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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

no Hun battalions would ever have started squirting poison gas The thinker is the worker par ex- cellence. Without him we should all I still be cave men. In every age he i has been the pioneer of progress. The word i'practieaP' has been over | worked. The contempt of hard head | ed, achieving men for the reflective l type is i'll considered. The thinkers have given the world practically all l the wealth it possesses. When men I cease runinating, sthe race will begin | to go backward.
 out in Detroit looked on existing 1 aeroplane motors, opined that they could be improved, and set his wits | to work to devise something better l The result was the new Liberty motor
 that will send 15,G00 United Stskes l fighting s machines sky -hootine through space next summer an6
 hasten the final victory Luther Bur l bank looked on spine covered cac.
 tus of the Western prairies and re-
 ffected on what a useful plant i might become if it could lose it: l harbs. He thought on the problem I till, by and by, all thaespines dropped
 off the cactus. There are now abou oeU hiHOS Ol eQlDi6 CaCC prOYiQ1ns I food for uncounted thousands of cat
 tie.
 Occasionally someone rises to re mark, with a great show of wisdom that it makes no difference what mel
 think, so long as they act right Ina
 is putting the cart before the horse l or rather, it is dispensing with tn , horse altogether. As a matter o | fact, no one ever does right till h thinks right.
 ,I Preachers are sometimes admon | ished by influential members in tn , broad aisle. to preach practical re } ligion and to 'tcut out' the doctrine ,l If by, thatN counsel is meant mere1 ; to cease speculative treatments c
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 taking advantage of that will be sub ject to draft in the country where they are located.
 In view of the fact that this.sis in keeping with the laws of their own country it leaves no ground for justi- fled opposition. There are responsi- biiities which all must assume and 1t is certainly unfair to suppose that a Canadian or British subject should be permitted to dodge his part by com ing to this country or that a young man in this country should be per mitted to go to Canada in order to in crease the burden of others Yet that is what has been done and that is what the new understanding is going to put an end to. It is move in the right direction and it would have been well if these countries could have reached an agreement thereon before
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Sunday Morning Talk
THOUGHTS ARE THINGS.

A public market prints the adver- Using slogan: ''Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are" On that proposition there is no chance fer provided one is talk ing On the butcher level The same test is accurately applied to hogs. But a man is more than a physical body. His true measure is not what he weighs, but what he is. If you want the. truth change the butcher slogan to another: Tell me what you think, and I'll tell you what you are" Personality is a matter less (of muscles than of mind. "As man thinketh in his heart, so he is.''
 Thoughts are things. They are real as bullets-more real, in fact, since they preceded bullets and produced them. A battle is thought before ii is fought.-Every. machine gun pouring it's deadly rain upon human flesh was mental concept before it became g thing of steel. Europe's tragedy was a state of mind before it was a state of war Without the false philosophy of Nietzche, Trietsehke, and others
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RELIEVE THE COAL LINE SUE
 FIRING,

