Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 19, 1919, Page 13

Written Specially for The Bulletin. Perhaps youw've seen the story which | has been going the.rounds of the| ! that about the five | Zot dinner at a Washing- and paid $11 for it? If |V and tisfaction. end the hinterland of Trieste to his Of .course, he must at- to those mattéers which he re- s as of highest impertance first. Before one of the dezen or more in- ating committees at the capitol appeared various Washington o ek retorted. “I drew hundred dol from the bank to cnerer, up the defici 1 have another peighbor. @ “small’ farmer,” with perhaps $5,000 invested in farm, buildings, tools, teams, stock, “machinery. ctc, - He employs one~mamn from April 1st to Jan. 1st at $2 a day. Also a little extra help in the hurry of haying and harvesting. He has to buy a hundred dollars’ worth or so of ma- nure or.fertilizer every vear. Beyond that, his farm is practically self-sus- taining. iast year, though he worked steadily himseif, often as much as fourteen, ever less than eight hours a day, after paying wages and buying manure and seeds, he has left less than six hundred dollars to pay taxes, and insurance, and repairs, and depre- ciation, and intevest, and his own wages, and take care of “overhead’— and make a profit! But for the fact that he raised alt his own horse and cattle and hog and hen feed, his own wheat to make~his own flonr. his own vegetables, his own eggs and milk and butter. etc., so that he had to buy al- most nothing for domestic needs, he wouldn’t have made enough to pay taxes and insurance. < Now here are three farmers, two of whom 1 know personally and one who is testifying under oath. representing g farms and little farms, ip velely separate parts of the country, .each Lwith: ! prosy et a primary legal “Pass on i your “broke “in setting forth of gertain principles, _argument, Brother Simpkins.- or zranted that the court knows a little something of law.’ The whole country knows by this time that the reason for the high cost “of lving is largely in the tolls taken by the in-between handiers— hooks into it. That's where most of the difference hetweéen the farmers’ $2 cents and tlfe ‘Testaurant keeper's 311 went. The farmer s0ld_to a traveling busver who sold 1o a uommfaflon man-and made a profif. The jobber sald to the retailer—and made a profit. The re- tailer sold t6 ‘the restaurant keeper— and made a profit. The restaurant | keeper cooked it and’ 'served it in a decorated and be-mirrored dining room, with spotless napery and glis- tening tabléware—and made a profit; @ profit on the food, and a prefit on the cook's and waiter's wages, and a profit on: the rent, and a profit on the laundry Lill. amd a profit. on’his ‘dec- orater's charges. _That (liere was more than homors e profi there was_ ra-’ pacions someyw here alonz ‘that. fortuous and devious mazé i fa ! 1 You may take it | | those who stand along the ‘raad lead- ing from consumer to r and ! snatch off something from load every time they can get tl rab- i Lift off Corns! Doesn’t hurt a bit and Freezone costs only a fow cents. ‘With vour fingers! any hard corn, seft corn, or corn be- tween the toes, and the hard skin cal- fuses from bottom of feet. A tiny bottle of “Freezone” costs lit- tle at any drug store; apply a few You can lift off | expla Gray To y uneq | i FEYHE dealer v eye to the futur building on solid rock. F hat who 1*”5 2n ize ins why so many good dealers handle Firestone Sidewall Tires. ou it means reliable dealer service in addition to ualed tire mileage, which takes much of the worry and expense out of ‘car upkeep. The best tire dealer in your Iocality is a Firestone dealer. Get acquainted with him. you haven't happencd to notice it, here | recenty b one of whom works as hard and longer & : ailers, sey t . In- is the gist of it: avmers | oviilers. scyeral of whom testified (0 | ours than any trolleyman or railroad | of handling is undemiable. That nere] e o e . e QEpes prospemus as farmery | MALING PEMTUBE Batn Se ital in- | Men or factory employe or miner. not | was “profiteering” on the part of the | sou' Tt thon Bothorsomn: com oy | go. all