Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 29, 1909, Page 4

rwich Bulletin and Goufief, 113 YEARS OLD. price, 120 & week; B0 o months #6008 your: o —_—_— tered Postornce at Norwich. 00::.. ] -.:a."n-:a- xatter. Telephome Calla: i fai Batioem u Orfice, 0. Norwich, Friday, Jan. 29, 1908. Blag | The Circulation of fhe Bulletin. The Bulletin has the largest cir- culation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut, and trom three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich, It is dellvered to over $3000 of the 4,068 houses in Nor- eessssesseeserssensnsssstas 10000000 esasnesssessnnrrereny : H H it s delivered to over 900 houses, : in Putnam and Danlelson to over: 1,100, ara in all of these places 't s considered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty. five post office districts and forty- one rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold In every town and on all of the R. F. D. youtes ia Eastern Connectlcut. CIRCULATION 1906, average..........c....-. 59203 COVORREIG, | | i i : H i i i H eesssesesseresssesssecseas: THE TRADE SCHOOL BILL. The trade school bill which has the backing of the state board of educa- tion will interest all communities of over 20,000 population in this state ‘because If enacted Into law it will compe] every one of them to establish and maintain such a school. If the bill should become a law it would be incumbent upon the state board to establish a trade school in Hartford, New Have; Bridgsport, ‘Waterbury, New Britain, Meriden and Norwich, and yet a sum not exceed- ing $50,000 s only available for all this work. This pill is very likely to meet with much opposition from organized labor and from the classg of citizens who beljeve that the tax rate is now alto- gether too heavy. It is not probable that an average of $7,100 would begin to pay for the erection of the buildings; and the maintenance of such a school per- manently would be an added tax. It is generally feit that good trade ochools are the schools for the better- ment of the masses, and, yet, the strongest opposition is llable to arise from mechanics who do not belleve ih this wholesale method of turning out workmen. A JUST RECOGNITION. In noting the end of Chief Justice Baldwin's term of service upon the supreme bench of Connecticut by age limitation, Governor Lilley, in behalf of the state, wrote the following weords of appreciation: “Connecticut has been fortunate in the selection of her judges and in no case more go than in yours. I take /this opportunity personally and in be- half of the state to express to you her appreciation and my own, of your tong and distinguished career in her service. “fn laylng down the care of office that universal respect and esteem in which you are justly held should be a ecourse of constant satisfaction. Permit me to wish you many years of enjoyment of a well-earned respite from arduous labors. “With kindest regards, I have the honor to remain, “Very respectfully yours, “GEORGE L. LILLEY, “Governor.” Al] the citizens in this part of Con- necticut, irrespective of party affilia- tions, will endorse these compliment- ary references to one who has been regarded as Connecticut’s greatest ju- rist for many years, It is a great Joss to the state to have pass from active service such a valuable public servant. OUR GRAND OLD MAN.' Congressman Sperry, the oldest representative Connecticut has in con. &r does not sit idle when it Is time for some one to speak for the good of the public service and the benefit of the men who do good work and de- serve good pay. | a-visitin | burned a roll of bills The report of the rallroad commis- sioners of this state shows that the habit of walking upon the tracks of railroads is becoming more and more perilous, and that the enactment of laws prohibiting the practice is mnot deveid of gense or purpose. The report states that 137 persons were injured by walking on the tracks and that 93 were killed—13 more than 1ast year, There are not many prose- cutions under the law, but the fact that the injured persons have no le- gal right upon the roadbed makes of them trespassers to whom the road is not liable for damages, There are 925 grade crossings in Connecticut, and the number of persons injured on them was 22,7one more than last year, while the num- ber of persons killed was seven, three less than in the previous years. The abolition of the grade crossing is expensive, but the work is pro- gressing encouragingly in the cities and they have been greatly improved; but the country grade crossings are about as numerous and dangerous as ever and it will he a great while be- fore an end will be made of even the worst of them, for the