Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 6, 1914, Page 9

of tn N wali ‘fllnunn: ? cle Jed, Bulletin and ad of th cations {5 Un “Whatever you are—Be thatl Wh.uv&r you say—-Be truel! 1 me. S| | fortn. 1 Jlbye and bye she went away, and then = these tiny plants will pro- duce a million and a quapter of seeds in a summer as Uncle Jed was when he first learned there Were more than 17,000 lenses in a butterfiy’s eve. It is very interesting to study the plants and to know their names and relations, and their friends or their foes, and whether they are of use to man or dangerous to handle. The little plants in the dooryard have a wonderful story to tell if you will only learn to correctly sense their form and action. = °y that one of e lfi'NE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Arline Pearl, of Adgusta, Me— They tl me on A little. girl came out and sat on he began to swing K d ‘was having a lovely time, but they mn\rri to Mai ‘ There I was hung in.the backyard. The same lit- t'e girl came again and kept swinging in me_and down I came to the ground. d had an awful bump. The uttle girl took me and ran into the house to her mamma. They took me put ropes and strings on me. I look as if 1 had been in the war. I was not any good afterwards. ARLENE PEARIL, Age 10. Augusta, Me. A Visit to the Old Homestead. One bright early morning in October father asked us if we would like -0 visit the old homestead in Mansfield. We started about 10.30 in an auto- mobile. It was a very pleasant ride, and as we n pointed. out the old schoolhouse and church and other places hé remember- ed and could tell us stories about. Finally we reached the old home- stead, and as we got out of the auto- Mansfield fathor | ~ When she opened the door she was astonished to see her sister and the twin girls, Edith and Ethel. “Why,/ Charlotte!” she excl “L had ‘no more idea of seeing you here than a ghost. Come in! You are all just dripping.” i =% _asleep, and asked us got Way to the pond. utes walk. We 7o bflto him. else, and were my father. He heard ‘where we were going, -of-doors without waking and 3 began as we got there. We fished the dam, Meanwhile Bess and her father were | thing. wondering who it could be when they all appeared laughing. " After a while we went up the oth- er side of the pond and fished there a It is about five min- fishing soon from but could not catch any- “What a surprise!” Mr. Brown said | while, and we had a few bites. I kept pulling my line out but did not get after he had greeted them. “A real rainy day surprise!” Bess, gleefully. In the evening when her mother was alone she whispered to her: said | a fish. At last I gave my pole a hard pull and threw my line way up in a d BEverett had to climb up tree, after it *“Oh, mother, J am so glad we didn't go today. When we go Aunt Charlotte and Bdith and Ethel can come, too, and there’ll be more fun; and then the rain is doing so much good! time I won't be discontented, for I had a fine time today. Then I fell into the water up to my walist, and started for home. I got in- to a honeybecs nest through Next | stung. the bushes, while and nearly ‘While I was hurrying through going got the I really and truiy | path I caught the fish hook into my use: Use taree or I bathe the eyes. mes § srains Optona (1 tablet) 2 ounces water the simple Uptlonu systemn keeps eyes clean, sharpens the yision ai Aammati daily, due New %fim . at 6.90 a. and = Mn!'-'.'l...a.-.-.' = T'his prescription and z ickly overcomes the in = % tending | learned a lesson, and that is to make | sweater and could not get it out, so| 4u 0 _.~*_“‘ ; Dearie Dot and the Dog. e o catiie: and after father had | the best of everything.” Everett had to pound It out ~ith aland irritation; weak, Bl g POETRY. 2—Miriam D. Waller, of New Lon- | spoken to him we turned to look at GRACPE KBRN, Age 4. | stone and made a big hole in' it. - Syh sl S (S / don—The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat. the house, and it was a very sad look- ing home that met our eyes. The piaz- Norwich. Everett was laughing at me all the troubles are greatly benefitted and oftentimes cured by its nse. . Many re- ports show that wearers of glasses have discarded them after a few weeks’ use. It is good for the eyes and coi- tains no ingredient which wouid, & jure the most sensitive eyes of an iu~ fant or the aged. Lee & Osgocd or any druggist can fill \nis prescription The Littls Readen - On rainy days my Gragndma says She never has to § For me because she knows that I Am reading from a book ° while, and 1 was so angry at him, I said 1 wonldn't go fishing with him is on|any more that week 3—Catherine Desmond, of Norwich— The Sword of Wayne. 