Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 27, 1911, Page 4

COMPETING IN MMV. e Next to target practice, compeuuu-_ economy in the navy is be cam- mended, The past six months such a. competition has been going on ‘I I“"' among the ships of the navy with good i IN- DOORS AND"(’)UT-(}F-D@QKS e O Rt SIRGOUC # PicPs imantle Office, Moem 3 Muresy Uuitding. Tolephone 310, e —— Norwich, Thursday, July 27, 1911. — ome rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin fs sold i every town and om all of the R. F. D. Week ending July 2. BALLINGER OPPOSED TO TAFT. It Is surprising to the country that Richard Achilles Ballinger should m- agine for a moment that he has any influence with the people or their rep- resentatives—that he should assume to overthrow. the man who believed in him even after their influence had forced his retiracy from the cabinet. He brought as much discredit upon the administration as Speaker Cannon 14 upon the republican party and was in equally as bad odor. President Taft stood by him just as long as it was prudent for him to do so: and when he advised him to leave the cabinet did not hesitate by a personal letter to then give Ballinger his endorse- ment. All Ballinger appears to have done is to unmask himself and appear in the open role of an ingrate. Ingrates find favor with no one. Perhaps the people will consider that it is one of Taft's best recommendations that Bal- linger is against him. Ballinger's opposition is most as- suredly a godsend—a help, rafher than a hindrance, ANTI-MILITARY SPIRIT. The anti-military spirit is not whol- confined to peace-men, to organized labor, and to social There is a prevalent oppusition to military sery- ice in commercial and industrial cir- cles because the enmlistment of men slightly interferes with business. The men who volunteer in the state military service do so at some per- sonal discomfort and sacrifice, and those who think it is all play soon find out their mistake. It is open-air life which has an attraction for men of indeor and sedentary employment, and it aiso must_prove to be beneficial to them in several ways. Looked at from a cold business point of view it is mot remunerative. The volunteer militia are as neces- sary as the volunteer firemen and should be as well respected—as highly esteemed. This feeling of opposition exists in all parts of the country: and an ex- ange from the south says: “These who have the welfare of the militia at heart—the citizen soldiery should everywhere be recognized as essential factors In the preservation of law and order—fondly look forward to the day when there will be a change of sentiment regarding them and when émployers will cheerfully agree to undergo a little inconvenience in order to help the service.” The National guard art very handy to have as first ald, or as first line of defence when it is necessary to stay at once the advance of an enemy: and as a guaranty of ord-wr in the larger cities they are not only necessary, but worth all they cost. SCHOOL EQUALITY. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of schools of Chicago, thinks the indus- trial training of girls in the public schools should be equal to the best industrial training given to the boys, “because it is generally more difficult for women to support themselves. Be- asides, there is a great need for women trained to do certain things and do them well. 1 ean find any number of women who will make me a new dress, “ut few who will mend an old one. We shall not make the industrial school work all drudgery, and the course will include a little English, music, litera- ture and chemistry. How true this is eévery housewife in New England realiges. There is a dearth of female help of every kind; and the service rendered in all parts of the country is too poor usually to be satisfactory. When Mrs. Young gets results from this training school for girls in Chicago, which she is to open in September, it is probable that the plan will be adopted in all parts of the country. The girl who has heen taught to work and to do mood work i® sure to be in great demand for all time. The decision of a_New York judge that a woman has a legal right to change her mind came just right for the rich woman who declined to marry a Massachusetts man who had a li- cense in his pocket. Now charges have been preferred against Chief Willis Moore of the weather bureau, After the last in- auguration day performance Uncle Horace knew it would come o this. V4 o8 R James R. Garfield says he did not know he had a presidéntial boom un- til he saw it sfated in the newspapers. A live man these days has to read the papers to learn about himself. Happy thought for today: A hard- luck story in sum - is as much out results, Definite money allotments were made to each ship by the variou: bureaus in charge of the departments of work on board ship, such as ord- nance, steam engineering, - construc- tion and repair, and supplies and ac- counts. Large percentages of saving were made by the great majority of the vessels, while- only -a