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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
A PIONEER nm REEuRM.

Judge Ben Lindsay is such a won
der in overcoming juvenile depravity
and turning bad boys into useful cit
liens that we have become accustomed
here in the east to look to Denver. as
the wonder worker along these lines:
but we are surprised to learn that
Providence, r. L, claims to be a pioneer
in the establishment Of juvenile courts
and the institution Of the probation
system, and IS justly pleased with the
result. II shares with Denver the dis
tinetion of having established that
court in 1898, or four years before
New York city adopted the plan. Last
year 525 children under sixteen years
Of age were brought before the tuve-
lie department on criminal complaints.
OF these seventy-nine were sent to the
reform school or sentenced to nav
fines, twelve were bound over to the
superior court and 434 yere placed on
probation. OF this last and larger
class twenty eight we're subsequently
surrendered by the probation officers.
but 406 stood the test and were finally
discharged.
1t is high honor to be able TO stand
up with Denver in this class Of work,
which In the past ten years has
spread through the cities Of twenty
two states and is IN another decade
likely to spread through the remaining
twenty. Let the good work go on.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
STANDING PAT.

President elect Taft has already
been a disappointment to a few OF
his countrymen and he Is going to be
r disappointment to many more.
All who favored a sea-ievel canal
arc disappointed to think that he re-
turns from Panama drmer than ever
in favor Of lock canal. He does not
hesitate to say that it is the right
thing-the method Of despatch.
And those who are prejudiced
against the south are asking them
selves what he is trying to do with
the men who would have defeated him
what he is hobnobbing with his enc
mics for. They are sure his southern
trip leaves him open to suspicion.
Before he gets through his term Of
Office he is going TO offend a great
many who are heart and hand with
him now, just as Lincoln did, and it
will not surprise The bulletin If he
is reviled worse by his own party than
by the opposition, simply because he
will do what seems to be right to him
though the heavens fall.
The man who shirks no responsible
ities-who is determined to do his duty
toward all the citizens and to be par
tial to none. has no thornless path be-
fore him. William n. Taft is giving
evidence that he is going to be a
president who knows the country's
needs and viii do all he can to meet
them. No class will own him. no cor
porate or money combination viii con-
troll him, no sectional demonstration
win brighten him. He IS going 10
square to the full measure Of a man
and statesman and take the conse-
quences: and in this he IS going 10
have the support Of the people as
Roosevelt has had Il.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
ne eRANp OLD WOMAN.

Julia Ward Howe is the grand old
woman of the twentieth century. At
the age Of SO she still speaks for the
equality of women in citizenship with
spirit and force. At the annual meet
ing of the Woman Suffrage associa-
ton Of Massachusetts the other day,
she said:
1T was my good fortune to get in
terested in this question early, for the
first time we saw the whole of one
sex governed by the whole of the 9TH
er-every negro man governing every
white woman. This seemed to me an
intolerable tyranny. After holding the
door open for the negro, we might
at least have been allowed TO go in
after him. What woman need is a
larger point of view. We tend to in
tense affections and intense interests,
and therefore we are in danger Of be-
ing narrow. No matter how closely
she is shut in by the four walls Of her
own kitchen or parlor let every woman
remember that she is also a citizen Of
the world. When collegiate educa-
ton was opened to women. said to
myself This viii be the death blow
to superstition But many, even of
college women, tend merely 20 accept
the views of their professors. The
chief source of mischief and of low
level of thought among women lies in
what has been looked upon as one of
women's especial virtues-submissiv
ness and a willingness to believe what
we are told. Women have been asleep
but now we are waking up, like the
enchanted princess when the right
man came. We are going to know how
the world is governed, and help to
make the crooked places straight"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
HIS LAST OUTING.

