Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 9, 1911, Page 4

and Coufier. THE NEW PENSION .LAW. The amendment to the act amend- property from veterans and passed over the govern- or's veto, is not as drastic or far- reaching as has been represented. The law increases the exemption u) 115 YEARS OLD. marines who served in the civil war from $1,000 to $2,000, to every veteran —_— . 12c - _”'M l"klmlr ‘who had an honorable discharge; and exempts the property of pensioned Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as wecond-class matret Tel~phome Calla: Bolite Banes qimen. Bulletin Job Office, fin Willimsatie Office, Room 3 Marray Balldiag. Teiephone 218. Norwich, Saturday, Sept. 9, 1911. fimes larger (ham that eof amy 4,633 houses 13 N ceat. of the prople. Ja Wi in Puisam 1,100, ta al in comsideree the local daily. one humdred smd size town 1x: ome rural free delivery routes. town and em all of th routes in Kasters Cemmeeticut. CIRCULATION 1901, avernge 1905, aversge Week e: September 2... amd frem threc te four s delivered to eover wich, and read by mimety-three por it in delivered to ever D00 houses, Danletsen o over of these yinces It Eastern Commecticut kas forty- five postoffice dintricts, amd ferty- widows, fathers and mothers of such veterans to the amount of $1,000. The law further provides that each honorably discharsed soldier and pen- sioned widow or widowed mother of honorably discharged veterans, “shall be paid by the state,as state aid, the sum of thirty dollars each, annually, subject to such regulations as to proof of gualifications to recelve the same and to the time and manner of payment thereof and receipt therefor as the comptroller shall prescribe.” This does not seem to be so very extravagant: and as the veterans are all approaching threescore and ten and their ranks are being rapidly decimat- ed natural causes, it is apparent that it is not a burden which will long annoy the tax It is to the eredit of the state that it recognizes the needs of these brave men and desires to make their last days as comfortable as possible. or- THE BATTLE IN MAINE. There is no expectancy on the part of those who are carrying on the bat- tle against prohtbition in Maine, which is to be settled at the ballot box on ty= Monday, of making that a rum state. 1t is mply a fig to get for the cities and the popular summer resorts the chance to procure a license to D. | have liquor soid within their limits. Maine has had a half-century of | varied experience with - prohibition, |and it is not to the discredit of the law that it is alieged to have failed: but rather (o those who have defied the law to make a failure of it. The advocates of constitutional prohibition feel sure that it will be continued by a good majority on Monday: but should the majority endorse instead the local optien law there is no doubt majority of the Maine dry, and Main» will, that towns a great will vote ARGUMENTS THE SAME BOTH |like Connecticut and other local option SIDES THE LINE. states, ‘show . majority of towns against Jicense. \,The prospect for reciprociiy appears summer resort business is a 0 be looking brizhter in Canada 48 |grong factor in the present fight, and ihe day for the clectians approaches; |i; would be unfortunate should the re- #nd the object on hoth sides of the |gui; show a small majority, since that line seems to be relief from high | yould mean a continuous future fight prices. A over the question. Let us hope, which- Mayor Taylor of Vancouver explain® | (ior way the vote goes on Monday, that British Columbia is for reciprocity | {hat the majority will be decisive :u:;xs'» o m‘:‘..;‘. that it will bring | enough to seitle the matter for years ellet fr igh prices. “In Vancou- |1y rome Yer,” he says, “prices are from 25 10| Tpe friends of constitutional prohi- 0 per cent higher than in Seattle, | hijon claim to have made a thorough only 168 miles south of us canvass of the state and to feel sure Looking at the situation conserva-|ingt the policy of Maine since 1384 tively, there is no doubt that both sides | \jjj be approved by the people, and ::dul:ih‘\'. '“nv d r-lm"{ H*'d'dd 't;' l“ that constitutional prohibition will stil} t neither would be ruined by It. 1 3 be continued Those who most persistently oppose ok - s reciprocity are those whe enjoy large EDITORIAL NOTES. QIR saviaise: in both countries | . .. states will elect governors from having things remain as they | inig fail, These will soon come up to Tow are. Hate, . The estimatc the wheat crop in & oA the Canadian norihwest for the pres- | Happy thought for today: Nothing #uE year reaches the enorinous total of (ean make a wreck of a love-match Sher 1i8000.000.000 bushels. In addl- |quicker than common sense. jon to this there will be an oat crop R i St xS ;:":ffl" T S 0m0bes pcls. and Of | The Bosion papers sald the greatest This m. "'r"“] ” -w‘ ’[_ "”;L""_ sight the president beheld at Hartford v v rged e ""';‘v' ”'v-;";«! was the long-distance legislature. n says, will all be jeopardized o, e i U should reciprecity succeed. There