Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 16, 1918, Page 4

and Goufied 122 YEARS OLD mlfi--‘a‘h- x ¥ mouth; hhnl n-m ximmi 35-3. e itin o ion 36-2. WLl fl& ce, 625 "-‘ Street. Teliphane” gio-a m Norwich, Saturday, Feb. & 1918, ,Hllllil OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusives ly entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news despatches eredit- ed to it or.not otherwise credit- ed in this paper and also e local news published herein. All rights of republication lp«.'h! delvn.tchn hereip are reserved, | will be l avi ulme“r&y “too ] * A DISGRACEFUL ACT. It is a proper and timely warning which is gziven to striking ‘shipyard employes by Chairman Huriey of the _shipping board when he points out to them the manner in which they are ¢ the- emmy cof the . country by their ntuonn for there-can be no question with the demand for lhlps what it is that they are placing the greatest possible handicap.upon the nation’s war activities. It is certainly a mest disgraceful’ stand which has been taken by the striking shipyard workers in order to enforce their demands. Absolutely no consideration is given to the nation or to those who are making the great- est possible sacrifice by offering their lives for their country. There is ro thought of anything but’ self by thosé who have .lajd down their .tools and| -refuse to- work: until their . demands have~been~mét. What could - be that would'give more vomfort and joy to the enemy? It 'is of course o to the interpretation in Germasy we are not treating our workmen !ur- ly, when such is not the case. These . shipyard workers have en- deavored to get their .demands by force .regardless of the justness of their elaim. They have not been re- fused and they have not permitted sufficient time to bring about an ad- justment of the matter. 1t is a most unpatriotic disposition which has been shown-ipasmuch as they have -displayed their ' willingness tv tle up--the ship- vards without permitting tHe govern- ment a chdnce-to. investizate the con- ditions and in view the menace t> the mation the union -heads should hasten to send the men back to their jobs at, the earliest, possible moment and permit a settlement to be reached while they work. BOLO'S CONVICTION. By the convietion of Bolo Pasha by courtmartial and his sonténce to face the firing squad Jr: makes it plain to traitors that they can expect no quarter in that country. The effort to “underniing {h& war activities of Franee was,an ambitious one which extended far beyond the confines of the coun- try. It was through connivance which was in part earried on in this coun- try that he was able to do what he dig. It pvas another one of the Ger- man sehemes for French sentiment by ‘the spending of money acquiring or influencing . the press of the country. in behalf of peace and no small amount of the evidence was gathered <in the ' United States where Bolo was in touch with Count Bernstorff' while he “was’ ambassador here. German propaganda has done much to handicap other countries and to aid Germany but this was one of the in- stances where it cidn't succeed. Bolo was not tHe only'ome invelved there- in as has been evidenced by suicide and arrests. He is the first to be con- victed, however, and action can- “not fail ‘to ‘prove a “warning to all athers who may be inclined to engage in stmilar work. When Georges Cle- menceau took up the premiérship.this last time he made it plain that trai- tors would not be tolerated. He plunged immediately into ‘the task of dringing them to justice and he has succeeded. He has rendered a most t ‘service 16 'his country and it can be appreciated that he will not Iet up in this work of ridding France of those whe are willing to sell their birthright for a mess of pottage, NEW YORK STREET DANGERS. * In ealling upon the commissioner of icter enforcement of motor vehicle law, Mayor Hylap ew York realizes the. great dan- ger’ which exists in .that city from the ‘reckless manner in-'which auto drivers plunge thrcugh the streets and around corners., There are many ac- cidents and the wonder®is that there are not more and it certainly is time that a determined effort was made to place a’ proper restraint upon hat class of highway travel: In connection therewith, however,' it .is a fact worthy of frote that the may- or.calls attention to the way in which the mail