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The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-06
SO HE DOES.

Benham-I always have to do the lions share of the work.
 Mrs. Benham-Yes; the lions share is to roar.-Town Topics.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

There are few, if any, almshouse in- mates that enjoy the luxuries of life any more than do those in New Lon don, as they have occasional dinners the equal of any served anywhere, but of course not furnished from the regu- lar fund for the maintenance of the poor though the city is liberal in that respect. Not so very long ago the in mates were treated to a first-class prime rib roast dinner, with all that was required to make it complete, by Dr. William Appleton in honor of his daughters birthday. The will of the late Sebastian D. Lawrence, in addi- ton to a bequest for the building of a new almshouse, provides fund for furnishing the inmates with a really first-class dinner on Thanksgiving day and Christmas of each year and for all time The turkey dinner of Thurs day was served under the provision of this will and was as complete as pos sible. These feasts are naturally greatly enjoyed by those we have always with us, and their thanksgiving comes direct from the heart, and 1t is sure that the late Mr. Lawrence was mentioned by the inmates who have faith in the efficacy of prayer Per- haps the most impressive sight at the table was when some of the aged men and women made the sign of the cross as they looked at the bountiful feast and said audibly. God have mercy on the soul of the giver."
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

The Elm, the largest in the Pequot
 colony, the home of the late Col. Au-
 gustus c. Tyler, was none too large
 for the social functions that were held there before the death of the colonel. Since then Mrs. Tyler has not mingled much in society and has to a marked degree gone into retirement, but still
 continues in her great work of charity
 and making the life of the poor and the humble worth the living. A year or more ago, Mrs. Tyler was con sidering the conversion of her mansion into an inn for the accommodation of selected guests, but this project has been abandoned. She has now de- cided to have the structure converted into a double house, she to occupy one half and rent the other as a summer or all the year round home, as 1t is altogether too large for her uses. The Elm was for years tho centre of the
 social set, as Colonel and Mrs. Tyler
 were not only the leaders of society but the most hospitable of enter tainers and on the grandest scale im- aginable. For the good Mrs Tyler has done for the poor of the city, especi-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30
Already Settled.

The London Saturday Review says that Woodrow Wilson's character and statesmanship will be gauged by his handling of the English protest on the Panama canal bill. AS it happens, that matter has been well settled by Pres ident Taft-San Francisco Chronicle
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

There's just as much room for good braln-Work on the farm as in the fac
 tory or office. It will probably count
 for as much and profit as much. But before and beneath it all-stands the
 primal necessity for lot of hard man.
 ual labor. Farming, of a sort, can be done by men without any brains at all. There are some of that kind in the business right in my town! But
 no farming of any sort can be done anywhere without hard physical work. Somebody's got to dig and delve and strain and sweat. If you're rich you can hire it done; if you're poor you can
 do it yourself. But somebody must dc | it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

ally at Thanksgiving and Christmas time, she will never be forgotten by the beneficiaries, and if there is efficacy in the prayers of the poor she is sure to get her reward.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

On the other hand, if the man wasn't meant for the country, then the se ducing him out here on the theory that he is going back to some sort of Eden is nothing less than a sociologi- cal blunder and an economic crime. The country is full enough of tender feet, as it is. We don't need any more We don't want any more. We can't handle any more. Good Lord, protect us from any more
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

The best farming is that which is done with both brains and muscle plenty of both used concurrently and co-operatingly. But don't make the mistake of supposing that brains can take the place of legs and arms. We talk great deal about our labor saw ing'' machinery. Nine -tenths of it is simply prospecting machinery It enables us to do more in a given time. But it doesn't abolish labor nor much mitigate it's severity.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

If the man were meant for tho country he would have found his way there, at the outset and of himself. He wouldn't have needed any bringing nor any urging nor any painting of country life in unduly rosy colors. You couldn't have kept him out of it any more than you could have kept him from growing older every year.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