Have you been so unfortunate as to be forced to stand in the coal line in order to get enough fuel to make an effort to keep one or two rooms warm If you haven't it is impossible to ap- preciate the hardships which hundreds of people are undergoing every morn ing.
 These coal lines do not form just before the opening of the offices but those who are in need of fuel, and the number includes not only young peo- pie but men and women, many of whom are considerably beyond middle age, begin to eongregate at four o'clock in the morning in order to bs sure of getting their order filled wher the offices open at seven. With the weather as it is now just over ter above zero waiting in the open ail for ons. two or three hours is fseri. ous matter and entails suffering. whicl ought not to be piled on other hard ships. And it should be remembered that it would be the same if the ner. cilry was five or more below when i is realized that there are those wh' are oDlSeu tO walt aHC SSek sever d days in succession before they cal get their order taken.
 This is a situation which ought t be changed. There ought to be som place where such lines can form wfler they will be protected from the col, and such could be done if the tow hall or the corridors of the city hal could be thrown open for the use 0 these people and the representative of the coal companies would take 'thei orders there. It would keep peopI who are undergoing much distress al ready from standing out bleak winte mornings in the coal line. Whethe this or some other suggestion adopted some move ought to be mad and made at once to relieve this ad ditional and unjust hardship.
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fWritten Specially for The Bulletin.)
 The name of Gurley is. a familiar one in Eastern Connecticut, and as far back as 1764 had it's representa- tive in Norwich in the person of William Gurley, silversmith. As might be expected he was of the Mansfield family, and he must have been an en- terprising craftsman, for, like the hustling merchants of the present day we know of him wholly by the fact l that he advertised in Norwich in l 1904.
 John Hallam, a New London sill versnith 1752 -1S00) has been refer lred to earlier in these papers. Benjamin Hanks (1738- 181o) was a prominent parsonage in Wir.dham, Litchfeld and Ashford in his time. He was born in Plymouth, Mass.,< but his advertisements appeared in Wind
 ham in 1777-79 and in Ashford in 17sO He must have been an inven tor in advance of his period: for at the October session of the General Assembly in 1783 he asked for the ex- elusive right to manufacture air
 clocks, which was granted.
 The memorial he presented stated that he had invented and executed a clock which winds itself by the eff ifects of air and will continue to so
 do without any other assistance until the parts thereof are destroyed by
 friction.' At that time he was living
 in Litchfeld
 It was Benjamin Hanks who sold
 to the town of Amherst, Mass, its
 first church bell, in 1793.
 I Of Thomas HarIand, of Norwich
 f nv 1rr1, I-1 ~.l,- Il we will not dwell on his career, ir
 completing this list. The homestead l which he built in 1779 is still stand ling at Norwich Town and occupied l by members of his family. In front of the fine old house and surrounded
 by its piazza are two large elm trees
 said to have been planted by one oi l his apprentices, Nathaniel Shipman ir 1TS1-the year of the Battle of Gro, ton Heights and the burning by Ben edict Arnold of the city of New Lon. , don.
 sf His son Thomas Harland, Jr., alst l 9 silversmith, has already been men 5 toned.
 Il Next in the list comes Eliphaz Hart of Norwich and New Britain. He wa 3 born in New Britain in 17S9 and diet 3 1 in 1S66. He learned the trade of hi 3 brother Judah, settled in Greeneville l a suburb of Norwich and there h e died
 : Judah Hart, referred to above, o e Middletown and Norwich (17T7-1S24 t was born in New Britain, but begal e business in Middletown in 1S00 i i partnership with Charles Brewer. ].
 1903 he formed a partnership wit t Jonathan Bliss: and in 1895 he move e to Norwich, forming a partnershi d with Alvan Wilcox. In 1907 he wa Il in business alone. About 1S16 h Q moved to Griswold, and in 1922 t s Brownsville, Ohio. The firm of IIar h & Wilcox manufactured many spoon - marked H. & ". with an index han y preceding, which spoons are to b - found in a number of Norwich fami = lies.
 n Another Norwich craftsman wa ,f Philip Huntington, 177O-1S25) wh
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OTHER VIEW POINTS


 New Haven women have once again taken the bull by the horns and con- cluded to adopt scheme that will be a practical benefit in connection with the war workers at home. This time it will be in the guise of a Wom- ans Motor Messenger Service, that will be available for use in all cir eumstances ard for such purposes as Red Cross, Liberty Loan and War Hospital work Ignoring the joy of whirring about in a motor guided by the firm hand of some member of the fair sex, we seriously congratulate the women of New Haven on their practi- cal patriotism. This is one more n- lustration of the willingness of the incorrectly called weaker sex to do treir bit to the fullest extent of their ability. In fact there are times when we cannot help but wonder, secreatly of course and way back in the pri- vate recesses of our minds, if indeed women as wholeTare not bearing in finitely more of the unseen and. as well the actual burdens of the war than we men.-New Haven Union.
 An order just issued by Director General McAdoo to effect that rail- roads must dispense with the services
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TAE coNscRlPrIoN AGREEMENT.

