Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 26, 1915, Page 9

o { g £ ?_ i o & g8 & gésgi i UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- each day does its work or there would | Europe. ube -be mo inhabitants on the face of the i 5 i 1y : AWAKES, jillisie L ] i ¢ { g??si?sii 1 £ -9 B 28 gl DE AWAKE CIRCLE ° 3—Dorothy P. King, of Plainfield— Meadowbrook ' Girls in the Hills. LE-T™RS-OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Ros. Egan, of Willimantic: T thank "you very much for the prize book you sent ime. I enjoved the book and was very ‘slad to receive it : 1 thank prize book I STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- = ‘' AWAKES. = * Japanese Customs. is called the -un':.oz the ris- origin. Most of the heavy work is done by ‘Ten, one often seeing four men pull- ing a dray loaded with goods. People think that this is because the country is backward and unclvilized, but this is not S0 as it would cost more to feed horses and the people would starve, and also beceuse horses do mot thrive there, though in Yesso herses run wid. l'l sl 4 it m £ i ' 11 L ES F I i ;i §3 oty £ i i i § ¥ eghlelas : fz,zaaisafi » 8 | 13 undertone, “It's a_very poor one.” Tho next day Lizsie was going by the pond, when she saw Charlie work- ing at his boat. “Why Charlie,” said she, “I thought You told me yesterday you-badn't an boat!™ boat. RUTH M. BUSHNELL, Age 12, A Disobedient Boy. “May I go down to the ponfi and skate mother?” said James. “No, James, you know the ice, is not safe, it might break through ¥ you went on it said his mother. James did not like this. took his skates and when he .| the. pond *he put his skates on The people are fond of hot baths and every member of the family half scalds themselves two or three times a day. A traveler was once speaking to a farmer “You will pk excuse my uncleanliness as I only time 10 bath twice & day during the har- vest t The largest city and capitel is To- Akyo, which is alsq the chief port. FAUL E. MAURICE, Age 12. Versailles. The Denube River. The Volga is the largest river in The Damn Comes mext In size. It is about one thousand, eight ‘hundred miles long. It rises in Ger- many, winds through beautiful scenery and empties into the count of the reefs, shallows and rapids, but it is rapidly being improved. The ‘worst part part called “The Iron Gate” where the river is shut in by great, high rocks on.each side, is full of rapids and whirlpools, but steamboats can go by now safely because a channel Was cut through that ledge of rocks. Steam boats Eo from Vienna down the Danube to Constantinople in _about one weels. ELIZABETH PARKER, Age 13. The India-Rubber Tree. I will tell the boys and girls of the ‘Wide Awake circle about a very use- ful tree that grows in some parts of South America. It is taller than our oak, and has its branches chiefly at the top. This tree yields a sap which ‘makes India-rubber. This river is the larg- est river in the world, about three thousand miles lons. forests cover the valleys and plains in Bra- zil, through which country the Ama- zon flows; and here it is where the India-Tubber trees srow. When it is the right season of the trees. Barly The children ran to the house and called to their mother, askiug if she could give them anything for the cold, hungry birds. “My teacher says best suet is fine for them in winter, Henry susgest- ed. “and chickadees like muts and seeds.” boys hurried back through the tunnel with their hands full of food. Clearing eway the small amount of snow there was umder the evergreem boughs, they scattered the seeds and nut meats on the md. Then ‘they the suet on the branches and back into went on the pond. The ice cracked. buc he did not mind that. He wes skating around the pond when all of 2 sudden, “splash!” in James went. Poor James was frightened. He cried for help. A man came and saw him. The man ran to a house nearby and got a rope and threw it to James. Jesmes caught it and was pulied ashore, The man said, “What did you go-on the pona for, I know your mother wouldn't let you Jzo “I thought it was safe James said. James was feawing to go because he knew he. had dis- obeyed his mother. When he got home his mother said, “Where have you been™" “I have “been down to the pond,™ said Jamcs. “You can.go right up to bed,. now, said his mother, obsyed me™ It is always best to