Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 27, 1913, Page 4

Borwich Bulletin P aud Gouficd 117 YEARS OLD Subscription price 12 a week; 50c a onth; $680 a yean Entered at the Postofice at Norwich, «nn. as second-class matter. j iiletin Business Office 480 EBulletin Editorial Rooms 85-3 Bulletin Job Office 35-2 Willimantie Office, Room 2 Murray Suilding. Telephone 2°° : Norwich, Saturdav Dec. 27, 1913, The Bulletin has the fargest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3000 of the 4,053 houses in Norwich, a: | read by ninety- three per ceat. of the people. In Windham it 15 delivered to over 800 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and in all of these places it is consid- ered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and 1905, avaragh.ce.oeon §,920 December 20. SHOWS PUBLIC APPRECIATION. If there was anything needed to demonstrate the great value of the parcel post it was the Christmas sea- son. That was the greatest task which | has been placed npon this new service | of the postoffice department since 1t was inaugurated but the manmer in which it discharged the requirement was most gratifylng. Never before was there such a large amount of business | handled by the postoffices, though each | vear has been bigger than its prede- cessor, Parcel post opened up a new field. It naturally received muck of a cer- tain character of business which had been handled by the express com- panies, but it also received in local flelds 2 large amount of new business. | Many who previously spent much time the Qistribution of presents and ckages found the parcel post jJust ired and it also the help which was d opened the avenue for trade by mail That all bustness offered was handled with despateh showed the good results from the year of experience and exper- ment. It was long ago demonstrated hat parcel post had come to stay and still greater adwantages are to e ssovided for the financial benefit convenience of the public. The ristmas season was looked upon as the hardest test yet emnd it was, but with the additions to the service which soon go into effect it will be as much greater mext year as this season was over the past experiences. In its growth and development parcel post is vet n its infamcy, and it promises to become a gilant. The big business shews the public's appreciation. PRESIDENT WILSON'S VACATION. Eversone mmust agree that President Wilson deserving of his mid-winter vacation which he has already begun in the south. if anyone ever was. The president has applied himself to the @uties of his office With a deep real- ization of the responsibility connected therewith and since he took the oath siw he has fort to n his whole time and ef- S charge. In view of his| makeap it is but natural that | d feel the need of a rest and a secinfled rest. He la3d out an ambitions programme upon taking of- fice and he has pursued it tenaciously. Ten strenuous endeavor by the hardworking . No one, not even the should be expected to put s entire time without the benefits h eome from a vacation. Congress can afford to take a hol- iday recess and it Is to be hoped that in that brief time the president gains 2ll the physical recuperation which has been anticipated by his visit to the gulf. Such will be the wish of the entire country to whose eall and demand he has given such devotion and made such sacrifice in his work. The relief from the strain of official ities for a time should have a most icial effect and in combination and recreation the effect of n seige of duties can be Such is the aim of all he shoul ations and it is to be hoped that will be fruitfui for the head of the on, HOLIDAY PARDONS. In a number of states the practice of the governor spreading Christmas by 1z cheer the pardoning of criminals was carried out as usual this year. Murderers burgiars and others com- mitted for lesser crimes were set free from penitentiaries to spend the hol- iday at heme, This indiscriminate turning loose of men who have been & menace t6 the social life of the state simply because it is Christmas is open to serious cri lsm unless they deserve such consideration. When it is a mat- ter of but a few days before their sentences expire no great error of judgment can be committed but to free men who have been sentemced for the taking of life simply because it is a holiday is only lending en- couragement to crime, The governor of Georgia has taken a sensible stand in this regard in direct contrast to the South Carolina gov- ernor when he maintains that only those who are deserving of pardons should receive them. That was of course the purpese of the pardoning power. It gives the oppertunmity of helping those who can thus be helped regardless of any soft heartedness which may result from this season of the year. Laws lose their effect if the pardoning