Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 26, 1914, Page 9

"THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE “BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT o were shortest in December. In those early days Balder's festival was an occasion of great rejoicing and many mysterious performances, and it is probable the boys and girls then used to cut up as they do in this age on AH Hallow's night., The bonefire celebrated a religious rite, the bounfire protected marines on the coast, the boonfire was a great fire of timber and brush; and the bon- nie fire the blaze around which the children -danced in glee, now bonfirs, but earller called the bonfier, accord- ing to old BarnabLy Googe. Before the days of fireworks all great victories and festivals were cele- | 9f brated by fires in pudlic places, and in the early days and up to quite re- cently, the election fire in November once in four years was the regular symbol of joy of the victorieus party. It is not uncommon even now in some parts of Massachusetts to have a great bonfire on the morning of the Fourth of July to give zest to the cel- ebration of the declaration of Ameri- can independence. Rules for Young Writers. 1, Write plainly on one stde of the pa{er only, and .nndm{:bir th: mei. Use pen ink, nof . 3 Dot ena pointad” ardoies wirl be given preference. Do not use over 3860 words. 4. Original stortes or letters onmly will be used. ." 8. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainty at the bottom of the story. A‘Zdre:l all communtcations te Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever vou are—Be that! ‘. Whatever you say—Be truel ‘water until a swan or. then the cels wauld alive, This Straightforwardly act, Be hornest—in fact, Be nobody else but you.” POETRY. | When Grandma Goes Away. It's awful lonesome in this house, when Grandma goes away. She's gone to cld Aunt Betsey’s. Gee- I hope she doesn’t stay. If she'd oniy be here Sundays, I could stand it through the week; My dad has gone to take a nap, and I can’t move or speak. P'm tired to death of reading, end of course_I cannot play— Oh! Sunday’s long and lonesome when Gramdma’'s gone away. If she was here, she'd read to me and tell me stories, too, And then we'd crack some hick’ry nuts, and when that fun was N~ erous benefactors, the Lords and King ot England and given to their:friends| gng as their pay for killing and persecut- ing innocent and defenseless people of | of Ireland. As we passed through the different sections we saw many _interesting places and things, some dating back to_the early history of Ireland. Duhlin {s the capital.of Ireland. It is a fine city with modern facilities, | giag beautiful parks, schools, electric lights and car service. It has a population of 290,638 people. Your little nephew. RICHARD Norwich. H ;:am WILL CLOSE ALL DAY TODAY THANKSGIVING DAY {1 | B8 LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Doris Willoughby, of Hampton—I «{wish to thank you for the nice prize pook which you sent me, entitled Magic Doll. I have read it all through. I found it very interesting. Mabel Prue, of Eagleville—I received my prize book which you sent me. I was much pleased and I thank you very much. Almira Kramer, of Colchester— Thank you ever so much for my love- Iy prize book entitled ¢The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound. "I did not do much until I had read it. David Carlyle, of Norwich—I wish to thank you for the prize book I re- csived November 12, 1914. I find it very interesting. 4 Reginald Yeomans, of New London— 5 o gfla! i ; 7 i i 1 TOBIN, JR. In the woods with three other boys to hunt for bees’ nests. Suddenly boy cried out that there was a bee's 9 iR The First Thanksgiving, Just before Christmas in 1620 a ban of brave Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. They bad come over the ocean in the Mayflower. At first they lived in England, but the king wanted ev- erybody to go to his church, and they did not believe as the kln* did and were treated very cruelly. They went to Holland. They were not contented among the Dutch and hence came to America. They had a very hard winter and when spring came many of them died. through Maybe we’d take a little walk—'course Tige