NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1913
A FEW SPECIALS
Butterball Duck
Philadelphia Squabs
Philadelphia Turkeys
Philadelphia Capon
Florida Strawberries, Belgium
Endives, Japanese ; Crones,
Radishes, Celery Knolls, Caul
n m m b - '. . -
lHOWer. LCCK. ISeetS. Ceterv.
q .- , w r ii J
wjjiiaut new VBPDiEe. reaSi
Sprouts,, Red Bananas and To
matoes at
SOMERS
Dr. J. M. KING
DENTIST
! May Building
JanlTuWP O .
Be Thrifty!
Buy for "cash" from first
hands and save the middle
men's profits.
All our goods sold about
half regular prices.
ALL BEST TEA
25c pound
OnitedTeaiipriersoO.
Franklin Square, over Somars Bros.
WINTER IS HEBG1
Have You An Overcoat?
We are making Ksht, Warm Over
coats that have style ,-.nd comfort, and
would be pleased to make one for
you.
COXETER, Tailor
33 Broadway
represent the latest advances of
MEMORIAL ART.
Real photographs of the finest monu
ments in the metropolitan cemeteries
elected by experts. Unique designs
from France and Germany, Original
drawings, etc, Ton ar invited to ex,
.mine them at any tim.
THC'CffARLES A. KUf BLER CO,
.. 39-41 Franklin Street
Telephone
NorwiciiVderjnaryflospitar
DR. F. D. COWLES, I' .
Proprietor
Rear 17 Chestnut Street
Phone Connection
LEE CLEGG
Watchmaker and Jeweler
Collects, Delivers
and Guarantees All Repairs.
Send postal (or phone S77-2) to
ISi Washington -St., City,
MBS. M. . BOLABfDE,
Tei'He at Muaie.
874 Washington St.
Telephone UTi-3. febKMWF
..I. C ATCHISON, M. i)..
ri if Siwi.n 4e'j SuhUcON,
. aeconu b'i ir, iSUanouti iiiu.
Sanitary Hiimtoj
A peep into an up-to-date bathroom
fm only leas refreshing than the bath
ltaeif. DurlBE thai mimm.- ..
- , fuu will
tfae more look to the bath for bodily
comfort. 1 will Show qu samples and 1
pians of the porcelain and ether tuba
and give you estimates for the wore
of putting them in In the. best manner
wu a aauiioij uiBujnniiuia guar
antee the entile job.
J, F. TOMPKINS,
t T West Main Street
5. F. GIBSON
Tin nfid Sheet Metal Worker
A sent ff fUcbajnts? and Bo
Furnaces, - '
we?t Main Street Norwich. U-.,
T. F. BURNS.
Heating and Plumbing,
S2 hanklin -Street s
ROBERT J. COCHRANE
&. k-ilimz., tluiubfnii. lraai t'llliu
10 West Ual ft
: Harwich, Cn.
Aftit N- ft. Q. Sot Phalanx. prU
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Norwich, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1913.
VAKious matters.
Longer mornings please the early
risers. It Is daybreak now before g
'Clock. r -
The Icemen were reassured Tuesday
- at IS flegrees.
i
morning, wnen they found- the mercury
f This year Memorial day falls on Fri-
I day, which will please those who plan
I wees ena trips.
Fresh caught
ros.": adv.
flounders at Powers
An. Essex patient, Willis R. Hunt,
has entered the new sanitarium in
Norwich, for treatment.
Cold weather has dried the mud so
that motorists And traveling- on coun
try roads' somewhat improved.
Fresh causht
mackerel at Powers
Bros." adv.
Lot owners and others are beginning
to visit Groton Long Point, starting
plans for spring cottage building-.
The state boar' of pharmacy is to
meet this (Wednesday) afternoon at
the capitol to examine dru; 'clerks.
Many horses have broken through
honeycombed ice the past week, where
cutting has been going on about the
Stat -
Fresh caught blues, not frozen, at
powers .Bros. , 10 Rose place. adv.
At N'iantic, C. IT. Cone has com
pleted harvesting his ice crop and has
a gooa supply of ten-inch ice for sum
mer demands.
Boxing- bouts at Baltic hotel toniffht.
.tiiii jomns vs. K.. U. Falitz. adv.
The members of women's clubs in
eastern Connecticut expect to attend
the luncheon at the Hotel Taft in New
.Haven on Feb,-25.
Agents of the New Haven rna d ha va
begun a crusade about the state for
tne arrest ot loungers about the com
pany s railroad stations.
Fresh caught cod. alive Wednesday.
at rowers uros., iu nose place. adv.
Stephen Wenzel of Xorwich and
Miss Ida Judge of Palmertown were
married Sunday evening at the M. E.
parsonage in Uncasville bv Rev. J. B.
Aianen,
-Mantic fishermen are to protest
against the bill introduced in the gen
eral assembly that is intended- to pre
vent tne using ot trawls on the Xian
tic river.
