Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-07
ACRES OF DIAMONDS
Dr. Cornell Says We Have Them
 Right Here in Norwich.

For two hours pr. Russell ConweIl of Philadelphia held the close atten- tion of a large audience at the Colonial theatre Monday evening in his lecture, Acres of Diamonds, given under aus pices of the Y. N. C. 4. From the very start the speaker gripped his au- dience.
 Dr. Connell lectured in Breed hall 50 years ago. In his opening remarks he said: It is like dream to me to know that Norwich has grown to a population of 30,e00 people, yet Nor wich has not done what 1t ought to have.
 This evening I will lecture to you on Acres of Diamonds. which are to be discovered and used in Norwich. | They will be found here.
 While going down the Tigris and Euphrates rivers many years ago with a party of Englishmen I found myself under the direction of an old Arab | guide who reassembled barbers in Norwich not only in character but al | so of amusement and entertainment The | old guide was leading the camel by | the halter and at the same time was 1 telling stories which [ grew tired of | and ceased to listen to. In order to revive my interest again the guide | took off his cap and waved it. saying | that he had a story that he told only | to particular friends and I am glad | that he told it to me as I have since been thankful. The old guide said an l ancient Persian. who lived not far | from the river Indus and who owned a large farm, was wealthy and con- tented until one day a Buddhist priest one of the wise men of the east. came along and explained to the old farmer how this world was made. saying that l the world was once a mere bank Oi fog and that the Almighty thrust His finger into the fog bank and whirled 1t around until it was a molten mass of fire, and how the molten mass made copper. gold, silver and diamonds and
 that d diamond is a congealed drop oi sunlight.
 | Hearing about diamonds the Per. sian went 10 bed that night a discon.
 tented man and on awakening the nex
 day decided to set out to find the dia
 monds of the world. Consequently h,
 searched far and near and finally com,
 mitted suicide in Spain. The man wht
 purchased his farm discovered a bIacl l stone with light refiecting all thu
 hues of the rainbow. Thinking noth
 ing of it he placed the stone on hi
 mantle and the priest, returning tha
 way, stopped, and on entering thu ! house, was amazed to see the shfuiui , light on the mantle and on investiga
 tion found it to be a great diamond This discovery resulted in the findinl
 of the most magnificent diamond min ever known in the history of mankind lne Bulue Stliu 10 me IT the PerSlal
 had remained home and dug his owl wheat fields he would have had acre
 of diamonds.
 pr. Connel told other incidents O
 men who threw away chances of thi r nature and continuing he said that ar
 few cities in the world where "
 have better opportunities than we fin 7 right here in Norwich. It is your dut to take it and I say to you that yo
 ought to get rich and it is your dut
 to get rich. I say to you that yc g have acres of diamonds in Norwic
 where you live. IL is an honor to b e rich, if your wealth is obtaine
 through industry and enterprise
 Sometimes you hear persons say tha n men get millions through dishonesty
 But they are so rare a thing that tn r newspapers talk about them until yo
 get the idea that all other rich me = get rich dishoneStly. But my friends
 take me through the streets of Nor r wich and introduce me to the peopI
 who own homes and I will meet tn @ very best people in character in you
 city and you know I will.
 = Some men say: Don't you sympa