Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 10, 1913, Page 9

Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and aumber the pages. 2 Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3 ort and /| you very much for the beautiful book o O ranaoniointed arcles willl you awarded me. I have started to 250 words. Do not use over | reag it and it is very interesting. 4. Original storfes or letters only | Florence Whyte of Scotland: Thanks will be used. very much for the beautiful book I 6. Write your nam and ad- dflllplunly’unn:fmo.’; of the Address all communications to Un- cle Jed, Bulletin Ofice. “‘Whatever you are—Be that; ‘Whatever you say—Be true Straightforwardly act, honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you.” POETRY. A Lesson of Thankfulness. Roaming in the meadow, Little four-year-old Picks the starry daisies ‘With their hearts of gold. Fills her snowy apron, Fills her dimpled hands; Suddenly, how quiet In the grass she stands! “Who made fowers so pitty, Put 'em here? Did God?” “Yes, ‘twas God,” I answered. “Spread them o'er the sod.” Dropping all her blossoms, With uplifted head, Serious face turned heavenward, “Thank you, God!” she said. Then, as if explaining, (Though no word I spake), “Always must say, ‘Thank you,’ For the things I take.” Blessed little preacher, Clad in rqgbes of pral; Would we #ll might co) Your sweet, thankful ways! Time to fret and murmur We could never malke Should we first say “Thank you,” For the things we take. M. L. B. Wants. if you want to be admired Don’t make other people tired. if you would be iree from cares Try to mind your own affairs. If you wish to live in quiet Tell the truth and don’t deny it. Uncle Jed’'s Talk to the Wide-Awakes. Unele Jed hopes every Wide-Awake will study the birds this year, instead of stoning them. Everybody has to get the confidence of the little people of the woods and wilds in order to know them. When fear i3 present even a child cannot do its best. It doesn’t do to say boo! to birdies if you wish to learn their ways; and if you desire to know the plants well You must be very considerate and pa- tient with them. Perhaps you do not know that every tiving thing has a life history and the way to find it out is to carefully ob- serve and study whatever you are in- terested in. Tt is by careful study that it was learned that the straw- berry, raspberry and blackberry were cousins, and that all three can claim kinship to the apple tree. No one would think that the horse eng the tapir were related, or that the whale and the seal used to be Jand animals, but care, study and ob- servation have established the prob- ebility that they were, It is a pleasure to study out of doors, as it should be to study in school, for it is through study that we see, comprehend and enjoy more and more. Keep your eves open and keep seek- ing the why and the wherefore and you will advance in knowledze this Year as never before. Notes to the Wide-Awakes. The little girl who wants to know Uncle Jed's real name will have to find it out, for he has agreed not to tell. If a little bird should tell you Uncle Jed will not be blamed. The Wide-Awake boy who wants Tncle Jed to buy books “to his order should remember that is not in order and however much we may desire to please our little letter-writers, it would be impossible to reverse our methods. You just win_ books and Uncle Jed awards them for the Bulletin. Keep at the typewriter, Richard; and gou will not only get the touch but the speed which will make you able and distinguished. Your drawing was ~ery pleasing to Uncle Jed. At 16 the girl Wide-Awakes should change to the Social Corner page. They will be welcomed there and will gain knowledge and may Wwin a money prize. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT William D. Buckley of New London: L want to thank you for the prize ook, Frank in the Mountains, which Protect » THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE Boys and Girls Department I was delighted to recelve, WIIl try to win another. Isabelle Bolsein of Norwich:.I thank | have read it partly through and found it very interesting. Warren McNally of Putnam: I re- celved my prize book and am very much pleased with it. 1 thank you very much for it. Frank Pardy of Norwich: I thank you for the nice book you sent me. 1 have read part of it and find it very interesting. THE PRIZE BOOK WINNERS. 1—Helene 1. Falvey of Norwich, | Daady’s Girl, by Mrs. L. T. Meade. 