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The daily sentinel., 1912-10-26

What now believed have been triple murder and suicide but which may prove
be mysterious murder man and his three babies was discovered 10 o'clock this
morning Paa when Mrs. Carl Fox returned her ranch home and found the bodies
her husband 6yeao daughter 4yeao and young baby with ghay bullet
hole the head Winchester rifle lying near the bodies grim evidence the
deadly weapon used
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
THE FORTY IMMoRTALs.

No doubt it is very gratifying to the
Forty Immortals" just selected by
the National Institute of Arts and
Letters, to be thus flatteringly recog
nized, although the friends Of forty
other Americans of equal merit won
der why the list could not as well
have been extended to eighty.
The inquiry is perhaps very prop
erly made by Colonel Bryan's friends
why he should not have been includ-
ed in the "immortals" as well as Col
onel Roosevelt. Many others are max
ing comparisons and asking questions,
and too many are showing signs Of
real nervousness over such an endeav-
or to place certain Americans perma-
nently upon a pedestal in a new way.
No one imagines that these 'immor-
tails have really immortalized their
names any more than Mr.. Hubbard's
Philistines, who, by the payment Of
ten dollars, get listed in the "immor-
tai class.
The immortality of man has never
rested upon the admiration of friends
Or the judgment of a single institu-
tion. It takes time to determine the
great men of earth; and "immortals"
established in this manner are in
great danger Of making a future gen
Grafton smile.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
The Story Of A Ketchup Bottle

There was once an owl, a cat and a
long legged crane who were the best
of friends. The cats name was Tom,
the owls Olivia and the cranes was
George, and they played together every
single day in the greatest peace and
friendliness. They enjoyed being to-
gether extremely, but the neighbors
often wished they wouldn't play to-
gether quite so much. for when they
did they usually got into some sort Of
mischief
One bright morning the three friends
set out together on g. promenade
through the village. They were not
planning to get into mischief, but they
should turn up. And before long they
discovered something. On the sill of
the Widow Ducks kitchen window
there stood a row of bottles Of tomato
lxetchup,
How lovely!' cried Olivia.
How meet" murmured George
And then what do you suppose those
naughty things did7
Tom kept guard al the gate. Olivia
kept guard az the door, and the tall
crane stole softly up to the window
and ran off with one Of the bottles Of
ketchup.
Then away the three ran Gown back
streets and across lots till at length
they arrived at Olivia's home, where
they set about opening their spoils,
But they had a great deal of trouble
with the cork; 1t was so firmly we9ged
in the neck OF the bottle that their
united efforts were unable to bulge It.
At the end OF half an hour they were
giving up in despair ana were pre-
pairing to break OF the neck of the
bottle when there came q scurrying OF
feet and in at the door rushed the two
small sons Of the Widow Duck.
Mothers coming! Mothers ceming!
And Bhe's extremely angry" they cried
gieefuily,
In a fash Tom WIS eat Of the opet
door, Olivia had seized some sewing
and pretended to be busily at work
while George looked wildly about for g
place to hide the discriminating ketehuE
bottle. But before he had time to rise
from the stool on which he was sitting
he heard the widow Ducks step on tht
threshold. There was bat one thing t.
bs drne, and he did Ii, He ew'ailsMAi
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01

Off the "sons of God" Genesis vi,
~ were the angels who left their for
ner habitation, or first estats-the
spiritual realm dude Show is IL that
they could marry tho daughters Of
nnsn" and have children, since it is
understood from tho Masters words
(Matthsw xxiis 3o) that the angels are
seHlsss? q. 7. ~
Answer-From many Scriptures II is
apparent that the angels, or spirit be-
ings, have the power Of materianzing
as human beings. This naturalization
is complete. as the following Seripturai
citations indicate, showing that these
materialized beings could eat end drink
and perform all OF the functions Of the
natural being Of the earthly plane of
existence. Genesis xviii, 5 xxxiI AZ,
49, Zechariah |, 8; V. 8; Luke |, 80 !;
Acts xii, 7-10.l 1t is evident that the
angels in their proper habitation, the
spiritual realm, do not possess the
powers Of reproduction. 1t would.
therefore, bs impossible for them to
have angelic progeny It Is only as they
materiaiize as human beings that they
could exercise the powers belonging to
the race of mankind, and thus bring
nature, Because some of the angels
did this without the Divine sanction.
they were punished by being restrained
in ehsins Of darkness unto the Judg-
msRt Day,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01

