Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 7, 1909, Page 4

bt / _ 113 YEARS OLD. price, 13¢ & week; 50c a @ year. it N SRR AL ER R YT x Telephone Calle: . Bullétin Business Office. 480. in Editorial Rooms, 35-3. etin Job Office, 35-5. Willimaritie Office, Room 2. Murray Building: Telephone, 310. _ Norwich, Saturday, Aug. 7, 1909. —_— AS A SUBSCRIBER VIEWS IT. The mames of subscribers are com- dng in for the Jubilee book of the 250th anniversary as fast as The Bulletin anticipated that they would. This book ‘48 essential to the proper completion of the event, and its publication Wi assumed by The Bulletin as a matter { of civic pride ratier than as a specu- lative enterprise. There is no money n it for the printer. One citizen has % ordered 24 copies and one 10, and these are the only large individual orders. An order from a New York subscrib- er, who has no other interest than the interest awakened by & few years of Tesidence here, reads: “Please have my name put down fer ©one of the celebration books. | want it for two reasons: First, | want to be able to read the whole thing and study the pictures at my leisure; sec- ond, it is an tment—your two- dollar book will be in demand at $5 or better before you and | get through selling things. There are people liv- ing in Norwich now who wen't order and whose children will be begging for copies at any price in 1925 This is the truth. If The Bulletin does not print an edition larger than 500 coples, the book may be in such demand that it will go to a premium at once. No agents will be sent out to solicit orders, because that would add to the «cost of the edition. Names of subscrib- ers should be sent in to the business manager of The Bulletin. AFFLICTION. A New York man thinks there must be some significance in a name, He has been losing money betting at races He decided a while ago to wait until he got a sure tip, recover his fallen fortunes and then quit the game. His tip came, a sure enough tip, that he should bet his money on a horse named Affliction. He started for Baratoga with $920 in his pocket, but before he got to the Grand Central station, he had lost his roll. Affic- tion won, both at the race and in the poor sport’s mind. It he bad reached Saratoga with his money T time, he would have changed his $920 for $7,- 860, and now he feels as if it is safe for him to bet on, Affliction time.—An Exchange. This is more of a lesson than a joke. It is self-evident that Affliction never ®ets left. It has been truly said: Pros- perity is a great teacher, Adversity 18 a greater. Nothing more fortunate could have happened to this man, for At has opened his third eye, which Mrs. Besant tells us of, and in future in- instead of following his nose he will follow his rational senses. He won more in Affliction than he possibly could have done on Affliction. What ‘would $7.860 amount to, compared to reaching the point where Affiction is seen to win every time? Such knowl- edge is indeed safety. THE PAGEANT AT GLOUCESTER. Gloucester, Mass,, this week cele- brated the 277th anniversary of the founding of the place, and notwith- standing the absence of the president had a celebration of exceptional splen- dor. A fleet of naval vessels was there, and Gloucester had a great mfil- ftary, naval and civic parade; but what will interest Norwich people most was the historic pageant which ‘was given at Fort Stage park on a stage 175 feet long and 50 feet wide, representicg “the Canterbury Pil- grims,” prepared by Percy Mackeye, and taken part in by about 2,000 per- sons. The play treated of the Chau- cerian period, based upon the prologue of the Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chauegr. The many interesting fea- tures included a joust, or tourney of mediaeval knights, armor clad and mounted, between two expert Horse- men, who competed for a gplendid trophy; a star vision of the Prioress Eglantine; an historic procession of pllgrims to the shrine of Thomas a Becket and many characteristic dances of that period. The music was especially compesed for the occasion by Walter Damrosch, director of the New York Symphony orchestra. Gloucester s ot so large.as Nor- _wieh, but it is fortunate in having a. large colony of wealthy summer resi dents, who contributed generously to the defraying of expenses, and being %0 located that the many could take part.. Dewey's flagship and the frig- rate Hartford were there, and the pres ddent's yacht Sylph in gala day at- | tire. It was a great day for Gloucester, ‘which seemed to he unconscious tha the nation was looking at it on: the Ath. ‘What may have perplexed congress for 8o long was the demand that the tariff should be revised downward and still raise a bigger revemue, How to decrease charges and at the same time increase income is no easy problem. It Is alleged that the waiter on the Pullman who brought Senator Stone | the wrong drink must have been a new | man, since every old waiter between New York and Washington