Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 27, 1916, Page 9

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1916 onles, are and of a right ought to be, |tumes, were standing on the sandy|presence and everyth: appears free and independent states.” shore. changed. Daylight seems harsh when Before July all the colonies except| “Let's all hold hands and run right|the earth is flooded with calm and THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plalnly on one side of the . Use pen and ink, not pe: 8. Short and poinfed articles will be given preference. Do mot use over 250 words. 4 Ori % E i pOri8inal’ stortes or letters only age and ad- 5. Write your pame, :m- plainly at the bottom of the dress all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be that! Whatever you say—Be truel Stralghtforwasdly act, Be honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you” POETRY. THE LITTLE CAPTAIN. By Emma A, Lente. He hears about the battles, and the pictures closely studies, The cavalry and troops and banners fire his heart; And the puzzling things he asks no general could answer, And he wishes he was grown to nobly bear a part. He dons a worn old cap that grandpa in the sixties Wore, when battles raged in our own land; And he wears a sash of red with a stick-sword hanging in it, And deftly beats a drum to lead his little band. 3 bis He holds his head up high, and his steps he duly measures— Oh, the Little Captain is so proud; And his followers obey him as they two by two march after, And he gives his orders quick and shrill and loud. very But, O my Little Captain, may you never tread long marches, Or for safety hide in trenches, breast a fiery hail; Or lie unknown, uncared for, wounds and thirst and fear On ground by war sore trampled, till breath itself shall fail. or with And, O my little Captain, may in your time be safety, And passion, hate and strife be swept aside, And earth be fair and pleasant for the treading of your footsteps, And the gentle Prince of Peace ba counselor and guide! CATS DON'T USE KNIVES. By Anna John, Oh, such delicious pumpkin pie Tpon the pantry shelf! T watched till mama went Ang then I helped myself. outdoors, I ate a great big piece, To cover up my crime, Zocked kitty in the pantry they'd think 'twas her, this time and then But when my conscience bothered me, T told the truth out straight. Mama smiled, and said she knew ‘twas me, By the knife upon the plate, UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. You should not believe all you read about bears, bire or flowers. There are lots of people who believe the sun-flower keeps its face turned to the sun. It does not, and this wag not the reason it was called the sun- flower. Uncle Jed has a group of sun- flowers and at mid-day some of them face east, some south east, some south, and one sonth-west ‘These flowers flourish best in bright sunlight, and hence they are said to love the sun and hence may have been called sun- Towers. The sun-flower is a composite flow- er, or one flower composed of many, like the daisy and the aster. Growing alone it could attract no attention to itself, but in a group they form a hig flower that can be seen by the bees far away. Writing of them an author says: A school of 50 boys and girls may club together and get a flag for the whole school, a flag so large it can be seen miles aw In the same way the littie flowers that make up the disc of the sunflower club together to make a tew large, vellow florets so that the bees can see the sun-flower a long way off. And then, think how well it suits the bee to have all these little flowers so close together that it can visit one after another quickly and without trouble.” ‘The sun-flower and the gold finch hold a close relatlonship, and these birds know, if you do not, that the seeds ripen from the outside row in- ward in circles, and when the first row upon them and while he feeds he sows a crop for next year. It you want the gold-finches to vis- ft the garden, grow sun-flowers and they will surely come. These florets which unite to make the big sun-flower work to help one another just as do the bees and the ants, and all of them are benefitted by doing so. Not only like the flowers, but en- deavor to get acquainteq with them. The sun-flower is a true American and it is grown because of the value of the fat, coarse seeds as food for fowl. