Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 29, 1914, Page 8

TR NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914 he said to Joseph, who always slept soundly. “Oh, yes I will,” answered Joseph. The next night at midnight they started. Isaac took ome of the In- dians’ guns and some meat and bread. They traveled most all night and then crept into an old log. - The Indians discovered at daybreak that their captives had gone and start- ed out with their dogs to find them. The boys heard the dogs barking and they were soon sniffing around the THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS’ AND GIRLS' DEPARTMENT with it and thank you.very much. It was a very nice book. Harriet Graham, of Taftville—I thank yoh very much for the prize book I received and think it is the most interesting book I have read. Dorothy C. King, of Plainfieli—Many thanks for the prize book you sent me .| entitled The Campfire Girls in_the - | Outside World. It is the second book 1 bhave won, Rules for Young Writers. 1 Wri ainly on one side of tne waper only. and numver ‘the 3. Use -en and ink, not pencil. 8. Saort and pointed ariicles Wit be given prelerence. Do not use sve: 260 words. 4. Original stories or letters oniy will pe used. 5. Write your name, age and ad di.se plainly ot the bottom of th: story. 3 Address ail communications 13> Un- cle Jed, Bulletin Office. SR B SR B R log. “What shall we do?” asked Joseph. Isaac threw out the meat for the dogs and said: “Good fellow, Bose, do vou want some meat?” . The dogs recognized his voice and knew he was their friend, so they de- voured the meat and went on. The boys heard the Indians talking as they went by, Then they began their journey again but went in a different direction than the one the Indians took. -On the third day Isaac shot a pigeon. They dared not build a fire so they ate the meat raw. The next day they found a turtle, broke its shell, and ate the meat. They traveled on, dav after day, until the’eighth day, when Joseph was so weak he could travel no more. “Cheer up, Joseph,” said Isaac, “here are some ground-nuts and fresh wa- ter to drink. But no brave words.could cheer Joseph . He lay down on the mossy ground to die.” What should Isaac do? Should he stay and die with Joseph, or try to find his way ou He started through the wilderness with a sad heart. At last he came to. a house. No one lived in -it, but -he knew help was near. He went back to Joseph and told him the good news. He bathed his friend's temples and rubbed his legs. Then he led him a little way. and after that he carried him on his back, In this way he strug- gled on to a beaten path. They reach- ed a fort.on the Saco river at night and astonished the soldiers when they to'd them their adventures. ; Brave Isaac! His story was hever THE WINNERS OF PRIZE .BOOKS. 1—Eleanor Smigiel, of Norwich—A Little Girl of Old St. Louis, 2—Madelyn Sullivan, of Norwich— Adventures of Walter and the Rab- bits. 3—Alcesta Watts, of Mansfield Four Corners—Pony Riders in the Ozarks. 4+—Reginald Yeomans, of New Lon- don—1Jingles of the Zoo, 5—Jessie Brehaut, of Bast Norwich, N. Y.—A Courier of the Empire, 6—Lena Krauss, of New Bedford— A Little Girl of Old Baltimore. 7—Doris Willoughby, of Hampton— The Magic Doll. 8—Myron J. Ringland, of Norwich Town—A Soldier of the Legion. 9—Richard W. Tobin, Jr,, of Nor- wich—Meadow Brook Girl Series. ‘Winners of prize hooks living in this city may call at The Bulletin business office for them at any hour after 10 a. m, Thursday. “Weatever you are—Be thatl Whaiever you say—-Be truel Strajghtforwardly act, Be_honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you" POETRY. 8ir Smile-Ups' Travels. By Tiddle De Winks, Sald Smile-Ups, ‘tis warm, many a one G Who won't like the heat, and won't like the sun; They'll £cold at the trees and cry in the shade— there is 0 sl Theres never a spot to please that is made. And so T'll away on my travels this morn, To maxe people say, ‘T'm glad I was I'll hie me o’er meadow and mountain and moor, G Tll smile and I'll smile at the rich and the poor. they can show their many kinds, which one looks most natural, or fa niéstgin the old costume? Sometimes they play games in whi%h‘ =ome people belleve are true things to -happen, as ducking large pan water for apples, watch- ing the one%vho can get the most in the shortest time. z The old people enjoy this, for 'it amuses them and brings them memo- res of days whén they were young. MILDRED KELLEY. ‘Willimantic, - The Boy and the Hat. Tom went home from school. As he was passing a narrow stream and his hat was carried in the alr landed. in the middle of the stream. Farmer Jones him. asked Farmer Jones. not deep ¥ ry.” tut T will get wet,” said Tom. * “You w farmer, “i and stockings.’ try, and not to ask of other people.” - WALTER GAVIGAN, Age 12. _Willimantlc. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Dear Uncle Jed: one of the Wide-Awake circle, so'I wrote ‘this story. Uncle Harris. was a carpenter, and had a shop in the country. -One day he went into the barn where Dick and tame Joe -were piaving - with two D sra in a " The wind was blowing very hard as was passing at the time and Tom called to him to help ‘'Why do you not help vyourself?’ “The stream is and you can get your hat it i1 not get wet,” replied the f you take off your shoes Tom then took his shoes off and got hat. “And remember” said Farmer Jones, “the mext time you want anything try to- get it yoyrself, and then if it is imposeible to get it yourself, call on others. This will teach you a lesson to =o0ld to the menagerie when we mov- ed away. We turned back and took the path leading to the right, but not before Wwe had a long talk with Bill HARRIET GRAHAM, Age 13. Tattville. Bicycle Riding Dear TUncle Je -As you know Monday, October 12, was Columbus A “girl -whom I1.am.well asquaintel with_has two bicycles and she loans one Of them to me quite often, add we go out riding together. The day before the holiday we formed a plan. We were to get up early, pack our lunch boxes and go out into the country. We knew it would be chilly coming home.and so dressed accordingly, each wearing ‘a heavy serge skirt, a middy blouse, a long coat and a white felt hat. She had_the bicycle tires pumped up and we started off at 1:30 p-m. We went on streets which made it easy riding until we were out of the city limits. 5 We.had to walk going Uup hills, which I thought were: pretty high, al- though they weren't as hilly as some of the streets in Norwich. About 3 o'clock Grace, that is my friend’s name became very ‘thirsty and as well water makes her ill we decided to .try and buy some milk- We stopped at two farm houses, but it seemed they hadn’t milked the cows and the morning’s milk was all sold. ‘We siopped at the third farmhouse for it is a saying that the third time never fails and it didn't in‘this case. Tt was ~ large, old-fashioned house built on_the plan of a southern home- stead. We went up the driveway and knew they kept cows for we heard them. mooing. The servant came. to the door, and she told her mistress what we wanted, Her mistress was an old lady in' a bleck silk dress. spare enough milk and gave each an day and all the schools were closed. ! She said she believed she couid|’ :1 4 * GASTORIA For Infants and Children. 1 The Kind You Have | Always Bought I ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. TN 1 For Over: geons. “Roys.” he said. “my workshop ought forgotten. ' rn Btlrhun the sick in those houses so T'll make {hem so joyous their worries will fly; So not minding an ache and forgetting their paln, ‘Will_call to the nurse, Smile-Ups again.” “There’s Sir The doctor may scold and the nurse be afraid, But I'll smile all the same from my place in the shade. “A fever-” they cry when he. talks STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. The Cocoa Tree. Think of the millions of people who eat and drink cocoa and chocolate without knowing where it comes from. In Columbia, Venezuela and north- ern Brazil grows a tree d&alled the cocoa tree. The farmer makes some holes in the ground, then puts some bean-shaped seeds intg the holes. The RY.A. BURRILL, Age 12. Staffora Springs. Saw Soldiers Going to the Front. street was patroled by and soldiers. a_m. on_ the Great ‘Western Railroad for Dublin. miles long, Aug. 4th Cork and Queenstown were under martial law. Every bridge ana armed police We left the city at 10.45 Southern _and i Soon after leaving the Cork station we went into a tugnel which is one and a half that runs under Clifton terrace, & hill higher than Jail Hill. It.is the highest part ‘of the city. Our tinin. was a long one and we -took on more cars at every junction. Every car available to carry the soldiers was, put into service. 4 Our first stop was Blarney. At our left was - Blarney Castle and the Blarney of Weeds woolen mill. On our right was-a large factory where- they made a fertilizing product. ¥ Gur next stop was Mallow. This is a pretty place.. There a lot of sol- diers got on the train. the depot was all. in . .confusion. Fathers, mothers, sisters and. brothers were bidding- their loved ones good-bye, who were going to_war. 