Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-12
THE HAN WHO TALKS

A short paragrapher says: If you want people to sit up and take notice, make a noise like a hundred-dollar bill'-in other words, be exceptional enough and attractive enough to be al- ways in demand-to be everywhere recognized as a good and useful thing "a mainstay when creditor or the sheriff knocks at the door. Like some other recognized good advice, this is not so easy to carry into effect. If one has the one hundred dollar bill in his hand to speak for him, he can command general attention, and he is an exceptional person who will ask, "Where'd you get it?' There is noth- ing that will make the mercenary hud- dle closer to you than money-the de- signing will all profess to be your friends, and the dogs who expect to gather the crumbs which fall from your table will ever be at your heels. To make noise like hundred dollar bflr' will not be of any real benefit, but as an exciter of all that is selfish in man it might be interesting to see how electrifying@a little dosh is to the grasping.
 Everybody should be good enough to recognize the good in his fellow man. It is to be presumed that you know, or have heard of people, who never enjoy hearing others well spok- en of This defect, for 1t is real and pitiful defect, is attributed to jealousy; and while this jealousy is said to be most common among actors, it is found not to be so absent from some clergy
 men. Everybody has 1t who does not like to hear other people praised; and who seem to have sting for all who others compliment. They hope to shine by belittling other people. A man who can only loom by such practices does not know how densely befogged he is. He is the sport of selfishness- the hog that Is in him keeps both feet in the trough. The world, as well as the Lord, loves the cheerful giver- the giving of ones self for the encour- agement of others as well as of ones means. Get grip on your speech when you are inclined to belittle anyone. "Where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise," is so often quoted that it is spoken of as an old chestnut; but it isn't Let's take this as it applies to our consciousness that we are feel ing i'll. You know, 1t is the people who have time to feel i'll who get sicker and have to call the doctor, while those who haven't the time to dwell upon a slightly abnormal condi- tion find it was really of no account. This is where the mind may throw us down if we will let it. Bulwer says for truth Refuse to be i'll. Never l tell people you are i'll; never own it | to yourself. Illness is one of those things man should resist on principle at the onset.' He recognized, you see, where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise.' Brace yourself for health invite the blessings of life, but do l not entertain the imps of despair. Man | is so constituted he can be what he wills to be. It is safer to will con- sciously than unconsciously.
 You have heard folks cay, that's all | talk!"-"that's hot air!" This is a | way some folks have of repelling. or | putting aside, conversations of real ! importance to themselves. It is also ! good definition of some talk we hear l There are a great many varieties of l takers, and have heard of one per- son who talked so necessarily that she didn't give an echo fair chance. The echo would doubtless call that hot air." and you and I might say 1t was right. There is a saying that they talk most who have the least to say,' and I am willing to confess that this makes me a little suspicious of myself; but I have no repute as
 "a spendthrift of my tongue" When 1t comes to talk, 1t may be better to
 reflect before we speak than 1t is to speak first and realize what we have said afterwards. Daniel O'Connell used
 to say "a good speech is good thing;
 but the verdict is the thing" Beware | toll | am inclined to think that happi-
 ness depends as much upon what we
 don't do as upon what we do do; and
 as much upon what we don't think as what we do think. Mind is mighty
 factor in shaping the daily conditions
 of life, and nerves! You know what
 nerves do. They can breed misery any time in four minutes and half. They
 sit on the eggs of sloth and hatch bug
 bears to haunt their victims every
 day. There is nothing else in the
 world just like them. They, too, oft
 en represent energy run wild. The
 person who is "so languid,'' is
 more interesting than the one who is
 so nervousl" You can't tell which
 will be in tears first, though. We must
 run our own telegraph system, not let
 1t run us. Nerves out of control are
 simply alarmists and those who have
 them become hypochondriacs.
 |. Our old feathered friends are arriv-
 ing from the north and it is pleasant
 to see the white-breasted nuthatches
 carefully circling the trunks and
 branches of the trees for spiders. in-
 sect eggs, etc. They are a most bene-
 ficent bird No one has been able to
 tell why they are called nuthatches
 Tor they neither eat nuts, nor hatch
 them. They are the only American
 bird that can walk like a bird with feet above them. They seem to chat ter rather than sing. and their notes , seem to be chiefly notes of alarm. IT
 the Middle states the d-breasted mt
 hatch and the white e-breasted trave in company, but this is not their habH
 in Connecticut. It has never been m1
 good fortune to see a red-breastec
 nuthatch, but l am expecting one Wil
 turn up some day and surprise me. You and ] are creators and most a our conditions of life are of our ow1 creation, and we all do more or les r sllpshod work because we are ignor
 ant of this fact and unmindful of on
 own power. Everybody is so gener s ously endowed that they have some . thing to give the world. If we wer not born with gold or silver spool D in our mouths, if we were children n n weakness and diversity. we can giy
 to all the best that is in us, and if w
 realized the worth of doing so to our selves we should be particular to d T it. It does not cost anything to b cord1al, or to be agreeable or helpfn U saving pleasant things and doin d kindly acts will create new condi
 tons for those who have been moros
 and selfish. It makes a difference i
 this world whether you are cultivat
 ing thorns or flowers. If you repre d sent the nettle you will receive th y resentment You invite-if you jus
 spread sunshine there will he a wal
 come for you everywhere. Make your
 self radiate with good words an . kindly action and your conditions ar | sure to be all right