Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 28, 1913, Page 4

IS *3 and ganfiinfl. 117 YEARS OLD. ey Subscription price, 120 a week; 0o « meonth; $6.00 a y--- ey Eutered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Coan, as d-class matian. ne 3 Bulletin Omice. 480, Dulletin Fdiiortal Rooms, 86-3. Willimantia " Otee~ Room: 2, Muredy o Office. Building. - Telephone 210. Norwich, Thursday, Aug. 28, 1913. The Circulation of The Bulletin The Dulletin has the Inrgest eir- culation of amy paper in Kastern Commecticat, and from three to fo: (mes larger thaw hat of amy tm Norwich. It ia delivered 3000 of the 4033 houses in Nor- wich, and read oy y-three per cemt. of the people. Im Wimdham it is delivered to sver 900 houses, s Putsam Duuisteon to over 1,400, and in all of theas places it is eomsidered tue loeal daily. Eastern Coameeticut Lan forty- nine towss, onc humdved and sixty- dve “pestoffice dlatricts, sixty ratal tree delivery routea The Bulletin fe sold fn every town amd em @Il of the M. ¥. D, routes in Eastern Comseeticnt CIRCULATION e 4412 5,920 Week Ending Aug 28 8‘887 1801, average. 1908, avara the city for the seashore, mountains, rural resorts or Europe can have the Bulletin follow them daily and keep in touch with home affairs. Orders should be placed with The Bulletin Business Office. OUR MEXICAN POLICY. Now that the policy of the president has been set forth in his message cons cerning Mexico, it Is only what has been indicated by the endeavors toward an adjustment of the disturbed conditions in the republic, which pre- ceded its reading. It is a most friend- I declaration towards Mexico, but firmly against any recogmition of the Huerta government. It is against armed intervention, though calling the attention of all leaders and authorities 0 the strict accountability to which they will be held for the protection ©f the lives of Americans. Reliance is placed upon the exertion of moral force and most certainly doe: it have the support of the entire coun- fry. The message comes at the con- clusion of the apparent faflure of the mission of John Lind, but the course which this country has pursued and the policy which it takes, not only bears the approval of the country but arouses the sympathy of leading for- eign nations, a fact which is of pe- cullar significance to General Huerta and his crying need for money. Huerta deludes himself with the belief that he is making headway asainst the rebels, but conditions hive grown worse instead of better since he as- sumed control. Mexico needs a lead- er who can be looked up to by all the factions and it is the aim of this coun- try to assist it in getting such, which with the establishment of peace, as Lind pointed out, is what all Amer- foa is crying for. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITS. There is nothing unusual about the discovery which some citizens of Stamford have made as the result of an exhibit, that there are many things manufactured in that city of which they know little or nothing. This is a fact which would hold true in any city of the state from the smallest to the largest, for the simpie reason that the articles and goods produced are %0 much a part of the routine business of a city that little or no attention is given to them, except in a general way, until the citizens are brought face 1o face with the facts, through such an educational undertaking as an in- @ustrial exhibit. Every city can fully realize the value and importance of making pe- riodical exhibitions of the surprising varlety of goods which are locally produced, not only for the information of its citzens, but for the benefit it will have upon’ surrounding territory and visitors as a stimulant to in- creased trade. There is no better indi- cation of enterprise than a healthy display of interest in local industry. New Haven appreciates the value of a permanent display and the impres- slon which such an exhibit created here several vears ago has been of lasting value, even to a demand for another. An industrial exhibit is a boom for local manufacturing enter- prises. COUNTRY SIGNPOSTS. Those who have cause to use the highways of the state, whether for pleasure or for business realize the im- portance