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Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
THE FAIRS PETERINo OUT.

There appears to be no one ready to
deny that the county fairs are peter
ing out-that they lack the attraction
they once did, although the exhibits
remain about the same
In the controversy over the merits of
q fair a part Of the people seem to
think that the faker and the fair are
inseparable-uhat the faker makes the
fair go: while others regard them as
intolerable at a fair because the takers
make the morals go and are a degrad-
ing feature, doing more harm than
good Both sides may be mistaken,
and a spirit of unity might make the
fair 20 better than ever. Pulling apart
never spelled success-pulling together
generally does.
The trouble with the county fairs is
that they have become separated from
the spirit of the times. 1t takes live
spirit to make a live fair. Read this
suggestion from the Rutland, VT,
News:
The managers of the Rutland
county fair during the first week in
September do well to encourage
merchants and citizens generally of
this city to keep open house during
the fair The plan to gaiIy decorate
the principal streets, illuminate bril-
Ifantly at night and to have plenty of
music and innocent hilarity in general
il to be encoura ged by every interest
here Rutland has a splendid Oppor-
tunity to Guido itself at this time in
hospitality to visitors and to give
plenty of entertainment day and eve
ming SO that they will feel that they
have been well treated here, not only
within the fair grounds but throughout
the city,
The gala-day spirit is usually lack
ing in the centers where county fairs
are held. Would not the open house
idea be card for business as well as
for the fair2
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
~. % Talk AIono The WAY.

President Taft gets 10 days of rest
by his excursion along the New Eng
land coast At least, let us hope that
the modern facilities of communica-
ton will be so far interrupted as to
give him this respite.
1t is a concession to insensate pop
ular demand that he consents to talk
on general subjects at points along his
route SO far as his immediate au
diences at tlpse points are concerned
il is the desire to see a president that
draws them: every one of them would
pay dime to get within range of the
presidential voice; and that is the
standard price of admission To gramo-
phone reproductions OF oratory.
Wisely the president seeks quietude
by enforcement from party politics
His pursners. whether from Ohio OF
from Massachusetts. should be side
racked. This is not their opportunity
BY all means let Mr.. Taft alone while
he seeks the recuperation which every
one needs at this season through
quietude Of usual occupations.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

of our gains and losses which show
what we have been to the days and the
days have been to US. Learn to note
the little details for they are what tell
for success in social life and in bust
ness. AS we are admonished to take
no thought of tomorrow, it may be
well to take all the more thought of
today.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
written for The Bulletin.)

The fleeing delicacy of twilight
deepened into the stiffness of fragrant
night Slowly, as the violet and rose
melted into pearl and gentle dusk
closed in over the meadow, the sky
withdrew into its furthermost reserves
of unfathoma'ble blue, and one by one
of the hay we greeted them, Lady
Greatheart naming to me as they
mounted. Areturus, Spica, twinkling
Vega and rosy Antares, urging me to
know and love them. not for her sake.
but for their own.
Il would love anything for you,' I
laughed. You know / would
A moment later from my armchair
of hay, Tell me-" | pleaded, why we
paper doll people-of whom am one
should be of ali creation the only liv-
ing things to live in perpetual I'M
satisfaction? The grasses are content
to grow, the birds to fly and sing and
nest, the stars to circle and shine. All
visible nature-things seem content to
fulfill the law of their being Why
are We men and women the only ones
to be disconnected %
Some of us are not" was my lady's
quiet reply.
But you have been" I retorted
Surely, you must have been at some
time, even if you are not now. No one
is born serene. Into serenity like
yours one must grow, and-forgive me,
and have come through great trfbu-
lation.''
Over the wide sweeps of meadow
breathed the softened stiffness of
silence.
! Serenity, Gods peace" spoke Lady
Greatheart, comes as we learn to be
willing to fulfill the law of our being"
Tell me more" l entreated her. II
would so gladly learn l would give
anything for the peace that is yours
Would you?" she turned on me
quickly ut means the giving I'D of
hot he
means the losing of ones life"
ITO save it, I interrupted How
to do it? This is what L am asking"
What must do to be saved %
cry of the world, though the world
does not know it. They think it some
thing that ministers preach about, but
which has no practical bearing on the
orid's daily life. They think it means
to be saved from hell after death, and
do not dream that it means to be
saved from the hell of their own MAX
ing here and now"
'Hell?" demurred For the
meadow brook was ripping, the
meadow grasses were lifting their
shorn heads undaunted, the leaves of
the trees were faving and wflisp eriug,
and, overhead. the stars were shining.
Not hell, perhaps" she admitted.
Rather what Dante teaches in his
-Purgatorio.' and what most of us
know as human life, namely, the work
ing out of the memorable law of cause
and effect
TT is not like you to say hopeless
things" 1 objected. Your mission in
life is to soothe and comfort, to bind
UP the broken hearted. Why do you
speak of hell, and Durgatory, and in
exOra BILE law?''
She laughed her low, sweet, ripping
laugh. "You would be saved" she an
swered. from the effects of your own
ignorance of law. and yet, like all the
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

