Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 30, 1913, Page 12

(Written Specially For The Bulletin,) Hundred and tweénty-five cai-loads of perrecuif good potatoes spoiled in the rail yards at Kansas City, Mo, last month, Car-loads, you under- stand,—not bushels or barrels. They had beén sent down from Washing- ton and Montana, consigned to whole- salers at Kansas City. When they ar- rived the wholesalers had their bins full and calmly refused to accept them. This threw them back on the railroad's hands. The road tried to sell thém for what they could get to pay their own t charges. They sold a few. he rest stayed in the cars till they spolled. Then, I suppose, they Were dumped into the river. One railroad sold a whole car of 605 Bus| for $25. This was less thah a quarter of the freight. A few other cAfs were sold at comparable rates. But the roads wouldn't sell less than a oar-load at a time, and individual purchasers couldn't handle six hundfed bushels. Tha souldn’t. thought did” Doubtless there are séveral labor unions fn Kansas City Doubtless some of them have as much as 826 in their treasuries. What was to hinder their doing what some Chicago labor unions are doing,; viz, using that money to buy a carload of potatoes for the families of their members at four cents a bushel, which s about what 805 bushels at $25 would come to? Doubtless there are at least a hun- dred heads of famflies In Kansas City who could have scraped together 2§ cents to buy six bushels aplece, and who might have found barrels or boxes to store them in, —if they had only possessed foresight and gumption enough to “bunch” their orders, take the car-load and divide it up, pro rata. Why didn't they do it? Why couldn’t they see the chanceé to save ‘money ? Why hadn't they the foresight to save it? Why was nobody in the whole con- suming army ready with any scheme to take advantage of such a chance? Alfo, moreover, and with the same obabllity of an answer:—‘Why is a en?” is te say, they thought And remember they “what There are a whole lot of questions circling around such an event as this: & whole lot which deserve study, and eonsideration of which might well sensible men wonder where our ed brains hide themselves when they are wanted to work. For instance, there were the Wash- fagton and Montana potato-growers: what were they aoout when they sent 135 carloads to a market which couldn’t or wouldn't take ‘hem? Why didn't they find out beforehand? What kind of farming sense is it which spends the summer carmg for and digging pota- toes, only to chuck them on some rail- road car and send them off, nobody knows where, nobody knows to whom, nobedy khows at what price? For instance, again, there were the Kansas City wholesalers. At the very time those 126 unwanted car-loa rived there, thére were cities far east where there was a shortage, cities t6 which thé tubers might have beén transferred and sold at some sort of profit. Couldn't the Kansas City wholésalers thifk in terms outside of Kansas Oity? Couldn’'t they see dcross the brook? For instance, again, there were the raliroads. They had 75,000 bushels on théir hands, but they wouldn't sell any éxcept In full car-load lots. Doubtless theré were at that very moment sev- eral expérienced salesmen out of work (‘2 Kansas City, who would have been 88 of the job of opening those cars and selling diréct from them to con- ifnsrs in barfél or bushel lote. A 8% dollars in #alaries and a few mpre A PITIFUL DISCLOSURE OF STUPIDITY Calling public atten- tlon to the chance might well have saved the roads at east the amount of in short “ads” But no; it fréight charges they lost. or noth- must be 600 bushels at a buy, ing. And then there was the gr'l( growl- ing, whimpering, whining fault-finding mob of consumers;—aiways snivelling over “the high cost of living,” but