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Miriam Gordon, of Norwich— Madge Morton’s Secret. 2—Flossie Mayer,. of Taftville— Madge Morton’s Victory. 8—Helen Coombs, of South Canter- bury—The Girls of Central High on the ‘Stage. 4—Alfred Levitsky, of Norwich— The Iron Boys in the Mines. 5—Ruth E. Spaulding, of Danielson —The Little Lame Prince. 6—Walter Supina, of Stafford Springs —The Meadow Brook Girls Afloat. 8—Helen Lowenberger wf Norwich— Alice’s Adventure.in Wonderland. Winners of books living in Norwich may call at the Bulletin business office for them at any hour after 10 a. . Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Celia Sterry, of Brooklyn, i thank you many times for that beau ful prize book vou sent me, entitied “Swiss Family Robinson.” I have read it through and found it to be a book not only interesting, but a book which you may learn ma th about birds and beast, Walter Gavigan, of Willimantic: 1 received the interesting prize hook you sent me. it. Please accept my thanks for Joseph Atwood, of Willimantic: 1 received the prize book Thursday. 1 have read it and enjoyed ft very much. Lucy A. Carter, of Hampton: T r ceived the prize book and thank vou for it very much. T have read it and | find it very Interesting. Martha Haigey, of Uncasvi cept my sincere thanks for t book entitled, “Daddy Darwin's Dov cote” T have read it through found it very interesting. Raymond Gray, of V thank vou for the two pr have given me, “Ruth F Sunrise Farm,” and “Fred the Line” I have enjoved them very much Frank M. Gray, of Wi thank vou for ed from v “ and Midadi esti think it Nancy Tetreault, of Versailles 1 received the pze book you sent I have read it through and found it | very inter g. I thank you very| much for it., Aanes Kaminski, of Norwich 1 thank vou for the prize book whici as awarded me. I read it through | nd have enjoved it very mu | | STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE-| | AWAKES The Opossum. The opossum is a native of America It is about the size of a large cat ing rather more than three fect length, the head and body mes | {about ‘twenty-two inches, and the tail fifteen The opossum fs a destructive animal be- It eats young birds, rabbits, 1) corn, berries, and almost anytl that comes its way. Not content w the food it finds in the open country, it steals into the poultry vard and makes a meal of the chickens and t eggs. celing along. perhaps on the ground, perhaps aloft from tree to trees It makes its way to the farm-vard, With great care it creeps along at Jast it reaches the hen-house which it hides. has set, and darkness approaches, th opossum begins its meal with a| dozen or more eggs: and then seizing the plumpest chicken runs off to its home in the woods. MARY E. MURPHY, Age 11. Tattville. s soon as the The Declaration of Independence. ‘When the first gun of the Revolu- tion was fired Samuel Adams stood al- most alone in his desire for the separa- tion of America from England BEut Jater the wish for independence grew rapidly. The king had heaped insult on jury; he had refused to hear the T titfons sent to him by congress; he had called the colonists rebels and sent ships of war to burn their towns; and hired Hessians to make war pn them Virginia took a leading part in th fight for independence. On June Richard H. Lee, of Virginia, introduc- is ripe the gold-finch arrives to feed ed a resolution “that these united col- BETTY’S HAPPIEST SUNDAY Betty was a lonely little girl in spite of the fact that she lived in a grand house and was surrounded by every luxury. While she was envied by less fortunate children, she also envied them because sho saw that many of them had more freedom and were al- lowed to play while she was told she must be & little lady and could never POt mothe dled when sh very ‘mother when she was,; [oung and her ?';‘u:' business’ away a 800 of the time, 0 the was left to the caro of sorvants w) thought she had ewerything Becded, mot knowing how. her Clittie heart ached for real love. She took much the Bve- chilaren Who Hved In o many ble cottage near her home at play. She would sit by the window and rock and sften in her imagination she would be with them. sut_there & One night as ‘was amusing herself In this way, she. rajsed the window dust & Jitdle so’gho-might hear their voices. le noticed 1t they aldn't as usual, but seemed o stay tn @ little group o lont have r Just fnl%ul&mm after all, 1 have d