Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 26, 1911, Page 13

o (Written Specially for the Bulletin.) /This is a great world, with a whole Jot of people in it. A whole lot of different ople. - No twe just alike: no three in the same class. A good many ©f the lots are “job lots,” teo. *Some wha think tRemselves all-wool ‘and yard-wide are really compouns ed of equal proportions of shodd. cotton, flocks and clay, being real about twenty-two and one-third inches wide,—whan stretohed. | used to wonder at and disapprove "the somewhat bored and cynical atti- tude of a good many clerks and sal»s men when I dashed at them with some whim that 1 wanted attendsd to -at once. Surely they must see how very simple and wholly reasonable my de- mands were. I couldn’t see why thay shouldn’t take fire at my suuttering spark, and be eager to drag the whole stock down to hunt out exactly the kind that I desired. Why, it seemed to me as if everybody on earth .must certainly want just that very thing. 1 have found myself inwardly con- demning the “stupidity” of sala men who couldn't see in a minute the twisted and invelved corrobores of a crochet which had incubated itself in seme dim corner of my brain. I When you go in to try on a pair of ‘shoes, vou rather axpect the clerk ta know just to a millimetre where you: wickedest corn is and bring you a shoa that won't even touch it. Now, don't you? Likewise every other intending purchaser expects that same clerk to, know all the details of his or her corn- crop, And were pretty sharp and se- vere on him, aren’t we? If he brings on a second or third pair that fail to have a dbulging annex built eut ot the side where that bunch is growing. Every one of us is,—to himself or herself,—the consciously -all-impqrtar.: center of ‘the universe. Of course we admit, as a theory, the equal rights of other folks. Practically and as a cold matter of fact. we all rather resent their existence, whenever they fail to see with our eyes and smell with our noses and taste with our palates and hear with our ears. ‘“‘Orthodoxy L heterdoxy is another man's dox: said Bishop Warburton Like the famous Seotchman of the story, each one of us'is convinced uf his own orthodoxy, but dolrly doubt- ful of everybody else’s. Even in sa small a matter as that of our personal likas and dislikes each one of us -always “it", and all others are either “cranky’ or pigheaded” or “unreason- able”. What we like is “good”: what we don't like is “horrid”. It makes no differense if I am the only man in a ~whole township who likes caviar:z: necessarily caviare is and must be ds Heious. and those who don't want it, won't touch it, revolt at it and are nauseated by it are simply contrary and fanciful. “A mighty good place to study hu- man nature is a peddler’s wagon: said one of that vocation to me, onca 1t surely is a very effective way to get a poor opinion of human nature. Even we peddlers of truck, we dispensers of “garden sass.” see a good many quzer manisfestations of that strange mis- ecellany and patchwork. I've sometimes thought that a real diary of a real garden-truck peddler, would be about as much of a novellty as Judge Shute's “Real Diary of a Real Boy” was. But Y don't believe any of us would dare te write it, absolutely unexpurgated. Even if one should, and could find a publisher courageous enough to put his imprint on it, a wise insurance eompany would promptly eancel iis solicy oen his life., But ther2 are soma phases of it which may bear telling, if one is only careful to suppress names. And I'm gradually getting calloused to the critisms and so im- mune to the “soft soap”, that I'm be- Binning to be able to take the thing philosophically and axtract some fun out of it. T'm going to share a littla of my last fortnight’s amusement with you. As many of you who are r:al farm- ers know, this has been a rather hard season for vegetables. The drouth has affected nearly all erops unfavorably Even those which w2 have been able to coddle into continued life have too often failed in some degree of quali ty. I am especially fortunate in that T am able to run many of my crops from dry ground into wet land, so thal a part of them wil be apt to do toler: bly well, whichever way the summer heads,—towards drouth or drench. Also. my crops are of the sort wh enables fairly constant cultivation, and this helps a good deal towards the consarvation of moisture. © But pracci- cal all my garden crops are short, and “prices are high, and quality is a l-e-e-t-1-e bit “off”. Here are a few fairly accurate reports of what the diplomats call “pour parlers” with corn customers in the last fortnigh Mrs, A— “Is'wyour corn any better tjan it was last week? It was so oll éxd tough that we couldn’t eat it and ad to throw it away. You ought not to pick it after it gels so mature.” An ltching Scalp is & sure Indication of -some - ':i:;’eue& an baldvm“ alarm uture trouble—eventuall; baldness, % R R prometes luzuriant growth-of lm? THE CUSTOMER IN VARIOUS ASPECTS > ! Mrs. B— “Is your corn any better than it has been? We haven't beun able to use it, it's so immatura. I's a shame to break ears till they get fit to eat.” $ Mrs. C— . “Havg you any more of that same corn you've been carryins? It's simply dee-licious: we never had any so swaet and tender. I want some more of the same, just as long as you have it.” : Mr. D, (who couldn't trust Lis housekeeper fitly to express his sen ments) : —“Say, Mr. Farmer, that corn of yours is rotten. 