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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-19
able to eat a light breakfast and a
lunch IN the afternoon.

able to eat light breakfast and q
lunch IN the afternoon.
In response to Invitations printed on
brown wrapping paper, illustrated
with bsrnyard fowl. there was a large
attendance at the .sHeynlakers Hop in
Brunswick Barn. Thursday, May IL;
music by Re6ford's Rubes.. with dane
ing from $50 to u o'clock" The in
vitations read: e. r. invited 2 hitch
rural rig to get in. overhalls, calicos,
tippets. No store clothes aloud City
folks and doods take particular motifs
Be sure and KUN lxus there's going to
be sum time. Fellers 81 cents, gals
II cents. Everybody bring there own
Bring enouf. Perliss perfection The
initiation was signed: .Jedediah
Moore, boss farmer; Lark Carpenter
boss mixer: Hank Twomey,s Hi Cow
an, foremen; Obediah Sherman. boss
heymaker: Blondy Higgins. Zelze Ait
ken, Sunshine Hefnon. Dat Harrison,
Bud Brown. typical rubes; Doc Crow
ley, COW DOCTOR
The dancing programme was as fol-
lows: March and circle, Welcome,
Rubes: waltz. Whose the shekest =
step, Will she stand without hitchin
waltz, Have you seen my heffer; cou-
phi of steps, Git a strange gal for this;
walz, The hey seeders come to town
1se year: Paul Jones, Pick your gal
and give her a feed. Feedin' time. 2
step Git goin' ag' in: waltz, Let out
your traces; Nirginny reel, It's the
gals chanel now, fellers: waltz, Slick
est heymakers in our county; 2 step,
Out of town heyseeds; waltz. What u
say? too step. Hitch up. we're goin'
hum; waltz. Good night.
Local Laconics.
Miss Mary P. Slyne is spending a
short vacation in New Haven and
Bridgeport
Marshall Taylor will leave Westerly
today (F'riday) for New York, and
will sail Saturday for a visit to his
former Rome in Manchester. England,
the first in fifteen wears. 1t is pleas
ure and business combination trip.
Governor Pothier approved only
s75,679 of appropriations voted on the
closing day of the general assembly.
and vetoes bills aggregating $467, 674.
Among the measures vetoed was the
appropriation of $4,000 for the prlr-
pose of widening and deepening the
entrance or broadway into Bright
mans pond. in the town of Westerly.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-19

John J. Dunn of Westerly, secretary
of tho state board of agriculture, on
Thursday notified town clerks and city
officials throughout the state having
charge of trees that the board could
not be OF any financial assistance on
account of the gov errors veto of the
appropria ton. The men that wece
awaiting employment by the gypsy
moth agents have been notified that
there VIII be no work for tn EN-, as
there l.; no appropriation available.
The board will not be able to do any
work towards tho determination of thu
gypsy and broWntaii M nor the elm
tree beetle or San Jose scale. Hers-
tot3re the board Of agriculture la ;
shared the expense of spraying trees
with the cities and towns, but this is
now ordered discontinued on account
of lack of funds.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-19

the Aldrich bill. A banquet followed
the business meeting, which was at
tended by representative bankers from
all over the country.-C Commercial Rec
ord.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-19
CHOICE or WESTERLY REPUBLICANS
Wavland A. Saunders Renominated for Fourth Coun-
cilman-Gets 158 Votes to 81 for Horace E. Burdck
Other Nominations Made-Drink Leads Thomas
Collins to Fancy Himself Poisoned by Satan
Congressman Utter Coming Home.