from the middle wesi, and all {a vear with practically no capital in-| g,. of whom earned a penny of wages | farmers who zof 82 cents for the real | Y. ight off, & 21 wit ! representing farm organization. were ol evond that necessary for thelfor his work, afteér taking care of pri- | food contained in flve husky men's | C2IIUS right off, root and all without . in Washingtor: on efficial bu: furnover. ~Next dk}, L. D. Ca8-t 1505y and first essential charg They ' dinners is incredible on the face of £ / They went to a po restaura sard. a Muirkirk, Md. farmer, testi- | nj| tyyo for nothing and boarded | things. p had a_dinner consistins of heef, pota- | fied that last vear from a farm in | fhomselves e N R s toes, © wnd butter, a whic! 3 s in- . ot a - | o e R o e N e same m e e e L < rd T Never heard of before. | und moners e investigations” | etc. etc, why, then they've got to pay | ~ s R R L T S AL R oe omher two I know to bhe hard-|ing more common sense on the part|somebody else for waiting on them. | aise potatoes and sweet | his own W for “overhead.” or for | ponqcqr, ML WOrking. thrifty. fore- | 5¢ jix government. It, doesn’t cost a) It used to be only babies who held | < nt LRIt 6 ke | the depreciation of buildings and ma-.| i ! second’s time nor a cent of money to {their own fingers in the fire and then h market values. | chjneéry. 44 grdinaily shrewd in selling: tarly | 3°€ @ thunderstorm when it gets into|boo-hooed because it burned = = k et last vea s~ populariy | oo it ix perfectly palpable to th THE FARMER an i Without knowledge of how - much | credited with bein, d ¥ 3 tion, v v palpable to the A knowledze © proposi- | work he did himself and how much he | farmere! ® 2 "good year” for | wayfaring man, even though he be _— b4 properly ‘earned. nor of any facts on| And thousands of city people today NELIN ¥ ng eate d eir 3 of h . 9 ¢ B Ti A N g Mo there = grasping. «\'.mtmnaio notato and cab- 5 Mrs. L. A. ins. as T ed, ho Tarmers | naetal - SarSi TRt o | Srasping. extortior tatg,and, cab itals don't seem able-to recognize a | i, Lo A Robinsoh has returned. Most Miles per Dollar A } ¥ a1 3 z z tting “rich {hukBerhead when they see it or to i p toes, | deopretia s i iaols, taam, | their “eiix meomie tros: PSRtk e fei® | with Mre. Lucy Manning. milk. cream heet | machinery, fenc d so forth. That - when I hear of a_ mob of hhe'eny WAl ',.;“'. }EE;":,?. fli‘rlns‘p cu- Clifford Huntington Robinson spent eaves M Cas: with an even striking for a red n of e s sy .n. ooms | , few days in Pawtucket, R. L, recent: your guess, reade “Oh, { thov 1 dollars to pay his own ready les than we favmer B thelr vers pathway. as big_as the | ' - wages. take care of the “overhead.”'| work and for an Increase of wages al- ' ';."r"““”‘"" and as moisy “as a Caproni| "o fouise Brown of Eastern Point S Wy 2z Well. a|pal” nterest on - $25000-—and fisure |ready higher than we farmers set— | /PARe has heen spending several days with out a profit! | when T hear of them howling against Oh, for an hour af “Teddy” Roose- C: W nt. e T1sive sou | If amy expert figure. jusgler in east. | fEmers A% “pronterts FOT wani {0 £o | VeRor xame. other man. i bower | - Mre. Mul Ross was a recent Nor:|Miss Lighton: Meeting House Hil SALEM “eaCions” Y0u | ern Connecticut. can do It. I suspect | Ot back of ‘the barn, kill a, notato Who can see a sixty-penny spike, and | wich visitor. WG sently | Miss Mabel Durr: Pautipaug, Miss| Mr. and Mre. Carl Rogers and fam z6t 4 tenth, at fthat Mr. Cassard would be willing to | PUz and send them some of its brains hit the nail on the head with a sledge Mr and Mrs. C. . Grant recently | Mixs Mal Had - olton: | ily were callers in Norwich Town o Py Bity. Semcthine i the Toh to eke out their toc scanbs ' or a_“'hig stick” or anything which will r, and Mrs. Sanford| Cuthe e JHclion, Wiss: Antia FHelton: [ Y 0 Iv helos he et case of Mr Cassard’s |, They “don’t understand.” we are do the business! 