the ketchup bottle! But alas! his
throat was much too narrow for the
bottle to 90 down, so there it stuck,
making large and very uncomfortable
lump.
In came the Widow Duck, angry, oh,
very angry. indeed, and she told them
she had missed a bottle of ketchup
and felt sure that they had it.
Madam Duck" said Olivia, in her
most polite company manner, you are
quite at liberty to search the house for
your bottle Of ketchup. will show you
around myself. for my friend, the
crane. Ia not feeling very well at pres
ent. He has lump in his throat
which may turn out TO be mumps, so
unless you've had mumps you'd better
keep away from him"
So Olivia led the Widow Duck all
through the house, and the widow
looked into every hole and corner, but
she could find no trace of the ketchup
bottle. At length, when there was no.
where else to look, she prepared to
take heE departure. But before going
she went to say goodby to George.
AS she came up he did his best to
look as much like an invalid as pcsei =
BILE and succeeded SO we'll that the
good lady was much affected, until she
the lump in his throat, when q herrid
suspicion went through her.
My dear George" said she, If there
is one thing bstter than another for
rnumps, it's to inhale pepper. ALLOW
me to put some on your handker-
chief"
And before George could protect abe
had taken the pepper shaker from the
table and sprinloled a liberal supply
over his handkerchief Then, Of course
George simply had to sneezs. and with
the sneeze the ketchup bottle few out
| of his throat.
Il never saw ease OF humps cured
SO quickly said the Widow Duck, al
she picked up the ketcheup bottle and
marched triumphantly home, And the
next time anything is missing in the
village l shall tell the neighbors about
| my ketohup, SO You had better be care
full in future"
So after that when George and his
! friends felt like getting into mischiei
| they teek care that it was of a harm
! Less Yarietys-Trihane FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
THE FOUNDER OF THE BOY
SCOUTS.

General Baden Powell. the famous
British general, who conceived the
idea Of giving English boys a new
and useful training with a view of
making them better men, hence bet
ter citizens and defenders of their
country, is now in this country for
the purpose Of seeing how this eight
year. old movement looks in America
In almost every civilized country
and even in China and Siam, there
are now organizations of Boy Scouts
enrolling, in all, more than million
youth, and though in this region the
movement was in a measure forestall-
ed by the Boys brigade, the Knights
of King Arthur and other organiza-
lions, there are in New England fully
$4,000 Boy Scouts, 1000 of whom will
be out for escort duty when their dis
tinguished chief visits Boston.
This is what the founder says Of
the order:
There is no military meaning at
Aached to the word scouting Peace
scouting comprises the attributes of
colonial frontiersmen in the way Of
resourcefulness and self-reliance and
\ the other qualities which make them
men among men," And the scouts
oath pledges him to do my best to
do my duty to God and my country,
to help other people at all times, AMI
10 obey the scout law'-which law is
expressed in more definite, but con-
current terms.
We have no reason to fear that the
American youth win fail in any par
ticular to favorably impress the hero
of the siege of Mafeking. They will
show their Interpretation of the rules
governing them by their promptness
and fine action.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
The Poor Bow,

A poor boy who lived in the city
was taking vacation in the country.
He was staying with a rich uncle. Ev-
cry day he went after berries. The
money he received he gave to his un-
Gle to keep for him until he was go
ing home, when he would give 1t to his
mother.
One day while he was after berries
he saw a large rattlsnaEe coming for
him as fast as it could crawl The boy
had his little cousin with him, and he
knew that If he ran the rattlesnake
would catch up to him and then bite
him
He looked around him to see what
he could And to defend himself. He
saw large club, which he got. Then
he put his cousin about ten feet away
from him and waited for the snake.
The snake started to make q loud
rafting sound as It came on. The boy
raised the club. and threw it down or
the snake. His aim was good ard the
club landed on the snakes head and
killed 1t.
When we got home he told his uncle
about the fight with the snake. Wher
, he finished his uncle thanked him. The
next day the man went to the city
bought horse for the boy When the
man died he left all his money to the
boy.
JOHN SULLIVAN, Age 1s.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
WoLTER's DECLARATION OF IN.
NoCENCE.