Mantle would not be represented in
the town council.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-19

According to a correspondent Con-
gresham George n. Utter will leave
Washington in day or two to be
absent Tor about two weeks. There Is
nothing doing in the house that re-
quires the presence of anybody except
a few Of the majority leaders.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

Argentina, India, and Australia, Russia
alone last year having sent more wheat
to England than Canada and the United
States combined. England last year
bought $45,ooo,ooo worth of wheat, meal,
-four, and oats from Canada, but the
trade between the Dominion and the
United States is much larger than that
with the mother country. So potent is
the effect of proximity!
Should Canada conclude to ratify the
agreement, we fail to see why England
should have any right or any cause for
censure. Canada is free agent, and it
would be a bad day for the British
empire if England would seek to con-
strain the Dominion to subordinate her
own domestic interests to those of Great
Britain. We are firmly convinced that
in negotiating reciprocity with the
United States, Canada is serving the
cause of Great Britain, for this treaty,
by removing causes for friction and pro-
noting, in an equal degree, the interests
of Canada and America, will add a new
factor to many others at work to har-
monize Anglo-American relations.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Protect the Mail Clerks.

While many railroads have provided
steel cars for mail transportation. as
we'll as passenger cars of similar con-
struction. great majority of those in
use are of the wooden type. As a re-
suit, casualties among postal clerks have
been appalling. The men who handle
mail matter en- route are subject to
great danger because of the flimsy con-
Struction of cars provided for them. In
variably when a train containing mail
cars is wrecked, the clerks are first to
suffer.
The incorporation in the post-ofice
appropriation bill of clause requiring
that mail cars must be of ali-steel con-
struction has been greeted with salts
faction by the railroad mail clerk fra
ternity, as it will afford long-denied pro-
lection to these hard-worked men. I'm
der the provision steel cars must be used
70 the exclusion of all others by inter-
state railroads after July /, 1916.
Several Of these railroads rapidly are
a placing wooden with steel cars. This
applies particularly to passenger coaches
and as their number increases the
wooden cars become more dangerous
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
A Matrimonial Tangle.

James and May Powell, bound in
matrimonial chains, recently appeared
before a,-St. Louis judge, praying that
the links be broken. The court, accord
ing to the law in that State. decreed a
separation. Three days later, however
he held up the decree, having by that
time decided that there was evidence of
collusion. In the meantime. Mrs Powell
had become Mrs. Ekfelt, the ceremony
being recognized by the courts as per-
fectly binding. Now the judge has fin
ally annulled the decree. leaving Mrs.
Powell or Mrs. Ekfelt in a perpIexing
position.
Here We have a matrimonial tangle
that would puzzle Solomon. The
woman is legally married to two men,
and yet she can hardly be called a biga-
mist. Which, however, is really her
legal husband? Having married Ekfelt,
is it unlawful for her to live with
Powell? On the other hand, if she is
Powell's wife still, why should she be
allowed to remain with Ekfelt? Has
Ekfelt lost wife he wanted, and has
Powell regained one he did not want !?
The woman in the case perhaps, ought
to have waited until the judge had a
chance to change his mind. The least
that he can do, under the circumstances,
is to try and solve for her the problem
for which he is to blame
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

of indecorum. In the end, princess
though she was, the niece of Cardinal
MazaTin couldn't find shelter in any re-
ligious retreat. The pranks played by
the princess outrfval the travesities Of
the French opera bouffe.
For a time her adventures and expul-
sions from the converts all over Europe
were not known. AS a princess she
gained admission finally to a refuge for
noble danes in the Spanish hospital. She
had not been installed a month before
the ladies of the establishment marched
to the royal palace, imploring the King
to remove the noble wife of the Come
table Colonna' from their precincts.
The embarrassment of the pious ladies
was the daily visitations of court gal
lants. Incredible as il seems, the most
assiduous visitor was the Prince Co
lorna, still ardently in love with the per-
verse Marie. One night it came into
Marie's head to quit the convent, and she
made her way to her husbands palace.
There she talked with him amicably for
a time, but>when the indulgent man indi-
Gated that she was to remain and cease
ner pranks, she screamed and when a
group "f courtiers penetrated the apart
ment she charged her husband with at
tempting to poison her.
The King and court took up the affair.
and while all Spain was divided as to
the rights or wrongs Of the squabble. the
connetable's gendarmes entered his wife &
chamber one night, arrested her, and
locked her up in a cell.
After many vicissitudes, Marie for a
time returned to Rome. but her conduct
there was not edifying to her children.
She was seen for years afterward in
various cities of different countries. sue
ceeding finally in getting into Paris,
where she dragged out her existence In
Obscurity. FI.ANEUR
Copyright 1911. By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Some Relics of the Past.

