Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 2, 1911, Page 13

— = A COMMON SORT OF COW—A COMMON WAY OF FIGURING For the Bulletin.) (Written Speciaily times about the I've talked, several curious way in which farmers often mischarge themselves in their ac-s counts with their farms. A striking example has recently come under my eye in the letter of a Minnesota farm- er who is defending the dairy,— championin it a profit producer. tells the ory of his cow som.’ He does not pretend that she is anything extra as a cow:—just a fair Je grade, who gives “eight quarts of nice milk a day. (We will all agree that s i not an epoch- flow.) he states that record mi production for the was “2.190 quarts of milk, at four cents a quart, $87.60.” en he goes on; he furnished pounds of butter worth an average of g sha 18 cents a pound, or so has a calf which the writer says “is worth to me, making a total in- come of $1 The out-go to secure this has been simply nothing.” Some friend gave him 20 quarts of sweet corn which ha nd ‘‘this kept in fodder the next vyea pasture c nothing as lord doesn't charge for pasture.” The moral of th man’'s f it has any,—seems to be yody can make $152.60 1 common sort of .cow. I can’'t help wonder everybody could get 20 sweet corn given them, seed, and land enough t pasturage enough for the all for nothing. And, of sort of shelter for the stover and some sort of stable for the beast, all free and insurance-free and re- free. vondzr just how he managed to get 250 pounds of butter from cow, and yet sell the mill quarts"—at four cents strikes dairymen here east” as a bit high for s And,—where did he ge the cow, so far this year, pianted all that any- year from a whether of tor and open season, cour m por cow. o plant it, 1 the milk at This man is undoubtedly honest. He thinks he made over $150 last year, from grade J that any can do The Min- farm editor to whom he’ sent letter seems to agree with him, the editor prints the leiter under alluring caption: “Making his Pay.” Yet, if Mr. Man had compelled to furnish hi own and his own feed and his own nd his own fences and his rn, and hadn’t been, able to himself with the milk twi over,—once as butter land once milk,——he might not have found balanc heet so pleasant. well. for the Farm been land pasture own bé credit as the It’s one of the things you know I've kept hammering at for a long time, as often as I thought for it,—this matter of farm charge and rm credits, Many of don't | keep any accounts at all. We keep! ome “change” on the clock-shelf and some hills in the old wallet. "When we sell something we add the money to the stock T we need some- thing wa buy i there money enough on hand to pay for it. Some times we have quite a little “wad, and sometimes the exchequer is a forlorn emptine Those of us who Jive that way simply consider the monzy we 1ke as income and the money spend as outgo, and let it go at We don’t need a set of hooks to tell us that we've only thirty- nine cents and a postage-stamp on hand. Tt lock-shelf tells us that, whenever we look at it. Others of us try to keep an elabo- rate set of books, quite as detailed and intricate as those which are the prida of some bookkeeper in a big store. We work all day and then devote our evenings and often parts the real night to posting our books.” Not being trained and skill- ed bookkeepers most df us who try that get thingsrinto a smightily tangl- ed up mess. soonar or liter, The hooks and the actual cash on hand won't agree,—won’t come within four dollars of agreeing, and we can't make them. Then, if there's inore cash than the books show there to be, wa have to take out the and put it in the other breeches et and chance to back, some where it won fuse the books again. If there’s a shortage,—which is more likely; 2 chargs it to “profit and loss" and start a new column with an even balance. Of course, there are all sorts of farmers, put together in all sorts of s . Bach one of us has to “gang his ain g * according t o the character of his road and the length of his Jegs. We can’'t all do the same thing 4n the same way. Probably there some of us—who ought to WHEN the H'AIR is BRIT- TLE, DRY, HARSH or THIN, or WHEN DANDRUFF be- gins to appear on Dress or Coat Collar THEN, it's time for COKE. Give the scalp a gener- ous shampoo with COKE LIQUID SHAMPOO— gl\'hen the hair is;dried, ap- rubbing it well into the roots of the hair, enabling it to reach and destroy the . #calp microbes and give the lood vesseis a healthy smulus. Your druggist will supply you with these two excel- lent preparations for 75 cents. THE KELLS COMPANY 1 Johnes St. NEWBLRGH, N. V. TO FARMERS argument, | se a $20 calf on, aft had: mmed all the cream off the moth- vi to make 0 pounds ol vou would stand | | | estate of $5 e i Louis~ille have been bookkeepers,—who can keep our accounts in apple-pie order from one vyear's end to the other. There are others of us who can do a very good job in the corn-field or the hay-lot but who couldn't tell the dif- ference between a day-book and a ledger if our lives depended on it. Thosz of us who belong in that last class are apt to think that any sort | of account-keeping with our farms is all poppycock and a wasts of tima. In one sense that is true. It would be nonsense for such of us to try and keep a set of faultless books. Jut. there isn’t one of us who is able to make five out of three and two who can’t keep some sort of an account with his farm, his crops, his stock. A pencil stub and a new shingle are enough for the whole financial story of my potato-crop. (And it dian’t need all the shingle, either, this parti- year!)