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Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-15

held . meeting Monday as the home of
 ReF. -Charles D. Johnson, in South Gov entry.
 4 blanket Of snow covered the around Monday morning when Will;mantic citi- zenS first appeared on the streets The
 snowfall was lignt and soon disappeared The large plate glass window at the John BoEman clothing store on Main street was replaced Saturday. The win- dow was broken some time a9p by
 stene thrown by the wheel Of a passing automdbiie.
 Members of the adult classes in Eng fish were entertaired Monday night at NatchauE ychool- School addresses were l addresses were delivered and an illus tratea lecture on '9The Country We Live h." covered by fifty slides was given. Refreshments were served and dancing titled to hiring itwo friends who might be interested h attending class sesstone. The Thresd City Continental Drum Go.cs cslehrated tho third anniversary Monday night h fhae style. The Rock vile Fife and Drum Corps were their guests sat 2 banquet Served at the roouA 1 On sChurGh street, and several speakers were heard. Following the banquet all adjourned to the city bowling alleys where an evening of sport was enjoyed James Courtney Is spending a few days in Boston on 2. business tr.p
 :Cap1ah Frank T. James of -Easl
 Orange \. J., is visiting friends in .this l city.
 I Miss Agnes Fox. a tearner in New I Britain schools, has returnea home aft CT visit with Miss Veronica MoQui Ian Of Union street.
 Mrs. George McCracken of Monntai,
 strset entertained over the week end MT
 and Mrs A. F. Lewis ysf Providence, R. I. aud Miss Lecla Franklin of New Britain l II. RosezDerg was in Baston on busi
 ness Aon&sy. Mir. Rosenberg has jus
 l con,pfeted erecting 3 large garage in tha l city.
 I Matsssew Healsy Nas ene see the Judge
 s& the Eagles carnival at Eatersbur
 Monday evs1ing.
 Fl Walter Abbe, Ir.. and C. E Oman c the Smith Winchestec Manufactl1rirl Company. South Windham, left Menda night for New York te attend the css
 venttea Of the National Founders A,
 sociation at the Waidorf-Astoria. II Mrs Don Curtis of Nindhana road hs returned hs7ne after stay in H0lyelz . Mass.. where she WAS called Sunday, NJ : venber 9th by the death of her father
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-15
VINN ON THE SQUARE DO NOT TAKE OUR WORD
 TRY IT ON A GUARANTEE
We agree ohep you with vinai or return your money

Tst is what can giving the deal
   We good
  principle  knowi how pounds of sugar it contained Of would
  
 ViDoi neishbors
 
  condIteno of Remember what n heading of notice We wfH help with yiroI your money.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-15

The repubiican csucns to nominate candidates for city offices to be elected at the bi-annual city election the first Monday in December, was held Monday lstxsas at the town hail with about 160 present. The meeting was called to order ct s.25 o'clock bY Chairman Nelson A. Daniels Charles W. Hills was elected chairman of the caucus and Roy w. Duwner, clerk Nominations were made as follows: Mayor Charles A. Gates i; 15ty clerk, Arthur C. Scripture city treasurer, Albert C. Scripture; aldermen at IaEe, William E. Webber and Fred erick Roy: city sheriff, Charles Len non assessors, Alphonse Chagnon and Clinton T. Wood; city auditor. Flori- rnond Normandin; chairman of city committee, Nelson A DRntnAs
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-15
SHE KNOWS AFTER 20 YEARS.

A cDlu, even When it has deVeIopea a hacking cough. difficult breathing, sleep less ntEhts. ray throat and sore lungs- even then g cold yields quickly to Foley's g. Azalia. Mich, writes: q have used Foieys Honey and Tar for the past 20 years and find there is no other cough my name" It gets right at the seat of trouble. Children ike It. Lee 6 osgood
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-15

Cromwen.-Harrison Ellis. who fl wanted by the police of Cromwell and New Haven for passing alleged worthles. cheeks, has been arrested by the police 5t Ncrristown, Pa, on information furnish ed by the Connecticut state police de. nartment.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-15

gar Lavaliie. virtlime Peioquin. IT.. Emil St. Peter, Stanley Scraber-
 A large crowd attended the entertain ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-15
Rhe.raa for Rheumatisrsa

Rheuma has relieved the agonizing pains of thousands who thought noth- ing would give relief. It should do as much for you-.it seldom fails. Lee & Osgood Co. will supply you on the no-cure, no-pay basis.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-15
NORWICH BULLETIN
What Is Going On Tonight
WiLLEMANTfc OFFICE Telephone 55e-s es Church St.

