Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 23, 1914, Page 9

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Be nobod; else but you.” POETRY. “Give,” Said the Little Stream. “Give,” sald the’ little stream, “Give, oh give, 'givé, oh give, Give,” said the little stream, As it hurried down the hill. “I am small, I know, but wherever I 80, Give, oh give, give, oh give, 1 am small, I know, but wherever I go, The fields grow.greener ‘Still” Refrain— Singing, singing all the day, Give away, oh, give away, Singing, sirging all'the day, Give, oh.'give away; - “Give,” said the little rainm, “Give, oh give, give, oh.gi Give,” sald the little"rain, As it fell upon the flowers. “I will raise the drooping heads ‘again, Give, oh_ give, give, oh give, - I will raise the drooping heads {again, And freshen the summer bowers.” & ve,” said the violet sweet, “Give, oh give, give, oh ‘give, Give,” sald the violet sweet, In its gentle, spring-like voice: “Erom: cot and halliitiey. will eer my . call, Give, oh give, give, oh give, J From cot and hall they will hear ‘my call, - =y £ They will find me and rejoice.” 5 “Give then, for .Jesus give, 72 Give, oh give, give, oh give, Give' then, for Jepus give, There is Something all can give; Oh, do as_the streams and the blos- soms_do, Y SERCOU . Give, oh give, give, oh give, Oh, do as the streams. and.the blos- soms do, And for God_and otgm‘li\ (Words by Famny, J. .Crosby, . 1367. Music by William B. Bradbury.) UNCLE JED'S. TALK TO WIDE- : 'AWAKES. One of ‘our Wide-Awakes wrote the department “Peint. No - Point” S about. and this interested some of The Cou- rier's - Wisoensin readers. so. that a ‘writer there was npted to write & letter to Uncle Jed sbout that part show the Indll.l:ll ‘how ® bluffs that stood by the real head - Dot many weeks to tell-you thet eception Madam Nature Point-No-Point, the ~ s nearly ~two “and and, when t you have & bluff, Maiden ona jumped knewn locally as s ‘now. owned -and ©On the north- . gTave of the:great ta (Red Wing). e Indien childron were my play- ] j ! g 1] P 4 iy g & He 11 i E g & : ! § v — = 4l i E Poor Uttle Agnes &id feel 50 wretched that lovely epring morning. She nad eome with her father and mother thou. ®ands of miles to a town in Southern Californie. They had rented ‘a little house at once and moved in and to feel at home, But they didn't k;:.\g ® soul. And Agnes had caught a dread- ful cold on the cars. She tried to be brave. It wasn't often she shed 2 tear. But now that ‘mamma: gone, to market, just when: her-head ached so dreadfully, it really seemed @s if she must cry. i The Chipperly twins, - Pansy and Rose, lived across blocks hofl'flt’ahout the down. They had Agnes. If Agnes had heard about tham she wouldrn’'t have been so blue. Thay were queer little“girls. Some- times, you know, it's rather nice to be queer. X They had a new scheme on hand this morning. They were.at work with evergreens and roses and other sweet things. Thelr dooryard wes full of them, and the birds“were twittering everywhere, for Easter. here is almost like June. They had taken what they ecalled their cupboard from the ' great um- brella ‘tree playhouse. The ses shell plates and the wild gourd bowls were acattered about.' It looked like house- cleaning time, But the Chipperly twin :lldn't care for that. Neither did.the wo Y '.nt roses and onda T i3 ‘wla‘t.-lr_. R T N A ,V ok the “Bowrvs: lithie wolce WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE ‘BOYS' AND GIRLS' DEPARTMENT LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. " Eleanor P. Norton, of Norwich— Thank you very much for my prize book. It is very interesting and so gxdtlng that I read it through in two ours, Winnifred Holton, of North. Frank- lin—Thank you very much for the prize book The Telegraph Boy, you sent me. I have read it all and find it very interestin; It is the sixth prize book you have sent me. . Alice Purcell, of Coichester—I thank you very much for my prize book en- titled Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. I was much surprised to find my letter took a prize. I have read my book through and enjoyed it very much. Mildred Morley, of BEagleville—I thank you for my prize book entitled Animal Stories for Little People. I found it very interesting. WINNERS _OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Alecia Haggerty, of Norwich—Up the Forked River. 