Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 29, 1916, Page 4

"NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1916 Ziorwieh Bulletis and Goufied 120 YRARS OLD Subseription price 12c @ week; 50c @ month; $6.00 a year. Entered.at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as second-class madtter. Telephone Calls: Bulletin Business Office 450. Bulletin, Bditorial . Rooms 35-3, Bulletin ‘Job Otfice 85-2. Wittimantic: Office, Room 2, Murray Building. Telephone 210. 1" Norwich, Satruday, July. 29, 1916, :The.}Circulation of i The :Bulleiin The Bulletin has circulation of any paper Connecticut and from three to fou times Iarger than that of any ing orwich. It is delivered to over: 8,000 of ‘the 4,053 houses ‘n Nor- wich, and read by vesscecaosesccesses; src0sennncoses’ largest § in Eastern} the $ cent. of the peopl ndham § 21t is delivered to o 900 houses, § g in Put nd Da: to over$g $ 15100, all of these places it $.is considered the local daily. § [Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, ons hundred and six five postoftice dist and sixty $ zural free delive 2 H £ The Bullet H $town and o . § g routes in Eastern Connecticut. H CIRCULATION § 1901, average......cievsee... 44125 1905, averags....sessssee....5,9201 THEIR INHEF mocrats do The crati dickered it cuse for existenc: POSTAL A We coul as the tar- <ing postage FIED. be a good TRYING TO BE CITI sn't seem t ch sh ppearance of a fir 3 ere is no decent re: G not kecp its streets p to date and so regulate its tr: at all reasonable citizens will be satisfle The object of traffic laws is not to drive trade out of town, but to give visitors who live out of town a chance at the curb and sufficient time to do also to give the people on nce to embark or disembark from the trolle r to cross the bus- iness streets in safety It is clear that a trafic law must be adjusted for the protection of those who walk as well as for the conven- ience,of those who ride. These matters have not been d to in Norwich as they shonl ¥ a healthy sign to see a city government nizes good law and proposes and its ord to regulate, not to an- nihilate anything, except that which is now Intolerable, The rational objections:to the law are worthy consideration, and the city fathers have nothing to fear if they insist upon doing their duty to the honor of themselves and the honor of Norwich. Blueberry, ple;and huckleberry short. @mke are all the rage In"New England. Prmmetbant Bt ey o € bkl sissiaziod A MAN TO FIT THE PLACE. The secretary of stateship.of Con- necticut is not what it was? It has been raised in dignity and responsi- bility by the automobile laws and now calls for a judicial mind instead of a political figurehead. 2 The Hartford Times has the cour- age to notify the party managers that a different kind of a man- is needed for secretary of state in future than has been necessary heretofore, because he must hold hearings and render judgments somewhat after the manner of the judges of courts. = This is true. And the increased in- terest which these new traffic rules have created in the proper filling of the office, will prompt “the interests” to quietly impress upon the political candidate-makers that the honor of holding the office in future must de- pend upon recognized efficiency of a aQifferent type. The secretary of state today has a closer relation to the peopla than ever before, and in a degree is commission- ed as their protector through the proper administration of the motor vehicle law. Everybody is Interested in having 2 man in this office who will be fear less and just in his rulings and de- cislons. WHAT WAS HER MISSION? Some Americans have the temerity to raise the question as to what the mission of the Deutschiand to this countr:; 1S, v concerning the le cargo she brought or the visi- ble cargo she is The q pos| taking away. ion is as to the real pur- ubmarine merchantman. ny did not need to get touch with her emissaries country, make new suggestions them r continuing a neutrality g propaganda here, and to ge information which could not be safely transmitted in any other way. re of t in t everything is considered fair continuously demon- 1 the belligerent nations; uct of the Germans here for r has given good grounds picions the m zealous Americans m but it is fair ans to say they have been any sus- as has been nch consent to Mex- at the storie among men v ind have no truth in ement nd be- der her sug upon her doc any circum- to lght. hland’s real of dyes to the 1 govern- EDITORIAL NOTES. s if we should have to wait the green cob on the for year ar. ravating cool on The fiy is most he I thing abou e hott: to get a l t is the L. W. V soldie W whethe can border it Is 105 de- and you have to e worried y not be in i them out of the not sufii politics. is t of doesn't seem for repub- 1 bo; > mud-puddle; and 