Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 20, 1916, Page 9

UNCLE JED'S. TALK TO WIDE- : AWAKES. ; by et It pays to be prompt—to move qisick. and to be on time, Some people are late to bed and late to rise; late to work and late to din- ner; lateto service and late to prayers. . This being a lttle elow is 2 bad habit. 2 ; S Uncle Jed Mkes the boys and girls who get there—who get high marks in schaol, deserve.praise, at hame,.and| who get. their names in the paper. f0F having been nelther abseat nor tardy. ‘Half the world has ‘the slow-poke habit because those composing, it, were |- not ‘prompt in childhood. Boys and givls who were guick to move ‘and to obey. now the men 2bd’ women, who, take’ the lead in most of the affairs of life. z i Be prompt to notice and quick to do the Tight thing. It is a shame, as well 4s ‘a handicapping fapit, to shirk or loiter. . Be prompt to say “No!” when asked to join ‘in some rowdyish scheme or character-impairing deviltry. - Cling to the good things you have been taught and remember you can= not_dishonor yourself without paining all you love‘and all who love you. Be prompt to say “Yes!" when it means plessure to others and no in- Jury to 3 LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. S Yo fe you for the you sent me. read it through and. found it very in- teresting. . e frens White of Willimantie: T want to thank you for my prize book which I received, and you miay be sure I was lad to get it. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. ‘Girls at the Seashore. s—u.u..'\i‘.‘ctw of Portiand, Me,] _3—Gladys Thompson Mansfield of :| Depot, The Boy Piiot of ihe Lakes. e, 4—Walter Gavigan of ‘Willmani ' | With Trapper Jim n the North Woods. L. O. Casey of Norswich, The | be give: Trails, | Rivals of the 8§—Charles N. Brush of The Iyon Boys in the Steel 7—John B. Purcell Harry Watson's High School Days. 5—Alfrad Fitchville, Mills, of Colchester, | Fo: K. Walker of Mansneld Camp Fire Girls in the infiers of books living in the eity Wi may call for them at The Bulletin bus. iness office at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday, STORIES + WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. My Frisnd’s Birthday Party. This morning my mothér told me to go down te the postoffice, for she ex- pected some mail. || T immediately hurried down and found a letter waiting for me. I was P o hine e strong men and boys ter for the women and children. When the flowers were in bloom people be- gan to clean up their back yards for | they hated to sse such a prétty plant in dirty surroundings. After six months’ time the king came back and as he rode through the land the air was sweet and every- thing looked beautifil. All the peo- very glad, and hurried home to see|ple came to greet their king and he what it contained. ‘As I opened it I found an invitation ‘|0 come to my friead’s party in the evening and mieet at the Church cor- [ ner. 1 got permission from my _my parents ana after supper got ready. As I was about ready to start 1 heard the door- bell ring and, I immediately answered it and found my waiting for me. I called her in and'we sat-down to talk for a while. About half past seven we started 2nd at ‘the cofner we found a -troupe 1 the house we quietly walked in, and when we were all _seated Agnes' -parents called her downstairs to see what a lovely Dbirthday present she had. She came running down, and my! how surprised she was to see-us all there. cald with- tears in his eyes, though not for sorrow, “You have mads for ourselves a most happy and beauti- o] kingdom. Keep it so by filling your kands with worl.” Tet us always fill our hands with wrork to-do and it will make our coun- try more beautiful and happier. . FRANCES FIELDS, Age 12, ity. How Alfred Sold His Tears. "Once upen o time there were three boys, and they each went to market. ¥red took a basket of potatoes. The tnerchant was well pleased with them, and besides paying him in money he gave Fred and orange.and told him to be sure not to lose the money on. the way home. Charlie took a chicken which his Of course, we all brought something | nother had prepared for him. and as we were having a fine time the maid called us all out to have some- eat. “afe heartily and had all the a - n're”“mei A I ing Jate. and we:thou; it was ;bnfl g0 home, 'Agnes uur’k. ed.us and we. all skipped off merrily. RED E, W) HITE, Age 14. Stafford- Springs. A Farm with Eight Cats. On a farm in Connecticut there is a man who has eight cate. - The house is pretty and with the addition of a row of fir trees helps to make it comfort- able and pleasant. This man takes very much interest in hie cats. Tte ldrgest cat is a white angorz: a second cat is white all ex- cept a gray spot on its head; also an o other cits are yellowish ‘brown and black. There is another cat that is all gray, and one gray and white,” angoras. is' cat’s name is . She is my pet cat, but I like all the others: When this man Is alone bis L make lots of company for him. ELEANOR FROST, Age 9. cats - Columbia. Norwich. Norwich stands at the head of the Thames river, the chief portion of the town between Yantic and Shetucket rivers, which unite here. -~ Norwich manufactures paper, -cot- ton-and woolen goods, -cords, pistols, files, iron pipes, and has a large leath- ér belt factory, also tanneries and tron works. Norwich 18 well-known for schools, There is a Norwich Frée Academy, an incorporated institution, which takes the place of a high school; an art school; a fifie art museum and man- The butcher was well pleased with the | Towl, and besides paying him in mon- ey, gave Charlie a and told him to be sure not to los e money on his way home. . Alfred, who was the youngest, want- ed to go to market, also. . e took & jar of milk, and on his way to the baker's he stumbled on a stone. The jar was broken and all the milk spilled. ‘Alfred felt very sad about it. When he reached the énd of the street he found Fred and Charlie,” who had waited for him.: They teased Alfred bhecause he had spilled the milk. They could run faster than he could, and %0_they left him to walk home alone. Pretty soon 'a man came by, and when he saw Alfred crying, stopped and asked him what was the matter. Alfreq told him and the man said: “There is no use crying over spilled milk. Come, be a Ifttleman. I shall buy the tears you have already shed.”