2 Reginald Clark, of Gurleyville— The Submarine Boy’s Trial Trip. 3—Almira Kramer; of Colchester— The Circus Boys Across the Continent. 4—Pauline Smolowitz, of Norwich— The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings. 5—Fannie Gray, of Norwich—Dotty Dimple at Play, 6—Etta Goldstein, of Dotty Dimple at Home. 7—Alena G. Anthony, of Swansea, Mass—Littie Prudy’s Cousin Grace. 8—Frank -Gley, of Taftville—The Circus Zoys ‘ir Dixle Land, ‘Winners of books living in the city may call at the Bulletin business office for them at-any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday. Norwich— STORIES WRITTEN AWAKES. Beginnings of the New England Town. The earlierest colonists came to New England as members of churches, of- ten led by pastors. Usually one of their first acts was to_erect a church building at some convenient _point. They were generally Congregational- ists, who believed that each church should be independent and self-gov- erning, Near the church was, as a rule, a strip of land owned by the whole sary in order to make a living from the soil. Among the colonists there were social distinctions, but no sharp divisions into social classes, The settlers being at first left pret- ty much alone by the English gov- ernment, managed civil and religious affairs to suit themselves. Even before landing, the Pilgrims, while the May- flower was lying off Cape Cod, drew up an agreement in regard to govern- ment. The famous document was signed by the fortyv-one men of the company on November 11, 1620. The government which the colonists established was moaeled upon the Eng- lish parish, which still had a general meeting of the taxpayers and pos- sessed both civil and church fune- BY WIDE- related at first. and in some colonies only church es_were levie In coming fo America new life was given fo .What remained of Dnglish lemgoeratic Institutions, so that, as has oftén bezgn:ts;tea,l the Germanic mark was un cious] revived England, - > e LILLIAN BREHAUT, Age 16. East Norwich, N. Y. for church purposes, The Louisiana Purchase, When the people in the -United States heard that France had regained the Louislana territory they were greatly alarmed. They thought it was cnough to have feeble Spaln for a r, but now i - nelshoor, but to think of pow: The people went to President Jef- ferson and begged him to purchase this territory from France. Jefrerson, Wwith his great faith in the people, sent Monroe over to see if he could pur- chase it. The people in France did 23]::'&!1% to part with it; but Na- n onaparte, th, H - ruler, consented. SeSk powersl When Monroe came back to Amer- ica many of the people were waiting for him. They thought by this pur- chase he had broken th Oanstitution. e laws of the efferson id 5, i : = paid $15,000,000 for this _ and he felt very badly He hearli that some of (he people wben not satisfied. The people who said by this purchase Monroe had violated the Constitution were greatly mistaken for it helped them in the following ways: It kept France from planting colonies in America to be our near neighbors; it kept England from get- ting possession of the territory by a treaty with France: it gave us con- trol of the Mississippi added much strength to government, ALICIA HA ‘Norwich, river, and it the national GGERTY, Age 12. Wwhen at last they rap; °y rapped. And in they tame with the decorated ladder, which ey set down very carefully in front Of the cot, where Agnes could reach it. She was too much surprised to 182y anything but “Oh, how pretty!” That isn’t all,” said Rose, and they W%'nt out and brought in the basket. | i These are good for Your throat” said Pansy.” as she laid a row of lem- onEA;r‘; tt)lz“ bottom shelf. ese are £0od for vour mouth, ::ldth:?osrad})lm:‘l]ng a row of oranges mi ¢ shelf 3 topoona_ elf and of eggs on the “Oh, how Pretty!” said Agnes. SThta!:e 1ot all; said Rose o o they went out again and brought in the big pa £ 2 the blg pa L0 of roses and an apron “THese are good for your nose g and §pen. said Pansy. “Here are some of i el 0 hold Ve e mye in your hands and The pale face on the cot turned pink with pleasure. The poor child had never seen roses at Easter times She buried her cheeks in them and