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Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
THE OLD CLARK BOUNDARY LINE

The Texas Panhandle boundary will
not be shifted east. New Mexico's
claims to a fertile strip have been de-
MED. A mishap to the weather beaten
transit of Surveyor John H. Clark back
in 1853, which threw his line a degree
or more out of whack. will not have
the momentous consequences, running
into many millions of dollars, that
We're foreseen when the work of Clark
was checked M years later by Arthur
D. Kidder and w. l.. Twitchell
This announcement by the chairman
of the boundary commission. ex-Sen-
ator E. VI. CocIren of Missouri. puts
an end to years Of bitterness and I'm
certainty caused by the claim that a
part of the Panhandle of Texas was
New Mexico. and the counter claim
that part of New Mexico was Texas
Permanent monuments are being set,
up along the boundary line esta blished
by Clark on the 1o3d meridian The
hiatus in the Clark survey between
parallels SO and "a has been adjusted
and within a few months concrete
monuments with bristling mile-post
in between will mark a line which at
one time threatened border warfare
and bloodshed
The trouble all started when survey
ors Kidder and TwitcheH went out TO
check up the work of Clark by his
field notes and the crude monuments
he had set up. discovered evidence that
Clark's compass had been magnetized
at one point along his route But the
commission has indicated Clark and
each concrete monument bears a brass
plate inscribed with these words:
CLARK boundary. 1859. Monument No.
,' with Texas" on one side and
New Mexico" on the other.
The conclusion of this boundary
controversy has brought our a series of
startling contrasts. First was the re-
Port OF Surveyor Clark. placing little
value upon the vast areas trampIed
by the buffalo, and soon to be the
range Of vast herds Of cattle and now
a region of farms. Later. the report
Of kidder and TwitcheH depicted the
great cow country romance. and the
COW puncher and his prosaic life which
at times flared into wild excitement
and mad revels Contrasted to thess
reports is that of Chairman CockreIl
of the boundary commission. now rs
years of age. and with a vivid memory
OF the region as he saw il 50 wears
ago. Towns and cities have sprung IN
where stretched the unfenced prairie
half century ago. The cattle country
is gone from the Panhandle driven
back by the thrush of settlers who
have broken the land for agriculture
Fields of broomcorn stand throughout
the region traversed by the boundary
line. Big squares OF green mark the
secder's trail with wheat.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

livered, having been submitted to Mr.
Littlepage for revision.
The report shows that the follow
ing demonstrations took place at fire.
quent intervals:
Loud applause on the democratic
side end among the insurgents"
Loud applause
Great applause on the democratic
side.''
Loud and spontaneous applause"
Loud and prolonged applause
Laughter and applause on the dem
ocratic side
Laughter ON the democratic side"
Loud applause on the democrat tic
siGe.e'
Loud laughter and applause on all
Sides
Long and loud applause"
Loud and long applause"
Prolonged applause
laughter
Long and tunlu1tuous laughter
Mr. Littlepage's speech is, of course.
punctuated with even more applause
and laughter than this would indicate.
1t is said that at the government
printing Office the typesetters were at
their wits ends to find enough brack-
cts to contain all the applause that
Mr. Littlepage got. The official ste
nographers of the house. in turning
out their copy, are very conservative
about using adjectives, and confine
themselves to such expressions as:
Applause Laughter" Laughter
and Applause and occasionally Long
Applause. "-Washington Letter to the
Brooklyn Eagle.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
BLUE AND GRAY ANNIVERSARY.