2—Gladys Newbury of Norwich, The Children’s Kingdom, by Mrs. L. T. Meade. . 3—Helene Wulf of Norwich, Daddy’s Girl, by Mrs. L. T. Meade. 4—Warren McNally of Putnam, The Iron Boys as Firemen, by James R. Mears. 5—Francis Y. Brown of Jewett City, { All Aboard, by Oliver Optic. 6—William D, Buckley of New Lon- The Drummer Boy, by J. T. Trowbridge. | H { l don, | 7—Louisa Sigrist of Taftville, Alice’s | Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis | Carroll. | _8_Clara Larkin of Taftville, Water | Babies, by Charles Kingsle; ! Winners of books living in the city | may call at The Bulletin business of- | fice for them at any hour after 10 {a. m. on Thursday. | STORIES TOLD BY WIDE AWAKES | | | | A Hero of Our Day. | ! Many years ago there was a great firo that burned a great part of Chi- | cago. Hundreds of homes were swept | i 1 away. A'rich lady was hurryine through the crowd of frightened people and was trying to save some.of her hous bold goods. She saw a small boy and called to him, saying: “Take this box and do not part with it ‘for one instant until I See you | leaving the ‘elevator door open. soon as Ned discovered this he gave a | spring and landed inside the elevator. s oz foundland dog caught sight of the terrier and jumped into the water, grasped the little dog by the neck with his teeth, then swam about look- ing for a place to land. Finally he sighted a low place and thither he swam till he reached the land. The people were delighted and ran to meet the dog. The Newfoundland, giving two or three proud barks, laid down his burden upon the wet banks. RUTH HBEAP, Age 13. * Taftville. Sharing Nuts, One day two boys went nutting in woods not far from a cemetery. After they had gathered a suffi- cient amount one of the boys sald: “Let’s go and share our nuts in the cemetery.” “All right,” said the other; started for the cemetery. ‘When they crossed the fence two s fell out of the bag. ver mind,” said one of the boys, ce’ll get them when we come back.” After they had about half of their nuts shared an old negro came up to hear what the fwo boys were saying. The boys were saying: “Ill take this one—T'll take that ome.” This frightened the old nesro very much and he ran away. He met a ite man and he said to him: The good and the bad mans are sharing the dead.” - “Oh, you ’fraid cat!” said the white man. “Come on and see!” said the negro. So when _the men reached tife ceme- tery they head the boys saying: “Tll take this one—Tll take that one.” Soon the bovs had finished and they said “Now we'll take the two outside the fence,” and the two men ran off as fast as_they could. FRIEDA PHILIPP, Age 13. so they * Baltic. The New Elevator Boy. Once some of the boys that work in the Hotel Grand-bought a monkey whose name was Ned. Ned watched the boys as they work- ed the elevator. Sometimes they would give him a ride with them. Af- ter a while Ned thought he could run the elevator himself and watched his opportunity. One day outside, As Frank stepped When Frank returned he found the elevator gonme. If you could have seen Ned inside that elevator; uvp and slid down the rope, starting the carrier; which took him to the top | of the building. When he found that ine elevator would not go any farther he climbed to the roof of the elevator, where there was a bell that some men had j repaired. Ned stepped forward and began ringing the bell, which sounded louder than ever. again. Take care of it, and I will reward vou well’ The boy took the box and the lady turned back to save some more of her goods, if possible. All that night and the next day p: d. The lady_ took | refuge with her friends and heard nothing more of the boy or the box. Her diamonds, a large amount of | jewelry and valuable papers were in | the box and she was in great distress | at losing them; but on Tuesday night | a watchman found the boy sitting on the box and almost buried in sand and dirt He had been there all through the long heurs, without food or shelter. The poor child was almost dead with . fright, but had saved what had been trusted to his care. He was well rewarded by the srate- ful lady, but the boy who could be so | faithfuily trusted would be rich and roble without any reward. CLARA LARKIN, Age 14. Taftville: A Visit to My Great Aunt. Last summer 1_visited my great aunt, wholives in Buckland, Conn. I helped her take care of the chick- ens, for she has a large poultry farm. | One day my