Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 6, 1913, Page 9

. sai@, and, indeed, Rules for Young Writers. 1 Wmnl-nfio‘-‘on&s.dcntmc paper only and aumbar 6 pages. & Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3 8Short and poimjed articles will be‘lv‘-m ‘Do not use over & Orh-unl storses or letters only will be used, $ Write your name, age and ad- dress plasnly ai the: bottom of the story. Address ail comuunications to Un- cle Jed, Bulletin Qfice. 4 “Whatever you aire—Be that; Whalever you say—i3e wue Swasnuorwardly act Be honest—in fa2ot, ’ Be noaudy eise, but You." GENTLE JANE. 1 bad a nice new apron; The color of It was pink; But 1 have beem a naughty girl And spiashed it all with ink. Indeed, 1 could noi help it, So L am not to blame; Jusi cumoed rp upon the Yo try 1o wrie my name. 1 chair 1 got as far as J-A- And then could write no more, Because ube chais, Ibe ink and 1o Wende sprawling on the door. Ay nurse says 1 am in disgrace, And calls we willial Jane; I'm ynite sure 1 shau never r'v wrile my uame again try ALL THE THINGS. Seems when 1 am tucked away, Snwe and tight in bed, Al the things thai ever were Pop inio my head Hew we the snowball fight, All our gang thai duy; How w hasea the Percy bunch Tl they tmrned ac bay ‘Member how 1| carrieq home helen’s books for her; How she stooped to pei the cat, .~ Rumning oul to pwr; How § smickered out n school A. tha, dummy Jones 7 When be ifold our teacher that There were farty zoue Al the things thmi ever were Pop ime my bead When F'm tncked up sufe and warm, Snug and tight in bed WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Adele Demarth of Girl in Old Si. Lonis 2—Sehphia Thoma of Norwich, A Little Girl in Old San Francisco. 3—Midred Peckbam of Old Mystic, A Little Girl in Oid Chicago. 4—Jeseph Keenansof Norwi Boys in Montana. 5—Amos Loomis of iebanen, Pony Rider Boys 'In New Mexico. 6—Bertha Fuller of Little Gird in Old Detroit 7—Liflie Marschat of Mansfield Cen- Annt Martha's Corner Cupboard 8—Myron Parker of Mansfield, High School Boys' Training Hike. Winners of beoks Jiving in Norwich may call a¢ the business office of The RBulietin for them at any hour after 10 = m Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDG AENT. Walter Healy of South Windham: I thank you very much for my prize hook, Tt i= very pretty. 1L was a big surprise for me to get il Nathan Ceok of Ballonwville: 1 r eceived the 7e book you sent me th morning. ish to thank you very mueh for it Lillian Brehaut of East Noswich, Y.: 1 received the prize book you sent me, eefitled On the Mississippi, and 1 thank you very much for it. 1 hax read part of it and found it very inte: esting, Baltie, A Little Zagleville, Martha Langeyin of Ledyard: Last Monday the mail man brought me the Tize Hook you sent me thank yeu very much for the first hook 1 have ever wen. it It is Eva Alperfn of Mansfield Four Cor-: ners: sent_me. it, 1 received the prize book yeou I thapk you very much for ] have read it all through. This s the fomrth beok you have sent. 1 like them ail VW much. Frank Pa of Nerwich: you very m you gave me. I have read it and I found it very intevesting. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE AWAKES, 1 thank T wonder whether the Wide Awakes know that if there had never been any salt there might never have been such a word as salary in the English jauguage? And yel, thousands srowa-ups who earn a salary de not knew it has any relation te salt what- eves. Centuries ago the Roman soldiers used to be paid part of their earnings each day in salt, and when the salt THE FIELD TWINS AT THE CIRCUS The eight-year-old twins, Henriettp and Henry Field, had never beem to a circus, aithough they had seen many posters pasted on an old fence negr heir home, and bad piayed and act¢d ¢ the horses, clowns, and animals, with the other children. But they hnd | never yet yisited a real show. Mamina bad often told them tifat she wonld take them to a eircus, Hut something always happened, either it was rainy, or else there was too myeh work, and then, of course, it was gilven up, pl)ne day Henry ecame rgnning from school, and exclaimed, “O m there are some Mol e