Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-27
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Summer half gone, and still no oil
 on state macadam in Ansonia. Was
 there ever greater delay, and was ever delay more exasperating ?-Ansonia l Sentinel
 MT. Mellen may have made some
 mistakes in policy and done some l things that we would not approve of, but he has been man who was ! building for the future and he is do- ] ing things that will be worth while a little later.-Meriden Journal. It would be fine to have both, but between a $500 fireworks display for one evening and ten good band con- certs, which would cost just about that sum, the taxpayer who wants a dollar to last a while would doubtless choose
 the band concerts.-Waterbur Repub- lican.
 It will greatly impair the virtue of starving as means cf martyrdom if it is tc get common. Ii every old prison CT, in for anything at all goes on hum ger strike, it loses it's distinctiveness, of course. Think of the wife-beater or
 sneak thief practicing martyrdomI
 Cheap, isn't it it?-Waterbury American
 Darien, Connecticut, town in Fair
 field county, is said to be the first in
 that state to undertake a historical
 pageant This is 8 rash assertion; in-
 deed, only four years ago Norwich
 had a pageant in celebration of it's
 haps, so elaborate however, as the one
 that Darien Es planning. The Darien
 obSerVances will occupy three days, and
 hundreds of adult citizens and school
 children will take part under experi-
 enced irection.-Prov;dence Bulletin.
 The Svorkmen's compensation act is
 one of the most important laws passed
 by the general assembly of 1913, and it was highly essential that men of the most conspicuous ability be chosen members of the commission for which 1t provides It would appear, so far as one may judge from the record of the men named that Governor Baldwin has shown conspicuous wisdom and discretion in his choices, and that tHe provisions of the law will by this board be ably carried out.-New Haven Register.
 The authorities can not be too care ful about the vegetables fruit etc. l that are sold in the city, and it looks l as if something should be done about l! ice cream, so long as it doesn't meet { with the views of the inspector as to how it should be prepared or what it ; should consist of. If dealers can. con- tinue the business with such a quality 1 of goods they may also think that they l can go a little farther and adulterate | them. If there can ne anything done | about it. now is q good time to do it. | New Britain Herald.
 The high step trolley cars are com ing in for much abuse by local pa irons of the Connecticut company, now that open cars predominate on our lines. 1t is almost necessary to be a trained athlete to mount one of these ! high jumbo cars and gain a seat with out physical injury. For the average person. it is just possible by much effort to gain a foothold on the running board, but for those not so fortunate in physical powers, or for the young or old not so light upon of the conductor from behind to gain a foothold.-Bridgepor Telegram.
 More and more objection is made and properly so-every time it is pro- posed to drag out for new hippo droming tour the Liberty Bell, whose proper habitat Is Philadelphia This time it is wanted at the Panana-Pa- cific exposition, but in addition it is In, request for a sort of round d-the- con- Linent circle that sweeps from Gal veston to Duluth and from Boston to San Francisco. The real trouble is that it usually involves the sending of 3 sort of alderfnanic body guaFd-a committee of grafter5 and guzz1efs picked from the purlues of politics to have "a high old tine'' at other peoples expense. The bell gets nc new honor from such asseeiatiens, put quite the contrary y.-Stamferd Ad- tocats.
 
 The inebriate farm is not planned, as some people seem to suppose. to be a est cure where 'drilnks" can take their sase at ths expense of the state It provides merely an institution to which confirmed druAkafds may be legally sent fer scientific medical treatment, where they are put at farm work until 7y physical exercise the alcohol is worked out of the system and 8 normal iesire fer good feod, sound sleep andsi tight living returns This is a work of which the state can well undertake with profit. It is the hope If all 1theHghtful people that such a pill as Gov. Baldwin vetoed on ec0nona- sai grounds will be presented to the aext legislature, when funds can per 1aPs be found for the purpose of es- ablishiag a state farra.-Bridgepert 5taAdAsa q A- = 4