4—Kenneth H. Hall, of Norwich— The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks. | _5—Floyd Hill, of Norwich—The High School Pitcher. i A Fire. “Fire! Fire! Your house 7 fire!” came a shout from the street. .| I haven't been fishing with him since Father jumped out of bed, slipped on | that Hfl'le. but I e lm';,lflms&r-ome his shoes, but did not wait to button [ More. 1 am now ov: - them up. The next minute he was out| MARY AGUSTA BURRILL, Age 12. doors. NEW ENGLAND za and steps were all gone, the paint ail = off, and it was all in ruins. We then walked around the fields, and we saw the berries from which tallow candles are made; also the well where the Indians used to leave their arrows, and father used to find them. STEANER CHELSER In_Father's den: but sometimes she, For certain, takes a peep, And half the time she tells me that She finds me half EII?D "‘ Today 1 dreamed about a king | That lived across the sea; 4 lund it is quite the only time A king has talked tc 'me. 1 s’pose it must have been becauss I happened once to look . And saw King Alfred's picture ‘Within my history book; And then I read about him, How he kept the Danes away, And built a splendid navy, And how good he was each day. So while I lay a-sleeping, I dreamt he said to me As if he'd always known me and, As friendly as could be, “My lad, when I was little, About as old as you, I tried to do whatever -~ My mother told me to. And if you mind your mother 6—Grace Kern, of Norwich—The Battle of the Bears. 8—Lillian Hoffman, of Norwich—His Lordship’s Puppy, The winners of books living In Nor- wich may call at the business office of the Bulletin for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday, LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Jennie Mullen, of Stafford Springs— I “have received the pretty -book, Dreamland, ‘and thank you very much or it, ' Myron Ringland, of Norwich Town— 1 don’t know- how I can thank you i fully for the beautiful prize book you sent me, entitled In Wild Africa. I received it this noon ang I thank you many, many times for your kindness. I am going to begin to read It Marian M. Wheeler, of Stonington— 1 recelved the prize book yesterday for which I thank you very mucn. I will write for your paper again some time, Many memories came to father’s mind. ‘We began to feel hungry. and father asked the man if we might eat in the house, but he replied it was filled with cider barrels, so we found an old cart, upon which we spread a large table- cloth, and all ate with a relish in the pure country air. After lunch papa again spoke to the man and asked him questions about the house. He was very superstitious and made us all laugh by telling us he had heard a ghost there wailing and moaning. It was about time for us to start home, so. we all got in the automobile and had a lovely ride home. I am spending a few weeks at the seashore and am having a, lovely time going in bathing every dav. I hope all the Wide Awakes are having as nice a vacation as I am. CATHERINE DESMOND, Age 13. New London. Elizabeth. It was early in the morning; so eacly the birds were not yet up, but the birds were awake and@ were softly The house next door to ours was on pouring rai Father telephoned the firemen. Stafford Springs. Dear Uncle Jed: fire. The side was all blazing. It was| A Pleasant Ride and Interesting Relics. A few weeks ago, Everybody was asleep in the | my Uncle Herman, who went to Salem, burning house, and when the firemen | Conn. took me with him. He went by way of Gardners Lake. The land on eliher side of the road was made beautiful by beds of yel- low daisies, mountain laurel and wild ' ; came they had to break in ithe door, because the people and children were asleep. Tiien mother quickly slipped on her clothes, out of ‘the house and got the children out of the burning house. five children. Mother brought them over to eur house, put them in her big bed, and came into my room. By this time T was wide Mother said