Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 15, 1916, Page 9

June 14th (yesterday) was Flag Day the country the My throat swells at the sight of you, Oid. Flag.” - > ‘Wherever the Grand Army has in- fluence the::Stars and Stripes float every day from the school house staff and the American boys are taught why it is calléd “Old Glory” and why it is worthy of béing saluted. The flag stands for freedom and for for truth. & story of interest which traveling man: passing ‘a country school- in New England, a boy came pulling down the flag. storming and it was not to ‘be dismissed, so aroused, and T went called my attention was trylng to hide his desk, and said: ' a tie, and the flag has to comie down, for Old Glory + stands for truth, and must not wave over a school with a in it that the pu- it sehool must ‘eareful to have spoken the dishonor as this was o be avelded. of the flag gleam the of union ana any | less something is done Myrtle Dupi of Colchester: Re- goved prze Bk eniitied” Hadow sived prize ok’ on . Hope mfln- ho received a book enjoy it as I did mine g STORIMES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. How the Stars Appear. ‘The buildings, streets and, yes, even the flowers and grass, in fact, every- thing in this city, was gold_except, of course, the inhabitants. It gave the impression of a fairy town in all its brightest 3 people were enjoying themselves in some sports. No one worked. golden town, where were ::Autlhll spectacle to of the castle sounded five notes. The games ceased and everyome hurried to their homes. After a'time they reappeared, all robed in silver, ng pails Drushes. They scurried this way and that, like so many ants, only, of course, @ good deal faster. Soon they were all in separate groups arranged, it seemed, by the color of the paint in their pails. One section had vivid Ted in the palls, others had pale greens, some contained lavender, some gray, and a number had shades of orange. Yes, all the light and bright shades were represented. Suddenly these silver clad beings bowed their heads Jow, for the king had appeared on the palace steps. He majestically waved his arm and im- mediately work bega: They all ran from the golden city into a mist blue and so they journeyed, streak- ing their colors as they went. When they were finished the mortals on earth looked up into the sky and ex- claimed over the exquisite sunset. But all this wondrous beauty soon faded, for the sky grew dark and the people of the golden e¢ity could be seen lying in the sky. Thelr light gowns twinkled brilliantly in this great can- opy. These Ilittle folk that live in. the sun by day, at evening create the sunset and rest in-the sky at night, are called stars by the people on the LILLIAN M. East Norwich, N. Y. Commerce. All civilized countries depend upon trade and commerce. No man tries to make everything he uses. It he were to spend his BREHAUT. This long quill is also ed slight- to meet atr nu-mmgu&u; Eumber. = Lumber is timber manufactured for buflding purposes. ufacture constitutes one of the most important 23 well as one of the most extensive industries of the world. ‘The forests in the United ly destroyed States rapidl: - and un- preserve them in a ver{ short time there will be no lumber left in our country. In most foreign countries as soon as a mll cut down it is replaced by an- r. There are many and varied uses of lumber. ~The greater per cent, of Tumber is used for bullding purposes, but there is a great deal made. into furniture. The most common kinds of lumber in this country are maple, pine, oak, elm, ternut and ash. Colchestefr. Robin Red Breast. ‘The robin is a large bird. Its back is brown and its breast is orange color. It eats worms and other insects. carry away lots of fruits, such blackberries and cherries: but MYRTLE DUPREY. as this worms and caterpillars. They lay theif eges in the menth of April and are hatched out in the color as the old robins, but have black dots on the breast. When the robbins get older they fly in the grass. Theén the old bird lays more eggs and hatches them. usually in the month of June. The song that they sing is, “Pipcpin, peep, peep, peep.” The cats eat many robins. The robins make their nests out of mud and sticks. Somettmes they get some horse bair and put in the nest to line it. They build their nests in apple and maple trees and some times in the grass. not to kill the robins, because they ot|d0 a lot of good. The robins bufid their nest near the house. MARY BUSSE, Age 10. ‘West Willington. My Lesson in Knitting. On a Monday night after school, T went over to my aunt’s house to learn how to knit. j First T had to get two needles to knit with. The first stitch was to take some yarn and twist it to the right until you have a needle full. Then you take and put the needie » thro: ugh the hole on the emd. Keep doing it till the k:e“d(l; l:l.s r:nLtm'n:an start over an p_dof t you make what you want. ‘I am making a neck piece. It may seem hard at first, but soon srows| o, easier. Oranges. There are many kinds of this fruit poplar, walnut, but- |%elf had looked everywhere for her and her brother Rob had shouted him- hoarse. It was dark so papa got & lantern and went to look for her with some f . had Range, 00, ‘Where was Dotty all this time? She had gone over to a friend’ named Bess, and Bess house | ings, but later we i i1 i [ g © H i, LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Conundrums. . = Dear Uncle Jed: Do any of _the Wide-Awakes like conundrums? Here a tow: oes all the way from Boston to_ Milwaukee without moving? It the poker, shovel and tongs cost part of most? ‘What is a put up job? Name me and you break me. What will turn without moving? ., DORIS WEAVER, Age 1. “ Hampton. The Bolton Hili Club. F i gn £8 i i of i ] Eéi % & i i § § | § g € FRER 8 H 83 i I 3 £ ;g ke Dear Uncle Jed: Two months ago|ter. our teacher asked us how we would like to start our league in, and have the grown-up the of- fices instead of the chil ? ‘We all liked the plan, so she sent notes to our parents tivem - diipe uumfltlh schoolhouse the them to come e next Friday so we could decide who we once in two weeks on ’rhurs?