Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 6, 1917, Page 4

> S e y 121 YEARS OLD Price 130 a week: 300 a mouth: $4.00 @ year. at the Postotfice at Norwich, sccand t -class matter. Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-3. Witlimanti Telephone 210-2. e w7 9,301 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED 1 PRESS The Associated Press is exclusive- 1y entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news credited to it or not therwise credited {n this paper and the local news published herein.. .. Al Mights of republication of ‘sjecial dispatclies herein are also ed. ENCOURAGING SHEEP RAISING. Gradually it ys being recognized throughout the wastern states that Ihere is an admirahle opportunity here Tor the revival of sheep raisirg and that these states should do their part towards contributing the additional wmount of wool and providing the in- crease in the mutton that is so much beeded by this country. ‘Wherever such a thing as the revi- val of the cheep raising industry is vrged, it is sure to be met with the elaim by those who would be expected to'engage therein that it is impossibie begause of the dogs which roam zbout the gountry worrying and killing the theép. That dogs are a -real handigap cannot be.denied especially when the many instances where flocks have -been seriously depieted by just such attacks. It is therefore eviden: that if sheep are going to be raised that the sheep-Rillinz” Aogs must be dis- Posed of. With such an end In view the New York siate lesislature has passed a law to the effect that the owper of a dog which chases, injures or 'kills domestic animals or fowls must reimburse the owner of such animals or fowls and that where such damage amounts to five dollars or more an additional liquidating charge of ten dollars shall be added. In ad- dition any person is given the right e kiki-a dog while it is attacking or chasing domestic animals, or fowls. This is a step in the right direc- tion, but there are some who think 1Hat much confusion is likely to be caused by the law inasmuch as play- ¥ul dozs are likely to be killed when dhey have no intention of killing the domestic animals or fowls. That, Showever, only calls for the owner the dog to assume his proper respon- sibility and keep it in proper con- trol. Sheep raisers cannot be ex- pected to suffer losses because dogs are allowed to roam at large ana chase animals even though they do not bite. The thing to do is to keep the dogs in their place. % AMERICAN ABILITY. Deep satisfaction cannot fail to re- £ult from the statement which has been given out in Washingion to the ®effect that the navy department is as- sured of a much quicker delivery of the fleet of destrovers than it was fig- ured at the time of the last estimatel From the arrangements which have been made and from the manner in which the work is being pushed along his® bOUAtry is destined to lead the world in destrcyers at the end of the next 18 months. In view of the lack of preparation in this respect and the great need which exists for these ve sels this is a most eratifying show- ing, This country has not only ree- ognized its task but it has settled down to it in a characteristic man- ner and when it is realized that this means the clipping off of ten months of the time estimated in the beginning #0 finish this werk it shows what the Xnited Stfates can do when pushed Ho its chpacity> ' But the loppinz off of nearly a year dn the time first set wili give us the &e:lmyem not ome bit- earlier than Wwe want them. It would be mych Better it they were available today ind the shipyards where they are be- dng constructed could be engaged in @ther operations. It is evident how- ver that there is a full realization of e necessity cf providing adequately r our defense and for our national fety:- This is one way-in which we »_demonstrating our ability to meet a“grave emergency, and it is to be expected that it will be shown in other ions as well and as effectively. e United States has been put to a as mever before-and it is meas- est g up to it in a most gratifying anner. MORE INTRIGUE UNCOVERED. The Uniied States was not the only #ountry where German gold was ex- ted to buy influence and action fa- orable to Germany. The revelations avhiéh have been made in connection ‘with Bolo Pasha show that there was 80 game too big for that country to unt ‘when this Teprespntative was iven $1,700,000 with which to pur- ase French newspapers and through em to secure the means of spread- a propaganda throughout France pportiis & separate