Miriam, now don’t get out of bed.” Then she ‘went out of my room; but, of course, the excitement was too much for me. I jumped out of bed and ran to see the children, “Hello, kids!"” said I, and ran to the window to look at the burning house. I could see the firemen with their lanterns. Tt was late at night. Then 1 taought 1 heard somebody coming up stairs, so I ran back to my room, and 1 kept jumping out of my bed and run- ride. tion. took some blankets and ranm | roses. It was certainly a It took us about three quart- There were | ers of an hour to reach our destina We visited a house that was very| The owner of the houst said it old. years old. painted red. awake. | was over two Lundred and It is a long, The mistress showed us, low, beautiful | twenty | house, many old relics, the most Interesting being a newspaper, printed on the clean side of wall paper during the! Civil war by, The South: e Southern soldiers. ers had some exciting promptly. what real eye com ess. Try it and <how Tfor once take one dose tonight. c at your Drusgigt. To New York FARE $1.00 B All Outside Reoms Excellent Dining Service _ Lesves -Nerwich Tuesdays, “irtusys #na Suatdye ob 3.5 . Leaves New York Mo w ys ard Fricays at 5 L Exgrees sorvice at freight retes. Tei 117 - F. V. Knouse, Agent e mend democratic party whose news published but they had no paper| to publish it on so they used wall pa-| The heading of the paper was three thous per. “War! and it stir_that and Yankees had been sent to lake| Charleston, and a gunboat had also} the wise mocrery, based on e 2 lesdars in of T for congress and for United States { senator, will be made that will com- the joyal allegiance voter of every the state and thousanls of others wha have come to iook upon .he republican party as th highest and most THE SEARCHLIGHT. Latest News from the Fields of Sei< ence, Education and Inventien, While human beings have ror hign unbounded genuine respect - voltage transmission lines and now seldom allow mischievious intentions or curiosity to induce them to go near enough to electric wires carrying high potentials to work disturbinces in a system, birds and climding animals are often causes of eléctric service inter- s chirping and calling. ning back and forth to the children. been sent down. ., ¢ | ruptions in different parts of the coun- o e R e Maty Bromiey, of StoningtonBe- | Sois AL CRIIDE. _ e too. Littie| /After the fire’waa put OuE all one| Amcag the oiher interesting relic a8 of high and DA~ iiy. As yet it has been impossible to e b ;;;:,”“klndekm‘,f" o ceived. the prize book, The Automobile | Elizabeth had been promised a visit|Side of the house was burned, the | were bullets and_ guns used in i = ard sgainst such troubles. Y Girls at Chicago, have read it through and find it exciting and interesting. Thank you many times, Mary A. Burrill, of Stafford Springs —Thank you very much for the prize | ook, entitled. The Little Queen. I | was very much surprised to get it. I have read eighty pages and like it. This makes the third book 1 nave won, to the country, and she was to start this very morning. As soon as she heard someone stirring she sprang out of bed, ran to the window and found a very warm, pleasant morning. Then she got dressed and went down stairs and found her mother eating break- children and parents were able to Zo back and sleep there. The next day they had the house fixed. Nothing valuable was burned MIRIAM D. WALLER, Age 11. New London. Civil war, a sword from the Battle of * S the Wilderness, an old fashiened ciock. an old sampler, a wooden spoon an a cane used by a reverened who had lived in this house many years be- fore. There was an old fashioned fireplace. | and on the left hand side of the fire- ‘A crene, alighting on a tower-near the San Joaguin river, was responsi ble recently for the unding of =& 104,000 volt line of the Sierra and San Francisco Power company. Naturally the same crane will neyer be the cause of such an outrage again. the agency of two inquistlive miee & 2.200 feeder of':, rallroad signal: mya- em was bu o 3 When Tests disciosed the fact: that the wire was grounded it was examined at the point of breakage and the charred bodies of two mice were found. The mice had evidently gmawed into the insulation, bringing about a short cir- cuit. = A squirrel bent upon rackless in- vestigation of the physical properties of a 16,500 voit, tra n line of the Public Service company of St Cloud, Minn., intérrupted the service to. five substations ‘over tweny-siw UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. democrats will They | ! should keep every eye they have and! any more {hey can pick up on the pro-‘ gressives, for the bull moose propose lace was a name tablet. The mis-| to make lf';e republican elephant do a fress told us to stand up against the | Political Jig in ‘hf,!