Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 22, 1916, Page 9

Pity the Helpless Men By Loutse H. Guyol RE SN e o Chapmes the Man could Should we g0 on a strike it now?” “And 1 joinea the Union,” up Cluek-Cluck the Hen, “With of the other feathered folk! would the world do then?” “There’s food in the dom almost as As the milk we-give,”-quoth the kind- - ly Cow, “an Cluck - the Hen.” by “There’d be no .vegetable kingdom,"™ here Happy the Toad chimed in, “If Birds and Bees were to.join the e of Windham: of the Merry Maid. Fiskk of Norwich: 2—Viola Green, Morton, Captain from mosquitoes. al to give up hope I felt a line, and soon pulled up with me and all my kin.” beauty about nine inches long. “And how,” asked If bigger 101 Hors P a_tail-worn Dobbin, “would Man's work in this world be done it r his loads, Hhe Set 'of sunst After that luck came in I caught trout after trout 4—John Wineskie of Yantic: e = X a st of fish e Sould wish " for,. Riders in New Mexico, 5—~Albert Leffingwell -of -Norwich: Pony Rider Boys. in Texas. 6—Cecelia Sterry of Brooklyn, ¥Y.: Madge Morton's, Victory. flfi dawn' till seven inches long. I then hurried home as - fsible in order to cook the: ner. I meét a party of fishers paused—all deep ake that wise K i *We'a est get busy, and back on the H why home and they adi ired my catel greatly and wanted toI 7—Almira Kramer’ of Colchester: FRTT e [ooi e The Meadowbrook Girls in the Hills. —Qur Dumb Animals. g ) -4 i g—Anna Resnick - of The Camp Fire Girls in After Years. ‘Winners. of books living in_the city may call at The Bulleth g e My First Pipe. [ £ dinner that I was cagerly anticipating. I soon reached home, cleaned my fish and had them all cooked bef: i3 8 Eo 1 found an old clay pipe one day Out in the wood 1 thought it would be smart to smoke or “Uncle Bilk” . I filled it and 1 lghted it, And - I puffed and’ dinner time and they certainly look appetizing. 1 put a good, fice for them at any hour affer 10 a. m. on Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Grace Kern of Norwich: 1 thank you very much for the prize book, which I’ think is very interesting. . The Wide- Awake prizes I think are well worth , so I am sending you an- -shed ‘on a sill; i large one on my plate and started to cut it up, but my hand slipped and the plate fell off onto the |2- fioor with a crash. I started up, rub- bed my eves and, looking my mother picking up the fragments of a plate which tho cat had knocked off the table in his efforis to get séme thought it -tasted rather strong. puffed, although T kne That I was doing wrong. Ea The b{uue smoke curled up through the LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. What She Saw at the Circus. oth;r story. Many thanks for the 0! ALMIRA KRAMEP. r . In wreaths at -which. 1 proudly glanced: But soon my Thi knew| yncle Jed: T thought I would write . - 2nd tell you about the circus that STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE ‘Norwich ead The Pilgrims. b beg: e Wood-shed” strangely danced. Wken the Pilerims’ lived in Eng- How sick I was. oli, how my head Did throw with pain, and torture i me! A Charming Girl. June was mnot a beautiful girl; but | Dedgerows. one of the most charming girls that iand, they loved their green fields and There was ope family whose name Ma put in my little bed Anf gave me ginger tea. Let others.smoke their pipes who will, 'Tis not a pleasure tu enjoy;: Pll never, never, smeoke again As long as 'm-a bay. was Allerton. She made friends"™ very ST Wathesabis: loved her tibe -Although she ‘They had a little girl She liked to the green figlds and hedge- quickly, and everyone instagnt they met her. @id not have a beautiful face, yet she always worc a smile, ang was ready to greet whomever she met with a brisht, smiling face, and a -kind ‘word; and One day her father came home look- Mrs. Allerton said to him, “What is comé early the next morn- one would rather look 2t her than the ing and they would catch the big fish UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. Some men can walk through a great manufacturing establishment and see fore in half an hour than other men can see in a day. that was in the pond. e said, T gm afrald we shall have| e oz ig he wouid. to go to Holland, because the wants us to go to the same church as BA dces, and_soy the same Pray he docs and if we do not obey him. we shall be whipped or put in prison.” | 10 “Then we will go to Holland,” said 5. . auj Mrs. Allerton. They went down ‘to the wharf an soked the captain if hisSehip went to as the only daughfer of a the Tittle village of Windsor, iting patients, with him. Theése visits were looked forward to by young with great delight. The patients felt greatiy homored This is the differ- ),y cnéered by June's visits, for. sn ence between trained eves and um- * trained eves—looking thoughtlessly at bright sunshine with Rer In the drean- So Do stanted i Sec.the forent. % > He met the king, wh rummi; things worthy -of, thought. o~ v~ G s dom Ko i He said, “Yes, ana ail the Pligrims The habit of close abservation is a 23—America. So they went to Hol- song. Sy June knew- just how to sympatkize {2re on board. 