Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-17
THE MIN WHO TALKS


 What is the use of expecting every
 body in this old world of ours to be
 sedate? The man who would run life
 into ruts doesn't understand the value
 of variety. He never discovered that
 variety is the spice of llfe"-you bel
 he did not If the wisdom of God
 had required less fun and more seri-
 ousness the world would have reached
 that state long ago; and if the wisdom
 of man had led that way he would not
 have been 240, 1000, 900 years getting there. This Is designed as a life ot
 freedom within certain limitations, and
 the law must be respected or the pen
 atty be endured. T5ome men think that
 they could run this earth better than
 the Creator has, but they couldn't
 There was never . truer saying than
 that the tongue wounds worse than a
 lanee." It is scripturally spoken of as "the unruly meniberi" And some peo-
 ple keep their tongues wagging sense
 lessly or savagely all the time, perfect
 ly unconscious of the fact that he who
 talks much has least to say. Solomon
 in his wisdom said: "Whoso keepeth soul from trouble" If there is any
 thing in the world that can create an unpleasant atmosphere in a whole neighborhoed it is the tongue that runs. Every day the tongue makes great deal of noise, but very little of value is said. If we only spoke when we had something kind or beneficial to say, how talk would dwindle It is natural to talk, and this is it's sole defense; and the first sign of wisdom is disclosed when person begins to hold his tongue.
 As was digging in the garden of a recent cool morning l was surprised by the warmth of a pebble I unearthed while l1eeing out weeds; and it dawned upon me that such small heat holders serve as the foot stoves served our an- cestors in the misty past-they keep the roots of the plants near which they lay warm during the nights. It is the lack of these pebbles in the clayey soil of Louisiana which makes such a vast difference between the temperature at the noon of day and the noon of night. 1t is declared that there is not loose stone in the whole state of Louisiana. This little warm pebble tells why the rhubarb near an exposed abutment wall to the westward of the lot is sew eral weeks earlier than the earliest in the neighborhed.
 In my early days in Ndrwich I went into a. restaurant one day to dine, and as I was reaching the dessert a gen. tleman near me said to the waiter: T will finish with pie such as Congress- man S- always has" Very nat urally felt curious to know the char acter of the food our congressman fed on, and when 1t came to ordering des- Sert the same order was used. l was and brought up with strict ly temperate ideas, and I was stagger- ed when l received a piece of restau- rant mince pie in a saucer covered with hot brandy. I didn't get up and rush for the door. but I wanted the expert ence and tackled that island of mince- meat and pastry in a shallow sea of alcoholic digesting fluid. It tasted good and was consumed with a relish. I soon felt very much exhilerated- more so, doubtless, than the congress- man or his second did after such a meal. I never repeated the order, for I didn't care to get my nose to blush ing over what went in at my mouth.
 This has been good season for cut worms and ladybirds, hence for plant lice. The cutworns I have grown this season have been large and fat; and IHe puSSley dIlu Ii3S- WcSu dHu uOS- grass has had a, riotouS time on the dahlia patch. It is pretty clear of weeds at this writing, but the dust is full seven inches deep and how the plants keep looking so well I do not know. Some of them are few inches high and some foot or more. They are good promising plants, and will, no doubt, give exhibition blooms by the last of August, but just now they look as if heavenly soaking would be their only deliverer; and doubtless that is so. They need rain and will well to it.
 The red, white and blue bouquet is not as readily attainable on the Fourth as one would think it should be. There is really no scarcity of red and white flowers, but there is a sacreity of blue ones. To get three masses of flowers that match well in these colors is not so difficult as most people suppose Centaurea and Silene will do it in good alone will do it, but it lacks bright red. These perennials, one from the Levant and the Caucasus, and the other from the subarctic re- gions of the earth, once started in a garden are not easily rooted out The self -sown plants leave no doubt that they have come to stay. They make themselves at home on any kind of soil and despite the rigorous use of the hoe greet one every spring from the edges and corners of the garden. The red and white silene are of the right color and the light blue centaurea matches them well.
 You have heard a few Jams talk about the common people just as if they had them all classified into the common and the uncommon; but they have not, for common person is one imagination or beauty, and they are found in all the ranks and conditions oe life. To be without orig inality of thought and to be without ideals is indeed to reach common level. Some people talk of common people for the sole purpose of impress ing others that they are uncommon themselves. In a sense they be, but not in the sense they would have us think The man or woman of mind doesn't have to knuckle to money for the light which ligllteth every man who cometh into the world.
 The swordfish season has arrived and swordfish steak is in order. It is not so long ago that the swordfish was not edible-it was a wonder for size and profitable on account of it's oil l do not know of prettier sight than a swordfish swimming near the surface in smooth sea. He is not a afraid-tne noise of steamer does not seem to disturb him. He swims in his native element like a monarch conscious of his might. Hugh Miller says this fish began to swim in the seas a dwarf and became giant He that the first swordfish were only a span in length in ancient seas and that they grew to be monsters in modern seas whose bodies eQualled in hugeness the trunks Of ancient oaks Per contra, many things of earth which