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Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

had been highway robbery. One night
as he knelt on the hard floor of his
cell wrestling with his Gins, Inundated
by his sense of guilt. a great rapture
suddenly possessed his soul. 1t seemed
as if hand were laid upon his head
and as if a voice said: My son, thy
sins, which are many, are forgiven
From that hour Jerry McAuley, the
depraved river thief. was a new man.
After his release from prison he did a
work for The outcast and fallen.
through the Water street mission.
which he founded, that is known and
honored throughout christendom.
Three moral miracles among many
which may be cited. Why do they
not deserve to be called miracles
When a man who has been going a GER
tain way all his life and when all his
habits and tastes have been establish
ed in conformity with that direction
suddenly turns straight about and goes
thereafter In the opposite direction
what can you call it but a miracle
But there are other miracles besides
these striking conversions. Here is a
man pure in the midst Of impurty, a
woman patient, forbearing, forgiving
when constantly burdened and i'll
treated mother fearless and resigned
when her baby is taken from her, a
father steady, unselish. brave when
life is pushing him hard, a public
official faithful to his trust though sub
ject to fierce temptations. They are
all acting contrary to their natural
instincts. They are not following the
line of least resistance. Some inward
force is driving them to do and to
bear things they could not do and bear
otherwise.
Such demonstrations Of the reality
and power of the moral and spiritual
element In human life are the greatest
miracles Of history and the present
age.
THE PARsON.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
AFTER PEppLERs.
Bridgeport Police Commissioner &
Protect Interests Of Merchants.


Police Commissioner Kershaw had
a busy time Of it Saturday night, says
the Bridgeport Telegram, in protect
ing the merchants on Water street
from the inroads of an itinerant ped
dler, who was selling sweaters from
a wagon in front OF store. The COM
missioner found a policeman and the
peddler was instructed to get a move
on, as his license did not give him the
privilege OF being stationary. and thus
becoming competitor with merchants.
Some time ago there was a discus
sion in the board regarding the value
Of licenses to peddlers Mr.. Kershaw
has always been opposed to them on
the ground that they interfere with
home merchants who pay rent and are
taxpayers. 1t was then decided that
under their license a peddler could
go from house to house as do the
vegetable peddlers, but that the law
did not allow them become station
airy. When they located for any length
of time at one place they were no
peddlers in the common accepted
meaning of the word. Mr.. Kershaw
saw that this peddler was stationary
and asked If his license did not allow
him to stand and sell his goods. He
was told that it did not. Commission
err Kershaw intends that hereafter all
peddlers will have to obey the sale
rule and keep moving.
Makes Him Safe.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

! Hostess at her first postnuptial tea.
the brand new matron solemnly eyed
| the girls who clustered about the table
and her tones were weighty and pcr-
| tentous.
Girls she said, "the most agonized
morning of my life was my bridal
inorning--and Georges It's really
quite a long story. You see, just as
soon as my wedding day was decided
upon and publicly announced all my
| friends seemed to feel that 1t was up
to them to help celebrate. Forthwith
began q succession OF showers, card
parties, dinners and theaters. which
was harder physical work and a big
ger mental strain than anything I'd
ever known.
II would reach home about Q O'Clock
In the morning from some northern
suburb to meet myself starting out for
a luncheon down near the Indiana line.
During the salad course OF the lnnch-
con would have to excuse myself to
my outraged hostess and make tracks
for Evanston, there to grace with my
presence a library shower given in my
honor. At 8 o'clock was due at Oak
Park, where a distant cousin was to
give a dinner for me, and following
that ordeal was a theater party. A
midnight supper downtown came next
and the hour and half that were left
to me out of the twenty-four were
passed with the hairdresser, who re-
paired the ravages of the days hilari-
ties. I can count on one hand all the
hours of real sleep 1 squeezed in dur
ing the three weeks preceding my
narriage--and Georges. That's no ex-
aggeration, Margery," she declared as
peony checked debutante gasped in
credulously.
-
eyes rivaled those of a melodrama
queen" proceeded the brand new ma
tron. 1.-THE bones began to show in
my hands and my fingers got so thin
that twice my engagement ring rolled
off and hid under pieces Of furniture.
That's terribly unlucky, you know"
"'How dreadful" exclaimed Margery.
1T was very evident that If / con-
tinued at the same rate, reefs would
have to be taken in all the garments
of my trousseau," went on the brand
new matron. George wanted me to
go TO a sanitariun, he's so unselfish
You know it would have killed him IL
l han gone away from him.
THE night before we were married. I"
went on the brand new matron, moth
er gave the bridal party dinner, The
crowd Of US danced and had music
and talked till almost 3. And at Q
next morning / was to be married
and George! 1t couldn't be a bit later,
for the only train we could take left at
10. And was determined, and so was
George, to go nowhere but to Bots
Rouge, Canada, where we had the dear
est little log cabin right in the heart
OF a forest.
Il was too exhausted when I tum-
bled into bed TO realize that on the NOR
row I was to be married to George. I
fell asleep like a clod, with no more
romance about me than if had been
a lump of mortar. I was determined
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