'Tai'm’t fit for hogs. Haven't you gotiany or aren’t you ever going te have any that’s food 2nough to eat?” Mrs. E— "“Those big ears- vou've been bringing are wonderfully sweet. What kind are they? Can’t you save me some seed so I ean plant it in my own garden, next spring, and not have to _buy it?” Mrs. E— “If you can pick m2 out some small ears, I'll try it once more. But I don’t want great clubs, big enough for gate-posts.” And all the corn had come out of the same basket, picked on the same pateh! Mrs. G— “What makes potatoes so high? Why, we shall have to stop cating them. Drouth? Well, wh don’t you farmers put in irrigation plants and water your crops? They do it out west, where my sSister-in- law's aunt's cousin lives.” Mrs. H— “Fifty cents a peck for potatoes! Why, my husband knows where he ¢an buy them for dollar a bushel. You must ba gettin’ rich. What's that you say? You'd rather sell 'em at twenty-five cents and have a good crop than at fifty cents when vou have less than a quarted of a crop? Well, why didn't you plart mére land? Then you'd have had more potatoes, wouldn't you?" Mrs. K— “What's cabbages worth? Eight cents a head? Why, we bought some of old man Hoskins last fall for $§5 a hundred. ' That's five cents apiece, a'n't it? °'Nd they was big ones, too, twice as big'a these littla Mrs. T.— “Got any tomatoes® Oh, mercy, I can't pay twenty-five cants a basket. We got some day before yesterday of a peddler from the ecity for only twenty-two cents. Were they good? Well, no-o, they were tough and tasteless: must a-been pick: green, I guess. I was hoping you'd have some we could buy that were good. But -1 can't payv twenty-five cents. Give vou fifty cents for th e No? Then I guess I won't take any.” AMrs. — *“Got any more of those lima beans? Those last were just bee- I want a peck this time.” No, I don’t want any more of your Limas. They'ra green vet, a'n't it for human food. You ought to have to pay the dector’s bills when pen&l_e get sick on such unwholesome stuff.” And so it gees! Fifteen miles of customers,—and no two agreeing about anvthing. Each one wants soma- thing differant in character or quali- ty or shape or looks. Some want yel- low veet corn because it is “s sweet’ gome won't touch it. Some like black corn because it is “so tea- der”: some fairly shrink from the mere sight of it. Some want big white ears and some want little white ears: some want it so young that it | has to be scraped from the cob with a | spoon, and some so hard that it might almost he ground into meal. Each one is absolutely sure that his or her taste is the measure by which all other tastes should be callipered. What each one likes is “good”: it is not conceivaple that any one else can possibly find anything else “goed.” Of course, when one has learned = particular customers’ tastes it is a mere exercise of memory to cater to them,—till they change. They do this, sometimes, very suddenly and quite arbitrarily. Some years ago one cus- tomer was seriously put out hecaus had no yellow tomatoes. *“Oh, they'r so much richer than the red ones, Next season -1 put in a few yellow plants on purpose to suit this custom- But T never sold one at that house. “The red 'ones look so much prettier in the salad” was the comment when I offered the big, smooth, golden fru | used to worry over the criticisms freely passed me on my various gard- en truck. T used to get indignant, some of the demands on me,—such as for celery in July, for new petatoes in May, for cucumbers before the vine had started to run, for caulifiowers n June and grzen peas in November, — for all sorts of things at all sorts of seasons,—provided only that theyv were out of season. But I'm getting so now, I notice such matters little mora than 2 duck notices a dewfall Tt takes all sorts to make up the world. Mr. A is on2 sort and Mrs, B is anoth- er sort, and Mrs. John Farmer is a still different sort. No doubt my whims seem as capricious and my de- faults as mexcusable to them as theirs ever did to me. ; It’s easy and natural for many o to find life only a treadmill: there's more fun in trying to turn it into something like a “merrv-go-'round " | Tn any case we're pretty firmly attach- ed, and are enforced to see the “whacls go 'wound,” as Budge felicitiously phraged it. Better always “make thz best of a bad job.” Thereby wz mav, sometime or semehow, perhaps, furn out a fairly good job.—now and then " THE FARMER. Admission of Wealth. Senator Kenyon's daclaration thag “the rich are crazy” comes perilousiy near to being a confession that Sena- tor Kenvon is a man of opulence.— Kansas City Journal. Fall "of Mississippi. . Poor old Mississippi Think of Jef- rson Davis, L. Q. C. L.amar, George and ‘Williams, and then think of Var- daman!