“;(“{; this e tablet and she made a pencil dot| that will l'lwbflbl.‘d br“k_‘&mun[ where the tip of our head touched the | egs an, L2 board. Where the dot was we signed | our name. 4 For Instance, if the person standing up against the board was five feet high the dot would be made five feet abuve the floor. 3 I wish Uncle Jed and the Wide| Awakes could see these relics, for | were very interesting. o JOHN SEARS, Age 12. Every Wide-Awake who has a gar- den knows what “pusléy” is, for as a weed it is the ever present, persistent pest. In the spelling book you will always find it “purslane.” I you look at this weed closely you will find it to be related to the por- tulaca, which is also called the ground rose because it grows -bright yellow and red flowers, as well as waxy white ones, which look like little roses. ‘What makes the “pusley” plant” so fat and tender is because it loves wa- ter and takes up so much that it will live ‘longer on sandy soil than other Their Pretty Pet. Dear Uncle Jed One day a hun‘s- man went into the woods for game. All of a sudden hé saw a fawn; raising his bow quickly towards him, he shot the young deer. Just then he heard a rustling and, knowing he was in the king’s fleld, he started to run. Two children were coming te pick flowers and they saw their pet fawn lying on the ground. Their hearts be- gan to beat faster, because they feared SN haswa\sn dead. Patty’s Lesson. _ Sitting down beside the fawn, the - little girl began to cry. The fawn Patty is a nice gitl: but sometimes v i she i very wiltal® Tast summer sug|PeE2n to move. Then the children fast, After breakfast they got ready and drove to the country. She found her cousin at the gate. Her cousin took Rer around the farm. Elizabeth saw the pigs and cattle. After her cousin had shown her all around the farm they went and sat on the veranda and Elizabeth's cousin told hed all about the cousins. KENNETH H. HALL, Age 11 Norwich. - elephant’ STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- Union. AWAKES, \ On the Sand. What child is there who does not like to build castles in the sand and dig_ditches? There is one thing you must never do; dig holes in the sand if you want to, but fill them up again, or let the sea do it for you; but mever bury What Became of the 29.2 Cents? The authors of the democratic tarft law promised, as an excuse for killing the American beet sugar industry, that free sugar would mean cheaper sugar | and that each cent of tariff removed Would mean sugar a cent cheaper. | The tariff on sugar was peduced $4 cents per hundred pounds on March Norwich. went and i S g———— 1, 1914, but this 34 cente that was |mjles of line. The linemen f plants, It is among plants lke the|anyone in.a sand-hole. visited her cousins, Ned and Jack. On | wen pane t0ld their father their fawn A Birthday Party. promised to the consumer has been loat | adventuroys .squirrel ngst morning. &t camel among animals, capable of| OnCe there was a boy not quite | the farm there was a cave. Patty was| "He sent a servant who bound up the| Dear Uncle Jed: Last Monday my | somewhere between the Cuban planti- [the foot of one of thie poles, With his standing heat, and mot noticing the | L¥eIVe vears old playing with his lit- | nxious to go in it, for caves are in-| wound and carried him to the stable, | sister had a birthday party. She in- | tions, where cane sugar is grown, and iers and ears bugned off and = absetice of - Whter:) bit #E will 1 §row tledhrot;:elr Sndsifer and “they dig if;ff“‘ffinh?fie;'er Sousins, told her 10| With good care the deer recovered aad | vited four of her friends to it, so there | the American homes, yheve sugar in hole rur:‘,'g’;n:c_“! hip. Hiy re- d a deep hole, and ‘then for fun the big o rom abl ' . : O e of the L cbnuimged; Shech Coak P e promoy e B et fem T the iE | o was able to run and