~ L marl Way, of New Haitian. has been
, siting in Rowa‘yton, .
“continues very seriously fill.
' V [The Barclay and Mohdell floats have
M removed from the river by Starr
(uglier.
O
, Mrs. Susie Gel-b has been the guest
«Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schmidt, of New
. . Canaan.
.. lAlbert idol ris went to New York
. yesterday. and intends to reside there
" in the future
Miss Ethel Bell and Charles Derby,’
.,, f of Port Chester, New York, have been
' " visiting here.
4-"; Edward H White is again confined
r . ‘to his ‘home with an attack of inflam-
motor-y rheumatism.
W M
The Village Improvement Society
will hold a meeting on Wednesday
evening at 8:15 o'clock in the library
room. -
, Mrs. Mary Thames. who has been
~ J»apendinga month with her son, Edwin
1L. Theme, in Jamaica. Long island,
has returned to «her home in Rowaytou
“ .avenue.
James Taylor. of Rowayton avenue,
who has been ill the past week with
i had cold. 'wns getting along nicely
when he was taken with a still more
severe attack and is now confined to
“ his bed.
The Ladies' Aid Society. of the Row-
. ayton Methodist Episcopal Church.
f .111“ hold their annual meeting in the
Cwsonage tomorrow afternoon. Mite
«boxes 'wiil be received and officers
elected.
‘ ' J. Edward Vincent, of liowayton
avenue, went to the Westbrook farm
early last, work for a. few days to at-
tend to his butchering and wood can»
ting On Wednesday he was taken
inf; figwmt pelfitouws from over “it
cold On Saturday Mrs. Viti-
.oent wasrrsunimonod ltd his bedside
and, hurriedly left tor Westbrook with
“her son on the 10: 23 express from
South Norwalk and hill remain iliere‘
§ hill Mr. Vincent rcc'mers suilicicntly'
to return home.
Rudolph A. Lohr
Phone 1278
BOWAYTON, CONN.
Plumbing 8. Heating
INSTALLER OF THE
" ‘iiielknap” System
. or HOT WATER HEATiNG
Moat Modern and Economical
System.
MANY wooonur-‘Fs PRESENT.
waraanum‘. Jan. 30.*‘-‘An incident
Association last night served to draw
ntion to the frequency with which
Jame times a name occurrs in a com-
munity. During the early part of the
.t banquet when there was a general ex-
change of greetings from one table to
bother, it was noticed that the name
Woodruft was called out repeatedly.
0., of Litclrfleld. would jump
king for whoever was calling
'nd he would bump into either
fig ator Frank, or his brother Robert
lintoi former Governor Roilln‘ is. Still
ere Was a mixup, until one bright
tfillind decided to corral all the Wood-
its. and five were gathered at the
and of one table. the fifth being Tho.
than. of Thomaston. The five Wood-
huffs were of four families and. unless
‘remoteiy so. are not related.
THE DANGER OF LA GRiPPE
its fatal tendency to pneumonia. To
y and Tar Compound. R. E. Fish.
ashlagton, Kan. says: “I was
lined with a severe attack of la
no and nothing I tie-ed did me any
and! was threatened with pneu-
"a. A friend advised me to use
5 Honey and Tar Compound and
"got: some at once. i was relieved
u the-very first. By the time I had
, on three bottles my in grippe was
ignite- I- believe Foley's Honey and
accompound to be the best medl~
‘ e lover used and always ,keep a
‘ tiafwith men'- The Bridge Phar-
" ndW. T Wigmmedzm. ‘ “
W“
, t young son in law of mine,"
whit. Cumrox. "says I’m uni-ens
pie. And maybe he's right." = ~
a the bonnie?"
, his attentions to my daughter.
Mrs. Albert Mills, of Roma avenue,
1
I
ARIEN
D
AND
Noaortni
Miss Plait has returned to her home
after a few weeks‘ visit in Chicago.
James Huested, of Main street, is
taking/a course of study in New York.
1
Rev. Charles Bullock will preach and
sing at the Norotou Heights Mission.
tonight.