Baked bean, supper
at Spiritual I
Academy tonight, 5 to
; lac. adv.
As a general thing, merchants in
merchants
cities about the state will keeD their
stores open Washington's birthday, as
tuey cannot anora to miss the Satur
day trade. , .
The New Haven road icehouse's at
Midway are being filled with a fine
quality o ice w-hich is being taken bv
.carload lots from the ice pond pear
ipe navy yara.
Somerset Lodge works . the Entered
Apprentice degrees this evening. adv.
A book recently received at the Otis
library bearing on a topic in which
many iv orwicht social workers are in
terested is M. L. Greene's Amonw
jscuooi liarpens.
The Holy Name societv of St. Pat
rick's parish, which numbers 550 men.
will receive Easter communion in a
body at the 7.30 o'clock mass on Sun
day morning next.
For strictly first class human hair
work, try Mrs. L. W. Pratt. 105 Wil
liams street.: adv.
Up to Fridaj', the 14th, the pledged
total or tne tuna tor which Smith col
lege alumnae hereabouts are working
had reached some $680,700,' and it is a
constantly increasing quantity.
Rev. Edward J. Plunkett of Norwich,
temporarily assigned to St. Michael's
parish, Pawcatuck, has been in New
London at St. Joseph's church this
week, owing to the illness of the pas
tor. The natty blue caps worn by mem
bers of the Norwich police force are
to be adopted the coming summer by
Hartford police, who have been wear
ing . white helmets like African e3f-r
plorers.
Ladies: For a perfect shampoo, giv
eu itn moaern apmiances, call on
Mrs. L. W. Pratt, 105 Williams street.
aav.
The directors of the State Automo-
bi'e association met Tuesday afternoon
in the ropms of the Automobile club
of Hartlord for the purpose of discuss
ing matters of interest now before the
legislature.
-nane u- nuooara or Norwich is
having a 28x32 foot icehouse built on
his property at Haughton, near the
site of the famous Haughton tavern of
olden days, and which was burned a
few years ago.
a- iarm colony lor inebriates was
the subject placed forcjhly before the
meeting of the Hartford ministers on,
Monday afternoon at the Center
church house, Hartford, by Judge Ed
gar M. Warner of Putnam.
Sterilization of brushes, combs and
all implements used by me in mv hair
business strictly . adhered to. Mrs. L.
W. Pratt, 105 Williams street. adv.
Governor Baldwin has selected the.
men whom he desires to appoint to
the -New England railroad commission
and has written them for their ac
ceptance. He is awaiting replies be
fore making the names public.
J " ' i ' i m m 1 1 1 1 rms at irinity coi-
lege, Hartford, held its Trinity term
elections for class officers Moridav.
The sophomore class at Trinity col-
James Patrick Murray of Norwich
Town being chosen president.- Murray
proved one of the stars on the base
ball team last spring.
Arcanum Club PoVl.
Four games were played on Tuesday
night in the Arcanum club 'handicap
pool tournev. 'Church defeated Bailey
80 to 78. Rawson defeated Tilly 90 to
92 as the latter is a scratch man, and
Hliven defeated Honeyman 88 ta S4,
but lost to Pendleton SO to 16.
$20 Disappeared in the Mails.
"A letter eontainine 120 which was
mailed from Hartford last week to a
.Norwich resident has net yet reach'
eu us aestmation. The sender now
regrets that he did not register the
letter or obtain a money order for
tnat amount.
Cutting Ice by Moonlight.
jonn Jt. iord had his men cutting
ice by moonlight in the early part ot
Tuesday evening. Mr. Ford is still
lilting and housing from the uyper
yii". iiere- me K'fe In -some uuts is
itsii indies,.- but' la -other iic unl j
Attended Council Meeting.
Lieut. Col. Otto F. Ernst and Capt
Herbert WiHey of Canton Oueco, No.
, i. .... u. r-ci,were m New Haven on
4-uesaay attending a council meeting.
A. A. Browning was la New Haven
on j. uesoay.
PERSONAL. ,
A. H. Maine of Oroton has returned
irom visit in Windham. ,
Capt. George D. Allen of Niantie has
Been the guest of friends in Norwich.
Mrs. William Carpenter and children
of Groton have been vlHitlnir frUnda in
INurwicn.
Coroner Franklin H. Brown of Nor
wich visited his mother in Niantic
earn- in the week. ,
' Mr. and -Mrs. Latham Rovers have
returnea to foquonoc after a visit to
relatives ana jfriends in Norwich.
After a visit of wq weeks with,
.eosion rrienas. Miss L. Louise Fellows
pr UTansiin street has returned home.
Mrs. C. H. Giddines and Miss Alice
Giddings were in Fitchville Tuesday
attending the funeral of Mrs. William
Smith. . -'- . .. .
