Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 15, 1922, Page 12

Norwieh, Saturday, July 16, 1923. THE WEATHER Pressure was high Priday night over practically all_ mections east of .the Mississippi river. Generally fair weather- has prevailed duting the Tas 34 hours excopt that thete were showers Q‘ofl' the Middle Atlant and, North Atlantic coast. ‘The temperature was considerably low- w FHday along the Middle' Atlantic and North Atiantic coast. e North of Sandy " Hook: . Moderate, wiostly northeast and weather fair Sat- wéay. ‘Satlirday Hook to Hatteras: Moderate Southern New. England: Falr Satur- fhy and’Sunday, warmer Sunday. ¢ Observations in Norwieh. The Bulletin's observations show ftollowing changes in° temperature Varometric changes Friday Ther. Bar. | the and 64 2950 20.60 62 20.60 Fair, with “As predicted, east- AUN, MOON anp TIDES. i Tigh i Moen Rises. L p. m |FRsEn=s Wix hours afier high water It Is low water, which is followed by flood tide. GREENEVILLE The Camp Fire Girls returned Thurs day afterspending a -weel| a: Lord's Point Reverend Daniel Trick. pastor of the Federated church, is spending the sum- mer at Gales Ferry. The house on Hickory street ' being srected for Peter Hoffman. is. fast. neay- Ing eompietion. In. the course of & few work on the exterior will b finished Mrs. A. E. Bondarchuek of Convent & enue has- returned from spending - sev- eral weeks at Bethel, Conn. The Women's Missionary society of the Federated churchenioved an outing on Thursday at Gales Ferry. Bdwara F. Sullivan of Mowry avenue in, baving the exterior his house shingled with stained shingles. Wednesday the truck owned by Be- keis. Brothers of Central avenue and driven bv John Bekris. left the road in Preston City and coilided with a bank damaging the left side of the car. also tearing the share tire from jt4 holder and breaiing the windshield. The occu- pants were uninjursd. William White of - Providence - street was a recént visitor in Webster, Mas., ¥red Priswell of Norwich was a call- in the village Friday. Joserh Thibéaultof North B siréet has Accepted a position - in. Willimantic. ¢ transporta- Richard Lamoreus has purchased s |who have not this means o - rew automohile: fon. " These automoblles will ‘leave the Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Parent and | chamber of. commerce. office. Shetucke! two ehildren of South Second avenue left town. Friday morning for a several weeks' metortrin to Quebec Louls Bergeron i= spent ™ Clairemont X. H Mrs. Nelda Guguy and tamily have takéh a house’' on” South Second avenue. George B. Young of North Third ding ‘some time ven# was a recent visitor in Springfield, Wase Ihe read leading from the village of Varsa e to the Versailles station is ved and -sanded. - The Occum -also, being repaired. the holes in e wuttace of the road being-filled with srushed Tock ‘ eorgs W. Mever of Lisbon has -c-‘ eented 2 mosition with The Bulletin Co. ® J. Morris of Boston was a business caller in the village Friday. Bdwin Pollard. of Boston. is spending his vacation at the home of his..father. William, Pollard, of South Second .ay- enue. The Sisters of Cha ¢ nf the Sacred Heart convent returned THursdaay from svending 3 week af the Academy of the Hely Familv in Baltic, where they have been in ‘retreat. The Baldwin's Stofe Stars had to ad- wit that thew ‘were no fvatch for the fast People’s Stors Jazr Woys when the twe teams crossed bats Thursday after- noon. en the Providence Street grounds, and_the Stars went down to defeat, by the score of 16 to 4. From the start. Jazz Powa showed their spperior pla: g auaiities and were far ahead of their #ivals in the first Inning when they had #even runs to their eredit. Hanlon was in the boxfar the Jazz Bove He is Jmown as the premier pitcher of the Paople's Store team, and besides pitch- Ing great Mall ‘conneeted for home and two dowbles. The game was prac- tieally won in the first inning, when the Jesz Bows bunched six hits and wers heiped along considerably bv.errors on the part of the Stars. Sharples was twirfing for the Stars 3t the start. but retired in the first inning and Redden replaced him. The Stars were able .to make only ane run’in the third, fourth. fifth and sixth while their rivals fan Away With seven runs in the first. one in_the second. six in the foarth, one in THS ATtk and ome In the sixth.'The Jass Boys would Mke to arrange a twilight game with ‘Madden's’ Nuggets. Jeseph Marsan and Samue]. Marsan of Funters avenue ‘are touring to -Quebec ! In_their automobile. Wdward McLaoghlin of Procter. Vi, is substituting for Napoleon Parént at hert, Herbert( Phyllis -and Biste. are the guests of Mr..and Mrs.'Philip F. Linderson of North B street. Rev. John Crosby Emerson of Charlés- . F.. is the guest-of Mr. and Mrs. James Hartley of North B street. 37 284 Mrs. Leo Glenn' Yeagley of Cristobal. Canal Zone, Panama. who have been viaitors at the home of Senator and Mre. James Grakam of Lisbon, are at Pishers Island. Mr. and Mrs. Btanlev Zgiobie -have taken a house o Norwich avenue. Rev. U. O. Bellerose of Providence street has returned from a motor trip to Vermeont. : Leonard Lavalle has resigned his posi- tion with the Ponemah company and has left_town. Sisters of Charity of the Sacred convent returned Thursday from Soending & week at the Academy of the Hely Pamily, Baltic, where they have been in retreat. ISHORE LINE ELECTRIC OPERATIONS ‘With ‘the coming * of the spring] menths the ;Shore . Line. Eleatric. railway 1s beginning, to. show a gain instead .of a monthiy:Joss inits - operating. ‘ac- count ,accdrding to -the Statements filed by, Receiver Rabert W, Perkins with cletk of the' superior .court. < The state-| ment’ for May,’ which was. filed Friday, showed: that . cash . receipts + for - that month -were: $18.388.42,.. while cash- dis- bursements’ were, $18,149.13; ‘and that there ‘was, an, operating gainof $1,254.- 49 for: the motth. In April there was an_operating .gain of - $411.27,; but .the precedirig months. of the, year had’ show- d -an - operating loss, - * the May statement The . foliowing reeeipts' and S disbursements ot “cash (& the “operating depaftment: Cagh on hand, May 1. 1332 :. $38,807.05 Passeniger receint . .§15,80045 . Accounts receivable 3,070.75 ' Miscellanéouy 1 <., " . £7.82 $18,898.42 SERPIRS 0 8107,705.47 i DASbursements. " Payrofis. i Lo, 350 912,02901 i Compupatd empioyes - 18270 _ Materlal, and *sup- ! plles Loieln 8665 - Power ‘purchaded !.., (36180, Liquidation ax- pense 1/408,34 Taxes e L3851 Miscellaneous . Cash balance, Ji une 1, 1922.$91,656.34 BEGINNING T0 SHOW MONTHLY GAIN { Road and equipmen Bond interest matured as of Oct. 1, 1813 ... 306,562.501 | Accrued taxes 184,941.93 1 The. statement of assets and liabill- ties, May 31, is as foliows: Assets. (32,452,196.61 Special deposit in Old Col- ony Trust Co. 13,335.82 Gty 55, /5 1,686.34 Accounts - receivable 12,210.04 Material and supplies 13,689.01 Unadjusted debits .. 1,687.40 Prepaymengs, Tent, insur- : Fmiatos 117.66 Difterence between e assets . and . . preferred claims as of Oct. 1, 1919$1,199,945.57 Operating deficit . to _ Dee. 31, 1920 . 52,227.01 Operating deficit ., to . Dec. 81, 1921 4,485.25 Dec. 1922 Operating defici 31 1921 -to May 31, 5,593.79 $3,846,944.50| Liabilities. Flunded ddbt—S. L. bonds$2,725,000.00 Funded debt—G. & S. bonds 475,000.00 Accounts payable . 20,154.94 Insurance and casualty, re- Unadjusted credits .. Liquidation account ., .95 127,847.12 $3,846,944.50 ,Opérating deficits or gains this year are shown as follows: January, $1,74f 96 deficit, February. $3,786.03 deficit; March,. $1,732.56 deficit; April, ‘$411.27 gain; May, $1,254.49 gain, . CHAMBER OF COMMERCE' PROMISES BIG. OUTING The annual outing -of the chamber. of commerce And’ their friénds promises io be a most successful one. This year the outing will be at Happyland at Po-| quetanuck drawbridge. - There - will ~ bel a ball game between a picked .team of| the Rotary club and the members of the chdmber of ‘eommerce, which prom- ises to’ develop into great ‘rivalry. Both toams_will be out for blood. The game will start at-4.30. A full shore dinner will be served at 6.30 on the veranda of the pavilion, so-that those who attend will be safeguarded- from - any - weather inciemency. After ~the dinner, ' free dancing -is offered-to