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Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
A PUZZLER.

Pennsylvania has a balance in its treasury equal to the bonds outstand- ing and the interest thereon and is in fine spirits and the other states cannot see how it was possible for her to free herself when grafters could get away with s9.OO0.00O from her new capitol. for which she put out S13,- OOO. 900. The Newark News remarks that had Pennsylvania's public bus mess been all on the square, the state would have had money enough to build a system of stone roads vastly larger than that which has made New Jer- sey famous" and then it further says: This is good, but not so good as New Jersey. which has no debt, no state tax and an income so great that it meets all state expenses and allows an extra yearly gift of a very large sum of money to the public schools"
 Ex- Treasurer Gallup and his prede- cessors brought Connecticut up out of debt so that it stood in full view of the promised land, but where is it now? The legislature of 1909 appear ed to be afraid that it would get up- on good business footing. They fixed it for a few years, anyway.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
THE HOUSE THAT COOK BUILT

This is the house that Cook built. This is the grub that lay in the house that Cook built.
 This Is the man who gave out on the way and was sent back by COOK to the shack to stay and make free use of the grub that lay In the house that Cook built. This is the sailor all savage ana grim who replaced the man with the crippled limb and was given a note from Peary that said: "This man is in charge because cook IS dead" and gobbIed the grub that Iav in the house that Cook built. This is the sportsman all 1aunty ana gay. who strolled up into the Arc tic to play, and dropped in at the shack of his friend on the way, and encountered a sailor all say age and grim, who replaced the man with a crippled limb and had d note from Peary which said: "This man is in charge because Cook is dead" and gobbled the grub that lay in the house that Cook built.
 This is the owner just back rom tne pole. who called at his house and found it quite droll that his guest the sportsman so jaunty and gay who had strolled up into the Arctic to play and had stopped at the shack of his friend on the way should be slave to sailor all sav- age and grim, who replaced the man with crippled limb, ana showed him a note from PearS that said:. "This man is in charge because Cook is dead" and gob- bled the grub that lay in the house that Cook built.
 -Springfiled Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
DISTRIBUTING LANDS BY LOT.

We sharply criticise the Cuban lot tery and then distribute our own In- dian reservations by lot. While we repudiate one chance game why en- dorse and practice another? It is es- timated that the cost in railroad fare and incidentals to those who partici- pated in the recent land lottery on the Indian reservations amounted to eight million dollars. Over three hun dred thousand people, attracted by the prospect of getting something for nothing, or for very little, participat- ed in the recent drawings A few obtained very valuable lanGs, the for tune of others obtained for them lands, large in extent iut almost worthless because of the poor soil. The vast majority got nothing at all except disappointment, and there was plenty of that for everybody.
 The western newspapers decry this sort of thing as demoralizing and un- worthy great nation. They believe it would be better to sell the land in parcels to the highest bidders. It might be, but that would lead to the cry that the poor man had no chance of procuring a part of the public do- main. It Is a knotty subject even though the methods cannot be shown really to be naughty. People are all ways getting rid of good money for the purpose of getting something for nothing and are not likely soon to reform.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
THE SUTTON INQUEST.

The Sutton inquest did not prove satisfactory to the mother of the lieu tenant or to the government. The coroner's inquest did not show up broken arm or strengthen the suicide theory which has the support of the government. One doctor says that the wound of the bullet which killed Lieu tenant Sutton was clean cut and without the powder burns wound at close range discloses. The examina- tion of the remains confirms neither the suspicious of the family nor the finding of the court. Suspicion is in- creased that he was a victim of i'll temper or jealousy instead of being suicide. This case should be followed up until something definite is estab- lished Doing right by the dead is of more importance than attempting to steer clear of a scandal for the good name of Annapolis.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

