Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 11, 1915, Page 9

AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT THE WIDE ie. T have read it through and Write plainly on one side of the found it very interesting. Rules for Young Writers: only, and number (he pages. Tse pen and ink not pencil. hort and pointed articles will Do not use over Frank E. Crooks thank you very much for the prize book, From Office Boy to Reporter. interesting, write again soon. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. Retkoveke of Norwich, Women at Worl —Willie Pelikan of West Willing- , Dearie Dot and the Dog. 5—Joseph T. Mirtl of West Willing- ton, Bockers and His Chum. £—John O'Neil of Norwich, A Regu- lar Tomboy. garet McGrath of Bograhville, Tielding at Silver Ranch. 6—Ra!ph Taylor of Lebanon, Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp. 7—Frank Pardy the Runaway. s—Alice Gorman of Versailles, Camp | Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business of- fice for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday, n preference. al steries or letters omly ite 3 name, age and ad- inly at tho bottom Three Little Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. i “Whatever you are—Be that! ‘Whatever you s: Straightforward Be honest—in f: Be nobody e The Begle’s Vaientine. There's a valentine dream fo of Norwiech, e threw a valentine into the air, It was edged with fri Quoth he: “That's for th hio screamed at sight of my face.” ge and lac little fat boy I'he Begie-man was enweratied STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. . waved that B this valentine home,” said as you can five inches in The Story Book. : sides and beily 0 of the eastern United 4 my home in 2 rotten t h flies and dig with m the worms from the bark u enow and ice, out food for me, 1 very thankfu And when our. house perhaps ow me by my ‘Chickadee, 'Y RYPBIC. ‘tivas best! ham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln was born in Har- (now Larme ‘When he was seven vears old the family moved to the backwoods He spent most of his boy- life in hard labor. Until he reach- ed manhood he continued this life and du re period he attended AWAKES. pular American rk down among shame them with your cheerful n school for of nineteen he worked on boat that went to Ne At the age of twenty-one he m For a number of vears he engaged as flat-boat- surveyer, postmaster and George Was ved as a captain in the Black Haw eral miles to correct a littl too poer to buy the books b he borrowed them and returning them to the Tilinois lez- and elected ed president of was one of the great men. of to his mind | LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. | i Manhood of Abraham Linceln. or no money ngs he did was as a rail-splitter couniry store. e, late in the oman came to buy hal vho paid him and went | ¢ bunce weight on the shop a mount of tea which was | becanuse th ement that the cow n and evidence of thei good works was d wearing of the witne: something only 'here was no clerk be kept, or to be taken on to base another Telongs to th the cold ten de and ever since topped sliding down highway the evening d gone awa had a paper issued by the state that the right to murder under certain conditions, id not make it any bet- the plum and ey had also found a ls prepared for them citizens of The Pool protect Mr. had worked to hill’'s crops in and about The Pool, they still were to be frightened, injured, liomes destroyed, L n off by these thought- me as the women hildren, old men and boys have ughtered, injured, made hotme- {less and left to starve in Burope. | How could it be stopped? for a few cents gave these people a not because people needed these lives, but just for Wholsale murder just for fun! But there was a flaw. gave the pound of flesh, no more, no but not one drop of blood.” the state's license, could shoot, but to do it he must not (Come onto a man’s farm aeroplane and s town boys the he windows as each del- e “The Dond still could see ow each band r. Alice were discussing how to open court and vet . Churchill appea Pringing several larze pieces of suet which he asked permission to tis in “trespass.” when told not to). What was said. how it was gaid, by in the plea for protec- ‘What -Mr. Churchill promised, and the final work of Alice and the e ! scheol children will be told in future 6 delegation of Nuthatches took it | chapters. ® show of mortals i not be chilled, hom _said, Alice ang otiers immediately ran to {ou gramted that thy SRANDFATHER LOWATER. NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1915 anything he did not believe, and if lie was not satisfled that a law case was just he would not defend it. In 1834 Lincoln was elected a mem- Der of the state legisiature, and in 1846 he was elected 2 member of the Urited States congress; in this posi- tion he distinguished himself by op- posing the Mexican war In 1833 he was a candidate for the Dposition of United States senator. Lincoln was not chosen, but he gained for himself a wide reputation for -ability, sound gense and honesty of purpose. Later Lincoln was invited to make 2 speech in the largest hall in the city of New York. The subject was “Slavery in the United States.” it is not strange that when the con- vention of the republican party. soon after, to clioose a president, Abrahaimn Lincoln was nom- nated. He was elected, and.