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Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
GIVE THEM PLENTY TO DO.

From the statements which are be- ing made by those who have been ar rested for failure to register under the provisions of the conscrfption law, and because of their activity in in iuencing others to refrain from re- specting the law, to the effect that
 they will willingly serve a year in
 jail, attention is directed to the fact
 that such persons ought not to be provided with all the comforts of a
 club room during that period and that they should not be allowed to become an expense upon the common wealth in which they are located, but should be made to work for their board at least and whatever other benefit their services could be turned to.
 The fact that those between the fixed ages would be subject to mili- tary service following their term in ja;i is not sufficient for them to look forward to. Those who stand in the way of the enforcement of the law &s regards others as well as them selves should be made to understand that they are not skipping the draft simply to have an easy time at the expense of the people. Such man power needs to be made use of just as much as in the case of other pris- oners or in the case of civilians who are being called upon to increase the output of the country industrially and agriculturally. Labor is in demand and full use should be made of such iawbreakers. If they cannot be given sufficient work at the jails to keep them busy and make them earn their living, there is the example of some counties and states where the pris- oners are put to work on farms and
 IL. overlooked. They cannot be allowed to be slackers in regard to work even if that is what they insist upon be- ing regarding military service
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
Russian Genernl,a Eseaps..

A Russian general named Astarhett is among the latest escaped prisoners of war to arrive in Holland says AssO- ciated Press Correspondence. He had escaped from the camp at Torgau on the Elbe, in Saxony. in tho company of two Russian flight t-lieutenants. In terviewed at The Hague. he related that this was his tenth attempt at es- cape in twenty months imprisonment. He confirmed tho accounts of the total inadequacy Of prisoners rations to sustain life. Questioned reGarding tho economic pressure in Germany. he eX pressed the belief that the Germans would never be forced to give in save by military defeat.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
Keeps Three Children
 Healthy Giving, Them Father J John sMedicine

My little girl was very sick with bronchitis, and the doctor said she could not live. I gave her Father John's Msditine and after sire had taken it she was able to go out and has been well and strong ever since. give 1t to my three children every time they have cold. I can't say enough in praise of Father John's Medicine. (Signed} Mrs. Charles Du- pre-, Box s31i Gilbertville. Mase.
 When You remember that Father Johns Medicine builds new flesh and strength because 1t is ali pure and wholesome nourfshment. you will req lize why it has had more than so years success and is recognized as the safest spring tonic and body builder not a patent medicine but a doctor s prescription. Contains no alcohol.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
Views of the Vigilantss
ONE WHO WON'T BE HELD BACK.
By Charles J. Rosebauit of The Viei-
 Ianteo.

 He was an unusually willing and helpful salesman. Of his own voIition he suggested that the soc, respecting which I was doubtful. was little short in the vanp and did not proper ly follow the outlines of the foot. Three times he descended to the base nlent and twice he climbed mp to the gallery around the upper part Of the shop. I could see him there opening many boxes and examining their con- tents with great care before he select ed what he thought would be best suited.
 He was blond. with an outstanding pompa dour of closely curled hair, blue eyed and keenIy alert. l could see that he was the type of young man that concentrates. upon his work and was satisfied that he would win pro- motion. In ten years at the most se would have shop of his own He was the sort that must be his own boss. With the opportunities for the industrious obiiging merchant which New York offers he would have suc- cess-pienty of it
 I suggested something of the sort just to show that I appreciated his attention.
 Maybe" he answered calmly. Just now I am looking for a different job"
 ''What?" I asked.
 T was in the Navy-spent four years there, three on the Concord and one in the Quartermaster's Depart ment That's where I learned the shoe business"
 You cou'd be of service now, cer- tainly,' I observed.
 That's what I've been thinking" he replied, with a smile. 'Tf 1t wasn't for my lungs-fact is, I've just got back from a sanitarium."
 That would put you out, of course" I agreed.
 T won't let it," he returned, with A determined look in his eyes. They wouldn't take me when I tried to en- list the other day-Im just too old to be drafted-but they said they nisc.N, if got stronger. will. for I am talk ing good care of myself
 There was a momentary pause, while he assured himself that he had found the perfect fit.
 "A lot of young men haven't learned to look at things right" he remarked seriously. We've got only one life to live. What is the difference whether you die in bed, in a street accident or on the battlefield? It makes big difference theugh whether you're do ing what you think you ought to when your time comes"
 . T see you're bound to get in," |
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

