Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 4, 1916, Page 9

And climb in my mother's bed. She never scolds, but hugs me tight, ‘And says with her sleepy smile, “Is n.yj ttle squire tired of being L lone, » That he comes to mother a while? Hold tight, tight fast to sleepy time And we'll dream for many & mile.” Then the sandman whips up his fiying steeds And we rush at a terrible pace, Thx:\ll’h lands that are full of beautiful toys ~ And clouds that are made of lace, And I wake when the sun is gleaming down, d And smiling in mother’s face. The Little Ball Player. ‘With legs apart and shoulders bent, And sparkling eyes he stands, The magic sphere of his delight Clutched htly in_his hands. ‘With all his strength he sends the ball, And views its rapid flight, A frown upon his chllbbi’ face So softly pink and white. His alm was- true, he straightens up ‘And feels himeelf a man ‘Who bears upon a crowded field The piaudits of the fan. Tricycle now, and teddy-bear, And choo-choo cars and all, Are toys he'll never want again— He's learned to play baseball! —Minna Irving in Leslie's. 'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. I suppose every Wide-Awake who writes Uncle Jed hopes to get a book for his story. ‘his is a hope Uncle Jed shares with them, too, but every deserving letter does not win a book bécause we have to limit the number UNCLE J of books, and letters not quite as|. good from the young competitors have to be rewarded. ‘ It is quite a difficult task for Uncle Jed to awafd the prizes exactly ac- cording to merit because of the differ- ences in the ages and the opportuni- \tles of the writers. And-do you know Uncle Jed has never known personally but two Wide-Awakes in the whole five years he has been desling with the children. $ L + Tt should be borne in mind that there is' no reason under the sun why any writer should win a prize except it is deserved. © “I expect to get a book for this let- ter” has been added to deserving sto- ries, and for this reason the book was withheld, for it would not look wel to be sending story books to those who expect them. There are lots of other things a ‘Wide-Awake may put in a letter which may prevent the issuing of ‘a book to them. There is no reason for the giv- ing of a book except the gxcellence of the story. Do not try to convince Uncle Jed be should send you a book for some special reason, for that is a pretty sure way to miss winning. ‘When the story is finished, sign your name and postoffice address to it, not omitting the R, F. D, if there is one. Disconnected slips of paper with the address upon them get lost and finally the story is thrown away. Uncle Jed wants every 'Wide- Awake to win a book, and if they work hard enough and are painstaking they cannot miss getting one. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Raymon W. Gray of Willihantic, Ruth Fielding at Sunrise Farm. 2—Madelyn - Sullivan of WNorwich, Madge Morton's Vietory, 3—Florence Brown of Norwich Town, The Camp Fire Girls' Careers. Lowenberger of Norwich, | by Book. 4—Helen The Dolls’ Story 5—Marian Shershevsky of Norwich, Some Little Folks and fiut ‘They Did. 6—William Supina _of _ Stafford ring, Madge Morton’s Trust. T—Harry Levi of ville, The Little Chum Club. m = 8—Ray Sherman of North Tom Swift and His Giagt Cannon. ‘Winners of books living im the city may call at The Bulletin business of- fice for them at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday. & ey was all gone. He had not enough not des#ve these never aid anythjng ®ave my old ring when your son was cos is the heard that gives them. You thay were very good children, tried so hard not to give their grand- ma any trouble that one day Grandma Mason made each of them a present of a little whit pig. when the children called them. weve sood little nies, and verv and 414 not meke a fuss when were washed. ed very often for they were fond of lving in mud puddles and playing in the farm-vard brothers, and they didn’t mind being scolded. 