power is used so as to coun- teract the lesson of punishment. The Abuse of such powers fof en- 2 by the thousands to the court room, "::’ ::;: p:':’;"fi:“ d;::::?' or its corridors, during the trial of a| = o st 4 sensational case. Such is not con- oy fined to any one class or age. Its The Balletin is sold in every practice by the elders only stimulates town and on all of the R. F. D. the young and encourages In the routes in Eas Connecticut. wrong direction. Such cases like all others where CIRCULATION justice is administered must be heard in public, but it is not required that 1901 average. SR 1 anyone but the officials shall eagerly | administered to efit deserves the severest crificlsm and 1t 4s in such a serviee that the well balanced action of a beard of pardens is caleulated to bring abeut the best results. Pardens simply because It is a holiday sheuld net be countenanced. UNNECESSARY MUDDLE, Just what pelitical campaigns are likely tc bring forth unless there is the prover guarding of interests and utterances is revealed by the recent <eclaration of Congressman Gardner of Massachusetts, the recent republi- can candidate for governor of the state. He went into that campaign with undieputed sincerity but the rad- ical independency of his plit®orm and Lis disregard for organization advice and balance operated as an important factor In his vote being far benind the remainder of the tickel. Directly thereafter, carried away by the en- thusiasm of the contest he announced his retirement from congress and his determination to enter the guberna- torial fight next year. Al this was done on the spur of the moment. It lacked the calm reflec- tion of & decision reached without the influence of the camrpaign, which has since been given it. His latest declar- ation to withdraw from that attitude and again stand for congress is meet- ing with general approval though the embarrassment offered by several can- didates who have appeared for the con- grossional nomination remains ta be avercome. Congressman Gardner has rendered distinguished ‘Washington and the de con- stituency that he return will probably be 1ulfilled, but it all reveals the un- necessary muddle which might have been avoided had he taken more time and given more thought and consid- eration to his early announcement. WEAKNESS TO BE DISCOURAGED. usting than the brings people Nothing is more di morbid curiosity wk drink in the degenerating tales and ive themselves over so completely to fascinations. In this relation a stinging rebuke which was a young woman by her fiance when he broke their engage- ment because she insisted upon listen- ing to the morally offensive testimony of the Schmidt case. As the New York Tribune well says: “The morbid interest in. filth that erowds such a court room is about as revolting an instinct as the world s. It makes one wish to apolo- for being a human being. A cer- amount of morbid curiesity is nt in the most wholesome of us. The instinct to stare at a cripple or hang about a street accident is pretty it was widespread. But every right-minded man or woman recognizes the un- healthy auality of the instinct and tries to choke it down. To the credit of humanity be is weak specimen It is human to be curfous and to a certain extent morbid curiosity may be a characteristic of man, but it is hu-| man nature at its worst and deserves{ rigid discouragement, EDITORIAL NOTES. May the new year prove a good year from first to last. It 's time the doctors began to feel the effects of the Christmas aftermath. The run on the banks in Mexico ems to be striking the gait of the army, To these whe can remember it is a time since King Menelik first Railroad wrecks arenot the only ones which are caused by a disregard for speed. Prohably no Claus understands parcel post. one more than Sanata the real value of Uncle Sam probably looked through iis stocking in vain for the expected cdecrease in the cost of living. The Parisian wko lived a year with- could have performed an important service in reveali Buyers and merchants alike under- | siand the real meaning of “bought and paid for” in the holiday season. The clever person overcomes the cause for the Spugs by refusing to ad- mit the possibility of a useless gift. The man on the corner says: It is the expansive decolette exposure which sends forth a siren appeal for pro- tection. A western bill posters’ trust has decided to aissolve despite the fact that it might lo gtick forever. ically be expected to No ¢ ever rezlizes how much it contributes to ti.e success of the ont side. world untll the holidays br lwome the evidence of it. Congressman Donovan will of course recall that the recess of congress will make little or no difference to quite a few members of that body. It may be decided by the govern- ment that there is no peanut trust, but it will