Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 12, 1915, Page 9

.TEWI-DE AWAKE CIRCLE “The weather.” “The weather, my dear sir, is a con- dition. Rain is water in the act of falling from the clouds. It is impossis looked lke rain.” “Equally impossible. The sky is the blue vault above us—the seeming arch or dome that we call the heavens. It does not resemble falllng water in rain.” “As 1t what would rain?" “The weather, of course!” “The weather, as before stated, be- out of it, and you heven't” said man, as he raised his umbrella and| ‘walked away in a huff. hear one it will make you laugh. There are signs of rain In the sky and clouds. Sometimes the atmosphere and the wind bear the indications of Tain. People do not always say what they mean, but we readily understand .| what they are trying to tell us. And Billy’s story is swfully good— \ Of e lithe ‘maid n'uu.l Red-Riding- Hood; And a wolf that passedthimself as her And acted so wickedly at the end. My story I'd love to tell if I could, "Tis adout two lost little babes in the “These stories are only stories, you “They're just make-believe and never And Mother says, “Off to bed you go* So, the stories over, we toddle away Mfl,z’.lntnbcd:ndlh:pflfl‘m And sometimes we dream of eur stories, you see-— Peggy, Polly, Billy and me. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE. AWAKES. It is & good idea for young people to watch their talk as it i3 for old pecple to wateh their steps. ‘We are all likely to make observa- tions and the passing remark is more frequently what it shouldn’t than what It should be, : Here is a little conversation which © "I say, it looks like rain” LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Marion Royce of Norwich: I thank you very much for the nice book and like it very much. Lillian M. Brehaut of East Norwich, N. Y.: I wish to thank yoy for the Prize book you sent me emtitled Tom Fairfleld’s Sehool Days. I have read it and I think it is an exceptiopally in- teresting series. Edith B, Baker of Pomfret Center: I received the prize book last night and thank you very much for it. I have read it half through and it is so interesting that I can hardly leave it. George Bienenstock of Rockvige: I thank yom very much for the prize book entitled Tom Fairfield’s Pluck and Luck. I find it very interesting. Alice Palmer of Norwich: I received the prize book which 1 won and think {:‘wnn mice. I have only read part of WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Alice Palmer of Norwich, Uncle Sam’s- Boys on Field Duty. 2—Marion C. Sherman of South Cov- entry, Tom Swift and His Glant Can- non, 3—Luey A. Carter of Hampton, On ‘Track and Field. 4—Richard B. Wheeler of Stonington, Peter Rabbit. pd 6-—~Rose Eagan ‘Williman - vorite Rhymeg ks o, Y. 8—Bertha Burrill of Staftc Dave at Vera Cru:.m seione 7—Alice Gorman of Versailles, Sam's Boys as Sergeants, Spri; e ngs, kall. Uncle A. Burrill of Staftora e Pony Riders in the Al- ‘Winners of prize books livi ::.f'vich mlflywmn{l at The -Dll!'!l:‘b ,? office e Tt “fnnuyhnurmar STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE. AWAKES, A Friend in Need. Once there was a very thoughtless Y Who Was very fond of play. When | h ‘Was not at school he 'was always at ROXY’'S LUCK “Oh, dear,” slghed Roxy, of elght, us sho R lflmm old dishes to wash everywhere I o3 “Why, Roxy, where is ur -u‘-:n. didn't you bring one ell, never mingd, here is un:}:ou e tied a large checked apron ut Roxy, much to her dismay. “:f;:y that, there was not much time ‘When "Roxy that night stay here another m‘—am no move hes for me.” Bk e How_surprised Aunt Emily was when Roxy packed the flowered car- ed for home early the "Spose she was home- ought Aunt BEmily. Roxy's mtfll;:rl.;;hnew';om bonln :hs did feel am 80 St y the side door. ol el “Is that you Roxanna Abigail> “Yes, grandma.” “Well, I'm real glad you happened to run home, forgot something, I suppose. Come right in ho‘n. someone wants to see you, “Well, is this my own little Roxy.” Roxy did not know what to make of this, and she thought grandma was wiping a tear from her eye with the . “Why, what is it grandma?® and what made him call me his own little Roxy I ‘He is your own dear papa, whom We have mourned as lost, but he's been very sick a long time and now he oo ot o Calttorma” B e n 0! JEo rala. 'Would you “Oh I think it would be fine. How ] §1ad I am to have a really and truly how | just ell, your papa is glad to little girl, and when we get ::t“w::: in our new home, then you'l] have :fll::. a :Scu. time, to‘r there's L}Ofil of and flowers an o \d many little pet “Won't _that be just splendid,” ex- clalmed Roxy, as she dumd'mm. “What do you wish for most of all now?" asked her papa, looked very sober as she re- “Well, if you must know, I wish es to old Roxanna Abigall Twaddle, that name &8 g5 Once hut. 1 deor. room. After found it came from the stove. Scratch, scratch, scratch, as if some creature was trying hard to get out. I cailed my sister. For a few mo- ments all was still and we thought that the thing Giad got out as it had come in, but we were mistaken. Soon came that e clattering noise again. After n-t&:.