her; but m now fon shall. in.mind the lesson she to_take care of u: Now Betty was surprised. It had never occurred to her that anyone had to go without things. That night in bed she tried to think of some way to get & Sunday dinner for those fldren. On the morrow she went to the kitchen and asked the cook to pack up a 'nice Sunday dinner in a littls wason. She dragged the wagon over to the next door. She knocked and quickly ran away and took her favorite seat by the window. Later when she saw the children come out with smiling faces.she was happy. That day when her father came home instead: of being in a hurry and looking worried, he seemed to have of time and asked Betty to come and sit on his lap and talk with him. She told him how she had taken dinner to the children in the next house, and becoming very drowsy her last words were: “This has been my happlest day and.d‘em so thankful. 1 guess if we went, to be happy our- gelves we must make someone elso New York had declared themselves in_favor of independence. ‘The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, and was adopted in Independence Hall, off July 4, 1776, So now we celebrate the Fourth of July. When boys and girls are shoot- ing ofi firecrackers they think only of the fun of it, and not of the real mean- ing of the Fourth of July. MARGARET McGARRY, Age 12. Norwich. Tom’s First Swimming Lesson. Tom was sitting at the breakfast ta- ble and thinking how hot it was. Just then his father came into the room and said: “How would you like to learn to swim today ™ Tom was overjjoved. He could think of nothing else all the morning. When afternoon came, Tom and his father took their bathing suits and went down to the river. Tom was rather afraid at first, and he would not'let his father show him how. He just went into the water and stubbed his toe and fell. But be- fore his father could help him he was swimming toward the shore and sq e learned to swim. J. KENDALL FULLERTON, Age §&. KIDS Frank’s Boy. Frank had been skating nearly the whole afternoon, for there was no school this week, and the ice was in fine order. It was almost dark, and he was going home, skates in his hand, hen a poor boy about as big as him- elf came up to him, “Come home with me,” said Frank, “and yowll have some supper.” The boy went gladly, and on the way Frank asked him many guestions. When they got home, Frank toox him to the kitchen, where Jane the cook, gave him a warm seat and plenty to eat. When Frank had seen settled he went upstairs to tell his father and mother about the lad. “Don’t you think, father,” he said, grandpa would like such a bo; He says he will be glad to work, and if mother well let me give him my old suit, I can take him to see grandpa tomorrow morning.” “Well, Fran] b id his fa- ed had a zood hed to sleep y 1 next morning the sec about work, for him in warm cloth ¥ nk's mother ive kim, he looked 1 different boy and was very glad his kindnes: ROSILDA CHAMPAGNE, Age 11 : The Rainbow. was sitting in the door- rain was almest over and segun to shine. ame little Alic quick!” ered a beautiful thing °t us go and get va! Com the hill went the two children up Then t saw the bright thing far ther hill ad!” said little Alice. run tell our 10N, Age 1 Near My Window. tle blue egas. 1 sits on the eggs all win- sgs every d I saw some ver y funny to the window 1 gave them m every ti srew. nt to look out. w them again. vatch a_bird’s il they are hatched. RESNICK, Age &, About small crur One the bir Afte it is very nice nest wit few Bozrahvill Our Auto Trip. This Fourth of July six of us start- ed on an auto trip to Norwich. It was quite late when’we left home so that we did not arrive in Norwich until after the parade was ove After we had iooked around nearly an hour someone proposed going home by _way of New London. When we were about seven miles from New London the tire blew out. We were intending to go into New London if we could, on the flat tire Every once in a while some one would pass us and say: “You've got a One place a little be de the machine ant who was driving, got a flat tire When we w ran along be- said_to the man Hey! Mister! You within about a mile of New London we met a man who said he was going to New London and would go L gar and get some- body to come out with a tire and tube; We got him the size of the tire and arted. We waited nearly an hour. Finally the man came and put on the tire. It