reason that the taxpayers prefer to take the risk rather than to meet their share of the expense for the prohibition ot them. WANTS CIVIL SERVICE ABOVE SUSPICION. Alexander Troup of New Haven is the worthy successor of a worthy par- ent. He stands not only for fair play but for having things done in the most approvable way. He wants the civil service examination at the Elm city to be “on the level” 1In a recent interview upon the clvil service com- mission there he said: “To my mind the system of giving the examination is as important to the city as any of the new rules, and | two methods have been suggested which might give the results desired. The first is to make some arrange- ments with the civil service board in Washington to have the examiners there send the questions here in sealed envelopes, the same as they do for fed- eral examinations, and to have the seal proken in front of the candidates at the examinations, and not before. No doubt the plan would be an ex- pense to the city, as the Washington examiners would have to be paid for | their services. I am informed that the Washington examiners get out munici- pal questions for Washington which | could, with very slight atlerations, be made available for New Haven. The examination papers could be sealed up at the conclusion of the examination and sent to Washington to be correct- ed, and the examiners there could re- turn the papers and marks. This of course, would free from suspicion of favoritism the board. as they would have nothing to | do with the marks on the papers.” This is a level-headed suggestion, and once adopted it would be likely to produce most satisfactory results. It certainly would put the whole mat- ter beyorid suspicion, EDITORIAL NOTES. Springfield, Mass., is about to have a real twentieth-century hotel. She sadly needs one. Happy thought for today: The motto of the board of relief every- where is: No hope! The man who finds prosperity in sharpening skates at this time of year must think that prosperity has gone The story that a flash of lightning fn an editor's pocket is set down as a fake, without investigation, The czar of Russia is credited with such sagacity that he declines to pull a wire when there is a bomb at the other end of it, The Atl is time to- cheer up, Tillman has buckled belt around him. since Senator the earthquake Captain Seal couldn't talk. That makes his fame as a hero all the more secure. To be abla to talk is not always an advantage. A Tennessee town has shown ts ability to pull off séven lynchings in one night, and it was not a specilly good lynching night, either. Prince de Sagan has purchased 100 vests, He must be getting into trim to rup a second-hand clothing store if things turn against him, The Georgla peach trees are in full bloom, and the only way to get a sign of winter there now is to get the ice cream freezer to operating. The people of Connectleut feel the same assurance that the people of Michigan do, that there is no danger of the legislature overworking itself. Perhaps that the Chinaman is one of the best-hated of raen because he usually has money to lend. He would be in hard lines if he had to borrow. Postmaster Allen doubtless thought | local members of the | ta Constitution thinks i(; “I don't understand, myself, how you can have enything to do with him, much less like him,” said the thin, se- rious man with the black string neck- tie. “You can apologize for his faults all you've a mind to, but—well, of course if he's a friend of yours—" “Bless your heart! I'm not apolo- gizing for him,” said the man with the mutton-chop whiskers. ‘I know his faults just as well as you do—maybe a little better.” “How can you find any pleasure in his soclety ?” asked the thin man. “He certainly hasn't eny very original ideas.” “Very few people have, so far as that s concerned,” said the man with the mutton-chop whiskers. “If I insisted on original ideas from every fellow I talked with I'd be mighty lonesome. Besides, I have a chance to give him a new point of view, and that's always worth while. I don’t know any great- er pleasure than to watch the dawping light of intellizgence in a lack-luster eye when you are elucidating ’meth!ug or other.” “There may be something in that, of course,” admitted the thin man. “There’s everything in it,” said the man with the mutton-chop whiskers. “I have a particular weakness for en- lightening people, and when they ap- preciate it 1 feel very klndl{' toward them. I don’t mind being enlightened, either, so long as I'm in a crowd—at a lecture or something of that sort— where I don’t feel as if I were being singled out for Improvement. Now, if you undertook to impart a lot of valuable information to me I should listen, of course, but it wouldn’t make me love you for your superior knowl- edge.” “I suppose I must try to conceal it, then” said the thin man. “I wasn't talking about his mental acquirements so much, though, as——" The thin man pansed his vices, T suppose you would say,” supplied the man with mutton- chop whiskers. “You needn't hesitate. 