wagons are operated through the ‘'streets and refers to it as ‘most dangerous. and. disgraceful. He . takes care to point out that these wagons are nmot operated “buit by lndemh vrlio mm;bly breaking down M by the government|ing him: tsay of our gardens, as ‘We shall all be glad when that bflm and day comes wfi, “We can Hearn of th in fair lenn. "&'ow in snouch of wtnter. and we are apt to dream of those coming days as better than these when they are only differ- ent. We grumble about the com and we grumble about the heat, and in | their '!uy both are necessary, If man directed the elements in accord with d.'h’b selfish desires as he worldly affairs, I can i Mnl worse on earth than you and I er endured or than has ever been But we like the comes. T- These ‘are days which Are. demon- pU‘HBs the wisdom mn‘w ““He moo many lfleM is t rather than to be directed ?{ One-half the people in thiscountry ity to get places for uu workers and their familiesto ‘live must of nece: gity be a serious mhrflzmml. 4 it is mfi et m therefore “that ‘ebgh gress shonld" 1t ‘kome development mw; R s n ‘vital to the shipbuilding programme as the advameement of funds for the building .of the. shing done in. copnection with a number of the new shipbuilding plants. -New em- stances into Dgttex: | relationships. ich has. beer | 5 who are pushing themselves- into the light to be seen.of men would serve T (Wrm.un Specially For The Bulletin.) Reference was made in this column last week to the fact that a Hartford man who is interested 'in 0ld silv and silversmiths had sent The Bul- letin -some interesting data which serve to throw xmm side-lights on ghe craft and the craftsmen early Norwich and her neighbors. N Nz TM. gentleman has copied, to in vn&, the inventory of John B'rnd of" Colchester, silversmith, taken' June 4, 1880, “which ameunted in #he ag- L gregate to $4,153.44. In it - -were 'l%dry silv ith's tools and case, $6.00; silversmith's tools und two._an: ¥ils, $10. He also dwned a ght in the Col- | chester Library, wh ch was valued at $4.00, 1,500 acres of Jand in.the ' of 'Hom.cwn Susquehanna, - was inventoried at $20.00. s barn and. other buildings. and -about 422 acres of land near the . mesting house in_Colchester First Society wem inventoried ot $3,333.34, and in, Jdistribution of = his estate, du.ed ,August. 30, 1817, there was set.to.the ‘widow, among other things, this Jand ‘abutted easterly on Town on land of Rew. Salmon. Cone, south- erly on land of Samuel Kellogg andi | ‘Pomroy lane’ (so called), westerly] oflon Jand of said Come, and northetly .oroken: down, .and - we are all likely te -be.forged by -eircum- and -more natural Inquiry was recently made-of- The Man Who Talks if-a-hawk which hed caught and was devouring a pigeon on a street well within the, city was a oshawk, and he_did not, know. How- ever, he has since.found that the goose-hawk, or gashawk. is rarely seen in Connecticut, that it i$ brown above phasis is given to this by the fact that!and its white breast is. barred with the govermment is now enlisting an army of 000 men subject” to call for various ‘prapchies of - l‘lfipwld- ing indu: Y. '.lun ided ! with degent npiru\: and, st way to gbtainthote iyifor the gowerns ment to baild te-meet ta¢-needsi: Con- | gress cannet v kb tis miegey, “Which he " ghipbing \sbard sonu . e e FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION. Appaliing is the loss of life which oceurred in the burning of a portion of the Grey mnfl} at Montreal and especially. 8o #he what the co»dalom were. which cur- mam firepwiilbe revealed by'an bt el iflm'&w;n That there are plenty of other in stances where the same peril exists is well known. - It is the custom rather than the exception that such imstitu- tions are comstrucied ‘of imflammable material Js_iiitle, tha; venting a 1oss.af-liferand.espe hen the inmates.are of all.ages.from a few -days.to .JQ8 years. bmwn with five brown bands decorat- ng the tail, and the hawk is two fest ong The bird | which - seized - the nd ate_it; within the city is E: v to_have, been a -pigeon- hawk. Smce North America has two! i sharp-skinned hawk tnL. gorporal,” so named becayse of its markings, it is not easy to dlvine which of these ate the Nor- ! h pigeon without a description; bu alnce the sharp-shinned .hawk is the most numerous and oftenest seen hereabouts, he was probably the