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Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
VICTIMS OF Thin ICE.

II 10 at the beginning and end of
winter that lives are lost because of
thin lee and in the spring is the time
when the ice Is most treacherous.
The Worcester Gazette says: THE
reports OF drowning fatalities through
out New England, numbering more
than a half-hundred during the winter,
may well serve as a warning for all
WHO still seek sport on the ponds and
streams. The ice has been of unusual
tnacknsss this winter, but at best. ice,
specially over running water, is
troacherous and demands care ON the
part Of all who venture upon 1t.
IF the season has scored half
hundred deaths SO far, there is reason
20 believe that a still greater record
viii be made during the weeks now at
hand when ponds are breaking up"
At this season of the year It takes
hut few hours for the rising sun to
honeycomb thick ice. The signs of
weakness are definite. When the ice
begins to show streaks of black that
give evidence Of thawing, the sign
should be a warning to keep OF. It
seems a pity that lives must be sacri-
feed. just because young people win
give way to the impulse to have Just
one more skate. or fishermen one more
days sport before the ponds break up.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

h 4Ae6s a. 1eFss ~ 4 pntfsvm naAlen-
81 INV with xQ}S<1noe to the weight
Of food peekeGog peipt ont tAat 4
there we're neeA ~ 49, erU2SQent II
behalf % uutfQrmity. ceFtaln1E III
state. leglalafl3<6a have FURNISHED At
this winter II ~ meetaf ~ thefr 20.
called net-Weigh< btlls Whinh have
been introduced In half the states.
with hardly two slilke, ana An one eta4e
at least flys bills. ana Al diAeTent.
Nebraska Itself, the pionseF IN thu
revolt against the national law, II
changing the wording Of IN statute
for the third time. for the simple rea-
son that they have found each, In
turn, OF their mueh vaunted laws abb
solutely unavoidable, and, therefore.
Impossible of enforcement, so that
they are now engaged in >changing
metz weight" to- the msaninglass
phrase "minimum net weight" Ne
braska entirely brushes aside the fact
that the statement Of any weight
overturns and destroys all the reme-
dies now at hand for correcting the
false bottom, or the half filled pack
age, or any other device by which the
eye of the consumer is deceived.
This hits the mali upon the head
without going into the differences in
weights and measures In foreign coun-
tries and in different parts Of this
country. Uniformity of law IL some
thing state legislatures have not
aimed at and apparently take little in
terest in.
1t is clear that a national law would
answer every purpose.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
Music in the Homo.

A member of the faculty of the
Ethical Culture school of New York
urges the development of music in the
home by unusual though simple
means. He would have the growing
child learn to play upon his mothers
dishpan as an Introduction to the key
board Of the piano, and graduate from
drumming upon q rubber band to the
strings of a violin, He mentioned also
the triangle and the xylophone as ex-
amples of the more -primitive instru-
ments a child could learn to play, and
he might have extended the list with
the instruments employed in the kin
der-symphony-the cuckoo, the Water
whistle. the watchman's rattle, and the
other diminutive editions of the caco-
phonous inventions of Richard
Strauss
To carry the idea further, a child
who has the 1audable ambition to be-
come the tympanist in a symphony
orchestra might be taught to drum
on the window pane on rainy days; he
should be fed on drumsticks; he ia
to be encouraged to practice the re-
veflle and the rataplan with his knife
Hereafter judicious parents will not
throw away empty tomato cans, for,
given stout bit OF twine and piece
of rosin, their noise making possibili-
ties are almost INFINITE. BY sliding
down stairs children will cultivate .
facility that will prove useful In the
manipulation of the slide trombone
and the use Of the yshoehorn will sug-
gest the French horn and the English
horn subseQuently.-Phil Led
ger
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
THE PusLIc UTILITIES BILL