There is thirty feet of water in the outer harbor at all times.
 The port can berth g ships at time with present accommodations that may be easily extended. ship building facilities are ample and all sorts of supplies avai' able.
 Saint Nazaire is connected with Paris and Marseilles by double track railroad lines and has good communi- cation with Switzerland through Iy- ons. The "Nazariens" as the 35.OO0 inhabitants of the town are called, count upon their 133.000 neighbors of the sister city of Nantes. 25 miles up the Loire. to support their claims. Nantes. itself. possesses a comforta ole port accessible to vessels of heavy tonnage.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

Well, I am too far along in years to go to the front,' the out of town
 customer told Wilkinson. sBut mo- body can ever say that I am not mak- ing sacrifices and suffering for my na- tive land"
 What is it now?" Wilkinson asked. Subscriptions to the Red Cross and various relief funds?"
 "Of course, we have all that" the out Of town customer sighed. We are glad to do our bit with the rest but that isn't it. It is in the confines of my own home that I am suffering.
 first noticed it one evening when asked Edna, my youngest daughter to pass me the catchup. Instead of hand ing me the bottle in it's silver stand ard, a s usual, she took the bottle out looked at the label, turned it around and gazed at it again. Then, just as was reaching for it. she read the words aloud. I wondered whether she were thinking of writing a novel on the adventurous career of a bottle of catchup but she kindly enlightened me by saying that in the Red Cross nurs- ing course which she is taking they teach her never to give person any thing out of bottle without reading the label three times"
 Excellent rue of conduct" com mented Wilkinson.
 We had important guests one eve ming at dinner" the other went on,
 and 1 was quite Scandalized to see how Martha, my second daughter was acting She had twisted her napkin up into a roll and was muttering Eighteen by thity-six makes a one yard roll, wrapper thirteen by thir- teen I shook my head at her, and then the wife of the man whom I was anxious to impress began to ask Mar tha thousand questions about di- mensions and the size of the wra ppers. Her interest relieved my anxiety. They are both taking the surgical dressing course< and are having nerv- ous prostration for fear they won't pass the examinat tion."
 T can imagine it, laughed .Wilk- inson.
 "All my incest and softest handker- chiefs have been sacrificed to the ex- perimenIs they make at home,'' the out Of town man continued. And yet they are not satisfied. Martha asked me yesterday whether I couldn't buy handkerchiefs that were narrow CT than they were long, they would be so easy to experiment. with My young son borrowed five of them one afternoon, and when I got them back they were ruined. He has first aid work in connection with his Boy Scouts, and his mother had hribed him to teach her little before she under went her examination in first aid un der the Red Cross. She has asked me every night whether my head did not ache. and I wondered at her solic- itude until I discovered that the doc tor who teaches her class said that
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
South Franklin. June 15. 1917.
Must Avoid European Conditions.


