. . fiat“ wmhuve
tide will be releasedmext Sm: W114i
Isfirmly fixed, for a nmnbenof these quan-
tiby buyers have, inrtiie pasta-m days, made
heavy purchases for spring requirements, as
dtily noted In the lumber trade journals.
Homes are needed as never befOre and we
an»
. up stream above the
= induct below the spill
,,,all a better/year 1n ’5’
nought but joy with
vol—and peace at set of into a period of sane, evenly balanced pros-
perity, in the lumber trade. .
Let,us all unite our efforts toward making
the year 1921 a year of prosperity, never for-,
getting that those who do the most deserve
the most, and generally get it.
We shall use, to the fullest meaSure, Our
,long experience and the full resources of this
organization in getting ready for your call,
, not make certain a... one of the best stock of lumber ever offered.
what for music is as
and secure as would
W EDISON
A’ pawnnaSouLi'
sincerely believe that we are about to enter .
ii
i
; ' run wild.
v from a visit to that isolated spot.
not men a head man.
and mail arrive with luck
every two years.
._ -- “There is not even any medicine, for
the last supply of remedies was thrown
into the sea by the inhabitants. who
are remarkably healthy.
are unknown.
"Tristan is a Rritish possession in
Atlantic betWeen South
Its snow-
capped peak towers nearly 33.000 feet
it is only 241 miles in
The nearest inhabited
the South
" Africa and South America.
above sea. level.
circumference.
place is St. Helena, 1.200 miles away.
onlt habitable portion of it
precipitous cliffs.
"Sufficient potatoes are grown in
plots to meet the needs of the inhabi-
tants. Cattle and sheep were intro-
duced years ago and many cattle now
Clothes are only to be ob-
tained by bartering from ships that
call. For protectifin- to the feet the
people make moccasins of bullock
II lye time and longer your
from s. New Edison Pho-
twill mount up with com-
CLEARANCE SALE
0f Women’s and Misses Coats. Suits. Dresses, Skirts.
Waists and Lingerie Undergarments.
Prices Reduced Positively Lower Than Elsewhere
THE PARIS 'CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE
33 South Main Street South Nerwalk
ESTAELISHED 1902 -‘ —
' Hake Us Prove This?"
I‘EyENINGS UNTIL‘
., RISTMAS
1'. H'DONALD
., En, BUILDER ANn
, L CONTRACTOR
_AND ESTIMATES
FURNISHED
Promptly Attended to.
telephone 1326
Eva, Inst Roz-walk
Will Fill Orders
From 'Norwalk
Store,
,A. 1“. Beckmann 69‘ CO., Inc.
WHITE HOUSE SYSTEM OF
BREADERIES
TELEPHONE 1234
Ivor! r—v
Wempe & Son
, mmuiuxus
\i
CHARNOK’S MARKET
19 RAILROAD AVE. .
TELEPHONE 583-2
HOMEMADE sAusAGE 35c Ib.
SMALL FRESH HANS semi 10c In.
FhEsu SHOULDERS 25: lb.
PIcs KNUCKLEs 24c 11:.
SMALL PORK LOINs 32c Io.
, FRESH SPARERIBS 25: lb.
. CORNED SIllOULDLEREFis...H'...a 24c Io.
NATIVE cALVEs Iv 45: 1!).
MM . ~suaAn CURED HRMS ............ 32cm
aEer BREAKFAST BACON 50¢ 11).
OIxIE BACON ................... ................... , 28c .11.
FANCY CHICKEN AND FOWLs ‘ ,
NATIVE VEAL ’ I
, BEST HEAVY BEEF
GENUINE SPRING LAMB -
FULL LINE IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
1 ib SAUR KRAUT AND 1 lb. FRANKFURTERS ,....,,,”___n 306
'
hide. \Vonderful socks are made by
selves.
“From June to October of this year
the people had been without bread.
tea. coffee and sugar. but Ithey all
looted prctt) Well nourished.‘ ‘
e reason them is no hr» 911 is that
So 01 60 \e ars ago a shipwreck new
the is land allowed rats to git aShoIe
so that since that time no wheat has
been raised. But the men say that
they are going to try again when the
next mail in a year or two brings them
some seed wheat. 1n the meantime,
they are in no hurry; if there isn't any
bread thq can be contented on pota-
toes. And. to supplement their pota-
toes. fish are abundant .and cattle and
birds with their eggs. and seals. They
want for many things. sans tin chap-
lain. neur-‘thtless ‘there apmars to be
little discontent and few evei wish to
lcme the island. "
NEWW
FAILURES snow
LEAST INCREASE
Continued from First Page
i‘ ’
62.5 per cent. heaxier in the middle
Atlantic States; 45 4 per cent. great-
er in the south Atlantic section. 44. 8
per cent. more numerous in the south
central states and Is 0 per cent. larg—
er in the central east. while increases
of 573 16.2 and 27.0 per cent. re-
specth ely are reported by the central
western and Pacific states
"In respect of the liabilities heav-
ier amounts appear in each of the
eight geographical divisions. there
being an nor-ease of 237. 8 per cent. in
the middle Atlantic states: 179. 0 per
cent. in the south Atlantic states
111.9 per cent.
