Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 6, 1916, Page 9

(if you watch: out , W grown-ups, do the same thing).| Asking yourselves questions and then finding the answer is laying the foun- dation for a studious habit, and a stu- and by dious habit makes leaders of men. Santa Claus, too, “Knowledge is power,” and wanting ba;:. thHelfl;n‘t’, Jii‘:.laxsdi rese! ropelling - e nigl ‘while im_was as] 2.5“2’32«..“.‘.‘ o wisom o | Santa Claus carried a nice slea ":h difference to objects or things of in- : - T, B ot PYIRIA v : : about elght feet from tp to '&t‘“ BRITISH WORKMEN WERE it is easy to but not ‘was written, “Ji from Santa ” b3 > c‘;fil‘ around it. hree ree and one ® To be able to promptly answer ten | Jim knew AT It velonyed o Mk, ArCerrinicn. ; 'y . length. The wings are large NONPUZZLED BY RECEPTION questiens where he asks one is the|and it made him very happy. He got 3 oc 4 ; [ strong. ' onct they was a fiftle boy ‘at wouldwt | PeSt £¥Pe of & Wide-Awake and the|his cap, tzkc his sled, and went to vt —tr \oSaties have curved claws that ars Were m;::'-:hfi:. ':.I:-l-olflon of the o B O o L e e i e en with feathers to the toes. The e 4 ples |18 short and curved at the end. The| London, Jan., 5, 1916—The Rev. B 3. THE WINNER§ OF PRIZE BOOKS.| rh.y o) gathered around him to female is bigger than the male, and | Campbell, the famous pastor of the It was prettier than their with her. The bRy A o e i }:‘ge:; City Temple from which he recentiy rudely built on rocks, and the eggs arc | Fesisned, has returned from e visit to o sesked in_the ratter- R e Pt B T b S B radiep e iy - An‘fll-y Swee! 1 her window and 2 SEESOWish MM -otrdl -, dul With | eral d stories, amo them the g To0m, an’ cubbyhole ax’ press, o B o s D e 8 S toni | “One of the men, whose name was dinner, except | IENt brown spots-are iaid in a nest. :ono\:; Za e v, seciced -him- up the chimbly ‘fiue, | _3—Alice Purcell, of Colchester—|23"hieaned, but she id not look_sur- | Gray.: took the fawn home with him |tre dessert, we had Fagles guard thelr young and will nm.fu g«rqm- tonndlwu this, his iy Tobhag prised. Perbaps she had told Santa|and | e s aita: i vl el ihen ol o g Lo A e e Ry Loy ok u::;mm vt ts an’ roundabout! el pStmistine Burry; of Norwlote ThcfCikan' to brlug the sled 10 bl L | O Rln Gaiar wWhin N was celiei] sus Shras it ""w,,"’,'""”m Eagles hunt in pairs. They live on |the government to visit the front g e GRHDM SRl gt you Tattville. As soon as he was fully grown & har- | was golng to gIvé Us all & generous (rabbits birds fish and many small Sce conditions for themdelves. pray’rs— Mhewnttob«lntn!tht. m.m‘mmmhn, nis et 90 1—Arlene Pearl, of Augusta, Me.— |00t 2 it e e thaivrem domn, Jho Wojcott Twinds Jim had a good time sliding, and wasn't "‘"‘l at M-qu-rlu Barry, of Norwich— | his face was very bright. % yo“ 5—Alice Kinm , of South Coventry ness was made for him and he was|glice, but her wrist was not strong|animals. -They sometimes take young|eXpectation of its arrival, staff —Rip Van Winkle. @ taught to draw a b like a horse. lambs, or sick sheep.—Unsigned. were sent to the wharf to greet o b Jack's Prize. usht to draw a buggy like a horse | enough to cut through the brick, and > Treraing cHamast baot Tronn BEge Out! §—Floyd Hill, of Norwich—The Out-| 0 Jack!” said Betay, “I wonder if Tough treets of th “Are the members the Labor - [ door Chumes. father will let us go to the spelling mfi“ té:rflm‘:;u:x:e;y such & Was passed ori fo our fHénds, and they Witint the loifks: Spo {Party aboard?” called out an officer 7—lrene White, of Willimantic—Ad- | match tonight. For mother said she |queer looking horse. Fave: Fouled: ot 3 Dear Uncle Jed: I am situated hl after the boat had been made fast. ntures of a Brownie. would have ‘to ask him first.” 