Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
The IN WHO a. S


Now and then we meet men of age
and experience as petulant as chill
dren-they must rule or they must in
vite trouble, and no end of trouble
is their reward. 1 felt a deep pity
for an old man I met the other day
who sought a personal favor which
could not in honor do for him. We
did not see the thing alike, and when
he was flatly and positively refused
he exploded with GO to --i" l
said in the mildest and pleasantest
tone: Il shall not. l have been told
to go there so many times and never
been furnished with a chart, that |
feel compelled to respectfully decline
TO go!" He saw / was not ruffied and
he said, Immediately: I'm sorry l
told you that wish had told you
to so to grass" l laughed outright
then and said: Don't waste words.
You will see some day that I am do
ing you a kindness!" He was sure
he never would, but he will. He was
inviting me to promote his spite which
he regarded as self-defense!
WI en- men are engaged in good
wori, hoy ere often too much concern
e. aholt manifest results. l have my
tC'f come to doubt whether any good
Isl rk can be absolute failure There
ARE tWo ways of looking for results
one is thr effect upon the workers
and he other the effect upon others.
T-esC h. are conscious that they
arc engaged in a EuC ard worthy
cause are blessed BIZ thsir ardeavor if
those for whom h. work was done
ap ear to he VII I, y unconscious that
lie &C will anO pra ers ere man
ifestrd wholly il heir behalf. Seed
tn rnts T7ay nO.-e on fallow ground
created. In nature seeds lie dormant
out of the zone of the suns influence
but some day, when they are lifted up,
they fulfil their purpose gloriously.
To be cons cious of having done zeal
Gus work for a good cause ought to
be satisfying not disappointing. To
invite gloom is to lose the blessing.
Looking at the season as a whole
IL has not been in its results so dis
appointing. The lover of flowers who
has had them from February 20 TO
November in the open has no reason to
Mas 1909. Flo1a's pro-
cession in this latitude begins with
those little mountaineers, the crocuses,
on the right, and with the hardy
chfysanthemums on the extreme left.
have seen nasturtiums in bloom in
Norwich out of doors on Thanks Civ
Offset wall with a scuthe1ly exposure
house conditions. l thought there
never was such an unfavorable sum-
mer, but summing up the results of
the later rains and later season and
then looking at the gathered dahlia
roots which appeared as robust and
promising as any ever taken in, it
seems as if we have had more than
we had any right to expect under the
circumstances. There are always
few appcintments and / can find no
more in 1909 than in its predecessors.
We see now only the birds who win
ter with US and l believe I'm fonder
of these hardy little varmintS than of
any of the others-the screeching
jays, the worm hunting robins, the
grub hunting woodpeckers, the spider
hunting nuthatches and creepers, the
seed hunting goldfnches and juncoes
and sparrows. / like to see the robins
at the drinking pan in the early morn
ing and the sparrows Juggling away at
the sunfower heads earning their liv-
ing. These birds now snuggle at night
in the thick evergreen trees and the
warm strawberries in southerly ex-
posures, and the English sparrows get
behind the blinds of our homes on the
lee side of the house. And / notice
that the peonies with their tops
changed to russell are getting ready to
spread their thick, tough foliage over
themselves, to snuggle down the better
to protect themselves from the frost.
These climate defers have to get to-
gether when it comes to facing extra
ordinary perils, and it is not strange
they express their joy in song in the
spring.