which is attached to the erec- tion of proper signboards at intersect- ing roads for the guidance of the stranger. The signpost designating where roads lead and the distance be- tween points is as necessary to the gountry road as is the street sign in & eity, if not more so. Greater use is being made of the gountry roads than ever before, both Becanse of the betterment of their con- &'tion and the marked incresse in the n amber of automobiles. Travel through QUENTERS, There are many places besides the metropolts which Tave aifficulty in the suppression of gambling places, This is not because they exist unknown te the muthorities, and it is & herd mat- ter to ferret them out, because it is not. The lacation of practically all of them I8 known, both old and new, but the methods which are adopted In the arresting and fining of the proprietor or employes 6f such places, while the Patrons are given little or no attentien, is, what encourages the gami There is a justifiable donclusion by the New York Tribune when it de- clares that “if the frequenters of poker rooms—the kind of establish- ments now most popular—are taken before the grand jury as witneésses the fascination of thé gambling game will soon vanish. Few business men can afford to have it known that they fre- quent. gambling clubs, and the aver- age employer would hesitate about keeping a clerk or agent whose hon- esty was likely to be undermined by | the gambling habit. In a commercial "(‘ommnnlly it is fatal nowadavs to be | stigmatized as a gambler. No public gaming house could exist long In this | city it compelled to furnish a public | register of its patrons.” | The players are the ‘onés who are | likely to exert ‘the greatest effort in | breaking un the busine; through | avolding the stamp of a gambler and the attendant scorn trom the public o FILIPINO SLAVE; With the appointment of a new gov- ernor general of the Philippines comes a statement of a condition of affairs in the islande from Dean C. Worces ter, which, indicates most plainly that, whatever may have been the efforts against siavery there in the past, it is still a most important problem for the new movernor to wrestle with, It makes it most certain that the uncons stitutional practice is carried on, which is sufficient for a most determined campaign against it, however frmly it may be intrenched, or what support it may have received from court de- cisions. Slavery fs not to be permit- ted in the possessions of the country any more than it Is in the states them- selves The revelation which has been made by the recent authentic report from the islands is a most valuable object to the administration which is committed to early full self govern- ment for the Filipinos. When Dean Worcester declares that the assembly and the courts in the islands have not proved strong enough to enact or sus- tain laws which would put an end to the practice it only indicates the grand mess which would result from abso- lute independence. The Filipinos will have absolute self government in time but it is plainly disclosed in more ways than one that they are far fram Possessing the .necessary ability and strength yet EDITORIAL NOTES. Just how to escape the call of the schoolbell is what .is worrying the youngsters just now lesson Huerta is presenting the example of a man who hates to take bitter med- icine though he knows he needs it, The woolen blanket displays don't make it any more certain that the cold spell of this week Is to be con- tinued indefinitely. Harry Thaw may be craszy, but he knows when a poem of his own com- position deserves to go into the waste basket. When it is realized that the hens of this country contributed over $400,- 000,000 to it wealth last year, it lg something to cackle over. The man on the corner says: Some men think woman (s the equal of man, but are opposed to letting her find it out. Just what satisfaction those voung couples are derlving from carrying out suicide pacts is \dificult for a nor- mal mind to understand Tt is about time that Evelyn Thaw ould arrange for a Canadian tour in order to get the full benefit of Har- ry’s publicity campaign. Canadian courts may yet realize that the New York lawyers are just using them to get a