very few overdrew their allotments. The total saving for the six months’ period amounted to $107,874.08. The battleship Missouri led in per- centage of saving with 15.7 per cent. The North Dakota was the last in the list with a saving of 7.9 per cent. Such competitions as these prove to be profitable to the government. SLIGHTED WORK. One of the perils in motor boating, motor cycling, or motor touring by car is the hasty and often careless way repairs are made in shops where work is crowding and haste is of such importance that efficiency is not al- ways properly valued. An accident to a motor boat at the mouth of the Kennebec river Sunday, by which two girls were badly injured from the flying fragments of an ex- ploded compressed air tank, prompts the Portland Express to sa “A tested pressure tank 'properly equipped with a safety valve that will release the air when it has been com- pressed beyond a guaranteed safe point should be a harmless affair. Probably the owner of this boat gave orders when he ordered his craft to have everything done in a first class manner. “Unfortunately it is seldom possi- ble for the purchaser of a boat to stand by and watch the complete in- stallation of his motive plant. , There is an inclination among some marine machinists, as there is among those who work on automobiles on the land, to get a customer's work done and make way for the next one in the speediest possible manner. Sometimes, through a rush of busi- ness, it is impossible for the first class machinist to be taken from other work and apprentices are put on what may be considered minor jobs. But ¥s a chain is no stronger than its weakest link, 80 may the failure to attend to such an apparently minor matter as putting a gasoline connection tightly and correctly together result some day in an accident of major proportions, which also needlessly gives a black eye to a splendid pastime. We urge all prospective motor boat owners to insist on the very best of everything, material and labor, when it comes to engine installation. A man can afford to leave his craft rough in some places, to lay canvas in lieu of a bright work deck and to use paint instead of varnish, but he cannot af- ford anything less than perfection in his power plant This word of advice is wherever motor boats or of value vehicles of any kind are being manufactured or repaired, The best of work or noth- ing should be the motto. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Toledo Blade is charging Col- onel Bryan with wanting to be the Wu Ting Fang of the democratic party. The cholera germ has never been able to get a run in this country, for our sanitary guards are too much for it. There is a feeling in some parts of the country that Canada is soon to become one of our favorite little sis- ters, rent a cold da; 1t is app had dawned for the lords when Sir Charles Beres- ford told them “to go into winter quarters.” nada did not get excited over the e of the reciprocity treaty. The zen gaves it four lines in the telegraph. At last ill-nature has been admitted as u cause for the removal of an army officer. The service requires good-natured men. A western automobile driver was Killed while the car was moving only four miles an hour. He couldn’t con- trol the other man. The senator who has no legal right to expend over ten cents a head will in future be appalled when the fiver holds out his hand. A Delaware woman has three im- ported dogs worth three hundred thousand dollars. No wonder the price of sausages holds up. It is claimed that one hundred thou- sand fried chickens will be required to feed the multitude at St. Louis in the fall when Taft visits the gity. It is now Cclaimed that the Sugar trust was the object lesson which helped John D. Rockefeller pull the Standard Oil company together. Those who vell that constitutional prohibition does not prohibit never de- ny that it ought to; and those who favor the law do mot prevent it Some of the representatives of the agricultural department have excited the ire of Burbank, the plant-wizard, and he calls them “low-browed pin- heads.” A whiff from Manassas, Va.: Those who were there on both the dates as on Bull Run they moved, observed amid uncharted waits, the roads had not improved! New Use for Sugar Beets. An entirely new use, and one that may in time become very important, has been discovered for Ssugar beets. This is the making of them into flour, This flour is now being manufacturcd in considerable quantities at Suresnes, in France, where an immensa dryer has been built for the purpose. The first part of the process consisls in chopping up the beets and dryin: the water out of them. They contai to start with per cent. of wa nearly all of which is removed by evaporation. By this means 100 pounds of dry material is obtained from 357 pounds of beets. This dry material contains more than %0 per cent. of sugar and therefore o. being ground to a fine meal is excead- ingly sweet and adapted o the making of cakes and puddings. The sugar beet four is estimated to contain something like 82 per cent. of pure nutriment.