1d no trouble in fin gets started d upon Berlin but we have had 11 showers at home. The young man who doesn't know the best ice cream is to be isn't popular with the summer knows he is not looking for satisfac- tion, The guardsman’s oath is eighteen lines long; but it did not use to be so long as that when we were in the army. The German soldier does something for 9 cents a day; but the Mexican soldier at 4 cents, loafs and invites his soul. Tealth ‘Officer Brophy is right on his job. He knows when to take “welcome” off the mat, and when to close the door. It isn't strange Carranza finds it hard to accept Wilson's: “I mean no offence,” since his troops have twice invaded - Mexico. et The democratic managers charge Hughes with ‘“pussy-footing.” He doesn’t have to. e has them in the hollow of his hand. - All of President Wilson’s fine phras- ing will appear during the presiden- tial campalem; but his forejgn policy will be a target for his foes. It is so long since the democratic party had a naval policy, it doesn’t know now whether it has one that Panl Jones. THE MAN WHO TALKS ! You may have inherited a good con- stitution, Dbut you cannot keep in health if you do not pay the price Health isn't the free gift many think it is. If one eats too much or_eats to often or leeps too little, or fails to exercise, or works too much, or gets the wrong combination of food he can- not keep well. This keeping in health is not so uch a matter of thought as a matter of habit. When we know what we enjoy as a afft, and what agrees with us, life is no longer sus- pended between the deck and mast- head, but it is just plain sailing. We have to know how to favor ourselves, and be resolute enough to practice th self-denial necessary o keep frce from dyspepsia, or melancholia, which are vexatious evidences of self-abuse. Life lived in any old way does not preserve health or sustain a merry heart. Eat the things that are good and know that they will do you good. Do not fear they will disasree with vou unléss you are bent upon making trouble for vourself. The price of bealth is temperate living, acting and thinking. e Most of us laugh at new thought, but there is nothing amusing in_the fact that nine-tenths of us need to adopt a new and better way of think- inz. We can protect the mind from being harrassed by bad company. or fegr is an enemy to ot mind. The person who thir ill is on the way to invaiid 5 the person who che i o recover Our negative thou inst thought us—our positive romotion of all rts or pleases us. inary troubles are or thought think crc The sea-cuct mself to pieces a human soul ca cucumber can ren trails abroad; power Y <hts should fret and > may not bring v keep you cheerful hts of pove mself in different | for is a divin Ot | eniten- | | 1s could | men, and are t Do I often wish exchan xation. T c experience teac calm ar ne ng o The will be and bus e and. need be tr it is tru rise from et b to fiood , in a century to enjoy wealth hav for amassing It. A fortune huted i a fortune ri tr duced. T¥ a humored child are usually five times as many as the wants of the fortune winner. We do not have so journey fro much to say about the rtsleeves to shirt- 1y people imagine we do. of our best and some of o habits are the effect of our training or environment—we have had little to do or say about them. To be- come the vietim of sympathy or in- dulgence is about as hazardous as be- coming the victim of smallpox. Man is likely to thinlk he knows it all before he 1s 20, but when he is 40 he knows there is small prospect of his knowing much. Man does not go from shirt- sleeves to shirtsleeves in a century be- cause he wants to, but because he can- not help it. “The greatest of all gifts.” some one has said “is a rational, tolerant spirit.” In other words the prime quality for mortal life is a level head. Tolerance like everything else, has its limit as well as it worth. There is no such thing as being tolerant when intoler- ance arrogantly confronts you; but the smile beats the frown in all the walks of life; and tolerance always makes good companicns and needs no side- arms. Tolerance doesn’'t fool with the cpposite opinion because it is better to let it wear itself out. Tolerance does mot laugh at eccentricities awkwardness—it hasn’t time. It is & ! WHEN SCHOOL BEGAN AT 5 O’CLOCK (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) In June, 1800, a school was inaugu- ra at the brick house on the_ Little Plain, Norwich, with William Wood- bridge for the princlpal. This was quite a grand schoolhouse for those early times, its assembly room fitted up with desiks and benches for an aca- demical hall. Both sexes were admit- ted d the school was under the su- pervision of a board of four prominent citizens, Joseph Howland, Samuel Woodbridge, Thomas Fanning and Thomas Lathrop. school