escape the disgrace Of being given q
criminal record. After bitter fight
in the assembly the FIRST probation law
was passed years ago At this time
il was not compulsory for a city or
police court Judge 10 appoint>a proba-
ton officer, as 1t is now.
"Deviltry is the only thing they
teach in Connecticut jails," he said.
"and to show the need of a probation
system / will relate a recent expert
.ence. In one OF our ten jails saw
forty eight prisoners crowded together
in one room. Some Of them were mere
boys and girls and they were forced
to associate with some of the most
hardened criminals In the state. one
of whom had been arrested 272 times
for irtoxication."
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
A Religious Authors statement.

Rev. Joseph H. Fesperman. Sails
bury. N. c., who is the author of sew
eral books, writes: For several years
/ was afflicted with kidney trouble and
last winter I was suddenly stricken
with a severe pain in my kidneys and
was confined to bed eight days unable
to get up without assistance. My
urine contained a thick white sedi-
ment, and / passed same frequently
day and night. I commenced taking
Foley's Kidney Remedy and the pain
gradually abated and finally ceased
and my urine became normal. cheer
fully recommend Foley's Kidney REM
edy." For sale by Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
Younu Girls Are Victim.

of headache as well as older women.
but all get quick relief and prompt
cure from DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
the worlds best remedy for sick and
nervous headaches. They make pure
blood, and strong nerves, and build
up your health. Try them. Csc at Lee
& Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
DEVILTRY TAUGHT.
Young Boys and Girls Corrupted in
JaiIs, Says II. Il. spooner.

The probation court. what 1t has
done and proposes to do In this state
we're ably discussed in Waterbury on
Sunday by H. Fl. Spooner. secretary
of the Connecticut alliance and a for
mer member of the legislature. In
his introduction Mr.. Spooner spoke OF
the work of Judge Ben Lindsay in
Denver and how he had felt the lack
of some system In Connecticut where
by boys, girls and Offenders for the
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