couldn’t say a word, while the Chipperly twins hurried to fll the wild gourds from the pan, stili there wcre two or three bouquets 01 every shelf. “There's one thing more,” said Pan- £ ey went out and b ht i o ‘two ‘doits, e : % Bthel and Adelia would e eeme with d in front of Agnes. “They .are {en'rl.fly pretty good children, We ope they wen't tire you.” o Now w'd better go” said Pansy. ‘You musta’t talk while you're hoarse, but _we think you'll be better temorrew, We'll come over and see if all teday.” said Rese and thea they said goodby and teek up the ‘difhpan and hurried awey down the street, “And so little Agnes was hap- Py, and didn’t cry, afcer ali—Youth's Companion, £ tions. Church and state were closely | A?embers could vofe. Tax- | ose, setting them on the, se ! The Mansion on the Hill. ‘Mamma, mamma,” cried Betty Car- | ?;I;,"sa she dashed in from. school one | “What is it, maker of much noise?" | laughed . her mother. “A man whose name is Mr. Holmes has bought® the mansion on the. hill.” Mrs. Carroll looked at her husband. “Mr. Holmes?” she repeated, “from where did he come, Betiy?” “From Springfield, Massachusetts,” answered Betty, readily. “George, do you suppose—" | “Of course not,” said Mr, Carroll, | “is_there not more than one Holmes family in Springfield?” “I hope Mr. Holmes is a nice man. said Betty. “I shouldn’t like it for 3 cross man to own that lovely place. “Maybe he is cross” said Betty" sister, who liked to annoy Betty. “I'm going over to the mansion this afternoon and peek over the fence, said Betty. That afternoon Betty went over to the mansion with Elsie and looked over the fence, The master was standing I i in the vard. “Good afternoon, Mr. Holmes,” said Betty. The master turned his head. Betty gave one glance and then cried | “O, Uncle Albert, if I had only known | community, the beginning of the New | England common. * | These little communities were bound together not only by the ties of the church, but also by the necessity of defense against hostile Indians and the not far distant French. On some hill they erected a blockhouse, or fort, to which they might retreat in time of danger. The character of the soil was a further bond of union. New England does not tempt per- sons to have large farms, much labor on a small area of land being neces- it was you. I must tell mother and father right away.” She sped down the hill to the house and told her parents all. Such a happy meeting as they had, for they had not seen Uncle Albert for two years, PAULINE E. REYNOLDS. Norwich. Life in Japan. The Japanese people live very sim- ple though there is some difference between the rich and the poor. Suppose we make believe that we are at the house of a rich Japanese man. As we go into the house we take off our shoes, not our hats. As we ente: a little maid servant comes to us. She gets down on her knees and ‘bumps her little head on the floor and spreads out her hands in order to show respect to us. We then go into a room in our stocking feet, step over the soft cushions and go into another room. There are four cushions where we sit down. We look around the room. We see nothing only the screens which are folded up in one corner. Where are | the tables? There are none. The | Japanese eat off the floor. The floor | is never dirty because there is no. one to_dirty it. The Japanese keep cushions over the floor. How is the house heated? There is no stove. There is rome charcoal burning in a box—that is how the| house s heated. We have to sit on| the floor , eat on tha floor and sleep on the floor. We eat with two large | sticks which are called chop sticks. | I hope some of the Wide-Awakes will visit Japan. KATHBRINE GORMAN, Age 9. Versailles. Not Invited. ! About a week ago I attended a. party given in homor of one of my sehoolmates, I prepared myself and had every- thing ready for the day of the party. My parents hired a cab and I ar- rived just ir time. As I was stepping out of the cab I noticed a poor little girl standing e little ways from the | cab. She looked very pitiful and T felt very sorry for her. but as I was with my mother I could not stop. The little girl who was having the party was waiting on the porch She received many gifts and was very thankful. After the children had all come we, started playing games such as “Hide!