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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
INSPIRING EXAMPLES

The town of Woodstock, in north eastern Connecticut is furnishing the rest of the state some excellent exam pies of what can be done in the way of agricultural activities if there is the will.
 It was not long ago that the son of Leonard Healey, secretary Of the state board of agriculture. demonstrated the possibilities of. corn raising in Con- necticut and at the same time showed what chances there are fer keeping :he boys interested on the farm. Not only did he get the second largest amount of corn to the acre in the country but he was the leader in the profit realized from the acreage un- Ger cultivation. It was a magnificent showing and one Of which the whole state as we'll as the town of Wood stock has reason to be proud.
 But right on his heels appears to he Harry H. Clark. 16 year old boy of the same. town. who has gone. il for pig raising. That he is the cham pion pig raiser of the state among teys seems likely but whether, he is or not it is certainly an ex- eeIlent record which he has made ir raising nearly $500 worth of pigs this ,ear and when he declares that he i: ~oing to raise more next year witf frapes of making the amount s1,00( :t clearly demonstrates the pcssibiii- ties in this line. -
 These two examples not only show what can be done on Connecticut farms if the proper attention is giver to 1t but they shew the necessity o1 setting the boys interested in sucf activities. The corn growing and pig raising clubs must get credit for the stimulation which they have giver but the inspiration from these demon strations ought not to be lost upoT the farmers and other boy farmers throughout the state. They show "onclusively that Cennecticut's agri cultural production can be many times increased
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
SHIPPING NEWS PROTEST.

There are a great many lines o1 business which have protested against the drafting of their men for. military service In some instances these pro- tests appear to be justified. In oth CTS they can hardly be viewed in such. manner. - -s-
 Just at the present time shipping men are opposing the inclusion of of- fcers and engineers in tho draft for the army. They point to the import ance of the merchant marine, theneed of meeting the transportation require snentsH and the diff culty which is al- ready being experienced in getting qualified men to operate the ships in support of their position.
 This country is husily engaged in rushing it's shiphuiiding programme As fast as the ships are completed and commissioned the necessary off cers and engineers to operate. them Rre going to be required and these men should be of the highest degree If efficiency. It is one thing to officer a vessel but it is another thing to get officers who. understand their busi- ness and can safely navigate theii ships. It, seems therefore. that those who possess the ability for this worl. in which they are actively engaged should be retained in tha. service Such is highly important in connec- ton with the war. and it is more thar probable that they can be of much greater aid to the country as officers of ships than as men in the trenches
 Whether the protests win be needed or not remains to be seen but tf,ey appear to be based upon good reason ing and solid ground.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
OTHER VIEW POINTS

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 While some of our economists are sitting in their easy chairs they ques- tion the value of the army Y. M. c. A. work and the soldier boys are crowd ing into the association huts and standing up for lack. of seats.-Meri- den Journal. t.
 Those turning out the erist of off, cers at special training camps coxse out with the abatement highly prais- ing those who failed to get a eommis- sion, for their unttring effert in that behalf. Some are not fitted by na- ture to be onicers. is the comment ct the training masters. which is true. and how readily that same argumsAe can be applied in ordinary life 9he professtops are full of individuals en- tireiy unfitted for the nrofeaaicn ttey practice, yet 4he profession itself acts as a screen for them to 60 through thu world as dismal failures in the line they sought in tender years. whan sI:ey did not really know their. eva mind. .--Mfddietown Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
CURB THE norE rRAEEIc.

