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Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reply to Disinterester.

Mr.. Editor: In an article in your
paper this morning headed Gas and
whatever that means, I wish to dis
pose of in a few words. To begin
with, this gentleman's letter is in very
bad taste, as he should not have in
any way referred to the letter signed
A Citizen With the Best interests of
the City at Heart, unless he was able
in some way to refute the facts con-
tanned in that letter or give an excuse
in some intelligent and truthful man
ner of the methods pursued by the
present commission. Now he does not
contradict nor even intimate that he Is
able to prove that any sentence or
word in that letter is not true.
On the contrary, with regard to this
Disinterester, / will leave it to any
disinterested reader to search with tel
or knowledge in his letter. 1 find four
sentences in his letter and will take
them up in their order.
No. 1. at takes more than the
words of the commissioner who seems
to have a bad case of sour stomach
the public with his views on gas and
electricity"
"A case of sour stomach" has moth
ing to do with either fact or argument.
AS to seriously impressing the public,
the present commission have done
enough of that, and If the commission
have a few more so -called friends who
write as he does the public will be dis
gusted with all Of them, if they are not
so already.
No e. Better have the doctor pre-
scribe for him; maybe he has, and the
medicine didn't taste good"
An inmate of Brewster's Neck would
hardly write stuff like this, so we do
not think 1t worth q reply.
No. g.. He wishes to know one thing
that the commission has done which
succeeded him"
This was a fair question, but Disin-
terester does not dare a reply, so we
will pass it.
No. 4. One thing they have not
done is to keep taking out the side
of the electric light building and put
| ting It back again every time they
bought g. piece Of machinery, and what
few contracts have been given out we
all have had a chance to bid on them,
and a lot of other things-too nun1er-
Gus to mention"
Disinterester in this last sentence
| does not tell the truth when he says
| that every time q piece of machinery
| was bought the side was taken out OF
the electric light building. for it was
| only few times, when large piece
| Of machinery came when 1t was neither
| convenient or there was no opening
large enough to receive 1t. that q VIM
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havoc Il IL apparently the first duty
OF the allies 20 see that It Is located
wherever It's hiding place may be and
put out OF business. It has been o long
time since the Emden and the Kar1s-
ruhe were eliminated fror. the list
OF sea rovers, but the Moewe. II that
is its name has proved itself q worthy
successor and It In bound to be q Sc
rious menace as long IS It is per-
mitted to continue its marauding
operations
Unless it Is promptly hunted down
there promises to be more cases like
the Appam and the Clan MacTavish
and while there may be a temporary
shift In the locality In which 1t oper-
ates, or q lull now that its character
has been disclosed, 1t Is perfectly evil
dent that as long as 1t remains at
large allied shipping Is in danger.
There may be nothing formidable about
the new raider when compared with
regular warships. but 1t Is a thorn in
the side which needs to be removed
If Great Britain hopes to maintain its
control OF the seas.
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BETTER THAN RE-
PRISAd.S.

Those communities in England which
have suffered from the last visit OF the
big German alrships are reported as
crying out stronger than ever for re-
prisals of a similar nature. They are
much fncensed at the manner in which
the lives of non-combatants have been
ruthlessly taken and they feel that
nothing but retaliation will satisfy
them and nothing but the same kind
of treatment will bring the Germans to
their senses.
1t is not to be forgotten, however,
that similar cries have gone forth be-
fore and that it has been considered
the part of wisdom to refrain from
retribution along such lines, and In
view of the fact that the German air.
ships appear to be able to strike when
they please and are thoroughly effec-
tive when it comes to causing con-
Isternation and rolling up the death
list of defenseless men, women and
children, it would be folly to extend
an invitation to come oftener and do
worse which is about what retaliatory
measures of the kind urged would
amount to.
1t is but natural that the people of
England as well as those of France
should resent the manner in which
bombs have been dropped upon the
unfortified towns of those countries,
for such slaughter has been Of no mil
itary advantage, but the thing that
should be done is to devise some
means Of protecting those countries
and the people Of the cities and out
lying communities from the occasional
air raids which are so terrorizing. It
is apparent that thus far little or no
obstruction stands i'll the way of the
air raiders and what has been done
in behalf of protection is fruitless,
thus making it matter for still great
er efforts in behalf of defense instead
of displaying an attitude which is
bound to make matters worse.
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THE RAIDER MoEWE.