be impossible to reach any such decision on peanut politic: In announcing his invention of a fool proo® aeroplane Orville Wright shows that he knows what is needed | to meet the demands of the times, It was a rather warm debate which was preciritated in Chili but there is little prospect of any barbed wire fence being erected between the countries. It is well for tavse who are figurng on skpping ih: vsual winter woather this season to remember that just such a start was made before that blizzard of 88, The democrats may be justified in believing that putting elasticity into the currency was a snap but it is to be hoped the danger of a sudden re- lease has been sufficiently guarded against, THE MAN WHO TALKS ik There are too many folks in this world who attempt to stand on their dignity before they have made a care- ful examination to see if they have enough dignity to stand on. Very few take the trouble to find out what dig- nity is; but the observing have us- uaily alscovered that it is too often merely an assumption. Since time be- gan in the presence of Love dignity has only seemed to be a laughing- stock; and one live thinker says “dignity is a veil between us and the real truth of things;” or, in other words, dignity is a bluffer. Some of the men and women who are said to be dignified simply use a haughtiness of manner to hide the worst personal faults of human ndture. The world not quickly recognize that those who pose for effect are always con- scious of their impoesition upon others. Massinger says: “True dignity 1s never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.” It may be proper to noté right here there is not much of the real thing shown up in this world. Dignity of carriage always seems to be in need of Te- pairs. There is a saying that “Old friends are best;” and they are best because they have proven true; they have been dependable and charitabl life’s re- verses have not in any way changed their relation to us; through thick and thin they have maintained the same level of interest, coriality and regard. There are not a great many such friends, and at this season of the year we find our hearts welling with the kindliest, thought and memories of them. The years, or the distance separating them, make no difference in the strength of the golden cord which binds heart to heart; and life and affection are so mysterious that those most concerned cannot tell just how it happened. And in these days of re- membrances the dearest things to such friends are not material symbois of regard, but to hear that we think of them and love them. The kindly letter and the messagebearing cards fire up the joy of their souls as noth- ing else can, since these make them conscious that all our kind wishes are shared with them, and that memories of the old companionships cheer our lonely hours. How they sit with us in the silences of life and form a sweet companionship. We would exercise more care in this world if we realized every man car- ries his own bulletin board. Some one has sald “the expression of the face is_the shorthand of the mind;” there what we are is expressed in the least possible space. It might be truthfully sald a man’s face is true whatever his heart may be. It is the eve that stars the countenance and discloses our chastity or lack of it. The evil eye prevents one from passing on his face. The vinegary disposition never makes a mouth for us that expresses sweet- ness. Deep Inward emotions make indelible outward marks, and the lines of beauty come from a contented mind, or beautiful thoughts. The facial ex- pression has been termed “the paper money of society,” and little of it has ever been redeemable in gold. We are told we are the architects of our own fortunes; and this being so, it behooves us to so guide our minds that they shall not contradict our vocal expressions. The lack of har- mony batween what we say and how we look has much to do with life’s denials to us. This is what has handicapped many a man, Do not get frightened beeaunse the axial speed of the earth is not as great as it used to be. There does not exist any means of determining its speed at thée beginning, or its average loss since man became interested e!