24—Spring, Summer, Autumn, reci- enly dances dance while another ‘mfimw Rood habit and may be as easily cul- tivated as any other habit; and it is 2 paying habit because it increases one’s power ‘and worth in the ‘walks of life. with the poer Mttle lamp giri, never |land. forgetting some little. gift, shre They thought Holland was very flat. knew all girls were fond of, or some | There were dikes. to keep the water off flowers gathered by her own hands.|the land.. There were canals the little crippl oy, who | looked like rivers. There were d- couldn’t enjoy freedom' like other little | mills. which drew the water from the fellows, June never ,25—Marching Thro’ Georgia, song. 26-—Auld lang Syne, so 27—0l@ Fashioned Roses, recitation, s—1 Like Little Pussy, song. of the Oysterman, “It fs too late; the| bears roller-skating. fish is asleep now. I thought you were “There were also coming early?” contortionists, and “T didn't mean to break m- | that was very clever;: Chinese Tim. > G ‘who hung by iheir m“mam I s h“'c’:::. always | canals. " It takes practice to see many things At a glance and the sight may be strengtheneq; by practice as " readily @nd noticeably as the muscles of the légs or arms. bringing him a new.book or some: toys, which she knew he wWould delizht in. the kmd doctor| Dutch. After ‘awhile the Pilgrims They couldn’t understand They missed the ivy-covered They did not So Governor intment in their | Carver ealled a meeting and told them “I know you didn’t,” said the king.{and horses . Yo @idn’t mean to break your prom- | Were seven groups going at the ssme e ise, and I won't punish you this fime; | time, so that it was impossible to see but when you make a promise . you|all ‘The must always ki it lasted about twe hours. We Tbhr? puJ e oft to bring June @s often as possible, and | cottages of England. "”'n? at tlr&e:, he drove up alone, hellike the wooden shoes. cents. The names ©Of Some were mre going to get e cream for a ESTELLA ADAMS, Age 12. Uncle Jed knew two men Who loved to: take -rural walks together and it Was agreed' bBetween them that they should not talk of what they saw, but should write it and then exchange pa- vers; and knowledge helped them to — A Fi they would have to leaye Holland and go to America, They had two ships, the Speedwell nd the Mayflower. They went back to England to say farewell to their English homes. ‘The Speedwell sprung a leak. had to go in the Mayflower. They sailed west. there came a baby fo stay with them. They called it Oceanus, after _ the otean. ‘When they reached Amerl stepped on E.ckl'ock ‘which they called Is there any wonder why-this lttle happy June was 0. loved by all, when she was always doing little acts of | 5 kindness, and never failing o help a GRACE KERY, Age 15. | How | Spent Last Sunday. up early because I nic. _About 9 o we started. Chicago is-in the state of Tinois, on Lake Michigan. poor a table to stand, the Tt 15 the greatest meat, grain and|Spinning around; lumber market in the world, -and is 21 times as large as Hartford. No_ offier city in the grown so rapidly as keep going as if fast. On their voyage #d foregoing is a trie . CROWELL, & oF e Comt et oral Fily T By MABEL H. STILLMAN rap . They did not find any_h as there were in Eagland. to_make houses of lo In the spring boys played Then we took a little walk in ‘woods. Wi g:]autue food. ed them how to e In the fall they ‘two things, for at]olant corn. the top it grows wider and looks like | plenty of food. They had a feast. a hood arching over the pitcher. the water at dead flies and insects. middle of the fron most Tike a _different way, which was ‘shorter, and arrived home LEIRICH, Age 10. 0 | They invited the Indians. at 6 o'clock. bottom . see Several| 'That was the Thanksgiving 1 wonder | Day. finger along the upper your._ part of the inside of the pitcher,” sus- Phoebe. how they got there” SUSAN HATTIN, Age 9. —_———— The Roosevelt Silence. i The Wide-Awake Circle. grows in and carriés a pitcher half fi ‘Colonel Roosevelt was almst as si- Gladys. g lent after the nomination as Justice before. — “Washington £ “Oh,”” what cas it be?” “I think I know,” said Harold, who So_on off through the grasses “daisies L B tudying botany, “but I'll not tell. ;h:l‘v:-“fiomvfllhtj{o&tm nd I Egs g 5 5 : % sfthatd th i g i ] i i Egs [ 8