peace. It was an ambitious programme in Fhich it was figured that all that was - Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Omce. 625 Main Street. necessaty to ' influence ‘the -French pecple wes to have o certéin number of the journals of .that country put forth ‘sich ideas and keep persistently at it. ‘The tmpression was apparent- ly carried that France would be sus- ceptible’ to such subjle methods. “It didn’t.place & very high standard up- on Fremch patriotism but that may have been ‘due to the conceit which inspired the plan. . It §s, however, only one more reve- lation in conmection with the intrigue that Germany bsen resarting to for the getling the ‘upper hand in some manner. And it shows how. pertectlty willing the schemers were: to_talte- advantege-ef neutral na- tions in out their schemes. “This country plenty long its determination to rid this mation of the guiding influence ip cennection with such corruption, but it has now through the service which it has ren- dered in comnection with the Bolo Pasha case turned it to good adven- tage in hélping out an ally. Germany can scheme, but that does not mean that it can do so indefinitely and car- ry such pians through te suecess with- cut being found out or without being checked. CLEAN. GOVERNMENT, AMERICANISM. Conditions have gotten to a point as the result of the recent primary in New . York eity whers it is realized by the republicans that the continua- tion of the good govermment and the upholding of patriotism in that city depends upon the support which is ®iven to the fusion candidate by the republicans. “This is reflected in the action which has been taken by ths republican county committee in en- dorsing Mavor Mitchel for the coming city election in spite of the fact that the republican candidate W. M. Ben- nett was successfuf in the primary. The situation in New Yark is such that fusion must be supported or else Tammany will win, The eity has had s experience with Tammany 1e knows what it has received froW it and it understands what it can ex- pect In case it is again, victorious. With a four-cormered fight the chances of Tammany are greatly increased and the republioans are as conscious ef this fact as anyone clse. The mis- ke was made of course in the fall- ure to get out the vote in the primary which would have endorsed Mitch but inasmuch as that cannot be ‘un- done the next heat thing is for the re- publicans as an organization 'to come out in supprt of the candidate who not only can but should win because of the administration which he has given to the city and because of the desire for the coptinuance of clean government and pure Amecrieanism. Tt will not be pessible to have Can- didate Bennett’s name taken off the ticket at this time, but with the party endorsement for Mitche! and the party working for his reelection in aecord- ance_with the demand of the voters the party strength is going to be thrown to ‘ths man who can win and away froim the one who canrot. It rests to a l'arge extent with the re- publicans what the character of the neéxt city administration is. THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE. With cnly a week elapsing since the last advance of Field Marshal Halg's forces in Flanders, this week's offen- sive has been carried out with the same determination and syccessful re. sults as have the previous opes. The British are pushing ahead. a mile or more at a time, #h & seotion of the battle front which seripusly menaces the German line in.fh® west. Just at present 'General Haig Is heading .for the. rafiraad line which supplies his submarine beses on the coast and_which unites his forces in the west. Once that can be secured an important advantage will be gain- ed and from all indications satiafac- tory progress is being made to that end. > It is not to be supposed, however, that this is being accomplished with- out stiff’ resistence upon the part of the Germans. They are bringing into play every agency which. is possible for them to employ to ‘prevent the accomplishment of this purpose. They are throwing many new dfvisions into the fight ang they are making coun- ter attacKs dnd sactificing a. great number of lives in am endeavor to stemethe tide. But regardliess of the desperate character of the defense it is not_sufficient to hold -back the Brit- ish. Not only are they going’ ahead but they are secuping heights of great value, guns in large numbers and tak- ing thousanda of prisomers to . say nothing of the casualties which are being inflicted upen the enemy. fFrom the way in which the German soldiets are surrendering some idea ean be gained of the morale of the kaiser's troops. The British are not making their gains without lesses but it is realimed that this is the time for taking ad- vantage of conditions and the !dex unquestionably is to #ain the desired bjectives this fall or before the wea- ther Interferes with opegations. 