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Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
THE PASSING OF MADAM BARLOW

Of hospitality extended either to her.
self or the young ladies' by the friend
ly disposed cottagers at the foot or her
path. All day long, and day succeed
ing day, she sat there, reading-read-
ing-reading, never condescending one
glance even along the path up whose
inhospitable way neighborly eyes were
window. The cottagers alternately
pitied and blamed her, but it showed
very conclusively where the most Of
their sympathy was bestowed by their
aiding the young people in all their
plans for "a lark with the Eyrie
girls
As the days sped on, it became evil
dent that affairs were likely to take
serious turn among these two half
dozens" of young people. Billy Mat
thews was hopelessly In love with
Ethel Moses-everyone could see that
and Ralph Ingraham was developing
symptoms easily diagnosed by his
chums, and which ne ingenuously adj
mitted. Fred Lander and Beatrice
siduously for 1t to go down" with
anyone who had previously known
Fred and knew how cordially he de-
tested poetry of all sorts. while the
other individuals of the now famous
double sextette" were n1antfestly
following closely the lead of these
three couples.
AS a matter of fact, Madam Barlow
was not greatly to be complimented on
her shrewdness, or her trustworthiness
as a professional chaperon. The girls
metaphorically pulled the wool over
her eyes" at will, and both boys and
girls went their own sweet way-the
way of all lovers-during six delight
full weeks; then came tie denouement.
hn LAT oil rNf rNI aL
gotten out for the amusement of the
summer colony, announced the engage
ment of four out Of the six couples
whose life centred about the Eyrie. and
made convincing prophecies respecting
the others. Only two hours later the
colony was startled to the point Of
horror by the news OF tragedy at the
desperation at this disastrous turn of
affairs and realizing her fragrant
breach Of trust), had suicided.
Help was summoned TO the Eyrie,
and the pathway was quickly q waver-
ing line of hurrying. struggling puff
ing, perspiring. wild-eyed humanity.
The Eyrie door stood open and with
out ceremony men, women and children
with hushed voices filed into the cot
tage.
In the living room they were met
by the six young women dressed in
pure white and with serious faces.
This way, if you please" said Bea-
trice Munroe, acting as spokeswoman,
and led the way into the dining room
where the bewildered, incredulous eyes
of the people met an array of dainty
spread luncheon tables ranged around
the four sides of the room. while from
the ceiling overhead depended a ma
Mia rope, and from the end Of this
rope, which passed around her ample
waist, swayed the portly figure of
Madam Barlow-a dummy in wax and
other accessories.
But one brief moment was needed
for comprehension, then: "Hurrah for
the passing Of Madam Barlow!" went
UP from the guests.
and welcome to our engagement
feast" responded a chorus Of ha-
voices, while simultaneously six i'm
maculately dressed young men step
ped unblushingly out from some hid
den recess Of the room.-Boston Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
A COLD WEATHER HEN WANTED

What is wanted today is a hen that
can lay an egg every day and sing it's
CHEEKY song in the cold months
The public has become tired Of get
ting along with aged. cheap, degener-
ate summer eggs in the winter time.
1t Is just yearning for enough fresh
laid eggs to go round when Christmas
cake is in fashion and the sleighbells
are ringing.
The summer hen, to be sure, has
won great glory for America-has laid
eggs enough in year to belt the cir
conference of the earth eight times
and to keep all the summer hotels in
broilers-also to renew the prime egg
laying stock, but where the hen fails
Is when Jack Frost freezes her comb
and solidifies the water in the drink
ing pans. That is when the hen gets
numb and eggs get high.
What is the seedless orange, the
cobless corn or the pitless plum COM
pared to the never failing hen-the
hen who can defy frost and prevent
egg famines and out cold storage eggs
out Of business.
II the hen cannot do it, It is predicted
that some ingenious German chemist
may yet artifcially construct an egg
out Of coal tar products which will
be more assuring and satisfying than
the eggs which cannot be labeled
strictly fresh laid.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
THE USES OF ADVERSELY.

