Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1913-01-10
Editorial Scraps

Editorial SCRAPS
No blame is attached 10 the New
Haven rond for the wreck of the ex-
press train at Greens Farms on No
yember last, when q persons were
injured. This is according 10 a report
made TO the interstate commerce COM
mission by their inspector of safety APP
planes. He states that the wreck
was caused by the breaking Of an
EQUALIZER bar on one Of the cars.
J. r. Rutherford, New York law
yer, gave lecture setting forth his
theories as TO the present condition oil
the souls Of the dead. The theory dii-
fers from some others in that II rejects
the idea Of future punishment. Eternal,
he held, was for the good for the bad
there is nothing apparently but an
other death. He'll is place OF silence
and not one Of torment.
The new year finds The United
States and Russia with no treaty TO
regulate their trade relations. the
present agreement lapsed Mt midnight
December 81, by the action OF congress,
and there is little hope of new one, as
the United States is firm in demand.
ing equal rights for observation-disclosures
with any other American tourists IN
Russia, while that nation is equally
stubborn in maintaining her right To
draw race and religious lines. IL Is
not likely, however, that either eoun'
try will suffer serious Inconvenience
for lack of treaty, rs the general
principles of international law viii
govern trade relations, and our com
meree with Russia Is comparativei,
small.
Prof. Muensterberg is the latest de
fender of the man of 80 years No one
really supposed that the man oil 90
years needed any defense against, say,
the man of 40 years, or, perhaps, oil 30
years, but according to Prof. Muens
terberg, an American prejudice
against the middle-aged has communi
Gated its bad influence 10 Germany
and Prof. Muensterberg, loyal Ger
man.Ameriean and Amerlean-Gef
man, takes issue with American pref
udice aud declares that "the man Of
50 is in his prime y German pro
lessor goes farther and proves, by
means OF mass OF evidence, that the
man of 80 is more valuable To his en-
ployer than a younger handspring
field Republican.
Douglass A. Seeley, a lo.Nearssold
Washington boy, who has been APP
pointed by Senator Weeks of Calitof-
MIA as page in the nited states SEN
ale, is said To he the youngest boy
holding that position IN the upper
house
4 bell bearing the date, l702, and
marks indicating that 1t once belonged
TO Queen Anne and was presented by
her To Trinity church of Newport, RI.
has recently been found there. The
bell has been stored away under 4
stage in the guild hall of the church
for years. No one thought IL was q
any Importance until IL was hauled
out and examined by Rev. stanley G,
Hughes, now rector of the parish,
few days ago. The bell is i-2 fee
high, and Is marked with broad ar
row All of the bells given by Queer
Anne TO American colony churches
were So marked.
"presideni OF the Coolidge. Met laine
Bank of Silverton, Or is the It'll,
now held by Miss Eva Coolidge, VIII,
has been elected to that position Mis-
Coolidge is a business woman and /
daughter Of one Of the founders OF ia,
bank.
Capt Matthias Burke OF Province
town has sailed continuously ON IN,
packet schooner t.. Foster, lr.
since that vessel joined the town.
fleet, more than 40 years ago, and II
that time he has only missed a part o
one round trip, when brief illaes
forced him 10 return 10 his home b,
train after taking the vessel 10 Boston
The only building In the world con
structed chiefly Of oyster shells is be
ing built at Galveston, Tex. Ii vii
be five stories high and occupies wal
space 100 by As feet. In its wall Their
have been used the shells OF approx
mately 100, 600 oysters.
Woodrow Wilson will wear sprea,
eagle and an American shield for
stickpin, ii is said, when he become
president. As president OF PrincetOl
he wore the Princeton seal, and a
governor Of New Jersey he wore In
state coat-of-arms.