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Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
TICKNGS FROM THE OLD CLOCK

Written Specially for the BulIetin.) :.
Complaint has come to my hearing
that 1 have not been striking as l
should during the past week, and peo-
pie said [ was on strike. How
strange to say that of me, when
was silently at work all the time,
Of their own kind, these human be-
ings claim to strike when they are no,
at work Evidently they have one
law for themselves and another for
me- That, however, is no uncommon
thing, for / notice that often people
apply rules of conduct to others which
they do not wish to follow them
selves Perhaps that is what they
call human Hature.
However, I am glad they value me
enough to notice the absence OF my
voice. / do get tired of shouting, to
them twenty-four times a day from
this height. Who wouldn't? Then, too,
nobody praises me when all goes well,
but let me rest my voice a little, and,
forsooth, there is such am ado over it,
Many things occur to disturb me on
my lofty station. SO that have
troubles of my own to contend with,
and occasionally my nerves are COM
pletely upset, so that they choke my
uttera1ce.
do not enjoy the fire alarm ION
the City Hall bell: it is very annoy
ing, so loud and SO near me. What
is the use of it anyway Only the
other day l was informed that one
fire chief in q distant city advocated
it's abandonment, because it called to-
gether such "A crowd of citizens, who
proved 9 hindrance to the firemen in
their work of fighting the fire AL
though I am so remote from the
street, you see most of the news
reaches me. / am very much afraid
of fire too. My downfall would be
very apt to come il a fire occurred in
the structure. below me-
Then l am very timid during
thunder storms What if lightning
struck me- Especially have ] worried
over this since my neighbor across
the way has such d. sad experience.
I witnessed that disaster, and was
much alarmed when the bricks and
mortar were sent flying all over the
square below me. I was so afraid
some of them would hit me in the
facet / miss the tall slender spire,
which has never been rebuilt So
few of my neishbors are up to my
level, have more than | used to have
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

What is the cutworn to the little
bunch of grass that throws seeds in
May by the million; and then if un-
disturbed, throws them in July by the
billion and in September throws
them by the trilIionl I wish / knew
more about grasses; but this prolific
grass of which l write is of small &C
count to any enc except the man with
a hoe. If the leaf of grass is like the
leaf of the lily that does not make this
grass of any greater interest to the
MAJ who MEETS it as a weed every
summer all summer and hits at it
with Il spitefulnesss he would strike at
viper, when he swings his hoe. This
is not the grass in which Walt Whit
man saw the name eff God. ritten as
in the corner of a handkerchief: but
it may be the very grass a rural friend
of ours says, beats the DEVIL for 1t
seems capable of doing it. It is
among the things in nature that grow
like streak. and then some. 1t is
drouth proof and is as much at home
in u dry season as cacti in a desert.
1t is II good example. for it is never
absent from the garden long. is full of
business and never complains
1t may not be new habit for the
blue jays to build their nests in trees
on city house-lots. o. 10 hang around
the closely settled urban districts; but
become the noisy occupants of home
lots in the city of Norwich, and this
is the first year we have known them
to build their nests in pear trees of
high growth in town. Although one oil
the prettiest plumaged and cutest OF
native birds. it's creaky cries prevents
its becoming popular. Naturalists who
have studied its habits credit it with
the shrewdneSs of the crow and the
ability to pronounce words like a par
rot to a limited extent Not being
good flyer, it is inclined to walk
much more than other birds: and
Abbot says: When the blue Jay is
alarmed by gunners it will flatten it
self like a squirrel a limb, or hide
in the oak leaves. 1t is so fond of eggs
that on occasion it is said it will rob
other birds nests The jay is always
a pleasing bird to those who have a
real fancy for blue as a decorative
color.
1t is nothing strange to hear or read
absurd things about the king fisher
which nests in the banks and fishes
along our streams. Since the most an
Gent days he has been regarded as a
bird of power so it is not surprising
tn hear ii said he drives away hawks
and is protector of fowl He was
the Haicyon bird Of the ancients: AND
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

