Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 16, 1915, Page 9

A e I s "%.F‘ ‘for the game is - -a-li : ! toot!” and But—" o And'a frain in the river's He drops the toolg that he sought to Told, - eves grow wide w O::Ly. and e, is ‘man; bold, fact, else but you.” is fe red. < w for the night Through' farm and forest we thunder on, {our light shines far ahead. deary, the ‘bridge is here'll be in the ghostly In the arms of snnn\eer. \ps drive out the loneli- |! ur-year- here, bold, in a faultless row, chair at the head % rd! - Time's up, You away we bea!” ith fear; the fire- It's many 'a yeat since the night ex- | Wemt ‘thundering down to a the bay; ' And a bearded man in a soldier's dress ‘who sprang to my quick caress the bridge was washed away. dream. as th -Erow . col » of u:c'“nitht's‘ of an elder ‘When my four-year-old was e winter nights year, the ‘fire- LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT ry A. Burrill, of Staffcra Spring€ —I“thank you many times for the nice prize book you sent me, entitled, Miss Pat at 'School. I have started to read it and like it very much. Katherine Inman, of Versailles—I -re- ceived the nice prize book you sent me entitled, The Campfire Girls on the March. I think it 1§ very inter- esting. I 'thank you:very much for it. Glad; Houle, of Stafford Springs— I thapkiyou very much for the prize book entitled, The Outdoor Chums. I have read the book and found it very interesting. Flossie Meyer, of Taftville—I thank you for the prize book you sent me. 1 have read it through and have loaned it to one of my friends and she thinks It is. very interesting. Edward Moran, of Norwich—i thank you for my imteresting prize book. I have read it all through and will .write again. = Josephine Bovoricka, of West Wil- lington—I thank you very- much_for the prize book you sent me, The Blue Bird and Other Tales of France. I like it very .much. are Emily Hopkins, of Plainfield—I|Bethesda and the Terrace. Nearby in| Pefore had there been such a rolling | [ used to think I could milk anybody's | 5o, WY Prother got me a pure white iable natural growth of , of z;mmh—eun W\E Harlowe's sm ‘ear. E “the e M & in Drive e i o6 e ot L M b Nor- park. UNCLE-JED'S TALK TO WIDE- T AWAKES. —_— Uncle Jed hopes none of Awakes are finding it necessary to be : = 3 % S better than usual just mow so as to| 5¢ E s ? ; or var increase their Christmas presents, or -g?"' Israel worship afraid. It will to make themselves seem worthy.of having courteous attention when they 1 grophet Elisha who . Someti: some 2 are not. - Irt flars It is a mistake for parents to hire aaman. uy will caper until jt gets hold of the B R1 & 2 nuts when it will run off. byt A kou Dragmdeisdbess of of At one time mother used to wear a ficlal goodness displayed fc holiday = glad that there was someone who | any What purposes 14 not praiseworthy. Being cure him, so he told the king{ In the do you think the squirrel would do? good to get anything is a bad habit | and asked him 'if he could go on thé| Plymouth had It would sit on mother's shoulder, and BEverybody should be good and oblig- | journey, and the king consented. they p! as it ate the nuts would drop the ing, first because it 1s the only right| He gave Naaman a letter to ive the shells on her head in front of the thing to do, and second because it| king of Israel which told about Naa- A comb. Wasn't that cunning? y man and his leprosy.. Naaman got| Thursday of November. GERALDINE GAREAU, Age 9. - | - e e @leasanter for themselves| Cady for the journey, taking with B 5 Baitie, e cxwTAUR comMPANY, NEW YORK CrTY. It 1s wrong to think these immoral m&cfi e They had_three A Shipwreowk. actions on the part of little folks are| “When the king of Israel read the let- ames, George, 1 B cunning or cute, and no one can tell| ter he was very much troubled, for he | and Mary. The bo: t_Was pouring rain, and as the how many children take their first| thought the king of