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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-01-19

A special session OF Rutland city
court was held Sunday morning
when two cases were disposed Of.
Henry Surprenant of Orwell, who
Is in his Goth year, enjoys coasting
with the boys for the first time IN
his life. He is as active as a man
of 60 and has not gray hair In
his head.
A bat In Bennington recently
broke it's long winter nap, deluded
by the idea that spring had come.
The bat was as active as though It
were June instead of January and
sartled several people.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-01-19

ton Ia the city surveyors office III
Galveston, Tex. and has taken up
his duties there Ne made his par
euts. Ar aud Mrs. H. n SHAW .
visit before leaving for the Lone
star state.
Nsat Tuesday evening 81 p.
m, at the Union Opera hoGse the
Empire Male QnArtetle Of Troy, n
r., will furnish the third entertain
meut Of the Citizens Lecture Course.
They viii be assisted by Mrs Lena
EggeFs-saurd eis. Reader. Thts OF
ganizaiion lad by Ben Fganklin, the
well known teaor. has for several
years been pron,lneul Ia musical
events ia Troy and vicinity and IN
coming here offers an unusual op
portunity for musical treat Ad-
mission 80 cents.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-01-19
ms SOLUTION SALE!

DIS SOLUTION SALE!
of the death of Ed. l.. Root OF
p,,,.nd Y, the firm Of Wilson Root Cloth'
Tors are holding Dissolution Sale In order 70
settle the Root esta w.
in the clothing business
I'm Mddlebury and Bel.
lows Falls, VT, Glens "
mont, n. H., and have ma
for doing a straight one-pr.
Everything to be sold at eo"e
Sale will close Feb. ist
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Mir. Miller Boosts and Knocks.

MT. Editor: Without even an at tempt to flatter yours truly admires the stand taken by The Bulletin-a newspaper read by the people and that carries conviction-as also the views of P c. Wright of your city as per his letter to The Bulletin last week in reference to that concocted twenty five-roopl hotel dram drama. as ap- piled to the Connecticut legislature.
 The senate's passage of that fictile measure fayoring the same lillens that body to the fellow that kicked the old hat on the sidewalk only to find that it contained a brick! Mark the pre- dietion. They stand mighty good chance to nurse a sore toel But the old man cannot but believe that when it comes to a test vote. that a major ity both republicans and democrats alike, will have least concern for pri- vate interests and more concern for public opinion and morals.
 At any rate. he sincerely hopes that the legislative way is not paved with perf1dy and dishonor
 And now, MT. Editor, will you kindly grant the old man space to disenchant the mind of my esteemed friend of The
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
POPULATION OF THE UNITED
 STATES BY COUNTIES.

The report upon the less and gain of population by counties in the con-
 tinental United States has just been
 issued by the census bureau at Wash inston.
 It shows that the organization or
 changes in boundaries of counties in continental United States, which have occurred during the twenty years from 1890 to 1910 are explained in the bull 1etin.
 The states and territories compris- ing continental United States are di- vided into 2.95s counties or equivalent subdivisions, but. because of the or ganization of new counties from parts of ether counties since 1see, compari- sens of increase or decrease in popu- Iatien are made in the first table for only 2.s41 counties or combina tions of counties.
 For continental United States, as a whole, the population has decreased since 1900 in I'll counties or cembina- l. tons of counties, representing 27.1 per cent. of the entire number con- sidered, while in 2,0T9 counties. or 72s per cent, it has increased In 327 counties, or 11.5 per cent of the en- tire number considered, the increase
  5 per cent; in 55s. or 1s.7 per cent it was from to 15 per cent: in 3ss or 13 per cent, it was from 15 to 25 per cent; in 366. or 129 per cent, it was from 25 to 50 per cent. {. and in 44s, or 15.s per cent, it was 5e per cent. or more.
 In the New England division, com posed of Maine. New ampsi1ire Yer mont, Massachusetts. Rhode Island and Connecticut. there were 1s coun- ties which decreased and 4s which in creased. Of the latter. g inerea ases from to 15 percent: ten less than : per cent: nine from 15 to 2s per cent. and eight from 25 to 56 per cent. there being nc higher rate of gain in this division.
 Of the eight other divisions, the Middle Atlantic, the East North Cen tral the West North Central the South Atlantic. the East South Gen. tral, West South Central. the Noun tain and the Pacific divisions. in four the gain was above 5s per cent. for the most advanced counties and un der 50 per cent. in the four other di- visions.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