amma) bills g.w on the fence, and the bovs say it is g Lo ethebasxclrcus has ever | town! Oh, can’t fyou go and H.enrietta and me. You know you have promised us n times, but something has hini you.” Mrs. Field leaned her head oxn her elbows. If was u'ue wba.t the boy had ; had been hrom- it didot) seem n?y donger, sio she f you are’good, hes, ised so many umes right to hold back sald: will see. haps I can find time to go.” | . course, Henry rejoicingly ran and told Henrieita, cons¢juenily spreading the news over the tdwn, un- it every chid knew that thg IField 1wins re finally going to the circus Tor a week, everythilg seejopd astir in the n ghborhood. AJl the children 2 circus, while thfe ‘parents they said theyv'd be zlad when the thing was oyed. But the circus day finally farrived. for the nice prize book | of { THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE Boys and Girls Departmen: i i { earth, Then we are warned to take with some talk a grain of salt, and 1o trust no one until we have ten a peck of saly, To catch a bird we have been tild to put salt upon its tail. and sa)d mixed with cooking soda will ease n bee sting or relieve neu- ralgia, | Uncle Jed hopes the Wide Awakes Will live such good lives that they will % soken of as being the salt of lll!r: 1t an ill-omen to upsect salt at the “able and those who know the pale spectrum of the sali are aid of it. Resolve a to. be worth your salt and all will be well | STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- { h, P\)r!j' | Jolly laugh, | | j used. i { | i l was exbhanged for money that was| called salt money, or salarium. And it was in those days that some men ‘were found to be ‘mot worth their salt.” And from the Latin salaium came our common wage-word salary. T told you how wonderful a ton of coal was, but a bag of salt is of many uses besides table use. Salt in water will relieve a sore fhroat, or check a fever, or give relief to acute dyspep- sia and as a tooth wash will keep the teeth white and the gums hard when used once a day. Salt will take stains from tea cups, and spoons. Keep soot from staining the carpet upon which it has fallen and beneath a tin baking pan will keep the food from scorching, and it will set colors in cloth when properly It has so many practical uses it seems to, be something to juggle with—a bag of salt seems like a magic bag when one comes to know its worth. And when one comes to the proverbs salt has left its trail there. The worthless ones are compared to sdlt that has lost its savor, while good people are spoken of as the salt of the AWAKES, tell his mother that he had been at school. - ~ One morning after his mother had sent him to school, he went to the next town three miles from where he lived. In this town there was a large dock where there were plenty of idle boys. - He hired a boat and went for a row with the otler boys. But little did he think of danger. They were. gone only a little #hile ‘when a gale of wind came up and overturned the boat and threw them into the wattr. But fortunately some men arrived in time to take them out and thus saved them from a watery grave. He was taken home to his parents, who were very sorry of the-conduct of their child. He was never guilty of that same thing again; but always attended school and above all was obedient to his parents, VERONICA ROCHELEAU, Age 12. North Franklin. A Story of the West. In a little cottage in Idaho long ago there lived a happy family, the father, mgother and one child, who was four years old. One day the child was captured by an Indian. He thought that her fath- er and mother would give him some- thing to get the child back. When he was taking her to his wigwam he met his sweetheart. He let her take the child and keep it in her wigwam. She liked the child and that night when all the rest of the tribe were asleep she started to take the child home. She did not know where it lived. So she went in the first house she came to and asked where it Jived. The people in this house told her and she took it home, The parents were glad to see their child again. They thought that- she was lost in the woods. They had sent a man to look for he While