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Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05
BANKS FOR FARMERS.

The establishment of banks for the assistance of the farmers is one which concerns many other countries besides this. Some banking houses which would permit the farmers to gain pos- session of farms in many instances. at low rates of interest, and conduct them as profitable venture, is what is be- ing sought here. particularly through the vast farming sections of the west. It is likewise problem in Great Brit ain, and to the British association at Dundee, Scotland, Allen McNeil sug- gested this scheme:
 "At first the institution would be confined in its operation to assisting farmers in the purchase of their hold ings with the ultimate intention of ex- tending it's scope as the medium for the buying of seeds and manure, the purchase of pedigree stock, and the selling for farm produce. The neces- sary capital to enable the bank to be- gin operations would be placed by the state at the disposal of the managers of the institution. Interest would be paid to the government at.3 per cent. on the amount of capital advanced and outstanding from time to time. The government got money from the post office savings bank depositoes at 1-2 per cent Further sums required would be obtained from the public by the issue of bonds. which bonds would be guaranteed, both as to principal and interest, by the state"
 This makes of it an institution in which the government would be inter- ested together with private corpora tions, and 1t would insure the obtain ing of money at low rate, through the postal savings system, and rate which would relieve the farmers from paying in many cases prohibitive in- terest. Such a scheme could be ad- justed to this country, and it is likely that the movement for such institu- tions will result in some such plan.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS


 We wonder how much of the south the Atlanta newspaper represented when it handed Roosevelt his hat, after his speech, and told him to Night out for home.-Waterbury American.
 After the candidates have occupied the three minutes of their automobile speech in eulogizing the scenery and complimenting the civil war veterans, the voters feel that they are familiar with the true significance of the cam paign.--New Haven Union.
 One more aviator is gone. Walsh, who originated the dip of death. tried it once too often. The dip of death" added little or nothing to the advance of aerial science. It was merely a spectacular aeroplane trick, Any man who indulged in it did so al great risk. Of course, any man who did so was also fooltsh.-Hartford Times.
 Governor Wilson accepts Sulzer as a satisfactory candidate for governor ol New York, but the democrats who are fighting to down Tammany's grip on the democracy of that state may not do so. They talk of naming an 1nde- pendent ticket. The progressives clear ly have the pole in the Empire state as the gubernatorial race begins.-- Springfield Republican.
 Colonel Roosevelt says that the re- publican party has been rotten TOT thirty years. Strange, Is it not, that he never made the discovery till 1881
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

(Written Specially for The Buletin.)
 The human family always gives forth
 signs of weakness as well as of
 strength. It apparently was never
 designed to become sagacious; but was
 endowed with ability enough to give
 assurance that man had power to rule
 the earth (which appears to be a con
 cetO, although he has not yet demon
 strated that he has power to control
 himself.
 One of the evidences of advancement
 is changes in language, dress and opin-
 ions, which make the prior generations
 appear somewhat ridiculous in the eyes of the rising generation by new enunciations of words or different
 manners, which are no improvement
 upon the old forms.
 There is nothing to be said against any advance which has sufficient merit
 to warrant a change; but those who
 have lived long enough and been ob-
 serving have seen style frequently re- treat from it's own decrees.
 You and I cannot tell why people who have seen half century should be generally called old fashioned; or octogenarians be looked upon as relic
 of an almost forgotten past.
 Have you ever thought of some of the good things which are now looked E upon as old-fashioned by the rising generation? There is an old-fashione'l love, and Old-fashioned homes, and old-fashioned manners, and old-fash- toned chivalry, and fear some people
 really think there is such a thing as
 old-fashioned virtue. They do not seem to realize that virtue cannot be- come old-fashioned any more than the sun, the stars or the rainbow. It is nauseating to elderly people to hear younger people say fippantlv "Chivalry is out of date" They do not appear to know the meaning of the word-they seem to be totally uncon- scious of what they are condemning Ask such a person what chivalry means, and he Is likely to be found totally incompetent to say that the word includes most that is in goodness and truth-fair play, courtesy honor reverence for age, and every good and
 holy thing.
 In trying to make things different are not the leaders of men in their selfishness and conceit guilty of leav
 ing darkness occasionally where there
 was once igf1t, and ignorance presid- ing where intelligence once reigned In these days of quick divorces, when | 24 couple can be separated in 120 min-
 utes-when the nuptial knot can be united much faster than 1t can be duly
 sealed, or, when limited marriages are
 openly and sincerely discussed and en-
 tered into, and when the parties to
 mercenary unions make pacts brazen-
 ly to give one another beastial liberty. it is not surprising that large class
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05
IDEAS OF APLAIN MAN
Waters and Lazinsss.