‘, we decided that the creature was between the lining and outsids e. But bow were we to get at it? My sister went into the kitchen and got a ‘We took out the damper and ought to tho fromt—what do ¥ou think? Why, a little bird, a ch! swallow, chirping and fluttering witl fright. s One wing seemed to droop a little, 80 we took it up and put it in a box. Soon it began to recover and with a fltfle&vumfio.fi.otfln box, ng with its big bright eyes :n.;‘munonlh..hfl!w-nym er. A tree was the best and safest place 2nd 1 ‘carried it out and set it gently Gown. It rose, feebly at first, then soared over the tops of the houses. bme.ln'! that a queer place to find & ALICE M. GORMAN, Age 12. Versailles. The False Alarm. It was a cold winter's eve when out on the still night air resounded from the creaky old belfry tower: Ding?! dong! Ding! dong! * And it took less time than to tell when, rushing up the street, fairly flew u::‘dgu engine behind those farious st From every street and corner rushed people, some rununing. some riding, so eager were they to get there first, that some had no coats, some without hats and some looked as though they were walking in their sleep. ‘When the chief arrived on the scene he expected to see a house crumbling under a blaze of shooting flames. To his great nlm‘l‘:.fl:.‘ found noth- ing e 0ld rubbish P- ng had been fooled, he quickly sounded the recall. Then, climbing up into the high seat, he pulled his heavy coat collar about his neck, and putting on the brakes he slowly dismounted the steep hill he had but a little while ago mounted in haste. MILTON ROGERS, Age 14. ‘Willimantic. Catching a Pony. ‘Willle was out riding one afternoon and left his pony tied to a tree while he went Into a neighbor's house. When e came out he found the pony had ®ot loose and gone prancing away. After hunting for some time, Willie saw him at a distance, quietly feeding on the grass. He ran up to him, but just as he put out his hand to catch hold of the dridle Coca turned around suddenly, kicked up his heels and galloped away. ‘Willle thought himself lucky not to have been within reach of his heels when he kicked up. But how was he to catch Coca? At last he remembered that hig fa- ther put a little corn in a peck meas- ure and held it out to the pony till he could put a halter over his neck. Now it was true that Willle had neither measure, corn nor halter, “but then,” ho said, “Coca will eat grass as well corn; my hat will serve for a measu and as for a halter, I shall not need one, for the pony has his bridle om, and I will catch hold of th: So.he gathered a few handsful of grass and put them into his hat. A man digging iy the fleld asked him what he was goll to do with the ‘Willle told him it was to catch his pony. “0, then,” said the man, “you need not take so much trouble. If you hold out your hat empty, it will do just as well, for the pony cannot see that the hat is empty till he comes close to it. Then you can catch hold of the bridle while he Is looking into the hat." “But that would be cheating him!™ cried Willie, “and I will not cheat any- body; no, not even a pony.” “Well sald! my good bdoy,” replied e man.’ | “Besides,” added Willie, “If I cheat pony once he will not believe me an- other time.” He went up to Coca and held up his hat to him. The pony came up and began to eat the grass. While he was eating Willie patted him and took hold of the bridle. Soon he was cantering home on Coca's back. IGE BIENENSTOCK, Age 14. Rockville. A Tricycle Ride. Tim never could leave things alone. That was his great failing. It was on this account that he had come by his ckname. His real name was Tim- othy Good-child; but the whole of the h, with one accord, had declared it his name suited him so ill, that they calleq him Tim, the Terrible, and by _that name he was al known. He had a merry little bright mischievous eves, that seemed 4. ‘with best boy in all the world if only he uld have left things alone. But this could not do. he jesult was that he was always trouble, and many a caning at school fell to his lot, simply because Be could not keep his restless hapds still; but it seemed as if nothing would LEE 4 i it . i hi ] % i its iv!n Hil Bl : i | 1 sz E?f h ; Th d) gzt ] fl g. i i ] | R ?it; ihis :i s | 4 i ¥ | B® H e f "t i 5 i -ug i that there was a little rabbit inside. I wanted to take the trap home be- cause 1 wag afraid If we tried to take it out, it would run away. My sister said she knew she could take it out, 50 I held the trap up