3 EDITORIAL NOTES. He who purchases a Liberty bond is taking out insuranee -upcon his own and his country's liberty. PURE The man on the corner says: The quickest way to get a new handknitted sweater these davs 1s to become a soldler. - The “Norwich For Progress” sian serves its purpose by day. but by night it is a sad waste of electrieity Ixn its present condition. ‘While® there 1s so muech talk. about and profises of cosl coming down a good many people weuld .be -satisfied if they could hear it dropping fito the cellar. 2 What.'{Ke peeple - of the eountry think of the war library plan is in- dicated by the statement of Chairman Vanderlip that it promises to be over- subscribed by half ‘a ‘million.- When Germany : clafmed that ex- President Reogevelt favored the set- Ung up of a Germen state in South America, it idn’t take the Colonel long to hammer back with that short and ugly word. e Sight must not he %est of the faet that contributing ta the bond issue is not a gift. It is an investment bearing interest, backed by the gov- ernment promiss and- backing those who are being sent to the front. ‘When it is declagred that “Liquor men see benefit in big tax” they. prob- ly view the situation_the same as the coal operators used te by claim- ing an extra profit every time am in- crease was granted to the miners. Who tell why some flowers do Dot pray themasives in beauty unth 0ld King Frost gives evidence if his approach in’ the o *inere are danitag which never ttain their best in a mild The ' growers who ¢ forget josa _were nevs er’ so puzzied over any ether flower for the glory of that plain terra cotta bloom was Mever shown till about the time when all dahlias were killed by frost, then it would appgar with snow- white tips upon every 1 as if beau- tifully arrayed to t its slayer. ‘When at its best no dahlia called forth more admiration, and when at its av- ge no flower in the garden seemed imbre unworthy of its mame, or called forth more ridicule. On cold nights the dahlias all seem to be Hastening to Maturity, and they take on more bril lancy and show streaks and blotcn es of color, manifesting a most intense ardor to look their best when death summons them. One of a hundred definitions of N: ture ds this: “Nature is man’s teach- er;” and there is no. doubt she s man's tormentor, t00; and in stiil an othor sense his provider. Nature in its vastness cannot be described with words any more than can God.. Thers is tais indisputable fact that fure is what God bas made it; snd it is a quickener of thought in man be- cause of its incomprehensible phenom- enon. Some ons has said every ma- terial fact in Nature has sheathcd within it a spiritual truth. As an example of frugality Nature allows nothing to be lost in the realm of matter or thought.. Nature is bounti: ful to man, and under some conditions, seems .to be merciless. If she men- aces him W) fear, she also inspires him with hope. _ Action| Nature rewards, and inaction she con- demns—inertia in mature is death. Pascal found in Nature's perfection evi- dence she is the Image of God and 1n her imperfections assurance that Na- ture is only His image. Have you noticed that a nerson of good qualities mever talks about them They ar> 8¢ natural and evident that other people do the talking. Nothing advertises itself more thoroughly with- out words than good quality. . This is Why seif-nraise is seidom effective —why for centuries it has been set down as “no recommendation.” In a World of problems such as this a per- fon must Indeed be empty Who can find nothing but self to study and to praise. It was Lavater who said: “He who gives himself airs of im- portance, exhibits the credentials of impotence.’ Tt is necessary we should think most of something else, unless we desire to be made fools of, for it has been truly shid: “No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself.” Conceit is a comfort and so far from ranity person appear to be insane. Coneceit is a puff of air, not & prop to rely upon. It is not such a terrible sacrifice for each American family to deny them- selves one loaf cf bread a week: In a family of five this would not amount to a half slice per day for each per- son; but it would mean tweaty mil- Jion' loaves saved in a week—ten hun- dred million loaves of bread In a year. This would be a great heip for the al- lies with very little self-denial on our part. For each person to go without one slice each day would give g str- plus to send abroad of two thdusand millfon loaves or bread a day! I think we could do half of this easily, and the twhole stunt without any great distress, don't you? If we should all reduce our rations a pound a day we should be in better health, and this would save - one hundred million pounds a day—reduce this to eizht ounces and we should save 350 mililon pounds of edibles a week. If we all enter heartlly into the government eonservation scheme we may greatly aid the cause of humanity. It is because man is a vandal and as’ destroyed the most precious rec- ords of the past that we do not know more about it, and are so ignorant of the past ages of man's existence. Per- haps what man thought 50,000 veads ago is of no consequence. for he had not awakened to the seientific laws by which many_ancient errors have been corrected. The Chinese had an en- cyclopedia of 22,577 chapters 500 years ago; and in the 17th cegtury there were 11,160 volumes of historic facts ir. possession of the Eniperor. The I brary was burned and only 200 vol- umes were savéed, and these have been distributed to old bogk collectors in all parts of the world. A London library has three volumes of this work which represent the world's greatest historic work. Few people care for old books it Is so much work to deeipher them: but thev contain many hidden tacts ‘of value to mankind. The schol- ars are deciphering the o!d ° parch- ments of Fgypt and the generations to come are likely to know much more of the anclent world tham has been known for ages. There is no skill in radiating mis- ery. A fool can make himself miser- able and evervone around him. Allow yourself to be habitually low-spirited #nd the corners of your mouth will turn down and you will have the ex- pression of unhappiness. You" cannot keep vour face frém exposing whether you are sad or glad. The might-have- beens are of the imagination: the progress of life the fruit of well dé- rected energy. It len't necessary to have half the disappéintments in life most people experience, and as to the blues they are examples of misery for which there is no defence. Some peo- ple think they have a right to be miserable if they have a-mind to. and they have if they can be so without annoying others. No one has any Tight to create cenditions which make others unhappy. Those who make the most of their pleasurable experiences do not have time to entertain misery. Learn the value of a smile and the frown will be banished. Do you know it makes no ference what “we would rather do in this world. -for about all we can do is the hest we are able to accomplish. If we iearn early to find joy in every credit- able aehjevement. ‘and to forget our failures as sveedily ‘as ‘possible, shall have learned to eonserve ou energies, which is wisdom. Too many real good folks worry over trifies and waete their energies in what they think to be righteous indignation. There are two good mental practices which are as important as any two physical exercises for a healthful ani peacefyl life.. Court silence and cul- tivate calmness. Too many people say too much, or sre easily upset. Pre- paredness against things which excite Worry or wrath is a real asset in life because nothirg tells more for effi- clency or sets a stronser tide against fault-finding. Don’t fidget because you Taven't all you want, for if you get what you need you are better off than Falt the world. ‘Know when to be sat- ofied. 2 I questian whether there were ever so many wonderful gardens as have been cultivated this year. Any garden is wonderful to a new beginner, and the wonders of the garden never. cease to thrill the mest experienced toller of the moil. Every garden is a problem whether it be four yards square or four acres. Man's krowledge of seeds at Dest is meagre, as well as his acquaint- ance with the best kind of plant food. e A (Writtep Specially for The Bulletin.) So many interesting sidelights are thrown upon Norwich history, both as to town and city what Mr. Gil- man bas told _reg: the quarter millennial celebration that there is a temptation to continue and briefly summarize what he has to say in his boak ding how and whep and by whom that famed celebration was planned. In Past Ul of that_so great was the success the Norwich Old Home Week celebra- tion in 1901 that