Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 25, 1916, Page 9

Bulsa for Youns Writers. — ng Wmnfl-dm Tnbee e 5 name, . and 'at the botiom of the you o Stralghtforwardly act, Be_honest—in fact, Be nobody, else but you. " RY. The Penalty of Reputation. |E guess T run away from here an' ) sail the any longer seems to care Our Sewing Club. “m' n: g?: g mlbm; boy. ug " arou don‘:d -m?lumn: many cow! n P rovwg 4 L] T us how e 9 THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS, | of s would liks to belon to & sewing e_plains, s ’'raps I'll bandit an’ T'll hold —Violet P. Di: ot Norwich, Bun. ok G 5 T and i Sheter Sua. Eigns of e girls dared not say sy up railway trains. I'm sick of in’ errands an' e-doin’ thing, but that same evening we 57 s - 4 .lv! g“ruol;:n" 2->Annie Anderson of Norwich, The | came home we asked our mothers and T Battieship Americe, e, I'm sick of wipin® off my feet an’ ¢los- | Bobbsey Twins at School. fathers if we could belong to the sew- = Dear y b ] ¢ 5 in’ open doors; 3—Clarissa Chapman of Yantic club and they said “Yes.” : 'm nd(m;z everything there 1s, but|__Th, Battleship Boys at Sea. o we went that day and set to work W] 5 \l me feel blue, Srie making a holder seven by seven inches L 'y lickin’ for a thing 1| 4—Lillian Murphy of Norwich, The|square and brought them to school, | ¥00d: - : TOOY piee o P "8 1| saaaie Boys on the Flains. The teacher Jooked at them and sald | STTTER the Boston : - ~ i ey were very good, and so we sewed B E Its pretty tough to be a boy that’s| popma i s ol ozrahville, The and sewed il our Nolders were done, ‘ . S t awful name n gan to do ir school worl = For adin tricks, cos then it seems you| 6—Janie Lambert of Norwich Town,| " When. the lture teacher came| 'The previous day haa been ome | Comms mm Y ars allus get the blame. Bobbsey Twins in a Houseboat. e brought Miss Stella | éxcitement, because - Becoz I've broken windows, an' becoz| r_Gaprie Gelo of Yantic, Bunny|SPTaEue with him and she told us we - I chased a cat, An’ becoz I threw a snowball once at Deacon White's-plug hat, ‘Whenever anything goes wrong they allus look for me; I guess they think no other boy can climb an apple tree should be very interested in the work Peved, i Hie PRSKGE Sue. and to be suré to keep an acourate ac- 8-—John Andrew of Taftville, Bunny | count of it in a notebook. Brown and His Sister Sue. 5 1 L'x“?" it ésla. h:ery &:::r::u 1?5“" The winners of books living in the| 19F, Sirls, and Do Lhaat She iren city may call at The Bulletin business | f t0® Wide-Awakes will join it. first BLO. of An’ steal the fruit; anm’ so it seems|Ofice for them at any hour after 10| ° Lenanon, - the card. Mother | States & whrship, “That ¥ most every day or two 2. m. on Thursday. PSS, > = T bave to take a lickin' for things I|| prreps oF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Emil and the Sugar. viste D cost ten illion dol- T . Mildred_ E. Whits of _Stafford| o ttie Tmil was very fond of sweots £ _ready. All the children of my grade were There’s Stubby Green, as bad as me; | Springs: Received the pretty prize Y. glad to give ten cents apiece. th ) h asie! he stoned a peddler's horse, book. Thank you very much. . s o B DANERE | vy afl, The An’ when he ran away they came an'| john A. Burns of Yantic: I thank|a wooden box with fine sugar and set Bzt “,‘:‘:‘bw,‘;’mm""’&a‘b; Ay An' when somebody put & snake in|JoU Tor the prize book you sent me. I It away in the pantry. wall ‘We all felt very proud that we Grandma Perkins' bed, IES Yy o ive me some sugar, please, moth-| “3foiner had not seen her brothees | hels to build this ship, which I ee. l-nflnnl‘pto hole in the ground, and | the houses in the villaxe and the peo- that’s the last I saw of vle automobiles looked quite JOHN MCcVEIGH, Age 10. ‘We all had a jolly time and Norwich. . honzmhwmvlmiaonmom e —_— spof Our School. In_walking home, one of our lmtn-‘; ; r?” he said. “That’s one of Dicky Watson's tricks,”| Doris M. Amidon of East Willington: | * «xo « _|for about ten years. When she saw was what the nelghbors sald. | Many thanks or The Automobile Girls | 1rg o putoa sor oo sur seiine sy | them she cried for joy. Ar’ when somebody wheeled ey Along the Huldson. T am sure it Will| much sweets. . It is not good for you m:ty tookv;);em a.bu::‘ five days until § SR EaE L, o £ e E baby chb BIA i wrove lnterseting, But T will give you a piece of bread e I R L SRR & Deat Uncle Jed: Iam going to ten i e o e : 1ared.