\oufh te inqguire and figure it eout. For 2,600 years track has been kept of the earth’s loss of power, and it has lost in that time twenty-seconds, or an average or half a second a cen- tury, or about a two-hundredth of a second each year, This does not seem to be mueh of a basis for calculating when time shall be ne more; or just how long it will be before the earth will come to a dead standstill. It may be possible that the earth may make up this thirteen seconds in the next 2,600 years and show the same speed it had 600 years before the Christian era. As something approaching per- petual motion the earth’'s axial speed may be regarded as a pretty reliable demonstration. It makes its thousand miles an hour with remarkable ac- curacy, since no ene knows just how many million vears it has been spin- ning in space. There was wisdom in the ancient maxim: “Look before you leap;” but in these days Look to see if an auto is coming befere you attempt to cross a business street, is more to the point, The quicker the conclusion is reached that the streets are no longer safe, the sooner the aute acidents will begin to decrease. The rights pedestrians used to be guaranteed in all pubiic thoroughfares have largely been done away with; and now it is as seriously up to us to look for autos while the horns biow, as it used to be to look out for the engine while the dbell rang on a grade crossing. When we de- cide to cross a street we should move with confidence for the wisest chaef- fuer cannot brook hesitancy—to hesi- tate in crossing the streets now is to be lost as mever before. Keep Going! is the motto for ail on foot, and the chaeffuer will do the rest. The auto- owning class think there are ten fools on foot to one driving a car, and it is up to us to show them that they are mistaken. In the streets an artful dodger can no longer win plaudits. Some people are too much im with the future life, and therefore get too little pleasure out of this life. It was Horace Greeley who warded off evangelists when they attempted to interest him in another world by say- ing: “One world at a time, gentlemen, one world at a time!” This approaches | acceptible philosphy, although some people might regard it as an agnostic | bluff. There is no denying that the| person who strives to live right in this | world is doing all he can in the way | of preparation for happiness in the next; and only right living can make life what it should be in either world. Mortal life-ought te¢ be kindly inter- course; but too many people scem to be of conviction that special pleading with the Lord will answer for their lack of love for their fellowmen. On | this earth there appears to be a great deal of vanity among the angels, but | there is none of it among the angeis of | the other world. The divine intention | was that man should find pleasure in this world, but man is running govern- | ments by his own law instead of by | God’s law, and selfishness, which is| simply Gedlessness, is at the bottom of all his woes. A great many people could improve themselves and their reputations by just resolving to make a few promises | and to keep the promises they make. If there ever was an age which kept its proinises or its appointments as poorly as does this, no historic record was ever made of it The policy The idea of a community or muni- eipal Christmas tree has been widely adopted. It had a small beginning, but the worth of it has been qulckly ap- preciated and another year will see it still more popular, All Europe has been upset by the ppearance of one of its great art e s, the work of man, vet con- mitied the destruc far greater art (reasure in the grab of the Hetch Hetchy, the irrepiaceable work of nature, Just pe of life in these times is to promise anything to win. It seems some- times as if man had reached a period when they expect ho one but the Almighty to keep promises. More than two. thousand years ago it was sald: “He wko promises runs in debt;” but in these days neither a promise or a debt are regarded as solemn obligations. What 1s ine trou- ble? Some one has said: “We prom- ise according to our hopes, but per- form according to our selfishness and our fears” A conscieniious man shouid be no more carel about making promies than a business man should be about issuing Ppromissory notes. It doesn’t seem to ke recog- Written Specially For The Bulletin. Of late I have been renewing my acquaintances with Dicken's Tist- mas ghost sterfes. 1 wonder why he chose ghost steries for Christmas. His purpose seems to be to frighten the beholders by pricking their con- science and stirring them up to mak- ing amends for the past by good deeds to all about them. Pitiful Indeed is the case of one. who has to be fright- ened into kindly, generous thoughts and deeds on this day, the most fov- able of all the year Now, if ever we should feel the fatherhood of Geud and the brotherhood of man. In thesg days of organized benevolence, Wwe flatter ourselves that matters are bet- ter mananged. True it certainly fs, that the children have the right of way at Christmas time. What con- fidence they show in the unlimited resources of Santa Claus! They be- gin weeks before to tell their desires with mo thought of failure, and, bless- ed be the faith of childhood, they are seldom disappointed. Occasionally one is overlooked, and such was the case of my hero, “Rags.” He might well have lived in the streetg of London in Dicken's time, and