so THEY WERE MARRIED

TO get every minute OF my few Allotted
hours of sleep. There would be plen-
ty of time to dream beautiful poems
up at Bots Rouge, with George. Per-
haps you girls can imagine my con-
sternation at feeling myself yanked
ruthlessiy by the arm in what seemed
to be about five minutes after had
gone TO sleep. and then seeing mother
bending. over me.
@'Child, it's quarter to 81 she gasp
ed.
THE words were ike an electric
shock. leaped into my old shoes az
one bound. I nabbed my comb ana
the nape OF my neck though my nat
had been specially designed for the lat
est style Of turban hairdressing.
The girl guests appreciated the catas-
trophe and looked profound sympathy
my old rose colored suit was the
handiest," went on the brand enw ma
iron. "and slipped into 1t without SO
much as a glance In the mirror. I
slid down the stairs. gulped swal-
low Of coffee in the kitchen and then
rushed down the street, putting on
paid Of soiled white chamois gloves
which / had grabbed in my excitement.
i quaked as / neared the church, but
with courage born of desperation l
peeked in at the door. Girls, there
tered about the church, even in the ten
front seats on the middle aisle, were
visibly excited spectators. The organ
was playing. and l nearly had fit on
the spot for fear some one would rec
oenize me and give the signal for the
wedding march.
81 wonder yet how had the strength
to get around to the rector's Office,
which adjoined the chancel. However.
when accomplished the fact. there |
found George, disheleved and wild
eyed. arrayed in shiny old blue serge
suit and a spotted tan spring over
coate, with an automobile cap on the
back of hts head and crtirnpling in his
hands a. gray glove and a reddish
brown one He nearly expired from
pure relief when he saw me.
"By that time 1t was $40 O'Clock,
and it was evident that there was no
time to lose. We called in a passing
expressman and a maid wha was hur-
rying to the corner grocery with an
apron thrown over her head. With
these as witnesses we were married.
And after the splurge We had prepar-
ed
George called a taxicab. and Just as
we were making for the train we met
the best man in an automobile, urging
on a chauffeur who was breaking the
sped limit scandalously. II luck held,
the rest of my bridal party and
Georges. probably gathered by noon
The brand new matron stopped to
laugh.
But my troubles were all over. So
were Georges. Jush as our train pull
ed out we telephoned mother to make
all necessary explanations Poor moth
erl 1t was rough on herl But you
would have thought the people would
have had sense enough not 10 hang
around that church till 1 o'clock, would
MT you ?'-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

A now religion sprana up in the
Orient q good many years ago. 1t was
frowned upon by the ecclesiastical
authorities anxious to conserve their
own prestige and functions and its
devotees were whipped, imprisoned and
crucified. One of the most active per-
secutors of the new sect suddenly
faced right about and began to preach
the faith of which he had just been
making havoc. Not oJiy was hir
thinking entirely revolutfsAized but q
affections and his conduct. His will,
too was completely changed. People
looked at him in amazement and said:
''What can have happened to Saul OF
Tarsus?"
There was once a young man of
splendid endownents but so impetuous
and self willed that he caused his
beautiful and cody mother much
anxiety. He was restless and like so
many other young men plunged into
anusements and even into dissipation.
His eager. inquisitive mind led him to
read the philosophers, but they brought
him no peace Finally one day he
happened upon a certain passage of
flood of tears and all of a sudden
his heart was filled with peace. From
that time on young Augustine was a
changed man. His mothers prayers
were answered. He became the lead
ing theoloRian and saint Of his century,
I-Nho is still held in reverence by the
Christian church throughout the world.
Less than so years ago a young man
was serving a sentence OF Is years in
Sing Sing prison, New York The
orlzaA Tor which he was 1ncarcerated
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
CIRCULATION
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.

Sad will be the day for any
man when he becomes absolute
Iy contented with the life he
is living, with the thought he
is thinking, and the deeds he
is doing; when there is not for
ever beating at the door Of his
soul some great desire to do
something larger which he knows
he was meant to do, because he
is a child of God.--PhiIIips
Brooks.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

State Highway Commissioner Mac
Donald has the right to settle with
contractors, says the states attorney
general. without comforting with Sc
lectmen of towns.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

Boston is preparing to spend mil
lions on her water front. making new
streets and wharves. and warehouses
to accommodate her increasing for
eign trade
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
lima for Action.