| the Thimble,” and many others. Aft- er a while refreshments were served and we enjoyed them very much. Just as we were all seated I looked out of the window, and there was the poor little girl standing by the cab. A lady passed by and asked her why she was crying and she replied: “T was not Invited.” The lady was very sorry and slip-| ped a coin into her hand and then they departed. After the refreshments we started playing games again. It was getting late then and most time for father's supper, so after wishing a good night to my friend’s mother I departed. JULIA DONOVAN, Age 13. Norwich. How to Prepare an Acre of Ground for Corn, The first thing to do in_ preparing the ground for corn is to spread the manure on the piece of ground in which you want to plant your corn. The second thing is to plow the manure into the ground with a plow. Then it needs to be cut up fine with a wheel harrow and must be harrowed three or four times. Next the spring toothed harrow is used to scratch the earth up so as to make It smooth for the corn planter. The corn planter is brought and fill- ed with corn and fertilizer. Then it is drawn back and forth over the fleld till you have planted all the field with corn. Then men take hoes and follow up the rows to see if the corn is all covered. After about a month the corn ready to hoe. | When it is ripe and tall enough we | cut it down and lay It in little bun- ! dles. Then the teams come in, load | it on the wagon and take it te the silo | where it 18 put into the cutter and next is blown into the silo. That is the | last of the corn until it is eaten by | the cattle in winter, JOHN B. PURCELL, Age 12. Colchester. is | The Books She Likes. | 1 have read quits a good many | | books, but best of all I like those { written by Miss Louise Olcott and Sophie May. i The books that I have read of Miss| Allcott's are “Little Women,” and | “Little Men,” and thé ones I read of | Sophie May's are “The Dotty Dim- ple Series,” and some of the “Prudy Series.” The characters in Littls Women are all very interesting; but the one I like best is “Jo.” Jo is certainly a tomboy, and full of fun. - She likes to do just like all boys, and is al-| ways having quarrels ~ with _ her youngest sister “Amy.” Onee when they had quarreled Amy went to Jo's bureau and turned things topsy-tur- vey. | i i ALMIRA KRAMER. | Colchtster. ! The Wise and the Feelish Squirrel. Twe little squirrels, a red and a gray ene, lived in the same weod, The gray squirrel was a very busy fellow, .and gathered all his nuts in the fall, and stored them away for the winter. But the red squirrel ran abeut in the sunshine, and had a merry _ time springing abeut in the 'trees. Tt was all very well till winter came, Then the little red squirrel head to go to . i |y {lings and started them. !br ken by four children who came | | fand of me: be much wiser, will you not?" - BEATRICE GAREAU. Age 12. Baltic. - X What the :School House Clock San It was half past eight in the morn-| ing. The clock was ticking very slow- | It had not been wound for quite & while and it was very cold in the room for the fire had not been built.’ In a moment in came a men who! bullt the fire. He put in some kind-{ He looked | at the clock and then at his watch and found them both the same. Hi then went out and closed the door. About filve minutes passed away and all was silent. All at once it was! ruhning in. One was crrying be- cause his fingers were aching with cold. - He soon got them warm. . At nine all but one scholar was in.' The teacher rad to put down a tardy mark in the register for him. t When recess came the children went out to play. They went faster than' they had when they came in. The teacher wounc the clock. I could see plainer then. It could see the board. Tt was covered with writing. It saw a case of maps. - The children were trying to find .Galveston, Texas. It saw a lot of pictures on the wall. Some of the children were trying to find words in_the dictionary. The clock looked out of the win- dow and saw a piece of megt nailed upon a tree for the birds. ‘When the five-minute bell rang it saw a little boy come in, get his pencil, borrow a kn!fe and sharpen his pen- of the large boys sharpened his pen- cil in school time when the teacher ‘was not looking. One of the