'n 3 . We. stopped -at Charleville and at Timerick junction. We took on more soldiers at. Thurles Company, .Tipper- ary. We saw the Devils Bit on the mountain. Several companies of sol- diers got on here. E . ‘We ' passed- through . the bogs of Al- len. The bogs are several miles long. bushes grow from about twenty to thirty feet high and resemble a lilac bush, but are much taller. ‘When the tree- grows up it bears fruit that looks like a cucumber but is\of a dark brown color. The outside of the fruit is very hard and must be chopped through with an axe. In- side there is some white pulpy stuff and in this pulp there are seeds. These ceeds are taken out and are put in large sacks to be sent to our coun- try and other countries of the world. ¢ The seeds contain much oil and thérefore are pressed and squeezed in order to obtain the oil which is very uvseful. That which remains goes through many.more processes and fin- ally becomes cocoa and' the latter is made into chocolate. ‘Thus from these seeds or cocoa beans we eat and drink all our cocoa arfd chocolate, FT EANOR SMIGIEL, Age 13. Norwich. 7 about smiles: 'Twere better than groaning of livers and biles! ' Ang then I will creep round the doc- tor, you see; Until he will grin as sure as can be! “My patient is better!” he'll say with a gasn; And Smile-Ups will smile, for the © crisis is past! —Wee Wisdom. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES, Dear Uncle Jed: A boy I play with told me he had bought a book for 10 cents and some day he would get $20 for it and stumped me to guess what the book was. Every grown-up I've asked about it has told we he was a humbug except my Pa and he says he must be a born speculator. You give away so many books and know &0 much about them, T thought I would ask you if It's true, and if I can do it, too? My ma says she guesses it must be a pretty rare book. Your Interested Nephew. CHARLEY COCONE. Yes, there is such a book: it is not so rare as your ma thinks and 1t cannot be bought at the book stores. The boy who told you is not & born speculator as your pa thinks, but a born joker. It is a bank-book and sometimes such a book may be ob- talned for five cents at a private bank and it will cost the larger part of ten dollars in the end. This book is an account book, and every time five cents are put in the bank by its owner, credit is given in the book, and when five dollars have been /put in the bank. if no more is placed there it wi'l in 15 years at compound interest become $10, because the morev has earned a sum which just equals itse The five and ten cent savings banks and the school savings banks, too, were established to teach children the saving or banking habit and Uncle Jed knows a bev who bought a bank book for ten cents who can take ten thousand dollars’ for it today, because he grew to manhood, kept adding to it and never took any money out. Money in the bank earns money ‘while its owmer is asleep and it is pleasant in old age to note the $10 ‘which have become $160 in the cus- todv of the bank. The bank book habit is a good habit and what you get for the book depends,| upon how much money you put in the bank, LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Ruth House. of Scotland—I . thank you verv much for the prize book Wwhich T recetved. I ltke it. Lucy Carter, of Scotland—I thank you for the prize book. I was pleased to learn T had received another prize. T have read quite a little of it. Katherine Riddle. of Moosup—I have not written you for a long time. I thought I would write and tell you T received a prize book, was pleased The Pet Seal. A great many seals are killed every year for their soft, fine fur. Among the Shetland Islands the people used to think that harm would come to any- one ‘who killed ‘a seal. A number of these animals were caught and tamed. One was a very large fellow. Two men could mariage him. ~ He was soon tamed and had a shed for his_home, Bvery day -he would go to the sea for food and return to the land when his master called him. At the house of his owner lived a dear little baby boy. One day baby’s mother rocked him'to sleep and laid him in his litt'e bed. Then she went out, leaving the door open, so she might hear him if he awoke. He did not awake, but after a while mamma came into the room again. There was the great seal close to baby’s -cot, look- ing into his fact just as if it would like to kiss him. Mamma was frij ed. Then the s ordered him out. He floundered away to his shed, The seal would not have hurt the baby. Seals are very loving creatures. NANCY TERTEAULT, Age 11. Versailles, 4 tened and scream- The Captives. . About twelve miles away from sea, on the Merrimac river is the beautiful town of Haverhill. It was a small settlement, and Indians could reach it easily from tHe other