Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 20, 1917, Page 6

THE CRANSTON CO. 25, 27, 29 Broadway ATTENDING TO SMALL DETAILS BRINGS BIG RESULTS Written Specially for The Bulletin. If there's any one virtue which is especially and peculiarly the property of English-speaking peoples it is that thoroughness. ughness begins at the be- ing—with the smallest of small and the littlest of little things. the folk-lore, including the bs and common sayings of a which opens widest the window of ple that people’s mind so that one can see something of what is inside it. There is no language under the sun ich is so rich in proverbs and say- and texts preaching the importance as the English. There is no me to recall them. You all them as well as I—probably of you know more of them. Take care of the pennies and the will take care of themselves,” Many a mickle makes a muckle, Little drops of water,” “For want of a nail the s etc., “A stitch n “The constant ng of water wears away stones,” step and line by line” not, want not,” and so on and column, if one wished. dbook of familiar proverbs ores and hundreds more es, current, many of generations in the mouths of and still occasfonally If we're getting to be wasteful and careless n't lack of advice Loa om of the accumu- Nor is it for lack of d ineradicable racial in- of our hereditary enough against we have a We were. al, and endowed by certain instincts, h are those which lead us ost of small things, to hile the sun shines, and provision in youth for old n.ost of don't we all do it? hat a whole lot of the straight and wandering aim- of are vely to spend our time pleasure ing useful fruits and e day of need. reason is that we think than our fathers and s dic ap. one reason hat over- up blood with our hered- " exotic at we're get- as well as present and always abiding we don't any of us like are usually somewhat irritated ind almost invariably are cross- ers. more inclined to get cks up and spit when our fur is ed wards than to purr and plea s_little poem tells a = truth when it begins The world born; He must taste for himself the forbid- den eprings,” etc is made when a man is The baby isn't willing to take ma’s warning that the stove is he must burn his own fingers be- e he is cock-sure of it The boy isn't willing to begin with m natural ten- ! in the pathless | and ease | his A, B, C's; he wants to be presi- dent. or locomotive engineer or what- ever else his ambition points out this afternoon without the bother of learn- ing_how. The man wants to get rich or have a glorious time or attain to power without having to take the slow and painful steps which precede and make actually possible all accomplishment. The farmer wants to raise whacking crops and make big money without doing all the hard and dirty and ap- parently irresponsive drudgery which is, nevertheless, absolutely necessary béforehand. I haven’t the vanity to suppose that anything T can say or write will have any noticeable effect. Like other lay preachers—and some ordained ones— 1 can preach and preach till the cows come home without producing any ap- preciable result. In ninety-nine cases out of a possible hundred, all I can say or anybody else could say will slide right off your minds just as water slides off a duck's back. Nevertheless and notwithstanding which indubitable fact, if I can make one suggestion or offer one hint.which will induce even one single farmer or farmer’s boy in eastern Connecticut to turn this idea of the importance of detail—this Gospel of Little Things, over in his own unbiased mind, the at- | tempt would be worth while. You | can’t convert a nation by wholesale— | even if Billy Sunday does think The job has got to be done one a time if it is ever done so as to stay done. So here goes! little bit of statistical fact, by taking poking of certain de- Just a dug out weed “Every the sofl some three hun its own weight in water during the season.” Eh? Does that susgest anything to you? It certainly ought to. | iy This has been a phenomenally rainy season. It would seem as if there was vater enough in any soil for all the crops and all the weeds, too. But I notice 2 very great difference between my three patches of corn. I have my yellow sweet corn in one; my white sweet corn in a second: and mjy corn in a third. (Planted so to prevent mixing as much as possible.) It happens that one of thege patches lies nearer and handier than the oth- ers. In the “catchy” weather which has prevailed, we ha been able to Zet