Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 18, 1912, Page 4

101 Blorwich ulletin and Gouficr. ___116 YEARS OLD._ wenRieaion prics, 18 weeks ove & T e S Kotered at N T h-uu-e..‘:'. orwioh, Norwich, Thursday, April 18, 1912, MEASURES FOR SAFETY, Measures for safety, whether on land or mea, follow just such catastrophes as the Titanic's loss. It is unfortu- nate, but it seems to be the necessal price in meeling the great problen of life. It follows a great raiiroad seck, the destruction of a fireproof By fire, or the sinking of an unsinkable ship, that added pro- tection is at once planned in the in- terest of safety. Oceun travel is well protected under ordinary circum- stances and modern steamships ma Be the nearest thing to an unsinkable ship, dbut there are reasous to provide against just such occasions, for such appalling (ragedies oceur every few ears. The information relayed by the Ti tanic that dangerous ice had been en countered in that locality by other steamers, was #warning which would have warranted an effort to avoid i and it may have been unsuccesstully made; but the most deplorable was that there was an insufficient supply of lifeboats. With this pro- tection, required of vesseis but not en- forced, all of the lives on the Titani. could have been saved, There was a smooth sea and all it is inferred could bave escaped had this aven provided. The luxury of the equipment the vessel would been better applied to such been i en and the expense entailed in compelling | that all ocean and coastin observe the regulation would been insignificant in comp the loss of 1300 lives. to other ships in past years strated this need, but was heeded. Conditlons under which Titanic's commander worked will bo known until the Carpathia but the immediate st tion and the ship lines 1o the southern be valuable steps in the prevention | of other disasters, though the exact conditions of the Titanic's case may eave first seems to have been faithfully ebserved, though many of the forr evidently refused to be separated from their loved ones, preferring death with them to widowhood. Muan went down aboard the Titani HUSTLING FOR TAFT, Whether the people want him or not, Roosevelt is preparing to keep his hat in the ring. with the same perversity as Carrie Nation did in her hatchet swinging campaign and with appar- ently no better results. His latest evi- dence of this was given in his speeches in lowa, where declared: “If we don't win, we in for three y of the war. This display of implieit faith in his success is characteristic of the Colonel. He is so closeted with his own ideas that he camnot get be yond himself and his demagogic cles, He is conducting his [ campaign because four states ha given him the greater part of delegates, On the other hand, are over 0 states which are wit he president, Connecticut yesterd ing joined his forces with 14 who will vote for Taft Delaware and Hawali are likewise for the president, | though the former's delegates are not | instructed. It is realized that the Massachusetts primaries wiil be an important part of | the campaign. In that state Rovsevelt has made two trips, und is planning a third The Taft supporters ber the Roosevelt backers, are taking steps io see that state is not carried away onel's humbug appeal outnum- and they the Bay by the Col 1d his upon the president. The awakening| has come and instead of allowing him a free rope, the Taft men will work| for everything in sight and roll up the | majority as big as possible A LONG, HARD STRUGGLE. The start of another long and hard struggle in Dbehalf of home rule in| Ireland has been made. it has always been given the strongest and there is evidence that whils the, first reading brought forth a vote its favor by a majority of 94 that t fight is just as fresh as it ever ws in with Ulster people in a warlike atti tude. By the rules of parliament, th bl cannot become a law until 1914 if it is passed by the commons this year, and in that time many things | are liable to happen. It is required| that such a measure before the house of lords, which has the power of become a law, the same par ment must again vote it within two years are The speakers against the bill working tooth and nail for its and the elections in the meantim onsideration, and t results cannot ve foretold. The Irish nationalists are an important prop of the government and through that pow- er they are pushing forward the lom rule bill at a time and under provis- fons which are stirring the entire pop- | ulation of Great Britain, with Ireland | and Ulster county particularly inter- este: be an fmportant Vermont's governor and lientenant governor have been chosen delegs to