While interest here Is centering
about the disposition which this coun-
try fg going to make Of the seized
British steamship Appam. it is to be
believed that the British admiralty
has long since perfected plans for the
running down OF the German raider
which has captured and sunk a num-
Der or vessels or the African coast
Just what the name Of the raider
actually ID has not been established,
unless IL can be accepted as q fact.
when Lieutenant Berg insists that It
IL the Moewe, that he Is not trying to
conceal the identity OF the ship, but
regardless OF the name, Its equipment
or how ii WAS able to set into the
ao6a1ity where II has been raising such
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(Written Specially for The Bnlletin-)
We are prone to plume ourselves on
the thought that what the town OF
Norwich is in this generation is large
ly due to ourselves. our advanced ideas
and methods, our progress and modern
hustle. We rather scorn the times OK
past generations, forgetting what sub-
stantial fortunes were established dur
ing those early years, some OF them
having their Influence even today.
Then. too, It Is quite the thing to
fancy that q few centuries back the
townspeople lacked what we call enter
prise, were timid about launching into
new ventures. and the like.
No better way of refutina this notion
exists than is found In the records of
exports from the town OF Norwich way
back in the period covered by the
months from Jan. 1, 1873. to March 4,
1889.
A consideration Of thtse records
shows US that the old town was fairly
busy, even at that date. In cold figures
it is set down that the exports from
this port reached q total Of 934,2IS,
in round numbers about $4,000.
Interesting it is. too. to scan the lists
of articles and supplies sent down the
Thames to be sold IN distant ports.
Even four barrels OF gingerbread,
VdlueQ at = ~, ABOUT S1VUs Will DC
noted in the list. There were $40
horses, value 6 IL apiece. about $50
205 mules, an equal number of horned
cattle, 321 sheep, 566 hogs, 1908 lbs. of
beef, 1,774 lbs. of pork, $4,000 lbs. OF
butter-some butter, even IN these
modern creamery days!-92.1 20 lbs. OF
cheese-which goes to prove that the
housewives of that era were no drones!
$500 lbs. of ham, $4,000 bushels of
grain-the farmers had no county bd-
reau in those benighted days, but we
| can feel sure that they were not idlet
It's M hoops, $50 M staves-note how
| they made the woods useful? 1880
| lbs. hayseed, $50 bbls. potash, $4,000
| yds. homemade cloth (score another
for the busy farmers wives and
| daughters!) 631 hflds. fiaxseed and 276
| tons of pressed hay.
BY contrast, there were imported,
during the same period, European
goods to the value Of s.s0s, hides,
salt, molasses-11,2 1925 gallons of the
sweetness-and. alack! 1890 gallons
of rum (for bathing purposes, let US
| supposedly. Then there were 1,271 lbs
| of Bohea tea, 20.70o lbs. of coffee and
All, 200 lbs. of sugar, all, 1t viii be seen
the natural imports likely to be
brought home by the vessels trading
with the West Indian ports.
! At that time the shipping belonging
| to this port was summarized as fol-
| lows:
Twenty sloops, $40 tons.
Five schooners. 1875 tons.
Five briggs 545 tons.
One ship, 200 tons.
OF course, at that period there was
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Blind to Other Side.


