Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 14, 1915, Page 9

JANUARY 14, 1915 Rules for Young Writers. niy, and number the pages. pen and ink, not pencil. Short and pointed articles will ference. Do not use over story. Address all communie letin Office. atever you are—Be that Whatever you say—Be true: Straightforwardly act, Be honest—in fac c nobody else but you.” THE COZY DARK. Jo ping and is written en 1 am tucked 4o satfe as safe can b Garkne anuazles up (o me, bed at night, very often seems Te be a blackhoard where 1 draw The nicest kind of dreams. kness gives my tired eves er kind of sight, So I can see the tenderness Ot alt quist night, darkness watches near te me; rest benesth its arm That epreads above my cery bed, Protecting me from barm. Oh, bow can children be afraid Of darkness, anyway! Why, darkness is the Eati des ihe heart of day eloak THE LITTLE OWL. Grar little owl sata high on a tree, as long as his eves could Int, good-nizh He did not say to the mmon, good- night For the owl knew well she was shin- ng bright: she and the owl, while world slept, Watch over all of the animals -kept! The owl felt glad, 8o he gave “Who're you? wheo-h passed by: And still he stays near hole in the tr morning dawns for ¥ and for me. UNCLT JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. have a ve ‘There to form 7000 feet thick or masse h were pol movement BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT L e 1in great masses they form landscapes and assure the moisture by which the land is made productive and the! creatures God has created are enabled to Jve. = These captives of the frost beceme the servants of the sun amng taken up ‘n the heavens and farm rain and pour forth in rivers to the sea. From. one great glacter in 1. Write plainly on one side of the our name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the tions to Uncle em this week is for very lit- people, It appoared in Good House- Mar- my ear it whispers thoughis; s wings and smoothed 4, “Dear folks, good-night, old to all that snow- | received my e- Awalke eh mero than a hop of not thoy 'gnti do not last and some last ten are doubtless s inf & The| wonderfuily | 2 now { ntain meny miles | , water thej a{ thr aunching the|co: Alaska merge 200 streams of water. How did they become captives of| They were taken ‘up as mist by the sun and became clouds and Jack Trost breathed upen them,} changing themy into -snow-flakes and) Christinas at the T the sun releases them again, andf - fisce named the st the the snow flakes become water, the the sun as mist, and the mist ig changed to snow flakes by Jack Freet, §o you ges the life of the dnow flakes consists of traveling from the earth to the sky and from the sky to the earth, making ice-barriers, changing the form of|s montains and valleys, making the earth barren and dasolate where Jack Frost rules and making {t productive| ing to man where the suqi water is lifted b and a b WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. Submarine Boys For the Flag, :'vMar%?ret McGrath, of Bozrahville —Delly’s Dofngs. 2—Agnes Kiminski, of Norwich— Dearje Dottio and the Dog. 4+—Mary A. Burrill, of Stafford Syprings—The Camp-Fire Girls at Sun- rise Hill Three Little Women. 6—Elizabeth M. O'Rourke, of Prov- idence—The Camp-Fire - Girls Amid the Snow. —The W= icott Twins. S—Mildred Weaver, of Mansfield De- | pot.—His Lordship's’ Puppy. MENT. book which I was to have roceiv Detember ion of books. 1 appreciate eves le 1 thank things to You. Helsn M. Reynolds, of Eagleville: prize book ent: Swift and His Motoreyeie. you very much. Themas Shea, of Versailies: yo much for my nice priz I can read every word of it. vou for it Lillian Brehau The book rcsl!ng‘ one I have. Florida Rei!, of Versailles: 1 _Was brother is pleased to_receive the “Mistress Moppet through and think it the mo: esting book I ever read. hanks I hope you had Christmas and a Fappy New Year. UNCALLED FOR BOOKS. Frances Fields, of Nor Viola Howard, of Norwic Annie Hoftman, 28 orwich. Dear Uncle Jed: The co woeks I have had have four sleds. 