the republican convention cago, Who'll call out the militha in thelr absence should there bo a riof, 1s what the Rutland News would like to know, In view of the present situation in the board of agriculturs, the finding of the Indians master in chancery that the sale of foodstufts containing hen- | zoute of soda can be prohivited, is| interesting i Big gun practice 18 to be conducted at Fort Wright insiead of near Naw- port, New Londoners have becomo used to the foghorn and can stand the racket better than Newport soclety. Do nanN‘ to talk sense o a4 young #irl. In the sugary age the “sweel littly nothings” pleass her best, e will| =1 | be |0k NEW ENGLAND'S SUMMER TRADE Go where you will througheut New England, every corner of it has its beanty £pots and pleasure resorts for the atiraction of the summer visitors. Whether it is the exclusive Newport and Nurragansett Pler colonies, the magnificent mountain resorts in New Hampshire, the seashore attractions along the entire coast and off the oast, the Berkshires, the Green or White mountains, the many enticing i tng houses for the relief of the big- city people, all can be accommodated to @ regions, or Just the country board- and are accommodated, extent that (he estimate $60,000,000 wa. seekers and not excessive, important | the summ such an that over spent : pleasure vacationists last year is This forms one of the business opportunities of season in most instances, though all the year round picturesque fishing and recreation spots are not feu The development of the New Eng- | nd recreation resorts has by nui means reached its limit, there being opportunities not only for more but the betterment of the present accom- modations of the visitors. The trunk | ines of good roads through the states ting the New England section proper condition for the valua- omobile trade and where costly | ar acing antiquated and | inadequate accommodations, great in- | | cre: siess is noted. The sea- | will see the steady im-| provement along those lines in the bid | for business from New York to the end of Malne, The more summer ho- t in New Englapd, the | itors there will be and con- | more business in all lines. | | ble au hotel re; b | son | sequently GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT. ear, Whic argume | are m mever occur again | There is reason to believe that the lives of many men, of prominer in various walks of life, were sacrificed ‘There is no respecter of persons there and miilions avail nothing. The rule that women and children shall n nts that ing is one o rongest | they are needed and | requirements of the | people. This year will show expendi- | tures in excess of 1911, | e different nods of expending | | the sums making up the grand total | | £ e country, as shown by the laws | of the different states, m sting st Since t 1s moven beginnix nts through | id, state after state has em- | braced the principle, until now, after two decad, thirty common- | wealths in t ave state departments the building of | good roads. | Connecticut Is pushing its work along | its chief difficulty being in getting enough contractors to handle the jobs | | In the many towns w work is pro- | Jected. | | EDITORIAL NOTES. The jump in th put down hig millions t eterming northernmost At- lantle rout n winter | politics 1s getting a language of 1 own, as distinct as ball Janguag Those Maryland places which w: na al gas ougl to be bount supplied when Roosevelt tours ato, Dr. Wiley {s in eat demand, but he proposes to n the field as a| free-lance to m > adult rs | f food. | It is an old sa vern should make I afraid the Colonsl this. ng that “thos noise woupd North one has dared to iden Titanic struck. surtship of ed marriage New in in Hampshire. | What an e that would be for an Old Home week, Happy thought for today: The av- | erage man doesn't seem to know when | is on the down grade than 4 hand ca stren and ance of tt Lowell ought to foretell a After a New If Roosevelt sp ds any time veto. In that case, in order to have it | SWering the chygrges against him in|gay thank vou, again, and then close. an- | Nebraska by LaFollet , he'll have pre- | ! clous little time to refer to Taft. | In trying to upliit ti a Chi-} 1g0 dramatic society has spent $40,- 000, showing tha ¢ and easier to bring A Chicago minister claims that only wo of his 7,000 marriages have end- ed in divorce. He must be keen and | methodical be of this fact. | sure Many a minister has helped to cavy church debts and lift me Kages, to find at last that when he| couldn't 1ift he had become a burden, | 8 of much a disaster | : befell the Titanic ave | usually subject to revision, but in‘ this | instance there was not much chance | for exaggoration, | Colonel Roosevelt wanted Stn.