side in canoes. One day Isaac Bradley and Joseph ‘Whittaker were working in Mr. Brad- ley’s field. Isaac was fifteen years old and though small was brave and fear- less. Joseph was eleven and as large as Isaac, though not as strong and brave. As they were working, some Indians jumped from the bushes and captured them. They did not stop to kill any of the settlers, but went straight to ::!e!r camp by a lake with their cap- ives, 3 ] After the boys had been there awhile they learned a few words of the lan- guage and could tell from what the Indians said they were going to Can- ada in the spring. Isaac had no in- tention of going, so he tried to think of a plan to get away. April. came and. though Isaac knew the English fort was south, he had no compass ‘to show him the way through the woods. ‘At last he thought he would travel by the sun in the davtime and by the stars at night. “I am afraid you will not wake, THE POOL, “Ha! ha!” lavghed Madam Butter- fily as she changed her position from gelden rod to a lone dandelion. “Ha! ha!” came the faint tones again as I acknowledged her salute of the vir- tical wings that slowly opened. closed, then opened and then stood upright. “Ha! ha! Grandpa Lowater with all his 75 years of study don't know where my nose is. Look at this,” and the little flirt unrolled a long tube and then shook it at me while she rned an eye on the gathered crowd. hat is this, grandpa?* “Your proboscis. I do not blame Fou, for it is @ pretty and very handy part of a preity creature. But I do not understand that you smell with it well as eat. Do you?” o. I am like all the other cit- izens of The Pool, who like myself have three states of existence. Miss Moth there. and myself, have the sense of smell located in our antennae th'e same as all the rest of the two and three state citizens. But, grand- pa, I claim that there is quits a dis- tinction between the wntennae of a moth and a miller, and a butterfly. It is only the descendants of Sir Up- right Winged Butterfly and his rela- tions that made the acquaintance of the Pilgrim fathers and other early ploneers who have the distinction I refer to. Our antennae are tipped with knobs of honor-—something Miss Moth por Miss Miller there never had.” “Just as if weights hung to the end of our antennae,” said Miss Moth, ‘were Detter, or marks of distinction. I don't believe there are ten families In the whole insect world could use such knobs.” + “Don’t-be personal, folks, but, hon- est'y, T can't see how you ail can smell through a pipe made of horny pig- ments. “Why, my dear friends, your an- tennae to me are tiny parts jointed by being fastened end to end. with little ligaments and yet they perform all the functions of Sir Thomas Cat's nose. and you know he’s keen on the scent, and would like to Europeanize the whole of you while hé levies large tributes on each party. “What you say may be right! Buat how is it, Master Ant, do vou smell with the same parts you use so skill- fully in feeling?” “Certainly. and that is the way most of us hear, too. Maybe you have no- ticed I talk with my antennae as well as hear and smell. The twilight of the year is fast approaching or I would call up one of my new cows ¢f the Aphis breed, that I have kept In condition on this thorn apple pas- ture and show you I can talk, see, smell and hear bLetter than any mem- ber of the Wide-Awake club, big as they are.” GRANDFATHER LOWATER. It is a beautiful sight. Our next Queen’s county. on our right near the depot. not far-from the railroad. ‘The railroad is built on a level plain, no grades or sharp curves. From here we can see the Wicklow mountains at a distance. Qur next stop was the Curragh of Kildare. There we saw the military barracks, which they say are the larg- est barracks in._the British Isles.. We saw more soldiers there on the Com- mon, or Plains, than I ever saw before. It seemed as though there were enough soldiers ' there to lick the Germans. They put on more cars all filled with soldiers, long we could not see the rear end. ‘We inquired where the soldiers were going. They said they were going ‘to Athlone, to be formed into reziments, and get their equipments and then be sent to. the Tront. After a long wait we started again. Our next stop was Kingsbridge sta- tion, Dublin. Here everything was in confusion. The station was filled-with people. - All around the depot were thousands of soldiers. ‘Every carriage. street car, jaunting car. in fact, every- thing ‘'on wheels was taken by the mil- itary to convey’ them to other places. ‘The passengers. had to walk to their hotels. . The distance covered on- this triv was 165 miles. Your little nephew RICHARD