The men of both the great armies
of the civil war are getting ready for
fraternal meeting al Manassas, Va,
on July 81. and Lieut.. George C. Round
of that place wants to receive a post
card from every veteran of the civil
war, whether union ors confederate,
asking for d programme of the cele-
bration of tine fiftieth anniversary of
the first battle of the war, which will
take place July II next. 1t is re-
quested that the postal include the
name of the writer. his army service
and brief patriotic sentiment. The
cards thus received are to be preserved
forever in the Carnegie public library
as perpetual memorials of an extraor-
binary event
Lieutenant Round was a United
States signal officer during the war
and he is now one of the leading Git
liens of the town made famous as the
scene of the first battle of Bull Run.
Through his energy and that of com
mittee a celebration has been arranged
which has attracted the attention of
even the president of the United States
who will address the Blue and the
Gray at their love feast in Manassas if
he can leave Washington. Lieutenant
Round is member of Manassas Pick
ct post of Union Veterans; and asso-
ciated with him are Capt. Westwood
Hutchinson. adjutant of Ewell camp
of Confederate Veterans; DR.. Hervin
Il. Roep, president of Eastern college,
and G.. Raymond Radcliffe, president of
the Manassas Business league.
The Hebrew nation had a custom
of jubilee once in fifty years." said
Lieutenant Round, speaking of the
Lieut.. Round speaking of the coming
celebration with the correspondent of
the Boston Transcript. "An debts
We're cancelled, all old scores wiped
out and there was rejoicing through
out the land Moses commanded that
the trumpet should sound for the jul
bilee on the tenth day of the seventh
month. AS Moses hit on so convenient
a day for us We propose to do as he
commanded. We will open with a
grand spectacular and musical festival
on July 10. After that we will have
some minor events of interest to those
who desire to come and study the bat
tlefields at their leisure. Our full pro-
gramme has not yet been arranged,
but viii be sent out in a few days to
all who apply for it. The great day
will of course be the twenty first,
when President Taft will address the
citizens of the reunited republic and
shake hands with the Blue and the
Gray. The exercises will take place
near Manassas Junction and can be
conveniently reached by rail or motor
car"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

"A man has plenty of opportunities
to distinguish himself in this world =
remarked the retired merchant.
They're already planning for a big
Fourth of July demonstration in town
and / have been, requested to act as
marshal of the day. In that capacity
I'll wear a brass helmet that will hold
eight quarts, and a large white plume,
like that of Henry of Navarro. And
I'll ride a beautiful white horse, and
thefe is no reasonable doubt that I'll
make great hit
Il suppose you have accepted the
invitation" said the hotelkeeper. 1T
beats all how a man will fall for any
thing of that sort. When you stand
on the sidewalk on a gala day and see
a man cavorting along at the head of
procession. dressed like a doggone
queen of May, you think that he looks
like a monkey and you make fun of
him with such innocent bystanders as
may be at hand. Yet when some COM
mittee comes along and asks YOU to
rig yourself UP in the same ridiculous
fashion and ride a hearSe horse all
covered with white harness. you have
not the sense to refuse. You have
sneaking idea that, while the other
men may seem absurd in such piano.
ply. you will be majestic.
L have no right to critieiSe other
men, though. l have demonstrated
that | am an easy mark myself Sew
eral years ago | was induced to put
on A suit of tin armor and lot OF
swords and things and ride a horse at
the head of a procession l hadn't
been on horse since / was a boy and
when | climbed aboard the steed that
had been assigned me | felt seasick.
That animal was about forty cubitS
high. 1t WAS more like a precipice
than a horse.
1T had plenty of spirit, but it
didn't seem to be sldilful with its legs.
IT seemed to be always on the point
Of falling down. / was holding a big
banner with one hand and hanging
on TO the saddle with the other, and l
never was so homesick in my life. A
man doesn't mind being ridiculous out
in The country where there are no
S pectators but when you ride up the
main street of your native village you
don't like to see your neighbors dou-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
A Speech in Print.

1t is curious how men whose bust
ness it is to report what happens in
congress fail to observe things that
ought to make a vivid impression on
their eyes and ears. The newspaper
correspondents who sat in the press
gallery of the house when Represent
tative Adam B. Littlepame of West
Virginia made a speech ON the free
list bill were not aware that anything
unusual was happening. Mr.. Little
page is the congressman who wrote a
fine piece about himself in the official
directory. Now it turns out that his
speech was a very inspiring and re-
markable one. 1t appeared in the
Record four days after it was de-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Difficult to Believe.