into that and cultivate it between showers oftener than the other two. Today, that better cultivated patch stands a foot higher than either of the others on an average: has a visi- | bly deeper green: has made a vastly better “stand”: is tasseling while the others are still without appearance even of stalk.: There is no sreat dif- terence in the soil of the three patches jwas no special difference in the ma- {nuring. "The only difference has been | in_the cultivation, i We have been able to keep the jweeds out of one and the dirt con- stantly stirred up and aerated. | Perhaps we have killed what would {have been a ton of weeds had they 1 been all ed their growth, Ve; 'well: then the three hundred tons of water they would have stolen has heen saved and put at the service of the corn plants. One of the other patches has had to go, thus far, with only a single hur- I ried “cultivation. Weather has pre- vented more. Yesterday I pulled from close up beside one corn hill in_ that field a big amaranth, (“red-root”, we call it locally). On the scales it weigh- Does the dread of the dental chair need have no fears. ETRICTLY SANITARY OFFICE If thess appeal to you, call for charge for consultation. DR. F. C. JACKSON (Buccessors to the 203 MAIN ST. Don’t You Want Good Teeth? 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Assuming one such weed to the hill, drawing an_equal quantity of water, each one of them, they would have taken 300 tons of water away from my corn. That particular hill wasn't anything like half as good as it should have been. The loss of half the value of a single cornhill may not be a very serious matter. But the loss of haif the corn and half the stover from an acre of corn is a very serious matter. It means the difference between a profit on the crop and a loss on it. For half a corn crop won't pay expenses now-a-days. “Behold how great a matter a small fire kindleth.” Behold how bigz a le: son one pesky weed can teach—if you'll only open your eves to see it and your minds to learn it. Remember what wise old Edison said about genius? t's two per cent. inspiration and ninety-eight per cent. perspiration.” Only close and persistent attention to the little details and hard work in making them fit into your larger plan will make the accomplishment of that larger plan certain. Even if you're a real genius, like Edison, you've got to sweat, and sweat buckets-full, to lu- ate the wheels of your genius. You've got to mzet down to details if you hope to emerge with arms full of results. —— “Why didn’t | pull that weed and other weeds out of my own patch be- preaching to others?” vou may fo; 3 And pertinently, too. Well, when the season opened I took sood big mouthful of work and set out to masticate it. I took just as much as I could possibly manage, if the season were an average and nor- mal one. It has, thus far, been nei- ther erage nor normal. It has been T wet 1 cold and unprecedentedly | backward. Instead of being able to | work some tour or five full days to | the week, we have not, vet, been able |to averaze two days a week when the il was in workable condition. As a find that I have “bitten off n chaw.” But that doesn’t |make any difference with the princi- ple_involved. The fact that I've been unlucky or unfortunate. this time, doesn’t alter or in the slightest degree modify my conviction that the way to raise a cod corn crop—or any other crop— a is to take care of it from the begin- ninz to the end, with constant and even pe: ckety attention to the smallest details. The one patch I have been able to care for properly proves this, if it needed proof. There isnt any occupation in the | world where this systematic attention to the smallest, seemingly most tri- fling details 1s more essential than in { farmine. ] Don’t take m; word for it: don't take anybody’'s word for it Work it out in your own minds sure for yourselves what small neglects or oversights have cost vou in the past. And then, when vou've come to ap- preciate the importance of details— then, for common sense’s sake, at- tend to them, to the last limit of your time, strength and capacity. THE FARMER. T MYsTIC Odd Fellows Held Successful Williams Place Sold. Dance— John W. Phillips has sold for Mrs. Mary Ella_ Gary the John E. Williams place on_Gravel street, to Samuel Ha- ley of New York. Mr Ialey is to make some improvements to the place and use it for a summer home. Mrs. John G. Wheeler has been call- ed to Boston by the critical illness of her father, who