1t is much easier In this world to
go with the stream, to float upon the
stream, to let the stream carry you
where it will. But that is not the way
to influence your generation.-Lord
Rosebery at Colchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

In most of the cases that come be-
fore me now, instead of the fall of
young people being due to drink, it is
due to gambling. 1t is growing evil.
Sir Forrest Fulton, at the Central
Criminal Court.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

The state of Washington is In hopes
of having statues of 1zaak Walton and
Eve within its borders. This because
Washington is so much like the Gar
den Of Eden.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Men who thoroughly enjoy them
selves in their leisure hours are better
rer az their work. II. l.. Bunner
NJ p, at Middlewich.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

The very worst thing charitable pea
pie can do is to give without investl
gation.-Whitelaw Reid, at Garlic
Gardens.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Politics are hot in Maine and Yer
mont, but it creates little friction in
Connecticut After the killing frosts
Connecticut orators will stir the ozone.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

In many clesses have taught have
been struck with the extraordinary
prejudice which is growing up against
the reading of books.-Prof. Macgre-
Eor at Leeds.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

I believe every bishop as soon as he
is appointed has at once to go to his
bankers and secure an overdraft.-
Bishop of Lincoln, at Manchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

The dramatic profession does not
penalize sex; there is no separate SAL
ary compartment in which women are
segregated and underpaid because they
are women.-Miss Horniman, at Man
chester.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

At all times dogs are a considerable
nuisance to the public; and people who
have dogs bestow on them an amount
of affection which il is difficult to un-
derstand-Mr. Troutbeclx. at Lambeth
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
WHAT NoTAsLEs ARE SAYING.

Hard work is an heritage of woo
which we cannot avotd.-Earl Fitz-
william at Sheffield.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Since Missouri is discussing the
probable location of hell, it is sug-
gested that Jonah and the whale is a
better summer subject-the other is
warm enough for January.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

AS an engineer, believe that smoke
wherever it comes from, is an insani-
tary nuisance.-John Burns, to dep
utation.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

The Massa chusetts corporations
have paid all the corporation tax of
s1,409,014.67 but s1.546.33. That is act
ing with despatch.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

There is no such thing as an I'M
employed Christian; there Is some
thing for every single Christian to do.
Bishop Byrnes, at Brighton.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
A Poor Model

There has never been a state like
Oklahoma" says Governor Haskell.
Let's hope there never will be another
like it.-St. Paul Pioneer Press
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

The title of a new pamphlet is "The
Woes of the Weather Man" Horace
Johnson is not the author
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Talk about lodging automobiles, Tt
takes smarter man to dodge the con-
sequences of the errors of his own life.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

The proportion of the population
living in towns is steadily increasing,
and is now 80 per cent. of the whole.
-Kier Hardie, M. p, at Merthyr.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Milk at . and 10 cents a quart in
summer in the cities is not likely to
be peacefully abided by the consumers
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

The love of the beautiful Is becom-
ing not only possession of the rich,
but the desire and possession of the
very poor.-John Burns, at Chelsea
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
IN BEHALF OF THE OVERLOOKED

