Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 11, 1915, Page 9

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915 THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT _ e TS — Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper_only, and number the pases. S Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words. 4. Original stories or letters only will be used. 5. Write yoi. dress plainly at the bottom story. !, Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be that! ‘Whatever you say—Be truel Straightforwardly act, Be honese—in fact, Be nobody else but you." POETRY, The Clock. “Tick-tick!” said the clock. “Tock-tock!” said the clock. “Tick-tock!” all day you could it say. And_the young man hastened bustled and ran And jostled and shouldered his fellow name, age and ad- of the and man, Because the clock kept hurrying so In a way that all clocks have, you know. And youth is a minute, and life is a daay, And' he who wins must keep to the way. “Tick-tock! Tick-tock! All day, all day went the hurrying clock. ick-tock! Tick-tock! spick-tick!” said the clock. “Tock-tock!™ said the clock. “Tiek-tock!” all day went its meas- ured sway. And the youth grew old; and the folks ‘who ran They jostled ang shouldered the pocr ©old man, Because the clock kept hurrying so In & way that all clocks do you know. And youth is a minute, and life is a Ana the old man's dead and out of the wa And “Tick!" says the clock, Tick-tock!” tock! Forever and aye goes the hurrying clock, —Walter G. Doty. “Tick- A Boy’s Wish. I wish T was a Gfant bold, The biggest ever living, An' with a stomach that would hold @A ton, 'long "bout Thanksgiving. ' 1 wish the mountains, biz an’ high, ‘Was turkeys, ducks an’ geeses, A’ if the moon was pumpkin pie Td eat ten million pieces. But mamma says I'm now a plg An’ nearly clean the larder, An’ if my stomach was so big "Twould ache just that much harder. —Harry J. Willlams. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Viela Andy, 2—Ariene Pearl, of Augusta, Me— The Bobbsey Twins, 2—Marion Black, of Springfield, Mass.—Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp. 4—Henrietta Bush, of Versailles— The Boys of the Wireless. 5—Catherine Nelson, of Versailles— The Boy from the Ranch. 6—William Shaw, of Norwich—The Newsboy Partners. 7—Barbara L. Potter, of Springfield, Mass.—Ruth Fielding in Brainard Hall. 2—Sarah Becker, of Fitchville—The Bobbsey Twins in the Country. ‘Winners of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin bus- iness office for them at any hour after 10 a, m. on Thursday, e LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Muriel Latham, of Stonington—Re- cetved the prize book Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch. Thank you very fouch. Have enjoyed reading it. Mollie Paley, of Colchester—I re- ceived the prize book, which I thank you ever ang ever so much for. I could_hardly wait to begin reading it and I found it to be a very good book. Harriet Graham, of Taftville—T think the prize book you sent me is very interesting. Thank you very much for it. Theodore Abel, of Yantic—I thank you very much for the prize bodk you sent me, entitled Boys of Columbia High on the River. I have read it and found it very interesting. Frieda Retkovske, of Norwich—I thank you very much for the prize book awarded me, It is very inter- - esting and pleasing. John B. O'Neil of Norwich: I thank you very much for the prize book I re- ceived. I have read it and found it very interesting. Iam going to try and ‘win some more of those books. Greene, of Colchester— UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. Lots of little girls and boys talk too much, but they are not Wide- Awakes, if they were they would be trying to learn when to talk and when not to. In the long ago children who were too forward in conversation used to be told they should be seen and not heard but they should be heard if they heve something important to say, for instance, if speaking would prevent an accident, or anything unpleasant from occurring, It is a bad habit to want to whis- per when taken to church or to an entertainment. Sammy was a talker and his mother took him to church. Right in the pew in front of him sat a man with a shiny bald spot on his head, a hairless spot on which the flies liked to light and play. Sammy saw it at once and wanted to say something to his mother about it. His mother had told him not to whisper in church, but finally he said_almost out loud: “Mamma! That man hasn't much hair on his head, has he?” Sammy’'s mamma locked reprovingly at him, shook her head and placed her finger on her lip, indicating to Sammy that he must keep still, Sammy couldn’t take his eves or his mind off the bald spot, but moved uneasily in his seat, and when it was very still he exclaimed in a loud whis- per: “Do you think his hair got tired of him?” If Sammy had just learned to be obedient he would not have disturbed the meeting and annoyed his mother. Obedience is the strong guard against most mistakes, while disobe- dience not infrequently leads to ac- cidents and life-long sorrow. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. My Pet Kitty. Two months azo four little kittens were born. Their mother is called Roxie. Two of them were gray and white striped and one was black and the other was pure white, I gave all away except the white one which I liked better than the others. T called her Blue Bell. One time T went {o the moving pic- tures where I saw beautiful little and big cats who were trained many pret- ty actions by their mistress. It in- spired_in me a feeling to train my little Blue Bell At first Blue Bell did not understand anything T tried to show her, but now she does many things I have taught her. When I Ting a little bell I have, if she hears it she will come to me. Usually I ring it to call her for her breakfast, dinner and supper, or to show her to some of my friends. She eats fish, meaf, cookles and different other sweets and drinks milk mostly. My pet is very clean. T have given her a collar of little belis for her neck. She is very playful and does little tricks I have taught her, T have a little box with a mattress of straw made for her bed. When it is cold at'night I cover her with a blanket, Blue Bell is a good kitty and T am always proud to show her to my friends. Her mother, Roxle, is my sisters pet and I hope when Biue Bell is as big as her mother I shall be just as proud of her as I am now. SARAH BECKER, Age 11. Fitchville, The Adventure of a Pea. There were once five peas in a pod. The pod, the vines and the peas were all green, so they thought all the world was green. Then after the sun had beamed upon them for a jong time the vines, the peas and the pod all beceme yellow, S0 then they thought all the world was yellow; but one day the pod burst open and all the peas fell in the bright sunshine imto the hands of little Walter. “This is just the thing for my pea- shooter,” said Walter. But while he was running to the house he lost all except one of them. When he got his shooter he took the pea and shot it in the air, and dway it flew until it landed in a field where some men were raking hay. When Mr. Johnson came to Take where the pea was he saw it and picked it up. It so_attracted him he could not work. No one in the field had ever seen a pea before. He took the pea to the store of that town and they had it in the window for a long time. 'While it was in the window in tis bright sunshine it would often say: “I am growing older and older and before long I will be thrown away.” MABEL PRUB, 'Age 12. Eagleville, A Storm on the Ocean. One night a dresdful storm arose on the sea. A big ship was on the sea. It was crowded with people. Some afraid and others were busy with their prayers, Then all of a sudden the captain came down the stairs and said: “We are lost.” Then the captain's Ifttle daughter took him by the hand and sald: “Isn’t God upon the sea just the same as on_the land?” This comforted them and they cheer- ed_her. __ When morning came they wers safe in harbor, and the sky was bright ang clear. GRACE MAHONEY, Age 10. Colchester. How He Saved the Sheep. One day last summer my mother sent me with some luncheon to my fa- ther, who was helping my uncle bulld a arn. As I was walking along I came to a field containing a fiock of sheep. There was a large dog chasing the sheep. At first I did not know what to do to try to save the shesp from harm. as I was afraid of the dog, because it was so fierce looking. At last I thought of a plan. It was to try and coax the dog away from THE POOL And thus it went on until I had in- troduced the jays, crows, woodpeckers, sgarrows and several families of smal] animals who had braved the cold that day. “Of course, T I.l‘:lgolng fo warn ofé the trespassers,” #: my friend, “an will attend to.the matter without de- lay should have done it before, for yesterday we found:one.of my best ewes dead in the upper woodlot. We had to let the ewes out into the woods to browse and exercise. The ewe was shot in the head. Undoubtddly some- one shooting at an animal or bird did not notice that the ewe was in