Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 8, 1915, Page 9

little bIN o alt. for fun, mor Sust (e e e s | He's after every of bug or-worm H within the bark; |He 1s undtoi‘o‘vor inseet,-and-every cktause the an! And the frunt tales mite called & trunk bekause nnurr:-muwmmmngof. But proberly called it & trunk It's the only naim they cood think of, Elefunts skins is tuff and thick ‘Mnfi' sumetimes called thare es, Mfl:bflnfimflm hide An ‘élefunts disposishin — JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES, This i the season. of plcnics and doubtless the Wide-Awakes will have many pleasént pienies In the next ten [have Just slds came to be caled plenics? You have never looked this up. Well it always pays to inquire into things. Plenics are common to all coumtries. We like to g6 o the woods and wild Dlaces in warm weather, because in the early days of the world men made their homes on the mountains, in the woods end by the river or séaside and a love of that wild life has lingered i the human famfly from that early aay. Away off in Indla the picnic is called & “fools feast” because people g0 & lonz ways from home carrying poorer food than they are accustomed to in the home, and call what seems to others to be discomfort, pleasure— the pleasure of eating indigestible In this part of the world we call these Iittle outings picnics becauss of a biscuit known by that mame which becameé a stand-by for those who took a ddy off with rations that were palateabls and would keep sweet and sustaining without jce until wanted to eat.. If it had niot beem for these biscuits the picnic might Have got its name from sandwiches; perhaps from the one known as “hot-dog.” WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS, 1—Roslyn Fox, of Preston—Three Little Women as Wives. 2—Irene Matheiu, of Willimantic— Madge Morton's Secret. 3—Angie Whyte, of Stafford Springs | THE LESSON ALICE LEARNED “On dear, it's terrible!” exdlaimed Alice Hunting as she threw herself down fn the morris chair. < A week before Mf. Hunting, Alice’s father, brought home the news that the bank had lost a great deal of money and had to clse its doors, and Mr, Hunting thought hé had lost al- most all his money. me daddy,” and she ran from the réom She thought she wouldnt need a light, and as she fumbled afound the closet for the slippers, the Jump that she seemed to have in her throat for the last week sTew larger than ever as she thought of her kind patient father out there in the sitting room. She tried to think of something o cheer him up. A thought d | Bashed over her and where was that gone to school and had tried to be as cheerful as usual before her friends. you—", she other Eirls. “To go to the theater “T might as well tell you now as anytime.” Her voice quivered, and her eyes were’ t “You ses almost s0 1 cannot go to theaters Diocor thingi” sata Dottys ana. “ie s Srhy You navent ledys Simmons tossed her head: “Come on girls! ‘We have to eat din- ner and ~ dress betore We g0. “Gladys Simmons, for shame!” cried Dotty, and one of two more of ‘Alice’s chums. course we won't o,” add for | other week passed Mr. of times to you remember that way lots well, Bllen you're different,” D«g. not any different in money now,” sald Alice. “Well, we'll have to g0” put in one e Ba 2izg 2 L other slipper, for she must find it and go out and tell him quickly. ‘There it was. She scampered back to where her father sat. “Thank you, dear,” sald he. Alice slippod oft his coat and put on his house coat, she knelt on the floor and unlaced his shoes and put on his slip- pers. Then she went back to her chair. “Daddy, Tve been thinking,” she sald at last, “why couldn’t we g0 to Evergreen for a week or so “Oh child I dom’t believe I could leave here for a while,” he answered. Evergreen was the name of their Httle cottage that stood on the shores of a beautiful lake about twenty miles from where they lived. Several years before Mr. Hunting had it built and each summer they spent some time there, “You see, child I hate to tell you,” and Mr. Hunting heaved a sigh, “but T have had to put this home of ours on to the market for gale, “Oh, daddy, daddy!” cried Alice, her eyes overflowing with tears. To think that her home, her beautiful home thAt she had always lived in should be sold, “We can’t, daddy, we can't, can we?" she sobbed. “Yes, we have to, dear, and that is why I thought we couldn’t go to Ever- green. I have to stay here and attend to_the selling of the house.” “But daddy, couldn’t Mr, Stevens see to,_that?” “Well perhaps ®o, i you want to go so badly, I'll see, maybe some- how, I can fix it up with Mr. Stevens.” And sure enough he did. Before an- Hunting and Alice bade their home good-bye and in a few days they were stamping their feet and going into the cheery little cottage, and the first place was soon roaring and the teakettle soon botling. It was in the fall so thoush perhaps chilly it was delightful to take tramps over the hills. Each day Alice and her father walked miles and, in & week Alice had regained her color while Mr. Hunting grew cheerful and happy once more. While they were tramping they tried mot to_think of their home and the money. trying to enjoy the woods and birds s if nothing at all had happened to them. So the two weeks flew quickly by and as their home had mot beef sold they were back there again. The sec- ond day after they returned at night jlles wag out in the kitchen making they had ergreen.- Soon Mr, Hunting was out in the kitchen and his face with ‘happiness as he sald: “Alice we have had all this worry for nothing. The bank is all safe” “Oh, daddy dear,” cried Alice, throw- ing her arms around his neck regard- always. We have had is worry for nothing,” he again. peated. ¥ nothing,” said from it. “Yes, darling, perhaps it did-us both After supper was o and were done, Mr. Hunting and - anes their chairs her father how she Marguerite Sutthill of Norwieh: recetveq my prize Book and the Duchess and I thank you very much for it. I have started to read it and I have found it very fnteresting. .".