was injured in an au- tomobile accident. Mr. and_Mrs. William R. Lewis of Madison, N. J., are spending a few days in Mystic. Dr. and Mrs. August Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Williams of Brooklyn, N. Y., | are the zuests of Mrs. Harris' mother, Mrs. Arthur Perry at Willow Point. Miss Grace D. Wheeler is visiting in Norwich. Odd Fellows Held Dance. The dance in Odd Fellows' hall was well patronized on Thursday evening. Eckstein orchestra furnished the mu- sie. Sunday School Picnic. The Sunday School picnic for the Methodist church is to be held at At- lantic Beach on Tuesday. Mr. and -Mrs. Willard W. Kelgwin have returned from a visit in Danbury, and Mr. Keigwin is back on the Route 1—letter carrier, after a fifteen davs' vacation. His place was filled during absence by Sub-Carrier Bergen J. Greene. Mr. and Mrs. J. Alden Saunders and daughter, Louise, of Pontiac, Mich, are the guests of Mrs. Saunders’ par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Tingley. Miss Kaniska Gates is spending a few days in New York. Miss Ella Potter has returned Norwich after a visit with Mr. Mrs. George C. Lane. to and hons Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Fred Shortman Elected President at Annual Assembly— Home Guard Member Fined $10—Two More Auto Drivers Arrested. New York for passing a car on Main street and he was arraigned before Clerk Clarence E. Roche in the Third District court. Upon pleading guilty he was fined $5 and costs, amounting to $2.80. George Pitman, a’ Watch Hill chauffeur, was arrested by Officer Henry Chase on Bay street, Watch Hill. It was charged that Pitman passed a car on Main street while dis- At the annual meeting of the West- erly Veteran Firemen's association, held in the rooms in the Minchen building on Main street, the following officers were chosen: Fred Shortman, president; William Lord, first vice president; Everett Clarke, second vice president W. Himes, recording sec- retary; David Robertson, financial sec- retary. William Minchen, treasurer; Charles Knight, steward: John M. Himes, Bdgar Slpcum, Charles H. Holdredge, Joseph Church and John Briody, members of executive com- mittee! John Himes, member of Me- morial Sunday_committee for three years; David Robertson, delegate to number was taken by Officer Fergu- son. Orders came from police head- quarters for Officer Chase to arrest the man. He was also fined $2 and the costs amounted to $3.80. This is the fifth arrest in two days for a similar violation of the law. Rhode Island Firemen’s league for two % Venrs: William R, Wilcox. alternates |, At the PN oveating St Mons Nelson W. Himes, delegate to New [Souncil, No. & Junior Order Unite Entiand | 'State . Weteran - Firemens | American Mechanics, Wednesday, the League. Harry Kingsley, alternate; | following officers were installed:’ William Suviler, ‘capiain of engine; | Pasilel Husjuston. councilor; David : . Austin, vice tor: 3 Heny Kinssiey, first Heutenant: Geo. |2, Austin vice councilor; Howerd A. Healy, second lieutenant. liam Caldwell, assistant recording sec- ry: Wallace Strachan, warden; At the armory of Company B, Con- |IStar ') necticut Home Guard, in Stonington Howard Leonard, conductor; = Elmer Rittenhouse, inside sentinel Charles borough, a summary court was held Wednesday evening, Lieut. Col. Percy A. Morgan presiding. William E. Ry- on of Stonington was called to answer for non-attendance at drills of the company, and being found guilty was ordered to pay a fine of §10. He has 10 days in which to settle. W. Chappell, outside sentinel; Howard A. Greene, trustee for 18 -months. These officers were installed by State Deputy Henry A. David and suite from Commodore Perry couneil, No. 14, of Wakefield. The other officers of the local council are: Henry W. Sutcliffe, recording secretary; Irving E. Lewis, treasurer; John 1. Bentley, chaplain. About 20 members of Commodore Perry council were present as guests of Hope council. National Represen- tative Joseph Northup of the visiting council gave an interesting talk on his trip to the national council con- vention at Washington the first of July The retiring social committee fur- nished refreshments of ice cream, cake, lemonade and after the cigars had been passed around speechmaking and music occupied the remainder of the time. Two more arrests were made Wed- nesday of automobile drivers who dis~ obeyed the law regarding the passing of trolley cars while discharging and taking on passengers. Officer Donald Ferguson arrested