of deception, and it is more prevalent than superstitious ideas. If you will just keep tab on your neighbors or friends you will be surprised at some estimates they make of themselves, just as you have doubtless surprised them by the estimate you have put upon yourself When a man sizes him. self up he recognizes all the values of his character and ability and more, too: but when he takes the measure of any one else he Is careful not to be too generous in his allowances-ns doesn't realize that it is possible for his next door neigheer to equal him. Now this does not appear to be the outcome of jealousy, but rather the result of natural ineptftude. Some how we know how to cultivate self esteem better than we do perception, or a true analysis of character. You are familiar with the old saying: If you do not look out for number one no one will look out for you" We are adopts at this and to it many attribute their success in life. If we looked out for number one just a little less per haps life would be the more worth living.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

Globe. who, in his Notes and Com ments, has the following:
 Used to run a paper once in the wild and woo1ly west
 Which is where he gets his gift of gabi
 ITO adorn the Norwich Bulletin and other papers occasionally
 That's just where my old friend is off his base. The old mans gift of gab'' from birth as short as Uncle Daniels dogs tail. an6 that narrative was sliced off just back of the ca niues ears (and that's where we hope the Connecticut legislature will de- eapitate that twenty -five-room hotel Sunday liquor bilD. If the old man was called upon to make q speech. on any occasion, he could not do so if his whole future existence from now until the day of judgment were in volved.
 Of course, the old man is well aware that his old friend of The Globe has oratory always at hand as sporadic and speedy as would be that of an auto chef" with a Sunday bar aboard.' J. W. MILLER. 1 Jewett City. Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
pREAMERs NOT UP 70 TMEs.

The wild and woolly west of which boys dream and to which they would hie for adventure, does not exist ex- cept in story books and moving pie lures. A Chicago boy. full of ambi- tious desire, wrote to the postmaster of town in the Texas Panhandle:
 Dear Sir: Do you want to hire any cowboys? I can ride, rvpe and shoot we'll enough to take care Of myself Age, 1s. Can take another fellow out if you say 50. State wages and when to go out"
 But the dreams of wild riding cow boys and seven shooters were given a cold shock, for the postmaster re- piled:
 'Let me shatter the hope that, may hap, has filled your young life with visions of romance-of wild rides across endless leagues of blossoming prairie-of laundering hoofs and clashing horns, of maddened herds in midnight stampedes--of panting horses and swishing lariats-of red-handed outlaws battling to hold their booty in the granite recesses of cliff bor- dered gorges. There are no fair and only daughters of cattle kings whose rescue from desperate bands of low browed ruff1ans will win for you an easy life and a happy home. The poetry of life has lost it's metric measure in the golden west. and your letter came forty years too late to secure for you a situation that would adjust it's facts to your fancies. It may surprise you. Harry, and cause you the natural pain that accompanies every stern disillusionment, but it is essential to your proper conception of the difference between the Panhandle of Texas of which you have read and the Panhandle as I know it, that you be told that the first exhibition of your skill as rnAnipulator of the os- tracised ix-shooter will cost you a hundred dollars and six months to a year in the county jail. You will not do any Buffalo Bill mock heroics, but you can ride a gang blow across these far spread fields. and yon can watch the vagrant breezes ripple the pillow ing harvests that. have sprung from fertile depths at the best of your in dustry."
 Most of the runaways are boys headed toward the west. but each year the stern fact is learned that the run away with little money can find only enc result--a sentence to hard labor in fields where imas asinatien- pictures va ried assortments of buffalo. antelope and COW punchers.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
rHE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE.