.l. 'l‘. Wright's lunch wagon will be
moved to Mason s lot. on Main street,
next week.
Murtagh McDonald. of Noroton ave-
nue. spent the weekend with friends
out of town,
Miss Marjorie Smith. of alliin street.
left yesterday for a few weeks‘ visit
in Framingtou.
Mr and Mrs. Arthur Young are the
proud parents of a baby which arrived
Saturday morning
”m...”
The Noroton hockey team went to
Sound Beach. Sunday. to play the
Sound Beach team.
'l‘hc Ncrroton Juniors played the Dur-
icn Juniors, at hockey, on (iorhum's'
pond, last Saturday:
William Ccombs has returned.to his
his position with E. T. Bates.
; Lewis.
home in White Plains, having resigned?
Hurricc‘on’sr
mm torts :. ,
(The Fishing Gazette.)
Oyster planters having beds in the
crockeueur Crisfleld, Md, are said to
have continued 'oysterilgathering by
cutting away the ice during last week.
The Northport oyster (10.. a branch
of the Seailhlpt .Oyster System.
started opening oysters ”last week, af-
ter taking quite an extended vacation.
The Dexter Oyster Co,,' of 'l‘iverton.
Mass, being unable to get any oysters
you account of the severity a; the wea-
ther. closed their plant last week.
Being unable to continue working
on account of the ice in the Chesa-
peake Bay, a number at oystermcu of
Chance. Md, left the oyster beds and
returned to their names last week.
Oyster dredgers who were unable
to work on account of the ice were
cared for by the sheriff, at the Jail at
Princess Anne. Md '
The J. l J. W, Elsworth Cc. closed
their cystic: plant at Khyport. N. J.,
for a few days because “they ware un-
able to secure oysters. due to the in«
tense cold weather.
Oyster Bay 1.. i., became entirely
frown over last week, and to get. to
the omit-r beds the oystermen in that
locality Joined forces and cut a
Tchannel through the ice.
To carry oyster seed to Southsido
oyster shippers in the spring Capt.
Abraham bench and Robt. beach, of
suyviile. L. i.. have purchased a large
ipowcr oyster scow from Capt. Fred
Oyster boats from Norwalk. Conn,
made an effort to resume operations
at the beginning of the week. Some
managed to get out, but others wore
There will be an important special
town meeting in the town hall tonightfi
There will be a pool tournament for
the members of the fire company, in
the fire department house. this week
of a barn. last Saturday morning.
sprained his ankle.
There will he a woman suffrage
evening at 8 o'clock \iiss Pierson. the
state organizer. will be the principal
woman Nimitt’l‘.
conic. '
There were five sales of real estate
aggregating $21,580.
live transfers of properly and mort-
gages aggregating $36. 200
last week were as follows:
as.
(”i;
tore their marriage I objected
rig the banquet of the McKinley '
cure your la grippe coughs take Foley’ 3 .
C. W Miller, (‘onnecvticut turnpike;
Roy avenue.
Oil _
Heaters
Try an Oil Heater in your spare rooms
$3.25 to $4.50
Schlichting Bros. 81 Co.
Gov. Railroad Ave. 1. Maln at. Dorian
Select urticaria, Kay. Grain. l'lohr,
t Food. Hardware. mu. Giana. etc.
W
PROOLAMATION BP GOVERNOR.
Connecticut People flicked to AM the
Chinese Famine sufferers.
dlaarronn, Jail. 39.—~Appeaiing to
the people of Connecticut to contribute
to the Red Cross fund for the relief
of famine sufferers in China. Gov. Bald-
win has issued tiierfollt‘lwing'pmciama-
tion: .
"To the People of Connecticut: The
oldest oi nations. and hits population
the greatest, is suffering from the doc.
‘bleagitation of famine and‘clv‘il war.
The conditions to which this civil war
ls due may Drove transitory-those
that brought on famine are. for this
winter. fixed and immediate.
