Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 10, 1914, Page 9

Tw sure with your grumping yeu're likely to falll™ “Caw't escape!” sald the Grump, “‘tis prisot, 2 And_ that's ‘whess 1 Tin lkely more The sky is so black and the léaves are so_cold: : “Pooh! pooh!” cried Sir Smile-Ups, ‘who heppensd that way, "le-ndmx'l bhave to live in that prisen Why not “’""31' your name to Smile- U lend, Tor then 3ou'd be sure all your tron- . Dbles would end"” “But. 1 never, oh, never to Smile-Ups For *Crink-a-Cranks comes Wits his ‘machine, Untf Fre ‘becorme sxcessively lean. “My elbows are out and I've mothing to wear, Thlo;qblnl have pulled out the most m: 3 Fm ‘m{ Tm sore; and you tell me to_smile, T'm surs it Wil take a terrible while!™ “Ob nomsense! Stand up and stretch our_toes; out y¢ Now, jump from your prison, eo filled with woes; Tl help you away to more Smile-Ups know, And then ‘it is likely a Smile-Ups you'll grow-" 5 The Grump-a-Grump gazed at Sir Smi! le-Ups awhile, Until in _M- stomach e felt a small e; !X..lflfl back his ears, wizggled his noss, Sy n Gave & big stretch and up Ne ayose! LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. :'.';fl;y“ e interesting. 1 am very very 3 glad my story, The Hunter's Bncape, met with your approval. Ernest eived the -etty prize book You sent e, Tt i Just 1 what - it very interesting. I thank you very much for it THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Richard Tobin, Jr. af Norwich— The Boys of Columbia High. 2—Michael J, Burns, of Fitehville— The Foys of Columbia High on the Gridiron. 2—Nancy Tetreaulf, of Versallles— Moving Picture Gifls at Rock Ranch. 4—Thoodore Abel, of Yantic—Boys of Columbia High in Athletics, 5—Elizaboth Parker, of Mansfield— Moving Picture Girls Snowbound., 6—Charfle Gunderm: of Lisbon— Pony Rider Boys in Temas. 7—Mildred Eiler, of Norwich Town ~—~Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm. S~Margaret MoGrath, of Bozrah- ville—Moving Pictyre Girls Under the Palme. 3 . : inners of prize books 1i n un:'?:ty may cafl at The Bulletin bus- iness office for them at any hour after 10 e m. en Thursday, UNCLE JED'S TALK TO THE WIDE. AWAKES. What boys and girls make the hap- piest men and women think you? Not the ones who like to heve their by the same. er to wale up. u%“fimm’v o A g T C o T G -2-G1 blobbered and 10 poned in hia woe: ll‘rn:s WRITTEN BY WIDE- .ezgz,tg.:itzgi Af H B your, own experiences instead of re- swriting: something you have read. Don't - get grumpy, but get dation for a splendid womanhood or manhood. ‘Where others sulk learn to smile, and where others shirk be prompt to act. This 1s the way to show you are @ true-blue Wide-Awake and you'll surely be a inner. August 17th and 18th Cork City was full of soldiers, some of them twere in the Btores getting things they need- ed exx"m' they were to leave the city the n August 19th we saw three transport ships leaving Cork. - August 20th three transport ships were filled with hear in tlie vicinity of “tramp, tramp, tram word _sald. Everything was carried out as quietly as o funeral, until the transports set sail. Then -a deafening cheer from those poor feliows some of whom were going to death. . - As we took the afternoon train to Queenstown we could hear those sol~ diers singing different soldier- songs. One of the songs was It's & Long Long Way to Tipperary. As our train passed them at Tivoll, we could ses them sailing down the harbor and shaking their handkerchiefs to our train. I felt very sorry for them. Some of them were s0 young, and perhaps would never see their dear mothers or fathers again. When we arrived at Queenstown we found it was difficult to secure & room in any hotel, as they were fllled with soldiers and Americans. We finally got a room in the Imperial hotel. Army officers had one floor of the hotel, di- rectly across the hall frem us. The officers had an office, telephone and | telegraph instruments and two soldiers on picket duty were walking up and down the hall by our door all night. 