is familiar with what his mouth waters for. A queer-looking package received from Washington now may look lke an infernal machine, while it turns out to be only a bunch of tariff speeches, or a copy of that important document. Revolution kills prosperity and as soon as prosperity is dead the people see that restoration isneeded and turn to industry. Spain and Sweden will not be exceptiops to the rule. The' city of Baltimore is calling for the international convention of fire chiefs in August, 1910. The New: says: “Baltimore wants the conmven. tion and must get iti” Aaniles broad them upon this subject now is like asking a man when the temperature is up to 95 degrees in the shade, if it is hot enough for him! How tariff | talk operates under such cor can best be shown by a story fre the south: “A gentleman traveling in South Carelina rode up to an old farmer’s house, asked him if he could stay all night. The farmer said ves, and the boy took the horse to the barn, and the next morning: in the Justice of the peace court, in extenu- ation of why he had whipped the stranger, the farmer said, “The stran- ger came into my house and the first thing he did was to go up to.the fireplace and kick my dog that was lying in front of the fireplace and make him holler; and ‘Jedge, he sald, ‘he made that dog get out of the house. When my wife told me sup- per was ready he got right up and took the seat with his back to the re, the place my wife has always used as hers for years, but us North Caroleenians belng so hospitable 1 didn't say a' word. After supper he tried to kiss the hired girl, but I re- membered our penchant for hospitality and, Jedge, I didn't say anything at that. He made several breaks here and there I didn't like, but I didn't say anything, but the next morning, when | was cutting wood, this stran- ger comes out and tries to talk tarift to me, and now, Jedge, I say to you with all kindness and forgiveness that I am very hospitable, T believe in hos- pitality, it is the characteristic of us North Caroleenians, but I tell you, Jedge, no man can talk tariff to me, unless he is a better man than I am, and that is why he looks the way he does.’ >, A warning word ought to be suffi- clent. When you tackle your con- gressman, just see that the subject is congenial and likely to tell for peace rather than for war. THE DROUTH BREAKER. The rain of Wednesday night and Thursday was a blessing to the terri- tory it covered. As a drouth vear, 1909 must rank in the first class in New England annals. The rain was notin timeto save the cropsor to keep the price of milk or produce down. There is no recovery for the blighted corn crops or the blighted lawns. The potato crop will not be greatly bene- fited, but if August continues just normal and is followed by a favorable September and late frosts there is still a chance for good late crops of corn, fruit, grass and other truck. The flower gardens, and most other gardens, have looked like “an attempt at suicide” for some time; but this steady, ‘root-finding rain will make everything that was waiting perk up and do well. The rain of last week was heavy, but not deep reaching, and was not as beneficial as was supposed. It did not penetrate the earth to any extent and a foot down dust has ever since been turned up by the spade as evidence of the dire need of protracted gentle showers. This rain seems to have filled the bill, and it is to be hoped that it will be followed by occasional, helpful showers instead of another dry spell EDITORIAL NOTES. Happy thought for today: ‘The person who means well does not al- ways do well. The republican senators who did not vote for the tariff bill pleased the states they represented. Dr. Eliot did not expect that a new religion would get him into hot wa- ter. It has ever been thus. An Ohio girl has died from tight- facing, which shows that she was too ambitious to be what she was not. When the general assembly gets to- gether these days it is a leaner look- ing body than it was in its earlier career. The country heaves a sigh of relief. The menace to business has been re- moved, and Gen. Prosperity will now marshal his forcs Perhaps Mrs. Besant thinks that the world's high flyers have actually flown in the past. They have only had the name of it! An American girl has stood upon the peak of Mont Blanc. The Ameri- can girl is in the habit of standing upon anything in sight. The English sclentists charge the bedbug with spreading chole: The world has thought that he was spe- clally created to promote the itch. We had a close Sunday law, and wide open Sundays—now we are to have a Sunday law open to sports, but closed to soda fountains. Gee! What is the use of growling about the burden of the tariff? We are a world power and we cannot wear the diadem without putting out the dough. The Sutton inquiry at Annapdlis seems to be getting the truth clouded in the most mysterious way. It shows } Anraolls is a hard place for a boy, anyway. What is