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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

There is no doubt Billy Sunday
would say the statement that some
men wear out the knees of their trou-
sers in the winter getting religion, and
wear out the seats of them in sum-
mer backsliding" was an expression
of fact, not a dream of fancy If folks
are queer in any way, it is usually in
their religious ideas. A New Hamp-
shire man opposed the promotion of
a neighbor to the deaconship because
he hadn't the mental capacity for the
place. why" said he. i've beat him
more'n once in boss trade" Some
men think the Lord promotes their
greedy desires and assists them in ac-
cumulating a fortune; but a Maine
farmer of deep convictions was in
spired to say in conference meeting
one night: I've been trying to serve
the Lord and accumulate riches for
nigh onter so years. and I tell We it
has been derned hard sleddin' doing
both at the same time When con-
science dominates, our honest opinions
seem mighty queer. don't they?
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

It has been decided that the fleet
will not go through the canal, but the
exposition seems to be getting along
all right without it.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

To Senator Cumn1fns and the IN
terstate commerce commission is the
new baggage checking law attributed
It is poor advertising for a prasf-
Dental candidate.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

Railroad timetables in the future
are due to be made subject to the
speed with which the insurance clerks
can handle the baggage business.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

The man on the corner says: Some
people place too much stress on keep
ing cool instead of steamfn' up and
getting somewhere.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

Unless he was an unusual young
ster President Wilson'S practice dur
ing school days VIII come in Just
right now in the matter OF writing
notes
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

With the fall Of Przemys1 the fail
ure Of the Austro-Gernan advance
into Galicia takes on a new meaning.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

San Marine has entered the war
but thus far it has contributed moth
ing to the success of the peace dele
gates operating in Europe.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

This may be the month of tho
honeymoon, but it doesn't exactly
compensate for the lack Of a little sun
shine and a little rain
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

Isn't it strange the man who owns
a farm is not the one who gets from
it the most enjoyment? He does not
see the beauty of it. but he dwells upon
and hath not the mind to conceive its
relation to the Creator, or to witness
the wonderful works of God. It is only
by the will of God and the continuous
operation of divine law that the farm
produces anything. The Psalmist was
right when he said: 20 Lord, how
great are Thy works! And Thy
thoughts are very deep. A british
man knoweth not neither doth a fool
understand this" It is the conscious
ness of the close relation of our Heav-
emily Father to US through nature by
which the kingdom of heaven may be
brought down upon the eaerth. The
exalted soul has an eye for beauty and
recognizes with joy the works of the
Creator.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

Huerta thinks it would be a mis-
take to help any faction in Mexico
but of course all the factions were
against him
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05
Three Days Firing.

Between Saturday and Tuesday,
May 8 to IL, the British artillery fired
a million and a half rounds of shells.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05
EDITORIAL NOTES

Norwich appears to have. large
amount Of stagnant water on hand.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

Germany may as claimed be short
of wool, but it will not find any drawn
over Uncle Sans eyes.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

"To one like Benedict Arnold the
scene taught it's lesson; he became a
merchant, a ship owner. He went
farther; he commanded his own ships
and made many prosperous voyages,
finally earning the title of captain
than which none was more honorable
in Norwich in 1741," that is, just after
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