‘ay‘o even- day. There were ten of us there. The -, | boys were out doors singing, so teacher o d be a negro minstrel | does not matter, because they eat cut- |, Poor Dottle was only a little girl and was very tired and frightened. She had always been tucked in her nice warm bed by this time. I don’t know what would haye hap- pened if some ladies riding by had not heard their cries. They took them In and, finding Dottie was sick, brought her to a doctor and he brought her to a children’s hospital and she was soon tucked and the nurse had to stay up all night with he: Bess was so frightened she had for- gotten her name. le next morning her father found her in the hospital and he had tramped all night. It was ten days ':f.nra Dottie could and her father, who could be away from his business, slept at home. Rob to school, but found it rather lonely just the same. At the end of ten days Dottie came home and never went away like that agal Bess had learned a lesson, too. She had often been told not to o off alone, and she never did again. DISCO, Age 12. At the Pond. One summer when I was visiting a friend of mine, we went down to the pond. The girls had a nice time, but I aldn't. There was a boat there. We had r old dresses on. We went into the boat. The girls told me that they would row me across the pond, for I was very much afraid to be In a boat. ‘When th starte which is delicious, wholesome, and |1 refresh! ing. The largest and best oranges come from Florida and California, and sell at_highest rind; juicy end delicious. Maltese oranges have also a thick and spongy rind, and are some- ticeless. {s | times almost juicel The Sicilian fruit, commonly called Meassina oranges, have o thin sour- taste, but are | Aprit, 9. Sevilia_or. mm-"' o | marmalades, . etc.; and for the AGNES M. .BROWN, Age 13. “Yantfe. : QGeneral Rabert E. Lee. MAR' ‘West Willington. Th Pirgrims. The Piigrims came over in the May- flower. They sgail TR igésslfi tongue, 1| cabbage, April 13; the boye troupe.” The next meeting one of the women who lives quite a ways from the league, ‘been for if we did we should have to join the state league, so we called’it the Bol- tqn’l“hflil'lext.“ m boys had their e minstrel show.. One of the girls play- ed a piece on the plano. 1 spoke a piece, The New Bonnet. We piayed school. was the teacher, rst spelling, but right. Then we went to the entry and kelped black the boys for their min- strel show. They dressed in old clothes, fey sang Old Black Joe, Old Folks at Home, My Old Kentucky Home and Good Night. After the nut hunt, then we had a large bonfire. 1t frishtened one of the horses. The teacher thought the schoolhouse Wwas going to catch fire, but it didn't. We went home at 10 o'clock, after putting the fire out Al of us had a lovely time. ARLENE PEARL, Age 13. Dear Uncle Jed: We are keeping & flower list in echool and I have found many flowers this year. 1 _have .96 names of different plants. 1 am very interested in flowers. I have a flower book and I know many by heart. 1 brought the pussy willow March 2; chickweed, April 7; 12; adders , April wild n;flrom lasting, April 24; enemy, April per grass, April 24; white violet, April ; S 3 hepatice, May 1 saxifrage, May ca, Y 1i bloodroot, May 1: swamp violet, May , May 8; bird ; lanced leaved violet, May 8; May lumbine, May 8; May 15; wild pear blos- ma; E May 15; wild bl 3 lue , May 16; butter- lower often dark or thick, and from the upper part streams of light shoot up In the form of a column With a tremulous motion. This phenomenon generally —com- mences three or four hours after sun- had |Set and continues for a few hours, sometimes the whole night; it most frequently occurs in autumn and in the early part of winter. ‘Auroras are visible in most countries of high latitudes in the northern hem- isphere and several appearances have been witnessed in high southern lati- tudes; but they are not known in trop. feal regions. has been furnished as to the cause of these lights: there is mo doubt, how- over, that they are the resuits of elec- tricity in the upper regions of ihe at- mosphere, but how produced has not vet been ascertained, JOHN HOGAN, Age 12. Putnam. An Interesting Ride. Dear Uncle Jed: A few . On the way we saw some wild flowers, one of which was yellow, but I did not know the name of it. After we had quite a ways we came t6 a early | ers. We also got some birch. ‘There is a little cabin near there where the men who worked on reservoir stay. We went in. On roof there were some Wasp made by a certain kind of wasp called the mason wasp. We knocked down and we were sui to that it was made of mud. Inside it was divided off into sections or rooms. In one of hese little rooms there was ln-zdwllpudlh‘hy.m a <The mason wasp lays one of the little rooms; ‘Then they feed on the spiders until they older. ‘We went back to the auto after hav- ing had a nice little walk and for home. ‘On the way we stopped and got the i i (11 i £} i 8 §oe i i &l’ i fi i) L ER g i h i Bt 21 !SE £ ishy Bt E; i i gEgE [ g? i g E i I i i1 i i ! { h No satisfactory answer | gthy morning he went to see ‘whether the leaves had burned up; bw:bt on]