What is there about water that is so conducive to laziness?
 The sleepiest towns ever saw, when was a boy, were the river towns In Illinois and Missouri where l used to go fishing.
 Nobody moves so slowly as a fish erman.
 No class of people have such an air of infinite leisure as they who loaf along river wharyes.
 People insdnctively go to the sea side to rest.
 You can sit fnterminably and look at the ocean or lake. You cannot do that with land.
 The trifiingest days I have ever led, days when doing nothing whatever was reduced to a science, were those on an ocean liner. There 1t is impos- sible to work. You have no time, only eternity.
 watched a loafer once standing on the quay at the bay of Naples. Two hours watched him. He did nothing but change legs"
 And the most solemn of all birds are storks and cranes, who watch the water.
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OLD FASHIONED

speak derisively of old-fashioned love and old-fashioned homes, for those whose instincts have been degraded to those of the beasts of the field are not to be expected to sense what blessings true love and constancy and sincere, confiding home life means.
 Health applies to spiritual as well as physical perfection and harmony,
 and how few seem to realize this.
 Bowen says: ITO become thor
 oughly good man is the best prescrip-
 tion for keeping a sound mind in a
 sound body
 Beecher declared: Half the spirit | ual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from 8 morbid state of health"
 Tyndale averred: '"The morality of
 clean blood ought to be one of the first lessons taught us by our pastors and teachers. The physical is the sub stratum of the spiritual. and this fact
 ought to give to the food we eat and the air we breathe a transcendent sig ] nificance"
 It IS only the path of degeneracy
 which leads to degradation that makes l things which should be held sacred i seem d-fashioned.
 What is old-fashioned love? The | kind Longfellow said Gives itself but
 cannot be bought" the love Milton de- ] fined when he wrote Mutual love, the i crown of ali our bliss!" and described | by Bulwer when he indited "the- &C., | cents of love are all that is left of the ! language of paradise" | What misleaders of men liberty and | advancement be when they are misin- 1 terpreted
 ! There are many good things which i are now called old-fashioned which | the world must go back to because in l The currents of life do not all run | toward the New Jerusalem. Men l rather drift on the tide than to row against it; and as the illusions of life are so many, it is not strange that we !, drift away from the things which are 1 most elevating and comforting. | Good things cannot become old | fashioned. While fashion controls mostly the dress and the manners oi l the people, the world is constantly caught going back to it's old style of 1 dress and calling 1t new, and. to it's oic
 and almost forgotten formalities and i callino them better.
 That old proverb, Variety Is the spice | of life" is deeper set in the human heart than we think; and it is the love l of change (for change Is the basis oi 1 all we call style) that makes things ir
 common parlance old-fashioned an6 | naF fashioned
 In neither of these do we find that | which enriches our own lives or en- nobles the soul: but in the things
 which cannot become old-fashioned or 1 new fashioned.
 THE SUBSTITUTE.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

