Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-29

ceived in humorous vein and caused some smiling
 A piano solo, Caprice de Concert, was ! finely rendered by Mrs. Charles D. i Geer.
 Mrs. Robert J. Henderson sang in
 charming manner Echoes, and When the Dew is on the Clover Honour and Arms was then render i ed by Charles D. Geer.
 Prayer was offered by the Rev. A. E. Falmouth, and the chorus rendered i Star of the Descending Night.
 Rev. J. H.. Selden Spoke. The Rev. Joseph H. 9elden was then introduced as the principal speaker of the day.
 He spoke of an incident of a ride upon car upon his way to Boston
 when his eye chanced to light upon a newspaper article giving an account
 of one of these library meetings in this town of Ledyard. It spoke, he said, of ! the meeting of friends and neighbors at this gathering and the genial spirit
 exhibited was of the most charming and exhilarating nature No better wish for our common country could be cherished than that 1t should cultivate the spirit of nighborliness. He told a pathetic story of a young Jewish Rus sian girl born in the slums of a Rus sian city, in a condition of the most
 abject poverty At last she found her
 way to America as the Promised Land
 and at length found herself in Boston,
 and there she was placed in a public
 school, something she had known noth-
 ing of before. She was 13 years old,
 but did not know her alphabet In a
 surprisingly short time she was up
 l, ,1r q
 were pursuing. America is the land of
 promise for all the world Our gov
 ernment is the ultimate form of gov
 ernment. It is founded not on the di-
 vine right of kings, but upon the di-
 vine right of the people to rule their
 own affaires. No people ever had such
 history as ours. Other nations have
 gained their respective territories by
 the might of conquest, but our fathers found here practically virgin cont- enet and could fashion their institu- tions as seemed best to them. There is needed a revival of patri- otism, something to take the minds of the people off the daily grind of mere ly material interests, and set them on considerations of a more enobling na- ture He spoke of a young man who had studied for the profession of a
 
 business career, which promised a more lucrative reward, saying he could not afford to be a lawyer Each man should be ready and willing to meet his own responsibilities. You here are not responsible for what Is going on in Washington, nor for what is being done in Chicago, but you are responsi-
 ble for what is taking place here in Ledyard. When the Israelites started
 to rebuild their ruined city their lead CT made two uggestions-one that they go to their work armed, and the other that each man should build opposite
 his own door. In constructing the walls around our counUy's interests let each man build opposite his own door. Whisper and I Shall Hear, and Sweet heart were sung in fine voice by Mrs.
 Henderson, and Border Land. The Ban .
 io Song. and The Bandlero, by Charles D. Geer.
 Beauteous Night was rendered by ! Mrs. Henderson, Mr. Geeer and cho- rus The benediction was pronounced bv the Rev. w F. White The concluding exercisee Of the day took place under the tent. The entire assembly took part, and to many it was the most pleasing number or the
 entire programme.