bird, The “little corporal” is about the size hn}‘glseon and is described as our me hawk. It has been noted that he who makes the mest noise in,_an argumentat dispute usually knows the least. Tt always well to curh.the desire to join {xl: p;omiucuons glscmiou sirice ere is never anytl to. be gained by it. Contention ha':‘snever distrib- uted rewards, It is_symbolized by a fire which bu q‘ long as there: is any inexhau: ter to contenrd with: and ‘Fontaino ‘declared religious contention to be the devil's harvest. Those who have gone before us warn us not to argue with a foolish, proud, positive of a testy persom, or with 3 chosen or a superior officer or citizen. This warning is sufficient; if observed, to keep us in our place and prevent us from becoming butters-in or bores. Argument has been classified as “the worst sort of conversafion,” by Swirt, “and in books as the worst sort of reading.” - The blue jay ‘has: l'th‘n' repufation as a fighting bird and the English & sparrows are too much for him. In re- kind, in whick -our-state insane. pital at-AMiddlstown-mustibe inéiuded, émphasizes | it is Rfiflw hp;‘:rem that when new| buildings intended for similar_use are being ereeted that there should be no thought of building otherwise: That is the surest Wway ' 6f avolding’ just' such distregsing occurrences. EBITORIAL NOTES. For New Emsland Mondays are get- ting to Qe mlu well as ‘heat- Tess. v Gel i canine’ help in” dogs of war, pendy. Toapried to er to”increase its . ————— How peopls do .change. There was never atime when people m S0 little mumon %o slusk; > The man en the corper says: You don’t tdRe any chanéés- when you set out b, ligk thrift ‘stimps. L The' northern’ and 9f_ freland®is zo- ing to be pearer and dearer to many Ame!(tnn families. hencefimh T.hw are net.so slow: in-France. The insanity plea-is already - being put ror!.h in behdlf ‘of Bolo Pasha. We Nesitate’ to suggest it but Dos- sibly February is pnvlnx the way for a hot time“in the wvm ‘before pext winter,- o The: fact“’that- France is- mfing to prepare for more taniss has no refer- ence ‘of Course ‘to dny inefease in the anti pr'u!;tbiubn movement. fEMCSL A At Acéording to the many _Teports from different sections, of the country the ice is caumsing an unteid ameunt of trouble both coming and going. It is h c w to_salvage the | enim )nmu lf the minés but push- ing it ferwasd in place of.and at the price*of coal cannot be tolerated. Ar ‘might be® expeotgd the ' kaiser |-places ‘the responsibility-~ upon * the Lord“for the' mfi\ ‘which he following: “The curtailment oumwrmu ina emdenh!a sav- «of coal: And et it cannot-help Leing felt that there ‘are vthers which ted in mmm ‘!'vmnlc ‘fajrness and a.just lmt\ldo to the Polish m'ov!nco & > h&wu gard to non-combatants—the defense less and tho. innoeent” —he 1s’ very much a Hun. He recognizes the star- ling as an invader and strange to say as well-matched as they ought to be, 2 whole flock of starlings will dis- perse at the approach of a single jay. He seizes a large piece of food, but doesn't tarry. After a jay had sup- plied himself from the starling’s al- lowance one cold day last week, he sat upon the grape arbor and worricd, and at last -fiew to“a post which the starlings had surrounded and took from a knothole ‘2 hidden portion of food and flew tothe pear.tres and tried to hide it'in acrevice there: but failing he flew away ‘with" the food in his bil], Iopking‘ for a new hiding place. The Jay is wise enough to pro- vide against a‘day of need. We are constantly admonished to have faith in God, but it is a weak faith if we do riot have faith in our- welves and faith in our country. There is nothing inert about faith, for it is dynamic—it compels. “Faith without works,” we are taught, “is dead!™ No one can gaimsay the fact that “doubt cramps energy.” All the great war- riors have recognized that the genmera! who doubts is half beaten; that men agitated by lack of confidence cannot strike half a blow. There is no -an- chor to the soul where faith is al sent in human‘ ‘or spiritual "affairs. Faith represents mental and spiritusl firmness: and steadfastness is the pre- moter of purpose. Autocracy v to rule witheut faith, ~in ma republics cannot. ' Faith portant to the patfiot ‘as the cutfldgo belt—faith in” God, self and country. It is a wonder the fuel saving order had not re-established .the old “cor- poration moon” as.a.means -of saving coal, since 1:3? onee. -a-means of saving money.