— Buker's Weekly A Woman’s Right. Woman charged with being drunk and disorderly (to magistrate)—If 1 can't get drunk when the King crownad, when can |?—London Salur- day Review. Rules for Young Writers: 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 2.~ Use pen and, ink, not penicil. 3. Short .and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words. 4. Original will be used. 5. ‘Write your -name, age and ad- dress at the top of the first page. Address all communications Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. stories or letters only to “Reach up as far as ycu can, and God will reach down. all the rest of the way.” POETRY. The Tree Toad. “'S curious-like,” said the tre “I've twittered fer rain all day And I got up soon And I hollered till noon— But the sun, hit blazed away, Till I just clumb down in a craw- fish hole, Weary at heart and sick at soul! toad, “Dozed away fer an hour, And I tackled the thing agin; And I sung, and sung, Till 1 know my lung Was jest about give in; And then, thinks I ef it don’t rain now, There’s nothin' in singin’, anyhow! “Once in a while some one Would come a drivin’ past, ¢ And he'd hear my ery, v And stop and sigh— Till 1 jest laid back, at last, And"I hollered rain till I thought my th'oat ‘Would bust right open at every note. “But I fetched her! O, I fetched her! ‘ause a little while ago, As I kind o' set, With ona eve shet, And a-singin’ soft and low, A voice drapped down on my fever- ed brain, n', ‘Bf youwll jest hush up Tl —James Whitcomb Riley. Polly’s Garden. Polly makes her garden grow In the nidest order, With her rake and spade and hoa She keeps an even border. She has great big hollyhocks Taller than Aunt Saily, Touch-me-nots and four-o'clocks And lilies of the valley. Here ars pinks with spicy smells, Heliotrope and smilax, Honeysuckle, phlox, blue-bells, And white and purple lilacs, When the wash comes off the line (Mamma showed her how to do if) Polly makes it small so fine By scattering petals through it. UNCLE JED'S CHAT WITH THE LITTLE FOLKS. The Stories and Letters came in o fast this week that some of them had to be held over until next week, and this will give the little writers a better chance for winning a prize. Unele Jed was so pleased with the work that the children are doing that he has doubled the number of prizes, sending out six books instead of the regulation three. If the children show the same interest he will send five books out next week. He wants to compliment the Girls and Boys upon the good work they are doing and the steady interest they are taking in this department. THE BOOK-WINNERS OF THE WEEK. First prize to Kenneth W. Main, book entitled “Three Times Three,” by Mrs. G. R. Alden. Second prize to Raymond French, a book entitled “Bob Burton,” by Hora- tio Alger, Jr. THE NIGHT THE BANDS PLAYED On the Rapidan, in War Times SPECIAL PRIZES. To Agnes Abery, a book entilled “Isla Heron,” by Laura E, Richards. To Lucinda Brown, a book entitled “Tony, the Hero,” by Horatio Alger, Jr. : To Calvin R. Main, a book entitled “In the Pecos Country, an Indian Story,” by Lisut. R. H. Jayne. To Alfred Onderdonk, a book entitled “Animal Fables from the Dark Conti- nent,” by A. O. Stafford. LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES. Always Grasp Things Boldly. A small boy was once stung by a nettle. He ran to his mother, crying. “Mother,” he sobbed, “although 1 touched it ever so gently, it stung ma. “That is it,” replied his mother. ‘“Tne next time that you touch one, grasp it ‘boldly and it won't hurt you.” ~He al- ways grasped things boldly after that. —Alfred Onderdonk, aged 13, Lebanon. Cain Got Mad. Once upon a time there was a man and his wife. And the woman bore him two sons. Their names were Cain and Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And it came to pass in process of time that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel brought of the first things of his flock: and to Cain and his offering God did not respect, but to Abel and his offering He did respect. And Cain got mad on his brother and killed him.—- Harry Davis, age 10 years. Helping Moths “Why, Mother, how cheery you look ' tonight. happened?” “I feel very happy. John, because my girlie has really tried to be good ail day. Once her brother teased her. She spoke cross to him, and she turn=d around a moment after and said she was sorry. and asked him to forgive her. I believe I should never feel tir:d or unhappy again if my little girl and boy were always so kind, unselfish and loving as they have been today.” Here's a grand secrat for you, litlle reader, and now that you know how to make ‘mother happy, may you keep bright and ‘What has her face always full of sunshine.