‘\lnr’ Crane of Massachusetts In his cabinet | because of his abflity; but now he alludes to him s a “leopard who does not change his spol cutier in rag sehusels mil of He fel unknown for her negligenc The resuit of the state convehtio and primaries far shows j mueh Sirengih for Taft s four years ago. lllinois, Indfans, Pennsyivania and Wisconsin were against him then, es an - | Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 8. Short and pointed articles will be given preterence. Do not use over 260 words. 4, Original will be used. 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress ‘plainly at the bottem of the story. Address all communications to Un- cle Jed, Bulletin Office. stories or letters only The Truly Brav Who are the truly brave? The boy or glr: with self con- trol, ra to wrong a living THE GINGERBREAD COUPLE, e n and his dear lit- gingert t In thei Stood little brown suits so neat, de by side by the baking-pan, out of sorts with the heat. miles were sweet, but their tempers bad, And something happened, extremely | sad. The woman began it, of course. Said | “You're homeliest man in town! | Your head is too large, and your feet too smail, d your eolor is quite too brown; 1 if there is anything I despise | The country-wide interest that is a pair of little, black, beady | manifested i the guod roads move- | g¥ ment is evidenced by the fact that .. e e Al 5 ek nearly $150,000,000 was expended for 7 s s el e ol ro; ork In the ed States dur- i 4 e 755 road work in L 1 States dur-{“yoy are much too fat, and your nose ing 1911, according to estimates made | is flat, by “Good Roads” of New York city.| And vour squint t to see; Of that amount, nea a third has| While vour dress is ngly out of | been expended alone in those states| o style, I | where some form of state aid is ex-|4nd :\g;m one's tired of that same old | tended to the local units. The remain- | b der is spent In states having no high- | Then the gingerbread woman sobbed way departments, the work being done | o hard | entirely the counties nd towns. she cried out one of her eye | No better in o the Importance | But he scolded on till he grew quite which the ¢ on of good roads is cracked, | assuming throughout the country can| And both of them looked Jike | founn HiER1h the Jerde flmlh‘“’m." ashamed of themselves, their | G ho ARrge (v | anger passed, ires, which these figures show are; and a oread truce was signed | being made everywhere for the im- | |e ovement of the highway system, not | by the construction of new roads never will quarrel again!” cried what is eq | e bl ot s v I'm sure it is most absurd, OHnt. axbenABL 3 And with dispositions as sweet as ours | Soount ox d 1088 | | can't sce how it occurred— | lelr maintena €S every | why, you know, my d when noth- | wron ngelic the whole day We —Anon. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO THE W|DE‘_' AWAKES. ide- Awakes to | Jed wants his ¥ o the most of their eyes. Get in| { see things and know- how and why of them. Some | ves look into a trench and only see | + hole, while other eyes see written | there ing of the history the past; somes eyes lool at the green- ward and only see grass, and others | se amped there evidences of God; | some eyes look into the sky at night | and only see stars, and other eyes see blazing suns holding werlds in their| orbits which remind them of the w dom and power of the Almighty. There | s in this wo d in Dull es. Which shall yeurs be? kes should have Brignt| of course. And the meor study the more veu will see. It is the | nind which analyzes, compares and | concludes with reference to the pic- | tures the e present he more yeu ou think, and dre: that will ¢ e true. to see what Is LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT,i Rose Davis, of Taftville: T will now | tell you that I received my prize book | and 1 thank you with all my heart. ardon me not writing s00 i & not k a story like that would nake me win a book like that. It me very much and I will ther one pre soon. | Harriet B. Ellison, of Willimantic: | book you sent me nd hank you very much for | Ruth Heap of Taftville nk_you | or the book which I received. I hope | i the Wide Awakes will get one | | as good | Bertrand Benway, of Scotland I nk you very much for my book. I| nave read fifty- ages and have | found it very pleasing so Jamesg Burr, of Baltic: I thank you for the nice book. James S. Moran, of Norwich: 1| thank you for my lovely book. The stories are very inte Agner Hanlon, of Taftville: I was | hoth surptised and delighted with my bools; it i very interesting. I wish to| thank you for it, Mildred Carroll, of Norwich: T thank you very much for the loveliest prize Ibook I have won. Perhaps you do not know which one it is, so [ wiil tell ¥ is the last one I won, and the name is “Fox Hunting.” So I will WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. "1—Ella_L. McCollum, Depot ful Cousin of Mansfield W T ate,” by L. F. Fairy B Doyle of Plainfield, 05 3—Ha tic, * 4—Harold Blais, of Hunting,” by C. A ot r Ellison. of Williman- | aucy C. Lilile. | Belden,” by Baltic, “Lynx Stephens. of Glas: 5—Annio hro’ the Carroil. 