‘and’often left the whole populatien in, the dark, because the moonlight nights of th were observed whether the akv was_clear or cloudy, and so frequently was it pitch dark when the corporation moon was by the authorities booked and de- rended upon for duty. that it really me somethinz of a joke. _ Thirty Yyears ago Hghting streets when the moeon m.l:hl to'do it was rated as an extravagance in all parts of N Eng- land: and “the corporation moon™ was far from being popular. . Pittsfield, Mass., has idvoked the ai moon to help sava and it's supetiority oven seme of the other methods”deyised cannot~even be Questioned. “Thé corporation moon” In these tmies nught not to be ignored. the There was' never a truer saying than this: “In every rank. both great and small, it is ‘indystry that supports us all” A great many people of leisure seem to be totally unaware of this, and really ighorant of the fact that but for the workers they look down upon'life would not contain the com- fort it seems to for them. There are: too many idlérs in the world, and or- #anization “and ecivilization has tenjed to increase them. Money is dross When, as in Germany at present, it cannot_buy clothes or food. or as in New England it cannot buv fuel or the services 'of the industrious in sev- eral fields' of Jabor. “Plenty of peeple are so dense thev do mot know “it is work that keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole and the purse full” " They turn up their nose to_the workers to whom they are in- debted for’most fthat they enjoy. It is estimated that there are 577,77 horses on'the farms of Pvmn-ylvama, 28 compared with 600,987 horses a year ago. Thqa ‘are how 46,216 mules in use on the urma, as eompu'ed with #6,396 mules last. year. coal this wintem;,|and cheer. on land of said Cone and on land of TIchabod Brewster.” The. place which he owned is now occupied by . Fred- erick T. ‘Avery, and ‘Pomroy Lane” is now Kaown as “Love Lane.” Another interesting fact brought to. light by the Hart(ord man’s research- es is this: Arzong the debts of John Breed's estate was a note which he had given to. Asa Bigelow November 7, 1792, which had evidently been assumed b.V Wooster Todee, F. & ‘A. M, for &} pound, 5 shillings, sixpence, which is filed among the administrator's pa- pers and endorsed, “Lodze voted' not. to colleet interest on thie note, abated the same.” From this»it would appear that he was a member of the Masonic fratern- ity. The full payment of the note, ex- cluding interest. is ‘acknowledged lm— on the same Samuel A. Peters, Attor- ney to Wooster Lodge. The mvmtnrv of, Daniel . Burnan d Coventry, made November 1, - 1839, together with an additional one. later on, showed that he had acquired in his business quite a respectable prop- erty- for those davs, being over $26,- 00, of which $15,00) was in Hartford bank stec’.”. and his cash on _ hand was_over 51,000.00. In this inventory is: clock and case, $20: all :the goldsmith’s tools, $20. - These --400ls were ameng the articles distributed to his son, Daniel E. Burnap, and in 1844 they were valued m his- inven- tory at $10. in cuneluqu thees papers on eld silver it is well to recall that in Ja: vary, 1909, Norwich people had an op- portinity to inspeet “the “fine wollec- tion of antique silver, as well as elry. which was Dlacfd on exhibition at the Converse Art Gailery, Norwich Free Academy, by a Norwich man, Charles J. Dyer, who is now in Switzerland. As a matter of -course, this exhibit was-a small one compared with the {fman reads-of the '1,000-0or more men. PERSONAL CAMOUFLAGE. Charles Wagner, in “The Simple Life,” tells of the general who, with uniform carefully brushed. sword pol- ished, and a nosegay in his lapel, pre- sented himself one morning betore Napoleon. It was z time of rout and defeat, and the army was discouraged and demoralized. Napoleon surveved > | the officer who was arrayed as though on dress parade in :piping times bf peace and remarked: “My general, you are a brave man! This unknown hero had availed himself of one genuine: source of courage. He had resolutely put him- seif into a hopeful environment. e had resolved that noth! in: his per- sona 1 appearance or department should remind himself or others that all was not well. His careful dress