Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 4, 1915, Page 9

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1915 ‘THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly on one side of the raper only, and number the pages. 2 Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words. 4. Original storles or letters only will be used. 5. Write you: name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story. Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be that! Whatever you say—Be true! Straightforwardly act, Be_honest—in fact, Be nobody eise but you.” POETRY, A Wonderful Secret. Dear little people I love so well, erever your place may be: There's j» besutiful secret 1 long tell, So come ang listen to me. When I was a child, in a little town, Oh, ever so far away. A beautiful spirit came floating down, And whispered to me one day: “There's a secret,” the beautiful spirit > said, “That even a child may know, And they who know it are gladly led Wherever their feet may £o. “So sweet and simple the secret is, Yet people are slow to learn, And away from the pathway that léads to bliss Their lingering faces turn, “Bo the little children must show them ow The happler way to choose, iFor the hearts that are tender and H loving now ‘Will never the lesson lose. “And this is the wonderful secret: Live For nothing but love each day— Not for love to keep, but for love to give— Forever to give away. ] “There is no life upon earth so poor, But love it may give full well, And the joy of giving is deep and sure, Ang richer than tongue can tell. “To sweeten life as we meet and, part, We need but remember thi; To carry always a tender heart For the tiniest thing that is. *The wider the circle of love we make, The happler life we live, ‘And the more we give for another's sake, The move we shall have to give. *So let us widen it day by day, By loving a little more, il nothing living be shut away From a share in the heavenly store. —Allison_Gardner Deering. (Our Dumb Animals.) LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Frank Pardy, of Norwich—I thank B for the nice prize book entitled e Boynton Pluck. It is a very in- teresting book. Ralph Tayfor, of Lebanon—I thank you very much for the prize book you Eent me, Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp. have read it and find it interesting. me thank you again. Yetta Levine, of Colchester—I re- celved the prize book for which I thank you very much. I will continue read- -ing it. Lucy A. Carter, of Hampton—I was very much surprised when I got home to find a prize book waiting for me. I thank you many times for it. _ Mabel Prue, of Bagleville—I re- {Geiveq the prize ook you sent me. 1 have read it and find it is very in- feresting. I thank you very much. Bertha Fuller, of Eagleville—I re- ceived the prize book and thank youw very much for it. I have read it through and found it very interesting. 1 have thirteen books now. Eugene R. Sullivan, of Bozrahville: 1 was very much pleased to recelve the prize book entitled “Andy” I have read it all through and thing it is very interesting. I thank you for it. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Catherine Murphy, of Norwich— The Campfire Girls Over the Sea. 2—Theodore ‘Abel, of Yantic—The Boys of Columbia Eigh on the River. 3—Michael J. Burns, of Fitchville— The Battleship Boy's First Step Up- wards. 4—Almira Kramer, of Colchester— The Outdoor Girls in Winter Camp. 5—Muriel Latham of Stonington— Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch. 6—Alice M. Ayer, ot Norwich—The Outdoor Girls in Winter Camp. 7—Alice. Gordon Palmer, wich—His Lordship's Puppy. s—Katherine V, Burns, of Norwich— The Campfire Girls in the Outside World. Winners of books living in Norwich may call at The Bulletin business of- fice for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursda; of Nor- UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. Uncle Jed has plenty of evidence that his Wide-Awakes need some instruc- tion how to take time by the forelock. We are told “time and tide wait for no man,” which is true; and we are warned “to take no note of time,” or, in other words, not to think too much about it. When we take “time by the forelock,” or the front hair, we do so to get results on time. For instance, ‘Wide-Awakes who write on Lincoln and Washington in February do not “take time by the forelock” if their letters reach Uncle Jed the day after the copy for this department has been made up, or a week after the holiday has passed. Those letter writers who sent their work in the week before had time by the forelock, for they were in time. This is just as true of other things as of writing if you desire to have anything in readiness on a given’ day or date. It you are bullding birdhouses, they had better be all complete in March than in May or June, for they are of no use this year if completed