Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-09

(Written Specially for The Bulletin.
 We've all heard the latest popular
 phrase Life is just one d-n thing after another" It seems to have struck a responsive chord in the hu- man mind I am told that out west one sees it in hundreds of offices and shops and factories, sometimes printed and framed and prominently displayed on the wall in companionship with ouI old favorites. such as This Is my busy day." Short credit makes long friends" NO trust, no bust" etc. etc vigorous expression of the old weari- ness which more or less, affects us all as we toddIe along through life, doing the same things over and over, day just get up in the morning, eat a little, play little. work a good deal, go to bed again Today is yesterday made over. and tomorrow is going to be rntP-F, 4he same Omar voiced the feel ing in his Persian rose garden when he wrote:
 Think that today you are what yes You were: tomorrow you shall not be
 less"
 I've heard of women getting so 8eatslly tired Of washing the same d3ehes, over and over again in weari- some iteration. that they have had to GtOp short and retire temporarily from rhe kitchen to conquer the semi in sane impulse to smash the whole ca poodle I've myself seen days when the hoe handle was an outrage and the onion bed a green striped insult. Once I read of Frenchnlan who blew out his brains because life was ''noth- ing but oUttoning and unbuttoning" and he was tired of it.
 The more civilized and convention -1-a <s~rN rlf07rc life becomes. I fancy our savage an cestors of some thousand or million years back didn't find existence so dull They had to hunt a fresh tree or cave to sleep in every night, and thts kept them interested. They had to Kill or catch their dinners before they could eat 'eIn, and this kept them hustling- They had to keep 8 mighty sharp watch out lest Old Sabre-Tooth or MT Meg1osaurus make a meal of <hsEn. and this prevented any attacks Of eHnui- But we live in the same houses and sleep in the same beds and eat about the same canned goods off f1.e same dishes with the same knives bnd forks and go to the same work and Follow the same paths and do the same things, over and over and over again. It's only rarely that a mad dog chases ITS long enough to stir our stagnant blood into real action When such a Thing occurs we seldom accept 1t as a Blessing and a relief from the eternal
 
 Eke the dog even more than we dislike our ordinarily humdrum lives.
 Oh, yes, life IS somewhat slow to most Of us; there's no use denying the uedenizble- BUT-I sort O think that we farmers are rather better off in this respect than those in some other svocztions- Of course. the years run their rounds about alike; we wallow tn SHOW and slush through the winter and we parboil and bake through the summer Seed time and harvest come around with commenda,ble regularity. We ptow the same soil and plant the same sorts of seeds and feed the same raCons to the same everlastingly hun gry animals If we really want to feel that way. I suppose we could make out that we have as Inonctonous an existence as any convict could be con demned to- IT. we do not want to feel that way. but would rather enjoy our blessings than contemplate our miser- fes- think we can find cause for self Eratulations-
 If largely depends orr ourselves. The longer I live the more I am inclined to believe that there are some folks who actually like to be wretched and women who are said to enjoy poor health think that phrase is liter ally accurate In many such cases there is no other visible explanation oL NAcAE AKAF6Al11S11 NH4n that Uney prefer it to the sane and wholesome living which would produce good health There are some, too. who sell dom say Thank you" either to the Lord or their friends for any kind ness shown but are forever finding fault with everybody and everything They certainly wouldn't do this unless it was their idea of pleasure. The most Of us, however. would rather laugh than snivel-if we can. And it's astonishing how much interest there is fn life-eEsE the farmers Iife-if we'll l find and appropriate the interest it of fe-s- While there's a deal of same ness about 1t, there's likewise a lot of variety Naturally, we must be able 1 10 get interested in small things. Why 1 shouhin't we2 It's the little things that r.ake up life. Those who sincerely