is in this, of course. *pet 1 1| Twenty-three women out of twenty- ®afe to imagine that prices to i |{0Ur Eot excused from jury duty af masses would thereby be somewhas | Scaitle. This isn't meeting an exigen- modified on both sides of Bge. | e wh s admitted that the out- e = g k in Canada, at the commencement | There is great doubt existing in of the campaign for reciprocity was |Bofton whether there will ever be a + not promising, 2 change is now mani- | (hird aviation meet there. The defcit festing itself which indicates that |18 too much! when the elections are heid on Sep- tember 21st the liberal party will make un increase in its present majority in yarliament approved. and that reciprocity wil Sending three officers to France to learn o ride horses is no evidence that the plainsmen cannot still outride any people on earth I be Thé Boston Record gives notice that PLACES OF CHEAP ENTERTAIN- " the aviation meet is at an end unless MENT. a deficit is discovered that sends some While the masses enjey the places |one into the a ©f cheap entertainment, trade con- —— — demus them, because they offer a| Colonel Astor's endeavor to detect Dew avenue for the expenditure of [a minister who is willing to marry him meney, and increase the per cent. of [for $1,000 shows that the clergy are ses because of those whe neglect | not easily bribed sbligatiens to gratify their tastes e B s conie s atus, ana tastoat | i e iOTITE that tne di of any thoug there shouid be made 1o improve and to ax far ax possible eliminate @vil suggestions which sensational persistent migners have thought to be necessary 10 make them interesting The meving pictures have Be an efMciemt means of showing besuties of nature and of life, and of promoting learning and art rections: but Kent patrons the grossly sensationa life and crime have while the edifving features seem not to have been m: the most of or to be fully apprecia in all The discords of low life and the meth- carry ne good sugges- ode of vilainy tions old or young: but. on contrary, have prompted those who witnessed them to repeat the orl portrayed far as we are able to judge, ers of these pictures are not bri iug them up to standard of life, b t a t of their abolishment | endeavor he character of them yved to the wonder of intelli- been pertrayed, and pregressive the average moral ity of lead- vines whe decline $1,600 to marry John Jacob Astor are receiving $10,000 worth of free advertising. the A The mailbex with a bottem which will drop the contents into the collec- tor's satchel is the next thing Unele Sam will bring eut. Merideth, N. H., lightning twice within which puts a hoodoo upon it not come off, he th A summer hotel at was struck by a wee that will di- Iin Motor car licenses have put $58,000 inte the treasury of New Hampshire this yvear. and by a new schedule it is hoped to double the amount next season ade ted the] The bovhoed home of Mark Twain at Hannibal, Mo, has become city property and will be held in memory of him. A picture of Huckleberry Finn and a statuette of the jumping freg would lend interest to the place. ime the ng- ing through their influence the weak aleng lines which are banefu! and in- excusable. Where there is such a large oppertunity 1o edueate the people right it does seem to be akin to crime through lack of judgment and evil suggestion to really do the communi in which the pletures are shown, harm. The per cent of the pictures which are | Q.—Do we properly understand Mat- criminally sensational er immerally |thew xxv, 46, and Mark ix, 43, 43, to suggestive is too large, and is discred- | teach that the finally impenitent will itable 1o the good sense and ®ence of the make: The portraval of wickedness could be these shows without injuring the interests of these increase vers much decreased in concerned. It would rathe veness and patronage, intelli- live eternally? If so, then will not sin continue eternally and in that event would not God he responsible fer the eternal continuance of sin? Answer.—The Lord deciared through the Apostie: “The wages of sin is ath, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, It cost a bit oy 0h & day dor- | ESOOVES VL 29, B0 168ils uliitiate B it 32 - n . und death means th> oppe 2’ S e :;o'v R et helsite of life, ana none get eternal life pe: on: amd as the total lexcept by and through the merit of exceeded the total of last vear but|Christ Jesus. So the Scriptures de. $:1.37, the small increase was regare o a great zam ded | clare that tha “righteous shall go awa: into eternal iife.” It fallows then that mwhne except the rightecus will receive sternal life, and t the unrighteous ing the law concerning exemption of taxation for clvil war on the property of soldiers, sailors or . Secretary Wilson is something of a | will be dostroved. The greatest punish- ‘Granger, and ne says “President | ment known to the laws of our land is . Taft's renomination and re-election | depriving one of life. Destruction of @Fe as certain as anv fuinre event cin | e is punishment of the severest kind, r G the winds