would have to go— I tell you what he misses her! I'd really ke te know If when he whines and looks at me, he doesn’t try to say, “It’s awful ~lonesome in this house when Gradma’'s gone away!” Yesterdai® my football smashed our largest window pane; Then of course it had to go and rain and rain and rain! And aid T get a call down? Say! It 8 gk i boys rushed toward him, for they all loved henmey, and thought it would be great fun to drive away the bees and earry the nest. But before they reached the spot they heard a boy ery: ‘I'm stung!” This frightened everybody, so they [ oo all turned rAn. and they stopped and asked all about the dis- covery. The boy repeated that the nest was on a tree, made of paper, and full of i i ‘was pretty bad. Dad forgets when I do things that he was once a lad Grandma happened in his day— Oh! Nothing seems to go quite right often telis me things that 1 was glad to get my prize book to- day. I like my book very much. Thank you for sending it to me. Stephen Shea, of Versailles—I re- ceived -the pretty prize book you sent me. It is just what I wanted. I find One day an Indian came to the village end said: “Welcome, Englishmen.” They soon made friends with the Indians and they showed them how to plant corn. yellow bees. This was enough for Thomas Smith. He determined to gee such a thing, and take it home. No one would go with him, so he had to go_back alone. The first thing that happened mwu Bunny in the neck with his hand. I took poor Bunny but he was dead. 18141814 John A. Morgan & Son when Grandma’'s gone away. i ;s interesti v That spring the Pligrims planted " Dear Uncle Jed, you can bet I went R yors intsreslng” 1 thanic you very |, That, spring, €30 PLgrime Blafted o sine'on ano o Ma Suems | How home aewibesrich “Course now my ball is busted? WOl e @ = Yoo Do to gob dt M i an JOEN GUNDERMAYN, JR. Age 8. COAL ° mend it I can’t see, ey sald: “We ought ta ve a h: isbon. ¥or mothers alwaya bisy, golns out THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. | fabat nd thini; God fir thaellstiaes: | Sone - Fl0 SuE- tasiGhpie:: 0 . d L SR : LEMIGN VALLEY o ctlubs or tea; ik e - ings.” . it nterested in the Circle. N ton. And Mary in the kitchen is cross, I'm | plperank, Pardy, of Norwich—With | " o invited thie, Indians and [, 118 t00K Off his shict, put the strange PRt ol i e B Lo S0 Iying low— e they sat down to & great feast of deer | (uns 1% 1t tucked up all the corners Its about two years since I wrote my| Omce 8nd Vard Central Whart Iee awtul hard to bo a boy and mot| 3—Edward G. Moran, of Norwich— | meat, fish and turkey. T DaaNs N Y iast letter to you, and as it was about Telephone 884. ow how to sew reble af ripoli. - Now this day is kept all over the I ’ ksgiving SO— When your fav'rite ball needs mend- | s alicy M, Gorman, of Versalles— | URlied States and millions of peoble |y ik ‘man ot in soe. e o T4 | nded ot halt pess 3. . | Clok e e e Wellt I certainly must say of Door Girls in’ Florida. sit 'i°"":1 s a’i“g‘[}kfi‘[‘:‘:\g f;;fi‘«u the treasure shirt and all, in an iron| After pinning the tail on the donkey | Although I have not written in so MRS. G. P. STANTON t a pleasant place gone away! —The National Magazine. UNCLE JED'S TALK WITH WIDE- AWAKES. Thanksgiving night is always bon- fire night with the boys of Norwich, although in -the last century BEnglish lads and lassies called such a fire a ‘bonfier. Perhaps the Wide-Awakes are not aware that the bonfire can be traced léng a time, dear friends, do not think I have forgotien you. No, indeed, on the contrary I still look for The Bul- letin as eagerly on Thursday morning a8 I did then, and I have watched the old giris and boys drop out giving place to the newer ones. There ase only two or three still writing from among those who wrote in my time, the are the Misses Brehaut and Richard Tobin. I am sure that they deserve the greatest credit. ‘Many changes have come to me since I lsat wrote and I am now a Lower Middle in the Norwich Free academy. we played hide the butts and after that we had Junch. For )?l%ch we had three different kinds of cookies, pea- nuts and two kinds of candy. My aunt piayed the plano and we sang about ten songs. Then we went home, for it was getting late. It was the first party