Since it takes time to get used to any radical change the Lowrys found some Sifficulty in realizing that Imo- gene, the oldest daughter was actual ly married.
 IT ,,olirse after the wedding and the clearing out of the two roomfuls or wedding gifts and after the pink ana white bedroom that had been Imogenes 8 had taken on a pathetically vacant look. things about the house were oit- ferent. It really seemed that her go- ing had made tremendous cnange' had left an unpleasant haunting empti- ness. At least, that was now Lowry and Mrs. Lowry explained It to tnem- selves.
 "Even the living room seems changed. somehow" said Lowry one evening, gazing around frowmngly. Tt isn't the same! It is different, unfa- miliarl Why. as sit here l can scarce ly recognize the room. To think that just Imogenes absence should daughter. spoke up. Her tone was a little pitying, while her words were enlightening.
 said. How could it be otherwise when Imogene had taken the three big framed foreign photographs that al- ways hung over the bookcases? You know SDe got IneH NllGil SbC " o-7 Aih Italy. And the bronze heads were hers Harry gave them to her after his trip-and she had been betting the palm in the brass jardinieres for months so it would be in good shape for her flat. You gave her the jar dinieres yourself, father, on her birth day" -
 SOh!" said Lowry, a little blankly.
 Gazing about him more closely, he observed that Sallie's words were true the framed photographs and the bronzes and the big palm were gone.
 tMaybe that's it." he admitted. noticed that somthing was different Of course we miss Imogene herself; but taking things out of room cer- tainly does alter it. In me parlor' toC whats missing there?"
 "Wby. the piano!" laughed Adelaide aged Is. That was Imegene's, you know You gave it to her when she ! was 1s. I miss it dreadfully, dad. WhS ! don't you give me one nowY
 Lowry put down his paper ant coughed vaguely. He was very mucf | bewildered and surprised
 "So it was hersl" he unused. "l kint | of thought it belonged to the whoh | family, though. We'll have to se' about getting another.
 Mrs. Lowry had some shocks in th' household department Of course sh' knew that for year and half lmo gene had been acquiring doiiies ant l lunch sets and centerpieces and savlnl them for her new home, but they na'
 been stored with her mothers and use' as occasion demanded. While search
 ing for the Cluny lace cloth the da! of her luncheon party, Mrs. Lowr. | suddenly sat down and stared at tn
 shelves of her linen closet, for sh had remembered that the Cluny lac
 cloth belonged to Imogene. So did tn
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
HOW THEY DRUM UP BUSINESS.

It Is apparent that the lawyers of Boston do not sit in their offices waiting for business to come to them but just get out into the busy world and make business for themselves. A Boston paper says that a woman of that city suffered slight injury the other day and mention of the fact was made in the newspapers. During the Forenoon following thirteen lawyers called at her me-representatives of the "accident chasers" that help to lumber up the courts.
 Commenting upon this habit, the same papers says:
 An accident chaser has everything to gain and nothing to lose by pro- noting the most unfounded or ridicu- lous claim. The poorest client is good for 'pickings' Appearances on the docket or in court help to advertise a man, and there Is always a chance of settlement, yielding generous re- turns to the lawyer, whatever the cli- ent may get"
 These are strenuous times and Bos- ton is not alone in experiences of this kind. Boston's experience is the ex- perience of every city of any size in the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
THE INCREASED REGISTRATION
 FEE

The new registration fee which goes into effect the 1st of November, car ries with it advantages which ought to make it popular with the senders of valuable goods. While but two cents have been added to the old fee it increases the maximum indemnity payable to the owner of a lost or rifled registered letter from $25 to $50, thus doubling the departments liabil- ity for valuable articles intrusted to its registry branch. This additional insurance of $25 for two cents Is granted at much lower rate than Is offered for similar amount by any private concern The changes or dered constitute the first move toward making the postal service self-sus- taining. It is proposed to establish a parcels registration system with a five-cent fee and a small indemnity and a preferred class of registered mail of high value, with increases in the fee and indemnity up to 20 cents and $100. tffe limits fixed by law.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock has really improved this service so much
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
NEW TRUNK ROADS.

It will be of interest to automo- bllists hereabouts to learn that the state of Maine has just begun work on a trunk line which will run from the New Hampshire line to the Ca- madam border; and news also comes of the mapping by Governor Quimby and council of a New Hampshire highway system, three roads cross ing the state from it's southern bor- der to the White mountain region in the north. This is good news to an army of tourists.
 A Boston paper. referring to this good news, says that despite roads deeply buried in sand, and others on which a mountain goat would be more at home than motorist, Maine and New Hampshire annually attract thousands of summer visitors. With good roads in general they would get many thousands more, and so would Vermont. Money intelligently spent on their highways will be returned a hundred fold.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
A DISTINGUISHED COMPANY.

President Taft has laid out great trip for himself and incidentally made 1t pleasant for a great many people. He will have distinguished company in all his travels. It is said that 25 governors, 76 United States senators, 150 congressman and 10 foreign min isters have accepted invitations to accompany him down the Mississippi. and 1t is likely to be an excursion of notables without precedent upon those waters. It is estimated the pres ident will meet about 3O,OO0,00O peo- ple on his travels, which will end the second week in November.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
CIRCULATION
THE JUBILEE BOOK.