line, and, after the work was done, was too much of a trespasser to come forward and acknowledge his work. “To be sure, the signs shall go up, and a plenty of them, too, so there can be no excuse.” “That is no more than I expected from you, neighbor; but with your per- mission Alice here will see that they are up early tomorrow morning. Oh, no; not all by herself, but lh;re are about 80 willing. helpers near by who will do the work. How is it, Alice?” “Just what I wanted to ask that the school children might do, Grandpa. I am going over now to see about the boards. May we sign your name as owner, sir?” “Certainly! And, what is more, tell the boys there is a fine lot of planed boards that have been primed with white lead in my toolhouse -they can get, besides nails and hammers. Do not nail into the live trees, but use pieces of that binder twine. There is a whole ball on the shelf. I hope it will be a success. But now, Brother Lowater, you must go into the house. If you have not taken cold, this exposure will do. you good. I am off to get home ahead of those boys. I know where everything is. Théy don’t!” The next day, before school time, The Pool had been well prepared to warn the trespassers. Every fence, old tree and other place had been ‘“trim- med” with a white sign.. No two Iook- el alike in lettering or size, but all were =0 placed and 0 easily read that he who fun could not help reading. It was well understood that the own- er of The Pool never hesitated to call upon the law to protect his right in all just causes and all were sure he would Dot fail now to ddve any trespasser ar- rected. GRANDFATHER LOWATER. the sheep by giving it some of the luncheon I had in my basket for my father. 1 threw a piece of cake down on the ground near me and called the dog to me. When he saw the cake he ate it very quickly; then I threw a piece of bread down on the path and then an- other until I had the dog at my uncle’s house. I told my father and uncle the story of how I saved the sheep. My uncle said 1 was very brave and he gave me a small lamb for saving his sheep. JAMES T. SULLIVAN. Age 9. Bozrahville. Would Have a Turkey Farm. 1 live on my father's farm and what interests me most Is the pouitry. We have ducks, geese, chickens and tur- keys. The hen turkey weighs 20 pounds and the gobbler weighs 25 pounds. The cost of the eggs are three for $1.50. We got nine and four hatched and we have two now. They are now getting rather blg and do not like to be played, with, but like to fight better. With all their strength they are caught in large numbers by the fox, which is their worst enemy. The bronze turkey is the largest of all and is very strons. Some say the turkey was transported to Europe by the Spaniards from Mexica. The tur- keys from Mexico are wild and hard to tame. There are six different varieties, the Brenze, Narragansett, Buff, Slate, Black and White. The main differences are in size and color. The turkeys thrive best in the open air and like to roost in the trees. When they live in the trees they are likely to Dbe stolen and may become more wild and fly away and breed. They are likely to go in a brush pile or under some lumber and hatch their eggs. The young are likely to fly away and be caught by the foxes. The state that raises the largest amount of turkeys is Rhode Island. 1 am so interested in the raising of tur- keys that my ideal would be to have a large turkey farm and to be successful in the raising of them. FRANCIS BUSSE, Age 13. ‘West Wiliington. Lost in the Hay. One Saturday afternoon half a dozen friends gathered at my home, ready for anything in the shape of fun. Af- ter playing some time, we felt weary, 50 sat down to rest. At last someone stggested that we play Hide and Seek, This suggestion was received with en- thusiasm and hiding places were soon secured. One of the boys hid in the haymow and burrowed himself out of sight. He could hear the shouts of the boys as they were discovered, one by one.,Soon he began to feel drowsy and fell asieep. Wnen he awoke he found it was dark and the air seemed close and hot. Feeling around, he Tound himself imprisoned by a mass of hay on all sides. Te shouted for help, but in vain. In his struggles to escape he had lost his sense of direction and was completely lost. He nearly gave up in despair, but after digsing a long time felt a draught of air and upon looking around saw a knothole. He peered throush and saw the moon and stars shining brightly. He made up his mind he would struggle no more, but wait until the men came in the morning and then he would