jump again. were three pair of sisters. One ANNA . ve her a lai ece of ibbon 'he wholesale price of refined sugar The white-lined morning moth de~|brother.and sister to fill it up. The “They think becayse I'm a 'Eirl T' NNA LAROCHE, Age M. | girls gave her a large pi f T T L a Y. KR T, Ve i v - hundred pounds, for the months of. posits Whon- it because it f§ten= the sind A and thought 1t great | afraid” laughed Patty: so she iried to| Conilles: %54 gnpthar savo her S relitng | May and June fOF the years 1914 and| Feses and Fireside der and makes them fat, but Hot ia|fun, but as the sand got higher on | find the cave alone. Instead of going e Dapes: i g | 1913 were as follows bluebirds, and wrens 4o fields that are hoed, for they would be | the BOy’s chest, he could not speak and | through the pasture where she could y Garden. - 1913. e i 1914, sl af 1Bt ha could hardly bréathe. see the mouth of the cave she went| Dear Uncle Jed: I have a mcs gur- | , WWHen, the girls came we all sat in Iy to houses made of - = the parlor until they were rested. 1|May 7 % $3.83 $4.116 | Thoir instincts lead | A He could nct set out, and If some |Over the hill. There, too, was an en-|den. I have corn, cabbage and some 4 d they | May 392 4116 more f And in times past man has found | fighermen ha: ot come and helped | france to the cave. but it was covered | lottuce in it: and it is Erowing beaus | Showed them my prize books and they | Fay 1011 soze | ke Placas w ok o A .this weed to be very useful. It was| him just in time he would have been | bY_bushes. tiful. 2 2% We went out on the lawn after, and | . 116 | {10 ‘ancestors have nested from time and is used as a salad in Fngland; | killed by the pressure of the sand. Suddenly Patty felt herself slipping | I g0 out in my garden every morn- | we played croquet. When we had | Junc i1 immemorial. Build ypur “bird houses and in old Virginia they used to gath-| He never plaveq at that game again, | into & deep hole. She held on to the | ing and look af it, and everything | mayed croquet till we were tired of it | June 18 . to suit the birds rather than to pleass er it and cook it to fatten the pigs, [ YOu may be sure. bushes as tightly as she could, | 100ks so nice and fresh; and then I go ?veyplny;a “Mrs. Murphy went to Eu- June 2 - your own tastes. > Rt fhers 4% ek Caited S veod cormiey, FEANK PARDY, Age 13, | sereaming for help. and pull out the grass growing in it. [ fopan | 2 3 3 — s England to this country and seems to | For T 3 her. They reached her just in time tc| 1 expect to have some of my cowmn | n,ur dining room. We told little O g~ make its way wherever he goes. S wad The Irdians in the west found it wher- wver the white men made a garden and they called it “the white man's foot.” | May and June, 1913, to be $4.116 Ter hundred pounds. The average price for May and June, 1914, is $4.068, only 4.8 cents lower than for the eame pe! last year. H storles. | One girl told us about when she was | | blowing gubbles with some other girls and they were all sitting around lhe: well. She jumped up to catch one and save her from falling into the cave. “After this” said Patty, "Il wait until you boys can go with me, before 1 hunt for caves!” FLYOD HILL, Age 9. pretty soon, as it is in blossom. My cabbage is starting to head up, too, and I think I will have some of my cabbage ready to eat soon. 2 LILLIAN HOFFMAN, Age 10. pendence has in one sense lost :tw significance. Nobody believed we | could be independent when that docu- ment was written. Now nobody would I am a hammock. I was in the store with a lot of other hammocks. One day a lady came in the store and she looked at every hammock and at last 3 g s r|dare to doubt we are ind = o took me; and she took me home and | Norwich. Norwich fell into the well. She saved herself | hu"nz';:e:‘m‘x:gl:dfl_“ o‘:“;}:‘:h“l s Dot | But it is one thing to be independent And you will be surpriséd to learn | showed me to her brothers and sisters, ' 3 from drowning by holding on to the (Bundred pounds on March 1 1814 ¥eti U5 i ig dnother thing to know. whet stones till the girls called for help. the e In the Drice of EuEarl o do with .your independence— . A d Act. The Last Day of School. We played games in the parlor till | QUIRE the Same Hernd S (e o ar | President Wilson. : One day a little girl was on her| The