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Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04


 others paid any especial attention to her. She came by herself. Nuttie and the dark headed one being often to- gether and both eating readily from month. On Nov. End the new one hap pened to come to the window when l was holding out food and fearlessly took one piece from my hand.
 A few days later, when I went to the window one morning, I saw the dark headed nuthatch sitting on the shelf with it's feathers standing up so that it looked like a ball of down. It picked feebly at the sill although there was no food there. After little 1t managed to come up on the sill. It seemed so nearly helpless that 1 was afraid it might fall, or be pushed off when the others came, so l carefully raised the window a little, picked it up and put it under a wire screen. It could scarcely stand and held its head SO far back that it's bill pointed upward. its eyes were nearly closed, and part of the time its bill was wide open Thinking it might be chilled, I wrapped it in flannel and put it in a basket in the sun. Then putting one drop of brandy in half-teaspoon- full of warm milk, gave two or three drops at intervals. At the end or four hours it seemed improved and picked uneasi1y at anything within reach So drawing the shades. lest it fly against the glass and hurt 1tsei1. as tame chickadee once did when IL ne- came frightened, I took off the screen. It walked around on the table, ana, not seeming to realize when 1t came to the edge, walked off. As It went over it spread it's wings and dropped to the floor, where it walked around in a dazed way and seemed unable to fly even high as chair round. which it could touch with it's head. then put 1t in large box, With af fan al a in the afternoon it was able to stand erect on the perch and tried to fly up the sides of the box, so l drew one shade, put a screen in the birds win dow set the box on thief loor and uncovered it. It flew to the window and clung to the netting, and when I stepped forward to raise the screen, hopped fearleSsly on my thumb, then flew to the floor and walked about. When the screen was removed it flew out and away. It showed fear only when took it in my hand, then gave a frightened cry and struggled. I did not hold 1t when I gave the medicine but let two or three drops fall into its mouth, as 1t stood with open bill. It usually swallowed nicely and only rejected it when the drops came floor 1t would hop toward a foot or hand moved in front of it. The next day I did not see 1t. but the day after 1t came to the food shelf. It seemed little weak ana slood on the shelf instead of clinsing to the perch as usual. It soon appeared en- ttrely recovered but it would not eat from my hand for over two weeks. Whether the cure was due to the efficacy of the medicine. and the nurs- ing, because the bird exercised its will power in self-defense, because of its treatment, I am unable to say.
 On November 22, fourth nut | f -F1v~ ,e1- x4tI. narcn apReared. u Was q ieHale With so quite easy to distinguish from the others. The next day when the win dow was raised on a spool and I
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After the loss of this mate Nuttie continue to come to the window and occasionally ate from my hand both at the window and in the yard In the latter part of February of the present year I saw him in a tree in the yard with a third mate She ventured to the window in a week, and in a few days became fearless enough so that she was a frequent visitor until April. From that time Nuttie usually came alone until nearly the middle of May, when Lady began to come more often, and on May 3oth. little over three months from the day I first saw her, twice took a bit of food from my hand. In a week both began to carry away food, probably to nestlings, and in a few days Lady again ate a bit from my hand and came six or eight other times and carried some away. By the mid dle of June the demand for food was so great that she waited on the win dow shelf while I raised the screen and held out food, then came and took a piece. Another time the same day she ate eleven bites from my hand and for eight days she carried food from my hand to the nest, which was not far away.
 On the 30th of June I saw an adult feeding a baby on the roof of the ell not far from the second story window, where the bird shelf is located After five days female baby came to the window sill Later there was a male and I think another female. The fe- males only came for about week; the male although not daily visitor, came quite often through July, but did not learn to eat from my hand as did the four during the previous summer. I think this was partly because these last ones were older when they were brought to the window and so had learned to be fearful. Also the mother bird was less tame than the other Lady.
 F During the last half Of July and the greater part of August the p1umage of the adults was so worn from the cares of the family and so changed by moultfng that I was seldom able to tell them apart. They did not often come for food and usually not together. In September there were two, more fre- quently, but lack of time, the change in plumage, and the fact that Lady had not eaten from my hand since the latter part of June. made Identification of the female uncertain. when a little later there was better opportunity for study. One day early in October I noticed that the one coming with Nuttle had black crown feathers like male. while q tiny grayish srot on the pape seemed to indicate female.
 Fha next day there was . new fa-
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Now, Pm not inclined to denounce that workman too severely as a greater sinner than any who dwell even in our farm Jerusalems. Very likely he didn't half appreciate the possible con- sequences of his slurred job. It was only a short belt, anyway, and he may have excused the inadequate lap ping and the poor waxed ends by saw ing to himself that they might do" for quite while, considering. In the meantime, his own rent had to be paid out of his earnings and the gro cer's bills were getting bigger and big ger, every month, and he must make every minute count, if he was to earn enough for his own home demands.
 I'm more inclined to think he didn't appreciate the trouble he was prepar- ing for us poor hayseeds; that he was just hurrying and thoughtless.
 Anyway, we'll let it go at that, for the tiIHe being.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04