shout for help. Soon he heard a door creak and steps approaching. Placing his 1ips to the hole, he shout- ed for help. Ten minutes later he stood on the barn floor, brushing the hayeeed from his hair and clothes and stretching his cramped limbs. MARIAN M. WHEELER. Stonington, A Trip to Canada. When we went to Canada we went oL a night train and we slept in berths. They are very small. It was raining very hard and I could hear it spatter- ing on the roof of the car. 2nyone could not sleep very much in a berth, because they were so small. When we arrived at the end of our journey we were at a small station called Stanbridge Station. ‘We hired a carriage, which was not a very fine one, and we had to crowd to get everything in. After we had been there a while we went to Stanbury. We stayed there one week. 1 went to school five days. I rode horseback and once we saw an automobile coming and so I had to hurry and get the horse in the yard before it came, because she was afraid of it. I did not like to ride fast, but 1 had to because I did not know what the horse would do if she met an auto- mobile. My cousin and I were out in the field one morning and my cousin step- ped in a puddle of water. He had to change one of his shoes. One shoe did not match the other. In the afternoon he dressed up as an Indan in his In- dian suit and had his picture taken. In one picture he was on a horse and in the other he was standing beside me. He still had the shoes on that did not match. MARION BLACK, Age 10. Springfield,- Mass. How Hero Gets His Dinner. Hero is a large shepherd dog. Every night he is left alone in his master's store to keep watch. Every day he trots off to the butch- er's to get his dinner. When it is time one of the clerks places a dime be- tween his teeth and he goes to the butcher's and drops it into the butch- ers hand and the butcher gives him a piece of meat. One day the clerk had no change, so he took a piece of paper and wrote on it: “Give Hero his meat. Charge.” He put this where Hero carried the dime and Hero ran off and got his meat. The next day the clerks were very busy. They forgot all about Hero's dinner. So he picked up a Dlece of paper in his teeth and went to get his dinner. The butcher knew him weif and re- warded him for his intelligence. Another time Hero grew impatient waiting for the butcher so he snatched a plece of meat off of the table, left his dime and ran away. His master is very fond of him. ALICE M. GORMAN, Age 12. Versailles. A Cail to California. One night last summer, just about supper time, my father received a tele- gram telling him to come to California at_once, for my uncle was very ill. My father looked at his watch and said: “The train will leave for Chicago in one hour. If you can get ready, you may go with me” I would not lose an opportunity like that, so I got ready at once. It 'took us four days to get to Cal- fornia. We were tired of traveling. After about four weeks of illness my uncle recovered. My father decided to stay four months. We saw many beautiful places in California. After we were there a week my cousin Henry took us up on the mountains and the Pacific ocean could be seen. Fe took us to many different places and he showed us some mines. In one mine there they mined gold. The most important minerals are iron and gold. We came home by way of the Pan- ama canal. -I was pleased I had a chance to_ see it. CATHARINE NELSON, Age 12. Versailles. Barbara in Bohemia. Barbara is a little girl who lives in Bohemia. When her mother is work- ing in the flelds Barbara takes care of the geese. This is fun, because she can wade in the pool with Viasta and Jirka. She picks nettles to feed the geese at night. In the summertime she picks ‘mush- rooms and dries them for the winter- time. Bestdes mushrooms, she likes to eat kolaci with cheese, prune-butter or poppy seed. In the winter time Barbara has many good times going to school, although she must study hard. MARY HOHIBEK, & West Willington The Bee and the Dove. On a hot day in June, a dove on the branch of a tree that bent down to the brink of a small lake. And the dove saw a poor bee in the lake; saw that the bee would drown if no one could, help it. The dove was good and kind, so what aid it do but pull off, with its beak, @ leaf from the tree, and drop it-in’ the lake, so the bee could reach the leaf, and climb onto it with its viee legs. The wind then blew the leaf with the bee on it, all wet, to the shore. The bee then dried its wings in the sun, and looked up at the dove with a buzz, as if it would like to sav: “You are