the use of talking of party organization now? When one looks at the tariff vote and -the voters it seems if old party lines had dis- appeared. The New Haven Journal-Courier does not realize that the old law, as in- terpreted by the new man, is a liberal law. Bverything is wide open, Sun- days, now. “An Indiana minister who preached | short sermons was rewarded &y the gift of a farm. Iis parishieners must have beheld in him a man who could “hoe his row.” The New Yorker whose life- was saved by his fountain pen has dem- onstrated that it is better to have one's uriderclothes bespattered with ink than with blood. She Knew. “You will hear a great deal of talk about the cruelty of the world,” said the lecturer in ‘the night school. *“1 assure vou that the world is kind at beart, and its gentleness vastly out- weighs its rudeness.” “You couldn't convineé me of that in a thousand years” spoke up a young woman in ‘the front row. ‘T'm a telephone girl.” A shoal of herrirgs is sometimes five or six miles lon~ and two or three sugar would have done l’l’i?’tlmy nnt' sand into their Jife. There e, Is not so much 1o be said against sand if it is prop- E but as a false pre! it _just like every other false fiu f faith need not much for it will surely be expressed in his works. When faith, fs only ex- in words it Is without sub- stance—is not a force. Some dishonest people use faith just as the dishonest grocer uses sand, they sprinkle it into the sweetness of life expecting to make the world think that it is the real thing.. The smartest of these are sure they have fooled the world when they have only fooled themselves. It is when in Qur conceit we think that we are wise, that our fellowmen see clearest just jwkat we are. The ant season is on, and a good many neat heusewives do ghot know what to do to be.rid of {hem—they cannot be brought to think that these invaders of the breadpiils and sugar boxes are too interesting to kill. Ants formed governments before man did. and put other insects to domestic use, fought battles and made slaves before man had come to abuse his power. Solomon said: “Go to the ant thou sluggard aand learn wisdom.” That may have meant to learn that industry works wonders, or that folly works estruction. Since Solomon's day the nt has tanght men both these things. The industrial ants guard their com- munities, herd their cows—Aphides— and poasess their souls in peace and independence; but the slave-making ants_deteriorate in size and become so dependent that they cannot feed themselves and die wher the slaves are taken from them; and when ‘the nest is moved the slaves do all the work and carry them to the new home. The “superior ant” is inferior finally in everything but pretense. There is no use of wondering how the slave- making art became suci a lazy doit and lost. his energy—he drifted into folly just as men do, probably. Some people enjoy the mountain top for summer recreation, but 1 do not. There is nothing that will take the conceit out of ‘a thinking man like & birdseye view of things. From a moun- tain top everything looks diminutive that man has made down in the valley, and God's hills and sky and oceans only appear to be of a size worth men- tioning. And these mountain peaks tell their own story—some are crowned by Plutonic rocks and some by organic rocks, and none of them are half the age of the world. Some came up from the hot heart of the globe itself, and some tere forced up from the bottom of an ancient deep, deep sea. The peaks of the Cordilleras of - South America. three and one-half miles high, were formed at the bottom of a deep and are crowned with rocks con- taining the marine dead; and so it is with tops of hills in Australia which are now hundreds of feet above sea level and 130 miles from the coast. This old world has witnessed many changes since the spirit of life encompassed it, and thig knowledge is what gave coin- age to the declaration that “everything changes except God.” The fossil shells and corals and fish of the mountain tops have & past man cannot fully comprehend. The Man Who Talks found this In his mail from an esteemed friend the other day: “Tell An Old Timer from me that ‘he has been elected perpetual chairman of The Bulletin'’s Amen Cor- ner.” Not many of you can tell what that ‘means, but the sender of it knows that it is one of the choice honors of the sanctum sanctorum. “Old Timer" will know that this is a response from a heart in gccord with his own. All of this makes the Man Who Talks blush, although you do not see him. His business partly is to stir up “the amen corner,” but he is always surprised when it speaks out loud. But it can't be helped, and he is enough of a Meth- odist to know it is not a whispering gallery. When one,rings true, it rings, too! 