siice of the Thaw for- tune. The opinion that retrenchment will be the policy on the New Haven sys- tem under the new president seems to be well founded for a time at least. Every enthusias roque player should endeavor to hasten the time when roque at Norwich will be as im- portant as tennis at Newport. Legal technicalities, like hidden gold, are to be found in abundance with the proper stimulant for the neces- sary research. When Tammany recognizes the value of Whitman, it is simply pointing out the narrow view which the fusion committee took in naming the head of their ticket. _When the progressives witness the situation which they so ably assisted in bringing about in New York state it is not strange that they can appre- ciate the value of reunio The vice president of Boston's ele- vated road couldn't remember when he received his $5,000 increase in sal- ary, which is true of most men, but not because of faulty memory. No one can really blame Huerta tor asking a delay in the reading of the message, for no one on the wrong side of a question likes to have the exact WORK THROUGH THE FRE. be given preferesce. De ISO‘ wards. i Original stories or letters oaly will b used, 6. Write your name, age and ad- dress planly at the battom of Address sil communications to Un- cle Jed, Bulletin Office. the ‘Whatever you aré—Be that: Whatever you say—Be trua Straightlorwardly act, Be honest—in fact, Be nabody eise Lut you.” POETRY. A Boy's Song. Where ths pools are bright and deep, Where the gray trout lies asieep, Up the river and over the lea, THhat's the way for Billy and me, Whers the blackbird sings the latest, Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where: the nestlings chirp and flee, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the mowers mow the cleanest, | Where the hay lles thick and green- | There to' track the homeward bee, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the hazel bank is steepest, Where the shadow falls the deepest, Where the clustering nuts fall free, That's the way for Billy and me. Why the boys should drive away Little sweet maidens from the play Continue to banter and fight so well. That's the thing I never could tell. But this T know, I love to play | Through the meadow, among the hay, Up in the water and over the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. . —James HogE. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE-! AWAKES. | There is a'very good motto, 'Lnnk’ up not down and Wldeq\wakes‘ should bear it in mind and do it, for it is the way to see more—which prompts to thinking more. You will not only see the light snd the birds, | but you will see the stars, which, it is said, sang together ages before the an- | gels sang “Peace on Earth, Good Will | LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Wil and .. Lill n Brehaut of East Norwich; N. Y.: I received the book you- sent me, entitled The Submarime ‘Boys for the Flag. 1 have read it and found it very interesting. I thamk you very much for it. Margaret L. Semers - of Norwich: You were very kind to lovely prize book, amd I thank you very much for it. I am so glad to have it to read in the last days of my vacation. Robert L. French of Montville: I thank you very - much- for-my -book, The Pony Express Riders in New Mexico. I received ‘it yesterday and | am enjoying it very mwch. I think it is & good, helpful story ffom' which I can learn considerable. ive me the WINNERS- OF BOOKS, 1—Harriet . Perkins of .Colchester— | Uncle Sam's Boys on Fleld Duty. 2—Edward Burns of Norwich— Plucky Dick. 3—Jessie L. Brehaut of East Norwich, Y.—Uncle Sam’s Boys as Sergeants, 4—Ada Ringland of Norwich Town— The Haunted. Mine. 5—Gladys B, Mewbury of Norwich— The Circus Boys Across the Continent. 6—Robert Calkins-of Kissimmee, Fla. ! —The: Submartne Boys and the Smug- Elers. » ‘Winners: of- -books may call at The| Bulletin busineas office for them at any | hour after 10 a. m. on Thurshday. | An Inquiry. 1 Dear Uncle Jed: Please tell me if| you give the children of the Wide- Awake Circle a-prize for every £00d story, or only for the frst? | Your friesd. HARRIET ,PERKINS. (We give many’ prizes to the same ! writer. ~ One letter writer recently sail she had won 13 books.