was m the cen- But the situation of thi considered too remote ter of population, which then, of course, was what is now Norwich Town. 8o, atter a trial of two or three 'hool was relinquished for ¢ persons of s long sustained in the h varying tides of ine, we are told by After a void + was final. t, who was colt cexcs w. -plot, but w ity and de Histor: gourney, the famous poetess, was one of his pupils. Among other teachers of the tovin- plot who were later honored and noted in their were Daniel Haskell, Uni versity, nent in the law the coun whic the g s always goed b nce which is d of a gift because v that drops into “Truth is not truth to us u have de 1 lack ¢ and stat era- Res: s the 1t two. ty, however, never rein preme motive s i and bloodle loose s men who have ceased to greater part, the There is the for instance, who needs all of jay to recuperate his physical en- sies, ‘Tired as he is I doubt whethe any more work, or get any does K ted in the doing of it th more exha t or Woodrow Wilson or e Hughes. As a matter of a quiet hour in church on Sun- g might rest him. the man with a griev fact, oy morn “There, too, is ance. e knows that all preach: are a hopeless and belated lot cause 20 vears ago he attended a ser- vice and heard a rabid sermon on hell fire. Come again, brother. -The con- gregation doesn’t have to breathe sul- phur fumes every Sunday. There is the man whose father mad him go to meeting when he was a bo and he got enough of it, and it's a case, of “never again” with him. He might reflect that his parents encour- aged him as a child, likewise, to eat three meals a day. Put that is no good reason why he should, In manhood, abandon_the practice of eating alto- He mekes as biz a mistake by spirit as by starv his gether. starving his body. The church is an imperfect institu- tion because it is made up of woe- fuily imperfect men and women. But, after you have admitted all that, it is still the guardian of a mighty treas- ure. It is the true champion of every clvic virtue and every private patriot- ism. Mr. Man, you owe the church THE PARSON, or | support. the { home in the town. cte, Dr. Peter Allen, a physician in Ohio, Rev. Joshua L. Williams, of Mid- dletown, J. Bates Murdock, afterwards an officer of the second war with Great Britain, and Phineas Tracy, who from 1527 to' 1833 was member of congress from Genesee county, N. Y. But the town of Norwich was stead- ily growing toward The Landing, the present city; so in 1797, a proprietary school was established at The Land- ing by twenty-seven heads of families. The school-house was built on the slope of the hill above Church street, and the school was assembled and or- ganized by Rev. Walter King. David L. Dodge was the first regular teacher. Mr. Dodge was a native of Brooklyn, Conn., who came to Norwich n 1796 and opened a school, boarding in the ily of Aaron Cleveland, great- grandfather of former President Gro- ver Cleveland, whose daughter he later married. In 1802, Rev. Thomas Williams was the preceptor. He was noted for his tion to the health and morals, as as the studies of his pupils. He them thoroughly in the As- Cathechism, and used with b iger classes a favorite manual called The Catechism of Nature, s late as 1865, Mr, Willlams was living at Providence, being then 86. He received a part of his early edu- cation in Norwich, having attended school at the town-plot, about 1792, as a pupil first of Mr. Baldwin, later of | Newcomb Kinne Other teachers of this school were Mr. Scarborough, Ebenezer Witter, Lord, (afterwards president of | tmouth College), George Hill and But no one retained the office o long a term as did Dyar T.| Hinckley, of Windham, who was n ter of deck and bench in Norwich for twenty years or more, yet never moved | his family here or obtained a resular | He was a school- m ter of the old New devoted to h: ing his bes of h Scheol at that time had come tol | consist of two sessions a day, of three 1 each, h a half holiday on | i it in addition hours were devoted to ind from an advertise- rier of May 1816—a o—siving notice of a rn the precise hours ssembled— to 7T A M glected. women | Living wit- testify that it drev number of aspirants, who fresh and vigorous, at sun- little later, to pursue their hows that there were no rls at the time card parties, up earl to bed, similar school was kept by Na- I ve of South Coven- hool between the of about 20 ave re- | > quarter, ute which n Norwich soclety hool, or- not incorporated vas empowered to | of $20, iren, withou g them from in some in J seats once occupied by proprietors of who re! house, irnham, the the The original Grammar school, land and built t ington, L John I Ardrew Jona- Tlayen, Charles n Barnes ith, Rev, . Wil- these were up tes as esree, or ente: ETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Relief Wanted. or: In my