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Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
RUBBER HOSE FOR DISCIPLINE.

Since the alleged suicide of a boy inmate of the Lyman school in Massa- chusetts, there has been much excite ment and a rather warm legislative in vestigat tion of this public institution about the methods of which little is to be found out, but the fact is acknowI- edged that a hose-pipe was used to beat the boy, and the entire board of trustees, under oath, has approved of this form of disciplining the inmates. Two reputable doctors who examined the dead boy declare that he did not commit suicide and the suspicion that
 the lad was beaten to death promises
 to give the case into the hands of the
 grand jury for a legal inquiry.
 There is movement among the
 women to have the whole board of
 trustees removed and to have cor poreal punishment forbidden in future
 in the school. At the last hearing of the legislative committee they pre- scented a petition for their removal and, speaking upon it, Mrs. Anna Steinauer said: "If knew of a neigh Dor who beat a child with a piece of rubber hose I would complain to the proper authorities and the child would be taken away and cared for. There fore. as all these trustees have testi- fled under oath that they believe in beating the boys with rubber hose, we think they should be removed and supplanted by those who will use kind CT methods
 This is a safe and sane movement in the interests of humanity and if s stated the school has rubber-hose board of trustees, it would be more to the credit of the state to have men who rubber less and know more.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Senator DanieI,s Honor.

The late Senator JoEn w. Daniels of Virginia assumed personal debts of his fatherss amounting to s10o 0g0 for which there was no moral claim upon the son. He felt it his duty. however to discharge these debts. and on his s5th birthday had the pleasure of nak- ing tho Rst pavupont.-Albany Argus.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Jeffries at thirty-five, says the Bos- ton Transcript, was too old to come back. yet at twice that age Edward Payson Weston travelled to the Pa eifc on his own legs and came back the same way. quicker than he went.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

David Warfield is to appear next season as ShyIock in The Merchant of Venice" He has been playing The Music Master" for six years
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Commenting upon the marriage of the Greek mbassador to this country the Baltimore American remarks: "Di- plomacy may have its victories but love can beat it at any and every stage of the game"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Speaking of the Reno fight pictures the Boston Record says: The demon strauon of opposition to open permis- sion of pure degradation rolls across the country in a great wave.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
WHO THE BRIDGE PEND IS.

Society card playing has the lre.it of being like all other card playing where prizes or money are played for only it is given a veneering of re- specta bility because it is so often in dulged in by polite society. Many card players never get an inkling of the inside of the game. There are pro fessionals among the ladies who get a living out of the business. It wiI interest Bulletin readers to read the following statement made by cae Of these professional bridge f1euds:
 My reward as a practice player of bridge whist in the summer months is $50 and my board" said she. ITO out siders I am an invited guest
 All my time is engaged, sometimes as much as a, year ahead This sum mer I am to divide my time between three houses. At each house there IS to be a succession of house parties, and as you know bridge whist is the main dependence of all hostesses these days. Besides keeping my employer, or, S outsiders say, my hostess, in practice by playing with her any hour when she can spare the time. I have to teach the guests who do not play sufficiently we'll to make them desIra- ble partners.
 Under no circumstances do I allow these poor players to guess that I am paid for the interest I take in their game. Tn every house I go to ] am known as a bridge fiend. I have often overheard young people warn each other against me They declare that if ever I lay my hands on any one it is impossible to get away until ny victim has paid the toll of one or mere games of bridge.
 These young things little guess that avn following the instructions from their hostess, who pays me what I have to admit is a generous salary, gives me one of the best rooms in her house, supplies me with the services of a maid and altogether treats me as among her most desirable guests"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

A new play by Thomas Dixon. call ed .'The Sins of the Father" will be produced by Thomas H. Brennan next season.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Roosevelt is now charged with being mixed up with a socialist. He won't mind a mans label, if he is just hon. est.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
MUSIC AND DRAMA

'The Darling Doctor" with Victor Moore in the role of veterinary sur geon. is to be produced late in Au- gust.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