Persons in the thick of life's act
ivities, prosperous and happy, who sell
dom venture out of a certain beaten
track, who have already formed their
circle of friends are in danger of for
getting that large but silent class in
the community who may be classified
under the caption THE Overlooked
They do not come readily to mind
when you are making out your list of
dinner guests or your slate for the
coming election, or when cataIoging
the prominent and influential citi-
zens.
But they are with us nevertheless,
and though they seldom speak loudly
in behalf of themselves, they constitute
a very appreciab1e element of the
population. Their heads may be white
and their figures no longer erect. Per-
haps they are in those institutions
known as aged Peoples Homes"
thinking longingly of the days when
they had homes of their own, but try
ing to endure patiently their loss of
independence and enforced reliance
upon the bounty of others. And some
of these dear old people are in our own
homes, but not always the objects of
that Difference and consideration which
we should like were we in their places.
1t is hard enough at best to grow
very old and feeble, but still harder
when to increasing physical infirmities
is added the pain which arises from
being neglected or simply tolerated.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Happy thought for today: If you
do not hear a little bird singing in
your heart. listen to the birds in the
trees.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Some men who oppose fight pictures
on account of their evil effect are like
~ to travel to some other city to see
if they are really as bad as they
thought.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

It is predicted that the day is com
ing when every man will build his owr
airship. 1t Will not be tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

We are more easily amused every
day; it does not take so much to make
us laugh now as it once did.-Albert
Skinner, at Kings Lynn.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

1t is more important to know how
to alight than how to fly. Lack of
skill in that often proves fatal.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

"All pull together is a good motto
If it is made practical it never fails
to show results
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Georgia is getting ready to eat
peaches and cream; and Connecticut
is INDUCING a bit, too.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Thoughtless verdicts encourage sui
eide just as the thoughtless giving OF
shilling to beggar encourages pau
perism.-H. G. ELVES, at Colchester in
quest.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Russia and Japan stand for the open
door, but they intend to keep Uncle
Sam on the waiting list
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

A single cylinder engine of 5000
horsepower, weighing close to 10000
pounds. recently was built in Ohio for
use in a rolling mill
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
For a Honeynoon Voyage.

The aeroplane designed fer a honey
moon voyage follows only by a few
wears the bicycle b-ilt for tWn.' N.
7. World-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

These great trusts stick to mo
krusti- as a motto. No other viii do.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

These blessings of poverty are fig
ured as. the penalties of wealth; but
life let's no one go scot-free. The
rich have no landlords to evict them,
no collectors dunning them. no wants
haunting them, no selectmen or city
missionary giving grudgingly of mon
ey and literally of advice, no doctors
moving slow in an emergency and ask
ing who pays ?" before rendering
aid They get the glad hand instead
of the frowning face, the pleasant
word instead of the ready gibe, license
to the limit instead of restraint, ad-
monition when violating the law in
stead of the Jail. The rich and the
poor have their troubles as well as
their joys, and the rich never ask to
exchange the annoyances of wealth for
the blessings of poverty. What each
GLASS is immune from may not be such
blessings as thew seem to be.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Illinois ranks first of all the states
in the matter OF internal revenue COL
lections. New York Is second
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
BLESSINGS.

Poverty has its advantage and ad
versitX its uses If you are poor you
can wear out your old clothes. You
are excused from calls, you are not
troubled with visitors. bores do not
bore. you, sponges do not haunt your
tables, brass bands do not serenade
you. No one thinks of presenting you
a testimonial. No store Keeper irri-
tates you by asking you, rs there
anything I can do for your" Begging
letter writers don't bother you. Flat
terers do not flatter you. You are
saved many debt and many a de-
ception- And, lastly, if you have a
true friend in the world. you are sure
to know it in a short space of time
Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Others of the overlooked are in hos
pitfalls and sick rooms "What!" we
an operation? Why. I hadn't realized
that he was sick" But to him the
sickening smell of ether, the sharp,
continuing pain, the almost unendur-
able weakness, have been terrible real
tiles for the last three weeks. Maybe
it isn't our fault that We have not
missed him from the office, the club,
the church. But then again, maybe It
is. At any rate, if you have ever your
self been Frustrated by illness you
know what that little bunch of flowers
meant to you, and that little note. The
invalidss and the shut-ins are always
with us and whatsoever We will we
may do them good, provided we have
not forgotten their existence, and pro-
provided we do not postpone too long
the carrying out of our benevolent in
tentionS.
But sick people and aged people do
not exhaust the number of The
Overlooked" I am thinking also of the
multitude of persons who have seen
better days, and who because of their
reVerSes have ceased to frequent the
places where they were once welcome
and influential. and of the men, at the
end of the procession who never
amounted to much and of the color
less. mediocre, growing boys and girls
who gravitate not to the center of the
ballroom, but to its circumference,
Wn6T6 tneN IulIlt more OF less IHdIfl err
emily well the function of wall flowers.
A college mate of mine-God bless him
for his chivalryi-a brilliant fellow,
too. always used to seek out at the
parties and other ssocial gatherings
that type of girl and did his best to
make it pleasant for her.
Yes, the overlooked. are sufficiently
in evidence provided we turn our gaze
where they are. Make a list of thu
persons in your street or in your vi
cinitv who might properly be thus
classified Some of Them it is true,
may be unduly proud and sensitive.
some very uniovely. some altogether
TO blame for being set one side. But
there are human gems among them,
and to become acquainted with them
may prove an Inspiration. At ali
events. if we select one or two as the
objects of loving and persistent min
istry we shall make ourselves more
worthy to be called disciples of Him
whose main search on earth was for
the overlooked.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23