Syria wanted to| to hunt for turkeys and other wild | children could not go out doors to lessons in deception from their own 5“; war -’nnm him, so he !rsn:n his ;‘n—d‘ and l.nlmn];. t’ll;he gh-: helpeg zl‘:;' (l':t:y. tuuwd by a window, look hi lothes, which was the way to oW rs. wn to lo e cooking an . reet. - Dk i Taser e ave b | St 1 Chone daye: oing. - R oy R X come a part of “he charssiar of their| ., Wien Elisha heard about it he sald| = The day before Thankssiving they | casy g 2 lowed me home and I brovght it in gestions for Christmas gifts are not|the housc and shoWed it to my mother. too late and that some of the Wide-|She allowed me to keep it and it has Awakes will make one of these pin-|become a very good pet. I have to the king: invited some Indian chiefs an “When I am a man, I intend to be a | cushions. named it Fluff. children and give them pain. “Send Naaman to me and T will cure | white people to come to their feast. saflor.” The little Japanese heads are cute JOHN A. BURNS, Age 9. /Being good and doing good Yor g0od’s | him.” ‘They came about 10 o'clock in the| “A sailor” repeated grandfather. and a pretty cushion can quickly be| Fitchville. sake is the right principle; and it So Naaman went to.Elisha’s house| morning. They brought some deer | hope fl\?! my child, T hope not. It is a made in this way. S —— isn't always eéasy, although it is al-| and Elisha sent someone to tell him | with them. yery., very hard life. I know some| "Secuyre a little Japanese doll, one- Should Behave in School. ways best. to dip himself in the river Jordan| When dinner came they had turkey, | {hing about it, for I went to sea, many | yaif yard of Dresden ribbon four in-| Dear Unele Jed: The letters and Instead of looking' /6r alot of pres- roast deer, pumpkin pie and many “5? S 1" cried® the chil- | Ches Wide, one-half vard of baby rib-|stories in last Thursday's Circle were enty for yourself alofe, just seo if you ery angry because| other things. i g i’ i the chil-|}on and a little cotton batting, bran|very interesting and I am glad so ‘Elisha did not come himseif to make | After dinner the old people sat|dren, and they ran across the room.| or rice. Join the ribbon after cutting |many had a pleasant Thanksgiving. havin't something you would like (0| him well at once, for he thought him- | around the fireplace and told stories. | and ‘zathered around the old man. | 08 "€ Jom, he TRDoR SO0 CULINE |many had a pleasant Thanksglving. give some poor boy or girl or sick| geif greater than Elisha. "The voung people played games and ‘When 1 was voung,” grandfather|c,io. » pasteboard cirele with the|not going to waste any time at school child or neighbor for Christmas. He said: ‘“Why did Elisha send me | danced around the fire. Degan, “I had to go to England On| jiece cut off. Gather each edge of theiand I hope he or. she will falfil their It is fine to cultivate a warm and| to the river Jordan to wash? Are not| All the company went home late that | business for my father, and as there| ;i Then draw up one side of | promise. generous heart, and those who do the rivers of Syria as good as the| night, saying they had a very good | were n°: many mflme" in those daye, | ine ribbon and sew it to the circle.| The boy or girl who would be suc- kindly acts without expectation or| ones of Israel?” And he turned away | time. went in a sailing vessel. After stuffing this draw up the other|cessful in after-life must lay the foun- 3 “We were at sea about a week when 7 hope of reward can never tell how} iB rage. MARION DEUTSCH, Age 11. side and tie argund the doll's neck aft- | dation of success in youthh They much toy.thes have tound i’ givink | o e permanae i io oy himeeld| o e ming D, and o Yaviz wars| i, "PISh e, (e, narmaw ribbon. mak- | hould b, pucena o atengence It is real pleasure to be able to Melp | in the river Jordan seven times and A ot W higher than the sides of the vessel. It| Mg DO 0 Bne BRER s retitations. - someone feel that life 1s more Worth | his flesh came clean and he had lep-|. , . & HaSntes FOe: = | was awful to see nothing but sky and | gor' thege - cushions, including.BIMc| The student who seeks every oppor- living than they thousht it was. rosy no longer. : .