I ever went to. MADELYN SULLIVAN, Age 9. Norwich. pail under the stairs. After supper Thomas was ordered to bed. As he was taking off his Jacket his brother cried out: “Mother! other! Tom has not got his_shirt_on Then Tom’s father came in, very angry, and asked where the shirt was. Sp Tom had to confess what he had done, and his father scolded him for bringing such a thing into the house. When Tom got up next morning he asked his mother for the nest. Bhe told him that his father had destroyed 62 Shetucket Strest. is showing 2 full line of New Millinery for Fall and Winter small- and deformed. They eat with chopeticks instead of knives and forks nd take off their shoes on entering the house. Their principal food is rice and the chief exports are tea and silk. The chief occupations are argiculture, fishing and manufacturing. HANNAH M'CARTHY, Age 14 s Versailles. 4—Ruth Lappie, of Yantic—The Out of Door Girls in Winter Camp, 5—Anna Watts, of South Windham —The Magic Doll. 6—John Gunderman, Jr., of Lisbon ;tAdvemure: of Walter and the Rab- 7—Lower Middle Girl, of Norwich— Moving Pleture Girls Under the Palms. 8—Alma Kramer, ©of Colchester— Mr. Penwiper's Fairy Godmother. Our Pet Squirrel. Dear Uncle Jed: We have a pet squirrel which a man gave us when he was very small. He could not eat any- thing. He could only drink milk. He could not drink it from a spoon or a saucer, because he would get his nose in it and that would make him sneeze. ‘We_could not think of any way to feed him without having him get his nose in the milk; but one day when everyone was at school mamma LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Day in The Woods, Dear Uncle Jed: back to prehistoric times. The Dan on the hills as beacon lights, from such nes used to have baunfires and & use of - fires-came the The winners of books living in_the city may call for them at the Bul- letin business wffice at any hour after 10 a. m. on Friday. thought of a way to feed the squirrel, which we named Jack. It\is quite a funny way to feed a squirrel, but it is the only thing we could think of. a put a little milk in & saucer and as I shall soon be “Sweet Sixteen,” and not allowed to write any it, as it was a wasp’s nest. 8o it was a wonder poor Tom was not dreadfully hurt. “RANK PARDY, Age 13. Bave been reading the stories of the Widev\yes. - I thought I should like to write, but until this time I didn’t seem to have tihe merve. All around our home we have many Revolr,” but not “Good By,” to my Norwich. more, 1 have taken this way of saying “Au Wide Awake Circle friends, to whom The Ship of the Desert. Dear Uncle Jed: The camel is known as the ship of the desert because it carries everything that is needed lighthouse, which lessens the perils and I wish all the hapiness, helth and - B put a little plece of absorbent cot- % woods and when the leaves are - < also | the: This anl sed use i of sallors on all coasts in this age. | STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE-|ton in the milk, and Jack then could A Stroll in the Woeds. 1t tn & Deanttfal sleht e m:";fl:g Prosbeity e can Wl selh ¥ ala) Cece LT PRELTNL Ia Dasd hecam 2 The Hebrews used to have bonefires three thousand years ago in their per- formance of religious rites and the men who study of the erigin of words cannot say for certain whether the name was derived from the ancient ‘baunfire or bonefire, There was an age when these fires were written of as boonfires, and in the ancient English June festival, on St. John's eve, the chi'd@ren arrayed in wreaths and flora! bands and sash- 63 used te 0 dance around these fires and throw garlands into the flames. Shelly speaks of these fires as beau- tiful fires, pressed in which could only be ex- Scotch as bounie-fires, and it may be that from these bonnie children’s festivals at St. John’s eve in June and on Christmas eve In De- cember that the modern name bonfire was derived. A bonnie fire was the fire on the lrearth—the old fireplace blaze—which made Thanksgiving day and Christ- mag bright and cheerful, about which AWAKES. Walks in Dublin, The Irish House of Parliament is directly across the square from Trin- ity college, passing Dame street on the northwest side it faces Great Brunswick street. At this point