With the arrangements practically all made relative to the enforcement of c6nscription in this country, Great Britain and Canada for the subjects of these three countries wherever in
 those countries they may be. found, there promises to be prompt check placed upon those men liable to smili-
 tary duty who have -attempted to dodge 1t by taking up their residence outside the limits of their own ccun- try. The governments of these .coun- tries have been at work upon this arrangement for some time and ac- cording to the terms of the agreement subjects of each country will have the option of returning home for service with their own nation's foEces, CT nct
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found time from lis trade to serve as town clerk of Norwich, 1SG1-1S2o.
 Anothers Huntington, Roswell, born in 1z63, learned his trade of the ia nous Joseph Carpenter. In 17S4 he advertised as goldsmith and jeweleT, in a. shop opposite the store of Jed ediah Huntington. He finally moved to Hiiisborougil, N. c.
 In what is known as the Down Town portion of Norwich, Thomas Kinney native of the town was To- eated forthe first half of the nine teenth century (exact dates not given) having his shop in Shetucket street.
 Rufus Lathrop (f731 -1sos) was an ether Norwich man engaged in the trade.
 A craftsman of Brooklyn was Ed win c. Newberry, who was born in apprenticeship in Hartford, and be- gan business in Brooklyn in 1923
 Samuel Moves, native of Groton, (1747-1TS1) established his business at Norwich Landing,-the city proper and was successful smith.
 A New London craftsman was Sam-
 ueI. Post, born in 1736, who was an | advertiser during 17S3-S4. He went | South at the end of the eighteenth
 century and was not heard of again 1 It is probable that he was a partner of William Cleveland for time Sil-
 yer is found in New London marked c. & P.
 In earlier papers mention has beer Il zE I-L D.A ceSsiyely in Boston, Hartford, East l Windsor and Coventry. At one time he kept a general merchandise store EEt, Coventry, and a great-great-gran son who lives at Seantic has an old account book as well as a number. o1 relics connected with the career o.
 this ancient smith.
 | Phineas Pratt vas a silversr1itE
 who worked in Westbrook and Lyme [(1747-1S13).. He served in the Revo.
 lution. In 1772 he advertised that hi. .silversmith shop in Lyme was for sale There is Norwich interest in the fac 1 that he was associated with Davil
 Bushnell, inventor of the "Americal Turtle" or first torpedo boat. Prat , having given Bushnell material as slstance. The house in which Bush
 nell carried on his experiments ii still standing: on Corban Point, Ol, ,[ Saybrook. .
 In 177e, Pratt took out patent fo a machine he had invented for mak |. ing ivory combs, the first inventio of the kind, and the business re sulting from it grew into large in ! dustry.
 Another silversmith connected wit ! the history of Lyme was Seth Prat (1741-1S02) who served in the Revc I lution. rr-
 si A prominent spith in Norwic 2 early in 1900 was Roswell. Walste ? Roath, who was in business in ,182 ! in which year he advertised his sho ,; as at the corner of Main and She tucket streets. Later Roath moved e Denver, Col, wbere he died
 An Ashford craftsman. Jonatha
 Russell, born in TITO, advertised
 1904 that .he-was carrying on his bus $ mess in the East Society of Ashfor Q THE DICTAGRAPH
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A CHANCE FOR MANY To HELP.

