Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 1, 1916, Page 4

organization to do excellent work oot tia iy e gl 18t sducste the sencot || THE MAN WHO TALKS effort to get cleaner checking the widespread habit of throwing litter of all lx’nds about the highways or public places just where the individual use for such material happens to end. Outside the matter of untidiness stress is lald up- on the lability to injury which goes and Goufied .. 120 YEARS OLD price 1Zc a week; Tde a d at the Postoffice at Norwich, s second-class matter. Telephone Calls: s Bulletin Job of fruit peelings, and the @ health which cannot be an when rubbish is allowed to accumu- No It is an ambitious undertaking the illuminating tions and at the same time which will wise. 'While the educational and which leave *“no doubt that d.u the mighty lpnafi‘:; thy -eatest offenders, and that while | between us and the stars are o their slogan |With faces more beautiful than any they are living up to R Bt “Check the habit” they have an excel- lent chance to do much good mission- ary work among the elders. effort which ought not to end without a thorough trial AN OFFER TO LABOR. Frequent demands are made upon manufacturers by their employes for increased pay, shorter hours and im- proved working conditions, under the claim that they are not getting what they are entitled to, and because it is felt that.the capitalists are raking in all the profits while the workers are held to the grindstone. In view of this it is on interesting situation which is created in Paterson, J., where labor troubles are fre- quent and often violent. the present time a labor dispute in progress in that city and as the re- sult of the demands and the claims of the manufacturers that it is impossi- ble to meet them the offer has been made by the chief owner of one of the mills that If the strikers possess such information as they claim regarding the business, he will turn over to them his mill and permit them to operate it according to their own ideas which will give them a chance to put into these demands which they have made of him, the only provision being that they must provide a bond which will guarantee him eight per cent on the money which he has in- vested in the plant. The claim cannot be made that this provision calls for an exorbitant rate and it indicates that he would be sat- isfleq to receive that, which it is pos- sible to infer is about what he is re- ceivipg at the prese tainly affords labor a chance to prove that the manufacturer can meet the demands that are made upon him, and certainly under such an arrangement they can fix the hours and conditions of work at anything they pleased, if ihey can do so and make both ends Tor that reason it will be in- teresting to note the outcome of this novel situation. A little three-year-old girl remark- ed the other day: enough, mama, I want to see the vio- She could not have expressed Dbetter a_common desire had she been thirty All New Englanders are anxi- ous to see the violets. In the space of eight wecks the heavens have dumped more snow in Southern New England than has been seen here at one before in forty years. Those who had thought prior to Feb. 2nd. that winter was going to rot in the sky have no thoughts of that kind today. want to see the violets—see the wil- low-withes vellowing up and the cat- kins bursting and hear the melody of song sparrow_ rising from snow times larger than that of any in Norwich. It 5 delivered to over of the 4,068 houses in Nor- and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it is considered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hurdred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty rufal free delivery routes. The Bulletin town and on all of he R. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION In Windham time We all the snow enouzh and ice enough and starving rds enough, and grip enough to part gleefully from it all. and the odor earth and bursting buds will soon as- sure us that the violets are coming— that they are on their way. seen snow enough—we want to see the There is at The haze on the steaming average........ 1905, averag We have Titerssn 8,920 ... 