Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 6, 1913, Page 9

R Rules for Young' Waiters. on rite the paey m":"ww,a& pen potnt ca” wil ~Po not- use over “Whatever you are—Be that; Whatever you say—Be true. Straightforwardly act, . Be honest—in_fact, Be nobody eise but you.” I POETRY. Climbing. O, once there was a kitten, Tom Henry was his name, And here you see him sittin’ Before he bid for fame. Somewhere he'd heard or read I “Clmb upward! Do not stop! And greatly to his credit, Resolved to reach the top. And so he climbed and clambered, Nor downward looked at all, ‘While foes beneath him-yammered And hoped to see him fall. Up, up, he crept, undaunted, And at the top he found The things he loved and wanted ‘Were somewhere on the ground. Advice may lurk in laughter, Remember, ere you climb, That sometimes what vou're after Is near you all the time. —Frederick White. John Paul Jones. Tell us a story, grandpa, dear— A _story of long ago; Of Washington or Lafayette, Of Jones or Rochambean. All right; just sit upon my knees And listen close, and then 171 tell Jou of the young Paul Jones, The noblest of ail brave men. In_the dark days of seventy-nine, When' near all hope was lost He sailed on the Bon Homme Richard Along the English coast His prizes were rich and many; The good ship was cver feared By foes of brave George Washington, So honored and revered. ¥or weeks he sailed the Enslish séas, Threstering coastwise ports, Till he, one autumn afternoon. Spied two Enghsh consorts. Paud Jones engaged the Serapis, ‘Whils Captain Landais fled, Leaving the valiant sailor. there Among the @ying and dead. The two ships clutched like living thines, While the moon shed silyer light; For hours cutlass, pike and gun f Kept up the ghastly fight. % Then Pearson, with his own right hand, Tore down the British Lion, Ana both ships sark into the deep To stay there for all time. Proclaim in loudest tonest No_eulogy too great for him— The vahiant John Paul -Jones! —Philip. UNCLE JED'S TALK TC WIDE- AWAKES. Uncle Jed is getting interested in the Wide-Awakes who d6 things, and he notices that their number. is. increas- ing, and the other Wide-Awales must have noticed that they ‘are - winning books. PR S £y The weekly distribution -of books may not"be - perfectly satisfactory to | all of the Wide-Awakes; neither is it perfectly satisfactory to Uncle Jed. The youngest writers cannot competo with the oldest Wwriters, so we neces- sarily have several competing groups, and confidentially Uncle Jed would say 1 letters appear in their turn unless there is a good reason for their omis- sion. One good reason for some de- lays is that we do not want to have bright writers winning books every week, for that looks too much like favoritism, so good and winning let- ters are sometimes held up for a week or two. b If any letter has failed to appear it may have been lost, or there may have been other causes. Uncle Jed does not feel obliged to state why letters are not used—in fact, he always declines to do s0. Those who do not like the rules are not compelled to abide them, for they can withdraw without a single objec- tion being raised. We are all going to .ave the utmost freedom and no fric- , tion. Those who persist in writing are sure in the end to win. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Anna Duryea of Scotland: I thank you very much for my beautiful prize book, “The Little Professor.” I wish all the writers success. Charles S. Hart of Hope, R. L: I re- ceived the book you sent me. I am pleased with it. I thank you very much for it, WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—J. R. Bigelow of Norwich, “A Child’s Garden of Verses,” by L. R. Stevenson. 2—Agnes Aberg of Taftville, “Esth- er,” by Rose N. Carey. 3—Frederick” Erlbeck of Norwich, “Black Beauty,” by Anna Sewall 4—Lucy A. Carter of Scotland, “Rob- inson Crusoe,” by Daniel DeFoe. 5 Floyd S. Bailey of Colchester, “Black Beauty,” by Anna Sewall. 6—Howard Maynard of Lyme, “Swiss Family Robinson.” 7—Alice Partridge of Jewett City, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” 8—Martha Muench of Poquetanuck, “Animal Stories for Little Folks.” Winners of books living in the city may call for them at The Bulletin bus- iness office at any hour after 16 a. m. Thursday morning. STORIES WRITTEN AWAKES. BY WIDE- ‘My Visit to Centerville. A week ago last Friday night I went down to Centervillee I went om the 420 o'clock train 1 got to Center- le about 4 o'clock. I went to see my friend, Harry Cookson. He lives one-half a mile from the depot. It was guite dark when I got to his house. After we ate our supper Harry and I went to Arctic Center. We went after some things for his mother. We looked around the stores before we came home. It was 8 o'cloek when we got home. Saturday morning we could not go outdoors and play very much, because it rained. e : “After dirmer we went up to Aretic Center to get some things for my mother. About 6.45 o'clock at might we went to the moving pictures. We sat way up in the gallery. 