It Is impossible to believe from what must be accepted as general knowledge concerning the use of drugs that there is not a deep and wide- spread recognition of the necessity of throwing an even greater protection than exists today about the young people Of the country who have not as yet been enslaved but may be in danger. of 1t.
 When it is realized that so many are making handsome profits off of the decentralization of huHanity. that those who care nothing for their fei- lownaen or the future of the race are never satishad unless they are drag ging others into the horril,le business either as peddlers or addicts and that a large part of the nntsery. evil and crime can be attributed to the use of narcotics 1t must be apparent that every possible effort should be put forth to cheek this trafic and re- strict the business in such drugs to the uses where they can ba beBefz- -ia1. Perhaps nothing impresses one
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

According to the annual report of the postmaster general for the year ending with last June an audited sur plus is claimed for the year of nearly ten million dollars. This of course is shown as the result of the book keeping methods which are used by the department and which vary ma terially from thosa used by large cor porations. in getting at the actual I-rofits.
 Q In explanation of tho good showing which is set forth the report says: Tn conserving the revenues of the government it has been the aim Of the department to not only take into account tho natural growth of the es- tablishment and normal needs, but at the same time to meet the present emergency and provide for the con- stant enlargement of the service and a greater increase in postal efficiency so vital to the successful prosecution of the war"
 That the department has shown a greater efficiency may be the view taken by the postmaster general but such can hardly be endorsed by the people of the country who would nat urally be expected to experience it. Instead of improving the postal ser vice there appears to be a decided slump in the other direction Postal service has gone backward instead of forward through the curtailments which have been made and it is un- occasionally through this reduction in service. the service which the peo- pie demand and pay for, that it has been possible to show the surplus an- nounced. Such it is impossible to re- gard as efficient postal service to say nothing about increased efficiency.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.

Tourist travel in foreirn countries shows a big falling off since the outbreak of the war. Those who were formerly making visits to the Euro pean nations are either staying al home or heading in other directions Eut theee is an occasional bit of evil dence that a large number of the peo- pie Of this country who like to travel and have the means are responding to the invitation which was so gen erally extended to see America first
 This is pretty conciusiveiy shown in the report which is made by the department of the interior to the ef- feet that during the season of 1s1, there was an increase of more than $ per cent. in the patronage of the national parks, the great natural beauty grounds of this country o! which too. little is known by the American people. During the past season there were nearly half mill lion people who visited these delight fuI spots where in the previous year the number was only little over 2 third of a. million. Even the year 1915 when so many were attracted te the Pacific, coast expositions and thus were near to these nature gardens did not show as many visitors. as the past two seasons.
 Some of the increased attention which is being devoted to these parks must be attributed to the improve ment in facilities and the opening ot the parks in some instances to. auto ists, but there can be little question but what the falling off in the tour- ing of~ Europe has been responsible for a large part of this increase. Bad whether there is war or peace it is time that Americans were showing 6 greater interest in the attractive sec tions of their own couutrY
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
STORIES OF THE WAR
The Sinking of the British Des.roysrs

The Sinking Of the British Destroyers (Correspondence of The Associated
 Press) -r-
 The full story of the sinking of the two British destroyers Strongbow and Mary Rose by German cruisers on October 16 was first told by Sir Eric Geddes. the First Lord of the Admir- atty, in speech to the House of Com mons. As he said these destroyers upheld the highest traditions of the Navy by attacking ships of far great CT strength. and fighting to the last. Sir Eric said:
 "On October 16 the two destroyers Strongbow and Mary Rose. with three small but armed vessels. only one of which was fitted with a wireless. es- corted convoy of 12 ships bound for the Shetland Islands from Norway. During the night ope of the three smaller armed vessels-the one which was fitted with wireless dropped which had to stop owing to her cargo having shifted.
 ''The convoy was then accompanied by the destroyers Strongbow and Mary Rose. both of which had wire less installation, as wei as by the two other small craft which were not so fitted. About G a. m. on the 17th, just as day was breaking, the Stronghow sighted two ships to the southward which were closing fast. Visibility
 
