Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-06
THE MAN WHO TALKS

A great many people who hope to be saved by faith do not believe lovos can make our burdens light, although we find in life real evidence of the fact. A pitying man saw little girl carrying crippled lad about as big as she was across the street. He is too heavy for you to carry little one,a he said, as he offered to help her, but she replied cheerfuily: "Oh, no, he's not too heavy you see. he's my broth eri" The love that made her face glow made her burden light. She was not thinking of his weight for his wel- fare filled her whole mind. Love is force which, can make labor a joy. We haven't the faith in love we should have. It is the power that Is sure in time to ennohle every race of men on eirth. it is seen in the constitution of our own country in these burning words, All men arc born free and equal. and 1t is in the Illuminating of the people, for the people. by the people. It can overcome hate and bring peace to the nations, and 1t can heal the hurts of war and make of earth a paradise forever.
 
 What is persistencef No one win deny that the man who courted a wo- man for 21 years and then died an old bachelor was persistent, but Diff1dence had him by the collar and his persist ence did not reach a climax. The man who proposed to one woman 16 times and was accepted on the 17th, discov- cred he made mistake by proposing one time too many, so-he had the eli max thrust upon him. The man who used to frighten his wife into submis- sion by threatening to hang himself and danced on tilting barrel with a oIa sC cieyfa f the barrel slipped out from beneath him one day and before his wife could get help to save him he had been re- warded with success. Persistence is just pushing with all our might for something we do or do not want. It Is g good plan not to persist with too much zeal in the wrong direction. If tho COW had not persisted in swallowing the milkmaid there never would have been a shawl pin found in the cows stomach. Those who persist must do so along right lines.
 A coe<sure man may always be trusted to make a monkey of himself without the least bit of assistance. There really is no such thing as sta bility to knowledge. If we are blessed with a StudiouS temperament we know more today than we did yesterday; and if we have been plodding long we arc surprised by the things we were taught and have learned that have faded out and not left a recognizable stain. We begin life with everything before us to learn, and we end it amazed by life's mysteries and the light grasp the worlds greatest scholars have upon them. The cockslre are those who get few impressive ideas and hitch their craft to them. and those who cherish borrowed ideas because they have none of their own. Ignorance is
 
 Perhaps the reason poetry is not in popular demand in this age is because truth shines the brighter clad in verse;" Yet it is quite distinction to be able to write into impressive and nelodious measure songs of life which are cherished by generation after gen- eration. Plato said: Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history: but Shenstone thought poetry and con- cases" In the favor of poetry is the fact that many of Gods prophets found prose too dull for revelation of His love and mercy and pictured it in sweet songs which are still ringing down the ages and for aught we know wrote his epics in the sunsets. and fiowery fields. and surging seas and snow crested mountains for man to interpret and translate. and whoever 66tS En0 BOtu6n rom me W1IQ pos1es" or surging seas and sets it to immortal measure is indeed a poet Norwich, we notice has a poet who indites thoughts that breathe and words that burn"
 There are organizations of all kinds for the betterment of young men but one of the best I have ever heard of was league of young men who or ganized for the purpose of practicing economy. Among them they had weekly deposits which amounted to s10 week. It wasn't big sum, but it represented 8 getting ahead idea which was sure to be the progenitor of a good habit. The one habit which proves to be a lifeline to a young man is the habit of having at the weeks end a half dollar more than he has expended instead of ten cents less. That little gap of ten cents spells bondage for the man with a bad habit; and the 50 cents surplus indicates a coming bondholder, just as sure as thunder-heads in the sky portend a coming storm. Clubbing together for sociability is often a pleasurab1e weakness, but getting to- gether for purpose, whether it is to stay small vices. or to learn little les sons of sweetness and prudence, is a credit in it's very conception to every young man who favors such a move ment.
 Isn't it strange that tumble-down huts and ragged children in groups make the most profitable pictures for artists. The portrait of mayor in a dress-suit looks more ridiculous than the picture of a street beggar on the corner asking aims. The types of any race of people are not those who change their clothes several times day, but those who wear one suit until it begins to show more of the wearer's character than it does tho skill of the workman in the tailoring establishment. You may have notic- ed there is never anything artistic about a fashion plate; but there is always something pleasing and at- tractive about the picture of gypsy camp. When we select pictures for the parlor We prefer that of the cow boy to that of the statesman. Did you ever enter a parlor in which every picture was family portrait with eyes always turned your way. This is where too much eyes affect the nerves. WheJk it comes to art the nude in sculpture Is decried, but q stone man in pants never looks less than ridiculous. Art must be more than a daily advertisement.
 This world will be better when men panfsh false pretense, recognize the truth and hncOlr9A cOn@CiOIIz that great .