On the 30th of May noticed the
first full-fledged robins of the season
on the dahlia patch taking lessons in
self-reliance and grub hunting. They
were pretty creatures with their spot
ted breasts and ringed necks and were
nearly as tame as chickens; hence, We
kept the cat well stuffed with salmon
and had an eye for their protection.
Once in a while the; mother bird would
fly to a bough of the pear tree and
give She children a treat; and then
she would take them down in between
the dahlias and teach them to grub
for themselves. Now they run by
themselves very much and l was sur
prised to see one young robin stub
his toe and tumble forward just like
a toddIing infant. If they were more
apprehensive it would please me more,
for it seems to me that l am. worried
more for fear they will get hurt than
the mother birds be. | do not remem-
Der having ever seen full f1edged
young robins earlier than this: and it
has not been q particularly good year
for birds, either.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

years ago. for many changes have
taken place during my residence on
Union Snuare
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

The ruby throated humn1ing birds
have arrived and are still on their
northward flight. These midgets after
wintering in the tropics fly clear to
Labrador for summer nesting places
and food 1t is cl3.imed that some Of
these little birds winter as far south
as Brazil. and if our own little sum
ner visitor winters in Florida, what
a flight it is from there to its most
northerly limit distance of from
two thousand to twenty-five hundred
miles. We used to know an aged lady
who in her days of invalfdism used
to decoy these little beauties to her
room just as soon as they appeared in
the spring, and kept them in great
game cages, often giving them the
freedom of her room; and in late
August she used to open her windows
and let them journey with their own
to winter in a southern cline. She did
this for many seasons and when it
came to bird lore. no one knew more
about the peculiarities of these tiny
beauties than She
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
The MAN WHO TALKS

It is a better habit to contemplate
how many good things are done for
us than to think how we tax ourselves
for the good of others. 1t is the one
way to cultivate an appreciatiye spirit
and to keep in a real happy mood.
We are apt to think that what we do
for others is a tax when really it is a
privilege. Kindness should be re-
garded as a joy instead of a burden.
It is largely a matter of thought that
makes the world what it seems to be
to us. Those who think how little
they are respected, how badly they are
used, that the day of good luck will
never return to them, and thousand
and one other things of the same i'm
port get into states of depression
equfvs lent 70 a nightmare and invite
misery as regular companion. They
could put their minds to better use
to comforting instead of distressing
themselves. The sensible person
is keeping his world bright and
CHEEKY. +,
There are few persons who sympa-
thize with the man who claims he
has been driven to drink. The man
who thinks he is used badly and then
proceeds to use himself worse to
plague his tornenters hasn't sense
enough to command sympathy or re-
spect. 1t is remarkable how much
easier this type of a man is driven
to drink than he can be driven away
from it. When lie puts into his mouth
that which will steal away his brains
to punish someone else, he confesses
to being as weak and foolish as it is
possible for him to be and still be
called a man. 1t is the only instance
known in life where voluntary folly
is charged up to force which really
mas no existence. AS it is worked
against a wife and family it is about
rs shabby a. trick as a man was ever
guilty of. AS a manifestion of spite
it lowers anyone to the level of a dog
"a vicious dog at that The man
who browns sorrow by adding sorrow
to sorrow from the cup is closely re-
lated to him. 1t seems as if he and the
man driven to drink were designed to
sympathize with one another. How
any one can sympathize with either is
not so easy to cipher out.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
YOUNG Girl Real Heroine.

Geneva. Switzerland. is ringing
with the story of the heroism of one
of the girls of the city. The other
night, Nile Abegglen, aged eighteen,
hearing cries of distress on Lake
Brienz. long after darkness had fallen,
jumped into a boat at Iseltwald, on
the lake. and rowed out alone. She
found an upturned boat, two men. two
women, and a child clinging to 1t. the
last three being nearly exhausted.
With a great effort she managed to
get them all safely into her boat. Aft
er a short rest. Mile. Abegglen rowed
the victims of the accident to Iselt-
wald. and then disappeared in the
darkness. but several persons recog.
nized the brave girl. and have written
to the papers prsising her courage
and modesty.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
The Value Of Paper.