aunt and I went for a ride to Hartford. She took me to | Colt's park. From there we went to | Bushnell park, where the capitol is: situated. We went all through the capitol. The janitor showed us one large Toom where there were all small chairs with a desk in front of them. It was | 2 large room where our representatives | sit and make the laws which rule the | state of Connecticut. I went to see the button where there are thousands of to be seen all strung on long and some of the buttons were one hundred years ago. After that we went to the flag room, where we saw all the different kinds | of flags. Some were torn and some | were shot through, I suppose in some | of our great wars. 1 also put my name in the visitors® book which lays handy on a tabl We then went to Elizabeth park to see the roses. They were beautiful flowers. After we walked all over it we had |to think about going home, because it was getting late, and we arrived back in Buckland at 7 o'clock at night all tired ou room, buttons | strings, | in styie i LOUISA SIGRIST, Age 13. Taftville. . The Newfoundland Dog. The Newfoundiand dog is sometimes | called a wolf dog. Everybody loves | the great, shaggy Newfoundland be- | cause this.noble dog is fond of saving | human lives. He cannot run long on | the ground, or his feet will become sore, but he is a wonderful swimmer. For this reason his feet are slightly | webbed, like those of a duck He is | so strong that he has often carried | ropes through the rough waves from a sinking ship to the shore, and in | this way saved many people. Once in a large bay a little terrier fell from the wharf into the water. Feople standing about were s i him, but did not know ikim. Suddenly For Dandruff and Hair--—-25 Save Your Hair! Danderine Falling Hair at Once—Grows Hair, We Prove it. 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So one day last week a friend d I thought that we would We went about a_ mile is called myrtle. That I piant that runs along the is called myrtle. That I of sround mine a walk. and iso got a nd a circle. I have some salvia seeds, marigolds, dahlias and quite a number of other sceds that I would like to plant about the middle of this month, when it gets a Ltile warmer. In the summer I put my house plants out in my garden. Last fall when I took up my dahlias I left them in the to get dried. I forgot to put them where they wouldn't freeze. I have | got to get some more this spring. I thnk that dahlias make a flower gar- n look quite pretty. Pansies are my vorite flower. I didn’t have very d luck with my pansy bed last 2 MILDRED BURBANK. Moosup. The White-Footed Deer. About one hundred yvears ago a hunt- aw a deer feeding on a grassy Nearby stood a cottage which rotected by a cliff. An cld dame son dwelt there. The deer had white feet, and on her forehead she had a white spot which shone like a star in the moonlight. She had the habit of going to the cottage every night to feed on the grass which was there. She also ate the leaves of the trees. One night she brought a fawn with her to feed on the grass. The .deer protected the cottage dame. The Indians would not go and burn her house down as long as the staved the he Indians said that the deer had des he jumped | fed there a thousand moons ago. They said that she was always in the habit of golng in the same place to feed. The son of the dame wanted to shoot the deer, but the dame did not want him to. One day he went to a forest far away. It was so old that many trees had rotted away and many had fallen down. There was no grass, but there was moss. You could not hear the feet of any one walking there. He was not successful. ¥ When he came home there was a full moon, He saw the deer feeding in the same place, and with his bow and arrow shot at the der. The start- led _creature sprang and ran to the neighboring forest. The next day you could see the spots of blood in ‘the dew which had dropped from the deer’s wounds. The next night the Indians came. They burned the cottage down and | slew the dame and the youth. After that trees grew up there. Then there was a wilderness where once had lived the dame and her son. HELEN PETERSON, Age 11 Plainfleld. The Eche. Little Peter' had never heard of the Echo which lives in the woods and rocks and repeats the very words we speak. One day while walking in a fleld near a wood he saw a squirrel running among the bushes. “Ho! Stop there!” he cried. Something in the woods answered