the Indian girl was telling how she saved her the man that was sent to look for her came in. He was glad that she was found. Her parents gave the Indian girl a string of beads. They knew that In- dians liked beads. ALICE GORMAN, Versailles. Age 10. The Doll’s Hammock, The doll's hammock is easy to.make and gives a great deal of pleasure, All that you need is some string, the com- mon white cotton string will do. A half yard of unbleached duck drilling, or any other stout white cotton stuff, and four thin pieces of wood. The size of the hammock depends upon the si f the doll. If she is 18 inches lor hammock shouid be | at least twenty inches. . Take two narrow, thin sticks of the and tw t sticl them ing length of the hammock half as long as m° an oblong frame w them together by them stretch the longer Chat two retched ime on ul with a on the material. The the cloth. Next tu down., and and I tied 2 In the ends e Dumpling Puzzle. owned a pet monkey d Lean, the oddest lit- ever was. Lena was | as constantiy getting asion she went a little too fn- wi 'x her fun, and as a consequence : up to a post in the yard ome time after, ¢ { andafther Jones had be invited jto dinner that day, and thouzh he was & man who e ed a good joke and a ! He did not to have the joke or the langh 2t his own ex- | pense. Sb the Miss ILena | it. played him at able that | s day was notl relished by | A | Grandfather Dinner wz 4 had heen pened to be a { o randfarther | special liking. | In his jollv. zopd-nat manner | Grandfather Jones had 1 one of the apples out was holding he related mn the { It is fine, and | i { ! ! areii’ 1 jilud been to the c | poor reok was set upon by He | while he of his dumpli t up on his fork ne Tetle folks ory of how a man in Engiond | to know how the | L into the dumpling. | thai moment the monker | appeared in the room. leaped | mdfather's chair, | .md as 5 htning grabbed the ! dppl« nf“ ‘fl* fork and skipped out of | door with i Did Grandfather | < langh? vou wonder, He smiled a lite and yremarked: “Tt would puz- zle 2. King, of anv one else who did not see it go, m ‘tell how that apple goi out f:«wd the apple in sweet se- clusion, buf it cost her her liberty for t least a month ADELE DEMUTH, Age 13. | Baltie. — | A Sailor Story. | return- | ic Ocean, | The captain e e day saw rook fiatier into the- ng in ex- | ‘haustign As land was iwo hundred miles awa such a Vv F Was unex- | The bird was caught and treated| kindly, When restored to health it re- | fused to leave the ship. When they | reacied the Channel Isla the cap- | tain gt his fta‘l‘nn snger on | vhor-a thinking it $ould When | forty miles out at sea, 116 WMD" searmed The hoitzon with his glass and saw a black dot com- ing #wiftly nearer, which proved to the sailgrs’ delight to be the rook. After that there was ne more thought of parting. . W e at Liverpool the!l a party of bows and Kil ANDREW Norwich. BELLEFLEUR. The Truant Player, John Brown was tea years old when he was sent to school. Instead of go- ing to sehool he liked to viay truant. He wandered into the fields or spent ihis time with idle boys. When he re- turned home to his dinner he used to Henrietta and Henry awoke early and started into their mother’s roem, call- ing: "0 mother! today!” At the doer they were met by their father, who hastily told them {o stop their noise and go dewnstairs, saying that their mother had a bad headache, ‘Thea came the tears. Their father's words meant ne circus for them. The long days of rejoicing had turifed into grief. They went into the Kkitchen, threw themseives on the couch, and sobbed themselves to sleep. They slept for ome hour, then waking up, they sayw grapdpa, wilh the old white horse coming up the long road. Oh, they were so glad! They jumped up and ran out to meet him, and then how lad they were n they knew that e had come to take them to the cir- cus. Ii did notgtaike them long to asrrive at the grounds, as it was only two miles east of the litte town. ~What a good time they had. They saw the bear, Jion, giraffe, tiger and other fierce animals. Henrictta was so afraid of the ele- phanf that she just cried mgl but Henry laughed at her and sald that