1 suppose to prevent anyone from lis- tening to any conversation which they might have. ‘We were awake at 5 o'clock in the morning and had breakfast, as we ex- pected. to sail on the Adriatic at 7 o'clock. At 8.30 we started for the and thence to. get aboard the tender which was to carry us out to the ship. The Adriatic was mot in sight, S0 we went back to the hotel and left our baggage on the dock. We were told to be ready at 3 o'clock p. m. The Adriatic-did not come so We_were very much disappointed. We returned o Queenstown and went up on the terrace and watched the soldiers getting their horses and wagons sbeard the Mediterranean rt ship. It-took them half a day to get There was a canvas around the sides of the boat so the horses could mot ses the water. We saw colored men, the only biack men I saw in Ireland, carrying live sheep on their shoulders the boat, We ‘were told the sheep were for the offi- cers. ‘Underneath us on the street the Red Cross men who drove down from Cork uhhitohed their horses from the wag- ons. At 4 o'clock p. m. they got start- All the soldiers, officers and started for the front. As they sailed from the dock they gave a great cheer for their king, and as they drifted out In what line? My methotl of s the same as others. Our pro- is by fruit while other plants. some hifden ways besides the Our secrets are Dame Nature's. lows us to tell but few, and only ‘who love my Neith- it best for you to learn only have slept moro periods of cold then several times the combined agey of this whole class, and have many se- ut up in my rough breast which I might tell if you are patient and worthy. Of one thing there must be no doubt. All plants live for a pur- pose. you can learn by con- tinued rappings at the front door of my_neighbors. ‘What did you say, Mary? “Ugh, that such insecis as spiders should never have been made?” Why, there are-three facts your ex- n shows you have yet to learn 1—All insects have a us piders are not inseci 3—Spiders are of use, and can teack even you tany good habits, But L am to talk of proud of but useful family. Not one mem. Manhoeflul:dm Bven the 4 ol ot | would merry their Christmas. ‘the center of the church stood a Chrigtmas tree with its Rending with ~its colored bea gifts. SR attive of valet dud Se - hhwllhh-‘: pack on his back égifis' o 5, read and a em es, but no Santa they came to the urel Here they waited and watched until he did come, but alas! how sad their hearts were when he showed them the bag. No gifts, no Christ for them, and all Santa couls sh: E83E Sadly they turned away to go home and eorely disappointeq they were, too, but it was no use, Santa gone and all they could think of was the empty bag. - Then they went to their beds and dreamed of things that might have been. SARAH BECKER, Age 11 Fitchville. Just in Time. A sergeant who was in service in Africn tells the following story: One night when he was completely worn out with hard labor he was placed as sentinel on a post of impor- tance. He knew the safety of the camp depended upon him. He knew dis- grace awaited him if he was found asleep at his post. Feeling he must sleep for a while, he Iay down with a stone for a pillow and his firelock by his side, He was soon sleeping. He was awakened by a terrible dream. He dreamed an immense lion ‘was about to pounce on him. In terror he grasped his gun and jumped to his feet. say: “Who goes there? Advance and give the countersign!” The newcomer, the sergeant of the guard, advanced a few paces and gave the nassword. “Pass on; all is well,” was the reply. “It would not have been well for me,” continued the sergeant, “had he caught me asleep.” FRANK PARDY, Age 13. Norwich. Red Cross Stamps. For several years back when I vis- ited the stores at Christmas time I saw young ladies dressed as nurses With red crosses on their arms, and I saw them seiling etamps to paste on Christmas packages. any because I did not know the good they were doing. is year the town of Bozrah, through the efforts of Mrs. Palmer, has started a fund and we buy them from our teacher every time we have a spare penny. We are told that five dollars will keep one patient suffering with tuber- culosis for one week. In these sanatoriums they can have every comfort to make them well and strong. The doctors and nurses are kind to the patients, and sacieties give enter- tainments and bring flowers to cheer those stricken with the dread disease. We school children are trying to raise a fund to help the poor sufferers by buyinz the Red Cross stampe. The stamps are pretty, with good old Santa Claus’ picture, and a_Christmas wish, and I think every package ought to have one. MICHAEL J. BURNS, Age 13, Fitchville, Duke and the Kitten, Duke was a large black and white dog. He had long silky ears and large bright eyes. “When he was a pup he was 8o full of mischief that his mis- tress used to say: “We really shall