 MT. Editor: The boys and girls of our country must be saved from the demoralizing influences of war. The conditions which prevailed in Europe during the early months of the war in Europe and which are not yet over come, must not be permitted to gain a footing here.
 The world is being tried as never be- fore. Resources in food, in equipment and character are being tapped and drained to the limit. The character of our people is in the crucible. It is in such times that the children are for gotten and suffer from neglect or worse.
 If ever there was a time when those who work with the young and have a share in the formation of child char fully to the task, now is that time. It is, so far as the young people are concerned, the greatest crisis that America ever has faced. We must not allow the children to be exploited be- cause men are withdrawn from the ordinary channels of toll.
 The giving up of summer camps, the abandonment of character building work already undertaken, must re- suit in deterioration and in juvenile delinquency unrestrained and actual crime, as has been the experience in the scourged lands across the sea.
 King David's rule: As was his his share that went forth to battle, so shall his be that abode with the stuff ?'' is sound patriotism. May l urge there fore that you give increa singly of your time, your money and your in f1uence to the work among young people, whether it be in connection with the Woodcraft League. Boy Scouts. Boy Brigade, Camp Fire Girls, Y. M. c. A. or any other organization which moulds child life. If it is your duty to go to the front, will you not before going, make sure that whatever work you had been doing with the young people may be continued by some one who will do it as welli or better than yourself?
 It is my hope that the Woodcraft League may have the opportunity of helping solve this great problem and that the tribes already established in your community may do an increasing ly effective piece of work, not only this, but that there may be more and more groups where Woodcraft in its finest sense is being taught.
 Let each of us say, Last year did so much and devoted so many hours to the child crusade, this year because of the greater need, I will do double as much You cannot serve your country better. There is no nobler way Shall we join hands in this pledge of service?
 Yourse Sincerely
 ERNEST THOMPSON SETON New York, June 13, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
HOME GARDENS
Bean Protection.

Beans are one of the most import ant war crops of the garden. Special care should be taken to protect them from insects and diseases says to- days bulletin from the National Emergency Food Garden Commission which is cooperating with this paper in a nationwide campaign for more food gardens and against waste in the household.
 Leaf beetles are the hardest pests to fight on the bean plants. They are very small and therefore difficult to detect. They are dark or pale striped
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOl
Medals for the Patriots.

Mir. Editor: In the words of the late lamented Daniel Webster I still live; and in these stirring times and with the patriotic sacrifices of men, women and children in this, the great est of wars for democracy, it gets my goat to read in the public press of two of our military census enumerators; one an representative, the other want to be" of the town of Franklin holding out their hands, palms up, for payment for the patriotic services. Pay them by all means. pay them the same amount old Judas pocketed-30 pieces of silver. They should also be presented medals-leather ones-and for design, etc, they should be about as large as a cent and shaped like boot heel, suitably inscribed on one side with an account of their heroic sacrifices and sufferings, and on the other side a medallion of a hogs head in full bristle, with a frankfurter in it's mouth. Such a medal would be a nice piece of decoration to wear on their manly breasts, if either happened to be accidentally elected to the legislature in the future, and also to let the peo- pie see we are it's
 JOHN w. AVER
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
 Plalnf1eld, June IS. 1917.
Yes, 1t Rains.

IeSs Ir hSinS.
 MT. Editor: Perhaps it may be well bile rushing through the intestinal ca = nal of certain spite distorted brains to say "Yes, 1t rains" and The Cloud Digger did not predict rain.
 While June, 1917. has put terrible link in my weather predictions, I mo- tice the words "as prcdicted'' don't appear very often in our daily papers and up to today June IS, the weather bureau has made just as many daily mistakes as it has got it right w..h nothing less than great perfectly or ganized telegraphic and other scien- tific system to go by while The Cloud Digger predicts a month ahead. still cling to my rule, however. and a record Of more than quarter of a cen- tury as yet not equalled by even the weather bureau.
 However since my last letter I have of the L. $. weather bureau, perhaps that has been the reason of such a smashing old kink hurled into my ma chine made predictions or digging of the clouds. The hoe got stuck in a top heavy net cloud over Hell Hollow way and ripped a big hole that couldn't be mended in time
 July weather predictions will be on time and-well what's the use since if snow fell it wouldn't be heard of in one town I know of.
 I have great interest in the good opinion of your thousands of readers can stand all kinds of slurs and lies from some sources, but think it is due me by your paper that you let your readers know that it is not vance" of Voluntown- I know noth- ing about the writer, only he or she is some pump pkins with ! pen
 THE CLOUD DIGGER.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
Henln and Brains.