We take our harp in hand to twang
a tuneful tribute to some ancient cars.
Their many years Of faithful service
have earned the laurel wreath, which
now we hang upon their weatherbeaten
roofs.
One wonders when these cars were
built. The worn and shiny velvet covering
of their seats might have been curtains
hung within the walls of som. Venetian
palace when the Doges reigned. The
windows rattle with the inhrnity of age.
A sign, so reminiscent of a bygone day.
betrays their ancient origin. This car"
it says, will stop only at crossings"
Surely we can recall, in boyhood years,
the patient horse which pulled a little
box upon four wheels, while the &C
commodating driver halted anywhere
passenger might appear. Those were
the dear old provincial days. Then came
a change Progress was in the air. The
cars which formerly responded to every
beck and call refused to stop save at
the crossings But even that was long
and long ago.
And in the door of these old cars
there was a metal slide through which
the passenger handed his small change
to driver or conductor. To-day, in
these conveyances of which we write,
the metal slide remains. an evidence of
the times that were 1t is sight to
show to children of the present day-a
thing which illustrates the crude and
undeveloped street car of the past 1t
is archaic and remote. In the presence
of this survival of the early days we
stand with head uncovered. bowed
down with the respect accorded unto
age
Let us not, however, treat these relics
too lightly. They may have earned
retirement, it is true, but, after all, they
are an object lesson to this busy world.
They mark the contrast OF an olden
time with the progressiveness of modern
days And, more than all, they demon
strate the excellence of ancient work
manship. Despite the years which have
elapsed since they were built, they still
do duty on our thoroughfareS. We pay
to them the tribute which they have
nobiy earned, and endure with patient
soul the rattle of their wheels.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Advocate Premium Plan.

IF the United States is to continue an
Industrial nation said Robert Wuest,
commissioner of the National Metal
Trades Association. OF Cleveland, Ohio,
who was seen recently at the Raleigh,
some plan must be adopted whereby
employees may share beyond the extent
of their daily wage in the profits Of the
concerns by which they are employed.
Profit sharing and the premium plan sys-
tenn, so called, have proved wonderful
incentives to ambition and better work.
manship, even whon tried in the crudity
of present-day effort; but the excellent
results so far attained are only an earn
est of what they RAY become when fur
ther worked out and perfected. The ap-
plication of either of these systems in
itself will not prove panacea for in
dustrial ills, nor will they solve all labor
troubles: but with thoughtful adaptation
Of the method best suited to each indi-
viduaI shop. the way win be paved toward
correcting MANY abuses.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Parks in the District.

When rEnfant, planning the National
Capital, set aside certain reservations,
squares, and triangles as sites of future
parks, he builded better than he knew.
He laid the foundation of a beautiful
city. giving to Washington a unique and
attractive Characteristic To-day the
parks which rEnfant saw only in his
minds eye are the glory of the National
Capital
And then, years afterward, when, with
inspired forethought, public-spirited
citizens secured the purchase of Rock
Creek Valley for j park, they conferred
upon the people of the District of Co.
lumbia and of the nation a debt which
can never be fully repaid. If the acqui-
sition of this picturesque region had not
been successfully prosecuted, it is easy
10 believe that the property would have
been subdivided into villa sites or build
ing lots and the beauty which is now
the heritage of all would have been the
privilege of a favored few AS it is, the
acres of forest and stream which make
Rock Creek Park a constant delight are
now the property Of the public and will
50 remain for generations to come. The
purchase of the Rock Creek Valley was
absolutely the best inv vestnent ever made
for the National Capital
Equally wise is the purchase of the
Montrose tract, in Georgetown, and the
property which commands an inspiring
view OF the city from the heights of
Sixteenth street The good work must
not. however. end here, There was
danger. not yet altogether removed, that
Washington would develop into a city
OF two distinct tvpes-the one beautr1ed
because of TEnfant's genius and the
other. outside of the old boundaries,
weary waste of streets and houses, TN
relieved by I single area Of tree and
lawn. North Of Thomas Circle, on
Fourteenth street. there is not reser-
vation or even a fower-studded triangle.
Other outlying sections OF the city, which
have been built up solidly, have been
equally neglected. The lesson taught by
IE,nfant has been ignored. No pro
vision has been made for the future By
lack Of foresight now we are simply
inviting d repetition of the experience
Of New York and London, where val
ulble property has been condemned at
enormous cost in order to provide
breathing spaces for a congested popula
ton
Evcrybody's business is nobody's bust
ness. Perhaps this is the reason the
development of the park system has
been strangely neglected. 1t is not too
late. however. to remedy the situation.
There are propositions before Congress
which ought to be favorably acted upon
and winch would incur a minimum of
expense. If the cost could be shared by
the generations Of the future, as ought
to be the case, the burden would not fall
heavily upon the present population.
There is no question, however, as to the
necessity of formulating a definite plan
whereby the Washington of the future
shall be physically as attractive as the
Washington of the past.
Let the District Commissioners or the
representative civic organizations bend
themselves to this all-important task. 1t
is worth while
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
British View on Reciprocity.

