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Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

with this enormous spider for the first time they indeed experience quivers of horror. I have. never known any enc to be bitten by them, however. and naturalists declare that while their bite is painful it is not dangerous.
 When I was a child one of eur favorite walks was down what was known as the Bridge Road Here we might encounter many members of the tarantula family moving in the direct ion of the river. I imagined then that they were going down to the brink Of the stream for their evening drink as did our friendly cows. I suspect however, that 1t was their hour of em- erging to seek their prey. have head nature articles in which the writer stated that they only emerged at night This may be their favoFite hour, cannot say. never having seen them at night. But I do know that they come out frequently from to o'clock in the afternoon, and have seen them tion and I have never heard of one as early as 3.
 "They have no fondness for eiviliza-
 being found in a house as are it's relatives the ordinary webs spinning spider. They are said to line their
 ground homes with webs.
 ''The species found in Southern Eu- rope and along the Mediterranean shores must differ from ours in the | Gulf States. These are said not to ex- ceed quarters of an inch in length, and l have seen them here as large as an ordinary saucer. Too, l notice that they are pictured as eleH- gated spiders while our native ones are l more inclined to be round. The Texas species are black covered with very brown or black hairs. They are of a
 soft. rich velvety appearance.
 T have often peered down into their holes in the ground and seen them ] watching just safely within. l have
 never known of their attacking any
 thing for battle except the taraRtu- ! la killer. This enemy of theirs Teeem- l bles a red wasp, only being .almesi l three times as large as the common | species. You will notice one flying ar oand the fields much as a butterfly does. Then suddenly he will dart to 1 the ground. In all probability he has l located a taFaHtuia or his hole, The i tarantula sometimes puts up battls | but he is usually paralyzed with the 1 tarantula killers sting. Sometimes the | tarantula killer will dart to the ground 1 a number of times and then fly off ss ! though waiting for something, and you wonder if the tarantuia put up 2 1 better fight or if he escaped. Late. on. however, nine chances to one, FoI will see the tarantula killer dragging
 away his prey, and you wonder how he will manage to arrive safely witl such a. large burden.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23
What to Read In summsr

A tradition which is really a super stition has tied up light reading with dayIight-saving reading, tied up vaca- tion fiction with more or less vacant fiction. The man who starts out for two weeks upon desert island is now adays invited to take with him the twenty worst books he can find Yet experience would show that a good many heavy books are read in summer a great many more would be read if people followed inclination. instead of prescription.
 A warm day in the hammoek is precisely the time to tackle Bryce on democracy, or William Beebe on Jun gle Peace. What is needed for serious reading is, of course, eoncentration; and the best time for ceueen1ation is a hot, humid day in the country when all the motor faculties are stall ed, when man hunts for breath of air and finds it not. Thus driven back upon his own littleness in a universe of Fahrenheit he is in the proper state of receptivity for fairly high and serious thought Summer and the country obviously offer that escape
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place On, it was a busy town ones; the time was when Colchester had thirteen
 saloons! He didn't say them was the
 happy days" but that was the inference
 Dignified stately ghosts of grand old Connecticut gentlemen, in silk stocks and high hats, walk the streets of Colchester.
 Do any live man like them live there now? The Nomad saw non. Here as
 well as at the neighboring town of Leb- anon. were the homes of the Trumbulls,
 from whose loins sprang Brother Jena- than himself. Here, at Colchester, in E1s1s, was born the Nomad's old friend Lyman TrumbuH, senator from Illinois, himself the friend of Lincoln, grandson of Benjamin Trumbull, divine, author of the Complete History of Connecticut 9 Waen you looked into the face of Lyman
 Truanttl1l yoH saw 5he living rapre- sentative of race G noblemen. The beauty of native distinction radiated from his person, and you spoke with Con-
 science incarnated.
 Fransplanted to the West, TruHabull took with him there the traditions oi IConneetiet[s culture. prineipIe dignity.
 In the memory of such men as he-ii there are today in the town any who Eremember him or cherish the tradition: tpf his family-Colcheste may stiH be al Ileast a very honorable ghost
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23
rms nnsULT oY THE TEST.