Miss Jean Fraser has returned to
Westerly after spending a week with
Air. and Mrs. Irving Church of Foque
tanuck.. ' .
George Kirtland and Miss Dorothy
Clark of taybrook called on Miss
Charlotte Chappell in Norwich one day
recently.
The engagement of Mrs. Leila Chiv-
ers of i antic to Attorney Albert J.
Bailey of Jviorwich has been an
nounced.
Miss Anna Coleman, daughter of Mr.
ana Airs. Patrick. Coleman, of Lafay
ette street, is ju witn a sngnt attacii
jl scarlet fever.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Guinan and
daughter Nellie were in Old Saybrook
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Kliza-
beth Vaughn Saturday morning.
Airs. M. E. Wall has returned to her
home in New London after visiting her
brother in C6lchester.- Mis. Wall aleo
called at the Academy of the Holy
Family at Baltic, where she visited her
daughter.
LAST OF CHARTER MEMBERS
OF CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
Boriah S. Rathbun Dies at the Age of
93 Hymn Rathbun" Named After
His Wife.
Beriah S. .Rathbun. for many years
a resident of this city, died at 12. di)
o'clock this morning following a two
weeks" illness with grip at his home
No. 8 Church street. He had partially
recovered and had been about the
house. He was 93 years of age.
He was born in a little farm at the
foot of Escoheag hill near Beach pond,
L'xeter, R. I.. Nov. 8, 1819. and was
the son of Dr. Nathan Rathbun, At
the age of 19 he went to New London
nd took up stair building as hia trade.
which he followed all his life. He has
K, . , f : ,-A i: o v ;
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BERIAH S. RATHBUN
resided in Norwich since 1840 and was
the last of' the 38 members who or
ganized the Central Baptist church
September loth that year. For a long
period Mr. Rathbun and his wife were
members of the choir there and the
music for In the Cross of Christ I
Glory, written by Ithamar Conkey, was
named "Itathbun" in honor ot Mrs.
Rathb'.in. v
Mr. .Rathbun was three times mar-
ried, his first two wives being sisters.
He married Phoebe Coburn Nov. 30,
1843, and she died less than a year
later He married her sister, Martha
D. Coburn March 15. 1846. She died
May 30. -1856 and on April 27, 1857
he married Eliza A. Thompson. Her
death occurred March 8, 1911. His
first two wives were noted as singers.
Except for a alight deafness Mr.
Rathbun retained his faculties to the
last and maintained a lively interest
in events of the day. All his life he
was a music lover and up to the time
of his death often spent the hours
with his violin.
From Sept. 15, 1S40 when the Cen
tral Baptist church was organized Mr.
Rathbun was an active member as
long as it was possible for him to at-.
ten(j the services and was always
deeply interested in the work of the
church. He was well liked for his,
kindly ways and was honored and re
spected bv all who knew him. His
death wilf be a source of deep regret
to a wide circle of friends. -
EVENING SCHOOL CLOSED,
SEVENTY-FIVE SESSIONS.
Course Has Been a Successful One
Music on the Last Night.
Tuesday evening the evening school
conducted lined the auspices of the
town school committee concluded the
Ta nights for which its term was set.
In recognition of the last night and
the closing- of the school, Principal
Herman Alofsin, 2d. had all the classes
assembled in one room, where a Vio-
trola from the Pla-ut-( 'adden company.
manipulated by Abraham Curland, en
tertained them. For each of the vari
ous nationalities represented in the
class there was some tuna of their
home-land, which made their faces I
liffht un with happy appreciation as ;
they heard it sent out from the ma-
chine. - i
The term has been a successful one,
with an average attendance of about
40 in the classes taught by Principal
Alofsin, Miss Helena CoughJin. Miss I
Marion Munger and Lotiis Swatzburg.
The rcsii.st ration of over 200 according
to nationalities during the whole se
ries of lessons has been as fellows:
Polish 65, Greek 42. Jewish 34, Italians
36, Assyrian 6, Irish 3, Norwegian 2,
Japanese S, Swedish 4, Dutch 2,French
2, negro 3, Americans J.1. Cape de
Verde Islanders 4.
GAMBLING RAID.
Place at 11Q Nerth Main Street Ra
on Suspicion Five Arrests.
ided
The house No. 110 North Main street
was raided shortly' after midnight by
the police and a party of six men
found there w-ere arrested oil suspi
cion of fi-n-iueritins a gambling place.