"The president or the United States.
as president of the American Red
Cross Seclety, lute appealedlto the peo-
ple of the United States to come, to
the «relief of China by sending aid to
the starving in famine districts. r
”An governor of Connecticut, I ask
tier people to contribute to this relief,
which may be done through the treas-
urer of the Connecticut Red Cross 50-
yciety. Charles E. Jackson. of Middle-
All citizens are urged to attend .. i
.liiuc Point oysters were shipped
Charles Harrison. who is employed}
at 'laylors stables, fell from the roodfl,0 the members of 1m. Oyster Grow-
an '
l them to meet at the residence at Duv-
meeting, one of the Trolley Campaign i cuss some matters of importance. lav
scrip... .1" n... Town Hall Wednesday! cry member was urged to be present.
speaker. There will also be nnotherl
All pcrs rsous are wcl iroad oysters anfclums in the shell ill.
in llurlcn. inst neck with mortgnghfil .
her the third been badly crippled in its efforts to beds bi
. ed since the cold spell came three
frozen that in the slips and could not
be moved
it is estimated that 180 barrels of
in.
one day by the West Baybrooit, L. L.
oyster houses. which is the largest
day a shipment ever made during a
freeze up
Early in the Week a nation was sent
crs Association. of Norwalk, asking
id H Decker Thursday evening to dis
By spotlal permission of» the Public
Service Commission the rate for
Chem Pastoral.
60 per cent. oi the entire output.
Repairs are being'made to the air.
William M, M’crwlu of the Sealslllpt
Oyster Co's fleet, which had a large
hole stove in the bow trying to buck
the ice in the harbor. The captain
found is necessary at first to beach
the vessel, but later was able to make
. the dock in South Norwalk.
George T. Purncll. of Crislleld. Md.
says the titate pbouid allow a great.
er acreage to oystermen to dotiblop
that industry to its highest produc'
tlvity. He" then cites his own ex-
perience to show that by the crowd-
ing together of the small Sized louse
plots the oystera’are deprived of suf~
ficient nourishment to enable them
to grow and fatten properly. in con-
clusion he says Maryland should havo
oyster laws like those 0‘ Virginia.
By the end of last week the avail
able supply of oysters in the bands
of the packers at Baltimore, Md, was
said to "have been exhausted be-
cause the oyster fleets were unable
to loud or to get in it loaded. and
the chucking end of the industry
came to a standstill. There is an
army of chucks-rs in Baltimore. and
the men are said to be in dire dlo'
tress for lack of work. _
The oyster business has suffered
greatly becauc of the freeze up says
the Crlafleldw (\id.) "Times" of Jan.
20. Many of the
caught with dew oysters in their
houses,nud ‘few vessels welc able to
make their Way to this port in the
early part. of the freeze. The cargoes
of oysters chat these vessels carried
were readilyidispoacd "of lit greatly
advanced macs. For more than in
days there‘has been no opportunity
to secure them‘ from any source, as
ithc entire bay has been practically
frozen over.
Oyslcrmen who operate in Jamal
ca Bay. N. Y.. are. waiting for the
port being prepared by the U. 8 Pure
Food Bureau, as it is said the report
will declare oysters from that sec
tiou are contaminated by sewage. it
is said the report will not be ready
transporting on the long island Rail ;
caricatl lots from (irceuport to Quogue
has been reduced four cents per ltltl
( wt.
'1 he Connecticut has i
oyster fleet
week in lununry. liill, there Were also- not Stock from the beds. The ice haul
ibeeu wry
The suicninarm for one day.