1 know he gambles.” AM IS USEFUL. ; 2l a ORI e £ I “He gambles, and for the means of gambling he deprives his own family,” said the thin man, severely. “Now that’s the of thing that I can't condone. It may be uncharitable, but I've no use for a man who doesn't look after his family.” “I look after my famlly,” said the man with the mutton-chop whiskers. “There are times, though, when I feel that I am not doing as well as I might by them. I indulge myself in certain little luxuries as the expense of thelr comfort, no doubt. I don't think you would ever hear them complain. As a matter of fact, I dont suppose they suspect it. But my consclence does, and begins to operate its little stinger. When that happens I say to my con- science: ‘Look at Sam and see what he does. Do I come within a hundred miles of being as mean as Sam? ““Well, perhaps not’ says my con- science. ‘You'd certainly show up to great advantage by the side of Sam. Then my conscience curls up for an- other little snooze. I don’t mean to make any insinuations, but I'll bet the thought that you aren’t as bad as some of your neighbors helps you out now and then.” “I think, perhaps, T stack up with the average,” sald the thin man. “T don't doubt it,” sald the man with the mutton-chop whiskers. “But you know I'm right, too. When I think of Sam’s shiftiness I get a great idea of my own honesty. When I consider the way he soaks I congratulate my- self on' my own sobriety, just as my insight and comprehensive grasp of a subject seem more uncommon after a half-hour's conversation with Sam. I may be feeling mightly, small pota. toes and few to the hill when Sam drops In on me, but by the time he has exposed a few of his most unamiable traits I swell visibly. I go away from him feeling my bosom gluw with con- sclousness of virtue, If I catch sight of my reflection in a shop window I feel Iike taking off my hat to it.” “Of course, if it's on that account, said the thin man. it's different,” Chicago New: make the nomination of Mr. Brandegee unanimous and should have announced then and there their purpose not to be |bound by the action of the body. To acquiesce in the unanimity of Mr. Brandegee's nomination in the caucus and then to bolt his nomination in the legislature constitutes a riddie ‘which many people will read differently from Mr. Rockwell. A The bolting Bristol representative, ‘who is a high-minded man, is entitled to his own interpreta- tion of the gospel of political proprie- ty, but his rollcall scheme of justifica- {tion of his bolt is likely to beget more doubt than conviction. — Hartford Times. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. | Culture and Character in Education. | Mr. Editor:—Many persons who fa- | vor strict discipline for the control of | students In college recognize their ideal in a school like West Point. Others see in the system that frees the youths | from all surveillance and police con- trol and places them on their honor the best possible conditions for secur- ing the best results in the rising gen- eration. | A writer in the North Atlantic un-| dertakes to compare the results ob- | tained in the schools of opposite sorts | s to their respect ems of con- | tol as far as there Is any. Ke takes | as example the Unit d States Military | academy at West Puint and Harvard university, of which he is an alumnus. e classes thew as follows: "he one is a college of discipline by virtue of a pelicy largely fixed by tne | | traditions of army service; the other | |a college of freed>m—a response in a| large measure te the leadership of a | jet, once entered | rk, finds ¥ studles 80~ determined for him. Whether he will or not, he must take an as-| signed measure of mathematlcs, s ence, modern languages, drawing, his- tory and ddncing. He becomes a mem- ber of a section of haps ten. The assigned lesson w cover each day certain pages of a text book. At the he instructor he must rise, put 1s together, begin with the for- 1 am required to recite, etc.’ il ‘'when he repeats e of his text book He must be ready every day, and his standing in com- with every other man in his posted at the end of each made out to the fractional part The hours for work and and he may not go be- its of the West Point Through the whole four runs consistently the line. s once chosen, the Har- vard freshman finds