A British member of Parliament, who
is native of Canada and ought to be
able to discuss reciprocity with great
er degree of knowledge than Englishmen
generally are supposed to possess, has
this to say about the agreement planned
between the Dominion and this country:
There is a tide against tariffs in the
New World which has not reached its
height, let alone spent its force What is
left of the Tory party in England, of all
the parties in the civilized countries of
the world, now proposes the imposition
of duties aS a means of national saliva
ton.
The great factor in reference to Can
ada is tfliS-that the Dominion is the
most vir1le of modern countries, with
growing population which is made up
OF selected and physically fit ernigrants,
growing in wealth, and growing in
power. This Dominion cannot be, and
ought not to be. kept in leading strings
in the shape of preferential tariff ar
rangements in the name of empire.
Canada will develop on her own lines,
and no act of the home Parliament,
fiscal or otherwise, can in any way stay
the onward march of Canada, any more
than a resolution of the House of Lords
can keep the sun from rising.
The more powerful the Dominion
becomes, the better it will be for the
empire There never was any question
as to the loyalty of the people of the
Dominion, and until some meddling home
government interferes with the prime
essentials of a democracy-which are,
to govern itself as it thinks fit-the Do
minion will remain as much a part of
the empire as the county of York"
This excellent observation naturally
leads us to consider Canada's trade
with the mother country Assuming
that the spirit which prompted Canada
to give preference to British goods
is still operative, British trade cannot
suffer. By this we mean that if under
the new agreement Canada reduces or
abolishes the duties on articles of Amer
ican production, there ought to and there
will be a corresponding reduction, or
perhaps abolition, of duties on competi-
tive articles of British manufacture.
Otherwise Canada would be discriminat-
ing against English in favor of American
goods, an attitude not easily conceivable
We do not believe that either imports
or exports between Canada and the
mother country will be affected adverse
ly by reciprocity. We do not share the
fear of the Conservatives in England
that such an agreement would tend to
increase the price of bread. Why should
it? The merging of the Canadian and
American wheat market into one can
not possibly have such an effect. 1t
may be true that the population of the
United States is increasing more rapidly
than the ratio of wheat production.
This in future may cause less surplus
wheat available for expectation, and
also may tend to keep up the price
More than that, reciprocity may even
have the effect of stimulating wheat pro-
duction in the Canadian Northwest.
But on the other hand, England is
getting . wheat supply from Russia,
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Washington to Gettysburg.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Allow me to congratulate you upon
your very timely editorial on the Lin
coin memorial road" The best and most
sensible way to honor and perpetuate
the martyred President is to build
grand and permanent road from the
White House to the Gettysburg battle
field. Your advocacy of the Lincoln
way is certainly step in the right di-
rection. ."
The late General and President Benjs-
min Harrison said there was more sig
nIficance in the direction Of step than
in the length OF II.
The great Appian way has stood for
centuries, and so would the great LIN
coin way. from the Capital of this nation
TO the great battlefield where President
Lincoln made his greatest speech that
helped to immortalize his name.
ARTHUR 5rABLxA
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

1t has been shown by recent experience
that whenever there is collision OF
mixed trains, the steel cars crush those
of wooden construction.
The men employed in the postal serv-
ice are entitled to every protective
measure that can be provided, and it is
a matter of regret that Congressional
action has been delayed so long.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Explorer and Author.