last day of school we went into | 8bout six o'clock, then the girls went | SHtY ' TOree, and the Price Bf Sufes way from school when she saw three | the sixth grade and spoke poems. Rgane {34 cents, but 4 $-10 cents. So that s boys stoning a little bird away from its | I spoke one, Arithmetic in the| We are all going to try to have a o P hs of 1914 sugar - Meadow. little party together sometime near | dUring these two months o . ] o e DSy, S0 | was 4.8 cents cheaper than for the ! ] Another little boy was climbing up| I was promoted to the sixth grade | the seashore. | same months in 1913 & the tree after the nest. and I am very happy. - BREHAUT. | . : LILLIAN When the girl saw them she stond East Norwich, N. Y. The difference between 4.8 cents and | behind some bushes so they couldn’t 34 cents My teacher was very good to me. Her name is Miss O'Connell. I hated to cents. What became Hot Weather - of she cents?>—Kansas City Jour- “No, M 3 g = see her. After a continual time of | leave her, but I had to. A Big Snake. : - o, “l":“e- ',[d‘t"“.‘ e o Y Ou el nent,out into the garden | struggling the boy reached the| . AGNES KAMINSKI, Age 11. Dear TUncle Jed: Yesterday T went naf il nenm; be- sey can go. aVal't tima.to-bitke any-JRERE o se Pl ofP"treshn'l:;t! ©f- | branch where the nest was. Norwich. with my father back to the field. In GET PREPARED fer it by installing thing for y_ou to carry. This dress She walked around slowly alfew ‘When he got there the bird flew the bushes I saw a bird's nest. a “RUUD” Het Water Heater. Deoes muat bs finisghed by Satmeday, and It |mivites then- paused. at: thobel OF | piray, one of s noihed, dve hme} LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. In the nest was a big, biack snake. away at once with a Hot Kitchen and will take every spare minute. I'm [radishes. They were sweet and crisp ? VT sawa do S The snake was eatihg up the birdls ezgs. My father took & killed the snake. T was very glad the snake was Jille ed. : sorry, but it can’t be helped, so try not to think anything more about it and Mrs. Freeman resumed her work with an air that seemed to say the matter was settled/ If she had realized how much Mat- tie cared about the picnic, she would undoubtedly have made a special ef- the other boys; but they didn't catch it and it fell on a large stone, At this the boys began to pick ip stones to throw at it. Just as one of the larger bovs was going to throw a large stone on the little bird, the girl, whose name was Mary, ran from be- hind the bushes and stopped him. —DMiss Wright said they were the best she ever ate, and informed her mother of her proposed addition to the plcnic bill_of fare. “Well,” she said, “I don't like to have you go without having anything baked, but I'll let you, since you want to go so badlv. But you mustn't mind Central Park. Dear Uncle Jed: Excuse me for not writing any sooner, I have not yet forgotten Urcle Jed and the good he does for the children. 1 enjoy vour letter to the Wide-Awakes every week very much. stick and saves a lot of coal. Come in our office and lot us demen- strate and explain te you how simple it is to have HOT WATER witheut burning a lot of coal. MRS, BEIDEL - TELLS WOMEN MARGARET KCCHLE,‘AG? Mansfield Center. 3 Graduation Exercises. ) Central park, New York. i s ffiv‘ % ia E. Pinkham’ The finest invention ‘of thess times forg to have her go; but her mind was |If, they laugn at vour basket.- rave it e o "D he, little bird and | jarge ark, 1t starts at Fifty-Ninth| Dear Uncle Jed: T am going uu’HowLyduE. s Veg- for the Hesaiesper. b Het: WikiNes o wi 1€ nex i C] 1 s ™ ke o hs i » F TGt hilE. gn A Pt et | e B qaameiey Mttle pulled and | fhie nest. Then she told. the bovs they | Secey “io,ond%,&t One Hundred and| You sbout the graduation ex “‘%“‘. %! etable Compound Kept Her |t a smail cost of installing. Can be how great the little girl's pink 2nd white. Then she covered a | SLoUld not harm a little bird or a bird’s | Museum of Arts and the Aluseum a¢| ~The exercises were held in the Led-| . sttached to any beiler. 4 small platter with parsley and heaped | Lest When the birds were not doing any | Natural History, are in ihis park 1a| yard Congregational church, June 10th, in Health for 14 Years. BEAR IN MIND we ars headquer- appointment it would be for her to.|it with the snowy little pats of chesse . 