himself one of a group of twenty or five hundred, ac- | cording to the Subject. If he occupies | his place with falr regularity he may work earnestly or very little. There West Point c: fs no day-by-day demand upon him | such as the West Point cadet must | expect. ‘With occasional tests during | the term—generally not dificult—and an examination at the end, which a | | mark of 60 per cent. will pass, the sub- ject is credited to him as a complete | study. Meanwhile the opportunities |for reading, for individual study, for | fellowship and for amusement are un- | imited. Individual freedom is the key- note of his college life.” 1 Doubtless in comparing school sys- tems it is necessary to compare the men they have turned out to take part | in the public life of the nation, as well as in the private life of society and the home. In this connection the writer quoted say: liberty they are proud of and faithful to every trust reposed In them. Schools are not intended merely to train the mind and develop Intellectual- ity. There is in each boy a soul to be educated as the central element of character. The truth of righteousness, that is to say, the bullding up of a spiritual element of honor, honesty, sense of duty and devotion to it, is no less of the mind with the truth of science. ‘The cultivation of the mind and char- acter should go on together and not be separated. The tralning that is good for one class of youths may not be best for another sort, and therefore one sort of school cannot justly be pitted against another. EUGENE BERTRAM WILLARD. Everett, Mass. % Derby’s High Tax. The Sentinel's Derby correspondent announces that the tax rate In that city will be the highest in the history of the city, natwithstanding the prop- erty is put In the lists at a higher fix- rre than was the case some years ago, whea a much lower rate was levied. And the correspondent adds: “The public is llkely to be unusually crit- ical this year.” The taxpaying pub- lic of Derby will have a right to be critical under such a tax, and yet they must remember that the general trend in all growing citles—and in some that are not growing—is upward. In eity affairs, as In private affairs, the cost of doing things has been greatly in- creased. Short hours and high wages and the increased cost of materials make it more expensive to bulld roads, sidewalkes, schools and to make re pairs, and city employes, clerks, teach- ers, shovelers, etc., are not thought any the less of for seeking the same important than the {llumination being a tendency, as in some hi‘&%mecomnvfm-tm a time. the tax Is equalized, m-.{r Justice in it even though it high—Ansonia Sentin State is Handsomely Solvent. Mr. Lilley’s views were more in ac- cord with the general sentiment of the people, which is that there is af least a mild cause for the expression of alarm in the financial affalrs of the state. Our state is handsomely solvent and will continue to be so, but its re- sources should not be burdened with Progr: ful commissions, and in gratifying that desire Mr. Woodruff says that the stgte has not been extravaganrt, but, on the other hand, it is better business judgment to curtail In the matter of juxuries until such a time as they may be obtalned without overtaxing tue state’s revenue. For example, fake the case of the ordinary merchant. He would always like to expand his busi- ness to meet the splurging out of a rival, but sensible to the necessity of living within his capital he will not venture into further debt than that which he can comfortably provide for, He must believe that good things come slow and wait untfl he can procure them without being too venturesome. | Tt 1s belleved that the people of Con- necticut want public affairs, statewise, handled in the same manner. Former Governor Woodruff very truthfully says that to meet the progressive spirit of the times the revenue of the state will have to be materially increased.— New Haven Palladium. AFTER THE GRIPPE “Vinol Restored This Man’s Strength “Several years ago I was attacked by a severe case of grippe, which left me with a hacking cough, soreness in my chest, and bronchitis. I took nearly every kind of cough syrup sold on the market, besides medicine given me by | physiclans. I received no permanent rellef until my druggist asked me to try Vinol, and after taking three bottles I was entirely cured. I belleve Vinol to be the greatest blessing ever offered to the public, as it does what is claimed for it.” R. B R. Hicks, Maplesville, Ala. The reason Vinol cures chronic coughs, colds and pulmonary troubles is because it contains tonic iron and | &ll the healing and body building ele- | ments of cod liver ofl but no