The most important question to be settled at the psils on Monday is whether Norwich shaI continue its present form of government or adopt the commission tergn. which is being experimentally tried by about one hundred cities. great and small. in nineteen states.
 Since this in effect is a revolution in government, it certainly steufd com rnsnd the attention and interest of every voter in tbe city, because 1t will directly affect all their interests for better CT fer worse and should call out decisive vote ts show that we are alive to vital matters, how ever indifferent we may appear to be to the general affairs of the commun- ity.
 So far as this new form of govel n- ment could be exploited by core ypsndence. The Bulletin has made in uuiries and received answers from most of tho cities which have adopted 1t. ell of which have been printed and from which the readers of The BulIe- tin sNould be capable of coming to a rational eaasiwsisn and be prompted to wise action on Monday
 The virtue of government does not rest in forms bat in execution. Pope vye&s: Yer forms of fsgsHernrnent let fooaG contest that which lis best ad- nain4stered is best.' It is not the form of the law hut the quality of the men selected to erecute the law which makes municipal gSvernmsnt good or bad If the voters of Norwich desire . change of form in government there ts no reason why . single protest should be raised; but it is the duty ei every man upon whom responsibility rests to ds his part in directing and deciding . question of such deep con cern to every family in the city Ii would be shame to Norwich to have a minority of the actual voters deter mine matter of such import, because it would disclose an indifference to governmental issues, which would put in question the fitness of the men of Norwich for self government.
 Swift said: Tt may pass for a maxim in state. that the sdninistra- ton of government cannot be placed in too few hands. nor the Legislation in toe many" What is called for Monday en the part of the voters of Norwich is a auiokeaed comershen- sien of duty. ana a resolution that the result shall represent the wiN of a majority ef the voters of the Rose of New England"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

are called missionaries. He himself was proud of his calling and a noble exponent of a broad Christianity, of 8 far-reaching humanitarianism was John Hyde De Forest, whom not a few Japanese thought of as almost a Jap anese. But he was also one of our great modern Americans.
 Two different men. and two very different careers. But each invested his life in behalf of his fellow linen. And both considered money, ease, fame to be of little moment com pared with the outpeuring of self on the altar of the worlds needs. Is there any other investment of life that pays such large dividends?
 .TIJTr pARSON
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
THE REPUBLICAN, NOMINEES.

The republicans of Norwich should conduct themselves on Monday with reference te their party ticket just as If there was no charter issue in the contest, fer the best men will be need ed to aid in the inauguration of a new government if the charter for a com mission form Of government is ap- proved; and if it is not. republican n suprsmacy in 1912 depends upon what the party does at the polls on Mon day
 H the selection of municipal officials depends solely upon the fitness of the candidates, the republican nominees must command popular favor for most of them are men of experience in pVeAc life. with good records which stand as 8 guaranty for eff cisncy.
 The two candidates for aldermen Joseph D. Haviland and Frank H Smith, are live business men and ac- tive and influential citizens The first named has served in the court of com mon council and is president of the Norwich board of trade; and MT Smith has directed the affairs of his party and is recognized as a capasle citizen by the voters regardless of party lines.
 The men named for all the other of nces are men whose fitness is recoR- nized by all who know them; and the superior qualifications for city treas ursr of C. Leslie Hopkins cannot be called in question. His life -trainins as an accountant and ffnancier makes ham most desirable man for the place.
 The republican ticket as a whole invites the support of all classes et votess because the nominees are rec osnized as men who will administer the affairs of the city with conscien- tieus regard for the welfare of all tn, people.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
A Charminq Woman

is one who IS 1ovely 1n lace, form, mind and temper. But it's hard for a woman to ba charming without health. A " weal1, sickly woman will be nervous and irritable. Constipation and kid ney poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin eruptiens and wretched complex ion But Electric Bitters always prove Q godsend to women who want health, beauty and friends. They regulate Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, purify the blood. give strong nerves, bright eyes. pure breath smooth, velyety skin. lovely complexion and perfect health Try them. soc at Lee & Os- good Co
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
Your NeiuhboTs Experience.