a month after the birds have arrived from the south. If you have a stated time to be ready for anything, it is in bad form to be even a few hours late, for it makes you either a failure or a hindrance. Those who “take time by the fore- lock” are not obliged to frame up ex- cuses for being late, or to apologize for having disappointed others. Time may make diverse paces, but they get there. I do not know what makes a boy or a girl feel meaner than to get left—to have failed to connect because they were lazy or heedless. Such boys and girls cannot be called Wide-Awakes, for the results of their habits show they are sleepy. The boy or girl who is not on time has not worked to win, but has con- ducted themselves to lose. STORIES WRITTEN AWAKES, BY WIDE- A Happy Family. The Burke family livea away in the country on a large farm. Burke was a fine old farmer. He horses, cows dogs and chickens. His 'pussy’s name was Nancy she lived out in the barn with 'the horses and chickens. Strange to say, instead of wishing to hurt them Nancy wished to play with the chickens. One day an old mother hen had some baby chicks, of which she was very proud; but her pride was short- lived, for as she strutted around the farmyard proclaiming their birth, a heavy farm wagon came lumbering in and before she could.get out of its way it ran over and killeq her. How the little chicks cried for their mother; but she neither came nor heard. At last the old tabby cat came in and feeling sorry for them called them over to a pile of hay where she lay down and allowed them to snuggle up to_her. The little things found her warm, furry sides quite as comfortable as their mother's feathers and went to sleep quite content. A few minutes later Mr. Burke came in to feed them, but he went over to the hay and found old Nancy sleeping peacefully, surrounded by eight downy chicks, “Well, well!” exclaimed the good man out Mr. had and THE POOL, Grandfather Lowater thinks it best to tell here a part of a talk he once had with Mr. Churchill about animals and birds. Then Mr. C. was like some- body you may know who thinks all birds, animals and insects should be killed on sight unless like hens or our /tame song birds, we could get some- _thing of use o us from them. __ Many boys and girls think spiders and snakes are just awful. A stone or .club is sought immediately. This streak of humanity is painful to me because *T know that all spiders and all snakes fare not harmful. Neither are all the “insects, birds or animals that are now Tallowed to be killed. Most of them de- serve to bé protected. = 1 think it the duty of every boy or Igir] to study these little folks and learn Tto tell the good omes from the evil— ‘evil when considered as friends to fcrops or human lives. £ Natural history, or the truth as told fby Old Mother Nature, is the basls of real work on the farm, = Your teacher would say “the basis fot agricultural science,” but we will call dt “good farming.” z troubles me is that but little ®f the truths Dame Nature is willing o tell are known to our boys and girls, even to the farmers and their wives. is want of knowledge allows the Aown boy to use his gun just for fun wvhen that use is costing the farmer mcney for every time the gun is dis- ‘eharged and something injured. _ Why do I lay it to the town boy? Because I have noticed that the farm Boy has seen and learned some things ha town boy has not had the chance see and learn. But there aro still of animals to keep certain plants from growing too fast or getting to be too many. ~She told others to prevent a too great increase of that first class. She built such animals and insects as have but few hunting them in such a way that they were slow to be many in 2 place—like to be alone. Now how do the boys interfere? How break up Nature's plans?\ They kill and destroy hephazardly. Thus leav- ing too many of the wrong kind. Na- ture said: A, you keep down B; C, you keep down A; D, you look after C, and E, keep watch on D, etc. But the boys and girls, too, do not keep matters evened up. They take maybe all F and M, neglecting the others. Then there is trouble. Before waging a war either for sport or otherwise on any bird or animal, we should study its habits. What did Na- ture say that Dird, animal, snake, spider or insect should do? Knowing its habits, then we should study the consequences wiich would follow any killing on our part. Right here, Grandpa wants to tell every boy and girl a very important fact, something every teacher should tell her pupils. It is this: ‘We must all remember it is an unde- niable fact that the dangerous increase of anything in the world, plant, animal, etc., is due to the destruction of its nat- urai enemies. That to stop the work of any.bird,-animal or insect the most certain way is to encourage help by the increase of its natural enemy. That is why sport-shooting and many of our