have to send Duke away; we cannot have any peace of our lives while he stays her But_somehow Duke was never sent oft. Everyone thought too much of bim. Even his mistress, although she scolded him, would have been sorry to_have him go. Duke was very fond of a little yellow kitten, and the kitten was fond of him. ‘Although Duke teased the kitten he was very careful not to hurt it, and they had some lively times together. They used to play hide and seek to- gether. The kitten would run under an ottoman which came o close to the floor that there was just room for her to get under. Duke would le down and put his head close to the floor, The kitten would stick out its yellow paw and Duke would try to catch it. After 2 while the kitten ‘would run out, and they would play up and down the waiks. Sometimes the Kitten would run un- der the porch and put its paw_ up through a hole in the floor. Duke would come and put his paw on it. Then the kitten would put its head up. Duke would take its head in_his big mouth, pull it up through -the hole, and carry it around the garden. They both ssemed to think it fun. NANCY TETREAULT, Age 11 Versaalea. A Squirrel Hunt. One afterncon in October my brother and I decided to go squirrel hunting. It was a nice cool day, 8o we hitched up the horsc and started for the woods. We had our guns, mine a .22 and my brother's & shotgun. We also took his dog Slash along with us. He is a good dog for squirreis gnd coons. We had no soomer reached the woods and got the horse tied-than we beard the dog barking. We hurried to where he was, but when we got there we found it to be a den tree, so we dld not succeed in getting one there. The next tree was a high one, but I happened to spy Mr. Squirrel sitting on the top. After that we were very lucky and siucceeded in getting ten squirrels In all that afterncon, which we_considered a good bunch. Better than the luck was the big squirrel ple which mother had ready when we got home fronr school the next day. ] THEODORE ABEL, Age 12. Tentic. A Bohind-Time Christmas. Once there was a little .girl whose name was Lottie Smith she ,was nine years old. She had twe sisters Doris. ver o her sisters had to go and y with thetr grandma. a few days it would be Christ- mas and Lottie knew sh ibut that she could He pulled his mind together to| My Choice. th Amesica £o If I could go to Sou live I would go to it 1§ the most p; South America an ter farm. It has a good government and there. torem:r-loafln roads which would mx‘enmmn-ydux-ormcmflmy products to_the . There are good schools there also, S0 the children could get good educa- tions. ‘there are many industries in the cities, so the things would not cost so much as would be the case if the things E T ol g0 could go to would avoid the Guineas. They only a short railway and hardly roads at tra De al so 3 very hard. This s due to the fact that they have a mgfi. 3:" is mot much agriculf - se the land is covered with forests and muunu‘hm and so I could not do very much farming. It is very hot and unhealthy there, because it is in the torrid zone, and even in the mountains it is unhealthy. The Guineas are under the control of Buropean countries. JOSBPH T. MIRTL, Age 13. West Willington. Horses. In 1900 there were twenty-one mil- lion horses in the United States. types of horses— sport and trot- trotters have long legs, the front ones near together, broad chest, large nostrils, and large, intelligent eyes. They should have small, smooth hoofs. The draft horses should have short egs, thick necks, small head, large, smooth hoofs, and thick bodies. * The easiest way to pull a heavy load is to have the whiffletree low and the tugs short. The draft horses are the Clydesdales and Percherons; the best racers are the Morgans, and the driving horses are the French coach. We can tel]l the age of horses by their teeth. A colt gets its first teeth when about a week old. The front teeth are called nippers. cups in the teeth. These disappear when about 11 years old. A horse has its full set of teeth at 6 years of The hay should not be dusty, for it will cause heaves. When the legs are muddy they should be rubbed dry, so the horse South Amerfea I have any There are fiv farm, driving, I never bought {*Won't get rheumatism. In cold weather bits should be warm- ed, for bits below freezing stick to the tongue and pull the skin off. If horses are clipped, they should be blanketed when standing. ELIZABETH PARKER, Age 