and polished aceouterments should be a sign to everyome of better days to come, ‘Here s a serviceable hint for any of us, It is by no means alwa¥s ne- cessary to look and act as depressed as one may feel. Appearances - are properly subject to control.. Thae- cor-' ners of the mouth may deliberately be trained to turn up instead of -down. Smiles may be clltivated even when tears are pretty close to the surface. That is a wholesome sentiment of the old hymn that bids us “put a cheerful courage on.” Pretending becomes justifiable when it helps spread cheer rather than gloom. The Boston girls who organ- ized a “Facial Camouflage” club have the right idea. They are going to: eliminate. most of the “sob stuff” They -are going to look pleasant, even when it hurts. In that purpose there is no small degree of heroism. Is it not, indeed, a real duty that is here suggested? One eannot evade responsibility for the moral atmos- phere in his own vicinity. Even in his unconscious moments he is raising. or lowering the soecial Some people are like icebergs, the first approach of) which is apprehended. on shipboard by the falling mercury. fn the glass. Various human frigidities, likewise, move across the. sea of hu- man life.. We are chilled: at their ap- proach and saddened after fllelr de- parture. Consider, on the. other )\;.nd blessed influence of a life of th& ‘warmth A Boston newspaper .of some 30 years ago printed a para- graph. to this effect: s dark and lowering, = with dashes .of rain at intervals. During.the morning Phillips Broeks walked down Washing- ton street, nodding to his friends here.| and there, and instantly the whole place seemed flooded with sunshine’ A similar transformation Is effegfed by anyone of iike spirit, even thdugh he be himself generally ‘unconscious of the process. . If ever it is justifiable to “assume a virtue, if you have it not,” it is wheg Yyou may try to be more cheerful than circumstances may warrant. Doubtless we all owe as much deception as that to our associates. Let us be unwilling to add anything to the world’s burden. of sorrow and care.. Let us recruit the helpers rather than the hinderers... A substitution again which there. Is. no law is the seriptural one of “beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of preise for the spirit of heavine We cannot change cir- but we can often dhange vur attitude toward them—which may mean scarcely less of gain. How true it is that defeat lies mnot in what is without us, but in what is within us— and how often the “worst turns the best for the brave!” THE PARSON. Street..and, this and| ; temperature. | “Yesterday was mmnrm “in’ Boston freqmfly referred to at which the old church silver of New Englend was featured; but-thers wis much to interest thé fium:me m and the student. TNIAE Bis collction. wirich iy years king his collectiof, wl e cludes ’P’ pecimehs of the cra.tumenu rehxmy ‘of ‘the seventeenth, ;!lemh and nlnetunth centuries. 8, ar_interesting and . rare DIcts B e ot eed o Now Bag. h.nd -lthnush Colonial antiques were prominent in the display, ‘tion"was a ointing spoen, ing | eleventh century and used in the cor- | onation service of the kings | tand since the day of Alfred the Great. of Ens- Perhaps the finest article in the col- !cw:n‘v'v'hm.dwwn u!- was a s | silver bowl from Angsburg, about 1650, ‘made of hammered silver, perfectly plain, except for the exquisitely en~ gzaved coat _of arms on one side; is piece ‘was of such b: rounded shape thxt it could mot averturn- id.l A 3 handsome repousse m.mch adle of Quy made hmmfiuh showing a picture of the upon a shilling, while the top ined the milling of the five shilling piece used on the sides. * Forks snd spoons of all kinds were cohivienu in the collestion, from the severely plain designs to the most elaborate spécimens of the eraftsmen’s Runian, English, Swiss, icotch and Colonjal sizes. A lflver fork with green h’o!'y ‘handle admired in the display i rave example of the lost art ‘of olotifie. BREED 4—SHOWS TODAY—4 1,30, 3, 645, 830 HAROLD LOCKW00D, “THE AVENGING TRAIL” A Thrilling-Drama of the Lumber Camps in the North HEARST-PATHE NEWS CHRISTIE COMEDY ry “manufactiring; and i ter Colonial workers lhar. ‘was" parficuldr -attraction in an an. t watch fob of the time of Ed- “vard T, -of “Fngland, made of a sil- ver groat—ote 'of the first coins ever used in