The press of the country seems to favor stopping prize fights for good if if is complained of for going into of fensiYe details in it's reports
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

inc sporting world breeds a col ored champion and then ,repudiates it's own smart child It ought to be ashamed of itselfi
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

A Georgia woman sues for di- Vorce because her husband expects her to make his shirts ard is jealous of her pet dog.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

The heat of Sprin gfield. Mass, on the Fourth was too much for the Vir- ginisns- Who would have thought that could have stumped old Virginia?
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Willette Kershaw has been engaged by Henry B. Harris for the role of the Irresponsible show girl in The Coun- try Boy"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

The boy with Fourth of July court plaster all over his battered face ap- pears to be having just as much fun as any of the other boys
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Zelaya is said to have increased Central Americas prejudice against this republic. That is unfortunate for Central America.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

The St AIbans Messenger distin sulshed itself in it's telegraphic head line on the 5th: The Tar Babv Wins the Cha mpionshinI"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Jeffries has gone back to the alfalfa but he will never get back there as he was before. That $120,00O makes it different.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

The farmers wife doesn't have time to solve problems. She just works from daylight till dark and somewhat later.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Happy thought for today: He who expects too much of a friend is sure to be disa ppointed.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Frazee & Lederer have purchase from Henry Sophus Sheldon a new three-act play entitled"The Guest" and will present it for the first time at Chicago theater early in August.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Uncle Sam has just set up model dairy farm in Montgomery county, Maryland. and he is welcomed gladly z< . gentleman farnoer
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

The Portland Express remarks that the tide of vacationists is rising all over Casco bay.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

MT. Jawba ck-Wlho's going to bring up this family-rne or you2 Mrs. Jaw back-Me- You are going down and bring up some coal-Cleysland Leader.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Everything in the gardens has ap- peared to be praying for rain for the past ten days
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

At San Francisco before a deeply impressed throng, which almost filled the Greek ampitheater at Berkeley, Margaret Anglin last week gave an English performance of Sophocles' "Antigone."
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Solving the financial question is one of the strenuous issues of matrimony.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

There are a few men who can make politics more exciting than baseball.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Columbus day is like all the other holidays in Massachusetts, a closed saloon day.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

The National Theater Owners asso- citation has announced that Will S. Collier, manager of theaters in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Ia, and Charles Scott, manager of the Lexington thea ter, Lexington. Ky, have been admit ted to membership in the association.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Have you ever wondered why we go on teaching children that the world round when every enlightened.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

The soul should recognize its own revelations and be true to it's honest convictions. What it can prove is not the thing, but what it can enjoy.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

THERE Is no advertising nediuM fw Eastern connecticut equal to The nuI1 lvun TOT bua.ness results.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

WHEN you wsnt 10 put your basf- ness before the public. there is no me- dium better than through the advsrtis- Ing columns or Tns Bulletin
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

The New York Review states that Ruth St. Denis has returned to America and is spending her summer at Delaware Gap, where she is at work on two new dances which she intends to add to her repertoire. One of these is a Japanese dance, based on the Jap anese conception of the creation of man. By reason of the locals and at- mosphere, splendid opportunity is of fered for a scenic display. Miss St. Denis other new dance is ancient Egyptian in character.
 Every Sunday, from July to October, from to 5.30 D. m-, symphony con cert will be given at the theater Of the Castle of Trevano Lugano, Switz- erland, under the direction of Louis Lombard. The orchestra is composed mainly of professors from the leading royal conservatories of Italy Admit tance to these concerts is gratis and only by personal invitation. The tenth year will be inaugurated by the 70oth concert, Sunday, July 24, 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Some people appear to think that the chief aim of life is to make a stir in the world. but they do not give the attention they should to the character of their stir-up. Those who believe in making a stir should see that it is for the benefit. not the injury of their fellow men. Those who are stirring up things from pure selhshness usu- ally make matters worse for others in proportion as they make them better Tor themselves. The person who as a matter Of principle wants to have the world more enlightened and bet ter than he found it. has life well charted and what he does will be for the benefit of others. It is a worthy ambition to make life pleasant and prontable for all as possible. The prosperity that increases misery is not what it seems to be-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