No one can imagine what prompts
guilty men to declare their innocence
beneath the shadow of the gallows
when every circumstance points to
their guilt and they are not able to
establish their innocence.
Albert Welter had nerve and on the
morning of the day he was electro
cuted he wrote in a steady, steel-plate
hand a declaration of his innocence
of killing Ruth Wheeler, the Is
year old stenographer, portion Of
whose remains were found in his
apartments.
1t may be that he did not kill the
girl. But IL he had knowledge Of
who did and was aiding and abetting
in keeping the dastardly crime q Sc
eret, he was no better than the MUIR
derer in the eyes Of the law. and
merited sthe punishment melted out to
him,
woIter may have told the truth, but
in rendering the state no aid to find
the real culprit to whom he was ap-
parently allied. and in the absence Of
all other evidence, no serious wrong
was done to him. If he could have
saved his life by duplicating another
it was up to him to have done 1t.
An exchange says: '"Tha only an
swer to this whols affair Is that the
death penalty, if IL is to be inflicted,
should not be imposed on circumstan-
tie evidence" 1t strikes The Bulle-
tin, since murder is ALWAYS done Sc
cretly, and there is seldom diIect evil
dence Of the Identity of the criminal,
1t would be far from sensible total
to enforce the law on grounds which
are sufficient. Circumstantial evidence
forced Beattie and Richeson, both per-
sistent liars, to own up.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
POETRY.
undisoeversd Country.

BY an Old Head"
Boys as boys are a puzzle, and how
they'll turn out
Is problem profound and matter
of doubt.
One can say what one thinks they'll
become, II ones bold,
But different tale by the years may
be told.
For the 'ladyhke" boy, it's as likely
as not,
At the head of a hope-forlern charge
will be shot:
And the boy who seemed brave, and
was burly and rough,
May grow up a mere dandy, all waist
coat and cuff.
Then the boy with brow of Shakes
pearean height
(When you look at that brow you pre-
dict HE will write")
May go straight to an Office where
commerce holds rule,
And do naugflt but add up'' on o
shiny topped stool.
blackboard for fun
WhOCC VI tIidSlCIS dTe
cleverly done
Well, he is not quite bound to become
and r. A.,
For know of one such who's a doctor
today
And the boy who hates cricket, and
builds him cave,
When he gets into teens" may no
take to the wave;
All his Cruso-like pranks may NEAR
nothing, and he,
After learning the law. may be made
a K. c.
So it's safest with boys just to wait
not to say,
HE'LL be this he'll be that, in the biz
y-and-byi"
Boys as boys are a puzzle, and hov
they'll turn out
Isl beg to repeat tia matter o
doubt!
Uol;x, r of,,h
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
A COMPARISON.

1t is generally recognized and con-
coded that the commuters Of high
crimes in this country are too sue
cessful in escaping identification and
punishment.
In view Of the disclosures made re-
Gently by Golfers Weekly, there Is
food for serious thought in the com
paratiye murder records of New York
and London for the year 1910, In the
American metropolis there were 147
murders in that period: in the greater
English city, only %. In London there
were over SO per cent. of convictions
following arrest; in New York less
than 83 per cent.
There is 10 reason why crime
should not be as thoroughly ferreted
out in this country as in England and
as large a per cent Of convictions be
obtained.
There is one feature about the
English courts in strong contrast with
courts of America, They do not per-
nit the delays accorded counsel here:
and when sentence is imposed, it is
not q matter OF months-only a mat
ter o. days 30 the execution Of tn;
Giprifs.
The American courts are certainly
Csy 3 loudest for reform Of any in.
ltion in America.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES,
Reading to GRANDMOTHER.


I know of nothing more lovely in
the young than q kind respect for the
aged. The old are feeble, and must
soon pass from the earth; and while
they live they need the support and
tender care of the young.
1 know a little girl who loves to
read the Bible, and other good books,
to her aged grandmother, who is al
most blind. She tries to do all she
can to cheer her and comfort her, She
takes great pains when she reads; and
she sometimes stops and asks
DO | read loud? Can you hear me
well?''
But the tones of her voice are Sc
clear and full, and she takes to much
pains to call the words right, thai
what she reads is plainly heard.
| Dear, good child! She will one day
reap a rich reward for being so kind
| and good to that aged one. She loves
| the Bible, too; for it tells her how te
! be good and points the way to heav-
en-.
The Great Shepherd loves all sucf
| children and calls them the lambs o.
| His flock
! The Bible says:
| Thou shalt rise up before the hoar7
head, and honor the face of the ok
| man"
| In another place:
"Despise not tiny mother when sh'
is old,
GLADYS sMEAD, Age IS.
| Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
UNCLE JED's TALK WITH THE
CIRCLE.