(Written Specially for The Bulletin
The town of Norwich is never par
tieularly proud of the fact that Bene-
diet Arnold was born within it's bord-
ers, on the 3rd of January, 1740. This,
too, in the face of the praise which
Arnold won for his marvellous skill in
planning the expedition to Quebec,
his heroism at Valcour, the fact that
Washington called him one of his
'ablest fighting generals
Because of his one great faulty deed,
all his worthy acts are forgotten or
ignored. Yet modern historians are
beginning to do justice to our famous
the public would would say in
acknowledgements to present the
one great palliating fact in Arnold's
treason. i. e. that it was the fascina-
tons. the persuasions long continued,
the intrigues with the British, of his
second wife, whom he madly loved, and
which, he knew, if discovered would
etear her from his arms; that led him
to commit the crime which has doomed
him to eternal infamy.
When Arnold was born, early in the
year 1740, following the custom of their
family, his parents named him Bene-
dict-tke fifth of that name in direct
line. The baby in the colony of Con-
necticut and in the town or ancient
Norwich was well born. His first an
CSSIOI III ILLS NOOIIlIy was w ll1let1u
Arnold, who came from England and
settled in Rhode Island in 1851. His
son Benedict was governor of Rhode
Island for several terms. This Gov
ernor Arnold had a son, also named
Benedict, who was a member of the
Rhode Island assembly in 1895. 1t was
the latter's son Benedict who moved to
Norwich in 1870, marrying Hannah,
the young and beautiful widow of
Absalom King, and daughter of John
Waterman and Elizabeth Lathrop. He
was taught the coopers trade; but
being bold, ambitious and enterprising,
he soon gave up that humble avocation
for the more advantageous one of mer-
chant and sea captain.
In his story 1.-The Real Benedict Ar
mold" Charles Burr Todd gives US a
fascinating picture of the Norwich of
Arnold's boyhood.
The spirit of the town was then
wholly commercial. Located at the
head of the Thames. the harbor of
New London but thirteen miles be-
low, commerce naturally f1ourished in
ancient Norwich.
In the country back from the river
head grew the wherewithal for slaves
and op-poles, there were fields of
cork and rye and wheat; farms which
produced butter, cheese, provisions OF
sorts, ponies, and many other COM
modities which might be exchanged
for the sugar molasses and rum which
the islands of the West Indies were
only waiting to barter. So, with the
passing of the years, Norwich grew
into a seaport.
A forest of masts grew to border
her docks, rising from swift and
staunch schooners. Along the Thames
were the busy ship-yards where these
craft were built. AS Todd says so
well: Portly, linen-clad merchants and
shrewd, calculating shippers were IA
miliar figures in her streets. A pro-
cession of great freight wagons bore
into the interior commodities of the
tropics, to bring back in return the
products of the farms.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

Why should such a cultured nation
as Germany be so deficient in the hu-
manities? War is always brutal be-
cause unbridled passions invite cruel
ty, but it is seldom non-combatants are
used by Christian armies worse than
the Turks In their fiercest forays use
the Christian dogs. An invading army
always makes a wreck of business and
a shortage of provender and brings
hardship, if not starvation, upon those
who are left defenseless; but it doesn't
/ wreak vengeance by killing wounded
men in the field, or by crucifying those
they have special hatred for This
master class conceit which sees no
equality of brotherhood-recogn no
sovereignty in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| the heart to the finer sensibilities
which characterize nations like Amer
| lea and other liberal nations. Wherever
the individual is of little account OPP
preston and cruelty hold sway.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

The girl who lets the young man do
all the talking has no doubt her turn
will come by and by. or that she will
teach him lessons in civilty and in
ctvilty if occasion requires it. Those
who patiently listen to our talk are not
SO charmed or so patient as they seem
to be-. for silence favors their motive.
You may have noticed the spider lets
the fly make all the noise while she is
BUSY spinning the web. The art of
achieving is not recognized as the fine
art it is. The value of silence is some
thing the garru1ous are seldom con-
sclous of. The smile may represent
the ripple of the ladies' own thought
when we think it represents the magic
effect Of our own speech. It is not so
/ easy to interpret the expressions of the
face as most people fancy. Everybody
likes us better for letting them do part
of the talking while we venture to do
our part Of the smiling.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.

Aldermen.
CASPER K. BAILEY.
GEORGE H. LORTNG.
SST Councilmen.
WILLIAM S. MURRAY.
WALTER F. LESTER.
WILLIAM F. BAILEY, JR.
TELLEY e. BABCOCK.
City Treasurer.
{ WILLIAM CARUTHERS
Tax Collector.
THOMAS A. ROBINSON.
City Clerk.
: ARTHUR G. CROWEIGi.
City Sheriffs.
GEORGE W. ROUSE.
CHARLES w. BURTON.
Water Commissioner.
ALBERT S. COMSTOCK.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05
THE MAN WHO TALKS.

The man who marries for money
usually gets caught in his own trap.
Not more than one venturesome soul
in ten thousand can fit the situation
so nicely that he is regarded as the
right man in the right place. The
fact that he had nothing he could
call his own and is a dependent is
served to him hot and served to him
cold. 1t becomes unpalateable and
nauseating, but he has to take his
medicine. You cannot talk to him of
the joy of matrimony or the power
of love, for all he knows is that money
has not the charm he thought it had,
and that a mercenary mate cannot
command the respect of the dog in
the kennel in the back yards. All
that makes matrfmony a success is
loyalty to- an honorable purpose and
unity in success or adversely. Self
ish design and vain ambitions make
a weak foundation.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05
VIM should any of us me

