Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-04-21

cWritten Specially for The Bullstin-l
1 Rsn1eulbex the old games you used
20 play at the district school during
trecess and noon hours?
Some boy was always VT TIL he
caught another and transformed MS
Ecx4ch into TT The boy who was
! Tt" was ths center OF the game,
whatever that might be. All the 9TH
srs reVolved around him and kept keen
watch of his movements. Not a turn
l<,e the head nor a flicker Of the eye
Flash. nor a witch of muscle escaped
And Jet, despite this great promin-
fence on ITS" part L don't seem 70
kSsca1 tia. anybodys every really hank
lerad to be 'Tt"-voIuntesred for tue
part. as one might say. IL he Wasn't
Caught into it according TO the rules
of the came. he had to- be drafted for
1t by lot and CONSUMPTION.
We'll, the farmer seems to be at" this
kyeax. Judging from the amount OF at
bxention he Is receiving from surround
ding governors and chambers OF com
Ernsrce and banker-ca pttaltsts and rail-
Tread .aEperts, It would seem as If he
held die center Of the stage and was
what in our school compositions we
might have called the cynosure OF al
.eye&"
It is perfectly clear that he is re-
xzrded with a good deal Of doubt. and
ETh&t there LIZ real worry on the part of
EE0En6 as TO WHICH way Ne VIII SL2fL
lard how fast he VIII move, At the
fsaune time this worry Is seemingly
Igubosdinated to the fear that he won
kS<ar soou enough or move fast enough
Tin some direction, no matter what
The amount Of eHhortation and Ad-
lW4ce and profered aid which his
sWatchers throw at him would float
NHteriznd over the White Mountains.
lie It could be condensed into really
lEsgfm water.
AZ last, and almost all at once, cur
friends Of the big cities are waking
mp TO the wonderful discovery that
Dtheg depend on the farmers for their
Ebn@ad =&rds- potsxoes and 1amb-chope.
i'm not talking or thinking OF small
tc14es, Ike Norwich and New London
land W1Ilfmantio and Putnam, where
ttl1e real country is 50 close at hand
land real farms 90 ready Of access that
eeveryone Is still netghbors with them
Hts the big towns like New York and
lBoston and Chicago and Philadelphia
which set the fashion for urban man
,ners and dominate the tone of city
talk. And it's In them that the farm
Juror Is now at its hight
Why, the very newspapers, 50 ex--
eusfveIy devoted to city affairs end
city interests that tgzo months ago,
they never allowed an a41uefon 10 Farm
topics to get into them, unless in small
type on an inside page, bottom OF the
those same papers are now featuring"
the farm and the farmer in bfg-headed
and doub1e-1eaded column articles on
the front page. right side of the Bat
rle OF A7s and the LAST sayings of
! Fwtherrnore. they4re edieor1auy
smoothing down the rural fur they
were wont to runaes ND backwards. in
che former DAYS, and trying to make
AIS believe that they really love US and
always did.
+; Not only that, but they're opening
1hsfr columns 10 tf1e most heterogen-
Aous lot OF appeals and exhortattons
10 rs 10 please be nice and please be
industrious and please be saving and
please be Eeed, generally. that ever
sadoxred. <s(Ife that's the word), the
LISTERS from the People" column of
amy publication -
= There seems to be small doubt n
Ehe minds Of the big city editors that
they're facing an Emergency Cvith a
sbtg~eEs please. land as usual IN such
cazezs they view with apprehension
che prospects. =.
There's always an awful lot of that
viewing with apprehension" on the
part of professional wfsea ores, when
ever anything q little out of the ordir1-
airy is reported The present Is no
exception. People who didn't use to
fork and a double-whee1 hoe-or pre-
tended they dfdnf-are now seriously
1ryfnS 10 understand the meaning of a
baaanced ration. and to comprehend
the exact effects of huruus and nitrif1-
cation nodules and nitrogenous COM
pounds On the nutrition of vegetables.
There's no moro eneering at "Lhe
crossroads" or at hayseeds from
way back Instead. we're being
1reated with a respect not to say a
devotion, which is 50 new that It must
be about as awkward for un as for its
.eYo1vsrS.
People who live and do business il,
The city but own country estates which
Rhey use as sort of summer Vaca-
zion homes are pouring in letters tell
ing how they are going to pillow up
Eheir golf and tennis courts and plant
potz1oess turn their front lawns into
onson-b beds; devote their. 'ipaddocks'
TO cabbageS, and make over their pri-
gotng to stop talking about new
,oourf-houss in New York city. I'LL up
the excaVsted site and plant 1t to GU
icunbers. Vacant city lots are to be
Communicated by city authorities an
over the country for truck gardens, to
care for these plats-
They even 60 so far as to talk OF
regular draft 10 provide able bodied
quite as essential as draft for SOL
diers-
Mem VINO never did and don't yet
know the -dimerence between y "coun-
Try estzke'' and a farm are filling the
air with advice to real farmers how
10 E@nAgs their business better.
In New York city some extremely
fund OF $1o. 900 900 which they are 60
ting 90 lana to farmersb without re-
eur4ty" the headiiners state. to heip
them IN their summer campaign. GA
closer reading OF that Characteristic
ofrer dfscfoses the fact that the loan is
TO be given only in return for approved
noteS AroEn farmers owning unincum-
b@rsd property greater than the
amount ard to pay Ia per cent.
interest cw q half per cent. higher
than amy savings bank viii pay Sne
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