is a statue of Tom Moore and a little to the east is a fine siatue of Henry Grattan, the Irish statesman. The house of parliament is of ancient architecture, it has several en- trances, with larze tound columns made of limestone forming an arch overhead. The main entrante faces Dame street with large iron gates, it was built during the administration of Lord John Carteret under the inspec- tion of Sir Edward Pearce, engineer and surveyor general until his demise and was completed by Arthur Dobbs, get what milk he needed by sucking the cotton. In a few weeks he was able to eat nuts. ‘We do not keep him in a cage, but let him run in and out of the house as he wighes, We have gathered a great many nuts so that Jack can have some through the winter. Jack sleeps in one of the trees near our house. He has carried some cot- ton and other soft things for his bed in the winter. He is big and fat now and is full of fun. Don’t you think he is & nice pet to have? RUTH LAPPIE, Age 12. Yantte. | A Grand Wolf Hunt. One day some time ago sorne farm- ers were coming across the field. They were looking toward the ground and talking loudly. One said: “There it is again.” Presently another farmer joined the Esq., who sudceeded him. about 1739. A. D. at a cost of $200,000. It was partially destroyed by fire in 1792. It is now used es the Bank of Ireland and as all the public buildings were under military rule when we were there we could not be admitted. This are you looking for?" This man was Israel Put- David Brown answered: “For the wolf that has killed twenty of my party. * he asked. nam, One hot day in summer two best of chums, Raymond and Edwin, started for a stroll in the woods. ere were many large caves in the woods which formed excellent hiding places. The two boys were playing near one of the caves when they heard a peouliar wail. For a long time they searched through the cave and were about to leave when they saw a black dog. One of its legs was broken and it looked half starved. The boys carried the dog home and cared for it and it fs now a large in- telligent dog. The boys never regret their stroll in the woods, MYRA YERRINGTON, Age 12. Taftville. walks and one day when we were out walking, my brothers and I, with Blue- belle, our dog, the dog bark at some- thing in the wall. After much hard labor we succeaded in :umn‘ off some of the heavy rocks, and th we found a2 peoor little frighten: rabbit. We were much & that it did not run away Bdut on examining it we found it had a broken leg. My brother insisted on taking bome, which:we did and cared for until it was quite well. The rabbit became so tame we kept him and now we have & new pet. I hope the Wideawakes will enjoy my letter as much as I have theirs. - MICHAEL J. BURNS, Age 13. Fitchville. Do Teddy Bear, Dear Uncle Jed: I live on a farm and we have three horses and thirteen ¢ows. I help papa get the cows and he lets me drive the horses some times, 1 have a nice big Teddy Bear and 1 Just had a new dress and hat made may_flouvish forever. LOWER MIDDLE GIRL, N. F. A. Norwich. Muffet Catches Squirrels. Dear Uncle Jed: This is my first letter to the Wide-Awake Circle, and I want to tell you about my cat. She is three years old and is gray with black rings on her sides, and her name is Muffet. One day she came home with two red squirrels, and she catches rats and mice. it 1t was moved she caught the mouse. I guess this is all for this time HILDRED GARVEY, Age 9. Mansfield Depo! The Chinese. Dear Uncle Jed: w about the Chinese. Tony’s First Thanksgiving Dinnen Antony was a little Italian boy. He came to this country with his father and mother and several brothers and sisters. Tony, as he was called, was_ not many months in the city of New York when he joinéd the army of news- boys. ’ He was a courteous little fellow and houses are made of One day my papa and I were out in the woodshed with her and she jumped at the woodbox and when it I am going to tell The Chinese ong to the Mongolian race Their bamboo and their cities are surrounded by walls. The|day. can go a long time without water. The, people who own these camels drink their milk and it Is very nutri- tious. The young fiesh has the taste of veal. The long hair which falls from the camels is manufactured into garments. g.fh? Arabs' tents are also made out t. Alive or dead, almost every part of the camel is useful to man. JOSEPH W. PRUB. Eagleville. Her Summer Vacation. Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell you about my summer vacation. I went to Wa- terford to visit my aunt, while father and mother wept to England. Potter and Woodrow Darrow and Adaline Randall were there. These were the ones I saw most. I had a bicycle about the end of July, and about the middle of August my sister Jane came from Ashford. A little while after that another bicycle came for her. I keep mine out at East Great Plain and ride it every Satur- the reunited families used to sit and sheep.” soon had a long lst of customers. clothing of men and women is long . PATRICIA CASSIDY, Age 8. listen to the tales of adventure in| ol oS, was Patrolled Pyacotdiers at| " “Héw do you know it Is the eame| He had his first thankegiving din- T I nd S, dooks pretty Bice. e |80d loose. The feet of the women are| Norwich. ihe pioneer days from their elders 1 one?” asked Putnam. ner in_a large hall with hundreds Bear, 1 also while the younger people ate popcorn and@ molasses candy. But the bonfire cutdates beth St. John's eve and -Christmas eve. The Nersemen of Balder in his ho had a sun-God by the name and they used. to celebrate nor when the days were longest in June and when the days As we left there we walked wup Grafton street which is a fine busi- ness street. We visited the Wool- worth’s 5 and 10 cent store. As we entered this large store it seemed like home, a8 most of the goods we no- ticed were made in our own country, about the same as they sell here, Aft- er visiting the different departments we walked up Grafton street until we T f B ts 33§ Eis: | are related has placed if you osly cotild to the same extent, your pride would be jus- 23 eat a sweet adorn you plant’s canned goods— THE POOL. , “¥es, starch and sugar play an im- rtant part in my life as well as they n yours. you pupils could only realize dependent you are on even the -planté it would dispel much of pride you now have because you you and you omly e. plants use certain simple ele- seed-vessel of the plants growing at se is one of the: pplemoee: St 'Se coc] b ‘ucx‘;?gm. le-burrs, or that 5 fruits are classed as dry, and oollective, Each class, fl!u:ny-' derstand, is sub-divided, but I have only known the dry. We drys are of- ten overiooked as we are not so at- tractive as the fleshy ones: but still we believe you ‘kids’ think something orn% whezi the holidays are nigh. e nuts are all of Then, too, the wheat, corn, ?lytl.fm“” and other food products are my neer relatives. Now don’t you think we have just as much call for your study and notice ag any pome, Pepo, or ber- ry? Dow't know what a pome is? Well, weil! “Never saw an apple or ? Oh, dear that chokes mel ybe you don’t know a ‘pepo’ either? stuff | Well, I declare, if here isn't a whole iperin.’ | teacher. orowd of boys and girls who never made jack-o-lanterns or ate melons or_squashes! Did you ever? “How about berries? Oh, you know them! XName one. What, the straw- berry! Coodness me. To think the seed of my little friend the - my should be classed as a fleshy “Why, my deer friends, the tomate, grape, arange, cranberry and that sour one you pase along once in a while— the lemon, are berries. Ask your 2 strong glass and look at a strawberry seed. You will find It is & tiny pit clothed in a hard shell- ed cradle as I am, and not a fleshy fraft. Neither s it a .‘drupe,’ like & Ppeach. “Yes, I am a dry fruit; but dif- ferent in some ways from the bean, The bean is one of a class called ‘dehiscent.’ . because their shells open easily, while I am classed as an ‘indehiscent’ Now you school pu- pils must know why if vou know the meanige of ‘in’ used as a prefix.” GRANDPA LOWATER. “Because,” said Brown, “she has lost the toes off of her left forefoot, as the tracks plainly show.” They traced her to a den of rocks Then the question arose Who will go in_after her? Putnam consented to go. He tied a rope around his waist and crawled into the den. When he jerked the rope that was a signal for the onlookers to pull him out. He loaded his gun and went im. For a long time he 4id not pull the rope, ;m(d the people thought he had met his ate. Finally by the light of the wolf's own eyes he fired a shot. She gave a low, pitecus grow! and fell dead. Putnam fastened the body of the wolf to a rope and gave a sharp jerk. His friends pulled the rope and out came Putnam and the wolf together, This ended the trouble the farmers had with the wolf. THEODORE ABEL, Azxe 12. Yentie. g A Pst Coon and Pig. Dear Uncle Jed: I want to tell you about some pets-one of our neigkbors has. They are a pig and a coon. The coon is four years old, but he is still quite spry. He has a house with an upstairs and downstairs in it and & ‘tedar post to climb up and down on. The cage is made of wire netting. There are two little holes in this wire, one upstairs and one downstairs. These are big encugh.for him to put his paws, which are so like little hands, through. When anycone comes to feed him he will put his hands out so cunningly to get the food. He will ekin grapes to eat. The pi~ is ebout four menths old. He 3s black and white. He will follow any of the family around, and when his master goes in the house and sits down he will follow him in and put his feet in his lap lke a dog. ‘Cdlchester. The Lost Boys. Once upon a time two little boys came to a wood after wandering all day. At first they didn’t know what to do. After a while one of them, whose name was Frank, said: “Let us build a fire and get warm.” It was a bitter cold night and they were very cold. So the other boy, Wwhose name was Harry, gathered some and Frank bullt a fire thy ! They them, and they ] by they ecried Awakes have a Teddy bave a bix sailor boy which I got at the Brooklyn fair. DORIS WILLOUGHEY, Age 7. Hampton. My Pet Sheppy. Dear Unele Jed: I am writing to tell you about my little dog which has just been killed by an automobile. y brother wemt out for a walk, and the little dog followed hhm. Ho went out on the road and was kfiled, and the man did not even stop to say he was sorry. He might have sald one kind little word. It you could have seen him play with my Iittle er Itefre. He would walke up my brothers and sister, every I think of him every time I see an auto. 2 T hope no other, Iitile girls and boys will evew. feel as I 4id when I saw him dead. 1 am geing to ask Santa Claus to bring me_ another Mitle Sheppy. 1 know T will learn to like him. Uncle Jed I hope you have a hap- »y_Thankegiving. other little fellows and thought he ?aver had seen anything se grand be- ore. Plenty of turkey to eat, pumpkin pies and large red apples, too. How he wished the rest of the family might have some, I will give them a Tha ving dinner next year, said Tony, and he kept his word. EDWARD G. MORAN. Norwich. The Great Scholar, Once there was a little boy whose name was Leon. He won all the prises at school and on exgmin: day he went home with & great pfle of wreaths on his head. Near his house there was 2 little girl named Rose, but she did not win any Pprizes. One day ghe came over to show him a picture bBook, and he her questions about school and she could not answer them. He said he could not play with her any more, and she began to cry. Just then her fairy other came in and took him by the hand and brought him to & great man. The man thought a Boy at his wonderful, so he sald they would for a comet that he had been expect for a month. The boy said he was not that far. and he began to cty, but sald he could - nmm:flm!uizdml. . and asked her what she had brought him there for. The fairy said she knew a Hitle gir! who said: *“To be good we must obey god,r_l)o you know any more than she loes ‘The man said she sald ail there is to be said on the subject. CATHA E NELSON, Age 13 Versailles. Margery’s Garden. 5 Once there was a little named My . She bhad always in the They lived at the top of a big SIS veo anyining. DU Sloth cou! 1 '!;En she loglk:‘g!ov:':'m windows. argery very mueh about trees and flowers, bu them dearly- Pleasant mhm used to go to the park with her father and mothér to look at the lovely flow.|in ers there. . ”'a.hfifi-: Ay ‘'ork cl father: .“Oh, may I have & garden? fo; . garden as T fi eager -for a They plantéd two swrdens -R- 4 ANNA WATTS, Age 9. South Windhem. He Went Home Dowmhearted. The Kind You Have Always Bought For Ovor Thirty Years