Mr. Editor: The New London Globe
of the 18th inst. has the following:
Kindly take it from us that
Our senator mayor has got the sem
ate where it will eat out of his handl
And his way will be the senate's
wayl"
Now, Mr. Editor, in matter that
interests every moral individual in the
state, why not with the same propri-
ETY., 50 far as the twenty-five-room no
tel Sunday first aid measure is con-
cerned Ca bill that adds still more
to the maintenance of the poorhouses,
jails and state prison for this life,
and the sulphur works for the next)
add, and drinking out of his trough.
If what my esteemed friend of The
Globe states is true-but the "Old
Man believes it is only a slip Of the
faber-then his private opinion pub
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

had soreness In each side, could not
stand tight clothing, and was irregular.
L was completely run down. On adj
vice took Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and Liver Pills and
am enjoying good health. 1t is now
pore than two years and I have not
had an ache or pain since. do all my
own work, washing and everything,
and never have the backache any more.
/ think your medicine is grand and 1
praise it to all my neighbors. If you
think my testimony viii help others
you may publish it. Mrs. OLmE
WooDALL, Morton's Gap, Kentucky.
Backache is symptom of organic
weakness or arrangement. If you
have backache don't neglect it. To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing we
know of will do this so surely as Lydia
e. Pinkham's Compound.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass, for special advice.
Your letter will be absolutely
confidential, and the advice free.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31


sheath by means of which it can be
extended from the mouth for a long
distance and used as a most effective
instrument for dislodging grubs or
ants from their burrows in wood or
bark Hence, while most birds have
to be content with such insects as they
find on the surface or in open crew
ices. the woodpeckers devote their en-
ergies to those larvae or grubs which
are beneath the bark or even in the
heart of the tree
They locate their hidden prey with
great accuracy and often cut small
holes directly TO the burrows of the
grubs. In one case the grub had eaten
burrow through the heart of maple
sapling. but its position was accurate
ly determined by the bird, which then
cut through the solid live wood until
it reached the burrow and extracted
the insect.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
MUCH POMP

bled up with amusement Finally that
blamed horse made good his bluff and
fell down in a heap and | landed on
the back of my head and made SO
much noise with my armor and helmet
and sword and other tinware that I
sounded like riot in a hardware
store.
well sir, when / was able to be
out again / made up my mind that I'd
never do another dizzy trick like that,
but man is such chunp that You
can never tell what he'll do. About a
year later there was going to be an
other gorgeous pageant in town There
were to be lot of floats representing
NEUROLOGICAL scenes and characters,
and I was asked to ride on top of the
first float as Father Neptune At first
I turned down the proposition, but
such state appealed to me. 1t wouldn't
be like riding a three cornered horse
that had writer's cramps in its legs
So after being urged awhile. con-
scented, STIMULATING that the float be
made good and strong, as my wife
wasn't prepared for widowhood at thai
time.
well. sir. when I got up on top of
that float and took my seat on a wa.b-
bly, throne with. q pitchfork in my
hand I had a premonition of disaster
and I'd have crawfShed IT could
But 1t was too late ndd some sort
of cardboard crown that was too large
for me and kept sliding around in,
drunken way, and 1 was covered with
green whiskers and didn't feel much
like a king.
The pageant started all right and
when we had gone a couple of blocks
without anything happening began to
regain my confidence and was almost
enjoying the doings. But the float
passed under a telephone wire that
stretched across the street. The wire
was saeging lust low enough to get
me. 1t caught me under the chin and
I was hoisted out of my throne and
dumped on the pavement about forty
feet below ard the pavement hadn't
been upholstered.
It don't believe I'd fall again for
anything of that sort, but I'm not bet
ting on it.v-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

licly expressed is that the senate of
disgrace, and the voters who have the
interest of the state at heart should
see to it in the future that they are
represented by moral. faithful pro-
gressive servants of broad senatorial
size.
Then as the lives of good men live
after them, SO would old Connecticut
take a place. in reform work that
would be the envy of the nation.
J. w. MILLER.
Jewett City, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
KING AMONG ENEMIES OF WOOD
BORERS.