We poor souls cannot always prove what we know, any more than we can know what our best friend feels. In matters of mind we are isolated-we abide apart. It makes no difference whether the mind is dependent or in- deDendent it's secrets are unfathom- able. Samuel Walter Foss, who is one of the. true poets of America, was right when he sung:
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

of the. true poets of America. was right when he sung: And the soul of men is a sunward Sfrd With wings that are made for flight, To pierce the front of the shining day, And float thro' the depths of night. And I read these things in that Bible
 of God
 Whose leaves are the spreading sky, And the legfble face of the dark green
 sea
 With the eye behind the eye For the Truth is not closed in the lid
 of a book,
 For it's chainless soul is free, And never a bird in wire cage, Told these things to me.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14

generally asked
There
particularly
Washington entirely by chains
Potomac Little Falls the
to a
ond bridge that only lasted shorter
Chain bridge n
which
about five chain received
Fnde
Pa similar chain bridge which
12S
bridge
appopraing
the bridge incidentally corporation or
United
repaired bridge still practically bridge though
either washing these
frequently annual particularly
the esh though the washouts occurred
chains,
while the other end guarded by Union troops
bridge miles
a
Notifications
all locality
regions Virginia
Of
In to name
itself suggesting
though it has no semblance to chains about it,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14
What 81 Dollar Dog Can DO.

A man in a nearby city bought for
his wife and child a year ago a dog.
for which he pair a dollar 1t was
obviously nothing wonderful in the
canine way-merely a mongrel, with
the bulldog strain predominant The
owner was man in humble circum-
stances, and the dog in his modest
dwelling was the principal asset aside
from few sticks OF furniture. The
other night Tom was tied to a leg of
the kitchen sink, as usual, and the
family went to bed. They were awak-
ened by the dog at midnight scratch
ing at his masters door. When his
master came out to see what was the
matter the dog, with a remnant of
chewed rope hanging from his collar,
whined and ran to the head of the
stairway. The house was on fire, and
shortly after woman and child and
man and dog made their escape their
poor dwelling was a mass of glowing
embers. The owner Of the dog has
been urged to part with him for a
large cash consideration but, though
he is penniless, he will not part with
the four footed savior of his family.
Neither has the dog at any time had
thoughts of leaving them for luxurious
kennelS.-NeN York Times
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14
VARSITY STUDENTS
COMMEND PINCH0T
RESOLUTIONS DEPLORING FOREST
Frs DISMISSAL ADOPTED.
COPIES WILL BE SENT TO LATE
CHIEF AND TO TAFT.

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 49, Special
The fight now being waged in Con-
gress over the conservation of natural
resources and which has resulted in the
dismissal of Chief Forester Clifford Pin
chOt was this morning carried into the
University of Wisconsin. and in the class
on conservation conducted by President
Charles r. Van Hise, strong resolutions
deploring the dismissal of Pinchot were
adopted
The introduction and passage of the
PinchOt resolution came after DR.. Van
HiSe had closed his weekly lecture The
president had just concluded a eulogy on
the former chief forester in which he
said that Pinchot's work in preserving
the nations wealth would stand as a
permanent monument to his memory in
history. when Ralph NJ. Birchard of
Madison. member of the class, present
ed this resolution:
Whereas Clifford Pinchot has been
an honest and efficient servant of the
people, and
Whereas. he has stayed consistently
by his principles in guarding our national
resources from monopoly by private in
terests. be it therefore
Resolved. that we, the students of the
University of Wisconsin, through our
different organizations, express our deep
regret at the dismissal from the office
of chief forester. and be it further
Resolved. that these resolutions be
sent to Clifford Pinchot and that they
be communicated to the public through
the press"
The reading of these resolutions was
received with enthusiasm and they were
adopted without dissenting vote. The
resolutions will be SEM to every organ
ization of the university and will then
be transmitted to President Taft as sig
nifcant of how the university regards
his dismissal of Pinchot
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14
GAS PLANT EXPL0DES
ACETYLENE LIGHTING SYSTEM
BLOWS UP, INJURING IA.
Pennington (Wis.) Beer Garden Is
Wrecked and at Least One of the
Victims VIII Die.