— Ruth Benjamin, age 13, Norwich. Edward and His Little Sister. Edward’s little sister could not see very well. One day when they were at school her eyes failed her entirely, and Ed- ward had to lead her home stone blind. The children’'s parents were very poor, and when they saw that the little felt bad, because : couldn’t afford to have her eves seen to. When they were talking one even- ing Edward overheard them and felt sorry for them and his sister. They lived 20 miles away from Bos- ton, and that was the only place where they could get anyone to help her eves. Edward worked hard every day, ns wall as his parents, and they soon had enough money to send the little girl to Boston, where her eves were cured. T hope there are other little brithers like Edward.—Troy I Main, Norwi:h. The Bottle Message. Far away away, where the large sea waves foam up onto the land, once upon a tima there lived a poor woman and her child. Her husband had gone to sea many vears before and had not returned. The poor woman had worked very hard to support herself and her chili, but all in vain. She was taken very ill. As doctors wers very expensive, the little boy. who was now seven vears old, did all he could to comfort his sick mother until she was able to be on her feet again. One day when she and her boy wers sitting out on the sand the boy espied something that was brought in by the waves. He told his mother, and upon inves- tigation they found it was an old bot- tle. They wera disappointed, because they thought it was a treasure. The bov brought it to his mother and she broke i Inside was a little note. She opened Perhaps the little readers of this de- partment do not realize that there were thousands of drummer boys in the Civil War between fourteen and sixteen vears of age, or that a million ‘men” bearing arms in those eventful | vears were less than 20 years old were rightfully called L And while the military forces of the North and South were foes from prin- ciple, they were brethren at heart, for until they fell out they only knew one country and one flag. And these old “hoys” have just closed a three weeks' encampment ‘at Manassas in Virginia, the Blue and the Gray mingling as friends not as foes, making one of the most significant gatherings the sun ever shone upon, or the world ever say And this reminds me of an incident of that long and fierce contest be- tween American citizens—the Civil War—which 1 think will interest you, for it will show you music hath charms. It was in April, 1863, when the armies of Grant and Lee were camping on opposite banks of the Rapidan river in Virginia, so close that they could hail one anotlier from the picket lines; and ood naturedly shout to one another across the river; and the music by the bands could be plainly heard by both armies. One night when the camp fires were burning bright the Yankee bands de- cided to wake up the “Rebs” as tue called them, with “Yankee Doodle.” and never did’ bands play that geod old tune with more spirit. This spirit of defiance prompted the confederates to play “Dixie,” a tune which is now ours, as well as theirs, because after the war when a high military official wanted Lincoln to stop a band that was playing it for the first time while passing before him in review at the head of a regiment of troops as a reidel tune, President -Lincoln calmly said: “Dixie’ is ours now, for we have fairly captured it in the war:” and to be frank about it, we must now con- fess that “Dixie” had also captivated us, Well, Dixle was masterfully played: and the Yankee bands then sent float- ing out upon the warm summer night air the “Star Spangled Banner:” and the Confederates followed with “The Bonnie Blue Ilag!” A long silence then reigned for this was as far as defiance could go in music. When music was again heard from the Union side the sweet strains of “Annie Laurie” were heard with their love memories crossig the Rapidan; and this was followed: from the Con- federate side by the old-familiar heart- touching melody, “My Old Kentucky Home." a_song dear to all American hearts. Then there was another long pause. No one will ever know what wis | said by the soldiers sitting by the mp-fires on either side inthat time of quietness, for thoughts had been | turned from conflict to home and hearth and loved ones, and tears of | love could not ‘e kept from running down the cheeks of many a brave warrior. All thought the musical pro- gramme closed when from the Union camp was heard the heart searching | notes of “Home Sweet Home,” first low and swee: from a few instruments, and then it was taken up by the bands of the Union camp, and then the Con- federate bands joined in, and within a few moments the men of both armies were singing this beautiful song in unison with all their hearts; and when it was over and the camps had become auiet there were no more demonstra- tions; but both armies went to rest under the stars, true to home and home love if separated from one amother by national issues which on the very next day led to conflict suffering and death. * There was never a more notable musical performance in this world than that, or one which more thorough- ly demonstrated that ‘“muSic hath charms which soothe the, savage ‘breast.” While there -were other musical episodes of note during the war of the Rebellion, this was the one which