Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-05
THE MAN WHO TALKS

varying success by US all and rare Is
| the man who at the close OF the con-
| fiict shows well balanced results Tne
] old man who stands firm with all ms
| faculties preserved represents the Wen
1 ordered life 1t does not make so much
/ difference what he has done in life, but
| how it has been done. Temperance In
| all things preserves persons physical
| and mental powers and his excesses
weaken him here and there and pro-
| duce distorted results. las man
| sows, so shall he reap" is fixed truth
IA truth Of the first magnituoes ana
| the sooner this is realized the better IL
! is for the individual. There Is no
! sowing OF tares in this world and reap
| ing of wheat but all most work for
| what they get. and they get what they
| work for. There is no overturning Of
| the law-lt is violation Of law which
l'overturns us.
1t does one good to think over the
| past of Norwich In It's relation to 80.
| There is no standing still for a town
any more than there is for the indivic
| tai IT must advance or recede. Nor
witch has advanced steadily and credit
| ably in most directions. II the 80
| buildings which have been erected be-
| tween Thames square and the Preston
| bridge in the past so years should be
taken out we should certainly have
setback--and If the IA churches and
four chapels which mark our religious
| advance were missing you can~imagine
that religiously Norwich would pre-
cent very much leaner aspect. In its
church architecture Norwich has made
long stride in the past half century
and the fashion of piety has advanced
tremendously although there is wide
difference of opinion as to whether II
las been improved. Norwich in the
next so years may be expected to do
even better than in the past 80.
How little we know about the com
mon things in life. We lose much
| because we do not live in a spirit of
inquiry. The other day sharp OBJ
server asked If the time on the dummy
clock signs of jewellers meant anything,
as he had noticed that the were all
set at SIT, and this called out the
statement that the time indicated by
these dummy clocks is supposed to be
the minute Of the night in April 1855,
when President Lincoln fell from the
bullet Of an assassin. 1t is in fact a
commercial tribute to his memory.
These jewelers. signs, however, do not
all agree as to the minute of the firing
of the fatal shot. The hands Of the
clocks run from about SIT to 822, said
the answerer of this question. The
lQGd W DIS really lldAuCQ QONn " LA4Ao
country from England. On the death
of one Of the kings the jewelers. of
England soon afterward began setting
the hands of the dummy clocks they
hung over their shop doors at the hour
and minute of his passing. Sc you see
this sharp eyed observer of enquiring
mind did the entire reading public
service by disclosing that a dead clocks
face is really of historical Importance.
Attention was called during the
month of May, which is really a month
Of war anniversaries, to the fact that
General Bartlett of western Massachu-
sets was a brigadier general before he
was "a. AS a colonel of the Forty
ninth regiment in Payne's brigade I'M
Ger General Banks in Louisiana he was
IL wonder. He did not weigh 100
pounds, bad then lost a leg in defense
Of the flag. He had no commanding
figure or far-reaching voice, but he
had an eye like a hawk. When he
looked at a soldier conscious of lack
discipline the soldier braced up. He
taught the Forty-ninth to train to the
sound of the little silver bugle he car
ried slung over his shoulder, but II his
figure was diminutive and his voice too
weak for use to command his courage
was seven feet eight inches in it's
stockings. He was the only command.
er on horseback in front of the guns
of Port Hudson and while the conflict
| ragged fiercely and the armies were
within hailing distance of one another
the confederates were heard to shout
in their admiration of his bravery:
Don't shoot the man on the horse."
He was an inspiration to the whole
brigade and the favorite of all the men..
Carelessness about little things cost
people their lives every day, and there
seems to be no way to prevent 1t. A
little physical injury results in fierce
Inflammation or lockjaW Just because
it is thought that it will amount to
nothing when it should have been at
tended to. Things become serious
which were only slight because duty
is neglected-because large part of
the world Is not conscious of the fact
that vigilance is the price Of life, and
that care In season would save deal
of suffering and many fatalities We
know what to do, but neglect to do
1t and then some of us blindly talk
about our Affections from the Lord
The Lord has more important bust
ness than sending special aff1ictions to
his creatures. He has established laws
which cannot be violated with impu-
nifty by saints or sinners, and when
they are violated we get very serious
results. To know and not to do is a
violation Of law-we call it shiftless-
ness, but it often means extreme af-
Fiction. deep sorrow and sometimes
death.
Those who speak from the heart
speak to the heart. This appears to
be law of nature. We get nearer
together when we speak Of things we
know and things we feel. There seems
to be close fellowship in the frank
ness which wells UP from the heart.
do not know how it is, but there is
kinship of the spirit born of the ex-
periences OF the heart Comradeship
grows strong by association in peril
GUS enterprise. The ties which grow
out of life's experiences are often
stronger and truer than the ties of
blood. 1t Is really through trial and
su1erlng that we'll know each other
better by and by. We enrich ourselves
from one another's experiences. but
we are chary how we talk-we let cold
formality step in to chill us when we
should bid it begonel
As look out into the garden be-
hold a mass Of heavenly blue centaura
and by and by we shall get this pleas
ing color in the morning glory. Did
you ever think how rare in flowers Is
this color which floods the sky? There
is no blue roses or dahlias or true blue
gladiolus. When it comes to propor-
ton in color among flowers not more
than one in q is blue Those who
nave made close study Of flowers de-
clare that the insects have much to
90 with enriching flowers with color
that flowers most visited bv insects
become most interesting to man. Pur-
pie and black are rare colors among
floWers-deep maroon gives IIs what