5 v street. T 2 put ali their sleds in a form a do e rinper. an old broom in its hand. 7 at the toot of hill. slide down and as “one who hits it Yester investigate Madam worlk at The Pool; todsy active in *s expecting to per- nical leadership a Ker- white w ou will find. Your iology of my life, God's chain that fastens Small as I am, ping to be used. All the outer hard part is ‘e wrapped about my crad ? Oh, I am oval in form, each 1 the a.ma nNames ou were Jocotyl—and my bal . cotviedo not necessary Miss Acorn. 4 1 quickly faiten animal an fatten Better th: pine thi Mast, enry’s de: commence cutting us up p /knives, why not let 11 be mere anstomy, while I rrn—a fruit—one of 1s Yook al my two hat depression on one side is A:orn told you &outl the foot, blanket, es they nge it. They e or anything tbat can held o hat s stuck through the slide down. and t: The Best Holiday T :_ My father L ristmas trce and fived it in e and T helped my mamma trim s Oat, many others and I one cotyledon. “Mon” iz one, ! am a member of the mono- icotyledonous group of plante. Is that a d word? W ars counted as a friend of man. It is for his interests that he keeps our frults wel nourish- . We are called tame or enltivated end nourish- in another omorrow Grandfather Lo- nd_The Pool has several No, they are not Bel- but M orn veas I ad find a number of strange at The Littie slate-colored winged fel- who said they had been follow: snowflakes, but had left mest of the flaltes behind at King TWinter's summer residence novth of the Great Lakes. n mild winters we do not come far as e have plenty to do at said Old Man Junco as he ruf- eray vest-like breast and hom fled hi: spread his tail as he flew to a nearby limb, thus exposing -the white unde ; s of the outer feathers in that rud- de “You see, we are among tne farm- ers’ best friends. While Red Head and iss Nuthatch are after pests of one kind, we are after another. Wes work hard during the winter day and are noi. here to live Off the gx; n in the summer Ob,. no! We. are not the ummer sparrows new dresses. See, we can scratch with both feet at onc: Miss Sparrow cannol. True, our ditty is similer to the chirping sparrow, but iisten while the whele fiock .tunes up. There v -recital RANDIA Don't that beat any spar- HET LOWATER. ready for Santa Claus’|things with the money I earn.” “How much @0 you get a weel @ some preity presepts—twenty | “T get a dollar a week,” said Clar- 1 spent the day plaving mv presents and ghowing them pla who came in. & best holiday in the year, = 3 A. GARVEY, Age o, Ziansfield Depot. The Christmas Entertainment, 3 1 am going to tell you what we did at the church cnte: i We got ofir presents fir and our box of candy and orange. Our minister got a gold cross and our superintendent zot one. My little friend is goinz to write @ there many children w HURCH, Age She Spoke a Piec Dear Uncle Jed: the 1‘&0?]!: parish house, tting Up for Santa Claus, and one czlled My Stocking, and my friend Bernice spoke a p ang break his lez. My Augusta was named Logt on Christmas Eve. here were lots of people there. The | idren were dres. ¥ Bernice Churce He worked very 1 sang @ song, Framed [ “This gold 5 We had a ad a Suit on. IVIS BOGUE, Age 3. The Sewing Club. Dear Uncle Jed: O ng club is vice president and secretary so We make sewing hag: {iron holders and we 1—Frank Pardy, of Norwich—The] cooking aprons. cooking caps, 6 starting on our | that after we fin will have cooking lessens, to one week and cooking the nes I shall be glad wi =0 he could sp: “Hide and Seek ig 1 . It was fun to two at these games. nes Bessie w that would drag on and when she swept train eround the yoom Trix chase her, and s seemed to thin BLIZABETH PARK] Her Dear Baby Sister. I am going to tel floor behind, Mildred _Morley, of Eazleville—| ze"the end of it you about my baby She is going to be onme year n She has big blue eves and thick black hair. dresses &nd she is & good babs uld sit down o t Dessie wore, and Katherine Gorman, of Versailles She is a'very cute lttle thing. was born the 13th of little nanda and LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGE. wears numbf‘r HO'JE}‘! shoes. 