Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 2, 1914, Page 9

— s ~ Pages Nine to Twelve *° Rules for Young Writers. L Write 250 werds. 4 Ongianal steries er ‘letlers onty will be 5. Write your name, age and ad- dr.ss piaialy ot the bettem of ths | atory. Address all communicatiens to> Un- cle Jed, Bulletin Office. Whatever you say—Be truel Swuaighulorwardly aet, Be honest—in fact, Be noboedy eise but you.” POETRY. The Funny Man. There is a funny litde man Who keeps a shop that's queer, You'll never guess his business right, Not if you guess a year, In rows upon his wooden shelves Stand botties big and bright, All labeled neat in printed words Refreshing to your sight. His sign is fastened to the door, Which always opens wide, Inviting you to enter there: “A first class shine inside.” Perhaps vou think he boots; A second glance reveals That though he is a “polisher,” He shines not toes or heels. One bottle on his topmost sheif Is labeled “Sunshine Strong.” “Preserved Good Tempers” is the next. | The next is “Powdered Song.” “Essence of ILove” and Peace” Come next upon the shelf; Then “Cream of Faith,” “Tincture of Joy™* All marked to “Help Yourself.” The And pills of “Happy Thought” Stand near the “Spirits of Words,” Not elsewhere to be bought. Two iron baskets large and strong In corners of his shop: And indicating fingers point: “‘Here all bad faults may drop.” If any Wide-Awakes find This wondrous little man He'll heip you on your daily And “'shine” you all he ca He never sends a single bill To those who seek his aid Eis motto’s only “Help yourse!f.” Go choose. Don’t be afraid! LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Lillian Brehaut of East Norwich, N. Y.: I received the prize book you sent. half of it and I thank 1 have read almost think it is very interesting. vou very much for it Abraham Swaitzberg, Ct.: of Mt. 2—Flora Bek’s First Corner. 3—Violet Main of Mystic, John Bun- yan's Dream Story. 4—Helen Reynolds of Eagleville,Jack Midwood. 5—Maria A. Shea of Norwich, Dick Prescott’s Second Year at West Point. Briggs of Saybrook, 6—Doris M. Dotty Dimple at School F—Marion Black of Springfield Mass,, Dotty Dimple Out West. 8—Veronica V. F. land. Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business offi~e them at anyv hour after 10 a. m. for Thursday. LIF R Uncis Jed's Talk to Wide-Awakes, *If at first There is an old saying: ‘lainly om one side of tnz Ppaper cnly, and number the pages. 3. Use ren and ink, not pencil 3. Suort and peinied articies wili be given preference. Do not use ovec ‘hatiever you are—Be thatl blacks your “Balm of “Ointment of Unselfishness"” way Hope I thank vou very much for my prize book, The Little Lame Prince. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Adelaide - Holbrook of Norwich, The Pony Rider Boys on the Alkali. Lambert of Attawaugan, Tucker of Ver- =ailles, Alice's Adventures in Wonder- | | | | | { ! mortal has | easier to slide down hill than to drz THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE | BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ DEPART?&ENT yyou donm’t succeed, try, try again,” but do ! al- | T wish to tell you, If at first you succeed, try, try again! Failure most as often follows success in thi world as it precedes it and many a discovered who has ceeded in every material wi that has made a failure of life, be has neglected his mind. There is a warning which came do the ages to man that he has neve given its full value: “With all thy gettings get understanding.” It is up to every man to know why he succeeds, why he fails and why he is never to die. To get a grip upon these three things means that you are to become more than an average man or woman. There are people who cannot nd success, and it said to be the to ruin, but it isn't for they have never succeeded whatever their material gain. People who are on the road to riches are often on the road to ruin because they lack the understanding how to properly appreciate their pgsition or sue- to hold in comfort and honor the posi- | tion gained. Excesses of every kind are a men- ace to success: If you eat too much, drink too much, dance too much, sleep too much, study too much, or work too much, you are in danger of making a failure of life. Just enough of every- thing is the price of true success; and just enough of everything spells tem- perance and is temperance from every earthly and heavenly point of view. The price of cess is doingz all things right; but the cause of ruin lies in doing a few things wrong. It the sled uphill—it is easier to make a failure of life than to make a success of it. “With all thy gettings, get under- standing;” and this covers the why, the when and the wherefore of the e, sential things of life. Success mu dwell within you. or you cannot ex- press