obey your par- gnts, because to disobey gets onehinto trouble. FRANK PARDY, Age:13. Norwich. THE Hayfield Picnic. It was a whole holiday, and a bright sunny forenoon in June. Bobl They piled the clover and grass into heaps, they buried each other under the : § % H i ] I !’: f T i We were about two miles from school 30 instead of going back we ran down 2 sandy road to house. On our way down we stopped to an old well with an old oaken bucket we all drank out of. The wa- ter tasted pice and cool to us. When we reached the house we sat on the porch, but we could not remain there very long as the rain beat We went in the house and parlor. Our friend had to light the lamp as it became very dark, although it was only half past three. One of the upon us. sat in the | zinis played some pieces on the piano and_we sang. We stayed at her house till half past four, then we decided to go home. We got very wet as we lived about two and m half miles away and we had neither coats nor umtrellas. LILLIAN B REHAUT. East Norwich, The Fringed Gentian. 1 like very much to hear people talk of how we came to get the dif- ferent flowers. 1 wonder if any of the Wide-Awakes know how we came to have the fringed gentians. One night the queen of the flowers was out late. It was after midnight and there was no moon. So going to a gentian not far away, she asked for shelter. “Who are you, and what do you want?" asked the gentian. “I would like to_come in and rest = the | 1] morning comes,” replied the queen. climbed in and out of the hay-wagons, shouting and laughing in breathless glee. They began to grow tired, so they sat under some trees and un- packed a lunch basket and refreshed themselves with the contents. A bot- tle of milk, hard-boiled eggs, bread and ginger cakes and cherries were the contents. There was not much left when they had finished. Now let's make garlands of daisies,” salg Fan. “And nosegays of forget-me-nots," Mary. “T'Ll help pick,” said Johnny. So they set to work while little Tim amused himself with a picture-book, and Bobby, having, discovered a com- fortable. nook, speedily went fast asleep, lying on his back with his mouth wide open, and emitting occa- siona: snores and grunts. Bobby awoke he said he he was in a junction station, Where the telegraph wires were bring- ing in_messages ever dinute. After and nosegays dren started for home ana they said that they had s vers pleasant time, although they felt LILLIAN BREHAUT. East Norwich, N. Y. Papa’s First Garden. ‘When T was little and used to tease for stories, father often told me this one: When he and my aunt were.about r own Iabors. Papa waid that his father had put it there, but he mever found this-out afterwards. nElenth years spruce tree all winter. and calied -the snug_shelter ‘made branches “Evergreen g? 5 Bl % i *“Well, then, if you are the queen of the flowers you can find some piace else to g0, 50 go away and let me The queeri went away, and asked another gentian. “What_are you_doing out at this time of the night?” Come In and I will give you rest’ The queen went in and slept till morning dawned. Then, as she hurried away in the dim light she turmed to thank t gentian. Taking her wand she sai “Hereafter you and @l your chil- dren shall have the pleasure of open- ing and receiving the morning light, s it first peeps into the world.” The other gentian are left closed to tell people how unkind they were. THELMA BOYNTOX, Age 14. The Pyramids. Having had to study about the Py amids in school, I was So_imterested that I thought I would write a com- position to tell other people some of the interesting facts about them. The Pyramidms of Egypt were the sepulchers of the kings who reign during the first twelve dynasties. They are on the left side of the Nile and their entrances all open on the north side with one exception. Their sides face the north, south, east and west | They mre mmde out of blocks of ‘Stone about two feet six inches thick, placed in layers, each layer about one block’s width smaller than the other. i ik li 1l i ! El H i i il | A i i', i kil !I 1y iit ) £ H 'il; i it | ek ] i L § Bl KE il! i i i BE il o'l ] ine ing my home.” All the boats Were launced at all safled away on the waves: bu waited to meet him in the hereafter. One sunny day something happened. The house was as tidy as ever. Hetty the door.opened and Ben clasped ti both in