the world wiil read of in wonder for cen- turies to come, and be deeply im- pressed by the lesson it teaches. And in it were the -drummer boys, the little fellows' who were the pride of many a regiment, and whose inno- cence and lovalty not only had a good moral influence upon the men, but commanded their fatherly interest and care in their behalf. Almost every drummer boy had a hundred guardians 1 to look after his comfort and to shield | him, if possible, from harm. Ahd a southern poet dedicating a poem to Confederate veterans at a reunion this very month, 48 years after, wrote: To “Dixie Land” how their old hearte beat, Thrilled to the depths ’neath the branches there, Then “Home, Sweet Home" with its mem’ries ‘sweet Was wafted softly upon the air. “The history of armies shows what men dare and do loyal boys are not slow to follow in; gnd because of this every army has conlected with its his- tory stories of the valor of these little musicians who have often performed heroic deeds. The hoys of 1911 are doubtless as loyal and brave as the boys of '61, if they are not called upon to serve their country. That they may never be “called upon for similar service, is the prayer of UNCLE JED, On and after August ist; 1911, the Jewelt City Savings Bank of Jewett City, Conn., will be open every busiress day (except Satur- days) from 10 o’clock a. m. fo 3 o'clock p. m., closing Saturdays at 12 o’clock. : FRANK E. ROBINSON, Treasurer. 4t and read: George Isle, I, Dec. 5, 1893. My Dear Wife: You and Leon meet me at Lisbon Dec. 28. JOHN, It was a happy day for that mother and boy when they started their jour- ney for Lisbon.—Ruth B. McCollum, age 12, Mansfleld Depot, Conn. Three Wise Mice. Harold, Edith and May were trying to play a game, but they all wanted to play it different ways. Two or three times they had it bfl\l- tifully started, but each time they fell to quarreling over it, and it looked as if supper time would come v\#fimux their having had any game at all At last fat, jolly Nurse Bell, who had been watching them, called them to see a picture she had found in a book. It was a picture of three mice carrying a stick across a bridge. “Right across the bridge,” said Nurse Bell,” from where the three mice lived, was a nice bunch of sticks. At| Ieast, the mice thought they were nice, for their nest was made of straw, and they wanted one big stick to put in to give it style. So they put their heads together. If one carried the big stick, he might step too near the edge of the bridge and fall over. If two carried #t, one might pull too hard on one end and take them both over. But if three carried it, the big one in the middle would hold the little ones on by the stick, and all could lift to- gether. “Scamper, scamper, scamper, went the three mice over the bridge, and creep, creep, creep, they came back again with the stick. They had the nicest nest in Mouse-town and all be- cause they worked together.”—Myrtle M. McCord, age 11, Norwich Town. How Mrs. Robin Taught Her Bal To Fly. One day as I was sitting by my window reading, I heard a noise whicn came from a large tree that stood in my yard. 1 looked out of the window and saw a robin trying to ccax her babies out of their nest. At first they were afrafd to come out of the nest, but at last they came and sat on the edge of the nest. Then the mother bird fiew away but came back in a few moments with a large worm in her mouth. When the baby birds saw the worm they opemed their mouths very wide and began to ery for it. ‘What do you think the mother bird @id then? She flew to another tree whi=h was not far away from fhe tree in which the nest was situated. One little bird thought he would have the worm anyway, so he flapped his wings ahd away he flew to the other tree, and he had the worm. When the other birds saw this they also flew over to the tree and all had a worm to eat for their supper.—Lu- cinda Browm, age 11, Norwich. The American Goldfinch. The goldfinch which is also known as the wild canary and thistlebird, is a_very nice bird. It is all yellow with ‘black wings and tail, and has a black spot on the top of his head. It has a thick bill. This is the male. The female's color is- not as bright, the vellow being dull and gray. She has no black on her head. of the male changes in winter to the same color as the female; and then during March and April they get their summer color again. Goldfinches are Tlittle birds, some four and one-half inches in length. Thev stay in some places all winter, but I have not seen any. The goldfinch’s nest dried grasses, leaves and shreds of bark, the outside having lichens on, while the inside is lined with the soft- est plant down. The mother makes the nest while the father sings to cheer her. After the bluish-white eggs have been laid, the father has to feed his brooding wife. Goldfinches eat the seeds from the thistle, that is why they are called thistle-birds. People used to keep them in cages like the canary, but it is against the Jaw to cage them fow. —Agnes Aberg, age 11, Taftville, Conn. The Capsized Canoe. At the east end of Fred's home was a large wood in which was a large lake. Ever since he had first seen the lake he had always wanted a canoe. So his father consented and Fred started for the lake. ‘When he had reached the middle of the lake he found that the paddle was ‘broken. Suddenly a thunder storm came up, and turned his canoe upside down. As Fred was a boy who could swim he began to eome toward the shore, but his_clothes were wet and heavy, and he began to sink slowly. Just as he was about to sink, his father who had been worried about him came to the shore and he was saved.