George Farrah of Bulletin’s Pattern Service 1 George Frederick Staplin of Ston- ington, died Wednesday morning at a New Haven hospital. He entered the hospital Tuesday afternoon after suf- fering from meningitis. Mr, Staplin was born in Stonington, being the son of Lemuel P. and Rebecca Staplin. The members of the Fifth company, C. A, of Westerly, quartered at'the Dexter Training grounds in - Provi- dence, won the athletic meet at the Y. M. C. A, in Providence Wednesday and thereby captured the second sil- ver trophy. One more win will give the company the championship of the four companies stationed there. Forty new steel lockers have just been installed in the state armory on Union street, nine in_the room of the non-commissioned officers and 31 in the room on the second noor used by the private: JEWETT CITY Strawberry Bed Netted Good Sum— Reliance Lodge Installs Officers. Mrs. James Crary is still gathering the finest of strawberries. Last year she set out 500 plants and this year has cleared $4S on the five rows. They have been very large in size and ex- cellent in flavor. Attended Funeral in Hartford. Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Jennings will be in’ Hartford today to attend the fu- neral of Miss Grace Greenwood, who died Tuesday. Miss Greenwood, who was a teacher in Canada, has been a vearly summer visitor at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jennings. There remains of her family her aged mother and sis- ter, Cora Greenwood, of Hartford: two Dbrothers, Dr. Allan and Dr. Carl Green- wood, of Boston, and a sister, Mrs. G. H. Jennings, of this place. Mrs. M. E. Turner and sons, Max- well and Goodwin, of Warren, R. I, are guests at Mrs. Turner's daughter’s, Mrs. Perle Whitford's. Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. Adelard Dufresne to a party 2004 A R STYLE. Junior Dress, With Sleeve in Either of Two Lengths. Serge, gabardine, plaid suiting or shepherd check would be nice for this stvle, The sleeve may be in wrist or elbow length. Taffeta, corduro. velvet are also nice for this model. The pattern is cut in three sizes: 12, 14 and 16 vears. Tt requires 5 1-4 vards of 36-inch material for a 14-year size, A pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents in_silver or stamps. Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept., Norwich, Conn. or charging passengers and 'his license | BROCKTON goods, hence: this reduction. save money. 50 pairs of $3.00 and $4.00 —AT THE— SAMPLE SHOZ STORE 20 Per Cent. Off ALL— High Grade Men's and Women's Shoes July clearance to make room for our incoming winter Now is the time for vou to Men’s Oxford Shoes— SALE PRICE $1.49 Large stock of Men’s Oxfords in the well-known Berry, Crawford, Douglass makes, $4.00 and $5.00 grade—SALE PRICE............. .. .$2.74 Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity as you can buy two or three pairs of shoes at these sale prices The Brockton Samnle Shoe Stare 138 MAIN STREET e o o “————————————— e to celebrate the coming of age of their ton Emeliau. Installs Officers. The following officers have been in- stalled to serve Reliance lodge, No. 29, for the ensuing six months The cere- mony was performed by District Depu- ty Grand Master Fred Williams of Willimantic. He was assisted by the team from Willimantic lodge: D. D. G. W. Charles Thompson, D. G. G. S. Wal- ter Thompson, D. D. G. T. Charles Beebe, D. D. G. M. Loval Plaisted, D. two sub-divisions of vehicles 1—Jitneys —Other motor vehicles used licit and receive passengers upen public highway and carry them for individual fare. The department rules that a is any motor vehicle running a regular route and carrying passen gers between the terminal, or any termediate portion of that route regular stipulated individual or capita fare. motor, fo prven D. G. M. C. L. Clinton. The new offi- The test to be applied in the case Gers are: Noble grand, Hugh Davis; | 0f any other motor vehicle than a vice grand, Thomas Gray: recording |Jitney. in order to determine whe: secretary, P. G. E. M. Blake: financial | It does or does not come within tt secretary, P. G. H. G. Wilcox; treas- | definition, is to Whether the urer, G. W. Robinson; trustee, P. G. J. | hicle in question is used for sollci- W. Potts; janitor, P. G. Francis Camp- bell; warden, P. G. John Potts: con- ductor, P. G. David Bothwell; guardian, F. L. Whalley; inside guard- jan, P..G. Henry Davis; R. S. N. G, P. G. S. A. Thompson; L. S. N. G., P. G. Francis Campbell; R. S. S., W. C. Jeffers; L. 