—Uncle Jed.) STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. Lillian Ef very mioh for the baok you sent e 2| A merchant who was going home sto) one night at a tavern. next morning to leave the stable boy brought out { his horse and said ‘A nail is wanting, sir, in one of the hoofs.” think the shoe will stay on for the last six miles I have to go” an- swered the merchant, “and besides, I am in & hurry.” In the afterncon when he stopped to feed his horse, a Stable boy came and told him that a shoe was missing from his horse; but the merchant said that the horse could go without & shoe for. the last two miles . He rode forth: but before long the horse stumbled and broke a leg. He did not get home till night, ail be- ceuse of a mail. , EDWARD BURNS, Age 13. Norwich. How Carlo Gave the Fire Alarm. A little boy named Morris Barclay had taught his dog some clever tricks, one of which was to “talk” at the tele- phone. When the telephone rang Car- lo would run into the hall, and if it was Mr.' Barclay or any Of Morris' friends he was allowed to “speak” to them. He would bark, just as if he were trying to say: “How are you?” One day a call came to the tele- phone office and when the telephone irl said “Hello!” the only reply was the excited. barking of a dog. She knew at once that it was Carlo, but she could not understand why Morris did not answer her. She was so puz- zled #he called up Mr. Barclay at his office. “A call came from your house,” she told him, “and I can get no reply, but Carlo is at the 'phone, barking wildly and_excitedly.” “Carlo at the ’phone!” Mr. Barclay exclaimed. “Why, that is strange, for there s no' one at home. I cannot understand_jt. Something may be wrong, so I will go right up and see. Thank you for. telling me.” Mr. Barclay hurried home as fast as he could, and when he opened the door & rush of smoke greeted him. ‘arlo was on A chair in front of the telephone, scratching and barking ex- citedly. Then he knew that the dog had realized that Something was wrong when the room filled with smoke and he had gone to the tele- phone. where he had “talked” with his master. In his excitement he had knocked the receiver down and in that way had given the alarm which led to the discovery of the fire. When the fire was out and the ex- citement over Mr. Barclay told how The Weasel and Ground Mole. We have a lovely little cosy nook down beside our brook. We' did not know it was so nice unti) this year: but this year, now that we discovered what a lovely place it is, we eat our dinner down there sometimes. | One day when I was down there I{ to Men!” at Bethlehem | These stars have made night beautiful for all people since the days of Adam; | and will be the splendor of the night for all time to come. Everybody who | looks up sees the stars; and some of | them can point out {he Big Dipper and the Little Dipper and Job's Coffin and the Seven Sisters, and many other sky- | pictures which they are sure to learn | about, because they are thus made to inquire. as well as to think If the| poet had not looked up many and| many a night he never could have: written: “Night draws her sable cur- | taln round and pins them with a star.” And you cannot fall to see the Milky Way, which ages ago the people used to call the Sister of the Rainbow, for it spans the heavens from the southeast to the morthwest, and looks like a broad belt of mist—the Great White | Way which will stand for all time. And you may learn that the Milky Way is caused by milllons of suns like our own, which are 100 far away to know much about, but near enough to Impress use with the vastness of space and the power of God. Keep you mind habitually saying to vour eyes “Look up!" for that s sure- ly the way to behold the wonders of the universe and the greater part of the beauties of nature. heard a slight sound. I thought it was our cat, but I was mistaken, for the' next thing I saw was a weasel bring- | ‘ling a ground mole, but the minute it With a saw me it dropped the mole and ran. I went up nearer to see if the mole was dead. I found that it was strug- gling faintly. I thought I would get a stone and kill it. This may sound cru- | el, but as it could not live anyway I did not want it to suffer. As I looked | around to find a stone I saw the wea- sel looking at me. It evidently decid- | ed I was harmless, for it came back | right up to my feet and picked up the mole and trotted off. We see all kinds of birds and fish, when we are down at the brook.