13. Mansfield. The Orphan Child. Mary was a poor child, She had no real home, no nice food to eat, and no nice clothes to wear. But these things did not make her cross. She was just -as sweet and good as ehe could be, and all those who came near her fell in love with her at once. She was as bright as a sunbeam and full of cheer, and no one could be sad where Mary was. 1f things went. wrong, she would smile and say: I have but to wait.” Then she would sing like a lark and seem as gay as a free young bird. She liked fine clothes, and when quite small would put a shawl round her and let it trail on the ground and feel quite dressed up. . If we cannot have what we want, we must learn to put up with what we have, and it was Mary’s way to make the best of things. Mary had no folks of her own, and those who gave her a home were as Door as they could be; and they drank more beer than was Mary said to hersel and give me a nice home in a nice piace.” She knew that this dream of her heart would come true. “And T can wait” she said, with a smile full of hope. MARGARET M'GRATH, Age 14. Bozranville. A Friend in Need. Once there was a boy who always liked to play. One day his mother told him to take some wood and food to Mrs. White, a poor lady whe lived all alone. On the way he met boys golng skat- ing. They asked him to go with them. He told them he had to go to Mre. ‘White's house. Theéy told him' he could go some other time. So he hid the sled in the bushes and went skating with the other boys. He had a good time and went home at 10 o'clock in the night. He went to sleep without telling his mother good night. 5 The next morning he was ashamed ‘&g;‘e‘? his mother asked him about Mrs. e. He went there that merning and found her very ill, without any fire or food. He told all the boys at school They formed a club and helped her, and she liked the boys and was always happy. “YETTA LEVINE, . Colchester. g . Cornelia. Once there was a beautiful lady whose name was Cornelia. She had two sons. One day a lady came to visit her. She had some jewels with her and showed them to Cornelia. Then she said, “Where are your jewels? Just them the two boys came in and greet- ed their mother. She put her arms about them and said: “Here are my jewels! There are none so precious in all the werld!™ ALVIN FARGO, JR., Age 12. Yantic, LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. How He Celel Thanksgiving. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about my Thanksgiving. school closed with a few exercises. We had two little playe. Some of the chil~ dren were dressed as Indlans and Pur- itans. Ons boy was dressed as a wo- man, as there were not girls enough. We had a real old wooden cradle, & candle, pistols and bows and arrows. o, Thasiasivive day 1 _went 't n vi wen! Hartford with my father and mpth to visit my uncle and gunt. 1Y was muddy some of the way, 8o we had to 80 on the grass a little way. We got there there was Snow on the have her Christmas later. ZLottle thought this would be a long time fo walt but she thought she ke to ‘make somebody else y giving them the presents she d get. So when her mother came to see her she told her the plan and ground; Dut there was not sny here. L!I?ua]vvelydxymdwlmlnh‘ ime. We got home at quarter past and then I had to help milk and the cows, We were certainly most thankful There are large rat 2% | of ‘the Dond where ‘was much longer. It was when we reached home, all deciding |, nothing was nicer than an outing in the woods. ELIZABETH M'CARRIGLE, Age 14. Mis Pet Rabbi Dear Uncle Jed: I will write to you rabbit. His name about two weeks ago and never re- turned. I think he got caught in a stone traj CLAREN%E A. HATHAWAY, Age 10. Bozrahville. Betty and Roger. Dear Uncle Jed: As I am just re- covering from an illness I thoughi I would write you a story. One sunny day in spring Bettie and Roger ran into the house saying, “Mama, can we §o into the woods. to_play > “Yes, my children, but come when|§ I call you. Thus they set out togeth- er, Soon they reached the wood. They walked on until reached a rippling aone beside it they saw a clear Httle brook. “If 1 had only brought my boat,” sobbed Roger. “Never mind” saia Bettle, “I will new urry,” called Roger. But she ran and befgre long was back with the boat and_sailors. “On! thank yow” eaid Roser, as she handed him tho host They sai uddenly it ran upon a heap of pebbles and_stopped. Roger started it on and it flowed into a lit- tle