 having challenged. and received an unsatisfactory answer. at once gave orders for action.
 "The enerny's first shot wrecked he1 wireless room and did other damase and in spite of the great gaIlantry with which she was fought by her captain, officers, and crew, she was sunk.
 "The other destroyer. Mary Rose was immediately attacked by the two nd hv a shot in her magazine.
 The two enemy vesse,-which lat CT detailed reports show. were of 3 very fast cruiser ciassAthen proceed voy. sinking nine of them.
 Owing to the fact that the escort vessel which wns fitted with wireless had been detached, and owing to Mary Rose being sunk immediately and Streugbow's wireless being put out of actien by the first shot no message req ef1ed the Admiral Commanding t3s Orkneys. and the Commander in : Chief of the Grand Fleet, or the Ad- miralty, that the convoy had been at- tackled until the surviving ships ar- rived at Lerwrck. The Admiralty did not receive, the informa ton untH i D. m. Having regard to the dfsposi- tion of eur forces on the 17tn, we are less information, and with three ves- sells suitably fitted it is reasonable te expect that we should have received that informatlon-the British navy would have asked no better chance than it then had to intercept the raid CTS on their return journey. In thii case the opportunity was denied us
 The Scandinavian convoy system was started in April of this yeas, 4as more than 4.500 vessels have beer conveyed by the. British Navy. This is the first occasion upon which s single ship has been lost by surface attack in the Scandinavian convoy. mention this convoy particularly bat there are other convoys contin, ualIy passing up and down and across the North Sea, and our losses in them have been prepertionately less.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

with the need of such action like the testimony of the drug slaves before the New York legislative committee which is studying the drug evil where testimony shows that those who have gotten into the clutches O. the drug in one way or another ind it impos sible to break away regardless of the many so called cures.
 This makes it apparent that too much attention cannot be given to preventing others from getting into the same condition. Good progress has been made in this direction but there still remains plenty to do and such work cannot be undertaken too soon or done too thoroughly.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
It is a coincidence that e;-Queer

It is a coincidence that ex-Queen LiiiuokaIani of Hawaii (once more popuIarly known in this country as Lily of K;Ilarney'D and eXQueen Ranavalona of Madagascar should have died within few months of one another for their careers had many points in common besides the fact that they were the last sovereigns of their respective isIanA kingdoms. Per haps the monarch of the Sandwich Is- lands was the more fortunate, in that the woes of exile were not added to those of abdication. Sine died at Hon. olulu. It was not Liliuokalani as has been stated, who was the Princess Qaiulani'@ to whom R. l.. Stevenson wrote some verses during his visit in 1SS9.' That was Liliuokalani's niece (tl1e daughter of Scotsnan). who was starting for Scotland at the time: Forth from her land to mine she goes
 The island maid. the island rose; a ' Light os heart and bright of face,
 The daughter of double race. Seeing that, in the dedicatory note, the island roSe'' is described "in the April of her age" it could not have
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
ALMOST LIKE ALL THE REST

'tBlahi" snorted the grocer. He
 pounded with one fist upon a crate of
 melons and tore his hair with the other "Blixie and prunes and prisms!' What seems to be the trouble?" in- quired the customer who had lots of tune and a sympathetic nature.
 The grocer breathed hard and then sat down suddenly and held his head Its you womeni" he got out at last. its particularly that woman who just went out of here in the purple
 sweater! She's trying so hard to con- serve food and keep her bill down and find the nigger in the woodpile and
 swat him that she is driving me to the lake. "'aow much is butter today" she will ask. fixing. me with her eye in 8 way which says plainly that my secret soul is bright daylight to her and I'd better look out. Forty eight cents,' say. Thereupon she closes her eyes and turns pale. She moves her lips aS though communing with herself and repeats in scandalized fashion, For ty- eight cents.' Why, the produce re- ports in today's paper state that um ptyum cases of butter were received at 2S! You are making nearly 1et per cent profit! I think it is just aw- full! I don't see how you keep your trade. The idea! Just running thinIe up because you can!' '1 hold my temper and tell her pa tiently that before that butter reach cs me it has gone through two ol three hands. each snatching off pro- | ft and that then I have to pay tt get it out here, besides.
 "'Ha!' says she, triumphantly, vol don't either! You had your own auto delivery wagons and your own mer drive them!' Still patiently I explain | that my motors won't run withou gas at a large sum per gallon and tha | my men won't work without fat sal aries and that the tire men ask pie | rhoric amounts for tires. tHuh!' shs says, silenced but still feeling thR. something is wrong and she is being | cheated "swhat is corn?' she asks, ana | when I tell her she looks at me a. ! though at last she had found the or. iginal meanest man. T read the pa pers!'. she tells me haughtily. fYol | can't fool me. Why, my club has ex. l tensively studied this matter and VI | know there never was so much corn Why, you can buy ssckful on Soutl | Water street for a dollar and guar. l ter! And that makes it a cent and { l half an ear! And you ask forty cent! l a dozen! Why. my goodness graciosa: | it's perfectly dreadful'
 Then I count ten and tell her tha
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