—Uh- signed. ‘Buzz Learns to Dance. Buzz, the cat, was eating his bowl of bread and milk in the garden. Af- ter eating a_little he stopped to take a breath. “What a night to dance if there was only a flddle said he. A wise 0ld mouse heard this remark and said: ‘T will show you how to dance.” “All right,” said the cat. So the mouse went in his hole and brought some little boots with tassles o Put these on, sald the mouse, “they are fairy boots.” Buzz laughed at this remark, but still_he put them on. Now in these Doots the clever mouse had put some wax. It tickled Buzz's feet so that it made him jump. After jumping awhile Buzz asked the mouse to stop him. “Oh! I do not know how to'do that,” “Téll me a story, mamma, please,” urged little § year old Robbie, as his mother came into the sitting room, where he was playing with his Noah's ark. “I'm just going to put Noah and | his wife to bed, and the animals are | shut up for the night, Won't you tell | me a story?” “There isn't much time before papa comes home, dear; only about 15 min- | utes. He Is coming early tonight” | “Never mind, mamma; you can tell me & nice little story in 15 minutes if you begin right away,” and Robbie drew his little chair ciose beside his | mother's and waited for her-to begin. “Once upon a time she began, “a good while 250, there was a little boy | named Ottq’ “How lodg ago, mamma? Was it evern and ever so many days, or was it a year?’ "It was. more than a year, Robbie” “How long is a year, mamma?” year is 12 months.” But how many days, I mean. “Three hundred and sixty-five, swered. Robbie’s mamma. “Oh, what lots of days!” said Rob- ble, looking very thoughtful “Was | Otto a very little boy, mamma, littler than me?” i “Don't say littler than me, dear, said Robbie's mamma, “for that isn't a nice way o talk. Say smaller than 1” “Why can't I say littler as well as smaller, mamma? I think it sounds Just as nice.” T can’t explain that to you now, Robble, but if you dont’ care to hear an- facts made public. The appointment of L. E. Pinkham as governor of Hawali ought to be supplemented by the statement that the appointee is a man not associated with medicinal compouna: i n just how to punish at Kentucky man who shot and killed the neighbor who saved him from drowning, since it was death which he was seeking when his plan was frustrated the country Is much different than SOIe yeurs ag but the need of the corner signpost has by no means dim- inished. Instead has it increased since it Is required o aid and direct & much larger number of country travelers, Who are by no means confined to the automobllists. Just, whether the signpost problem shoutd be met by the Individual towns Or by the state, matters little, but it is When John D, Rockefeller shed real tears as an indication of his sym- pathy for the deaf gathering before whom he wes speaking, he used a pow- erful and telling, though silent ex- pression It must make the administration at ‘Washington rather ashamed to have allowed Attorney McNab to sacrifice Fecognized fact that a determined should be made to accomplish it siher through fovn or siaie direc. tien. that is needed to emphasize such demand is to g0 out of one's way “dosen miles becauss of the an accommedating signpost. his position to accomblish such & need- ed convietion'as the evidence in thw Diggs case called for. The first all-slectric steel ftoundry in Great Britain is about to be established about the little boy, I'll go and see about papa's supper” said Robbie's mamma, half rising from her seat. “Qh, 1 do, 1 do, mammal!" cried Robble, twisting his little chair about and seising his mother by the neck. “Please tell me what the little boy dia.” “The little boy went out to play in the garden,” began Robbie's mamma again; but Robble interrupted. “Was it a great big garden, mamma, or was it just a little one, like ours ™ “It was & p,‘elly large garden,” Rob- bie’s mamma ‘answered, patientl: “and little Otto started out to play