ut- terly unprepared for and incapable of taking advantage of the chance to buy tatoes at four cents a bushel when 5,000 bushels were offered at that ess and incapac- We all know don't they ity deserve, anyw: what they generall get: too? really deserve it, A preminent judge of a very high ¢ourt in 4 recent address frankly ad- mitted that he should be utterly hope- less of the future, if he didn't occas- sionally read past United States his- tory and see what bad scrapes a merci- ful Providence and amazing good luck had got us ot of in the past. But it's a long streak of good luck which never turns: and it is asking too much, even of Providence, to expect it t6 nullify all our bluderings, forever. There's every reason for fearing that there may come a time when we shall have to stand on our own legs, without the crutches of luck or favor to prop us up. And, as things are going, the legs are getting a l-e-e-t-1-e bit shaky. As | understand it, an optimist is one who, when his neck is broken, re- joices because he will never have to milk the cows again: while a pessimist is one who, when he lifts the full milk- pail off the stool, croaks because the cow didn’t give pure butter, already worked and salted. Plain horse sense is neither unduly optimistic nor unworthily pessimistic. It takés things as they are and tries to make the best of them. And that sort of horse sense seems to be getting “mighty skuss.” 1 don’t suppose that people in those old days we hear about so much re- | ally liked to work any better than we do now. kept their muscles hard and _their minds alert. It made them industrious and economical from habit, even if not from choice. We, nowadays, have got so0 in the way of having other people do things for us that our self-helping sinews are getting flabby from dlsuse. When an emergency confronts us we don’t know how to meet it: when an exceptional opportunity offers we don’t know what to do with it. We've got so used to having other folks buy our potatoes for us and bag them for us and deliver them at Kitchen for us and wash and peel and But they had to, compulsion | 2. the | cook them for us and put them on our | plates for u: we've got so used to this and to paying those other folks with good dollars and cents for doing it, that we don’'t know. how to act when somebody offers us our potatoes for four cénts a bushel, if we'll only come and get ‘em. If things keep on this way for a few generations mors, all our descendants will be able to do will be to sit in the sun and blink their eyes and feebly domplain because somebody doesn’t keep the flies from tickling their large ears. 1t would be ludicrous if it were not 80 pitiful, this spectacle of whole com- munities ‘unable or unwilling to use their.own brains and muscles to help themselves. We farmers are not with. out fault in the matter, too. Like all the rest, we are most of the time look- ing for easler ways to do things, rath- er than for better ways. Thé mowing machine is easie® than the scythe. But it won't cut into fence corners. So they are left to grow up into untidy hedgefows of brush and weeds. The riding plow is ea t than the other The Best Food-Drink Lunch at Foundains ORIGINAL GENUINE Avold Imitations—Take No Substitute ich milk, malted grain, in powder form. More healthful than tea or coffee. nvM-ndu&w:fi:fl&m. Agrees with the weakest digestion. Pure nutrition, upbuilding! mwm:flm aged. A quick lunch prepared in a minute. HORLICK’S Keep it on your sideboard at home. AGENTS FOR Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co.’s Prepared Paint, Railroad White Etc. VEHICLE LAMPS, FISHING TACKLE, FRUIT JARS. THE HOUSEHOLD, ALBERT BOARDMAN, Prop. Bulletin Bldg. . 