Did you ever think of each day as
gift-bearer-a friend who may have
something nice for yOu-not a loqua-
cious. noisy friend who heralds good
Intentions, but a quiet. modest. silent
friend who bestows gifts which bef1t.
This lis what each day may seem to
be to you if you only 50 WILL and the
thought is more than a dream. for it
makes the days different in their rela-
ton to YOU. If you are undeservins.
like discreet friend the DAY quietly
bears away the good things it held for
YOU In the battles of life we win or
~ass ss%S 10y; and it is the sum totaJ
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-23
The man who is blind to his own in

Perhaps the best reason why talk is
cheap is because the supply is in ex-
cess of the demand; and yet. man has
manipulated this market so that the
cheapest kind of talk not infrequently
commands the highest price 1t is not
necessary to cite insta noes for any OBJ
serving man can do that; and some
who are not observing may have learn
ed how it is from experience. What
we cannot readily see in this world we
are sometimes made to feel so that we
cannot forget it. But then, the tips
one receives are usually about as good
as the tins he gives out. A great
many word bubbles men play with lack
the rainbow hues of the soap bubbles
the children amuSe themselves with
We all of us fool with words more
than we profit by them.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24

The best pun In the English Ian.
Euage IL Tom Hoods.


The best pun In the English Ian
gnage IL Tom Hoods:
"He went and told the sexton.
And the sexton toilSd the bell"
The worst pun is that OF the man
who fell into a ditch and rose with
the remark: How very ditch.tress'
ingl"
DIR. johnson said that the pun was
the lowest order OF wit. but TO this
Goldsmith replied: Tho pun. In
other words. 10 the foundation Of wit,
eh7"
Every Latin master likes to tell his
boys two puns. The nrst Is n punnins
derivation OF restaurant. Res. a
thing; taurus. q bull; bully thing.
The other is a derivation OF virgin:
"vir. n man; gin. n trap; a man trap
Among newspaper humorists the
pun is dying out. In the old days. the
good old days. the Burlington Hawk
eye man and the Norristown Herald
man and the Arkansaw Traveller man
would pun at each other like this.
I'VE don't care straw what
Shakespeare said-a rose by any other
name would not smell as wheat.-Ar
kansaw Traveller.
I'VE have made an oat OF the above
Burlington Hawkeye."
Such puns are barley tolerable;
they amaize us. they arouse our right
eous corn. and they turn the public
taste a.rye.-Norristown Herald"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24
Wiils Nancy for Pst Csts.

About 500 year for the mainten
anca OF cat Is large amount. and
there are many others In our crowded
cities who would be happy II such an
amount OF money were allotted them
on every baby. Despite the need Of
the poor. however. an old maid who
recently died In London has bequeath.
ed the greater part OF a fortune OF
$4,000 for the care OF her pet eats
and her horses. She was Evelyn
Frances Van wart. granddaughter OF
Marshall o. Roberts. OF New York.
Concerning her cats and horses. she
said In her will
II direct my executors to make pro-
vision for the care OF my pet cats and
| authorize them 10 pay 800 year
for the care and keep OF each eat dur.
ing Its lifetime. and beg OF them TO
see that they are cared for properly
| direct my executors TO see that my
horses shall be provided for or merei.
fully destroyed az they may think NJ.
but ] do not wish them sold for any
harder work than that to which they
have been accustomed while In my
possession"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24
Virginia and Ohio divides honors as