3 . When the Eskimos have to pay the price or ransom, to set his n ‘Accordingly he asked that the peo- ple help him in every way they could and he sent persons to collect the These collectors came to the The widow took from finger an old &nd very thin silver ring and said: “That is all I have to give. Take it— I give it to the king with all my heart.” The collectors laughed, for the ring ‘was wohth very little. Some time after that the king won a great victory over his enemies, ana freed his son. His first care was to show how grateful he was to those “who had helped him in his trouble. f course, the great people around him expected to get the first rewards. The king sent first of all for the poor old widow and gave her some beauti- ful presents. ‘She sal “Oh, your majesty. I do endid gifts. I or you. I only a vrisoner.” “T do not value gifts at what they ." sald the king, “what I think of rave me all your heart. KXATHERINE GORMAN, Age 11. Vereailles. The Two Pige. When Harold was seven years old, and Hazel five. thoy went to the coun- try to spend the summer Grandpa Mason's farm. on their Having lived in the city all their lives thev were very happy to be able to run in the flelds picking wild flowers and riding in the hay cart. They had such a Dbig appetite that grandma declared that they would at her out of house and home. Bu; an: The lttle children had never be- fore had any pets, and they became very named Snowball and the ather fond of the pigs. One was Fris- coma They tame. they Thev had to be wash- tv anpd thev soon learned to ‘with their dirty But the little girls loved them, dirty or clean. and were sorry to leave them in September. when they went back to the eity. zet them. and when summer again and thev went to the farm in June. thev asked for They' dld not for- came Frisky and Snowball before they had even taken off their hats. EDWARD MARA, Age 9. Bozrahville. The Eskimos. North of Canada are the Eskimos. They have summer and winter, but their summer is something like our winter. They have snow on the ground all the time and the ground is always frozen far below. The sea also freezes and thick ice forms on the top. When the Fskimos go Ileifih riding, their sleds are pulled ogs. The Eskimos are very fond of wood which thev can’t get so often. The Eskimo ch¥ldren never see trees or flowers except the poppy. There are mosses and low bushes, howev- Tt B Tl S s the of the le. 5 peopl] give them oil for when the dark winter comes. The Eskimos are very fond of raw meat and still more of frozen meat. The Eskimos try hard to get the ood which in summer comes fioating down the sea. Whenever they do get a plece, they use it up for their sleds. no wood, parts of the bones of the animals take its place. the frame- work of the bones for sleds and then . | they stretch skins over the any. So you see traveling on foot from twelvy: to eighteen miles a day made quite a walk, and T visited near-/ ly all the nearby towns. Stafford Springs, Union, North Ashford, Will- ington, Mashpaug, GCurleyville, War- renville and places around - Moose Meadow. However, in spite of all the walking, I didn't win the pony, but a heautiful dinner set of thirty-two pleces, which T gave to my mother for a Christmas present. WAL";'ER SUPINA, Age 14. Stafford Springs. The Spring Flowers. Go into the woods some day early in April afid you will find, pushing up through the last summer’s litter, a curled up leaf. Open this leaf, and nestling within will be a white flow- er bud. Even when in bloom the leaf surrounds the flower stem as though te protect it. As you pick the flow- er a red juice oozes out of the stem, and stains your hands. This is the bloodroot. ~ Just beyond it. bending and nodding in the wind, is the dainty little anemone; there is sometimes a tint of pink or lavender in its White flowers. Among the rocks you will find, swinging, the _little Dutchman’s Breeches, with their peculiar lrktle flowers that look like pairs of trous- ers hung on a line. Growing with it will be the saxifrage, whose ‘name medns that it breaks rocks. This name was probably given to it be- cause it usually grows in clefts of rock. As spring advances the woods are dotted with bright little star flowers, and the white trillium with its three long petals. The feathery banebar- ry is in flower when the columbine blooms and when the green and brown Jack - in - the - Pulpits are preaching in the woods. HARRY LEVI, Age 12. Bozrahville. Good for Evil. “Pay him for it, Fred; pay him out!” So cailed a group of boys to a lad who had stumbled over a string fastened up by a mischievous school fellow. Fred Wilson did pay out Harold Wynne for that bit of mischief which cost him many a day on the sofa with a sprained foot. He gave him the best possible payment for injuries—good for evil. There came a day when some lads were bathing in a river, and bogstful Harold, who could swim but little, ventured too far into the stream. At that time of peril a boy plunged into the water and swam bravely to his rescue. His rescuer was the boy he bhurt a few weeks back—Fred Wilson. Harold felt more