Frank Cfstaahfskt 1 acc-uBed as u
keeper ud the other - live men with
hard iiuiMie to feroiiMunc- a frequent
ers.. .Thd age of thf prisoners range
from' 2: to 40. '
The police party consisted,, of Ser
geant Kane and Officers Casey, Eb
berts, P. Murphy and M. Morjtan. When
they made the arrest the men were
sitting, at a table playing cards. Three
of those arrested. Including the one
accused of being the proprietor, were
balled out-
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STRAIGHTENING
Widening Above West Town
coropliahed by Work to
Company Buys Land to
Has Let Contracts For
- Deeds have . recently been recorded
in the town clerk's office and the. con tracts
made bearing upon the widen
ing and the straightening of the Ya.n
tic road ' from the West . Town street
bridge to a point above the Central
Vermont railroad crossing. The land
is bought by the Connecticut company,
but is deeded from the original owners
to the town of Norwich, as it is to be
used for highway purposes. The trol
ley company also makes the contracts
for the work. . -
Three pieces of land have been pur
chased,' two of them adjoining and. on
the north side of the Yantlc road and
above the railroad crossing. These are
from Jennie A.- Manning ana jaez, ,
Bailey. The Manning traet is the
smaller of the two and Is about 16 feet
on the Otrobando road ,and 27 feet on
West Town street. The Bailey lanl is
208 feet along West Town street with
a, general width Jndicftted by a line.
parallel with ana as t-s reet distant
from the center line of the trolley
track. Opposite these two tracts there
is a reverse curve in the, present trolley
track which will be4 taken out in the
NORWICH ELKS WERE
VANQUISHED BY VISITORS.
Brothers from the Whaling Town De
feated Them in Three Out o.f Five
Contests. . , . , . .
Once more the Norwich pool and
card exnerts were vanauished by ithe
rplayers from New London lodge' of
Elks when Norwich lodge, iso. en
tertained about ninety members of the
down-the-river lodge at the 'home on-
Main street. Tuesday evening, tne vis
itors winning three of the five con
estes. Carron, the star pool player of
the local ' body, was far from his usual
form, and was overwhelmed by the
score of 50 to 4 by Roe of New Lon
don. Rudd of New London beat O'Neil
60 to 35, and Eliensky of New Lon
don beat Nickerson. Boylan was the
only Norwich man to win. defeating
Dondero 50 to 36. Norwich won at
forty-five by the score of 52 to 43. New
London won 8 to 4 at cribbage, and
was also victorious at pinochle, the
ecore being New London 22,520, Nor
wich 21,723. At pitch Norwich won 24
to 21.
An excellent supper of escalloped
oysters, rolls, celery and plum duff was
provided. Music was furnished by the
Elks' orchestra, led by Brother Walter
ane. Pleasing- solos were rendered oy
Brothers Hugh and Raymond O'Neil
of NorvicA lodge and Herman Elfen
bein of New London. Prof. Tevlin of
New London presided at the piano: A
quartette from New London, composed
pf Elfenbcin, Dreyfuss, Rudd and Roe,
also entertained with selections. R.
C. Plaut and D. J. MeCormick instruct
ed the - visitors in the game of "Rum
my." which was unknown to the men
from the Whaling Town. The visitors
made the trip by special car, returning
at 11.45 at. the close of a most enjoy
able evening.
The forty-five teams were composed
of: Norwich Patrick Hayes. D. J.
MeCormick. William Ward, William
Callahan, Patrick Bray, Fred Hutch
Ins. John O'Neil, George Madden and
John Niles. New London Captain
Burns. James Sexton, John Murray,
Neil Twomey. John Ryan, Edward
Dray, Thomas Robipsori,Fred Burrows
and T. E. Donohue.
Cribbasre: Norwich John , Ansel,
Thomas Wilson, John Young:. Thomas
Cranev. New London T. Comstoek,
Al Rudd, T. O'Neil. Armstrong.
Pitch: Norwich Daniel Young, John
Young. Oscar Main, John Harrington,
A. S. Spalding, N. J. Ayling, I. I. Gott
helf, J. A. George, W. R. Ealcom.
The affair was in general charge of
Jeremiah Lucy, D. J. MeCormick, T. H.
Crawford. A. S. Spalding, J. A. George,
Patrick Hayes, Joseph Williams and
Exalted Ruler Craney.
VERDICT WAS DIRECTED
FOR THE DEFENDANT.
Amos and Frank Case Lose in Suit
K A Against New Haven Road.
Judfere Curtis in the superior court,
at New London Tuesday directed the
jury to bring in a verdict in favor of
the Connecticut co. in the suit or Amos
and Frank Case, and the jury did so.
This "was the suit for $3,000 brought
bv the Case brothers for the wrecking
of their Pope-Hartford touring car by
a trolley car in Rockville.
This suit was tried some time ago
and .a verdict far $ 2,000 returned in
favor of the Case brothers. The su
preme court found error and there
was this retrial with the trolley com
pany winner.
Before court, adjourned last xnurs
day the attorneys for the defendant
moved for a non-suit and .direction of
verdict fur theclient. ,
In the afternoon Tuesday, the su
perior uourt was occupied with the
trial of the suit of Agpes Whitney
ts. the New Haven road. The plains
tiff is suing for the loss of her leg
when she was struck by a railroad
train two or three years ago in New
London. The suit was tried a year
ago and a verdict given in favor of
the plaintiff. The supreme court
found error and this retrial was er
dered, . -
AVIATOR JONES MUST
REPAIR HIS MACHINE.