WATERFOWL, Wis, Jan. ID Spe-
cial. l-Acetylene gas exploded in the
palm garden of Henry Messerschmidt at
Pennington Wednesday night, wrecking
the structure and injuring fourteen per-
sons, one of whom will die, while several
others are seriously hurt.
Pennington is about ten miles from
here. The more seriously hurt were
brought to the hospitalu here while doc
tors from Watertown, Jefferson and
Johnson Creek hurried to the scene and
treated the injured in neighboring
houses. Messerschmidt's two small chill
dren were the only occupants of the
building who escaped injury of some
sort.
Messerschmidt went into the cellar to
see what was wrong with the acetylene
lighting system. He had barely opened
the door when there was an explosion
which shook the building with terrific
force, breaking every window and crack
ing the walls and ceilings. NelghborS
rendered prompt aid in removing the vic
TINS from the wreckage.
Fred Riess of Pennington had his skull
fractured and physicians expect him to
die. Theodore Knaak suffered an in
jured leg which will have to be ampu-
tated. Albert Klug of Concord had one
UEOheu. DIS ul'l dISO Elnll SITelCh
Ferdinand Hell of Pennington, while
Robert Stienke of Pennington had a
foot crushed, and Charles Hiefert of
Johnson Greek sustained five broken
ribs
The flames incident to the explosion
of the acetylene gas severely burned
Mrs. Messerschmidt, Carl Buske, Fred
Buske Mrs Albert Strassburg, Henry
Wolfgram and John Wolfgram, all OF
Pennington.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14
BURNS PROVE FATAL,
TO A LITTLE BOY.
Falls Into Tub of Boiling Water Wednes-
day Night and Dies Soon
After

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 13.-Aft-
er falling in tub of boiling water
Wednesday night, John Augustine, Jr.,
the 20-months-old child of John Angus
tine, 3O5 Clinton street, died from the eff
fects of the burns shortly after 1 o'clock
this morning.
The tortured child was completely I'M
mersed in the tub when his mother ran
into the room after hearing a scream and
the splashing of water.
Il had just left the room for a mo-
ment and was in the next room,' said
Mrs. Augustine. Then l heard Il
splash and a piercing scream. Dashing
into the kitchen, L found my child I'M
mersed completely IN the water and
struggling to arise. | dragged him from
the tub as soon as possible and called a
physician, but it was in vain. The poor
little fellow was too fearfuIly hurt to re-
cover
The child's death was reported to the
coroner
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14
STATUE FOR BENEDICT ARNOLDl
Grand Army Post Strikes in Peculiar
Way at Lee Proposal.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Jan. 13.-At
the regular meeting of Chenoa post,
Grand Army Of the Republic, resolutions
We're adopted caricaturing the movement
TO place a statue of Gen. Robert e. Lee
in Statuary hall, Washington The reso-
lutlons read in part:
We respectfully petition the Presi-
dent OF the United States that statue
sacred to the memory of Benedict Arnold
be placed in the Hall of Fame, Washing
ton, d. c., robed in the British uniform
he wore and adorned with the British
flag under which he fought while in the
British service. that the present and flu
ture generations may revere his name
and enshrine iii their hearts fond recol-
lection of that patriotism, love of coun-
try and exemplary character ST this
adorable man, and live and learn to irni-
tate his glorious example.
While many people, honest though
they were, held the name of Benedict
Arnold in execration, we submit that
time has bridged the chasm. and hence
forth succeeding generations should be
taught to look upon and alike adore. side
by side in the Hall of Fame. statues
sacred to the memory of George Wash
iington and Benedict Arnold
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14
CORPSE IS IDENTIFIED.
Body of Man Found Swinging from a
Tree Is That of Prosperous
Ranch Owner