Some people have found adversely to
have been so instructiye-so benefi-
cial, that they have thanked God for
it: and others have found it the bane
and the barrier of life.
The man who stops to daily with
adversely makes a sad mistake. When
adversely gives a man a vhirl 1t Is his
duty to Immediately see what he can
turn his hand to next. Adversity new
er stays with any one who is up and
doing. 1t finds no companionship in
such good company.
Discouragement and adversely have
always been cheek by Jowl. 1t has
been truthfully said that People who
have nothing to do soon get sick Of
their own company"
Adversely knocks a man down, but
it has no taste for a man it cannot
hold down. 1t does not like the motto:
Put a stout heart to steep HILL
The man adversely overcones is he
who magnifes molehills into noun
tains-who says: Il can't" where he
should say Il can't
It has been we'll said NO life can
be dreary where work is a delight"
He who works with a will laughs at
adversity-for he knows that where
there is not a straight way to success
there is surely another way.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

The 'Eyrie" was well named.
The pinnacle Of ledge on which the
cottage was perched was well-nigh in
aceessible; quite so, in fact, except by
way of the picturesque little footpath
| that crept up to 1t from the group Of
| summer houses clustered on the brow
of the beach around its feet few
| hundred yards below.
The path was as lazy In its mean
derings UP the slope as the cottagers
Notwithstanding aside to, touch
every blossoming sweet briar bush and
showing long and frequent loiterings at
| each rock seat along the way.
Midsummer was at hand and the
Eyrie the center Of attraction to every
summer young man at Spurwink Cliffs.
1t had been so since the barge running
semi daily from the station three miles
away had deposited an even half dozen
delectable summer girls at the foot Of
Eyre Path late one afternoon three
weeks prior to the opening of the story.
Several impetuous youths-more
eager than wise-scrambed up the
narrow footway the morning after the
arrival, with the expectation of catch
ing a glimpse Of the newcomers and
incidentally precipitating an introduce
ton; but not only were the young Ia
dies invisible; they found, much to
their surprise, corpulent, middle
aged, dignihed female sitting in the
window that held the path and intent
ly reading.
When or by what means a portly
chaperon could have been smuggled
into town right under the eyes of the
summer colony puzzled the young men
as much as her presence chagrined
them, for they had already entertained
visions of unlimited good times with
bevy of unchaperoned summer girls.
1rNI ,kAfz
out for the girls around the rocks and
the beach; that old lady won't get far
from camp with all her avoirdupois
and this hill in the proposition, too,
you mark my words" and Billy Mat
thews ordered his squad to right
about face" and retreat
The story of the safely guarded Eyrie
soon spread through the little COM
munity and various tactics were de-
vised by the boys to lure the new
girls into the holiday life Of this par
ticular half dozen summer young men.
The scheme all proved more or less
successful. for 1t transpired as Billy
Matthews had predicted; the duenna,
or "our chaperon, Madam Barlow" as
she soon came TO be fa2etiously called,
never did attempt the difficult path,
even in the discharge Of an obvious
duty Nevertheless all hints to the
girls for an invitation to call at the
E'yrie were ignored by them and every
attempt made by the ardent half
dozen" to steal up unlimited resulted
in confronting the obsequious Madam
Barlow with the Inevitable book in
hand in the watch tower" as the
window came to be called, and past
which no welcoming nod ever encour-
aged them
The girls proved every bit as entic-
ing as the first sight OF them had
promised, and II. one by one, they
eventually sluded the ferret eyes of the
madam and stole an hour singly or in
groups on the rocks, or for a stroll in
the moonlight, or a dip in the surf
with these equally charming young
men, 1t is certain no one troubled
about it. and all the cottagers en-
couraged 1t from pure love of mis-
chief seemingly, for the exclusive
Madam" had. by medium of her young
flock, absolutely declined all overtures
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
EXPENSIVE DRESSING.