W, TOBIN Jr, -Age 12. Norwich. The Oid Scheol Stove. T am quite an old stove. I stand in a corner. of a little white schoolhouse. The schoolhouse stands in a hollow. ‘There are two large maple trees on the south side of the schoolhouse and a small maple tree on the north ‘side. In hack.of the school or the west side is a small meadow. On the east side is a road - I.love to watch the children. stand ‘around the teacher’s desk, and . hear stop_was Maryborough Maryhorough prison In this prison was hung the last man that was hanged in Ireland, several years ago. The prison has a dark history of its own. We saw thousand of soldiers on the grounds. I saw for the first time ore of; the Round Towers of Ireland, and then the train was so top be swept up_every evening. Which of you will undertake to do it? ;rll!lng to pay a cent for each sweep- ng.” 5 “Only' a_ cent!” would work for a cent?” “T will,” said Joe. than nothing.” every day, when Uncle Harris was_done workinz in the ‘shop, wonld take an old broom and sweep it; and he dropped all his penunles into his tin. savings bank. One.day Uncle Harris took Dick and Joe to tow1 with him. While he went. to buy. some lumber, they stayed in the toy-shop. where - there “were . toys every kind. “What fine kites!” sald Dick. k. ‘wish I 'could buy one. .said the man. be- even a cent,” said Dick. * said Joe, “and think I will buy that bird-kite.” “How did vou get fiftv cents?” “By, sweeping the shop,” answered Joe. “I saved my pennies. and did not open mv ba~k until this morning.” Jve bought the bird-kite and a new larre knife, while Dick went home withouteanything: but he had ‘learned not to despise littie things: and he was very glad to sweep the shop when- ever Joe would let him, even though he received for his work onlv a cent. JOSEPH GILOT. Baltfe. 1 A Visit- to Canterbury. Dear Uncle Jed:—I thopght I would write and tell xou a little about my visit to the country. I did not go to school that afternoon, for we wanted to_catch an early train. ‘We started about quarter of two.on a trolley and get in Baltic about quar- ter of -three, and then we had to walk to the depot, and had a long time to wait. The time passed off. quickly and before we it. we were on the train _and soon we arrived at Can- terbury. ; My cousin met us at the station with a large horse and team. We had to drive about -two miles and we drove slow and it was a lovely ride. “As soon as we-got to the house we sat down-and rested, and talkéd until supper time, and then had our. supper and. feeling very tired we started for upstairs for the night. Next' morning - we ‘woke. up bright and happy, had, our breakfast, and wept fishing down: to the Quinehaug River, not far from where we were staying. We did not have.very good luck, but came home to dinmer. In the afterfioon we went riding and came to a store where we bought a few things. When we arrived home it was time for supper and then we retired for the night. -1 _hope I shall be able to.teil more about my: visit next week. ‘LILLIAN J. BREWSTER, Age 12. Norwich. Candy Recipes for Wide-Awakes. Dear Uncle Jed:—I like reading the ‘Wide-Awake letters very . much. I ‘wonder how many of the Wide-Awakes enjoy_ making candy these long. eve ings. I am sending some - recipes which I have tried and always have had good Tuck with: Fudge—-Two_cups of sugar, 2 squares of ‘chocolate, 1-2 cup of milk, "butter size of a large walnut, and teaspoon of vanilla. Boil until it threads; stir until.it sugars-and pour into buttered pans and cut into squares. Molasses Candy—One cup of sugar, 2 cups of molasses, 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 tahlespoon of vinegar, and let boil_until it' hardens, when dropped in cold water.. Then add = a pinch of them recite their lessons. ~When all children are at school there are twern- ty-six in this small schoolhouse. . : In winter when the.snow-is on. the ground some .of the .children, or the teacher, comes and builds a fire in me. When the_children come in with numb toes and fingers they come and warm themselves by me, and then go out and thAke thelr sleds and ride down the ill. x When the bell rings they all come ~unning in.and take their seats. Then they_take their books and study their ‘essons and the teacher hears them. ‘When recess comes the children .that have no sleds come an sit down by me and read. At noon those who do not go home to dinner come and stand around me and eat their ‘lunch. Sometimes in the coldest days of winter there are only four or five children at school, and sometimes.the teacher sends them home to get. their lunch if they haven't brought it; and then they had only about ten minutes at