- I've known of a per- complete and .satisfactory re: ord of a small dairy being kept on a sheet of wrapping-paper tacked against the inside of the barn-door. It was enough to show the surprised kkeeper that, if he had sold his in the fali and bought as much manure in the spring as his cows would have made, he would have heen dollars better off, and would have saved all the work and f of the dairy. it makes mighty little dif- ference whether you keep a full set of books with three kinds of ink and a semi-annual “trial-balance,” or just use one chunk of chalk on th2 barn- door, so long as you keep enough to tell vou at the end of the season whether vou are farming wisely or not. It won't quite do to say: “Oh, what does it matter? It results re all afte Sure, weTe after re- sults; but, iy we're fit for our bus- iness, it's the best results which we ought to be afte How are we go- ing to find out those best results, un- less we test and try and expariment and keep tab? Call it just that, if “Keep tab” on your farm, too distainful to keep it. But make it tell you v crop by croop and what it is doing for you are getting out Really, you prefer. it you're with k yvou can keep it “your head.” If you can you're a genius and more of a wonder than the seventh son of a seventh son. Frankly, T don’t believe you can. I'll bet seven cents against a baker's doughnut that vour wife doesn't be- lieve you can either. Nor ‘that you vourself are sure of it. Your mem- | ory is certain to be muddy on some | point, or ur attention to be dis- jtracted from some other. There's | something quite illuminating and sur- prising, at in a row of dat | and figures. 7 satisfacto; | to fall back on, too. an old sa ing that they don't lie. And they | don’t,—of themselv. though there are arithmetical jugglers who can do quite immoral stunts with them. | But they’ll be absolutely’ honest with you, if youll be honest with them. If's also necessary to use a little judgment with your books and ink or vour shingle and chalk. Honesty is a steady puller, but needs horse-sense hitched up with it to make a work- team. The farmer who really wants to know, can do so, if he will exercise common sense in down all the cha against him well as all the credits due him, and then honestly add up the honest Arab figures. It's ju 1S easy . rolling off a log,—especially as you are permitted to ‘pick your own log and roll off it your own way. This Minnesota man with his grade Jersey was probably honest in intent. But he was swayad by pre- conceived prejudice. He was con- vinced, beforehand, that this pet cow was a gold-mine, and he Xkept count with her to prove it.—not find out whether it was really so or not. That's the troublz with too many of us. We have our hobbies in crops or stocks. and we almost in- tinetis and sometimes = uncon- iously twist the figure to make them agree with what we want. That's not the way. The real scientist wants to know the truth and the exact truth, no matter whether said truth .is pleasant or unpleasant, whether it sustains his theories or knocks tham galley-west. The real farmer wants to know the truth about his farm and his crops and his stock, no matter whether that truth agrees with his likings or not. ac- to Probably, if we all could fall back on irrefragable figures some of us who are koeping dairies would find out farms and markets would do bet- er for us with potatoes: some others ~ho are struggling +to raise corn would learn that dairyving was better suited to our condition: some others would discover that our orchards were our real money-makers. And so on and on. “Hit or miss” farming isn't apt to make many bulls-eyes. THE FARMER. It Al world laughs with vour fortune. Sir ', the librettist and Jallads. left an Philadelphia Press. Deserved and - the makes Gi the “Laugh vou,” and William S, | writer of A New Word. Wilson now Secretary is be to ‘Washington has coined a new verb— mac- to “maccabe.” It is also reported that cabed.—New York Worid, Improve the Quality. Now that congress has decided to make the house of representatives bigger, let the voters see what they can do tow improving the quality. —Chicago WS, A Declining Market. | The campaign publicity bill having become a law by the president’s ap- | proval, the outlook is for continued decline in bprices in the vote market. —New York Herald. A Personal View. Now and then Mr, Roosevelt drops a remark which shews that, all things considered, he regards the previous administration as a pretty good one. —Washington Star. Couldn’t If He Tried. Bryan says he won't be silent. What's the use telling us that?— Charleston News anda Courier. A Hasbeen Now.' “James A. Tawney was once a vil- lage blacksmith and is now in con- gress,” says a biographer, Well, ev- vbody is good at the beginning.