The Illinois legislature has solemnly enacted that women's shoe heels shall not exceed one and three -eights inches in height. Brains, not eX- ceeding one and three -eiehts ounces iu weight doubtless are responsible - Chicago Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

The head of the Tampa Shipbuild- ing company who wouldn't subscribe to any Liberty bonds because the money would be used to make war on his relatives in Germany, might bet ter have reflected that this country would TO. he at war now but for the government under which his relatives are living.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

There can be no question but what the superior officers of that soldier of the western front who captured a general single handed have long ago agreed that he should be placed in charge of a larger force of men.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

It may not be so many days before Nick Romanoff will be sending his condolences to Bill Hohenzollern whose brother-in-law is already on his way to Berlin to be told of the wrongs that have been committed against him
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

Now that the British have made an- other advance and preparations are underway for a further retreat by the Germans, it is possible that Hinden- burg has revised his opinion about the allied offensive having come to a definite conclusion.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

While the people of Paris may be having some trouble with the pro- nunciation of his name, they will not be bothered that way when it comes to referring to Pershing's accomplish
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
Looks That Way.

success around Verdun, it begins To look as if the Kaiser had sent his bumptious eldest son down there to put up another bluff. Indianapolis News.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

There is no better argument for the passage of the food bills that the statement which shows that food prices have taken an advance of nine per cent. on an average in one month
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

With the Germans retreatins to n new position in Belgium strategy is being revived by Hindenburg which of course the allies are in no way re- sponsible for.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

With an army of women being en- listed to go to the front and take the same part that men would in Russia the soldiers of that country ought to be shamed into action if nothing else
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

Many are at work upon devices for fighting the submarines and it is to be hoped that everyone of them will succeed. The end Of this ruthless warfare cannot come any too soon.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

The kaiser keeps changing the date when the submarines will complete the starvation of England which of course is much in keeping with his altered plans for eating his Christmas dinner in Paris
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

ly come and summer residences and sible.
 Coming into the village from Web built in this town-1720; then the homes of the Burleigh family who were so noted in the anti slavery days before the war.
 At the four corners stands the ..old brick school house." now Grange hall. built of the same bricks used in the brick academy in TITO. South of it. in the large yard, stands New HalP' tullt for academy. use in 17S2. The present stone academy was built in lS25. Under the hill on the west, on the Canterbury road, or the old Prov idence path, is the old PIainffeld cem- etery. which dates back in 16-; across the road on the north is an old Indian burylng ground; and just west is said to have been a camping place of the Trench troops when Lafayette visited Plainfield
 Old residences built during IT. are scattered along the street and the old Eaton tavern built in 175O, where W aShIn8ton and Lafayette were en- tertained, still stands
 In the south part of the village, on DOW Corner, is the old White halr' built in 17S2 as d part of the academy used for years for the district school and now Dan Browns cottage, but little changed on the outside.
 Just pack Of this stood the cottag ge and blacksmith shop of James Cong don and his wife, full blooded repre- sentatiVes of the Moflawx and Peduot tribes. They rest in the old ceme- tery.
 The old Stringer tavern is much the same as in old stage coach times but the old toll gate on the south end of the village is a thing of the past
 Let the D. A. R. and the PIainffeld historical society awake to the fact nd ho 23rd will be too late to put PIainfieId on the honor roll
 ETTA BARBER.
 Plainfield, June IS, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

The man on the corner says: Man must even guard his mouth or it will become his own worst enemy.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19

observed, as I paid my bill"
 I'm going back to my pals" he re- turned with a glint in the blue eyes, "I wouldn't feel comfortable if I didn't"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Nothing is more welcome than tc have June get back to it's proper schedule?
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
Wilhelm

kaiser Wilhelm is mad clear through When the entente nations brought about the abdication of Con stantine they of course struck the kali ser hard blow because Constantine was a pro-German neutral
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
Historie PIainfieId on Moheaan rraiI.