‘ twu or three. making the conditionl (“V
stubborn in controlling
than freezing for
Fitch to John Planet-t3! right of Wnyimuch worse. ~ i
ii. ll Hanson to Louis Slmoun
bailey avenue; A. C. Lawrence to Hal [walk has how badly
on O. F‘rvin highway: C. M. Smith to' ing the cold spell hplnabilllv to got
i
The findel (Mater Co. of South Notv,
handicapped dur- ‘
{stock enough to keep their full force
.Audreu Taylor to il. l). llauson, Lew busy filling the orders. uhlch are not
uraliy heavy at iris season
The Trusweuvc System (Sealshipt
Oyster System) is entirely closed out. i
The plant has a lonesome appearance, 1
very different from a few month aged
when everything was in full swing.
with a large number of employee busy
manufacturing and repairing cases"
The South Norwalk Farm (Seal
shipt Oyster system) had difficulty in
getting stock, owing to the ice and
cold Weather. The plant is running
about half force. A number of its
Southern openers have returned heme,
a condition to be expo when so
ver winter weather ma on its appear-
once
Capt. David Decker ct“ Smith Nor.
walk, is can hpmillng shell stock this
season. He has had no difficulty in
filling Orders. '
Tallmadge Bros, Smith Norwalk.
are doing a very satisfactOry business.
Their stock is available in spite of ice
it is reported that the conservation
commiseion has had prepared a series
of maps showing all the oyter beds
in New York water. as well as all the
nearby fresh water streams which are
used to fatten the oystena.
At a meeting of the New York Oys-
tenmen's Protective dissociation. held
at Mineola. N. Y., the following om-
ee‘rs were elected for the ensuing
year: N. s. Ackeriy, ot,Northport. pro
sident; A. F. Merrill, Edward Thomp-
son, w. J. Tlllotson. w. H. Cornwall
“bud W. J. Mills. vice-presidents; Bear.
w. cull, secretary. and Jacob Deters.
or Sayville. treasurer.
The natural growth oystermon are
having a bitter time of it these ice-
cbound days. says the South Norwalk
-.“Sentiuel " The men have not: work-
weeks ago. .
‘ Advices from Hagmmwn, Md. say
there was only a stimulant. supply of
oysters in that place to last'untll the
end at the week. and dealers said it»
the cold weather continued they did
-not expect to be able to get any more
oysters . ‘
According to ,a allotment puhiished
.‘V.
‘- versy is expaclgld.
tile Baltimore-Fold.) ”Still." to per 1 \
for some time. and a livcly’cqntro
as the Jamaica
lam oyslcrlnen.are said to he backed
up in .i uintrgry opinion by the New
iYork Board of Health.
For damages done to his oyster
a channel dredger. lienrys
For. a well known oystcrmen of fly-ll
brook. l. l.. was awarded 37ml this
week by the Suprotne Court in a ver.
t against the Hewlett hay Co and
the Atlantic. Gulf d. Willa t‘o. ., the
latter having done the dredging work
Cox claimed we. an acre of his beds
had been ruined in 1901 by refuse
I from him dredging of b‘imory' s Creek.
other oystermen have been waiting
decision in the Cox case to tile alm- i
liar units.
The Scalshlpt Oyster System, of
East Provide“ perhaps the most
lforlunato of any of the local concerns,
in that it has a steel body for dream
lag, and it has been kept busy til-tun:~
lug up the ice for other boats of the
company’s fleet.
Some of the wholesale oyster dost
era are getting. oysters from the
beds down the buy, but the progress
of the dredging steamers up and
down the channel is attended by great
difficulty. On a recent. afternoon the
American Oyster Co's powerful gas-
oiic til-edger Americas. laden with
1.400 bushels hem the beds arodhd
Hos Island. was stuck for five boars
beltfl Ohio lodge before she was
able to extricate herself.
On account chine scarcity of ore-
ters of late, due to the. freon-up. the
price advanced to 40 cents a chart
at Portsmouth. 0. .
According to theSyracuBe, N. Y»
“Post,“ the annual oyster crop of the
United States is 5.000.000.000, which
is equal to about 52 03mm per year
for each person. in this country.
iOystermen (from all branches of the
industry in Maryland were in confer-
ence with on. Gainsborough at An‘
it
Ask Your 3.30M it.)
We have hall savoury years of export-ace with Ayer's
That makes us have greatxonfidcnce" in it for
coughs. colds bronchitis, weak throats and weak lungs. Ask your
own doctor what experience hebas had
ad be wise Keep in close touch with him.
packers ‘ wet-oi
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with it He knows. lie can
i...‘£.l‘it‘°ii‘.’$l:
“he .— ........,.. m.
the Chesapeake Bay, due to the mild-
er temperature which prevailed. dur-
ing the middle of the week. oyster
lpden schooners commenced to ar-
rive at Baltimore, Md, and the near
oyster famine was somewhat relieved.