8. S., P. G. C. W. Jeffers; R. 8. V. G., Herbert Gray; L. S. V. G., E. E. Gilbert; chaplain, P. G. G. H. Thornton: S. P. G, P. G. G. A. Haskell; musical director, Adelbert Babcock marshal, P. G. John Potts: D. D. G. M. Fred Willlams of Willimantic: com- mittees—visiting the sick. G. A. Has- kell, Thomas Gray, H. G. Wilcox, Fran- cis Campbell, John N. Lewis; relief, David Bothwell, H. George Davis, C. W. Jeffers: finance, S. A. Thompson, G. A. Haskell, Francis Campbell; re- ception, H. G. Wilcox, C. W. Jeffers, . P. Gorman, S. A. Thompson, G. A. "4 Haskell; trustees. G. H. Thornton, John Potts and D. A. Bothwell JITNEY DEFINED BY OFFICIAL RULE Copins of Ruling to Be Furnished All Police Autho After a consultation with Attor- ney General .George E. Hinman, Robbins B. Stoeckel, the commissioner of motor vehicles, gave a ruling re- garding public_service motor vehicles in which jitneys and other motor ve- outside | tatton and reception of passengers up- on the public highway, and for car rying them to their destination for an_individual fare. The whole test must be applied and the vehicle must be used to conform to the whole definition in order to be included. TOO MUCH RAIN FOR GOOD CROPS Feared That Potatos Vines. Are Running te There has been considerably more rain during the last few weeks and amateur’ gardeners as well as the farmers, are worried. Potatoes, it is feared, are going too much to' vines, and the price -of potatoes will not be as low next fall as was anticipated by reason of the fact that everyons has a patch, unless it stops raining for a while. The peach crop gives every promise of being a bog one; but the peaches will not have the real, desir- able flavor unless it stops raining What they need now is a spell of sun- shine. The corn crop too needs more sunshine and less rain. Taken alto gether, however, it has been a remark- ably good season for the vegetabls garden. FORMER COMMANDER OF GERMAN SEA RAIDER hicles used to receive paying pas- sengers are defined. = The commis- |Stood Mute When Indicted on Twe sioner will furnish the state an 0- " cal police authorities with copies i i o g of his ruling for their guidance. The ruling is as follows: The term “Public Service 1917, includes any motor vehicle op- erated as a jitney and any motor ve- hicle used for the purpose of solic- iting and_receiving passengers upon any public highway such passengers upon of an individual running regularly stations _or boat are specifically excepted.) The scope of the definition covers Motor Vehicle,” as defined under the law of and carrving the payment fare. (Omnibuses between railway landings and hotels Philadelphia, July 10.—Captain Max V. Thierichens, former esmmarder of the seized German sea raider Prins Eitel Friedrich, stood mute in the fed- eral court here today when called up- on to plead to indictments charging him with smuggling and violating the Mann act. The court directed a plea of not guilty be entered. He will be tried in September. Thierichens re- fused to plead on advice of counsel who said he wanted to preserve certain rights for the prisoner under interna- tional law. Rochwell X Forester. Rockwell £ To. BRIDGEPORT. CONN, WOMEN'S WEAR. BARROWS BUILDING NEw LONDON, CoONN. FRIDAY, JULY 20th Skirt and Children’s Wear Day Fancy and plain DRESS SKIRTS of all materials and colors, that are attractive and different. Also some correct WASH SKIRTS, $1.25 to $25 .00—NOW 95c to $16.50. Children’s modish COATS and DRESSES of all materials, colors and sizes—SILK and SERGE COATS, $1.95 to $25.00 NOW $1.50 to $16.50 DRESSES $2.25 to $16.50, NOW $1.75 to $12.50. Forester & Un WATERBURYG cowm, We wish to state while there is the finest of goods sold every day during this sale, naturally the very cream of the stock will get very scarce as the sale goes on, so we would respectfully suggest your early inspection. Come to this sale whether you need anything or not and get acquainted with our It is too good to overlook. store. SATURDAY Will be cleaning up day of the week’ sale at sale prices. There are still many attractive gar- ments that invites your inspection, which upon seeing will appeal, both to your profit and satis- faction. Also a large shipment and variety of cotton and voile WAISTS at ................... 65¢ Do not overlook the many attractive HATS in our Millinery Department. No approvals. Open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Saturdays 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. No returns