'Let her go, brethren, for only endorsing words come from that cor- ner. N\ 1 do not think that we should be too hard upon the iceman. We all have our opinion of him, and he has his opinion of us. He has got to live on his fce whetner we skated upon it or not. We curse him for bringing thik ice or snow ice when it is the best God furnished him with. He says that he should like to use us better, but we do not believe him. We buy the least amount possible and then blame him because it melts too fast. At the price asked he ought to be able to guaranty short ice to last long. His men work from sunup till sundown and several hours after, daily, and he gets mad because we want him to have his team harnessed up to bring us a ten cent plece of a Sunday because we ordered too little, and we get mad because he will not be obliging—as we would not be if we were in his place. There does not seem to be any smooth road between us. We never saw so mean an jceman, and he never knew so mean a patron. I suspect that the trouble is mot in the ice, but all in us. The automobile has put the whole country on the move and it is increas- ing the fraternal feelings between the different sections of the country. We have reached the season now when we see automobiles that have run - far from home. The past week we have noted touring cars hereabout from Cleveland, O., from Maryland and from Alabama, and be it said to therr credit that these cars were leading no mad career. They were moving within the speed limit—with the order and decorum which said plain enough that they were in charge of rational beings who were out for a good time and a safe time and were having it. It is home flunkies who do the high speed and defy acts—who do not appear to care for the rights of others or their own safety—who disrespect law and invite the police—who delight in giving trolley passengers their mud and dust and a ha! ha! which excites popular prejudice against them and makes their every misfortune a source of popular satisfaction When Dooley described the chafing dish as a fryving pan that had got into first society, he did mot wander from the truth, but just showed how style can dress up a very common old uten- sil. There appears to be no limita tion to style. Every class of socief has its sivle as well as every race; and lots of individuals cannot get along without a special style of their own. What if the negroes of the West Indies will not eat butter unless it is pink, or the Indian feathered game un- less it is roasted in hot coals just as it fell when killed—is that any worse or more curious than the fact that one society lady, at least, “wouldn't touch a morsel of hog’s flesh unless it was called ham—and dinked round with a friil!” We like to have things please the eye and the fancy—we like to have them seen—when on the ta- ble or on our backs or on our prem- iges. There are more thing veneered than we make a note of—not only fur- niture but humans. There is a taste— a bid for this sort of thing, or it would ot be tolerated. The ringing melody of the wren has been heard upon the premises morn- ing and eyening all this phenomenal season. The bird's box house and nest was wrecked by the wind, but it did not sit- down and repine: it did not sulk; but it just found itself a new site, set up a new habitation and sang on.' The trials of life did not warp its happy epirit—p~ ordinary mishap flmrkle and ;.u-w ufimmm‘; adees, set up housekeeping To an old apple tree, Hear tho’House. Early in the season a suitable box for nesting was placed on the window sili, mext to the one that they were accustomed to go to for food. They were never geen to go to this house, which wasoccupied, a little later, by 4 pair of wrens. On May second Ma- tie began the soft littie new song, which indicates that the nesting sea- son is at hand. In a few days both were going in and out the home they had selected. For about a week, cot- ton, which was placed oh the window sill, was picked into the fluffiest bits possible and carried by Matie to the nest. During the nest building and until the young left the nest both birds con- tinued to come, for food, Markie prac- ticing all his ‘old tricks and ic the exuberance of his good feelings trying some new ofies. His daring and im- pudence can not be imagined by one who has not seen him. The recital sounds like a fairy tale, or perhaps some will say, “a fish story.” Many, who have been to see him, can testify to the correctness of the statements. He would light on my hand when I held it ouf and allow me to lift him to my lips to take a bit of squash seed. One day I held a seed between my thump and finger and another be- tween my lips. He lighted on my fin- gers for a second, tossed away the seed 1 held there, then flew to my lips and took away that one to eat. An- other day-he clung to the edge of my hat and peeked under. Although I had nothing for him, he did not treat me as he did once in the winter. Then he unexpectedly clung to the side of my hood and reached to my lips for a seed, as he frequently did, and not finding any picked my nose auite sharply. At another time he lighted on a line where a towel was pinned with