9116} There may be no place like ILome, hut a great many people think it is the trial of their lives that they have to Drudgery does not consti- tute a home, and dreaming does not make it a place of pleasure. be made more than a feeding sleeping place, and it takes the skill- cooperation of all concerne; make it the “Help one another” STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, It must manasement, circulation, etc. nd by the act of congress of Aug. 24, 191 af The Norwich to datly at Norwich Conn. for April 1st, dearest place on earth. | ¢ is a good home but much better as a_ good The home with much nagging or bossing and too lit- tle self-denying and an abundance of selfishness is an frritating and_rebel- “God Bless Our Home” is o good unceasing prayer but cannot bless a home in which the in- mates live more for self than for one There is no such ing with the tide against the tide at Many people who sing “Home, home, sweet, sweet home, there is no place like home,” do not want State of Connecticut, County of New Before me, a Notary Public, home practice. too for the State and Cou ty aforesaid, worn accor nd says that he is ing to Jaw, deposes Y the Business Marager of The Norwich at the following is, to the best of his knowledge and bellef, a true statement of the ownership, man- agement (and If a daily paper, the cir- of the aforesald publi- te shown in the above the Act of August |, embodied in s Laws and Regulations, to wi That the names and addresses of the publisher, @nd ‘business’ ma The Bulietin Co. Pearson, Norwich, Conn.; lious place. Bulletin, and Goa culation). etc., eation for the as and pulling time. any other to them it daily proves itself to be enough. It is quite a what religion because religion itself is so variable, but because human conception is. nine pages of definitions I noticed it oftener tells what religion is not than One scholar said" could outlive no man’s morals.” Sunday says: explain is not s what life William 'H. Oat, 'Norwich, F. B Crane, Norwich, Conn. ©at, Norwich, Conn 3 That the mortgagees, and other security holders owning or hoiding 1 per cent. or more amount of bonds, ecurities, are: N > paragraphs next mes of the owners, FOR WORK IN MEXICO. Attention is pericdically called to the opportunity which this country has to do a lasting service nding its sanitary money into the republic for the pur- pose of cleaning up the disease-infest- €d cities and thereby show to those pveople that our interest in their wel- fare is sincere. Conditions in Mexico City are even most_distressing. there where those for have fled for help and protection with tie result that the accommodations are greatly overtaxed and disease fnds a to carry on Thus it is not surprising when the claim is made thht there are 3 090 cases of typhus there, and litt those who are assizned the task of wiping it out. ‘Chat this country could do much to the situation and eventually pestholes cannot be doubted, and the offer has been made through dlfferent channels to lend a helping hand as a frien1 might be ex- with the idea In view of bettering conditions there as well as taking advisable preventive measures for this country measures are Wilam H. bondholders, ‘religion Billy “Religion does not con- special thing: things in a If a person is relizious he must things religiously not in an¥ old way. who are extremely ngs six days in the week so impious that saint and sinner have to be separated on their confession their conduet. Qexico by special way.” above, giving the sockholders, . contain'not o ers and secur F #ppear upon the books of the com bt also, in cases where the stockhold- er or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other flduciary of the person or corporation for whom is given: also aragraphs contain do Too many peop pious do th said to be miles around | ipciong” of Sunday points out that ners should not be acting just alike In sues of life, that it is up to the in an honest do and others think it please and then Billy aints and sin- trustee is act that the said two ¥zowledge and belief as to the circum- and honorable way. ; not believe this; 1s easier to do as ask to be forsiven! stoekholaers and s do not appear on the hooks of the securities in a cap: of a bona fide o has no reason to believe that any other or corporation has or indirect in_ the or other securities As | was observing two blue-jays in the crab-apple tree the other day I saw them feeding, I thou; , and with less knowledze as the needs of the tree I might have thought they were enemies instead of deserved kill- ing, as many English people think of the bullfinch which buds of pear It is a fact that most fruit trees and vines need d and if the birds should take one-half the buds from all the tre larger and bet 1g the fruit buds I Jook Nature one | is. on, associati interest_dir atock. bond than as so stat That the av of each issue of @stributed. thr. wise, to paid subscribe: Bihs preceding tho date shown: above WILLIAM H. OAT, Business Manager. to and_subscribed before me this 3ist day of March, 4 2 GREENMAN. My commission gxpires Feb, 1st, 1918.) ht, upon the to rage number of copies 1is publication sold or gh the mails or other- s during the six pected to do, with and plum our s protection. dding, necessary to overcome such a grip as disease appears to have in sections of that country but even though Mexico is anaking no progress in overcoming the deplorable condi- tlons, it has not as yet reached the stage where it Is willing either to in- vite assistance or to accept the prof- fers of aid that have been made, a though from the reports thée republic i= in urgent need of a strong army to ecforce sanitary measures. i runs to excesses. plant of chickweed produce a million seeds, or one poppy plant six or seven Why should a frait tree or vine bear twice the fruit mature and ripen? We only kpow that it does. the time the bud eaters and the seed- | eating birds are beneficial rather than injurious in the garden. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? No reply has been received as yet from Germany, to the inquiry by this as to wheth sinking of merchant vessels carrying passengers, among whom were Amer- feans, was actually and deliberately done by German submarines, or other This effort to determine accord with the policy which this goverament has fol- government, T the recent it can well No ome can tell, Most of war vessels. the full facts is EDFTORIAL NOTES- This is always a hard Gay to take Who would mistrust that the things seriously. and aim of all human beines is happi- The affairs of life do not even Competition is pursuit of happiness pursult of undoing the other fellow if Industry is not the pursult . but the pursult of the of subsistence and existence. Cooperation comes a little nearer to the door of happiness because it rep- resents unity and protection, points rather than What s happiness? It may be a con- blissful ignorance, blessed satisfaction, emotions—a. state of coesn’'t endure. end lowed in previous cases and it means that Germany is being given a chance to state whether there are Wny cir- cumstances in connection with these cases, which this government ought to know about but which might be over. icoked by hasty action. Thus far the evidence all tends to Support the belief that which were clearly unjustified, were intentionally made in accordance with erders and the policy of the German It is even possi- ble that the continued sinking of un- | armed merchant ships without warn- ing is intended to be taken as a reply | to the information which this country but it is the safe course which es the precaution of establish- the facts to the fullest extent, as mistakes and blunders on our are to be avoided. what is going to be the action government in case Germany The wise ones realize that the first of April calls for an additional amount of preparedness. the for that is the I ©of happine: Carranza has apparenuy considered it unwise to insist that Americans set Sermany has apparently gotten over its ambition to settle one case before another appeared on the horizon. but it way. beautiful paval authorities. elation which is as intoxicating as prosperity and seems to be as fleet- ing as the odor of flowers. are perfectly happy one day may be found to be perfectly miserable on the It s something we all want but cannot attaln; and it is an open question whether too much of it is good for us. Though Mexico is reporting a scar- city of soap, General Pershing is see- ing that it is thoroughly scoured. Those who With Villa covering a lot of Mexican territory, it can hardly be sald that he does not know where he is going. following day. ! It is one of the plainest facts that the cost of war is not dropping be- cause of the amount of talk it has It must seem queer to wake up in the morning with less than cents in your pockets, and when the sun goes down to know that you are Worth a hundred thousand dollars! There are a good many changes in the world that man cannot The man who could only earn $1.50 a day must have a new no- tion of the world when because of an accidental discovery he has a steady increase of $1,600 a surprising that such men talk about good luck, and seldom say anything There is never any- thing very sudden about success for it follows years of strenuous thought or arduous toll, but good luck seems to toss a fortune right And then some one will tell you there is no such thing as good luck seem to be surprised that people who have been enriched in a day without having displayed any special ability do not believe them. A sudden change of fortune has to be attributed to luck when it cannot be traced to genius, work or thoughtful relatives. There isn’t such a great deal of dif- furence in conspiring to make 400 per cent profit and planning to rob a safe when you come right down to brass tacks in rational comparisons. 