there—" “Did it have flowers and trées and pretty, furry caterpillars, and dear lit- Ue_hop-toads, mamma?” “Yes, It had all of those, just like our garden; and Otto—" 1 O, mamma, 1 think I must tell you somefin’- bpfore 1 forget It again. You know the solled place on my blouse you asked me 'bout?” “Yes: and you s#id you didp't know how it came there,” answered Robbie's mamma, soberty, “Well, mamms, 1.did forget, but now T "member ail 'bout it. There was a dear little hop-toad lying right down | in the garden path, wacching to catch | a fiy for hisvbreakfaf', J.didn't want to "sturb. Alm, 80 T hud to lle right fat | on my stomach to kiss him, e looked | so_cunning!” at Bheffeld “But you sheuldn't hayve kissed him, Why Robbie’s Story Waso’t Finished |pink " and red eclouds. Robbie. You knuw I've-told you great many times not to kiss anything or anybody but papa and mamma and uncie_and auntie. Can’t you remem- ber, Robble?” i think I'll 'member now, mamma,” said Robbie guickly, evidently anxious to change the subject. “Tell me, mamma, what did the little boy do when he went out in the garden?’ When the littie boy went out into the garden to play,” eontinued Rob- bie's mamma, “he did mot notice a black cloud that was just coming up in the west.” “What made the cloud black, mam- ma? Did the angels. up in the sky paint it black?" “No, dear. Clouds are black when are full of rain or wind.” don't, like black clouds, mamma, and T don't believe the little boy liked them, either. I like white’ clouds and | Mamma, are the there any green-elouds? “No, Robbie—" “Why?” “Now, Robbie, you must not ask so many questions, or I shall never fin- ish my story,” said Robble’s mamma, a little impatientiy. “Otto, as I said, went out in the garden and he carried with him a little shovel and pail—" “0, mamma,” cried Robbie; jumping out of his chair, “was he going to dig clams? Don't you ’'member what a lovely time I had on the beach with my little shovel and pail when the man_showed me how to dig clams out of the mud, and they stuek out their little black heads amd spit at me?” “Yes, I remember,” sald Robbie's mamma, pressing her little boy back into his chair. “Do sit down, Robbie. Otto, as you know, was in a garden, not_on the beach. Clams don't live in flower gardens.” “Why don’t they live in flower gar- dens, mamma? What do nice little clams live in the mud for?" Robbie wriggled himself half way across his mamma's lap and_looked eagerly up into her face Robbie's mamma began to look tired, and pay- ing no attention to his last- question, she went on with her story. “Otto, as I told-you, did not notice the black cloud, and he was walking into the grape arbor swinging his lit- tle pall when suddealy he heard & crash which he kuew was thunder— “0, mamma! Wasn't he aw! frightened? I don’t like thunder.” Robble's mamma glanced at clock. 1 “But what jmakes the lightning? Mamma, tell me what makes—' ' Robblé's mamma held up her hand while a look of great rellef came over her face. “Hark! T think that i papa's step in the hall. Yes, it is”” Come, let us run and mest himi."- “But, mamma, 1 want to hear the rest of the stery about the little boy in the garden,” cried Robbis, as his mamma_hastened into the hail—Anna Harris Smith, Youth's Companion. 1y the | indeed. |would think that it would kil Carlo gave the fire alarm. Then Mor- ris threw his arms around Carlo's neck, exclaiming: “You good old dog! If it had mot been for you we might have been with- out a home this cold winter night, in- stead of having only one room hurt with fire. I think it is lucky that I taught you to talk over a ‘phone.” when he was about can be repaired| T Ask Any Druggist. KING’'S PUREMALT DEPARTMENT 36-38 HAWLEY ST., BOSTON that Some of the strangest animals of all live in the sea. JESSIE L. BREHAUT, Age 17. BEast Norwich, N LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Charming Billy—Ad Pet. Dear Uncle Jed: As Florence Whyte wanted some of the Wide Awakes to write about their chickens, I thought I would send you a picture of one of my chickens, I call him Charming Billy and ‘he’ is a Barred Plymouti Rock. He won second prize at Nor- wich fair, 190, and he weighed just four pounds. There were twenty-one competing