| Mildred Grandy of Yantig: I thank|and butter.” T ey Smaus. G bout our . tis paint- “but Dicky Watson did it. e Y %mp Fire| - “I don’t want bread and butter,” said | [°%, 1Y Sister, brother and me. ed white with green blinds. It has re- ne > you very much for the two T O voeson |yl the time, a5 Giriy “books. 1 find that I like them | Emil, feeling very cross indeed. B R s oh Bt i Yoy el 8 i : il e X e W B g Today T gt 2 Yiokin: fo thing 1| Very much, as do all my friends. wvery, well” sald his mother, £0ing | ing the trip, : fort! There. ave-two. . YrEs didn’t do. Madelyn Sullivan ‘of Norwich: 1| ® oot Meennon rottly into th ANNA RESNICK, Age 13. " |} stone steps in front of it. There is pped softly into the pantry Bozrahville, Have you Wide-Awakes ever : ank you very much. for the 1ovely|and raised the lid of the sugar box t & door and & hall for the girls and one T ain't complainin’; atter all, maybe | prize book you gave me. The name| figw mice and white the mreer iroreai o oed e, different shape of leaves ofl | for the boys. Snjoy reading the Wide Awike it's just as well; was Madge Morton's Victory. 1 have | “Ty wens huct wme oo net it s oo Arabs. the ttees? The oaks. Theére are enty puplls Circle, especially about the flower T'd ruther take a lickin' than on other | read it through and find it very inter- | 41| The Arabs live in Arabia. gardens, as I 16ve flowers. 0 fellows tell. esting. Dl il (80 is aflsed & BAGINN. ohiey Faue Gerk Gin st BIALE il o haped leat. am in the sixth grade. Bast Moiwich PQLE ERESAUT. But, sam = by conuthte orwich, N. Y. Y51 slckc some aay o e *""| Frank M. Kowsts of Stafmora|mouth. Juet as he had finished esting|, Some people live in town snd some hall 1 ting =i And have o lle up there in bed an’ not | SPrings: I thank you very much for|it he heard his mother's step in the|}Ue On the aesert. The people who freae s Attacked By Wolves. et outt 40 Diay: g,; gfi:‘; ?Zi’."n dTheI 3::5:3.. Boa; fg"’f{ lc::g.e ‘I:e ran out of the pantry as she stone with flat mud roofs. The peo- several czpu and each #eograph: Dear Uncle Jed: One day I thought Then :.n%y:‘-; ;;;ngmgamgli el:e done | 4 foumd it ey ’m“emmngfl_‘ “Have you been at that sugar, Emil?” | Pl¢, Who live on the desert live “in Friday afte: I would visit Russia. It was a very h 5 tents which can be moved from place ng, tiresome trip. I had a companion That there are other boys around that| Martin Delinsky of Bozrabville: 1| it wms trightencd. He found he to, place to ot food for the cattle. | sers with me or I should not have gone. It al e; th h i i . e Arabs use camels to cross tl Phinn S Ao sy ank you very much .for e prize| would be punisiied if he told the truth; e g ks X3 = Tea Ly o T 00k you sent me. I am half through ese! ¢ CLARISSA CHAPMAN, A 13. L. e day of le journey That faoyd TIOmISE, 100, e fop| WD it &nd T nd it very inteesting. | * T ‘was.just ogking at 1t e said g b e SO D S 3 Ve had all th e things T 218t Ao, | __John B..Purcell of Colchester: I re- [T didn't take a bit.” it e o =Ty e had all the preparations made. SO séived the rice prize boolk you sent me| His mother did not say anything. She | USS, €Very bit of the date-palm. while the maple does not. is & My Visit to Pennsylvania. We had a big sléigh and tucked in The dates are used to eat, the palms £ im 1 . amid the robes, we started off. We —Dstrolt Free Press. | ¢ntitled Tncle Sem's Boys on Field| {00k 2 by the shoulder and led him | ror houses, and the fiber for Tope. . | chestmut ] e e ot hat L Jos Six| ets 811" azsantd 1n turs for ds'T Tave Rty mave read it through and find | s o o ooken. i and aav rhag |, They wear long gowns tied sround Which bears the sweet mute It ig | ister, ‘nd 1. went fo. Pennesivimie [Sid. I was bitter cold. The horses UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE. |t Very interesting. the whole front of his navy blue fian- | ™p FAISL L 1| hand to distinguls one tree from the | We started the 14th of July and stay: | Were in the best of spirits and ' they AWAKES. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE. |16l Jal was covered With fine sugar. o e, 001508 DOy o 1, schecl |l i e fiow slone merviy. "ou thai dtd ot ‘We dre all asked to love and protect the birds, and Uncle Jed hopes every Wide-Awake will do all that can be done to shield the birds we have from W 2 “Koran,” Of all trees the maple bears the ‘When we got off the train we went h"wt long.