For the first time in many months
there was not a single oyster on any
of the schooners tied up at. LHB'OYE'
ter wharf at the loot 0t Eleventh
street, Washington. D. 0.. last t-lun~
day, says the "Times.” All sales
made were from the small stocks
which had been held in reserve by the
oyster houses along the water front.
For two weeks scarcely any oyster
boats had been able to get to in!
wharf on account of ice. ‘
Star fish are getting to be a men-
ace in Narragansett Day At present
they are living off the act on the oys-
tors.
The sievens Oyster Co, of New,
Haven. Conn. have been doing a his;
business, regardless of the freezing
weather. They have feltathe effects
of the weather more or less, natur-
ally. They had titres steamers ln§
last week. having rather anticipated;
the freeze-up. They now have that
Magician, owned by Captain Jakob?
tickers. having engaged her (or the
balance of the season They are
working their full complement of op-
were, about. 8.5. on Saturday. They
shipped between 1,200 and 1.400 kal-
lomt on Monday. (irocnport stock.
stock. There in nothing finer on the
market. principally selects, meaty
and of good color. Opening live quarts.
Prank Lane, of New Haven. Coun..l
has. been doing his share of trade,
though being handicapped by.thc wea-
ther. What stock he has been able
to got a supply of is very, nice, keep-
ing up his reputation.
The F. Mansfield Sons Co, of New
liaien (tuna,
l
procured and handled.
and a very good season in
the weather
innerutt Bros. of New linvcn. have
1100" fortunate during the cold well
the: in not getting out of stotk al- l
though they got down one day to 700
gallons in the freezers and :50 bushi
«is, but had two steamers at the dock‘
with 3.300 bushels. a close call. They
tunic never missed filling an order
this season, although the weather in
Connecticut has been very severe.
They have made no eiforts to add
new trade. feeling flattened in supply-
ing their regular trade till season.
Their oystorsvomo from grounds at
llrunford. where the beds are in deep
water. The constant agitation of the
writer prevented frosting, hence they
have had a supply regardless of wen-
thcr. They have. not raised prices
as some have, their trade profiting
by their fortunate position during the
freeneup.’ ‘
The Providence. 1}. l., dealers have
suffered more or less by the tract
lng' weather of the past. ten days.
Some of them were entirely out. of
oysters for older-cut periods at time.
Home more or less. owing to facilities
and location of grounds, number or
boats and condition boats were in.
The M. Dosing (30.. of Providence,
R. 1.. have purchased the Success. a
line steamer, two years old. 'from the
owners at Newport, where she was
used as aGovet-ninent boat. and, for
pleasure and fishing: capacity. 1.500
bushels.“ feet overall,16 foot beam.
4% teat depth of hold. This will on-
able the company to keep Well sup-
plied with stock.
E. iii. Ball. of New Jgiaven.. has
purchased the property adjoining hill
They have]
spite of!
l
l
Wharf Fish and “Oyster Co.
a frontage of fifty feet.
llt has
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THE SEALSHIPT OYSTER SYSTEM-
(The Fishing Gazette.) ’
The East Providence branch
(Rhoda island Farm), on Sunday last,
shipped 6. 200 gallons of oysters prob-
their shipments for the week aver-
napol’is this week to discuss the ore
ter situation from every point of view
'in order that the Governor may be
the legislature in» regard to oyster
able to send some recommendation to'
legislation. , ,
Interior points depending on New
J racy markets for oysters have re-
cevcd advices during the week not
beds are still trosen up or the bays
and coves are no filled with ice as to
greatly hinder oyster gathering work
According to he baton. Va...
"Citinnfli . satire pure food a:
port. has been to J t ”to coins
Norton: to oasis ‘ a titer:
.who are interested in the celbbrated
‘w'llnhavon oyster output in devising.