-tk mer backwoods boy. rai try became president of the United Stat Cn April 14, 1865, only four da ter Lee's surrender, Lincoln by an a in, and rejo coming of peace was deepest mour: s af- hot was the gard Abraham Lincoln as worthy of the high confidence; he had in- spired such admiration and affection 2s had been given to mno o Washington. loss w world : H whol rh ot and a good and gre: FRIEDA RETKOVSKE mourned over the hat of a devoted patri- t man Age 13. Norwlch. The Towee and the Cardinal. One afternoon Mr. Towee flew up a tree, where he met Mr. Cardinal Towee greeted him with a “To- Towe: or a “Che: Cardinal likewise eo—qr—qr— head on one and flirt b 1 am Mr. i have 1 cratching worms for my little on h we can- have a plea 3 Mr. Cardinal. "“T have bad a long j 2 pleasant tail for I am Mr. Cardinal you, robe 1ough answered “You are a splendid fellow,” tinued the Towee, “but may I where you are going “I am going to the nortt “What a wanderer y certainly glad T am not y baast all you want, for there laid on your head for you safe pla tr ask You never go to heard that > leafiess in 4 ¢ called people enou d sho ‘Noneense,” d the am in no da y nest is. It is not to suit me, and sngke any time. s wihin 1 do not “Nelther do 1. haugh but go0d evening.” E aid the Towee, no A A Four Cor Saint Valentine. Valentine was 3 he and worship_ t! hipped fe | The ‘German Family cailed to Flags Used by Warships, room ied yard, needle womer i are kept con known a ishment e hundreds of v t bunting and long sewing are busy battl escort in the flags to fill i Heaped up they high twenty to The foreign flag: bags bearing + pile five put in < the namo « try stenciled on the end. Each has its separate place in the flag locker. A guartermaster. would be severely reprimanded if one ame misplaced. Uncle Sam pays about $3,500 to oute fit each ship in the service. The tor- eign erfsigns are alt made 25 feet long and 13 fest wide ' They aye used candidate for storekeeper, surveyor and lawyer o except answered T, owee. , and I really want Mr. Towee, you ou | insults, so! or Ve men and | In the beginning of the war, W S > every household in Western and Mid- i l"fi{,';;;ix?\(‘.-" Ruii?ii‘(‘))' hard to|dle Burope was sending out “some | do strug th it 1 not i - 1ot Tt comaquer you. Say to yewrssy |member, it was natural that those de. 1 everybody. whenever an American warship enters | which is located on Broadway, You a port of another nation. 20 up state about three-fourth of mile. The most showy and expensive flags | There stands this splendid edifice are those of foreign natlons, although | which can be seen from’ most any the United States has two flags that | part of the city. & are close rivals namely the flags of It is located upon the central hill top the president and vice president, of Albany, nearly 160 feet above the It takes a woman a month to make | Hudson and is considered one of the one of these flags. {lnest buildings in the world It cov- The president’s flag is a blue ground | ers nearly eighty acres of land and is with the coat of arms of the United | built of solid granite, the architectural States. The silk that is used costs|plan being French, $9 = vound. The gardens and-fawns of the capi- The vice president's Hag is the coat | tol are beautiful. of arms on a field of white. Both As_you go up the 1éng terrace or tlags are made in two sizes, 10x14 feet | steps which leads up to the capitol and 5xit feet. you enter a magnificent and spacious The largest flaz i hall. There stand guides always will- the United States ensign, No, 1, which is 36x19 feet and | ing and glad to show you through the costs S4 entire bullding. ’ JOHN EDWARD O'NEIL, Age 13. The room of the most interest to me¢ Norwic! 1T will briefly mention here. - - - Leaving the main floor one ascends Abraham coln. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log In in Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1509. When I was seyen years old they moved to Indiana. There they lived in a very rude log cabin, It had only third floor, here in the northeast cor- ner is a magnificent court room. and has a grand fire place of marble. three The fourth Side was open | 1001 and there was mo floor. Abraham 3 . bed was in the loft. It was made of* St ROMES T e 11 dry legves which he gathered. You z = uld be surprised at all the work he could do when he was ten years LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. old, for he was very strong. He did e i not go to school long, for his father |, Hasn't Forgot Christmas. needed him to help him. But Abe[Dear Uncle Jed: We haven't forgot e e, en Ty it /Ghtistmas yet. taught him all she kmew. He did sums on a wooden shovel with a piece of charcoal for a pencil. He liked to read. Some of the books he liked to read were Aesops Fablef The Life-of Wash- ton, and the Bible. His mother died and his father married a : Vhen he was older they moved to II- said it have a Christmas concert, A little while before Chrisumas tree or a Christmas bo: We all wanted a Christmas tree. Th she gave us picces. There were many Claus. While working in his store he won|_ When. the day came for the tree the name of Honest Abe. e studied | %© Were all happ: law and became a good lawyer. Another girl and I were to trim the Christmas tree. to trim the tree. 1846 he w a member of con- made président of the United in 1861. At that time the Ci P nts. betacint the nort Then we went on with our school ithern .people wanted | WOrK. When the afternoon came we but the people of the north did | bad _some fun. not. ‘Lincoln took the side of the| After we had our concert Santa neins Claus appeared and all were very glad to see him. presen We then had a few In 1862 he issued the Emanclpation Proclamation which freed ail the n groes in the United States. The w ended hours to in oln was shot in a theatre on|Went sikating on_the pond we calle 14, 1865, by a man named Booth, | Davis pond. Wo skated a little Then ' there : great mourning aill | While and then went home to do our over the country for evervbody loved | Work. and respected this sreat, good man. ALICE M. GORMAN, Age 1 EDNA KENDALL, Age 10. 1o Story of My Life. Dear U Jed I svas born on s ame is Pep-| Bkonk Hill, in 1305, I afterwards o 5T 2 Jog and his name is Peb-| moved to Putnam. I lived there about e looks like an old Goor mat or u|tWO vears and then moved back to bunch of 5 Soon as vou come N e e My in the honse he will try and make| = "oV e AN 4 friends with you. He wi'l bring his| Totuers name is Arthur and my sis- s name is Laura. Iamn toys £ as if he he has toys to play with just child. It is fun to see e years old. el s and am in the fourth grade. My B % Jdl'l" kDI ,“‘ 2 ]'fi:;"’ illow, | PTOtA:T goes too. He is in the sec- 5% bad_ ticking and stuffed with | °bd grade. I have about 2 mile to e oft: thew, and Stuffed Whi|to scnool. It is a pleasant way and I e M TR = s =% enjoy the walk. drop the ball at your feet and|®YO} IO "RIL - ouiciios setting for you to throw iR off |, Jgar s T | C Ko to cateh it it back. | < TORBNGE E. GALLUP. piilow. and keeps one| oo FLO 2 = his mou looks up in| = 098U nd plead, But 3 © you to piay | to_take the| hen Pepper and s Fishing at Dry Pond. Dear Uncle Jed: One summer thought we were lost be was there. About a hundred feet away from th pond it was so muddy we had to wal on boards. When we got there v found an old boat. So we pushed o in i It did not leak much. We was so late when had to start f having sther da we got there, home just as we werc But we went The Boulder. Dear Uncle Jed: A large, gray gran ite bould: on our play ! front of cur schoolhouse. It is seam with moss and lichens. face of the bould off Breeds of Poultry. worn On rock place £ some one led it out to in. nearly covered with v SR E Lant AGNBS AUSTIN, A A Snowy Day. cle Jed: We sat by the w atched the snow falling. birds flew dc e crumbs we t | @idn’t hurt hims wman when T all covered with snow. after the sun came out sparkle like diame The Indian Telegraph. Tincle Je The In a telegrapn as we do. If A Snow Image d thei Dea ot use dic the hildren mamm ns wanted to send 2 message They would mak when it blazed up d throw an armful of green 2 They threw a bianket over a2 minute of oke lloon or ball, floated The othe: for this knew it meant. 