Conspany G., 1esth Infantry, 4Srd Di- vision, drills at State arraory, Pleasant street.
 Ladies Auxiliary to A. o. H., No. S4 meets at 7sS Main street.
 Violet Rebelrah lodge, No. 57, I. o. O.. F., meets at So7 Main street.
 wiHimantic Rotary club holds meeting at noon.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-15

First Ward. Meeting called to order by William Mcintosh. Albert Piche elected secrstary. Nominated for temporary al- derman, James T. Lynch. Ward com mittee: Chairman, Arthur McQuillan :; James T. Lynch, William J. Lennon, Da- 1-id F Ahhrn p I nanate1-
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The Willinlantic Ministers' Association
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Winning the Virgin Islanders by Good Books

plunged into tale intended for children,
but saw men and women drinking it
thirstily. After this experience she had
little doubt that her books would "go."
On another occasion Miss Zachert found
herself sandwiched in between a Charlie
Chaplin film and a hair raising mystery
serial It was hard under such circum-
stances to arouse interest, but by display
ing beautifully illustrated volumes and by
using the wiles Of an agent selling a sub
scription set of books she succeeded.
At last the libraries were ready to be
opened to the public. The rooms were
spacious and newly painted, and enticing
books hid the makeshift shelving. The chill
dren's books were new and fresh and allur-
ing in their bright bindings. In the main
reading rooms groups of men stopped in
front of the shelves marked Useful Arts"
History" Travel" &c. Another group lis
tened eagerly to an explanation of a chart
or inspected the exhibit of West Indian lore
displayed on the centre table. Harry
Franck's book, Roaming Through the West
indies" had prominent place.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Kentucky Has New Senator
Who Believes in Miracles

Richard Pretlow Ernst, new junior Sen
ator from the highly esteemed State of
Kentucky. is profound believer in mira
cles Any Republican who gets elected
to Congress in Kentucky has to be. Mr..
Harding's wiles and allurements, now ex
erted upon the more or less Solid South.
may change all that, but for the present
the statement stands. Republican Office
holders are accidents. They get i'm under
a suspension of the game laws. Possibly
Dick Ernst himself may be listed under
the head Of exceptions to the rule He
won his Senate seat by using his head.
He got in because he knows the noun
taineers. They are Republicans, these
quaint and interesting folk, locked with
their Elizabethan speech and customs in
the mountains of east Kentucky, but they
are very tepperamental about voting
themselves and very doubtful about the
custom the "furrners" have invented of
permitting women to cast the ballot Your
Kentucky mountaineer believes that a
woman's place is in the home and that
she ought to be "whopped' If she departs
from il.
Understanding these notions and realiz-
ing that his margin of advantage over J
G. w. Beckham was going to be SLIM II
anything at all, Ernst went himself into
the mountains and worked shrewdly upon
tho mountain pride of the highlanders. He
convinced them that the despised lowland
ers were depending upon the vote Of their
Democratic women to carry the State for
Cox and to elect Beckham, and that it was
their patriotic and manly duty to see that
the mountain women got to the polls TO
vote for Harding and his humble self. The
result was that on election day the trails
down the mountains were alive with gaunt
mountainers riding mules and horses, their
womenfok pillioned behind them, and il
was their heavy vote which gave Ernst a
handsome margin over the Democrat who
got his opportunity when Gov. Goebel was
shot to death by squirrel hunter in the
state House yard at Frankfort.
Ernst is of medium height, slim, well
groomed and getting pretty gray, at the
age Of So. lie practices law in an Office
in Cincinnati, Ohio, across the yellow Ohio
from his old home in Covington. He went
to Center College, newly famous through
the titanic exploits Of its football team. and
got his law at the University of Cincin-
natl He is we'll to do and spends a good
deal OF money in the mountain country in
college work and other ways OF improving
the mental and material state of that
rugged people.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Library Lady of the Red Gross Opens New
Field of Thought for Uncle Sans
Latest Wards

