Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-07

God bless the people of this grand old
town.
Captains and soldiers. your general
bids you farewell
Rsom for More Subscribers.
Chairman Case reminded the cap
tains and teams that there was still
room for any subscribers who might
have been thinking of adding their
names to the list and asked that none
hold back because the amount was
over raised.
1t was voted to leave the balance of
the campaign in the hands of the
executive committee.
At the suggestion of Dr. +. j. Bro
ply, three cheers were given for the
Booming and Blooming Rose of New
England.
Chairman Case reminded the men of
the entertainment for Thursday night
in aid of the fund to be given under
Ray mend Eldred's direction in the Y.
M. G. A.
Team Captains Speak.
The team captains were next heard
from in order, the hit Of the evening
being made in the speech of Capt. r. c.
Plaut, who set the crowd in roar
when he opened by referring to the
modesty he felt in getting up to speak.
He continued
Now, how any man can help being an
optimist | don't know. My old friend,
Pat Callahan, was talking of going to
Panama, and one Of his friends said /:
Pat, | would not go down there. Why,
it's 1870 degrees in the shaded "Oh,
! 1Tglll sol TDs.f II "a
| shade all the timel" He was an opti-
off the roof Of one of the skyscrapeTs
| over in Philadelphia. AT every floor
! he went by he said: Don't worry Ev-
erything is all right 50 fat" / think
| the thorough pessimist is the man who
| when you offer him the choice of two
| evils takes them both.
! We were told at meeting held in
! the Thames bank several months age
! that to raise $4,000 would be an inn
| possibility. Take, for instance, Phila
delpnia. They will take a finished file
they make it in d second. They take
100000 tons of steel and turn out A.
| 100000 finished manufactured saws &
/ year file a second, 20 yards of cot
| ton cloth in a second, five yards Of
! carpet, a hat a second including The
! hatboX. In two hours and forty min.
| utes they build the greatest locomotive
in the world, and in one hour and 81
minutes the largest trolley car. Bu
/ we've got something un them. at that
We can raise $4,000, and yes, $780,
900, right here in Norwich on ten days
Life grows sweeter every day. A!
you go to the bottom of the glass Their,
are no dregs in it.
Somebody said to me the other day
/ What are you working so hard for?
l said: Il am working for a -- bi,
funeral. want the fellows to fee
sorry that I have gone"
Captain Plaut closed sby suggestin,
that if there was anything more il
New York We wanted we ought
take a look around and then go ant
get it.
What the Cinnamon Gave.
Another feature was presented wheI
Captain Jewett read a letter from A
L. Potter in which he reported $45
subscribed by the Chinese laundrie
of the city. and there were thre
cheers for the Cinnamon.
Nothing Too Big for Norwich.
A keynote was struck in the word
Of Captain King when he said tina
nothing was too big for Norwich.
Each captain suggested some helpfu
thought OF feature to push this en-
thusiasm to a higher point, and man
men were boarse with shouting whe
the session was over.
Votes of Thanks.
The meeting concluded with tina
votes of thanks to many different in
dividuals and firms, beginning wit
! the newspaped and individual report
ers, Plaut- gladden. company, Waurega
house, J. P. Combies, the S. N. E. Tel
ephone company. W. Z. Garfield, She
& Burke, r. NJ. Powers, N. S. GilbeT
& Sons, each for some particular al
which had been rendered.
Telegram Announcing Victory.
The following telegram was sent t
President Walker Of the Thermos c.
and to ". H. Seeley, Boston New Eng
land lines industrial bureau, and tn
N. Y, N. II. & H. r. r. Co..
Norwich. Conn, Feb. 6. 1912.
The Army of Industrial Boomer
have won; $4,000 completed today
Tremendous enthusiasm here.
(Signed) VIM. F. HILL,
General Commander.
And His Captains and One Hundre
Men.
Final $50 from SVea.
The last subscription Of the evenin
came after the meeting was all ovel
when representative from the Scan
dinavian Svea, a sick benefit society
walked in and reported $50 just vote
at the society meeting.