was after 6 when we reached New London! We stopped he and had supper, then took the ferry across to Groton. When we landed we started for Mystic where we stopped and had ice cream. Then we started home. We arrived home about § o'clock, all happy but tired. A L. P Stonington. My First Cooking Lesson. The other day my sister asked me if I would like to learn to cook. She said: “Let's make a cake.” The name of the cake is Butter Cake. I will tell you how I made it. I tock a cup of butter, two cups of brown sugar, three cups of flour, two tablespoons of ground cinnamon and one ege. Then came the cream, but- ter and suga add cinnamon and egzffl add a ttle flour at a time; knead until well mixed, roll out on a cake board one-quarter of an inch thick, then cdt with a cake cutter. Bake in a hop oven until brown. 1 made a delicious cake for the first time. I wish good ‘uck to all Wide- Awakes who try this recipe. 1 like to sew, too. Some other time T will tell the Wide- Awakes what I have been sewing dur- ing the summer vacation. LILLIENNE MATHIBU, Age 11. Willimantic. A Day at the Lake. “My, but isn’t it hot! Wouldn't a nice splash in the cool waters of the Ilake be enjoyable today?” cried a group of girls trying hard to keep cool. “Why, that's a good idea!” cried one girl. “Let’s spend the afternoon at Crystal lake.” Ghgrecd,” pnswerod the others, 0, pDY.’ Then her gurly head dropped on her arms and she slept peacefully fa a;smile on her sweet little face and Y do all in my power made and at 1 o'clock seven happy girls were ready and on their way to their destination. Arriving at Lake View station, they all jumiped off and In ten,minutes were at the “Uneda Rest” cottage. “Such a breeze! Ism't it grand? Now, girls, let's get ready for 2 splash.” A few minutes later the - merry e dioreasos after dinner, preparations were | Wh in, then every girl will onge,” said Pauline. This was a good plan, so .a nice, pretty fine of bathers was formed on the beach, waiting for the signal to start. Tirst came Pauline, then (myself, after Grace and_Kathryn, Josie and Mary, and lastly Helen. “One! two! three!” rang the chorus, then the next instant every one was splashing around in the cool waters of the lale. But what we enjoyed most was 10 dive from the spring board. We raced in the water to see which girl would land on the float first, and Pauline and I succeeded in landing first, after camo Grace and Kathryn, Mary and Josie and Helen, Such fun we had that day and such a lovely supper that evening when we landed home. ANGIE WHITE, Age 16. Stafford Springs. be wet at The Missing Pepper. Last spring we planted some peppers wkich didn’t come up very good. Only four grew up, but before they ripened half of them were gone. First of all I noticed a bite in one of theg and at last nothing remained but the sTeen seeds. One day as I passed the garden I heard a faint cry among the beans. I hid behind a stone wall and waited until T found out what made the faint cry. It came closer and closer, but to my surprise it was our cat. I didn't think of cats cating pep- pers, but this cat of ours marched right up to the pepper, smelled and began to eat it. So the cat ate two peppers and two more were left from the whole four. Mother asked us if we knew any- | thing about the peppers, but when I fold “about it she could Hardly believe W SUPINA, Age 16. Stafford T.TER prings Two Quarrelsome Cats. Before 1 begin to write my story 1 think it proper to tell the name of my cats. iggar was a black cat, as you see by his name, while Tabby was a yel low and white cat. while Tabby was crossing itchen Niegar, who was a mean cat, dashed after him. Wken Ta saw his pursuer he immediately ra up stairs in my rcom and jumped on the bed. ~ No sooner had he done this than Neggar approached him And then the fisht an. At f Tabby was_the vietor, but after a i tle while Niggar made a vicious dash for £ult by g Nigzer w stronger, dashed out of the windo but Nigger did not fullow him becau afraid to jump out of the win- X vietim ano had successful re- hi The results were that Nigger had but one scratch on the nose, while Tabby had several painfnl oncs. PETER GODAIRE. Occum, Mildred Tells Her Story. Iam a very unfortunate little high up on a limb of top of the cave. I tried to stand up. but bumped my head on the roof, s¢ I crawled along on my hands and knees. All of a sudden I ran into the open sunshine. 