5 Meech $ud_onana | Mr Touise | Distri ‘Tote preached an excelient| The electmen inspected the road n or even uncommon. In truth. Perhaps not, but what did God In the meantime. the much grum- | Brown..of B S Ronicreils morning at the Frank- out town AMonday R Mt them any Drains at all for. un- bling and ever-denunciatory consumer | Miss:Florence "Brown <l Floternce Grdw. of|. The P. S. ( meeting Sunda wh many otier TR LR . T have to enahle them to understand that conid help himself a let if he wasn't SPEDEIREER: Tony - wEeks With' - Mre A solo which | was|evening was led by Mrs. Dwight Mar \s Just 8% ¢ 3 h twice $25.000 in- | Which is plain as a bikestaff and in- ' quite so seif-indulgent and helpless b e feoon o et D A 3 e vin these five had occa- | farm. who tells me that "?;‘,"‘3"“‘"”"" s the multiplication and—shah I say it>—lazy. The farm- | “,,Il',, H;fi“fia:fq.‘:,‘,\e“d" fter spend- . 'C. W. Grant, Miss ¥ Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Murray and so &1 S o King oui wages paid | 1T ; 5 o fToAs aorule is ready to meet him | 4beth ARG BaNS Ce e e b, | fion Beckwith and Mr. and Mrs, By | Ronald, Mr. and Mix. N. Le Clark an d showed | S = 1 nioney Washington is full of “investigating = half v e om S0 tbat half way | Sir. ‘and Mrs, Fred Grow of Somer-|erctt Chappell, were’rebont visitors at|J Milton Claxk weve callers in Sout sted. 1 ipplies. repairs, renewals [ commi who. are - actuallv tum- —if it's too much trouble or if he'd ATy 2 : s Mohega =5 stonbury Sunday. ied =, s, renewals | cor . ally . Alle “Have Fetitrned to . their horheé| Mohegan park, D prbyly. Sy to see < and insurgnce, he has | hling 6ver’ each other in their search rather play billiards or go to the bal | Vi 2 % 5 3 7% | . J. D. Fraser aitended the dair £2,800 with which to|for “data.” So are many of the state game: or if his wife had rather sit up- | after spending a few weeks with Mr. ! show at Springfield the first of th ilv, pay his own wages itals. Scores of unofficir] organ- stairs and read novels than de her | 20d Mrs:. Louis Smith. | New Haven—Prof. William Lyon | \weck “overhea and de- s are takine hand in similar own marketing; or if thev're hoth too | Schools in mgn opened September 8, | Pheips is in San Antonio where | 5 - g low much clean nrofit |slenthing. It makes a plain mangired hizh-toned to carry a hunk of beef or | with the following teachers: Lebanon|he will address a convention of public Never ju man by the opinia make?’ ) .agked b ]V Once:sindees: Retomitiithis to a 'a baz Of sugar home from the store, | Road, Miss: Blanehe Smith: Sodom, |school tew his wife has of him. the shanty wi boys. who were force of honorabte ement, and he 't Test By L fine t Low run he - was agged abor 1 fow 1 ihe igious for it un- on ac was to make e a railroad 156 Vales, on was the the Clover dickens of or anything ed down agent ned Biil awboned c he said nobcdy zot a r out of him out they took a ! and bored. For a farmer io sue tor a cow killed by ihe steam cars Stivers though! was = greater indis- nity than to walk ou the flag. He ook ali the IMtigation against the road as e personal insult. Funmy way of look- ipg at it, according o our notions eut Bere: but the biz guns of the road think Stivers, was abeut cers divided all humanity into classes—feilows who were of honest reputatiop because they hadn’t been fournd oui, and known swindlers. turally, when Colonel Barmbart, who had come from a Southern siate up into this couniry, put in a bill for ilars for two hogs kiled on the 1. Stivers t on the zd proceeded rding ade a Trip over to place of the disaster to iha hogs. met a fall, soldicrly-looking man ng a broad felt hat and giayish tache. Stivers hated that kind of 2 man, because, as a loyal suppofier of the gaverument by prexy. he just 't abide one o' them darned rcbels who _sought 10 tear down the principles of our nation, is the way he put it. “But Stivers was wise to his job. He ~d 2t his enemy, rubbed his hands sorrowfuliy for the pigs, and said the matter ghould receive his very earliest and nost considerate attention, et cetera. He couid use flowery language when he had to, that man Stivers, and the Colonel believed every word he was_telling him “The claim drified along six mouths or so. when the Colonel writted a “ery nice litile note, apologizing in humbie 1erms for the ‘presumption,’ but doubt- less the matter of