| night, T thousht T would take a short| worh,,and no ehip in sight, and 00| iine Kewples, and even Charlie | tunity to idle away his time in makin Do not try to be specially good for| Naaman now called himself Elisha's | PIERG, T thousTt £ woulh e & S00TL| one near to help us. & o | Shapin. BT Al Eniaeiant Tor Dhmamit an Christmas time, but strive to be good | 'servant, while before he thousht him- | } 0L, "% people said -was haunted. r hours the storm kept on. and.| “pretey flower pincushions such as|fellow-students, will live to regret the all of the time, self much grander. He tried many at last. when the masts were gone and |, .05 4na daisies can be made of rib- | time he has thus wasted. The happy, times to give Ellsha rich presents, but | S0 jumping over the fence I iel my |.the ship was filled with water. we got | foiv® 00 “8giiC SN NOS PO g | sovous, Taughing boy or girl shed ha WRETEN lish : cows in and started across the field. | 'y ol a 3 STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- | Bsnn ol B e e e oo ohre| As I passed this house I noticed that | For e e et ek °fC.| to represent vegetables, or thei may|piness’ wherever they go, if they g f velve mal shaj careful to control their gayety, and AWAKES, the power, and so he sent Naaman | the door atood open. I left my cOWS|ihe lonely sea. mot knowing whether | Of Made of velvet 'n animal shapes B Yome i where they stood eating grass and,| we wculd ever see land or home agal e o " MARY ‘A. BURRILL, Age 13. | €0ing up to the house, walked in. but, at last we were picked up by a | And slivper shapes. ~AIl are easilyfuet in the schoolroom and.like places. r in 3 = made and are sul s N While I was in New York city this| Stafford Springs. 5 ‘5‘*:5. d;:"g:"'f.'; ;‘e_m;lf;’f:o;":;’; vessel and carried into port. = T The boy and girl at school foretell summer, I went to Central Park. It N Fochyea and fatieii-in, the ‘windows Cf,‘?“{f.‘ your hmh-ul.":fldy“wn;'l said ALICE GORMAN, Age 12. |the future man or woman. Those who S Eant gy Yeucs Were broken here and there, and the | the hend . “Chanse o aurice on| versaifles. are punctual, orderly and prompt. will pleasure grounds, in the very heart A Thunder Storm. X the -head. “Change your mind, and be so _in after-life. Those who store £ the city. I , | Goor and furniture was worm-eaten. choose some other life than a sailor’s the mind # ith & 1 Sarringe. voads, 30" mires ofSronies of| 1t was a hot day in July. The sun’s| T went upstairs, but.the rooms were | jife - gl e =B & gy ord Sewing . Ache that is valuable, will ‘ s , possess that and six miles of bridle Toads. Ahout| Jo¥S WerS WCRCN B8 ey DO | I e e ol fom the othem 4| no LORETTA H. PICHE, Age 12. Dear Uncle Jed: There was once|wiich can never be lost, but will be Il s T 14 Wvotea to- breia. | 1560 for & long time. The grass was | heard the clanking of chains, and the| NOrwich. Sl e s e means of procuring a living. Enersy shrubs and vines besides, a consider- ) Pippntins A een sewing a few n < |and perseverance will give them rep- timber. R Mowery ";Wuf’fdl g e % Fluffy White. on a pillow case for her doil's bed |utation. Truthful, reliable and honest of 2ol 18 entered throush 2 score | Byeryiling seemed half asieep. The | heois, and ranning out of the house T hen I was seven vears old 1 want. | When she ointed her finser alons the |youths will be trusted in & position ornamen ges : : kitten very much and one d: s : n after years. and arches carry the roads and paths,| DIrds fiitted nolselessly from ‘tree to| gathergd my cows together and started | I 0 U0 S" YR T ! O DOV, | *UXm"T to do an this, mother?" 