a wide-s] d_ els- position to make it an annual festi- val might have prevailed, had not General William A. Aiken and other wise citizens suggested that, as the quarter millenniom o5f Norwich was epproaching, it might be prudent to keep the supply of powder dry for that coming event. The first official action looking to- ward the celebration of the dual an- niversaries of the city and fown was taken-by the Court of Common Coun- cil, June 12, 107’ when on the rec- ommendation of the late Mayor Charles F. Thayer, presiding, it' was voted that the matter of the one, hundredth and _twenty-fifth anniver- sary of the city be referred to the amusement committee. beok, he explains The next organization to take action on the subject was the Board of Trade. At a meeting of the executive committee, Feb. rd, 1908, President F. W. Cary in the chair, it was voted that the president appoint an anni- versary committee to confer with such committees as might be appointed by ‘other organizations. The anniversary committee 6o ap- pointed met March 14th, 1908, and voted to recommend to the executive committee a celebration in 1909 of the founding of the town of Norwich, and further, to arrange at once for such a celebration by calling a mass meeting e R T He cannot always keep plants from running to vine or to wood when he thinks he can. Whoever has really gardened knows that. it is a_ scientific Job, not a lout's work; and he also learns that he is working in the dark, however much light he may think he has. Perhaps what man thinks is dis- order in Naturs is the order of Divine wisdom. and he has no more to do with controlling the order of Nature than the ant or the angleworm. Man never knows the next move to make in the game with Nature. Sunday Moming Talk NEW DEPARTURES IN. LIFE. It is frequemtly remarked, especial- Iy by those weli along in this mortal journey, that life is “just one thing after another.” Even if the terse ad- Jective usually included- in the ob- zervation be omitted, no less of truth or force results. Life is, to be sure, a constant succession of changes whether pieasant or painful. Seme of the changes may be foreseen and in a measure. prepared for. or guarded against. Most of them, however, are wholly beyonds any prudent anticipa- tion of man. It is the unforeseen that happens. How often it seems aba#it the summit of human wisdom merely to expect the unexpected. Old Testament literature has fow ore tender and beautiful pictures than that of the eagle which pulls its rest to pieces that the fledglings in it may be forzed to learn to flv. Tie young birds have beem very comfort- oble in their Muffy home. lookirg wrt on the great world and taking _the food brought them from afar. Such a life could not continue, however, fa the eagiets had wings and must leary to use them. If not other method will aVail, the rest built by the mocther bird“with infinite pains must e da» stroyed, that her young may find their own powers in the air. Not_otherwi says the prophet, had God deait with Israel. One nest after another had Deen pulled to pieces, till the nation had learned to fiy. Therc was no resting place the Almignty had not provided and none He had not finally disturbed, when the nation’s life had become secure, and easy-going, and stagnant. In st hour, Ysrael had again been thrown on its own resources an dforced to use its own wings. History repeats itself. To apply the parable to modern life, one has only to reflect on the stress and turmoil which, in America, has now succeed- ed our unexampled prosperity. No such fool's paradise of gain and pleas- ure could permanently continue. Dr. Jonnson has pictured, in ‘“Rasselas;’ a happy valley in Abyssinia, where, for roval Inmates, life was one long summer afterngon. The rude shock of war. has-thrust our nation out of its happy valley. The storm and stress of these times are ridding every last one of us of complacency and efoth. Personal life declares even more impreésively the fact of change. To view a human career is to 100k through a kaleidoscope. One beholds a friend. established in some position, only to see him later tumbled out of it. In an hour when all seems secure, health fails, business fluctuates, deatii invades the inmost circle. and every plan must be revised. The traveler has hardly well started toward A goal before he must change direction and start over again. Trying. as change js, however, it :s far better tham changiossness, The mother dreads to lose her baby in the vouth, and the youth later in the man, but she would be inconsol- able