letter of June 15, med you that at least $120,000 needed for i for ate are as follows: assel. ... ,000 letter of 19,000 $42,000 , and un- hes make it least an chu 1 not be secured. in 1 do, therefore, except to repeat, with all the persuasion I can, the plea of my previous letter, ask- ing those who have not responded to a at once, and if they can, extend heip to do so. Of course, we cannot let this stand in the way of our relief for physical suffering. The call of the French churches, however, is an_imperative obligation for American Christianity, na no amount of physical relief could compensate for the calamity which wouid come if the French churches should lose their power. It is an opportunity almost without a parallel in the history of the Chris- tian church, to demonstrate the real- ity of fellowship in Christ Jesus. I still hope that the American churches will not fail to reply to this Macedonian call. Please do as much as you can, but send something even if it be but a moderate_offering, Draw checks to the order of “French Relief Fund.” Faithfully vours, CHARLES §. MACFARLAND, He Needs Looking After. Mr. Editor: “One who likes to see a crow,” says “Norwich has some tom- edians.” He is right and judging from his letter on the traffic law he e e e [ T [ e e e e e Cotton Values to $7.95 Coats CORDUROY $€).98 8 —_— a OTHERS ip 10 $62 Values to $18.50 Middies Formerly $1.00 46 at 82¢ o] 184 MAIN STREET : SATURDAY - LAST DAY OF OUR GREAT JULY CLEARANGE SALE LZTRESYOFFERS YOU GBBATER VALUi‘JS THAN EVER 5 =% Including Genuine Falm Beach Silk Dresses Taffetas and Crepe-de-Chinecs Values to $1 SKIRTS All Our Striped and Plain Sport Skirts on One Rack 85 at $2 98 Values up to $6.93 Fibre Silk Sweaters WAUREGAN BLOCK i would show ome where crowds and big enough for him, he some sense by locating to s v his taste for bi no traffic laws. As far as the Housing Co., Hopkins & Allen Co., and the 10,000 men he speaks of are concerned, they will take care of themselves all right, so I would advise him not to worry any more in that direction. He says it makes one feel like “Quousque Tandem Abutere Catalina Pahentra Nostia.” Now Mr. Mayor, if you know what that means and just what connection it has with the traf- fic lJaw please let us know; but in the meantime see that the “One Who Likes a Crowd” lives up to the traffic law, as he does not own any more of the town with his automobile than the under- dog does with his wheel barrow. And take it from one of the common peo- ple, Mr. Mayor, and street committee, vou are doing the right thing, cleaning out the obstructions on our streets ang sidewalks ihat have not only been third-class but first-class nulsances; and after the squeal of the one Who likes a crowd, “Oue of the Abused” and so-called “Fair Play "die for want of wind and ink. The people by a large majority, will com- mend you for the good work you are doing for the benefit of the com- mon people Lincoln loved so well. ONE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. OTHER VIEW POINTS ] The London Spectator finds slznifi- cance in the fact that the baltleship Marlborough, which the German claimed was sunk in the battle of the Skagerack, but which reached home safely after being torpedoed, was one of the ships especially equipped with protection against submarines, which worked to save it—Waterbury Ameri- can. Rt People returning from Furope de- clare that the Germans are firmly convinced that President Wilson is must be well up in the front rank, Mr, Editor, f the crowd in Norwich is not favorable to Great Britain and France, ‘while the English and Fremch don't hesitate to express the opinion he has a leaning toward the Teuton Which should go to prove ¢t Wilson is strictly neutral—Ha Post. There may be some disquist over the possibility of a secr al of an undersea craft in the but there is nothing to cause worry v anything below, We are at peace and al to come in, above water or that has honorable intent to trade. we were at war it would venturesome submarine that that here u b4 be another story, and a giant net or two acr the Sound opening would do with a Great Britain has done with scmething like one hundred or more during the pres- ent war, trap them to their death or to surrender. There is no cause for wor- ry over any submarine advent. On the contrary, we can welcome it and slap the crew on the back for the clever job when thelr country is in dire Bridgeport Post. raits.— The War A Year Ago Today July 29, 1915, Russians preparing for evacua- tion of Warsaw. Von line on Lubin-Cholm railway. Belgian and Swedish sunk by German submarines. . Germans attacked British in Belgium. Mackensen broke Russian vessels CASTORIA For Infants and Children InUse For Over 30 Years Alvqg“bun Sigrature of e ans R advertiatag e g-'.um Connzetious eaval to e tin for pusimess resuita.