3 the Menagerie there are lions and| from two to five p. m. Four scholars > stay at home, putting in parsiey: here and there, and | more " rer omiccd 0t 10 touch 20Y | sionesses, tigers, African snakes, buf. | &raduated. Shi burg, Pa.—*I e e e e fe turned away. without a word, | Pretty enough it look as she triumph- = en she went on her way| falo bison, elephants, 3 1 Fancy cookies and cup-cakes were ippensburg, Pa.-—‘‘ It was several | Ranges operated with Gas. Y swallowing a big lump in her throat, | antly displayed it to her motner. | Dome, and the boys did the same. i D, clephants; deer™and all ) served. We had Progress books and blue diamonds are for perfect lessons, and red ones are impraving. T received a roll for having many diamonds; I also received book. The title of the book “Stories Grandmother Told.” AGNES AUSTIN, Age 12. Gales Ferry. kinds of animals. In the Museums there are relics of ancient and modern things of the old and the new world. GEORGE J. BIEMENTTOCK, Age 13. and trying to keep back the rears. Don’t think any more about the pic- nic! Why, she had thought of littie else for two weeks. How could she give it up? But Mattie @id not cry very often, nor very long at a time; so presently she dried her eyes and began to think the matter over. After all, she won- dered, was she obliged to give up going to the picnic just because her.| MILDRED DUNHAM, Ageql3. years ago that I started taking Lydia E. Willimantic. Pinkham’s Vegeta- ble Compound. I then suffered terri- She put the platter in the center of her basket and the radishes at each end, their pink and white just show- ing “through the grcen leaves. Then ske went o the picnic. en one of the teachers unco Mattie's basket she laughed, cmfififff but it was a pleasant laugh. £ “Oh, see here!" she cried, and the others dropped their unpa fres' packing to Let us demonstrate them te you. City of Norwich Gas &Electrical Depactmeat Main Street. Alice Building A Rainy Day Surprise. Pitter-patter! Pitter-patter. came the rain against the window pane. Look- ing out of the window was the most discentented and disappointed face that ever could be seen. “Oh, dear! Oh, dear!” wailed Bess, almost ready to cry. so a is: Rockville, Jannie Couldn’t Stay. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to write and tell you of my visit to my aunt in Pomfret. a bottle of it and it helped me right Then after littie nd it to spend the day at the beach,” spoke her mother cheerfully. “I really very glad it has rained, e : want a good time as you, because we need it very much. You don't know all the good it's going to do us.” “Good! I don't see what good it'll do us, only make us lose a good time, | said Bess. “But, dearie,” said M Brown (Bess’ mother), “you mustn’t be selfish and Just think of yourself, and tue good time at the beach. for we can go some other pleasant day. Now just sit down and listen to me while 1 tell you the good this rain will do us.” Bess obeyed and then Mrs. Brown continued: “You know we have had very little rain this season, and now's justsihe time we need it most for trees, vezeta- for all and quantities left. “I don't see, anyhow,” Mattie con- cluded, “why, if: folks only do what is right, they need do just as every one else does;” and with this wise reflec- she went into the house to set the table f¢ i As she put on.a plate of litile cakes of Dutch E —“Such another. “That & We went all alone on the train and excellent taste! changed ears in Puentm. homesick and came home stay mother couldn't bake anything for her | “How pretty!” one exclaimed. just has to happen on this day. My cousin was down to:my _house, 7 ¥ to carry? Of course she wouldn't| “How odd!" added another. “Well, Gearle, you can’t expect it 0| Sreven vocrs om. 1o D tre fioe ins Political Gossip WALL PAPERS want to £ without taking something Doesn’t that look refreshing?” ex- | be nice weather just when we planned | | nen b, s 2 U R Bk B to eat, although there would be plenty | claimed a third voice, ad- been away to stay overnight. ¥ came from T was very cried “Several times. I Friday. 