common pins and after a struggle pulled one pin out and threw it away. Matie has always liked walnut meat, but Markie preferred the meat from squash seeds. Having some butter- nuts, I thought I would try those. I held part of a nut and Markie aft- er eating about forty bites flew to a tree, after a few seconds he came back and ate over ty more. Matie then came and in over sixty bites fin- ished all that was left . in the shell. One can judge of the ze of a bite for a chickadee when it is learned that a good butternut is usually sufficient for all day. Even though they take a dozen or twenty meals. Both birds learned to come to the door and call “chickadee” when they wanted nut. There were nestlings on the tenth of June. In two weeks they were out and away. I supposed, of course, they would be brought to the window, for food, as was done last year, but was disappointed. At the end of two weeks I saw four in the trees, the next day there were five. These are the only times I have seen them. For about a month after the nestlings went from the nest, Matie did not come for food. Markie came a half-dozen times. They have been around the house, now and then, for nearly a week. It seems al- most_selfish for them to come back and leave the young birds, but food is now plenty and probably the- need to learn to depend upon themselves: as the adults are moulting, they neel rest. The female of the pair of nuthatches which were very tame in the winter, met with misfortune. - She came to the window sill one day the last of Jan- uary; instead of eating and flying away she sat there for a long time. Her feathers were all rough and she showed plainly that she was sick. She didn't show any hurt and finally flew away. We never saw her again. Her mate went away after a few days and stayed over five weeks; when he re- turned with a new mate. The new ady” was much darker in color and so timid that she did not venture to the window until she had been here nearly a month, The male bird never seemed so tame as he had before. He rarely ate fromymy hand and early in May both went away. The new one never learned to come|to me, whereas the first female was so tame and knowing that when I raised the win- dow a little and held out my hand with food I could call her to me by tapping on the glass. could check its song. It is said that this tiny bird by his life taught a priest this lesson: “Everyone can be happy, even the weakest can have his song of thanks!” and he composed a song of the wren and sang it, and the song lived after him and made the hearts of the people glad. The song of the little wren is the song of good cheer, it makes him good company, and the human heart feels glad that he is near. We never think of him for a cage—he is. too small. It does not seem as If any cage could hold him. He gives us his_song, and many human heart has held that as an abid- ing, pleasant memory, for many & year. What a part of the world needs more of today than it is possessed of is a full supply of Walt Mason's “Magic Mirrors,” which he describes as fol- lows: “I looked and looked in the shining glass, and wondered, and looked some more. My own reflection did not appear, but there where it should have been, I saw the form of a cringing bum all crumpled and soaked with gin. His nose was red and his eyes were dimy unshorn was his swollen face, and 1 thought it queer such a seedy bo would come to so smooth a place.. I turned around for a better look at this effigy of despair, and nearly fell in a little heap, for the effigy wasn't there! The bar- keep laughed. ‘It's the Magic Glass,’ he said, with a careless yawn; ‘it shows a man how he's apt to look years hence when his roll is gone!'" There are many people who need have their career foreshadowed in such a brilliant way as this, S0 that they may become self-witnesses of the possibili- ties of their excesses, and be led to grab their dilemma by both harns and bring it to a standstil. Every man should be above making hard-siedding for himself in life and increasing the discomfort of his family and friends. It takes some time to realize that the more one puts into life the more he takes out of it; and some real good folks never come to know that the more a person puts himself into his religion the more religion he will give to his fellow. men. Too ‘many people prefer to remove mountains by prayer than by the use of a pickaxe; and for that reason they never see a mountain emoved. There, may be roads to eaven on which'you have nothing to do but to admire the scenery, but the road of greatest activity and good deeds is the straightest and surest way. A long face and a sigh in the presence of suffering must look to an angel as a well concejved cartoon looks to you. Some people’s religious meth- ods are very simple eccentric, you know. The clock that fsn't wound up never strikes 12, and the boy who gets no falls on the ice never cuts a figurs 8. The man gets there in religion just as he gets there in