47 Franklin Street‘ 1 of for things which will enable us to do it better. ——— 1f 1 ‘Dean Neale's - och irussthtan of (b Tiomiene Lot 3:1 hymn it will begin something like “The world is waxing laz; Hard work is out of date: Let’s hire a girl to 1eed us, A man to hold the plate!” There is nothing so tremendous in the mere fact of 75,000 bushels of po- tatoes going to waste. But there is something which is horribly dispirit- ing in the discovery that. in a tweni- eth century city of 350,000 inhabitants, there was neither a man nor an ofgan- umlon capable of preventing that waste. . It isn't rotten potatoes that I mourn for, but the soclal flaceidity and de- crepitude which the incident discloses. You can raise a crop of potatoes in’ ninety days, If the season is favor- able. But foresight and -capacity are plants of slower growth. When once stunted, they recover tardily. THE FARMER. A cloud of locusts brought an air- man to the ground in France recent- 1y, i % JOSEPH BRADFORD BOOK BINDER Blarnk Books Made sad Ruted te Orda. 108 BROADWAY CONFERENCE of the Six Churches at the First Congregational Church, GRISWOLD (Pachaug), Wednesday, Sept. 3rd, 1913. MORNING SESSION 11.00 DEVOTIONAL SERVICE SERMON, Templed for Princely Life"” Rev! John D. Waldron, Needham, Mass. 12.15 COLLATION AND S O CI AL HOUR . AFTERNOON SESSION 2,00 SYMPOSIUM, “How should we best work for a revival of re- ligion and the progress of the Kingdom of God, In our own communities ?” Rev. Montjie J. B. Fuller, | Hanover | Rev. S, Thatcher, | Jewett City 3.30 ADJOURNMENT s The hospitalities of the Church are cordially extended to all neighboring churches and individuals, Moving b‘i)ifihn' Mon Busy Here—Miss Mabel Clinton’s 20th Birthday—At- tended L.rki{ Reunion. 3 Mr. and Mrs, W. C. Backus spent a few days at G L. 1., recently. Miss Josephine Palmer was a week end visitor at Worcester. Mrs, B, W. Avery is visiting friends at_Mystic. rs. Mary Larkham spent Tuesday at Wateh Hil. ¢ Mies Harrlet Porter of Columbia and Miss Alice Bugbee of Willimantic have been the guests of-Miss Ethel Golden. rs. Mary Crane and Miss Helen Crane are visith Mrs. Budd of Hopewell Junction, N. Y. Quite a little interest was taken in two men who were takipg moving pic- tures in the village on Tuesday. In the absence of the pastor there will be no service held &t the Congre- gational church on Sunday. It was also voted to omit the C. E. service at evening. Mrs. Arthur Sweet was a visitor at Bolton on Wednesday. Miss Florence Backus has returned from a stay at Watch Hill Miss Hazel Backus has returned from Ticonderoga, N. Y. where she has been spending a number of weeks. Miss Mabel Clinton entertained a number of her friends in honor of her 20th birthday Wednesday evening, About 35 young people were present from Wll!lmsnlfc and South Windham and a very enjoyable evening was spent by all. Mr. and Mrs. George Backus and Miss Celista Backus spent Wednesday at Watch Hill. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Card and infant sons attended the Larkin reunion at Pleasant View on Thursday. MOOSUP Richmond-Littlefield Wedding — Rev. L. W. Frink Will Preach Sunday— Death of Mrs, D Miss Gladys Daggett is home after spending several weeks in Natick, Hilis Grgve and other places in Rhode Isl- and. Mrs. S. B. Ray was the guest of her brother, Herbert Davis, and wife in Norwich Sunday. Misses Lillie Daggett, Eva Mason, Priscilla Matthews, Dorothy Salisbury, Mrs, Edw. Lyon, Mrs. William Allen and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benson and Matthew Barr were among those who were on Willi- mantic camp ground Sunday, Mrs. H. Leland Sanger of South Woodstock has been the guest of her brother, Postmaster Sheldon, the past week. John ington Wednesday, where he has been spending a number of weeks. . Married in Worcester. Harold L. Richmond and Angelina Littlefield, formerly of Moosup, but now of Worcester, were married Mon- day afternoon at that city at the home