those who- attend, in the excellent payilion which has one| of the best dance floors in the state. A good orchestra has been engaged. by the chamber and the daneirig will' be' free to those ‘who show their tickets. A speelal - effort..is being. made this yéar ‘to -ha the. ladies ,come out in lafge” numbers, . For those who do not care to dance there wiil he’ other sports and. in ‘all probability, one or two sir- prises will be in store for those who at- tend, The committee on sports wishes it understood that thosé members of - the chamber of commerce who desire to blay bali’ will.please send their names ‘of C. . Pendleton. 45 Broadway, or J. A Quinn, 283 Main street, or to the =eer do not wish any tary. These gentlemen fember of _the chamber of. commerce who desires to piay ball to ~be’over- Jooked. Taf nd 1= easily accessible as it is i\ml:mn few minutes' drive -from. She- tucket street to Poquetanuck = draw- bridge. Arrangemehts are being made for automobiles to take caré of those Both the Hallvilie ¥ 5 ¢an take gthersj the state hospital, where au- will be stationed 'to 'bringj street. at 3.30 p. m. tomobiles those-who coms that way to the grounds. * The affair will be held next Thursday. July 20th. and it-is Safe.to say that it f Ings the Will bs one of .the: best outl chamber has ever conducted. Mem::::; are. invited to bring their'Iriends, ies and gentlemen. Took Home-Brew Samples i 'hurs- Federal prohibition agents. on T day afternoon visited the- place on Hunt- or's_avenue. Taftville, conducted, by Mrs. Touis Wunderlich, where they took sam- ples.of the homebrew beer iyrhich they fimimed was being 8oid there. The sam- "ples Wil be analysed ta-‘determine wheth- er they are within the law as to legal alcoholic_content. * Mr. Wunderlich is now In Germany. The glad hand grasps the jackpot.' New Assistant Treasurer Of + /The United States “ . Theodore Taté. ‘of ‘Morris- town, Tenn., Who Kas been nom- inated-by-President Harding-to-be Deputy Assistaht Treasurer of the United States. s Are you interested in the Sal- vation y ? | Do-you ::;l‘_ t‘:*h;lp in its APPLICATION FOR 1NJUNCTION _ WITHDRAWYN IN COURT The application of Samuel ~Halpern, proprietor of the New England Crock- ery Co., at 21 Main streat, New London, for an’injunction restrai Lubow, formerly a co-pa: plicant, from engaging 1n the same line of business, was withdrawn after a heer- ing on the application Ly Judss Chrisio- pher L. Avery, sitting in chambers in the superior court in New London Friday. In his application Halpern claimed that Lubow when he _withdrew from the New England Crockery Co. agreed not to enter or engage in the same busincss within four blocks of 24 Main _street within two years from Feb. 2, 1321, and that he has violated the agreement in conducting the Central Hardware Cu. at 21 Main street with his brother Barnet Lubow, which carries the same line of goods. Lubow: denied the allegatlons, - clalm- ing that he was not Interasied financiai- Iy in his brother's store and tha: he 18 not engaged and bas not bsen ¢ngaged in any line 0f business since he severed his connection with the New Engiand Crock- ery Co. At the conclusion of the learing the attorneys in the case at the suggestion of Judge Avery conferred and succeeded in reaching an agreement whersby the application was withdrawa. BROKE HIS NECK IN DIVE AT VISHEB'S ISLAND Henry A. Potter, ird, agel 14 years, a schoolboy of East Orance, N. J., is dead from a broken neck suitataed when dove into two feet of Jow water from landing in Little Hay hacbor, Fish ne Sy 530 | Some «interesting -papers ‘of her- father, | George M. Turner, on “Toward the Island, Thursday afteraown about 53| eling of early history in .Stonington | Goal” A man of wide experience, Mr. : - iwhere the Wheelers are old residents | Turner was well qualified to discuss this ‘bg“l’:"‘l{eP,'\’:éf'ofi’flfiyf‘\’m‘;""‘”’ Irlandlana early settlers. - Trips were also | Ereat subfect, showing tho imperative who have'a cottags thare, this being his | Pade to_the U. S, Lite Saving station | need today of frankly discussing personal, | oy Pl by. * community, national and internationa first visit tothe