—Maeon Telegraph ‘Can’t Make the World Believe It. Experiencé proves thdt more satis- faction can be got out of not minding cther people’s business than by any other plan.—Sheffield (Ala.) Standard. A Divided Smith. Days pass into weeks and still Hor. Hocus P. Smith owes one undivided half Hoke to Georgia nad the other to the United Stafeés senate.—New_ York Sun. ' One Life's Compensations. Funny how suddenly Colonel Roose- velt appears and disappears these days without talking about it afterward. — Pittsburg Post. Villain St Pursues Them, ¥t is pleasant to see “Harmon and Wilson aveoid Bryan, but the danger won't be “over till he is permanently qusAntined.—Bosion Transcript. sometimas, over the whimsicality of TheyMust Go Abmad fm‘GboéBaud Music PLAYERS CANNOT GET TOGETHER Why! Thomas Did Even if Clarence W. Thompson aud his airship did not help out t Beach Day celebration, it is consider- 2d the best ever, and the crowd, es- pecially at night, was double that of last year. The action of Thompson in failing to fly is commended by all who are familiar with the circum- stances, and no one on the beach m that immense crowd, regretted the failurs any meore than did that same Thompson. The fault was not with him, but with the party trom whom he is to purchase the airship. It did not arrive at Niantic at the time agreed upon, so that Thompson would have practice sufficient to make the flight, nor did the owner of the ma- chine come and, make the demonstra- tion flight as agreed upon before ihe balance of the purchase price is paid. While the incident was alike disap pointing to Thompson and the crowl, he is determined to master aviation and expects to have made a flight oe fore the week end. He says the ship is all right, so far as goes the work- ing parts and the tuning up process is satisfactory and there is no rea- son why he cannot make satisfactory flights as soon as he can get a little practice. Just as soon as Aviator Russell comes to Niantic and makes a cir- cular flight over the state camp ground at Niantie, or any other place formal transfer of ownership of the aeroplane will be made and Thompson expects to be able by that time to du- plicate whatever Russell can do in the fiving game. This asroplane is of the Curtiss build and is very fast, but the power is not sufficient to make short turns or perform circus stunts in the air. Thompson declares that as soon as he can master this machine and prove to himself and the publie that he has earnad the title of an aviator, that he wiil have a machine with meore powerful motors and' expects to De able to handle the machine with as much skill as almost any of the bird- men, for he intends to makz a bus ness of flying through the air, not i» pleasure but for the money there is in it. He is as enthusiastic as he is daring and is determined to make & success an aviator. Thos2 who know him best know, that he was in no way responsible for the failure to have an airship flight one of th fea- tures of Beach Day. When the enterprising burglar!went aburgling this week he paid his spects to the heaith officer, Dr. Black, and was recompensed for the time spent upon the job—3$30 and a gold watch. This was taken fram . the doctor's clothing and no effort was mada to get into the strong bo;. Dr. Black, has among his possessions a modern Colt revolver, the property of the state of Connecticut, for the doctor in addision to being health officer, is carried upon the roll of the military service of the state as a commissioned officer in the medical department. The doctor gives warning to the burglar that should he call again he will he greeted by a burglar’s salute from that revolvar, @ get, and the burglar will realize theat the doctor is entitled to the expert marksman's -badge. Dr. Black has made the public be- lieve that the h=alth department has since he secured the position of health officer, developed into one of the prin- cipal departments of the city govarn- ment, while those who served in the office previously did not realize the importance of the position and exer- cis2 the full power of the office. Guess the dector is right for he is certain'v on his job about all the time. He cheerfully adds to his duties and re- sponsibilities ‘and his aim seems to be to have the health departmant of New Londen second to none in the state and tp closely safeguard the public health. Where oceasion requires be insists on the strictest of quarantine and Some whe are directly affected by the health officer’s orders declare that quarantine period in some instances is longer than necassary and in conse- quence the doctor has naturally made some enemies among those who be- lieved that they were unnecassarily deprived of home comforts and put to unnecessary expense. It is suggested that the burglar may be on2 of those enemies, one who might have seen the doctor display his big roll and then determined to get it and thereby get 2ven with the health officer. Be that as it may, Dr. Black is certainly a most efficient health officer and evi- dently performs his dutjes impartiai and without fear or favor. ,He is