Will Have to
Stay
Few Days at
Niantic.
-Aviator Jones will not fly from the
Niantic state camp ground for Ne'w
Hsven before the first of next week,
Going to the" camp ground Tuesday
morning with Mechanician Ashley, the
young aviator made a thorough -
lamination ot his machine ,and found
i it in need of repairs which will neees
i sitate leaving the maehine where it
is Tor a lew days.
The chief trouble with the. ma
chine is with a propellor. It was
bruised by a stone thrown at it while
the machine was parked on the Wal
ter Fish farm in Mystic and the pro
pellor was strained to the heavy wind
of Sunday, so that -It must be re
placed by a new one. . Neither pro
pellor is in prime condition, so .a, new
set will " be installed.
Addition to Plant Estate. -
Within the past few days Morton
F. Plant has made an addition to his
extensive estate at" Eastern Point by
the purchase of a large tract of land
at the Point from the Eastwood Park
corporation. The land adjoins the
Plant estat-e.
Grass Fir on Laurel Hill,
The auto-chemlcal was called out
from th central utativn about uguii
on Tuesday fyr i- sill yr.4 fire on
the Laurel liiii bjjk. A tnkLtl. tim
itn uain probably started the fir!.
. Attorney Desmond Improving.
- Attorney J. J. Desmond is improving
daily hut slowly at his home en Broad
way after a severe Illness. 11 is just
beginning . - 1
aia'Aikii
THE YANTIG ROAD
Street Bridge Will Also be Ac
be Done This Spring Trolley
Make the Improvements and
the Work.
widening, and straightening plan for
me roaa. . At tnis point there will De
considerable euttinsr to be done, as
the land is r.isrh ant rnckv.
The other tract of land is on the
other side of the road and is pur
chased from Frank S. , Avery and
Iwight W. Avery, , It is 'part of what
Is known as tfeu "flats" above the
bridge over the Yantic river and is a
atrip about ut feet long and 9 feet
wide. As this is low cround. a re
taining wall will have to be built there.
The trolley track will be laid as now
on the same side ,of the street as at
present and will be moved over about
six feet. The contract for both the
wall along the Avery property and the
excavating at the Bailey" and Manning
properties has been signed with Arcn
ibald Torrance and the work will be
gin as soon as the weather permits.
When the trolley jtraok is relaid it
will be with the 90-pound rails which
have already been laid as far as the
West Town street bridge over the
river. The heavy rails will be laid
clear to the end of the Yantic line.
I The plan for the layout has been made
by Chandler & Palmer,
NEW LONDON FREN
MADE VISIT HERE
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With Their New Triplex Combination
Wagon Chief Stanton's Figures on
Recent Tests Conducted.
The new American-LaFrance com-,
bination auto-chemical, pumper and
hose wagon which has been purchased
by the New London fire department
maae a vieit to this city on Tuesday
afternoon. The demonstrator from the
lactory was at the wheel, and had
irom J.& to is ot the JNew London vol
unteer fire laddies on board as well as
one of the isew London fire captains.
The New London machine came here
by agreement to meet Chairman
Brockett of the New London fire com
missioners, who made the return trip
witn tnem.
The powerful looking "American-La-
1 ranee machine attracted much atten
tion as it ran around the streets here.
It visited the central station, frcm
where Chief Stanton and Alderman
Thomas H. Hockley of the fire com
missioners took a. ride up Broadway
with Commissioner Brockett and the
New London captain.
Chief '-tanton was in New London
last week when the machine was given
its test and was invited by the New
London fire commissioners to take the
test, which he did with his own instru
ments, and with three of the Norwich
engineers, as wtnesses Calvin C
Wiliiam, Alejc1 Williams and William
O. Woodman. ,
The following were the showings in
the tests, which he has sent to the
makers at their request:
Test No. 1- Two hours' endurance
run with 2 lines of 2 1-2 inch hose,
300 feet each, with 11-8 inch nozzlea,
pump pressure 120 pounds, nozzle pres
sure 46 pounds, delivery 508 gallons
per minute.
Test No. 2 Two lines of 2 1-2 inch
hose, 100 feet long each, 1 1-2 inch
nozzles, pump pressure 80 pounds,
nozssle pressure 32 pounds, delivering
754 gallons per minute.
Test No. 3 Two lines, 100 feet each,
siamesed into one length, taking out
one stream, ncszle 1 1-4 inch, pump
pressure 190 pounds, nozzle- pressure
132 pounds, delivering 630 gallons per
minute. -
Chief Stanton stated that the engine
took suction from the Central Vermont
dock at New London, draughting the
salt wateh 20 feet and doing well un
der the adverse conditions, as salt
water, is heavier than fresh, and the
test lias on a windy and very cold
day. I
His personal preference, he said, wae
for a combination auto-chemical and
hose wagon such as the Norwich de
partment uses, or the combination
pumping engine and hose wagon. In
his opinion the triplex combination
wagon is not as well suited to a city
department like ours.