3s popularly considered smart fin- ring and - the , other thirty that it deliberately torpedoed vessels without respecting the of international law, with- vYolonel Bryan has announced that he will work for Wilson, and Taggart s going to support his policies, all of which must cheer the president. Inasmuch as this country is spend- ing elght and a half million to capture him, the chances are that Villa con- siders himself of greater importance g for the safety of the and without regard for which it has made? We lightning understand. to hold Germany to accountabiiity, and there have threats of severing diplomatic re- isn't and it begins to look as if we ‘getting to the point where Ger- ‘was trylng to see how much we about success. — The man on the corner says: The old fashioned man who used to think twice before he spoke, now has a son ‘who lights a cigarette before he jumps at a conclusion, ANTI WITTER LEAGUE. Associations and leagues are form- -in large numbers for the purpose ‘earrying out some much needed improvement or the bringing of a needed reform. Some of into your lap. and ‘When it is announced that three- quarters of the moving picture houses of New York are improperly venti- 1ated, that means a serious combina- tion if the films are as fmpure. As long as President Wilson-refrains from backing up his charge that American owners of Mexican property are stirring up trouble between ‘the na. tions, he conmtinues to shake his fin- ger when'he should be The using his fist. ' ancle bare-faced It is not possible for every ome to “think of death as a delightful jour- ney when all their tasks are done” but the dreamers who cherish this dream and hold firmly to the thought that- “better things await them fur- with the indiscriminate casting aside | ther on™know something of the Com- lon of | forter who was to follow the One who verlooked | éemonstrated life was everything and death nothing. Those who say: one ever came back to tell us,” forzet he one who came back and who said “I am the life and the resurrection which these Brooklyn citizens have|y: fa'up to you and I to sce how we launched and it s to be hoped that it | weave this web of life In our minds, will succeed forthe dauble purpose of | Whether e weave it to the complained of condi- |golden thought — the ey i o et | truth—or to cateh the doubts and fears ‘which tcninent tha‘ hun;.:nhsoul.l ‘we are spiritual beings up to us like- | (> be spiritually alive, to cherish the love and faith which invite visions of fort may have the best results among | glory and beauty that stir the heart the children it must of necessity be |and invite the soul remembered that they are by no means (Written Speclally for The Bulletin.) The state has starteq a movement secently to have the history of each town taught in the schools under its charge. . ps_no other town in Connec- ticut has had a richer history than has Norwich; and it is a question if ~ne in a thousand of its residents has even the faintest idea of what its people accomplished during the early years when one of its important in- dustries was ship-building. The ef fort of the doughty men of past gen- erations in seeking to establish and maintain trade with foreign countries, the dfscouragements, - failures, suc- cesses, dipasters of their careers, might’ well be told in an epic which the present generation would be ben- cfitted by reading, studying. memor- izing. Against the most dishearten- ing kind of odds they \persevered; and if many of them lost their lives, at ieast their effort was praiseworthy; they cannot be blamed for inertness, inaction, lack of initiative! it No better or more informing proof an be cited to show how the Amer- ‘can nation was harrassed by the Eng- i'sh and French than is a chronicle «f what our own townspeople endured during those times which tried men's souls. After the British had obtalned pos- ~ession of the French islands, in 1794, every American vessel whick chanced to be in the harbor was seized. Many of them were condemned and for- feited. The property of American merchants on the land was likewise, in various instances, confiscated. A Norwich ship-master, writing home to his family from St. Pierre, under date of March 2, 1794, eaid: I have lost all my property by the surrender of St. Plerre to the Eng- uish. I have not only lost my vessel 2nd cargo, but my wearing apparel cedding, books, quadrant, and all the money I had, to the amount of 1,700 dollars. Our friend and neighbor, apt. Fred Tracy has shared the same fate. At period, the B manders on the West India station received orders to seize, detain and Dring to legal adjudication all vessels laden with the products 6f French colonles, or engaged in carrying sup- vlies to said c olonies. During the esent world-war, we are frequently ocked and horrified at tales told of trages to neutral ships: but as wa see, war was no less oppressive back n 1700. ish com- The_ decree referred to, and _the coincident activity of French priva- the shipping then abroad. Congress theft. They are both robbery in every sense of the word, although the law tolerates one and punishes the other. Lots of professing Christians thank the Lord for their rake-offs, but no thief has the face or the heart to ank God for helping him to get away with the boodie. very much surprised by people thank partner in. where righteousnes is, and righteous- ness never abides with wrong-doing. There is no way of beating the Lord although ample means have been pro- vided to beat the devil. In our classi- fications and our