The biggest and the most important half of the work is being done and must always be done out in the country. It is work upon which the welfare, nay the very existence of the rest of the
 world depends. But it isn't much of it fancy stitching
 The Worlds Work is not the Worlds Play. THE FARMER
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

The man who was born with a country soul doesn't worry the least little bit about the various disadvan- tages of country life. He admits them and then chucks them behind him as he does the chips from the log he cuts --- He's much more interested in the advantages of country life-which are to him more numerous and more attractive.
 It all depends upon which he was born to and which he takes to. It g just the old simile of the pegs and the holes over again. It needs a square peg to fit square hole, and a round peg for the round hole. It's
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

WHEN you want to put your busl- ness before the public, there is no me- alum better than through .he advertis- ing columns of The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30


 chief engineer and two assistant engin- eers of the fire department. The dinner was of the highest order and served in regular first-class hotel style. There was an address of welcome by Fore man Charles R. Brown and remarks by Mayor Mahan, Postmaster Mckinley, Corporation Counsel Tanner, the alder men, and Frederick c. Burrows and John c. Geary and a monologue by Fred Moran. There was music by an orchestra and solo, duet and chorus singing. The surprise of the occasion was the presentation to the mayor and the members of the court of common council of souvenirs of the occasion. | Soon the automobile chemical and hose wagon, the first in use in the United States, purchased by the Mag | aras twelve years ago and in service ever since, is to be replaced by the action automobile with chemicals hose and pumps, capable of perform l ing the duties of hose wagon, chemical wagon and pumping engine. The com pany considered the anniversary a proper time to give to the members of | the city government each souvenir of the passing of the old machine and the coming of the new, especially as the city government considered it best for the interests of the city to place the new machine in the custody of the Niagaras.
 To each of the aldermen, the city clerk and the corporation counsel was given a knife (upon the payment of two cents) bearing on one side of the handle a representation of the original to-chemical wagon, with the word First in the United States and the date 1900. On the other side a rep resentation of the new machine, with the date 1912, the name of the recipient and Niagara Engine company, No. | The souvenir given to the mayor Con payment of three cents) was a solid gold handle knife with three blades of the best steel, enclosed in a neat case On one side of the handle was neatly engraved Niagaras, New London, Conn. 1912, and on the other side Bryan F. Mahan, Mayor. This presen- tation was one of the features of the evening. The surprise was so com pfete that prior to the presentation, the person who made the presentation and Foreman Brown were the only ones who knew what was to happen.
 It was brought out during the ban quet that the oldest active fireman ir the United States is a member of the Niagaras. He is George H. Powers who has been treasurer of the com pany forty-siX years and a member of the company on the active list and doing fire duty down to date and fol fifty-three years. In the old days, MT Powers ran wid de mercheeh nigh and day and was usually the first al the house to take the neap and gair the honor of holding the pipe Dur ing the past twelve years, since the coming of the automobile, MT. Power. has responded to all fire alarms jus1 the same, and proceeds direct to tho fire and engages in active duty. SC
 just at the present time the Niagara:
 have the dual distinction of having the
 oldest active member and the oldes
 uto-chemioal engine in the United
 States.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

What the infinite future may have in store in the way of making life easier for lazy men, I don't know and shall not attempt to prophecy. But, at present and under existing condi- tions, the country farm is no place for a man unless he is willing and able to work and work hard. Even then. he may find it tough scratching to make both ends meet Without hard work. the said ends are not likely to get within half a hemisphere of each other.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30
There is ample room and urosnt d..