There is only one class Of persons
who can afford to indulge in expen-
slve dressing and that is the class that
Is able to meet the cost OF ii prompt
ly.
The world sets a good deal by dress,
and clothes do tell anyw here and ev-
erywhere, but when they tell Of ex-
travagance and debt they discredit the
wearers.
Clothes that ft the wearer and are
paid for are really admirable and some
times the wearer is admired for the
clothes sake when he has no specially
distinctive quality to recommend him.
It is not in good taste for work
man to dress like a clergyman, or for
a statesman to attire himself like a
dude Clothes must always comport
with the station in life one occupies
must fit the calling as well as the
form.
No one would hire for a Waterman
a man dressed like a clothiers' dummy,
or for stenographer a young woman
logged out like an actress. Poor taste
in clothes is akin to slovenliness. and
is always a discredit.
A man or a woman neatly CARRIED
is always attractive to both the tailor
and society. There is enterprise in
dressing and in dressing we'll; but
for any person to dress beyond his
means spells foolishness In big letters.
The man who looks best in the bus
mess world is ne who keeps clean and
settles with most promptness.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
CIRCULATION
GREAT BRIrAIN's UNEMPLOYED

Az celebrated as Great Britain Is
for liberal government and enterprise
for religion and philanthropy-her
policies of government are making
paupers faster than she can take care
of them.
It is now said that Great Britain,
with its army of two million unem-
ployed, Is facing the greatest crisis in
modern times because the well to do
Glasses are deaf TO the appeals of
the workers and blind to the indus
trial conditions which are getting
worse and adding distress to distress
az the months roll by.
only the other day word came from
Cardinf. In Wales, that 500 unemployed
men have seized part of the huge
hunting preserve Of the Marquis of
Butte and are preparing to SOW the
land in winter wheat in the hope of
saving their families from starvation.
1t Is said that troops will be sent to
evict the trespassers, and in that event
there are grave fears that a national
uprising win take place which might
lash itself into a revolution. That
ts the outlook that the British arls-
tocracy lie facing at the present mo-
ment. The more conservative OF the
landed gentry are advising the Mar
quis Of Butte to allow the intruders to
occupy the land temporarily in the
hope of ayerting bloodshed, while 9TH
er aristocrats fear that if passive per-
mission be given the squatters there
will be q wholesale invasion of pri-
waite estates all over the empire with
no end Of a mess as a result.
A civilization that is producing such
results as this lacks merit, for it
cannot be founded upon the basic
principles Of right. That government
is greatest which secures protection
and comfort to every Industrial class;
and that government which gives spe-
cial privileges to one class at the cost
and degradation of another class is
simply sowing to the whirlwind and
must eventually reap what It has
soWn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
The Governor at Yale,

When Governor Mclean in a speech
to the Yale alumni once expressed re-
greet that he was not a college gradu-
ate. there was a certain manly sensi-
bllity about it that touched his audi
tors quickly and deeply. They recog-
nized at once a man as desirable to
them as he was DESTROYS of beong one
OF them. His handsome presence, his
eloquent tongue, his successful career
as lawyer and statesman, were at once
convincing that q college education
was not necessary, however desirable
When Grover Cleveland told the
Princeton men that he wished he had
been to college, and was grateful to
be taken into the charmed circle Of
Nassau, his words Of humility might
be interpreted as proud words because
all were conscious of his distinguished
achievements despite educational linn
ttations. Grover Cleveland was sure
to be welcomed into any group Of men.
At Hartford Wednesday night Cover
nor Lilley claimed to be a Yale man
by right Of election and by his double
family connection with the under
graduate world. He has been in the
Yale atmosphere a good deal for sew
eral years, and he feels at home there.
his suggestion that the Yale men could
do a lot of good in the state If they
would enter actively into politics He
probably referred to the New Haven
brand Perhaps he thinks that they
may be discouraged by the failure to
accomplish much by their activity in
the late election. The governor is
something of a humorist at times
Waterbury American
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
Fine Apnlaa.

They grow very fine apples out in
Oregon and Washington" says Charles
Ellsworth. one OF the leading agricul-
turists in Massachusetts. but l tell
you that we can grow just as good as
they can, and when the apple show is
here next autumn we will prove it. At
the meeting of the governors OF New
England while ago an apple from the
Spokane folks and one grown by a New
Englander were placed side by side and
It was impossible to tell which was the
SUPERIOR, Boston Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

BY all means let the state advertise
its abandoned farms and realize at
least in part on It's 100000 acres Of
waste land. We sold 400 farms in
1894 and stopped Since then New
Hampshire has taken it UP, sold 1000,
has added to its valuation $50, 900, 900,
to its population 1000 persons, and
5000 new houses to its buildings.
Many OF the sales have been to Massa-
chusetts people who did not realize the
bargains at home-Boston Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
The Doq's Bark.