1 like to sit up there. It was 9 o'clock when we got home. Sunday morning I had to come home. I came home on the 10 o'clock train. My father was at the depot, so I got a ride home. 1 had a very good time. ELMER BURBA Moosup. Honesty the Best Policy. Mary was four vears old. Ome day her mother sent her to the store and told her to get a pound of the cheap- est butter (for they were very poor). ‘When Mary was on the way back she found a roll of money which she called “pretty paper.” Her mother was astonished to see so much money. She counted it and found there was five hundred dollars. She kept watch of the papers, and found an advertisement saving: “Lost—A large sum of money. Re- turn to 49 May avenue.” Mary and her mother dressed im their best and went to see the woman. The woman was so happy to find honest people gave them the five hundred dollars. HELEN NICHOLS, Age 12. Portland. that there doesn’t seem to him, always, books enough to go around. < It should be remembered that the | Candles. It was not until the fourteenth cen- BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure The only Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE Feel Fine! Liver Right, Stomach Sweet, Headache Guna—-“flagcare{s” Cascarets make you feel bully; they immediately cleanse and sweeten the stomach, remove the sour, undigested and fermenting food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry off the constipated waste matter and poison from the bowels. A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning—a 10-cent box from_any ggist will keep your Stomach regulated, Head clear and Liver and Boweis in a splendid condition for months. Don’t forget fhe children. 3 10 CentS. Never gripe or sicken. > “CASCARETS WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP.” | | fortable place l 1 s having any ore that time our English ances. lg!:{:i of wood in fat, or the Greeks and ,m?u made by < (an Egyptian i e B {0 and. then coat! them with wax These candles were also in use in Europe during the mid- die and d e nas, were very, large an pull % a him feeling_ ve%: . R Norwich. ; 5 3 “The Story of Three Children. In a lonely country e lived a man and his wife. hag three children, two of whom were girls and the other a boy. Thdfli names were A dipped candle made from tallow was Introduced in England in the four- teenth century, and wax candles were also made at the same time. These latter were very costly and were eon- sidered as great, luxuries. In 1848 a’ company for the manu- facture of wax candles was incorporat- ed in London. Mold candles are sald to be the invention of the Sieur Le Brez of Paris. AGNES ABERG, Age 12. Taftville. Little Lame Joe. Little Joe was out walking with his mother. He was lame and could not walk very good without crutche: He thought he would like to try walking without the crutches. He hob- bled along very slowly and carefully, it was such hard work for him. Soon several children came running and skipping along. They ‘seemed very happy. Jow Joe wished he could do as they All the children stared at Joe's poor twisted legs, and poor Joe felt very sad. The tears were in his eves as he hobbled back to his mother. When the children saw his eves full of tears they felt sorry to think they had been so rude. JAMES MURPHY, Age 12. Taftville. The Little Lame Girl. Once there was a little lame girl whose name was Elsfe. She would sit by the window and watch the people going up and down the street. Her mother worked in the mill and her sister took care of her. One day as Elsie was looking out of the window she saw her little playmate coming up_the streét, and sne was glad that Edith was coming to play with her. She had her two dolls be cause she thought Elsie did not have any. Soon she came tripping up the doorsteps, then she knockedgai the door and Elsie's sister let her in. She went In_the room where FElsie was_sitting and satd: “Hello, Hisie! I have come to play with you.” Oh, T am so glad you came!” said hat o Then Fdith took her coat and off and they both went to playing. Edith said she only could stay one hour, and