a dear, kind dove, and I hope I shall live to do you a good turn.” The bee soon haq her wish. As she rose to trim her wings and look around she saw a man with a gun_take alm at the kind dove, to shoot her. “Oh, that must not be! That shall not be!” thought the bee. shall not kill my dear, the dove, who did drop a leaf to and save my life. I will sting that man before he can fire the gun.” So the bee flew at the face of the man and stung him on the cheek with S0 sharp a sting that ehe man ciled out with pain. Bang! went the gun as it fell, but the aim was spoiled and shot from the gun did not hit the kind dove. Are you not glad ‘the dove was not shot? You_thus see that kind deeds do bring kind deeds. The dove was good to the hee and then the bee was good to_the dove. The dove flew off to her nest, where her young cooed and stretched their bills, they were so full of joy to see her;’ but the dove did not know what the bee had don So you see if we do good, good will come to us, though we may not know how or from whom it may come. We cannot do good to others with- out doing good at the same time to ourselves. And we cannot do harm to others without doing harm in some way at the same time to ourselve: WILLIAM SHAW, Age 14 Norwich. 29, sat A Trip to Utah. My father, sister and I tock a trip to_Utah last ‘summer. We started on a Monday morning and we left on the car from our home at quarter past nine and arrived in| Hartford at half past eleven. We wait- | ed for the train that left for Sprin field and arrived in Springfield late in tho afternoon; then we took the Bo: tor and Albany train. While on this train we passed through many beautiful places. We saw the beautiful Berkshire hills which overlook the city of Pittsfield. Our traim reached Chicago a day later. My aunt met us and insisted on our staying there a day. The next morning we started on our journey to Utah. Upon arriving in Salt Lake City my father took my sister and I up on the ravuntains and we looked down upon the city, which was covered with shining lights. Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah and is noted for its beautiful buildings especially the Mormon temple. We visited the Great Salt Lake. Tt is so salt that the salt is banked up on the shore. In the western part of Utah there is a_ desert called ‘“the Great American Desert.” Utah has something that no other state in the United States has. That is a class of people called Mormons. The Mormons are followers of Joseph Smith, the-originator of their religion. Utah 1s a very mountainous country and is very beautiful. HENRIETTA BUSH, Age 12. Versailles. President Woodrow Wilson, ‘Woodrow Wilsoh, the American edu- cator and twenty-eighth president of the United States, was born in the city of Stanton, Virginia, in 1856. At the early age of seventeen he was sent to the Princeton university, at which he_was very progressive and popular. Woodrow was a favorite and was not over-studious. At graduation he ranked forty-first in a class of one hundred twenty-two. Later he practiced law iIn Alanta, Virginia, but abandoned this for fur- ther study and was awarded the de- gree of Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins university. He was assoclate professor of his- tory and political economy in Bryn Mawr university in 1885-88 and the same in Wesleyan university in 183- 90, and president of Princeton uni- versity in 1902-10. In 1910 he was elected governor of New Jersey on the democratic ticket for the term of 1911-14; but in 1912 he was elected president of the United States by the largest electoral vote ever recorded for a presidential can- dicate—435. FRIEDA RETKOVSKE, Age 13. Norwich, A Bird Hunt. One Sunday we started out to look for birds on a road named Plum-tree road. We took with us some opera glasses as we had no field glasses. As we were on our way L saw a scarlet tanager dart from a fleld and alight on a post. I called, mother's attention to it but she was mot quick enough to see it, Another time while we were pass- ing by some pine trees we heard a brown thrasher call from the tree- tops and tried to locate it, but did not succeed at first. Afterwards we found him. When we arrived at a small branch of Massasoit lake we stopped and got out to hunt for birds. ‘While we were there we saw a Parula warbler, a catbird and a Maryland vellow throat, Another time we went there we saw a blue heron, several woodpeckers, a rose-breasted grosbeak, and we heard an oven bird’s sons. It was now time to go home so we_left the birds for other people to look at. BARBARA LARENE