Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 28, 1915, Page 9

THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT Rules for Young Writers Write piainly on one side of the | paper only, and number the pages. Use pen and ink not pemcil Short and pointed articles will Do not use over be given preference. . Original stories or letters only will be used. 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be that! Whatever vou say—Be true! Stralghtforwardly act, Be_honest—in fact, Be nobody elze but voi Drowsyville. I traveled to a land last night, A strange, new place enter of 2 wood, blinks and nodding head there Sir Sleepy Ome, the Mavor he, A they took m e houses all were and down the streets there I'he night-gown foli—they never talk: Those funny little n And there they nodded sleepily, And waved nine star-tipped wands at | hat to do, their green. Then next T the rest T cannot say, and it was day! ~-Wee Wisdo: T'm big and tall. six next morning, me with th me, get up: She wakes For shame UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- " AWAKES, And when the afraid, for Frank Pardy » Scouts of the —Mary Rybic, —Pau! E. Maurice, of Versailles— Pony Rider Boys of the Alkali, Mansfiald Depot 1 Fieldlng at Snow Camp. 6—Doris Easterbrooks of Wil c—Three Little Women books livin; may call at The Bulletin LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. prize book was awarded me. i ®aw bim a Margaret McGrath, of Bozrahville— rretty prize book yvou I have read i our sto: Dorothy MeCall, of Leonard Bridge— ank you for the prize book k I will enjoy it. Carrie A. Pratt, of Pomfret Center Frances L. Fields, thank you ver prize ook vou interesting. Mildred Weaver, of Mansfield Depot —i received the nice prize book en- tiled His Lordship's Pup Jou fer it of Norwich—I r much for the beautifal § g 1 thagk !STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES, The European War. Here are a few true facts about the European war. I have a_cousin on board the liner Asturias which has been turned into a hespital ship that brings the wound- ed English soldiers from Havre, France, to Southampton, England. I received a letter from him telling me tlie sights he sees. On board the Asturias there are 18 nurses, four doctors and about 30 am- bulance men. The doctors are oper- ating all the time when they are sail- ing for Scuthampton. The ship brings from one thousand men to fourteen hundred each time. They are mostly all British soldiers except for a few Germans-that they have captured, The ship has a large red cross on each side of the boat =o the enemy will not fire on them. At night the cross is lit up by electric lights. Another ship brings the wounded Tn- digns and four yachts bring - the wounded officers. Havre is eight hours’ trip from Southampton. Out of one thousand wounded sol- dier¢ in oms trip, one-half the men were brought on board the Asturias {on stretchers, and the other half came on_the boat on crutches. Some men have their eves' out, others their noses off and others with bullets in their hands, arms feet and |ress. There was one man gettinz his wounds dressed. He had a scar all |the way across his back, where a bul- let had skimmed across and dug up all the flesh. A little more and the bullet would have passed through the Another man was deaf and dumb, a shell had burst near him and caused a hock. Many of the men are frostbitten. One week fifty thousand troops left Southampton for the front. Every week wo recelve war pictures here are some paragraphs that em: n Belgium, two thousand n the chureh and church In o =hells fell church. The hurch altar was wrecked almost beyond recognition. The villige was bombarded twelve {times in three weeks. It was taken {six times by the Germans and re- en six times by King Albert’s army. Taken prisoner by two Germans, a French soldler was compelled to run beforo them with his hands tled by a rope which one of the Germans held. After being marched in this manner for a long distance he was shot. FRANK PARDY, Norwich. Vacation Day Ride. father said to me, “Do to go to Fitchville?” icd, because I didn't anything to do. ent in a horse and buggy. good many interesting Norwich was first settled up “Sentry Hill 0 named bhecause there ed io watch to see if any In- were around. There was another place near the 'h Town schoolhouse where the went when attacked by In- It was on top of a ge hill, ack were steps to up it of the houses were date: what vear the house, was 3 one cailed “Adams Tavern” were the figures 1647 telling that the ¥ was built in that year, and if we came to Fitchville. Tt st an hour and. a half as vera] Stops on the way. d in Fitchville for about an hour as my father had some busi- ness to do there. Then we started for home and arrived home at about s: had eaten our supp 1 brother to tell me what In- ad lived around here and he “The Moh and the Pe- quo After that he told me some interesting stories about Norwich and how it was settled. JACOB RABINOVITCH A Day of My Life, mer I was visiting my 10 lives on a farm. Very and I used to help drive the.