On November 22, fourth nut hatch appeared. It was a female with only light bluish tinge on the crown. so quite easy to distinguish from the others. The next day when the win dow was raised on a spool and I was holding out a handful of food she came on the sill. but did not take anykhinE from my hand. In threo
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04

slight the little things of our work. when we think we can do so without being found out? I wonder if any of us ever put cider apples into the middle of the barrel, or scrape a lot of barn floor dust and dirt into the center of what is to be the hay bale?
 An. bretheren, when it comes to stone throwing. there would be mighty few in the air if we all waited for somebody who was without sin to chuck up the first one.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04

Chief stannsrs' true worth as fireman would not be in the least diu,med if he asserted his indepen- dence. took the public into his con- tidence and was not backWard in recommending Khat ie essential ts the
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04

The name was formerly "nutha ack,"
 from their habit of hacking nuts, which
 they wedge into crevice in the bark
 of a tree and pound with the noint of
 the bill until the shell is broken. It
 would be impossible for them to open
 any kind harder than beech nuts or
 chestnuts. They readily pound open the squash and pumpkin seeds for the
 meat Even when the seeds are wet
 they will thrust them into any con
 yenient crevice in a tree or in a crack in a building and open them. On sev-
 eral occasions when a vigorous blow had dislodged seed have seen a bord drop down and catch it in the air. They are not singers, but when pair or a. number of immature ones are to- gether they keep up a conversational twitter if friendly. Occasionally there is a scolding note when one wishes to drive another from the food supply. Their note of alarm is a loud 'quank, quank.'' They have at least two other notes, both of which are difficult to represent by words.
 In less than three weeks after Nut tie first ventured to come to me for food he broueht mate to the trees come to the window sill for food but did not have courage to eat from my hand until July of the next year. The following winter she became very tame but in the latter part of January, 1909, she was sick and disappeared. Nuttie soon went away and when he returned in about six weeks, brought a new mate, which was much darker colored than the first one and of course not at all tame. This one soon learned to come to the window sill, but did not eat from my hand until the following January, ten months from her first appearance. In April I moved a very short distance and they did not find the food I put out until August. By the next summer they had become so tame that their four babies came to the window shelf. They were very in- teresting and I believe it was a very experience A few months later, in November, 1911, the second Lady disappeared.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04