day. | “Let ‘us call this Chesepeake ‘bay; ttle. They- “Oh! Mama” said they, had a lovely time” “What have you been doing?” asked mother, “We have been playing in a little brook we found.” “Come have your dinner and I hope you will have a happy afternoo: n also. And they did. ELSIE C, CHURCH. ELSIE B. CHURCH, Age 10. Uncasville. A Fine Christmas Story. Dear Unele Jed: T have not writ- ten to you in a long while, but will try and write more often in the fu- ture. One_cold winter night many years ago, Shepherds were: watching their sheep on a lonely mountain side. Suddenly they heard beautiful mu- sic and saw & bright star in the sky. The star was moving and the Shepherds followed as they knew _something strange had happened. Finally the star stopped over a stable and angels voices weer singing, “Glory be to God on High.” The shepherds went in the stable and theer in a manger lay a lovely baby. That baby was Christ, the new born king. The sheperds knelt down and adored him. Then they left to tell the glad news. ALICE K. MALONE, Age 11. Providence. Margaret of New Orleans. Dear. Uncle Jed: I am golng to write about Margaret of New Orleans. f you ever go to New Orleans you will see with a child in her arms. She wore thick common shoes and a little shawl. She was married bad a child. After a while her usband died and then the child died and Margaret was léft alone. She was very poor, but kenw how to work. Aft. er she earnt money enough she two cows and a little cart. Eac she sold milk. There was a place where poor chil- dren siayed whep they didw't have any father or mother. She would ask for food at the rich houses and ho- fels to bring back to the poor chil- n. She earned money and made a bread factory. She atill continued to give her money to the poor children, There s also a statue of Margaret sitting in her bread factory with the same 1t y Colchester. The Finest Dinner in New England. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you about a little visit 1 had in the country Thanksgiving morning. My papa and I walked all the way to Lisbon. We got to my aunt's hou about ten o'clock that morning had dipner at aunty’ The day before Thanksgiving our |f: o ice for their own use. There was a little thin ice over por . Auntie was talking to paps wi up on the % the ice had broken. He went down almost fabt as he came up. I told pape to 1ook and he said that it wasn't a rat but what you call a ‘mugkrat. off and 1 oy I e Batia o e § W 1t to“L ‘what it would It came out onto the bank and start- m But “Oh, my! that big rat!" he came to me in my dreams that night and I thought he was after me and how I did run. 1 told mother about it in the morn- ing and how she did laugh.- ~ I sald I wouldn't go to auntie’s again muskrats. GUNDERMAN, Age 9. Norwich. Trying For a Scholarship. Dear Uncle Jed: I hope you and the Wide Awakes spent a pleasant ving. 1 had two days' vaca- tion and I spent a very pleasant time. I have to receite a poem at High school on December 16, 1914, but have been unable to find a suitable one yet. Every pupil in High school has to speak ena then we have a final con- test which 1 think comes in March or April to see which High school will win the silver cup. 1 think Oyster Bay has won it for several years in succession. I have seen several grey squirrels lately and I like to watch them gath- ering their stors of nuts for the win- er, ‘To make my letter a 1i*'§ lonver I t|am going to end it up with a story: “Good morning, Fred. How are you who fall. 3% | tnis winter, for I didn't want to dream | I ‘he | about_any more CHARLIE “You're bluffing, Fred. Why not get to_the top?” “No, I'm not bluffing, Tom. Honest! What's the use of a scholarship, any- way? Just a lot of work for nothing. It I pull through on a pass it's enough for me.” The examination was soon over and sure enough, Tom teok “~=¢ mathematics and secured the scholar- ship he had WorKkeu s ... aia Fred, equally clever, but ent, ob- tained marks enough for a pass. After a brilliant eourse at college Tom entered mercantile life and is now at the head of one of the largest man- ufacturing concerns in Canada, giving empioyment to hundreds of men, Fred has tried at least half a doz- en different things, but has not made = great success of any one of them. He has been satisfied with a “pass” in everything he has touched, and has never got anythin~ better. BREHAUT. Bast Norwich, N. 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