Who do you suppose have the most serious time in the world, those who are looking for good help or those who are looking for good bosses? You will have to admit there is an affinity be- tween the two if they do not appear often to get together. When they do come together the labor problem and the servant problem comes pretty near being solved. Goodness is soothing There are so many definitions of goodness, though, that some one may feel like asking us to define a good man. If you will just keep in mind that "a good man is better to his ene- mics than bad man is to his friends this may assist you in knowing a good man when you meet him. An ideal employer wins the confidence of his employees and keeps it--they respect him because he respects them. Mu- tuality strengthens honor and eff1cien- cy almost anywhere. People who get together right never fly apart. If goodness was more prevalent the labor troubles which harass the land would fade away
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them? This may seem like foolish question to you, but what little experi- ehce have had in life has taught me that bad manners turn up where you least expect to meet them, and that good manners meet you in all sorts of company. The bad man often has tho most entrancing manners, while the good man may have bad manners, or no manners worth speaking of. This question of manners can never be a dead issue, for bad manners will never let 1t become so. It Is because good manners are profitable that bad men find a constant use for them. They are frequently skilfully used to de- ceive all who are expecting to get something for nothing. I guess all of us look to the home for good manners and really do not dare look anywhere else.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

We all think We know what friend ship is-true friendship. Now you think what it is while I rehearse what it isn't. The person who takes flat terer for a friend will get counter felt. If he takes a lame duck for a friend he will have to reduce his speed, sacrifice his time. and perhaps carry him at last. If he becomes intimate with one who thinks friendship is mainstay he will always feel the strain of a need which becomes trying. If he finds in a professedly friendly per- son an amiable critic of his conduct, he will not warmly regard him, be- cause the bore thinks he should do his duty. If intimacy with a person de- velops in him a leach, the relation soon becomes onerous. It is not safe, it is said, to make yourself the fourth friend of person who has repelled three. It, however, takes friend to be friend, and he must have pru- dence and patience and charity and be able to see the charm of personality which makes one blind to all ordinary faults.
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her husband. She creates the atmos- phere in which he can do his work. The applause goes to the man. the woman has produced the tones that have filled in the harmony. She stands behind him and plays the obligato. One may speculate, for instance, as to what would have been the fate, in it's early days, of the Salvation Army or its founder without the counsel and encouragement of the generals wife, Catherine Booth.
 In a multitude of American homes the same truth is exemplified There are to be found millions of humble obligato players. Father who strug- gles and saves that son may go to college, or mother bending over the wash tub and ironing board that daughter may shine at the party are among the number.
 At the funeral of his mother, Gen. Grant sakd to the officiating pastor. "In the remarks that you make, make no reference to me; mother gained noth- ing by any position I have filled or honors that may have been paid me. I owe all this and all I am to her honest, modest and sincere piety."
 The name of Columbus is a synoym for bravery in all generations. But who could name single one of the crew that sailed with him? What do we know of the men who hauled on the ropes and trimmed the sails and held the clumsy tiller over leagues of trackless ocean? History makes slight mention of Rodrigo de Triana, who, from the lookout of the Pinta, was straining his eyes through the gloom on the fateful early morning of Oct. 12, 1492, when a new world swung solemnly into view. Yet he and his comrades were essential parts of the enterprise. Where would Columbus have been without his ordinary sea- men and what would Napoleon hase done without the common soldier?
 There are, of course, multitudes of people in the world who refuse to play any except solo parts. They must stand in the calcium ray and receive
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the applause. AS men advance into a nobler and more Christian temper they are content to be obligato players. They gladly contribute what they can to the worlds welfare, caring noth- ing for personal praise, but only, like John the Baptist of old, that the cause be advanced.
 THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