Ergland date of 1360, the sfl ned with a pendant - pie of English and Italian Gofl:it work, 6f the same era, There was so much of historical value to this Dyer collection that it requires me space of a later pa.per. THE DICTOGRAPH. e mnus’romwmn, hi n and let him have his way. was to get the rest. Did he? per ysual. curb and his prices were as high or ket prices afterward and quit farmer, and the curb market died be- cause of the hoggishness of the farm- er. Yes, as He found the farmer at the igher than they were at the regular markets: Women paid the prices ask- ed under the impression they were making money.. They read the mar- the The farmer has his troubles, but s everybody else has his, his wails -{deserve no mére attention than the - troubles of the rest of us, but he will Teceive more coddling and be given greater advantages; because there is othing to be dene but humor him He is the one individual that needs no organiza- | tion and the government cannot spank 7 b -Give the Farmer a Square Deal. ‘Mr. Editor: 'Thank God that one gov- ernment spelibinder, W. E, Keach, has awoké “from his pipe dream and in yesterday’s Bulletin ‘under ‘the ion The Farmer Needs Help stated facts that'hve Beén known for a long,time! to ‘every American farmew If the government will do by the farmer as it is doing with other industries, give them' the cost plus a reasonabie profit, and not do as it has in the mifk ques- tion, make no limit to the price of raw material, the farmer will have an¢in- centive to speed up and try for larger crops. Mr. Keach has praised the farmer and doubtless hag told him how inuch the government depends upon him, but ‘when .the farmer's sons or his hired ki P! a b4 that were-employed in- the:five:ship- vards of Staten Isiand, employed upon government work, that were employed eight hours per-day, and getting $4.88, with extra pay:for overtime, going out on-a strike for $6.60, he loses his pa- ‘triotism and desire to stay on the farm to raise crops to sell to city people at less than cost-of production. Are they less patriotic than the men working in the shipyard? The city man must make up -his mind to one of three things: First, to pay-the farmer a living- price for his geeds, thus-enabling him to enter the labor. market and pay laber its price;. second, to go .out and raise what he wants to eat of farm products, and thus see that farming is one of the higgest zambling propositions on earth, or, third, go hungry. for while the farmer has been. and is, one of the most patriotic divisions of the laboring class of this great country, he feels, and I'think that he is justified in feel- ing so. that-he did his part, and while he will continue to do sp, wants the other fellow to do some of it, too. JOHN E. TANNER. “Ekonk, Conn,, Feb. 14, 1318, w el Exemption for the Farmer. Mr: Editer: Why not? They have been petted and made receiver of about. every advantage that could be sug- gested, and it is therefore not to be wondered that the farmer is spoiled in many ways. “Stripped of all pretenses, ‘his idea is that everybody else should ‘bear the burdens of the war, every- thing " he “bought should be regulated in price to a figure he deems reason- abie, while everything he has to sell must go-on the market at war prices, As:far-as-ean be seen, he has about accomplished his purpose. He was guaranteed a price for His wheat for| 1918, regardless of outside competition. He has-had his crop for this year a vanced:100 per cent., and he holds out for more.. He will get it. Four dollare was_suggested as as fair price, which «would. have meant an inerease of 300 per cent. for.the farmer, who was able in 1917. 4o huy 40 per cent. of the auto- mobjles manufactured in this coun- try, not.to. mention the second-hand ones, which looks like hosging the nation: Everywhere the farmers. are ‘holding -out everything they have for market, and there is no word of regu- lation, “The . unfortunate - consumer finds no sympathy from the farmer. | He is accepted as ready money, and plenty of it. Some of our farmers, however, are beginning to learn that there is a limit beyond which they cannot 0. In some parts of the coun- try they are asking for co-operation with labor organizationy so that the middleman may be cut out and his profits saved—fdr the farmer, That is all there is to it, for every effort made to ‘bring" the country and town closed together* has added to the govern- ment's eost of operatien, has assisted the “farmier and not helped the city consumer one cent. The parcel Post ‘was inaugurated as the great idea that would bring country produce to the city and save - the middleman's profits. 