if her. son never grew up. _He must not etay cradied in the nur- sery: he must %o to school; take up an_occupation; leave home some day, perhaps, for all the peril and uncer- tainty of some new abode. Home is lonely without him, but we could not wish him to remain. In no environ- ment can he remain long at ease, any more than his forbears have done. Ever will life summon him to larger ventures and a broader ofUook. History can be written for any peo- ple only when one day is different from its predecessor; when the roll- ing years bring each its own prob- lem. " The life of a nation is only an- other name for its experience and ex- perience, accordingly. is to be sought and_not evaded. ‘“Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.” It is the lack of experience that ha: less a nation thWan.an sylum for dwarfs. Perhaps the world urmoil will at last awaken the hoary- headed sleeper. 1t may be that the shiftings of earthly forGme are designed to pre- pare us for the ultimate and greatest change of all. Some changes may avoided, but not this one. Amidst all the uncertainties with which we are surrounded, this at least, is sure. The earthly house of this tabernacle will some day be shaken to its foun- dations and we must venture forth into s new country. Happy then is he who can know of himself, as the prophet declared of Israel that “The Lord alone did lead him and there was no strange God with him.” THE PARSON. of the citizens of Norwich for the ap- Pointment of a genezal committee, March 23, the mittee acoepted utive com- of the an- At a joint meeting of the anaiver- saty sammittes of tho Board of Trade and the amusement committee of the Common Counell, held April 6th, it was voted to call & mass meeting of citizens in accordance with a notice ot | as. follows: AIl' residents of Norwich and viein- Ity who are interested in commemor- ating the 230th anniversary of the sei- tlement of the town and the 125th an- niversary df the incorporation of the city are requ to meet in the Town Hall, We ;. April 8th, 1908, at 8 o'clock p. m., to make pre- liminary arrangements for the dual celebration of these events. (Signed.) Cherles B. Chandler, Winslow Tracy illiams, Charles Gale, John Ec- Fredepic W. Cary, Albert L. Potter, Henry Gebrath, Georgze M. Hyde, Charles D. Noyes, Howard L. Stanton, Arthur D. Lathrop, Charles | . Thayer, Commitiee of the Board of ‘Trade and Common Council. When the mess meeting was held at the time and place warned in th notice, Edwin A. Tracy was elected chairman and Gilbert S. Raym secretary. It was voted that the dual niversaries be properly commemor- ated during 1909 and that a perman- ent.committee of arrangements be ap- pointed, with power 10 add to their numbers, to appoint sub-committees and others for special purposes, and with full’ power to raise and expend money and make every arrangement for the celebration. . — . A norflinating committee appointed the chairman, reported the names of 250 members of a permanent com- mittee of arrangements, including leading citizens of the tewn and this committee was approved by the meet- ing. When this permanent committee held its first meeting, May 1st, 1908, officers and an executive committee wefe elected, Mayor Thayer being chosen president. Writes Mr. Gilman: In these and aul mt proceedings _the . co cidence of the anniversaries was not forgotten; but the relations between town and-city have always been 6o intimate, and their boundaries have been changed so many times—as shown by the interesting series of maps prepared by Dr. deric P. Gullive t no effort was made to separate thém in the celebration. No Temple Bar has ever obstructed the pré: of the Pirst Selectman in riding down from his farm to the t hall, nor has the Lord Mayor, mcting him at the gate, proffered his sword as token of allegiance. Town and city hawe lived harmon- iously like mother and daughter un- der ome roof. The old lady and her selectmen have managed her side of the house to her entire satisfaction, nd she is not dispossd‘as yet to give up the pleasures and responsibilities of nousekeeping to her strong-minded daughter, who feels quite competent to run the whole establishment in her own way. 3 It is noted that, June 4th, 1908, the executive commiftee accepted _with regret the resignation of Mayor Charles F. Thayer as president of the committee of arrangements, and as a member “of the executive committee, thus losing the benefit of his experi- ence as_the moving spirit in_the Old Home Week celebration. June 17, Gen. Edwerd Harland was elected