island. Thursday aft- |20 : £ . ernaon e, with & party of youak peopte, |, OB Wednesday two Camp Fire patrols | &ims, not leaving it for forelgn diplo- was swimming In the haroor ind his father ‘was .among fhose who ~were watching the bathers. Potter climber from a ‘float to the railing on the landing and prepared to dive. His father saw him and is said to have shouted a warning to lim not to dive from the railing. Bither Pot- ter did not hear his fath-r or he failed to obey the warning and dov-. The water at this point was only two feet deen and he struck with great force on his hua breaking his meck. He was hastily. re- moved fro mthe water bat be was be- yond. human aid. He was the son of Heaiy A. Potter, Jr.. and besides his parents ne l:aves a sis- ter. . His grandmother is also summering at-Fishers Island. ONECO TURTLE WITH “N. L. 1889" IN SHELL (Special -to- The Bulletin) Oneco, July 14—Fred Marriott of R. B. Marriott & Sons, is exhibiting a find that is very interesting to say the least and proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Marriott's ledge Is a good place to stay pvhen you once get there. His find is a golden dotted black snapping turtle of the dwarf kind not over § 1 in weight and on its shell is carved,” N. L. 1889. In 1889 Nate Lewls (long since gone) was a stone cutter at the quarry, and caught, marked and released the turtle within & few vards of where it was found. The little fellow has not added a pound to his weight in all these years and has proved he “doesn't care to wander from his own fireside.” Mr. Marriott will keep the little chap a few days before returning it to its home on the quarr; HIGHTWAY HINTS FOR FEASTERN CONNECTICUT The following road contracts are in force in eastern Connecticut: Between Norwich and Westerly four miles of road are under construction in two sections. The first section, from Fox | Hill south, is open. On the section from | North Stonington south asphalt is being applled. This section is closed. A good | detour via the Pendleton Hill road is provided. ! Between Little Boston School House and Blackhall on the Shore road from Niantic to 0l Lyme four miles of road | are under comstruction. The road is KIMBALL'S TEXTILE SHOP [ Not ‘P;e’.enhous — Yet a Store of Exceptional Merit. TRISH HQUSEHOLD LINENS HANDKERCHIEFS ITALIAN LINENS EMBROIDERY LINENS CRETONNES — RUGS GIFTS — S8ILK HOSIERY 342 Washington Street Near Backus Hospi open; except when asphalt is. Bein plied, about one-half hour at a time, der. constructions between Mechanicsille and West is open Saturday. - ingly s being constructed on' the cut- off near Dayville. traffic at all times. traftic. Ville and Colchester are under construc- || tion. A short, poor detour is necessary. The rest of the road is rough. and the Rhode Island line at Little Rest are under _cons closed to through with_traffic in any way. end of the -brick pa' Vauxhjll street, ous macadam between Hebron Center and Columbia are under construction. tour via Columbia Lake road. AUTOMOBILE FINES. WILL ended June 30. aggregated $93,356.92, as compared to”$85,142.52 ous ‘vehicle department. mediately tufned over to the state treas- urer; as requiréd by law, for transmis- sion: to the state highway department for maintenance of state - highways. estimated to be sufficient to. cover the maintenance cost of about: 185 miles of such highways for a year. cefved in’ fines for motor vehicle viola- tions _must, be ‘passed on to the highway department for maitenance work without specific sembly. appropriated by the last sessio; aid repairs and $550,000 for trunk line and state aid bridges and feFries. tions are forwarded by clerks of courts to the motor vehicle: department. money received at the department d ing the past fiscal year represented 4,553 more than $20 for each case. 4,372 fines reported during the preced- ing fiscal year. covering 1,203 . cases, and June 30 last. Teturn made to the motor vehicle depart- ment, and $235 of that amount came in during the last three months, gfii‘*flud $851.20 more and witness fees | checks accepted in payment of registra- tion fees were found to be worthless, and the signers were promptly prosecuted. CAMP FIRE GIRLS RETURY FROM LORD'S POINT ¢Ayp | lertainments in many other eities is| It was only With sorrow that tne|ODlY continued after their delightful | Norwich Camp- Fire Girls left their | COnCert here. camp at Camp Miniwanca, Lord's Polgt,| Friday morning the Junior Chautau- Thursday night atter enjoying a pleas. | GU& Drogram was held - followed at 11 ant outing for the past few weeks, A |0€lock by an address by Mrs. Mary demonstration of their - feelings was | SPaulding Munrp, the local Chautauqua i shown in the flag at the camp which was or_friends. girls enjoyed a historical talk by Miss Grace Wheeler of Stonington,’ who had | g ap- On the Hartford-New London 0 detours are necessary. . “One-half mile of concrete road is un- turn- peon. One-half the road One mile of road in . the town of Kiil- This road. Is open to | ‘The Mystic River bridge is open to Three miles of road between Bosrah: Four miles of ‘road between ‘Danfelson c:lqo:t. The road is lc. Open as far as South Killingly. o Three -mifes < of : road - betwaen ‘Me- chanicsville and-Grosvenordale are under construction ‘which does mot - interfere Broad street.in New London from the ment’ to the city line is under construction. Detour via - Gty Delco-Light enabte$ you to have an electrically equip- ped work-room by furnish- ing ‘complete electric ser- vice. Bright electric lights for working in the evenings after chores. Electric pow- er for operating lathes, drills, grinders and sharpen- €rs. Two and one-half miles ~of bitumin- De- % MAINTAIN 185 MILES Fines pald for violations of the mo- | tor vehicle law: during the fiscal year for the previ- .year.. - according’ ‘to " figures made ‘public at the Connecticut motor This money was im- | WRITE FOR CATALOG CARL W. BROWN UNCAS NATIONAL BANK BLDG. NORWICH, CONN. it is Lnder the state law, all money re- ADpropriation by the general as- This is-in_addition to $500,000 n for state £ [} ¥ hill " SPECIAL FOR TODAY s Whire lived (he poaching. saucy crow And all the woods and crows knew me, But that was very long ago. for the jors of youth I-tread-the old famiiar spot: Oniy 1o learn this soiemn truth-— .1 bave forgotten, am forgot. Tet here's this.youngster ar my. knce Knows all the thinzs T used {5 know. To think I once was wise as ho— But that was very long ago- BITTER SWEET PEPPERMINTS, pound. 'REGULAR 90c CHOCOLATES, pound . ASSORTED CANDIES, in 1 pound boxes. ASSORTED GUM DROPS, pound T know ‘tis folly to complain Of whatsoe'er the fates decree ; Yet were not wishes all in vain T'd tell you what my wish ghould be T'd wish 16 be a boy again, Back 1o the friends I used to know; For 1 was oh, so happy But that was very iong ago. —Eugene Field. THE ONLY THINGS. Beloved. thouzh our fives are checkered oler With fitful zlooms and gleams T think the only thinss worth I.og for Are memories and dreams. We touch the close-curled bud before the bioom With tender finger-tips. And kiss the crumpled petals ‘bloom With revecent, trembling I'ss. ASSORTED COCOANUT BON BONS, made . Mirror Company, one of the finest houses in New" York—regular 90c ones, pound. ... PASTRY PEACH PIES — FRESH DOUGHNUTS TEA CAKES FRESH PEACH ICE CREAM S.F. PETERSON, Inc. 130 MAIN STREET in the Remember this forever—that Closest to_heaven when We leave this little world ween. It shall not matter then What ‘davs-of pain or hours of raptur roil Tpon us through the i Dreams are the sm! soul, And meimories are the tex keep to smile or cars. s, Leioved. of thi does not stand long enough to make a good showing but this account gave proof that accumulative interest at four per | cent adds to the saviigs at a rapid rate. Fines imposed formotor- vehicle' viola- The WHITE HUSSARS FEALURE * IN CHAUTAUQUA PREOGRAMME Friday night's.entertainment at Chau- | tauqua on the Academy Camupus was by the famous Dunbar White Hussars, who during the afternoon had entertained for | a large audienc Dressed in iheir white. hussar. uniforms, these nine mus- | ical geniuses put on a program, inclading instrumental music, singing, and min- | strels. The organization under tha| coaching of Ralph Dunbar, and leadership | of William Maupin, is in