Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-21

(Written Specially For The Balletin-)
 We have seen a goed deal in the papers of late about pickles. So many things are Piekled, but items referred to seem to be limited to cHeunbers. Heusekeepers all know that almost all fruits and vegetables and even meats and fish can be picAed. Who does not enjoy mixed pickles where as in a grab. one never knows really what he will find secured by the prongs of his pickle fork? Those who recall grand mothers brandy peaches cherish the memory of @ flavor seldom gained nowa- days. Then there are sweet and sour pivkles, each of which find ready advocates te speak in their gav- er
 pickle or brine is a preservatiye, and when we like them so well, why do we call a disaster a pickle? And why is a wayward child called pie kle.
 The boy whom I have in mind was generally described in that fashion. He is such @ pickle!" It could not have been his disposition, for he was merry and full of fun. It couldn't have been his name, for he was entered in the family Bible as Theodore Mont gCmery Sweet Perhaps his love of fun led him into pranks and mischief which gave him the reputation all luded to by many who knew him in his native town.
 y had already in boyhood made up his mind to go to college. He felt sure his parents would not be able to give him that advantage, for they were in very moderate circumstances, and their family was large He knew he should be expected to be content with grammar school and then find some work in order to help the household So he cast about in his mind for some way by which he could earn money, lrv1 FY-Hr7 ing their home was a vacant piece of ground not needed for their garden, 1 This he gained permission to cultivate for himself, when his work in their own garden was done.
 Possibly he knew people called him a pickle. Anyway he planted the space allotted him with Cucumbers, and by patient and constant care raised a | fine crop. These he salted and after ] wards sold to a dealer fn pickles, ! When cold weather came and stopped i his gardening, he found employment In | selling pickles about the town, His i industry altered his standing in the l community, and people changed their estimate of him accordingly He was known as Pickles, and as time went on, his bank account like his good fame increased.
 By the time he was ready for High l School, he had funds at his disposal ] for his expenses there, and his parents 1 caught this ambition, and encouraged i him in his desires. At his school work he had always been bright
 and quick. Therefore he advanced rap idly, and was graduated with honor i when ready to begin his college course Ills outdoor work had given him a i vigorous constitution and good health and he obtained a chance for work outside the college which helped to pay his way in that institution. Of course
 it meant self-denial in many direc- tions, but his manliness won him the respect and friendship of the best oi
 his college mates land of the instruc-
 tor as well. A fine football player
 he became popular with that set also i When college days were ended, ht received his degree of A. M, and was
 fitted to enter upon the carer he haG
 chosen as civil engineer. An offer
 however, to go abroad as tutor anC
 companion for young student, less
 favored than he with health and scol-
 arship was temptation which could
 not be withstood, and gave him the
 advantage not only of foreign trave
 but of further study also.
 On his return to this country a