Since the time of Blaine the use Of
paper has been carried far beyond the
limits that excited his admiration.
Who could then have foreseen that
the policeman's club would be made
of 1t?
1t is as hard to set limits to the
possibilities of paper as to those Of
rubber. We have paper wheels and
rubber tires. Already there is talk
of paving the streets with rubber sur
faces and perhaps the foundation may
be papier-machie. We are soon to be
required to carry paper drinking cups
along with handkerchiefs as part Of
the necessary equipment of dress. BY
and by the whole dress may be pa
per. Fortunately we can pay for all
these things with paper money.-New
York Herald.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01

"Isn't That Pretty kimono, James7"
"Alicia Hunniwell brought it to me
from New York. and"
"Yes, of course, but really, Gene
We've, is a kimono a correct dinner
gown for the children to see you in
every EVENING"" nags James. afiict-
ed by the memory Of a neat mother
who was always clad In her "other
dress" by p. m. every afternoon OF
her life, and who wore collar and
smoothed her hair as religiously as
she went to church. "Get your style
of hair-dressing from the kimono. too.
Genevieve?" he gurgled. with what
Genevieve can only consider ill-ad-
vised jocularity.
Genevieve had the grace to blush
and change the subject.
Il saw Mrs. Hurlburt, next door, this
morning" she says. "She was talk
ing to Mary Morningdale and they
both strolled down to chat minute"
did Mrs. Hurlburt have on ki-
mono, Genevieve?" inquired James,
with that fatal masculine clinging to
a subject that is better relegated to
oblivion, anyway.
yes" rushes on Genevieve, "and it
was the ugliest thing you ever saw.
Dark blue, and made her. look as yel-
low as a kites claw. She said Mrs.
Morningdale was the most daring
woman she knew-actually came out
In the auto with kimono under her
motor coati 1t was lovely thing. too.
Mary said she always did that when
she went out for morning spin. No
use in exhausting yourself dressing so
early, she said"
And Genevieve reached over to pass
the butter to James, and her XII
mono sleeve dipped in the cream po-
tatoes.
That evening when dinner was well
out of the way. James and Genevieve
awoke to a degree Of energy that ban
ished the subject They decided that
it was really time 70 call on the Mars
tons, down the street a block, who
were very nice and had cordially In
vfted them. After an elaborate toilet
Genevieve presented herself to her
waiting spouse. trim and tailor-made.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01

When our little brown brother of
japan, with his ideas of the pictur-
esque, his wonderful skill in embroi-
derry and his theories as to the proper
shape of the human form divine, pre-
sented to us the kimono (aceent on
the first syllable, please), he never
dreamed that he was dropping into the
American household the torch of mar
ital infelicity and conjugal disillusion-
ment.
The American husband was also un-
aware of the grisly crisis. or he might
have had sense enough to grab the ar
riving garment by it's flowing sleeves
and heave it boldly westward across
the pacific ocean, saying: Keep your
old kimono.' (Accent on the first syl-
liable, please.) "An ordinary brown
calico wrapper with bone buttons can
look bad enough to me-"
But nobody knew. The kimono (ac-
cent as before) arrived, was first
scorned. then endured, then pitied,
then embraced
James," said Genevieve, Il missed
such a pleasant call today The new
minister and his wife were here and
they were so disappointed not to find
me at home"
why, you were at home all day,
were you not?" inquired James in
some amazement. He knows-his Gene
yieve-and she hadn't said a word
about his advancing her next weeks
allowance SO she could get some few
of the necessaries of life before she
perished. You were at home all day,
weren't your"
why, of course / was home, but /
had my kimono on"
what time did these inccnsiderate
people come to call, for PHYS sake?'
inquired James, his brow set in disap-
proval of clerical couple dropping in
right after breakfast
"Oh-er-it was after three o'clock,
of course, but / just hadn't the energy
to dress earlier. In fact-er-" And
Genevieve drops her glance downward
at her present attire. Isn't this a
pretty kimono, James?" she coaxed.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11
Mill End Values in
 Cloak and Suit Departments