POTTER, Springfield. Age 10. The Stereopticon Pictures. Every month our echool gets the stereopticon pictures. They come from the state board of education. We already have had pictures of many countries. When we have the pictures some of the children read stories about thed country, or tell about something that happened there. When we had the pictures that showed the northern part of Italy two Dboys logated the cities on a map. Last time we had the pictures of Rome. We read a story about Pippa. There was s little verse, “Pippa Pass- es” and we read that, too, because Pippa was an Italian maiden. We take a little collection for the ofl and gas. Mary de a cry. They looked around and spied Molly, the goat, on the other of the stone wall. They thought knew more than any other goat in the world. “Her Meary. “Let's go and get Nellie Bly!” “Nellie Biy! Nellie * they shout- please come ou Oh, auntie!” said Helen, “something ails Molly “Let's go into the field,” said Nellic little Nannie is lost” said As soon as they were in the field | Molly ran away towards some other | woods. When they reached her there| lay Nannie in a crotch by two trees. | “Poor Molly!” said Nellic Bly. She| tooks her out of her narrow bed. “She is trying to thank you,” said “You're very welcome, Molly,” said | sly. *1 hope Nannie will be a| good child after thi: ALICE PICHE, Age 9. Norwich. Coal And It's Uses. Many vears ago this country was| covered by a great forest which! through some change was burled. It| became solid and later years was found to be useful as fuel called coal.| It was first discovered in America by | Father Hennepin. | The differeni Kinds of coal are soft| canncl coal, bituminous coal, and| hard coal. The hard coal burns without flame and gives a great amount of heat that is why it is used in factories. Coal is found all over the world. Great Dritain ranks first in pro- duction, the United States ranks sec- ond. Pentsylvania now produces about two thirds of the coal mined in the United State: When a coal “bed has been found a hole is dug which is called a shaft until a place is found where the best| coal can be obtained. These shafts have to be dug large| because the buckets that carry the| coal up are very larse. These buckets are raised and low- ered by machinery. Some coal beds| are very high and deep. Then a| tunnel is dug and trucks are run on rails to the shaft where it is taken up in tre buckets. | The men go/ up and down in these| buckets. The way the miners see by a little lamp fastened to their hats. | If there is much gas in a mine and| a lamp is brought in an explosion oc- curs. | Miners have to be careful. i now use a lamp called the| s lamp which is protected by a| creening to protect it from the| Coal is used for fuel to make coke,| gas, tar, and dyes. It turns wheels| of factories. | Coke is used, in furnaces for smelt- ing ores and metal. A liquid is made from coal irom‘ which ammonia is made. | Coal dust and slack is made into| coal bricks and from these bricks greater heating power can be got than| from the coal itself. | The uses of coal are numerous and | we could not get anything to take its place. MICHAEL J. BURNS, Age 13. Fitchville. Pearls. Would you think a priceless gem! llke a pearl would be found in a home-| ly oyster? Yet that is where they are| found, and are a disease in the oy The ancient people wefe the firs find tirem. and they were found in the Persian gulf and the Gulf of Ceylon.| The Ceylon fisheries are owned by | the government and it takes three| fourths of the pearls for its share. They have many boats and divers, This is the month they start fishing| which lasts for six weeks. It is hard and laborious work for the oysters must be counted and ex-| amined, washed in the sea’ watér left} in the sun to dry. Then they are sold| in lots of one hundred each. If two! pearls are found in every one hundred oysters it is considered very good Tuck. There are many kinds of pearls, some of a greenish color, some bronze, and black ones. It has been said two ruby pearls were once found, The most beautiful pearl found in| the United States was found near| Paterson, New Jersey, weighing nine- ty-three grains. It was then sold to Empress Eugenie for twenty-flve hun- dred dollars, but is now worth $10,- 000. THEODORE ABEL, Age 12. Yantic, Ford Automobiles. Many people laugh when they see the little Ford automobiles spinning along the road. They have many nicknames, but they do good work just the same. They are made by a man named Mr. Ford, who was once a poor boy. His| factory employs many thousands of