Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The Brown law, just passed in New York, limits the number of hotels and saloons to- one in every 500 inhabit- ants. This is making great hardship for small places where automobile parties are entertained. Some places have many road houses and only a few hundred residents. Just which must go out of business and which may continue is a vital matter with the proprietors.-Water American. The girls at Mt. Holyoke college have taken to farming. Fired by pa triotisnh and eager to do their bit for their country they are to raise crops and there lis no question but what they will prove successful Judging by the enthusiasm they have put into the project up to date. Ten acres of college land have been set aside for the war garden in which Mt Holyoke girls will do their part. Their part Is not to consist of paying out lit tie more of fathers hard earned mon - ey for a garden tax; it will be honest old clothes gardening, digging fur rows, scattering fertilizer, hoeing, rak- ing and wedieng, and finding out that backaches go with that nice earthly smell just as surely and unmercifully as dishwashing follows a rabbit New Britain Record.
 To, those of us with no children in the schools, commencement exercises don't seem to mean much. We look at them as pretty social and scholastic functions, where the girls look very sweet in their fetching gowns. the boys are very brave with their ora tions, and there is a pleasing atnos- phere of literary culture.
 They mean far more than that. Here is a new reinforcement to com been uplifted by the ideals of history. They have, learned something from human experience, and can identify mistakes of the past that should be avoided. They have struggled with languages and mathen1a tics, and have acquired habits of industry and applications
 Such an influx into our community means new force. It means broader minds to help solve civic and econom- ic problems. If only all our boys and girls could at least have High school courses how it would increase our na . ,tional efficiency!-Meriden Journal
 Two Franklin men, who served as registrars in their town on registra- ton day, have Surprised the governor s office by sending bills for their ser vices. Each wanted s4 for his days work. A person visiting in the office at the time the bills were received of- fered to pay the men out of his own pocket, so that the states record as to the expense of taking the regis ration might remain clean. These are the only requests that the governcrs s office has received. The men are Will liam J. BrassiI and C. Hunting La throp.
 Franklin is small town in New London county, the population of which was 527 in 1910.
 In his proclama tion regarding reg istration day. issued soon after the is stlance of President Wilson's procla- nation, Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb asked particularly that citizens volun teer to serve as registrars without cornpensation. However, there is pro- vision in the government regulations for the payment of s4 compensation to registras, and the governor will have to send checks to the two Frank lin patriots.
 The state register for 1916 shows that both are town officers, Mir. La throp being a grand juror and MT. Brassil assessor, as well as a member of the town school committee-Hart- ford Courant.