~ s O e e R BARBARA TINKA aza'ls, |most beautiful foliage ¢ 1o the | nds the depat b6 watt for my Svant: CIR amite. Saantn o M A o er. 25 u - - jan reds fai ), Value of Kindness to Birds. punicized; but I will tell you a story| Vest Williogton. - \ N AU Tewh I She i door: He coming the fall, After a while he came in the door. He | it Was very dark. The sky was duil Of late years more care has been|instead, for T don't think you ever told T like to look for’ the different kinds | Stood and looked afoufid, but 4id’ nos|&nd Overcast. By and by it began to talien of our birds. me a falsehood before, and I hope you A Day at School. and shapes of leaves when I am out |know us. He was golng to go out|S0OW and then the snow came harder harm. Although many people think birds|never will again.” Now that the warm spring and|for a walk through the woods. when my mother called Mg ©° and harder. It soon grew so bad we We are told domestic cats kill mil- | are useless, and sometimes go so far| Then she drew Emil to her knee and | summer months are coming we g0 out LUCY A. CARTER, Age 14. Then we started to walk to his|{Ould see nothing. Then we soon got lions of them every year, and they|as to kill them, they are greatly mis- | told him the story of George Washing. | nearly every afternoon. For this aft-| FHampuo: house when we met a man that my |5t and what a time we had. doubtless kill millions of chickens, too; | t2ken and are doing wrong, as birds|ton and the cherry tree. She asked|ernoon’s trip we choose to visit & mother knew. He was driving &|_ We heard the sounds of wolves. The ’ | are of great value to us. him if he would not try to be as good | school. wagon. He told us to get in, so we|50und came nearer and nearer. y but we know one boy with a gun can|““Trey help farmers in driving away|and truthtul a boy as Georke, As it is not very far from where Trix did. T laid down on a bag of grain|2nd Dy we saw a louse. ~We asked Ll more song birds In one afternoon | insects from iwir gardens. They also| Emil cried harder than ever then.)wWe live we started at one o'clock and| Dear Uncle Jed:. 1 am gaing to|and went to sleep, T aid et b on|the lady for a drink of coffee. = She than a domestic cat can kill in a whole | bring joy to many people as songsters. | and promised that he would never teli | got there a little before it was time for | Write and tell you about iy until the next morning/in bed. gladly let us stay all night. The next Wison. ‘We know it is spring when we see | anoter faisehood, and I don’t think|school to open. ten. It is all black, with & Httle white| There.were a lot of big, red cher-|time we were good and warm when ‘ the robin and many other birds which | he ever did. We are only there a few minutes|On his nose. Its real mame is Trixie, | ries and I ate so many that I got sick,| We Started. and were braver. It is the nature of cats, as it is of | have returned from the south. Core i MILID M. THUMM, Age 9. |when the second bell rings and—the|but my brother got to calling him | But I mot over it T got sick o Sood FLOSENCE HHOWN, ‘Ags. 1. hawks and shrikes, to kill birds, and It is therefore the people’s duty to Norwich. children come marching up the stairs. | “Kee Kee,” and he seems to know this|many times, till T got used to it. Norwich Town. the cats are leagt skilful at it. Uncle | take care of birds, by seeing that they They come in school and are ready | hame better than Trixie. ¥ UANNA ANDERSEN, Age 10. Jed does not believe his cats have ay- | 27, ROt molested by children, and not Ancient Marriage Customs. to_work. When he was very small one of my| Norwich. The King of Persia. shot down by hunters who are seeking| 1In ancient times the custom was to| The first thing they do is to recite|friends gave him to me. They Dear Un . t eraged killing three birds in a ceason | pleasure. purchase the bride from her father or then ‘they start right in to|to call him “Half and Half,” because Her Pets. write you"".'f;o‘.',';dhi txhl-:znofll’:::m for the past ten years. They get a| Be kind to birds, and they will repay | friends without allowing her to have & | Work. half of his nose was white and hailf b i 3 Dear Uncle Jed: Do you want to|Once upon a time a certain King of small reward for their constant watch- | YOU in their own helpful way. choice in the matter at all. This téacher that I am talking about | black. mal ? Persia went out hunting with all his b oy 7 e YETTA BOTNICK, Age 13. In Turkey and Persia this custom(bas three grudes the sixth, seventh| When he was very small we used to | n°ar 200UE my animal family? 