3 X Zoing to have a birthday party wh {she s one vear old. Michael J. Burns of Fitchville: The|house at'12 & m. on S little fat, rosy tell Bhe came to our | p ed on| 4th was missent to Taft- rille and I received it this morning. I have quite p large and good col- likes to hear the piano for ner, and the graphophone | Sx 5,07, the 1 you very much and hope ] de-Awakes have 2 {ong aream the New Year will bring many good|dear little sister - RATHERINE GORMAN, Ag ed “Tom Thank A Delt Story. 1 1 would like to i the Wide-Awakes, sisters are. I have a batl Spanish dufl it T thank doll named Ruth them w I T pemed ¥ roke and one of was the| dector zot . bt he said: “T will not go r again—this Her School’s Christmas Tree. was better cholars and I the afternoon at 2 o Llu’\, Each scholar ¥ and come bo, going skatin | ana snnm 1 ted to e a Christ vith a hole made ir Two Judgmen:e. | There once lived 2| , owned a & i th 37 The boys make a snowman and put bl 2o past th—v' f"llra‘ vill xg" a farm in Columbia. ed on a, farm. . and always enj . C\ya\er Caught a Mouse. : It was suc 2ght sama i1l one day and Eie shed, and ther fyaters fiad ope: od th upen it and there Lie wa i hfl lfit oyster nipped ite little ihe sharp edges of v2& cholsed my marmmn ‘were—ovster and the mouse 1o mousie stealing arel, in the nest with he DRED WEAVER, me Crows go 8 The Geod Fortune of Clarence, and he w: ¥ as he was street @ poor little tle kittens th-ep away iking alone the boy was working in a garden. The man called the bo: him If he wanted & and asked en, and the boy he man s2id to come 3 ‘\ent and told Hig name was Clarence, and ha we: with the man and got the kitten. Clarence named tie kitten Blackie. . He loved the Ikitten very much and taught it (o v and when would jutap into his lan When the man came {wo or s later to see how tie kitten was getting on he was surprised to see how and he said to Clar- as a parrot. will show Stafford Sp fat il had got, “Do you fesd the Litten, or does your “If you will come to my house I will give you three dollars a week.” _So Clarence went and worked for - RUTH BUSHXELL, Age 11. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES, The Stoms in the Road. ™ s cnce a rich man who lived in a_beautiful castle. very rich. He wished to use his money ne zood of others. v one morning this man placed 2 large sione in the road and hid be- hind the Hedge. to wa who saw {he reck #{ wa o b zotismith and he said: Uhy dussn’t someone take away started on were complaining, hut none of them would take it away a farmer's boy came a: seeing the reck said. “A horse might stumble in the night 1 must get it away hard and at last] and” under it a bag c Eold with tiese words vritten npon i for the one who} tho stone out of the heer. and helpiag hand is worth far more than geid. LOCUISE QUILLET, Age 10. A Trick Cat. 2t that was and w uld put o ti ed of this, the long train as grand as chairs broug e did not wor e ralsed the oy FLOYD HILL, ad !.4her Bt the third grade. the enow was on le_ground et echool we woula all|prepa: g Goes ed QLIENNE M4 HIECU. It has e head and and generally inhab- farms, them thievish keep out of the way gun. When they By have a hed on a high tree who t when anyone comes and when b3 !oni call “Caw, <es \uxil frogs and the egzs of other h in winter am’l hidden places in *he swamps or thick svoods, and one pair the same nest vear The eggs, e bluich-green spotted vith brownish-green. setting the male hirds her with t o e ea. n from the nest when young and be taught almest as many tracks It may even he taught to speak a few words. If treated wekh a tamed crow tion for it3 mast ally five or much affec- d will’come when but it is very apt and “thisvish, BURBRILL, Age 4. Wise Mother Ceon. Dressed in her best black and white furs, Mother supper. for h called bacl: over her shoulder. home goon, and TN brinz something nlr‘e if you are good and Con’t quar- night!” calied out the lLittle “Bring us some more of those juiey corn ocbs and don't let those horrid folits cateh vou.” No fear of