11d bo seen for many miies. DELIA SHEA, their work mma to see m Coasting. cle Jed: I like to go have been coasting a lot. rm, so there are a lot o to coast. Sometimes we co: e places Y enlred and | on the big bill not far from our hou much-fun as we do coasting. JOHN H. BURRILL, Age 7. Stafford Springs. Rise "of Photography. It was inevitable that the would produce some industrial prises and oddities; yet it will seem strange to the man in the street that on of the trades which has prospered, especialiv on the Continent, is that of photography. of the war v sur- In the midst W him stagger shot and must soon rried him tenderly from Putting press photogra- phy aside, war does not suggest it- self as a time when people would want_specially to be photographed, and it is true that a good deal of the work has been the result of neces: 1p,” he said to brave words as the This has parting should, when possible, have l"sen photographed for their relations. isi hen they were gone they demanded A Visit to the Capitol at Albany. |photographs of wives, children or A visit to the capitol at Albany|swesthearts, so that there was a great would certainly be of deep interest to|trade in the manufacture of picture Don't give up the ship!"—Unsigned, : 5 i post cards to that end. Then, when Leaving New Yok Central depot,|the trade might have languished, the —————— a beautiful peir of marbie stairs to the It is beautifully furnished with oak The walls of the court room .are adorned witn pertraits of distinguished One Christmas at“school the teacher we were bad -we would not Christmas came she asked us if we wanted a kinds of pieces. I had cne about Santa 1t did not take long he In the morning all of the children came and saw the He distributed the 20 iating, and a crowd of girls and boys 1 go to school day other and 1 went fishing to »ry 12, he . We had to go five miles by tb road and one through the woods. i se I never | caught quite a few horn pouts, but i e children the while we wen. biz Lill ov fore Joinny had a fine new sled sely inbr d he wanted to slid bovs liked Johnny reeders ¥ ed to and wat- | ut when hie Then quickly pulled it & exercise for | We go awful fast there. I hope som of the other Wide-Awakes have as | i | . % same v circulation in sald veturn to_this_Court. NEL ¥ Astet FANNIE C i 11 creditors of GASTORIA For Infants and Children., The Kind You Have Always Bought ‘ nessand Rest Contains reither 0 ine nor Mingtal 'NOT NARCOTIC. Thirty Years . At6 months old o g GAS flfllA THE GENTAUR COMPANY. WEW YORK CITY. T police stepped in. — Manchester Guardian. . STORIES OF PLACES, ;New York to P Orlo R.lco o rares, tolxte, mioni |A Sixteen Day Cruise, includ- in Ecuador to ama” hats; but caildren two of the che undressed stra complete the rone| ing all expenses, $94.50 from Also tickets to Georgia, Florida, Ber- muda and Panama Pacific Exposil on. | Johmn A.Dunn AGENT almost ev- ible ble can de- 50 Main Street near of its food from oversea. Its n v noth- o ing whatever abc In 1913, the last vear for which the | more than 1,000 | Painiess Dentistry lowed and de- | f Maasa- i H 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Daily | 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sundays Science and Skil Have consuminated an alliance the probati that has absolutely conquered pain Ex- bridge work are all ABSOLUTELY PAIN- The alli- ance between SKILLFUL work and | MODERATE charges is an associa- in every branch of dentistry. tracting, filling, crown or LESS experiences here. tion that appeais to your intelli- gence without being unfriendly to DR. D. J. COYLE Succeeding the King Dental Co. 203 Main Street, Next to Boston Store *Phone 1282-3 whenever tea or coffee is served Lady Attendant | i your finance i DR. F. C. JACKSON Stands the Test of Time i 1647 Adam’s Tavern 1861 1o the public the finest siandar: orands of Beer of Eurcpe and Amerl | Bohemian, Pilsner, Cuimbach Bavarian | Beer, Bass, Pale and Burton Muers Scotch Ale, Guinness’ Dublin Stout, C. & C. Imported Ginger Ale, Bunker Hill P. B. Ale, Frank Jones’ Nourish-~ ing er Ale, Anheuse: 3 i d A. A, ADAM, Norw Telephene 447 a touch of daintiness is added by sparkling CrysTaL ymino | SUGAR ||| i Full or half-size pieces. || | (] verhaulmg and =~ )| Repair Work ADDRESS: NEW YORK iaf all kinds on Aytomobiles, Carriages, Wagons, Trucks snd Carts. Mechanical Repairs, Painting, Trim- sing, Upholstering and Wood Work. Scait & Clark Gorp. ' 507 to 515 North Main St. MISS M. C. ADLES Hair, Scalp and Face Specalist bst, Town LEGAL NOTICE place and where in the publish'ng ine paper naving a rict, una make awelt, by ow D Towa, in same once CHU said de- B notified to present A WOMAN'S DUTY aid estate to the |is to look her best at all times.. This e Street, Nor- she cannot do if her hair is neglected, thin, yellow-gray, not becomingly ar- ranged. Money spent for improving the hair me g orde Adn HERBERT LUP, nistrator. feblld DR. F. W. HOLMS, Dentist i;ouw:‘:l | ::‘:n‘:;.'llLet Miss Adlos help Telephone 652 Shannen Building Annex, Room A Telepnone §28 206 Main Street., next to Chielsea Bank.