— Courier-Journal “Thb. Elis ‘8o Located A< Fo Assure Sul- ficient Accommodations and Comfort MRS. TYLER TO STAY IN NEW LONDON Open Action Upon Abatement of Taxes—The Approach~ ing City Election—The Committee of Fiiteen Give No Promise of Renewed Activity. Prof. Robert A. Brubeck, founder of the New London Business college and Principal of the institution for over 20 years, and who disposed of the col- lege a few months ago, has accepted a position in the faculty of the Bulkeley school. The professor went from New London to his old home in West Vir- ginia for a needed rest, and the offer came to him unsolicited; in fact, as a complete surprise, and which he read- ily accepted. His coming back to New London will add to the proficiency of that institution of learning. He will succeed Prof. William. E. Chapin, who resigned to accept a position of a similar nature in the high school of Portland, Me. Professor Chapin has been in charge of the commercial studies at Bulkeley since added to the curriculum about four years ago, and his service was alike satisfying to the pupils and the trustees of the school. Professor Brubeck will be in charge of the commercial department, which includes bookkeeping, stenography, typewriting, commercial geography commercial law, rapid calculation, pen- manship and spelling, which were the main features of the college so long conducted by him, and which he is eminently qualified to teach. The commercial training is a part of the regular four years’ course and has proven to be an aftractive feature of the studies of the school. The action of the national encamp- ment of the Grand Army of the Re- public in designating the Scns of Vet- erans as the official escort to the Grand Army in all parades is liable to conflict with military regulations in regard to parades and perhaps widen the breach that it was intended to obliterate, and may result in some in- stances with the veterans of the Civil war and the sons of men who served in that war having a parade by them- selves. The action w evidently aim- ed at the Spanish-American War Vat- erans, who naturally aspired to take up thie work now carried on by the Grand Army of the Republic, although it is conceded that the nature of that organization precludes any direct suc- cessor, for with the passing away of the last member the organization goes with him into history. There is no doubt, however, but that 1 day will live forever and that ves of all deceased soldiers and without regard to which par- war they served in will be by flag and d2corated with The Span- ish-American War Veterans assume that Memorial day is their day in conjunction with the Civil war veter- ans, but that Sons of Veterans have no moral right to usurp the preroga- tiv of vetsran soldiers, especially as many of them had ‘opportunity to show their patriotism by offering their services in_the call for troops in the war with Spain. As regards the position of the or- ganization in public parade on Memo- rial da the local camp of Spanish War Veterans have insisted upon hav- ing the position that belongs to them under m occasion when by the marshal the parasle, lest prevail that they ticular marked flowers on Memorial day. a this was denied they withdrew the opinion might did not know their proper place in line, but considered the Grand Army of the Republic and the Sons of Veterans as one organ- ization, the sons being entitled to all parade honors bestowed upon the men ed their lives the union to hen George M. Cole camp, from saye. 3 Sons of Veterans, withdrew from the action w Memorial day parade the attributed to the stubbornness of the camp commander, but his action re- ceived the unanimous approval of the members of the camp, and thereafter they were assigned to the position they claimed to be entitled to in the parades that followed. As the United Spanish War Veter- ans now consider Memorial day as be- ing designated in their honor as well as for the Grand Army of the Repub- and as the Cole camp members t on position in line, the probabil- is that there will be two distinct des in New London on next Me- but just so long as the Grand Army of the Republic survives they will undoubtedly be given the escort of regular troops, who will take position according to military regula- tions, and then this honor will prob- ably go to the United Spanish War Veterans, but e the keenest of military prophets cannot foresee the time when the honor will be trans- ferred to the Sons of Veterans, so long as there are Spanish War Veater- ans sufficient to observe Memorial day. Mrs. Augustus C. Tyler is consider- ing a proposition to convert her man- sion in Pequot avenue, known as The Elm, into an inn to partially supply the need of a summer hotel in the Pequot colony, fitted especially for se- lect patronage. The site is one of the most desirable anywhere and th2 mansion dimensions are ample for the intended purpose, although there would be need of intericr changes by con- verting the spacious rooms into many that would b2 much smaller but adapt- ed ‘for the intended purpose. Should there be need for extension, the grounds are ample, as The Elm is the Jargest house in the Paquot colony and the grounds with large frontage extend from the harbor front to Mon- tauk ayvenue, the largest estate in the section, with the exception of the Mitchell estate. Mr vler in talking the matter over with intimate friends says that the house is all too large for present uses and that she would live more contentedly ,in a smaller house. She ys she has no intention of leav- ing New London nor to disturb any of the plans of her devoted husband dur- ing his lifetime, which includes the lease of club station privilezes on the waterfront to the New York Yacht club, of which the late lamented colonel w member. While the people of New Londen would appreciate an inn of the char- acter contemplated. the whole people are pleased that Mrs. Tyler s de- clared