OSHKOSH, Wis, Jan. 12.- The
man who was found hanging from
tree Monday near the North-W estern
cutoff has been identified as Edward Oh
son, unmarried and SO years of age His
parents reside on a farm near Medina,
Wis.
There is a disposition to regard the
death as mysterious. No theory has
been advanced as to why he should have
taken his own life, except that he might
have been respondent because of lack of
work, but opposed to this theory is the
fact that Olson, with his two brothers,
owned valuable ranch in Montana.
On January 8 Olson wrote from Mil
waukee informing his parents be was on
his way home. From the fact that he
wrote the letter in cheerful vein, his
friends believe he could not have been
respondent.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14
A Distinguished Audience.

Doctor Hook, the famous Vicar OF
Leeds, had to preach one Sunday morn
ing in the Chapel Royal The clergy
man who read morning prayers left
for duty elsewhere; the clerk went into
the vestry to stir the fire; and when
the preacher mounted the pulpit, he
found himself alone with the congrega-
t1on-one young man
Doctor Hook went to the congrega.
ton and told him it would be ride
ulous to preach.
Oh" replied the young man, Il
have come a long way to hear you
preach. L beg you will proceed"
NO" said the doctor, 81 really can't
think of such a thing. Besides, how
very personal you would find the s-,~,
mon. But I'll tell you what | ~.
do. l will walk across the park With
you, and give you the heads of my SIR
mon as we walk along"
The young man was Samuel WILDER
force, subsequently Bishop of Oxford.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14
CHURCH'S REAL HARVEST.
To Clear n Debt the First Christian
of Beaver, Okla, Raised Corn,

To Clear n Debt the First Christian
of Beaver, Okla, Raised Corn.
The congregation of the First Chris
tian Church of Beaver, Okla, Kans-
as City Times correspondent says,
planted and reaped forty acres Of
broomcorn last season to raise funds
for reducing the Indebtedness on its
new church building. The Rev. R. R..
Coffey, the pastor, led his congregation
in the work, men and women and boys
and girls joining with him in the en-
terprise.
The land used belonged to James
Crabtree, a farmer, living four miles
west of Beaver. AS the season prog.
ressed the church ED" thrived won
derfully. Whenever there was work
to do willing hands were found to do
it. The time of ripening came and the
corn grew yellow and golden in the
sunshine. There was much talk about
the prospect Of high prices for broom
corn. and as the season advanced buy
ers began coming from eastern mar
kets to the broomcorn elds Of Beaver
County.
Finally the day Of harvesting ar
rived and the congregation of the
Beaver Christian Church was astir
early in the morning. Fathers and
mothers, boys and girls and young
men and young women, with the Rev
Mr.. Coffey at their head. went to the
Church farm" and all day there was
laughter and pulling Of broomcorn
STRAW" At noon everybody was
called to a basket dinner furnished by
the housewives who had piled up small
mountains of brown fried chicken,
with gravy, vegetables, country-cured
ham, iighthread. jelly cake, caramel
cake. pie and all such things for the
hungry workers.
When night came the harvesters had
pulled" twenty-five acres of broom
corn, and next day the work was fin
ished. The straw was hauled to town
and baled and was then ready fer the
market Payers were asked to bid for
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-14
REFORMS ARE ASKED,
National Livestock Association Favors
Rail Recommendations Made by
President Taft.

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 12-Many gov
ernmental reforms are demanded in reso-
lutions presented to the National Live
stock association for adoption today.
Railroad rate legislation formed the
basis of much discussion. The granting
of power to the interstate commerce com
mission to review classifcations. to an
null charges in regulations and to insti-
tute proceedings on the commissions
own motion, as recommended by Presi-
dent Taft, are favored, but the resolu-
tons oppose the appointment of an inter
state commerce court
The Pinchot administration of the for
est service is endorsed and recommends
lions are made for lease law governing
the use of public lands for grazing The
resolutions also favor the continuation
of the fight against free hides.