oy |8nd the Scriptures show that the pun be. B he other Wilson feel | isument of the wicked will be to de- vrive them ot " lite—denir thern. " el S e (Psalm exIv, 20; Acts iii, 25) The RLawrence, Mass, has got where it |Seriptures cited Ly vou asree with discount its notes, and the an- [this. We Guote from the "Emphatic | masor save “He will Aght (o a An- | DIASIONL recosnized smonest scholara S L L] 45 one af the hest transiations: “An "fil“:.. ally lh"'l‘ to the '-";“ they shall ge forth (n the everlasting 'y that burg Bes reacl cutting off: but the righteous to ever- lasting life” How the Anglo-Saxon racé has ideal- ized that little word home, which in dictionary definition is the dwelling- place of the family—it may be applied to the dwelling in which we live or to the town in which that dwelling is sit- uated.” THe human heart finds_more impressive and poetic definitiols for home; but no definition of it ever im- pressed us more than that of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who said: “Home is the place our feet can get away from, but our hearts cannot.” The heart that can get away from home has not found its home, but is still wandering. The heart that cannot get away from home recognizes home as its safest refuge and knbws the spirit and the smile which make home sweet; and the new home doeg not alwaxs take the place of the old home into which man was born, and from which his eyes and heart never stray; and the heart also harbors a thought of the eternal home where through _righteousness man hopes to dwell forever. And as we think of it, do we not find that home, like Heaven, is within us? If it is not there, can it really have an ex- istence anywhere else : Very few persons know how to give advice wisely or well. It is not natural for sound advice to have a loud voice. How much different it sounds coming from the mouths of the gentle than when coming from those who are en- tranced by the sound of their own Voices. The manner of doing things reinforees, their effectiveness: . and many, many people think that the manner is of little consequence, when it is of the greatest. How much nicer it is to say things of value for their critical importance or for their im- pressive worth in a private, quiet and urassuming way. The spirit of com- radeship beats the spirit of superiority j to death as a force to back wise coun- ¢l and to promote good influences. "he successful adviser must be a good doer, for the frail advising the weak 10 be strong make a grotesque picture. He is & good parent who lives up to the instructions he gives his children. Johnson found: “Advice was never welcome: and that those who needed it most, liked it least.” The good ex- ample as a constant prompter is most needed, for to be beneficial the wisest advice should mot be frequently re- peated. In our communal life and example there does not seem to be much to sirengthen one’s moral nature. Per- haps you have never thought how un- kind we are to the under-dogs and the unfortunate When a man has been falsely imprisoned for years, and is finally proved to have been innocent, the state does not hasten to remuner ate him, or by Christian example show its regret. When men are injured while working for corporations from no fault of their own, and crippled for life, there is no effort to remunerate them; bui more money is spent in law to prevent them from just compensation than it would take to satisfy them, and to perform a truly Christian act. Our cities fight their victims at law to see how little shall be pald them instead of recognizing their liability and coming forward and conducting an honorable setilement. We have many churches and steeples, and no end ‘of Christian talk; and then we pay out large sums of money and en- gage in legal contentions which do not have the element of justice in them to do wrong rather than right. There is nothing in this which inspires the injured to have more trust in man or more faith in God. These contentions of the able against the weak do mot bear @ Christian trademark. It is well eneugh te remember that it is not the cheerful heart that makes wrinkles on one's brow. Old Mr. Wor- ry is the ploughman that makes people age before their time and compels the photographers o employ retouchers to wipe from their negatives the marks of fretfulness, which are the indications of age that sometimes belie the sub- ject. The person who finds joy and beaiity in living does not have to em- ploy a massager, We all like to look better than our worriments, but we fail to wrestle with ourselves and knock out the habits which mar in- stead of improve us. John Wesley used to say: “I dare no more to fret than I dare to curse and swear.” He thought it was wicked; and are you sure it is got? Another eminent writ- er declares: “A fretful spirit will, of course, tiow out in fretful speech; and is the discomfort of others, an arraignment of God's Providence, and almost a form of blasphemy against him.” Helen Hunt found that nothing except drunkenness could so destroy the peace of a home. Old Mr, Worry