and she took it out. I thought it would bite her, but it was so frighteneq that it kept very still, and 4id Dot evem try to get eway. the top so it would not get away. I put some pieces of apple in for it to eat, but it was so frightemed it just cuddled up in one corner of the box and trembled like a leaf. We felt sorry for the little rabbit d so decided to let it go and the fext day we brought it to the edge of the woods and it soon disappeared in- to the forest. BERTHA N. BURREL, Age 15. Stafford Springs. A Trip to Maryland. Last summer, my mother, sister, the baby and I went to see my er and aunt, who live in Maryland. ‘We left Norwich at five p. m. on the Chelsea, arriving in New York about 7.30 a. m. we took the ferry across to Jersey City. Then we took the train for Philadelphia, chang- ing for the train going South, arriving in Kennedyville, Maryland, about six o’clock, where my aunt met us with a cgsfage, taking us to her home, on the farm, where a nice supper awaited us. We stayed withh my aunt several days, and had fine time visiting friends. We went to visit my grand- pa pear Tolchester Beach and he went with us to Baltimore, crossing the Chesepeake Bay. We stayed in Baltimore several days with my uncle. Then we re- turned to my aunt’s where we pre- pared to come home. ‘When we arrived in New York we took the Providence boat, arriving in Providence Sunday, morning. There we took the car to Woonsocket, R. I, where we stayed a week visiting rela- tives. Sunday afternoon we took the train for Versailles, arriving home at 10 p. m. CATHERINE NELSON, Age 12, Versailles. Our Faveorite Nook. . There is a big hill in the pasture back of our house and in ope corner of ihis pasture there is a very pretty place to play and to have picnics. There are several large oak and chest- nut trees. One oak is larger than the rest and we like to swing on its long branches. My young brother made two seats and a low table for us to eat on when we take our luncheon there. While he ‘was doing this the rest of us picked up_the' sticks. One day we took a large basketful of good things to eat and some lemon- ade and b a nice picnic up there. After we four, my sister and two young brothers and myself had eaten, we rested awhile, then we swung on the long oak es. This was After that we played games and ran races. ‘We go up there as often as we can. I wish some of the other Wide-Awakes would write about the places where they have good times. MARY A. BURRILL, Age 13. Stafford Springs. While to Save Money. I hope the Wide-Awakes will save their nickels and put them in the sayings bank. Pennies make nickels, and nickels saved become dollars. Dollars saved my become.hundreds when bearing in- terest in the savings banks. The money ought not to be with- drawn only at the age of 21. This is the time when you know what to do with it. Many of the girls and boys spend their nickels for candy or other things; but I believed in putting it into banks. ‘When you get grown to be women and men you will be glad you saved your money in your younger days. ‘When you get a dollar in the bank Our Little Dog Dick. We have & new little dog. His name is Dick. We have three dogs and three cats now. My mother and father gave the lit- tle dog to my brother Plerre for his birthda; Y. Dick is very cunning. He likes to play with the other cats and do.-.mlz: 3 i ! 1 & i i n I : { { i & § H '! Il i ;.lgl *z *"5 I i1 ih ie i L] i v : i 4 .§‘I i i i g 3 & LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Ten Days’ Visit to New York. Dear Uncle Jed:—The a ten days’ visit to New York in the beautifni month of June filled my heart with joy, as I think it would do to any any young girl who was ex- tremely fond of traveling. It was decided I should go with my mother, father and brother to New York on the ;:gm June, and arrive home on the The day on which we went to go dawned fair hurried and of as the time that we were to leave the house drew near. On arriving in New York, the first thing we did was to go to the Hotel Park and prepare ourselves for lunch. On @Gnishing lunch, the first place we decided to g0 was to the Botanical gardens in Bronx Parl k. Here ‘we saw one of the most beau- tiful plants in ouy country. These plants were brought from the tropics. We then went to the menagerie, where we saw largewhite peacocks, white ‘bears, different XInd of reptiles, etc. The next day we went shopping in the morning and in the afternoon to the beautiful motion picture of “The Birth of a Nation.” This was one of the most noted motion pictures ever L The next day a few friends of father's and our . took an auto- mobile to Chinatown. Although it was very dirty and disagreeable, there were very meny beautiful and iInteresting my father invited us to go and see a Greek play in the new stadium of New York City college. The