kilings. without thinking are throwing Dame Nature's plans all out oo many farm boys taught to be cruel LRGSR wiihy foaps. iEnns and i These same boys and big men are en to blame if any of the wild ani- als are injurious to their crops. The ttle wild . folks are only following the tincts: which Madame Nature gave em. led by these orders from Na- every animal flis its appointed exactly; it does not exist alone i it8elf bui acts o part ig the one eat whole. Do yeu catch mly mean- animal, bird or insect is like @ of the cogs in the great wheel you that made all the others Now what orders has Dame given ®Why, she told one class % SR b o5 of joint. Those traps and guns not only cause pain, but they cost the farmers a good many. dollars in the course of a year. Anything that costs the farmer money, costs the city man money in the end. The idea of thinking animals are not worthy of study cost Mr. Churchill meny dollars until I got after him and he found that a more careful practice was a benefit. I did not have the least doubt he would. forbid hunting and shooting on his-land after the conven- to himself, “they look like a very hap- py_family” KATHERINE V. BURNS, Age 14. Norwich. A Ride in a Water Wheel. John Smith lived near a noisy little brook which went singing through the meadow. Just below the house in which he lived was a dam, It made a large pond above it and the water was used to turn the wheel of a small woolen mill. John thought it was fun to watch the water pouring over the wheel, turning it swiftly round and round. He was never tired of looking at it. He promised never to go into the water without permission. One summer the water was shut off for awhile, and the mill was silent. | The old wheel was badly decayed and broken and Mr. Smith wheel must be built. Wvery day John hurried home from school to watch the workmen as they built the new wheel. One day when he came home he ran down to the mill as usual. The new wheel was in its place, all ready for use. The workmen had gone, and no one was in sight. He stepped into the ‘new wheel, ‘This is my castle,” sald John to himself, “and the brook is the river Rhine, ‘and—" John did not finish Ris sentence, Sud- denly there was a terrible roaring over his head, and the wheel began to go slowly round. The next thing John knew he was lying upon a pile of shavings and blocks, feeling _very much as if he had been through his mother’s sausage mill. He was not much hurt, only a little bruised. It was a long time before he cared to look at the water wheel again. FRANK PARDY, Age 14. Norwich, A Moonlight Ride, Dear Uncle Jed: One cold, moonlight night just after supper my father hur- ried into the house looking agitated. He said: “The sleigh is walting at the door for me. I am going to get the doctor because your sister is feeling worse. You can come if you want to. Be dressed warmly for it is very cold out- doors,’ and he 4went out. When I went out my waiting ard -our dog, Snap, was to accompany us. He crouched down in the bottom of the sleigh and seemed weill contented, and we started off to the jingling of the sleigh bells. The air was bitterly cold, but since I was dressed warmly I did not mind it. The moon shone so brightly that it looked like a large electric light in the heavens. At first we were on the highway, but we soon turred into a little lane be- cause it was a short cut, The snow had not been troéden on here. It was very lonely and the trees cast weird shadows on the road before us. All of a sudden the sleigh gave a turn and we were thrown into a ditch on the side of the road. After we had righted the sleigh and examined it closely we found that ome of the runners was broken. Snap -had disappeared and we after- wards found out that he had gone to get help for us. For half an hour we waited there, and it was the most miserable and longest half hour I have ever spent. Then we saw a horse and sleigh com- ing to help us. Somehow or other we got the sleigh to the doctor's house and after fix- ing it we started home, taking the doctor with us. 'We met with no more accidents. If we had come home an hour later, the doctor said my sister would not_have lived. PAULINE SMOLOWITZ, Age 13. Norwich. said a new father was Florence’s Easter Egg. One day Florence came running into the house and asked her mother if she might do what she liked with her| esgs. Her mother told her yes, and asked her what she warted to do with them; but Florence said she had rather keep it a secret. Later Florence whispered to her broth- er Ben. In a few moments they ap- peared dressed for the street. Florence was carrying a basket on her arm. A few days later Drake came in- to the house smiling and said that he had found out by chance what the children were doing. He said they were going to see a poor invalid child. Mrs. Drake said that she would go and see the child herself, and for them to be careful and ot let the children know it, On Easter morning Mrs. Drake said to Florence that she would like to have her keep her eggs thls mornins. On the table was a chocolate Easter egg labelled Florence. Inside of it was a set of dominoes which Florence had. long desired. Florence made one more visit to the invalid’s home. MURIEL LATHAM, Aage 14. Stontngton. le Sunrise. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write to you describing Little Sunrise. He was just an ordinary sort of boy, but there was not another like him in all Muskoma; because Muskoma was an Indian village and all the other boys were redskins. What made him different from the other boys was his hair. His was red and curly and the Indians’ hair was black and straight. There was another thing that mads him different from the Indians. They could sit still, and he could not, except when Ossawippi, the old chief, was telling a story, and then it wasn't what an Indian would call still. The only time he was still was when he was asleep. He awoke very early and that's why the Indians call- ed him “Sunrise.” His real name was Rennie. At least that was what his| parents called him. His parents call- ed him Reginald when they wanted to be very severe. ANNIE HECKT, Age 11. Norwich., Poor Ginger. Dear Unclo Jed: I thought that I should write you about Ginger, a horse all worn out, with an ill’ kept coat. The wind had roled a little lock’ of hay that way and the poor crea- ture put out her long neck, and picked it up, and then turned around and looked for meore. I could not help noticing her, and then I was thinking where I had seen that horse before. She looked full at| me and sald: . “Black Beauty, is that you?" It was Ginger! she was changed! The joints were swollen. The _face that was once So full of spirit and life, and now full of suffering after a twelve-months’ run at Barlshall. a dead horse in it passed our cab stand, The head hung out of the cart tail, the lifeless tongue was dripping with blood; and the sunken eyes—but I can’t speak about it any more. I belleve it was Ginger. YETTA LEVINE, Age 11. Colchester, Cenn, Her Pigeons. :One day last spring a pure white pigeon came to our house and would eat with the hens. She would stay all day and fly away at night. She did that way all summer. When fall came brown and white. After a while they foade a nest. They would not make it in their little house, but made it in the shed. Now they have two little eggs. The wkite one stays on the nest. T hope the eggs will hatch. _Then we will have four pigeons. But I hope the cats wil not caich them. The cats did not try to catch the old pigeons. 1 hope all of the Wide-Awakes are well. ALICE GORDON PALMER., Age 9. Norwich, With the birds we renew our younth. Their songs and calls are like the voices of friends. In winter we have the blue jays, Eng- lish sparrow, chickadee, patridge, quail, flicker, grosbeak, downy woodpecker, White-breasted nuthatches and crow. The chickadee is a little bird with black on his head, They sound a soft note of “peep,” or when alarmed give the sound of “chickadee-dee.” They are of great value to the farm- er in destroying insects. 5 The birds that protect the meadows and field crops are the black bird, the meadow lark, the crow, the quail and the sparrow. They do So by devouring insects. One bird will devour about thirty in- sects daily. When the ground is covered with snow it is hard for the birds to get food and grit. We should supply them with these things. ‘We can_get the birds to come to us by being friendly to them. We should build hkd-aovses for shem. The bird- houses should be about eight inches high, ard six inches square at the floor. The opening should be near the top and about two inches in di- ameter. If we builq bird-houses we must be careful to place them where cats and dogs cannot get at them. The barn attic is a good place for swallows a sthey eat the gnat, flies and mosquitoes, Before many days the robins and blue birds will be with us. Every one is glad to hear the cuckoo’s cry. It is one sign that spring is here. He is a beautiful bird with brown and white stripings and blue gray wings, but he is a lazy and greedy cne. The cuckoo is the only bird that does not build its own nest or rear it's young. It lays it's eges in other bird's nests and leaves it to be hatched and reared there. BERTHA FULLER, Age 11. Eagleville. No More For Him. Long ago there lived a great ma- gician by the name of Kellar. One day while he was passing through a market he stopped before the stall of an old woman who was dealing in butter and eggs Kellar thought he would have a lit- tle fun with the old lady, so he said to her: “Are those eggs you have fresh?” “Yes, sah! very good; jes' got-em this morning,” she replied grinning| broadly while she reached for a bas. “Tl take a dozen,” he said, handing her the money and taking the eggs. He took one