applications of jus- tice we seem to manifest marked crookedness. the In in Sunday Morning Talk THE CASE OF THE “SLACKER." They have had a hard time in Eng- land with the “slackers”—eligible men ho fight shy = of military service. ome of the excuses reported are in- Senious, to say the least. There was that, for instance, cf the man who wrote that ne had weak evesisht and couldn’t see his way to enlist; also that he had varicose ., and no confidence in the Governmen The cker” is Taily perating individual to deal with. ack is not of ability, but of di - tion. He could help if he would—but he won't. Let us think now, not of the Briton who is deaf to his country's call, but of the citizen in your own strect who holds back when a good cause needs Have m. you ever tried to interest t sort of chap in some scheme to help the community? If you have, you know what discouraging work it Through cowardice, through lazi- through distrust of their own , multitude ve recreant in hour of need. en some propo- ondemanding rt comes along they shift the work and the knock: onto the next fellow. They will not work against the righteous cause, but neither will they work for it. In an Old Testament song of vietory a single vindictive strain rings out: “Curse ye Meroz, because they came not to the help of the Lord against the mighty!" There is on evidence that the men of Meroz had aided the enemy. These placid warriors had merely done nothing at all. country’s life had trembled in the bal- ance they had shunned the battlefield. No praise could be given the tribesmen classed as a moral nonentity. Caryle ‘ot | represents his Count Philippus Tard- food had gone to support a life. The Count was ‘“no-count” be- what life had given him. civic betterment. He wants a well- in the fight to ‘get one. efficient government, low clean streets, but he will not other fellow can do that. den. He barely pulls even his weight. today, say, conscience and health. little span a man. flying years man his tears. I mean ple who lean. unjust proportion. L O teers, made almost a clean sweep of The Lord must be things m for, and make him a He can only be a partner i ordered the vessel to a French port. In the day when their of Meroz. The curse of uselessness rested upon them. It is a sorry fate for anyone to be ham as computing how much good useless cause he had rendered no return for It is the “slacker” who presents the hard problem in every campaign for goverened city, but he will not enlist He would like taxes and lift a finger to aid in their attainment. The The “slack- er” carries no part of the public bur- own There re two kinds of people on earth Just two kinds of people, no more I Not the saint and the sinner, for ‘tis well understood The good are half bad, and bad are half good; Not the rich and the poor, for to count a man’s wealth You must first know the state of his Not the humble and proud, for in life’s Who puts on vain airs is not counted Not the happy and sad, for the swift- Bring each man his laughter and each No! the two kinds of people on earth Are the people who lift and the peo- There are about two lifters to every ten leaners. No man is 8o poor that he cannot do something to better that at the same time lald an emborgo up- on vessels n port; so that for & short time there was a complete lull in -narine affairs. It is to guess the effect all this had upon Norwich com- Toerce. However, the West India trade soon revived, and was carled on by the Norwich shipmasters and merchants, sn spite of great hazards and difficul- ties. Indignities were heaped upon American seamen, and often when not wholly confiscated, the vesscl would »e ransacked from stem to stern, and lundered of many valuable articles t quite destroys any element of Pacifism we may have in us at the Iresent time, to read what the early Norwich seamen suffered during that troubled time. Capt. Frederick Tracy, taken by the| English and carried into Montserrat, «ost a valuable cargo by decree of the Admiraity ~ Court. Capt. Glover was condemned mt St Kits. Capt. Gil- bert, after being deprived of part of his lading, was relesaed. ‘The French privateers, slipping out of the island ports, and waylaying the oustomary paths of commerce. caught many _a rich prize, the courts before which the captured vessels were car- ried rarely failing to condemn the cargo as contraband. Capt. Sanger, in the ship Chloe, was captured, and he an dh's people were stripped of every article of value, even to the clothing on their persons The captain himself was set ashore at Laguira, barefoot. The vessel was afterwards released; but at a later perfod was again captured, Ebenezer Cooley, her master, carried in‘o Guad- aloupe and the vessel never appeared in Norwich waters afterward. In February, 1797, Capt. Webb, in a voyage to Jeremis, was taken and carried into Petit Guave, where he was detained ninety davs, a quarter of his cargo