how fast that hour did go! Soon Edith had to go home, as she was a good girl and always tried to mind her mother. Flsie was sorTy, but the next day Edith came again and they had just as good a time. BERNICE L, GREEN, Age 9. ‘Willimantic. The Helper. On a mouniain there once lived a giant. He was very strong and powerful, and did not like anyone. One day there was a little girl wan- dering about and she happened to come upon the giant's house. She was Very hungry. Not knowing who lived there, she went in to find out. Thé giant saw her and said: What business bave you here?” “I came to see who lived here. I thought they might give me something fo eat,” said the little girl, timidly. “I am very hungry.” It was stranze to say the giant feit sorry for the little girl; so he gave her something to eat. He took a big bas- ket and filled it with fruit. “Thomas,” he said, “take the chfld home first. Then bring her back witk the basket empty and I will fill it with food.” Thomas did as directed, When the mother saw her child she Kkissed her. . The child told her story of what had happened and she said she must go back to the glant as he had told her. The giant loved this little child. He supplied them with what they needed and the child and her mother llved comfortably. The girl went to see the giant every day, The giant was a great helper. VERA BLAKE. Willimantie. My First Trout. In spring my father and my broth- er, mother and I go out to a brook that my father leased for a few vears. My father asked my mother if she wanted to go and she said “Yes.” When we got up there I could hard- 1y wait to have my father fix my line. { Harry, Emma and £ One’ evening their father came home telling them he had bought a place in Rhode Island, and where they were go-, ing was on 'a farm. \ his pleased them all very much. Of course they had to hurry because they were going to be, eut of there in two weeks. At last the two weeks came to an end and they went to their new home. Their father was rich and you may be sure they had some nice things there. 3 All the children had a calf of their very own, and each had a pony. They liked to help their father and mother. One day their father told them to, g0 to the barn with him, and what should they see but two"white angora goats. They bought a little harmess and had a cart in which rode Harry and Ruth, while Emma walked along Dby _thelr side. The children had many happy times with their goats. Emma would pick flowers and give them to Ruth. Soon they had to go to school, but not very long for it soon became va- cation. The goats’ names were Dott# and Dick. = s Sometimes Ruth and Emma rode and Harry would walk. They were ail very happy ever after. ALICH Q. HILL, Age 11 A Story of Jimmy. Once there was a little boy; his name was Jimmy. His sister and brothers were big and he was the pet of_the family. What do you think he did? One day it was rainy and he was very lonesome and he kept teasing and teas- ing his mother to go out, so his moth- er said: “You may go ont for half an hour.” He was pleased to go out, but be- fore he went out his mother said: Now Jimmy, don’t play in the mu He sald he would not, but the first thing he did was to make a dam of mud. When the half hour was up she called Jimmy, but Jimmy could not be seen. Dinner came and home came Jimmy,’” covered with mud. . “What have you been doing "‘asked his_mother. He did not answer, good whipping. That's what naughty boys get when they do not mind their mothers. 7 LAWRENCE RIVERS, Age 10. Willimantic. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Candied Orange Peei. Dear Uncle Jed: I receiver your nice book and thank you very fuch for it; and I hope you will send me some more. I have a good recipe for Candied Orange Peel—Take the peel in quarters from four oranges, cover with cold water, bring to a boil ani cook until soft. Remove the white part and cut in strips. Now boil a half cup of water and one cup of sugar un- til you have a syrup that will thread when dropped from the spoon. Cook the peel, drain and roll in grantulated CATHERINE RIDDELL. Age 13. Oneco. and he got a St. Valentine. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell Fyou abohit Valentine. 4 Once there was a priest whose name was Valentine. He nursed the sick, comforted the sorrowing and he was a very kind man. When the children came to his house for clothes he would not send them home empty handed. When he got old he could not go out to the children’s houses. He had to stay at home, because he could not walle S0 when the children were sick he would send notes to them. If a child was sick it would say: “Father Valentine will send me a message today.” - Soon they heard that Valentine was dead. The news spread around the country quickly. So they said that such a good marn should be called & saint. Hence they named him St. Val- entine. 