business—by his achievements. —_— says: “Doan’s Kidney Pills are en- titled (o my strongest recommendation. Off and on for some time I was an noyed to quite an extent by 11, heavy aching across my loins and kid neys. Those who have had a similar experience will realize how much mus- ery and inconvenience this complaint will cause. A friend, knowing how I was troubled, Nmmnr&fkdh Doan’s Kidney Pills, and I procu them from N. D. Sevin & Son's drug store. They proved effective from the start, and it was only completely relieved.” plumage of the second yesr. bly the same pair now have a nest, about a foot from the end of a long and very slender branch. on a fin maple. When the wind blows, the of the limp turns almost over, so that it looks as if the contents would cer- tainly be poured out. I think the nest- lings must be nearly old emough to fly. They chirp loudly when the par- ents bring food. | heard a chipping sparrow on April 17, which was two days earlier than I heard one last year. One came to the window for food the next day and & pair soon learned to eat from my hand as it lay on the sill. The song spar- rows come frequentiy to the window for food, yet they have only eaten from my hand twice. One pair have a nest with three eggs. One day a catbird ate three bites from my hand. As they have the name of _occasionally cating the eggs of other birds, 1 have tried for two or three years to frighten them away from around the house.This only resuited in their seeking cover im thick foliage and scolding. This year when they came I thought if they would stay that they would be Joss likely to do mischief if they were being onlv a thickness or two o so 1 fagtened apples securely to the | persiien the birds and the family sit- window! sfll. One pair soon became | o700, e, bURR ARG TOe amily e very fearless, coming many times a|ty." aquits to catch enough day, sometimes together, to-eat. I was | oyl ‘on the wing mot only for the able to supply them with apple untll’ seives but for from four to six mest- within a few days of the first straw- [ fioc® 09 non (000 UM 10 SR Foth berries, then I suppose they found their | n %" gmay chimney. This is the first A A e e & fr i | time that T have ever konwn them to coming for them, ? 3 apples. were gone. I did not know of | "Ua, Delow the attic. their doing any harm, and instead of disagrecuble cat calls we heard beauti- ful songs. Their nest, was evidently in a clump of bushes in the back yard, as I frequently saw them there and later saw one feeding a baby In the same place. I did not go to the nest, as I did not wish to make a path through the grass for cats to follow. The robins on the cornice and in the apple tree have gone. Also the yellow ‘warblers and the kingbirds. Last year the warblers built in a bush about five feet from the ground; this year in the top of & very high ‘apple tree. The kingbirds were obliged to continually guard their nestlings for several days, as a red squirrel seemed determined to rob them. Word was sent to a neigh- bor, who came with his gun, and the squirrel's career was seen ended, thes being no hindrance because of chicl dees lighting on the gun, as they did two winters ago. The little switts in two chimneys twitter loudly when the old birds bring food. One family live about two feet from the first floor in a house of two stories. It is probably twenty-five feet from the top. of the chimney to the nest, which is in the pipe hole, there seen on the half acre around my home there have probably been many more, as I have seen a black billed cuckoo, black and white warbler, cedar wax- wing, English sparrow, least fy catch. er and red eyed vireo feeding young ones. All birds are interesting in some way, the majority in many ways, but in ‘my experience mnone equals the chickadee, with its beautiful plumage and cheery notes, its fearless and amusing ways. One entomologist saye: “There is no bird that compares with it in destroying the female canker- worm moths and their eggs.” C. E. Preston City, Conn., July 31, 1909 SUNDAY MORNING TALK “THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME.” Why do we like summer? Certainly most of us do, though now and then some one wilted by the heat or tired of the contest with flies and mosqui- eoes declares his preference for some other season. And yet the poets and the song-makers continue to sound the praises of the summer solstice above those of winter, autumn or even spring. And the poets are usually right In discerning what emotions throb most frequently in the hearts of those for whom they write. A year without & summer would indeed be unthinkeble in advance and unbearable in its progress. So now that this glo- rious summer of our content is rap- idly speeding away let's try to find out in what its charm consists, and whether we are getting every bit of comfort and uplift out of it that we ought to get. One_unwelcome “caller” has been a male flicker, or wacup, which selected a certain pane of glass