it. Others may aid in your suc- cess, but you must clinch it you - Sucgess in deportment is as neces- sary as success in ud. thoughts as import as endeavor. Get the spirit of achi ment in the mind and it may in time be truly sajd of vou—he was “master of his soul and captain of his success ate.” STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- Patrick Henry. When Patrick Henry was a little boy i he liked to pl on his vi much. Also he 1 When he grew up he wanted to be a lawyer, because his father was a law- yer. When he was 15 years old his father | put him in a country store. He failed in store business. He decided to be a a great speech once :course others may t give me liberty or give me That was T of his speech. MARION BLACK, Age 9, Springfield, Mz er. He made not laws know death.” Lighthouses. 1 wonder how many children h: seen a lighthous I have seen many. Near the dangerous par of our coasts are tall round houses, and the top of them is all glass, with great lamps, far larger than the headlights of the railroad engin The nps light the water for miles d by them sailors know where they > and how to get into the harbor. These lights differ from one another; one is W one red and they flash so oftes this means the sailors, looking or books, are able to tell just wi they are. These lighthouses are lights to the paths for ships and guide them. Just so the Bible is a light to show us the path to walk Once a lighthou se keeper wa “What if vou did not light tonight?” | That could not be,” the lighthouse er answered. “But what if you did not light {t?" “Well,” the keeper answered, morrow we would have news from the ships sayi they knew not where to go. Of course, from shipwrecked vessels with many lives lost.” So, if the Bible were tak A cat had madse acquaintance with a mouse and had spoken so much of the great love and friendship she felt that =t last the mouse consented to live in the same house with her and to “But must provide for the winter or else shares in the housekeeping. shall said the “You, erywhere trap.” ed and a little pot But they did not know it At length, after tation, the cat said: suffer hunger little mouse, lest you run at last long We will hide it touch it in the church. corner, and we won't are in want.” placed in safety; but i{, and said (0 the mouse: to tell you, little mouse, that eousin has a Iittle son, white, brown spots, and she wants me 1o be today | @odmother to it. Let me go out and do yeu take care of the house alone.” “Yes, go, certalnly,” replied mouse, But it was all unirue. be godmother, fat and licked the top off. 'Fhen she took a wulk on the roofs of the tewn, looked at the view, streiched herself in the sun and licked her lips when- ever she thought of the little pot As soon as it was evening she fat, went home again, “Ah, here you are again!” said the “You must certainly have had mouse. an enjovable day.” "It went off very well,” answered the cat. “What was the child’s name?” ask- ed the mouse. “Topoff.” said the eat dryiy. “Pepoff!” echoed the mouse. is mdeed a curieus name. family 7 “What is there odd abouf it?” said “Is it worse than Breadthief, the eat. as your gedchild is called?” Neot long after this anether great She said to “You must again pe kind enough te look affer the house alone, for I have been asked a second fimeé and as the child ound” its neck I jonging came over the cat. the mouse: to stand godmoth: has a white ring cannot refuse.” The kind mouse agreed, but the cat slunk 9 the chuwrch and ate up half 1 world. | | | | il we So the little pot was it was not long hefore the cat had a great longing for “I wanted The cat had no cousin and had not been asked to She went atraight te the church, slunk te the little pot of Is it in vour Jof the pot of fa | child called annot venture ev- | into a This good counsel was follow- of fat was bought. where to put consul- “I know of no place where it could be better put than | to the mouse. | godmother. Topo ’ repeated the mouse. “The: such curious names; they make me thougtful.” *“Oh, you sit at home in your dark | gray coat and your long tail,” said the be got out their prov: we will go to our pot of f: place, but quite empty! what h; when you top off, then half of it gone, cat. Nothing tastes 1 what one eats e came home t was this id she, “th: by one’s self.” when st the mouse . § “Halfgone,” “Halfgone! What : never heard it in my life’ Soon the cat's mouth be once more after her licking “All good things in threes,” “1 have e child paws, but not a its body. This only S, SO0 you single and has wi white hair on pens once in let me ap- will cat, “and you get fanciful. That comes of not going out in the day The mouse had a good while the cat was gone, and made the house tidy; but the greedy cat ate the fat every bit up “When it is all gone