Few of us realize what a shifty thing dollar is. Its value is not al- ways what it seems to be. The Amer 1can dollar once upon a time would
 buy two Mexican silver dollars of greater weight than itselr, and when the trade dollar was in circulation it fell below the standard dollar in value, although it contained more silver. Prof. Kemmerer of Cornell university has
 been studying into the variability in
 the purchasing power of the dollar.
 something the average wage earner
 never thinks of and shows when a
 thrifty man thinks he has S1.O00 he
 hasn't. He illustrates it in this way:
 If a man bought at $1,000 per
 cent. bond on Jan. 1, 1896, maturing
 Jan. l. 1912, he bought a secured right
 to draw $50 year for Is years and to
 receive back his principal at the end of
 that period. On the average his $50 a year interest declined in it's purchas- ing power about per cent. a year, and when the bond matured the $1OOO principal which was repaid was euuiv- l alent in real purchasing power to only | 667 of the dollars which the investor | originally paid for the bond" This has | happened in at least three years of the | Is studied by Prof. Kemmerer that the | decline in the purchasing power of the | dollar has been greater than the aver age interest rate. In 1899 the decline | was S.2 per cent, in 1909 per cent and in 1906 it was 5.4 per cent IL l would be well for all of us to study
 more the variability of the dollar.
 If You were going to hunt for good
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

once knew a college baseball pitch CT who was remarkably effective as long as a certain broad and squat com- rade was behind the bat to receive his delivery. Let some other backstop come into the game and the star twirler was up in the air at once. It was really the catcher who was responsible for the pitchers wide reputation.
 Many wife does just that thing for
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

Stubbs of Kansas wants to vote for Roosevelt and be elected governor by the republicans-in other words. he wants to save the state and disrupt the nation. The southern democrats had a political hallucination something like this in 1860.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
oBLIeATo PLAYERS.

The singer may not have realized how much the effectiveness of the song depended on the delightful violin obli- gato. To us who listened the delicate tracery of sound which the instrument wove around the voice was charming and indispensable feature of the per- formance The young fellow who stood in the background with the violin tucked under his chin did as much as the soloist to make the beautiful ef- feet possible.
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Colonel Roosevelt says the progress sive movement is religious, and he still shows his charity for the mistaken by calling them thieves, pickpockets and liars. That doesn't sound like Bible class talk.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

It seems as if Great Britain can only prevent civil war in Ireland by keeping Ulster under the direct rule of Great Britain. That ought to be easy enough.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

The party that made the Colonel may be as black as he paints it; and then he does not rise above the bird that defiles it's own nest.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

Vermont has again shown her hand just as expected. Fletcher was chosen as governor by large majority in the legislature. The state will do the same by Taft.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

' T didn't keep books. I spent the money as fast as I got it." said Man. ager Dixon of the third-termers cam paign fund. It is quite easy to be- lieve that he was strong on the spend
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June Even two years ago, while stumping for Stimson for governor of New York state, the colonel de- clared the republican party to be the grandest political organization the world ever knew.--New Britain Recf ord.
 Job Hedges says he will make cam paign fin sympathy with the husnan heart" and that he wont call anybody a liar" We imagine that Mir. Hedges will find that the public will receive the innovation with open arms" Heart in- terest" can be aroused without appeal - ing to all the baser instincts and pas sions. The dictionaries have been ran sacked for invective ammunition. It will be refreshing to hear a new vo- cabulary.-Meriden Record.
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If Taft represents the party of bosses he has shown conclusively that he can't be bossed by the bun moosers, or the weak-kneed sisters" of his own party!
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America has been shown what is called "a live president" and it has been so thoroughly mortified that it doesn't ever care to see another!
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If the Colonel was like other men, if 'the dead cock in the pit" should win. his disappointment would be the more poignant.
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The ambition of certain suffrage leaders to fill mems shoes is, to say the least, an unexpected breach of feminine pride.
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As campaign candidate, Wilson shows a lack of experience. Gen. Prosperity denies a great deal he Is saying
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New York hotels are charging for bread and butter served with meals. Patrons would not object if this didn't require a tip to get it.
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With all the talk about the time be- ing ripe for a change, there is no worlzingman who sees the policy of cutting his pay envelope in two.
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George W. Perkins, the idealist, would have been an agent for the trusts had he endorsed Taft.
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Happy thought for today: The pos tai card can carry all the love it is safe to make in writing.
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English prisons ought to be emptied quickly if all prisoners are treated alike who go on a hunger strike"
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Since the battle for the Lord was opened by faking 16O contests, it seems to have lost it's divine aspect.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.