6—Pearl Tetlow, of Norwich, Farnell, Stonington, Looking % Lewis “Al son’s Adventures,” by Lucy C. Lillie. 7—Annie Johnson, of Baitic, “The Golden Talisman,” by H. Phelps Whit- | marsh. 8—Harold Caliahan, of Norwich, | “Andersen’s Fairy Tales." | 9—Nellie Cotter, of Scotland, “Black | Beauty,” by Anna Sewall, Winners living in Norwich may call at The Lulletirn. business office any time after 10 u. m. on Thursday for hooks, | LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES. | My Pet Kitiens, my ing she stopped cufining little me. | was delighted with ihem, named ihem Tommy and Tabble Tucker, They plaved niceiy tozether and were-! gentle with e, Some people passed our house and’ | white stuff on the mountains. Tabbie followed them home. Poor Tommy was very, very lonely. I felt so badly that Papa went and got her. ‘When she came into the house I wish you could have seen Tommy. He ran. stood upon his hind legs, put his paws around her neck and kissed her. She was just as glad to see hi They ran across the floor, hugged and kissed each other again and again. As they grew older I ltked Tommy the better. He would lie on the foot of my bed, and sometimes he would come and cuddle down under the bed- clothes, with his head on the pillow. Once, when 1 went away for a num ber of days, Papa wrote me that Tom- my went into my room, jumped upon my bed, walked around, then mewed and went into the other room looking for me there. When I reached home I found a welcome from Tomumy. HARRIET B. ELLISON, Age 11. Willimantic. Go'd. Gold is one of the most precious metals and is of a bright yellow color. There are three kinds of gold—the pure | gold, jeweler's gold and gold for coin- age. The pure gold is fourteen (14) carats fine. Jeweier's gold is a mixture of gold and copper. Gold has ben found in nearly all parts of the world. It is found In quartz, sand and gravel. It is sep- aratel by quarrying, washing, crush- ing and treatment with mercury. The rock is crushed by machinery | ang then treated with mercury, which djssolves the gold, forming a liquid. The marcury ig then distilled and the gold is left behind. Gold is extracted from sand and gravel by washing, and is obtained in the form of dust, grains and nuggets. OLIVE G. WHITEHOUSE. Mansfield Center. Jake. In a littls school in one of the south- crn states there attended a little negro chep. His name was Jake. He called everybody Massa. One day he was reading a joke book. All of a sudden he burst out laughing. “Ha, ha, that bane awful funny.” verybody looked at Jake, ‘he schoolmaster said: Jake, I'll excuse you this time; but do mot laugh aloud again.” Jake did not leave off reading. When stime came Jake did not know his on. The schoolmaster asked Jake: “Where 18 Caba?” He scratched his head and said: “Certainly, Massa, 1 bane know nof- fing of Cuba or that old lesson.” “What have you been doing this af- | ternoon?" asked the schoolmaster. “Oh. I know! TI'se on then. Once a Chinaman was putting on his boot; in- stead he put his feet in some hot pea up! Ho! ho!” Then Jake jumped al over the room “Ha, Ha! That and began to holler: bane awful funny, Massa! Whew! War” The schoolmaster began to laugh with Jake. The schoolmaster did not got angry at Jake because he enjoyed the laugh as much as Jake. Jake's father was a slave under Mr. Lee. During the Civil war Mr. Lee and Jake's father were shot at Vicksburg and Jake became neir to the planta- ticn. He left college with honors. He died at a very old age, leaving a daughter who by birth became heir to tha estate. GUSTAF ANDERSON, Age 13. c. Bal The Eagle and the Baby. A Swiss woman once went up a mountain of the Alps to cut some rs> grass for her goats. Sho carried her baby with her. The wom.an came (o a green spot of land. Ste tied her shawl around the baby and Jaid it at the foot of a rock. Then she began to cut grase with a scythe. An eagle wios» mest was not far frcm this spot flew swittly to where the baby was lying. At last, but too Jate, the mother heard the bird flapping its wings. When the mother turned around the bird had flown away with its strong claws in the shawl. The mother was child! My child! child Some men