omg can be at rest,” si id to he E and at night me and satisiied. The mouse asked at once after the third child’s name. “I won't please you any better.” said the ¢ “he was called Cieangone “Cleangone-’ repeated the mouse. “I de not believe that name any more tham amy others. Cleangone! What can it mean? She shook her head, curled herself up and went te sleep. From this time on no one asked the cat to stand godmether, but when the winter came and there was nothing to e, the mouse remembered ion and said: t which we have stered away; it will taste very good.” Yes, indeed,” answered the cat; “it will taste as geod to yeu as if vou stretched your tongue out of the win- { dow.” Phey started and when the: reached it they nd the pot in i Ah, aid the mouse! “now I know ppened! You ate it all stood godmother: first the then—"" “Will you be quiet!” screamed the “Another word and I will eat you up.” leangone,” was already on the Poor mouse’s tongue, and scarcely was tit out than the cat made a spring at her, seizedl and swallowed her. You s€€, that is the way of the { but he § se he | n | | will at | but as for me, | “tom 1 home men would not know how to live, Years ago there used to be men in Europe, living on the coasts of the countries. These men would put up false lights, and sailors, trusting them, would try to sail into harbor, misguided by the lights, would g0 the rocks. Then these bad men, called wreckers,would rob them of their cargo and money. So men put false lights in place of the Bible to lead us from the path of life and destroy our souls. Follow God's word and we will enter his king- dom. on FRANK PARDY, Norwich, Age 13. An Act of Kindness. Once upon a time there lived in a large city a poor old blind man. This man was a violin player. He used to play his violin in the public squares. He had a little dog which used to hold hisphat, so the people would drop cofis in it as they went by. Ore day he had played all day and hadn"\\got a cent of money. That night | he was’\sorrowful, and a well dressed man walked up to him and asked him to let him'take his violln a minute. The poor uan let him take it. The other man took the violin and tuned it up well and began to play. In a few minutes there was a large crowd gath- ered around him. Soon the hat began to fill with money. When the violin player stopped play- ing the hat was full of mone; S the man walked off the people pr: him. Later on it was found out he was the greatest violin player in the world. This is a true story. HELEN REYNOLDS, Age 12. Eagleville. The Pet Heifer. I have a little heifer and her name is Rose. I like Rose. My father bought her a harness. I put the harness on her. I have a little wagon. In the spring I hitch her in the wag- on and pick up stones. When 1 get home in the evening I take the currycomb and brush and clean her. I feed her two times a day. When Rose is out and I call her, she come to me. At 5 o'cock 1 put her in the barn. MARGARET KUCKLE, Age 8. Mansfield Center. Cissie‘’s Adventure. Glen was a clever Scotch sheep dog. He seemed to know all that children id, shared all their games of play, saw that no harm happened to he could help it. day when they were staying at seaside they were invited to a pic- there wers at many children ind they all had fine fun paddling, finding shells and building sand cas tles / | ie wanted to gather some flowers she saw growing nd when no one was 1 and climbed up a . Higher and higher she reached a place of Though no one else nad p until P, narro > went eat dang seen her go, Glen followed, and now he was very much alarmed. He pulled | at Cissie's dress to make her sit down, and then he ran to the edge of the cliff and barked as loudly as he coul ssie was missed, and ok a fright everyone was in as the and that is why o much.” Followed by he hurried up the steep ble, fearing all io might have fallen On reached over the edge. and on they went until they the top, when Glen came g to meet them and then ran arking loudly, as much as te bou enoug all g among the long ss and ferr they found little te unaware of the If it had not been e would most-like- d accident. HAT for good old ¢ E: The Broken Pitcher. Once there lived in a city ow and a family of three The widow n washir her oldest d for the eve- e her a little pink ay {(irace met some 100lmates and stopped to play with them. When she iy to get her pitcher, why, navghty mu it. Poor Grace did not know what to do. She began to cry. Along came a gen- tleman ¢ “SVhat i > matter, d said ‘I bave broken my mother's nd we can’t have any milk to- 16 good gentlerman put hand in his pocket and gay a quar r d told her saying: ‘A broken pitchyr can never be mend- ed. MARGARI M'GRATH Life in a Desert in Arabia. tent-dwellers who live in the ed Bedouins. They are They live tents made | 1 There