him back: “Ho! Stop there!” Astonished, Peter shouted out: “Who are you?” The words came back: u?? “I am Peter,” he answered. “I am Peter,” was answered back, loud and clear from the wood. Peter grew angry, for he-thought some saucy boy was hidden behind the | trees. Then he poured out all the hard names he could think of, but the Echo sent them al]l back to him in mocking tones. “He shall learn not to call me names,” Peter said to himself, as he picked up =2 stick and ran toward the wood. Peter wandered in the wood a long time, but found no ore. Tired and vexed, he wént home and complained to his mother that a naughty boy, who had been calling him names, was hiding iin the wood. ‘ou have been anery with your own sel?” said his mother. “If was only your own voice that made the sound, | and you heard only the echo of your own words. If you had spoken kind words, kind words would have come { back to you from the weod | Moral: He thateis slow to anger is | better than mizhty. | FRANK PARDY, “Who are Norwich. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Week at the Beach. sear Uncle Jed: Last summer T went to the Beach with one of my friends i and stayed a week. T went in swimming every day, and I went fishing, toc. I caught crabs {and two starfish in about an hour. I found = lot of different shells. One day I went to the nearest town and saw them build coal barges. T saw other ships, too. At nizht we would sit out on the ve- randa and see the lighted ships go by, and see the lighthouses flash light. Some mornings the foz was very thick. One day my Sunday school class came down and we played ball and went in swimming and went fishing for crabs. TYLER GILBERT, Age 11. Jewett City. My Ttip to Boston. Dear Uncle Jed: Once my father took me to Boston. We started on the ten minutes past six train and got to Bos- ton about ten o'clock. | First we took the Elevated railroad | to Charletown. After a three minute walkk we came to Bunker Hill Monu- We went inside and climbed We had a fine view Then we went down| ment. the monument. from the top. again. We walked down to the Navy Yard and rang the bell. A soldier let us in. We saw the marines, soldiers and sail- ors_drilling. | We saw a cruiser building. Then we | | went over and boarded the Constitu- | tion. that fought in the war of 1512, | Then we went out of the Navy Yard. | YWe took a car and went to Cop's Hill buryng ground. We went to the Old North church and climbed the 1 towe and to neuil Hall and to the Old State House, and saw the pre at which Benjamin Franklin worked. | T went to the Boston Common, the parks and the Public Gardens. Then we had our lunch |~ We toolz the subway and went to Fenway Park and saw the Boston Americans beat the Detroits in a 12| | inning game, 3 to 2. Ray Collins pitch- | | ed for Boston. Harry Hooper in the :lhird inning made a home run with SUNNY DAYS IN INSECTVILLE Polly (Copyrighted.) Polly Peeptoad had passed a bad night, and she was feeling that Peep- toad life wasn't as good as some other kind of a life, anq she remarked to Mr. Bolivar Peeptoad that she had been thinking she would like to live 1 lilke the life of a butter- a fy. [ ar Peeptoad had wandered awa, from the edge of the swamp for feast on sweet-juiced flies, or to take a nap, while Polly was having an eye the tadpoles, and seeing that th water-devils didn’'t get them. and h knew much more about life in gene that Polly Peeptoad did. Mothers of the little peeptoads cre- | The and frighten them gaboos to w he will shance; so they keep in the low water near the shore, ich is their plavground until they et large enough to shed their tails and racter go ashore and hunt Insects, as big beeptoads have done for ages. Bolivar Peeptoad’s eyes twinkled when he asked Polly if she ever ex- pected to have wings like a butter fly, and to wear their light and flimsy | garments. Polly Peeptoad weighed as much as a hundred butterflies and with wings would look more like an owl than a butterfly. She felt hurt because she knew Bolivar was making fun of her and she replied in a grieved tone: “Bolivar, I am no simpleton; but there is a flutter and a grace about the butterflies which seems to me bet- ter than hopping on the ground. I didn’t want to be a flying toad. “You know,” replied Belivar, “that our cousins, the lizards, have -wings and fly, and are quite expert at catch- ing bugs on the wing.” know what a clumsy lot they are,” replieq Polly. “I do not envy