of the bride’s parents. They left for Providence for a short wedding trip. After their return they Worcester, where Mr. Richmond is em- ployed as toolmaker. The Stonington Union Sunday School convention was held at the Baptist church on Wednesday. Norwich Preacher. . L. W. Frink of Norwich will at the Baptist church next FLYING MA There Will Be a Wrestling Admission—50 Cents. New London County tickets to the fair. EVERY DAY WILL BE CHINE DAY AT THE 20th Century Fair : NORWICH Labor Day and Two Days Following THE GURTISS BI-PLANE Will Soar Twice a Day All Three Days. But That Won’t Be the Only Thing You'll Like. There Will Be Six Fast Classes—There Will Be the BIGGEST CATTLE, SHEEP, PIG and POULTRY SHOW EVER. There Will Be a Midway You Couldn’t Forget If You Tried to. Match Between Jack Mc- Grath and George Sund;\ikofi of Russia. There Will Be a Hall with More Fruit and Garden Stuff, More Women’s Work, and More Miscellaneous Ex- hibitions Than Any Year Since the Fair Started. Fast Motorcycle Races Monday and Tuesday. There Will Be a Cattle Parade on the Track the Second Day. There Will Be a Big Baby Show the Second Day. THE MIDDLE DAY WILL BE OLD HOME DAY. Make Your Plans to Be With the Friends of Old Days on the Fair Ground. NIGHT FAIR BY ELECTRIC LIGHT. YOU’LL LIKE IT. Children Under 12—25 Cents. Special Reduced Rates for Evening Performance: 25 Cents for Adults, and 15 Cents for Children. Reduction on Railroads, Including Admission to Fair Ground—Good Railroad Accommodation. Agricultural Society The Central Labor Union of Norwich is selling Apply to the members. have them in all parts of the city and vicinity. They A. Prior returned from Ston- | will reside in | HMM of Mrs, Prnmok Daley. elen, widow of Patrick Daley, died Tuesday eveni y short ill- i ears bt ade was Rev. Mr. Bamford Resigns After Three Years’ Pastorate—Sixth Reunion of Academy Alumni Brings Former 8School Days Back. Michael Doyle and two sisters spent Sunday in New York city. Mrs. Harry Holloway, who has been very sick at the home of her sister in ‘Washington, R, I, was brought home Saturday. Although still very weak, she bore the journey nicely. Mr. and Mrs. George Whittier of Brooklyn spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. Benjamin Watson. Mrs. Arthur Maffiit has been enter- taining her mother from Providence this week. LX Among guests in town Thursday were Mrs. Rose Greene /Douglass of ‘Willimantic, Mrs. Mary Cogswell Bar- stow of Norwich, Mrs. Julia Doyle Shea of Jewett City, Mrs. J. Carrie Frink Stanton of Danielson, William P. Barstow and many others who were heartily welcomed, also Mrs, Alice Hutchins Noyes. Mrs. Bdgar Arm!trnn%ls quite sick at the home of Frank B. Greene. Asks to Leave Sept. 1. Rev. Mr. Loomis of Moosup preach- ed here Bunday morning in exchange with Rev. Mr. Bamford, at which time Mr. Bamford's resignation was read to the Congregational church here. He wishes to leave here Sept. 1, when he will close a three years'.pastorate. e 2B ACADEMY ALUMNI. Dinner, Speeches and Reception Fea- tures of Sixth Annual Reunion. The sixth reunion of Plainfield Academy Alumni assoclation was held Thursday. The business meeting at the old academy was presided over by Lucian Ronaldo Burleigh of Troy, N. Y., 'and the reports of the sec¢retary and treasurer were listened to, also '%J:d letters of regret from several ab- sént members, and officers were ap- pointed for the coming two years. A bountiful dinner was served in the church vestry, after which the company gathered on the lawn to lis- ten to speeches from Toastmaster Wil- tiam P. Cross of Providence, George Hyde of New York, Hon. George J. Corey of Washington, D. C., Rev. C. H. Spalding, D. D, of Boston, Mrs. | Fannie Phipps Cross, Miss Mary Rob- {inson, Miss. Mary Averill, Rev. Frank Fuller, Winslow B. Gallup, Mrs, Ger- | trude ‘Jones Lalrd, Miss Metcalf, Rev. Mr, Wilcox of Norwich and many other old friends. In the evening there was a very pleasafit informal reception in Bab- cock's opera house and those present threw off the cares of life and became Jjolly schoolboys and girls again, “just for tonight.” The Plainfield orchestra furnished music afternedh and even- ing and the refreshments were both bountiful and dainty. The affair was one of the most enjoyable ever held, | although saddened by thoughts of those “gone before” since the last meeting. Mrs. Evelyn Jordon Johnson was j unable to be present. Charles H. Barber of Campbell’ Mills has been a visitor here this week. DAYVILLE Frank James Back from Providence Hospital—Will Attend Wedding of William Park at Hanover—Personal Mention.. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Barnes and child Dr. George Barnes' on Tuesday. Dr. Harry Barnes and fam- jily came from New Bedford, Mass., in | their auto. ! Miss Edith Dillabee of Worcester, Mass., 1s spending the week with Mrs. 1 W. E. LaBelle. Mrs. Heénry Allen of Whitinsville, | Mass, is at W. E. LaBelle's, H Sabin 8. Russell and Mrs. C. A. Rus- | sell spent Sunday at Bastern Point. | Wayland Bennett spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W.| ! Bennett. . ‘f Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bidwell spent | the week end at Eastern Point. | Edward Welis' family has moved to| Putnam. | mr, and Mrs. Edward Brennan spent the week end in Central Village. | Mrg, Charles Fralick leaves on Sat- urday to join her husband. Frank James has returned from St. | Josephs' hospital, Providence, very | ;much improved. | I W. D. Cogswell is suffering with hay fever. | __Mrs. Lorne Greig left Wednesday for iHano\‘er to spend Labor day with Mr. land Mrs. Angus Park and to_attend | the wedding William | Park. Mr, of her brother, and Mrs. Benjamin Cogswell are now at the groom’s home in Dayville, William N. Bennett is spending the | week at Northbridge, Ma Miss Ruth Scott is visiting Agnes Johnson. Miss Napoleon Gingras spent the week \end at Rocky Point. 3 | wrs. George Michie returned from i(‘anada last Saturday, where she had been spending the summer. Hon. W. P. Kelley has been having his guest Edgar Kelley of Kansas. Rev. Fr. Kost is taking his vaca- | tion. | Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Reynolds have | |returned from a week at Pleasure | Beach, THOMPSON Rev. E. T. Root Will Address United Baptist and Congregational Churches —Afternoon Tea. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Babbitt of | Manchester, H., have been visiting relatives in town the past week. Manager Hufchins of the Vernon Stiles hotel has a new automobile. Mrs. B. Ingraham has been spending = several days with her | daughters in Providence. An afternoon tea was given at Miss Howe's and Miss Marot’s school Mon- | | aay. Rev. John K. Moore. who is enjoying his vacation with his family at Eliza- bethtown, N. Y. his first parish, will { preach there next Sunday. . Rev. Mr. Boardman of the Baptist church is taking two weeks of vaca- tion. The Baptist congregation is in- vited to join the Congregational, who have Rev. E. Talmadge Root of the New England Federation of churches, who is well known and much liked here. Miss Elizabeth Osborne has been visiting at Frank Bates'. Mrs. Willlam Chase was leader of the B. Y. P. U, meeting Sunday even- ing. Barle C. Plerce returns to the Wor- cester School of ‘Technology next week. |as ASHFORD Miss Tessie Flynn of New London i%s at_the Cassidy house. Earl Poole of Wallingford spent Sun- day at his home here. D. B. Packer was Monday. - The fair and entertainment given by the Ladies’ Afd Society last {Friday afternoon and evening netted a neat amount. Refreshments were served. Artists on the vislin and cornet rend- in Willlmantic ered good