There is ample room and urgent de- mand in the country for men who can load manure and handle a blow and pitch hay and weed onions and dig ditches and chop wood without worry ing over calloused hands or sore mus cles or aching backs or dirty overalls But there is neither demand nor room for those who are either unable o1 unwilling to do hard and dirty work We've got too many of that kind as it is.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

That long delayed Jefferson avenue
 extension of the Connecticut trolley tracks, by way of Lincoln avenue to lower Bank street. is finally completed and ears are now making regular trips,
 but the loop" originally planned is
 until satisfactory terms with the New London and East Lyme trolley road
 are effected. The terminal of the ex- tension in Jefferson avenue is within twenty feet of the tracks of the East Lyme company in Bank street, while | the tracks of the Connecticut line are only about one hundred feet farther up Bank street, at the junction of Montauk avenue The East Lyme road has been and is paying a heavy toll to carry passengers between this | junction and State street. as the cars i are operated that distance on the Con- necticut company tracks, and are not | permitted to enter only when per
 mission is granted by telephone by the
 starter in State street. the cars of the 1 Connecticut company always having | the right of way.
 i It is understood that the East Lyme company is satisfied to have connec- 1 tion with the tracks made at Jeffer- l son avenue and for the cars to operate
 on the tracks of that company to the i tracks Of the Connecticut company, and without charge for use of the 1 stretch of trackage from Jefferson avenue to Montauk avenue, free of
 charge, provided like privilege is granted the East Lyme cars to State
 street. There the matter stands.
 Under the laws the Connecticut con-
 pany has the right to use the tracks of
 the other company provided satisfac-
 tory agreement as to the charge is
 made with the East Lyme company If this agreement cannot be reached | amicably the utilities commission will l be called upon to fix the rate. In the | meantime the cars of the Connecticut company are run over the extension
 to the terminal and back again to the 1 main line, but transfer is given pas
 sengers at the corner of Jefferson
 avenue and Bank street to the Main line of the company in Bank street
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

A good deal of fun is made by city people of shiftless farmers who never seem to get anywhere Much of it is deserved. There are plenty of 'em For which very reason, the rest of us devoutly pray to be protected from the immigration of more of similar sort
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

And then he added this wise remark about the city chaps who are crazy to get out into the country that ten days of doing chores before break fast on the ordinary farm would cure the average back to- -the-land" fever
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

There are two great classes in this world-at least. We'll call it two for present purposes of discussion. One class is made up of people too lazy to make a living anywhere: the other class is of people energetic enough to make a living anywhere.
 Now of that first class, the only ones who could possibly find any comfort in the country are those rich enough to live there without doing any of the country's real work. Those who are both lazy and poor at the same time won't find life any easier on the back roads of the country than on the back streets of the city.
 Of the second class-those who have vim and vigor enough to succeed any where-the country holds an invita- ton only to those who are country minded" farm-minded." as Dean Bailey puts it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

He has in circulation at the present time two petitions which he will prob- ably present at the next meeting of the council. One asks for the widen ing and improved construction of a crosswalk and the other requests the Connecticut company to run it's last car from the State street terminal at 12 o'clock instead of 1130. It would seem that such matters could be em- bodied in a formal motion and pre- sented by the alderman and with in fiuence equal to any that could be gained by petitions, as the aldermen well understand that citizens as a rule are willing to sign almost any kind of petition that is not detrimental
 to the signers or the city. However, | the action of Alderman Morgan in circulating the petitions keep him well 1 in the flood light and demonstrates 1 that he devotes considerable of his | time in advancing matters that he con-
 siders to be for the best interests of
 the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30
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 The Thermax Gas Iron does the work with ease and greatest known econo- my. Manufactured 10 sell at $3.50. Our price only $2.25 each, complete with tubing. Cranes famous "Statite'' gas tubing, the best by test" 7c per foot. The incomparable Ruud instan- taneous water heater and gas tank heaters always on demonstration.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

The more know about experiments | in bringing city failures out into the country, the more disgusted 1 am Once in a great while it works out | tolerably. But nine hundred and
 ninety-n times in a thousand the
 man who cant get along in the city | cant get along in the country. In neither case is it the fault of
 either city or country: it's in the make | up of the man himself
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

Which strikes me as about the most sensible thing I've seen in print about the aforesaid back -the-land move ment for many days.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