stairs-a flash of dog. This dog
flash would remind me, and / would
come downstairs quickly to terminate
the dog flash, which would only cease
on the condition of an immediate rec
ognition of the ancient rights OF the
dog. l must put my hat on and take
him for his expedition to the pond on
the common. And so the co-proprletorS
would go forth, l walking quietly like
suburban resident who had had ms
living to earn, and Trip galloping,
self-conhdent dog. making no effort at
all to curb his passionate delight. L
would take a direct route to the pono'
and Trip would take another route
about two miles round and round.
Well, after Is years the day at last
arrived when l produced a bit of brown
string and tied it on to his collar.
He was very pleased. He was going
out. He barked in the dining room
and in the hall, and when I opened the
front door. Soon had shut the front
door behind us. and then the garden
gate was shut, too, and we stood to-
gether outside on the pavement. The
o-proprietors went slowly down the
hill. Trip was hobbling on three legs.
He hadn't had any sleep lately. Poor
IS year old veterani rheumatism had
got his little body, and our house ls1d
been a place of silent suffering Tor
many day. very hard to bear for him
and me. The Ve-. hol told us there
was no cure My heart was heavy as
I held the brown string. Ny step was
heacy as we went along. But Trip was
very pleased, and whenever l looked
down at him he looked up and barked
and barked with friendliness and
pleasure. Many a day of suffering was
behind him, but he had forgotten it all
He was going out. and he barked and
barked as he hobbled on his old Tags.
I took ticket for each Of the co-pro-
prietors. Soon we were in the train
and Trip was very pleased.
I lifted him on the platform and
gave up our tickets, and soon we were
making our way along the road. It
was a short distance now. The CO.
proprietors went through a door, and I
paid half a crown at the counter, re-
ceiving a paper document. We went
on side by side down a passage, and
saw a great man in uniform with the
words Head Keeper on his hat
aust come this way, if you please, -
he said to us, when he learned our
purpose, and we passed down another
passage amidst a loud noise Of dogs
in their pens. We came to a door.
"Give me the string" said the big man.
"Good bye. Trip" I said. Trip was
very pleased. He barked and parked
outside the door and jumped up my
leg Then the door opened and they
disappeared. Trip had gone to the leth-
al chanber.-West Gazette.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

/ got a bit of brown string and tied
1t on his collar. He was very pleased.
He saw my hat on my head, and knew
he was going out. What the brown
string was for, he neither knew, nor
cared. He was going out, so he
barked in the dining room and in the
hall He parked as 1 opened the front
door. He was going out.
1t was my house and his house. For
10 years he had been a co-prOprietor.
He never paid the rent. the rates and
taxes, nor the local tradesmen. Eco
nomically, his position was that OF a
poor relation or some charity child.
But he knew nothing of the cash mex
US. His spirit was too big for those
considerations. He understood well the
spiritual fact that the house was mine
and his, and his demeanor was ever
that of the co-proprietor, and never
that of the hanger-on. And So,
whenever a stranger ventured TO come
to the garden gate, Trip Chat was his
name), told him the facts. He told
him whom the house belonged to.
As co-prOprietors, we both had our
rights, had come out of the distant past
with the sanctity of tradition around
them, and upon his rights Trip insist
ed, without faltering. on sundays l
had the right to go to church by my
self and, therefore, on that day. when
he saw me put my hat on, he always
lay very still in his basket, with his
head between his paws. just glancing
sideways up at me as / made myself
extra respectable. He could not read
the calendar above the writing table,
but ne knew Sunday every time, and
was. perhaps. less liable to make a
mistake on that point than L was. Even
when the door was actually opening
he played the Sunday game well. with
his head between his paws, lying very
still in his basket He could tell the
time, too, for every Sunday morning at
5 and twenty past u, even though the
clock had stopped. you could see him
get out of his basket, sit upon his hind
legs on the mat al the bottom of the
stairs, and put his ears just little
forward. all ready to insist on one Of
his immemorial rights.
When the door opened Trip would
leap and wriggle and lick and bark, and
I could not help feeling on those &C.
casions that ne gave himself away a
little too much. Then. If for a mo-
ment I should be forgetful of his rights
and if I went upstairs to look at my
self in the glass and brush my mus
tache and file some newspaper cut
tings. there'd be a parOXysn. l mean
that Trip would suddenly turn into a
streak of lightning and start flashing
about the house-upstairs and down
stalrs-into the drawing room-into
the dining room-iuto the kitchen
into the back garden-upstairs, down
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