ashamed of him- self than if Fred had conquered him in a fight. For once in his life he felt himself a mean coward to have willfully teased one who had never wronged him, and he could“qnly thank Fred brokenly and murmur: ‘T'm awfully sorry about the string I tried to trip you up with.” I am glad to tell you, however, that Harold lived to show that Fred's gen- erous and free forgiveness was not thrown away on him. I read once of & great ruler who de- clared he would kill all his enemies. How did he kill them? He treated them so justly that all became his friends. If any of you have enemies, try killing them with kindness, for this is the Christian, sure and noble way. FRAINCES FTELDS, Age 13. Norwich. My Visit to Central Park. ‘When I was in New York I went to visit Central Park. It is on Fifth ave- nue. Tt is a very interesting park for every person. There is a playground for boys and girls. First of all I went into the flower house to see all the trees and flowers. Some of the trees were the rubber tree, cocoanut tree and a great many other trees that came from tropical coun- tries. The rubber trees was about ten feet high. ‘The flowers weré very pretty. Some were lilacs, roses, pansies, lilies, daffo- dils and many others. Afterwards I went to see the ani. mals, I saw the monkey, elephant, donkey, giraffee, hippopotamus, zebra and the rhinoceros. T also visited the Museum of Natural History, where 1 saw historical swords, shields and primitive things. In the Museum of Art I saw the old-fashioned pictures. Soon after I took the autobus and rode until One Hundred and Tenth street. Then I walked about two blocks until I came home. e ANNA RESNICK, Age 13. Bozrahville. Mr, and Mrs. Bantam. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Bantam are a little bantam hefi and a little bantam roos- ter. Mrs. Bantam is very small and has a rather dull gray and brown .dress. Her little comb is very red and her little feet are small and nimble. Mr. Bantam is short and thickset and is what you might call “a little strut.” He has a suit 6f rich yellow. All the way down his legs feathers grow which resemble ruffies. He has a pretty red comb and long showy gills. He and his wife take a morn- ing walk and when it comes time to lay a small white egg hubby goes with her. He hops into the nest by her side and there he stays until the egg | th is produced; then, big as life, he jumps up to the edge of the nest and throws out his chest and with a shrill voice cries: “Cock-a-doodle-do!” They then busy themselves all the day long walking and talking to each other like young lovers. At night they cuddle side by side on their little roost. ROY LIVAN, Age 12. North Ashford. Molly Pitcher. =e§f§§§§§§;§ Garden Planting. I wonder how many of the Wide- Awakes have been planning their ens. 1 have mine all planned out. It con- =ists of a strip of land 8 feet by 15 feet. In the front T have “Dlanted sweet peas, zennais, and nasturiums, These flowers blossom all summer. O little further back I have plant- ed petunias. These are very pretty flowers and nice for window boxes. Next I have planted marigolds and vellow tour-n’cloc{k‘;ml n.l;\ gvhlngen t_x: plant some vegef . 2! planted any vet because I think it is too early. 2 ’ The vegetables that I am going to plant are small, red radishes, green cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes and some Squash. I must not forget to put in watermelons, for I like them very much. If T do not have enough room to plant all my flowers and vegetables, my mother said she will give me an- other piece o fland. I planted some morning glories and popies two years ago and now I do not have to plant them, because they will come up every year themselves if the winter is not cold. I wish some of the Wide-Awakes would write about their gardens. MIRTAN SHERSHEVSKY, Age 8. Norwich. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. How the Bluehird Came to be Blue. Dear Uncle Jad: Once upon a time there lived a woman and her two children. One beautiful day the woman and the two children went for a walk in the woods where they lost their way. The children cried, “Oh, WMother, Mother, We are so hungry, do give us something to eat!” The %ind old mother had to say: “Dear children, I have nothing to give you to eat.”” But the dear old mother was hungry her- self, though she had said nothing about it to the children. By and by they cried again, saying, “Oh, Mother, do give us just a drink of water.” But she said: “I can find no water for you to drink.” She had also had been thirsty