Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-11
THE MAN WHO TALKS


 boos for the checking of children h Iheir mistaken ways ''The HA886dy
 Man. is a pleasing little rhyme to you and I. but it has doubtless produced sleepless hours for the innocent little soul who believed in him. And there are some bugeboos we SroWn-ups have been indellibly impressed with which are just as foolish In a sense. when it comes to our fears. few of us ever get beyond being children. But to me one of the funniest bugaboos was ere ated by a gardener who was aY1noye ed by the children's desire to take flowers from his garden. and he warned them if they went in there s't1e HydrAneeA would get after them." That seemed to be so much worse than the dog that it had an instantaneous effect.
 We shall have to get over our drives
 and talking of billions. The way is
 American and the talk is too loud.
 three billion deficit does not seem ago it would have been deemed a huge
 national debt. while now it must be
 added to a national debt of which 1t
 will be but ne-eighth. The stress of and power. We must determine at no distant day whether man is the crea-
 ture of the state, or the state the creature of man. The war is leaving us in a predicament where we must find ourselves; and we cannot find ourselves too quickly!
 The prettiest bird 1 have seen this year is September f1edged goidfinch. A bird Of eight weeks seems to be as efficient as youth of IS. He has been to school and graduated and shows by his conduct he has learned his les sons well. He is alert and capable and goes in pursuit of food alone. His pl,t- mage is new and the colors bright for the wind and the rains have not ruff fled his feathers or the sun faded them. He comes daily to the sunf1owers like an adept and his c1eanness and bril- liancy and industry make him delight in the eyes of the observer. He has the racial pride and declines to feed at the shelf-prefers being worker to being a hobo. He is pretty in looks and in actions.
 Man has to have his experiences, or he would not be developed as he should be. There is an experience in every issue from the cradle to the grave to lose as we'll as win is a part of the game of life: and the good loser doesn't make a bad mess of his affairs. There is always a way out if you have to back out: and it is better te back out than it is to jump out of window One of the best notices ever devised is: Don't he fool." There Is merit in failure if you fail right. Look sharp quently to he found in defeat It is never ereditab1e to make the same nnfs- take twice. for once is enough!
 A man or woman may be no older than they feel; but. if after they have passed twenty-five thousand sunrises, they were as old as they feel some morning when they rise they would have no trouble in realizing how Me- felt about the time he bade to this. vale of teaA Our feelings never respond to any false, pretences. but bring us now and then face to face with the truth Coleridge had the courage to say that all women belonged to one tof three classes-'a dear old soud. that old woman: that old witch Men after 70 are usually engaged in respecting their own gray heads. Since there are so few others to rspect them. Fortunate arese those near the sunset who hold finely a vii sion of the new grade
 One of the old Norwich mansions which has a pair Of lions in front of the door which for half century have been of extraordinary interesting to visiting children. Life the iron coach dog seen upon olden time lawns they presented a forbidding trespass Many years ago there used to be a little fel- low lesc than five who came from a Rhode Island country town and he had undoubtedly heard of Daniel in the lions den, for he always stopped and glared at these lions, then. the iron fence. and when his spirit of de nance reached the point of des2eration he thumbed his nose at them and fled at top sped up the hill, He may have heard how the bears chased inc had boys who insufted the bold headed man and he did this to test the lions.
 Among small birds the English sparrow and the house wren are noted for their scolding ability and the English sparrows in the Sheldon pear tree seem to curse in their language whenever go beneath it; and they have kept it up many years But not long ago a ruby ythroated humnin2- bird scolded me early of a Sunday because I was too near his source of nectar. His mprecations were readily interpretable. although gentler than those of the sparrow Or t'e wren. His protesting voice was actually a surprise to me, for in an acquaintance of a quarter of q cen tury I had never discovered that he nad heart to chide human It takes lon gtirne to learn the habits of little creatures.
 The first biuefnch was at the feed Ing shelf on October 2d The sunfto,y- CTS were so thoroughly gleaned bv mid September that the koldfinches searched sea Tor a supply elsewhere. leav- ns the sparrows to enjoy the handot1t of seeds and crumbs. There is no lack of sparrows to partake of tbe provender put out for their refresh neht. One or the prettiest sights of -he past month was a pair of EneIisb. sparrows with four youAg birds fully 1edged, but keeping up the family re ation- We recognized the younesters because of the freshness of their and the fact that they had not taken on the adult form The En- sllsh sparrow has initiative. and can accommodate himself to the cofdest winter weather. In Canada he finds he center of the big haystacks comfortable abiding place.
 Those who are appealing to the workmen implore them to show common sense. disregarding the fact there can be no common sense where common honesty is lacking. The conditions which are making the vorkmen wild are not of their own creation. The workmen and the capi- ,alist must find between them a just relation, or there can be no prosper ty Every movement just at pres ent is decreasing the buying power of he dollar, which in the purchase of shoes as compared with three years ago is worth S5 cents. So long as -hree dollars do not go much farther