president of the committee of ar- rangements, while Edwin A. Tracy wzs made chairman, and Gilbert S. Raymond, secretary of the executive committee. % It was voted that the chairman be a member ex officio’ of all_gub-commit- tees, and that William B. Young, Dr. P. H. Harriman, Henry A. Tirrell and Charles W. Gale, be a committee to! name members of the various sub- committees. October 26th, 1908, General Har- land resigned as president of the gen- eral committee and Winslow Tracy Williams was elected in his place. At later’ meetings, the nominaf committee reported 'the names of the various sub-committees, .which were | approved, and _included: A general committee of 250 members, Winslow Tracy Williams, president: ‘an execu- ilve committee, with Ediwin Avery Tracy, chairman; nominating commit- iee, Willlam B. Young, chairman: fin- ance committee, Charles R. Butts, chairman; _literary exercises’ and cpeakers, Charles E. Chandler, “chair- man: _printing and _publicity, Fred- eric W. Cary, chairman; wayvs and means, Costello Lippitt, chairman: invitatton committes, Willlam H. Shields, chairman: programme com- mittee. Winslow T. Willlams, chair- man; amusement committee, Nelson J. Avling, chairman; automobile parade commiitee, Horatio Bigelow, chair- | man; decorating committee, 'Zebulori R. Robbins, chairman: fireworks, Wal- ter F. Lester, chairman: headquarters committee, The Society of the Found- ers of Norwich; historical committee, | headed by Frederic P. GuliNer: loan cxhibition, Faith Trumbull chapter, D. A. R. of which Mrs. B. P. Bishop was | tilen regent: music committee, James | L. Case, chairman; reception and en- tertainment_of distinguished _guests, Winslow T. ° Williams, chairman; school committee, Henry ~A. Tirrell, | chairman; transportation committee, | Charles H. Preston, chairman; com mittee on public safety, Dr. P. H. Harriman, chairman: procession com mittee, Dr. P. H. Harriman, chairman: hospitality - ' committee, Lewis S. Church, chairma ex_officio, a committees. By a vote of the executive committee, all | moneys were pald over to Col. Charles W. Gale, treasurer of the general com- mittee. 'The records of arrangements, | tc, were kept by the secretary, Gil- bert S. Raymond. July 28th. on mo- tion of Col. Charles W. Gale it was voted to hold the celebration Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 7 and 8, 1909.! So much for the start on what proved a celebration worthy of the old town and its traditions and of the vounger city and its enterprise and prosperity. THE DICTAGRAPH. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Soldier's Wife and Children. Mr: Editor: The greatest responsi- Dbility of Norwich is to see that no se- lective draft soldier's wift is obliged to_go to the selectmen for help. This is a matter which calls direct to_the city and town officials. With money for the starving in France, money for books for the eol- diers,. money for camp entertainnien and money for a hundred othe pur- poses, what a black mark would be put upon Norwich if one of these women were to be forced to go to the town for help! . In our endeavor to shower patriots and the robbed in Framce with evi- A Great Selling. SATURDAY 75 Slightly Soiled Waists GEORGETTE AND CREPE-DE-CHINE $295 VALUES TO 3678 SIZES TO 44 WAUREGAN HOUSE BLOCK n, some republicans holding effice on the ocratic committee, frame up the t elections. If a moderator wishe declare himself elected, count t and count the other fellow o dear Mr. D, I will willingly pay s well if you will waste the tim £ a grand juror to prosecute the ca and in advance I will tell you can’t find him in Plainfleld villag C. B. MONTGOME! Oct.'5, 181 Farmer Boy's Potatoes. Mr. Bditor: Would_you be so kir @s to inquire of The Farmer Hoy, w told in Friday's Bullétin, about his hundred and fity bushels of he rafsed and is selling for per bushel, if he would sell five bust to a woman who did not have en ground to plant a Gablia on. 1 be very grateful If it is not too mu trouble for you. peace, grand jurors, constables, gentl men, workingme: other men ad. li You must understand that the count is held on the stage of the town hall, which is fitted up as a theatre, curtain and ail. We need only an orchestra and a master of ceremonies in a dress sult with a goatee and a magic wand to take rabbits out of a hat and do That Plainfied Count. other stunts of legerdemain, and then Mr. Editor: In regard to Mr. Des-{we would all be happy, and wish elec- rosier’s letter of the 3d on the count|tion day came every week. of the town election in