reality “three | organizations in one 4s their entertain-; ment showed, each man was a vocalist of | abllity and an artist of his own instru- ment, and the popularily attained in e fines, making an average ' of slightly There, wers Over $24,000 was sent in, between April - 1 Fines on bad checks added $495 to i Trial fees | Ninety-nine out of thousands of | superintendent.” Mrs. Munro had for her subject, “Lord Dunsany the Myth-Maker, and kept the close attention of her audi- ence throughout her lecture. The afternopn program o'clock with fhe high class the Dunbar White Hu lowed at 3.15 o'clock 1 flown at half-mast during the day. The | girls were brought to their homes here by automobiles furnished by their parents oncert by rs and was fol- During. the last week at the camp the | by a lecturée by from Groton ¢arié 1o ‘cafap and enjoyed | MALS, Tor the scatcsmen at Washington, bathing " with - the' local wir's, fTne DUt to the expressed will of th. Seremonial fires of” work, _health, and | °an People, 1o show the way toward the goal of better thi love were lighted by the Misses Delia Gray, Vera Mclnness, and Beatrice Free- man. and the rank of woodkazher:r was conterred on-the Misses Faith Allen and Mabel Lambert. The remainder of the evening was sent in singing and enter- tainment during which the Groton Camp Fire girls took part. $1,908,0¢ DEPOSIT GROWS IN # 27 YEARS TO 35,562.42 ‘What accumulative interest amounts to was clearly demonstrated Thursday at the Dime Savings bank, when an account of savings was closed amounting to $5,- CONNECTICUT RANKS LOW IN PERCANTAGE OF FARMERS Connecticut ranked forty-fourth in per- centage of farmers in its population among the 48 states of the country, the three states whose average is lower being Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey, according to figures announced at Washington, D. C., Friday. In Connec- ticut only 6.8 of the population are farm- | ers or 93,302 in all. The shortage of this state on farmers is more readily seen when it is considered that people are 562.42, In 1895 a ‘deposit in the bank | classed as farmers, if they conducted any | was made amounting :t0.§1,908.04 and [ fruit or market garden, poultry yard, since that time-no additional amount-was | dairy or apiary. producing more than $250 worth of products in 1919, There are 31,614,269 - inhabitants ef the United States classe] as farmers or 29.9 per cent. the figures being fo 1920 so that Connecticut is much hel the average for the country as a whole. Contrary to the general impression that the western states have the highest farm population, it is pointed out that Norsh Dakotay the highest, has 61 per cent. of its population listed as farmers, but Mississippi has 71 per cent., South Car- added to the account by deposits. Thursday a check was written mailed to the depositor for $: showing an interest growth during 27 vears of $3,654.38. This was a clear illustration - of what four per cent. ac- cumulative -interest amounts " to. The owner of the account was. pleased 'to Teceive the large check as the. original deposit had been forgotten. - As a rule the owner of a:bank book does not realize what interest:amounts to as the account on Hourigan Brothers REDUCED PRICES ON OUR ENTIRE LINE OF Refrigerators and | Couch Hammocks | SEE WINDOW DISPLAY HAMMOCKS ceervenn.. $10.00 and up | REFR!GERATORS $12.98 and up || Hourigan Brothers| - Complete Home Furnishers 62466 MAIN STREET NORWICH, CONN. erybody’s HUMOR OF THE DAY “What's this T hear about Hunter neg !iecting his business to run after a ga3 | young woman?" othing to it! Hunter's business ir . to_make money, and she has carloads of it."—Boston Transeript. Willis—Did your wife baw] you out las night when she woke up when you came - home? Gillis—No: T fooled her. T stood inthe hall an hour. delivered a lecture on “Clyic Righteousness.” 1o a bedtime story, and sang three grand opera selections. and she thought she had forgotten to turn off the radio—Judge. Little Willie was enjoving a play with his kittens on the sireet when a gentle- man passing by asked him the names of the kittens. “Joe and Jerry,” wa —Carol Haynes, in ICE CREAM VANIEES i s o S et late CHOCOEATE . S s i, . 