Why should any of US make hard
work of living? Being compelled to
do what we do not like to do is not
pleasant You do not like to work;
but you have to work for sustenance
and raiment, for wife and children and
home. If no one liked to work the
world would still be filled with ignor-
ant, shiftless, ragged nomads, who
would grovel instead of live in an
orderly and progressive order We
should like to do whatever contributes
to the pleasure and profit of others as
we'll as ourselves. If we do not like to
do it we are setting UP within us a
condition of rebellion to the principles
of growth and advancement, and ere
ating a friction which frets and wor-
ries US. We are out of order, because
we will to be, and we invite the dis
cord and distress which make life hard
for us and those to us allied. We
should want to do anything that will
make life better for us and for others,
and thus find joy in work.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

How do you suppose men and wo-
men occupy themselves in the future
life? 1t is not likely they will all
play upon harps and sing hymns, al
though it is probable that there will
be many musicians in the future life,
that the music will be a sublime ex-
preston of the affections, and that
hearts will be responsive to the good
and the beautiful and in music will
be found joy. There will be no re-
pulsive tasks in Heaven, no WEAKNESS
or disease; but the good the soul de-
lights to do. We must have spiritual
faculties which find expression through
our love of our neighbor and of the
Lord. Having accepted and found joy
in. heavenly precepts here, we should
be conscious of the fact that the exer-
else of them must constitute heavenly
service hereafter. Who can expect to
find heavenly pleasure in eternal idle
ness? 1t is motion that gives express
sion to life and love and truth.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

We have to confess that no forty
lines in literature have ever awakened
in man the assurance and hope which
the twenty third Psalm has in the
human heart. To the devout reader
it is a veritable anchor to the storm
tossed soul. But there are thirty
words arranged in rhyme as simple as
a. quartrain in Mother Goose's melody,
which carry to the throne of Grace
the murmured prayer of millions of
children every day expressing trust in
Him who compared juvenile innocence
and purity to the kingdom of heaven.
We all remember the words taught us
at mothers knee: Now I lay me down
to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to
keep. If I should die before I wake,
l pray the Lord my soul to take.
How like a beautiful song this simple
mumured prayer must sound to the
angels as it rises from the mother
knees at night from all parts of the
Christian world. For generations it
has been as constant as the stars, for
ages it will continue to express the
trust of innocence and of age-when
age lies down to sleep.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

conscientiously and capably.-Br1dge-
port Standard.
It is highly pleasing news that a
committee of the Board of Park Com
missioners, together with. citizens
advisory committee, is to take over
the matter of public band concerts for
the coming season, and plan for some
thing better than has ever been
dreamed of, something far better than
band concerts" Such concerts, so
presented on Sunday afternoon in the
summer, will be sources of real in
spiration; education, refinement and
entertainment. The plan is to be
pushed by an energetic, an enthusiast
tic and well informed committee, and
the whole is to be under the sponsor
ship of the Park Board and on park
property. All that is needed to make
this effort fulfill an admirable mis-
sion is the understanding and appre-
citation of the public.-New Haven
Register.
The announced resignation Of
Bridgeport policeman, appointed about
a month ago, who TetireS because he
finds the police duty is not what he
supposed it to be, leads one to won
der what the general state of mind to-
ward police duty may be. Is policing
| supposed to be a sinecure-a cinch, an
easy berth for life? Is that why there
are 81 4I1ekly dSp1IdHlS 1OE dppOlIIl-
ment to the police force? 1t is anus
ing to note that the young man who
found policing not what it is cracked
up to be is going to be an actor. If
there is anything that the general
public considers a bigger cinch than
police work, is it being on the stage.
AS a matter of fact, however, in either
case the work is just as aFduous as
| the person concerned wants to make
| it. The big successes in either call
inc fhn IL IL I,a I'D
conscientiousfy, and take their duties
sertouSlxA-s Tslaarap2.
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conscientiously and capably.-Bridge-
port Standard.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-05

