Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-04

l It is unlawful to get drunk at any ! place, except your own home, accord- 1 ing to a law passed by the Texas leg | islatu1e at d recent session. Suppose
 you take your little jag and lead it 1 outside? Could you be arrested ?- \ Meriden Journal.
 It should be the aim of the shopping public. to cooperate with the ner- chants and clerks. and try to avoid A little thoughtfulness all around | makes the hot months a great deal l more bearable.-Bridgepo Telegram. The privilege of using ordinary | stamps on parcel post packages, will
 be appreciated by everyone who has 1 occasion to use that service of the | postoffice department. The require ment of a special stamp always seemed | arbitrary and unnecessary.-Bri l port Standard.
 1 Now listen for the roaring applause from democratic quarters. How they l will acclaim the name of George B. Chandler, the sage of Rocky Hill! Is 1 this appointment to be taken as evil
 denee that Governor Baldwin has ve- toed his own aspirations for another 1 term as governor and for United States senate?-Bristol Press
 l It is a shocking story of depravity l that is revealed by the finding of Cor ! oner Mix on the death of the man l whose body was found decOmposed in l Cheshire a few days ago. and it is a relief to the public to know that the l alleged perpetrators of the crime have | been lodged safely behind the bars of 1 the county jail awaiting triaI-Wa- terbury Republican.
 1 Isn't there some criminal law under which this man Lamar, for years noto- rious as Wall street adventurer, can | be prosecuted for impersonating con-
 gressmen in telephone conversations with corporation lawyers in New York? He is self-confessed rascal | telling with smiling abandon at Wash | ngton yesterday how he pretended to | be CongresSmen Riordan and Palmer
 in his alleged effort by wire to get | employment for his legal friend Lau-
 Springfield Republican. There are some other cities in this state which should throw off their bifurcated garments and do as Nor walk did-consolidate There Is no i sense in having two governments and
 two sets of officials within the same town, and every place that has con- solidated has been the better for it. There is more enterprise, public ques- tions are discussed on saner grounds ana there IS no longer any claSn or authority which usually characterizes the double system.--New Britain Her aid.
 Where there is a free road consider
 able speed involves no appreciable danger. but wherever there is a crowd of people, or |. number of vehicles. or children at play. the purpose of the law is not attained unless the speed of an approaching vehicle is so far re- duced that 1t can certainly be stopped
 before reaching any person or obstacle that may suddenly appear. This is hard doctrine for the drivers, but neglect of it has cost a good many lives within the last few weeks.- Hartford Times.
 Lest any of our boys should get the notion that it would be a high honor to be among the first to live in the new reformatory at Cheshire we would
 say to them 6atly that to be sent to
 the reformatory would be a keen and lasting disgrace. That institution has been established for criminals The
 hardened old timers will still be sent
 to state prison. but the reformatory
 will also be a jai1 for trunks. thieves,
 burglars and thugs-a hard set of men,
 who will be kept at hard work, hived
 in cells and given few Iuxuries-An-