One day, last summer, mending an old worm rail fence, Hank and I found, when we came to put in the stakes at one corner, that there was no dirt to drive them into,- just roots and stones. Now it wasn't essential that this particular corner should have been on that particular square foot It was only woods fence and of no importance where the cor her fell But the day was hot, the gnats were plentiful and bite-y, there was half-a-mi of fence ahead of us to soldier up. We managed, at last, to catch about an inch of the stake under a root. "Oh, let Ter go, the cows'n think it's a fence, and won't ever find out the difference"
 Less than a week afterwards we had to hunt those COWS out of a neigh bor's field, because they had chosen that one identical corner to push against, reaching after twigs on the trees, over-fencei
 Next time, we took the whole corner down, moved it to where it ought to have been, at first, and drove two new, strong stakes about foot into the ground. It took us fully two hours to hunt up the cows and re-align the renee It would have taken us just about five minutes to have done it right, the first time.
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WHEN you want to put your buai- ness before the public. there is no me- diuu better than rhrouRn the Advert1x- lug columns a& Tan 3uAa62@a
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That's too often the way with things in this world; the punishment of the guilty is laid on the shoulders of the innocent. If that chap who stitched the belt with rotten -waxed ends" had been the only one to suffer when the botched belt broke we should all have borne his af11iction with patience, not to say hilarfty. It would have served him right. But, bless you, he'll never know anything about it. He got his pay as much as if he had done a good job: it is we three strangers, whom he never heard of and never will hear of, who lose money and time and stovew ood:-which is more import ant on a zero morning than either time or money.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04

Even on our own farms and with our own property, does it never happen that we siur our work because to slur IL IS the easy thing to do, just at that moment?
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04
THoRoUcHNEss IN LABOR IS GOOD HABIT

(Written Specially for The Bulletin.)
 We were saving up our frewood. yesterday-my neighbOr and I-when the belt broke
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04

No, friends, it doesn't "pay to sIur work, even when it is our own work and done solely for ourselves. Indeed. 1t often makes all the difference be- tween a profit and loss on some job, whether we do it in the right way or just in the easiest way One may easily think. at the moment, that it is waste of time and labor and trouble to do the very best job possi- ble on an old fence or an old barn roof or an old wagon. Probably it would he rather silly to spend time putting coat of spar varnish on the old Wood-shod sled. But it would be quite silly and less excusable to pin the shoes on with punky basswood. be cause that happened to be a little handler by than good pfn-oak, and whittled easier into shape
 Tho old folks used to say that q thing which was worth doing at all was worth doing well. wish the fel low who stitched that belt had felt that way! But he's out of my reach.
 You and l, however, have consider abe influence with ourselves We can. usually, prevent ourselves from slur- ring our jobs and doing bad work. if we'll only make up our minds to it.
 It may not be just as easy at the nomentz to be thorough in our work but it's q great deal more satisfactory and, think, apt to be fully as easy in tho end- You see. there's not only EoG6y eo tnlEk CT but q large number of t0morrewS. To save five cents or ten minutes, today. at the expense of ten cents and twenty minutes on any one of those temorrows is not economy. It isn't even good sense.
 Moreover. the habit of theroushness in little things is very likely to lead to success in bigger things. Somehow, thoroughness seems to lead up to sue cess and success to be dependent on thoroughress.
 Perhaps few of us who are finding that Jordan am a hard road to trah- bel" might make It easier by picking some of even the small pebbles out of the readJ' THE FARMER,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04

Behold, how great a matter a small fire kindleth." Very likely the work man didn't want to waste the time in going to the stock-rookn for a long CT piece of leather and some better thread. "Oh, this'n do," he may have thought; It'll pass the boss all right and after that I don't care" His willingness to save ten minutes time and two cents wages by slurring his work has caused three other men the loss of many hours time and of sev- eral dollars, to say nothing of incon- venience and discomfort.
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was all good; the lacings were strong and tight; but. where the splicing had been found necessary in manufacture, the workman had first 'skimped" the laps, so that they laid over each other less than half the distance they should have done. Then he had sewn them with rotten thread. Then he had cov- cred the stitches with some varnishy preparation to hide them from a buy CTS eye-a preparation perhaps made up of stuff calculated still further to weaken the poor thread originally used. As a result of this bad and perhaps dishonest workmanship, the belt had simply come in two'' at the splice, after half an hours strain in driving the saw.
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Perhaps a few of us who are finding that Jordan am a hard road to trah- bel" might make It easier by picking some of even the small pebbles out of the road THE FARMER
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-26