While 1t has not been demonstrated that the big shfpa of the navy are use less, it has nevertheless been effectively shown that it is possible for bomb planes to sink capital ships even when such ships are heavily Arncred and not what can be regarded as of a frail or obso- Iete type For that reason General Nit chell of the air service has reason to feel that his views regarding the importance of the airplane in war service have been well suhstsntiated. even though It does not mean that the capital ships of the navy are going to be abandoned.
 Tn the sinking of the German war ships. from submarine to dreadnought, 1t is to be realized that the bombing was done under the most favorable con ditions, with the vessels stationary and furnishing no opposition in the way of gunare Or maneeuverfng such as would be the case in actual warfare. That fact has not prevented the demonstra- eien of the Gestructiveness of the aerial bombs OF that when such bombs of the right size are dropped close to the bat tleship it's power of resistance Is not such that it can expect to escape serious sesults It has been shown that the bombers can find the target and it is to be presumed that such can be done quite as effectively with a moving target as with a stationary one as the tests on, the moving United States warshfp show ed
 The tests that have been made will mean that efforts will be made to ever come such effects as have been disclosed. Endeavors will be made to make the warships invulnerable to the bombs that may be dropped by the side of them, but in nc better way could there have been shown the increased value that must be attached to the afrplane in connection with the maintenance of an army and navy. and the importance that must be attached to it in all future war activi- ties
 While it will not be admitted that no more battleships will be built 1t does mean that greater attention will be con centrated upon airplanes and there can be no question but what General Mitch ell has succeeded in the efforts which he has been making in that direction.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23
READ YOUR CHARACTER
 By Digby Phillips, Copyrighted 1881
 BROWN EYES.

Blue eyes have been described already as signals of decision, action and a ten dency toward impatience
 Brown eyes indicate opposite qualities. They also indicate qualities which at first thought seem contradictory. But they're not. They only seem so.
 They indicate, for instance, greater rush or stress of emotion than blue eyes. and at the same time greater patience. These are, in reality. two quite different things. Take as an example an appeal to either the anger or the affections of a person. The emotion aroused in the blue eyed person will not be so strong, or. rather, will not push other things aside so much, in his or her consciousness as ii will in the brown eyed person. But sup- pose the arousing of this emotion is in- tended to evoke real decisien and inn portant action on the part of that person, You'll get your reaction much quicker from the blue eye than from the brown If you're looking for more demonstration of the emotion, however, the reverse will be true.
 The brown eyed person Is more dem onstrative than the blue eyed simply be. cause his or her emotions take stronger hold But for the rest, brown eyes in. dicate a greater degree of patience. ot the courage as we'll as the ability to en. dure either mental or physical strain They indicate less of the pioneeE spirit and more of the conservative tendency They indicate, too, mental intensiety an6 concentration rather than the menta quiekness and impatienee which blue eyel | indicate.
 In short brown eyed persons are in clined to be slower of head' am quicker of heart whereas the blue ey, is quicker of head" and "slewer O heart"
 SAonday: Eyaatzs .EEea-l
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

from distractions which town and win ter surrounds us with. Vacation effers that sense of plenty of time ahez5 which one needs before embarking up- on a long and serious book
 There are entire classes Of light fic- ton which do not fit into tha summer holiday, Nature, even at its mildest in the vicinity of the summer hotel, with its real touch Is apt to take the col or out of the flaring landscapes over which the riders of the Wild Western ranges sweep on to duty. fortune, and love 1t induces indifference to the great Canadian spaces over which the mounted police go through their mag nifieeHt performances. Heriocs pale down in the glow of a summer after noon.
 Ghost and detective stories are quite out of the question. The necessary set- ting is absolutely not there. A visitor from the Beyond, glimpsed through the green leaves. would merely suggest a young woman coming back from tennis which may be interesting enough, but in quite a different way. Tales of murder and mystery are inecneeivable for that we need a quiet winter hour a long dark hall through which one must walk to bed, shadows in the cor ner of the room where all sorts ef animated evil may be lurking, and the sudden click Of the radiator which ourdles our blood. No tale of detection or Feinearnation can be savored in the full without the chill thought Of the trip downstairs to poke up the fuT- mace.
 People are most themselves on hol- l iday. And when people are most them ] selves they are apt to be, perhaps, a l bit more serious at times than the pub | fisher assumes them to be. This much we know, that summer is the time
 when books are mostly written and on the whole it should be as easy to
 read a book as to write it.-New York Evening Post.
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ssorlss That Recall Others
On. War tn Shell It.

