Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-26
TIE MAN WHO TALKS

a-s and fabor savers In an ags In 1 which electricity has superseded the tai- low candle, the automobile the osa sage coach, we grrw dissatisned with the old lunfhering ways that still obtasn in some things Now when we have csty meeting fer nominating candidates for office, where contest occars, the eit- 1 izens are invited to pass through nsr- row space, inconvenieneed by the jam, to register their choice before the teiiers- 1 aS handle 500 voters in this way is ua- wieidly and lengthy If all are permit ted to participate in such meeting were present, it is question II the croWa could be safely handled Is there not sorne one among us fnventiv enough to suggest remedy?
 When we are told of certain practices breath and say: "Alas, hoE much these people need the light of the Gospel! We must save them from their supersti- tions," This no doubt. is very com mendable purpose and shows benevolent spirit, but are We whose souls are light ed with wisdom from on high entirely free from superstition? Does the th1r- teen at the table bring lump into the stomach of us paragons? Are we at all sI,nerstit;ous? Let us see According to the New York Times of June 1st, Mrs. Bellaugf1 the Hungarian national nronhetess Yhe is a crackerjack at see-
 in things, has stated that the next
 American president will be "nlond, has
 a bald spot, wears glasses. has five chii-
 dren and whose life has escaped as-
 sassination." The prediction has filled
 the interpretations republican camp
 with consternation. Here all are Dfu-
 nettes, heads woiiy, wear glasses, have
 five children, but, alas, no one has ever
 -zrytf h
 democrats are iubilant and are turning
 handsprings all over the country, for vic tory Is now assured. A. Mitchell Pal naer answers all the conditions: blonde, a little bald spot rising out of his wavy hair. wears glasses, has reason to be proud of his family, and. last of all, came very near being blown out of presidential possibilities. This outside influence is so decisive. that congress will probably investigate how much mon- ey has been sent from democratic headouarters to old Mrs. Beilsugh for seeing things" just at this time.
 That tho United States government ought to do something for the ex-servics l men. more than has been done thus far, 1 Is clear to all lovers of justice. The scheme of bonuses as passed by the 1 lower house of congress was unfortunate at this time when the whole country l Is grooming under it's burden of excessive taxation. But what has made this 1 heavy taxation necessary? It is partly due to the government policy which paid l enormous wages to those who stayed at l home and made munitions or built ships ! while giving only nominal pay to the men in uniform I quite agree with Dr. | Abbott Shaw that tf,is was unsou1d in 1 theory and nnischievous in practe6 The
 money reward offered would be slight ir 1 comparison to what these men did But l why should such extrava gaut wages l have been paid to men who did govern renc work in the security of workshop 1 and such a miserable pittance to otll. 1 CTS who . served their government by l exposing their lives to the shot and shef | of the battle field? May not some bet 1 ter plans of life insurance or schemes of land settlement be yet offered to cui 1 ex-soldiers?
 1 It would tax the genius of a Wash 1 lngten Irving to ftly describe the con dition of the country following the rail | road strikes in April. The great stee 1 industries have been we'll nigh de n,oralized through lack of sufficient transportation Express companies art almost frantic because unable to ge 1 cars to handle merchandise originally in i tended to go by freight. Newspapers anC i other periodicals are curtailng space ana some are suspending publication alto I gether because their goods cannot b. Il moved Do we realize that these strike have cost the country more than Some o its wars have done? Every reasona hle man would like to see all labor ade I qua tely rewarded. But when we realiz that railroad men have been advancet ! s2 per cent. since 1914. and that tn 1 the meantime has been s2 per cent. doe ! it seem just on their part to paralyz the industries of tho country? Selfish ness of this character will strain tn long suffering tolerance of the Ameri
 can people to the breaking point. The 1, Nemesis will settle the question.
 "Te the attentive eye," says Emerson
 leach moment of the year has it's ow ti beauty; and in the same field it be holds every hour a picture that neve was seen before, and shall never be see again" It certainly adds to our deligh
 that the flowers bloom in uniform pro cession. Tine crocus, or1ing up throug the snow, is done with this years bloom = ing. The fruit trees, plum, peach. cher t ", pear and apple. have closed and she 6 their petals, but as these lines are writ !, ten the multi-colored irises have com
 and the great family of aaaleas. Tn 2 love of nature is a great gift and if : is frozen or crushed out, it has a tellin 5 effect on character. It is a we'll know I fact that lover of flowers can not h st very bad person. The story is tol - of young man, charged with grave mil f demeanor, who came into court with
 bunch of trailing arbutus. The judg
 was so much impressed by the fact tn:
 he had a personal interview with tt
 young man and was amazed with h st knowledge of botany and love of u - beautiful. The fellow was proven gui
 I ty and the judge gave him a minimum
 sentence, explaining .iat he had nev, seen a person passionately found of nov CTS who was bad at heart.
 There are something's, in themselv
 apparently trivial, that provoke question
 | very hard to answer. Why are som ' things created seemingly for no oth e purpose than useless annoyance?
 the best life is full of hard facts tn
 must be met because they are i l. senarabie with life itself Pain, diseas J. grief, trouble, disappointment and fina
 ly death, come to all. While right Ii
 ing may reduce most of them to a mir mum, still in no instance can they 'A wholly avoided. What shall be sa j. however. of the great world of pests tn n. attack persons and things apparently f
 no purpose? Many things exist f Id which science has discovered 10 ad l. quate reason. Why must We lab le early and late to save shrubs and plan
 from pests? The shrub is necessar
 but the pest--seemingly-is useless. VT .s should such a noble animal as the hey to be tormented by the horse fly? I wi ,s some of these wise students of the Bib 'O who seem to know the unknewab
 and can glibly explain the in-expticat would try their knowledge on gnats, Ii l. potato bugs and vipess.
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