irls were always afraid of something that wounldnt harin them, After Henry had given the monkeys Circus teday! Circus a bag of peanuis and both twins had a bag candy d popcorn, they starfed homewa.rd two happy, - but lired children, who for the frst time RUTH B, Mansfield Depot, wcoLLum, | | | death, out mock e 12, SOPHIE Norwich. THOMA, “o!dlcr., Camp. from A Visi » tHe soldiers were « from my hon I'he for three' davs T 1 some of my folks i weni up to see the camp. There were 1,200 soldiers, so you can e were. in and o could sle 3 just get - when we arrived. When d each company lined up and went ) their cook tent .and zot their dishes filled up and then th at down auywhere to eat. Their dishes wer frying pan, a cover to go over it a cup, a knife, fork and s After the throush with their supper they d the rolicall company lined up in front . of each other between nu»m, called in each e € thing the band playved Tt Banner. After at apywhere they wanted to o'clock, and then they were suppc to be in ¢ g MILDRED P KHAM, Age 14, Old Myst Saved by a St. Bernard Dog. day an were ng the Alps we ing down the other a snow storm came up and the horse that a boy and servant were on blew into a gulf beneath. The father gave up all hope of evgr | seeing his son again, when they convent a little ways down the pa When they got to the convent they «<ld the monks that they had lost a horse, son and a servant. The monks told the father to be cheerful, that they would get the son end servant if they could, so they_took the biggest St. Bernard dog in the bunch and tied a bottle of brandy and some ‘bread around the dog's nec then the monks went te the place where the veople had fallen over, Suddenly they heard the eries of the | boy. That was enough. The monks said: “Hark! Your son and servant still Hve.” The monks pointed down place where the dog plunged down into the dark- nes; Soon the dog found the servant and child. The servant took the food and drink and then the servant placed the boy upon the dog’s back and the dog started for the convent. The dog reached it and then the mon in the to the convent went with other dogs and a| sled. When the servant was drawn up to the convent he was almost frozen to but he soon revived. Thé horse perished, because I think they did not know where it was. JAMES h’li‘.‘V\'ARI‘ Age Baltie. 12, Building a Sile, One week while I was visiting ia the ¢ouptry the men came to build a silo. Before putting it up they had to make a foundation of stone and put cement on top. hen the man got the center of it and made a circle 14 feet in diameter. There were three piles of wood in the yard, one of B’s, M’s aud T"s,which meant bottom, middle and top. They then put up a staging with four parts o _it. To build a silo no nails are used. Fo hold the boards together between the ends they put on galvanized iron strips. T¢ hold the boards from falling in they tack barrel staves on the side. When they got all the boards up they put iron hoops around it and tighteéned them up. Afier this was done they pulled thé staves off. Now they had to pui a coat of vil on the inside to fll up the ecracks. It was then ready to put the top on. The size of this silo wis fourteen by thirty. A Silo is used to dhioid corn for the cows during the winte€r. The corn that is put in it is cut by a machine in lengths of about one or two inches. JOGSEPH KEENAN, Norwich. o others | aw a | the cries came from and | LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Haltowe'sn Party. Uncle Jed: My tea i Hallowe'en Dear her had planned v do. ring a mile through the care. After I got there three other chil- dren came and we man to have > talked, th pet cat isteboard 1 We got a big pail of water and beb- | [bed for apples. After that we tied | "u[m! s on strings and tried to take a | thout touc dren, so cur teack some other flH‘\, < Then we he the one w had b cake moonshine cook! T Aw D they will wri v had a good time, BEATRIC Age 10. Selling Sunflowers. r Uncle Jed: My ¢ 5 on mus not them the seed get pect to s AMOS LOOMIS, It shows fow: for photc field of be: Jed.) you had | Uncle His Plymouth Rocks Leghorns. 