centuriesi'
 'It must be terribly rough on Sou,' agreed the sympathetic customer. Some women are just terribly unrea- sonable! They ought to know you can't help it! I want eggs today
 how much are they?'' Fifty cents," said the grocer. My goodness!' shrieked the sym pathetic customer. What a perfectly awful price, Oh. good gracious, ex- cuse me, Send me dozen-no, send two dozen! I am sure they are lovely eggs, MT. Crackleback, just lovely Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
l don't want to hraa about my gum

I don't want to brag about my euno mine and yours-but, honestly. l think there is some cause for bragging- They are the very best guns that can be forged. They are manned by ef- icient gunners. And they have head ed off more than one determined at tack I read the other day that in a recent raid London's guns threw 22 0G0 shells into the sky. I do not know whether the figure be correct or not. At least. London's guns are ever ready to be busy.
 My advice during an air raid is: Take care of the shell fragments and let the bombs take care of themselves. And, should you have time one of these nights for meditation in a tube. don't forget that the London gunners are where the metal is falling and the bombs most likely. and that they are sweating at the guns for you and me- Mark Allerton in the London Observ- CT
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

There appears to be little merit to the efYerts to psavSnt the teaching Of German h institntioHs ef lenentnK. but there is need fur tfnmsdiafe r4cprn in those schoels where nothing but the Anericans
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

been applied except in the most courtier-like mood to a lady born in 1888. Princess kaiulani's full name by the way. is rather formidable. It runs: Princess Victoria KafGlani Kaluninui- ahiIapalapa Kawekiu Lunalilo.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
CLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES

kie-there was never a rose in the early paths of these men.
 Lord Morley's pious conviction that our quarrel with the EOers could have been settled if Mr. Chamberlain and Kruger had sat down at B1oem- montein with a tobacco jar between them is backed. oddly enough by tke greatest war maker of modern times, How could any man." Bismarck was fond of saying, "let himself be car ried away by passion with such a thing as q pipe in his hand?" When discussing the preliminaries for the surrender of Paris he offered the French Minister a cigar which was refused. "You~are Wrong," said Bis marck, bluntiy. When you enter on g discussion that may lead to ve- hement remarks, you should smoke. The eye is occupied, the hand is ea- gagged, the organ of smell is grati ed one is happy. In this state one is and our business-that of djplomatists continually consists in the making of mutual concessions. ."-LonGon Chronicle.
 So long as on the average the en- einy can build more Subna rineS than we sink, and sink more merchantmen than we build, we cannot for a mo- nent regard the menace ended. Sir Eric Geddes, it will be remen- bered, told Parliament that they were still doing both, and recently he re-
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called and confirmed these estimates.

The Kaiser, according to the "Wie- ne Journal is sending to the Pope as 6 Christmas present a rare copy of the Old Testament, hand copied by a community of German monks in the Middle Ages. It will no doubt en- able His Holiness to follow with ad- ditional interest the progress of the British campaign in the Holy Land.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

When l was on my way to the shore, after having been sunk in the Lusitania I made solemn VOW to get level with Satan's chief of staff, that blasphemous hypocrite, the Kali Ser.-Lord Rhondda.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

General Korniiofrs escape has been
 many times reported, but the fact that General DukheniH was fynched be- cause of it makes it evident that it is a fact this time.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

There are many soldiers who are expressing their appreciation of the
 magnificent service which has been rendered. by the husy knitters.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
A Great Responsibility.