them their ability, “Well,” said Bolivar Peeptead, *I saw a bee and a butterfly quarrel over a thistle this morning and it would have been better for the butterfly if the bee had won. but he didn't; and was capiured bv one of thosé cal- liper spide that lurk in the shadow the blossem until the insect gets to work and then jumps and seizes them by the head and takes thenr away for food.” “Why, Bolivar, you don’t tell me Peeptoad’s Ambition them up if he | spiders murder butterflies like that? lxm ed Polly. | do not have such gay | think, Pol They are | on the wing, and | s outfly them. The | the dragon-flies make | s up butterfiies, and wings and plumage king bird and some | E p them out of exist- a way that is surprising. The of a butterfly is not half as gay you “If th the id Polly, then life just as safe and i id Bolivar, “that there | sort of life. I heard | being contented with way to get most ery {an owl say that vour lot was the pleasure out of 1 What do tho: know about that Bolivar Peeptoad and looked at Polly. pear to know,” said he, “that the owl is called by man Minerva’s bird, and it stands for wisdom, because it found favor with the goddess who came from the brain of Jove and knew about | everything it was worth while for a | woman to know.” “Where did_you ivar?”’ asked Polly. “I have overheard the conversations of these grown folks who come to the edge of the swamp with little people to collect wild flowers. They seem to know a great deal more about eur neighbors than we do.” “If we'd made up such a stery, Bol- homely-faced owls " remarked Polly. straightened up “You do not ap- find that out, Bol- | ivar, who would have believed it?” asked Polly. “Those monkey-faced, sharp-clawed, rat-eating creatures know no more abeut wisdom than you and 1 de.” “Very true,” replied Bolivar, “they enly look wise, and the butterfly only looks gay, and so they gain repute for appearances, It seems to me it is wisdom ta want to be just what we were made to be.” Polly Peeptoad laughed then, for she realized that Belivar had said some- thing which came home to her mind as good sense; and she jumped into the water and played with the polly- | wogs content with her lot. Bolivar gave two hoarse croaks and took his after dinmer nap. l UNCLE JED, The philosophers tell us to * advice to follow, with regard to This great remedial agent is food. phosphites of Iron and Lime. ties. An appetizer as well. 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While there I practice on the type- | in little carf We then caught out train and came | Writer and am sending you a copy | by donkeys, Indians on hors home, | of my work. I hope soon to learn team cailiope playing O, FRANCIS Y. BROWN, Age 10. | touch typewriting. I have picked this | Beautiful Doll. The clowns were vers Jewett City. 2 much up myself. | comical and kept saying funny things s o RICHARD C. MORAN, Age 13. |to us as they paseed When the i Nor: {reached the lot again the squaws did Dea s ka 155';:’?" ans | their washing, and I saw them taking M T e Tt Sl e By The Invincible Armada. it in when if was drv. two. pretty rainbows appeared in the| Dear Uncle Jed: I'm going to tell | [T went up on a latge rock and comld S OEDRectors Tpart of tho sly: Lite'in |/Y0U 'sboutiithe Invincible: ~Armada See tiem 'Eo and out o per g Nk s siinte. which a friend and I made. { forming tent. AL : 5 We made about twenty-four paper| ‘The band played most of the time The rainbow Is a covenant between |, -tC T8Ce Shou 1nd one-half inches during the afternoon and evening r God and the earth. In the Bible itjpoas 2pout three and one half inohes { o mances. Pl mO e Yoo sbal o Tore lrediistripe. aranna. the itop, jand iused |, Botween {ne two, performances 1 become a flood to destroy all flesh,” as | {hom’ for Spanish bons. took a walk down through the tents a resson for the covenant. | "W, . e = too, | and an elephant was ciose to me eat- To the Indians the rainbow was the | ;.5 nade some smaller boats, too, | {17 s Balile-eow of Tndva: 1afn esine: atrer| SoouCiEwosand ono-Talrinches) long | BE SRR 0L ¢ oaich them load and odcd el £ {andieoloced -them black with motredii s L Whe £0InE to watch them Tead and e contest with the demons. =l . "% g0 away, but was so tired I fell asiees Amorg the Arabs they said: “Kuzah | = e used these for' English boats. |and did not see them go. . EnOoLs arrows with-his bow: up.In the | we arranged ithe boats in the form:| . GLADYS NEWBURY, Age 11i. clouds. . 