In the sphere of personal life /
would often give more for CLEAN of
spiritual insight than for volumes of
wise advice. When every worldly con-
sideration is spent and exhausted it is
faith alone that abides full of hope.
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Park
MoNDAY-Mr. Bagbys musical morning. WaldorfAstora
Farnham,
Plaza
Southern Society ball. Waldorf Astoria.
of
Chidren's Court Plaza.
Walden Fifty-6fth dinner for Count and
Emilio del
TUESDAY-Mrs Dahgren. followed
the Misses Dshlgren
Mrs. w. Watts Sherman 1913 Fifth dinner
Sullivan, Fifysecond
Mrs, Leonard Sullivan
Hardenbergh East Sxyourth
Fifty
Marie de Tours Miss of Phila-
depha
night Della Robba of the Vanderbilt
THURSDAYCcus Ball for the benefit the Lenox Hill
Sherry's.
Wedding Emily Gould daughter
Henry George Ashton Oldham, Cathedral
John the Divine
Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman, Gao Fifth avenue dinner.
Miss ird
reception.
Harold H. Fries dance for Miss Gladys
New Junior Assembly
Meeting Paul Jones Clue Della Robbia of
SATURDAY-M Albert Flake dinner
Sherrys,
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and seconds. VINO Will include r. liot c.
Bacon. Richard Whitne,-, Matthew Nor
gan and George B. Post, Jr. Reginald
b. Rives viii De the promoter. Roger
Poor will ad az announcer, and Gilbert
Ha,Sht win appear in the role OF a
police officer. Francis W. Crownin
shield, Edward \. Crowninshield and
Chalmers Wood, ,Ir. will act as ring
masters for the circus performance.
Several of the dsbutantes of the sea-
son will sell lemonade, peanuts and
programmes and outside the circus tent
there will be a few side shows and ticket
booths presided over by men of so
V. some OF ,he young women who
viii assist are the Misses Ruth Cut
ting, Mary Alexander, Katherine Stew
ard. Dorothy Battle. Helen Hamilton
Claire Bird, Edith Mortimer, Murlel
Winthrop, Marjorie Curtis, Susan Fish
Dresser, Margare, La Fargo, Sara and
Olga Wiborg.'
on the floor committee are James a.
Blair Jr, r. Thornton Wilson, W
Rh.nelanuer Stewart, Jr., T., Coster VIII
merding, Lloyd Warren, Horace G. Steb-
bins, |. Newton Rae, Francis Roche
Percy r. Pyns I'd, stephen e. Ell;ins
l-phlH - -aA ~ - % t'tA'' i%s' W '+N' ''''N
Ter.
Among the boxho,ders are Mrs. Cor
nelius c. Cuy'er, Mrs, Percy Il
Pyne, Mrs. John Jacob Aston Mrs
John II. Drexel, Mrs. Gordon Knox
Bell, Mrs John r. Livermore, Mrs
| Orme Wilson, Mrs j. II. Thomp-
son, Mrs. Edward s Hardness, Mrs
Henry II. Rogers Mrs. IT, II. Hooper
Hamilton Mrs
| John T.. Parsons Mrs. Chester Girls
wo,d, Mrs. q. H. u. Belmont, Mrs. Will
lam Douglas Sloane. Mrs. Elliott r
Shepard, Mrs Charles +, Hoffman, Mrs
william A. NJ. Burden, Mrs John san
ford, Mrs. Burke Roche, Mrs Walter
! G. Iadd and Mrs. Moses Taylor Fyne.
| Mrs. T.. Roscoe Mathews is chairman
of the entertainment committee and as
ISOLATED with her are Mrs. John jacob
Aston. Mrs. Oliver Iselin, Mrs, Nathaniel
Il. Potter, Mrs. George Draper. Mrs
Nicholas Biddle Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell
Mrs. Laurence Rainsford and the Misses
Mary Pyne and Marion Clark. Mrs
Astor has charge OF the sale of tickets
at $40 Fifth avenue. They are 81 foi
the evening and $3.50 each for the chill
dren's matinee.
Among the patronesses are Mines
Frank Gray Griswold Henry +. Osborn
Charles r. Alexander. James b. Duke
Robert Bacon, James b. Eustis, Amos
r. u. Pinchot, George b. Post, Rober
l.. Gerry, j. Searle Barclay, CORTLAND
Barnes. George J. Gould, Percy X. Pyne
Doublas Robinson Stuyvesant Fish
H. II. Rogers, Oren Root, Arthur lselin
Ernest Isel,n, Robert Brewster, Corne
Illus \. Bliss. Jr,, Philip NJ. Lydig, II
Reginald Bishop, T.. Farrar Bateson
William Earl Dodge, Joseph II. Choate
W. Bourke Cochran. Cornelius Wander
bllt. ogden Mills. W Seward Webb
Richard stevens, James Speyer, Theo
dOre Roosevelt. JT., John r. DrcSel
Seth Nfliken, Henry w. Bull, Thoma
McLank and Lewis Isein.
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Prominent women OF society are
mauifest!ng an interest in the plans for
the ball to he given in the cascade ball
room of the Fillmore on the night Of
January % in aid of the Association for