boys grew up and was always getting Into trouble because he was always putting off things. At one .time he got a position turn- ing the switch on the railroad. One day it was cold and he didn’t want to turn It He said to himself, “I will wait 2 while and then turn it.” He walited. "When he heard the train coming he started. It was too late.! The train was wrecked. Many people were killed. It does not pay to keep putting off things. UNSIGNED. A Legend of the South Wind.s The lazy-eyed south wind lay upon his down couch of cloud mist, and looked away to the distant north. He sang softly to himself as he swung to and fro, and wondered what there might be of joy and beauty away off toward the northern sky; and as he looked, he saw a great fleld; and among its waving grasses were bright | vellow flowers, shining like bits of gold. i “They are like my own soft yellow | gold,” thovzht the south wind: “the soft yellow flelds, and hills, and val- leys, and dales, when the Indian sum- mer broods over the earth: but I wonder, wonder what the littie yellow flower it, whence it came and whither it will go.” - The south wind was indolent; he rose from his soft calm mist couch. One morning he looked again to- wards the north, and lo, a great| change had come upon the field of | golden flowers. The rich vellow had disappeared and in place of the gold- en crown each flower shone fleecy | white, among the waving grasses. “Alas! Alas!” the south wind sighed; “my brother, the North-wind, has wrought this change. He has| touched the 'heads of these golden | flowers with his icy breath.” “Why | need he blight the summer fields?" Why? MARY FELDEN. Colchester. 3 How 1. Made My Corn Crop. We tested our seed by getting good ears with straight rows. We took the ears and turned them to see if the kernels were loose. 1 plowed my ground and harrow- ed it well. There was about an acre and a half. I planted my corn in hills about two feet apart. I planted thfee ker- nels in_each hill. Mr. Brundage visited my corn field | I had about one hundred bushels of | corn. | 1 harvested my crop on ‘wagon. REGINALD CLARK, Age 14. Gurleyville. a farm| { The Rude Girl. There was oncé a girl named Evelin. One day as she and some other girls were playing together there appeared a very rude girl whose name was, Dovey. As they were walking along ! the side of the street Eveline told her | a team was coming and to be care-| ful. She did not pay any attention and was run over and killed. This is a lesson for someone to learn. Age 1 ANTONIA KRATOCMVILLE, Norwich. 1. Contentment, A generous old man, who had many acres of land, once put up a sign néar the edge of a field: “I will give this fleld to whoever is happy and contented.” Presently . someone applied to him and the old man asked: “So you are a coatented person, are you?” “I am sir, perfectly,” was the reply. Then why do you want my fleld.” MILDRED MORLEY, Age 10. Fagleville, Conn. LETTERS TO UNGCLE JED. The Great Salt Mines. Dear Uncle Jed: As I like to read the letters the Wide Awakes write, 1 though perhaps” they and you would like to hear about the great salt mines of the world. In Russia the people dig way down,! yery far into the earth after salt. They | have their homes.under ground, and some children who were born in a salt | mine have never seen the daylight. These underground places are light- ed by torches, and if you were to visit ' a salt mine you would step into a big | thing and be lowered down by ropes or | chajns. ‘When you get down there the walls | sparkle like crystal. Palacss are sometimes built in the mines. You take a torch svhen wandering | tv about, and if it s out you seldom | can light it again, so you have to lie | down and die:” 1 think if I ever went down into one of these mines I would take some matehes when wandering about. so that when my torch went out I could light it again. Wouldn't you? FANNIE GRAY, Age 12, Norwich. She Lives on a Farm. Dear Uncle Jed: I am a girl of 12! years of age. I have lived on'a farm of 15 Oacres a few years. I like it vety well. It is located by a lovely | grove. A hemlock tree overlooked a largg lake, 1 often went to the city | and visited friends and relations there. I had four pets—a dog, a cat amd two rabbits: My deg’s name is Fritz and my cat's name is Betty, They