1t not only. attractea the attention of | "\ye nad Iots ofF the back of the school on the wall. I/ A man obviously a workman, step- s Gt “O!” said Jack, “I can g0 anyway.” | the x;eopleybut the horses. as they have a round fece and two hands. “ out with a “yes”. His ioEramies D Fibldh, of Norwish—| 7t gugt came and_ both went | Daeeod would look very shyly at the bave a long pendulum that hans |loms foliowed s head. Thess oecre T CHp . e T to the Old Fashioned Speliing Match, | geer's horns. Some of them were | noure of plane musie. She played lots | Jon " from my works, that go tick-|seven in the party of workmen, The winners of prize books living in | Which was held in Mrs. Smith's pri- | frighte: | of familiir hymns end sofgs o we all | ‘oor, ook tock. |secemed rather overwhelmed at the city may call at the Bulletin bus- | Vate school. ‘They were accompanied Mr. Gray had two 'children, a boy joined in minging them. My sister and My frame is made of wood. I 100k | corgiality of their recoption, especi iness office for them at any hour after | DY their father. After being seated|,nq a girl, who learned to drive the| I played a du ¢ and see the pupils studying their les- ally when they were put into motep- 10 a. m. on Thursday. comfortably the spelling match began | geer, who grew ver fond of p‘yma‘u:}nnony crate of Caley's | 205, and lthsn see other -:nugm re-icars with the officers with Dick and Tom captains. They M RIX, Ma T |y et Ss Wi Bhmtis T | Citing: see pictures on the wall, d it by the t ‘h LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. | T3¢, 000 SHOSG Sipaine fast time Norwich, England, and it afforded us | fhe poardss oo ) o teacher on For the first few minutes it was very Dottie’s First Day at School. much pleasure to creek them. The; 1 hear autos and teams going by. | SRS official: After a An' TR Houle, of Stafford Springs— “Yes, I am to go to school tomor- |contained noveities and trinkets su d hear the childr laying gam: you very much for the prize | S3orc i St last Tom hed twe en his | row.” repiled Dotile, smoothing out|as tricks, surprises, mecklets, pins, | 300 337 f1e children PIAYINE EAMES [joss as to what to say, the offciel an- I have begun to read it and|gige and Jack one. Now they are|her sash. brooches, chains, Jap negatives, china- | * A eight o’clock I see two girls come 51 co with a s it promises to be very interesting. |oven:' On and on they spelled for sVl ape g ik 1iks, 10,5, aaid LA stc. Fach cracker also contained | i and build the fire, sweep the floor, Smith, - | three-quarters of an _hour without | her sister Alice. @ puszle or game. wash the boards and dust the desks. e e o 1 iiaak soa | missing, . Thén came the fatal ors, | Yo afid 1 hope you will be as good | _ We sat around the open fre after-| One morning. they came and I had s he?’ biurted gne very much for it T with you a bappy [ Hibornate” “which was missed 8s I was,” said Mary. ooy B & o ampile | stopped runnine. | “Why, Sir Johi French, of course,” and prosperous New Year. Tom spelling it hybernate. “On! 1 will be!” said Dottie. “You|We Were busy eating apples, oranges,| ‘When the teacher came, she saw e LA BT orvhm e s i Tom was miad and walked into the |see if I am not.” nuts and candy. I had stopped, ond sent a little boy | > e i catmer. ~ “The next day came all too soon to| Our parlor had a real Chri home to see what time it was. He: ., ye the leader of the party vutm-. an' the One young lady brought forth a gold | please Miss Dottie. Her real name |&ppearance, as I had previously dec-| . me hack and told her and she set L ol sent me. I was pleased to get it and | watch which was to be the prize, al- | Was Dot or Dottie. prated it with silver tinsel, red ribboml. | ;e quarter of nine. She wound me ! e wra my metes e T ol : nu.r mo Crickota quit, an’ the | find it very interesting. I am writing|though the captains did not know it.| Her first day at school was a queer |latrel and holly. Over the i up and then I started running. I|imend the boom I the *SrbOF" you a letter on a new desk that Santa|For it had been plenned to choose|one. She talked out loud, whispered |Was hung a red ribbon with "'9"" have been running ever since, o An ' bugs in dew is ail [ Claus brought m the captains and get a -prize for the|and got up and walked around the | Christmas” in it Tetters, strung on it ORRIN WHITEHOUSE, Age 13. | = - away— Mary A, Burrill, of Stafford Springs | Winner. room. To end up with she began sing- | and they glittered in the lamplight. Mansfield Centre. His Preference. You_better, mind ver parents, an' yer | _Thank You ever so much. for the| . On .the way home -Jack -escorted |ing “John Brown. I recelved lots of presents, among Not long ago a statesman would not = fohd and dear, .