Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-08
THE MAN WHO TALKS

balanced nina. IHefS IS no TedSOH why reading should become tiresome, or thinking become hard labor, Some people attribute to thought what is blamable direct to worry; and some people unwisely try to drive the mind when 1t needs rest To a writer like Emerson thought flows as quietly as water in @ pebbleless brook-the source of thought is adequate for a continuous flow; but thought has to be cultivated like sight or the muscles. The thought habit makes writing easy to s0me--a lack of 1t makes writing hard for others AS to themes the world Is fuller of them than the Bible, and with two such sources an active mind ought to find little d!f1culty in finding subjects. 1t Is always labor to bolster up any theory that has a weak foundation, or to make a discordant mind produce harmonious pretense.
 Some people are anxious to be made aware of things not good for them. They have a way of demanding the worst from the physician every time they need him, just as if he could tell them true their chances of recovery or demise. If I could only tell how this Is coming out" whimpers an in valid when that is just the thing it
  There are two good rules any doctor will approve: Do not get frightened or morbid over your physical condi- tion.'' and with reference to your hab it's be candid with the physician who IS expected to successfully treat your case The doctor cannot guess what is the matter with 8 patient, or often cure a patient who knows he is going to die. The best thing for any patient to feel is that he must get well. Good resolution is better than brown-bre pills for anyone who has the "hypos." In some directions it is well not to know too much.
 Most of the gardeners know cut worm when they see one but they cannot tell why cut-worms delight in destroying plants just as robins do strawberries or grapes The way they operate makes it appear that they like the sap better than the substance. These cut-worms are the subterranean caterpillars of the grass moths Agrstidae, of which there are many varieties. They begin their career in the late fall when the egg in the ground hatches and they feed upon rootlets until tho frost warns them
 that it is time to find sleeping quar-
 
 burrow deeper and lie dormant until the grass springs forth, when they
 awaken to fulfil their mission. which is to fly and gather honey from the goldenrod in September. Their fancy for cultivated plants represents an inn proved taste. Every variety does not
 cut the plant off but they suck out the substance near the ground. so that it is fatally wounded and falls over
 There are millions of these vexatious fellows in the cultivated fields of New England Since they take to dabs of
 bran in molasses, mixed with paris green, the farmer of broad acres finds
 an easy way to make an end of them. The typical man is just as much of the imagination as the average man. l Of course, the average man is seldom pointed out, while the typical man is the boast of cults and organizations Many people will endorse this senti- ment from a 20th century writer: q don't like a typical Englishman, or typical Scotchman. or a typical Ger man Che might have added a typical American), a typical church member, literary man or musical, or a typical anythingarianI like a man" The typical man, you see, has his limits, while the man made in Gods own im- age and ranging free. is the only true man. The man of fancy can never equal the man of general service. ! Everything that wears trousers and l whiskers is not man. any more than ] everything that parts its hair in the 1 middle and wears gloves is a woman. | IL is attainment which makes both. 1 and if they measure up to the image in vuu fD.agr La 1 ja the preferred class.
 1 1 feel lost if there isn't a wren on ] the place every summer. I enjoy the 1 little bird with a roystering song. He | has more music to the inch than any bird know of. He isn't quite as do- mestic as the little yellow warbler l that will build it's nest in the honey ! s'Ickle by the door and permit a daily l inspection of his daily affairs; but he
 is quite social in the garden when hunting his food; and an easy-go-
 lucky when it comes to locating his nest. AS Burroughs has observed l whether the wren nests in a spout l hole, an old boot or a tin can, 'tht interior is always brought to the same l level of luxury in it's copious feather ! bed" Jennie Wren is little electric ! 1 her rage she will dart at a jay or g dog. In her resentment she declines
 to take cognizance of size. If she ha, the reputation of having a quick tenn.
 per. and being scold, she remain: just as dear to us. While about hel daily tasks she always sings, and II
 this Is a good example. The wrens ar,
 common folks among little birds ana
 live the simple life. They are graceful
 ir form and flight, but boast no at
 tractiye plumage. They find Americ;
 good enough for them and winter q
 the south.
 Who can tell why whippperwil
 flies in the night instead of in tn
 daytime, how 1t came by the color D
 bark and liohens, came to realize tha
 nest was unnecessary; or came b. the weird night cry which gave 1t Lw , popular names-the night jar and tn : 1 whippoorwillH When the Indian
 heard his call in May they used t 1 say; Tt is time to plant" beoaus the messenger of summer, wee-co- !it