are beth black and .white and are very My other two pets were twe white raobits with pink eyes. have three brothers, Our favorite games are red-line, flineh and run-a-mile. We often play ruh;n-‘;t-m!l% 3 ‘where my Ai‘:l- 3nd of the time, A I'have wix'delis and two Teddy bears. Fie thepg is two girls about we. play together most | bring little children out of "W‘A‘h in xlr;imni are nly - patriots. say of the women, who t‘gm ho it eompeued T "‘A-t n, who was o stay hone while her husband was at Valley | Forge? What shall we call thousands | of women who sent iheir brothers and | sons to help the cause of liberty? Were | not these women good patriots as | their husbands an® brothers? A muititude of men, even in the War of the Revolution, were never soldiers or_sallors, and yet were patriots. There was Benjamin Franklin, for instance. He never fought, but who loved America better Lran he? There was Samuel Adams. Who ever heard of his fighting a battie? But he was a brave and sturdy pauriot as any soldier In the army. Then ‘there was _Washingtons friend, Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, | who heiped get money to pay the Soi- diers. ~ Brave firemen stand ready to die to burning ‘What shail we houses. Erave fellows hold in check madden- | ed horses and prevent'them from run- ning away with women and children. do mot fight? ‘Washi H Brave doctors and nurses go where deadly disease is. Brave engineers are not afraid ot sudden death if they can save their passengers from accident. ‘Wherever we see a brave man, or ‘woman, or child, there we look for a patriot. FRANK GLEY, Age 13. Taftville. AlLittle Swansea Girl's Home. Dear Uncle Jed: I-am a little girl ho lives in the country. My papa eeps hens. One morning he found a little bantam hen out by the henhouse. We never knew where she came from. At first father thought it was some strange bird. She is gray with bronze feathers on her neck. After a time papa bought me a little bantam rooster. He is waite with lons black tail feathers. He is a proud lit- tle fellow. All summer they lived in a little house of their own, but when fhe | snows came we put them with the big hens. ] The little hen has laid a nice lot of | eggs which 1 have sold to my mamma. | T have two cats. Their names are Sandy and Bunny. Sandy is a yellow coon cat. He is nine years old, which is just my age. Bunny is black and! white. I called him Bunny because | he had a short tail. We have a yeliow collie. is_Teddy. | We have a horse named Millie. She | is very fond of sugar. I go right in| the ‘stall and she never hurts me. We have another horse named Brownie. My mamma and I go to ride with her. She iikes sugar, too, and almost bit my mamma's finger one time. I go to school and Saturday I help my mamma. Sundays I go to church and Sunday school. I think this letter will show you that I have @ pleasant home, EENA G. ANTHON.Y, Age 9. His name | Swansea, Mas: The Sphinx. Dear Uncle Jed: At school we are studying about Egypt; and the Sphinx has interested me so much I thought 1 would write to you about it. One of the first things we would no- tice' if we were taking a trip through | Egypt would be the many monuments, | built of solid massés of rock, which the Egyptians erected in ancient times. It is not known for what purpose they were- built. The Sphinx is one of these. It is situated in the desert. It has the head and face of a man, but the body of a | crouching lion. It is one hundred and forty feet long and one forefoot is fifty feet long. It is as high as a five-story house. It was still larger, but much of it has been carted away to Cairo to make buildings there. i To get an idea of the largeness of the head, it is told that an ear of it is four feet long. A man standing on the top of the ear could not reach the! crown of the head. The mouth if open- en could hold an ox or a camel. Some Arabs having shot at the nose of the Sphinx, broke off pieces of it. The nose is about five and a half feet long. How we wish this great monument ' j would tell us its history, and that of the people who built it. It is supposed that this grea: mass of rock was built | five_or six thousand years ago. PAULINE SMOLOWITZ, Age 13. Norwich. My School. Dear Uncle Jed: I want to tell you about my school. I live about two | miles from