ENDORSED GUNSHANAN
FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
Norwich C. L. U.. Wants to See Him
Again en State- Tuberculosis Com
mission. -
At the meeting of the Central Labor
union on Tuesday evening in Carpen
ters' hall resolution was passed en
dorsing John F. Gunshanan of Hart
ford for reappointment on the state
tuberculosis commission when his
present term expires in July.
The Norwich union felt that this
would be well deserved because ot
Commissioner Gunshanan's effective
and earnest work in the anti-tuberculosis
campaign.
CONNECTICUT-NEW YORK LINE
Latter State has Taken First Step
Towards Fixing the Boundary.
New York has taken the first step
towards establishing a definite bounds
ary line between New York and Con
necticut, Governor Sulzer having sign
ed the Levy bill. It la now up to the
legislature of this state to put the
matter through and make the bound
ary an established fact, there being a
bill- the same as the Levy bill new
before this session, it having been in
troduced at the rcommendation of
Governor Baldwin. The purport of this
bill is the legalizing of the boundary
lines run and established by the geo
logical survey within the past five
years. This boundary line has long
been n unknown quantity, an period
of years locating it in certain spots,
and another moving it just a little to
the east or west. People who live near
the border say it changed with every
survey.
SWORDFISH SWORD
Presented to Fir Chief Stanton
Philip Spelmap.
by
Philip Spelman has made Fire Chief
Howard L, Stanton a present of a
sword, made from the sword of a
sword-fish with a carved wooden
handle fitted to it. In the handle is
fitted one of the Norwich fire depart
ment buttons. The whole is a very
creditable piece of workmanship and
a valued souvenir which Chief Stan
ton has hanging on the wall of his
office at the central fire station..
First Break in Hassam Pavement.
The first break in the new Hassam
pavement on Franklin street has just
been made through the need of putting
in a compressed air connection at the
building near Willow street to be oc
cupied for an auto tire repair station.
The workmen found how hard the
combination tlf stone and cement had
set when if took thtn mmt yf a day
to drill through the 7 or a itit-U of
Iiaajistp.1 ty the dirt blvW. -
Norwich State Hospital Trustee.
At a hearing before the committee
on suate appointments in Hartford
Tuesday Senator John L. Puree!!
epoke in favor of the appointment of
Dr. Naylor of Hartford for the board
of trustee of the, Norwich state hos-
plto', -'''..
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THE BALKINS '
AND THEIR PEOPLE,
Final Lecture In Y. M. C. A. Course
Given by Dr, Edwsrd Steiner.
The final number in the Y. M. C. A.
entertainment course, a lecture , on
The rtalkans and Their People, by
Dr. Edward A. Steiner, was given lit
the Central Baptist church Tuesday
evening: before m large ana most- cn
thuslaatlc audience. Dr. Steiner ad
dress showed a clear first hd know
ledge of the people and the situation
In the - Balkans and his lecture was
made most entertaining by his- rla
ttonship of humorous Incidents and
aneodotes. Rev, Pr C. "Wright Intro
duced the speaker and said that the
original idea of the Y. M- C. A, had
been larttely . realized . each year i
giving the community the high, order
at .musical entertainments and lec
tures at so moderate a sum The
patronage this year, he said has shown
appreciation of such a course as has
been afforded. In , predentin Dr.
Steiner he mentioned the taol that
the speaker was here three years ago
when be made a most favorable im
pression. ' Dr. Steiner said in part!
LTnlike us, the Hebrews conceived
great truths in flashes; the prophets
saw events before they occurred, pre
dicting truths which have stood every
test up to the present time. No na
tion is a prlvlleeed nation that dees
not work in heJ-weny with God, Na
tions eome and go, they have their
morningr, noon and night. There in the
bright morning1, filled with, brilliant
prospects, -a period of grace. , . Then
comes the period of . blindness when
youth of the nation sows its oats re
gardless of the harvest; then -comes
darkness and doom.
Whieh Way i America Going? .
I asked a noted historian if Ameri
ca is going the way of the other na
tiona. He replied that that is a
question which every American asks
him and that the question itself shows
that we are afraid of something in
spike of our pride and boasts. "No
nation lives," he said, "which does not
move in harmony with the fuBdamedt?
al ideas a of its nature, the principles
which tt has conceived. When it 'lets
go tts ' grip on the principles upon
which it is founded then it begins to
die?1 , ;
Nations Perished by the Sword.
The libraries of Assyria are being
uncovered of their dust and ashes and
the histories show that the kings built
Babylon as if it would endure for
ages. When the arm grows weak and
smites only for gore and lust of bat
tle, it encounters a stronger arm.