Mr. Editor: James H. Cummings,
whose letter appears in this mornings
Bulletin, appears to belong to that
class of patriots whose chief mission
in life is to discover and Illustrate the
diabohcal schemes of England.
They are so earnestly and blissful1y
engaged in this particular form OF
''watchful waiting" as to be entirely
oblivious to anything which may oc-
cur in other directions. Germany and
her allies may murder our citizens
upon the high seas, fill our land with
stroy our industrial plants, bring ridi-
Guile upon our diplomacy, commit afro
cities upon non combatants rtvaHng
those of the Indians or plot the ex-
termination of whole peoples who
stand in the way of their schemes of
attention of these ever-watchful senti-
nels from the supreme object of their
lives. But let England delay a letter.
or, more dreadful yet. bale OF cotton.
and they are at once in full cry to
warn this country of its impending
doom.
The great originality and the fertile
minds of these people is shown in the
discovery of Mr.. Cummings that the
real cause of the European war was
the determination of England to DOM
mate the commerce of the world. II
seems indeed a pity that such a piece
of information should not have been
given to the waiting world before this
late day, but then, better late than
never"
There are people who, have been so
ignorant and stupid as to ascribe the
present struggle to Gerrnany's desire
for "a place in the sun" and to the
conflict between democracy and i'm
perialism, but at last the true cause
is revealed and deception is no longer
possible. e.,
There have also been those who were
so foolish as to believe that the tri-
umph of German absolutism and mill
tarism would result in peril to this
nation, but now they are to under
stand that the clouds are. lowering
threateningly over the future of this
land by reason of England's ambition
to control the commerce of the world
Really, some of us who have imag-
ined that some good thing might come
out of England and who had been in
clined to attribute some OF our ma
tional virtues and Institutions to thai
nation may well stand aghast at oul
former abyssmal ignorance.
Respectfully,
FAIR PLAY.
Windham, Feb. 2, 1916.
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NEW BOOKS

The Heel of War-By George B. Mo
Clellan- Paper, 1T pages. Pub
Hshed by G.. W. Dillingham; Co.,
New York. Price 81.
Having spent half OF the past year
travelling through the. waF-strfcken
country Of Europe to see with his own
eyes and hear with his own ears, the
author of this volume who is a rec
ognized authority on the political his
tory of modern Europe gives the re-
suit Of his observations In: most fn-
teresting manner aided as he Is, by
the fact that he is thoroughly ac-
quainted with those countries In their
happier days Of peace.
Mr.. Mcclellan treats on the econ
omic condition of Germany, its con-
fidence Of victory. Belgium under Ger
man rule, Louvain, France. sacrifices
to win, the disaffection with the vi
viani ministry, Italy's attitude towards
the war and Giolitti and the italian
government. 49,
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

Under all Of the circumstances It Is
decidedly brutal to say that we VIII
grant Independence and then let them
light for their own salvation, finally
shooting and stabbing themselves into
some sort Of a workable government.
We can constantly add to their powers
of self government, even to taking a
gamblers chance, and in that way en-
courage the day of complete independ-
ence, but the American sense OF jus
tice would scarcely commend abaEi-
donment OF the Philippines. As the
street urclin would say, we are right
up against it.-New Haven Journal
Courier.
A decrease in the death rate and the
experience OF the doctors that six
weeks Is the period OF such an cpl
demic are taken as evidence that the
local run" on grip, pneumonia and
acute bronchitis is nearing the end.
The mortality attributed to these dis
eases the past few weeks has exceeded
that attached to many epidsrnics and
contagious to which more popuia-
alarm has ordinarily attached Not
withstanding the welcome hope that Is
held out, the old adage to live mod
erately and obtain pianty cf rest and
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----- 80
S5netinles one suspects that the
only reason for some acts on the
vaudeville stage is 80 that radical
STYLES In gowns may be exhibited with
living molels. Perhaps II the water
bury theatres do have to coupet eWath
those Of Torrington because OF Inn
proved night train service up the VAL
ley, there may be q little real EFFORT
here to produce shows that VIII en-
terrain. It's long. long time since
Waterbury vaudeville audiences were
aroused to anything like real applause.
although there is evidence enough that
the theater business Is extremely pros
perous.-Waterbury Republican.
Any day now may bring Tat re-
regards the Lusitania and following
that break in our relations with her.
Perhaps after an such q break would
be more acceptable to our citizens than
q continuation Of the present negotfa-
lions which have never been of the
sort to make US sure that Germany
realized the gravity of her crimes
against US It would have been better
months ago to have severed diplomatic
relations. when she began TO play Fast
and loose with her promises. But It
can be done now and the honor OF the
nation, that has been In pawn, can be
redeemed All this, OF course. x Ger
many o6ztfnately refuses to do Us 1ns-
tice II she does consent then we hAre
won all we asked. though at q horrt-
| bly, late date.-Ansonfa Sentinel
Under Yale auspices the university
and city are to join in a general a9nd
unique celebration Of the 250th ami
EeFsary of the coming OF Yale to New
Haven. A great pageant in which 1t
, Is expected that about 1000 students,
townspeople, and school children will
take part. staged in the bowl, the
afternoon Of October 2, will be the
most spectacular feature. Also there
will be exercises in Woolsey hail. .
large public banquet. and, the day fol-
lowing being Sunday. mary churches
will Join in the spirit OF the occasion.
II was a fortunate day for New Haven
when Yale was brought here after
classes had been held at Milford and
Clinton. It has done Infinitely more
for the City Of Films than New Haven
ever can do for the university The
city win join heartily In the eelebra-
ton. From the makeup of the COM
mittee Of which Eli Whitney is Chair
man It can be seen that the plans will
be carried out with the close attention
to detail and general success watch
characterized the bi-centennial--New
Haven Union.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

