Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-06
OTHER VIEW POINTS

You can never have an efficient
navy if you build a bulkhead so high
that young men who enter at the
bottom cannot rise to the top. An
old salt it is who says this-Daniels,
Josephus. So familiar now is he with
the sea that he likes to give a sailor
like flavor to his comments.-Water-
bury American.
The quantity of snow made it in
evitable that there should, in any form
of melting, be freshets in the rivers.
The worst reported to date is at
Wikesbarre, where the Susquehanna
was within a foot Of it's high record,
and considerable damage of the usual
food variety had been done. The Con-
necticut river was up to twenty-one
feet yesterday, but the rise was very
gradual. and was checked by yester-
days chill Everybody is rejoiced that
the floods were not precipitated by
most of those who live by the banks
of sizeable rivers are resigned. They
will be very we'll satisfied if they get
nothing worse than they have had so
far this spring.-New Haven Register.
Next week is National Cleanup
week, and everybody should do mis- CT
| her part toward its observance. The
ritual is not elaborate and the initia-
| ton rites are not particularly onerous.
All that is necessary is a stout arm
| and a grim determination to cart away
or burn up all rubbish that has accu-
mulated on the lot or in the cellar
| during the winter Sweep out, mop up
| and pick up. whitewash and disinfect,
| and you will not only have the salts
| faction of having neater and more
| slightly surroundings, but healthier
and more sanitary home or workshop.
Great is the mental, moral and physi-
cal uplift that follows the generous
use of the broom, the mop and the can
of disinfectant.-Wate Republi-
can.
Ministers of the gospel have spent
much time and study in an effort &c
learn why men, as rule, do not en-
joy going to church. After a little
| close observation along the same line
one student OF human nature point:
, out the following reason: Some meI
do not go regularly to church because
when they come in late the entire con
gregation centers attention upon them
causing untold embarrassment. 4
simple explanation that, with a lean
l ing toward the ludicrous, yet 1t EN-
bodies a great fundamental truth. !
is a notorious fact that people il
|, church possess the terrible failing o
looking around every time n doc
: slams so they may see who is the late
i conner. Once having encountered Ihi
| conner is, in the future, prone to avoi
such occasions. If late the next Sun
. day he is very likely to pass by tn
! church and go where he will nc
u arouse the same degree of curiosity
: nor be the center of attractiOn.-Ne'
q Britain Herald
It is with regret that we note II
n decision of the New Haven road
: lease its cars, its stations and Il
# right of way for advertising purpose
1t is a distinctly backward step. II
New York, New Haven and HartfoI
n railroad has in the past done exec
a lent work in identifying its prem
q ises in many places. especially aroui
~ stations. The only criticism MAD
"a was that concerning the restriction
m of the enterprise. The need of u
10 revenue is hardly excuse enough 4
ys inflicting a fantastic array OF Sun
w day colored supplements on a he'll
N less public. A journey to New No
r under the new arrangement will 500
n, be a thing to dread. Running trail
10 between rows of illustrated corset
m sawdust foods and Killem's pills M
at the same time compelling passe
IT gers to gaze on flamboyant monstro
he tiles along the sides of the tnteri
nd of the cars is apt to cause revo
on, Pretty soon people will demand tn
at they be paid for taking a trip und
n such circumstances. Converting pa
rn senger trains into an imitation of
re- moving picture of the sadness of I
of morning after is not enterprise; Il
tn cruelty.-Bristol Press.