GROCERIES. HAY AND GRAIN
J. G. Potter & Sons. 40 Main Street
We carry a complete line of fancy and
staple Groceries, Hay. Grain and Feed.
Poultry Supplies. Etc.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
WESTERLY FIRMS

CLOTHING
r. G. B.iyen.
C1othier, Furuisher. Outntter
carry full line of Gents Fur
nishings.
On the bridge.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
HoRsEsHoEING

P. J. White, IS Bath Street Horse
shoeing in all it's brsnches. Careful
atten ton on our part insures your pat
ronage Once a customer always a
customer.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
DE Limits on FREEpoM.

While there is a limit to freedom. it
is not always easy 10 fix or regulate
the limit.
When q liquor dealer asked the late
Leonard W. Bacon where liberty end
ed, when he was conducting a case
before the county commissioners at
Norwich. he glared at him and replied:
Your liberty would end. sir, when
your fist threatens to come in colli-
sion with my nosei"
Liberty finds its limit near the point
of collision everywhere, and that is
the reason that there. is now recog-
nized a necessity for curtailing the
liberty OF young experimenting scien-
lists who are playing with wireless
message OUTFIT Of their own making.
Wireless messages from the home
coming feet OF battleships have been
received, but Il Is stated that amateur
wireless operators so interfere with the
sending Of dispatches to the regular
stations that the value Of the service
Is very much reduced. ANY amateur
with a homemade apparatus, the de-
tails OF which are comparatively easy
and simple, can pick up a message "on
the wing" and If enough Of them do
this the business is embarrassed.
This, Of course, will have to be stop
ped by law in sopne way II It cannot
be prevented by improvement Of the
telegraphic instruments, or the inven-
ton Of a secret code.
II was claimed that way had been
discovered to change the vibrations Of
"senders" and receivers so that they
will be adapted TO each other and
be incapable Of receiving messages OF
a higher or lower vibration than they
are set for.
II is not easy to overcome the diff
hculties now confronting the service,
but It will be done in some way with
in few years.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

II is a fact that a tiny political plum
| is everywhere preferred nowadays to
a big lemon.
men instead Of taxing bachelors win
! please stand UP.
The new patterned automobiles are
said to be faster than ever but none
the less dangerous.
It is generally admitted that Sena-
tor Knox, as secretary Of state, will
be worth the money.
The willing man finds work where
the wilful man is usually a failure.
The unpliable need not apply.
The letter carriers are glad that st.
Valentines day has passed; but there
is no dearth of work in their sphere.
Lincoln never went through a tag
day and who can tell how he would
have regarded this kind Of a hold-up ?
Niagara falls is showing what. com
| mercialism can do to a great natural
wonder. It is working in overaus and
jumper
Colonel Bryan is letting It leak out
| that he intends to have something to
says as TO who shall be the next dem
ocratic nominee.
The American hen is busy pulling
down the price Of eggs, and it must
be acknowledged that she is succeed
ing remarkably well.
The everyday citizen does not need
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
THE FlRFRaAND OF EUROPE
Balkans Situation Arouses Serious APP
Prehensions in Russian Official Cir
cles.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 16 The pres
ent situation in the Balkans is begin
nings to arouse serious approximations
in official circles in St. Petersburg.
The press campaign now being con-
Quoted in Vienna, apparently with the
idea of conveying the impression that
Australia Hungary has received a man
date from Europe to occupy Servia, is
regarded in the Russian capital as a
carefully planned diplomatic move on
/ the part OF Baron Won Aehrenthal, the
AUstro- Hungarian minister Of foreign
affairs to prepare public opinion at
home and abroad for an invasion Of the
neighboring kingdom, and it is said in
some quarters here that unless AUS
tria-Hungary modifes her attitude the
next few months may witness the ad-
vent of very disturbed political con-
ditions in the peninsula, particularly
in view OF the many and conflicting
interests that center in the disturbed
states lying to the south and east of
Austria and Hungary. The matter has
not yet taken any formal aspect, but
q most com Detent authority said today
that Austria Hungary must be held
responsible for imperiling the peace of
Europe If she persisted in her present
course.
Continuing this same authority call
ed attention to the fact that since last
November Servia had taken no ag-
gressive steps and that she had with
drawn her troops from the frontier.
on the other hand, Austria Hungary
was modelling her army and she had
today q large striking force in Bosnia
and Herzegovina and was beginning to
talk of the necessity of occupation.
Austria Hungary and not Servia is
the firebrand Of Europe" this diplo-
mat said and the Austro Hungarian
assurances to respect the territorial
integrity Of Servia in case Of occupa-
ton have little value, since she un-
doubtedly would exact an Indemnity
which would ruin Servia financially.
To force Servia to become financially
Independent upon Austria Hungary
would mean the end Of the independ-
ence Of the country
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
WHAT The PAPERS SAY.