is very little fur- niture in their tents. They sit on the ground and eat w eir fingers, The cooking is wear n open fire. They othing and the bovs wiked until they are thirteen years and ris until they are seven. ome tent-dwellers raise reat, b ief crop is millet. It is ground and made into cakes. Dates are the chief food of Bedouins. Not only the men, women and children eat them but they feed them to the horses and camels. he men wear long white gowns and made by folding several vards of cloth around their head The Bedouins are very fond of their famous Arabian horses and treat them olid, the treat their children. Theiz are very beautiful ICE M. GORMAN, Age 11 Versailles. The Bell of Justice. In a little village of Italy there was a good king who hung a beil in the market place and covered it with a sheltering roof. He called the people togethe 1d said, “If wrong has been done to vou ring the bell and the judge will make it righ By this the peo le lived happily for many irs. At last the judge heard all their complaint He would pun- ish those who did wrong. { FLLORIDA SAVAGEAU, Age 9. Versailles, At the Fire. Friday afternoon about 1 e’cleck the fire bell rang, but as I didn’t know where it w I didn’t think anything | mor A some girls came in s and said the fire was on Jackson street. We all ran out of school to see where it was and feund out it was only a little way past the school. hen we got there seme of the fire- men were pulling the fire teams out of the building over to the fire, s soon as they got there they put the hose of water on and pulled some of the boards off so as to put the hose of water through. ‘When the roof was nearly it began to fall in. At this time we thought the school bell was going to ring, so we all ran back te the-school- all burned 1 will ! feet hig] | go { The T was going, too. house. We had only been there a lit- bad ; tle while when the bell rang. MILDRED DUNHAM, Age 13. Willimantic, The Beautiful Boy. Not long ago I knew a little boy named Henry Donald. To look at him vou would think he was an angel, I'm sure he was a good hoy at school from what I heard. 1 His teacher's name was Miss Roland and Oh! how she admired him for be- ing such a pretty boy. He lived quite a distance from the school. s along and weary walk every day. L His mother was a tall, pale woman. Tt was Henry who was the chuse of | her paleness. Although he was a | very handsome boy he lacked some- | thing he needed, for his father died when he was about five vears old, so his poor mother had to work hard to | educate him. Although he didn’'t seem to_appreclate it When he would come home from | school he would never be cheerful to | his mother, but would always have an_ugly word. One day his mother sald to him: “Henry, my boy, you should try and conquer that temper you have, or you “rllil‘ do something in time by means of 1t Not long after his mother’'s end came. Henry, now a voung man, often says: “I regret I didn't follow my dear mother’'s example. But it is too late now.” ADELINE WHITE, Age 13, Our Flag. In Philadelphia there is still stand- ing the little house where Betsy Ross made the first real American flag. The first United States flag adopted by congress, June 14, 1777, having the stars and stripes, made it is said, out of a soldier's white shirt, an old blue army overcoat, and a red flannel petti- coat. There are three colors in our flag, red, white and blue. There are six white bars and seven red bars. The blue on the flag is the field which contains the stars. One star is added for each state aunexed to the union. The thirteen stripes stand for the first thirteen states, Capt. Robert Gray was the first man to carry the stars and stripes around the world. All the girls of Portsmouth joined together and made a flag for John Paul Jones. They didn't sew on calico patchwork, ut pieces of silk from their gowns. They then presented it to John Paul Jones. He was the first one to hoist an American flag over an American warship. The flag is honored b dren, by soldiers, by mi and in parades, FLORA LAMBERT, Age 12. Attawausan. school chil- ary officers My Pets. Peter and Polly are my pets. are two little pigeons, one brown and white, and the other blue and white. I got them when they were three weeks old and now they are about six months old They stay up overhead in our shop, but very soon they have got to learn to run around outdoors, Last week Polly laid an egg. about as big as a walnut. get used to before long. Oh! But the greatest 80 to bed at night. They It is I hope they running out around is when they They male the greatest noise and seem to be glad to think night has their tired bodies. VIOLET MAIN, Age 12. come so they can rest Mystic. Cotton. Cotton is a plant. It grows in warm countries. It needs plenty of rain. It cannot