men, and they get good salaries. They must do as Mr. Ford tells them. Some of the things are to save part of their weekly salary; they must not drink or swear. He gives employment to ex-convicts. He gives them new clothes, new names and good salaries. This en- courages them to do good. They start in well and most of them keep it _up, n factory elght hundred Fords| are turned out In a day. People laugh| at them, but I'd like to own one just| the same. EUGENE R. SULLIVAN, Age 12, Bozrahville, Three Smart Foxes. There were once three foxes lived in a hole by the hillside. One afternoon one of the foxes slip- ped out by himself for a walk. When he came back he said: “Oh, come here, I will tell you what I sa I saw some chickens In a yar Are you sure of that? am, ‘We will go for one tonight and bring it home and then we shall eat it! That will be a fine supper. When he got there the dog caught him and ate him for supper. ALBERT PHILLIPS, Age 9. Versailles. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Ned Came Back. Dear Uncle Jed: We had a white horse named Ned and we sold him and bought a horse named Tom. 1t was a Friday morning that we sold Ned. That night abcout half past nine we were looking out of the window and there was Ned standing near the barn door. It was a bitterly cold night, We put Ned in the barn for the night. The next morning the man we sold Eim to came to see if Ned was with us. He was very glad when he found that he was here. The man had left the barn door open and Ned just walked out the door. and came to his old home. Tommy is a very gentle Children can ride horseback him, Of course I horse. with NELLIE COTTER, Age i2. Scotland. — An Unsuccessful Trapper. Dear Uncle Jed: In the fall of 1914 I thought I would try my luck trap- ping. I set about a dozen traps in our We buy things fof the school with the money that is left over after the expenses are paid. MILDRED MIRTL, Age 10. West Willington. Molly and Her Kid. Mary and Helen had started to take a walk down the lane when they heard wood lot and pasture. Being a good place to get skunks and rabbits I thought I might get a few; but no one should count their chickens before they are hatched. The first morning I went to my traps | na and the next flung into the bu: next some of and sc wa gone; wer The sprung, my trap sti es. traps ough \\'rrw] the it i I got discouraged and gave nest fall if I live I will JACK SC HELLING. Sosh How to Ma Dear Uncle teacher told u e a Doll's House. Last Friday my to bring a card board ere zoing to make a doll house, which we all wanted to make, except the boys; but they bave got to make one just the same. Our drawing t > this morn- and showed t doll house _she made, and 1 the Wide- \wakes would to about it. There were a lot of windows in it be- sides a front and a back door. The of is a piece of black drawing paper pinned on the box so it cal be taken oif when you are playing with it. You can have an up-siairs and a down- s and as many rooms as _ y , providing the box enough, The drawing teacher I made out of white dra: ad a table for chinaandrk had a table, four chairs, a e, with a sofa pillow on window seat with a side; a table or d furniture ing paper. She stand, it; a oft pillow on one 1d cover, a side- board, a carpet on the ficor and cur- tains ‘at the windows, two nice com- chairs, also white drawing the sides of the box for wall paper, I think I dark green ould rather have wing paper for the wall| paper. 1 also think I shall try and| make a veranda on my house. You could also paint the outside of the box. e iurnitur could be painted. My school teacher said that it would | nearly two months ‘to make the| e the ta hov ARLENE PEARL, Age 11. Augusta, Me. Dear Un own affectionate many and will allow 1t or sleep with him, but like er dcgs will not make friends with He small, roout of a cat, take his own part. He is also a good | wat When to we have fire place in the parior, sits in there to watch seat himself in a chair and watch for| e that may fly out, or logs that| may fall, and if they do he will bark until someone comes. We have never taught him to do t | Nearly eve Roxy will go| the kit my ~ father's slippers, take them into the parlor, and v t his f also Tikes| | | a fire in our open and no it, Roxy will How the Indians Counted. Uncle Jed: t night Aunt ha told me a about the In- This is the were some grandpa’s woods at Limerick, Maine. were campins. they were| to leave hey d all their| Then tt E nt Martha's| andpa if they at his| house over r In the morning at three o'clock they started for Alfred, Maine. I