The matter of a bridge over the
Connecticut at Lyme is up again, and
is likely to continue to be up hereafter
till it is settled by the unquestionable
requirements Of the situation and a
bridge is built The present ferry is
an anomaly and out Of place as a part
of our highway plan and the good of
the entire shore front of the state, ex-
tending back for many miles also, de-
mands this improvement. Were the
state treasury not ain hole" already,
there would be no question whatever
about the nropriety of an appropria-
ton for that purpose. and as it is the
necessity is as pressing as that for a
great many other things kept very
much to the front and continually de-
handing state money.-Bridgep
Standard.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
MASSACHUSETTS G. A. r.
Forty third Annual Enoampment--
Election Of Officers.

Boston. Feb. LETT was with de-
creasing numbers that the comrades of
the Massachusetts department of the
Grand Army of the Republic gathered
for the fOrty-third annual encampment
today and listened to the words of the
retiring commander. A. 5. Roe of
Worcester, learned that the treasury
was in a satisfactory condition and
elected Capt. John T. Parker Of Lynn
as department commander for the
coming year. J. w. Brown of Bos-
ton was elected senior vice commander
and G.. c. Fiske Of Ashland junior vice
commander.
During the afternoon session Com
mander in Chief II. M. Nevins visited
the encampment and spoke briefly.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
SMALL INCREASE IN DEPOSITS
Shown by the Savings Banks Of Mas
sachusetts' Annual Report.

Boston. Feb 16.--In no year since
1879 have the savings banks of Mas
sachusetts shown so small an increase
in deposits as during the year ended
October 81. 1908, according to the an
nual report of Bank Commissioner Pi-
ere jay made public today The in
crease in deposits in 1908 was $685.
600 as compared with S12.S59,000 in
1907. while the average increase for
the preceding ten years was S24,086,-
coo.
The most striking changes in in
vestments by savings banks have been
an increase of $12.714,000 in real es-
tate loans and decrease Of S15,651,-
000 in loans on personal securities.
The commissioner in his report ex-
pressed the opinion that many banks
this year would have to reduce their
dividends.
The commissioner suggests minor
changes in the banking laws.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
PUTNAM FIRMS
HATR DRESSER

D. F. X. McEvoy 81 Main Street.
Ladies', Gents and Children's Hair
Dresser and practical Wig maker.
Hair worker In all It's branches. Wigs
for sale and to rent.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

A woman may marry her deceased
husbands brother II she will, but she
does not, perhaps. because she does
not care to get into the family any
deeper.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

Missouri IS inclined to see how a
lobby would look in uniform. II the
suits were dashy enough they might
be mistaken for the governors foot
guard.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
WHO CAN BLAME HIM?

Senator Frank b. Brandegee's ac-
ton in breaking into the fight between
the so-called young" and "old" ele-
ments of the republican, party in
Bridgeport in an effort to swing the
city court judgeship appointments in
that city to friends who helped bring
about his triumph in the senatorial
contest with Congressman Hill, is not
worrying Internal Revenue Collector
Robert O. Eaton, who is mentioned as
one Of those whose scalp Mr.. Brande-
gee is trying to get.-New Haven Reg
lister.
Collector Eaton is to be congratu-
lated upon being able to keep on the
calm. even tenor Of his way, under
existing circumstances. There seems
to be no reason for his fearing an as
sault, unless he is residing in glass
house. And so far as Mr.. Brandegee
IS concerned, no one who is familiar
with the methods which have been
practiced against him can blame him
for working from this time on to
strengthen his political fortress and
deliberately behead his enemies. Their
political treachery has been Of the kind
which SHOULD not be continued in this
state, and it therefore merits no quar-
ter.-Ansonia Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

stone masons are made on sight as
well as Master Masons. Alice Roose-
welt Longworth has been made one,
and equipped with a union card.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
CHIROPODY Am MANICuRING