that she is to remain a resident of the city, for she is easily the first lady of the city and a leader in society before the death of her husband. She has the admiration of the rich, the es- teem of the people of moderate means and working classes and the admira- tion and esteem combined with the sincere and best wishes of the poor of the eity, for whom she has done so much to alleviate their sufferings and tha general jmprovement of their con- dition. During the food and fire fund era Mrs. T¥ler contributed to the sup- port of the poor fully as much money as did the city of New London for the outside poor, and in this charitable work she received the aid and support of the late Colopel Tyler and. their two daughters and son. To many of her beneficiaries with whom she never came in direct contact she was refer- red to” as the “Angel Lady,” and the pity is that she nover had the pleas- ure of hearing the praise and thanks- giving that was given her fer her ary regulations, und on one| them | 1 charitable work among the deserving poor of the city of New London. On more than one recurring Chri mas she gave cart2 blanche orders that every poor family be given a Christ- mas dinner, with candy and toys for the children, the equal that was served at her family table. Her orders were to secek out and supply the needy and to give applicants for assistance the benefit of the doubt, as it was her de- sire that all should have food and fuel during the dreary and cold months of winter. It was also her desire that she should not be known in connzction with her charitable work, but her good deeds could not be hidden and if the pravers of the poor count there is weight in the name of the ngel Lady.” So thz people are glad to know that notwithstanding contem- plated changes in The Elm that Mrs. Tyler is to remain a resident of New London. Until last Monday night never be- fore since the foundation of the New London court of common council, un- der the present system, has considera- tion been given petitions for the abate- ment of taxes in open meting, that charitable work being done in execu- tive session. Before the ward system, when all members of the court of common council were not aldermen, the matter of the abatement of taxes was left entirely with the aldermen of the council, and. they acted in secret session, and their doings were made no part of the official records of the court of common council, so far as went the names of the beneficiaries. That was a matter that was permitted to be treated confidentially and was known only to the aldermen anl the tax col- lector. At the Monday meeting of the court of common council one of the alder- men - made departure from this long established and commendable custom, and, bravely declared that he was de- sirous that his every act in a publ capacity should be known to the pu lic, and that he had no desire to go into secret session to do public busi- ness. All of which sounded well, when election day was drawing near, but would sound much better if the subject to be discussed was not for the velief of poor and overburdengd people who through misfortune are tempora- rily unable to pay interest on mort- gage and save their home if com- pelled to pay back taxes. Naturally the doings of the court of common council were reported for the news- papers, and, although request made of the reporters that the abate- ment of taxes feature of the meeting be omitted in the reports, the names of the beneficiari we published in the local newspapers, and for the first time since newspapers ,were printed in the old Whaiing Town. In the days of long o, before tue consolidation of city and town govern- the selectmen in hed report made names of the outside poer assisted by the town, but since the consolidation the committee on charities has been content with printing the names of the storekeepers and the amount paid to each in substitution for the names of the assisted poor people, and the plan their annual public the is more satisfying to the taxpayers and is nearer the cause of true char- ity. The annual election for city officers in New London will take place on the first Tuesday of next month, and as the laws require that nominations shall be made three weeks before the election, it will be necessary for the town committees to get together and prepare for the calling of the party caucuses. The election of this year is not of as much interest as the one which elects the mayor, the city clerk, the clerk of the board of assessors ana offices of like importance, as at the coming election only one alderman from each of five wards, a town clerk, selectmen, three members of the board of school visitors, and assessor and commissioner of the town deposit fund an a few others are chosen. J. C. Tur- ner, who was elected to fill an unex- pired term. will be a candidate for ri nom‘nation. and he wili undoubtedly be renominated by the republican par- ty -aand be re-elected, no matter who the democrats may nominate, for AMr. Turner for the position, but he know the game of politics and has already been dealing out the winning cards. Al- though there were but few pickets out of his political fence, he has been bus ily engaged for the past month in re- pairing that fence, and it is now in pretty good condition. He has been doing the work so effectively that at th> next election there will he no such query as “Who is this John (. Tur- ner? The terms of Aldermen A . Miner of the First ward, Thomas Fitch, Jr., of the Second ward, Milo W. Benn of the Third ward, Stephen J. Downey of the Fourth ward and Eugene T. Kirk- land of the Fifth ward will expire, and if they are candidates for re-elec- tion they will certainly be renominat- ed. AIll are republicans except Alder- man Miner, and to defeat any of them at the polls is a difficult problem, for they have rendered satisfactory public service and each is specially strong in his ward. As usual the majority of the board of selectmen, who serve in the ccunecil as aldermen-at large, will be republican, unless there is decided change in present indications, and the present members—William T. White, democrat, and Elmer E. Kennerson and Charles H. Schwaner, Jr.