for a long time. On, and on they went, hunting for a path, and food, and water. They were badly scratched by the-briers of berry bushes, but they found no ber- ries. The streams were all dry, and they found no spring of water. At last they sat on the ground and cried, all together. As they sat down they heard a voice. They listened. It said: “Come, come.” They were all glad to hear the voice, but they saw no one. But soon one of the children saw a little gray bird, peeping right into the mother’s eyes. It said, “Come, come, come!” in the sweetest way. “Come, children,” she said. “We will follow the little bird.” The bird hopped along slowly, for he knew that the mother and the chil- dren were very fired. Hop, hop, hop, he went, and they followed him. He first led them to a spring. There they drank as if they could never get enough. The second time he led them to a tree full of ripe fruits. Then they ate, and ate; and ate. Now the night was upon them. Then the little bird ied them to a tree that had branches near the ground. The mother easily climbed up into the tree and lifted her children up out of the reach of wolves. While the mother and children slept the little bird watched over them. ‘The next day the little bird cared for them, showing them other springs, and fruit trees, and a tree for which they could keep safely. The mother soon found a path that led to her home. How happy they ‘were to be at home once more. They looked up to thank the little gray bird, but the.litle gray bird had feathers the color of the sky. Now he was a bluebird. And to this day the bluebirds are proud of their coats. For the beautiful blue feathers were given to that little gray bird because he had been so kind. LENA LACASSE, Age 13. Uncasville. The Wonderful Cradle. Dear Uncle Jed: Last summer there lived a little caterpillar in my grape- vine. He fed upon the green leaves, and ate so many that I wondered if there would be any left. One day, af- ter a large dinner, the caterpillar be- gan to spin. I saw a strong silk thread that seemed to come from his mouth, and it was fastened to the grapevine. Then a strange thing happened. He moved his head to and fro and twisted it round and round, until he was wrapped in a beautiful soft silk blan- ket which he had made for himself. n there. was no caterpillar to be seen, nothing but this curious silken cradle. There h?' the cradle, tied clmfita the grapevine stem all throug! e Thanksgiving came, then winter, with its smow and ice .and bitter ‘winds, the old year went and the new year came, but the cradle lay quietly in its cranny. It 414 not even rock in the wind. At last the cold winds died away, and the warm days came. The little sleeper awoke with the May sunshine, and rustled inside his brown cradle. Molly Pitcher did a great deal of|but work for her country. Her husband’s name” was John “Oh!” eried the children, “a butter- fiy! A butterfiy! Dltdm-verm sy, 5 8 55 o How | Spent My Easter Vacation. Dear Uncle Jed: My aunt invited me to come to spend my Easter vacation | with her. /She lives in New York. As 1 had never been there, 1 thought it Dl?ua.nt 10 g0 to see the city. i3 35¢ 5’ Exact Copy of Wrapper. In the evening my cousin, some of ENTS her friends and I went to see some of the streets. Many are very beautiful, with large stores and buildings. Sunday in the afternoon we went to see the park, which was near where my aunt lived. There were some swings. We swung about a quarter of an hour. Then we played ball. When we fin- ished playing ball we jumped rope. Then we. sat down and rested for a while. After this we went home. CASTORIA ~ For Over Thirty Years % ‘Monday we stayed home, but in the evening we went out to the moving pictures. ‘The next day my cousin and I went for a car ride. B ‘Wednesday we all stayed home the ‘whole day. Thursday and Friday we stayed home. Saturday we went to Central Park. This was the most beautiful place I ever saw. It is very big. There we saw many animals that I had never seen before. All the rest of the days I enjoyed very much. : I stayed in New York a week and a alf. ‘When I went home my cousin, who was very eager to see the country, came with me. ‘'We had a very good time on the way ~home, en we came to the station my father was there waiting for us. I had a _very good time while I was in New York. I hope to go again when I have my summer vacation. Y MARION DEUTSCH. Meriden—During May, June, July, Baltic. “ August and September, the coal, wood, grain and feed dealers will close their offices Saturday afternoons. BRIEF