Jimmy had been laid up a few days too much heat, and green apples com bined-and had to be quiet. The mem bers of the gang couldn't stand the sep aratien any longer couldn't stand the sep they couldn't come in a while. The in- valid's mother weakened and eonsented {; with the understanding that there would be no rough house stuff. As a harmless diversion she suggested a spelling bee School had been out too long probably for about half the words she gave were missed. Finally she gave the word August" and the invalid tackled it.
 Capital A-u-g-period" was his yer sion and then the party broke up.
 Source of Distress
 Emily Margaret, a six-yeaF-old, has straight blond hair. This is a source of much distress to her as she is not too young to appreciate the advantage of curly hair, and she particularly admires dark hair. She was at Sunday school recently and the teacher was telling of the terrible plight of the children of the war-stricken countries. By way of plant ing a proper appreciation of their bless ings in the minds of the children the teacher called their attention to the con trast between tFeir own condition and that of the unfortunate youngsters over seas.
 Why" she concluded, you little ones have no idea of what sorrow means Emily Margaret was impressed, but she could not let the statement go unchal- lenged. She addressed the teacher thus: Miss Blank. I'm awfully sorry for them but all the same I do know what sorrow means. Every time I see a little girl with dark curly hair I have to shut my eyes to keep from crying"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23
The Junk Man. winnina,

While Dempsey eaFted away SeD,- 0ee iron men from the fight and the yaRauished here, Georges. has $20a, 0e9 he can take ever te Paris and buy Eiffei tower with, all Of which was easy money, there is a little junk man in Jersey City who made a cleanup of his own in an extraordinary way" remarked James B. Green of Atlantic City. This junk man paid $50 for the privilege of taking away the empty
 bottles that were thrown under the stands in the arena at Jersey City,
 dead soldiers that had done their bii during the fight. Just So seen as the
 boys left the arena he and his men set to work rescuing the discarded bot
 ties. He had three fellows working for
 ntIn at siO each. Before nightfan Sat- urday this little band had collected and removed somewhere near zs,09o bottles, all of which will be sold for the sum of one cent apeiee, seme of the bottles, being of goodly size, will yield q profit of tWp cents and some tauarts) will bring five cents to their l owner. So at the lowest possible fig
 urlng the little iuf man of Jersey gity will show net profit of s5e0 for his dave work, after paying for the
 concession and settling the bills for la-
 ber and drayage.
 NO wender Dr. Crafts and the Inter. nauonal Reform League wanted to
 have the fight dispensed with. After l getting a squint at those bottles the Anti saloon league might have cause for vqnderment. The bottle brigade al l the big fight was as strong as one oi Uncle sam's diyisions during the late war. And yet there was no disorder and everybody seemed tD have a good
 time. The truth of the matter Is most | of the bottles contained sody-pop', Il is said that forty trucks were requlrs | ed to carry the liquid retreshmenti | that were sold on the grounds at tho
 Dempsey Carpenter fight.-lemonad. and other of that sort of stuff.-
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mean that o<hsrs will look to Washington for similar assistance. Reasons for op- posing the bill are stn1ilar in character te those which were advanced against the bonus legislation. Developing for eign market under the plan proposed is not what q government that is working for tax and debt reduction can regard with joyful anticipation. Opposition based on good judgment was sufficient while the biiI was in committee to block t and certainly should defeat 1t if 1t ever comes to a vote
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23
IN THE DAYS NEWS
THE TARANTULl

''Laughable reports about the Texas tarantula have been circulated since the soldiers have been eamped in the Lone Star State" writes Kate R. Me- nefee in Boys Life. NO doubt when 6nx- ene ~of them came face to face
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

The st. swithin day prediction appears to be as badly upset as the groundhog superstition, and yet you'n find people doing their best ts prove that both are right
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

action he put letters on the black mans body and on his soul. And for nearly 25e years the enfranchisement Of the one and the subjugation of the other lived side by side. We can at least rejoice to- daz sisAA Ea=a stain has been abolished. =
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

For the next few weeks. or four days of each week, Plymouth is going to be the one big magnet in New England for lovers of the historical pageant.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