—will serve for another term. Dr. John Stan- ton, a former democrat, but now a re- publican, will be re-elected to the hoard of school visitors, of which .he has been the efficient president for several years. The other two members of the board whose terms expire are fjeorge I{. Grout and Frank H. Barker, but they have announced that they are| not candidates for re-election.. Perhaps it is 11 that these t members are to retire, not but they are as well qualified to serve as their associate but occasional changes in the board are liable to tend to the public good. It is no harm to infuse a little new blood into the management of the schools, and for that matter more fre- quent changes in the make-up of the court of common council might bring even better results. So far as known the reform com- mittee of fifteen have planned no campaign against the liquor dealers such as they did a year ago towards the end of the license vear and which ‘was carried on up to the time the granting of licenses. was being con- sidered by the county commissioners. was | not only especially qualified | NEW INN PROPOSED FORNEW LONDON| Isn’t Anty Drudge a dear? The Children think so. Mrs. Large Family—*‘I'd like my children to wear plenty of white drec-es as my neighbors do; but it makes the washing so big. I would never get done.”’ Anty Drudge—‘ ‘Nonsense, my dear; let the children wear what their little friends do, and use Fels-Naptha for the washing. You’ll be surprised how easy the wash- ing becomes. You don’t have hard rubbing or boile ing to do when you wash the Fels-Naptha way.”’ Naturally, the wash is larger in sum- mer. There are so many white things. All the more important then, to wash with Fels-Naptha soap. For Fels-Naptha not only’ cuts the wash-day labor in two, but does away with the discomfort. Cool or lukewarm water is used with Fels-Naptha. You soap the clothes well, roll and place in the water for half an hour. Then you rub them lightly. As if by magic the dirt is gone. has dissolved it. Fels-Naptha soap Fels-Naptha is as good for every other kind of household work as for the wash. It means cleanest giass and china woodwork. el windows, more brilliant whiter floors, brighter And for every purpose, cool or luke- warm water 1is used. 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Equally serviceable on Steel Gutters, Smokestacks, etc. Bridges, Tanks, Piles, Iron Fenaes, Bridges, THE HOUSEHOLD, Bulletin Building 74 Franklin Street been a number of saloons doing busi- ess since that time that has tinged of the shady if not’in violation of law by having cosy corners where drinks were served to women and in a way that might cause the Committee of Fifteen if they mgenewed their per- grination this yvear to put black marks against these places and op- pose the granting of licenses for the vear to come, in the hope of in that way reducing the number of saloons to the basis that will prevail some ray if there is no change in the law that specifies the saloons according to population. The people that run these shady saloons are very foxy and do mnot Through the work of the committee [ want to be deprived of liguor license several saloons were ra2fused renewal|so they of license and for a time the saloon- ists tipped their hats as the commit- teemen passad along and thumbed their | velop before the county their | ers. did | end until November first somz of the cause the liquor dealers who were not | keepers, of these shady nose when way. The they continued committee on certainly doing a strictly legal business to sit are clearing the way for the possible -visitation of the committee or for any opposition that might de- commission- Although the license vear does not places and there are not many of them taken old up erect and take notice, There have Time by the forelock and cut out the AL { cosy corner featurz of their business so that the chances against them for liquor license will be lessened. While jthese places have been pedmitted to continua and without the slightest of police interference, and have been a source of profit to the saloonists, their closing at this time, and in unison, gives the impression that either they have been given the tip that the Com- mittee of Fifteen were planning to make the grand rounds of the saloons or a tip that they were to be visited \and inspected by police officers with a visw to arrest and prosecution for keeping places not in compliance with law. Demonstfations of paper €00k~ ing have been given in London for some time, and are = still attracting considerabls attention. Cooking’ in paper is not a recemt invention, but never befere has it been ‘applied as systematically as in the present series of experiments 2 ]