STAFE NEWS Unionville—The selectmen of the town have appointed this week Clean- up. Week. Plainville—The Carmelite Fathers’ Mission in the Church of Our Lady Mercy is being well attended this week Waterbury—There were 425 arrests during April in Waterbury, which is a record number for the city under normal conditions. Torrington—Pleading guilty_to sell- ing cider illegally, Concetta Mancino, a small shop keeper, was fined $40 and costs. Giad Summer Has Come. Dear Uncle Jed: I am glad that summer has come so we can plant a garden, corn, potatoes and other things I expect to have some chickens this summer. I have two hens setting now. I have a hot bed, too, and have planted three things in it, tomatoes, peppers and\ cabbages. I milk two cows.night and mrorning when I am not sick. T am writing this letter in bed as I have a hard cold and could not go to school. We are raising three pretty calves and fatting one. I call that one mine as I take care of him; but my father will butcher it when it is old enough to kill. We have a brook back of our barn where we go fishing. My broth- ers and I have caught four small fish. My oldest brother caught a muskrat in- his hands the other day. We set a trap for one, but haven't caught any Windsor—Clean-up week started in Windsor Monday and will continue during the remainder of the week. The local troop of Boy Scouts is actively engaged in the campaign. Durham—Ill health has {fiuad Rev. Joseph Hooper, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, to resign. Mr. Hoop- er, who is about 70 years old, is one of the oldest active Episcopal clergy- men in the diocese. Farmington—The marriage of Miss Theodate Pope, of Farmington, daugh- ter of Mrs. Alfred Pope, and John Wallace Riddle, of New York -and Washington, D. C. is to take place Saturday, May 6, at_the home of the bride-elect in Farmington. New Britain—The New Britain Fish and Game Club has leased Doerr’s Old Saybrook—William E. Coulter, will go soon to New Mexico, where he has a clerical position in one of the mines owned dnd operated by Mr. an Mrs. Richard Wightman, of this place, who expect to follow next week, .and| they intend residing there this, sum-! mer. r From the Consular Reports. ' M™etal shingles for Johannesbwrg, South Africa, have to be thicker than those ordinarily sent from the United States, in order to be proof against the severe hailstorms that are quently experienced in that district. American metal ceilings find a good market there. 4 Petrograd last month held an expo- sition of “prosthesis” and in connec- tion with the exposition there was a competition of inventions and apph- ances to be used in the making of artificial limbs. Cuba’s president has signed a decree appointing a commission to study the question of nationalizing the railroads there. | The committee is expected to report in six months. At the end of 1915 there were ap- proximately £3,128 automobiles in Canada, as agzinst 61,000 in the prev- fous year. There is believed to be no reason why in a short time there should not be twice as many cars there as at present. Japan has accumulated a specie re- serve of more than $243,000,000 and by, the end of this year the total will probably exceed $340,000,000,000. This is believed to mark a new era in the re?tienshlp between Japan and the wept. olland has not yet solved the prob- lem of removing the water from its flooded districts. i e Will Start Real Fireworks. ponds on Shuttle Meadow and has stocked them. The club plans a big season. More than 200 members have been secured. yet. RAYMOND W. GRAY, Age 11. ‘Willimantic. Carlo’s Companions, Dear Uncle Jed:—Carlo is a big dog who lives on a farm. He is fond of all the animals, even the cats. He runs races with the horses and risks ‘about with the calves and lambs. The chickens climb-over him. Out of all these animals Carlo likes the chickens the best. Especially three baby chicks who play with him. They come in the house on rainy days to play with Carlo. one tries to clifnb on his back when he lays down. One will cimb up his tail. Another will climb up one of his paws. The last might try to climb up his face. ‘When they are up there, they puff out with pride as if to say, “You can’t do that” We agree with them as we are too big to get on Carlo’s back ‘without hurting him. HELEN LOWENBERGER, Age 9. ‘Norwlich. Weston—This (Thursday) evening a large delegation from Norfield grange will visit Cannon grange*by invitation of the latter which will al- so at the same time entertain delega- tions from Ridgefleld and Redding granges. New