1 Now they celebrate his birthday by sending notes to the children which they call valentines on Feb. 14th. FREDERICK ERLBECK. Norwich. She Lives on a Farm. Dear Uncle Jed: I am elght years old and live on a farm. We have SUNNY DAYS IN INSECTVILLE The Wandering Wooly Bear (Copyrighted.) ‘While the wooly bear is a caterpillar, it like other bears lives several months in the year without eating, and in a stupor. Unlike them, he flies in the air several weeks in the summen Those who have their eyes open are likely to meet him on ihe walk on mild days in February or March; and when disturbed he rolls mp like a hedgehog asleep and his hairs mettle, or sting, anything that touches him. The wooly bears may be bright red and black at each end, or light red and dark brown, or_fawn color ~without other marks. When the weather .s warm they move sprightly and they get a bite of chickweed, or a young dandelion sprout, to put them in con- dition to cast their skin. ‘What the wooly bear strolls for in the spring is to find a safe and com- in which to spin his .cocoon and to rest until nature calls him forth for flight. When nature finds him he is in a little silken cocoon made warm by the interweaving of his own hair, and lying in a crevice or be- neath the dry leaves or in a hole in the wall; and he comes forth a Tiger moth. How is this? He is a bear when a caterpillar on the =round because he is wooly, and he is a tiger moth when in the air 'because he is striped; and he is called an Arctian in the books because the Greeks called bears by this name. If you meet him on the wing here in New England he will have black fore wings with white or flesh colored stripes and underwings that are yel- low or red and black bordered;.and if You mest him in California he may be pure white with pretty black stripes on_his wings, but you will see by his shape that he is related to the New England tribes. 4 But to be honest he isn’t bearish or any way tigerish, but just insectish, and not a wonderful flier. You do not see him much on the wing because he doesn’t seem to be a gay flier like the sunny butterdy,” but to be given to hiding on the trunks of trees or in the leaves until he wants to find his mate, or to feed, and he chooses shady and dusky places in which to do it. And the mate of the wooly bear flies away to lay her eggs where food ats are pleaty her young will be in as little Ds as pessible, and grow and thrive by themselves. She lays from 50 to 100 eggs, but deposits them so that when young they live in groups, but they soon follow the her- mit life and never appear to be aware that they ever had any brothers or sisters. When it is time to fly they get to- gether under the same natural law which declares that “birds of a feather flock together.” If the birds cannot eat him the flies can sting him and put eggs in his body to bring forth parasites to feed upon him; but that is another story. And_ wooly bear was here before Columbus discovered America, and is a_thoroughbred American without a single flaw in his title, for do you know these wooly caterpillars are be- lieved to have been here before the glacial period, and perhaps before man was; and that is so far back that no man can count the years, so if you call wooly bear “old fellow” you will be in no danger of hurting his feel- ings. For thousands of years he was not considerea worthy the notice of men. Over a hundred years ago men be- gan to make pictures and make notes about wooly bears, hd since then hun- dreds have been interested in them, and all together they have not been able to make a complete history of them yet. So_when you see Mr. Wooly Bear crawling upon the walk remember that he belongs to the ancients and honor- ables of insectdom, and when he pa- rades in his plumage on the wing you will discover that he is fond of fine feathers. ‘And these hairs, so prickly, and these colors, so bright, were not his in tha Dbeginning, nor even these legs, but as his tastes have changed and his con- ditions he has in response to necessity developed power to climb and ability to stroll, and his food has provided him with new and brighter colors and better protection. So you see wooly bear is a progre: sive as well as ancient and worthy of all the attention that has been given