Many suggestions have been ad- vanced by those who are doing their best to improve the food supplies and who know just what the prevailing conditions are. Among them are the planting of a garden, the raising of more sheep and the production ofmore pork by having each family raise a pig.
 There are aa great e many families who cannot give any assistance what ever in this direction. They are the ones who live in big cities, but there are millions of people who can give their help in one if not all the ways suggested. There can be increased production on the farms and there is an opportunity for g great many householders on the: outskirts of cit ies to plant garden, raise a pig or fecll Of chickens. It not only means help for their. own larder but q large 1 contribttioa' can Ee thus made to- wards. tic relief Of others who are not sn well situated. Whatever adds. tt 1 the foadsfuffs produced means jus 1 that mucli more available for the | needs of tke country, our soldiers abroad and the people and armies o those countries who are fighting witt 1 us.
 Many. people would be willing tt shovel their own coal if they couls set the chance. Others would be onl!
 too glad to give their help in Ikt 1 manner in contributing to the food re 1 quirements, and there can be no ques
 tion but what if everyone who has tn 1 opportunity to do so will put hi.
 shoulder to the wheel and help to loo!
 ont for his own needs in spare hour
 that a vast amount of assistance vii 1 be provided. .ss5.f..r-,. r., .s.-
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shown capacity, ability and genius in all the new fields of labor to which they have been called; but still we are being told i've are faced with enc of the most horrible of night1nares-that of training the people simply to@make them good workmen." The per rcent. of idlers and incompetents and slack efs> are still so great that all the na- tions of the world are suffering be- cause of the bad habits and sins of ffre people.
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BRAZIL ExrENps ACTIVITY.

Much interest is attached to theaan- nouncement which has just been made to the effect that Brazil is to put it's fast cruisers and destroyers into ser vice for the purpose of combating the extension of the submarine zone to include the Azores. It was the treat nnent which was accorded the United States as a neutral which drove this country into the war. Our entrance did much to offset the effects of the ruthless activity of the underwater boats. For much the same reason Brazil declared war upon Germany and now that country is going to use its navy for the same kind of service which this country has sent out it's warships, and they will be utilized to block the projected work of the kali ser's submersibles in the extended zone.-
 Brazil has been disposed to follow up its declaration of war by getfiHa into the fight. It has already been | using it's ships for patrol service in the South Atlantic that the allied ves- sels might. be relieved and it has turn ed over to France a number of the
 German ships which were seized in its l harbors. In both instances the con i tributions were of no little help. bu;
 now it is going to increase it's hell with it's navy, not only for the pro- l tection of its own shipping but fol >fhe purpose oNupholding the freedom 1 of the seas. And it is not improbable
 that following the adjustment of its
 interior conditions which have beer
 made uncertain by German propa gand;
 and plots that it will later on be send \ ing an army to Europe. to fight tn,
 arch enemy of humanity and democ l racy and assure freedom to the world
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German experts may get sons com fort out of the heiittnng of the Amer ican army because it has had little training, but they should remember that it was not so long. ago that they were referring to England's eentempti- ble little army. but such talk is not induiged in today.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

If it is so that Turkey intends to sue for separate peace it is probable that it realizes that if it waits much longer there'll be nothing left to seek peace for. s-s s.s 5s,sszs,.. . s...
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/ New England will not make such strenuous objection to porkless Satur- day as it would if the demand was for a beanless week -end. .t
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

The man on the corner says: It is frequent that the warmest thing on a trolley car this winter is a bright smile. 9
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

And in the meantime do not forget the help which you can render by lay ing in stock of the war savings and thrift stamps
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

We may have been overlooked by one or two of the blizzards but there are none of the cold snaps which have passed useby. -@5
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Those who are the most pleased when they have hard problems to solve are finding plenty of entertain ment these days. .&.s -
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

After our present experience it is possible that congress can be encour- aged to start an investigation for the purpose of standardizing our winters.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

It Is, of course very modest ap- peal which the railroad men of the country make in asking for yearly wage increase of 100000, 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

This is no time to vail about the
 good old days. Everyone should get down to business and make the most of the present
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For some reason or other Washing ton doesn't appear to be taking the representations regarding the fuel con- ditions in New England very seriously.
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Criticism rolls off the Eeatherman with much the same readiness that water does off a ducks back.
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Monday isn't playing such an i'm portant part in the business world as it used to. 7~'
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It is barely possible that the ground hog might be susceptible to camou- fage. %s
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Using Small Potatoes.