is a bad character and those who re- spect themselves should not entertain him, The young persen who is becoming irregular in habit and slovenly in per- son does not dream that he is on the Way to become as worthless as the last match in the tray, the match that will not light or shed the least bit of radi- ance; but this is the end of the irreg- ular and disselute life. If this were all it would seem to be enough: but it isn't, for with it goes a distorted mind which leads the victim to blame every- one else for his misfortunes and ruin but himself. By intemperance in act and thought he has got himself on the wrong side of life and welcomed mis- ery as his constant companion. He becomes a sower of the seeds of dis- sension and disturbance, end an offense to those who are allied to him and who would rejoice in his redemption. This is a high price for violating the rules of life which assure thrift to the in- dividual and strength to the state. Yet there are young people drifting that way today without any conception that the rope of habit which they are weaving about themselves is becoming stronger every day and will eventually make them as worthless as the yel- low dog in the Street; and twice as foul and miserable. There is no more reason why one should feel sad when the goldenrod is at its height, than when the birds are gathering in flocks in the pastures for their migration south, which is happening about the same time. To those who recognize beauty, every sea- son has its charm; and they under- stand what Heinrich Heine meant when he wrote: “God manifests him- self in different degrees through dif- ferent things, but all things partake of divinity.” There is really no dead season of the vear. Nature is the place where all things work together for good. Jack Frost and Oid Boreas ap- pear to be as necessary as Flora, if they are less understood and less ap- preciated. Every snowflake has i distinct beauty and every stome its concreted history, Hugh Miller, after digzing into the ‘history of the rocks. declared that “their wonders exercised every faculty of the mind—reason, memory, imaginatio Nature chal- lenges the attention of fhe living man every moment. Tryon Fdwards was right when he said: “Nature and rev- elations are alike God's books: each may have mysteries; but in each there are plain practical lessons for every- day duty.” | sheuld not be surprised if it were discovered that Papilio philenor was double Dbrooded in this latitude: It is new September Sth and within the week 1 discevered on the Dutchman's pipe o brood of the larvae of this but- terfly in its first stage., which is the latest I have ever seen the vyoung on the vine. They appear to follow out the Social instinct like the young of the Prometiea moth a united family until which ‘maintain lagvae. get the quite larze, when they live h: themselves, apparently losing all memory of relationship. This sep- From Bungalow to Tepee—Foraging For F_unge-—i'u:h- ers From the Fall Flight—For Butter and these, Kind Sir, She Said. Camp Kallieklaine, Sept. 6, 1911.— To be in closer touch with a few forest birds, and to be, If possible, & bit near- er the direct line of local migration, We have again pitched our tent at close range in full view of the entire west- ern sweep of our \woods. Now, if a gun is fired anywhere in_the home covers before October 15 by lawless Southbridge gunners, or by village ir- responsibles, we can be quickly on the scene of action. There are wind- breaks of birch north and east of us, but stretching away from our vision towards the south there are miles of upland pasture. It is getting down pretty close to Nature when there is not a house, barn, or shed in sight, though there are certain chattels that always go handy even with the simple life, in the shape of stove, icebox, and cou¢h-hammocks. In the shade of 'the tent are four kinds of berries, and the best show of edi- ble mushrooms I have seen since I used to gather puffs and agarics by the peck from the spore-laden pastures of Nauyaug and Groton Long Point. Dear fungous children of a single night, and darlings of the autumn rain! In the fall I always have a pinch of salt in my pocket, and during long walks peel the skin from a pathway umbrella and keep from being hungry in this potato- less neighborhood, Many a time when having a baby mussel-bake on the sands of Mumford’s cove, or a quick Iunch of little-necks or cup-oysters at Poquonoe river, have I added a keener zest to the al fresco food by a hand- ful of October-browned button agarics, Beloved Robert Brown, who taught us to distinguish the fleld and beefsteak mushrooms, and who shared with me the treasure-beds of “Macedonia” and Shinnecosset cove! The merits of his sweet-potato stew, made of rabbits, vams, and mushroom catsup, I here proclaim, and can give the recipe to all good trenchermen. If, in winter, an old cock partridge or a trio of quail a few times got in the traps set for skunks, we knew no game warden then and Brown said I could, pick, dress, and broil a brace of birds before he could