grow in cold or dry lands. The best cotton fields are in the southern plain, The ¢ tton grows from two to four Long, white fibers grow on the seeds and st the pods as the seeds ripen. When the cotton is picked it is press- d into bales and sent all over the \\'urld_ Also the seeds contain useful | | 0il. They are put into strong presses | and the oil is squeezed out. Some of | oil is used in making soap. The cotton is made into cloth, FRANCIS DIFFLEY, Age 10. A Wise Indian. Indiar vou know, have to use their oy y much. They have to study everything they see. That is their school. - schools are not the kind we have nowad A Jong tlme ago there was a wise and old Indlan who lived in a hut among some white people. There was an old white man who lived all alone in a little cabin, away from the rest of his neighbor: He up early one morning to work. He had hung a bag of corn in his cabin for his evening meal. After work he came home. When he got home h of corn was gone. The man w: and hungry. He said “That Indian has my corn. nan went to his neighbor. The neighbor and he soon got the Indian. The Indian said: “I have not stolen your corn. Your corn was stolen by a white man.” So they all started after him. the thief was found and the corn was returned to its owner. “The neighbor said, eves open.” go to Soon Now keep your MATHIEU, A Girl's Kindness to 3 Dumb Animal. Little Mary Smith was coming home from hool one day, when she heard the piteous mewing of a Look- ing toward the river which flowed nearby, she saw a group of men and boys watching the cruel sport, One of the boys had th nape of the neck and w. it, putting it in the water until it was half drowned and then drawing it out again, only to be followed by shouts of “Do it again, Rob! Do again!™ A v watched them bg a moment, then pushing her wayv through che group she exclaimed: “For shame, Rob- ert, to treat a helpless creature like that!™ She snatched the kitten from his hands and while tears were streaming down her face, she kneit bravely be- | side the river and held the kitten under water until it was drowned, thus put- ting an end to the poor creature’s misery. The people who were watching this kind deed, moved slowly away, feeling ashamed of themselves and vowing m the futura they would be kind to all dumb animals, VERONICA V. F. TUCKER, Age 11. Versailles, Conn, 5 The Story of a Dime. The first I can remember of my life was that T was in what peopie jcall a mint. I was a lump of siiver and seon 1 was stamped and became a silver coin worth ten cents. After this I was going through the mail in an envelepe. Two days’ jour- neying and I S [ was in a man's hand mixed up with my brothers, sistefs and cousins. The next minute I was in a deep, dark pocket and soon I was taken out and put on a counter where I saw Dboxes and boxes filled with eandy. I lay in a drawer a long time when one day a lady took me out and gawe me to another lady. This lady was going to Burepe and 1 Just as she was go- ing on board the boat she teok me from her bag. Someone gave a push and I rolled from her hand into some- thing wet. It was the ocean. 1 sank down, down deep and when I finally landed I was on some sand and after- wards -1 sank into-the sand, Zhat | Dickey. It s | | . 2 — | put an iron ring around his neck, arm | is the end of my story, fer that is all I know of my life, ADELAIDE HOLBROOK, Age 1L Norwich. The First Pipe of Tebacco. The first white man to smoke a pibe of tobacco was Sir Walter Raleigh. He lived in the days of Queen Eliza- beth, who was queen of England. After Queen Elizabeth died King James the First came to the throne. He thought that Sir Walter Raleig.. was trying to take the cfown away from him. He had Raleigh put in prison. After many years had passed the king thought of sending Raleigh and | other prisoners to South America for gold. This Raleigh was glad to do He landed at a place which he names Jamestown in honor of King James. He tried to make a settlement there | but he failed. He started for South | America, but could not get any further south than Florida. He wanaered along the coast of Florida for many a day, leoking for gold. One day three Indians walked up to Ralelgh smoking a pipe of tobacco. One of them had a plant and gave it to him:. - Raleigh carried this piant | back to England with him. The first day be was at home he was smeoking a pipe of tobacco. Everyone that went by looked at him. They thought he was on fire. His servant noticed him and ran for a pitcher of water. He threw it into Raleign s face and put out the pipe. Raleigh was very angry, but he zaid “It was the first pipe of tobacco ever | smoked in England.” Raleigh's servant always smoked af- ter that. SADIE SHEA, Age 11. Versailles. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Good Calf. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would | tell you about my calf. Her name is Molly. She is a year and eight months old. She likes to be in the pasture with the other calves. The pasture is very large. She runs all over it. At night I put her in the barn and give her hay and grain. I think she is a good calf. I wish you could see her. FANNIE A. LATHROP, Age 12. Yaatic. A Penny. Dear Uncle Jed: I am a little pen- n 1 was found in the mines of Michigan and was brought to the king with many other pennies. The king | put me in his pocket and thought no more about me. The next day the king went out to ride in his carriage, and as he was go- ing up a hill 1 rolied out of his pocket and fell to the ground. I was run over by horses and carriages. After a while a little, girl came run- ning along; she thought she saw a penny in the road, so she went to see and to her strprise there I was. o she picked me up and ran toa store te buy some candy. She got the candy and the man put me in his pocket. Then he was going home to his sup- per and on his way he met his little boy, and the boy asked his father for a penny, so the father gave me t3 him, and the boy put me in his pockel only friends were a jackknife ick of gum that was in the pocket. MARIE AGNES Norwich. SH Age 10. Her Little Canary Bird. Uncle Jed: I have a littie bird, and I have mnamed it sings very early in the morning: but when strangers come in Dear canary jat San Juan Hiil the outbreak of the Spamish American war. He fought very bravely and was made captain of a company of scouts. While scouting one day he was shot by a Spanish sentinel. This brought great grief and sorrow into the house- hold of the Burns'. One day James saw a sign which read: “Men anted for the United States army.” When he came home he begged his mother to let him go and join the Rough Riders under Colonel Roosevelt. At first she would not let him go, but after begging a long time she let him go. He went to the gen- eral and he let him go as a bugler. Next month James and a company of men marched against the Spaniards es sounded the bugle and the men charged up the hil. When they reached the top the flag- bearer staggered and fell and James rushed up, picked up the flag and ran on. When James reaclied the summit and was about to jump on the breast- works he was struck down. A soldier ran over and picked up the flag and hoisted the flagpole. When the news reached his mother she was filled with grief and pride at the heroi: death of her susband and son. Familles like the Burns' ought to be respected and honored. JONAS BUNENSTOCK. New York City. She Feeds the Birds. Dear Uncle Jed: I would like to tell vou about the birds that come arcund my house. One morning there were about fifteen birds in the yard. T thought they were very hungry, so I put some bread out where they wers, but they all flew away. Then I went down to the store. When T came back I looked out there; the bread was all gone. I thought the dog had eaten it, but my mother said she saw all the birds around there. ked like English sparrows; gray. They were very cun- ning. I llke to watch them hop around. There was very little snow on the ground. . T would like to have a lot of them. They do not come very often. MARY ATTENBURGER, Age 14. Mansfield. Topsy’s Bedroom. Dear Uncle Jed: It was a wimrter night, Topsy, the gray pussy, sat pur- ring on the kitchen hearth. Sarah sat down by the stove and warmed her feet in the oven, before she went to bed. Topsy was left alone. The fire went down, and the kitchen began to grow cold. Topsy woke up. She wanted to go upstai and jump into Sarah’s ed, so she tried to open the door with her paw; but Sarah bad latched it Topsy mewed with vexation. She went back to her place on the hearth. The moon ghone into the room. Topsy saw the oven door open. She purred at this. have it now,” she meant; I'll sleep snug and warm.” “Into the oven she crept. She rolled herself into a ball, put her head on her paws and purred herself to sleep. Next morning Sarah came down be- fore light. It was washing day and she was in a shut the oven door, ar not see Topsy. Then she made Topsy's bedroom did the fire. began to prove too warm. Poor little cat! She tried to push the door open but could not. “Mew! Mew!” she cried. The fire snapped and cracked and Sarah did not hear her. She scratch- ed the door and mewed as loud as she could. NELLIE E. DAY, Storrs. Age 11. She Saw a Fox. Dear Uncle Jed: How are the Wide- Awakes? I go to school every day, and it does_not sing at all. I got my canary about four years ago. It was very small, but it is a little larger now. cat wouldn’t get him. One winker day he got sick, so T took him out of the cage and put cotton all about him, and | then put him in the clothes basket, and the next day he was