that!” chuckled Mother . id to catoh clous things acked her lips as she trotted down the mountain and through the woods toward the clear- ing where the Podder family lived. was very dark and still as she crept into the woodshed listen and her littls peady eves twin- . There was not a sound from the sleeping house, nearly midnight. great distress, and flew ing her roung ones: bat as they ot Gy sha was helpless and did o what to do, We brought one of the »o home and let fence watching | cloger as if to see whaf k bird it w: ing i, and b Those spartow: poor mothe grew stronger th be giving if le would sit by i and then ye ‘But they do have el e was She stopped to was n other Coon saiffed There was the pai! of scraps ¢h what would|pyt the cover was put on tight, Oh,' Iaglevilie. Alother Coon stole up to the pai and stood on her hind legs; she lean- har@ to knock off the uddenly—cllck!—somethine C'.u‘ht her by the leg. Ugh! HD‘\" It She tried to pull hers: but conld not. Aotker Coon knew she waa caught She kicked and pulled and struggled, but it was of no use. Suddenly she heard a little noise Hé- Ehe turned her head, and stood a little ed ua-insl it £ in a trap. in the doorway 5 sta-xng at her with Bie what are you! .r»nr o rat or & equirrel, l,nd 1 don't lhin" you are a woodchuck! my foot hurts,” whined Leep my mother and father every might. and scraps about,” s2id the little girl v would met @ Dick 1an strai of the car fuxc- of tho mac was soc amaved i was weaith: you scatier They said thi tyip for Tou, 20 T sat ite. smudge on & : two poor, hungy babies.” Canrs here to take the lov so highly In that pail could spare it the room nd_scare “Peaka- 88 well as| as well as You pon' thing!” Sd'd the hflle 2 n't care what they | soing o e von s B Tt o thef eve you will dare t er and father agein waken my moth- ‘Then ehe car trep and set the coon ‘Mother Coon . The ilttle girl looked after her Ifullr, t‘aen closed the vould and he tling of wago; any ot water, others water and e others prefy ratar to trim thelr feati t they meant, and T, and talk as weil | ber to makel from encroaching painted piclkat fence. wae 30 narrow ficulty in pa He did K Dm;ls, and = wade, but quity, ing a gree e f the door|early hours of morning. Sparrows often ba d sleep he had the wruter prefer clean wa- The ¢ity sparrow most careful in the clioice ef hi ts him beat Partridges £oil from un feathers w are fond of i om the ash hee; 2 small clond o rs digappear. . FRANK PARDY, Age 13. Why the Bsar Has a Shert Ttail. One cold morning a fox was u)mm:( road with seme fish s spet on the| a eu;n that read| t 'S were lay-| 2ood ~m—u- and did not notice the to the 2nd one of them fell heard ing fish is to Leep | ep it there | saw 1 pull the fish out of the wa. 2 | He pulled and pulled, m to be careful “'CT&G tha “did not fall in and fast to thh i lage to zet some groceries, ed Alice if T couald go with te said she didn’t Y 5 to go while my brother hitc’ ha@ a nice rlde down, | b)t we did net pass by many house: Aldice bought jon the way. often because there was & dog use that would jump i ond try to bite him. We had a whip and as we approached mo‘ the dog came out. ‘Ye\en.( - Notice te Taxpayers o BOX of'r-vasz«eria- ed sister to stop the horse rled up the road. I was determined to zet my cra so I snatched up a sti 1 he u-)x ran a long wa: stopped @t e rlace whers three boyrs were sitting on the box in froat of behind them so I couldn’t d tried to P {he road -{and then | House, took the cracker] b\A X ooulu‘flt E The an munma me a3d T tarned to he n‘adn the z!r tm of dust. |1aughing at me all the I was so mad went down t long stick and rezched home all half past ten ice told them the story and every- iuughed: but I said I didn’t care + crackerjack @nywer. ¢ A. BURRILL, Staford Springa. What the Sparrews Did. last summer Lors yrere spraving some trees. x iree was a cat bird's n littie ¢mea in it, and ther were hed out of the nes o t #at 30 it could le It began to chirp and T 1d of t focd every d: had adopted ess 1 flew up MILDREL MORLEY. 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