There's whole lot of exceedingly silly stuff being printed in the papers and magazines-especi in the mag azines-about the beauties of country living. The truth is that life in the country as much as life in the city depends on the one who does the liv- ing more than on his surroundings. It Is possible to be reasonably com fortable in a thirty-six inch coat-if that's your slze-but there are men who need a forty-four inch spread to expand in. Try to put the forty-four inch man into the thirty-six inch coat and he'd find life a demnition squeeze. The thirty-six inch man in the forty four inch coat would be all the time miserable through not knowing what to do with the slack.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30
Niagara Engine Company Observes Sixty
 First Anniversary With Banquet
ACTIVE FIREMAN ON RECORD
Amshouse Inmates Are Well Taken Care of-Remembered in Will of Sebastian Lawrence-Alderman Morgan h. troduces Business to Council in New Way-Construc- ton Work and Later Trolley Service Asked.

Alderman E. Frank Morgan has struck upon a novel method of intro ducing matters for consideration by the court of common council. Instead of formally getting right up in meet ing and presenting business that he believes to be for the public good, he prepares a petition asking for some public improvement and then circulates it among the people for signatures and then presents the petition at the reg ular meetings of the council. Perhaps he is of opinion that this method will be given more direct and serious at tention and quicker action than by the ordinary method, but thus far such matters have been referred to the pro- per committees for action, and it is quite probable that such action will continue. Alderman Morgan is ar active member of the council but his innovations do not evidently strengthen his individuality or influence.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30
THE WORLDS WORK IS NOT THE WORLDS
 PLAY

a waste of pegs and holes to try mix ing them up.
 The trouble is that too many of those who are honestly and with the best of intentions urging congested city
 populations to hike out into the country fail to make clear that country life has any really great disadvantages. They paint the farm as sort of
 bucolic park where you do about what
 you please, when you please and as you please.
 Now we old hayseeds know better. We do what we can, when we can | and as we must.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

I'm rather inclined to take sides with Commissioner Packer. of the Wis consin Immigration bureau. MT. Packer at a recent meeting of the national Conference of Immigration, Land and Labor officials said this:
 Tt is not the man unaccustomed to hard manual labor that the land de- partments of the various States should interest in the work of developing the country and its crops. The man who has come of generations of farmers in this country or other countries is the best to encourage in this work He will get results where the other will fail"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-30

CWritten Specially for The Bulletln0
 It's curious how differently different people look at the same matter. we expect to have people differ about politics and religion, and the wise man Who wants @ peaceful life usually tries to get into as few squapples as possible along those lines.
 But even in the simplest farming matters people have as many varying ideas as there are points to the comN- pass.
 Down in Jersey, for instance, there's a money making hen man who em- ploys a great deal of help about his place. He draws on the city all he can for his labor. He says that he prefers to take green city boys who never saw a live hen, and break them into" his ways. He finds that they cost him less. are more teachable, less inclined to fly off the handle" and grow sooner into poultry experts than sturdy country lads, who are apt to think they know as much about hens as he does, and are impatient Of hls 'whims'-not to say bumptiousness.
 That's one mans idea. It will strike a good many of us blister handed farmers as highly novel. if not a little queer. I should like to know more about that hen-man's methods of work and management. There have been in past history, occasional hen-mer who have made more money selling fancy prospects to innocent million aires than they ever made from selling eggs. I can well understand how { man in that line of business would bt glad of helpers who didn't know mucf about what they were doing, and tool everything they were told with gull ible credulity. And yet, it won't do tt class this particular chap as a faker- because we don't know.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-03