The Jubilee Book, containing complete record of the celebration of the 25oth anniversary of the founding of the town of Norwich, with complete illustrations, containing at least 1OO,- 900 words and 50 pages of portraits and scenes of decorated streets and sections of the parade, etc. The Bull letin hopes to have the book ready for delivery early in December. If you have not ordered one, fill out the cou- .pon printed elsewhere and mall to sshe Business Manager of The Bulle- tin. Norwich. Conn"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
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 Tn Norwich. It is delivered to over 5000 of the 4.o53 houses in Nor wlch, and read b.. ninety three per cent of the people. In Windham 1t is delivered to over 300 houses In Putnam and Danielson to over HOO. and in all of these places II Is considered the local daily.
 Eastern Connecticut has forty nine towns. one hundred and sixty five post office districts and 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., 1909-09-18
What and Where 10 Buy In Norwich
A.OO - BOSTONIANS

The Bostonian. Shoe for Men is acknowledged by those who know to equal any Shoe manufactured under the sun They are made by workmen who have no superiors in the art of mak- ing shoes Nothing but the most choice material used in their make up and they are union made. Ask the man that wears them. Special agency, F. Cummings, 52 Central Avenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
SUNDAY MORNING TALK.
LIKES AND pIsLlkEs.

What curious phenomena our likes and dislilxes present. Just why are we drawn irresistibly toward this per son and violently repelled from that one? How is it that the sight of the fair Aurelia unlocks the fioodgates of affection, whereas we can contemplate all day long the estimable Augusta without the slightest 1utter of the heart? Surely there is something mysterious, psychic and inexplicable about these tremors of the souL these strange and mighty attractions and repulsions.
 And vet we should not deceive our selves by thinking that we have no re- sponsibility for our likes and dislikes. They become so thoroughly incorpo- rated into the fiber of our being that in time our personality becomes noth- ing more nor less than a bundle Of likes and dislikes. So we do well from time to time to take the measure of them and to ask what relation they bear to moral standards and to the will of God.
 A dislike, for example, Is often founded on ignorance or prejudice. A pesimist once reamrked that the more he saw of men the fonder he grew of dogs. But. as a rule, when we know others better, the better we like them. I have had some pleasant dissillusion- ments lately. Certain persons whom I once considered gruff, cold and sell fish. I have found through closer inti- macy to be a good deal more compan- ionable and worthy than had fancied them. Before we settle down into hostile attitude toward anyone, we should try to get a true, fair judgment
 of him.
 For a dislike is something to be | overcome if 1t is a possible thing to do so. We sometimes thoughtlessly say: I've formed an intense dislike | for that person." That may be more | to our discredit than to his. At any rate. we are never to go about loudly proclaiming our dislilkes. Cover them up. when you can. DO not communi- 1 cate them to others. Proceed on the | principle that dislike is something | to be conquered, not cherished. Per haps some one today is dislfking yot i through no fault of yours.
 1 At least, suspension of judgment i' always in order. Why must l make
 my neighbor or concerning some pub
 lie official with whom I have as ye | but a slight acquaintance? Am I com potent accurately to gage his motives his temptations. his struggles, his as | spirations? Wait bit, or perhap | wait a long while. Our Creator uoe not demand that we should assume tn functions of the judge of all mankind l I am fond myeslf of making dis tinction between liking people an loving them. And I hold that a Christians we are bound to love eve
 those whom we cannot like. If afte
 honest and persistent efforts to uproo
 a deep-seated dislike, we fail and tn
 object of it becomes more clearly re
 vealed to us a selfish and brutal per son. we are still held by the law c
 Christ. That law enjoins love for tn
 unlovely, and only the other day
 missionary from South Africa, beau tiful cultured young woman, told m l, that she had learned to love the de graded, dirty Zulu girls. those whor at first she could hardly tolerate in he presence. Try the love cure whe ] nothing else works.
 THE PARSON. One aeroplane factory of Paris en l rarqOnS
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

Most of US do not know a lob-worm when we see it. We know the earth worms we meet in digging the garden, which we call angle-dogs and eel worms, but there is no reason why we should not be able to identify the lob worm, for he piles up little objects around his hole in the ground some thing as the ants pile up sand about theirs; and then pulls strings and chips in at the entrance of their holes to keep out water and to keep out i'm truders. There are brigands and tres passers in worn-life just as there are in our hves-the beetles and ants are as annoying to them as the ferret is to the rabbit. The lob worms are low down creatures without eyes or any known organs of special sense; but they have sense enough to be alarmed, for spade thrust in the ground and worked to and fro will cause them to come out of their holes three feet away. How the fish came to recog- nize them as luscious morsels no one can tell, or why they are selected as breakfast food for young robins. There is halo of mystery about the lob- worm man cannot dispel.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

used to like to go to the beach when. the season was over-when l could walk it's sands alone and dote upon the drift land the wash along shore and observe the life there when undisturbed. I have not only gathered shells and weeds and soft-shelled crabs and the skeleton of birds but fine peb- bles in quartz and feldspar and jasper and ribboned agate and relics of flint and on one ocasion an Indian axe of the stone age. It mattered not whether we watched the sand birds and sand beetles, the gulls or the sea anemones unfolding and feeding in the quiet waters beneath a great rock, or just the dry seagrasses under the play of the wind making circles on the surface of the dry sand, we were always en- tertained. Not conber on the beach breaking in the same way, not a scud in the sky tarrying. not color on the sea that did not play it's part. not a swish or swash or a sound from the rolling pebbles which was exactly the same Everything changing but not fretting by the will and the force of the Interchangeable.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