near heard her. One who vas a shepherd saw the bird land with the baby in its nest. He shouted and frightened the eagle. Then put climbing irons on his feet, put an fron hook and a spike on the and went climbing far down the eep rocks. When he reached the nest he killed the cagie and her young ones. Then took the baby, which was not harmed, and returned safe. LILLIAN BREHANT, Age 14. Wilimantic. screaming: “My An eagle has my They Did Not Know What Snow Was. Once when 1 was on a visit to San Dicgo, Cal, I stayed at a house where there Were two ittle hoys. Ons day wh:n we were playing to- gother I asied them if they enjoyed the snow in winter, but they did not know what the snow wes, as they had never seen any. lhen they asked me if it was that 1 said it was, and that we had lots of fun throwing snowballs and making snow | men, Lut the best was o slide on it. : ]!’EARL TETLOW, Age 10. Norwich. The Hunter and the Lion. bunter in a distant land where lions are found was on his way home. He had Lo cross a field where he saw a lion close by watching him. The unter had uscd all his bullets and he could not run away from the lion, so he looked round about for a safe place to hide for the night, but could see none. At last he thought of a plan to cheat le lion. He creot under the ledge of high cliff and hid where the lior ould not see bim. 1t was now dark, ut the man could see that the lion had come after him and was but a little way off. *, He took off his hat and coat and put them on his gun, so as to make them look like o men. Then he waved them | above the edge of the rock. _As 5000 28 “he lon came up he saw the coat and hat and at once made a spring at them. He bounded right over the cliff where the man lay and was dashed to pieces on the rocks be- low. # ANNIS KRAUSS, Age 12. Taftvills, A Dog Story. A fine St. Bernard dog was once badly hurt by a heavy wagon, the wheel of which crushed his foot. As he limped painfully toward his homs a blacksmith saw and pitiel him. He called the dog to him and care- fully washed and bound the woundee oot. Every day efter that the dog came | to the blacksmith in the early morn- ing and held up his foot to be dressed Thiz ~ontinued unyl the foot was well be sure the dog was the blacksmith's friend after that. One morcing some months later, when the blacksmith went to his shop early in the morning, he saw two dogs waillng near the door. One was his friend, the St. Bernard that he had cured. The other was a spaniel whose fout was sore ind swollen. Ab! my friend,” sald the black- %f jumped and tall, trying to n. The blacksmith i You knew upon me, didn’t you?” So the spaniel was cured aleo. I am sure the kind blacksmith was as hap- py as the gratsful ANNTB JOHNSON, Age 12. Baltic. Birds of a Feather. Once upon a time two boys went into the classrcom long after the schoo! had opened for the morning session. “Boys, come to my desk immediate- Iy, said the teacher. The meek Iittle lads walked to the teacher's desk and stood helpiessly before her, “fommy, why are you late this morning?” asked the teacher. “I overslept myself, ma'am,” began Tommy. “You see, teacher, 1 dreamed 1 was going to take a railroad trip. I just got to the station when I woke up and found it was way past school time.” Then turning to the other boy the teacher sald: “Freddy, why are you late?” “Please, ma'am,” replied Freddy, trembling, “I went to the station to see Tommy off.” HAROLD BLAIR, Age 13, Baltic, A June Morning. In 1ay estimaticn there is not any- thing half so beautiful as a fine morn- ing in June, especially out in the country. When the sky is blue and sunlit and the air fragrant with sweet smelling flowers. The flelds and meadows ‘ragrant and verdant, with cattle quietly feeding upon them. The foliage on all sides of the shady coun- try road, brilliant yet delicate; the trees clothed with green leaves, flut- tering in a gentle breeze, and when you pass a happy country home you hear the barking of the farmer's dogs, the bleating of lambs, the cackling of hens, the crowing of cocks and the moo-ing of cattle and the whinnying of horses. In short, a fine day in June is one of the most delightful days in the year. BEDWARD J. OTTENHEIMER, Age 13. ‘Willimantic, LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. His Father’s Little Black Dog. Dear Uncle Jed: My father had a little black dog. He got lost one day and the third day after he was los in the morning I put it in the paper, and I guess he read the paper, be- cause he cams home the same after- noon. Aftsr that my father sold it to a man, and one day the man went hunl- ing Wwith the dog and the dog saw two bears. The dog barked at them. When the man saw the