Using Small Potatoes.
 Mir. Editor: The statement of MI P. G. Holden in Wednesdays papef relative to small potatoes, States that many are wasted" For years it has been my delight to bake the small ones for breakfast once a week. They take less fuel to cook. than the larger ones I do the same with the small sweet potatoes. Some mornings boil and mash with milk and butter. They are right for hash. and yeast.
 Conmon sense and practical knowl- edge ought to save the small potatoes.
 HOUSEWIFE. < Norwich, Feb. 1, 1918. Talaat Pasha, the Turkish Grand Vizier, arrived on Friday 2. in Berlin where he had an interview with ths imperial chancellor. 4
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

The world just now seems to be pes tered with prophets. It is a well sea soned prediction that the working class would gain ascendency in this country and elect their president in 1920. It was not dreamed. however. that they would overthrow the Russian empire in 1917, and so conduct themselves that they would hazard the cause they es- poused. Now an Englishnlan rises to assure us that "democracy is at one and the same time on its trial and in the crucible": and this is so apparent that the blind can have no doubt as to the truth of it. Democracy has got to demonstrate Something more than it's power, forSthe spirN of brotherhood and an intervailing good sense cannot rect the affairs of government.
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EDITORIAL NOTES

February is a short. month but ii came in giving us cold shoulder.
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>. Hcw faithfully history repeats itself.
 There never was a tyrant that was
 not both a liar and blasphemer
 When Catherine crushed the Poles she
 assured her people God was aiding in
 her unholy work; so also did her grandson Alexander, whose icy touch,
 felt all about, put every fire of free dom out; and so did King Louis in
 his coercion of the Spaniards bring re- ligion's name to gloss the thing: The Kaiser says: God is the unconditional and avowed ally of the German peo- ple," whose savage and uprighteous acts leave no doubt, as old Elder Swan
 would have said, that they are sub- 1 ject to the orders of the worlds worst
 diabolians!" The Lord is not rl.tsged to support Germans or Russians tg any other people except those who
 stand for the righteousness He repre- sents. & -Gs tA
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It would improve the situation if less advisers were venturing to tell the people how much they should enjoy
 themselves in practicing self denial
 Every human being ought to know
 there is no fun in it. if there is needed discipline and lessons of merit. For one
 am heartily sick of the volume of advising and campaigning and driving
 to attain certain ends Tt is farnil-
 jar fact that many people like to get in the push to themselves avoid being pushed; and like to act as criers with
 reference to what we should do rather than to become doers themselves. Self denial is important if well stated. and necessary; but cheap talk and high pressure are not promotive of good temper or good, work. Zeal for con- spicuity seems just at present to ex- ceed the ambition to get something soft to do instead Of something peril ous. Let us be as, rational as possible.
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Next to being a good soldier in the worlds cause in importance is Geing a dependable workman regardless of sex Man power back of the lines is as necessary as man power in the trenches Lack of man power today is putting in doubt the result of the present world conflict The women
 have been called in rby millions, to make good the: Industrial power lost by sending men to the front in all the uaring countries, and they have
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REMEMBERED BY THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS

found time from lis trade to serve as
 town clerk of Norwich, 1SG1-1S25.
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Another Norwich craftsman was Philip Huntington, 177O-1s25) who
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

The Bishop Apf london must be a
 pessimist. HS is quoted as having
 said: "To fail now is to fail forever
 This is: not the. spirit which has kept
 the human race evolving for uncounted
 ages. History shows it has failed in
 it's inagry and in it's hopes and in tts
 avowed purpose thousands of times.
 The greatest power has always been shown by rising up not by falling down. The nations of the past who sought power instead of goodness, rule instead of justice, have been wiped off the face of the earth, to the last man; and wherever injustice. has seemed to have installed itself perma- nently it has been overthrown by the power of righteous hope and endeavor. There is no such word as fail in the code of righteousness. Righteousness may be knocked down, but it will not stay down. co