served as the original in one of his stories, but his home was in New York, and his childhood was spent there. Did I say home? I should not, for he had no home except in memory, and no friends to care for him. Memory recalled the loving face and smile of a tender mother, and the | fond embrace of a proud father, when home and parents were a reality for him. It seemed now that they were all a dream, and had never been real His true name was Princely Page, and he thought sometimes that he could recall his mother’s kiss as she pressed her lips to his forehead and hugged him to her breast, calling him her dear little Princ to show for a prince in his present surround- ings. Such a home as he could now claim was in some corner, where he could somewhat be shielded from the weather, and secure himself from obser- vation. He considered himseir fortu- nate if he could find a couch of hay or rags in which to bury himself for the | night. His days were spent in the busy streets, selling papers or earn- ing a few penmies in other ways now and then. His nimble feet were al- ways at the service of any who would employ him for an errand of any kind, but his appearance was against him. A boy's appetite took most of hisearnings, and his clothes and shoes were provided from any source at hand. The garbage can was often able to supply the latter, and his lack of the former had gained him his name “Rags”. So he wandered about the streets, a forlorn, uncared-for waif, a little fellow scarcely a dozen vears old. : The seasons passed on with no vis- ible effect on him except to make it more ,difficult to obtain enough rags to clothe him. Christmas time ap- proached, but what could it mean to him? Chirstmas Eve, however, led him to stroll a little beyond his usual limit, and he caught something of Christmas cheer, after all. The streets were thronged with people their arms laden with mysterious-looking parcels as they hurried on their way home- ward. No one noticed Rags, but one in jostling past him, dropped a bundle directly in front of the boy. Rags picked it up; it felt soft, and his nized that broken promises bankrupt the character, as surely as protested notes ruin a business man’s reputation. I can not for the life of me tell why the New Year should be a time for making new resolutions when we are congtantly having the new day. It comes more natural to do things by the hour and the day than by the year. When we tell ourselves that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday there is some hopes of suc- cess, and no one has ever heard that this manner of reselving to live differ- ently fell into general ridicule. When the human soul is in earnmest it keeps its efforts confined within shorter in- tervals. Now is the only slogan which sincerity passes out to us. There is no deferring or wobbling to a sould that means business, for its course is straight and its energies are focussed. No one can be sure of being better this year than last unless they know they are making good day by day. In plain English this annual habit of malk ing new resolutions has made a farce of a good and serious matter. The place to write good resolutions is on the heart not in a diary—get them into your blood instead of into words made in ink. SUNDAY MORNING TALK THE COURAGE TO FORGET. An Arabian proverb declares: “There are four things that come not back—the spoken word, the sped ar- row the past life, the neglected op- portunity.” It is such a reflection as comes naturally to our milnds toward the close of the year, when even the least sentimental of mortals are in- clined to some balancing of the year’s books and footing up of gains and losses. Whatever the past has held of vic- tory or defeat it is at least irre- vocable. We cannot change it. Not all our tears or siruggles will erase a single blot or disfigurement on the page about to be turned. Remorse that floods the soul like a mighty tide does nothing to cancel mistakes or wash away sins. It is useless to cry over split milk. The ground has long since swallowed it up. Crying will not coax it back into the pail Many of our resolu- tions lie broken along the road. Our good purposes have been smashed to | pieces. The things we have done or failed to do are witnesses against us. No amount of lamentation or wailing | will _avail to change the fact. All the King's horses and all the King’s men cannot put Humpty Dumpty to- gether again. Harnest and conscientious people especially are likely to spend over- much time in retrospection. The backward look is wise on occasion, but may easily become a pernicious and paralyzing habit. The past is full of failures and failures have a dismal way of discouraging and unmerving us. Because he realized this, one of the world’s greatest experts in the t of living tried to ‘forget the things that sre behind