RERUBLICAN TICKET.
 For President,
 WILLIAM H. TAFT
 of Ohio.
 For Vice President
 JAMES s. SHERMAN
 of New York.
 For Governor,
 JOHN P. STUDLEY
 of New Haven. For Lieutenant Governor,
 CHARLES S. PECK
 of Danbury.
 For Secretary of State. GUSTAF B. CARLSON
 of Middletown.
 For Treasurer, WALTER w. HOLMES
 of Waterbury.
 For Comptroller,
 FAYETTE L. WRIGHT
 of Pomfret.
 Presidential Electors. NOR1fAND F. ALLEN of Hartford. RQLLIN s. WOODRUFF of New Haven WALDO c. BRYANT of Bridgeport. CaAUNCEY P. GOSS of Waterbury. FRANK B. WEEKS of Middletowr. ROBERT SCOYILLE of Salisbury. HAROLD B. MOWRY of Sterling. Representatives in Congrers. SECOND DISTRICT. WILLIAM A KING of willimantic Fer state Senators. sl 1e-CURRIE GLAMOUR of Norwich. ze-EDWIN IT. REACH of Killingly. 3S-SAMUEL RUSSELL. JR., of Middle town. q For Judge of Probate,
 NELSON J. AYLING
 of Norwich.
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Turkey is aware by this time that Ireland isn't the only place looking for home rule.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Both at Baltimore and at Syracuse, Murphy was at the wrong end of the argument.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

When you come tc county fairs, most of the early September fairs are mainly horse-trots, dog and hen shows with the agricultural whiskers attach ed to give them bucolic appearance. It is the betwixt and betweenness of them that makes them weak affairs. It has always taken something besides big hogs and squashes. 1og-cabin bed quilts and crude art to make fair. Before tho dawn of the Midway" "the beach pond horse traders showing the mettle of their horse shadows, which were slatty enough to frighten an Ara bian steed half to death. were the real attraction. In fact. a county fair that was a good imitation of what they had in this county SO years ago would today be drawing card; but 1t would be more expensive to reproduce 1t than it would to hire flying man or the presidential candidate of the progress sive party to serve as a magnet. No fair should be unfair in its Judgments or awards.
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If you were going to hunt for good manners, where would you look for
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

Do not cultivate the habit of being positive about things, for it seldom creates a good impression if you are right 19 times in 20. Knowing it all Is no virtue, but it is the best of grounds for suspecting a counterfeit Exact knowledge Is not so common as to produce possessors of absolute truth. Postivity stands for conceit and mex perienee s9 times in a hundred. Per haps you have met persons who could not with safety be contradicted. If you wanted their good will or friendship you must humor their conceits and stand before them as an interested and amazed admirer. This is a big price to pay for something that has become sodden with false pretense. The men tai world of a man who thinks he knows 1t all is little world. It is like Rhode Island, of which a recent visitor who being asked what the outlook was there, replied: Rhode Island is all out look-that's all there is therel Just think of yourself always as student, never as a sage.
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You may think life is a gift. but think it. is a responsibility. We may dream or it as lone grand sweet song," but that is a dream. Goethe likened life to "a quarry out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character" This view of it gives force to the Fiske Jubilee singers famous song: Keep a Hammering" It isn't plastic, but rather f1inty, and we must, If successful, work the beauty out of by well directed and purposeful effort. The ideal we have for a model is God likeness. When we get to the end of life most of us confess we are human ---the likeness is not all it should have been-it is not exactly what we ex- pected to make it, even if we kept Ia hammering' Those who take life easy make a mess of it. We cannot see a dwarfed soul, but it must look like any other abnormal thing. It can't be beau tiful although it may excite curiosity and interest. Someone has said: "Hu- man life Is a constant want and there fore should be a constant prayer" That is why we should ever keep re- beating the refrain: Keep a-Hammer- ing, My Soul"