his arms, while they all sobbed aloud. ‘When they grew quiet, Ben got into his old chair and told them. how he was wrecked in the gale, picked up by an outbound ship, and only able to get back after months of sickness and de- lay. - CATHERINE NELSON, Age:12. Versallles. Twe Misfortunes. Lucy and Tim were both the yard one fine day. Flnally picked up and thrusted it into an apple and through it. Lucy was watching him. When he turned around and said, “I Det you can't hit that chickem over there.” “I think I can,” eaid Lucy. “Well try it then.” Then Lucy picked up a stick and thrust ‘it into an apple and threw it not intending to hit the chicken, but hit it directly in the eye. It whirled around and around dased from the blow. ked in Lucy ran to the spot. She pici up the chicken and brought it into the bern and laid it upom the haymow. She had knocked the poor thing's eve out. Both of them fed it every day and finally the eye healed up and the cricken wenmt about the barnyard again. ‘When her mothér saw it she ques- tioned both closely. She found it out quickly, and gave Lucy a very harsh scold! ing. Lucy never tried itagain. . A daughters, and et ; but whoever failed should So this was a wirning to the peo- ‘After this & young man came to his palace. He maid: is it true that whoever tells an endless tale shall be heir after you? I have a story te tell.” “It is true,” sald the king. “Teil your story, 1 will listen ta “Once upon a time there was a man who kept his corn in the grainery. There were locusts in the field. One day they found the gralpary. Then a locust went iz ad carried out a grain of corn. Then ancther locust went in. Then another locust went in. Then another locust wext in.” For months and years he kept saying. “Then an- other locust went in and carried out a grain of corn!” At last the king said. “How many more locusts are going in ™ “Oh,’ the man, “they have only carried out one cubit. There are thousands more.’ Then the king was so bored he told the man he should marry his daught- er, and be heir after him, but he must never sav “locust' to him again. ALICE KRITEMIYER, Age 14. North Franklin. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Paul Revere at the Battle of Lexing- ton. Dear Uncle Jed: General Gage heard that the patriots were getting stores and ammunition at Concord. On’April 18th, about 11 o'clock at night, a body of 500 under Smith left Boston and started for Concord, and Paul Revere went ahead and tol were coming. Soon _the when the they found the minute-mem on the green. Major Pitcairn shouted “Lay down And he cried to his It was an awful battle. Parker said be would never run the red- coats, but he was wounded and was loading his gun when a bullet struck his heart. Then the troops on, leaving behind them seven Amer- icans lying dead. These were the first dead of the Revolution. After this the English went to Con- cord and destroyed what stores they ets at the Concord bridge, where the farmer stood and fired a shot heard round the world. Every boy who was old enough to handle a gun was fighting, and the old 1 | trenchments. The royal tombs number about 50 |the or 0, of ull sizes, but the examples are the three great Pyramids of Gizeh. The first that was erected by King Cheops covers 13 acres. It has five compartments, one large pretty near a whole day went to bed he cried for EDNA KENDALL, Age 10. Lost His Head, Dear Uncle Jed: Once a king who lived on an island south of India. sent a man to England to let him know what the country was Itke. This tic. Among the latest arrivals at Block Island are the Misses Robinson of Sa- chem street, Norwich. Arthur Saunders of Greeneville is visiting relatives at Olneyville for a few days. Postmaster and Mra. A. D. Sayles of East Killingly are a of weeks at the Franklin cottage at Oakland Beach. Mrs. S. N. Morgan of Colchester was chaperon to a company of young wo- them the troops | owt Morgan, besides eeveral guests spent the last week-end at the camp. Miss Jda Ada: Kennedy of Norwich: Miss May Poste of Middietown, Mies Kathryn Morgan, Miss Lucy Phelphs, and Miss Mabel Hiscox of Coichester and Miss Maud Clarke of East Hamp- ton. Mr., and Mrs. Frank Leonard and daughters, Misses Josephine and Char- lotte of Nerwich, are guests over Labor Day of relatives at Button- ‘woods. 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