There is surprising interest kept
up in this department. and the letters
coming in would be enough to supply
another.
The little writers do not pay atten-
ton enough to the rules. Because OF
violation of rules and carelessness in
writing and address, one book went
astray last week and the little winner
was delayed in receiving 1t.
Write only one one side Of the
paper.
2-sign name and ago and place OF
abode at bottom
3-Write at top or bottom of sheet
full address, so it may be cut off and
filed.
Following these rules makes the
work Of editing the letters easier for
Uncle Jed and makes the mailing OF
the prize books safer.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01

S. A. Std Of Mason, Mich, will never
forget his terrible exposure to merca
less storm. cit gave me a dreadful
cold" he writes, that caused severe
pains In my chest so it was hard for
me to breathe. A neighbor gave me
several doses Of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, which brought great relief. The
doctor said was on the verge Of pneu-
monia, but to continue with the Dis
ceveTy l did so and two bottles COM
pletely cured me-" Uso only this quick.
safe, reliable medicine for coughs, colds
or any throat or lung trouble. Price
SOC and 81. Trial bottle free. GuaPmn.
teed by The Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
Cuff and the Woodohusk.

I knew a farmer in New York who
had a very large bob-tRiled churn dog
by the name Cuff.
The farmer kept a large dairy, and
it was the business of CuR to spend
nearly the half of each summer day
treading the endless round Of the
churning machine. During the re-
matnder Of the day he had plenty OF
time to sleep and rest, and sit and
survey the landscape.
One day, sitting thus, he discovered
a woodchuck about forty rods from his
hole, which was beneath q large rock.
But the woodchuck, seeing the dog la
boring up the hill, sprang to the
mouth OF his den, and when his ptlr-
suer was only few rods OF whistled
tauntingly and went in.
This occurred several times, the old
dog marching up the hill and then
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
ahoekina Sounds.

In the earth are sometimes heard be-
fore a terrible earthquake, that waxn
Of the coming peril. Natures warnings
are kind. That dull pain or aehe In
the back warns you the kidneys need
attention IL you would escape those
dangerous rnaladieE dropsy, diabetes or
Bright's disease. Take Electric Bitters
at once and see backache ny and ali
your best feelings return. My son re-
eelved great benefit from their use for
kidney and bladder trouble" writes
Peter Bondy, South lockwood, Mich
1t is certainly great kidney med
cine" Try It 80 cents at The Loa q
0sgood Co.'S. =
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
The Monks and the Pirates.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell
You about the monks and the pirates.
There was once a convent Of monks
who lived on an island In the sea.
There is dangerous Teaf near this Isl
and, and the monks used to ring a bell
as signal of danger when the ships
were sailing by.
Now there was pirate who did
nothing but roam the seas and capture
the merchant vessels. The pirate was
jealous of the good monks and their
bell One stormy night he planned to
take the bell out Of the water. When
he had cut the rope and had taken the
bell he laughed and said;
Now the good brother abbot will
save no more people"
When the pirate turned the ship
around 1t struck a rock The pirate,
who saw there was no way Of saving
his life, cried out:
''Oh, why did I not leave the good
brothers bell alone!"
Do you not think that the pirate de-
served this7
WILLIAM MGARTGLE, Age IL
Taftville
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01

Dear JJncie Jed. One day a boy went
eut hunting for rabbits. He got out a
wayB and Il was about noon time: he
didn't md anything. SO he started back
and thought he saw a big. big bear. He
ran, because he was afraid.
He took q different path and he
didn't know where 1t would end. 80 he
went a little ways and looked around
and saw the path that he wanted to
take and get home at . o'clock. The
light was out; his mother and father
had gone to bed, He was very tired,
SO he went cat in the shed and slept
on the eornstalks,
In the morning his father went out
In search of him and found him
asaesp. His father woke him Up and
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01

THE PRIZE BOOK WINNERS.
AIMING {. Duryea, Of Scotland a
book entitled 'The Swiss Family Rob
insen."
2-WiIIiam MeGarisIs, Of Taftvilie.
a book entitled animal Stories for
Little People"
S-Trey |. Main, Of Norwich, book
entitled Water Babies
4-HeIen Main, of Willimantic, a
book entitled "Aliee's Adventures in
Wonderland"
5-Irens EIieia Hasssrty,j of Nor
witch, book entitled "a Jaunt
Through Java"
s-Nsllis B. Taylor, of North Frank.
| lin, book entitled BLACK Beauty
by Anna Sewall.
7-GIsdys smead, of Norwich, q
book entitled Lena Of Wingo," by Ed.
ward s. Ellis.
s-Irens Charter, of Wauregan, g
book entitled "Andersen's Fairy
/ Tales"
| Norwich winners Of prize books may
| call at Thee Bulletin office for then
any time after 10 g. m on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
HeIninn Hands.