Even the simplest story told by DR..
Chapman, that prince Of story tellers.
creates a sensation in his audiences.
Wednesday he told Of a little girl who
was afraid of a dog. The animal ran
out at her, barking flercely. and when
her mother had received her and was
hushing her in her arms she said:
now
Yes, mamma" sobbed the child,
but the barks inside him, Just the
same Boston Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

chemical which is one Of the many
valuable ingredients of Foley's Kidney
Remedy. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is
recognized by medical text books and
authorities as d uric acid solvent and
antiseptic for the urine. Take Foley's
Kidney Remedy as soon as you notice
any Irregularities and avoid a serious
malady. The Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
BIDDING FOR A HOSPITAL

A bill has been introduced in the
legislature to locate an insane hospital
In Fairfield county. The over-crowding
of the two hospitals already establish
ed In the state gives considerable rea-
son for this move With one near
Norwich, one at Middletown, and one
in Fairfield county, the state would
be well supplied and better able to
take care Of the Increasing number of
the insane. VIII any town in the
county offer sta free, as was done
in New London county Bridgeport
Standard
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
Norwich, Saturday Fob. s, 1909.
The Circulation OF
The Bulletin.

The Bulletin has the largest cir
ozlasiOn of any paper in Eastern
Connecticut. and from three to four
timep larger than that Of any IN
Norwich. II is delivered to over
5000 Of the 1853 houses in Nor
witch, and read b. ninety-three per
cent Of the people. In Windham
II rs delivered to over 900 houses
in Putnam and Danielson to over
1,1oe, ana in ell of these places u
Is considered the local daily.
Eastern Connecticut has forty
nine towns. one hundred and sixty
ave post once districts and forty
one rural free delivery routes.
The Bulletin is sold in every
town and on all of the R. F. D.
routes in Eastern Connecticut.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
How Could She Limn2

Associated Press English is flexible
and picturesque often. but isn't it
rather OVERRIDING the metaphor to de-
scribe big steamship with a broken
rudder as "limping' into port? The
phrase might be accurate in the case
Of a catboat or a schooner coming in
on the last leg of q race. but how does
a steamer limp?-Bristol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

leading him to respect the petitions
of the people and to become less OF
an obstructionist, 1t will have paid.
Speaker Cannon must pay more re-
spect to the people and the admins
tration or they will be less loyal to
his party
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
Tho Secret Of Iona Life.

A French scientist has discovered one
secret OF long life. His method deals
with the blood. But long ago millions
of Americans had proved Electric Bit
tiers prolongs life and makes 1t worth
living. 1t purifles, enriches and vital
ICES the blood. rebuilds wasted nerve
cells, imparts life and tone to the en-
tire system. It's a godsend to weak
sick and debilitated people. 'Kidney
trouble had blighted my life for
months" writes w. M. Sherman OF
Cushing. Me-, but Electric Bitters
cured me entirely" Only soc at The
Lee & Osgood Co.'S
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Judge E. NJ. Warner has said: 1.-THE
county Jail ia the sore spot and the
weak spot in our system OF criminal
law" Recently published figures, to
say nothing of experience, prove it.
The average earnings OF prisoners in
the jails of the state last year did not
equal two dollars per month per pris-
oner. The state paid $4,000 for the
board of these prisoners who earn
$24,106. Truly. as Judge Warner
characterizes it. the Jail system is the
sober mans burden.-Bristol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
soIdi.r Bake Death Plot.

1t seemed to J. A Stone. Civil wal
veteran, of Kemp, Tex, that plot ex.
listed between a desperate lung trouble
and the grave to cause his Death q
contracted a stubborn cold" he writes
chat developed a cough that stuck to
me, in spite OF all remedies, for years
My weight ran down to 100 pounds
Then / began to use DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which restored my health
completely. 1 now weigh 17s pounds
For severe colds. obstinate coughs
hemorrhages, asthma and to prevent
pneumonia it's unrivaled. soc and ST.
Trial bottle free. Guaran iced by The
Lee & Osgood CO.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

II should be borne in mind that the
Insane hospital at Norwich is only in
the formative stages. The fact that it
Is crowded TO its utmost simply shows
the necessity for rushing the work.
More buildings are needed, and the
present legislature will see that a
suitable appropriation is made % pro
mote the work. 1t is a good idea to
complete this institution before anoth-
er is begun.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
An Interesting Initiation.