| Drize book vou sent me for Christmas, | Betsey and they met Tom, who had | Tho teacher told her that if she|Which were handkerchiefs, kid gloves Everett’s Christmas Presents. |be seon talking to a man of industry h’ it “‘,fl loves you, 2011 have read it through and it was very bragged the last_time and had said }didn’t stop it she'd see. 2 T received many oD the street—George W. Perkins. interesting. Jack could mot ell. He was ‘very ‘When at supper she was asked how | fiyer between my sister and me. It i8 Dear Uncle Jed - different now and said: “Jack cheated | she liked school, she said: very large, five feet two inches long, | things for Christmas. I had a water fi:-n;e tov‘;’:lm. mfl‘%:' ‘glfi - help _'clusters all about, and he would fight him.’ “I don’t know. The teacher isn't as|and will easily hold three older per- | pistol that I like very much. I got four | Fr the ‘Gobble-unsll git you STOMES WRITTEN: By Wine. |27 Do SOt fent hom e not arraia | pretty. as. 1 hought. T gness T Wi It will afford us much pleasure | games and the names of them are |, Untll recently 10 por cent or more of Bt ’9:! AWAKES. ga fight he wouldn’t before a lady. st.ny home and say 1 have had my first thi;hwi.n;eyréfll :pov:‘h Bt A e ggreetlo'; f:;by T,‘,‘,’:.‘:d" ‘Winks, Cin- pugar. factuited WEA (RIOWD SWaY Watn The “Dragons” of Today. Swhich o voa thier deserved thel FLORENCE BISHOP. | two Sunday morning, so wo felt rathor | ¢ s lots of fun to play Dostor | fUrRAces %S, oy belas lestaled T 3 ? i sleep; . V. : i said Robert, as he |Prize? FLOYD HILL, Age 11. irsang s i S My sister received & Christmas card| I had a prefty picture and _Some | fOF, making steam. DNei i Norwich, Conn. % THl You Wi with these words on it: handkerchiefs. I hope all the Wide- Iphnits pancll giskars hawe oolsd UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- , Cor Keep On Till You Win. Rvalkos Rt s MermgCraimas. tg0 tshh't.y tons of cedar from the United P A small boy whe was Wwi and tates. Ao €004 boy today, so I will tell you a Alice’s Christma muscular for his age was ' fond of = : sfi‘{fim‘“‘"’s’gfl:‘n Age 9. | yithout any disturbance of buei- ness Cuba has adopted its new na~ . It you 'wish to be popular you should | short story,” sald Aunty. Dear Uncle Jed: I write to tell the | wrestling with an older boy who al- yourself tional coinage. i and then quiet-| She betin her story, whicn was|wide-Awakes what I'had for Chrisi- | ways threw him. and one day the vic-| 1t certatni ol to e The about a fairy queen who 1ived across |mas. I had a camera, a pillow-top to | tor said good naturedly: best Cheistinus we hed. evbr lved By Cophags Xt the sea and in her land was a flerce | cross-stitch, a money purse witha pen- | “John, 1 should think you would |ihrough and I hope it was that way ail| Dear Uncle Jed: I am a lttle girl| | . -~ Otil Bt 2y inside, three or four handkerchiets, | giye up, You know I &in beat you | over the world. cight vears old. I go to the West anna_ Early 3 this fair queen’s kingdom [two yards of flowered ribbon and & | The iittle fellow answered TILLIAN M. BREHAUT., |Road school My teacher’s name is| The United States Census reported was a knight who was very brave and | string of beads, “No; I'm going to keep on tll Tve| East Norwich, N. T Miss Ray. We closed school with | the production of coal in Indiana @t Nothing 1s more vexing to|she decided to send him forth to fight | We had Christmas exercises in our | learned fo theow you’ & Christmas tree which _was . very |5,682 tons as far back as 1840. The some people than a question they can- | the dragon. school and there were quite a few peo-| And the time came when he did it, 3 pretty when it was all decorated. industry developed slowly from that not - answer. He gladly went and after a flerce | ple present. ¥ i | oy i The Fish of North America. 