in the attic window on which to drum. Not omy was there great danger of his breaking the glass with his vigorous blows, but his chosen time was before the family finished their morning nap. To save the glass one felt that he must be frightened away. As he was very per- sistent this sometimes necessitated a trip through several rooms and up & flight of stairs. He was as good as an alarm sclock. A bluebird came to the box, which ired by the chickadees, and as the door was too small For several days a. pair carried out bits of rubbish frop hole in an old apple tree until a ‘free toad took possession and settled him- self in the doorway in the sun, then the birds went away. Perhaps he had lived there all winter and been aroused u little early by Mrs. Bluebird’s prepa- rations for housekeeping. If a “squat. ter” as his looks indicated, he was evidently one who was nof to'be trifled th. Other window pensloners this year have been three or more of both juncos and English sparrows. Both of these birds have been many times. A tree sparrow and a least fly catcher have Dbeen a few times. The latter not com- ing for food, but merely using the sill for a convenient perch from which to dash out for passing insects. A very beautiful caller, for a few minutes one day, was a male Baltimore oriole. He fearlessly ate a few crumbs. Jenny Wren commenced a week r than she did last vear to re- urnish her home in the same shell of a crookneck squash tied to a nail on the side of the barn. Two days later, on May 10, another pair commenced buifding in the box on the window 'sill in which it had been hoped the chick- adees would live. , The tiny circular doorway was for the benefit of the lat- ter, who build in a deep hole, placed near the roof and_about eight inches from the floor. Wrens prefer their doorway nearer on a lever with the nest, so they filled the box, which measured about four by five inches on the base, to a height of six inches. The foundation was of dry twigs, from the length and circumference of a mateh to those twice as large. To balance well when fiying the twig was held by the middle. The bird would light in the doorway, thus bringing the twig straight across, with the ends extend. ing an inch OF twe on each side. The seemed to know how to manage, for clinging tightly with their claws the head would be held as far back and to one side as was needful for one end of the twig to clear the box and enter the opening, then in a flash the bird was in with it. This *was repeated many times by both birds. Once I noticed the dry stem of a large leaf and an- other time a twig with briers on it. For the lining they use horsehair, feathers and cotton. The last they tucked In early in the building as weil as for the finishing. The male bird usually sang In a very happy and tri- umphant way after each addition that he made to the nest. “The female’s song was not so loud, but was sweet and pleasing. One could sit within six feet and watch them at their work. We like summer because it means for most of us a little let up from routine duties and perhaps too familiar surroundings. The pace of American lite is so rapid that unless we had these “week-ends,” these half holidays or perhaps a blessed fortnight or even a month off duty, something within us would snap and the human ma- chinery in general would break down. This resting time being one of the chief boons of vacation, are we sure that this year we are utilizing our time in such a way that we are really getting rested? Or are we frittering our one chance away? Another delight of the summer time is the chance to renew old friendships or make new ones. In term time or in work time we are often too busy to follow Henry Drummond’s advice: “Keep your friendships in repair. Now is our chance to get back to the old home and ‘“see the folks” again, to write a friendly letter to a former schoolmate, to be a little more neigh- borly right in our own bloek or on our street. Are we doing any of these things? Perhaps without reasoning the mat- ter fully out we love the :summer time because it means more out-of- doors and more contact with the life of nature. Just to see things grow is restful. To be right in the midst of the budding, blossoming, fruit-bearing traes and shrubs changes the current of our thoughts. Oh, what a range of joyous outdoor activities the summer provides: the canoe on a lake in the wilderness, the mointain climb, the dip in the surf, the pedestrian trip through leafy lanes, the golden hours of absolute vacuity of mind as one stretches himself on a mossy bank or under some giant trees, hearing only the hum of the bees in the orchard and the song of the birds; the lavish What and Where to Buy In Norwich SPECIAL SALE WE ARE ' d Viei Kid Oxfords, reg. A il X{0rds, T | ready to wait on you. This is where ular $3.00, at 98c. ) R you should trade. Get the BEST. Do Ladiet HIE had oo Shock, rhgulas | ToF wak for CHEAP MEAT. We hav $2.50 and $3.00, at 98c. R A A P. CUMMINGS, Telephone. 