Perhaps the most interesting Mason
ic initiation thus far held In this
country will be the proposed reception
of President elect Taft into the order
at Cincinnati. This will make the last
three presidents members Of the fra
ternity.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

The tetanus germ is found In vac
cine virus and in the strawberry bed.
We have been vaccinated three times
and fooled with the strawberry bed
for fifty summers and have never vet
seen him.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Since the men Of the south are NOV
ing to erect monument in honor of
the women of the south Of the civil
war era, the men of other sections may
be prompted to like chivalry.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

"Have you Love Letters Of Wise
Men," she asked timidly. mo, miss. q"
responded the clerk in the book de-
partment. And why not?' Because
wise men never publish their love let
ters."-CE1t ago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

The sea-level canal is given the pop
ular support of people not familiar
with Panama; but those who look the
ground over say that the lock canal
is the only thing.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

If there is not more than six weeks
more Of real winter we should all be
thankful.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Bank consolidation has gone ON in
Boston until % national banks do more
business than 81 used to ten years
ago. Capitalization is the fashion,
now
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Eastman. who invented the Kodak
camera, has got where he can give
100000 to a hospital It took!
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

These wireless dispatches go with
the current One sent from Norfolk,
Va. was picked up fitting over De-
troit, although started for the English
coast.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
This Ad.

and the recommendation OF those that
used it, sold ten gross of our Syrup
of WHITE PINE AND TAR last year
Made and sold by the n. M. LERoU
CO., 276 West Main. Phone 477-12
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

that he has never been kissed. 1t
would be interesting to know where
he has kept himself all his life.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

President Roosevelt declined to &C
cept legacy of $4,000 left him by
an unknown admirer. Colonel Bryan
cannot understand how Theodore could
do that.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

If hips are old fashioned, it is a fact
that great many Norwich women
are unable to suppress them.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

1t Is estimated that Boston wastes
100000 worth Of water annually. That
would make quite a pond.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has Just
taken command of a carpet loom. He
may be expected to boss a whole
factory by and by.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06
Some mon pretend to think that lit

some men pretend 10 MINK InaI NJ
tie sly vices are not so bad, after
all; and they indulge in doing things
which they would not like to have
their own household know anything
about. Such men stand in their own
light. If no one on earth knew of these
faults but themselves they would new
er feel proud of them. When they sit
down by themselves and think life
over they bring them no satisfaction
whatever. If they think that death
ends all they can only hope to live
and die in their trickery and what
does that amount to? No man swells
with pride over his inirmities-in
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Massachusetts has just declined
again to have a Lincoln holiday. Few
holidays had Lincoln's endorsement.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

The professor who states that all
children are liars, probably has none
Of his own. and forgets, pehaps, that
he was once a child.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

When Upton Sinclair says that he
is ashamed he is married. the reading
public is ashamed Of him.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Congressman Glass is thinking of
running as a straight prohibitionist
for governor of Virginia. AS a dem
ocrat he takes water.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

No married man commands a good
salary, says cynic, for his wife al
ways has full command Of that.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Nevada is trying to show all the
nations of the earth that it does not
take much of a state to make trou-
BILE.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Happy thought for today. The
heart that sings can do so without
words or notes.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

1t is announced that the new rifles
and portable machine guns for the
army are to be built ut Springfield,
Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

Foleys Orino Laxative cures consti-
patton and liver trouble and makes the
bowels healthy and regular. Orino is
superior to pills and tablets. as 1t does
not grippe or nauseate. Why take any
thing else? The Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

The Massachusetts woman who tied
her husband to the bedpost and whip
ped him, shows that she was the man
of the house"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-06

The Denver Republican thinks that
MD. added to Mark Twain's name
can stand for nothing but Merriment
Dispenser.