The public utilities bill il not taking
ahnps a. its promoters desired and 1t
10 plain enough that there II . strong
opposition to It which 10 likely to spoil
ft - amendment or delay.
Ths Bridgeport Post has appealed
to Governor Baldwin to present plan,
10 act rs leader. In getting meas
me before the general assembly which
shall be both affective and popular.
The New Haven Journal-Courter
SAYS: we have no hesitancy IN say
ine that unless some effective team
work II undertaken the chances are
not Enthusiastically favorable to the
proposed legislation. The enemies OF
q public utilities commission have
beon both busy and cunning in their
treatment of the situation. The court
Of commsres bill, aside from provid-
3ng = different method of corporation
regulation than that provided In the
publfc utilities bill, delicately but cum
ningiy Introduces provisions of con-
troll that would, II adopted, strike In
svery direction in the way of business
control
1t IN apparent that the supporters
or the public utilities bill must do
something more than to assert that q
majority Of the members of the gem
orai assembly have pledged themselves
for the measure and patiently wait for
them 70 keep their promises. Vigorous
activity appears to be the only thing
that can prevent the promises of both
political parties from being broken
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
Reach up az far a. yeu can,
and God viii reach down all the
rest Of the way.
The xeeIoaioal orchestra.


The xesIoaioal orchestra.
The turkey Piled the drumeticks, while
The puppy played tho boness
The bull frog played an instrument
That gave the lowest tones
The elephau4 ccuId trumpet, and
The fiddler was q crab;
The KRty-did song and dance
Upon graveyard slab.
The inch-werm counted measures,
while
The woodwind turned the leaves;
The quail he had to whistle, for
Those mocixing- birds are thieves.
The yellow Jackets organ point
Was rather sharp and thin;
The kitten brought an article
To string thu violin.
The COW tossed OF 2 solo, for
No one could low 30 well:
Her horn was blew and tipped with
brass;
She also rang bell.
The bee could play upon the comb;
They wished he hadn't come,
For all the music that he knew
Was Hum, Sweet Hum"
Harvey Worthington Loomis.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
LENA OF THE MOUNTAINS.

Oh, If all you little people who read
this little story could have but known
little Lena. She was just the sweet
est little girl in the whole world and
the Rocky Mountains. she seemed like
some beautiful flower that had been
dropped right down from some sky
flower garden.
Her home was a rough cabin made
Of heavy 1oED and months and months
often went by without her seeing a
living person aside from her father:
He was a trappsr and he had moved
to that lonely country soon after
Lena's mothers death, when the child
was hardly more than a baby. Just
like the pretty green growing things
of the mountains, she had grown up
to a little girl Of nine, but she was far
thing, and her songs were sweetel
than the birds who loved her and
came each morning to awaken her.
Some days her father would go OF
to visit his trays, TO be gone the whole
day long, but LENA was never lone
and unafraid they would come close tc
the cabin to be fed with crumbs From
the little cabin table. II any of the
larger animals came out into the
clearing she would rush into the house
and bar the door and wait for then
to go away. Even then. she was MOI
frightened.
But there was one night that little
Lena was frightened. Her father had
kissed her goodbye in the early morn
ing to visit some of his traps. It wal
one Of those same quiet, beautiful
mountain days, and Lena sang as be-
fore and busted herself here and there
sweeping and busting the inside OF the
cabin, and doing other little things
A rabbit or two came to see her al
usual, and she fed them, singing their
funny little song the while. And
then, slowly tffe sun began to dip be-
hind the highest mountain peak.
Father will come soon, now" thu
child said to herself. It grew darker
Finally the sun sank out Of sight alto.
gether. It was now very dark AND
still her father did not come.
ITO the girl or boy who will write
the nearest correct Conclusion to thi.
story In IS 1ines-it takes z8 in thx
original to end 1.-THE Bulletin will
present prize book.-Uncle Jedi
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
a MIscHlEvous KITTEN.

There was once a little girl about
two years old, and she had q pet kit
ten, named Tommy. As the little
girls mother went 10 the, kitchen she
put her ring on the taIble. The cat came
in and got ON thu table and was play
ing with the ring. and pushed it of
the table to the floor, AS she was
playing with It on the door it rolled
away into q hole and the cat could
not see it any more. He went out to
the barn to sleep on the hay.
When the mamma came in to get
the ring 1t was gone, and she asked
the little girl If she knew where the
ring was. She said: 7 do not know
where it is at all. but maybe the cat
(Tommy) rolled It OF the table, as he
did my thimble yesterday"
One day the baby was playing on
the floor and saw something real
bright. OF course, baby went after
the brightness, which proved to be the
missing ring. Baby ran with 1t to
mamma All decided the guilty party
was the cat and all thought it wise to
be more careful In future with any
thing they valued very much 1t was
the cat and not the baby that was
migchioyouS
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
JERRYAND BOCO SEE EYES IN THE WOODS
A Nishtcap Story Folks.
(Copyr;ghted)