and reach for- ward to the things that are before.” Men should be willing to forget the shameful past, for one reason, be- cause God forgets it. No one need carry about with him the burden of a confessed and forgiven sin. When ! the Almighty forgives He does so completely. In the graphic phrase of the prophet Isaiah God casts men’s sins ‘behind his back.” Or, in the words of the Psalmist, God casts sins truly repented of “into the depths of the sea.” Why should we try te resur- rect them from the fathomiess waters of oblivion? AH the %ood of the old year we will remember, but all its shame and curiesity led him to take a peep at its contents, It was a nice new crim- son swedler. How warm It felt to his touch! Didn't he wish it was hs? ‘With all his adversity Rags had thus far kept hls honesty in tact, and now he scemed to hear his mothers voice saying, “Be a prince, my little son. Be a prince. He rushed forward to overtake the man who had dropped the bundle, and gave it up to the owner. not missed it.” eried have so many parcels. Suppose you g’o with x]nre. and carry a few of them ‘or me. you are clean enough,’ added doubtfully. Rags took :‘h‘e bu:f dles offered him, and trotted ahead of his employer, as directed, till told to halt. They were In front of a brightl ighted house, where with cur:fm(s-' drawn aside, the children were eager- ly watching for their father's arrival. A Christmas tree stood in the middle of the fioor all ready to light when Pa- pa should come, while beyond it could be seen a table loaded with good things for a feast soon to be enjoyed. Sereams of delight hailed the arriv- al of their father, who dropped his bundles with a sigh of relief and turn- ed to dismiss his helper. But the children had caught sight of s as he stood there in the bright glow of fire and candles. One of the boys about Ragse's age called out,“ Where did you get that ragamuffin 7" at which Rags flushed, and turned hastily tow- ard the street. but was stopped by the Saeger an Kelly ALL WARRANTED . | The Household ALBERT BOARDMAN, Prop. BULLETIN BUILDING, 74 FRANKLIN STREET to keep good company. God differ- entiated us from the brutes in giving us power to think. What better men- tal exercise than to think God's thoughts after Him in the place where His people meet The great moral forces of the community are rooted in the church of Christ. Any man who boasts of his morality should patronize the institution whose very cornerstone is the ethics of Jesus. And when it comes to the chief business of the church, the saving and curing of sou that is the most magnificent enterprise under the stars. JOEL be no reasonable doubt as to the ex- pediency of the undertaking. It would be difficult to Imagine anything but good that could result from the suc- cessful carrying out of the plan. But at the very beginning it is only fair that the public in general should get what 1 believe to be the viewpoint of the pastors and the churches, name- ly, that the effort is not simply in the intefests of any desire the churches and their leaders may have to receive, on Jan. 11, the recognition and pairon- age of an unusually large number of people, as legitimate as any such wish B. SLOCUM. kind-faced lady, who reproved t > | might be. No, the motive is more £ : 4B and begged Rags to wait a Hitle. ang | WOTthy than that. It is the hope that | Nerwich, Conn, Dec. 2, 1913. she would see that he was given some | (€ SPecial observance of that one food. B Sunday may result in the permanent renewal of church-going and Christian scrvice on the part of a great many people who for one reason or another, anu for no reason at all, have allowed weeir attendance and activity to lapse: augd at the same time the enlistment of others who at best have hitherto been Infrequent in their visits to the house of God. In other words, the church is in the community not to be saved but to save. Like her Lord, the church came not to be ministered unto but to min- ister. When she ceases to minister she dies, If the introduction of Everybody- to-Church Sunday will assist even a single, solitary individual in the en- tire community to become more close- iy identified with Christ and His cause, then our efforts will not be in vain. Our_expectations, however, lead us to believe that instead of merely one there will be many who will be defi- nitely and permanently helped in their religious life as a consequence of the special day. If the church as such shall come to be larger and stronger because of this concerted movement, all very well and good. But it must WATCH YOUR STEP! The parcels were now opened, and put in place. while one of the little girls begged her mother to find some- thing for Rags to wear. “For he must be cold,” she said. “Give him that sweater.” sald the boy who had ridi- cnled him. Aunt Mary has sent me one