prices seKing of sharply under more or less
general liquidation and bear pressure which
appeared TO be encouraged by continued
talk OF full ginning returns and report OF
rreer Southern spot offerings The close was
weak ans firm I7d3S points net lower Inc
market opened at a decline OF Rqls points.
and quickly sold off to a net loss OF from
loG,u points in response to disappolntins
Liverpool cables ana reports OF an easier
SPOT basis in Texas. The decline was check
ed by trade buying. and tho market raliee
several points from the lowest during the
middle OF the morning on a report from
local firm making the amount sinned 70
December l. $40 900 bales The market met
a great deal % cotton oS the bulge now
ever and toward midday weakened again on
hur1ors that the final figures OF the Ma
ticnal Ginners' Association showed u.Soo.Vo
bales TO December l. Another bulge OF so
points followed on claims that these ru-
yno-s could not be confirmed and third
private ginning report Of iWow but the
market continued 10 meet heavy selling OF
Ions cotton. and liquidation became extreme
~ active and general in the last hour win
the close at practically the lowest or the
dav II was estimated that various interests
SOLD at least 10000 bales here during the
oav Liverpool attributed the decline there
TO easier Southern offerings, continental IL
ouioation and the influence OF crop esti-
mat from New Orleans authority plac-
ing the yield at u $4,000 bales, excluding
iinters-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-03
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

New York. December 2-Flour-Ouiet and
iowe- Wheat-Easy; No. req. sl0S l-oo'
No. northern, Duluth. $40. Ccrn-Easy at
SIC.
Hides and Leather-FqrTn Petroleum and
RosIn-Stez6v Wool-Quiet. Turpentine-
steady: machine barrels. CSC Rice and No
lassss-Ste&cy. Sugar-Raw. Arm. refined.
steady Butter and Cheese-F'ir1n- Coftee-
SPOT easy: Rio. No :. 1l.c.: Santos. No =
isisc.: mild quiet. Corsovs, 10. e iSc. Havre,
- lower. Hamburg. lower
atoes-Steady. Southern sweets. barrel.
s. 60 Z. $50 Cabbages-Weak- FreightS-
Quiet: cotton 20 Liverpool. per 100 pounds.
&c Peanuts-Steady: fancy handPickea.
Virginia 81. \ 51zc; Virginia sheiled. Nos /
and = si.Ge7sc
Co-toasecd oil was easy in race o. the firm
ness in crude markets. owing TO scattered
LIQUIDATION and bear pressure. induced b.
the weakness IN cotton Brokers who some
zines trade for Western refners were the
beS- buyers Futures closed generally $50
points net lower. Sales $500 barrels Prime
Grade. r q I'D. do. summer yellow. spot 5 -
$50. December 90. January. - Feb
-usry. 2. March. 3 ~ =. MAY. ga. June.
. 50 Iu.y. SIS. prime winter yellow, 8 % =
o. 40 summer white, IS n o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-03
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT or RICHMOND. DECEMBER
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PORT OF RICHMOND DECEMBER O. icl.
ARRIVED
Steamer Brandon. Isarney. Norfolk. mer-
cfardise ard passengers. Old Dominion Line.
Steamer Berkeley. Sheuy Norfolk rnrr-
chan disc and passenger Old Dominion liz o.
Ste Gamer Aurora. Turmsn. Petersburg and
Iarres River tancings. merchandise and pas
sercfrs. Fu-nan Line.
TgE Standard oil company. 40 T., Blrk.
E-ifim0rc. tN' aarscS o. o.. Standard OF
gnrnany
Sioop Florence = = calkiao. Cfa~emont.
VS.. lumber. Ellington q Guy
SAILED
steamer Erandor. Harney. No-,o'b. u-er-
or arlisc ard serg.rs. cid Dominion Line.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-03
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

chicago December 2-HeaNy deliveries
he-. to-day On December contracts weighed
down -he price % wheat The close. though
s-eaav. showed not losses % = u SC corn
wound ~ unchanged 20 ~ higher and
oats The same as Saturday a. a. advance o.
1-1ssr There was rise o. - r Lee ~
r.- , osl ln provisions
I.acins sutares rsnEed - Flows
open fiirh. Low close