ever on the alert to do something that he considars to be beneficial for the pub- lic health. A hard-working Italian waman whe resides in Shaw street who has ha trouble by reason of her husband fig- uring in a murder case, and who, in consequence -became enroiled among the outsida poor and received assist- ance from the charity commissionor, has bheen robbed of $1100 which she had concealed between matresses her home. She presumably preferred ¢ | that place to a bank knowing that if she had cash in the bank she wouid be deprived of public support. Now that the money is gone she will prob- ably continue to receive aid through the charity” commissioner and she probably ought to have it now more than ever before. But the robbery de- veloped the fact that she had bean receiving publiec aid through false pre- tences and undoubtedly there are oth- or beneficiaries of the same stamp. The poor we have always with us and no one begrudges the istance that the poor reeeives, hut when peopie whe are comparative strangers apaly for aid there should be through in- vestigation made before they are pla ed on the regular list of beneficiaries of the public charity There are plenty of deserving poovr in New London, who are actuail needy, but whose pride prevents them from even taking the kind-heartel commissioner of charity into their con- fidence, and who therefore suffer by reason of lack of the actual nece: ties of life; while others who have ample means beg from the town in order that they can hoard cash .if for no other purpose than to make the pile large enough to be worth the stealing. Except where applicants are really known to be deserving they should never be placed on the reg lar list until their case s~ thorough investigation. The street case is not the first of its kind that has come to light since Wia- throp founded the town. The newsboy nuisance has grown to such proportions in New London that the pol department will abate the nuisance in response to the frequent complaints.. It is perhaps all right for the new: s lo be annoyingly persistent during the day time and early evehing, hut when this is carried on until midnight and by boys under twelve vears is almost time that re was police interférence. There . Not Fly on Bmh Day—How an Halian Woman Lost Her Savings—The Newsboys Must be Off the Street by 8 o’clock, P. M. re- | nd be used as a human tar-] is no demand for newspapers on the streets after eight o’'clock at night and the police have set that hour as the time when these small boys must hie to their homes gr to the police sta- tion, Some of these boys may be des- tined to be the Rothschilds of the fu- ture, but never if they are permitted to roam the streets at night just for |lhe sake of doing it and using the newspaper gag as an excuse for their presence on the streets when they should be tucked away in their trun- dle beds. On the stréets at night'with a dirty newspaper or twa tucked under the arm, these little tots hang around the streets, dodge in and out of saloons, and watch eut for. the individual who happens to be intoxicated, willing lis- teners to talk that is beyond their understanding but which is liable to excite their interest in matters that are prejudicial to morals and which’ is liable to leave its impress on their | plastic minds. It is well that the po- lice are to protect these small boys by seeing to it that they not only go to their haomes, but also warn their parents to have them in the house at a reasonable hour or make answer in lcourt‘to a charge of not properly car- ing for their children or with a charge mere serious, for it is said that some parents have forced these little chaps 'to go out on the street and not to treturn until they bring home a speci- fied sum of money and without regard as to how the money is obtained. The ! police have deiayed action too long, and the change is welcomed by all who consider the future of the rising gen- eration. There is music the air of an un- harmonious nature by some of the local musicians quite often nowadays, for everytime the Eleventh Artillery band Ifills an engagement here or hereabouts the aforesaid local musicians neglect their work in the shops or other places where they are regularly employed and finflict their tales of woe in doleful tone upon their fellow-workmen from whom- they receive very little if any sympathy. It is the same old story of the disunited union musicians of the city, who are continually talking of organizing a complete hrass band but who fail at successful organiza- tion, owing to the lack of willing ma- terial to make up the organization, or the refusal of some musicians to play in the same band with the other fel- lows. So there vou are. It is the old dog in the manger game and in con- sequence there is no brass band in New London worthy the name and ithere has not been any for quite a num- ber of years. Still these musicians who are affiliated with the musicians’ union and make a few dollars on the side, in addition 'to their regular em- plovment, are constantly kicking be- cause the excellent military band from the fort is of necessity