of the eggs out of the bag and tapped it, sayins: “Well, well, I've broke it!” when out rolled a glittering five dollar gold plece. With apparent satisfaction he dried the coin with his handkerchief and placed it in his coat pocket, as though it were quite customary to find money in cggs. The old woman stood by {n undis- guiseq amazement. Kellar fook an- other egg and broke it with the same result. ~Another gold coin came chinked musically with the other. He broke a third egg and by this time the olq lady's eyes nearly popped out of her head. “Well,” said Kellar, “my good wo- man, Il buy that whole basket!” The old woman looked at him with wide-open eyes, and trembling with excitemen:, cried: “No siree, not an- oder one! RACHEL MARSHAK, Age 13. Norwich. “Oakland Don.” Oakland Don is the name of a dog we have, belorging to my cousin. The dog is an Irish setter, about two years old. When we first got him he was s0 timid that if you put your hand out toward him, or even spoke loudly to him, he would cringe with fear; and if he saw a broom he would go nearly frantic. : For_a while #fter we got him we kept him tied up, but finally we thought that he was so used to the place that be would stay around if we let him loose and we tried it. For a while he stayed around all right, but one night when Papa drove off to town he followed; but it seems he got behind another team and followed it to Salem. - ¥or a week we beard nothing of him, but finally cne night some one tele- phoned that a dog had been staying around their place for quite a while and they had finally managed to catch him._ It was Don and the next morn- ing Papa went after him and brought him home. He Is still very shy. When he is loose, he will come up to my mother anytime because she feeds him; but he will only follow the rest of us at a little «distance. However, when I have him on a long rope, he will go out to the end of the rope and when I call him he will come to me. ALMIRA KRAMER, Age 12. Colchester. The Tent Caterpillar, Last year a prize was offered by the State Agricultural society to the boy A short time after this, a cart with|pests. she did not fly away; she would stay| all night. tion was over. Neither did I doubt every pupil in the school would be en- couraged by the teachers to aid in the ‘protection of the beneficial dirds, in- sects and other live things. GRANDFATHER LOWATER. My father made a little house for her.” She did not care to stay in the house made for her, but chose to Stay in_our shed. _Just a little while - ago another pigeon came. This one was colored, or _girl who would pick the most tent caterpillar nests. The nests are right around _the branches of all the fruit trees. They make their nests on apple, peach, pear ang cherry trees, They are similar to a cocoon and when opened over two hundred esgd are visible. These insects then get on the blossoms and remain there, spoiling the fruit. 3 It certainly was a good method of destroying many millions of them, but they seem almost as plentiful this year. After a child had gathered one hun- dred he was given a membership card and was enrolled in the society. He brought them to school and they were counted and burned. Burning_was_the best method, be- cause 1f the eggs were dropped they would hatch out just the same, “We have only & small school, but the total number picked was about twen- ty thousand, thus doing away with about four million caterpillars. It would be a good idea if another prize were offered this year, and by so doing reduce the number of these 'MICHAEL J. BURNS, Age 13. Fitchville. How to Open a New Book. Hold the book with its back on a table—let the front cover down and then the back cover. Then open a fow leaves in frcnt. Then a few at the back. alternating front and back, gently pressing them down until the center is reached. Do this two or three times in order to limber up the binding, Should you open the volume roughly or carelessly you may break the back and cause the leaves to loosen. Fast Norwich, N. Y, LILLIAN BREHAUT. Boston. Boston is the capital of Massachu- setts. It has a fine harbor and is one of the leading seaports of our country. and| It is also the greatest center of trade in New England. The cities and towns| for many miles around Boston have hundreds of busy work-shops. There are mills for making cotton _cloths, shops for boots and shoes, and fac- tories for all kinds of Jjewelry, clocks, cutlery, and_many other articles. Boston is like a main office for these workshops. It exports such products as raw cotton, wool, hides, leather, cloths, boots, shoes and other man- ufactures to many parts of the world, Boston is the greatest boot and shoe market in the world. This city 2nd its suburbs have been the homes of many famous patriots, poets and authors. It is therefore called the “Athens of America.” ALICE M. AYER, Age 11 Norwich, The Busy Little Lapps. These