stadium was a magnificant place, made after the plan of the one of Harvard college. Ty following days we went to see various other plays and other places of amusement. ELSIE INA LANG, Age 14. Norwich. Birds and Berries. Dear Uncle Jed: I ln\lofll‘ to tall you what I am doing %this summer. I am spending a part of my vacation at my grandfather's. I had a very pleasant ride from my coming here in an automobile, I saw many pretty things on my way down. It is a distance of about 20 or 3% miles. Grandpa has fine cows calf. He makes a lot is very interesting to watch Grandma has a flower-bed. They have two pigs. Grandma has lots of dirds here. They are very tame. They bulld their nesta close to the door where little houses are put for them. is one house that has had three hatchings of bluebirds in it. There are a great many goldfinches here. They have about every kind of a bird there is. Grandpa has apple, peach, plum, quince, apricot, cherry and pear trees, and a lot of currants. Four birds built their nests in the currant bush, there were so0 many currants on the bdush. Grandma wouldn't let anybody because she didn’t want birds. I picked currants most every day when I first came here. The currants are going by now. They have huckieberries here. I went huckleberrying once and expect to go some more. They have red, white and black raspberries, and blackcaps too, MARIAN E. SHERMAN, Age 12. South Coventry. a babdy butter. It him. currants disturb the SHE SAVES HER PANSY SEED. Dear Uncle Jed: As I have watched blossoms my pansy de into seeds I thought perhaps the le- Awakes them. have been ong they begin to wilt, ah-y u:t:)l' dgnn:.m-a.;nn a ulme the ry petals a green oval shaped bud lnmtb.lr place. ‘:.d has M:' its f i £ i h ;i% it ¥} ? r 0 i § L ] s £ by £ flke § i ? ! ] i H : 2 § £ Ll ed, or any of ‘Wide-Awakes can tell me, I be pleased to know its name, as it is a very pretty flower, and aiso, if it is poisonous to handle. Have any of the Wide. blossoms, but this has pe I found it near the woods In a dan®p place. LUCY A. CARTER, Age 12. Hampton. A Mortifying Mistaie, such a lovely doll so that she could remember the auswer to six times nine. That day the teacher called on Elis- abeth Wigglesworth, saying: “What is the answer to six times nine?™ and Miss Elizabeth, who 'is so proud, said “Fifty-two.” ed on me and I thought of my doll and answered, “Marie Agnes™ MAY DANAHY, Age 13. Norwich. Rose's Flower Garden. Dear Uncle Jed:—I should like to tell you about my flower garden. In the first two rows I have lovely sweet-peas, in bloom. In the second row there are MNttle yellow flowers with brown centers. They are called Coreopsis. These flowers were free government seeds and are southern flowers. In the third row I have red, white, and pink poppies. In the fourth row, I have yellow marigolds. 1 have three gladiolus bulbs planted. One is blossomed pur- ple. The last row is candy-tufts. l'rhe colors are red, white and pur- ple. I sent some of my flowers by parcel post to my aunt. I-was very proud to have such pretty flowers. u&non: EAGAN, Age 8. ——a . Dick's® Pets. Dear Uncle Jed: thought T would write you a letter and tell you about my cats and their kitties. I have nine. Seven of them are little kittens, and the other two are the mother caty. ‘Three of the kittens were born on April Foal's day, and the others were born on June third. The kittens are very cunning and they play merrily all of the time. Their names are as follows :Fuz, Dinkey, Smutty, Mischief, Tige, Tin- kle, and Teaser. The but one is maltese. She speck of white on her. That is why I | named her Teaser. RICHARD B. WHEELER, Age 10. Stonington. A Medicine Chest for 250, In this chest you have an excellent remedy for toothache, bruiges, rheu. matism and for most emergencies. One 25c bottle of Sloan’s Liniment does it all—this because ‘ment, or, better, still, buy a 36¢ bottle and prove it. All druggists. Constipation Causes Most Ifis. Ammmmmrmz more Refrigerators are ‘sold than any other season. | . is the time to buyga Refrig- erator. . 2 “'We have a full line, Jarge and small, at prices;that,will. please you. 4 J.P. BARSTOW LY. 23 and 25 Water St. UPHOLSTERING Automobile and Furniture - Automobile SlipCovers at Factory Prices JOSEPH ANGARANO 258 Franklin Street Telephone 311-8 Norwich, Conn, Frederick T. Bunce 38 FRANKIN ST. Phone 1214-3 N DR. ALFRED RICHARDS DENTIST Thayer Building, Room 305 Telephone 488-2 Out of Town For This Week Only Parlors will be open again Monday, August 16th MISS FARNHAM - toate™ Specialist Main _Street, Norwich, Conn. PIANO OWNERS, NOTICE! | It you will communicate with W. L. WHITE, Piano Tuner, of TAFTVILLE, he will give you a new proposition in regard to taking care of your piane. %/ THE DEL - HOFF DENTIST Plan Rates 75 cents day and up HAYES BROTHERS, Telephone 1227. e g b