—O. G. W. is made of John's Lesson. In Mr, Smith's orchard lives two lit- tle birdies with their parents. Their parents had gone to get them some food. Mr. Smith's son, John, liked to tor- ment the birds and animals. He had just shot a hird which happened to be the father of the little birds in the orchard, and then he went into the orchard to find some bird nests. As he was passing under the tree where the birdies lived, he heard them crying. In an instant John was climb- ing the tree. He put the birds in his pocket and started to descend, when his foot slipped and he fell. He tried to get up but his ankle pained him so that he_could mot. His father hearing = nim shouting, went into the orchard and carried him into the house. The doctor came and after setting hig ankle, sent John to bed. As they were taking John's jacket off, the two birds fell onto the floor, crushed to death. . . “How did this happen, John?" askea his father sternly. John told him, and when he finished the doctor said: “You got just what you deserved.” The plumase | i stories. John never killed or tormented birds dfter that. ‘The mother bird finding that her birdies were gone, drooped and finally died.—Gladys Bushnell, age 15, South Canterbury. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Likes Indian Stories. Dear Uncle Jed: I liked the Indian story in Thursday’s Bulletin and would like to read more Indian stories. We play Indian = sometimes. Bach of us has an Indian name. Mine is Two Arrows, sisters is Minnehaha, be- cause when she laughs it sounds’ like laughing water. My brother is the chief and we call him Hiawatha be- cause he liles to hunt and fish and is the leader. We don't really shoot; but have toy guns and bows and arrows we make ourselves. We sometimes set a trap and catch a woodchuck or a rat. We go fishing in_our brook and get a nice lot of fish. We like to walk through the woods and make believe we are real Indians and watch out for birds and deer. 1 would like to get a book of Indian Your friend, CALVIN R. MAIN, ‘Age 7, Norwich. Pleased to See Her Poem in Print. Dear Uncle Jed: I saw my poem and letter in the paper and you may be sure that I am glad to think that it was worth accepting. I am sending you another with this letter and hope to_see that also soon. T think you made a slight mistake in regard to my name as it is “Har- riette” instead of “Henrietta.” Kenncth Main must have cuite a library by this time, as he has won so many books. I have twenty-five Dbooks of my own. Mansfield Depot is quite a small place; but I like it better than any place'T have ever lived in. Hoping that you will accept my poem, and_with all success to the De- partment, I am, Your little niece, HARRIETTE E. ALLEN. Mansfield Depot, July 24, 1911. A Great Array of Pets. Dear Uncle Jed: T think I will tell you some more about my Helen Pink and white rtats, You remember Elizabeth, well she is at Gardner Lake for the summer. 1 traded her with a fellow for a 12-gallon glass aquarium and her husband, John died of broken heart; but I have about twenty rats now. Elizabeth, Jr., is blind and was born that way; but I have always kept her and she has 1§ babes of her own. 1 made her an extra nice house and stained it inside with cherry and on the stairs I put white enamel, and the bed-room T made with a wire front s0 T could see her babes. Sometimes thay f.ll down stairs, but she takes them by thelr tail or one leg and hauls them up to bed. 1 have about 0 rabbits and two boarders for the summer. This vacation I have trained my. fox_ terrier to a harness and gig, and he likes it. He won't let my other dog come near it; and one day he saw a dog and ran away, almost knocked a lady down, took off one wheel and had a terrible ‘time. T must stop and go to building a rabbit house as I have two more boarders coming this morning.