the sudden demise of those porkers had heen overiooked, Mr. Stivers being a very busy 1san; bt would he, at his leisure—when all weightier things were out of the way— twe please give such attention as the ocea- sion warranted to the claim of Yours very cordially and sincerely, Coionel Barnhart. “Stivers grinned in that death’s- head way he had when he was satis- fled with himself, seized his qui!l and s shee( of paper, and ‘regretted very much tb inform your honor that your claim for two hogs killed on New Wales hill, in the vear of grace 1875 or thereabouts -in figures and speiled out—bas been annulled by the statutes kerein made and provided 1o the efiect that such claims must bé filed and prosecuted within six months! “The next news was from the con- stable serving notice of suit in Squire Tumuliy’s court. Let ’em sue says Mr. Stivers. ‘He won’t bluff me. The old noddle of a squire will find for him because they drink eut of ihe same bottle, and then I'll appeal to the Circuit Court, where a persecuted railroad stands a show for jusi If they want law they can have i “In due course the case came or. for trial, and Stivers was notified, that judgment by defaul had gome against the railroad; he would be allowed ten days to appeal by putting up a bond for two hundred dollars. “It was getting close to the ten aays when the Colonel satrolled quietly ‘round to Squire Tumuity’s Jjustice shop, squated down on a chair, and tilted himself comfortably against the wall. Any news, squire? “‘Nope—none, for sure.. They filed ‘that bond.’ “‘Lemme see it,’ says the Colopel.~ “The Squire fished it out of a pigeon- hole and handed it over. Then the olonel asked. kinder careless: ‘Know the men on this bcnd Squire?’ 3 - Nope.' “‘Know whether they be worth two hundred dollars? “‘By gum, I dom't know that? “*Turn 1o your statutes. “The Squire fumbled through’ the pages until he found Bonds and Ap-' peals, and saw .where it sgid he must be satisfied of the solvency of the fel- lows that signed bonds. “‘Geet” cned' the old man. Do I have te “What’ll I do? ‘You might send it back ard lll them to guarantee the bond.’ replied the Colonel, mildly; ‘that's ome way.” “Apd that’s the way the Squire did the next day. The day following he got a certified check for two hundred del- lars ahd the endorsement of the home baplker that he would cash it, or any amount that might be needed to make good the appeal. “Squire Tumulty communicated with Colenel Barnhart, who huntee up an almanac. ‘‘Case tried and judgment went against defendant on the 3d of April?” he asked. “‘That's right, Colonel; right down here on my book.’ “‘Approved bond got here 15th? “‘Yesterday. Yes, that was the 15th. I sot it Jealousy’s Reward HEN Emlly and Dick Stanley started housekeeping i . wkat Dick called Ky voumg ther felt that in all the world there was no bap- pier couple than themselves. . - Dick made a com- foriable Wring from ths automnobile business, but ke knew that if they some day hoped to be independe: they must eeonomize cnd lurs inio the busines:s a gocdiy percemi of his earninga ©mi'y entered ioy: 1y Into the spicit of things apd gladly heiped Ther her desrest friend mar- ried. and simultanecusiy with the set- of kfi, Lome ie the littie com- ppiness of the Stanleys Florenee’s home was much ‘mere than hers, but Emily’s gen- ®rous nature found no cause for eavy h‘ first. She erclaimed with deligr* ack over the dainty loveliness of her friend’s new posgessions, and enjoyed it all until she saw Floremce’s own boudoir. Then her loyalty to her own simple little home died, and left her with a heart full of discontent. The room was truly lovely. The fur- niture was of white enamel; the wall per 4 satiny white with a deep bor- er of softly Bink roses inter- weven with an elusive suggestion eof blue. What charmed Emily most was that the cretonne overh at the w(rdawa, the portieres and the soft, hickly upbolstered cushions on the Suic> wicker chairs exmctly matched the border of the wall paper. The effeet was wendérfully pretty. And it looked 3o simple ‘and inexpen- sive that almost at ance Eanily Began meutally planning to 46 her own reom in the same Her furniture