When a man admits that you were
right and he was wrong. watch him.
He has some Interior motive.-Chicago
Record Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

| Marie Corelli thinks that the same
heart and emotions move the Ameri-
can woman that moved Mother Eve,
but she is sure there is never dull
one among them.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

China has commission in this
country looking at the shipyards and
gunfactories with a view of investing
twenty millions in fighting machines.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

When Portland adorns her new city
hall with statues Of F'essenden and
Neal Dow, there will be no disposi-
ton to put them high, for they were
too honest to be Quay-ed
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

The Boston Post prints a Roman
terra Gotta bust made in the first cen
fury before Christ which has strik-
ing resemblance to President Mellen
of the Consolidated road.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

Hartford doubtless takes pride in the
plainness OF its arnory, for most ar
rnories Of pretence are given the aspect
of citadel.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

Admiral Chester says Cook thought
that he was going north when he was
going south. and. If this is so, ii does
not make Of him a deliberate faker.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

A ehiekadee makes very nice COM
psnion on these cold days for field
workers. and he appears to be curl
Gus to know what they are doing and
wild birds. A little fellow came within
four feet OF me and showed me his
black and white and drab and buzz
plufnage, which ID as handsome as
leopard's skin. the other day and his
chick-a -dee-dee had good cheer as well
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

The worm in the chestnut must re-
gard the human race as alot Of can
.nibals. He and the cheese skipper are
menaced by perils.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

Mrs. Pankhurst would think that the
American women were serious enough
If she could get in on the curtain-lec-
ture side Of them.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

A New York man has sent President
Taft big mince pie for Thanksgiving,
but it will have to take second place
to the Rhode Island turkey.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

An Ohio man says now that he can
not see two dogs fighting but he Won
ders IL they are trying to determine
whether Cook or Peary discovered the
mole
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

President Taft likes the kind Of
welcome he receives in old Connecti-
cut, and that is the reason he so fire.
quently visits this commonwealth.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

could not pronounce his name simply
lost permanent embarrassment.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

President Taft is the great American
traveller and no one is likely to dis
pute his title to the championship.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

With the 18th instant came the open
season for shooting stars, and they are
everybody's game for a few days.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

We learn patience from annoyances
which we cannot evade, but we do not
like to take our lessons
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Think Of Champion johnson looking
upon James Jeffries and remarking to
comrade that he looked stale to him.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

bad memory. His conscience might
hurt him IL he sat alone with Il TO
count the skulls. he has cracked.--At-
lanta Constitution.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

or burned mt the stake. IT In the truth
which persists, and the more practical
the truth the more popular II becomes
and the larger following it attracts.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

The American girl who declined to
marry a French nobleman because she
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

II has become a proVerb that "a
great talker Is q great liar and that
because men Of this sort talk more
than they think and really when they
have nothing to say. The unbridled
tongue is always the widest member
Of a family, and makes the most trou-
BILE, for 1t is an indisputable fact that
HE who says what he likes must hear
what he does not like" for most peo-
pie have not learned that SILENCE is
less injurious than a bad reply" We
all know how one word brings on an
other and not always in good form;
and when attention is called to the
fact that "A man Of silence is a man
of sense" we have no disposition to
dispute it. The unbridled tongue mars
every day in all languages and 1t is
the provocative in most family disso-
1utions as well as tragedies. The man
who can hold his tongue is never Or
dered to hold his horses"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
SUNDAY MORNING TALK.
The Moral Miracles.

Entire agreement among thoughtful
people concerning actually of miracles
in the physical world may not easily
be secured. But candid minds cannot
think very differently with regard to
indisputable occurrences in the moral
sphere which are little short OF
miraculous Here we confront obvious
facts. interpretations Of these facts
may vary, but it cannot be gainsaid
that this or that marvellous change in
human character took place.
Here are a few cases In point:
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13