pick one, The camp guardians were the king- birds that nestad in the nearest apple trees by the side of the nath and raised four kinglets, three being the usual number. The Kingbirds screamed a timely warning at the approach of man or beast, and in a jiffy were on the back of every luckless crow, owl or hawk that ventured outside the woods. The few mosquitoes of a dry season were picked up by the devil's darning necdles, and these mosquito-hawks were in_turn snapped up by the king- birds. ITrom their lookout station on the dead twigs on the top of their apple tree home we have repeatedly szen the kingbirds capture a needle, zive it a_dexterous tess and, with a mighty effort, bolt the big insect. Hernets were attracted by our peaches, melons and plums, but the kingbirds made short work of these. We cannot wonder that tyrant fiy- catche~s are scarce in many places when we remember how mercilessly they were once killed by bee-keepers. Wien I was just old enough to aim an old muzzls loader, by resting it on a window sill, a Preston City farmer used te station me at his kitchen win- dow and I was made to Shoot every “bee-martin” that came near the apiary. Kingbirds were abundant in those days, and the slaughter was great, as nearly every farm had two or three hives. To save the nesting swifts from harm, no fires were kindled in our summer kitchen at the Quail Trap this season. We could not afford to miss the baby swallow-talk in the flues, nor tha busy twittle of the sextette of old birds at nightfall. Following the line of woods, and flving low, there was a small flight of nighthawks to the south during the last ten days in August. These birds flew when it was almost piteh-dark, skimming the top of the tent so we could see the white starring on the wings. Aug. 31 five passed over, and Sept. 1 six passed, goine by in pairs and all noiselessly. - Nearly every evening in summer night-herons and marsh-hawks passed over the woods from east to west—the herons home to a rookery not far from Ma- son’s ledges, and the harriers to an intersylvan meadow that we will ex- plore next season for stake drivers. We hope that the two heronries near Norwich ara still_populous, and that the great communities of swifts whose summer_home* is’ in the chimney flues of the Broadway schoolhouse and St. Patrick’s church have increased in numbers so as to keep down the night- flying insects in the heart of the Rose. A family of noisy downies were raised in the apple tree shading our tent, and we have kept red squirrels away from the vicinity, Skunks have not bothered us, rabbits browse quietly near us, and one gray quirrel ventured under the canvas, got a sweet apple, and nibbled sweet wafers. A short half a mile north of ug another covey of Hungarian partridges were raised, and Mr, Frank Perrin saw part of the covey cross the road near his house. This makes the sixth record of these introduced game birds breeding in the Bnglish Neighborhood.- One of the local carriers has seen a Mon- golian pheasant in the road. Mr. George Snow has seen golden pheasants, and another carrier has twice seen both quail and grouse in, the public high= way. From our perch we daily see an, old_mossback woodchuck in the oat stubble feeding on the rich aftermath. More than half the time he is upon his haunches, bunny-fashion, ever on the watch to see that our dogs do not get between lim and the front and back door to his home. I have always had a grain of doubt about the hiber- nation of bears and groundhogs and of their sucking fat paws for winter nourishment. But perish all skepticism now! Mrs. Rawson's tame woodchuck went down in the bottom of a barrel of hay in the cellar and curled up for his lonig winter's nap. Two or three times, when a doubting Thomas called, Chucky would be brought up and placed under a stove to thaw out. Rolled in a perfect ball, so that nose and claws could not be seen, he would be apparently dead, but, revivified by the heat, he would slowly thaw out and poke avout the kitchen as big a nuisance as ever. But, when again exposed to cold, he ran for his winter quarters, curled into a furry sphere, as lifeless as before, and waited the advent of spring. The finest growth of butter-and-eggs ever noted can be seen from our colgn of vantage. Not at all like the com- mon, straggling roadside plant, but taller, with much bulkier blooms—a large solid bed of yellow, red, and old gold. TIf this wild flower was rare, and always blossomed as well as th showy mass, the old werld florists would be over here after it for their conservatories as they have been after the buck Jaurel (Rhododendron maximum) of the Ledyard and Gales Ferry cedar swamps, The pasture we have pre-empted is covered with a very small growth of goldenrod so short as to be remarkable. But where can be found words vivid emough to describe the immense blotch of color from the cardinal which ~filled the empty ice pond. I am wondering If the rows of giant cardinal still fringe the marsh between Thamesville and Puritan spring. - And also wondering if a few marshmallow