yiduals and superintended the purchase of
the books that were to fiji the library
shelves.
"Will YOU go to the Virgin Islands and
organize Libraries there?" the Red Cross
asked Miss Adeline Zachert, then superin-
tendent of the extension division of the
Rochester Public Library and now superin-
tendent of school libraries for Pennsyl-
vania. Miss Zachert, who knew little
about Uncle Sans new possessions as the
rest of the American people. was intrigued
by the romance of the proposal and an
swered Yes" Miss Eleanor Gleason, a
trained library worker, volunteered TO go
along.
The two women arrived i'm st. Thomas
toward the close of last year. They found,
in addition TO the books supplied by the
Junior Red Cross, nearly 1900 books which
had been secured gifts by the American
Library Association from the Navy Depart
ment. the Newark Public Library and the
school division of the New York State LII
brary.
Things move slowly in the tropics
month after the library commission was or
ganized in one Of the islands no shelving
had been secured by its members. In des-
peration the Librarians used the American
Library Associations packing cases for
shelves. wardrobes and writing desks, placed
one above the other The cases formed good
temporary shelving; single boxes were use
ful for seats; a combination of boxes formed
q table.
In addition to classifying, cataloguing and
arranging the books it was necessary for
the library lady" to convince the native
population of the islands of the benefits to
be obtained by using the libraries With a
suitcase full Of books she attended meet
l., M Labor Tho N A.
tives were dignihed and self-contained and
sat unbendingly as the eager librarian, dis
playing her wares much in the same way
that travelling salesman exhibits his sam
pies, appealed for their support When her
talk was over they still remained seated.
The library lady" stared at them, wonder
ing what to do next. "The priest said maybe
you would tell us a story" one Of them
ventured naively. The library lady
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

believed just as gravity is the truest test
of humor Brother Shortridge knows a
joke when he meets It on the street, and
Is not above stopping to shake hands with
it. There is about him, too, a suggestion
of humility and of proper surprise that
any human being, even a human being
originating in the thrice blessed State OF
California could ever rise to such emf
nence as a seat in the United States Sen
ate This is especially notable when one
sees Shortridge by the side of Hiram John
son, his senior. Hiram is not especially
noted for humility. Humor, humility and
high purpose. OF the last quality Short
ridge has an impressive stock. He is the
kind of American who still believes that
the eagle is the champion of the universe
and has right to scream whenever 1t feels
screamish. He holds that an American
citizen is the noblest work of civilization,
II not of God, and that there is no reason
to keep the fact secret from the rest OF
the world
He has held only two public Offices in his
life, janitor and United States Senator. In
between was life of hardship and adven-
ture. To look at him you might not think
1t. but Shortridge. ministerial. well
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
off of of
Their Earlier
AHordA Additional Sideight on How They Advanced

lie went into New Mexico and Socorro
county in the long gone by, rough and ready
days, when he was lean, hard, desperately
ambitious boy, willing to take long chances
for big rewards He began with mules
For some time he was a mule skinner and
freighter. Knowing how to keep his hard
earned dollars, he traded in mules accumu
lated flock of the useful animals, traded
mules for sheep, sheep for more sheep, and
eventually got solidly into the sheep bust
ness. Nowadays he owns 5000 head and
laments, along with other sheep men, the
sad fall of prices of wool upon the hoof.
At the time that George Curry himself
was Sheriff of Lincoln county, New Mexico,
Bursum was Sheriff of Socorro, and the
two, who became close friends in those days,
were constantly chasing bad men back and
forth over the boundary line. II Curry got
a killer on Bursum's side nothing was said
about legal formalities, and if Bussum
nailed his man on Curry's side of the line
they forgot all about red tape. Later on
Bursum was appointed warden of the State
prison in old Santa Fe. He hadn't held
down that lid very long when the convicts,
dissatisfied with their boarding house and
craving elbow room, broke loose by precon-
certed arrangement. For two minutes 1t
was touch and go whether there was to be
general prison delivery and few dead
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