The damage done to forest trees by
insect pests, we are told by DR.. A. ID.
Hopkins Of the bureau of entomology
At Washington. amounts to one hun
dred millions year. and he doesn't
hesitate to say the woodpeeker is
king among the enemies Of insect
pests" They feed upon the wood bor
ers and drill holes to their burrows
with their sharp bills and capture
them with their long cylindrical tongue.
The woodpecker's tongue is practically
vice The length Of the head. This
organ is enclosed in muscular
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
AVOID LIFE LONG
SKIN TROUBLES

Skin sufferers Do you realize
that to go through life tortured
and dishgured by itching, burn
ing, scaly and crusted eczema S
and other skin and scalp humors
is, in the majority of cases UNI
necessary? 1t is simply a ques-
ton of selecting the proper rene
dial agents. That Cuticura soap
and Cutlcura ointment are I'M
doubtedly such, is, we believe,
proven by over thirty years Of
undisputed success throughout
the world. They afford imme-
date relief in the most distress
ing cases, when the usual meth
DDS fail.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

two miles out in the woods, where he
swan across the pond a couple of
times, while the crowd cheered. This
concluded the programme and the
bridegroom was taken back to his
bride"
Here was case of poetic justice,
all right. but the whole constituted
a most unloveiy spectacle, advertising
to the world at large that Glassboro,
\. J.. is a place to keep away from.
Springfield Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
LEGAL NOTICES.
MAYORS OFFICE.

City of Norwich, Connecticut.
To either Sheriff of the City of Nor
You are hereby directed to warn the
electors of the City of Norwich to meet
in city meeting in. the several voting
districts in said city. as provided by
FIRST VOTING D1sTRIcT-At the
TG sncd asp V IL yfss f pfggrRrcrAt the
store formerly occupied by the Blue
Ma rars sf5es ToT mscf D GaslIsa I'm
SIXTH VOTING DIsTRICT--In Pres
'o ON MONDAY "A 81 JUNE Z. 4. D. 1911. :
at 8 o'clock in the forenoon, to choose
by ballot two aldermen. four common
ers for the term of two years each. and
also clerk, tr easurer, a collector and
two sheriffs for the term of one yea
each.
Notice is also hereby given to the
electors of said City that the question
of the approval or disapproval of an
Revising the Charter Of the City of
Norwich. providing for a Comm ssion-
voted upon by ballot at said meeting;
and that the ballots furnished and used
at said election of city officers at said
electors may express upon said ballots
their approval or disapproval of said
act
Said meeting will be open in each of
said districts at 9 o'clock in the fore
noon and continue open until O'Clock
in the afternoon for the purpose of
voting for such city officers, and COR
the approval or disapproval 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 CoIzn
ell of said City at a meeting held on
the oath day of May, 1911, viii be sub
mitted to the meeting for its action
thereon.
Also TO lay tax on the city list last
made and perfected to meet the ex
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
at said meeting.
Dated al Norwich. this 25th day of
May, 1911.
CHAS F. THAYER,
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 for
service.
Attest: TIMOTHY A CAREY,
Sheriff of the City of Norwich.
y,ax9qd
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

my health was very
bad and / had a
continual backache
which was simply
awful. I could not
stand on my feet
long enough to cook
a meals vi C tua Is
without my back
nearly killing me,
and I would have
such dragging SEN
s a tions / could
hardly bear it. I
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

When the American heiresses who
have bought their titles have their
corCnati ton tags on, the wide differ
ences in them become apparent.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

A man in the employ of New York
city put in 1873 days last year. Just
how many working days there are in
a year by new methods has not been
established yet
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

The Tobacco users who paid so long
for a short package are just enjoying
the order of the supreme court to the
Tobacco trust to dissolve. 1t will
be mist
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

Ealley's comet is still within view
Ct the astronomers, but they viii not
long keep tab on it-for it viii not
reach the first quarter pole for IS
years
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

James J. Jeffries is said to favor
universal disarmament. James cannot
help feeling that way since he fell into
the S-inch class
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

The sun heated the rails of the
San Francisco street railway system
so of a recent day that the cars had
to stop for the rails to contract
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

Queen Mary was born on Friday and
on the anniversary of her birth last
week a al salute of twenty one
guns was fired throughout the empire
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

A multi millionaire farmer OF Ken
lucky is building a bathing house for
his hands and ordered them to be
shaved every other day. Cleanliness
looks TO him like an asset.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