blossoms can still be found in the brackish marsh as far up the river as Poquetanuck cove., For the benefit of the green and red parrot and the big red and Dbiue macaw., and to make an extra show, we sowed broadcast a very wide swath of sunflower seed on a side- hill cornfield. And now, rimming the waving maize spindles, it looks like a veritable lane of gold leading up to unseen heights above. CaER r ] THE DECLINE OF SUMMER p b PSS S SN L (Written Specially for the Bulletin.) When we heard the first crickets we said_with a sigh, “The summer is waning.” Next came the Katy-dids with their prophecy of frosts. Then as the days went on, we remarked to one another, “The day really growing shorter.” St. Swithin’s rule ended, and the much-needed rain gave us several gloomy days, and when the sun appeared again, we realized anew the daylight had decidedly les- sened. Every day's paper mentions the re- arating of ‘the colony is doubtless for protective purposes, as they are net so readily perceived or captured by worm-eating birds in this single-exist- ence method as they would be groups. They keep to the underside of the leaves and-feed on the tender edges and in this way disfigure the vine less than they otherwise might. and at- tract much less attention than if they left the leaf ribs bare. It will be cold at night before they get their growth and suspend themselves in some par- tially sheltered spot for the winter. These who ride past the swamps now must get visions of the cardinal flowers, as well as those who ride on the trolleys which intersect wet land. There are few reds which exceeds its color for brilliancy; and while this flower seldom grows in masses, it has sparsely settled habitats, a dozen ing at fair distances from one another, alwavs making an attrac- tive exhibit. Whether it was named after or before the cardinal bird no one can tell; but the color of both similar, and both have albinos, W think of this as the brightest dyed flower of the fields, but Gibson calls attention te the fact that it is second to the painted cup; but all these red flowers and birds look as if they took their color from the sunsets, as do most of the butterflies, Color in na- ture is not as permanent as we think it is, for with the changing light all these hues vary in tene every hour of the day. There is one thing certain. the color preceded a cardinal's fancy for it in his hat, although this use of the color was doubtless the cause for the popular application of the name to plant and birds of this exact tone. in | 0YAL BAKING P . Absolutely Pure The only Baking Powder made fromRoyal Crape CreamofTartar- turn of ‘seme one or more of our citi- zens whose homes have been closed for weeks. Churches are again holding their regular services in their own edi- fices. Most of all. the children are thinking of the opening of school. Their anticipation is a mixture of | pleasure and dread; but the majority | seem happy in starting for schoei, and | show smiling faces at again greeting | their mates and the teachers to whom | they are consigned. The mothers have | cause to be thankful -to be freed from | | | i | the anxiety and care of their little flocks. and willingly send them off to school with many injunctions as re- { 8ards behavior, and find rest for them- selves in the quiet loneliness of the empty house. Shopkeepers feel interested in the in- | creased sale of school supplies, and | to judge from the advertisements, a | special outfit must be provided from head to foot at the beginning of the loel vear. 1 sometimes wonder it children wear out all their clothes, hats and shoes included, during the summer months. One would think from the merchants’ standpoint that the boys and girls had no wardrobe left except a coat of sunburn. Of that they appear very proud and com- pare notes with each ether as they mect each other in - their schools. Many of them appear to have Joined the brown and vellow races, and might very well pass muster for ori- entals in a roll-call of nations. The boats on the Thames have stop- ped their trips to and from the shore and no longer advertise excursion rates. All these things remind us tha: the summer is spent. Labor day is another evidence of th approach of autumn. 1 am puzzled t know why September was ‘selected fo Labor's festival. Was it to remind that vacation is ended and toil must begin again? The Courty Fair tells the reward for labor spent on the flelds. One who has I toiled early and late in tilling the soil must feel a thrill of pride as he views the results in well-filled cellar and barn, and we hope also he has a well-filled pocketbook to repay him for his strenuous work. Who is more independent than the farmer? Shelter and food are pretty sure to be pro- | vided from his own place, and general- OWDER respective | 1y something is found to spare to his credit with every trip to the nearest city market. - tehe nowW -~ | days lessens the lack of tion, and seems to shorten the distance betweenn him and the outside world. The Rural Delivery brings the Post Office ‘to his door.