Haven—By the action of the board of fire commissioners a new office in the department is created, that of supervisor of motor apparatus at $4.75 per day, under the direction of the fire chief. Hartford—Monday’s Clean-up Week collection of rubbish and ashes by the street department broke all rec- ords for the city of Hartford, over 240 loads of refuse being taken up during the day. Meriden—About 65 per cent. of the town tax ‘assessed on the 1915 grand list has been collected by Tax Collec- tor Dexter. The bulk of it came in the April collections and in all amounts to $229,400.19, Rockville—Under the auspices. of the Ladies’ Auxiliary and Division No. 1, A. O. H, a prize essay contest has been arranged for pupils of the Da- rochial school. The subject is to be Irish History, and prizes amounting to $15 are to be awarded. Wallingford—Not only track but nnis is at its height at Choate now. he team this year is the first ever organized at Choate although inter- class tennis and tennis playing has been popular at the school for years. The school has at present nine courts. Southington—Mrs. D. A. Keenan of New Haven has announced the en- Bagement of her youngest daughter, Miss F. Alberta Keenan to Dr. Southington. -Dr. Ni gle is a graduate of the Medico-Chi- rurgical college at Philadelphia. Norwalk—Lester B. Wheeler’s shop is one of the busiest in Norwalk to- day. There are twenty-flve men em- ployed at-the plant, working 90 hours a week, making gauges for the Rem- The Fall of Quebec. Dear Uncle Jed: A terrible war broke out between the French and the English. The English fought to get the city of Quebec. The French fought to keep them out. Wolfe, the com- mander, was shot through the breast. Montcalm, the French commander, al- so_received a death wound. The Fall of Quebec ended the great war in_America. Peace was made in 1763. France was forced to give up to the English all of Canada and the country west of the Alleghany moun- tains as far as the Mississippi river. REGINA SAVAGHAU, Age 12. Versailles. My Two Pets. Dear Uncle Jed: I am_going to tell you about my two pet kittens. They were obtained from . Spain by kittens’ names are Tootsie and Fluf- fy. Bvery day when I come from school they are sitting on the board- walk, watching for me. Now Tootsie and Fluffy like raw meat, just as all kittens do. Across the street from me live two little children. They are afraid of Tootsie and Fluf- ALBERT LEFFINGWELL, Age 8. Norwich. Our Christmas Tree. Dear Uncle Jed: This vear instead of throwing our’ Christmas tree away m it. W suet on ‘the branches and m;wpymmv:zn.mflckl‘th:t. e also crumbs on aining room window sill and it is fun to watch for the birds. place must be very still ror them to come and get the crumbs. > If the administration recalls the troops fism Mexico, can’t you imag- ing T. Free Pre: R’s next s: speech ?—Detroit ington Arms company of BrldsopoflJ and the Liberty Fuse & Arms com< ~ pany of Long Island City. ki Has a Sinister Sound. Mr. Bryan’s announcement that he is going to St. Louis for Wilson sug- gests latent hope that in going for him he will et him.”"—New York Herald. Was Just as Easy. Henry Ford isn’t puffed up. He evidently thjnks a cigar store Indian could have beaten William Alden Smith.—Boston Advertiser. First in Hearts, Etc. ‘We have reached the period of the the President of the United States and_Tris Speaker a greater hero than Roosevelt.—Houston Post. — Rheumatic Pain Stopped The drawing of muscles, the sore- ness, stiffness and agonizing pain of Rheumatism _quickly yield to Sloan's Liniment. It stimulates circulation to the- painful part. Just apply as directed to the sore spots. In a short time the pain gives way to a tingling sensation of comfort and -warmth. Here’s proof—*“I have had wonderful relief since I used your Liniment on my knee. To think one application gave me rellef. Sorry I haven't space to tell you the history. Thanking you for what your remedy has done for me.”—James S. Ferguson, Philada, Pa. Sloan’s Liniment kills pain. 25c. at Druggists. Avoid Spring Colds ¢ Sudden changes, high winds, shift- ing seasons cause colds and grippe, ' and these spring colds are annoying and dangerous and are likely to turn'! into a chronic summer cough. In such cases take a treatment of Dr. King’s' New Discovery, a pleasant Laxative Tar Syrup. It soothes the cough, ' checks the cold and helps break up an attack of grippe. It's already pre- : pared, no m!.{l.ng‘oor fussing. Just ask | r a your "druggi ttle of Dr. ! King’s New Discovery. Tested and for 40 years.