How you may profit by it. Take Foley Kidney Pills. M. Morano. A Wood- bridge St, Hartford. Conn, says: For many years I suffered with weak kid neys and had awful pains acress my back and was misersbl and tired out. I heard of Foley Kidney Pills and the good they were dein~ and decided to try them and am glad 1 dfd, for after taking them a few days the pain left my back and although l have taken only one bottle I feel better than have for years I cannot say too much for Foley Kidney Pills" At Lee & Osgood Co
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
Wins Fisht for Life.

It was long and bloody battle for fife that was wased by James B. Mershen of Newark, N. J., of which he writes: T had lost much blood from lung hemerrhages. and was very weak and run down. For eight months I was unable to work Death seemed close on nay heels, when I began, three weeks age, to use Dr. Kings New Dis coyery But it has helped me greatly. It is doing all that you claim" For weak, sore lungs, hoarseness, Ia grippe, asthma hay fever. or any throat or lung trouble it is supreme. soc and s1.0O. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Lee S OSgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
LEGAL NOTICES.
MAYORS OFFICE


 City of Norwich Conn ticut To either Sheriff of the City of Nor
 wich, Gree eting:
 a,sct oo are f fssreSX ts dlreeted e t6 wa1n ar tae in city meeting in the several voting districts in said city, as provided by FIRST VOTING D1sTR1CT-At the Town Hall in said City:
 SECOND VOTING DIsTRICT-At the Star Overall Company. No. 1T4 West THIRD VOTING pIsTRICT-At Un- ion Hall, in Greeneville, in said City.
 SIXTH VOTING DISTRICT-In Pres ton Annex. at No Ar Main Street. ON MONDAY, JUNE ;. A. D. 1911, at o'clock in the forenoon. to choose by ballot two aldermen four common counci1men and two water commission years each and also a celrk, & treas urer and two sheriffs for the term of one year each.
 electors of said City that the question of ihe approval or disapproval of an Revising the Charter of the City of Norwich. providing for 8 Cemmission Form of Government therein, will be voted upon by ballot a [ said meeting. and that the ballots furnished and userl at said election of city officers at said meeting will be so prepared that the electors may express upon said ballots their approval or disapprovaI of said act.
 Said meeting will be open in each of said districts at o'clock in the fore noon and continue open until 4 o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of voting for such city officers. and for the approval or disa pproval of said Act of the General Assembly.
 And at 4 o'clock in the afternoon at said Town Hall the estimated expenses for the current fiscal year as made and adopted by the Court of Common Coun cil of said City al a meeting held on the 24th day of May. 19tt will be sub mitted to the meeting for it's action thereon.
 Also to lay tax on the city list last penses of said city upon the estimates approved and appropriations authorized to be made from the city treasury, and to fix the compensation of the collector of said tax.
 Also to act upon the list of abate- ments Of taxes made by the Mayor and Aldermen of said City to be presented It said meeting.
 Dated at Norwich. this 25th day of May, 1911.
 CHAS r. TEIAYER Mayor of the City of Norwich.
 I hereby certify the above and fore going is a true copy of the original warning and notice directed to me fof service.
 Attest: TIMOTHY A. CAREY. Sheriff of the City of Norwich may29d
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
LIFE INVESTMENTS.