—His children at- tend the city schools, and in additior ‘to_ all the city privileges he has the Do you suppose the oysters know time of danger has. arrived with the month having an R? What _terror must penetrate their shells if they realize that their lives are reaching their limit, and the quiet of the oyster bed is likely to be disturbed by greedsy mortals who consider them a dainty || for the table. We ail like oyster stew, and do not mind how much the parent- oyster may stew in anxiety for her- self and family. On the other hand how happy the lobsters must feel if they know their days of freedom have come, and they can take a vacation of a few months without fear of the dreadful traps which cruel hands put in their way all the long summer. Now begins the season of dangerous work for the men at the various life- saving stations, and others whose life is spent on the sea. Peril and ship- wreck are recorded with every storm and the danger from ice and sleet must male a life on the ocean wave one of little pleasure during the winter in northern climes. % We all hope much from the Sept- ember rains to give us the needed supply of water., Many of us have become so charmed with spring water, however, that the jug and bottle brig- ade will continue to parade for a long time, T am sure even if the city sup- ply should prove sufficient for house- hold use. The end of summer has another side which is hopeful instead of saddening With the approach of cold weather come the various courses of entertain- ments, varied .enough to suit all class- es. Are vou musical? .There are con- certs and musical societies to meet your taste. Are you fond of lectures? We are sure of a choice of several cours- es, all desirable. Does the drama at- troct one? There are many oppor- tunities to indulge one’s fondness in that direction. Is one fond of dancing? There, again, the winter supplies the desired enjoyment for such, and many a happy evening is looked forward to by the various groups of young people all over town, Autumn, too, sees the renewal of the various clubs about our community. Literary, charitable, needlework, and the numerous card-playing organiza- tions, all spring into life at the ap- proach of cool weather. Yes, we must look forward to winter without foreboding, feeling that each season brings its own supply of pleas- ure, if we look for it. All our lives have their seasons of summer and winter. Do we enjoy the sunny skies and rest of summer we should not re- pine at the toil and confinement of winter. Are we fond of winter with its clear, bracing air and seasonable sports, we should forget the wilting heat and depression of summer. Is there a time of discomfort and dis- couragement in our experience we may be sure of_its counterpart of joy and content being in store for us, or we can bask in the memories of happier days in the past. In any event we can remember Stevenson's lines, “The world is so full of a number of things, I am sure we should all be as happy as kings. AN IDLER. SUNDAY MORNING TALK THE HIGHEST EDUCATION. The children are trooping hack to school after the long vacation. With well-browned faces and in spick and span attire they throng the rooms from which last June they went, “storming out to playing.” The teachers, God bless them, are at their posts again and the educational mill has begun to grind its new year's grist. If one is ever tempted to get grumpy and pessimistic over some of our national problems let him direct his thoughts to the svork of our public schools. Much is being taught there beside the three R's. Into the melt- ing pot of this great system a score of races go to come out not only with instructed minds, but with the spirit of good Americans. Go through some .great city school and in the various rooms hear small delegates from every land as they “pledge alle- giance to my flag and to the republic for which it stands—one nation, in- divisible, with liberty and justice for all” I tell yon we ought to stand with hats off when the national school bell rings in a new term. We have u widespread conviction in America that education is worth while, What lordly gifts to educational work! What sacrifice in thousands’of homes that children may haye more than their parents’ advantages! Father will gladly wear that shiny suit and moth. will pass coldly by the milliner's win order that James or Jennie | dow in may have another year at the acad- | emy. “Wisdom is above rubies,” said King Solomon, and say most American parents Now let me suggest that there is one grade of education higher than that of the mind. I call it the educa- tion of* the spirit. Not that I as- sume that the two terms are to be too sharply differentiated. Doubtless both mind and spirit are parts of the same personality. Distinction is made merely to urge the need of ethical drill as well as that which is solely of the head. “Learn to do well” said the old Prophet Tsaiah to his people. lie wanted them to learn not only how to_think accurately or to work skil- fully with their hands, but also how to do that ~which was