‘ fex - § : i Feeding the chickens My favorite hen is Speckles. her that name the spots on Ber body. She hand, and ! ER i 2 learning her to shake hands mow. other hens are all afraid of me. We have fifteen chicks and nfue small ducks. Mother rings the bell for me to g0 into the house to help clean afound & little after feeding the chi After my work in the house is done, I g0 to see how our_old Peter is, for you must know that Petér is the pig. We raised him from a litle thing. He does not like this warm weather dogs. His house is made of old wagor and the covered with hay to Seeing he was well fe the rabbits. We have Their names are Pinky, Robert. Pinkey is my_own, and Robert are my brothe is very tame. Ginger is & bit at strangers. The pigeons next to the house, live in & large bird house. See- ing the pigeons and rabbits are wefl I next go in to dinner. After dinner I go to play with my dog Ned. e ROSLYN FOX. Preston. Rent Day on the Hudson. On the great estates owned by the Patroon, events took place which were seen nowhere else in the colon- ies. The Patroon’s house, ustally made of bricks or stone, was of size, often three high. Tooms Were many and large, and frequently finely decorated. The furniture and diamond shaped windows spoke of great wealth. Orchards and gardens often extended down to the Hudson. Near by was a barn where grain was stored and where _cattle found fortable quarters. Onte or twice a year rent day came around. Then all the small ers living on the Patroon's vast _estate, gathered with rent money Im their pockets, and in their wagons s share of what they had raised. Rent day was a holiday, and every farmer and his family were dressed in their best clothes. A great feast was prepared. An ox, sheep, and pigs had been roasted. Dozens of servants, white and biack, hastened to end fro waiting upon the people who ate, drank and made merry. Everybody said the Patroon was & kind-hearted man. When the farmers went to their Romes to begin again their hard labor, they could not help wishing their farms were their own, and that they did not have to pay rent. IRENE MATHIEU, Age M. Columbia. Our Pilonle, Last Tuesday morning at sunrise we. started on our little picnic to Dia~ mong ledge. Mother prepared the lunch for the journey the previous evenins, there- fore we were all ready within & half our. The auto was quite well packed, for there were ten of us in all On the way we saw a few squir- rels, but what we noticed particular- 1y was a cute little lamb, as white as snow, which frisked about its moth- er in such a happy manner. My! But it was a long ride, and when we reached our dostination You may be sure we were glad to jump out of_the auto. My sisters and I prepared the lunch while the others went about to see what they could find, and return they carrled large bunches of moun- tain laurel and “brown-eyed Susans.” Then we fixed them around the. spread which made it a very pretty picture as well as a tempting one, e FItd i 5 :nggia ¥ and sisters got our things ready for camping. Early that same mo: father went to the garage and hired a two seated Fit] i El | | ¢ Boj auto to carry us over at elght | op o’clock sharp. ‘We were setting on the front plazza enjo: the cool breezes when we heard the horn of the auto, which was a for us to get ready. We all got our coats and hats onm, and got in. Wae told the chauffeur we were all ready to start. Jt was a very hot day and quiet s little dis- tance from The first thing we did was to g0 to Sandy Beach and take & fine swim for Wo also hired a boat to carry us and after a fine day of all kinds of pleasures we were very tired and went to bed; and we were talking over the pleasure and the good things ‘we had to eat until we fell fast asleep. MILDRED E. WHITE, Age 13. Stafford Springs. The Big Time In Willimantic. The 24th of June there was one o the biggest ever seen in - Tenante s There. were. anout 15,000 in the city. This parade was about two miles long and it was en- Joyed by all. 1 am glad to tell you we were in a float, representing a farmhouse yard, with a sign attached which read in English and French: “Long live America.” Willlam Mathieu, my father, end all the family were on the fioat, ‘Including seven children, two of whom were boys, twin babies, my mother held in her Iap. This float was given an ovation all along the e. There was & box with eight ducks and on the other side a large guinea hen. Straw coversd the bottom of the wagon and_evergreen on the sides. I made the butter in back. We had = happy time and hope others had the same. MATHIEU, Age M. Columbia, My Brother's Goat. My brother has & goat. It is red and white, with a little black on it. My father brought him a big express v%- ' n it ® After_the lunch we gathered pieces | BY of the Diamond rocks, and then start- ed_homeward. But the breeze was so delightful and the singing of the little birds mo sweet, that our dearest little baby, “Pauline,” fell fast asleep. We were then obliged to make less noise until on reaching home we put her directly to bed, reflrha a lttle later ourselves, after relating . the happy day events of our Diamond ledge picnic. 7 ANGIE WHITE, Age 18. Staftord Springs. A Fishing Party, One day I invited a crowd of peo- ple to go fishing at the river.- My sister got a pickerel the first time she put her hook in the water. 1 caught two dace. ‘We started from home at six at night and came home at 9. My sister caught an eel, and she couldn’t pull it in,'so my father - ed it out for her. Gertrude b4 caught all the - SUSAN HATTEN, Age 9. Mt. Hope. ey . A Young Protector. One day while I was riding in 3 Alice up to the fireplace | called. ‘with | ticed the pulled the goat's tall and made it run all the faster. ‘The gost does not like me. It stands on it's hind legs and tries to bunt me ne day my brother was riding in Luther Burbank was born March 1248. He is a very Inmtelligent Wh was & he showed hil o7 Howers and croes, * Slo cho it i i il TE e il That evening a storm arose; the light- ning flashed, the wind blew and it rain- ed hard. The hurried and lighted the light. ‘peered darkness. He was just Soing to go flaway when he saw a rocket fly. He hurried downstairs where he met the upon which was “8. O. B.” The keeper sald excitedly: “You tel- egraph to the life savers while I get a boat.” The operator did as bidden and soon joined the keeper. They started, but at times the waves swept them out of their course. At last they reached the boat and got as many people as they could. The operator looked into the darkness. There were four dark objects moving long. reached the spot soon. They took the rest of the ple. When they got on shors they were Next dat m.mkm the captain y saw the coming toward him. 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