—Stud- ent. A Trip to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Dear Uncle Jed: Mamma has just been reading a letter from Arkansas and it made me think of the time I was there. It was winter and very cold when T left home in Ohlo. We had snow all the way to Hot Springs where I went. Hot Springs has many hotels as many people go there for their health to drink and bathe in the mineral waters. There are many kinds of mineral waters and they come boil- ing hot out of the ground. I had a very good kind to drink, but all do not taste as well. At many of the springs the water was free to drink. I had a long drive in the country to Mountain Valley. There were springs all along the road and the country was beauti- ful. The hills made me think of Connecticut only those hills were cov- ered twith very tall pine trees. I visited some of the country people and saw how they lived. They are fond of cornbread and bacon. Their houses are small with a hall and three or four rooms and a porch. I saw goats near- 1y everywhere. The cows do not look as good as those seen here and all goats, cows and pigs run loose in streets. vards, woods, everywhere even under the houses. The houses are set up on legs, some quite high. They are not plastered but are papered and in the city they look better but are not plastered and the wind blows through. They are bullt of pine and burn quickly. The northern people who live there gen- erally build better houses the same as | we do here. They work harder but have more than most of the souther- ners. T saw lots of wild peach blossom and had sweet violets from the woods in March. They plough and plant in February when the sea- son s good. Hoily and mistletoe grow wild and they ship loads of it north. trees in The farmers come from twenty miles and more in huge wagons to Hot Springs with loads for the markets. They have all kinds of things, meats, vegetables, hides, cotton and every- thing that will: sell, and game of dif- ferent kinds. They gather at a large market in the center of the city and stay several days selling their goods. 1 could write more but see.my letter is already long enough. Your frien KENNETH W. MAT Norwich, July 23, 1911. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. What He Likes. Dear Uncle Jed: I read the book you sent me and fonnd it interesting as well as instructive. Next time I T STEAMER BLOCK ISLAND 'WATCH HILL and BLOCK 1S 1AM *8.20° | xB.15 950 | 10.40 1140 Block Isalnd 1.00 1 | Noon. *Daily, except Sundays. NORWICH TO WHITE BEACH and WATCH HILL oc70Rn 50c Adults, Children 25c 4% HOURS AT WATCH HILL and Block Island. For further of company near landing, Norwich. 21, HOURS AT BLOCK ISLAND SUNDAYS. SPECIAL EXCURSION TICKETS Tickets 40 cents, including trolley service from * < Mondays, Wednesdzys and Fridays to September 2 Shore Dinner Houses and Bathinz Beach information, NEW ENGLAND NAVIGATION CO.. B. €. JEWETT, Agont Block Tsland .J,vx “%i5 Watch HII . 330 Now London ... Dis| & Norwich ... 5 xSundays only. weekdays and Sundays roturn, ew London to Beach. BLOCK ISLAND %02+ 75¢c Adults, Children 40c 1% HOURS AT BLOCK ISLAND neur landings at Waten #f party rates, appiy at office ——————————————————————————————————————————————— T and girls ought to read. Your friend, | SIDNEY H. WHIPPLE. | Baltic, R. F. D. No. 1, July 21, 1911, 1‘ i Likes All the Books. Dear Uncle Jed: Thank you for the Flower Book. I am very much| pleased with it. We take turns read- | ing aloud and have nearly finished the | books vou gave me. We like them all. | I hope to try for another soon. Your friend, KENNETH W. MAIN. R. F. D. No. 6, Norwich, Conn., July 1911 An Ingeresting Book. Dear Uncle Jed: I received 7 bird-book Saturday. It was carried to Ledyard and brought back. T thank | you very much for it. It is a very in- | teresting book. I like to read about | birds; also, about war and Indians. | Yours truly, Y TROY I MAIN. | Norwich, July 20, 1911. [Master ‘Main will please return the | duplicate bird-book to The Bulletin of- fice. at his convenience. — UNCLI o) JED.] : Thanks for Pretty Book. | Dear Uncle Jed: Thank you for the | pretty book you sent me. As vou wished to know what kind of bocks we like I will tell you what I| like to read. I like books about birds | and flowers: and also travels. Your, BIRD FRIEND. Gales Ferry, July 22, 1911 Glad to Get the Book. Dear Wncle Jed: I received the| book and glad to get it. I will write | you another story. This is all. ! Your little friend, MARY BROMLEY. Stonington, July 20, 1911. Much Thanks for Book. Dear Uncle Jed: I thank you very much for my pretty book. Your friend, FANNIE BROWN. Norwich, July 23, 1911 e | Dissertation on Art. | When the congressmen were | Lawrence the other day, Judge Madi Son and Victor Murdock drove by the new Masonic temple. Both are Ma- sons, and they got into an argument as to the style of architecture em ploved in its building. Murdock, who knows nearly all the big words in the dictionary, insisted that the lower part of the front was Baldachin and the upper part Guilloche. Judge Mad listened to the argument fc time and then put in his oar. around when those Greek and Athenian fellows and the old Turks were setting up their shacks.” he said, “but when I see anything like that I know what it is. 1 wasn't on the Ballinger investi- gation for gothing, and I know a thing or two when it has an Alaskan brand on it, and as'sure as guns those thi in front are totem poles.”—Kan: City Journal. Thrifty Women. Two married women of Horton, Mrs. Lou Acker and Mrs, BEd Wonder, have adopted a novel yet profitable way of spending . thetr vacation. 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