The south central group: 109.7
per cent in the central east: 230.9 in
the central west: 139.4 per cent. on
the pacific coast. The smallest in-
crease in the indebtedness is one of
58.6 per cent. in New England."
Failures in New England total 883
Commercial defaults. involving 320 -
334. 092 of liabilities. against 812 in-
solvencles for 312. 812.48? in the im-
mediately preceding year.
HO“? MUCH LAND A .‘IAN NEEDS
TO LIVE ON
Tom Johnson used to live back in
the woods on a little clearing at Is-
land Grove. Illinois. “He was a good
hunter. a good fellow. and a, good
philosopher. Once I asked him a
question. All around him the
_Smlths and Browns had enormous
farms. many acres in extent. They
fattened cattle. were rich and smok-
ed ten- cent cigars which they bought
in Jacksonville. Tom Johnson own-
ed only ten acres. was poor and
smoked ’ Killiklnick pipe-tobacco
which he bought at Doc Price's coun-
try store.
be held at
Chapel Cedar Hill cemetery
at 3 p. m)’
MRS. H. F. SHEPIIERD
DIES IN NEW CANAAX
I
\Videly Known in HartfonL—Active in
Charitable Allah's.
--———__._.__
PI'BLISH APPOI‘T‘IIENI‘S
NEW CANAAN, Jan. 7.——~Mrs. Helen
F. Shepherd, Widow of Dr. George R.
Shepherd of Hartford. 2?“ pneu-
monia yesterday at the ome of her
daughter, Mrs. Marshall Stearns after
an illness of five days. She was bdrn
in Philadelphia in 1845. and was the
daughter of the late Horace C. Peck
Yale,I39. and Julia Anna Hays Peck.
'BheI was descended from Paul Peck.
one of the early settlers in Hartford
and one of the first deacOns of the
Center Church. With her husband.
Hrs. Shepherd mowed to Hartford in
1879 and for many years was active
in_ social and charitable attain-s. She
win a member or the managem‘of the
‘ Hartford Orphan Asylum. ofdtie Wo-
man's Aid Society and other miso-
tlons. She was. also one or me found-
ers or the Hartford Archael‘igical So-
Iciety thit for many rem constituted
, g at wide circle of Hartford men and
. , . h, women. interested in the study or prev
m". I “ll”; M “w mono man. Aside from her daugh-
“I ' 'm M ten-.4111. Shepherd leavei a son. Fol-L
”Em
from Governor Lake.
Hartford and J. Moss Ives of Dan-
bury as membeis of the military emer-
gency board to fill vacancies. Special
Orders No.1 from the adjutant gen-
eral's office announces that in accord-
ance with his request. Colonel Lucien
i F. v . Burpee Connecticut
Guard. retired is relieved from detail
to active duty in connection with the
Connecticut State Guard. The follow-
ing officers are, at their own request.
returned to the retired list. C. N. G ..
Governor‘s stair. Colonel P. H. Ingalls.
Colonel W C. Cheney and Co
Ailing; adjutant general's
Colonel 13de Schulse. assistant ad~
jntant general. with rank of Wet
general.
rest. Shepherd. assistant ooumei for,
the ‘fNew Haven”- road at. Providence.
”3:. R-. I. are also newton small grano-
the Northam Memorial
Saturday
I.\' GENERAL ORDERS.
General Orders No. 1 of the adju-
tant generals office announces orders
appointing his
staff and the appointment of Lucius
B’. Barbour and Paul Waterman of
National -
el A. A i
department. and
Once. I say. I asked him a question.
“How much ground does a man need
to make a living?”
He re~llt his pipe. studiedta min-
ute .nnd said. “Well. I. reckon he only
needs about enough to stand on. if he
knows enough."
I pass that on to yen.
thinking over.
inter you have chewed this idea
for a few years you‘ will cease com-
plaining of lack of opportuuty. The
real opportunity is the man himself.
My real resources are under my hat.
“Das Kapital" is brains.
By all means let us have public
schools and universities. but as Tom
Johnson would say. if Iv had hence
enough I could find out all about the
universe from a piece of chhk.
If I "kfiew enough" I should trem-
ble as if by the breath of God when
I saw a lily-of- the- valley.
Tennyson said that if he knew
what. the flower in the crannied wall
is he would know what man is. and
what God is.
Iihould like to borich. of course,
buy as many useless things I.-
the Smiths and the Browns has: but
the pmrtv I lament an” “M
-- v o: Ideas ms was: a
lack cranium Moreen—$9.
It’s worth
”I;
BUENOB AIBES. Jan. 10.-—The is-
land of Tristan da Cuba. is described
as "an unspoiled haven of rest for the
weary soul. {Kareem those who
long for relief from worries of life."
’ by the chaplalnot the British cruiser
Dartmouth which has just returned
» “No need to worry over money there
to: there is done." said the chaplain.
“There are no 'taxes. no doctOrs. no
lawyers. no clergymen. no policemen.
wspapers
bout once
Epidemics
The island itself is volcanic origin. the
bc ing‘ a
tongue of fertile land at the foot. of the
the women from wool carded by ihem-_.