oil. ‘Vinol is also unexcelled as a strength builder for old people, delicate children, weak and run-down persons, and after sickness. STEINER'S PHARMACY. Norwich Maher’s School For Danciaj, T. A. AND B. HALL, 62 Broadway, Norwich, Conn Dancing every Friday and Saturday eveninzs. Baker’s orchestra. Private lessons in Waltz, Two-step. Etc., at any hour. Classes now open Telephone 471-G. oct20d EXPERT TUNING saves and improves the plano, work guaranteed. A. W. JARVIS, No. 15 Clairemont Ave, Norwich, Conn. «raduate Niles Bryant School of Plane AN Tuning, Battle Creek, Mich. Drop a postal and I'll call. dec18d ’Phone 518-5. MONDAY, FEB. 1 The Inimitable Hebrew Impersonator LEW WELCH The Natural Actor, In Hal Reld's Masterplece, THE SHOEMAKER An l:xcenuo%lo!ly &'o'crtnl Acting mpany. PRICES: iSc, 35c, 50¢, T6e. Scats on sale at Box Office, Waus Friday, Jan. 29, a o'clock, Cars to all points after the perform- ance. THERE 18 no aavertising medium in Bastern Connecticut -qlull to The Bul- leiin for busiuess resuits. VMII]E!ill[ NOVIG PICTURES ADMISSION No Higher Afternoons ¢ 10c —— A BILL GF QUALITY — THE APOLLO BROTHERS, European Athlflu_r-nd Weight Lifters. Ladies and Children WEEK OF JANUARY 25th Ira W. Jackson Presents CLARA TURNER and a Superb Company in Repertolre. Fri, Eve—A Girl's Best Friend. Sat. Mat—Jane and Her Teddy Bears. Sat. Eve—The Days of '6l. Prices 100, 20c, 30c. Matinees 100 and 20c. it Seats on sale at the Box ice, Wau. r-gu; House and Bisket, Pitcher & Co.’s. CGars to all points after the nertorm- ances. . Matinees bufln at 2 o'clock; evenings begin at § o'clock. —_— adavertising medium I Eovren Gonnecticut aqual to The Buls letin for Husinesz resnlta 3 Shows Daily Wezk of 215, 7, 845 January he Greatest Act sver seen in the oity. ARMSTRONG AND ASHTON, “The Boy and the PAGE AND MONTIMORENCY, The Neatsst and Most Commendable Musical Act Befors the Public. PICTURES CHANGED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. Roderick Thea're SILVA & BROWNELL, Lessees, HIGH CLASS MOVING PICTURES AND ILLUSTRATED SONGS. The programme for Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday will be: “Avenged,” “Buried Allve,” “Water Cure,” ‘“Head Over Heels in Politics,” “Two Clever Detectlv “Policeman for an Hour."” Mr. O'Neil will sing “It's Great to Be a Soldier Man." Continuous performance from 32 to 6and 7 to 10 p. m. ADMISSION 5 CENTS. 327 Main Street, opp. Post Office. jan21d F. C. GEER TURER 122 Prospect St., Tel, 889-5. Norwich, Ct THER® ™4 N6 Aavertsing medium in eris Conneoticut eaual to “he wul- n fOr DusIness resvits CADILLAC HALL 82 Market St, opp. Sheedy's Theatra DANCING PARTIES Every Wednesday and Saturday Evenings. | New class now opened for pupils. Ar- rangements made by phone 422-3, or J. J. KENNEDY, 117 Main St. Private Lessons any Hour. jan1sd JAMES F. DREW Piano Tuning and Repairing Best Work Only, | *Phone 422-3. 18 Perkina Ave. sept23d have first cholce while the stock is Buy now and save money. Fit MERCHANT TAILORS. Dissolution Sale Enatire Stock to be disposed of befo re April Ist, Suits and Overcoats To Order at prices that eommand attention and investigation. complete, guaranteed in every case. Come early and The N. Johnson Co., 33 BROADWAY. WHEN you want to ness before the public, t dium better than through the advertis. ing columns of The Bulletin. WHEN YoU WADT @ ;UL yOur pusie pess beiore (he vubie. (o 8 5O me~ dium better tnan tarcugn advertis- ng columns of The Briletin “There was one critical epoch In our WE WILL SELL THIS IS YOUR CHANCE, LADIES! acrificing Furs! Starting this morning we will close out our entire stock of High-grade Furs at prices that will positively insure an early windup. Coast Sea! Coats at $25 - fom$ 50 | One handsome Mink Set at $135 from $175 i A A P that it Hill won he would lose the |nat; e 323 hantt - - “Ho carried hia. 83 years well and |POROMCe, 80 o went to Hill, and | msscecting comparison, and Which ho although his voice vas feeble he made :r:;nt;? results of poor judgment con- | always scemed o me, Lg’sp(;akdwellrfr\r ¢ stro lea f¢ c m. that feature of West Point education 0 k c 4 0 h d k S 75 S i sy e ntee _ which arites out of the close com- ne Pony-s in Coat at | - -fom$ 55 ne handsomaz Blk. LynX et at from $100 :4: about him and liberally applauded ‘him. “Mr. Lloyd, Mo., vigorously attacked the increase in postal expenditures. In ten years, he sald, the increase for ‘postoffice employes had been 176 per cent., while in that time the increase in business had been but G¢ per cent.” In advocating adequate pay for pos- tal employes Congressman Sperry is perfectly at home, and if not as vig- orous as he once was, his words have ‘weight because of