Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-15
SHOP TALK SUBJECT
WAS BAD TRANSFERS
Rev. c. H. Ricketts, Speaks to En-
plcyes of McCrum- Howell Co.

Rev c. H. Ricketts, of the Greene
Vile Congregati church. in his
l4th shop talk at the MscCrum- Howell
company, spoke at noon Wednesday
upon the topic. Bad Transfers" In
his practical and helpful address he
spoke in part as follows:
In my talk today I shall use an
other term with which the travelling
public is famlliar-that of transfer
The transfer is a great accommodation
as web as saving of expense in chang
ing from one line to another. But
bad transfer may be rot only no bless
ing, but a real bane
Let US leave this Etle world of troll
ley cars for the lar ger journey of life
IN which the broth erhood is engaged.
have been waite hing and studying
my fellow passen gers on the Grand
Trunk for some y ears At every i'm
portant junction some change cars,
ana l want espec Tally to call your at
tention to some of the bad transfers
men make whe they leave the old
Grand Trunk Of, duty and purpose for
some other road that panders to the
lower animal n man. The Grand
Trunk supplies what is best in our
natures and he FPS US to bring any
great purpose td the terminus. To do
this every man must get a grip on his
lower nature, Tor the moment the
cnalneG Tiger snaps the leash, the
noDIer I1rpos1 IS of the heart are
thrown to the wfndsf
Sometimes I a fellow VINO gets off at
RumtoWn geA back on to the Grand
Trunk, but b takes a big risk. Men,
L do not sta o d before you as a preach
er or refor- Ter. l am a guide board!
perhaps so me of you are cropping your
q ,,Tr
the red Zig lat I hold Up at the junction
OF the rof = ds! If any of you are well
liked on e Grand Trunk, don't trans
FER to the narrow gauge that runs in
to the b a lc6ness!
hav said that I am not here as a
preacher neither am l here Is a phys
lclan- q ne does not need to be a
physltIen to see some things. 1 go
ABOUT WI h my eyes wide open and
see oms things just as a physician
Woult So e them. 1t is not necessary
TO GO o. Inside New London county to
see me- Of fine physical build; men
sam 'oJ like in appearance, and, like
sam g n. some Of them have dallied
with Delilah, and she has left her
Dral te upon them, which, like the Loop
ara 8 spots, is hard to conceal. Do
you, know. men, that the spread of
yer q 2real poison has been so rapid that
a )ciety of physicians, with headquar-
te in Hartford, has been formed to
re Sc the note Of alarm? What eff
tele will this have on the coming
e H leraticn! That generation has a
'Ids hit to demand that we shall be
"a cath to it the best, and not the
vs orst, we have. Men will some day
{ arm that neither God nor nature is
Yer Knocked. @
Is it not perfectly clear that when
pa man leaves home of love. purity
and innocence for the abode of Rahat
n ne is making a BAD transfer? Indeed
\ is it not the worst possible? There
!. is no single thing a man does that
4 brings so much hell into a home as
4 thiSt Nothing that so fills it with
y ngartaches and p0isons it with dis
easel
Nav I call your attention to a trans
/ fer along another line that men, ant
especially workingmen are apt tC
make that is a bad one, although i
cannot compare with the one JUS
) mentioned. ! refer to the unwise in
vesunent Of money. The man whC
works for a daily wage had bettel
stick to the old Grand Trunk of tn,
savings bank, or TO first class mort
4 cages on property that he knows
/ something about. A man who ma,
: saved a few hundred or a few thou
sand dollars out of his earnings has II,
! right to threaten his family with pov
: erty by taking any unnecessary risks
. He needs to have a wide personal ac
quaintance with the whole stock mar
! ket before he can invest with intelli
: gence. Hard earned New Englan
= money has been wasted by the cart
! load IL worthless western stocks
particularly mining stocks-represen
ing property that the buyer never say
= and knew aselutely nothing about
] simly because it existed on pape
\ only To put those hard earned dol
Jars into such shaky concerns is
mighty bad transfer
If you and l, by the grace of Goo
are on the Grand Trunk, let us no
3 make a bad transfer to Rumtowr
d LeWdEiIle or Fleece Corners!