Virginia and Ohio divides honors AZ
the Mother OF Presidents" but at ths
present time Mississippi has no rival
for first place In the matter Of United
States Senators In active service. No
fewer than seven members OF the up.
per branch OF Congress are sons OF
Mississippi-Money and Percy OF Mis-
sissippi. Clarke OF Arkansas. Neglands
OF Nevada. Gore OF Oklahoma. Cham
berlain OF Oregon and Bailey OF Texas.
The nearest rival OF Mississippi ls
Ohio, which furnishes six Senators
the two from its own borders. the two
from West Virginia. Carter OF Mon
tana and Beyeridge OF Indiana. Mas.
sachusetts ranks third. with five ma.
tiyss In the Senate. In the cases OF
no fewer than eighteen states both
Senators were born elsewhere. The
most curious instance OF this kind IL
Iowa. which furnishes both OF the SEN
ators from Nebraska and one Of those
from South Dakota. while Its own Sen
ators were born respectively In Penn
sylvaniA and West Virginia. II sim
ply illustrates how prone young Amer
leans are 20 seek new fields 10 conquer.
and how promptly they do conquer In
the new fields.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24
KEPT HIS BOOKS IN THE SNOW.

Uausaa1 Dustnsss Methods Of Mes.
chant In Westsrn Canada.
Americans have made Winnipeg. Re-
ton and the majority Of Americans
have cleaned up fortunes In the last
few years because OF the Canadians
themselves. I will give one instance
OF fortunsmaking. which clearly comes
under the head Of unusual business
Methods" . writer In the Bookkeepsr
says. In Q thickiy settled prairie dis
trict not far from Moose law . few
Canadians had opened up q coal mine.
the product OF which they old 10 the
surrounding farmers. Settlers would
como In wagons and sleghs and load
their own winters fuel. which cost
them from II TO u . ton. according
TO the run. II was early winter whom
I first made the acquaintance Of this
mine and its remarkable ''superintsnd-
snt." and my first reception from this
individual was n nerce yell on his
part and tho frantic brandishing OF
q long stick and the words; What
the devil are you doingf Can't you
sect Are you stone blind7"
I was literally walking through his
booksi Since morning-and this was
at Q o'clock In the afternoon-he had
been keeping q record Of outgoing
sleighs and wagons Of coal In the
snowl About twenty farmers were
drawing that day. With his stick he
had written the initials Of each In .
clean spot IN the snow and with that
same stick had registered the number
OF tons they had taken away. ! had
spoiled ons-haif Of his books" and it
was an hour before he became At all
affable. was still more astonishsd
when I entered the "supsrintsndsnts''
little board once. The walls were
black with pencil marks. figures and
names. A nrs would have burned
down his book" OF Two years past.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24

hat, The plug" as ireverently II has
been termed? Although the silk hat ID
the ugliest expression Of the decora
tive passion that ever was devised. II
must be regarded as decorative, mas.
much as no stretch Of ingenuity can
construe II to be useful. In fact. the
human male Is as much subjected to
the passion for ornament as the fe-
male. He doesn't exploit It as artis-
tically as she does. that IL all. But
profound students Of human psychol-
ogy have affirmed that the vanity OF
the sterner sex is quite as virulent az
that OF the fairer sex, and even more
so. II indulgence In the innocent and
uplifting passion for decoration be
proof Of savagery. then raen are as saw
age as women. We are all savages.
Except perhaps the Puritans Of the
Sixteenth century, from wh,m this
Massachusetts, sociologist, Is probably
escended-except the Puritans, who
we're so above savagery that they had
no taste for art. for the drama, and
believed in witchcraft. Truth Is, the
passion for decoration Is noble one.
II accounts for much refinement, for
personal virtues and for manners even.
The passion may be savage or half
savage or highly civilized. But pos
session Of the passion Is not evidence
Of savagery. The quality OF Its mani
festation Is. And ludicrous or un-
tasteful AZ some feminine ornamental
tion IL. we will match against the
worst womanly decoration. the male
silk hat. and vindicate the former!