53 Central Avenue. C. S. FAIRCLOUGH aug?d Investigate our premium system. Joseph F. Smith, iv22d FLORIST 200 Main Streel, Norwich. Ivia Special for Next Month at Mill Remnant Store, 201 W. Main St. Ten thousand yards of Fine Dress Goods, Silks and "llu{ Cotton Goods, 2 to 15 yard lengths. for sale at one- thir@ of regular cost price. The car brings you to the door. Den't forget the place. MILL REMNANT STO se12d 201 West st. SEE T HUNGRY HORSES are or and unsatisfactory workers. It pays to feed well and use GOOD FEED. You can get this wt right prices from A. R. MANNING, Yantic, Conn. Telephone, jy22d Particular People Patronize Rogers’ Domestic Laundry. There’s a good reason for it. Tel. 903-2. Rear 37 Franklin iy22d t. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, York, sole agents for the Urited States —_— sunshine and the skies. had for almost nothing, for has said: of the natural world and its varied rich provisions for our enjoyment is g.mf of our divine origin and destiny. Insects | life that appeals to us. And this life both in the tiniest blade and the most majestic tree of the forest is nothing other than the life of God. realizing the presence of God and for entering Besides the dozen nests which I have | life. How think you about it, friend? Baide NOT For Fall Season 1909-10 Received Fall Parisian and New York Fashions, and also prepare yourself with a suit for the Fall early callers. ‘Wm. Josh Daly’s ~ Minstrels OPENING OVERTURE AND OLIO . CABINO Dancing every afternoon anl evening. Ice Cream, Scda and Light Lunches. . Purchase ' your car fickets, admit- ting to Park, at Madden’s Cigar Store. BREED’S THE ATRE Charles McNujty, Lessee. Devoted to Firsl-class Moving Pictures and [Hustrated Songs. Feature Picture, 3 A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY, —AND— Six Other Features. Master Harry Noonan, Phenomenal Boy Soprano. in, High Class and Illus- trated Songs. a short time before I was For sale by all dealers. Price Soc. New it s Bt . Zand| Matiases. Lasies sad Children..Sa take no other. B) HALL. Washington Square peace of the starlit Truly all these things may be s Lowell JAMES F. DREW Fiano Tuning and Repairiag Best V’ork Only, ‘Phune 433-8. Perkine Ave sept23a EXPERT TUNING saves and improves the pi'mo, AN work guaranteed. A. W. JARVIS, Neo. 15 Clatremont Ave., Norwieh, Conn. wraduate Niles Bryamt School of Plase Tuming, Battle Creek, Mick. Drop a postal and I'll call. docisd *_'Phon ~ “No price is set on the lavish summer.” Our response to the changing phases ‘or it is the fullness of the summer’s Summer is the best of all times for into the personal religious THE PARSON. a8 F. C. GEER TUNER 122 Prospect St Tel, 889-5. Norwich, Cf " PLUMBING AND GASFITTING. L TEMPORARY TONIC Paris Fashions The Vaughn Foundry Ca. IRON CASTINGS ‘urnished promptly. Large stock of patterns, No. 11 to 25 Ferry Street an22d Worn Out Plumbing The running expenses of a house are largely Increased by worn-out or poof You are invited to call and see the Reasonable prices for S. LEEN_IMICS' Tailor 5 Z8s plumbing. Either canses annoyance 278 Main St, Room 1 May Building. |, 0l at the most inconvenient sussd time. An estimate for replacing such plumbing with the modern, peace of mind kind will cost nothing, and Il guarantee the price will be reasonable. 3. E. TOMPKINS, 67 West Mai T. F. BURNS, Heating and Plumbing, 32 Franklin Strest Street. Solid Red Cedar CHESTS Finished to show the natural beauty mar| of the wood. Convenient for storage, || "p| * especially at moth time. ' Ia a Br a E s New styles recelved In price from ! The effervescing kind. Each tablet oo will make a glass of sparkling Lithia Water. 50 for 25 cents DUNN'S PHARMACY, £0 Main Street. Paneled Window Seats at $13.50, fit- ted with cushions if desired. UTILITY BOXES, covered in green denim, fancy cretonne, matting $2.00 up. SKIRT BOXES—The practical side will appeal to you. sy12d with rollers are easily pushed under ~ - the bed. For the balance of the sea- son I offer all my Summer weight Suitings at a very low figure to close. C. H. Nickerson, 128 Main Si. Jun29a DR. C. R. CHAMBERLAIN, Denta/ Surgeon. In chargs of Dr. S, L. Geer's practwe during his last iliness. 161 Main Stroet,. Norwich, Gennv noveed We have Fancy Native Chickens, Fowls fl Lamb. Order Here and Get the Best PEOPLE’S MARKET, 6 Frankiin St. JUSTIN HOLDEN, Prop Low styles fitted ur inspection welcome N. 3. Gilbert & Sons 137-141 MAIN STREET. Which School? 'WHAT KIND ¢f a TRAINING? Our catalogue may help Pt tow, I yous ow. for the asking. The enly lnstitution lo New Englane Iy JOSEPH BRADFOR Book Binder. Blank Books Nade and Ruled to Order, 108 BROADWAY. Telephone 262 8. A, Master of the Scieace of Accounts. oct10( DR. CHAS. H. LAMB, VETERINARIAN Office at Hodge's Stabls, Bath Street Eouse. 15 Town . Telephone 618-5. WHEN i ness Befors the DubHE. dium better than Watch Repairing done at Friswell's speaks for (itsell. WAL FRISWELL, 25-27 Franklie