taken and he lost all his crew, except one man, by illness. Capt. Isaac Hull, who afterward won fame as hero of the frigate Con- stitution, but who was at that time a ship-master in the West India trade, was repeatedly arrested in his voyages by hostile cruisers. He was taken in May, 1797, in the ship Minerva, of New London, and lost both vessel and cargo. He returned home and in July started on another voyage in the schooner Beaver, of Norwich. He was again captured and carried intc Porto Rico, where he was o0ice more condemned. In March, the brig Betsey. J. Lord commander, was taken by the French, carried to Guadaloupe, tried and_re- leased; afterward taken by the Eng- lish carried into Tortola, and a second time tried and released. For 25 Cents You May Buy Any of the Following or Make Com- bination to Suit. pkgs. Mace pkgs. Jello pkgs. Gelatine bott! cans P cans Succotash cans Beans cans Soup cans Sardiner Mince Meat Old Dutch Cleanse~ 2 in 1 Polish pkgs. Macaroni cans Sauerkraut pkgs. Washing Crisps Ibs. Carolina Rice Ibs. Lima Beans ibs. Lump Starch botles Pickles Ibs. Pancake Flour cans Molasses Ibs. Rolled Oats Ibs. Corn Meal boxes_Matche: bars Soap 6 bottles Bluing 3 botties Ammoni There were exciting times when the y, Capt. Boswell, bound to Jeremle, with nearly ninety head of stock on ken by the armed brig of fourteen guns, the pri- vateer firing a broadside before hail- ing. She took out twenty-one men— nearly the whole crew—and putting eleven Frenchmen In their places. board, was Pandure, Zight days afterward, the Sally was taken by an English brig, carried in- 0 a neutral port, and there given up | to Capt. Boswell; but only after halt | her cargo had been retaimed for sal- vage. The brig Hannah, Capt. Park Ben- jamin, was also twice taken in one voyage, and after some loss and de- tention was released. NNNNOORORORRRRRONEREWEON®® Today we are interested in German and other ships interned and fancy that what is happening in modern Angel Cake times has never happened balore. But the seamen of old Norwich went through just as exciting experiences, in a small way, during the time when England ard France were at war. The Norwich ship, Young Eag having returned from Liverpool in August, sailed Sept. 19th for the West ‘ndies, ‘under Capt. Absalom Pride, with no contraband goods whatever on board, but that did not prevent her from being taken by a French priva- teer, carried into port and con- demned, solely on the plea that she|< Saturday HONEST ADVERTISING Safurday We Sell Just as We Advertise. Quality is Not Sacrificed to Make Way For Low Prices, Abeolutely Pure Foods at Extremely Low Prices. Shop Early. MoHICAN CoMPARY Old Dutch Cleanser Oranges I . . .. dozen .......12Y¢ Fresh Arrival CUKES, RHUBARB, RADISHES, BEETS, CARROTS, CAULIFLOWER, ASPARAGUS, ETC. g-UR BEST CREAMERY BUTTER FRESH FROM OUR OVENS DAILY Chocolate ‘Whipped German Coffee Cake, each. Fruit Buttered Raisin Bread Rye Bread Was not furnished with a role d'equi- | which is doing exactly the same thing? Page, or registry of the crew = The|ir we are to make a special law for vessel was however redeemed by Capt.|an individual concern, why Isn't it bet- Pride. ter to make a general law that will apply to all such conditions and ex- The Charlotte Capt. Alexander Mor- | obny o0 “eoncern from taxation for gan, in a homeward passage from|o " ifieq period? Demerara, was overhauled by a pri- » o far as the favorable end of the proposition was concerned, Mr. Brown th thiy covered the situation in a very commendable and complete man- vateer sloop of four guns, from Guad- ~loupe and striped of every‘iiing uable, even to the chartz. bool clothes and cash of the officors. The k, Capt. Gllbert, was boarded and by Mr. Higsi searched by an English twenty-gun e iatt iue frigate, and released, but twice | 12, = # btedly ~ the chased’ by French privateers, from |boint at issue, was undoubtedly most reasonable posif n th take up- which she barely escaped. on to take up. In March, 1795, the schooner Polly, s ?:’l?l;?:'pg‘;e Capt. Smith, was taken by an Enslish e vesscl near St. Bartholomew, robbed | rpose of exempting a of a negro bo, forty shoats, and $200 | 0 B4 Prsnas OF SEAERN 5 in_cash. and then release ; § o i Yet in our day we fancy they led | 3 The action taken by the meeting was ibt commendable, but why not e and make the ap- encral? tings resolve themselves, as f fact, into humorous affairs and develop a great deal of comedy and why should so many people at- tend the theatres of an evening when we have a city meeting on when they could attend that for mothing while at the theatres they have to pay an admission price? Mr. Beckwith's speech certainly af- forded pathos and entertainment, and it surely took a good-natured audience to sit there and listen without a mur- mur to all that oratorical effort which it scems would have been better a dull, humdrum life in old-time