George Wharton James, of Pasadena,
Cal, is at the Arlington. Prof. James
devoted years to geographic. geological.
chronological, and archaeological re-
searches in California, Nevada, Utah,
Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico,
especially in the regions of the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado and among the
WaIapai. Navajo, Apache, Havasupai.
Zuni, Hopi, AcOma, and other pueblo
Indians
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

There is a family in Massachusetts
that never eats anything cooked. They
are vegetarians. 1t may be trifie hard.
at times, but as long as they eat their
pumpkins raw and do not serve any
dressing with their hay, they will not be
bothered with friends dropping in for
dinner
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

A fifteen-year-old girl, addressing a
suffragette meeting, declared her ambi-
ton was to be President OF the United
States. While this country has never had
a President with a Mother Hubbard and
her hair in a braid, the suffragettes
might keep on trying
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

The courts have upheld a New Yorker
who refused to pay his doctor because
he had not requested his attendance
when he was i'll. Physicians will do well
to obtain a written request hereafter
from every patient
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A TRIFLE EARLY.

l love to prate of springs estate
When spring songs are in season;
But 1t is hard for any bard
To sing without a reason.
You cannot sing of gentle spring
With snow upon the heather.
A springtime song but limps along
In February weather.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Proof Positive.

I'm too sick to go to that bridge party
tomorrow"
Send word that you are sick"
They'll think il a subterfuge 1 have
it. I'll send my trained nurse as a sub
stitute."
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

Six generals of the Haitian army have
been shot for treason. The rank and
file might have been convicted also. but
the solitary private had to do the shoot
iOR
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

A South Dakota man wrote his name
on an egg. A fair Brooklynite saw it
while eating the cold storage thing for
breakfast. and now they are married.
How. now, ye defamers OF cold storage
beneftso
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Herpiug the Endeavorer..

Editor The Washington Herald:
Your editorial, THE Endeayorers' Sue
cess" is an excellent one, and will do
much good thank you for such a force
full representation OF the society's good
work. WASHINGTON ToPHAsL
Wakhinetou Fsh II
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
He EXPLAINS.

"why do they call Washington the city
OF magnificent distances?"
Because answered the oficeseeker,
1T is such a long way between what
you 80 after and what you get.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
A Discovery.

II see you have abolished your elab-
crate legal department"
Yes" said the eminent trust magnate
I'VE figured out that it would be cheaper
to obey the law"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
To Some Extent.

II hear you went in for mountain
climbing while YOU were abroad"
"Yes; 1 always went UP as far as the
omnibus ran"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

After all, New Orleans may save more
by not getting the big show than she
spent trying TO get it.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

Self-satished and conceited youth, please
take notice, that at Yonkers the other
day a man aged eighty-one was elected
president of q big trust company.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

When the Providence Journal refers to
the State of Arizona it is little ahead
of the game.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
A RIoodIexs Combat.

your society drama is too tame. You
ought to have a combat of some kind
What's the matter with the combat
in the third act? The villain shoots
fierce glance at the hero and the latter
blocks it with a scowl."
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
A aueer Bo.ton Girl.

THE meteorological conditions" ven-
tured the Chicago damseI, ARE extremely
unpropitious.
YES" responded the Boston girl. this
is sloppy weather
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Easier Than Christmas.

bAsItF IHHH NHTIstuaB.
St. Valentine
Is next in line
But easy is his yoke.
To him we may
Our tribute pay
And not go wholly broke.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

Twenty-nine States thus far have on
cially favored the amendment for cleo
ton of United States Senators by the
people.