forgot to mention there was an Indian whose name was Old Pete and| he didn’t have legs, only stum; he same Irdians taught Aunt M count. This is the story There Indians in_ her, way they Oneery Lones, bones, tilter I don’t know whether these words re spelled right, but it is the way they sounded, hollor racker- san, willery, VIOLA GREENE, Age 10. Colchester. Pussey Willows in Bloom, Dear Uncle Jed: The pussey lews around cur neighborhood | East Norwich The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of ot Tier ‘and has been made under his per= sonal supervision since its Allow no one to deceive youin this. ancys _All Counterfeits, Imitations and ¢ Just-as-good *’ are but ‘Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment, What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare= goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Mornhine nor other Narcotic substance. and allays Feverishness. Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years i It destroys Worms has been in constant use for the relief of Constipati Fiatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles Diarrhcea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleepe The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friends ceNUINE CASTORIA Awways Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUR COMPARY, NEW YORK CITY. = in bloom, as we have had such a love- Iy winter. At present we are having cold weather with a heavy frost each aithough I do not feel the cold 2s every night I sit around an open fire and read. I have just beer practicing my mu- sic lesson. 1 think your talk about dogs in last week’s Bulletin was in- teresting. as I am fond of dogs and I think they shculd be treated well. LILLIAN BREHAUT. N. Y. NO INCREASED REPRESENTATION FROM THE LARGER TOWNS. Ex-Representative Pardee’s Pet Hobby of 1313, Unfinished Business, Will Be Rejected. (Specoal to The Bulletin)) Hartford, March 9.—FEx-Representa- tive Pardee, who represented New Ha- n in part in 1912, and who submitted more business than any ten members, much of which was not reached and came to the 1915 session as unfinished husiness, has drawn his sled, so to speak, and will aliow some of his pet schemes to be buried without the for- mality of a funeral service. One of these measures_would divide the big town of New Haven into fourteen towns and thereby increase the repre- sentation in the legislature. Mr. Pardee realized that the commit- tee on new towns and probate districts would report the bill unfavorably and therefore decided not to respond to a noice to attend a hearing and advocate favorable report. He sent a letter to Representative Harry Back that he had no hope of the passage of the bill and was therefore content to let it die from lack of support. The committee will make unfavorable report on the bill, and the report will be accepted and the bill rejected. SHORT SESSION OF LEGISLATURE FORECAST. Senate Leader lsbell and Speaker Healy of House Predict It Will Ter- minate About May 11. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, March 9.—Senator Isbell, chairman of the judiciary committee and senate leader, is persistent in his belief that the present general assem- bly will terminate on May 11, and Speaker Healy could not conceive any valid reason why the legislative “busi- ness of the state of Connecticut” should not terminate by that date, and be- lieved the assembly would be ready to adjourn two weeks earlier. The lead- ers realizing that the briefest session was in 1887, when adjournment was reached on May 19, and they are de- sirous of establishing & new record. Nearly 50 per cent. of the lezislative business is passed upon by the judi- ciary committee and Jess than a hun- dred measures have not yet oeen given hearing by that committee, a condi- tion that is not usually reached before the middle of April. The salaries of college teachers with rank of professor range in this country from $450 to $7,500 a year. Either Dble, indigestion, constipation and other ailments. Way— Drugs Are Harmful! If a coffee drinker, have you stopped to think that, with every cup of coffee, you are taking from two to three grains of caffeine, a slow, but powerful, drug? According to medical authorities, caff eine is a cause of nervousness, heart trou- what’s more, a habit-forming drug. Sometime, when the coffee-drug gets in its licks, but wouldn’t it be better to avoid trouble—stop coff It’s a cumulative drug, and grou’ll realize the harm it does; e_now and use Postum. 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