It will be generally admitted that the sample has been so good we can get along toierably well without any dog days when the regular time comes for them
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

Development in Florida Is making such strides 1t is claimed the state will not know itself next year How much credit will Colonel Bryan claim for that?
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

When one dealer declares ice cream soaas cost but seven and a half cents, and that includes milk, ice cream, break age and service, it is easily figured what profits are being taken in when there is AeschaIEn auuYfalanns aaeaza.n. s,..na,.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23
EpTToK1A1 Nowrs

The man on the corner says: There's a chance ehe cool wave is due to someone trying to explain the hot spell.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

Gradually and with the help of Mrs. Bergdoll are some of the interesting facts connected with the draft dodgers escape being brought to light
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

With swarms of 1ocusts invading soviet Russia all that is needed now is the wild honey to provide for the starving mil lions
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He is heading away from it but before he returns Explorer MacMillan is likely to wish for some of the heat he is leay- ing behind.
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With the people spending about i've billion year on non-essentials what a lot of circulation would be stopped if everyone indUiged in essentials only
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23

The occasional eopious rainfafls are doing much for the gardeners as we'll as providing nberally for our reservoirs.
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 Just before he squeezed his way into the burying ground through the passage way at the back of the store, the Nouad noticed the bleak old Bacon seminary. a building of brick which once was a noted seat of learning in Connecticut, And here in the cemetery, on a grave stone, he read all about Bacon himself, who seems to have founded the institu- tion some time in the early nineteenth century, with gift of s55e8e It would take more than s55, o80 to establish q notable school nowadays, and Mir. Bacon was lucky perhaps, to have achieved his local fame at the time he did Rut Fis academy has plainly gone into decline his gravestone seems to totter a little. and there is no telling how soon Bacon and all fiis Colchester fame will go the way of the people on the spruce tree lot. Manifestly his seminary Is no longer the educational Shrine of the same sort of people who once went forth from it to conquer the world with the glltterine ] arms of their Baconian learning. The NnFnad satisfied himself or that point bv an interview with the carpenter who was engaged in contemplating. from the front steps, some repairs wsh4ch his assistant ! was 1eisurely executing on the Congre- gational church. The town. he said had aassea into entirely new hands. Oid peo- ple All gone-farTns in new and strange ] hards-neople who bought them for s12o6 and were TOW fre1ding them at | s12;o9e even fire Irish people who had replaced the original Yankee inhabitants were gone nova third incarna atien, one might call the present population of the
The state herald., 1921-04-15
PROMPT ACTION ON PART
OF INSURANCE AD1uSTERS

Fire insurance adjustors, represent
ing the Hartford Insurance Company
and the Home Company. were in town
on Tuesday adjusting fire losses that
have occurred within the past two
weeks: namely, +. NJ. Roberts, near
Amherst dwelling; Mrs. Nora Mil
lage. residence. Holyoke; and Mrs.
Dora Summers. residence, Holyoke,
A very satisfactory adjustment of
these losses was made, which speaks
well for the promptness of these
companies.
The insurance business of this
county for these two companies Is
handled by the Phillips County State
bank.
The Summers fire occurred on sun
day and was settled on Tuseddy. thus
enabling the owner to replace the
dwelling at once.
Loag drawn ont fire adjustments
cause dissatisfaction, thereby losing
business for the company, where
prompt equitable adjustment makes
for better business.
The state herald., 1921-04-15
EVERYTHING SET FOR
TRACK MEET SATURDAY
On your marks,