the knowledge he has of the work and the spirit of falrness which has always governed his endeavor. The Duke of Abruzi should not care if the king of Italy will not accent his resignation. He can become an American sovereign and take an Am- erican queen for his wife, if he has the resolution. The government has a horse farm in Vermont where it is going to give attention to breeding horses of the true Morgan type, the all-round horse that has never been excelled. - Tt has been decided that the London eggs thrown at Carrie Nation must | W33 complete. Since it has been discovered that there are more than 100,000 bachelors in Texas, the alleged prowess of that state’s red-headed widows is consid- ered a fake, JUSTIFYING A BOLT. Representative Rockwell of Bri one of the fourteen republicufi i;tg; voted for Mr. Hill for senator in spite of the fact that the caucus, without a dissenting voice, made the nomination of Mr. Brandegee unanimcus, justifies his bolt on the ground that “a caucus vote, in order to be binding on all the members, should be by rollcall” wMr. Rockwell’s letter in which he expounds this doctrine of justification and which was printed in the Times on Wednes- day is interesting if not convincing. To many people this explanation, or defense, or plea in abatement, is bound to appear technical. As we understand the situation, no formal proposal was made in the caucus to have the taken by rollcail. The conclu‘!lg:“l;: that no substantial demand for it ex- isted. although we take occasion to say that a rolicall is the most sclentific and satisfactory method of recording one’s preference at a caucus of this char- acter. The motion to make Mr. Bran- degee’s nomination unanimous encoun- tered no opposition. Acquiesence in 1t No protest was offered, munity life and the bringing together of boys from 2ll parts of the unlon. In the troubled days which marked the first efforts of reconstruction after the Civil war tnree West Point graduates —Grant, Sherman and Schofleld—by | virtue of their ' military commands, took definite positions as to the meth- ods by which the seceded states were | to be brought ba into the union. | Eventuvaily the matter went to con- gress and the plan which finally pre- | vailed was due mainly to two college | graduates, one in the senate, the other in the house—Charles Sumner of Har- vard and Thaddeus Stevens of Dart- mouth. I think it is fair to say that, looking back after forty years, the general judgment of thinking men is that the reconstruction policy of the | West Point graduates was not only | more just and more merciful, but also politically wiser than that of Sumner and Stevens. “Both of these collezes are mnoble agencies for the education of men; both have sent into our national life graduates who have done honor alike | to their institutions and to their country. The remembrance of this fact ought to help toward edicational liberality. It serves to remind us that, after all, we have no specifics in edu- cation; that men come into a larcer usefulness and into a finer intellectual and spiritual life by many paths. Dis- cipline and freedom both play their One Pony-skin Coat at $49 - from $100 One Black Broadcloth Coat, squir- rel lock lined, black wolf collar, at $60 - from $ 80 One Biack Cioth Goat, squirrel lock linad, at $23 - - from$ 35 One handsomsa Persian Lamb Set at $29 - from $ 40 One set of Baum Marten Fox at $27 from $ 36 One set of Sable Squirrel at $17 - from $ 24 One set of Mole and Erminz at $70 from $100 One set of Mink at $70 - from $ 90 and lots of other genuine bargains in Rug Muffs, Separate Scarfs, Children’s Sets and Fur Gloves, at and no suggestion was made that the action of the caucus would not be binding on its participants. Under these conditions, according to the prevalent code of political ethies, The man who offers to sell himselt | it takes a good deal of explanation for his 1 4 and clothes has few | WhOlly to justify a subsequent bolt. takers, for the offer carries a doubt f,‘, ffifl?uc““‘, thae l; byl ] lmrticlmnts : B i the s s were determined to vote for Mr. Hill in the legislature th profitable should have opposed ti. mo! eu’: parts in the evolution of the best hu- man charazter, and we may therefore | not wonder that institutions varying =o | widely in ideals and in methods have | alike achieved high measure of success and have won a place of singular honor and regard 1n the nation's estimate." Some boys cannot be put upon any pledge of honor. With some discipline excites and arouses a spirit of st- ance, while i glven a fair degres of have been bad eggs, as no Britisher would throw 40-cent eggs at an Am- eriean woman, anyway. Furrier McPherson’s Fuose