little Lapps live in the frozen zone. They do not live in huts as the Esquimaux do. They always wander up and down. The reason why the Lapps move about so much is because of & very useful animal, the reindeer. In the summer time the mosquitoes are very flerce in that country. When they want to Dite the people they run up the mountains to escape them. When winter comes the mosquitoes go away. So the Lapp drives his reindeer down the plain and again sets up his tent. The door is so small that you could hardly get in through it. The smoke from the fire goes out at a hole in the top. There are neither lamps nor candles. They sleep and sit upon skins spread upon the floor. The stove is made of a circle of stones. R If a man has a herd of reindeer He thinks he is a rich man, In winter when they can’t get any- thing to eat they go and kill one of the reindeer, Every morning and night they get some milk from the reindeer. This milkc is thicker and nicer than that of the cow. The Lapp wife makes cheese and butter. The reindeer has no stable or shel- ter of any kind, but he will not suf- fer much, for God has fitted him for the life he lives. YETTA LEVINE, Age 11. Colchester, Lighthouses. Many years ago ships by the score were wrecked by running on rocks or bad places in the ocean. Something had to be done, so in the year 280 B. CNone of the most famous ligt- houses of the ancient world was built. A fire was kept burning on the top day and night and could be seen for forty miles at sea, 54 Now the government has taken up the work and much money is spent in keeping the lighthouses intact. Some of them are built of stone, iron or brick and are lighted by oil lamps with Argand burners. Electric lights have been tried but they are much too expensive and the light has many shadows. In Europe the people burn lard or olive oil. They like it better. Lighthouses are classed as to_the first, second, third and fourth orders. The' first two are for coasts and the last two are for harbors and rivers. Some have steady lights, some re- volving and some flashing lights. They are surely a good thing and many lives are spared- owing to the good done by lighthouses. THEODORE ABEL, Age 12. Yantie. Autobiography of a Silver Dollar. Dear Uncle Jed: I am a silver dol- lar. I was born in the mines of Mich- igan and I lived with my sister. One day a man came to where we lived ang began to dig at our door. Finally he picked us out of our house and put us in a bag with many other dollars. We were carried a long distance and it seemed as if he would never stop. Just es he was stepping into a car, I rolled out of his pocket. I fell to the ground. I was run over by many teams and automobiles. After a while a little girl came run- ning along. She thought she saw some- thing shining in the road. She came over to where I was lying and picked me up. She ran home as fast as she could with me. She gave me to her father, and her father put me in his pocket, where it was very dark. My only friends were a jackknife, some keys and a cuff button. MARIE AGNES SHEA, Age 11 Norwich. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. They Made Candy. Dear Uncle Jed: Last week we had lots of rainy weather which was very disagreeable. As we had to go to school it was not €o bad as being shut up in the house; but when Saturday came it was raining again. That meant Ye would be shut up in the house all ay. In the morning we played different games, and when the afternoon came we decided to make candy. It was to be molasses candy and we Were going to pull it. It took about half an hour to make it. Then we let it cool sd we could pull it. Soon it was cool enough to handle and we had a great time pulling it. We had a race to see who_could get it the lightest. Then wo broke it up. It was very nice candy: Here are two recipes which I like very well: Cocbanut . Bar—Four cups of sugar, one-quarter teaspoon cream of tartar, one and one-quarter cups of _water, one-qfiarter pound of cocoanut, one- half teaspoon of vanilla. Boll sugar, cream of tartar and water together. Do not stir until after it begins to boil Boil until it forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water. Take off from the fire and cool in a warm place. When luke warm, beat until it begins to turn white. Add cocoanut and va- nilla. Beat hard until creamy. Spread quickly in buttered pan and cool not too suddenly. Cut in strips one inch by one-half inch. Peanut Brittle—One pound of sugar, one quart of peanuts. Shell, remove skins and finely chop peanuts.’ Sprinkle with one-quarter teaspoon of salt. Put sugar in smooth granite pan and place on range. Stir constantly until melt- ed into a syrup, taking care to keep sugar from sides of pan. When melt- ed, add peanuts and pour quickly into a warm buttered pan and mark in inch squares. If sugar is not removed from range as soon as melted, it will quickly urn. I hope that the Wide Awakes who try these recipes will have good euc- cess. CATHERINE MURPHY, Age 11. Norwich. The Dog Was Not Mad. Dear Uncle Jed: One day Laura, Etta and I were in the barn playing in the hay. Suddenly we heard some. one groaning. We looked down and saw a dog. At first we thought it was papas’ dog Jack. Laura called him, but he did not look up at us as he usu does, so we concluded that it was Jack. He kept on groaning. Etta and 1 were frightened. We thought the dog was mad, but Laura ‘would not believe us and we would not believe her. 1t we went down the ladder we would go very mear the dog. One eide there was hay, and_Etta and I thought we would jump. We jumped down ana left the barn. Then we heard Laura talking to the dog. He was not mad, and soon after left for home. VIOLA GREBENE, Age 9. Colchester. = How the States Were Named. Dear Uncle Jed: For the interest and benefit of the Wide-aAwakes I am telling in this letter how the states were named, They were named as fol- lows: Delaware—In honor of Lord Dela- ware. Pennsylvania — Latin, “Penn’s Woods.” New Jersey—In honor of Sir George Carteret, governor of Jersey Island. Georgia—In honor of George II. Connecticut—Indian, meaning Long River. Massachusetts—The place of great hills, Maryland—In honor of Queen Hen- rietta Maria. South Carolina—In honor of Charles meaning I New Hampshire—After Hampshire county, England. Virginia—In honor of Elizabeth the “Virgin Queen.” New York—In honor of the Duke of_York. North Carolina—In honor of Charles . Rhode Island—Red Island, Vermont—French, meaning mountain.” Kentucky—Meaning “At the head of the river.” Tennessee—Indlan, with the great bend.” Ohio—Indian, meaning River. Louisiana—In honor of Louis XIV, Indiana—Inaian’s Ground. Mississippi—Indian, meaning “Great Father of Waters.” Tilinols—Indian, Men.” Alabama—Indian, We Rest” Maine—The main land. Missouri—Indian, meaning Water.” Arkansas—Named from a tribe of Indians, Michigan—Indian, meaning Lake.” Florida—Spanish, meaning ing.” Texas—So called, it is thought, from an Indian tribe called Tejas, meaning “Friends.” Towa—Indian, Ones.” Wisconsin—Indian, meaning “Gath- ering of the Waters. California—From a character in an old_romance, Minnesota—Indlan, meaning “Cloudy Water.” Oregon—Spanish, Marjoram.” Kansas—Indian, Water.” West Virginia—From Virginia. \Neyada—Spanish, mesning “Snow- cla Nebraska—Indian, Valley.” Colorado—Spanish, ay.” Washington-- ‘Washington, Montana—Spanish Mountain.” North ~ Dakota—Spanish, “Allied.” South Dakota—Spanish, “Allied.” Idaho—Indian, the Mountain.” Wyoming—indian, Plain.” Utah—Indian, a tribal name, Oklahoma—Indian, meaning ‘Beau- tiful Country.’ “Green meaning “river “Beautiful meaning “River of meaning, “Here “Muddy “Great “Bloom- meaning “Drowsy meaning “Wild meaning “Smoky meaning “Water meaning “Rud- In honor of George meaning “A meaning meaning meaning “A Gem of meaning “A JESSIE BREHAUT. East Norwich, N. Y. His Favorite Exercise. Dear Uncle Jed: Do you want to know my favorite exercise? It is swimming, und twice a week I go to the river and swim. It is great fun to float on my back. I learned to swim on my back in 1914. In 1913 I first learned to swim. I first swam dogpaw, then the usual way. Now I can dive, scoop and swim under water for 25 feet. I have learned to pick up stones from the river bottom under six feet of water. Someone will stand on the bank and throw something white at us. It will sink and then we will go under the water to get it. One thing I like best is to run and dive off the bank, then swim under water on my back. 1 can do the sailor's dive, which is to jump into the water with my hands around my feet. L ‘When it is a very hot day I enjoy swimming and diving the most and you're glad you are in the water. ‘When 1 tell anyone I can do such a thing, the boys will say: “Go tell your uncle” I am telling him, am I not? MYRON RINGLAND. Norwich Town. Timothy. Dear Uncle Jed: I have a cat named Timothy. He is all black except his paws and neck. Every morning he comes up in my bed and goes to sleep. T.ast summer when we came home from the shore he walked right into the house and we gave him his supper. He has stayed with us ever since then. Although my little brother James squeezes him and pulls his tail, he never scratches him. ‘We give him his dinner and then he always goes under the stove for a nap. He is very big and also very pretty. He is the only pet I have and I like him very much. Timothy likes to go upstairs and put his paws on the windowsill. We did not know what he did it for. Finally we discovered that he was trying to get at the sparrows. We have a little biréhouse just opposite the window. LILLIAN MURPHY, Age 9, Norwich. The Flowers We See in Spring. Dear Uncle Jed: How many flowers e 2es when we walk In the epring- me! ~ Some grow in the green grass, where they sparkle like little stars; some