It was not long before the owner of
the great fiery eyes swept by Jerry
and Boco on broad wings, close to the
ground so as to pounce on any small
game that had an appetizing look, for
he was hungry and looking for food;
and this great horned owl OF gladng
eyes and sharp claws made the cat
chums cuddle closer together, for they
were afraid OF him, just as rats and
mice were afraid of them; and they
never dreamed that owls, eyes and
cats eyes were so much alike that
owls had been called cat-eyed birds.
The owl went on his way, and when
all was again quiet and safe they ven
tured to 90 further into the woods.
They next stopped beside a run that
led to a spring, and it was not long
before coon came along with his
eyes aiming: and by and by a fox
passed them and his eyes were glar-
ing, too; but they did not know that
the eyes OF all the night wood provsl-
ers yhined, or that they cpuld see bet
ter in the night than In the daytime;
or that all the moths on wing at night
have beautifully cleaning eyes which
are az pretty as rubies or opals Or
diamonds
And then they were puzzled by the
night folks not having bright eyes, but
who were provided with night Lights
instead; and when they came into "a
open interval and saw the fre-fiies
Sparkling in the air and the glow
worms In the, grass sparkling back to
their winged mates, they sat awhile In
wonder and then fed, for they did not
know what to make Of such q scene
They rap clear to the river and there
] they hid In the tall meadow grass and
stayed in quietness until bittern
came that way to fish for his supper
in the shoal water close to the shore;
L. -
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
Asr AND ST. PATRICK.

Our Irish fellow citizens will on
friday celebrate the festival of St.
Patrick with bentting ceremonies and
WITH due reverence. and this manifes-
tstton Of gratitude toward this great
missionary honors the sons Of Erin
who are loyal to the principles he pro-
muigated and they as q race have
perpetuated
But in these later days Of art-sou-
venirs and nonsense much has crept
into tho anniversary which has no
bearing upon st. Patrick and no true
place in the celebration. The top-hats
Of green with a pipe in the band.
the green neckties. the old clay pipes.
and papier-mache pigs are the output
OF a csunter-art spirit, and are SO
contsmptuous that no one can blame
our sincere Irish fellow citizens for
regarding them as irreverent AMI vul-
xar-synbols which dscency should
discountsnance.
There are fitting symbols and pretty
sentiments which become this ami
vsrsAry. ST. Patrick himself IL said
TO have plucked the shamrock from
the oward and to have pointed out that
sits three leaves symbolize the Trinity.
The harp recalls the method by which
literature OF early Christian days
spread through all of northern Eu-
rope. from one hamlet to another, from
one court TO another. from one land to
ito neighbor- So must have spread a
good deal Of the teachings Of Christ.
recited TO the chord Of the harp,
chanted in metre and appealing with
their beauty and poetry as with their
message OF love and hope.
Here 10 one Of many kindly senti-
msnts for the day: May love, Joy
and peace in Oufd Ireland increase.
dsfying Ill wind and dull caret"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

the others. But when she reached
home with It and her mother BEGAN
to cut 1t, six small coins OF silver
dropped out
s.Oh, Gretchen, this must be q mis-
take!" her mother cried. This money
does not belong t0 US. Run just 81
quickly a. you can and take It back e
the kind gentleman"
SO Gretchen took 1t back to theil
er's message the gentleman aid: No
1T wasn't a mistake. had the silver
baked into the smallest loaf In order
to reward you- Remember that one
who is content to have . small loal
instead OF quarreiips for . large ont
baked in bread. Chicago Tribune.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

II in strange that the women are SO
slow to recognize the necessity for
refusing to buy the wings and plumes
OF birds which are nearly extinct from
the demands of fashion for bird skins
and feathers.
The Audubon society has issued from
its headquarters in New York an ap-
peal for the support Of every Ameri-
can woman. farmer and business man
who must depend upon agricultural
prosperity in the fight which the
association is waging against the milli-
nerA The fact that the commercial
bird destroyers are making valiant ef-
forts TO get the bird protective lesis-
Iation repealed should instantly
arouse cot merely the sentimental Low
ers of our song birds, but practical
snen. who realize the consequences OF
bird determination, 20 take decisive
actibn-
There In am increasing number OF
women. be 1t said who refuse to wear
1he plumase Of song birds or the al
rrstte n the procurement Of which
wheIs nests Of young birds are left
10 Atarvo because of the mother birds
destruction
The "aigretts' should be universal
" banned. for example,; the attempt
Of the Wholesale milliners to prove
that obtaining It did not involve the
injury Of the egret has been shown to
be founded upon . palpable untruth
This movement invites the cooper
alton of every good citizen. for with
out tho service Of the birds, science
tells us, man could not live upon the
face Of the earth
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
Tho Plague IN China.