noon and go go home early at night. ALCESTA WATTS, Age 12. Manzfeld Four Corners. NE iy L ones. o Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing about my puppy dog. Shiner is his name. He is very playful, and has a few tricks. He likes to go out in the street, but we are careful to keep him in_the yard. v He likes to play with the kitty, and sometimes he drinks her milk. His breed is bull. His. color is white and brindle. ; . Some time I will write and tell you more about Shiner. MADE! SULLIVAN, Age 9. Norwich. Hallowe’en, Autumn _is here again, and with it comes Hallowe'en. This Is a day set apart in latc October, when everyone enjoy themselves. They play games and have masquerades with all Sorts of costumes and funny fads. They ‘sometimes 0 to 2. hall or where saleratus; -then peur -into butter tins. Chopped 'nuts or -peanuts may be added. o Chocolate : Caramels—Boil - together about 20 minutes 1 cup of each, molass- es, sugar, and chocolate; 1-2 ‘cup’ milk when nearly done; add a piece of but- ter size of 1 egg; drop piece in water to ascertaln when done; flavor with vanilla; pour on buttered pans. When nearly cool mark in squares with back f ‘knife. O hope some of the Wide-Awakes will try these and have as good luck as I Bad. o ORA HOUSE, Age 12. Scotland. They Took Billie's Advice Dear Uncle Jed:—I am golng to write you about a funny experience I once had. One day while I was stay. ing in New York and my uncle took me out to the Zoo, where animais of every description may be eeen. After we had wandered around . the garden and seen nearly all the ani- mals we started home. We had not gone very far when we came upon two paths, one leading to- wards the right and the other towards the left. My uncle said the one leading to- wards the left was the one we were to follow if we wished to reach home. I was certain we had come by the one leading to the right. Along the path leading to the left and which we had decided ‘to follow, stood cages which contained beautifui | Dbirds of every description. While we were disputing about the two paths someone - called to us in a shrill, high tone, evidently. meant -for my 'uncle and me, as there were no other per- sons in' sight. . We both looked back the moment we ‘were addresséd but could distin- cuish nothing. Again someone spoke and said : “Turn back! Turn back!” 1 lopked up and staring at me be- tween the bars of a cage I saw Bill, my old parrot which -my uncle had brought_from- South America and had T am said Dick. *Who “A cent is better Joe ilkc. There were kittens on the porgh and ‘we hegan to pet them. She told us all about them and then asked us our names. We told her our names and that we were riding on bicycles. Grace offer: to pay her for the milk but she would not ' take it, instead she asked us to call again. : Then bidding her good-bye we again started on our way. We saw some red berries growing on branches with green leaves and stopped to pick some to take home. then came’ to‘ a sign which directed of| the. way to-New Bedford. Coming home, we saw - two little skunks playing in the bushes. We crossed a bridge and rode past an old ruined mill. The leaves were turning color and they looked beaut: ful at sunset. We wished we could take some home, but knew they would not stay pretty. We arrived home at 7:30 pretty tired for we bad rode 17 miles, which was quite 4 ways for two girls to ‘ride alone. Grace played the piano, the: ‘com- pany sang, and I played the violin. We enjoyed every bit of our holiday. LENA KRAUSS Age 14. New Bedford. 9 Learned From Experience Dear Uncle Jel:—A stumble I had & short time ago resulted in a bruised forehead for me. It reminded me of an incident that happened while gath- ering nuts a few years ago. I was in a chestnut tree shaking the nuts down so my. brother could gat] er them and they could be equally di- vided. There was a/young man, a hunter, there who bad stopped for a.rest. Oc- casfontally he would throw some nuts at me, but after a while gave it up, seeing I didn’t pay any attention to it. Soon he began a new scheme. He sald I reminded him of a squirrel, for I went to the tips of the branches and he wanted me to get some nuts that were out at the end of the branch, for that, he sald, was easy to do. Not wanting to disappoint anyone, I Once I began to move out further. stopped, for I thought I would fall, You're no good unless you get those nuts, he said. g 3 So, partly convinced I ecould, for they were so near, I again began a forward move. failed to realize where- I was and thought I was asleep, but my nap was suldenly broken when I fell on the edge of a rock. The. young man. then went. away, evidently ashamed of making a nine year old boy fall from a tree, ten feet or_more. It was a week before I got over the fall. That is what I got for listening to -a flatterer, but everyone has to learn “his own lesson, and-the sooner the better for them. ; 1 . Poor Richard said: teaches a dear school ., MYRON Norwich Town. Experience . How She Spends Her'Spars Time. Dear Uncle Jed:—1 . am going to write you how I use my spare mo- merits. 