Plainfield, 1| But, joking aside, T am sorry T men- rise to make & fow remarks. Mr. Des- | tioned it as a joke on the law sharp: rosier. (Whoever he may be) is evident- |and more than eorry that Mr. Des- Iy a stranger in our midst, or he would | roster should have given my joke any not (in scriptural language) strein at |publicity. And I am sorry from sel a gnat and swallow a camel. and would | fish motives, partly, because I don't not get “het up” over a trifie like that. |know any law, and may make some The rest of us in Plainfield have be- | break myeelf sometime, and bust one come acclimated and never notice such | or two “provfSions of this statute as little things except as a joke, though |made and provided,” in some manner; T was indisereet enough to mengion it!and I would not like someone to gO among the audience. (Such® jokes | “hollering” about it. and put all the should be kept for private consump- | people wise to how little a man has to tion.) But.it did seem a ric} one! know to be an honorable, if he can But as I had no part in the count. |only get elected. and the count was in_progress when i Voice ey, came into the hall, I did not object L S i officially and T think in justice 10 Y- | cdntrar Giliame: et 5, 191y OTHER VIEW POINTS dences of our generosity, do not neg: lect the women at our doors who ha: been rebbed of their husbands or the children who have been robbed of their fathers. = BILL. Norwish, Oet. 5, 1917. ‘Packer, po ANXIOU Norwich, October 5, 191 elf it should be eonsidered that I am not guflty of “conniving” by my snd failure to object. But Mr. Desrosier miased “tally” on his count of the per- forming lawmakers presemt. In addi- tion to the omes he mentions, there were also three ex-representatives at least. 1 differ from the count Mr. Desrosier made, but my figures on the cest of performers, If 1 remember right, are: On stage, one lawver, an ex-representative, as moderator: one senator, an ex-representative, as offi- cial spectator: ome county commis- sioner, an ex-represeniative, as count- er: one judge of probate, a remistrar of voters, as counter: one deputy sheriff, a tax collector, as official spec- tator; ome business man, a registrar An Old Story In Plainfisld. Mr. Editor: 1 do not know who Joseph Desrosiers refers to as a can- didate who also counted the votes, but I certainly am glad that somegne be- sides “Monty” is getting wise. Only five vears ago a candidate for justice of the peace acted as moderator, de- clared himself elected justice of the peace and sent a man to jail a few days after. Mr. Desrosiers, myself. or any other citizen of Plainfleld who would have the audacity to call a grand juror's attention to the violation of the law would get what T got when the mod- erator, declared himself elscted justice This 1s oyster stew time, an ol time joke about the oysterless o ter stew will be more in order winter than ever.—Middletown Press A New York broker who was draw in the draft claimed exemption on tr ground that although his wife had a independent _income of $7,500 & y she was largely dependent upon ! own earnings to support her “in he present social position.” His plea w rejected by the Board. which seems to of voters, as counter; two working|of the peace. ““What are you going to |hold the view that the conscription gentlemen, as counters: one plain gen- | do about it?* soclal positions may not be the worst tleman, an ex-represeniative, as count-| Mr. D.: It does not take working- |hardship imposed by the war.—Frovl men to know all about these things. |dence Bulletin. The other fellows know——they also know that nine out of tsn men in Plainfield who are employsd by cor- porations will do just as their bossés say, and year after year a ring of 1 eor; one plain gentleman, a present rep- Teentative, as countes: off stage, one very plain man, a presént representa- tive, as spectator; one justice of the peace, an ex-representative, as super- numerary; audience, justice of the NOTICE! | TONIGHT WE TERMINATE ALL BUSI- NESS IN OUR PRESENT QUARTERS. At the closing time tonight we commence moving to A Turkish report dated September says that on the Sfnai front an enem: aviator was forced by their artilier: fire to land behind his own lines » X our new quarters across from our present location. BEFORE WE MOVE . We offer exceptionally good values in PIANOS, PLAYER PIANOS, DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, CUT GLASS, MUSICAL MER- CHANDISE. Better Call Today o i‘he Plaut-Cadden Co. Established 1872 aria Plaut-Cadden Building, Norwich, Conn.