BY all odds the most calamitous
happening Ii the world at the present
time is the spread Of the plafN& il
China In epidemic ana extremely fatal
form. There seems to be but little at
tempt to cope with it by any coop
erative preventive measures, either
upon the part Of the officials in the
provinces OF Mongolia. and Manchuria,
where it is creating the greatest l1av-
oc, or upon the part. Of the central
authority at Picking. The government
has solicited the advice Of foreign ex-
perts an to the means of pravention.
but there appears to be no machinery
of sanitary defense In existence In the
empire.
There is, besides, a. dead weight Of
passive fataiism among the mass OF
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
Attacks SCHOOL PrjnejpeI.

Chas. B. Allen, of Sylvanias Ga. II thus
told by him. For, moro than three
years," he writes. Il suffered indie
scribaJble torture from Fheumatism, ht-
er and stomach trouble and diseased
kidneyA All remedies failed till used
wonderful remedy cured ma completes
ly.r Such results are common. Thou
sands bless them for curing stomach
trouble, female complaints, kidney dts
orders. biliousness. and for new health
and vtgor. Try them Only soc at Lee
& Osgood Co.'S.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
A Fierce Nisht Alarm

in the hoarse. startling coHgh of Z
child. suddenly attacked by Group. Oft
en- It aroused Lewis Chatnblin Of Man
CHESTER, o. "a. n No. %. for their foaI
children were greatly subject to GROUP
Sometimes IN severe attacks" be
wrote. I'VE were afraid they would die
but since we proved what certain
remedy DIR. Kings New Discovery II
we have no fear. We rNly ON 1t foa
Group and for coughs colds or any
throat or lung trouble" So do thou
sands of others. So may you Asthma,
Hay Fever, La Grippe, Whoopine
Cough, Hemorrhages ~ before 1t. SOC
and $1.00. Trial bottle tree. Sold ~
Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

ana TRADING Cove brook he had 70 60
pack to porridge Gladys Bell Heebe,
age II. Norwich Town
| The man in the moon saw last
might, as It was shining SO clear and
BRIGHT, The Man in the Moon" is the
hidden name of the puzxles we found.
when The Bulletin canne--~Alice M.
LefnngweIl. age IL, East Great Plain.
The man in the. moon was coon:
| he went walking one afternoon. be-
cause he wanted to spoon; he came
back very soon. because he met a 20
ltceman. Ethel AberF. age :, Taftville.
The man in the moon came down to
spoon with - dear little maid IN Nor
witch, and when they were wed, have
heard 1t said, they lived on beans and
| porridge MARY Adelaide Harris, age
| II, Norwich.
| The man in the moon looked down
| last June upon drouth- stricken Nor
witch; ne looked to the north, he look
ed to the south, give 'em Peas brook
porridge.s Bessie Bushnell, ago Is.
Norwich Town.
The man in the moon il q jolly old
| fellow: he ia always laughing and his
face IS yellow; on q summer night he
shines very bright, but in the daytime
he hides his light. The man In the
moon. the man in the moon, never,
never shines too soon-Gertrude r.
Thornes, Norwich.
The man in the moon was q very
| bad man; he picked up sticks on SUM
| day, and somebody tossed him up In
the sky. and he il up there now, see
| witch.
L q
My papa and mamma say that al
long as they can remember they heard
OF the Man in the Moon, so he musi
| be quite old. My papa. sometimes
sings q song which tells OF young
| lady who liked him very much. She
| said she would not believe he ever die
any wrong unless she caught him her.
self How nice it would be il every
body thought the same OF all little
boys and girls. Don't you think so
Uncle Jed?-Anna D. Mcdowell, age
9. Stonington, Conn.
| The man in the moon. with q silver
spoon, came to test the water Of Nor
witch; for the man from the south
! poisoned his mouth with microbes In
his porridge.-Earl Phillips, age II
| Norwich.
The man in the moon lives up so high
at the very top of the sky; he does
not come and shine at noon, but be-
hind the clouds he stays until the
stars I'LL the milky way. This old mar
was very bold. and sawed wood or
| Sunday, tbs told; then God put hin
way up there 80 he couldn't trouble the
such bore. And just think! this ole
/ mink every night at me does wink. as
much as. to say, "Oh, Jey!" I'm al
happy as happy can be, for there's nx
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
UNCLE JEps CHAT WITH THE
LITTLE FOLKS.