much like it. and it will keep him warm. “And he hasn’t and shirt or stockings on” he whispered to his mother. T find some for him,” re- plied she. “Just think of being so poor- Iy clothed on Christmas Eve. He looks hunery, too. Run down and ask the cook to get some food ready for him. and T1l take him upstairs and find some clothes for him. “Rags was tak- en in charge by a maid, who made him decently clean, and dressed him in the warm sweater in addition to the oth- er whole clothes furnished him. . On his return to the groun, he look- ed like a different boy. “What is your name, my boy?” inquired the pentle- man ‘of the house. “They call me s” replied the bov. “That won't now,” smiled his benefactor. ven't you any other name? Iv real name is Princely Page’ BY THE CONDUCTOR Cchloroform Talk, “What's come o' that old wanted everyobdy chloroformed they got old enough to keep mouth shut? “Say, don’t you mever get it in your nut that all th’ wise guys is playin’ lawn tennis or runnin’ foot races. Don’t you never think th’ world's goin’ to smash jus’ cause young smart alecs ain’t fillin’ all th’ jobs. “Take it from me, they ain't nothin’ worth while that old men can't better ‘n young ones. This world ain't no boiler shop. If everybody got all het up workin’ like young fellows do, you'd have so many hot brains they'd be a pair o' cold feet for every ome of ’em. You know boilin’ water ain't good to drink. “George Washington and Dan Web ster weren't no chickens when they got their reputation. To hear some codger when their responded the boy, and told the stor: i guys knockin’ old men, you'd think of |pls ite Sl E“:‘t:n:gté:ln;h?xftr';hzehge{:i)nrsp‘:1?}5 they never heard of old ‘man Glad- “Well, vou can't go back to sleep in | the one deflnite hope and praver that |Stone. He made 'em all fade away the hay any more, that 1s certain.| the largest possible number of people | When he was most 90. An ol’ Mike We'll_keep vou here over night, and | wil] receive the greatest amount of |Angelo was carvin' marble statues long after them young stone cutters thought he ought to be dead. Nobody knows who they were, but ol' Mike's livin yet far as I know. “Chris Columbus didn't find America till he was 60. Good thing he wasn't chloroformed. Us democrats wouldn't been discovered yet. “An’ there's oI’ Tom Edison pluggin’ away at 'lectricity, gettin’ up some pat- tomorrow TI'll find a better place for vou. Now go down to the kitchen and get something to eat.” Rags, or Prince, as we must now call him, did as directed, and slept in com- fort that night. The next dav saw him placed in charge of those who made him comfortable and put hi mto school. Prince responded to their kind treat- ment with his best efforts for fm- lasting good, regardless of any reflex benefit to our religious organizations. In order to realize this, we shall need the help of every Christian work- er in the community. The invitations to the services of Jan. 11th should be conveyed in a personal way by warm- hearted, humble, unofficious messen- gers of Christ. The response should be 80 generous that even with a possible provement. and became Prince instead | stormy day all our churches will be |ent funnygraph every Friday after- of Rags to his own advantage, and to | completely filled. noon. Te's got all them college dudex the satisfaction of those who had : skinned a mile.” They hetter wait ti Fieatel Bt be- | The arguments are all on the side of | SETNSE & TR S O8Y, FE church-going. Scripturally, physically, socially, mentally, morally and spirit- ually there is o one way about it, and that is the way that leads to the sanctuary. The Psalmist said that he was glad when he received a personal invitation to go into the house of the Lord. Paui called the Christian life a reasonable, that is to say, rational service—a ser- vice based on common sense. To go to church is an excellent tonic for the tired body and fagged brain. Some of the best people of the community are already regular attendants. It is well ix on that chloroform talk! Brains 60 years old beats sixty horsepower lungs all hollow. et "em off! ay, young fellow, people’s way! “Look where you step!™ Children Cry‘ FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA AN IDLER. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Everybody-to-Church Sunday. Mr. Editor: In your issue of Wednes- day I was glad to see a letter from Edward S. Worcester concerning Everybody-at-Church Sunday. Most heartily do I concur in his opinions. The unanimity with which the min- isters of Norwich are approaching this event Is gratifying. There seems to Stand aside, please! don’t stand in g We Give Royal Gold Trading Stamps. Ask For Them SATURDAY SPECIALS At the Biggest, Busiest Market in Town FRESH LITTLE PIG Shoulders, Ib. 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