Egypt took the place of - Assyria,
building magnificently and lastingly,
believing herself the mistress of the
world. Then came the wolf-succored
Romans to grasp the torch when
Egypt failed to hold it aloft and the
Romans in turn were succeeded by
tne hordes of Huns who sousrht to
destroy what had been built through
eges by patience and skill. The Huns
of Asia were held back by the cross in
the hands of Leo I and Rome had an
other period of grace. Then in great
er numbers, like a vast storm cloud
came the Huns sgain, but for nine
nunarea years have been held back
by the Slavs and it is an age lonar
struggle which is now coming to an
end. That old truth which the He
brew saw Is comins true: "That na
tion which takes up the sword will
perish by the sword."
The Patient Slav.
For 900 years the patient Slavs the
meek of the earth have held hack
their stronger foes. When the. chase
and their poor attempts at argriculture
would no longer support them, they
became the great peasant race of
Europe. These Slavic folk, not feel
ing the sense of cohesion necessary to
a great nation, lived in continuous
tribal warfare until the onslaught of
the Tartar and the Turk. When the
Roman invasion failed, being unable
to agree they sent to Norwav for a
leader and he became the first
They were partly conquered by the
Turks but never wholly subjugated
and were pushed back from the plain
into wnat is knovi as the Balkan
peninsula. The Fins at the north,
the Hungarians in the heart of Eurniie
and on the East the Bulgarians are
Turks who have merged into the
peoples whom they had conquered. In
this country there ia one people and
it is not difficult to maintain this emit
dltion as there is no opportunity for
the isolation of any . class of people
physically or in dialect. In the Bal
kans they were differentiated by the
high mountains which forbade com
munications. . It was to the benefit ef
the surrounding people that this was
so for eould the Slavic people have
united the Turks would never ha.'e
been a feared power. Austria has dto-
jected further differences of religion
and dialect into this country so that
people of the same town by their re
ligion and heliefs are enemies.
Verdureless. Mountains And People
Poor.
When first I saw the countrv I
was immediately struck by the very
nudeness of the mountains-no ver
dure except at the very edge of the
sea; great forbidding storm clouds of
stone, i was struck by the awful
poverty of the people and wandered
what they lived on. There is no har
vest without a perpetual fear of inva
sion, there, no one kneels in prayer
without a sword above his head, and
even today one is regarded as not
completely dressed unless he has a
belt filled With weapons about him.
The ancient Roman ruins furnish
stables for the cows and mules of the
peasants. In one place there Is a
city of 30,000 people within one palace.
In some cities the beautiful works of
the Romans are broken up to make
roads for the mules to tread upon.
Montenegro Men and Women.
Up in the mountains like an eagles
nest hangs the little kingdom ef the
Montenegrins, Servians b.v race, and
there they have clung for 600 years
in a spot where there is nothing but
stone. The houses are all little huts
of stone, all alike, with thatched roofs.
There is never but one fire at a time
there for when one roof catches fire
they ali burn. There is nu furniture,
only a rug and a stone slab which is
used for a bed, a table or a chair. I
sat on a rug in one such hut, on one
side my wife, oh the other ene of
the native women.- When we went
away my wife said, ''Isn't she horrid."
She was. She was probably only about
40, but ber face was wrinkled. She
was so uncivilised that she didn't
knew what to do for wrinkles and
couldn't make herself something which
she was not. She did not even be
long to a club. She had a club though
and followed her husband about their
tiny field. While he broke the hard
soil with an axe she beat the hard
lumps up with her club, thus pre
paring to sow their crops. The maa
is a warrior doing little work. The
wife is the workhorse. When he is es
pecially affectionate he calls her his
"darling little mule" and treats her
accordingly. I have seen the women
carrying ammunition and food on their
backs to the soldiers ovei a mountain
path which only a mule or a woman
could ngutiate. What should she be
but bent and old? But the wumsm
of the Balkans is virtuous. Pj-ostltu-lU.ii
and adultery are aluiost entirel.v
imkiiuwu in the Hplkvns uJ in the
few la,rgfr viU whr tine, "svW exist
it is iwi iuiuw ttiyn teaol B4ue more,
civilised coituuuaU-.
I vif!td M&nuiKtg-ro, i-pr$nE,lufr
an American msatne at the time v
a conference of The Balkans rgardinp
Die situation. There were au.uutt peo
ple in a city of 8,000. The prince's
palace was the most pretentious
dwelling in the land. It was of two
stories and somewhat resembled a
Only One Way to
END CATARRH
Reach the saw, tender?
Inflamed membrane in
fested , wltli "Catarrh
germs, and deatrey
them.- ' .
You - can't reach the
nooks and crevices with
liquid. prepaationa-"-there
is only one way
breathe the germ - de
stroying air of Booth's
HYOMEI (pronounce it
His h-o-m e), directly
over the inflamed and
erm infested mem-
brane.