HE responsibility attached the preparing remedy for infants and children
 undoubtedly than that imposed remedies for adults whose system sufficiently for time at as injurious drug well observe that Caa prepared has been 40
 What have makers limitations and substitutes sake What their responsibilities? To whom they answae7 They today scatter their nefarious broadcast
 Could each mother panstng with which the for Feches Cste could they read the innuerable grateful would subtle pleadngs arguments of those who would imitation substitute the and
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

The report that q Conneeticut far
 mer has just been cutting and har- vesting his hay crop. only testffies to
 the beauties of the cfifaatc in the Nutmeg state. @t
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: II ,sn't such a long distance from antici- patton to indigestion.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

United action on sea as well as on land as planned by the entente na- tions reflects good Judgment.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

The coinage of 77,5oo. 900 one cent pieces in the past month indicates that the penny is getting greater rec ognition than ever before
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

From the votes of Massachusetts cities there are certain cen1saunities where the trial of prohibition does not appear to have been a success,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

Storekeeners are, fnding 1t 10 easy task to fill the orders which are cou,- ing fer asiabaFrels from those who ir- tentienally or upinsentionn1ly coutrih- uted to the Thhnfssgiving illumfna- tions
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

It is more fhan eyident new that
 the pork barrel advocates must get
 nothing but cold shoulder during the present session of congress, and for long time to come.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

The trolley lines which are being sold for junk thrvuahout the country eught to prove, of some aseistancA in meeting some of the railroad require naents across the water.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

If she is really anxious to attempt any such escapade as she has been credited with Miss tRernanoH nas had a chance to see what kind of public Ny she will be able to get.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

And watermelonsi The papers say they are rotting in the southern fields and see what I ask! It's all my faultt ought to be in jail! She reads the paper and she knows! There ought to be a law against women's reading the papers!- I'm so sick of making no profits and still hearing that refrain. My goodness. how per- fectly awful!' when a price is men toned that I wish I could crawl away and fall into a deep trance for several
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

if she'll just grab into my bag and take the first dozen she comes to she can have it for a quarter and wei come because part jof that bag is dead certain to be ullsala ble- And then slle@ says indignantly that certainly she will not. When she buys dozen ears she wants a dozen and wants them good!
 Then l count ten once more and suddenly she inquiries about olive oil This is horrible because I know what a shock it is going to be. Italian oil, say quickly, to get it over with that used to cost you s3.50 a gallon is now $6.25-Johnnie, bring some water quick You see, she usually faints lat this evidence of rapacity on my part. There isn't a bit of use in ex- plaining that the last ship from Italy loaded with oil was sunk and they haven't tried shipping any more - she knows I am a robber and a will lain. If there is just as much oil or earth why can't I be smart and get Told of it? I don't know whether she. expects me to. swim the Atlantic
 carrying a bucket with the handle between my teeth or not-it wouldn't be beyond her
 they grow just as much sugar why shoud the price go up except for sheer deviltFy on the part of the grocer Just when she wants to can things too! I'm doing it on purpose so tha, she'll have to buy her canned goods O. me next winter!
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

kie-there was never a rose in the early paths of these men.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-09-20
LOCAL NEWS OF
INTEREST TO ALL

Take your butter, cream and eggs
to WINTERBOTHAMS.
Ed Lowe attended the fair at Ster-
ling last Thursday and Friday.
Miss Anna Jurscnsel of this city,
attended the fair at Sterling last
Friday.
Ars. Lee Erb left Saturday for
Gothenberg. Nebr., for = visit with
relatives at tha tplaee.
Hiram Harris and wife Of Belve-
dere, Nebr., arrived here last Friday
for . visit with Mr.. Harris brother,
Isaac Harris and family.