AS a system the Russian govern
ment appears to be just a government
of suspicion with no hint as to who
next high or low is to be shot or glib
beted.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

At Asheville, n. c., fifty three bar
rels of whislzey were poured into the
cutters. That must have made the old
topers weep.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

Three hundred postal savings banks
in sight, and the system hardly inaug-
urated. These institutions will run in
to the thousands.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

Happy thought for today: If some
men were not particular to speak of
their honestly you would not suspect
il.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

A Boston man inquiries why men
do not wear jewelry. They seem to
wear all they have the courage to put
on.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

If the Egg trust should get into the
supreme court of the United States,
it would take a long time to break it
up
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
EDITORIAL NOTES

In Few weeks more the man. who
mas not smiled since last winter set in
will melt
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

Boston IS to have new theater to
be called the Puritan; but there is not
likely to be anything puritanic about
it,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

Collector Loeb has collected in fines.
penalties and forfeitures for Uncle
Sam about four millions.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

Ihe Chicago minister who advised
me young women Of his flock not to
marry unless they could marry their
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

ideals, doesn't realize what a difficult
stunt he is setting up for them.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
On Exhibition

fine assortment of the Latest Styles
In Millinery for Spring and Summer
wear, at
MRS. G.. r. STATIONS,
No. 81 shetucket st.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
THAT
AWFUL
BACkACHE
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable COMPOUND

Morton's Gap, Kentucky.-tI suf-
fered two years with female disorders,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

THERE 20 no advertising medium In
Eastern Connecticut equal to The Bull
letin for pusi.aess results.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

WHEN you want 20 put your pusi-
ness before the public, there is no me-
dunn better than through the advertis.
Ing columns of The Bulletin
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
THE FIRST.

The retail drug clerks OF Racine,
Wis, have organized "A union, which
viii be affiliated with the American
Federation Of Labor. 1t is the first
Of its kind in the United States. How
the matter Of time and overtime will
be regulated remains to be seen. A
drug clerks time is like Tennyson's
brook and goes on forever" but he
f. a skilled and in many, IL not most
states a licensed dispenser of drugs,
and should be compensated accord
ingiy. But II is for the interest of
all who buy or use drugs that the
time and strength OF the dispenser
should not be overtaxed. That might
lead TO unfortunate mistakes, as is
sometimes the case with the rail-
way engineer kept running unreason-
ably without proper rest. Reasonable
consideration pays. all around
Bridgeport Standard.
The drug clerks Of America are
fehting for shorter hours and it looks
AZ II a drug clerks national union was
future possibility. II is not surpris-
ing that they feel the need Of fewer
hours OF employment per week as
we'll as other workers, and 1t might
be better FOR all concerned. Some own
ers Of drug stores recognize this, and
strive TO so arrange the hours Of serv-
ice that the hours per week shall
not be excessive. n all were thus
disposed no law or union would be
necessary TO attain the most desirable
arrangement. II is difficult to see how
the drug business can be run upon
a trade union schedule. but If no other
door is open to them perhaps the
clerks are not 70 blame for even try
ing this method.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31

I hereby certify the above and fore
going is true copy of the original
warning. and notice directed to me for
service.
Attest: TIMOTHY A CAREY,
Sheriff of the City of Norwich.
nay29d
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-31
The Circulation oil
The Bulletin.

The BsiIeti. ha. the largest ctr
rsssth"n of any paper Iva Eastern
Csnneoticuf. snd from three 60 four
times larger shns that of ANY In
Norwich. n In delivered to ever
5000 OF the s,c53 houses In Nor
wick. and read by ntnety-three per
cers. of the people. In windlaIn
o. - delivered to over boo houses.
su Pssnns~ and DzzicIson to over
LOO. and q. all of these place. IL
1. considered eA- local daily.
Easter. con.ecficut bas forty
slme towns. one hundred nnd sixty
ave pssfoface districts. and forty
one rursi free delivery routes.
The Belle Tin ia sold On every
town and ON all OF the IL. IT. ID.
route. In Eastern ConBecticvE
CIRCULATION
1901. average .........s...... <,4f2
1895. average .............. .5.yW
~ Ne; ; s;.:,....... 8,075