1 T b cmrt. The. cidae (hat day Eapmensd % Bozrahville. still remains. and eighth grades. ut him in our doll's bed and ¢over ty-seven hens, and a nice, ' large | to be long, and the king became very It is not surprising that the song 3 In some places, once a year, the| Thesixth grade starts right in to|him up with his front paws over the rooster, that aimost talks. thirsty. But no fouptain, or river, birds are decreasing at the rate of ten Picking Berries. young marriageable women were col- | recite geography and the seventh and|quilt and he would lle there just like I have twenty-pine chickens, and|could be found near the spot on the In a hundred annually. In several| It was a very beautiful day in June.|lected together in a certain spot, and | eishth grades. The children are all}a baby. six more hens setting. plain where they rested for a short states of the union there is no law|So some of my friends and I went|surrounded by bachelors of all classes, | busily working until half past three,| We used to hold a stick in front of |*§ Fio¥e hons Settme. - . {PER W [ tor hple: BRothction. Mol roblos: ad picking strawberries. 'We went into|An auctioneer then puts up several at|then the children are dismissed. him and he would jump over it. He 5 ‘We have a team to take us to an Athitonecf!hewurtim-pledn a nearby lot where the berries were|2 time, usually beginning with the| We then go around the rooms look-|will not do it now, because he is so from school read: . | large gard: ar off. o bobolinks are popular for birdple in|plentiful. We soon had our pails near- | handsomest and most agreeable of the | ing at the papers, and the neat work | frisky sometimes when he lies on the mgmm the e lxl‘wrl.tdlmg. ot wilh u::-mn: ?&mx:' :::nmfl“ many parts of the south. ly full, so we thought we would sit|Women. There was great competition | that the children have done; the pen-|couch he has his han, oft ETHEL BARBER, Age 7. |and grapes. His followers begged the down in the shade for a little while. |between the wealthy bidders and a|manship, spelling, and the drawing ng. et partake 1t 18 because the birds are decreasing | ““yryjio we were sitting there we heard | éreat sum of money was oollected in| Dapers. Wh $0 gut & wag] . DomIeIOn. [ L5 the nr'v;a'nn e that insect pests are increasing, and in|a rustle in the bushes. Looking around | this way. The plain looking girls were| ‘We stay wiilx the teachers and talk|put his front paw on the door knob “Heaven forbid that I should eat: throwing polson to destroy - insects|we beheld a huge snake staring at us.| then sold with a dowry, and there girls | about the papers and the different|and try to turn it e 18 such & mioo A Trip to Mohegan Park. anything thereof,” said the king, “for thousands of birds are unintentionally | We all sprang up and seized sticks. ®ere usually sold 'to peoplé who needed | things we see in the room. little cat that all the neighbors like| Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell if 1 permitted myself to gather but' 3 o ‘When the snake saw us do this it|money badly. This was the custom in Then the other teachers take the|him, and sometimes he 'g:mk two or | You about a trip we took to Mol an orange from it, my officers and ! estroyed. tried to run away, but it was too late, | Persia. trolley and go home. throe days at the neighbors, so we|Park with our teacher, a few nights courtiers would not leave a single | For more than @ century in New|for the boys were already beating him | Leobard, the celebrated saint of| As this teacher:lives in this village | are always glad when he gets back. |ago after school. All the children of - fruit in the entire garden.” Zngland every fall there were compet- | t0' death. Towes, being persuaded to marry, gave [ she does not have to go home at any| We think he is a very intelligent | our class went except a few of the person n:hununs ;yuue- in many towns ::;ho After that we didn't feel like pick- | his betrothed a ring, a kiss and a pair | special time. kitten. He does 80 many bright things. | boys. m’onr‘;nc:lr‘e?:lr x:: ll}lla.ul:i be, for :5'1 tn';: ing any more berties in that place, so| of shoes. To use a vulgar but expres-| The rooms are all furnished with MILLICENT DISCO, Age 9. At noon when we went home we|fauits are copled by these beneath | spent one day in the year killing every- | we went home and told the story about | sive phrase, she was “tied meck and|Steam heat and the walls are all dec- Notrwich. v " | eot our lunches and baskets for flow- : Jhing that wore fur or feathers they |the snake. heels.” orated with pictures. 