was white, and the rest would be easy. Of course, she told-herself, it would cost a little -xtn. and Dick wanted her to ecopomize, but .abe folt 80 sure that Yo 1xpense wonld aeops triSing that she determined te have the room done over without comsulting him, and de- pend upon the charming effect to justi- 1y her ion in his eves. But the best laid plans of many a young housekeeper have been tuth- lesaly disarranged 5 @ visit to the shops, and so it proved with Emily. The room could not he done for 2 pen- ny less than $50. A wave of bitter dis- appointment swept over Emily as sme heard the verdict. Dick would never consent to her spending the money 2nd she dare not do it without consulting him. Fifty dollars meant a lot in these days of competition. Emily's heart had been so set upon the ‘plap that she found it impossible to see the matter in a sensible light. All day she schemed and figured. But slwaye she was forced to return to the cold, hard fact that without Dick’s co- aperation she could accompiish noth- ing. And, such is human nature, that before night she had worked herseif into a splendid case of indignation against the tyrant who Id.l the '-0- strings, and al! unknowingly poor Dick walked into a veritable hornet's nest when he regretfully explained that while he wanted her to be happy, he simply could not spend the mency. “¥ou know, dear,” he said gestly, “that we agreed to do without all these things until the business is well established. Then you shall have as much and more t Flerence. But it’s out of the question now.” “Out of the question now!" blazed Emily. “Everything that I have want- ed has been out of the quastion siace I marfied you! When It comes to buy- ing a car, or fixing up your old garage you spend money enough, I netice!” Dick’s face went white with anger. For one single moment he stared in amazement at wife, and then turn- ed and left the room. If he Had argued with her; if he had even reproached her it is more ihan likely that Emily would have repented for her cruel spesech and hegzed for- giveness then and there. But her ewn guilty conscience and untust enger at By gum—they're out! Whatll I do net? ‘You might try an eecution!’ “In the early dawn of thq net day, Terry McNamara was making the run of his life with his oid heg to get No. 25 over the hiil. He hadn’t the slight- ept intention of stopping at New Wales, but a pile of ties across the track and a men standing on the track, waving 8 red flag, caused him to change his mind. When he had got all the brakes on and recognized the man with the flag as the agent, he started to make offensive remarks, but he stopped at finding a double barreled shotgun close to his head. “ ‘What the b—' ~‘Hamds up! Step down! The ofh- er man, too! Lively mow! Faces to the ‘wall! That's right. Doxn‘t move! Now, Sambe, you and Rastus put the chalus thro those big wheels.’ “Colonel Barahart and the two nig- gers that work for him on the farm had captured the train. The cenduc- tor came scooting down the platform, wanting to know. The Colonel p'inted bis gun and made him join the dead line, face to the wall. Several of the passengers piled out on the platform and offered the Colonel money if he would spare their lives. Some of the women screamed, and the Colonel ‘went back to pacify ‘em. “He didn’t seem in a hurry. Anoth- er train came from the.east, but the engineman saw something was up and stopped. The agent sent a man west to flag a train coming from that end. “When all this news was wired into Dick feu“ expression in stubborn sullenness which refused afl overtures at recomciliation, and a dreary week passed with unhappiness and gloom in the litile home where once loves and umselfishness reigmed. Dick seldom now spemt any but absolutely neces- sary time at home. Every minute was devoted te kis business, and Emily found herself hating it with all the bit- terness of which unjust anger is capa- bl Emily, when are you going to for- get this idea and be yourself again?” Dick asked one evening after a part larly silent and gloemy dinner. ‘When I can have the things I need, perbaps I will fecl more like myself,” she snapped. Dick looked at her with eyes full of silent reproach. “Sometimes I won- der, dear, if you love me at all,” he said wistfully. “Semetimes I wonder if I do!