against him. The next vear, 1910, he won frst prize at the county fair and weighed 9 pounds and 12 ounces, Billy is alive today and doing well up. in Hebron, Conn., where papa ship- ped him to a poultry raiser. This spring 1 have some more chick- ens, and maybe I will write about therh some day. Charming Billy is a grandson of the famous Fluffy Ruffies, which won first prize three times in three yvears at Madison Square Garden, N. Y. ADA RINGLAND. Norwich Town. (The picture of Charming Billy left no doubt he was a pet, for he stood on the arm of a chair in which Ada sat and never moved while his photo- grapn was being taken. That is bet- ter than some children can do. He was a ‘chick” to be proud of.—Uncle Jed.) chickens Church Picnic. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought T would write and tell you about our church A week later Mr. Barclay delighted | picnic at Ocean Beach which we had Morris by bringing a collar for Carlo silver medal attached which said: . “A reward to Carlo because he saved the Barclay home from burning: “He surely earned the medal” said Morris, and Mr. and Mrs. Barclay agreed that he did HARRIET PERKINS, Age 14, Colchester. The Banana, The banana -is grown in Florida, South America, and all very warm countries, The banana plants have very large, long leaves and they must De grown on wet ground. The frult/grows in bunches with the bananas pointing upward. They are pickéd when nearly ripe and shipped north or sold here. After the bananas are picked the old stalk s cut down.and new ones grow up in their places. The bananas grown in Florida are mostly a_small variety and are sup- posed to be better than the large ones. ROBERT CALKINS, Age 10. Kissimmee, Fla. The Plaice. In its habits the plaice is very much like the flounder, except that it does not like lying upon mud, and always chooses & €pot where the bottom of the sea 1s sandy. And the skin of the upper side of its body is like the sur- face of the sand. It has bright red- dish-vellow spots upon the upper side of its body and its fins and it alway has bony knobs on the upper side of its head LILLIAN BREHAUT, Age 15. East Norwich, N. Y. The Sea Cucumber. It you grope about in the dark nooks and corners of a rock-pool, quite close down to the water'’s edge, when the tide is out, you may perhaps find a curious little creature which looks rather like a greyish white cucumber, with an odd feathery tuft at one end of its body. This I8 a sea cucumber, or sea gherkin, and is chiefly remark- able because it seems to suffer very much at times from eating something which does not agree with it It cures itself in a very odd way, Tt gets rid of almost all the inside of its body, reducing itself to very little more than an empty bag of skin, with just a little tuft at one end. It throws Off its teeth, the lining of its throat and its digestive organs. You itself 1t does by doing this, wouldn't you? not. Before very long new teeth, a new throat lining and new digestive organs grow in the place of the old ones, so that in a few weeks' time the creature is just as perfect as it before, It seems rather hard to belleve that a sea cucumber can treat itseif in such a manner as this, and yet continue to live doesn’t it? ~But remember that “truth is stranger than fiction,” and | | | | | | two years ago this summer. We went down on one of Mr. Smith's river boats, the Yantic, starting at about 8 o'clock. My brother and sister went down on the quarter of nine car. taking our lunch, which we had packed in a suit case 'with them. The rest of us in- cluding myself, walked to the dock. My father wanted my brother to help sell tickets, so he set the lunch down. The rest of us all went on board the boat and just before it started my brother jumped on, forgetting all about the lunch. After we got a ways down the river, mamma wanted the lunch brought to her, so she could know where it was, %o she sent me to my brother after it. When I asked him for it he burst out laughing, for he remembered he had left it on the Norwich dock. At first we did not know what to do but decided to telephone when we reach- ed New London, to Mr. Smith, and he sent it down on the next car, which got to the beach just fifteen