2 Aot s cardboard by past- | Norwich. By Homer it was personified by Iris, | 1S “ands msttive dhel —— the ant messenger of the Olym- i How She Spent Her Vacation. pians: but also regarded as a portent! wWe put the ish fleet In front | Dear Uncle Jed: [ am of war and storm. e of the Spanis When we burned | how I spent my va In the Icelandic legends it Is the{ some of the s and burned holes | closed and a't br between heaven and earth. lin'the sails to look as if cannon ball ations were ov. AGNES ABERG, Age 12. | had hit them en .we took ¢ p o I Paftville. | school and gave it to our teacher At 1 —— z HELENE WULF, Age 12. was to g0 My Visit to Hartford Nerwich. nt me fo m Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell - rou of my visit to Hartford, which I|Spent the Day North Stonington. | ! made last summer. = - | -Dear Unele Jed: Baster i oo e hile there I went to the Capitol | spent the day in North Sta i & e Sioh s in which T saw many old flags, musikc- | went on the. electie car stien | ol wont to Btveyae 1 and an old-fashioned cradle. Ilat Hewitt's station. Then I had to | ®{{h J°°7 T st ae it so went to the large library, where | walk a long way. e o o thousands of volumes of| While there I saw ery musc 6y ellow and > black pig: n of | first black pigs I ever saw. and ame afternoon I went to seum where I saw a large collec sities, Such as rich brocades, were the | I saw some £ I could £ this ca my It seemed | paust the s But the e i< 0 2 A 5 vet to come. A party of m estry, silk, china, pewter, pictures, lady had a little baby mnamed |1\ jends were goine camping 1 some very old-fashioned dolls. I Robert. I rocked him to sleep. When | {jampshire and I to Join different kinds of birds’ eggs, and jew- | he woke up 1 held him until Y R nctratign T D tea: I e Tt w | ready to come home. me back els there, also. | the car in a team. | I went to a few parks, of which the names are Elizabeth, Colt's, Pope’s and s quite cool. i | | | got | | I got home about 8§ o'clock in the eve- | to cus time. At camp we had a zio: wy en returned Stayed two weeks and t to Boston Bushnell. | ning. Tt ftenits o o I had a-wery nice time on my visit, | I. PATRIDGE, Age 9. |spent & delight and hope that some of the Wide- | Next vea Awakes wi some d. i = {haps I can t RUTH M. KUPKY, Age 13. Ebony. wg | tetesting leiter Taftville. Dear Uncle Jed: Ebony is the. wood | . HELEXNE I FAL 12 = ¢ of a tree of no zreat . growing in | Norwich A Neglected Opportunity. and Afric: it is black, hard, | RETETI Dear Uncle Jed: Once a little girl | and fine grained and receives | My Brother’s Pigeons. was walking by a store when the !z utiful polish. Tt is very highly | Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would cwner called her and said: | prized and ‘used for musical instru- | white and tell you about my brother's “Would you like to earn some | ments and fancs icles. | pigeons. He bovght seven 1d when money ? | LILLIAN BREHAUT. Age 15 he put them in their coop th. taye She said: “I would be glad to, for | Fast Norwich,L quite good; but when the p as to deprive her- She was very much delighted at this the fleld. | for ana away she started o, i : X ok 2 " | by being cut at both ends When alipost there she said to her R e the Seenes ferrifier? “Fiow yroua 1 wonld be 4t I comd |- L WIaL I fre Lest Spupiof mal S g] buy other a new A o B 2wt e b e { 5. It you drive a nail in a board and Sen she began to count on her fin- | clinch it on the other side, why.fs it ti = like a_sick man? gers until she forgot all abopt the |lKe a sick man = 3 : : e here lies the path of duty? Eerries. About an hour afterwards she Why should turtles be pitied? went to the field. but alas! z gone. Some boys had come and pick - the best of them. All her dreams o 25 Sz carning money were gone. Slowly and | . Why must chi sadly she made her way home, repeat- ;3 “Oe‘".