bette: LILLIE GRABOWSKI, South Manchester. Age 13. A Punishment for Idieness. Dear Uncle Ji sixty years ago, when Edward not work for branded upon the breast with the letter | V and made a slave for two years to| anyone who informed against the idler. This slave should be fed bread and water and such as the master though. best. # The master could sell the siave, or or leg. fourteen days he should be branded life. If he ran away the second time he was made to suffer the pain of deatn. FRANCES E. ADAMS, Age 10, Eaglevile. How to Keep Healthy. Dear Uncle Jed: I have read stories written ; I am going to write you a short letter about how to keep healthy. Many people have diseases by being careless. People that are healthy should not ruin their lives by smoking, drinking or using impure water. Ev Friday we study a bookiet on “Health.” Some people are afraid to take a bath for fear of catching 1d People who are sit breathe fresh ai There are many wells which carry disease germs. I hope the people and Wide Awakes will read this little letter. DEBENTA FRAZIER, Age 18. Oneco. the Her Birthday. < Dear Uncle Jed: In January was my birthday. My cousins came over in the afternocon at 2 o'clock. We played games and I received quite a number of presents. Then refreshments wer3 served. We had cocoa, cake, buns and peaches. After supper we talked and played game: Then about half past 7 my cousins went home. One of them stay- ed over night and it made it pleasant- er. T had a very nice time. It came oa Jan. 3, 1914, LOTTIE A. MELL, Age 12. Norwich Town. . She Likes to Read About Birds. Dear Uncle Jed: I am a little girl 3 vears old. I go to school every day and I am in the fourth grade. T like to go to school, and I just love to read. I get books from the library and read every minute I can get. 1 have read many stories of people in far away lands. 1 like Hans Brinker best of all I like to read stories about birds and 1 animals. I spend a great deal of time reading Wood's Natural History. T wish T had a book about birds. We have many birds around our home. In the summer I like to watch the humming birds fly from flower to flower. They are such pretty little creatures. I try to watch them go to their nests, but all of a sudden they One day I put the bird outside in | his cage, but had to watch him so the | Three hundred and | E VI | relgned, the landlords passed a law | that anyone who was able and would | three days snould be| | many times If this slave should run away for | upon the cheek and made a slave for | the Wide Awakes. | " should | we are gathering esg-masses. I have { gor 331. T study reading, spelling, writ- ing, history, arithmetic. There are 17 scholars. T have four cats. I saw a winter and I was lafraid. 1t came up behind me. I have a pig. One day he followed the mailman to the next house, and I had to go and get him. It has been very cold up here. BLANCHE POTTER, Age 7. Willimanti Probiem for the Idle. If the time is hanging heavy on your bands, try to work out this: How in each 24 hours do the two hands of -he clock appear at right angles to each other?—Baltimors News. Mr. Wiliiam Kaufrman, 5649 Weniworth Ave., Chicago, llls., writes: “A few lines to the praise of Peruna. A few ysars z2go | contracted a severe cold, which settled on my lungs, causing a severe case of catarrh. After using a number of bottles of your valued remedy | am now enjoying the best of health. Certainly Peruna has done more for me than several well-known specialists have done. It will always have my praise.” Prescription —for 15 years the standard skin rem- edy—a liquid used externally—iwsarns relief from all kinds of itch. D. D. D. Seap the mildest of cleansers—keeps the skin always clean and healthy. Lee & Osgood Co,, Norwich, Conn. City of Norwich Water Works, Office of Board of Water Commissloners. are gone. I hope to find a nest this summer. I think it is in the hedge. Do vou think they would make a nest in a hedge? DORIS MANNING BRIGGS, Age 3. Saybrook. A Heroic Family. Dear Uncle Jed: T have not yvet for- gotten you and the Wide Awakes, al- though I have moved away from Un- easville. I have composed a story which I think will be a good one. There lived in Porto Rico a family by the name of Burns. This family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Burns and their only son, James. Mr, Buras had -entergd Lhe army. at s S b AR g Norwich, Conn., March 3z, 1914 Water rates for the guarter ending March 31, 1914, are due and payable at the office April 1, 1914. Office opan from 8.30 a. m. to 3 p. m. Additions will be made to_all billy remaining unpaid after April 10. aprid JOHN J. SHEA, Cashier | Most Cigas Are Good. THESE ARE BETTER TOM'S 1-2-3 5¢c CIGAR GOOD FELLOW 10: CIGAR Try them and seo. THOS. M."SHEA, Prep. Franklin Ss . Next fe thu Deiuce Cale-