right. Simple training of the mind does not,of neces- sity, make a man a true friend or an honest official, or a warthy citizen. It | may make him’ only more slvly devil- {ish. The educated rogue is doubly equipped for mischief. The finest of the fine arts is the art of right living. It is the most import- ant study in any curriculum. Those teachers are laying the republic under an jmmense debt who add 2n informal to what they teach | therr vor zes out of books, As, by precept and example, they show the possibility and the power of a right life, they are doing much to make the et A Dreadful Sight to H. J. Barnum, of Freeville, N. Y., was the fever-sore that had plagued his life for vears in spite of many remedies he tried. At last used Bucklen's Arnica Salve and wrote: “It has entirely healed with scarcely a scar left.” Heals Burns. Boils, Bc- zema, Cuts, Bruises, Swellings, Corns and Piles like magic. Only 23c at Lee & Osgood Co. he A Great Advantage to Werking Men J. A, Maple, 125 S. Tth St., Steuben- ville, O., says: “For vears I suffered from weak kidneys and a severe blad- der trouble. I learned of Foley Kidney Pilly and their weonderful cures so I began taking them and sure enough I had as goed fesults as any 1 heard about. My backache left me and to one of my business, expressman, that alone is a great advantage. My kid- neys acted free and nermal, and that saved me a lot of misery. It is now a'pleasure to work where it used to be a misery. Foley Kidney Pills; have delight of living neéar to Nature'sheart. | USUAL TIME WE with a -AUDITOR| VAUDEVILLE AND filarlou'filckafis MACK & WORTH presen Wed. and Thurs. the second of the Mutt & Jeff POLI'S Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday The Greatest Play Ever Offered In ‘Stock In Norwich JIMMY VALENTINE THE POLJ THE SEATS ARE NOW ON SALE. ISS ETHEL LAWS, Sopra USUAL PRICES Mon., Tues. and Wed. ting “The Scotchman and the Lady,” and others, photo farce series. EK OF SEPTEMBER I1 ALIAS Presented By PLAYERS complete Cast and Production. Order Them Early. PRICES—Orchestr $1.00; Balc. Opens Friday. LYCEUM THEATER NEW LONDON WALTER T. MURPHY, Manager MONDAY, SEPT. 11 AT 8.5 COHAN & HARRIS Present Winchell Smith’s Delightful Comedy THE FORTUNE HUNTER a A and B, $2.00; Balance of Lower Floor $1.50 and ony A and B 75c; remainder 50c; Gallery 25c. Cars to Norwich after Performance. -Mail Orders Promptly Filled. 3 perous and happy. Can we “learn to virtue as a matter of cu tice? To a large can learn Children have riotous be taught the danger and_the beauty of truthi We can learn genero: “tightwad” of my acqs man his toys with his pla does not know how to _other hand world exhibits the littl which he kept when of from four that book there is He had be content. learned one can_learn it. Whether _the then, summons clangi us flect that we are still 1911 MATHESON 1911 OAKLAND 1910 E. M. F. “30” 1909 E. M. F. “30” 1910 MODEL F B! These Cars are under any conditio THE PETER CECCARE America of the future strong and pros- proper to speak of the attainment of degred—yes. truthfulness, for They naturally prevaricate. who was never taught to share thath he is a man grown he simply the richest come amounted to the princely to six dollal the record of regular gift of one cent a week to the Sunday school with which he was con- whatsoever state I am therewith t3 university of hard knocks, whose col- ors are black and blue, that any college can impart. to_our homes or only’ to golden memories, are all the time learning how to live. 1912 Models HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? HUDSON, E. M. F., FORB We have also a full line of Second Hand Cars, as follows: P And it may be.we are trying to help a few of the primary scholars with some of the easier lessons that we managed to get hold of ourselves vears ago. THE PARSON. do well?” TIs it iture and prac- We instance. imaginations. P. C. GEER They can of that habit| | ! TUNER B e worst 122 Prospect e, NP Tal 611 Norwich O uaintance is a ymates. Now AF YOU WANT A FIRST CLASS PIANO, &et & SHONINGER through . WHITE, THE TUNER, 48 South A St., Taftville. . SCHOOL SUPPLIES give. On the man in. the e account book his weekly in- sum But in a nected. Now he gives millions. It is all a matter of training. ‘We can learn contentment. The apostie tells us, “I have learned in| Pads, Books, Pencil Boxes, Slates, studied in the | Paints, Crayons, Rules, Ink, Glue, Mu~ but he had | cilage, Pens, Pencils, Book Straps,. O e e e e Oms L Folding Cups, Lunch Boxes, Baskets, ete. ng school bell, let us re- in school. “We NRS. EOWIN FAY, - Franklin Squarg SILENT SIX. uicK 1909 OLDSMOBILE (four new tires) all in my place, and will demonstrate all to n. IMPERIAL GARAGE LLI, Prop. Nerwich, Conn. On and days) from cured me and have my highest praise.” The Lee & Osgood Co NOTICE Change In Bank Hours City Savings Bank of Jewett City, Conn., will be open every busiress day- (except Satur- closing Saturdays at 12 o’clock. affer August 1st, 1911, the Jewett 10 o’clock a. m. fo 3 o’clock p. m., FRANK E. ROBWSGN, Treasurer.