with an augmented company OF we'll
known players. producing a new list pt
up-to-date plays. The offerings for M
week will be as follows:
Monuay nleht. Mtrl
TUESDAY matinee. Inc Days OF d
Wednesday matinee ..............,.
......... Why Men Tempt Worneg
Wednesday night. Du Barry
Thursday matinee. .Zelue OF the Circus
Thursday night. "A Thief in the Houss
rriaay matinee ..............t MAIN
rlio1y hlsht ,....';, nj ...... r; =, =.
Saturday matinee. You Kid
saturday night .............- -.
$3.50. The BeREar and Millonairs
Prices-Evenings. 10c. zoe. acc. Mata
inees. Ice, zoe.
Monday night is ladies' night soc
best reserved seats at only is cents.
Seats on sale at the Box Office. Waus
regan House and Pitcher e. Services %
Saturday, Nov. -. at 2 o'clock.
Cars to all points after performance
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
The Circulation OF
The Bulletin.

The Bulletin has the largest cir
culation of any paper In Eastern
Connecticut. and from three to four
times larger than that OF any In
Norwich. 1t is delivered to over
1000 of the 4.05s houses IN NOR
wich, and read b. ninety three per
cent Of she people. In windham
It is delivered to over 900 houses.
in Putnam and Danielsen to over
1.100. ard in al OF these places It
IS considered the locsl daily.
Eastern Connecticut has forty
nine towns. one hundred and sixty
I'VE post ONCE districts ana 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., 1909-11-13

as music in it. 1t was Florence Van
SAINT who wrote him up as "The Rev.
Mr. Chickadee, DID," saying Ills
sect is Congregational. the wild woods
are his church, the wind his choir in
visible his pulpit is a birch. The
sermon we should not forget: happy
and cheerful be, have diligence. be
brave, don't fret" says "Chickadee,
DID" Emerson thought the familiar
little duffer worthy of poem from
his pen. The deserving bird attracts
the attention of the high and able
whether he wears feathers or does
mott
We do not any of us like the troll
ley conductor who carries us past the
station and we glare at him after he
has been told where we would alight,
as If we should like to have his fate
in our hands for just five minutes. We
DO not think that we have no right
to tax his memory by telling him long
before we reach the sta ton and never
of the possibility that he has no mem
Dry and will not let us off until we
signal. The time to signal is when
the white pole has been passed pre-
ceding the white pole at which we
would disembark. Sometimes there is
a conductor who does not keep his eye
on his passengers and whose eye can
not be caught and such a conductor is
simply neglecting his business. for he
should be alert for every signal the
passengers make whether for personal
inquiry or for aliglAtlng. IT is pro-
voking; but we are to blame for half
our provocations.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
||RR0ADNEY THENRF||
H'fM JACKSON AMUSEMENT tahaNictRS.
WEES REcINNING MONDAY. NOv. Is
CLARA TURNER

WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY. NOW
Ira w. Jackson presents the favon-
lite little star OF repertoire,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-06-17

A very wise policy at the present
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-06-17

time would be to get the State Board
of Horticultural Inspection to take
up the insect, the same as the cod,
ling moth or the scale. The efforts
OF their inspector would soon give
us information as to the exact area
infested, which is one of the first
things necessary to know in plan
ming to subdue the outbreak. Com
munications relative TO this matter
should be addressed 10 J. R. Field,
State Horticultural Inspector. Boise.
Mr.. Field will probably come here
promptly on request to view the sit
uation. In the meantime owners of
infested patches should exercise
double diligence to keep the insect
from spreading. Hand picking at
this season Is the best measure,
lea wing the application of poison I'M
til the plants are larger and young
bugs nave appeared.
]. NJ, AIdrich.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-06-17
What Mark Twain Says.

Came to Baltimore last week e
talk to girl graduates Of ST. limo
thy's school.
Following Edward r. MARTA d
New York. he said that a. Martin
had advised them as to what they
should do. he could only tell them
what they should not do.
There are three things. young la.
dies, ! advise you not to do: Don't
smoke that is, don't smoke to excess.
] am IS IL Years old and / have
smoked only 75 years of that time.
''Don't drink that is, don't drink
to excess.
Don't marry--I mean, to excess.