bears he shot them. Your nephew, CYRIL TELLIER, Age 12. Taftville. What Frightened the Indians. Dear Uncle Jed: Once upon a time there lived in the colony of Plymouth a woman and her husband and two children. Ona day an Indian came to the door. Only the maid was left with the chil- dren. The Indlan said he was coming in, but the maid would not let him come in. The Indian stepped in. The maid was just quick enough to clap the children under two brass ket- tles. But the children did not under- stand why they should be put under the kettles, o they began to creep about the floor with the kettles on their heads. This scared the Indlan. Then the children began to talk and the Indian said the ketties talked and turned and ran away MILDRED WATT, Age . Montville. The Star of Identification. Dear Uncle Jed: One fine day a rich young gentleman while walking in a public park thought he heard a child crying. Investigating, he found his supposi- tion to be correct. In a hole in the center of fhe park he was surprised to fAnd, lying among the leaves, a young girl, dressed in the garments of a gypsy. He inserted a plece in the papers about his surprising dlscovery. Days passed into weeks, weeks info months and months to vears, but he Teceived no _amswer from the child's relatives. The girl became a member of the gentleman's housenold, and when twenty-odd years had passed the girl hed become @ very beautiful young lady; and the gentleman soon found himself falllng in love with her. One day the lady was seated in the park when some gypsy girls came to her selling baskets. The young lady was delighted and followed the m: ens to their encampment. There she went to have her fortune told, and the fortune teller had her bare her arm, revealing a blue star. The gypsy fortune teller leaped to her feet, and told the girl that she was a member of their party who strayed away and got lost. She begged the lady to re- turn to her former life; but she, re- membering the way the kind gentle- man had treated her, refused. She returned home and in a few months married the young gentleman, who proved to be & kind husband. HAROLD CALLAHAN, Age 11, Norwich, Jack and Ted. Dear Uncle Jed: Once upon a time there was a boy whose name was Jack. He had a very cruel stepmoth- er. One day he said: “I will get my dinner myself.” He went 1o the cupboard and go and started off for the woods, dog followed him, Jack's mother was calling him, he did not hear her. Jack knew woods very well and could find way home very easy. As they were returning home the) saw a tramp. The tramp overtook him. Tre tramp tied his hands and feet with strong rope and then went away. Jack saw Ted going away, but Jack { d4d not lose nis wits He said: “Ted are you going to leave me alone here?" Ted came up to Jack and wagged his tall as if to say: “No; I would never leave you alone mn the woods.” He started to gnaw the rope, and at last Jack was set at liberty. Jack went to the nearsat village and told the policeman all about it They caught the tramp about two ‘weeks later. He was put in Sing Sing for lite. A rich man bought Ted. Jack did not want to lose his friend, so he went with the man. Jack hecame a poet, and wrote stories and poems aveut his favorite dog Ted. CARL ANDERSON, Age 9, Baltie. His the Kitty Wanted Too Much Attention. Dear Uncle Jed: One morning I ‘went to the door and what did T find there but a little kitten crying to come in, and I let it in and fed it with a dish of milk. It seemed so happy that my mamma sald I could keep it it it would stay, so it stayed quite a while, #nd slept on the rag bag at/ In the | the top of the caller stairs. morning it would ery to come in, and it erled for me to hold often jthat I gave §t to anot gir), who will take good car and give it a good home. Your niece, MILDRED HARTSON, Age 2. North Windham, r of A Bright le Girl. Dear Uncle Jed 1 want to tell you of a little girl who is unusually some Lread and cake, and other things, | his “her Her name is Browr. is two four months old, She talks as some children of six counts to twenty-five and recites Mother Goose rhymes. She can sing the sczle and play Ring Around the Roses. She can talk to anyone as well as first grade children. She knows nearly everyore in Mznsfleld and calls them by their right names. Her mother took her to a doctor in New York to have her throat tested. After the doctor got through, she looked up into his face and said: ‘Perhaps you think it didn't hurt, but it did.” She lives in Brcoklyn, N. Y, but she and her mother are visiting here. She Is going home next week, and 1 shall miss her very much, for I love to_play with her. Madeline Merrlil: I think Maine is all right. I went there three years ago with my mothér, uncle and grand- ma and had a good time. Your loving niece, BLLA S, M'COLLUM, Age 12. Mansfield Depot. Annie Likes to Go to School. Dear Uncle Jed: I want to tell you about our school. We have seven scholars, and the oldest is thirteen. We have a very good time, At recess we go for walks. In the winter we slide down hill, and in the spring we gather wild flowers. One day & big deer went right over the wall into a meadow by our school. The teacher let us all get up out of our seats to see it. It was very pretty. ‘We feed the birds every day. I have to walk a mile and to_school. 