10c, 15¢, plats PEACH ' 5 4ii ous e enei s s 10c, 15c, plate WE MAKE OUR OWN CREAM PATTISON'S CANDY KITCHEN. BATH STREET ~ olina_has 63.8 per the Jromet. . has 63.5 per cent. Of _Connecticut's 043 live in town of more; $46 live in towns of 10,000 po; tion? 1,116 live in towns of 2,500 poj tion; while the remaining. 90,297 ers” live in rural territory. ith 44,708, and in view of the better method of checking up, the census bur2au thinks the dccrease was greater than is indicated on paper. The Lureau includes | not only deaf persons unable to speak, a- | but others totally deaf from an carly farm- | age who dearned to speak bu use of in | special methods or means employed for teaching the deaf who have not acquirel the art of speech in the ordinary way. ‘ew York has the greatest number but in Wisconsin the average is highest, being Aapralng Engies stk Pritay| 41" for every million populati>a, while at Washington there were 538 deaf mutes | VYOMing is the lowest with 185 for every in_ Connecticut when the last cznsus was | Million. taken, or 438 for every million of gensral| On the special schedule return for Con- Sopilation: necticut, there are listed 286 male dsaf In all there were 44,855 dedf mutes re. | Mmutes and 217 females, 443 native whites, corded in the United States, as compared | fifty-nine foreign whites and one nzro. Middietown.—Thomas Hoops, Jr.. is slated ‘as the new postmaster of Middle- “Why not call them Cook and Peary™ I3 93,302 “farmers,” 1 000 population or | 1 A French whitee saye: never foolish is not a0 wise as he thinks.” Anold Greek philosopher went even fur. ther and said: “The man who ‘sn't a fool haif the time is a fool all the time.”— Boston Transcript - “He who CENSUS FINDS 508 DEAF MUTES IN CONNECTICUT Private Smithers, after having beer nursed back to health in an army hospital where he had been suffering from shell shock. expressed his gratitude to his nurse in this wa; “Thank you very much, ma'am. for your kindness. 1 shan’t mever forzet it 1f there ever was a fallen anzel, you're one."—The Home Sector, “It'sa funny thing about human nature.” said Bangs as he waiked home with hit town. Mr. Hoons for some years was b general manager of the Wilcox-Critten: | " Swuare fumn about it? den company, but resizned recently. Wiy, 1t you' tell maz fhere are ,481 stars he'll believe you, but if a sign says ‘Fresh Paint' he won't be- lieve it without a nersonal investigation.” —Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. KALEIDOSCOPE Cotton of 12 different evlors grows iy COAL! Peru A eoffee tree yields about one pound of NUT, No. 2 $13.25 per tonlwfl“_ ¥ Janan has fourteen regular national BOULETS $13. holidays., $13.25 per ton Only one man in 203 is over six feef in height. ; S Children, even more than adults, re- quire fresh air. In Paris the umbrella is still an ap- pendage of royalty. Trade in precious stones is undergoing a serious slump in Berlin. Asparagus is believed to be the oldest known plant used for food. ‘Wisconsin makes two-thirds cheese of the United States. The estimated weight of the earth i 6.000,090,000,000.000,600 tons. Explosive tullets were first used in In- dia for hunting tigers and elephants The AsHKmoleen museam at Oxford was founded in 1679, and is the oldest in England. < It has been computed that the average man speaks in the course of a year 11, 000,000 words. Caruso published “Dreams of Long Ago” principally to give his friends auto- graphed copies. George Washington made a trip te Barbadoes in 1751, his only trip inte & foreign eountry. The horse that wins the graat lish derby has cause to rememb: for the people pull hairs out of its tall as souvenirs. <% Shetucket Coal and Lumber Company Telephone 1257 Scene from"YOUR BEST FRIEND' Starring VERA GORDON AWARKER Bros micTURE: AT THE STRAND, MONDAY, TUES- of the DAY, WEDNESDAY. BIG SALE Brockion Sample Shoe Store STARTS JULY 15th, AT 9 A. M. BEST LINES OF Men’s, Women’s and "Children’s Shoes MARKED AT 'LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES Be Sure to Come to This Sale “and Save Money. Brockton Sample Shoe Store 138 MAIN STREET