\ agreeable bu g to herself the words the teacher | 7 all were! § When does & a ship hood? ine: like wheat? :nd taught her: “One does is better | 11 is a joke less durable than | druggist r than a hundred dreams. |a church-bell money. TOSEPH KIOENAN, Age 12. | 12 Why is Ireland likely to become | ™3P ) Neteich | the richest country in the world? e o = ariy - | 13, Why are crockery-ware dealers | internally mov = different from other merchants? the cause A Part of Mv Vacation. | 14, Tom went out, his dog with | treatment Dear Uncle Jed: I spent from the |him: he went not before, behind, nor | ends ali m ith of July until September down in (on one side of him, then .where did [ Thou | Yoluntown. I lived out in the country | he go? P ey in a house that no one had lived in S L. BREHAUT, Age 16. z before. There wasn't a pane > Tor vea house, and the in_the whole Looked a log or stone. There were I let it go out a little, but it kept What is that which is lengthened tell a false- mey-sweeping be several tribes of In- been there a few davs two | my mother often | 5 | self of some things s needs to help | Conundrums for the Wide-Awakes. | A couple of day me.” e e ety e e | fiying around the coop. “Well,” he said, “I s some fine ar d«"_‘,f‘ e Sendlng In 3| 2o in. The next day the: v terries over in that fiel and the “t“"“‘:")'[ ‘“m :; ;z.‘ wg“l‘h'l(und we have not seen them since owner anyone is welcome to L OR R 23 e then. 1 the 'Tipestiof, them i o2 o/ Eend niniian Bhme Ofg One day my brother went up to the ve cents a quart for | them- .. | coop and two little pigeons were there L. Why is the leal of a tree like | Byt one night a cat killed one of them { the human body ELSIE KINDER, Age 13. Taftville. - i Ends or Meney Back I'honestly cure any kind of Piles with HEM-ROID Instant re | { Hatt o Tall b Theemen 1s about 4 3 : vcorked in a sawmill and when the | 3 Circus Day. permanent cure mill moved we would move to some | Dear Uncle Jed: I am golng to tell aranteed. Ask for Ur. Leonhardt’s old house near it. {¥ou about a circus I saw last summer | [ygM-ROID treatment—$1.00. Look for There was a pond near the house, |While T was visiting my aunt. They | ¢hic Sionature and we used to go fishing nearly ev- |performed in the lot next to where ofy ovening. There wasn't any place |1 was visiting, so I had a gpod chance I é?géb to sit down, so we climbed down the !:znzflc’l them umload pitch their =3 J A wall that ran around it. { tents. 1 was nding there once trying to | As it was very muddy they had a % cep my balance and keep the mos- | very hard time of it. The horses sunk | - N. D. Sevin & Son, Agent In Nor- sifoes from eating me, when I felt a | to iheir knees in mud and one wagon | wycp bite on my hook. I tried to pull it in, | fell over and spilled out all the seats ibut I couldn’t, so I thought I had |that were packed in it on pulling. Then I got up on the bank and pulled and pretiy soon I pulled a big hornpout out of the water. He was a foot long and weighed a pound. It was the biggest one we had caught, but we didn’t eat him, because he was so old he would have tasted muddy. WARREN M'NALLY, Age 13. Putnam. The only spreader with chains — no clutches — +The First Papermakers. Desr Uncle Jed: Have you ever seen a wasp's nest? You will enjoy hearing about it, I am sure. It 1s made of white material which looks and fecls like very thin paper. I was sitting at my window read- ing one day in early spring. As I sat there a wasp flew to the window and began to gnaw the sash. I became more interested in what she Dearnley & If interested send us your address and we will notify when and where you can examine it and see it work. the beater on the axle. no adjustments. JOHN DEERE SPREADERS ! Jewett City, Conn. Clarke, was doing as I watched her. She pulled from the sash little pleces of wood no larger than a pin. These little pieces of wood she gath- ertd into a ball with her feet and then ‘he flew to the barn and went under the eves and built a large nest. I wish all LET US INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS You'll get _a new 1dea of the gmer Wide-Awakes could have one of thess FLORENCE OIL HEATERS at vour servica. The seen elri&TTIF GRAHAM, A 14 Florence kind are regular miniature hot alr furnaces, constructed o 2 GRAHAM, Age o on the smokeless, odorless, doubie central draft principly that heats ‘aftville. o your ronms!withrxut vitiating the sir you breathe. = Let us help you get acquainted with the Florence way of heat- A True Wide-Awake. inz. The prices, from $3.25 te $7.00. Dear Uncie Jed: 1 am heme frem school this week recovering frem the mumps and thought I would send you 2 pleture of our baseball nine at prac- ice. Some of the other boys draw much better than I do, and I wanted them to write a leticr and sead im this pic- M. HOURIGAN, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EM BALMING. I's answered day or night. PhoneHou HEATER home comfort when you let us place Jewett City, Conn. o 35-5 Te 61-2 | |