1 Uncle Je¢ | In the morning and at night I at noon 1 gi cold water Rocks and very many Dear £ S 3 them with gorn lay me They 2s, JOSEPH EICHNER. Mansfield, Has Not Missed 2 Day. Pear Uncle Jed: 1 have not one day at school September, Our hizh { and our m is the largest room | stairs. We have new large d two inkwells in eac Sometime: | comes along and gives me a ride, { sometimes a wagon gives me a ride. We hav some hone: ickle and chrysanthemums in bloom. suckle is pink Yesterday a little kitten came over te our house. When I found him was eating seme food out of my kit- ten’s dish, I think he will stay with us all the time new, He is grey and white, We have some pretty wild purple flowers in our fields, They look like dai LILLIAN BREHAUT, Age 13.. East Nerwich, X A New Use for Grass Seeds, Dear Uncie-Jed: This week I have and it is so funny I thought I would write and tell the Wide Awakes about it. They say that millieas of littie grass seeds are sown on a strip of earpet in a greenhouse and let sprout and grow. When the grass has taken root the carpet can be handled like a rug. Phey are somelimes used for table spreads and coats, and ean be used for covering lawns.’ This is an English industry, JAMES S, MORAN, Age 13, Norwich. . Celebration of a Saint’s Day. “Dear Unecle Jed; I thought that the bovs and girls of the Wide Awake eir cle would like to hear mo, stay at Bristol, Rhode Island, While T was there a saint's day for the Ttalians came. They celebrated it very much. In the morning ¢ had a parade. Buring thz afternoon games and baseball were piayed on the com- mon; and alse there was 3 bicycle race among many boys. At night 1 weat (o see the aitar, The honey- | he | learned of a new use for grass seed | about my | T am waiking to school an automobile | You need a coal range in Winter for kitchen warmth _and for continuous hot water supply, but in Summer when you want a cool kitchen and less hot water a Gas range is the thing. You get both in the Crawford Combination Range and you get the best of each. The Crawford Gas Ovens are sdfe; explosions are impossible. Ovens there is an extra set of burners at the top for broiling. For sale by M. HOURIGAN, Norwich Agent. In the End 1 { which was built out of doors and in| y good place. It was a beautiful | There was a picty Jesus | ind His mother and many w01y | side of it were s decorated with h(‘nv:u 11 flowe tures. i ferns 4 Among different | o it was al _On each S roses. At we went ‘nj were must bet- They | had thin \ r set off. | While going off the band played a na- I b a very good time AMELIA ERWIN, Age 14. I Six Deer. | Jed: I thought 1 would ! one.of the sizh as I came home i saw six deer. T knew one was the | use of his long he The the mother and he four in my fath apple or- ¢ ing the apple > trees n thot seen It but never S0 ¢ to the har MARY Age 12, Ransfield Four C Corn. raising half air of oxen plafited ed them R acted bad, b le them I hoed it twice and am husking it | after sci 1 have fifteén bushels so far. ASON PARKER, Age 10. E; e ¥ | rst Premium. 1 in a square ive acre of corn he had nuts in air 1t te got She i JZABETH PARKER, Age 12, S Mansfield. i My Cat. | Dear Uncle I will tell you a { story” of my cat, He is a black and | white cat witLot nmlhpr. One day my 5: in the | mill, and some other day in the wet grass outdoors, and so my father took it home and gave it some warm m He likes to*play with us. We had a little kitten, but he ran away. The black and white cat’s name is Topsy. The gray one was Snowball, 1 think these two cats were ! kind. They will follow us wherever we go; and my little brother does not! want them to go away, 3 | They are very kind to me, 1 LENA LACASSE, Age 11. | Uneasyille, | Belongs to Eag Man Destroying League. Dear Uncie Jed: I will tell you about the tent caterpillar nests, Mr, Brun- dage has us pick them, I have five huridred of them, The one who geis mex mest has a prize, The first pr‘ze‘ is $25. There are about 250 eggs in each‘ mass. When we pick a mass we save | 250 caterpillars from growing the next | year, Some of the ehildren have over twoi thousand, 'Lillie Marschat has the most in my seheol, She has one thuu-l sand. I have next te the