dow was enlarged and the machinery
taken in, thereby saving money fer
the plant, which was economy.
There were three reasons why 1t
was unwise to have a door, either large
or small. at that point First, 1T was
close to the railroad and would add to
the liability Of accident. Second, II
would have made It too easy or access
at night for people who had no busi-
ness there. Third. perhaps every plant
occasionally, and the gas and electric
plant Is no exception, so an opening
would have been too convenient.
The gentleman intended this for q
slur, but he has paid a high compli-
ment to the old board.
If he means the doing OF work for the
plant by I'VE all" then some Of the
blame for the present bad record Of
the commission belongs to We All or
Whatisit.
The writer will say that any further
letters containing malevolence, ignor-
ance and untruthfulness will have no
reply.
It i'll becomes Disinterester or any
citizen of decency and self-respect to
say evil things about men who built
up a plant out OF. comparatively
ming and improving In efficiency and
service, having its value increase, II
put up for sale, fifty thousand dollars
a year or more. These men did this
without any compensation, while rail-
roads and Industrial corporations al
around us (Which we could name)
had presidents, treasurers and mana
gers with enormous salaries, sending
these corporations into bankruptcy.
A final word for Disinterester. Be
| fore he or any of his Xix cast any more
reflections on the former commission
will they please tell US Of any PLAN
under the same conditions in the state
of Connecticut, in the United States
or in the world, with a better recort
| than the Norwich gas and electrical
| plant under its former commission?
INTERESTED IN NORWICH.
| Norwich Feb 1 1915
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

no continuous warm weather for jan
uary like that Of the year 1916. How
ever, it is probable Southern New Eng
land has had just such Januaries be-
fore. Here are two old sayings bear
ing upon January: If the January cal
ends be summary gay, Twill be win
try weather till the calendS of May"
And IF the grass grows green in
Janiveer it grows the worst fort all
the year" 1t looks as IL the signs
point to a late spring and an abund-
ant grass crop. January was marked
by Robinhood's wind-the wind that
blows over thawing snow.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05
Never Get Enouah.

1t is always somebody else" down
in Mexico. Carranza was duly recoR-
nized, and now the populace are yell
ing for Felix Diaz.-Memphts Com
mercial-Appea1.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

The man on the corner says: The
'uncleaned sidewalk is only one Of the
many manifestations of mans inhu-
mainly to man.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

When It is declared that Holland
gunners have brought down e dirigibIe
there is furnished sor Ensiand's ben
eft one Of the ways OF storping the
airship raids.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

It is now reported that Col. House
Will get only his expenses. II In to
be hoped that they will not be run up
to any such figure that they win call
for an Investigation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

The present gas and electrical COM
mission went into office for the pur-
pose OF getting at the facts In that
department and 1t is a grand good OPP
portunity Just now to give them to the
people.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

Is it possible that the Moewe fur
nishes the evidence that Germany kept
its promise when it declared that its
fleet was coming out?
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

That fellow in New York who drank
gasoline and then set fire to himself
probably thought he was starting the
kitchen fire.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

With Germany planning a new drive
on Calais 1t is barely possible that it
is firing Of the oft-made promise that
the war will open in the spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

There appears to be at the present
time an opportunity for the gas and
electrical commissioners to furnish the
citizens with a new kind of light.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

Instead of the Appam being a case
where neither side wants it it is one
where both are anxious for it.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

Rumania may still be on the fence.
but with the calling OF the class of
1915 to the coIors 1t becomes appar-
ent, that it is doing its best to keep
one foot on tho ground.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05
Office for La FoIlette.