ABOUT his ailments. liked TO throw MS voice
out so that the other darkies could hear
him tell the Lord how poor a thing life
was. and at prayer he could be heard for
half a mile any still evening. Some of the
little white boys crept up to Uncle Rufus's
cabin one evening while he was telling the
Lord all about it, saying, % Lord, de oil
niggah been heah a long time. His step
is CROWN feeble. His eyes is CROWN dim.
He CANT hardly heah no mo- Full of
pains and aches, Lord Why you all keep
de OF niggah heah? OF niggah tiad of
dis world Ready to go to glory lam.
Lord, send down band of angels to take
old Rufus home!' One of the little white
boys raped hard with his knuckles at
Uncle Rufuss door. Who dat? Boy said
huskily: Band of angels, Uncle Rufus
come to take you to the land of glory.
Uncle Rufus replied, quick as a flash.
You'll have to excuse me, but Uncle Rufus
don't live in this settlement
How was that one?" said Heflin. well,
it always goes well in Alabama. You Yam
KEGS don't know good story when you
hear one. I'll give you one more chance
before I take up the cares of state. Also
down in Alabama is a country roadhouse,
kind Of tavern. where they always serve
hash. Hash morning, noon and night. The
proprietor calls it rabbit hash, but 1t is
potoriously country with few rabbits, and
The is too stingy to import this fish. Any
way, he always has hash. So up I stroll
one day and say, Look here, Jim, what
kind of hash is this, as man to man. What
do you put in it?' He says: Well, to tell
you the Gods truth, Tom, it's fiftyfifty
hash What do you mean, fifty-fifty
hash? / ask him. Tom, he says, It's fiji
ty-fifty rabbit and horse-one rabbit and
one horse"
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
By DANIEL HENDERSON.

~ ME night in the autumn of 1919
prowled with a companion through
the streets of San Juan. Needless of
a heavy tropical rain. The dark faces peer
ing out at us from strange, family lighted
houses were disconcerting. Suddenly well
lighted building cleaned comfortingly
against the night. A. closer inspection
brought us the still more welcome view of
books and magazines outspread for all
corners.
1t was the public library. There were no
barriers to ones entrance-the entire front
wall had been removed. One had only to
take a step from the pavement to be among
books Yet, hospitable as 1t was, we were
chilled to find that the readers were all abb
sorbed in Spanish books or periodicals. For
two decades San Juan had been an American
city, but we do not seem to have conquered
the language or thought of the people, and,
failing In this, the place appears almost as
foreign to Americans as If it were part
of the Spanish kingdom.
I went from San Juan to the Virgin
Islands. Here, although the atmosphere
suggested Denmark. ] heard the English
tongue spoken by every one. This was true
in spite of the fact that there were scarcely
any English books on the islands, although
with fine hurrah the American people had
purchased this territory and undertaken to
divert this isolated people from their Euro
pean and provincial habits of thought into
the main stream of American ideas and
ideals
One of these islands, st. Thomas so color
fully pictured at the height of its prosperity
by Gertrude Atherton in her novel "The
Conqueror," was formerly a port OF storage
and transshipment for European merchants
who traded with South America. This ocean
traffic naturally brought the island closer
in interest to Europe than to the United
States. st. Croix, her neghbor, somewhat
out of the track of ships remained more
self-contained and sef-supporting, though
her Danish rulers took care to implant
knowledge of Denmark in the natives.
Scholars Of promise In the primitive schools
were rewarded by trips to the Danish king
dom. Native leaders who needed to be awed
or cajoled were summoned to the Danish
court. To the people Of the Virgin Islands
strip" meant going to Europe. The United
States was as foreign to them as Iceland
is to us.
BY some miracle, as If destiny had fore
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Library Established in
Hamilton's Boyhood Home