Women's Wash Petticoets in striped material, very we'll made
 Mill End Sale Price 37c Children's Wash Dresses. sizes s to IA years, all neatly trimmed and nice- Iy made
 Mill End Sale Price 48c Women's Fine Lawn Waists. in latest styles. in both high and low neck, regular s100 value
 Mill End Sale Price 67c Women's Black Underskirts. in cot ton taffetas and satteens, all up-to- date styles. value s1.25-
 Mill End Sale Price 87c Women's and Misses Wash Dresses in ginghams, chambrays and lawns. in q variety of patterns and styles, val ues up to s350- B
 Mill End Sale Price s2.27 Women's Dresses, in linen, ch3m- bray and lawns, in both white and col ors value s5.9S-
 Mill End Sale Price s3.47 Women's Extra Fine Tailor Made Suits, only one of a kind all good col ors and finely finished, regular values up to s25.00-
 Mill End Sale Price s15.oo
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11
Ladies' Hosiery and Underwear
 At Mill End Prices

Burson Made, Outside Black Cotton Hose, with ribbed top, 25c quality
 Mill End Sale Price . pair fsc Outsize Hose, black, cotton, with ribbed top. black or split foot, 37hc quality
 Mill End Sale Price a pair Sic Infants Ribbed, Silk Lisle Hose, in black, tan, etc, sizes AZ to $, 25c quality
 Mill End Sale Price a pair f7e Infants Plain Lisle and Mercerized Socks in black, white and fancy plaid tops the balance of our 25c goods
 Mill End Sale Price . pair 15e ChiIdren's Black Ribbed Hose, full fashioned, in two weights, for bsys and girls, sizes to 10, Lion Brand
 Mill End Sale Price . pair Pie Ladies Undervests. regular style and also "Cumfy Cut
 Mill End Sale Price 1oo Ladies' Straight Ribbed Vests. pure bleached, with lace yokes in a variety of patterns, 25c quality
 Mill End Sale Price f0c Ladies' Ribbed Pants, lace trim med with French bands, 25c value
 Mill End Sale Price 1oe Ladies' Union Suits, 2 and ribbed, extra fine light weight with plain and lace yoke, all lace trimmed knees in variety of patterns. 75c value
 Mill End Sale Price 4ec ChiIdrens Low Neck Ribbed Vests. regular 10c quality
 Mill End Sale Price 8e Children's Low Neck Vests, both straight and shaped, regular 15c quail ity-
 Mill End Sale Price lie Boys Plain. and Porosknit Shirts and Drawers sizes 24 to 34-
 Mill End Sale Price 2fc
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11
Mill End Opportunities in the House Furnishing Dept.
SOAPS AND POWDERS

SOAPS AND POWDERS Queen Borax Soap-/
 Mill End Sale Price g for 25c Swift's Pride Soap
 Mill End Sale Price for 25c Fairy Soap
 Mill End Sale Price 7 for 25c Dutch Securing Soap Mill End Sale Price 4c X-Ray Stove Polish
 Min End Sale Price 4e Krystal Seiioff-
 Mill End Sale Price 7c 4-pound package Gold Dust, regu- lar price 25c-
 Mill End Sale Price 1ec Small sized package Gold Dust Mill End Sale Price for 1oc Red d-E- Cleanser
 Mill End Sale Price, can 5c Dri-Mania-
 Mill End Sale Price, a can 4c
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11