main floor OF the building where the
banquet will be in readiness.
Three long tables will be arranged
the entire length of the hall and these
smaller tables will branch out. The
hall will be decorated In bunting and
flags and cut flowers will ornament the
tables.
| The East Chicago Masons are proud
of their new temple, and they are fully
justified in their pride. 1t Is a splendid
and most substantial structure. and
cost regardless of the lots on which II
stands $4,000.
1t is elegantly furnished, this feature
alone costing in round numbers $1,000
1t is equipped with splendid kitchen
land dining room service which will b.
given good test at Saturday nights
event.
The officers for the present year are
w. John McRae. w. M; William c
Johnes. s. W.; w. E. Roe. J. w. william
Lyn. s. D.: Charles o. Geyer. J. D.
VIII Z. Jones. S. s.: Norton r. Bickell
]. S.; Martin Petersen, treasurer; viii
liam II. Jeppeson, secretary; Louis T
Loucks, tyler. The trustees are w. c
Bailey. S. w. Winters and Richard
Jenkins.
The committees who are in charg,
of Saturday nights affairs are as fol
lows: Arrangement committee. Stephei
w. Winters. chairman; w. z. Roe
George w. Lewis, w. C. Bailey. w. ]
Funkey. w. H. Jeppeson: Committee oil
refreshments, John H. Steele, chairman
Norton E. Bickell. Hans c. Peterson
Floyd Stephens, Charles B. Donovan
Jr.. VIII E. Jones'; reception committee
Martin Petersen, chairman; Charles Il
Wells, William Lynn. Harry p. Kirk
Hand John NJ. Brown. Charles o. Gey
Ter. Charles FIGHTER, William A Fuzzy
William Meade, j. G. Allen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-26
FRIEDMAN W|THDRAWS FROM
TWIN CITY FUSION PARTY

in the attempted fusion of the pro-
gressives and democrats Friedman IS
a democrat and he stated that so many
insfnuations against his sincerity have
been brought to his attention that he
was tired of it. No one. he declared.
seemed willing to back up their al
legged convictions along this line. but
all his accusers were disposed to shift
the blame for the allegation onto the
shoulders of some party who had told
them" they did not believe Friedman
to be sincere. and whose name had es-
capped them. Besides Mr.. Friedman
stated that he did not approve of the
general tactics of the joint committee.
Another vote was taken on the ques-
ton of the manner in which to nomi-
nate the ticket, and resulted in eleven
in favor of a convention, while five
stood by their instructions in favor OF
a primary nomination. The commit
tees of the parties represented will re-
port back to their respective parties
who will in turn name a committed
with power to act, these to meet in
| joint session July Z, at which definite
/ action will be taken on the method rc
| be employed in the nomination, and or
| other matters which concern the flu
| sionists.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-26

are set for a great 4th celebration at
the Lake County Fair Ground, at Crown
Point. and from all appearances the
Calumet region will patronize this ey-
ent in great numbers, as it IS the only
celebration in northwestern Indiana
To spend the day at the county fair
ground is a treat in itself but the
management has expended a thousand
dollars In real money for various kinds
of amusements. and 1T is safe to say
that everyone will be pleased.
Eight free acts of vaudeville, great
displays of pyrotecnics both afternoon
and evening, horse racing. motor cycle
racing, dancing. novelty sports. brass
band music, concessions of all kinds
from the hot candy man to the gypsv
fortune teller.
| Twenty-Five dollars is offered for the
best decorated automobile and $40 for
the second best to enter parade on race
track at one o'clock. and numerous
cash prizes in the novelty entertain
ment. Five dollars is given to the
tallest and the shortest men present:
SIS to the oldest couple present; s5 to
the prettiest baby and SIS to the most
newly married couple, etc. besides lots
of other contests with cash prizes
= Attorney John Gavin, of Hammond.
VINO Is one OF the greatest race horse
fans in the country, so much so that
he dreams about the fast ones, will en-.
gineer the horse races. and will sec
that the track is burned up with fast
time
The Gary and Southern will put on
a special half hour service from Gary
that day, and as it is a holiday their
equipment will be taxed to it's capacity,
great many who have never visited
the county fair ground will take in
the celebration partially to see 1.-THE
natural beauty spot of Lake county.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-26