The opening of the library IN Christian
sted, the place of Alexander Hamilton's boy
hood was especially notable. The cere-
monies took place i'm Government House, to
which 600 persons from the town. from
nearby villages and from sugar plantations
came on foot or by motor car horseback or
oxcart. There are no modern lighting fa-
cilities as yet on the island so hundreds OF
candles were secured and placed in Beautiful
chandeliers more than a century old the
prisms Of which doubtless dazzled the eyes
of the lad Hamilton as ne ran in and out O.
the hospitable homes OF Christiansted. A
portrait Of Hamilton faced the audience.
Rows OF beautiful old mahogany chairs lined
the room. The Navy Band, In immaculate
white, played patriotic airs.
The librarian had learned that the Virgin
Islands wero constantly being stirred by
social. religious or political factions. But
her experience as a librarian had extended
over many years She knew that n library
was the most democratic Of institutions.
She knew that in II people OF different
creeds. color, race and politics could meet
on common ground with faith founded on
experience she believed that the divergent
interests of the ifands would be blended in
these library rooms and that influences
would go out from them 70 a simple minded,
receptive people that would bear fruit In
good citizenship Her faith has been vindi-
Gated.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
ZzlI IIYT..I .IIU I'D
q n !HtsRsfS Z EWING

groomed, painfully neat, meticulously pre-.
else, has had hard knocks in his time and
has given them. He might not now be able
to lick blacksmith in standup fight, but
terial bearing honestly, for both father and
grandfather were preachers of the rugged
doctrines of John Knox. Next to the tariff
Shortridge respects Presbyteriansm. May
be the doctrines run neck and neck in his
mind or it may be that Presbyterianism is
ton of the substantial stuff the man is
made of. His father died when the Senator
was boy and left nothing except a good
name. Then as now, in spite of the late
Mr.. Morgan's aphorism, good names are not
always convertible into cash. Young Short.
ridge had to get out and hustle instead of
improving a mind well worth attention.
He moved to East Salem, Ore, at 13 and in
odd hours picked up a little schooling
working as janitor at the school where his
mind got Its quick lunches That was his
first public office. One that he recalls, it
may be said, with pride. He was a good
janitor. without the slightest intention Of
making jest, Shortridge maintains that
the qualities that make good janitor are
useful in making a good Senator.
Not desiring at that tender age to be
elected Senator from Oregon, Shortridge
went to Nevada and tried his hand at gold
mining. The cleaning was small, and more
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

seen that the islands were at last TO come
under American control, the tongues of these
people kept the speech of the early British
possessors in spite of later Spanish, French
and Danish ownership. With a common
language as a foundation, with English
taught in the primitive schools, with news
papers printed in English and with popula-
ton quick and eager to learn, the problem
of establishing bonds Of interest between the
homeland and these territories seemed an
easy one--but books should be the chief
means, and there were few American books.
In the hospital at Frederiksted, St Croix
1 passed through a dark basement room that
had no furniture except an old table. Upon
this was piled a collection OK books and
periodicals so old and worn and ragged that
il was unbelievable that they were still In
circulation.
found further that there were no
encyclopedias in the primitive schools, and
that even the school directors were forced
to 60 without reference books. There was
not even an English dictionary available for
public use.
Happily, a tremendous change has been
wrought since then, and no one need fear
that the Virgin Islands will be as backward
as Porto Rico in absorbing American prin-
ciples. To-day three public libraries have
been opened by Americans in St. Thomas
and st. CrolN; travelling libraries nave peel
provided for the schools and ships that make
their headquarters at St. Thomas have been
supplied with books. More wonderful still.
these improvements have been accomplished
mainly by the young folks of the United
States The library lady" of the Red Cross.
representing the young people Of America,
opened the magical gates of literature to q
people who sat in darkness.
American Young Women
Go to Organize Libraries
From the National Chdren's Fund of the
American Red Cross $4,000 was app~opri-
ated to found libraries in the Virgin Islands.
This gift came almost entirely from the
Junior Red Cross Of the United States. An
other organization cooperated-the Ameri
can Library Association. 1t supplied Ii
brarians, secured gifts of books from indi
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
This California Senator
MIGHT Boom Out Hamlet

Whiskerless, bald and dark of complex
ion, funereal of aspect, very tomb OF
humor, it might seem, he suggests NOR
tuarian in wealthy circumstances about to
deliver Ham1efs Soliloquy. You can fairly
hear the booming plant: ITO be or not
to be- that is the question - All of
which goes to show that you never can
tell, that things and United States Sena-
tors are not always what they seem. For
Brother Shortridge owns pretty humor,
something dry, it is true; touching tole-
rantly upon the satirical, but still humor,
the only true test of gravity, the ancients