Fancy Weaves, these are all s2.00 grades and include many of Priestley's latest novelties in black
 Mill End SaIe Price yard sf-3e
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11
Millinery Notes
 In the Mill End Sale

Children's Hats. our entire stock of * stylish Hats for children, regular val ues up to s3.50-
 Mill End Sale Price 98c Children's Banded Panamas a rare bargain, regular S6.50 Hats
 Mill End Sale Price S2.98 Ready-to- wear Hats, one lot Uf these of good style and well trimmed
 Mill End Sale Price $1.93 Trimmed Hats, one lot of about fifty large and small Trimmed Hats, these are our regular $500 to $500 Hats
 Mill End Sale Price $2.98 Gage Hats, several s10.0O Gage Hats, both large and small
 Mill End Sale Price $500 All our s12.oo and s15.oo Trimmed During the Mill End Sale $500
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11

Jacquard Suitings in a medium weight, saI wool, A inches wide. every new and desirable shade in self colored designs
 Mill End Sale Price a yard 59c Serges = white with black pencil stripe in two styles, 46 inches wide, regular price 59c-
 Mill End Sale Price yard s7c manufacture, staple and serviceable weave. all colors, A inches wide
 Mill End Sale Price yard 7c Coatings, in neat mixtures med ium weight, 56 inches wide. regular price s1.5O-
 Mill End Sale Price yard $1.1o Broadcloths. the famous Butterfly Broadcloth sponged a n shrunk, ready for the needle, a complete line Of colors. value equal to any $2.00 cloth in the market
 Mill End Sale Price a yard S1.48 Tweeds, made from the finest wools in two-toned mixtures, regular price S2.00 a yard
 Mill End Sale price yard $1.29 ALL REMNANTS OF DRESS GOODS, BOTH BLACK AND COLORS,
 AT ONE-HALF PRICE. Veilings, silk and wool, 43 inches wide in all the seasonable colors, sold for 75c yard
 Mill End Sale Price yard 55c
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11
BLACK DRESS GOODS.

 Black Mohair. regular price s100-
 Mill End Sale Price a yard 7Se Black Mohair, regular price s1.25-
 Mill End Sale Price a yard sSc One lot of Black Dress Goods, com prising Veilings. Poplins, Serges, Etc, in values up to s1.00 a yard
 Mill End Sale Price a yard SIC Black Dress Goods, in all fancy weaves, including Stripes Figures and Brocades, that sell regularly for s1.00-
 Mill End Sale Price a yard 77c Fancy Black Cheviots, Diagonals, Figures. Etc. 4S to 54 inches wide all $1.50 grades
 Mill End Sale Price a yard 98c Fancy Weaves, including Voiles, Permo de Chine Tussah Royals, Etc, all $1.50 qualities
 Mill End Sale Price yard $1.19
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11
SECOND DAY SPECIALS Domcstics, Linens and White Goods


 Mercerzed White Wasngs, regular price yard
 MILL END SALE PRICE 25e Bleached Sheets hemmed inches regular Bleaced Sheets hemmed heavy size s1xso
 MILL END SALE PRICE EACH e5c Dress Goods Department Shepherd Checks, black and white popular sizes inches wide, value 75c yard
 MILL END SALE PRICE A YARD 4ec MohairsEngish Mohars, in stripes and checks, regular $1O0 goods
 MILL END SALE PRICE YARD 7ec Fancy Chevots AS inches wde the weight good style for the suit, regular $1.50 value
 MILL END SALE PRICE YARD ssc se1fcoor stripes inches wide regular quality MILL END SALE PRICE YARD ssc Black Mohair regular soc quality
 MILL END SALE PRICE YARD 3sc Black Mohair regular. 75c quality
 MILL END SALE PRICE A YARD 5sc Hosiery and Underwear Ladies Black Cotton Hose these seamless with double heels and toes, exceptionally good value MILL END SALE PRICE A PAIR 7c Black Silk Le Hose thin gauge weight heavily reinforced at the wearing parts, regular soc quality
 MILL END SALE PRICE A PAIR 3sc Misses Ribbed Cotton Hose, fine in black and
 MILL END SALE PRICE PAIR Ladies Ribbed Vests, pure white with plain trim
 MILL END SALE PRICE Sc Ladies White Union Suits. stitch with lace trimmed ribbed cuff knee all low necked value MILL END SALE PRICE 29c
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11