1f it did anything, it cest the governiient to handle the business, while the farmer never cut prices a cent on the doliar. Personal observa- tion was altogether to the fact that he ‘Taised his prices on the ground that “what he sent in was fresh and worth more.” City markets usually-charge for space “and restrict the dealers to those who -pay for A. When war prices: became the .rule, many cities arranged for “curb” markets and in- vited: the farmers to come to them, saye market-house fees; and let the farmer. and_consumer join in the ‘ad- vantages..6f no fees, no middlemen, and ne overhead costs. It . sounded well: everybedy was énthusiastic over the prospect of lowering living costs. The farmer was to get a little, more than he had through the com: houn_:)m Mr. 'mttmue Comumer. feels like it. have marched off to war to protect the farmer along with the rest of us, but because he believés the war is so far a sonally, Thue only. keen for for im and: make "him work unless he The mén in the cities iway that it cannot fouch him per- he has become the meanest ind of & patriot, that is, one for reve- The farmers, always so regulating ~other people’s, roperty to the point ‘of confiscation, re discovering that “curses are like oung chickens, and still come home.to J. H. CUMMINGS. Norwich, Feb. 13, 1918. roost.” Prohibition. Mr. Editor: I saw in oné of the New Yofk papers recently a letter headed Intemperance of Prohibition. How ny sane man or woman can have everything to' say against it ‘and noth- ing” in~Hs faver is fore: than I can nderstand. Like everything that is e good of the people, it has its memies. If prohibition is gojng to be an excuse for men bréaking laws, es- pecially the moonshiners, Sovernment will have to employ more officérs to run them down and punish them, as it does its other lawbreakers. Those who have never had their homes destroyed through .the rum business nor seen their Joved ones come reeling home should have little to say upom the subject. then The saloons hiave had Black and Whlte Musical Revue. All Star Cut and Supporting Company of35 Today’s Bill——GOOD SHlP Wm Monday—JUNE CAPRICE in UNKNOWN 274 MARY MILES MINTER in CHARITY CASTLE and THE FIGHTING TRAIL—A Big Special Bill - DAVIST™ 4—SHOWS TODAY—4 At 130, 3, 6 and 8 P. M. KEITH VAUDEVILLE ANDY LEWIS AND COMPANY Comedy Singing and Dancing 8kit “LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH You” CARLITA & HOWLAND Comedy Offering “LUZON LOVE" FRANK SHIELDS “An American Novelty” B e —— . CHARLES RAY in ths 5 Part Paramount’ Féature “THE HIRED MAN” A Comedy Drama of the Farm o S CURRENT EVENTS ey their day, Now it is time for them to look for jobs that will not take away the rights of men and deprive them of all that is good within them. Who has ever heard of men becoming bet- ter through their visits to the saloon, even if he does take but one drin Who ever heard of saloons bringing joy into a bome of any man or wo- man? How many little feet have they covered or mouths have they filled or rents have they paid? Can anyone tell me? As long as-the men enfer their places with a full purse they are made to feel welcome, and cordially invited to call again; but let him do so with only enough money for one drink and make himself a little too jolly, after all is spent, and does not get out when he is ordered, and he is ofttimes kicked out or put out. If we do not have prohibition it will not .be be- cause good and loyal men have not bored hard for jt. If men such as ashington, Lincoin and our honored and beloved confederate leader, Jeffer- son Davis, did not sanction it, is this any good reason why we should not have prohibition now? These great men lived in a time when there was not such poisonous stuff used as is to- day. These men had their faults and they made their mistakes, but never to my knowledge did they have their homes destroyed nor their hearts sad- dened by this curse. We are going to have prohibition, and, what is more, it is coming to stdy. Respectfully, 'THERNER. Norwich, Feb. 14, 1913. 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