Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The Man Who Talks.

Mr.. Editor: / wonder If THE Man
Who Talks" through the columns OF
The Bulletin each Saturday morning
realizses how greatly his talks" are
appreciated and how helpful the les
sons are which he draws from the
common things in life. Many are the
mplimentary expressions which /
have CHANGED to hear concerning these
weekly sayings of THE Man Who
Talks" some wondering. other guess
ing at random who he is. One man re-
marked that 1.-The Man Who Talks
in The Bulletin ought to have been a
minister" and is he not minister
preaching each week to larger num-
Der Of people than the combined con-
gregations of all our city churches?
Another man, having the same
thought asked if THE Man Who Talks
and 1.-THE Parson" were not one and
the same man? Still another person
said The Man Who Talks ought to
be the editor of The Bulletin. Well,
possibly he is, who knows? In any
event. / venture to guess that the coll
uinn in each Saturdays Bulletin under
the caption of The Man Who Talks"
Is read by a larger number of readers
than are the more formal editorials;
not that the latter are not interesting
and worthy; but the incisive and help
ful lessons from the half dozen or
more 'sermonettes" meet the wants of
the individual life more directly.
1t seems to matter not whether the
writer's topic be birds or flowers, men
or beasts of burden, the habits of in
sects or animals, the power Of the
tongue to wound, a ruined life for the
want of sympathy and a mothers kss,
hot pebbles which give warmth to the
roots of our plants, or hot congress-
ional mince pies with LIQUID accom-
me En hr-ffa IN kI,A fr~-r. 1<,e.
sons new and old which are helpful
was interested in the characteriza-
ton of the men of note whoSleft the
impress of their lives on the pages Of
Norwich history. l knew. more or less
intimately, all the men who he named
In the list given in Saturdays issue.
July 10th. They were men who to-
gether with others W ere identified with
town, state and national int sce5.s.
Governor Buckingham may well head
the list for in all of his diversified
relations in life his nobility of char
acter was wonderfully conspicuous
David A. wells l knew as a very
agreeable and interesting gentleman in
conversation, who cheerfully respond
ed more than once to my Invitation for
gift in support Of some benevolent
cause.
! John T. Adams was iiIissd "a gen.
| tleman of the Did scno :. VINO COM
| bined dignity win grace CT N amer
| and speech. In 1859 ! vas one Of tie
Youngest members n the Connecticut
| Legislature and l ian neysr fo-gsi the
| kindness and what seemed to NE then,
condescension, of Mr.. Adams in intro
| ducing me to many of the legisla- ors
and initiating me into the mysteries
Of state legislation.
| James F. Forsyth and Ebenezer Dor
son Sykes ! remember well. ] pre-
sumo that l am the only living person
who was an eye witness to the tobac-
| co juice episode to which the writer
| refers. The scene was enacted in the
| postoffices which was then located
| where Sevin's drug store is now, or
! just across the passage way where A.
Raphael g. Co.'S store stands. Sykes
| was a tall man. having rather dig
| nified bearing. while Forsyth was a
| small man with sallow complexion.
as / remember him. The controversy
| between the two men through their
| respective papers had been sharp and
| vituperative. The mail was being dis
| tributed. and Sykes stood before his
box waiting for his mail when For
| syth entered. He did not pause for
mail or anything else, but marched di-
rectly TO his enemy and with unerring
aim sent the juice of the cud he was
| chewing directly into the face of his
| foe. Ebenezer did not wait to sing
that line of the old hymn, Here I'll
raise mine Ebenezer" but he irnmedi-
ately raised his boot and booted his
| assaiant across the sidewalk. / do not
remember that the scene was ever re-
ferred to in either paper.
| Hon. John T. Wait was a jovial man
and a successful criminal lawyer. He
| was in Washington as q member OF
| congress when / was on my wedding
trip. and he was untiring in his kind
| attentions. He introduced us to all the
notables. as two of his highly esteem
| ed constituents who were on their
| "hymenial tower"
John F. Slater many will remember
as gentleman handsome and always
| well groomed. agreeable i'm CONVERSE