1 Yeuiiivme CHIE 64 Vi o gool sctho- S othiee YouMM or-ower Che R 1AM F TN i o lodackiin the kftetnoon dark ] taos T I TS VREY. SNl and as as nc one seemed to own it 1| Her mother said. “That is not much | jar, it evinces brain power to be a Consplcuous among the Teatures of the | yAnput S oclock in the atternoon dark i ened, oo (o oo o 1o - [ thought T would keep it, 80 I named | for a little girl, who has such a pret- | good student. park are m(:emBelvetderei, an observa: | G e they grew. A muffied A R o > Age 12. | ¢ Flufty. ty wnrk»blks‘kel of rher o e The "Tw' ;nteuigenxd 'm-n; can tory on 3 rum —_— Py ‘more s e e g me:ufl?l?l:edolwgi:gu‘;& bling and a rolling was heard in the The Wild Cow. ‘When it came to my house it was After taking a few be sure of gaifing victories, and ac . Jessie said, “My thumb is sore.” A |complishing grander work, rows of Jarge elms, among which stand | distance. It seemed as if the Very| when I was young and used to roam mayfiflkfl;‘:yig Soas GO ana "mapn | Httle white afterwards she said, “Oh.| We should all strive to keep the fol- many statues of famous men. There | De2vens would break asunder. Thor|ground over the- courtry, gathering y my hand is so tired! lowing rule: “Strive to keep the golden two beautiful bronze fountains, the | IUSt have been very angry, for never | watormelons in the light of the moon, | Sied: I missed my kitty very much, | my Aond 18 80 CFUCC 4 this time the and learn your lessons well at . complnint was, “Oh! Ia have a pain In | school.” end a rumbling. Now and then a flash | cow, but I do not think so now. 1|iitten, o I named her Fluffy White. < JBSSIE_L. BREHAUT. > A Visit to New York Parks. The jingle of verse is attractive to most young children. Many of them play_at rhyming, a few write verses, but hardly any achieve poetry. I know a child ‘who, between the ages of seven and nine, wrote some fifty or sixty poems; and in these s is that rare thing in children’s . verse—-inspiration. There is plenty of doggerel; there is nonsense; there is, inevitably, a certain amount 8f deriva- tive Verse; in sense of use of words she rarely comes up to Marjorie’s level: but in spite of her innocence, in spite of her halting -verse and rather slipshod observation, genius shines out here and there as and unmistakable as stars at ¥ Oals That Spoke to Me” is the title of one of her earlier poems, and the choice of title alone is, in a. child of seven, amazing: I wandered in the lonely wood And looked about me; as I stood It._ninl.lf-{rmqfl,flmofl 1 heard the soft wind gently sigh, I heard the owl's faint distant cry, T heard the gay stream rattle by. Beside me grew a stately oak ‘Whose branches looked like fairy folk, Brothers to the dwarfs of smoke. < And as it spoke the soft wind sang, * “The streamlet rippled, the church bells 4nd that on my thoughts hang. will ever . 2 - e - my_side. foubbed by Deae’of Gunatr . |do not milk a cow eny more unless b ke & vaBBlt and midy with'a ball| Very ~soon there was something | East Norwich, N. Y. 2 1 t ‘hasn' . : Suddenly it started to rain. Faster | fent o o canh ane yeanern ¢ been . She will sit on the car- | wrong with her foot; and then her seem L he. The Story About a Colt. 3 d faster came the rais til it - pet sweeper and have a long ride| head began to ac! ory a 1 ©d°as If it could rain no harder. S00R | mamanteco b e by A% | When mamma uses it. As soon as the sewing was finished| pear Uncle Jed. When I_first be [& OE I little poels of water were formea In | ar weif-made con T pmcority: Kind| Flufty sleeps on alittle pillow in|she asked, “Now may I go out 10| ., come to school some of the boys the. streets. For one hour it poured. |prow was low, but she wore her tail| th® cellar by the furnace. play. were on the woodpile. As Mr. - and then abated. It soon stopped |nigh and she was haughty, oh, so CAROLINE I BRITTIN, Age 9.. | Her voice was so cheerful that one|p s colt came up, one of the boys - Vi would hardly believe it came from the . haughty. L made a commonplace