1 am in the fourth grade. In the morning we have singing and arithmetic and then we have recess and when we go in we have reading. In the afternoon we have geography, listery, grammar, and speliing. I like to go to school very much because we have such a good time. 1 remain, your little niece, ANNIE FARNELL, Age 10. Stonington, Views from Bradford Hill. Dear Uncie Jed: I live in Bradford Hill, Plainfield, and can see the coun- try ‘for miles around. Moosup is away in the distance and on the other side of my house lies Plainfleld. 1 go to Stone Hill school and in the supmer time the country all about here is beautiful, We have twenty-five cows and three horses. The postoffice is over two miles from my house, and we have no rural carrier. I have five sisters and six brothers, all older than myself. We have three nice cats, also. The country Jooks very pretty these days, in its coating of snow, and when_the sun shines it looks and glis- tens like diamonds. One of my brothers goes to Central Viliage high school. He and I are the only two now going to school, as the others are all through. 1 have cousins living in Greeneville and have been there many times. The Lafayette inn, where General Lafayette once stayed, is on the road to the statfon and it is a large, roomy, two-story building. In a little while the many pretty wild flowers will be in bloom again, | and in the springtime Plainfleld is | beautiful with the many hundreds of | apple trees In blossom; and in the fall, too, the woods are handsome with all | the fall colors of the trees. Your loving niece, NBLLIE F. DOYLE, Age 12. Plainfield. A Busy Little Girl, Dear Uncle Jed: When I come home from school I have to flll the woodbox, mind the baby, learn my studies, lay the table for supper, g0 down to the barn every other night, and some other things, In the morning 1 do the dishes be- fore 1 go to school. We have 16 cows, 70 _chickens. ‘We have a big farm of 124 acres, and there are a lot of walnut trees on it, We picked 18 bushels of | this year. Once we had a rabbit we kept in a big box and I used to feed him with clover. Soon he got quite tame and T let him run about the lot. But one day he ran away to the cemetery, and I never saw him again; but my broth- |er saw him when coming home from school. I think I will close now, as I have said emough. Good-bye Yours truly, NELLY COTTER, Age 9. Scotland, Why Carl Did Not Go. Dear Uncle Jed: Carl was a beau- tiful French poodle, He lived in the country with a blind master. Twice! levery ‘day for years Carl would fol- |1ow ‘at his master's heels to bring the cows to_and from the pasture. w Year's day Carl lay under the |table and when it was time to bring the cows his master said: | “Come, Cari; it is time for you and | | me to get to work!” But Carl looked | up at hie master, wagged his tail a| couple of times, but did not go. All the family said they guessed | Car! was getiting old and lazy. Next morning they found good, faithful, old | Carl was dead. WARD G. MORAN, Age 9. Norwich, "a halt horses, and 60 or walnuts OTHER VIEW POINTS | But the biggest task undertaken by one man in the state is that vol- | unta picked up by Mayor Wilson, | He proposes to make Bridgeport a ‘spotless town.'—Ansonia Sentinel. | any There will be no intervention if | President Taft can possibly avert it, but events are sometimes stronger than presidents. If our troops once | cross the border, a good many of us | will be dead before their return.