minutes atter we did. We had to leave the boat at New London and take a special car that was waiting for us, to the beach. After we had our lunch we went in bathing and had & fine time in the water. We came out about ‘four o'clock and had an ice cream coné and some pea- nuts. . Then we went into the waiting sta- tion and waited for the car which came bout quarter of five. We got on and went as far as the New London dock, where we got on the other river Boat called the Shetucket, arriving home at about seven o'clock. I enjoved the day very much; but 1 suffered several davs after from sun- burn. : GLADYS B. NEWBURY, Age 11. Norwich. Fireworks at Oyster Bay. Dear Uncle Jed: Saturday night my mother, father, sister and I drove to Oyster Bay. We arrived there twenty minutes past nine. We went down to see the fireworks as it was a holiday for the Itallans and they were going to set off fireworks, There were Iots of my Oyster Bay The street leading to the depot was decorated with arches and electric lights of all colors. People were throw- ing long strings of®paper across the street so that it would fall on car- riages and automobiles. - The fireworks began at ten o'clock. The first that went up in the air from the baseball grounds was a red, white and blue balloon. It looked very pretty. Some of the fireworks were like large Wheels turning around. The prettiest fire- works went up high in the alr, then they looked like fishes, stars and other things. I had never seen before in Oyster Bay., The ten o'clock train was so full that some ‘of the people had to stand up. LILLIAN BREHAUT, Age 15. East Norwich, N. Y. friends in so_many people CLEAN-UP SALE TO CLEAN UP ALL OF OUR HIGH GRADE LADIES’ LOW SHOES AND PUMPS THAT WERE ON SALE FOR $1.49 AND $1.98, WE HAVE MARKED THEM ALL TO CLEAN UP 98¢ per Pair ONE LOT OF MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S LOW SHOES AND PUMPS TO CLEAN UP AT 79¢ per Pair NO EXCHANGES OR TAKEN OUT ON TRIAL TheGeo.W. Kies Co. if taken in time.| (A WOMAN'S LAST CAR 2 Recl—THE FIGHT FOR RIGHT—2 Reel Thrilling Reliance Drama Dsaling with Prison Labor THE L KIDS PICNIC A Riot of Laughter WILD WEST COMES TO TOWN . Another Comedy MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 33. AUDITORIUM "S53 HAGGERTY & LECLARE \ 7 Casey the Butcher 2-Reel Imp. Crystal Drama THE GREAT RAGO 3 Sensational Handcuff Expert and Jail Breaker OUT OF DOOR PLAY The Connecticut Players - / How the Vote Was Won At the residence of Mr. Willis Austin Friday, August 20th, at 8 p, m. Under the auspices of the Norwieh Equal Franchise League. Ice Cream, Cake and Candy for Sale. Admission 50c. In case of rain the play will be held at the Y, M. C. A. Hall. Tickets on sale at the Broadway Pharmacy. Take It To Lincoln’s He Does All Kinds of Light Repairing. Typewriters, Keys Umbrollas, Cam- eras a speclalty. Now lscated in the Steiner Block, 265 Main 8t, reams over Disco Bros. Established 1580 MISS ELLA M. POTTER Instructor of ‘Piano and Harmony Boom 6, Alice Bldg. Tel. 968 Brightest, Busiest Fair Eastern Connecticut Ever Had Is At Your Door - Norwich, Gonn., Sept. I, 2, 3, LABOR DAY AND TWO DAYS FOLLOWI : The New London County Agricultural Society Is Going To Give You SIX FLIGHTS (TWO A DAY) BY ONE OF THE BEST OF LIVING AVIATORS IN A CURTISS BIPLANE ! FIVE FAST CLASSES AND TWO MOTORCYCLE RACES ON THE FASTEST TRACK IN EAST- ERN CONNECTICUT ! ONE GREAT, BIG BABY SHOW, WITH PRIZES, OPEN TO CHILDREN UNDER THREE ONLY ! ONE MAMMOTH CATTLE PARADE AROUND THE HALF-MILE TRACK SECOND DAY ! UNEQUALLED VAUDEVILLE \ FEATURES ON THE STAGE, AND TREMENDOUS ATTRAC- TIONS ON THE MiIDWAY EVERY DAY ! A WRESTLING MATCH—IRISH GIANT vs. RUS- SIAN BEAR—ON THE FIRST (LABOR) DAY ! THE FIRST NIGHT FAIR, WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND FIREWORKS, EVER HELD ON AN EASTERN CONNECTICUT FAIRGROUND! THE BEST CATTLE, SHEEP, POULTRY, PIGS, VEGETABLE, FRUIT AND GENERAL MER- CHANDISE SHOW EVER COLLECTED BY A SOCIETY THAT’S FIFTY-NINE YEARS OLD! Come and greet the friends from all over at Norwich’s Monster Fair this year!!! . : Children under 12 go in for a quarter Reduction at night. 3 . Low Rates on Railroad and Late. Electrics to all points. New London County Agriculturg, Society |