1 was going to a week. en if 1 did Duty Defined. The Woodbury Reporter, one of the = best weeklies in Connecticut, preaches JENNIE. a worth-while lay sermon that ought ta deep into all our hearts, when basket is a genuine declara- tion of independence.” laughed Miss Wright. “I wonder whose it is!” Just then she caught sight of Mattie's | blushing, happy face. “Oh, is it yours, dear?” she cried. “I might have known it. Those delicious cheeses and rad- ishes have lingered in my memory ever since I took tea with you. Tell your mother. that your basket was very nice indeed.” T gh mro e = the di it es 3 3 - reduced prices, we ble Compound and in a short time was cured and havé been in excellent health since. I always praise the Compound whenever I have an opportunity, as I know it helped me and will help others. | match same. A Lately I have given the Compound to Spoort. \ my daughter and I wish all suffering ‘women would take it and be convinced of its'worth.’’—Mrs. JAMES A. BEIDFL, 118 N. Penn Street, Shippensburg, Pa. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no or harmful int and to-day holds the reeord of being th successful for, female ills 2 She Helpe ear Uncle Jed: We have two cow heir names are Daisy and Pearl. One night we went after them. When we reached the pasture the cows were there, and Daisy had tried to jump over the bars to come home and could not get over or back either way. 1 was frightened and did not know| in the transaction of his what to dg. I started to go to the| There are men who appear to belleve next house for help, but came back| that so long they are not Indebted thinking I could help her over my-|to their neighbors for goods purchased self. or the municipality. or the state for man who pays his debts and nhis taxes may be a blessing or a curse to the community. It depends on what else he does. In making this state- ment_ it is to be understood that by the word “debt” is meant the ordinary cash transaction which a man incurs when she took tea other day, declarifig that they were a Teal treat. ' And then an idéa popped into Mat- .tie's head. Why not make some for the picnic? They had plenty of sour ;lnflk, ‘Ind she knew just how to do it " . Her ‘mother laughed when she told her_what lflm thought of. €l 1" _she . exclaimed. = replied Mat- “Ma was so busy she dl%n'lt have time' to bake anythins. and I couldn't bear to stay away from the picnic.” “Stay away! I should think not,” exclalmed Miss Wright. “I'm very ing. P. F. MURTAGH “Dutch glad you didn’t, on my own account,bles and plants. Without rain th I went behind her and then I thought | the last tax levy they have discharged | most | “What a funny ideal And. it would | &s well as yours. There are plenty of | things-can't grow. And if we didme|©f @ plan. I took hold of her hind| their whole duty and nothing more| we know of, and thousandsof v m m i seem queer nét to carry any bread or | baked things, but I don’t believe there | have this raln, just think of all the ngs e gy Jiee bu; can-be. l-:e‘d ‘:f, lfif.m;..xl::\'.: “_FY testimonials on file in the i . eake.” 3 2 any other Dutch cheeses or radish- | things that would be spoiled. Just 2 i o ried again, and} 4 man's duty = 2 ~ “Well, that's if,” said Mattie ‘stout- :. and you know how well T like yours | imagine the farmers' disappolntment | this time she helped herself over. ited only by his power to do his neigh- | laboratory at Lygf, Mass., seem o | MeGrery Building, Nerwich, Cenn. ybody will 4 from the quantity I ate the other eve- | Don't you think (neir Qisappointment| I hoDe some day you will see them.| bor good. and his duty to the eom-| prove this ; munty by his ability to be of service to it. The community in which the o A prevailing statement is ‘What do I get ~ My Unlucky Morning. out of It? is one which does mot and Dear Uncle Jed: I thought you and| cannot prosper.”—Rockville Leader. the Wide Awak®s would like to hear of gy Sy 25" the morning I went fishing with my| t brother. P ‘| Connecticut will remain in the My younk brother, Everetf, likes to| ocratic column in the cowing fish. ilg al ants to fish in the' election without much deul would be greater than yours? Do you now see the good the rain is going to do us’ Dess nodded her head as she “Yes. Now we'll have some breakfast and later on we will sep what we can do to amuse ourselves for the day™"’ ‘Little . Bess looked much happier wh er came ‘1:' the dining EDITH BUSHNELL, Age 14. Norwich. ¥ what made me think of If you have the sl that Lydia E. P ble Compo! am’ sald In Connectisut. as., for adl= | dem- state T