Mrs. James p. Brown. 40 Main Street.
Willimantjc Conn. orders taken for
puts and other nair goods. Your own
eombings mSde INTO a switch. pompa-
dour or puts. ChirQpody. Manicuring
hair removed. Full line Of Victoria
Toilet Goods. Evenings By appoint
ment
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
TAFTVILLE FIRMS
DRUGGIST

2. r. Grenier, Taftvllle. Ct Prescrip-
lions filled with the greatest care and
with only the best and purest drugs
A fun line OF Toilet articles.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

All one has to do to find out that
cold waves and high winds do their
own steering is TO closely follow the
predictions of the weather bureau.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

The Bulletin has not noticed that
these raindrops have on them the en-
dorsenent Of Horace johnson. What's
the matter with Uncle Horace?
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
BALTIC FIRMS
sHOEsf SHOES

have this day received a lot Of
Mems $3.50 Shoes that / will sell for
$l.9S. This will be for 10 days only.
Fl. A. FOUtaiRe, Railroad St.. Baltic, CT
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

It is real comforting to think that
the Enanuelists are going to let the
Lord cure the cases the regular physi-
clans submit to Hin as durable.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

Happy thought for today: Let the
jury that supports the "unwritten law
be taken out and have a straight dem
onstration OF it. That would be cura
tive
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
TAXING LARGE BUSINESS.
French Chamber Adopts a Graded
Penalty for Department Stores.

Paris. Feb. 16.-The chamber of
deputies passed an article of the in
come tax bill yesterday. imposing an
extra tax on department stores whose
annual turnover exceeds s100,0 600.
The extra tax is ] per cent. on the
turnover between 100000 and $780,
600, 2 per cent. up to s1,0oO,00o. and
3 per cent. when the turnover exceeds
100000.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

The everyday citizen does not need
to attend an automobile show, for he
has one almost every day in the year
as he lodges about.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

Baltimore passes the fifth annver-
sarv OF its great fire with seven hun
dred men on the fire rolls where Il had
less than IRE hundred In 1904,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

The American hen is busy pulling
down the price Of eggs, and it must
be acknowledged that she is succeed
ing remarkably well.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
HORSEsHOEING AND WAGON
REnAVRUEC

Arthur Roy, Baltic, Conn. Expert
horseshoeing and wagon repairing
Our motto is. Best work at right
prices Try US, we are sure to please
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
Business Directory
OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERLY, R. |.
am AND IRON WoRt1

done promptly at short notice and my
prices are right. Give me a trial.
NJ. X. SULLIVAN.
Is Bath Street
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
FOR SALE.

Slabs $1.0O a load. Norwich Wood
Yard. rear Bulletin Bldg. Franklin st.
Tel 5O4.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
HORsBsHOEING AND WAGON

c. F. Bourgeois. Baltic, Conn. We
make a study of shoeing horses that
will satisfy Years of experience has
made US, experts. Wagon repairing at
right prices
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

Colonel Bryan is letting It leak out
that he intends to have something to
says as TO who shall be the next dem
ocratic nominee.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
WlLLIMAATIG FIRMS


rear Young's hotel, Main street Thor
oughly up to date service guaranteed.
Trucking and heavy teaming a spe-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17

Oysters measured out. fresh every
day. Our oysters are worth getting
Quality and price always right, at Ar
nolds, 81 Front ST. Putnam. CT
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-17
GROCERIES

Cali up the Charters Grocery-'Phone
549-5-and we Will deliver to all parts
OF the city. Give us your dinner order.
VIM. Charlie, Prop. TaftVille. Conn.