on your mnrks'
Get set.
Bangl
This Is what will be heard on Sat.
urdsy. April iG. . p. m. at the fair
grounds. when all the high schools
In this section OF the country meet
here TO battle for the honors in run
Mug, jumping otc,
The local boys say they can't lose,
and are anxious TO hear the starters
pistol.
Very competent officials have been
chosen to handle the ynrious events.
Judges OF the running events arc;
Mr.. II. Robb. MIR. jon Newman and
Rev. Bennett. Judges OF the field
events: Rev. Gray. Sir. Chambers and
Rov. Iilslcy. Timers. MIR. Patton OF
wray. Mr. Bunger OF Haxtun and MIR.
sinrbuck Of Holyokc Field and track
Judges: wikoff and Collier. Starter;
Smith.
The following boys win uphold the
iolyoke high school In the following
events.
Hundred yard daah-rlaker. q.
Sinrbuck. Benson.
Two hundred twenty yard dash
@. starbuck.. Benson. Edgar
-Four hundred forty yard daah-G.
-iarhnrk. penann. Edgar.
Eight hundred eighty yard run u,
stnrbuck. Mnilnndor. Bomls
Milo run Mnllandcr. V, Starbuck.
Emarlno.
one hundred twenty yard hurdles -
f'lnlor, Benson. II. Harmon
Two hundred fNNnty yhTd hurdles
iinhcr Benson. n Harmon,
Shot put Cory. Edgar u Harmon
nlacur Edgar, r Harmon Cory
Polo Vault Flnkor. u s,arbnck
ps.nrr,
Broad iump Flaker u starb c''
Edgar
iilgh Jump Finser Benson n1
Relay Maiiandar flnkef ne'H
q Starbuck.
Admission. 20 cents.
The state herald., 1921-04-15
County School Notes

A. W. Villors of sedgwick. secre.
tary Of Joint district No 5S. made
this Office an official call last FRI
day.
Tho third and ladt apportionment
Of the county school fund was made
by this onlce last Saturday The
amount per capita being s2,20 The
total amount apportioned for tho
present year was $3.50 per capita.
Grand View community viii ri'e
nn entertainment at the school ho'. @
IN that district In the onnr future.
The proceeds 10 be applied on buy
Ing materials needed for the school.
Notices have been posted concern
ing the annual school meetings TO be
held ON Monday. May 2 Each dis
trlct viii elect a treasurer for the
term OF three years. Tho following
districts viii elect president for
the term Of two years 10 fll vacan.
clos: Prairie Star Piainylew. Lone
Star Grand View and North Star
Districts as follows win elect acrrc-
taries To MI vacancies for the term
OF one year: Piainview. Gand View.
Bryant. Liberty. Morning View. North
Star and broadway
The time ia drawing NJ hand for
schools TO close for the year We
arc glad 10 note that quite number
NJ the school boards have asked thoir
teachera 10 remain for another year.
Wa heartily commend this action on
the pnr Of those boards since whore
tho teacher has donn her work salts.
fnctur,ly she dcarryoH' reelection and
n be- able 10 take 40 the work In
fnll wlthou, break knowing Just
her pupils belong IN tho grades.
N Try from other superlntond'
Dr ind that wages paid In othor
tH win be ON mn average thosc
this ycnr
County supt Of sehooia.
The state herald., 1921-04-15
FARM HOUSE BURNS
on SUMMERS RANCH

Sunday morning nbont 10 o'clock.
the house ON the Dora Summers
ranch, situated one half mile south
and two miles east Of town. occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Otis Durham and
family, burned To the ground during
the absence of the family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Durham left home on
Sunday morning to spend the day
NJ the Dave Rudder home. They left
"a small iire In one stove and an In
cubator lamp lighted. II Is presumed
the firc was caused from the incuba.
tor lamp. though nothing definite will
ever be known, ms no ono arrived at
the house until II was all ablaxe. Mrs.
Fred Marlntt. who resides one half
mile ives, of the place. and small son
were the first TO discover the fire.
Mr.. Marlatt was not at home. but
she gave the alarm and was the first
to arrive on the scene.
4 Fordson tractor was near the
house and would have burned had
II not have been for the combined
efforts OF Mrs. Mariatt and Billy Sum.
mcrs. who succeeded In pushing the
tractor away from the burning build.
ing. thus saving this piece Of mach.
hHN'i
II would have required several per.
sons 10 do what these two did under
great excitement.
Tho cattle and horses were turned
out OF the barn and corr.ls and nj.
though stubblc approximately two
blocks away caught fire the Sarn was
not burned. A large crowd OF neigh.
bors and people from town arrived
shortly.
This IL great loss TO Mr.. Durham
and family. M all their household
effects, together with their clothing.
wnB destroyed, which In partially
covered by insurance. which was Just
1xcd up the latte, part OF last week.
The little Mnrlatt hoy displayed his
thourhtfulnoss by letting tho fat
cattle ont offhe oorrala: turned the
horses out OF the barn. and even
went NO far mn 10 rescue old Tabby
and her kittens from the hay loft.