| home {ron the pasture, She d her mother if we in the woeds. ed and we put and took some hooks and W about half past eight irst we had to go ow where we both wet, but we did not te place to which my determined to zo was a surrounded by trees. Here nd shady that we sat e rock and rested until half past twelve. TI%n lunch | lunch we sat down and read We did not read long, how. and ddeniy I dropped my woking below I saw a big d white 1 watching us with s lowe; 1 told my friend we gazed one another not knowing what to do. At last she . “Well, we'll try to climb the So she got in the highest branch. I tried to climb up but my shoes o slippery that I would slide ery time I tried to climb up. she sai “Take off your shoes.” I took off my. shoes and T caught my hand on the first branch and at last I reached the second branch. There we sat not knowing what to do. The bull could not get us because the trees were o high. ‘We were also afraid of the bull be- he would not go but stood there and staring at us. It was no use to 1 because there were no houses around. So ‘there we sat for about iwo hours not knowing what to do, At last I looked down on the field below and saw somebody coming up with a stock his hand. My friend , 2nd we thought it might have been a tramp, but to our great surprise it was the owner of the bull. As soon as he came nearer we called to him and he saw us up in the tree. He laughed very much when he heard . He caught the bull and teld us -to wali until he was out of sight before we started, because he thought he could not hold his bull. We wait- ed and when he was out we picked up ings and started for home. We were very glad' to get home in- deed. Her mother was very frighten- ed and that was certainly “A Day of My Life) LUCY LAFRANCE, Age 10. we ate cause at this time the yo old Roman Julius C: eral, whi wards August, in emperor, Augustd meaning sewven, as it meaning eight, was so named, the eighth month in the though it, is the tenth in ours. eieventh in ours. “Decem,” meaning te tenth month though ang last. months very co formed. They did thi: months at the beginning of their was named after Y god, who had the charge of of heaven. statue having two why the Romar after him, for wi ing back on 1lthe other he greet the new. named from an old word whic prayer and w they tried to from all lads about the fishing. The string of fish whic had, gave cvidence of their luck boys had a strike and ju he skilfully pl ed words of approval panion, who was the m erman. actions of the see out of the hundred ing of the d. them. At Dboth were a the fields and|g knives, for with tk bea ured a and vays 1 membrance of thei ER Norwich ment of Hi on .the Brit South Carolin of the lower Neither Mr. al The negroes ¥ 13 years old left was her cousin. “I wifl go and get him,” she said It was o dark and stormy night. She went back into the heat of the battle. When she reached the house the sol- dier who stood at the door would not let her go in. But, with te eves, she begged so h t her pass.” In the th house she found the b: darkness and crash The cannonball her and the & near her. but she got back to he: might have a dolls’ tea par promise the dolls tea. asked their mother what they should Centra] Village. Elizabeth. It was very early in the morning, So early that the sun was not yet up, but the birds were awake and were softly chirping and ealling. Scme one else was awake, toa Little Elizabeth had beer promissd a have for tea. pusied herself dressing her dolls, wash- ing_their faces and dressing them. | apd waiched everywhere she went. Naughty Lily crept into the room just to see if anything was there. She climbed an a high stool and pulled a NORWICH _BULLETIN, THURSDAY, visit to the country, she was to start this very morning. As soon as she heard some ome stirring, she sprang out of bed, ran to the window, and saw it was & nice day: : Her mother got breakfast and Eliz- aboth _svashed the diskes, and heiped her mother After everything was done, Blizabeth zot ready and got the quarter past nine car and got there at half past ninc. When they =ot oft the car their uncle and aunt met them and came home, When Elizabeth reached there she felt tired. She Uked the little pony the hest of all. By and by they had dinn Her uncle then iook her to the store and bought her some candy. At quarter past four her mother said they would have to go home. She felt very sorry to leave, but her moth- er said she would come another day|} and stay a week. This brightened Elizabeth up, and she went home ha py bu: very tired. - . : ANNA C. JELZ. Norwich The Naming of the Months, The namning of the months comes to us from the Romans, who at first had | only ten months in a 3 first month was Marop. and by them in homnor of Ma t war. April was their second month and got its name from the Lati word “Aperio,” which means to open, be- g buds of trees, and flowers begin (o swell and open, May, the third month, was s Thelr named ir god of called from “Maia,” the most beautiful star | of the Pleiades. June was nam from wife of Jupiter, o was the ¢ of the Romans. July, the fifth called “Quintilis fifth, as it w: the zod August was means tl September, now the ninth mom the year. was so called from vas the month in the old Roman ve October from the Latin w Novemgber from the Lat 'Novem,” meaninz nir onth in the Roman ye Decemer from 2 word , was the Roman The Roman way a vear w miblicated ax The two monti:s wer ebruary. January. th ‘Janus Th2yRom rep named the first e face he is 100k~ vear and with forward to 10nth February, the means to purify. The Romans d 1, for th e ARY RY Mansfield. An Adventure With a Bear, On-the bank of a smail 7 ge of four At the present moment ng by the ion of short, quick, hard pull st of been a lar 1d near- took the boy oft e So intent were they on dar She frightened Lily | night and set fire to it. upset the jar and spilled it ail|quickly swept through over her clean dress, and her mother|Soms of the Indians were burned to|few nights. was carrying in a delicious plum cake.