RURAL EIIUIIAIIIIN
lion—the rural school" will be the first
mm masonic. but Goons STORE.
- Seasonab‘ie CoatingsLow Priced.
" I ‘ " " dh th ,tr"tl 11ml,
Poginggrgifiglvgg $1358 335 $5115. . fa. fr? .8. i303; is. 25 3d,
LIVIA CLOTI-lS—J ular and always satisfactory. We» .
BO $10.50 ustlypop Now$8.00v..l,
MANNISI-I SUITINGS—Strictly all wool, 54 in. .wide. Attrac ix .3
stripedeffects. Were$?.00....................... Now$4.501 1d,
' 1 color com‘nirn
JOILARD’S PLAIDS—All Wool, 48 in. Vi ide. Nove ,
ti-ons. \Vere$5.25......_.........................Now$4..)0\d.
KIN k . All shades. Weie $17.70
S ’NERS.i‘fiiiss...?f"f‘i‘i’?.’?if’i..............N... -50...
'ALL KINDS OF BUTTONS 'AND FINDINGS.
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you are skeptical, nothing will convince.
MEN AND WOMEN, COME IN AND LET US QUOTE PRICES
ON-
Overcoats, “Suits, Dresses, Skirts,
Waists and Shoes
and you will receive more than a square deal.. We will also sell
to you on
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44¢.»me
Crowns for 200 pelforn.a ~s1. .18
against 1, 250 crofns in thr old dais.
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umbia University: Henry Van D: ck of
Princeton University: Dr. P. P. Clas-
ton. United States Commissioner of
Education. and Dr. John H, Finley. MOTHERS! PAINT POOR BABY
commimloner or education for the FOOD.
State of New York. These addresses ”My pal. .t is not road 2...- III‘ Iood.
' ‘ "‘9 to be given at general evening 3°" Paul \Vorland, 9 man the old son of
sions of the departmnt but their sub-
jects have not peen announced.
Japs Unfit for
Army Service May
Pay Special Tax
Eugene A. \Vorland. of Frnvcr. de-
monstmtcd that paint. makes. babies
sick when he drank frm the paint
not of the man who came to paint his
father's house. Doctors say they're
sure he'll recover.
WASHINGTON. ‘D. (3., Jan. 7.—-The
"great problem in American educa-
topic considered by the department of
superintendent of the National Educa»
tion Asociation when it meets at At-
lantic City. February 26— March 3.1“-
sociation headquarters here have es-
timated that 8. 000 educators will at-
tend this meeting and those of the Na-
tional Society of \ ocational Education. i
the National Council of Education and'
other department and allied associa-
tions which will also meet in Atlantic
City at this time.
TOKIO. Jan. 7. (Correspondence of
The Assoetited Press).———Medicnl ex-
amination for military service which
has just been concluded Iex ealed that
[a considerable percentage of conscripts
'belonging to well- to-do families escape
:ervlce owing to relatively weak phyel~
OUR WINDOW TO
‘ PROVE
It won’t cost you a cent to
look over our window-Goods
you surely will buy nowhere
One entire session of the department‘1 uncut-General Horiuchl in New of ,
of superintendence will be given over the fact that the burden or conscrip- 311051”?- ”If”
to the consideration of what the rural tlon an; with Increasing weight on Why Pay More
schools have accomplished and what ’the lower classes m that youths ?
5‘99“ have been taken to better them. who are exempted because of detective Elsewhere
The tentative list of speakers on this phy’ique should pay a special tax. The
topic include Will C. Wood. state 83- military authorities. are against the
perintendent. of Educ-Mon in 0.111“?- prepay-Lon the ground that it would
his: \V. L. Harding. retiring chr- tend to encourage the idea of purchas-
nor 0f Iowa: W. ORB-811W 01' the tug exemptions which is inconsistent
Teachers‘ College, New, York. and “a, the fundmenml principles of the
Ralph Decker. ' superintendent 0'1 army. ,-'
schools in some: county, New dbl-Icy.
How to get better teaching will be
another topic at the meeting- and other-
session will be devoted to problems
peculiar to the duties of school super.
in to. City. county and state so.
WQEIII from, all sections of. the
Whore been idiot! to “he put
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Annmofspeclalsddreuesare
List of all goods we carry are
posted outside on window
Visit Our Reduction and
Clearance Sale
and buy now,
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Cut
Glass, Ivory, and Optical
Goods at a Great Saving
at Brand’s
.11 were main st. Bo. m
NOT’E~’—tiany Jewelry Stereo in
surrounding and larger cities
have Reduction Bales now. but
min town you have
at aunt's. ,
no
'I‘OKIO. Jim. 4 (Correspondence of
The Annotated Press).-——Mr. Kuuo
Kate. s. well-known Tokio Socialist.
has been amused in connection with
intuit sale of his book called "From a
Corner.” ”' which had been suppressed
by the police._ A group or members
or the Sodium Union. including sev—
eral young women. was arrested (or
selling forbidden literature in the
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