him, __The tiniest and lowliest creature God has made has proven to be worthy the attention of man, for the least of these divine love and-pow- er is manifested. UNCLE JED. SRt ub " fhed |18 ho through || and three S S I have two brothers and one sister. r names are Steve, Joseph and Steve is four years old, Joseph m_%th-h.gd_ i We. 3 "x; €phad a lovely Christmas ‘tree at am in the third grade. I go to school every day. I study reading, Writing, arithmetic and geography. JRbT B CS, Age, 8. He Wants to Be Eyes. - Dear Uncle Jed: Just imagine ho disappointed I was when I woke (%1 morning tp find snow enough on. the ground to make sliding, and I am al- most sick with a hard cold. I have spent some of the time read- ing ‘the letters in the Wide Awake circle: = I like vour talk to the Wide Awakes. I want to be “Eves” and see all ihe pretty things that I can and get the | cream of life. I go to the Central district school | and T am in the fourth grade. I have three brothers. We have seven bantams and are laying three eggs a day. We have three cats and one of them is a great pet. Her name is Fernie. We have pine trees in our wgrd and this morning they looked like Christmas trees. ~ FLOYD T. BAILEY, Age 10. Colchester. ’ they Harold’s Pigeons. Dear Uncle Jed: I have four pigeons, One white, two blue and one spotted | One pair | with blue, white and brown. laid and set the last of the year. They hatched the other day. I have just begun to raise pigeons and think a good deal of them. got two houses that I made this year. My pigeons’ names are Spowy, Dicky, Mary and Baby. When they first hatch they are as yellow as gold. I made a trap to catch any other | -I made a and fixed a trapdoor | pigeons that might come. wooden frame, on it. Then I covered it with wire netting. This summer I am going to build a large house and keep ffty | or_sixty pigeons. My grandfather showed me how to | make my houses. My grandfather is elghty-four years of age, but is quite smart for his age. I am going to tell you about my hen, her name is Speckle. She is five vears old. She is black and white and also very tame. I found one morning that one egg was hard, but still I heard something peep inside of it. I took it into the house and my mother broke it and in ah?ut an hour a little chicken came out. - I have another pet, a cat. She is vellow and white. She is very large and weighs about seven unds. - She | catches many rats and mice. HAROLD MAYNARD, Age 13. Lyme. 3 Lives in the City Now. Dear Uncle Jed: I have moved since 1 wrote you last. I am not in the country, but in the city of Westbrook. I like living in the city. The school is not far from the house. is down at the end of the street. Kor Christmas I got two books, three ties, a pair of gloves and a game, pocket comb, a bank and one dollar. We have a hill house. T like to coast down that hill because it is steep. Sometimes we can go down the hill across the rail- road track. 4 CECIL E. RAND. ‘Westbrook, 8ix Dear Uncle Me. Little Puppies. Jed: Sunday was a very pleasant day, so I went to church and then went t6 my friend’s house. And there I saw six- little pupples. They were as big as rats. They were so cunning, and made such a funny little noise. My friend’s brother and his friend owned the mother dog, for they both bought her together, when they were away to work. The mother dog's name is Fluff. Fluff is a yellowish brown. Her little ones are black, white, brown and clear black. JULIA LATHAM, Age 12. Norwich. Pure Bred Plymouth Rocks. Dear Uncle Jed: My name is Rob- ert Avery. I llve in Ledyard. I have two brothers. One’s name is Elmer and the other is Donald. 1 have three pure bred Plymouth Rock pullets and a rooster. ROBERT AVERY. Ledyard. His Cats Are Good Hunters. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would tell you about my country life. I have two cats. Their names are Smutty and Topsy. Smutty is malty and Topsy is black and white. They are very good hunters and catch very large rats, and can run very fast when after a rat. I like to go to school and study much. I go to school in the old par- ish house. I cannot think of anything more so I will close. WILLIAM STEINBOUGH, Age 11. Poquetanuck. very A Pretty Sight. Dear Uncle Jed: When I went down the beach it was in the month of July and of course, you know, in July the men are getting in the hay. So I thought I would go with them. I hop- ped into the team, and off we went to the field. I was driving the horse. It did.not take us very long to get there. The men took their rakes and went to_work. I thought I