Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
THE MAN WHO TALKS
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| likely that there is an easy mark in
all the world who viii say Il am; nut
the easy marks are more numerous
than we think. We should De sur
prised could we see the horde of spec
ulators and knaves who live by their
wits because of the mental weakness
and spinelessness Of a large part OF
the community. Very few can say
mo" with emphasis to a tempter-
few can say with firmness to q book
agent, This is my busy day. me
| tolerant, easy spirit is always being
assailed by the more positive COM
1 fr1ercial buccaneer. This is the reason
so many people make a living by ad-
| vising other people how to invest their
money An easy mark Is always be-
| ing bled by the sharpers and never
being well spoken of. This is why 1t
does not pay to be an easy mark.
The saoredness of a promise is not
| felt in everyday life as it should be.
4 Making promises and not keeping
them; and making promissory notes
and not paying them are on a par,
though many people do not think so.
| II used to be said. "A false promise
| thou must shame, tbs a lie and theft
in one" He who IL careless Of his
promises lis certainly not careful OF
| the truth. Some people do not realize
| that a promise should be made with
canton and kept with care; but are
| inattentive to the duty or obligation
which the promise imposes. A man is
not much Of a citizen or half a Chris
tian who makes promises for the ppr-
pose of breaking them. A good prom
User is a good customer and a good
| Christian.
The birds have ceased sporting ex-
\ cent in the warmer hours of the DAY
/
| the warm spots which from necessity
| they are bound to find. 1t is a mighty
| dull bird that cannot find a comforta-
| BILE place to stay. Of a recent a1ter-
noon when the sun was low, the snad-
ows long and a bleak wind was ploW-
| ing. I was working near the deutzla
| bush putting IN few spring flower
| ing bulbs, and had been engaged there
some minutes when the flutter OF
bird darling over my head awakened
me to the fact that one had selected
| the bush for a place of rest ana pro-
| lection for the night. The bird was
apparently sound asleep "nen l pc
gan work there and was awakened by
NV driving a dibble into the ground:
At first 1 thought it was a plrd OF
no sense to select so low and cat
haunted a bush, but upon examination
| I had no doubt Of the good sense OF
/ the bird, for the bush was cat-proot
and where the leaves had gathered
among its close stems must nave peen
very warm.
1 / placed n lot of the seed pods of the
hardy phlox in box cover TO ripen
ana was surprised one day TO nno
| that many pods were open, but tnat
| few seeds were in the cover, and later
I found that these seed pods are de-
signed to distribute their own seed, as
| do the sorrel and the gorse; and as
sat writing one day the seed came rat
Ting out of the box with truly sur
| prisinR force Some seed pods pop
when they throw their seeds, but these
are soundless. although the seed Is
sometimes thrown foot or two. This
Jack in-the-box arrangement 1or
i throwing seed Is quite common ana
| in a high wind the seeds are tossed
many feet, 1t was doubtless the per-
| Torrance Of some seed pod which gave
birth to the idea of Pandora's box. The
wonders of seed life are much more
\ amazing than that marvellous literary
| creation.
The married man who goes out with
the boys should beware of the danger
signals He should have this incon-
trovertible truth impressed upon his
mind-that drink first dims, then
| darkens, then deadens, then damns."
He who heeds not slides to degradation
as if he were upon a toboggan slide.
He soon becomes q victim of the
| didn't know it was loaded" order. It
takes a fool to go straight to perdition
in this way. They do not care for
weeping mothers, sisters. wives or
children-they do not care for probity
or honor or deceney. they do not care
| for anything of true value to them.
They have been dimmed and darkened
| Da 1of a.
think and resist as they could once
| they know they are lost, for the re-
naming spark of manhood is Pickering
and it will soon be gone.
"That'lI last longer than you'll live"
| said a. man to a neighbor who was
making a permanent improvement
not to do more than will serve them
we'll in life--that all things useful of
| ones creation should end when he
ends 1t is q mighty good thing such
| fellows are always so few that they
are hardly worth counting IT takes
| all kinds TO make world. and this IL
| one Of the kinds kept on exhibition to
| just show how selfish a mortal may
| become if he only tries. No one takes
| to them when, once they are found out
| for the reason that they are blind to
what forerunners have done for them,
and also as to the good they might do
themselves Niggardly thoughts dwarf
mind just as hot suds dwarf wool
en- shirt. Those who are afraid they
may do something for those who come
after them haven't soul enough to
measure or to weigh.
| A ohiekadee makes a 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
to approach nearer than most other
Wild birds. A little fellow came within
four feet OF me and showed me his
black and white and drab ana buzz
p1uma ge, which ID as handsome as
! leopard's skin. the other day, and his
| chick a dee dee had good cheer as well