re-| Orwich. Ul hardly Dl A eet - becs | Passed him out a plece of cake. I The dark clouds soon passed away. | mork oo her one that 1o weit e the —_ - e owies el bt went to run to the schoolhouse. I Sthor Shibiran " Lile Fot Samjoria’os | A8, Dirde siasted o tultier and the| very’ best'of ‘society. one that neeg| LETTERS TO UNGLE JED. | oy M %0 S0l 415y e doo- [TeaPRed my, tog and fel down, The e not have given offense anywhere. for ™ asked Ber mother. It began loves to have her little joke: | their drooping heads. said: “Sol” and she “soed. Firpt Dy Out. T What! - Have. the ddctor come to Ot b asthet S aohed The bird will ‘peck, the beast will bi fors imagisatie was seen Strcioring | niihon L told her to “hist” and she s home was the whole city: | See_me!” sald Jessie, with 10 Httle | m'yp ana carried me Into the school ‘0 do these things th ;:' w! te, | colors imaginable was seen stretching | pisted. But I thought she ovegdid it.| & home. His home was the whole city. seriiime: ho““p % S aSS tntadu adhosl But has & naughty little child =" | oif the centurics Gl b o polronel o 1 e 1 | Gtner hAR in- his own house, evers | ., TS said her mother “A little | hoes on so it @idn't hurt me very s = ust t eard somethin, h | othes n . ev 5 y A right to drive her nursie wild? his promige to Noah; and so ended the (hrough the window of the barn and | Janc as & passage from one room to D s A e I de anq | Much. My head swelled up quite bad- under storm. But deeper things are always at her FLOSSIE MEYER, Age 1. | cutatge. The newhonis® ud on the | e inE ‘the olty. - One day he Secided | the headache, must be sick and the|“The teacher told Mr. Barber not to call; and this same poem, writfen at Taftville. to leave the city and to the country, | S00ner we have the doctor the better.” | 1ot the colt come on the school grounds lowing stanza: = The Bosten Foa Pariy. ting through the window: for he had no friends to tell his|ing aches Tam well enoug! Rl At e AT The bird must die, the beast must die | Betty was comling home from church, | o, 1, :‘,‘:fi".t.':.‘d.:;““-i-"::‘, S, B | e afeur he left the city. He left| Do You know of any Jege e A However much they choose to cry; * | holding her father's hand as she walk- | " atill) standing. The ? has so many paips and aches when| 5 | ,uor from Catherine, cow was in-|the city running all the way. For to do? 74 death must come to me andyou— | &d. It was in Boston in December, | yureq much the first time in his life the father- | Some Woric s SWen Ber o0 920 1 |/ Dear' Uncle Jed: I have been to make such e great to-do? m‘}lgh yz‘:-l;x g0 aaid the Ttk a They said she didn't seem to be. less, motherless, brotherless, sister- Norwich. scheol all this year and the second A lttle later ehe wrote' a poem | “See that great ship in the harbor! St A T DO ARS 6. L ISCETE of the oy, Mo tmestl : grade are going to have & new reading “ 1 3 »” kS alone. # Book s -week. galled “Time” which T will quote in| “Yes” said her father, “that is the| ™ R IR The country people did not look He Hunted Rabbits. 1 am in the second grade. I like to % & E;m"i It e Wt vot. Lok . The First Fall of Snow. friendly as they were in his town. He| Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would fg; t4 séhool. Earth's little life goes’on and on | to drink uyu‘mvn tear sald B‘:ttny' Ode morning last week, as I started | was_ getting uncomfortable and when | write and el ooy i T TR RS e ASASCH MRy 16 vk And ploughs the flelds,of right and| "Mother says we must like raspberry |for school it began - g S s Lo e Tt Hie. fhat o] P e fitched up two horses ity s i VIO leaves since King George made us pay | yae Wwalking along 1 met some of my | e hardened fest, soon know the rif- | Then we went to a place called Mili | Pforana. She Will not be three for & pociest i s ek At N S ' | ference of the roads, in the city and |Pasture. We got a load there. Then |jong time. : The floweret opes; then Spring is gone. | the