 am diseouragsi Dear Editer * RED crovmr, | before I cogaence, but if mifis 1s nbt MORE RECOLLEOTIONS DAYS GONE BY. oF THE Déar Editer and Friénd¥: To begin | scems Worth reading just throw it aside and resd those ihat are. 1 4m s poof slesper so when I camnot 68p T corhpose beamtlfyl letters, or it wiy to me, but my Jdeas ny letter, I want to thank the tnknowa | seem t0 leave me When dayHght —ap- sister who o kindly sent ma 3 prefty|peats. Tie editor Wishes good little calendar, and thm watit to ssk|letters. Spopose fhat Aunt Jerasha it the t tions wasn't the Rev. Jonath#t {der Nichols” a8 éamie used 0. aati him, who was in fmany years. e Tmen- | Fense, but I like lstters with nomsenve aj : Vailey o] és Bave o preface 3o this is mine. _ 1 knew Bim well, - fr he. 4nd my father were scqusinfed and Ws|ing 1 those that attended the meet- Ju.s 4th at Buekingham Memorial Semstimes used to stop to dinner or tex| will agree wih mé in saying we had a With us Wheu passing 6 various Tunerals whete he officiatéd and ke weed | sontl, to oftén change pulpits e mrufi hink, -was| Claire (o new it time friend of o1 SeveR Bier, as fi : F ‘Weste | véry pleasant meeting. A8 usudl, the e st ey bme. ieud samt Corser rord Eil.ln' k these that 1¢ e PR il ey inember thut Sent e the very ealentar. Have uoclb{m':::nfl ited 6 piss thE dsy at OF Fharkiny. of 1ast. weel. Borhaps e efiber - the Vety stofmy day, o8- e it S AT e hail froze! 3 F Clairo thOught 1t rather esky but 1 sald’ we ware . 6 we (il mot have ok remembered | making a pretty winter ploture: interested in seeing our host wash cans, They were washed, then hed some wore, S0 ho germs Were for home use, apd that means plenty of . Then the eges they have! Twen- were lald that day. The small 2< interested in skating and was <w skates, It is such a homey| cats and 3 pretty Scotch eollle‘ Trinney, eating ont of the same No growling’ or scratching; ev- erything in harmony. Say, sisters don't say I told you, but| Chatterer sail she might have the Social | Comner sisters up there some summer day. Wouldm't it be great? Green grass, ‘trees covered With green leaves and maybe, blossams in place of ey walks! Well, the best of friends have to pary, < we had {o take ourselves [homp With (he memory of a very pleas- ant @ay passed. Long live the Soctal Corner! WURDY BELLE, e Se TR DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE. Dear Socta] Corner Sisters and Editor: A dainty calendar received fram a So- clal Corner member. I return thanks for the gift. Please accent my grateful appreciation to the sisters for their kindly words i my great loss during the.Yuletide s son. “A place is vacant In our home ‘Which never can be . filed. God in His wisdom has. recalled, The boon Hig love had given.” BLANCHE. NEARLY STRANDED IN THE STORM Mr. Edftor and Soclal Corner Friends: I wish you all a havpy and prosperous year and many more added to it 1 think January 11th was a very unau piclous “day for' a pleasure party, even for a Social Corner gathering. Neverthe- less, according to their reputation for courage there were a goodly number at Franklin hall for Willimantic Club No. 1's meeting. We all had a gemeral good time and a zood dinmer as usual There were six ladies from South- Coventry myself among the number. The storm did not atrive here until about nine in the morning. As my dauehter and my- self were ready to go Wé went-as we are not accustomed to back out for small things. But we had a hard time getting | home. We lefe Willimantic with the car on schedule time. 3.15, but the car couldat make much headway on ac count of the snmow and ice whicii formel so rapldly with the rain. When we got | within about cne-half a mile of the vil- lage we weré told the car couldn't go eny further So we were left in the road 10 'go home as hest we could. It seemed to me I couldn’t éver walk that distance tn that storm. Founately an auto had| stopped just thers and I hegged a rlfl01 tome. I was aliowed a seat with the driver and my daughters sat on the bo tom of the car and we were soon at| home, having been more than two and a | balf hours on”the romd to get six miles. | of the nassengers had to walk, nk we were very much favored, kiithe pext time a storm starts as: @il 1 %Nf remain at home and not | Tisk the chanee of getting home. 1 enjoy reading the letters in the Cor- ner page e-o-ir:xfiuy' those giving .the childhood regollections of W “nd Canterbury andthose hist | T was not brought up.n this state; still ¥ have “visited in those places and fanghter married a man from Canter-| bury. I thini & letter )\\"J! =2y b o ave written quite as lon for this time, sa WRINKLE. DEATH OF A CORNER MEMBER, Dear Social Corner Friends to thank the one Who sent the Think 1 know “who 18 who. Aunt Jerusha: Was pleased to read a latter from you and wish you could come down to our meetings. T wonder if any of the sisters reme; ber Mrs. Cartie S, Parker? She went to Coventry Lake with us once. I a Surs Licy’ Acorn and Lonesome Will remember her. I have met her eral times.and had a pleasant call at hor home. 1 was surprised to read of her passing away Jan, 8. She used to writs ocossionally - and signed her name, An Outsider. Red Rose: There's a thought in m heart. that words will mot say, but your kind friendship, T'm thankful day, Best I wan calendar. wishes to all = JOA TWO NEW CORNER MEMBERS. To the Editor of the Social Corner: 1 was a.guest at the Soclal Corner cluly meeting January 4th. T enjoyed it great- Iy and I would ltke to hecome a mem- ber. T will take for my pen name EARLY BLUEBELL Dear Soclal Corner Members: Having béen go nicely entertalved &t a goui many of your gatherings, I should very much lfke to join your numbers. BARRIE. GREETINGS FROM J. B. T. Dear Editor and Corner Writers: For old and beautiful, temsting and prolific places, the garden, where Adam and Eve lost out, no facsimiie has been found, but beautv, grandeur awe and | impressions never to be forgotten are sl here on our earfh. When T came | here, most thres vears ago to Mve, I s41d it will never be more then a sheit- er. or camp to me, but the melly, tall, wivirg plues; acrose the road were rest- ful, the long, narrow river called Yan- tle, that travelsd on and on as it seem- td say, “press on” seems to cheer me, and also the biz Lowthorpe meadows. free to all With a large restful stone seat, the dack fettered with a worthy { across the Prices ks d e To Bottom AT THIS : Sale Starts This Morning ENTIRE STOCK MUST BE SOLD, REGARDLESS OF COST, IN ORDER TO RAISE CASH. Save 25——30—35% | ON MENS, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SHOES The 138 MAIN STREET then foaur and baking powder, Which have Bten sifted together. Beat well, add nuts, vanilla and beaten - white of esg. thoroughly. Bake in a greased shallow tin_in a moderate oven £5 to 35 minutes. Cover with icing, use any Doiled. frosting you like and add six or ight marshmallows. Wil send an ng if anyone Wishes. I am very sorry to hear Grandma H has been ill. Hope she is very much better. A Social = Corner Momber: Many nks for the calendar. It Is pretty and makes you think of the good old sum- mer - time. Hattie May and Stm Jim: Siiding @own hill is much better than walking. Don't: you think so? Grace: Hope to be With you on the cetings 1o all, N.E. B WELL REMEMBERED WITH CARDS, r Soclal Corner Sisters: There ems to be & call for my pen again. So will try to write a few lines in answer some inquirles if the editor is able a5 may hand. still bothers me ing Necia, T recelved your = pretty card and thank you very much. I was kindly remembered with Christmas T had 45 in all. I also received pretty calendar, from some unknown person that I send thanks for. joved your letter, Bluebird, tell- ing about your Niagara Fafls. It 1 would have h you it I was as well As T know you. and vou also know me, aithough we have not en each oth for gome time now. Dear Grandma H.: Was very sorry to ness and do hope for covery. 1 could not at- the meeting Jan. 11 in Franklin hall on account of had weather, eal winter day. hone to be Joan, your stre: them. There samo ho With b sperit as I was once. tend there Feb. 8t in but 1 don’t know them. il for health ana tor included. A OUR HUNT FOR WITCH BRIDLES. and Sisters of the cial Corner: In the days of my childhood it was customary, for farmers to send & grist of corn to the mill to be ground. As the mill was no great distance from my grandfather's farm and it wasa straight road, in good condition, my grandfather | not far f often allowed my brother and myself to g0 to the mill With the grist, and as we | Was a noted meeting | witch bridie | who gave it direc! we decid: by. the d that the long wished opportunity had arrived for us to v 4 visit there and urge our request to be allowed to go into the attic and 1 for the witch bridles which it was #ald were there, Accordingly on our re- arn route, we stopped ®t the houss, slighted, hitolied our horse, walked up to #he door and knocked. The door was opencd by our grandmother’s friend Who, recognizing us as the children of her patroness, very cordially ivited us 10 enter. We then saw for the first time the eldest of that trio of sisfers. She re. garded us Wwith sucih baleful looks—or at least it seemed so to us—and de- passed sor auotation, full of bird life and song. THe dafaty lady on my. Social Corner cal. endar would ‘not mind her sfiken skirt of that seat. And here I thank the sender. There are some alwayvs think- 10 of others. Kven fhe Bare, unsizhtly £3nd bark has its place. Tt sands the ice for sure footing, helps to vlaster our walls, and #cours knives and floors, <o it seems nothihe 1s utterly usecless, Hubby and I counted {hirty automo- biles pasg In five minutes. When o new one passes he.will 8ay andther thous- 218 rolllg along the road. If one needs @ .dostor the ‘auto gets Fim here, 1t late to the weddiig the same zets us there. We are finding ont how to use ol Father Time. Joan:-Trisd veur cake. It is fAne. The epsch is—so changilig—and inventive as to be monctonout. With all good wishes for this vesr fo you. F. inT P RECIPE FOR DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE. Dedr Cofnérites: It 1s a long time wifice I contrfbuted to the Corner. Hera is a rectpe for Devil's Food Caks that I ‘mse and we like it very. much. I make | Dovit's ¥ood Chie One-fourth cup Shortening, oné Cup sugar, ofie-half cui mashed potstoss, two ‘and one-hal? manded in @ very gruff voict to be told whose children we were. Our friend told her that we were the grandehildren of Mrs. E. the chiidren of Dr. G. Then as she still scemed to 100k threateningly at us and she look= e so much like an old witch herwelf, her strageling wisps of gray hair, her cap awry and soiled, Her umtidy dress, that the frighttul thought ovourred to us that she might be ore. In that oase she might lave a witch bridie or two cons cealed about her and presently she would cast them over our heads and thus transform us into young and frisky eolts. This dire contingency caused such abjectteffor in our yeuthful souls that We thought it about time for us to @et out. Then without walting to urge our request ahd regardiems of the for- malities usual on occaslons we Started towards the outer door. Our | triend kindly”invited us to stay a ttle onger HUT no sounér was the outer door opened than we dashed Wildly out and did not stop until we mll: into our wagon more dead than alive from fright and drove rapidly hotns. Thus ended. our hunt for witch bridles and it i5 needldss to rematk that we were never tempted o renew the fears fal expéflente agadn ‘and not necessary to add that no member of our family SRS ey N Tt Y isaspeon vanilla extmat. Credm chocolata ever got wise “our 3 T wonder uiamg mw Was aver acquainted with Dr.*Harvey Campbell and can tell ma ihing about his youngest daughiter Jan s ghe atill ‘o aho 18 s ragldls sp- fi‘v.hvgindoflyfflo"fi Py . s A was | Let us both young | a&ain. 1 proaching my eightieth anniversary, The father of Dr. Harvey Campbell and my great-granngother were brother and sister. GREAT GREAT GRAND AUNT. A CHATTY LETTER FROM RURAL DELIVERY. Dear Social Corner Friends: As it has been some time sincg I have written for The Corner page, 1 Wil help fill out the page today. First I will thank the Soeial Corner member who kindly sent me a very neat calendar for 1 To the writer who thought the last whipping post used was in the town of Sterling, i 1 have visited all the oldest citi- zens and they do mot remember < any whipping posts in this section. The peo- ple in Sterling are pretty good people Vhile they might need a little scolding. they do mot need 2 public Whipping post. 4 description of t fools the n with the gun, lives om, ete. While the crow has some good qualities, how do they compare witi the bad ones of destroying the egge of robin Tedbreas and many other sma also de stroying the young bi ars out of the shell? chickens are often carried away by the crow, which has come to stay and will b here for all time. The question is, Is the crow a welcome visitor? E. M. R. C. P.: Some of The Corner members thought I lived near Be: pond. Only wish I did, for T am a great lover of boating and fishing. Beach pon is 20 miles from m; 1 was th once many years ago fishing through lce. of the Oid Darn him and have a strong cup of tea and any times He use gtime. e tea cup fi the poo * lone! think he died Corner Man summer doge with ‘inter, often