1 spoke a plece entitled “Mrs. Santa | time until 1365, when it was _ascer- “Uncle Joa sskted Kimself a question | Peftle won a great victory. I spoke a piece, “ What I B—7?"| That is the attitude to take toward| Dear Uncle Jed: The fish of North|Claus.” | fained that the block coal mined in once and never askéd anyone else the |, Oh!” said Robert when his aunty | Here it is: a bad temper and .other faults of the | America are the finest in the world| I had a tree at home, also, and San- | the Brazil and Terre Haute districts P had finished, “I wish there were drag- same sort. If & loses control of | for fo0d and sport. The shad is prob-{ta Claus came and put lots of toys|made a satisfactory blast-furnace fuel e o e o lht wn. | ons now: iy howd yui Hke to e o chll | s e e ot oL | B The Mkiat VRTEANTS A T o] I ae e T I o mae | I 48 ram cengition: 'S Soaptrastion T o - ‘There are many of them today and | Born in some tropic clime? semething dieagreeable, it looks rather | scarcely surpassed for the table, its| 1 nad a good long vacation and was| o raffroads throutbout the state a finding for- it ook him 25 years,|I wish you would fight one,” said his |It seems as if I'd hate it worst, discouraging. Some boys glve up and | ©88s hatch. in. the shortest tim ready to go back to school January 3.|about that time also -'fl he has n"-r asked anyone else [aunt. About Christmas time. take it for granted they are going to|Yyoung mm ne-care after birth, u.nd HELEN G. DIXON. |to the coal-mining Mnm ‘which has this. question® who could answer it| “What is it?” sald Robert. .| be beaten as long as they live; but the | being migratory, i Colchester. shown generally steady progress. offshand. “Well,” said his aun 0st_every- | There are no Christmas trees, you see, | right :on of l?:y m:y just ‘as John |nance from the seas,while it travels far T do mot, M that the world woula | P08y has a dragon to kgm and yours| “In all the Philippines, said to his friend: “T am going to keep {inland in its periodic visits to the land. lisve missed anything of importance | i, n° dragon “Brag” When the other | Just cocoanuts and such plants, o Tre Toaried 1o Throw oen o8| "There wse 'S fgw Tarmers. in this bo: de If the amswer had never been dis-|sey. ‘Ob I cay de thori STioe nieys| And you know what that means. that spirit always wins in the end, country who do npt have upon thelr > land a , or I or ¢lear runni; covered, but lff was & source of satis- ing,’ or something similar to that. Now | For wouldn’t my new doll Vana_fllen EQEINaL sy Age: 11 M% nm: kriew how Mrg AL‘:olx“;lr‘;nt uisug us coull‘d be, ::’? m:lld- turn this water fi:: &mnt. swelt'ring ‘mf e branches on! ralsing food em- Of & tall banana. tree, The First Snow Storm. by A e o B g T .| When I awoke this morning I found | viNage market, thers would soon: be And 'stead of having snow and ice, the little town /of Stafford Springs |very few waters wmxwt thoir finny . - 7 The way we have them here, covered over with a coverlet of SnoW. | inhabitants. Anyone- can at_ a S I ARS AND S I RI PES It's hottest there at Christmas time,| The trées were berding under the|glance what wealth thls Would add 10 J Now wouldn't that seem queer? weight of it, which made them 100k | the coun % like weeping willows. The Mxn of fresh water fishes, And just imagine Santa with The houses, fields and fences, which | the ‘“arapaima” of the Amuo n oS have st bubsbiie. Siamonas. aparkling hy the sun. - | coet ja Temgen han teein ‘e T "'m"" = ' £X ave an automobile, s < ‘eet in leny teet on its to e § b "'}m' :rue is’t as pretty as ours, this strest for?” Dick cried, in & Ht-| And a great big pam leaf fan. When tho sun had wheslel 1ts|eo thet the Tatier totmbte e Suo 2 axyway!” Esther cried triumphantly. | ¢ disgust. : broad disk down behind the 5Tue hills, | is used as such. Some kinds of trout : “No, indeed — not halfy’ agreed |, i % S s ;{-eed fltaosu tirrnn%l;a said, | No, the children in Australia the red, blue and yellow, streaks |also have the same pecu u]‘h “Ivg all faded out-y!” har fl“&m Fog B eat ::{ndod G;?ryh Can’t be as happy as they might, that arose from it rested on the pure,| Fishes that swallow their prey entire o o w igh | Till they come up where there's snow | White snow. have their testh so supported on flexi- ‘An’ ‘there’s free RJoles into it!” | above the sidewalk. and ice, Glistening in the last rays of the|ple bases as to bend backward, but not i z chimed in the Midget, nrm sure enough, ‘the dismal little| And mna one Christmas night. setting sun it made the snow look | forward, in r_that their set was full of little Old Glories! 'E Q. KINNBY, Age 13. |like the rainbow that rests in the sky |shall not escape after théy have once i/Grandpa swung round on his seat|Tney were very ti: apd fegarded the ‘three little girls om thcvy all had t_,h’e !Zrum;:!d i?:: E&flg: ““’Ic“n’éé“'éf"?c’:'mm Agae 12, U JBSSIE L. BRERAUT. the bm‘ seat gravely. in them, and they seemed to be proud The Old Years Advics. Stafford Springs. East Norwich, N. Y, % ‘most beautiful flag I ever saw toanee) P ot - as it the woria|. The last night of the year, Decem- Lok S = hnd..heln in it,” he said. 1.0" flags!” sighed | Per 31, 1915, the Old Year looked very 5 Y i Our Christmas. INFANTS ~CHILD ¥ “faged out-y’ and sofled and frayed, | Leigh, happily. ‘“There isn't any end |feeble with gray hair and a long, gray |, PUSSY Was a lazy cat. She was 80| 1., ypele Jed: We had & big eered 1t™ | to e ard. ! lazy she did not seem fo see the rats| iristmas tree and it looked _ very “Byt there was a beginning” sala| AS Lie sat at his desk looking over|2nd mice when they came out for &l i.tty when it was all trimmed. We giandps quitely, nodding over his|hiS papers he mumbled to himself, (8004 meal. strung pop corn and cranberries to|, Shouider. “This is a very nice boy with a gold | . She wouid sit by the fire and doze. |, "o j¢. “Truly But of -course there was!”|Star all the year, but one day.” Everyone sald she was a good for| ™ ysion it was dark we Nt the candles. Esther exclaimed, laughing. He heard a sharp knock at the door | ROthing cat. - When the cendles had bdurned downm n Iyt Was there ever just one flag |4nd slowly rose from his chair to — .;:'".‘“”'w o Ty sister gave out the presents in co - eTOos: 0 e door. - unu—y chk cried; “Just o : g e AR o:u;;l xl;eoe“!:g Killea “(’: 1;“ rats and mice. wl were under the tree. I will tell .3 hat I ust one flag—the very first one of |man with dark hair, a very mice sull RISTINE BARRY, Age 8. | YO0 Phat L &00, tlan, Dick Who can suces who dres|and o Hght step. He said to the Oid| Norwich. : o the d £ Year: s o “| - “r :“:.n s A Esther. B B cona e i Sed e P LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. E:‘ok' = hndkfiwm »"-‘ 1 5 n ve. ————— lasteners. said, promptly. me your advice for doing things.” GRACE A. BURRILL, Age 11. “And Bve sewed the = “Come right in, I A Mistaken Little Lady. gether,” finisheq SrIBe to-| oy, “but it makes me teel pad” “jg| Dear Uncle Jed: Last Sunday was Seastond Py e #s South G Cmntry Leigh. Grandpa h.\lthsc heartily. “T leave this place, replied the _ Old|my, birthday and I had a it was George Washington”' he sy | Year” Iy e it tar it Bon 7He sot the lady who made his shirt- | T should like a little advice” re-|met a little girl and she was erying rum“ make.the first fiag of all | Plied New Year. bitterly and I asked her why she was Tie Seanin {his country; and he sat As they sat down the Old Year said, | crving so b hard, and she said she was in her little back room ‘“My friend, I would like very m\m.h to | late for school. hear that the European war was end- I asked her what her name Sfimm" not to have it in the United |and she said Mary, so I took a huH ; huova;:tmne until -&a died, and then 3 xfmxk -f:&ckl twelve. i er er (ook 18 ell, mu leave,” sal ‘D g’ i Year, “Good byl. ‘Willimantic. The Poet Sisters. The Clovernook cottage home of the o IRENE WHITE, Age 9.