tax if we do not buy the tea, little country. we came home and unloaded it | °My brotrer Henry is in the third daughter. Run home to mother now,|DY the time we reached the school All day the spring weather continu- The next time grade at school. Dan : tul | 578 5 t i s | the und almost cove o ed. The sun would shine for a few |of white birches. It was an aw! CATHERINE A. HOLDEN, Age 1. e e T L | o e T e o Sent O e e o o oo | L S e youd £ b (% ek e (W e 10760 Srodih 3| Sl Windhar The @ twinkles as in fun, Wind is sharp and cold.” When recess came it was still snow- | clouds. Snow Tfell which mel n iy he na aie Ko g o1t Then happy Summer goes u’v‘w A few nxgr'.)u after this Betty had a | D€ and we were delighted. We Tan)| & moment. : uz-thnhce su - uduu’xin T'_hhe g A Pie-Crust Family. b strange dream. Ske thought she was |around ng snowballs at one an-| Gibble was never afraid of the dark- |er that was P il o Dear Uncle Jed: My mother had Then Autumn comes and turns the|in her little bed watching her mother |OtRer ufitil the bell rang. ness but this night he feared some-|of white birches. ~After a while We| ., "0 “crust left and she let me trees 1 as she sat sewing in the other room.| In the afternoon thers was no school | thing. But before it got darker, he |reached our destination. = IV it 1 rolled it quite thin. Then 411 brown and gold, tinted with red, | Suddenly the cutes 4dor opencd and an SR Sah i I oiteped wnowiog | St last found s plece to_stay over o S el about three feet|1 cut it the shape of a Eingerbread en Summer's ha; has fled | Indian in war paint and e us wers thinking of going mbed % I d started. I went from one pile | ™an. - And things are restless with the breeze, | Walked into the room. . B S R T A n g an oDun e O rush o ‘another and didn't find| I had enough pie crust to make the And so goes on earth’s little year, t in terror; but work and > no father, mother and her two little ba- t1 . Clothed in the dress the Seasons| Went on starting to sew as if give; R e e - w him T cried. ~There hé goesi” | babies. They were crispy and nice. 3 had come in. Betty could not believe ‘We live because we're born e, | heg eyes. 8o ROSE EAGAN, Age 8. And fear because wo:-:.bwrn u:.’tol::.a e"’}; ‘they succeed?” asked her moth : GLADYS -Homfl.homm. 12. bvhth: 'do:’" n:umtu b:jo:-:d:: ?ez::;-’ 5.:;3:" w;m mn?.'ff o‘:ladr ~ :(ml.n.: ‘Wiliimantic. This, 1 think, 1s an smasing producs "o ‘sicceoded” was the answer in| Stafford Sprinss. " *| He chainea the dos P te G",'_',":t" e Tabol on the other hand, ran tion for o child of sight; the ease and| Scolent Tnglleh for an Ingian. “We| 1, woir OF The Snow Forest. | od to Lark and they made friends|into a birch tree and turned two or 's mother. Two hunters, wearing smow-shoes| With each other. Gabbie fell to pat- |three sdmersauits, g00d night's work it was, too!” 1 picked myself up and started in i trail in, ‘Then he went into the kitchen and n&dfln' noise startled ew — ke but the dog was absent. This house [any at first. bies. After I cut them in s home then book. T i il s hape 1 one | I had just finished it when a friend | wes KSRvRd il tvaw: Gabhie Srook Tonn e e I arted a rabblt When | buttered them and greased the little " I and carrying were on a moose | ting and and hugging the dos | ursuit. Just then 1 the rabbit In, the Cansdien: woods ‘when wu ..gor ;m":“n?:‘_" slad of | FIT " cormer. 1 thought then that They both were tired and fell [My rabbit was gone 1 didnt go any asleep. Gabbie with his head on the | further, but threw down my a went to loading the team. £ heck.ond e Dok, 3 oW | We then went through a place filled Gabbie's with briars. I jumped 0&? The dog's hupper was brought and |Jome birches that fwere in the the Zhoth had caten it torsther. Next morning leaving while the dog was wagging his tall and looking wistfully up in Gabbie's Gabble u: d-him and un- rushed 8 e th §ig ! ; ) e o 3 2 i gt e g i i i ] £ i g i % i.fi i they i i