most, Some | of the children haven't any, 1 like te pick them very muel, The | firsi-night T pieked any I picked five, When we get ene hundred we gef a membership card. 1 ‘heleng fto the Bgg-Mass Destroving ledgue now, BmTHA FULLBR, Age 10, Eagleviile. A Little Corn Ernwer. Dear Uncle Jed; I am geing to write | geogra | great you about the corn I planted this year. My father gave me a piece of land on which I planted my corn. It was not quite a half an acre. My father culti- vated it. 1 hoed it once ali alone. ter and mother helped me I got ten ears off it and sent it to B erlin fair. I have cut my corn, but it is not husked. We are collecting tent caterpiliar egz wmasses. I have one hundred in school. We are now learning about bark of usr~ We can tell the kinde ot trees the bark. (‘\J chool began Sept. 2d. T study arithmetie, spelling. lan- ading, history, agriculture and guage, RD RUCHLE, Age 10. Manstield Center. The Oid Indian Trails. Dear Uncle Jed: I was so busy all summer having a good time in the country, and later with my studies, that I did not have time to write, but will now send you a little story about the Indians. ny of the old Indian trails where Indians used to go single file have railroads Dbuilt on them today New York Central, Boston and the ‘ihe | Albany and part of the Union Pacific are on these old Indian trails, The Indians taught the white men how to plant corn, tobacco and many other useful things. Columbus called the inhabitants of Americ Indians because he thought he had discovered India. WILLIAM D. BUCKLREY, New London. Age 11. My Trip to Sterling. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about my trip to Sterling, Mass., this summer. We started Tuesday, We took the 9.25 train for ster. There we changed and took the train for Sterling. We reach- ed there about 1 o’clock. A team was waiting for us. The house was on a high hill. From there we could see Wachuset mountain. Every m ing my ter and I went on the milk team wit Mr. Wood. Scme days I went on the hay wagon and once I drove the cows home. . sday night the boarders gave a card party and Wednesday night a ¢ nee. There was croquet and lawn tennis, also swings and hammocks for the use of the boarders. One morning my mother and T took a trolley ride to Léominster, a pretty | city ten miles away. day before we came home we Quinsigamond lake: a hard shower came up and we only r as Worc uext car back. RAYMOND ROYCE, Norwich. ester, and took the 9. Age Lillian’s Flower Garden. Dear Uncie Jed: we are studving agrictilture, I thought T would tell you something about it I will tell u about my flower garden. Mr. Brun- dage from the agricultural college gave our school flower seeds. All the girls had twelve kinds of flower seeds. Some sters, phlox, sunflower, pansy, marigold. nasturtiums and pinks. 1 planted my seeds in my flower bed near the house. First T dug up my garden with a hoe and then picked out all the stones. I did all I could to it the very ‘best. I planted my in rings, ke r and T went out - garden, but 35 0 T thought I planted one day my hrother look at my flow to v had come up. too late, but me to go and bed and found th went to my hem high, I pulled all the weeds out and wa tered my flowers every day, 1 good care of them. My as high as the garden wall. Mr, Brundage came to flower bed during the summer anc they were very nice. He told m he would take them to Berlin the frost came and killed my & flowers. 1 sent some to the most of them were killed by LILLIAN POLLOCK, Gurleyville, \ o the Age 13 Lillie Took a Prize, Dear Uncle Jed: I got twelve ki of flower seeds at school, 1 plam i them too late, but they were very i I sent them to Berlin fair. Mr. b: dage took them there. Mr, Brundas: said I got the third prize. I am goin: to write you more when I get the priz I don't know what it is yet. There were six girls in my school who took the seeds. Some of them had very pretiy flowers. We take nice bouquets to our teacher, Miss Bliss. LILLIE MARSCHAT, Age 10. Mansfield Center, Not the Only Foasom. It is ewtablished that the Currency Blll would have been amended even if Mr, Bryan had not defended it.—Phii- adelphia Ledger.