Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-22
OTHER VIEW POINTS

In looking over the record of the
| General Assembly that is about to
adjourn the two things which stand
| out in its doings are its response to
| measures and its tremendously sig
nificant votes on the prohibition and
| suffrage amendments to the state con-
| stitution. Indeed, one might almost
say, the liquor question, that both
branches were very close to prohibit,
by majority voting, the House by al
most thirds. If for no other rea-
sons the legislature of this year will
accomplishments of no mean note and
aside from one or two exceptions,
which were brought about by the I'M
expected war, it met fairly wei every
demand presented to it.-Bridg eport
Post.
The man who is going to run a gar
den this summer needs to make up
question. He will find that it will take
all his philosophy and physical en-
ergy.
1t is simply astonishing to the anna
teur gardener how fast a weed will
grow. He may leave his garden look
ing as neat as apple pie After return
ing from a weeks vacation he finds
that the weeds have completely over
topped his struggling vegetables.
The persistence of weed root is
the whole thing with your hoe. Then
if some little piece OF the tap root is
left in the soil, UP it comes smiling
in a day or two. nodding its saucy
head at you as 1t climbs up to it's for
mer position. It seems to thrive on
decapita ton.
Or you may pull your weed up by
the roots and carelessly leave it lying
on the surface. All at once it sticks
its wicked little feet into the ground
and in another day or two it has re-
established itself That kind of treat
ment would destroy the most able
bodied bean potato. But weeds
have a peculiar vitality of their own.
If they flourish it is goodbye to any
hope of egetables.fM eriden Journal
Speaker Frank E. Healy of the
house at Hartford. Majority Leader
Leader p. b. O'Sullivan of the SEN
ate, agree that the mothers pension
bill is one of the most important
measures enacted at the session
about to close. Mr.. Healy also con-
siders the teachers pension bill. and
the Home Guard plan very import
ant. On all but the last item the
average man will agree with these
greet with the speaker of the house
that the bill raising the minimum
age limit at which children may
leave school from IA to 16 years did
not pass and become law. 1t is too
bad that the antiquated Sunday laws
were not changed to more nearly
conform with modern practice and
custom.
However, the house did throw off
the steady habit inertia and there was
enough of the cerebrums to get
through measures recommending that
the people have a chance to vote on
the two most insistent topics that
have occupied attention In civil affairs
of lately, namely suffrage and prohi-
bition.
We suppose the speaker Of the house
must have had Governor Holcomb
largely in mind when he said a lot of
sheer foolishnesS had been perpetrat
ed at Hartford in the name OF patri-
otism.
people have gone crazy over this
war business" he said. at has per-
meated the legislature, naturally, IS
it has the whole social and economic
scheme and many crimes have been
committed in it's name. Here in the
house you could drive a jackass in
and label it war measure and they'd
think it was a Ford automobile"
Take it all in all the present legis-
lature, like the legislatures we have
been familiar with in the past has
done some wise things and a. nus4ber
of foolish ones. Legislatures every
where are wise and foolish.-New Ha-
ven Union.