hav t his feet, which nim. One w catised his In most s ere are some Works nature i ) write ahout m here is & rocks where the In us ive place for the t is in the town of Plainfleld and weil worth going to visit in the summer time. A8 I looked The Corner page over last week it was nearly a page of strangers, very few old writers, uniess they have many pennames, which is not pleasing to the editor. As 1 am taking too much space, 1 will close with hest wishes to ail members, young old, and ma: new year Be prosperous to you ail. RURAL DELIVERY. the SUNSHINE WINDOWS. Dear Social Corner Editor and Sisters: I-wish you all a cheery good morning. ‘We have had some stormy weather. It made me think of @ bieak day in eariy December. The sky had hung low and leaden sinice morning and now, In late af- ternoon, the rain had begun to fail, steadily, drearily, making littte pools in | sunken spots on the concrete walk and turning stréets mnd pavements into one damp and drppitg expange. From the windows of a big building one locked down on a sea of moving umbreilas und 1 thought with some distaste of the honic ward journey only en hour or so away “Isw’t 1t & horrid wet day?" queried a young girl, colliding with another In her Dassage scross the busy stockroom “Ia it?' answsred the other In sur- prise. “I didn't know. The windows ¥ our Qepartihént are fireproof glass, and We ean't see ot =0 it's always lovely weather with us!” And she returned to her desk quite un- conseious that at least six out of ten 1nto the open air b the San Francisco ng the day in his A taw, drissling rain 16 the peretrating of the holl- 2\ ks s Brockton Sample Shoe Store been begun, s paintnl case of mental 4 pression was fast setting in. buliding and entered gioomil: least a place to rest a foew momen !get out of the weather Bu: they were looking at eath ot prised umbellef, for they fo seives in a room through whe the sunshine fell in a so ance. Was thete fog- outd wind and mist and cold? here was sunshine! 3 The deception lasted on'y 2 momesit, for a glance diselosed (h set at intervais slong w woodwork in ivery white, ‘were translucent giass, through wiich no rain, no gray day could 5 | selves—but the mental effects One of the ladies slivped o | slowly, then sank dowh o divan. “Check it!" she =& one of the attend: re and warm breezes, and ev ought to be aund mothing it to be easy in 2 roo s, do_you remembe Alice in Wonderiand and would up her remarks “And the moral of that is— wind up my letier in the same for the momd of that is that days and rainy days amd everyone's life ean often be r transmuted by the windows. which we choese to look. Not all of us can have permazent shine windows M our Mves—¥: money and leisure to achieve the: when we are confronted with spective we can emula® the ¥ of ‘the steckroom and ca u# the vision of bright d e things on the other side of the ba: For exvept in the sunshiny periods of i much responstbflity for the aimospie in which esch ome of ur lives: rest: is gloomy weattier—so concerned. | Though the san may be { through 1he biue on the other s if ehe thinke pleasant we: pleasant weather whers she even though she may have to zo the rain finally, it cannot realiy her, for all hér day behimt Nas been GREETINGS FROM CALLA. LIL: Dear Soelal Corterites: ¥ to thank « Social Corner mem beautiful calepdar. I have one I have received hoth fr our former edition. I am cl | Social Corner calendars. Practioal Polly: Thanks for invitation to Secttis to brin vour Social Corner gatheri what a day Wédnesdsy wes' one Venture omt in that sior Ways sorry to have that day sp means sooh a pleasant {ime o U Ready: 1 bear you are in Why mnot try to come to som gatherings? We have no 0o £00d warm rooms to Grandma H: I irast you skk spell and can come o much, Cady, Nects and Becky: lay down yemr erecher Can't hooks Jenuls: Waas pleased 10 £r {bad a long journey to visit you must Bve fait it the ne member of Chib No. 2 llves oily—Tiger Lily. also Prisciia. I wish to thank = Christnag snd plity the letter earfier for them in my deor by ti 1 got my share of them. Blomom: Way don't come to the Corner again? you good. . Blanche: T feel $o sorty for’ vhu the lows of yopr Oear e ke T ahail alss b ing by my house sork as I saw him from the . Nubonites: Jt Gldn't take you loue. join the crowd. Wl look for the next dincer. Deliah _Deal: 1 recelved yoor Jeb Giad to hear from yon any i answer sooff, Feb. 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