Nor- wich! THE DICTAGRAPH. LETTERS TC THE EDITCR Advice to Others. Mr. Editor: I would like to have you correct a statement made in vour paper of last Saturday, March 25th, in regards to_the age of my son, Willis Bennett. Your paper stated that he was 19 years of age. He is far from it, as he was born on November 27th, 1898, s0 he can not possibly be 18 years old now. He was 17 years and 4 months last Monday and I would say to whoever wrote the piece in regards to the boys, perhaps they would do|wasted upon a primary school gradu- better If they watched thelr own, and | ating class than a body of full grown their own son’s mistakes, instead of |citizens. The citizens of Norwich are writing about others, as they are to |ccrtainly & i nnuen:nbo::on:l:x‘e;: fast to the fi in others. t seems there are m: ':Iensx? V'IB‘[‘.X;;T BENNETT. |have to .wenrh at a clny m'eell:smw So ‘anterbu % make a speech regardless of whether il By o or not they have anything to say, and Might Have Asted & Little Wiser and | while cur fritnd was talciag abost the - dogs of Lazarus, more Gehe'a ERUs Earthor, in the meeting was wishing that the Mr. Editor: Now that the city|jogs would only come up and take a eeting has been held, and there Was | Liie out of him, If only to cut the 8o much sald concerning the exemp-|.jeoch out. Those kindergarten e tion from taxation of prospective man- | rorte which men rehearse and satisfy ufacturing concerns, it is not an im-|inomceives as being impressive and pertinent question to ask: Why Is It | cntertaining could well be left canned not proper to exempt any concern, whether local or out-of-town, from up. 1t Mr. Beckwith's last efforts at taxation when they are building 2d- | adine favi ditions and expending large sums of finding fault with the men who work money for development purposes? Is on the ash carts for going from their work early in the afternoon when he an out-of-town concern entitled to any more consideration because it is an didn’t know that they were working out-of-town concern than a local one v me a maiter carly in the morning when he was in his slumbers, and after a retort from a citizen at that meeting which made his remarks look likd thirty cents, and_after the last city meeting In which Mr. _Robbins completely knocked him off his feet when he got up and made a false statement to the citizens in public meeting, it seems that ought to be enough to encourage any man to depart into innocuous de- War A Year Ago Today April 1, 1915, French occupied Fey-en Haye. Russians Inflp:n a lfitly afln:‘iv. n Central Poland, but were re- suetude. But then, “When ignorance guleed by Austrians near Inowlodz || Bics s iyt Do wiew® Bt rmay ked i men who falsify and make mis-state- s sheckad, the Russians ot [ o N o e ot Be tuiernted to (eI British took Aus, German West [|In public satherings. Africa. British vessels and airmen have shelled Zeebrugge and Hoboke: German submarines sank a_Brit- sh and a Frerich steamer. Thirty es lost. Let us hope that when we come to- gether again In city or town meeting that the hot air artists and men with prepared speeches on their chests will take them to the proper place for de- livery, presumably the ash can, and when We come to talk about taxes and exemption from taxes lat'a stisk fa the subject and do business. That the city meeting no one doubts, but that they might have acted a litile more wisely and gone a little farther with it, ev- admit would have been duce? Is the human factor any more reliable on the best roads than on the poorest >—Providence Bulletin. acted wisely Any attempt to make a religious or- eryone will ganization out of an institution lke the proper thing. couts would probably be de- clared a failure in advance, leaders of that movement have found a way to link it mw religious work without giving to any race or creed. This is to be done by trying to ally the Scout move- ment with all religions instead of any 1t is announced that an effort will be made to persuade Hart- ford Boy Scouts to affiliale with their churches—Protestants churches, Jews tions, and Catholics to Norwich, March 31, 1916. OTHER VIEW POINTS one religion. Four-track road, modern signal of the trains involved a “crack” presumably well equipped—these were some of the conditions prevent a collision on the New York Central-Lake Physical conditions w on most roads, but were they Do they represent the utmost that human ingenuity can por- with Protestant with their congrega- be confirmed that did_not Boy Scouts will become an importa; the attempt meets with success factor for the churches of all denom- It will be interesting to see out—Hartford Shore rqute e better than ciently good? how the plan The babies’ delight for com- fort; the parents’ delight for strength and economy. The name WHITNEY is to baby carriages what Marconi is to wireless telegraphy. They iage World Shea & Burke 37-47 Main Street, Norwich