nestle in corners of the stone walls, Wwhere there are mosses; some hang from the branches of trees. How we SDS S ALCOHOL J PL,\‘C CENT. AVegetable Preparationfor s- similating tieFoodand Reguia Ling e Stomachs and Bowels of e ViZope hiais Zors Promotes Digestion Cheerfid- Tess and Rest.Contains eitter Opium Morphine nor Mineral § NoT NARCOTIC. % ™ fect Remedy for Consfipe: te:%!,r Sour Stomach.Diarrioe ‘Worras Corvulsious Feverist ness and LOSS OF SLEEP: Ch, B e i3 -t e ¢ PERCA D CEnTAUR COMPATT, THENZEW YORK. arn el 1\ I'o Jnfants and Ch he Kind You Have Alweys Bought ; - For Over Thirty Years Peg o' My Heart. Dear Uncle Jed: I am a little girl 11 years old. I live in Baltic on Railroad Street. I have a dog named Pes o' My Heart. She has a pug nose and a crew tail. I have taught her veral tricks. Sk 1 bring us wood from the woodbox. I have not missed a day of school this year. MARGUERITE BROWN. Taltic. A Mouse. Jed: One night when 1 a little an after and caught Dear Uncle was rea mouse him. him. t] see him any D nore. HOMAS SHEA, Age 6. Versailles. PAPLES ALL OVER FOREAEAD, FAGE And Neck. Also Blackheads. liched Very Bad. Could Not Sleep. Cu- ticura Soap and Cuticura Oint- ment Healed in Three Weeks. 8. Catherine St., Jamaica, L. I, N. Y.— “The trouble began first with blackheads appearing and then bursting out to big red pimples all over my forehead, face and neck which itched very bad. They troubled mo worse when I would shave o= wash my face. I would crush them out, then they would dry and in a few days come back. At the beginning of it 1 could not sleep. *I saw Cuticura Soap and Olntment in the newspaper and sent for a free sample. I saw so much improvement that I bought a box of Cuticura Ointment with the Cuticura Soap and they healed me in three weeks.” (Signed) A. D. Para- dies, July 31, 1914. Besides quickly soothing and healing jtehing skin and scalp troubles of infants, children and adults these fragrant super- creamy emollients purify and beautify the skin, scalp, hair and hands. Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress post-card “Cuticura, Dept. T, Bos- ton.” Sold throughout the world. JOSEPH BRADFORD BOOK BINDER Blank Books Made and Ruled to Order 108 BROADWAY MRS. G. P. STANTON 62 Shetucket Street is showing 2 full line of New Millinery for Fall and Winter iqve them all—red, white, yellow and ue. ' How the little girls like to walk in the green grass and pick the little clover tops and the little buttercups and hold them under their chins to see if they like butter. When the sun goes down and night comes on, many of them shut their lovely eyes and go to sleep; but in the morning, as soon as the sun comes up over the hills, they open to greet the light and sparkle with drops of dew. DONA HOWARD, Age 10. Westerly, R. 1. The Swan and the Cook. Dear Uncle Jed: In a menagerie & swan and a goose lived like sworn friends, in peace and amity. One was to please the eye of their master, the other fitted for his palate. One day the cook, taking a cup too much, mistook the birds and seizing the swan by the throat was about to kill it and thrust it in the pot. The bird began to eing his dying song, and the cook in great surprise, beginning to realize what he was do- ing, let the swan o and said: “Jove! May my neck be strung be- fore T kill & bird that sings so well!” ANNIE RABINOWITZ. Colchester. Fishing. Dear Uncle Jed: I like to fish on the pond back of our house. In the winter time we fish through the ice. We caich pickerel and large perch. In the summer time I go fishing two or three times a week. Someone goes with me every time. I always catch more fish than my sisters do. EVERETT M. BURRILL, Age 8. Stafford Springé. DR. W. W. LEONARD Has Removed his Office to the THAYER BUILDING, Franklin Square On account of increase in price of to- bacco, the Whitestone Cigar will be sold from mow on at $35 per 1,000, J. F. CONANT. jan2d 11 Franklin St. vay and did not | Painiess Dentistry 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Daily 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sundays AS SOME LADY IS READING THIS ADVERTISEMENT Is she saying to herself, “I wonder what their prices are for plate viork?” No charge whatever for abso- lutely painiess extracting when a set of tecth is ordered. Prices for full sets of teeth guar- anteed to give satisfaction in every detail, appearance, security, com- fort, range from $8.00 to $15.00. DR. F. C. JACKSON, DR. D. J. COYLE Succeeding the King Dental Co. 203 Main Street, Next to Boston Store Lady Attendant "Phone 1282-3 Stands the Test of Time | Heat Your House With Gas By Using a Gasteam Radiator Each radiator is a steam heater in itself. It is safe, sanitary and eco- nomical. There is no coal to carry in and no ashes to carry out, and it does away with an endless amount of dust and dirt. 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