|" Besides giving Alfred enough mon- @y to pay for the milk which he had spilled, he gave him a quarter, ‘When Alfred got home he Fred and Charlie crying. home they had money. found the way lost some of their- Manma was. surprised to find Al- tred smiling when he came in, for Frea and Charlle had told her of the ishap. Alfred told her how the stranger had been co kind to him. Papa said: “He laughs best who laughs last.” ALICE LONDERGAN, Age 14. Norwich. A Wide-Awake Story Book. How many of the Wide-Awukes save the letters or stories they send to Uncle Jed? Well, if some don't this is as good a way to save them as any I know of. First, buy at the store a compo- fch costs five cents. Be v wéisig deski sffli dsae sibiadaet § il - gE E 3 o 3biecE bt ’3 ¥ i i | iff i B i the ALICE PURCELL. what to do. They dashed kitchen and spread the pans all over e floor. th g Firat May took the our, ‘xlsxm.‘t;‘r LS , eggs and apples rest fhat Was necded. She mixed it with her wooden spoon while Peter got the That day mother and Cook were awey and father was in the fields, 50 they had their fun. As soon as she put the dough on the pans she went for her applies. Dolly, who sat on a little wee chair on the ‘table, fell in and sank way to the bottom. é May put the dough on milk pans in- stead of pans for pies. She put the apples in and covered them and then was looking for Dolly. She called to et “Peter, our Dolly iz gone! I can’t er fin i ¥ But they -did not waste much time looking for her, for they were in a hurry. When the pie was baked Peter could not wait for a piece, 50 he cut It while May looked at him. “Oh{" he cried when he saw Dolly in the pie, and he cried with happi- ness. After they had eaten their pleces of ple they cleaned everything and then saw mother and cook coming. They ran to meet them and told their story how Dolly was cooked in the pie. Then they called it “Dolly’s Ples IRENE VONASEK, Age 12. West Willington. ‘The Chinese Race. The Chinese people belong to the yellow race. They wear jackets and trousers. The women wear trousers, t00. The richer women wear beauti- ful embroidered trousers. It you happen to go up the Yangtze river you will see many house-boats. The people have to™live on house- boats because the land is too crowded . They raise :domestic animals on the boats. Thoy plant rice and tea to be ship- ped to other countries. Many pople dle from planting rice in water. There are different weys of planting rice in water. The people have many queer cus- toms. When the bables are very small they tie their feet tightly up and when they grow up they have small| wi feet. For many years they did not let any ships go into thelr harbors and they would not- trade with other countries. The Japanese people did the “fat they found out it would be better to trade with other eanntrl:- and soon Japan grew to be a more im- BT T AT le saw it e Japanese people oo shead of them they let des | Ships £0 into their harl The Chinese people do not send the girls to school only the boys. They lessons outl frankly, *J are easi than kept, and f you don’t mind wait with you; the all son-that served him in terw: Th what asst: At last the day had come. It was & bright sunny morning, just as we had wished It to be. So we started off, Our destination was to be Atlantic Beach, a beautiful bathing resort in the hot weather. “Atlantic Beach at last,” cried Nanee, my cousin, who was one of g:"nny‘ Then the automobile slowed and we all Jumped out. “See who can get to the ponies first!” cried Nance, excitedly, as we ra forward. “Come on, Molly,” sald Nante, “you take first ride.” “No. said Molly, “I am afraid to. I thinic T will §o on 'the merry-go-round ’s time for bathing mow.” called mother. S0 we all went in bathing. After lunch, which we ate in the pavilion, we rode the ponies. I guess we all had about thirteen rides. 11t was u:; to go, so we packed up and “On!” I sighed, “wasn’t it a beauti- e sen . ‘es,” said Nance. HELEN CAROL CLAPP, Age 10. Rover. Rover is a large Newfoundiand dog. He has been my companion and play- mate gince babyhood. New ‘that there is snow he likes it very much and I believe he likes snow and Jack Frost as much as we do. a ride down the mind it & bit like other dogs would. He just stays on. Ho follows me most go and even when I go skating. him to sometimes, because he with my other companions and myself. Rover always wins the race. I some- times send him home but he Bite Bigger Billy. One 4 two going along the streets of a large city. city. They were 'cll:dv.hu x:t'l.:“ ‘r,ln-d nd‘ dirty, tied together by pieces o One of the boys was perfectly I 1 like ‘barefooted. Thelr and ;ig k] i ] e ¥ .? A Y i % i 515 £ ! fi%’. 7:;%32 22 il 5 i i fitf chptih : (I ] ‘Eiii £ ge EE;% i 3 § 7 i il i s?i i 3 {3 i f i my j terfly. Did you ever mes anything %0 n.l.uum;r if they knew the baby eat. wonder . - erpiliar had. into a beautiful i k it summer I went to Conn., to my - vacation enjoyed it there very much. is a very nice little city. Dy over a bunch of flowers he had just| whole school street. » going to take & very lit- wfilllm "asother ‘fore long. B find ano re % W Versailles. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. ‘m 5:;3“ i i858, iz Overhauling and Repair Work of all kinds on > AUTGB, WAGONS, CARRIA g . Meschanical Repairs, Painting, Trim« Upholstering and Wood Work, Blacksmithing in all its branches Sealt & Clark Gorp. of All Kinds at FRISWELL’S *| 507 to 515 North Main St.