When the gallant soldier. the yer satile writer, the intrepid reformer and the cultured gentleman who bore the name of Thomas Wentworth Higgin- son died recently in Cambridge, Mass.
 at the ripe age of ST, the warmth of the tributes to him in the press on public platforms and on many indi- vidual lips proved that one of the com paratively few distinct figures in American life had passed on.
 Honored as the author of delightful
 essays and stirring poems. appreciated because of the nimble wit and lively imagination that imparted peculiar charm to all his public speaking, it is doubtful whether Col. Higgfnson now would be held in such fond renlem- brance were it not for the width of his synlpathies and the devotion of all his power through a long series of years to the welfare of his fellow men.
 Americans of the older generation do not forget that in the early days oi | the civil war this polished gentleman l and fine scholar forsook his studies and l the refined society to which he had | been accustomed from childhood and l willingly underwent the hardships of 1 the camp and the march. The sincerf- | ty and depth of his passion for free | dom was shown by the alacrity with | which he organized the first regiment | of negro troops in the service of the nation and the skill and courage with
 which he led them until he himself was disabled by wounds. And since l the war Col. Higginson has lent his forceful aid te many 8 worthy ane needy cause.
 l The day before he died, there pass | ed away in the ancient city of Sen .dai, Japan. 8 man considerably his | junior, who had rounded out 67 years of eyentful and fruitful living more | than half of which he had given tt | Japan. He went thither as a young l man, not in the service of the marrow prose1ytism but to bring to bear, as l tactfully as he might upon the plastic | life of the people just emerging into | new and glorious era the moral ant | spiritual forces associated with al | that is best in the western civiliza- tion.
 So generous was his attitude. so wis. 1 were his policies, so interested hi. | work that in time he won the heart: of Japanese. many of them prominen
 l in public life. He was the favored
 guest of the army when it was on duty in Manchuria- He was officially com
 | missiened to study the conditions il
 Korea and twice was he decorated b,
 | the emperor.
 He belonged ts that company of me,
 1 and women SO often misunderstood l not infrequently divided and seldom
 appreciated ct their true value, win,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

The Richmond Times Dispatch wishes to know why railroads should not car ry passengers by weight. Why. it asks. should & midget and a giant pay the same fare?
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

In tho past seven years the Fourth or July sacrifice has amounted to 1882, killed. and S5.s2s wounded: a total of s7,9s2. And majority of cities are for keeping it wp.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

The postoffice department is now upon a self supporting basis. and il will be interesting to see how long il will remain there
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

Thirty saloons have gone out of business in Nansas City because they did not have patronage enough to con- tinus business. These saloons died natural deaths
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

Canadian judge has decided that man may put his mother-in Jaw out of the house if he will not use vio- .lence. The mother law is still safe. even there.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

The gentleman who discovered that Norwich was a good summer resort worked with the founders. It has not since been denied
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

The voter who wears an air of in difference on Monday will be com pletely out of style. It vii lnot be at all becoming.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

Halley's comet is now 5eo .oeo, 900 miles away. and has seventy edd years to run. There is plenty ef space over head.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

The second soker thought usually is matched the morning after and too often is too weak to survive long.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

Government of the people for the people by the peepie was what Lin coin saw was necessary for the per- petea saoa. ef this republic.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

The New England Milk trust has at tracted the attention of the govern ment and Uncle Sam may order 1t to dissolve
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

It is good municipal practice to stop wasting water and te swat the fly in the geod old summer time
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

Happy thought for today: The op- timist can never havs the blues; for you see the moment they get him, he s & pessimist.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

The undertaken is warranted in all ways thinking that there is something in automobile races for him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

It is the delightful music of the steam calliepe that makes a circus parade fill the bill for the small boy.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

Tse peril sf the hstpin has caused the csDsFuissicner of nelice of Lsndsn ts Vsrn the un~eTy of the danger.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

Many of these famous war photo graphs would not be considered worth framing, even by patriot.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Lumber trust ought to be able to see it's finish without the use of long distance glasses
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

THERE E advertising IT. edium in Eastern Connecticut equal te The Bull 0tiH fer business resu.sA
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

WHEN you wan to put your busI- ness before inc public. there $ no me- dium better tuan through the advertis- ing columns of The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03
CHAS. r TFIAYER. Mayor of the City of Norwich.

I hereby certify the above and fore going is a true copy Of the original warning and notice directed to me fuf service.
 Attest: TIMOTHY A. CAREY
 Sheriff of the City of Norwich may29d
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

He belonged ts that company of men and women so often misunderstood not infrequently divided and seldom appreciated ct their true value, who
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-03

Self deception is the easiest kind