the school, on a large farm. | The school is on the Chestnut Hill | road. It is a small white building with an ell. added to it on the eastern side. | As you go in the hall door you will | see two shelves with dinner palls on them. On one side of it is a pile of | wood. There are also hooks for coats to hang on. Then there Is another door which goes into the schoolroom. In the room is a large map box, pic- tures all over the room, and Seven blackboards. In the center of the room is a stove, and many desks around it. 1 like to go to the school MICHAEL MICHALICHEN, Age 11 Colchester. They Grow Hay, Beets and Oats. Dear Uncle Jed: I live on a farm with my parents. The farmers depend on their irrigation. There is a blg steam engine working in a drain ditch. The ditch starts away out east of us and goes way out west of us. The men who are working on the ditch are putting tile in. Then when they get the tile in they cover it up | again. They use gasoline in the en- gina. They are making the ditch very, very deep. The engine is very large. They go down to water. The ditch is very deep. They let the water run into the gitch. The land is now very fertile. They raise hay, beets and oats. LOUIS GOLDSTEIN, Age 10. Norwich. Her Pets. « Dear Uncle Jed: I have three pets— one is a calf, the other is*a dog and the other is a cat. The calf's name is Bessie; the dag’s name is Patsy, the cat’s name is Beau- When the dog goes by tne cat, the cat will put her paw in his face. When the cat goes by the dog, the dog puts hiz paw in her face. Sometimes the dog goes up to the calf and gives her a kiss. My dog can beg, and my cat can eat with her paw. My cat js very fond of me. EMILY KNOEBEL, Age 9. Packer. Where Mary Goes to School. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 want to tell you about my school. I can write and read | very well. 1 go to school in a big oolhouse. I study arithmetic, spell- ing and rcading. T am in the third grade. seven children in my teacher's name s Miss Weller. She is a nice teacher. I am six years old. I like to go to school. I live near the schoolhouse. My sister Helen is in the first grade, and my other sister 18 in the sixth, and my oldest sister is in.the eighth. MARY GORMAN, Age 6. Versallles. ¥ There are class. My | My Cats. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 have iwo black cats, One is seven years oM, and the other is not quite a year old. barn. write and tell you about my One Saturday along the road. He saw a bag tack of a rock. CERTAUR COMPANY; | 7= EW YORK. ~ For Over Thirty Years They o out in the field and find mice and rats and catch them. Sometimes they find them in the They like milk very much and 2o down to the barn to get it at night. DOROTHY G. HEWITT, Age 9. Lebanon. How Nigger Froze His Ear. Dear Uncle Jei: I thought I would kitten. a boy was walking He thought he would go and ses what was n the bag. When he got there he untied tne bag and what do you think he found? I will tell you—he found two littie kittens and an old cat. The old cat jumped out of the bag and ran away. They were going to drown them if nobody wanted them, so we took one. and he gave the other one to a girl'down to school.- - e My kitty likes to stay in the house. He doesn’t ijke to stay out in-the barn. call him Nigger. One cold night kitty wouldn’t’ stay out in: the barn; so he stayed out doors and froze one of his e: $ EDNA MINER, Age 10. Norwich. Freda's Pets.’ Dear Uncle Jed: I am a little girl 11 years old and I live on a farm. have not very many friends living near me. I have a cat and a squirrel The cat's name is Tomie, . The squir- rel’s name is Hans. I play with my two pets every day after I come home from school. We have lots of fun together. Sometimes I leave the squirrel out of his cage. He Tuns all over the rooms. He jumps or the table and if you don’t watch hiim he will jump on the stove and burn himself. 2 v brother caught this squirrel whern was very young and he gave it tc me. I kept it for a pet. FREDA WALKER. Pac’s How to Test Silk. Why your last years silk split and crack? Because it was weighted You might have tested it easily before purchasing and saved both money and worry. A bit of the silk and a match are all you need for a sure test. 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