There have been SO many answers
to the hidden word puzzle that we
have been Obliged to select the very
best OF them; and to print the names
of the other competitors, SO we may
HAYS room for little stories Of inter-
est and good selections.
SeysraI nice little stories have been
cent In: and Uncle Jed hopes the boys
and girls will take an interest in the
story competition.
The young folks are doing splendid
ly and they will make our department
as good as any Of the kind printed.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

1t took the Massachusetts, legisla-
ture IA years to pass a law to pre-
vent civil service examinations from
taking on undertaking impertinence
with reference to acts in Juvenile
dava
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

l Can you picture anything to equal a
lifes exile in Siberia?" asks a writer
discussing the Russian penal system.
1 How about an egg in cold storage?-
Fort Worth Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

If New England principle meant to-
day what it once did, Lorimer could
not have thanked her senators for sAv-
ing his pelt.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

When the Panama canal 10 opened
in 1915 the naval fleets Of the world
are to be at Hampton Roads, and this
Is likely to be the greatest sight In
connection with the grand affair.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

Sir Edward Grey thinks present
day preparedness for peace, If not held
up, is likely to be the destruction Of
civilization.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
A Man. over,ioht,

A Jury Of women in washington
fined man for swearing. ' II he had
only thought to let loose q mouse In
the jury room.-Houston Chronicle
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

The democratic majority in the
Maine legislature ia 10 dull that it is
being pestered with instructions from
the press as to what it must do.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

The Pennsylvania railroad carried
15o,000.0o0 passengers in 1910 with
out injuring one of them. This is a
record not likely to be beaten.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

General Butler may have been maxi
ing money out of his country when 1t
was in it's life-struggie, but what a
lot of company he had that has not
been dishonored.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

The corporation tax law has been
pronounced constitutional and Uncle
Sam has no one to deny that the &27,-
100000 collected belongs to him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

Happy thought for today: The milk
Of human kindness is said to be one
of the best things in the world for the
eyes, 1t makes all who use 1t see
better.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

The extra session Of congress is
likely to have some Of tts attention
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

The man who gets the habit of
laughing heartily does not have to
give much attention to dietstics for
he can keep healthy without.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

Mud and marbles in the spring al
ways did stir up domestic relations.
What boy can keep clean under such
conditioner
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

American millionaires are showing
London that they want the best resi-
'dences in town and do not care q
rap what they cost.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

AN agricultural survey Of New Lon
don county would promote agricul-
ture, which cannot improve without
commercial benefit Strength to your
elbow, Congressman Higgins.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

1t takes no spurs to ride = hobby,
but it takes a good face and > fair
amount Of resolution.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

Some people in Massachusetts are
determined that General Butler shall
not have statue erected in that state
to commemorate him, IL they can help
ii.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

Mrs. Marshall Field is said to be
anxious to dgnali8e the coronation of
King George with her presence and
an output of q million.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
Only Farce Comedy

War is not what General Sherman
said it is when 1t is in Mexico; but,
then, that's not war.-St- Louis Globe
Democrat.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
UnreuuIsted Cornpetition.

The lecture platforms are not ~
crowded as they Will be when the lame
ducks set home. Atlanta Constitution
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16

Correct Answers of Hidden Word
Puzzle.
Helen Whitaker. aged IL, Taftville.
Conn.
Marguerite NJ. Copeland aged 10,
Norwich, Conn.
Dora Moran. aged 10. Laurel Hill.
Norwich.
Lois Kinney, aged II. Norwich.
Conn.
Yvonns Pigeon, aged III Jewett City,
Conn.
Ruth 3. Williams, aged 5, Leonard's
Bridge, Conn.
Troy L Main, aged II. Norwich,
Conn.
Carrie E. Main, age 5, Norwich, Ct.
Calvin Rawson Main. age Z, Nor
witch. Conn.
Ellen n. Connolly, ago z, Norwich,
Conn.
Alfred Horigan, age IL, Norwich,
Conn.