7 know a little boy named Harold.
One day he was hurrying home from
school.
His playmates had their sleds and
we're going to coast on Pine hill.
Harold had his sled and was hurry
ing to the hill, when he met an old
woman.
She was carrying large basket of
clothes.
There was so much snow and ice she
could hardly walk.
Harold ran past her with his sled,
In a few minutes he turned back
again. He went to the old woman,
who was resting upon a stone wall
harold lifted his cap. and said:
Good afternoon: If you will put
your basket on my sled I will take
1t home for you"
Then the old woman put the basket
on the sled
Harold had to go slow for the wo-
man couldn't walk fast.
When he came to the place where
the old woman lived, he carried the
basket into the house for her. She
thanked him and said he was a goet
boy.
you are welcome said Harold
and he ran of TO the hill.
Mother says she wishes there were
more little boys like Harold.
| IRENE ELJCIA HAGGERTY, Age ID
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01

Dear Uncle Jed: / thought I'd write
you about my pets.
We moved from Brooklyn, N. Y,
three years ago,
I brought two Of my pets with mt
my dog, Teddy. and Tom, my cat. We
had basket for each Of them
When We were on the beat Teddy
began to bark. We were ON the boat
all night. We got up at o'clock in
the morning to catch our train.
When we were on The way to the
train Tom got out OF the basket, but
we caught him again.
When we got to the farm we let
Tom out, and he ran up the chimney
it is an open frepiace-and my aunt
went to pull him down and an the
SCOT fell on her.
And when Teddy was let out he ran
UP and down the yard. and he fen In
the pit under the barn, and my father
had to pull him out After day or
two Teddy was at home on the farm.
He died last year. felt very sorry.
We have enc large black cow which
named Bessie. We have three calves.
Their names are Queeny, Babe and
Daisy They are very tame. We raised
about 200 chickens
] IKE the farm very much.
Your little niece,
EDNA RBTBETANZ, Aga ..
Tnhapou
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
THE NEGRO MAKING HIS WAY.

Tx NEGnO WNfNiINA tIlO WI
There is no denying the free negro
is making his mark in every line OF
industry and is constantly gaining re-
pute for industry and thrift. The in
crease of colored farmers in the south
is greater In proportion to their num-
Der than the increase among the
whites.
Booker T. Washington, in the North
American Review for February says;
THE real significance Of this in
crease in the number and proportion
of negro farmers is that it has gone
along with an enormous development
OF southern agriculture as a whole.
There has been. for example, an In
crease of $4,O34. 900 in the total
values of farm lands and buildings
during the last ten years, and an
increase of $112.284,000 in the value
of farm machinery. The south is
spending $45,233,OoO more for farm
labor and $46,144,000 more for fer
tilizers in 1910 than 1t did in 1900.
while there has been a very large
decrease in the farm acreage In the
south, due principally to the fact that
hundreds of thousands of acres Of
mountain, timber and swamp land re-
ported as farms in 1900 and used to
some extent for grazing purposes,
were not reported as farms in 1910.
"At the same time there has been
an increase of 24,o5S,00o acres in the
amount of improved land, and an av-
erage decrease of from fifteen to thirty
acres in the size of farms. The de-
crease has been fifteen acres for
farms in the South Atlantic, and thirty
acres for farms in the South Central
states"
This is certainly an excellent show
ing for the south; and it foreshadows
! growth which must be continuous
because that section at present is the
/ most inviting of any to settlers.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-01
LErTERs or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Mildred Carroll, Of Norwich: Please
excuse me for not thanking you before
for my lovely prize book; but 1 was
SO busy reading it l could not do any
thing else. guess it IL not too late to
thank you now, so I will say Thank
you, a gret.t many times over"
Mary Grady, of willimantic = ]
thank you very much for my book. II
is very interesting.
Ethel Erickson thank you very
much for my book.
Minnie Masel, of Baltic-I received
my book and thank you very much
for it.
Mabel {. kanahan, of Norwich
thank you very much for my prize