The man around the house Is often better soldier than the man in the field. Every woman knows this. One celebrated woman with a distinguished husband and promising boys and most unpromising servants wrote in her memoirs, My very soul is tired try ing to get the wood for an open fire sawed and cutip A great many hus- bands appear to be perfectly willing that their wives should sweep off the walks and run the steam heater. And these good husbands are always so willing to do chores to help wifey. and then never do them. This is no libel, only upon the plea "the greater the truth the greater the libel" for I am one of them, and know just what I'm talking about. Some women are worn to death trying to get good husbands to be prompt at meals and faithful about the little home chores which are always left over like dishes that do not suit. A mans work is from sun to sun and a woman's work is never done; who wonders?
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

As against the 41.0O0 motor vehi- cles all told in Germany there are more than 160,000 automobiles in the United States, or twice the number in use in all Europe. In New York state alone there are about 10000 cars reg istered.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

that there is no room for complaint at the change made and it is expected to add several millions to the income of the department.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

Since Speaker Cannon's address to the bankers convention at Chicago the belief is gaining ground that he does not know a d-d thing about the currency question.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

saw drunk in one of Uncle Sam's artillery uniforms in doorway asleep the other day, and the uniform looked in every way superior to the wearer
 I notice that men, in uniform like to parade as toughs and reel as drunks too often instead of proudly conduct ing themselves as gentlemen and then they complain because of the public prejudice against soldiers and sailors
 I have worn the uniform sof soldier myself. but never was drunk in it: and while in the service I noticed that the men who drank to excess were of
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
Delivered 10 Any Part of Norwich

the Ale that Is acknowledged to be tho best on the market - HANlEY'S PEERLESS. A telephone order will receive prompt attention. Q. ]. MCCORMICK, 30 Franklin St.
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Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
.C. S. FAIRCLOUGH,
Thomesuilie Store,

Says if you want quality and fair prices give him a trial. Do not ask for cheap goods. We have only those we can guarantee.
 sept11d
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

When Peary gets to New York he will find that Dr. Cook was first to be received, first in good manners, and first in the hearts of his coun- trymen.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

Mr. Rockefeller says that he can not afford to eat meat, but that may have reference to it's bad effect up- on his health. rather than any tax upon his wallet.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

The census enumerators are to put in but eight hours day. That is sufficient. considering their travels and their trials ~
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

The scrapping bureau that has an order to give Peary all the jokes cracked on him. well bound. will sur prise him by the number of volumes of them that have been given out.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

The colored man has ever stood where the white man dared to. It was very appropriate that he should have been at the pole when Peary located it.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

A self-made man Is always satis- fled with his job until he discovers that he has rid God of a great respon- slhility.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

The expenses of Greater New York for the year are placed at one hun dred and eighty four millions. Why not make it four million week?
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

A Philadelphian proposes that we make a wireless station of the North pole and always keep in touch with it.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

After having called Dr. Cook liar and a fraud, Peary says that he will say no more. It looks as if he had said too much, already.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

denatured alcohol. They find that the greatest demand is for the other kind.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

The discovering of the North pole is no joke to Walter Wellman. He cannot give Commander Peary any more jibes about his slow methods.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

Two of Uncle Sams Dreadnaughts are to be built on the Delaware river at Camden, which means that pros perity has struck that town s10,000,000 worth
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

Portland, Me, has booked Peary for a reception, and preparations are be- ing made to give him a royal one.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

With flying machines in vogue the day may come when some American adyenturer will nail the Stars and Stripes to a comet.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

Happy thought for today: You have noticed that great men do not always have the biggest monuments in the cemetery.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

If President Taft's smile lasts until he gets back to Washington, 1t will be about old enough to go alone.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

When Halley's comet gets 55,o00,000 miles nearer than it is now, we may see it with the naked eye.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18
EDITORIAL NOES.

The white slave traffic is increas- ing in this country while the reform CTS are talking against it.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-18

WHEN you want to put your busi- ness before the public, there is no me- dium better than through the advertia- ing columns nk The Bullatin.