™ she repeated defiantly. An hour later the upkind words were brought back to her with awful 4he geperal offices,—the president er- dered the agent to hunt up the con- stable and have him arrest Colonel Barphart ~for stopping the United States mail, threatening the lives of the crew, and blowing open the epress safe; to get in as many things as he ocould think of, so some of 'em would stick sur, “The agent replied that the consta- ble was down the river fishing, and that Squire Tumulty had appointed Colonel ' Barnhart to act; that the Colonel had in his inside coat pocket an execution for §126.17, and wag serv- ing it as by the statutes made and pro- vided. “The Squlre offered .to telegraph to headguarters ‘the section under which he was proceeding, If the raliroad would stand the tolls. “The president called Stivers snd showed him the muss they were Iin. ‘While they talked the dispatcher re- ported No. 23 was blocked on the east end with twenty cars of stock, and the owners were roaring about missing the market. “‘Stivers,” said the president, ‘what did you do to that man? “‘Nothing. He had two hogs killed and fergot to bring suit {a time.’ “‘1 see. You're too far from home. I'll manage this deal now.’ “8o he wired in to the agent at New Wales to settle the Colonel’s claim for both the hogs snd the mule, and to ask the Colonei if he would pleaue let the steam cars move along. “‘He says he won't let go till some- body apologizes to him,’ agent. “‘It’s up to you, Stivers’ sald the president, handing him the message. “‘No, it ain't’ says Stivers; “I'm fired. I don't like the railroad busie ness anyhow.’ “Thep the president walks up and down the room to get the mad off, ana runs this over to New Wales: “‘My dear Colonel, we're all sorry i we've hurt your feelings. Come over to the city some night and be my guest. Will give you the time of your life. Dixie forewer! **‘JOSEPH SEXTON, President.’ ““Wish you boys a pleasant Journep’ remarked the Colenel, in that genial way of his, as he grounded arms and motioned to Terry and the fireman and conductor to break ranks. ‘Stop- over some time when you're not in & hurry, and IMldrive you out to the farm and give you seme duttermilk.’ ““What!* orfed Terry, indignantty. ““The Colonel slowly lel the curtata fall over his beautiful blus eye—the left one—and Terry grinned. “‘Here’s’to you and your good health, Colonel,’ he says, as he stood tn the gangway and made like he was drinking something out of his cap; ‘an may ye raise so many hawgs an*ducks an’ bandy-legged mules that the stame injuns ean't get-by at all!"” “Apd Bill Stivers? asked an gineman of the new generation. “Ok, he bought;a farm ont on the Cloverdale division,’ ' replied “Dad,” “and went to raising thoroughbred live stock. He made some good sales replied the now and then—mdstly to the railroad.” By Enos Emory” vividness. There had been a gasoline explosion at the garage, and she had been summoned o what might prove to be Dick’'s deathbed. word; every disagreeable action of the past week flashed through Emily's mjnd as she knelt by the white hos- pital bed and implored the inanimate Every hateful figure Iying there to speak to her. But there was no response, nor did Dick regain css during all that long mgh! In the morning there light im- provement. The doctors insisted {hat rn to her b could do no goo and she must gth. her stre ful g flat that about was d cretonnes pretty and hom how she could worie now as did her frantic resolutions new= er to be upkind again if only Dick ceuld get well So the day dragged by, and the night. And another "day and night, and yet another. * And- then the doctors pronounced Dick out of danger Once again Emily knelt by the beds ch but now es which werg the blue all of Dick’s ed; smiled a weicome, s heart wag too full for words 4 pped Qer arms about him ied her face in his i “Dear, “wheg I come h t roory done over. ! out 3 bul g+ you. And: ry 10 do either.™ tal room there z:mooth rosy d lovingly to a ban~ And in the | a deep siler s press one,