Bleached Cotton, S1 inches wide, regular price 33c-
 Mill End Sale Price yard 29c Long Cloth. 36 inches wide extra good value for 121zc a yard
 Mill End Sale Price a yard 1oc Lonsdale Cambric, value 15c a
 Mill End Sale Price>a yard He Bleached Pillow Cases, hemmed, 45x36 inches, value 15c each
 Mill End Sale Price each 121ac Bleached Pillow. Cases, hemmed 45x36 inches. value 22c each
 Mill End Sale Price each 16c Crochet Quilts, hemmed, large size these are splendid values for $1.75-
 Mill End Sale Price each $1.29 Satin Quilts. hemmed these are slightly imperfect should sell for
 Mill End Sale Price each $1.69 Crochet Quilts. fringed and cut out for full sized bed, regular value S2.50-
 Mill End Sale Price each $1.98
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11
Mill End Values in DOmeStics. Linens and White Goods

LllICilS dlIu W llItC UUUuS Bleached All Linen Table Damask. 62 inches wide, regular price 59c a yard
 Mill End Sale Price a yard 4sc Hemmed Cotton Napkins good size, regular price 10c each
 Mill End Sale Price, each Sc Linen Napkins good size, regular price S1.25-
 Mill End Sale Price dozen .e5c Linen Napkins. good size, regular price s1.75-
 Mill End Sale Price a dozen $1.45 Huck Towels regular value 1oc
 Mill End Sale Price each sLsc Huck Towels, regular value 121kc
 Mill End Sale Price each 1oc Huck Towels. regular price Is Mill End Sale Price each 12Lsc Huck Towels, regular price s5c
 Mill End Sale Price each 25e
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-11

Turkish Towels, bleached an l hemmed, regular value 12kc each
 Mill End Sale Price each ec Turkish Towels, regular price 16c Mill End Sale Price each 121bc Turkish Towels, regular value 25c each
 Mill End Sale Price each 1eo Roller Towels. all linen, size 17x90 inches, regular price 35c-
 Mill End Sale Price 2ec Cotton Crash, regular price SC
 Mill End Sale Price Sc a yard Cotton Crash, regular price 7c
 Mill End Sale Price Sc a yard All Linen Crash, beached and un- bleached. regular price 10c a yard Mill End Sale Price sL,c a yard Regular price 121ac yard
 Mill End Sale Price 1oLsc a yard Cotton Birdseye, IS inches wide, regular price 65c-
 Mill End Sale Price 4ec India Lawn, 30 inches wide, regular price 121ac a yard
 Mill End Sale Price ec a yard India Lawn, 30 inches wide, regu- lar prize 2oc yard
 Mill End Sale Price 13 1-2c yard English Longcloth, 36 inches wide 12-yard piece regular price $1.50-
 Mill End Sale Price $1.2e English Longeloth, regular price
 Mill End Sale Price $159 Mercerized White Waistings, new designs, regular prices 15c and 19c a yard
 Mill End Sale Price 1oc Dotted Muslin, 30 inches wide, reg ular price 39c a yard
 Mill End Sale Price 19c Regular prices 4sc and 59c yard
 Mill End Sale Price 25c Unbleached Cotton. 36 inches wide regular value 9c-
 Mill End Sale Price 7Lsc a yard Bleached Cotton, 36 inches wide, regular value 11c-
 Mill End Sale Price a yard a1sc Bleached Cotton, S1 inches wide, regular price 35c-
 Mill End Sale Price yard Bic