' some means to «warn the Motion
of oysters grown Whitman Lynn-
‘ ' ‘ . in ms (at:
inot an accumulation. This is the no-
to expect. large receipts as the crater,
to 1‘1th nay. stock is always av-
aged 4,000 gallons daily This is evi-
dence the Saturday shipments were
suit of a large fleet of steamers and
superior equipment for handling busi-
nose. The wash' 3 work is all the
more remarkable when weather cou~
ditlons were bad. More ice was nev-
‘e‘r seen in Narragansett Bay. L C
Broom is ropmenting the company
in Europe; E H. Hulburt and F H:
Newman have“ covered their connect»
3 tion with the company. Owing to the
.‘sedlfah‘ipt grounds being scattered in
citations short notice, and as it” rate
plentiful
\
,l .
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as» in: come from impure blood
can't have our. blood ith family dl
moon. legals”
Burdocglood
have lien kept bits} fill . ‘
ro- lug orders as fast as stock could be
plant, formerly occupied by the bong ’ "
ably a record shipment for one day. ~ I; "
15 DAY SALE
AT PRICE’S
. The Usual Big Reductions
Suits $4.89 to $14-89. I Overc'oats Also
Underwear. Sweaters. .. Gloves
Caps, Shoes, Men’s Odd 'l’antsw
All Marked Very Low? " i
PRICE’S Clothing Store .
98 Washington Street
in... No. 1185-2. 7
(Warm Up
the exposed cor-
ner room, the bay
window. or the
meal that gets no
sun with a
GAS
HEATING STOVE
(ll Dustless. 'Noise-
less. :3 Batheriess,
Easy to Light and
to Extinguish.
United Electric
Light &Water Co
.Whell We Put Up roll:
Prescriptitlns 1- '
Satisfaction Follpws
Licensed Phanhacists always in at-
tendsnco.
W. FWi gmotedzCo.
DRUGGIQTI
JAMES PARKER, Manager.
‘ 8 North Main 8%.. lo. Not-walk
I 7 ALL
PAPER
Fall Styles.
”E. E. Gill'hacmh
Decorator
in run at. m amt;
TelephoneFoaniveTwo
WAY
(or you to be warm in your new
house this winter is to have us install
a Heating System that will keep you
comfortable on the coldest day!
We'll study the location of your
rooms, the facilities of the house and
tell you whether allot Air, Hot Water
or Steam System will satisfy you best.
The Jones 8: Hotchkiss
Company
Phone 742 . NORWALK, CONN.
THE usw‘scmucs
Definition of Chiropractic
Chiropractic is the science of the
cause of the disease and the art of ad-
Justing the same. Diseases are caused
by a wrench. twist or sprain in the
back. Even if done in childhood it
creates pinched nerves and pain in
later life in the different organs and
limbs.
Chiropractors remove the cause of
this disease and pain, and health is
restored through harmonizing the six
nerve systems in your body.
Nervousncss, Rheumatism. Parali~
sis. Heart, Kidney and Female Dis-
eases are given special attention; also
Curvature of the Spine. on will
hover regret giving Chirop actlc a
chance to help you.
T:FRANCIS.D.C.
54 WASHINGTON 8T. 80. NORWALK
Magnetic Treatments leen Also .
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”‘55.:
HYou Keep Chickens
You Need Anj Incubator
oYoa can hatch more ddckenmd bet:
for chicken: with a Buckeye incubator -
than you ever hatched with a hen. 0
That’s a broad statement but every
Buckeye incubator is (derailed (iii
hatch every hatchahle egg. and that’s
more than your hens can do. Win mew
hater sets when you are ready co, but
the hen sets when she IS ready.
Come in and let us show you how a
Buckeye incubator works. You’ll be sun ,, 7.;
prisedh at its simplicity.
Well ave them' in font sizes, as low as
$6.00
' P bitty Drinking Foun
and Feed Hoppers
CHAS E. DOW
L Washington stmt.
sooth Nomiit , .
Norwalk Chronicler