engaged when good music is required. for there is no band of musicians in New London that can fill the engagements. The Fort Wright band gave two de- i lightful concerts at Ocean beach, Tues- | day, went td the Connecticut bridge epening with the Thames club Thurs- day and gave a concert at Ocean beach the same evening. It is therefore re- peated there are not bandsmen in New London that could have filled these engagements, or any one of them, with- out ringing in musicians from Norwich or Westerly, or some other place: where musicians dwell together in harmony. ‘When the local musicians can get to- gether and have a regularly organized | band competent to fill engagements of ! the -character here named, it is time | enough for the locals to consider them- selves as competitors to the fine mili- tary band from Fort ight. Two labor organizations of New London are to picnic at different places on Saturday, the bricklayers and the plumbers, so it is no union picnic for them and Labor dav is not the one selected for the outings. The plumb- ers, the same who were on strike not many moons ago will have the master plumbers as their special guests and they not enly plan to wine and dine them, but also to give them a drub- bing at the game of baseball and in a number of athletic and track events in which employer and emplove will make even entry. This is evidence of the good feeling that exists between the master plumbers-and plumbers of New London and is a reminder of the relations that existed in the days be- fore organized labor came into exist- ence in this section and when the line between boss and men was not so tightly drawn. But in those days of long ago the methods and the modes of living were not as they are today and perhaps .it is well that the change has come for none of the paterfamilies would want to have their children do as many of them were required to do in their happy childhood days” so to speuk. Yes, perhaps the electric light is an improvement of the candle and the whale oil or the fluid lamp,-and the hot and ceold running water an im- provement over the hogshead and the pump. It may be that labor conditions have made equal improvements in keeping with the progress of the times, brought about by organized effort. But what has all this to do with the high cost of living? | For polishing plates on metal work not easily reached, an emery cord has been devised, a strong thread be- ing ceoated with finely powdered em- ery. — Thirty Years Together. it. How the merit of a good thing stands out in that time—or the worth- lesspness of a bad one. guessWork in this evidence of Thos. Ariss, Concord, Mich., who writes: “I have used Dr. King’s New Discovery for 30 years, and its the best cough and cold cure I ever used Once it finds entrance in a home you can't pry it out. Many families have used it forty years. It's the most infallible throat and lung medicine on earth. Umequaled for lagrippe, asthma, hay- fever, croup, quMsy or sore lungs. Price 50c, $1.00. Trial boitle free, Guaranteed by The Lee & Osgood Co. Attack Like Tigers. In fighting to keep the blood pure the white corpuscles attack disease germs like tigers. But often’ germs multiply so fast the little fighters are overcome. Then see pimples, boils, eczema, salt- rheum and sores multiply and strength and appetite fail. This condition de- mands Electric Bitters to regulate stomach,, liver and kidneys and to ex- pel poisons from the blood. “They are " writes C. T. of Tracy, Calif, “I have ever found. They make rich, red blood, strong nerves and build up your health. gvy them. 350¢ at The Lee & Osgood Y Anty Drfidfle”hal no Patienc; with the - Woman who “Never gets Through.” Neighbor—*‘I am going shopping - this afternoon. Lots of bargains advertised. Will you go with me?"’ Friend—‘“What! Go shopping on Monday afternoon! * Why I won’t be done with my washing until dark,” Anty Drudge—‘‘If you used Fels-Naptha soap, as your neighbors do, you could get done by twelve and have the afternoon for shopping.”’ What is the cost of your Monday wash? Isn’t it what you expend of muscle strength, nerve force and health? Do you know that you can cut this “‘labor cost™ in two by using Fels-Napths soap? Fels-Naptha is the ‘“ new way >’ soap, It lifts the load because it is a scientific _soap, It atomizes the dirt—dissolves it into minut/ particles; and loosens them from the fabric You soap the clothes with Fels-Naptha, roll them and soak for half an hour in cool or luke-warm water. While you attend to other household duties, Fels-Naptha is doing the hard part of your washing. After rubbing lightly, rinse and the wash is done. Easy, isn’t it? Why not cut the ““labor cost’’ in two? Try once, follow directions on the red and ~teen wrapper, and you will know the difference. 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Fits Him. 1t is observed that when a reaction- ary paper wishes to be especially ‘sar- -astic it refers to Gifford Pinchot as Giffy.—Kansas City Star, 2 o AL True Refermer's Goal. Woody Wilson simply proves that the ultimate go alof the true refermer is to be the boss,— Pest