music, E. M. Grant is digging his potatoes which are large and smooth. TR ) Y N T THE BEST DETECTI¥E S8TORY EVER STAGED AND AS FASCIN- : ATING AS THE CHIME OF NEW YEAR'S BELLS, Prices $1.50, $1.00, 750, 50c, 35¢c, 26c. # Curtain 8.20 Sale opens at 10 o'clock Friday morn ing. Carriages 10.30, 0 BiG SPECIALS TODAY A Stirring Dramatic THE CABARET GIRL Beautiful Drama THE AIRSHIP FUGITIVES 2 Reels—THE WARD OF THE KING—2 Reels Powerful Historical Story by the Thanhouser Company | EATRE JADWAY FEATURES TODAY Photo-Play in 3 Reels CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK Keystorie Comedy AUDITORIU SPECIAL LABOR DAY BILL FOUR MUSICAL HODGES A Most Pretentious Musical Offering A CAVE DWELLER’'S ROMANCE Two-Reel 101 Bison CRUMBLY AND GLASS The Pullman Porter and the Red Cap HE RUINS HIS FAMILY’'S REP- UTATION—Comedy ALL ON ACCOUNT OF AN EGG TAKE THE WESTERLY CAR WILLIAM THAW and STEVE McGORDON —AND THEIR— FLYING BOAT —ARE AT— Atlantic Beach Flights made Saturday at 3.30 p. m. and Sunday at 2.30 and 3.30 p. m. lutely defy detection. GOLD FILLINGS $1.00°UP, OTHERS 50c. Dr. JACKSON, Dentist Successor to THE KING DENTAL CO. 203 Main St. next to Bpston Store 9 a. m. to & p. m., PRone 1282-3 Iife-like, finest fitting and best wearing plates leaves my fully broken. ural gum, the use of which makes it impossible to detect false teeth in the A mouth. only to be had in my office. aim This is the only office mn where gold crowns and teeth without plates ones) are pain. FULL SET @ TEETH {y reputation for making tha most well koown. No set ever office until the patient is satisfled. This rule is never In addition on get is the nat- is invention is My sole is to give the best at the least This wonderful possible cost. 1 glve my personal guarantes for 10 years with i wark. THE NEW i TTUTE Dr. Jackeon's “Naturat ~ SUBST Gum” sets of teeth abso- TEETH 5 . Norwich (undetectable from natural inserted positively without Dgntal Nurse in ttendance. Palnless Extraction. Steamer Block Island and BLOCK ISLAND WATCH HILL Norwich ... New London . Watch Hill Block Island . * Daily, except Sundays. DAILY SERVICE Until Sept. 2, to AM AM *2.15 **3.15 3.45 5.06 7.00 Block Isiand Watch Hill . New London ...... Norwich ... ** Sundays only. SPECIAL EXCURSION TICKETS Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, July 7 to August 29, AND Watch Hill RETURN Adults, 50; Children, 25c. ' Block Island = AND ETURN Adults, 75¢c; Children, 40c. Shore Dinner Houses and Bathing Beach near landings at Watch Hill and Block Island. For further information, party rates, apply at office of company on Shetucket Street, Norwich. NEW ENGLAND STEAMSHIP CO., C. J. ISBISTER, Norwiech, Agent. SCHOOL SUPPLIES!| Excarsion Boats Pencils oPencil Boxes Crayons L#éinch Boxes Paints Book Bags Stationery Ink and Mucilage MRS. EDWIN FAY Franklin Square {ANTIC and SHETUCKET Botween Norwich and New London. A boat leaves either city 9 and 11 a .m. 1, 8 and 5 p. m. dally. Fares— 15 cents one way; 25 cents round trip. Norwich Pler, Franklin Square; New London Pier, foot Stateé St. Thames Navigation Co., Norwich, Conn. AGRICULTURAL LIME. We have Jusi Pt & carivau into our storehouse and can supply your de- mands [OF this sure crop producer. 4.8 experts of the country say the sround liestone s hetter than the burnt lime, #nd this is w.at we have. Sold LY the bag, ton or carload. PECK, M'WILLIAMS & CO. feblod Palace Pool and Billiard Parlers Six Tables—flve pool and one Billlard. Tables sold and repalring done at reasonable prices. Supplies at all times. 49 MAIN BTREET WHEN rsu want to put your busi- pess berors the vublie, there is no me. dfum better than through the 1dvertis. ing columns of The Bulletin ness before tue public, there is m o« dium beétler thar through ihe adverts ing cosumns of The Bulletin WHEN you want to E‘“ your bus: