Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 29, 1921, Page 7

(Written Specially’ For The Bulletin.) 1" be down, next Monday, and take the rest of the rds," sald a fellow- townsman who ' had just bought some fence hoards of me. He bargained for a thouSand feet, took five h with him, and, as quoted, sail he Would be down Monday after the other half. That was some weéks ago. He didn't coma the next Monday, nor the Monlay after that. Indeed, he hasn't beer afte them, yet. Nor has he at any lme ro- tifled me that he couldn't couineé, as agreed. ' h 4 No, he {sh's dead. He lsn't ‘even sick. Hia ‘truck hasn't broken down, nor his horses gone lame. Nor has the Weather beef so constantly - propitious that he had to take advantage of it for his spring plowing. / He simply had something elge to do on Monday which he wouwld tather do thas come after boards. Something that seemed.-to him of more importatice than keeping his word. 5 Right there 1 want ‘o stop A minute and ask, in all humility, if thers ever i& or éver can be anything of f.ore Hnperd- ance to a man than the keeping of his word? p This board transaction was a smail ons and nothing. vital depended on whether they wero taken on a Monday or on a Tuesday or on any other day within a month. Considersd solely as a question of hoards it is loo tifvial for & sécond thought. But- Considersd as a question of henesty of statement and fidelity uf conduct, it fs just as serious as if it involved a thousand dollars. This fellow-tewnsman s not a dead beat. Me is a man of property and of fair standing in the comnanity. ,He ls classed in the local Dun and Bradstreet “dow pay but perfectly good.” He ien't trying iz evoid taking the boards he bargained for, nor hoping to escape paying for them. Sometime, when he has nothing else to da and heppens to feel ifke it, he'll busz in dnd.tske his =t and pay up for it. No, indeed, it isf't that ‘Which I'm wortying about, or which I'm taking for a subjeot of thig talk. Tt {8 something of vastly more importance. It s the' prevalling -and snreading habit of careless promising; of setting- dates without' any idea of kgfping them, unless the keeping is ite convenient to the date-setter. ’ Reall, no higher compliment is ever paid to a man than when one of his neighbors, who has summered and win- tered him, says of him: “He's a .fellow you can tie up to.” That means he is 2 man of his word: a man whoso word iz a8 d as his bond: a man who may. be slow in making promises, biut ean he depended upon te keop them, when made. It he agrees to do a thing, he'll do it sudden death only preventiuz, When ho promiges to do it on a Mondsv, he'll do it on that Monday, &nd no! some other .day. He doeen't consider his own con- venience in the matter, but his.cwn re- sponsibility for making his uwn word Tt is In this sense that ing holds its highest significance. It is rot so much the Importance of ~the thing promised eg it is the maintaining of the promiser's own seif-respact, and the enthronement of truth over mere expediency In one's own character. / promise-keep- “Beware . £ Of entrance to a quarre] but, belng in, 8o bear it that the opposed may beware, of thee.” So wrote Shakespeare, ani the advice is, I believe ,generally accepted a8 wholesome. .. The principle .1s as true of = promise. It may be wise to hesitate about making promises but, cnce mede, the true man eo fulfills his promise that no.iman ‘ean criticize him for any breach of aven its’smallest detail He does this, not bechuse it s good policy ; not even for the gake of tho one to whom.he gives his promise; but for als own sake and his bwn soul's health. flo does it whether much or littls Is in- rojved, pecuniarily, because the wrincl- dominant in small matters as in arge. He does it -whether it costs him 15 little as he expected when he made he promise, or vastly more .in . time, irouble, lahor or money. His word is more sacréd to him than his conven- fence, than his comfort, than his profit. Fie sweareth to his own hurt and ¢hang- th not. c!;“ keeps his agreements to the last evllable becauso it makes him unéom- fortable and unhappy, when he .retires for ‘the /night, to feel that he's putting a MHar to- bed. Such men are scarce, you'll say. Verlly as a result of pale, thin wal — Nugxated Iron wi flronf and well again and hi hly endorsed by former United StatesSenators, J: many udgesof U. 8. Courts, &-.y-lcim ln5 g Even the Pope at Rome has written especially of the merits of Nuxated Iron in & communication to the Phar- magie Normale. Over 4,000,000 people Blood, strengih aad sndurasce. AC o stren; endurance. At draggists, . AND NERVS hel e it hpu been u{:‘; their work or purify the blood stream, waste ptoducts and poisonous acids ree main in the system and cause beckache, rheumatic pains, lumbago, sore muse cles, swollen joints, stiffness; lame back and similar symptoms, . regulate and restore the healthy, normal action of kidneys and bladder, bringing clegn blood and better health, with frees | dom from aches aad paias. . J. George Hucgins, Lust f, ack left me and [ since that time, al- s 'r‘[.m 1 ncu:l:a-‘ have not had any though that was monf Foley Kidney Pills to LEE & OSGOOD CO. red feét | frop | MY boards, prominent men. : Back Hurt? ‘When the kidneys do not properly dg ' “thinks sbout it at e o L 7] me - 40 :;l‘u;‘ best kind, think " 2 them nor can “ather a type- o youi| about 30, ‘Boston Transcript. ¢ any man'l conseience the plea of thoughtlesshess exct: before the higher tribunal of In matters . to mysolt T P properly enough consult my -own ' cun- Venierice, and - change my plans forty times a day, if such a whiflling policy seems to fit the occasion. t what right have I to make your enience, also, my plaything? Or what right have you to ignore-mine-for the sake of your own' i 4 B “Put "yourself in hig place” was the wise Dr. Amboyne's recipe for all rela. | tions between man ahd man, : T wish, when other people make agree- ments with m& that they'd put them- gelves in my place long enotigh, at least, to appreciate that it wag ly unfafr to me to do my part without, thetr al dofng thelrs, g Don't you feel very mtch the sains way about It, yourself? Honest, now? Loy SALEM Alva H. Shoulty, a student at Yale Divinity echool eccupied the pulpit of the local church Sunday morning. Mr. Shotilty preachéd an excellent Sermon, taking for his theme “The Good Sa- enough el all the cooking and rin the washing ma- chine fer only $1 & month. What do you think of that? Hub—~You should have told him that when' we Want dufrent fiction we'll: get it at the n Transeript. Mre. Joheq (at grand opera)-Henry, why do you insist on brifiging the news- paper to the epera? . Mr. Jones (who puts the ‘“Boor in bourgeoise)—1 - can't wunderstand them Eyetalians. g “NoT £ “And I thought maybe I could read between the' Iines.”—Cartoons Clerk—Sirice I imarried, air, I find that my salary is not large enough. Cynical Employer—The usual discovery, my young friend. And it never will be again.—Hostor Transcript. “The only disadvantage to this house,” objected the home huhter to- real es+ they are, and more’s the pity. It scems to me, also that they're getting scarcer, ich is reason 'encugh fur appealing to the better qualitiés of those who are merely careless, rather (han Jeliberate- shonest, Not only is a big moral prineiple in- volved in this matter, but I beg you to consider, the thing from a purely prac- tical side. Take this paltry affair of for imstance. The pur- chaser ‘was coming after them, next' Monday, he said. They had to' be selected from a larger pile and earried some rods to be accessible to his truck. So I stayed at home all that Monday, first picking out the boards and - 4, bng b kripg Py 13 re-piling | maritan.” The Christian End T gers u’tebnmt. “is that it is so damp. . and then w: g for to come & i “Disadvan 2 3 after them. . I had-two jobs Which need-| Jicc Faf M chargé of Mrs, Miry Darl tageous? How come, disad- ing. George DeWolfe of Spencer, Mass., is the muest of his daughter, Mrs: Harry Moore. x Mr. and Mrs. Bdward Mitehell were visitors in Colcheder Mbnday )aten- ing: Ciirtis Rogers of Pleasant Valley was &’ recent guest of his cousin, Mis¢ Min- nle Kingsley. E Superiisor Wiison sehpols Tuesday. 3 Miss Harriet Lane, a student of Wil iams Memorial Institute, New London, is ‘spending the week at the home of her ‘parents, Mr. and Mre. James Lane J. Milton Clark, of Greenwich, Is spending -4 few days at- hig farm here, Mry. Hutry Moore and son, Géotee, were rocent visitors in Norwich. Mrs. Fred Ames feturned Monday from Backus hospitad, Norwidy, where she has been a patient the rast two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, of Win- sted, and Mrs, George Goldle, of New London, are at thelr home here, ealled to Salem by the illness of their fath- er. . Mrs. Marv Darling was a Colchester visitor Monday. Edgar Standish, Lawrencs Spencér and Carl Rogers were in Norwich Setur- day.. Miss Fleanor Moore of Norwich spent the week end at_her home. Miss Tda Smuckler of New York. Misy Yeita Smuckler of New Haven, Misses Anna_and Sarah Smuckler of Hartford #nd Tsrae] Smuckler:of New York, -are epending the holidays' at their home vantage?" srorted the agént. “In case o fite it's just so much. less likely to burn. ~-American Legion Weekly. s Willle—Paw, what is the most needed invention of the age? Paw—A woman silencer, my son. Maw—Willle, you finish your night work -and get to bed !—Nashville Tén- nesgean. Mistress (helping to prepare dinner)— It's an old saying. Bridget, that too many cooks #poil the broth. What do you think? Bridget—Sure, ma'am, there's nothing to worry about; there’s only one cook here—Boston Transeript. Doctor (to old lady)—Yes. my dear madam, these paihs in your lef!. leg come with age. Patient (with suspicion)—Yes, doctor, but my right leg is-just as old as my left and I have no pain in it.--Houston Post. “look hers, Uncle Riley,” triumphantly called the propristor of the Right Place Store in Petunia, as he finished tacking up a sign ‘of his'own painting which read “8elling out at cost.” “What d'ye think of that?” % “Another lie nailed.” cackled old Riley Rezzidew.—Judge. Mary had been brought up, so to speak, 1n the front geat of her father’s motor car. At 10 she took her first train journey. ‘When they made the first stop she looked surprised. Leaning out of the window, tinquired anxiously ef the conductor,”who had just swung himself off, the steps: “What's the matter? Killed your en- gine”—New York Glebe. ed my attention, out of sigiat and hear- ihg of the lumber-pile. I lst them go, and practically wasted a wlole day in this vain waiting. Please note the selfish unfatencss of this. Had he come as he agreed to and found me absent, he would have blamed s gevercly for lotting him make the trip for nothing. “He knsw I was com- ing,” would have been his complalnt; “he had no right to go -away and let me take all this uselegs trouble.” Yet. by his own failure to Gome when promised, he made me lose a whole day He did the very thing which he would have been bitter against me for doing, had the cases been reversed. It may indeed be true that my time isn't worih much His is not. either. And the cancn which is good for the goose 13 not oul cf place on the gander. Almost all ngreements involving both parties. to make a bargain” If one party, whether thoughtlessly or delfberately, Igndres the performance of his share, jt is always to the discomfort or less of the other party who raally does his share, . ‘Whether this involves a violation of statute law or not is a comparatively unimportant matter. But when it io- volves a degradation of moral standalds and a bourgeoning of reckiessly selfish disregard for others it hacomes an ‘m- mensely ‘important matter to the char- acter of the guflty man. As Tve sald, above, it seems as if this sort of thing was constantly be- veatted local see danble, “It takes two | coming mcre gemeral. I have never|here. kent any tab on the sasss Lut ra be| Miss Vielet Rogers spent Saturday in LISBON i o 5 Ichester. K}B'{“'“'?e:‘;e;,:“f.“l.,dfl;;‘:fi; s ol Mr. cmd Mre, Apert Johnsan. of | Claire Barber of Waterbury was at his plans & hundsed times in order to meet | (Foodvear, are guests of Mrs. Sylphia|father’s home for the week end. the demands of other.pcople who, nev- | Tibbetts. Miss ‘Nelpetr o Neve Tork hie boes & Charles A. Willlam=, for many years town clerk, and trepsurer, died at his home ecarly Wednesdey morninz. Mr. Willlams had been in poor health the past vear but had ‘been confined to his bed less’ than two weeks. lertheless, failed utterly to ieeén thefr own words. Honestly, I'm yetting tired of it and somewhat angry about it. Not more than two or three of these cases have been of serlons fmportance, in a money gense. " Some Thave been mérely social engagements; some have been agreements to come and look at sémething I had for sale; some have! been promises to bring me a s=mall sun- ply; end eo 6n and fo on. Al have in- volved and nresupposed mv holding ny- iguest at the home of her brother, Olaf Nelson, for a few days this week. She expects soon to ledve for a trip to Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. F. E, Hyde. Walter and Clara Hyde were guests of Mr. and Mrs. jHollia H. Palmer in Preston Tuesday. Mrs. Henry Kendall is in Hartford for a visit with hef sons. ¢ There are a number of cases of measles in Newent, the teacher, Miss Gladys Ellis, and several of the pupils being among the number {ll. Bridgeport. — County ~ Commissioner Frank E. Ballards of Bridgeport is one of the organizers of a $300,000- corporation in. Bridgeport in which several leading drug firms of the city are interested. The self in readiness and woult have evoked | druggists are to combine to meet the o - % sharp displeasuro had T not. compétition of chain stores. Reduction| No man knows as mueh about wo- Isn't the other fellow's slde of the of exnense and centralized buying are to bu attempted. agreement 4s binding on him as. mine Is men as he tries to make them be- leive he knows. . . WHY DOWT YOU WEAR A GINGHAM DRESS When They Are Suitable for Porch or Afternoon Wear —A SPECIAL SALE— \ \ v AND _ SATURDAY $2.95 | $3.95 - $4.95 We are going to give you another opportunity to purchase your Summer Dresses, at prices which are ridiculously small. They are made of Gingham—and it is 2 wonderful- ly fine, sturdy gingham, too, in some of the prettiest pltids“ym\l'hve seen this season —and the styles certainly won’t make you think ef the old gingham wrapper. These are real frocks, made in present day styles and beautifully finuhed. .‘Seé the Window Display —— Come In and Buy e—Johm, a A -~ ewtdty;t:?-‘ m";&"fl Mo Canvasback ducks get all their food by diving. - ‘Washington, D, €., bas ¢6 women law- 18 a widow. City dwellers usually have hair than country. people. ¢ ple In the Wh‘!l&lfl! Several woman suffrage clubs have re« cently been formed in Constantinople. A Johr Wesley 18 said to have preached nearly 45,000 sermons in 54 years, More than 5,000 persons are now em- plovo: in the fishing industry on the west \ . About 70 periodteals printéd in Esper- anto, the wso-valled- universal language, are now published. Two Cineihnati robins sélectéd the eaves of & busy steam shovel as an ideal place Before blotting paper was discovered, writing was dried by having flour ‘or sand Flfty years ago editors in Switserland who advocated woman's rights were pros- Congressman Radclifte of New Jersey ‘was a blacksmith before being dlected & Oil derlved from th u::ht off the const of California is being as a leather préservative. Korea that they ate almost .prohibited from speaking to their own husbands. of Lincoln county, is the first ‘woman to hold the office of sheriff in Oregon, while her natural resources. warrant the construction of mere than 80,000 miles. ‘|fitted to the steamship Mauretania wore out through the action :of salt w34 Hindoos are very superstitione. evil portent occurs while they and’ proceed afresh. A. fad of the moment among .young portraits of special friends painted in fast colors on the fingernalls, history, the United States found itself out of debt and with a-comfortable sur- A Texas 'man hag resigned from the! vice presidency of a Dbank to become an| “from the surface down.” \ Mrs. A. B. Fall, wife of the seeretary | cahinet, fs rézarded as an authority on | the history of New Mexico. man, who died recently, left $20,000 as a fund with which to provide poor girls in ries. ‘When the Ainu women in Japan are is tattooed on their lips, for without this decoration their matrimonial prospects A. C. Varney of Gardner, Mass., a Civil war veteran, despite his 73 years, is ages about 3,000 miles a year, and thinks | little of doing 50 to 75 miles a day. Italy in great quantities. The deteriora- tion of the home brand is said to be the product from America. Music is frequently employed to restore ing been found by experience that the neurasthenic and paralyzed are often able liver of sharks |in Hartford Man Says Rather - Embarrassing to-Publish Phoio Mr, John Mikton, of 3 Brook Street, Hartférd, and a Man' Respected &nd Honored by All, Tells Why He s Willing to Endorse the Tonic CINOT. JOHN MILTON. Mr. Miiton, who 1s When you fesl.y en it's shi Whon thire When the has warmed until it heh your nands are just a-itchin’ And you're longin' for the smelly, And the di When you. hike out to the country Feelin' liles Feelin’ like you are the brother of Feelin’ like When you Then g3 to it. Joys are fleetin’! our fept a jiggin' an’ th' countr 1 t-sleeve sort o' weather an' the cloudiess skies are blua, wvery shade of greenness smillin’ at you from the trees, When the butterflies are driftin’ all about you in the And the mockers are a-calkin’ an’ the smell is everywhere Of the locust treds in blossom, an’ th You keep gazin' from the window—slam the window down and gel When you feel a sort of pinin’ for a creek in which to wade, wi ’ for a garden rake or spade, When the day sexms full o’ giggles and the nighttime’s full o' mirth, When you wander 'round your dooryard stoopin’ down to puil out weeds And you wigh your man in congress would send you a pack of seeds ance sort o’ becions, an’ the breczes Keep a-callin’ and a-callin’, then you ought to rise an’ go. Better than the pills’the doctor gives you anre the country ways, Better than whole quarts o’ tonic are the lazy, sprawly days you're no relation to the busy heney bees, u'd writ the music to the tune the mocker sings— 28l the country callin’ you out where the prairies spread, There’ll be work when you are dead. —By JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS. organizations and also a member of the Vet. Fireman Assn., says: *For about four years I have been bothered with severe stomach tyeu. ble and indigestion. It tired out and weak and was unal to sleap well at night and therefore had but little rést. I tried in many ways te get well and was advised to use CINOT, which I did with excellent re- suits and after tdking three boftles I am in excellent shape am glad to en- dorse it publicly, but not for the no- toriety but for the simple reason of helping someone else and for that res- son alone I allow my name and pheto to go before the public.” CINOT 18 FOR SALE IN NORWICH BY H. M. LEROU, AND ALL OTHER prominent man | FIRST-CLASS DRUGGISTS EVERY- Hartford and belongs to many| WHERE, callin’ you, has arof the honey bees, iry country calls you so sweet perfume o' new-turned earth, they blow and’ you spraddle eath the trees, the butterflies an' things, ELLINGTON The many friends of Ofiver Maynard were sorry to learn of his death, which occurred Tuesday in a Hartford hoepital, where he had been taken for treatment. Carlos Bradley and family Wednesday to Rockville, where they have purchdsed a home. Miss lola Sikes has returned from a visit in Bristol, accompanied by her cousin, Miss Jennie N. Hyde. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson of New- port, R. L, are guesis of Mrs. Thompson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Eancroft: urday evening and present the play Patsy from Dakota, which they gave so success. fully here some time ago. in_Springfield Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Slater and chil- 1o raise a fatnlly, sprinkled ovet it ecuted according to law. membet. of congress. S0 secluded ars the women keit Im Mrs. Mabel Simpson, appointed sherift China has only. 6,000 miles of railroad, The great bronse propeller serews first three months. they often refurn home, have a smoke, women in New York is having minute In the year 1336, for the first time in plus in its treasury. ofl driller, 50 that he may know the nme; of the interior -in President Harding's Peter Denicks, a Denver restaurant his native province of Greece with dow- growing up, what resembles a mustache | are very poor. an enthusiastic motorcyclist. He aver- American spaghetti is being sent to cause of a shifting of public taste to the| Jost power of speech and memory, it hav-| to sing, while they cannot speak. If a man can put a squalling baby to sleephe -has a right to feel chesty. dren moved- to Somers this week to the home which they bought from Vall Smith. About 75 men were present at the Fa. | ther and Son banquet held in the church moved | The Girl Scouts will go to Somers Sat- | Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Noble were visitors | ey |dining room Wednesany evening wader the auspices of the newly organized Y. M. C. A. There were speakers from Rockville and Hartford and the evening was wuch enjoyed by those present. Mre. A. D. Cordtsen is visiting her daughter in Hartford. The Delpffian soclety met in the library Monday afternoon. WOODSTOCK VALLEY Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hall and chile dren and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Powaell ot New Haven, spent ihe week end in the Valley. Mrs. A. C. Johnson has returned to her home ‘in Lynn, Mass. Mrs. Addie Lyon ot Oxford, Mass, 18 caring for Mrs. S. A. Cooper, . has returned to New sit with his family here. yon was in Boston this the trip by automobile. All things come round to the man who leans up against a telegraph pole and waits. CLHRIT RGN us who have made bwy:md made it well— Surely there is a- atyle of Ipswich Hosiery to mect your requirements whea it pleases ¢0 many { folks. investing in real comfort, long wear and fine appearance at a common-sense price. IPSWICH MILLS " Ollnt erd e of th lerest Hosicry Ml i the Uniiod Sin Boston New Phi Sole Selling Agents ia San Francisco