3 ed over and asked me to come over . —— ers; as soon as school was out we YETTA LEVINE, g *2me across, and the party who killed HARRY LEVI, Age 12, A second marriage was considered| The school looked very neat indeed My Pet S, 1 started. It took us about half an| Colchester. > it A gt pe : 1 Bozrahville. disgraceful and persons were made to|to me; but, as time flies quickly, we y quirrel. hour to walk up there. On our way o tost crcatures by actual count was| - —— fast thirty-two weeks to do penance |Soon leave the school for our short| Dear Uncle Jed: There is a hrg up we picked & big bunch of violets, | = ———————————————————, 4ven a supper at the expense of those The Best Time | Ever Had. In France it was ihe custom to|trip home. tree in the back yard of my house. The teacher borrowed one of _ the : #ho lost, and “the game” was usually| Ono day in summer (1915) my cousin | Mclest 2 woman Who married the sec. JANIE LAMBERT. |this tree is a squirrels nest. The|girl's baskets to put them In. . When Baby ormred 3 rought biome in an ox cart. This old- | Emily came from Bridgeport to visit|ond time by giving her a serenade of| Norwich Town. ;;ml.rnl is gray and is quite 1large.|we got up there we see-sawed and 9 ashioned sport (?) in New England|MY Parents. When it came Sunday|POts and kettles early every morning. early every morning when I am|swung in the swings. We had put our 3 2 she invited me to go home with her| This was called a “charivari” LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. eating my breakfast he appears,|junches on a bench. ccounts for the disappearance of un-|ang stay a week. z CATHARINE LEE, Age 14. D iy bright and early, and scampers| About five o'clock we ate our lunch- = - ounted nullions (of useful birds, and| I at once got my clothes ready and| Norwieh. The Old House. ‘b(‘;"": t::yy:i % rinning | 2% Whenhwe were through we went| JHealed in Three Days by - Dear Uncle Jed: in, was ning | down to the spring and got a drink. His Time Was Filled. 7ou about a house whers T Was Suns | (NrouEh the yard the eat appeared and | Then wo staried for home. . B Litls Bebert 53 been Tola_many 357 B Sia ot o e s et | Sy Ty, W FocSome b times not to fasten his on eleighs eading thro et I 3 3 D s Bibots e Patn Throush & smal hete, = T Me life T 2z e i JHE FABLE OF THE THERMOMETER |f|..cr- o zorvis rsipoos: o e TG T 0 2 erach | VT2 ine ovning sy crend taaphon: d: “Robert, don’t you know it is against e v . the law?” his a 1 e i“‘h g e o] o 1 went over u:l we ‘;Jndd fra iy How a 'Wayward Little Fif Was Put which she might attempt to esca replied Robert. ‘I._have enough to 3 ! o Prison and ReSt.There For the|and to place & little In00er ot 5 | learn about the ten commandments in is cheek pocksts and scamper off.|about half an hour. rear so that she might climb- up end|Sunday school.” look out upon the scenes of her for- JOHN ANDREW, Age 10, mgrrhmughu:g. sk % ‘Taftville. ey had difficulty in’ catel Her, but at last she was placed in hes niew | Country Life Better Than Gity Life. rced to remain the I lived in the city only five months, 80 I can give better my opinion of In the morning she brought them to school in a basket and MmNT;!er ey DISCO, Age 12. ‘enefif of Mankind. o A Picnfe on Round Top. country life. & ‘The children of the couni some- Dear Uncle Jed: Iam sure you and tiinde, wisli. heowaives VNG 15 the prin the Wide Awakes would like to know city, thinking that the city child has about my picnic on what is called more advantages than they, but the Ittle Rotind Top,” which is a hill, or Country child has more advantages by | Dear Uncle Jed: I went out for a of It is in sight of our far than the city child. walk last and has .many cedar trees into If you will notice the rich city peo- It is just the right sort of ple go to the country for the summer, r a picnic. We had the pic- and why? Because of the fresher air, , May 9, 1916. Our friends better vegetables, milk, eggs and the ed it and furnished the provi- 1k for all, but told us we could -4 hi jaéé%s 13k i sk 4 5 Hi i e, i § 3 s e fast to the fer One 35g M ls ri