Why doesn't La Toilette run for
premier of Japan. All the shipping
interests of Nippon would cheer him
to the echo.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05
EDITORIAL NOTES

1t has been SO long since we have
had a snow storm that most anything
seems like a blizzard,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05
The household
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good air, while avoiding dFaughts. sttl
holds goods-Prcyidence Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

The weather Is always q propular
topic for conversation, and the present
winter has knocked all the weather
prophets silly. Their extremely cold
winter has seemed to have been a win
months most contrary. sweet and Bit
ter January'', sang the poet; and the
meteorologists say present kept rec
orda for the vicinity Of Boston show
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

What do you think Of the man or
the woman on the car who says:
This seats engaged" when 1t isn't?
This is an everyday spectacle of the
hog that beats the hog who holds the
end seat. Excuse the style of the ex-
preston but 1t seems necessary to
make the truth plain and penetrating.
You can scratch the hog in the pen
and he will show signs of appreciation.
but this kind Of a hog has to be forced
to the quarters he has paid for by the
conductor, and the passenger who sits
calmly smiling in the seat monopo-
ized feels that he is bowling in the
right alley, all right. 1t is disagree
able to be caught In f7b and worse to
be crowded into corner as liar. OF
course, person SO dense never real
ICES Just how he looks under such
conditions. A clean passenger Is not
to blame for mot being at home" to
an unclean and undesirable searcher
for a seat, but claiming twice what
you've paid for, and keeping worthy
peope standing is twice as mean as it
Is impoiite.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

One skipper for many years en-
gagged in the West India trade was
Capt. Isaac Hull, who sailed from New
London in the employ of Norwich and
New London merchants. On one of
his voyages in the ship Minerva, in
1898, he carried SO oxen on the deck.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05
considerable trading with the ports O
New York and Boston.

Regular packets running from Nor
witch to New York were the Juno,
Caut Robt- Niles, the Venus, Christ
TOPPER Vail, and the Lady Washing
ton. Stephen Culver The Norwich
packet, BENJAMIN Culver piled regular
u to Newport, and the Swallow,
zephaniah Jennings, to Boston.
Several other coasting sloops kept
things lively In the river. among them
being the Lark, Jonathan Roath, and
the Royal Oak. Timothy Parker.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-05

OF course. at that period there wa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-15

ing for bride. who asked for the bread
bowls in the homes of several charm
ing maidens, wishing to feed his horse
with the scrapings. might be well to
revive. Those who saved much dough,
thinking to gain favor were disap-
pointed for he chose the girl with the
bowl so clean that there were no scrap
ings, as that Indicated to him care
fpl, frugal wife, for which he was
looking.
Where vegetables are to be served
alone. select the best looking ones,
leaving the less slightly ones for soups,
seasonings and stews.
A tablespoonful of peas or tomatoes
should be saved and added to the roast
beef gravy on the morrow or to the
vegetable salad. A single fresh to-
mato may be CHARTERED and served as
"a garnish.
A half cupful of peas may be added
to tomorrow's omelet and thus make
tasty dish rather than a plain ONE
let.
Water In which rice is cooked add
cd to milk makes fine cream soup for
dinner.
One cupful of mashed potatoes will
make several croquettes, or patties, or
fish balls.
The green tops of the celery are just
rs good for fiavoring the stew or soup
as the more tender portions.
Mullins left from breakfast may be
pulled apart and toasted. Pieces of
cake served with simple custard and
sliced banana, is dainty dessert
and one easy to prepare.
Save the tea leaves and sprinkle
them, well moistened, over the carpet
before sweeping. They brighten the
carpet and keep the dust from flying.
Use the ham bone to cook with cab
bage. Take off every little bit of meat
and serve 1t In a white sauce on toast
Mayonnaise may be colored green
with spinach Juice or red with beet
juice, or tomato catchup or the coral
Of lobster.