At the meeting of the joint commit
tee Of democrats. progressives and dis
gruntled republicans held night before
last in Willis E. Roes office, Calumet
building. there was a difference struck
regarding the disgruntled republicans.
The question was. should they or
should they not be permitted a voice
in the proceedings.
The democratic committee men were
willing to recognize the disgruntled
republicans as at the meeting at which
they were appointed they were in
structed to confer with the democrats
and d. RS, while the progressive mem
bers of the joint committee questioned
whether they had the authority to in
clude the d. RS in their deliberations
tnasmuch as their instructions had
con no mention of any other than
democrats and progressives.
However. action was taken in
this matter, 1t being merely the sub
tect of discussion. 1t will be taken up
later with the parties as whole.
Shortly after the meeting a sensa-
tionaI incident cropped up. This was
the withdrawal from the meeting of
Jake Friedman. who heretofore has
been one of the acknowledged leaders
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-26
TAGGART MACHINE IS
GIVEN ANOTHER HARD RAP

take hand in the coming city cleo
tion campaign. and that he will go
after the scalp of Bell in the fight for
mayor Nicholson is in a position to
do this if he takes the notion. He
hates the whole Taggart outfit and the
outfit has the same degree of admira-
ton for him.
Another development that looks like
a slap at the Taggart machine at the
hands of the administration at Wash
ington is the defeat of Congressman
Cline of the twelfth district for chair
man of the democratic congressional
campaign committee. This. also. is
laid at the feet of the machine. for
it is said in a dispatch from Washing
ton that if Thomas Taggart had not
shown up at Washington on the day
the chairman was to be elected Cline
would have won in a walk. Cline was
the candidate favored by the Taggart
machine, and there was no serious OBJ
lection to him among the democratic
congressman. He had enough votes
lined up to elect him.
Then on Monday according to the
dispatch from Washin gton, Taggart
blew into Washington. He began maxi
ing inquiries in regard to the chances
of Cline's election. ad it is said that
/ he started out to see Wnat ne c0uld 90
toward landing few other votes for
Cline, whom he favored.
This action on the part of Taggart
aroused the indignation of some of the
administration men among the demo-
cratic congressman. and they started
out to head Taggart off and defeat
Cline. They said they did not want as
chairman of the congressional cam
paign committee a man closely al
lied with the Taggart machine as
| Cline. The dispatch does not say that
/ the administration took any hand in
| the fight. but there was a conference
| at the White House. and soon after
ward democratic congressman who
look to the administration for political
| guidance began changing their votes.
| and Cline was defeated by Congress
man Doremus of Michigan.
This has made the Taggart OUTFIT
| sore on the president and the admin
istration. but they find themselves up
against it," and they do not know just
what to do to get even. The Taggart
machine has about as little standing
with the present administration as one
could imagine. and the breach appears
to be growing wider all the time.
TIMES WANT ADS ARE FOR
SERVICE-TO Your
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-26

BLDG. NOW
COMPLETED

Julius Friedman & Co.'S new buildS
ing in Forsyth avenue, East Chicago.
which was badly damaged by FIRE last
winter. has been entirely remodeled
and the firm has returned to the struc-
ture. having moved from it's temporary
quarters in Chicago avenue. which il
occupied Immediately after the fire.
Mr.. Friedman took the opportunity
while he was rebuilding to make a con4
siderable addition onto the rear of his
building, and the store room now runs
back to a depth of las feet, sixty-fivo
feet of this having been supplied by
the new addition.
The structure is said to be absolute<
~ f1reproof. the first freproof building
to be erected in East Chicago. The
floor Of the store room is of reinforced
concrete seven inches thick. The Of
fee is in the forward end and Is niece
ly furnished. Claude Dreeson is now
lettering the front windows and alto-
gether the liquor establishment Of
Julius Friedman will present a very
elegant appearance.