would give the horse a handful of hay. His name was Nomw. years old and Mary is six at big | I have | The depot | one side of our | paid to do good B. Allyn. amoni 1 KING'S PUREMALT is scld with the Pure Food and Drug Act June 30, 1906. drugeist or to us. 36-38 Hawley St, Boston Family Doctor : In China, the Family Doctor is patients in good health. In America, the Family is called only when one is sick. costs money to call a doctor—even though it is necessary. The easiest way to avoid Doc- tors’ bills is to keep the stomach in 1t all drug stores and in strict conformity Send for prices to your King's Puremalt Departmen!, by the year to keep his 4 ’t If hg fails this, his fee is reduced. t I condition. King’s Puremalt Is famous for its food value—malt and hops—and its tonic value— Hypophosphites of Iron and Lime. Good for every member of the family” Colfier’s September 2, 1911, published an article entitied Pure, There was printed in this article “A List From Which Housewives May - Choose Without Doubt or Hesitancy.” This vears' analytical work by the pupils chool at Westficld. Massachusetts, under the direc- in. its issue of Weekiy, “Hére Are Foods That Are by Margaret Wagner. list was the result of several KING'S PUREMALT pure quality. is mentioned ot REMALT After Nome had eaten the hay me up to my shoulders as if he was asking for more: more. Nome is very gentle. | One of the men who sat down to rest called my_attention to a deer which was running about the field. In a few minutes Uncle Tom was hearg hollering. He was telling him {to stop eating his lettuce, and the | deer looked up, but did not go. Then {Uncle Tom said it again, but the deer ldid not go. Then he stamped his foot |ana it was the prettiest thing you ever !saw to see the deer jump over the |fences. I think it was going to see |its mother. | It was time to go home. I hore if I go to the beach next year I will see {the deer and go out into the hay i field. ALICE B. PARTRIDGE, Age 11 Jewett City. Road Cadets. Dear Uncle Jed: Onme of' the boys |in my village is organizing a trog of roaq cadets. We will have a sho ‘in the parish house. We #re to have rifies and blue 'uniforms. We will go camping, fishing and hunting. Thursday night we met in the club house, but our mastery did not come. T. JOSEPH GRADY, Age 13. Norwich. She Was a Good Cat. Dear Uncle Jed: I want to tell you about my cat. One day I went to |give her some dinner, but I could not find her, so I went to the barn. I | found her there in the hay with a bone |stuck in her throat. I took her into the house and kept he | so I gave him some | her there until night. The next day she disappeared. My sister Loulse and I went down |into” the lot to pick violets, ana I | found my cat dead. I ran back homa {and got my father and he came down | with me, and we buried her. She was a good cat, and I missed her. She always followed me to my grandma’s. When summer comes again, I shall keep flowers om her grave. | MARTHA H. MUBNCH, Age 10. | Poauetanue Circle Cake. Dear Uncle Jed: I read all the Wide Awakes' letters and enjoy them very much. I can hardly walt for the paper. I am glad some of the girls have tried my candy and had good luck. I lfke to make that candy. I will send one of my recipes for making cake. It is called Circle Cake—One cup of sugar, one egg, one-half cup sweet milk, ome- { $hirda ‘cup of shortening, two cups of flour, two teaspoons cream tartar and one teaspoon soda; flavor with lemon or_vanilla and a little salt. Hope the little Wide Awakes will heve good luck with this. LUCY A. CARTER. Bootland. Qreenwich.—As & memorial to his wite, Edmund C. Converse, the New York banker, who has a large estate here, is having the tower of Christ church ralsed and enlerged to contain a chime of ten bells which he has or- dered from the Meenely Bell company of Troy, N. Y, for installation prior to next Baster Sunday. NONE “LIKE MOTHER The kind that is made in a spotlessly clean, sunlit n the choicest kitchen fro: beef, ap currants and raisins, carefuily prepared with our famous spice SucH MINCEMEAT USED TO MAKE" blend which gives that tompting, delicious flavor. Packed in thesweet,clean, paraffin packages rcady to uso—at your grocer’s —10 cents. I-Scule Ca., Syracuse, New York 1 < of Food Predusts since 1868 - LOVELL VALENTINES, large VALENTINES, small . VALENTINES, any size at a Talk about your VALENTINES Lace, Tissue, IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME BEAUTIES JUST STEP IN AND LOOK OVER OUR STOCK THAMES SQUARE Open every evening BROS. 3 2 Art or Comics Tel. 595