Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-02
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Every generation is told "a rolling stone gathers no moss, and has peen so informed for several centuries, put nothing is said about the me pollsn and shape a stone may take on II It only rolls long enough. There IS qulte a difference between moss and polish, and both have their value. The roll ing stone never gets to be "an old mossback," but it might get into the foundation of new republic III IL rolled in the right direction; or 1t might roll to the bottom of the sea and eventually be found on the top of some mountain to surprise mln- eralogist cons hence. You cannot tell what will become of rolling stone but the stone that does not roll IS sup posed to be fixity, and that IS not al ways an assurance of a good founda- ton. The stone tSat doesn't roll may rest for ages in a stone wall and De 9efaceed 5by HchenS, or be diSinteSrat- ed by the clements. I think l prefer the prospects of the stone that rolls.
 if makes a areat difference in this world what you keep in the attic. The man who laughs at his wife because she demands order and cleanliness in the attic has his upper loft numbered up. Life is seriously affected by what one keeps in the upper loft Some men get so much worthless knowledge in their heads that they have no room for useful knowledge, and crowd themselves into the dull, low-pald class No wise man ever lumbers up his tool chest or laboratory, but keeps all working tools in order and ready for use A man of power doesn't clog his mind with rubbish, or befog his brain with alcohol or nicotine. Man limits his capacity by his excesses, 1T he does not actually destroy 1t. Do not work your brain upon anything that takes its edge off, for 1t IS tool that must be kept keen. Keep your attic in order. free from dust and cob webs, and life will be different to you.
 Have you ever thought when we are asked what a person died or now nt- ting it would be in a great many cases to reply "Of his way of living
 Long life is not so much an evidence
 of strong constitution, or of the
 mercy of God, as of simple habits, or excellent judgment in matters which affect our physical condition. The kid surprises us by his desire to do things he should not-to take risks without warrant; and yet, the man is forever inviting peril by his inn petuous excesses. The majority of people eat too much, drink too much, dance too much, talk too much, and l whine too much. Man doesn't find his equilibrium. In fact too many men never i've long enough lO hHOW lhele | is such a thing. or to to become con- scious of it's advantages.
 The small fur bearing animals still continue to figure large in the mar | ket. if they are becoming scarcer and scarcer in New England. There were 1 ten million muskrat skins sold thu past season, which brought three ant | a half millions; there were million 1 and a half of skunk skins, which SOlC l for four and a half millions; a mil | lion 'possum skins that took ST50,O0' | from the fur wearers; six hundred | thousand coon skins sold for $900,000 l seventy thousand mink skins whicl 1 brought S2S0,000. It is estimated thu l trappers caught 13,1T0,000 of thes
 small animals, which brought then 1 in return s9, 900. When we see tn | hcy-trappers here in Eastern Connec ticut with their small catches it doe l not seem as if these little animal could be collected by millions ant | form so great a traffic in the com l mercial world. The campaign is over
 but it will soon be open again.