HTOMEI contains no
opium, cocaine or other
harmful drugs, it is a
balsamic air made of '
Australian eucalyptus,
thymol, and some Lis
terian antiseptics. " It
is guaranteed to end
the misery of Catarrs
and Croup, . or money
back. It's fine for Colds
and Coughs.
Ask about Uooth's
IITX)MEI outfit to-day
it is only Sl.OO. Jux-
Exact .Size.
tra bottles, if later needed, 50 cents.
Druggist everywhere. Just, breathe it
-no stomach dosing. Lee & Osgood
Co. guarantees it,
poor barn. But the people are hospi
table. -1 have found that where there
are few rooms there is mueh room. I
stayed in the two-room home of the
minister of the exterior. There is no
minister of the interior, for there is so
little tnterlpr, while there is a great
deal of asterior. J complimented him
og having a charming little niece and
fie conceded that she was a "nice lit
tle beast." The woman never sits
When the man does, never walks be
side him, but always behind him.
Macedonia a Bone of Contention.
Twenty-five years ago the Russians
drove the Turks back into the gates
of Constantinople but at a meeting of
the powers at jBeKlin the lands of the
Slav were returned to the Turks and
given ct-ntrol pf Macedonia, a neutral
territory. This has ever since been
a bone of conve-ntipn. lacedpnia is
inhabited by the Greeks and Slavs
mostly the latter.
Ever Present Fear of the Turks.
In Bulgaria the people cannot go tii
sleep at night without fear of wak
ing in the morning to rind their
homes surrounded' by the Turks. The
Albanians,, between Montentgro and
Bulgaria, give the Turks the beat sol
diers. They are not Slavs and are
wild and untamed in spite of years of
rule and misrule of the Turks.
Balkans lighting for Mother Country.
. The Balkans are struggling now for
what they thvik belongs to them; soil
enough to live ,pn. They would have
starved long ago' .had it not been for
provisions and clothlcg sent in from
Russia. The Balkani whom we have
seen in this country we" .have regarded
as crude, rough looking ravn, but now
that we find them fighting., and fight
ing successfully, we begin tovihink that
after all there is something- in them.
For centuries they have been fighting
back the Turks and b.-irely bearing a
living out of the soil. Formerly in
time of a war the irKniigration to this
country increased, butnow it Is a re
markable - fact that if is decreasing.
They are going back to fig'bt for .the
mother country. I nter national compli
cations cannot be escaped. We ae
involved, as is the whole world. It is
your money which has caused this out
break. The returning immigrant-from
America has furnished the bone and
sinew for this war, in awakened
mind, in body and in money. All
these has he laid down on the altar at
his country. America is Americanising
EuroDe. and the Balkan struggle fosld
never have come to the present state
without the returning immigrant from
America. Rising now with a gigantic
spring, they are filled with gratitude to
us for the opportunity for the sons and
daughters which this country offered
when the Ottoman power held them in
ignorance. They are giving their lives
up not only for their country but for
the civilization of the world, and. the
task which thev are completing today
is a world s task, laid on the backs of
the Slavs.
Which th Dominant Nation?
What will be. the dominant naiion ?
I can but repeat that no nation will
continue but under the principles
which it has given birth. There ar
things which will count for something'
in America: The spirit of the pioneer,
afraid f no task, ashamed of no oc
cupation except idleness. Democracy
mav give us eternal youth as it has
given the men of the Balkans a chance
here. The third truth is the spirit of
Christian - civilization whiGh has
caused us to send our bt daughters
and sons to work for the Slavs. That
nation will live which woaks in the
spirit of God and lives in the" works of
the Almighty.
Plant Offers School Prizes.
Morton F. Plant has offered some
prizes for essay work in the New Lon
don and Groton schools, in the name
of Nathan Hale branch. Sons of the
American Revolution, of which he is
president. Mr. r"lant gives a Jiu gold
niece and medal of the National so
ciety of the Sons of the American
Revolution to the pupil writing the
best essay on the .struggle for Ameri
can Independence.
Recommitted to State Hospital.
The governor has signed an order
on the superintendent of the Norwich
state hospital for the further detention
of William E. Phillips .whose term had
expired, hut who is still considered to
pe insane.
A N aeeurate record of
' every detail of the
(.? of an Estate is
absolutely essential.
,i this company is
named. Executor it ren
ders strict account of
every dollar expended or
invested. Its books show
how carefully and eco
nomically the Trust has
(been handled and gives
the ejtact value of the
V - ' .'al.-.
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and Muffs
Handsome pieces
At a Tremendous
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You may buy the best of
qualities at less than cost here
inow.
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XOXICE.
- Our landscape designer, Mr. W. X.
Campbell. Is in Norwich for a few days.
Parties desiring information regarding"
landscape problem or the planting of
trees and shrubbery, call up the Wau-regan-
Hotel for appointment.
This service is absolutely free while
Mr. Campbell is in town.
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