|death and others rushing out of thef SUre enough a morning or two after Lily had no cake that day and was|flames were shot. Nearly the whole|he found Mr. Coon in a steel trap sent to bed, and Katie, whose pleasure | tribe was thus Killsd. was spolled by Lily, her family' of do patiently for the & mother promised Ler. through she played and looked at the while Lily cried herself ecp because she and disobe: MILDRED. E. WHIT. Stafford Springe. and she® waited nearly forty years. MARGARET McGRATH, Age 14. Bozrahville, After Katie got The Boy and the Dog. A little boy about ten years old was sitting on the steps of house with a piece and a cane in the other. By and by her uncie took her around | farm, ®She liked it very .much.| Unclaimed Meney. Poor old Janet Macphers living far a by, and he called to him. poor feliow! Come| derous things. said the boy, holding out the piece of cake to the little dog. you cannot count the owly up to him| been living. very much pleased 7 in the north of nce she had Her wants but her poverty made it dif- pply even the few that she abroad and it w heard anything The dog came y the postman stopped at her greatly surprised hear his knock, for it was had come for foreign letter was T nd that day < she devoured its was from her son, was_doing well in a d not worry ve, as for the I send money had done, so in my han more about how to itten and s help before port of her death had Teached him. She told the neighbors of her news land put three precious letters carefully away which she received from her son. ame, but not the money n with which Why did you strike the dog? He aid not as=k you for the cake.” Willimantie. The boy saw at once how crmel he been to the dog, and hung his The Cat Came Back. Dear Uncle Jed: I want to tell you Blscuit had_five g Tom, Tempt the appetite, to pay the she kept say- knows the twio he thought more about it, he his mind to quit playing and so he aftewrads became a. And he vromised to pa aring of old Janet’s trou- e 1o see her and said, “I hear son promised to pay y RETTA RICHARD, Age 13. Bt S e Ll My Play. House, She asked him if I have a play house. One of my friends plays with So he got a g and he She has got a play] into_the bag. a big front|lady to take home with on each side of{ miles away. ve a big p: N CLARKE, Age 12. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED, How Dick’s Sister Was Cured. He thought it There was once a| c2ts and on openi His fath more than surp: t office order. boy named I when he v-as young and he and from spine great doctor had come from Eu- | T2Bville, whi 1 was going to perform an op-{ I don’t thin on a very i 8 ow the twelfth, | wealth i was going home he come out of a large ¢ e opposite side of ihe; Out Sliding. hurried into the adow of a tree with hand and aiming at One da quite. near and & the man aiming at the docter. st as be was about to fire, Dick is arm and the buliet went itement the man dropped Dick grabbed it. running up and hen offered Dick a lars: d him of his sister and to wear a plaster cast and it would not be breakfas they went outgdoors and were e Ray and Bill, The bo: turned to bait I which 100k d, the bear, hape, hastil he boys In the tim he reach of ble to travel back to the ere too much fri re chiidre was t had b htened o. Little Then downstairs he went. scattered @u 2by when they ,.carrying the baby s NNA LAROCHE Two Little Sisters. Mamma had said that Katie and Lily nd good for omet] Katie aud Lily jun ed with joy and Mother said: ‘W Katie went hap; over to the corn Now Lily looked after her mother O maDn, d Ray.| d Bill, and they start- | and roll them were large. the big ball of snow | inade another big put it on top of the fi made a little one buttons and = and the nose. the shed 1d coat and put et. some snowballs | * sald Bill. H 16 nose,” owball at the snow- the hat off. and the boys rs to Conundrums. : A few weeks in a list of Pussy conun- I have not heard of any = in the Wide- Awake Circle, I began to think you As 1 sai \d in the answers in a few drums and en she iz a cat’s cradle. —In a catacorner, Cermorant Fishing. 