improving the Condition of the Poor.
The ny vcmcIt to help one Of the chief
charity organizations in this city, whose
sources Of income have been somewhat
affected by reason of the demand for
help from abroad has met with hearty
response from persons outside OF New
York as we'll as i'm the city itself. The
organizing committee is receiving aid
from many sources. among them the
Fifth Avenue Bank, which Is acting as
treasurer FOR the ball The ballroom
a-d music have been donated 10y the
Fillmore, So that almost the entire in
come from thu bail will he turned over
to charity, Tickets including supper
are So cacl, and may Ice obtained AT the
Fifth AvenIe Bank.
TIE list of patronesses includes Mines
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Ernesto G.. Fabbri
John II. Flaglcr William * Vanderbilt
H. Fulton Cutting, Cornelius y. Bliss
Jr.. Charles h. Alexander. GOodhue
Livingston. George W Wick rsham,
William Douglas Sloane, August Bel
mont, willard Straight, Arthur lselin,
Edwin -. Morgan. Charles Dana Glib
son, John II. Hammond l.. Henry
Hartman Samuel Sloan, Howard Car
roll, Percy r.. Pyne. Rowland Davis and
w. Warner Hoppin. Jr.
Lindsey Tappin, who Is c1airman Of
the floor committee, will have the as
sistance of many men Of society, among
them J. Henry Alexandra, Lorillard
Spencer. Dom Barber Emlem NJ Drty-
ton, S;uyvesant Fish. Jr.. ]. Victor
Onatlvia, II Stowe Phelps, ". Forbes
Morgan, Jr. William r. X. Taylor,
Charles Elliot Warren. Robert T.. Tod.
Nv. Albert Pease, Jr., H. Vail Stebbns,
/ Anthony J. DreXel, Jr., !. Prentice KEEL
logg, Huntington Norton, Joseph II,
| Hunt, George X. p. Wade Phillips Il.
Thompson. Thomas r. Gaunt, j. Hege-
man Foster. Andrew c. Dickinson and
George II. Sullivan.
The ball for the benefit OF the French
war sufferers to be gwen under the
auspices of the Fenccrs Club In the
! grand ballroom of the Aston on Jan
iuary 25 will offer an interesting novelty
| i'm the way of exhibition fencing bouts
! by amateurs and professionals. Many
Of the boxes have already been sold
Those remaining may be obtained at
S25, SIS and SO from w. Scott O'COn-
nor, treasurer, at 80 Broadway. Genera
admission tickets are on sale at 81 each,
After the fencing bouts there will be
general dancing, for which two or
chestras will play, Carroll Beckwith
president of tho Fencers Club, is chair
man OF the committee OF the board of
governors in charge of the arrange
ments for the oall.
Debutantes Of society are much oc-
cupied these days with preparations fol
the annual entertainment Of the Junior
League called lie Jour Ferle," which
will he given in the grand ball room
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Marie Thayer. Fredrika Peterson, Mar
Iorie Cleveland and Olivia Erdmann.
Society here and in Boston was In
terested in the engagement announced
recently Of Miss Esther Slater elder
daughter of Mrs. Horatio Nelson Slater,
10 benjamin Sumner Welles of this city.
Mr.. welles is a son OF Benjamin Wclles
and a brother OF Mrs. Harry Pelham
Robbins Of this city. lie was graduated
from Harvard last June. No date has
been mentioned for the wedding. but it
will take place probably early in June
in Webster, Mass, where Miss Skaters
mother has a country place.
Mr.. and Mrs Lancaster Morgan have
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II the Waldorf Astoria on January %,
&c and -. The proceeds of the enter
tainment viii swell the fund maintained
by the league in the support of chart
table ana phlanthropic objects.
Miss Lila Stewart is directing the re-
hearsals for tho dances at the homes
of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs, Will
lam Jay Schicffelin, Mrs. Charles b.
Alexander and Mrs. r fulton Cutting
Some of these who will take part in
the dance numbers with the debutantes
are the Misses Angelica Schuyler
Brown. Marie Taller, Mary Cass Can
field Clair Bird, Florence Blair, Mar
garet Andrews, May Alexander Mu-
riel winthrop, Eugenia A. Philbin
Edith Mortimer and Olga, sara and
Mary Wiborg. There will be several
attractive booths arranged about the
bail room floor. at which flowers, re-
frrshmcnts, cigarettes and candy Will
be ; ID