Historic PIainfieid on Moheean Trail.
 MT. Editor: What is the matter with our people that they let Plainf1eld be the one Rip Van Wrinkle town the great Mohegan trail at this time. The war is keeping Americans in their own land and the opening of this trail ought to bring many dollars in to every town it goes through Auto travel and summer boarders will sure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-06

me your aid. How can fail, MOB
sleurE I an young and rot III . look
upon this you nave already conIessf71'
here IN This wilderness i an 440-ls'
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-06

your beauty 70 enslave him; you count
as ally the loneliness Of the wilderness;
az! and. II understand Alright, you
hope through me to awaken the mans
Jealousy. Is this not true9''
drew q quick breath, my eyes star
ing into his face, and my limbs treu-
bling. His words cut me like a knife,
yet would not yield, would not even
acknowledge their truth
You are unjust, unfair" 7 burst
forth tupetu0uslv. You VIII see but
the one side-that Of the man. can
not fight this battle with ny hands,
nor viii 7 submit TO such wrong with
out struggle. He has never thought to
spare me- and there is no reason why
I should show him mercy. 7 wish
your good viii, monsieur. your respect.
but i cannot hold this plan which I
propose as evil. Do your"
He hesltated. looking at me with
such perplezity in his eyes as to
prove his doubt
II cannot Judge you," he admitted
at last only that IS not the way IL
which I have been trained. Neither
viii stand between you and your
revenge nor have part in it. I an
your friend-now. always. IN every
honorable way I win serve you and
your cause IF Cassion dares violence
or insult he must reckon with me.
though faced his whole company.
pledge you this. but I viii not play a
part or act a lie even al your re-
quest"
You mean you wifi not pretend to
care for me-" asked my heart
Ieaden at his words.
There would be no pretense," he
answered frankly. II do care for you,
but I win not disboncr my thought Of
you by thus deliberately schemiDg to
outwit your husband am man Of
the woods. the wilderness not since
was a boy have I dwet I'm civilization,
but I'm all that tine I have been com
Dant0n Of men TO whom honor was
everything. 7 have been comrade with
sjeur de Ia Sale, with Henri de Tonty.
and cannot be guilty of an act OF
ueacherv. even for your sake. Per
chance my. code IS not the same as the
/. perfumed gauants' OF Quebec-yet IT Is
mine. and learned in hard school"
He went en- quietly, "There are two
things 7 cannot fgnore-one is. that
am an employee OF this Francois
Cassion. pledged 70 his service by my
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-06

own free wills the other Is, that you
are his wife. Joined to him by Holy
church, and although you may have
assumed those vows under coercion
your promise IS binding. 7 csn but
choose my path OF duty and abide
therein"
His words hurt, angerea me- I
lacked power Of expression, ability TO
grasp his fun meaning and purpose.
'sYou-you desert ne thenE You
you leave me 10 this fateE
'T leave you to reconsider your
choice of action" he returned eraveIy.
his hat still IN hand. his lips unsmiliug-
y do believe your wouanh0od VIII
find q better way 70 achieve its lib
ertv. but what that way is I~must
trust you 20 discover. am your
friend. Adele. aIways-you viii be
Heve that"
I did not answer; Z could not be
cause Of the choking in my throat yet
let him grasp nay hand Once I
raised nay eyes TO his. but lowered
them instantly in strange confusion.
Here was o. man I did not understand
whose real motives T could net fathom
His protest had not vet penetrated my
soul and I felt toward him an odd
mixture Of respect and anger. He
released my hand and turned away.
and 7 stood mo19nIess as he crossed
the open space between the trees A5
the edge OF the bluff he paused and
glanced about. lifting his hat in Ees-
ture Of farewell do not think
moved or made response. and an In