— Hartford Courant. Some of the powers think the Mon- roe doctrine is dead. But as Uncle m has recently put $400,000,000 into hole in his back yard, he is more a likely than ever to see that that par- ticular watch dog has his teeth cared Meriden Journal | A Harvard -professor has offered a $6.000 touring car to the scholar pass- ing the highest examination in plane for. The Porteous & Nitchell - Commencing This Morning April 18th A Special Exhibit and Sale of Fine Oriental Rugs Y - arrangements made with the Kazanjian Company of New York City and Mewport, R. I, we shall display on 6ur Floor Covering Floor (3rd floor) one of the most important gather- ings of carefully selected, perfectly made and most exquisite real Oriental Rugs that has probably ever been made in Norwich, The Kazanjian Company is one of the best known Oriental Rug importers and dealers in the country and is well known to many Norwich families. With a repu- tation gained by a continuous activity in their line of over thirly years in New York City and Newport, R. I, HE purchasers of Oriental Rugs in the past (and even now in many cases) have been the victims of fancy prices and fictitious valuations. Here is where the old system of elastic prices and the get-what-you-can has been exploded. The Kazanjian Company have marked their rugs on a one-price basis, the lowest possible price at which they can be sold—this has been their business policy—hence their enviable success. T is safe to say that equal grades of rich and rare Oriental Rug fabrics were never before offered in this city at lower prices. If you have a place at home for one of these beauties, if you have often wished for one, here is the opportunity to secure it at a reasonable cost. The barrier of fancy price which usually stands between the Oriental Rug and the purchaser has been remove In this grand showing you will find rare specimens of the following: ROYAL KIRMANSHAH SAROUCK ROYAL BCKHARA KIVA BOKHARA ROYAL KASHAN AFGHAN BOKHARA ROYAL MESHED YAMCUTH BOKHARA BLUE BOKHARA (Belouisstans) MECCA OR SHIRAZ GEORDEZ (antigue) MELEZ (antique) KULA (antique) ROYAL SENNEH KAZAKS, KAZ KELLIMS SHIRVAN, SENNEH KELLIMS DAGHESTAN, ANATOL MATS GEUGI, MOUSOUL Real Oriental Carpets ROYAL KIRMANSHAH AFGHAN BOKHARA ROYAL SAROUCK MAUL GOROVAN MESHET NOTE—In the assortment you will find R sizes and shapes—small ones, mediur 5 ones. It is a most instructive and interesting she ing. We invite you to come in and see thes tiful goods whethéer you desire to bus The Exhibit is in charge of a representative o the Kazanjian company. The Porteous & Mitchell Co. FLANDERS 20 The Best Little Car You Ever Saw. ALSO THE FOLLOWING SECOND CARS FOR SALE:— 1911 OAKLAND TOURING CAR, 40 H.P. ey sed $800 1908 OLDSMOBILE, 40 H.P. 3650 1910 E. M. F. TOURING 30 H.P $625 1910 MODEL 17 BUICK TOURING CAR ...... .......ooun 0 .. 9625 THESE CARS ARE IN RUNNING ORDER AND WILL DEMON- STRATE THEM UNDER ALL CONDITIONS. The lmperia—Garrz}ge,r Ch_estnut_ St. CONTRACT WORK 1647 geo ry. If he will throw in a cou- | ple of chorus biddies and some flzz| 1 o in a position to give you the | ’ { water, Harvard will bé the most pop- | most for your money in this line. Low Ad m T | ular university on earth.—Waterbury | estimates, prompt and careful attention a s avern | Republican. Pity the plight of the §15 a week New Orleans bank clerk, who signed a $50,000 rote because the president told him to and now finds himself going to jail along with the other default- | ing officers of the institution because the district attorney told him to.— Hartford Times. Even a granite town ought to have at least one marble building, by way of variety. The new town hall and courthouse at Westerly, a combination structvre, is to display the beauties of | granite, and that ought to content the neople of the south county capital Tor present.—Providence Journal, J The Chicago packing firm that threatens to withdraw from the lard trade in North Dakota because it was fined for viciating the state shori- welght iaw. which requires actual | weight to he vrinted on containers, wiil find the people hardly in sym pathy with it.—Springfield Union, to all the details which go to make a first_class job. RIGHT NOW matter of buildin; you may and will appreciate very best work at the s STEP IN some of tue jobs | have compieted In this vicinity, and satisfled customers. e WHAT'S NEW s 'D‘tfl for business resulis 1861 :fl dlo ;h;n'uglthfl:s. finest standard rands of i ope and A Eoliemian, Filsner, Culmbach Lavarias | Beer, Liags Pale and Burton, Mueirs Bcotch Ale, Guinness' Dublin Stout, C. & C. imported Ginger Ale, Bunker HmAr;. ast:r‘fi' nfix Jones' Nourisn~ ing Ale, ng Bitter Ale, A Buuweiser, Schlitz and m"-"‘ A. A. ADAM, Norwich Town. Telephone 447-18 time to take up the or any outside work | Want vour business ny BIVINE You t west price con- is a good need. ent with the same. my office and let me teil you of | C. M. WILLIAMS, Tel. 370. 216 Malu Street. JOSEPH BRADFORD, Book Binder. Alann Bovks Made and Ruleu to Ofder, 103 SRUADWAY. “sieptons 2% : THERE 15 no advertsing edivm 18 Eastern Connecticut equal to The Bule letin for resulis ok THE PALACE CAFE Step in and see us. FRANK WATSGWN & CO., 72 Franklin Street. THERY % no advertising medium 'n ters Connaectieut equal to ul-