1 they cannot s herman ha The Catskill mountaine, and puts them —in a cataclysm. : ishes to Unele Jed and Wide- bird catches it, but it cannot 1 iless the fish is very he ring around Its neck pre- LUCY A, CARTER, Age 13. The fisherm s the oldest young do the is changed ish the youn Our Tame Chickadees. ickadees at school. We hung ces of suet on the come and peck at it, to watch them from the window. The: older birds pu e opens the bir Some birds they were afraid. but we put Berlin, _Jar the window sill and now |by Kaiser Wilhelm I they come by twos and threes. in whicl morning when I came to school | ti of suet fell off the limb of a|h 1 put it on a stone wall and stood fcause of the war. He One of the birds was |si flew down and . I moved a li but in a minute came|sc built when a fierce tri so near I could |erall fic hy hands. socie PRANK H. KOWATS, Age 11 Stafford Springs. ought the white men from| setts had come to take their| them. People fro They Had a Coon Supper. Dear Uncle Jed: I wili havé to tell you about my coon supper. In No-|at general headquarters. papa eaw some coon tracks'!reason.”, the decree goes om, their guns and marched agaiust Captain Mason and some men came’ vember my large jar toward her when her mother's | and surroanded the Pequot fort in ihe|in the road near our house and he The flames|came home and told my mamma We the village.| Were going to have a coon supper in a "Phe colonists| Which he had-baited v had a feast with|In New England were free from such| chicken. attacks of the Indians afterwards for She laughed at him, but th a piece of My mother baked it and it was fine. Coons live in hollow irees and ledges Mansfield Depot. and are fond of chicken and honey. MILDRED WEAVER, Age 10. A Piece of Coal. his father's| Dear Uncle Jed: 1 thought I would of cake in one| write to you about a piece of coal. 3 You think I am only a hard black © eating his cale he saw a dog| piece of coal and my story is a dull one, but my life has been full of won- changed. about my grandfather. Coco, Fluffy and Dolly cd grandiath and he said he did. orne. It is made of He said: “Ye: per doll, too.{ It wa: inz at the door. { a mati was| pear Uncle Je you .a story about sli it snow was quite deej S0 out sliding. the other bo: slide on the en we rea could not all had a o refused w0 Another str ation the through the I til it was|ment of t off ang | Captain J v doned in the In the first place, T am so old have T lived in a forest where that he was to get the piece of cake.|a jungle, only there were no lions and Just as hie opened his mouth to take|tigers in those. days, | the cake, the boy siruck him a hard blow across the nose with the stick The dog ran away howling with pain, and boy sat and laughed at the trick piayed on him. A man who was stading on the oth- e rside of the street saw what the boy{ salt water crept among our roots and called the boy over to| killed them. We could hear the wav him, saying, “Here is a five cent piece| dash over our head. the tree trunk: vou like to have! Were piled in heap: we tried to 2 up, but the rocks held us down. Oh, they were so heavy “Come and get it, then,” The boy|a long time after 1 heard ran across the street to get the money. t 25 he put out his hand to take - it the man struck him +with his cane.| 1 was 2 large lump of c did you strike me?” eald the| W r y “T did not ask you for then shipped to a coal This is all this time, so zood-bye. DORIS EASTERBROOKS, Age &. it was iike brought rtorms Lo us, but one day it all The roots told us the world coming to an end, but I did not t Tieve it. They told us the salt was coming .to cover us. s water Slowly the One day pick, pick, pick. Daylight once more Oh, how good it seems! 1 before 1 was crushed into snall and cats. Their names were Smutt, Varden. gave it to tiie} i) | Baronet Biscuit en the S et st Round, thin, tender— cat left home, and one morning w grandfather got up to sta was very cold. He heard a cat the fire it with a delightful flaver mew- was one of g the door see Smutt sed from Mon ch was fificen m # any of a cat ide- . g, S The I thought I near ide. One of the boys’ 'm take turns on ou please the taste and nourish the body. Crisp, clean and fresh. 5 cents. —appropriate for lanch- eon, tea and dinner. 10 cents. CrAHAM CRACKERS Made of the finest | ingredients. Baked to perfection. The national strength food. 10 cents. Buy biscuit baked by NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Alvways look for that Name. mped a largé tremendous presen nect Cap- rraganeett re- plate from the Board ts were made to oth- h W by the same the | ba ] see if T c are I uger.” have several es for the nd we I he asks that years old on Jan. ie and | tion usually held ols. The empe nt to him on I dispensed with this year. l KAISER WILHELM WANTS TO OBSERVE QUIET BIRTHDAY BECAUSE OF W AR; HE'LL BE 56 YEARS OLD JANUARY 27th. all formerly held on the occasion of virthday be omitted this ve: |t rt- | tion is made, however, of the churches or ask the many letters and telegzrams gen- birthday by s and private individuals, al- though always highly appreciated, be He says he fears that these communications might interrupt the telegraplic and postal |fatherland, that God will graciously systems and interfere with his work cree signed|obliged to beg that especial expres- published | sions of good wishes Le omitted. Nor | | are these needed, for in these days of distribulation which had come for our rerland I am often aware, with the greatest satisfaction, of the stror bond of love and confidence which unites me with thg German people. 1 thank in advance each person whose loyal supplication will, on my birth- day, be made to the throne of the ' Highest as well as every one who will think of me in a friendly spirit. I am one with the whole German people and their princes. The one prayer which sways our hearts is for the grant us.further victories our enemies and, after a peace with honor, & happy future for our coyntry.”