3 5 : I.am very fond of-sewing-and 'as Saturday is the only day in whichk 1 have a chance:to.sew, I'get my-work old-fashioned goblet full of ‘ice-cold] m Soon I' heard a crack, and then I e ggaee=| Thirty Years Jsien st GASTORIR THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORR GITY. rontk Guaranteed 00 We ate our lunch and | e iane ‘in"the morning and sew in the ernoon. T I have been sewing a silk?cushion cover and I will tell you how I did it. I took a-plece of cloth about one and one-half feet square and cut out enough. pieces of silk to sew over it. The silk was of different colors and I cut it into- different shapes. I have a little flower garden of pansies, geraniums, asters and chrys- anthemums which 1 lke to weed and water. My flowers are still in Lloom. ““There is a sick baby livi not far from where I live and I often take her a bouquet of flowers. T.enjoy putting .together my puzzle of King George V and Queen Mary, al- though it .takes me nearly forty-five minutes . to put it together. It con- sists of over one hundred pieces. Some evenings I like to paint and OUne evening T made a pepr-covered book and in it I pasted all my letters and stories which were printed in the Norwich Bulletin. On the cover I painted a winter scene of a tree with- out leaves and on one of its branches a squirrel eating a nut. I suppase the Wide-A wakes wil] gnom be planning for their Hallowe'en par- ties. JESSIE BREHAUT. East Norwich, N. Y. Too Bad and Too Late Dear Uncle Jed:—One morning when I had eaten my breakfast I went out into the barn to finish the chores. You can’t guess what my cat had. She had a wild canary in her mouth, I tried to take it away from her, but she scratched me and then I put her out of the barn. Just then my brother came in. I said, It is a wild canary. I said to him. Take it away from ever planted a garden. I have a little kitten and her I also have a dog and his name i% I have. some steers and they of the little girls of the Wide-Awak il I raised corn, beans, squashes, cucum bers and some potatoes. 3 is' Tumbler, and she is the most plui ful kitty you ever saw. Cutle. He doesn't like to have me. the Kitty because he is so jealous. spotted red and white, 2 Hampton. The Kind Little Boy Dear Uncle Jed:—One winter's an old lady was coming home g market with a basket of food. Th roads were very icy and she fell and: hurt her ankle. Just as she was about to get up little boy came along with his sl and took the old lady’s basket and pu it on his sled and then asked the old* lady where her home and she tol him, so he carrfed her basket hoi for her. » en she reached home the boy, carried her basket in her house and' then ran out as fast as he could so he could go out to slide. He did noty wait for her to thank him. 4 ‘After sliding a little while he went, home for supper and told his fathe: and mother what a king deed he hadt done. So they sald to him, always ha? lg::! to the old m:oge poor, and al er every spoke a word @bout_him. b e KATHERINE RIDDELL. Moosup. She Likes to Play with,Gingse: v Dear Uncle Jed:—T1 have a cat. Her name is Ginger. I feed her three times a. day. She likes to eat mieat and to-dririk milk. She sleeps in my .back. ., Very - muc So he put his hand down to take it away and the cat scratched him too. He wanted me to try again, but I had heen scratched once and I thought that I-didn’t want to try again. v th . time the little bird was dead 50, we gave.up trying. It was too bad and too late. ALDEN HASKELL, Mansfield. Her Garden and Her Pets Dear Uncle Jed:—I wonder if any every night. I like her - She likes to play with a spool string. -S| - =3 ‘Whaling is now a well establi E dustrs oft . the - Portughese arann coast. The “humpbacked” whale aver- ages fortyefive feet in length and sthe™ ro:::sionu =perm whales about fitty Bulletin Pointers WHAT TO BUY L AND WHERE. TO BUY _ YOUR HAIR CUTICURA SOAP And Cuticura Ointment. They cleanse the scalp, re- move dandruff, arrest falling hairand promote hair health, Sz=ples Free by Mail Cutleura Soap and Olntment sold throughout the sworid. Liberal sample of cach malled free, with 32.p, Book. Address “Cuticura,” Dept, 218, Boston, - DR. N. 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