1 tiaen found myself in a thicker of briars and after being scratched on my hands and face I finally got out and T have kept this last vear, and you have told it to. 1 hope all the Wide-Awakes have good times in the woods. ALFRED LEVITSKY. started for home. a secret ever since are the first one I Qur School. The school to which I go is painted white, and contains one room. On the west side there is an entry which goes the whole length of the school- house. In front there is a hickory nut tres which yielded a goodly lot of nuts each year. On the south side there is some yvellow lilies, and a ma- ple tree Which we planted on Arbor ay. inside the school there are the teacher’s desk, a cupboard for books and fourteen double seats; but are only occupied by sixteen children. Our lessons are namely: Reading, arithmetic, spelling, language, history, geography, civics, physiology, music and drawing. MARTHA HARGLY, Age 12. Uncasville. ‘The Moon. The moon which Is a large, round, dark, heavenly body, reflecting the light of the sun is nearer us than any heavenly bodles except meteors. ‘With the naked eye wWo can see ob- jects which resemble the continedts of the earth, also likened to the face of a man having nose, eyes and mouth; thrcugh a telescope these are seen to be mountains and forests of this world above us. The moon is not always visible be- cause the earth revolwes continually. en the moon s between us and the sun its dark side is toward us and it is invisible. This'is the period of the new moon which is a crescent sun in the west. As days go by this crescent grows larger - until the full moon is visible, then it begins to grow smaller it entirely disappears. beautiful queen of night with cool and mellow which m;ug‘mmrm 18 a everyone. me 'sdéms enmchanted in her aho. masical moonlight. The world seems coarse and common when the sun- shines beside the earth that lies bath- ed in the slivery haze of the moon. Nothing is ungraceful in the moon- light, ~nothing unattractive. The gnaried trees are softemed, the rude fences straggle eracefully, and rough bushes seems transfigured. The earths resembles falryland es though touched by a magic wand; everyone forgets his cares and troubles, even the most wretched is glven new courage: HELEN COOMBES, Age 15. South Canterbury. Books. Books are very intelligent friends and should be consulted offen. At school and at home. They are worthy friends. Often people slight books while oth- ers could not live without them. There are books written on almost all sub- Jects under the sun. 3 Education would be impossible with- out some form of books. What would school be without f{ts history, geo- graphy, spelling, arithmetic and other text books? We should be thankful to the au- thors of books who have spent some- times many years for the benefit of others. Great men have solved many puzzling questions; and then books have been written on these explana- tions so all may read about them. ‘We would scarcely know anything about the past if the wars and doings of the people had not been inscribed on rocks, parchments and other sub- stances which were the first forms of books. The Bible, which is the greatest book in the universe, could not be read by thousands of people if books had not been printed. In most, if not in every city, there is a public library. In these libraries one may borrow books or read the | dafly papers and magazines in the | reading rooms. | Many men who did not go to school read many books. Il Abraham Lincoln, who fs one of the | grea 't men in history, went to school only a short time, but he read many boolk: This is Abraham’s description of a book when only 11 yvears of age: i THE BOOK. strange contradictions; and I'm old, I'm often in tatters, and oft decke gold, Though I I'm I'm new | $ d in never could read, vet let- tered I'm found; ugh blind, 1 enlighten; thou loose, am_bound. Um always in black, and alws white; 'm grave and I'm I am heavy nd light. In form, too. I differ—I'm thick and T'm_thin | Uve no flesh and no bonme; yet I'm covered with in; more 5 n the compass, the flute ing confute: | ish, I'm German, I'm French, and I'm Dutch; love me too fondly, some slizht me too much Norway maple in front of a little girI's{ 1 often die soon, though 1 sometimes house live ages, My brothers and sisters were 5o un-| And no monagch alive has so ma kind to me the crowded me out| "% 1 Bathusls Dozl mang of my home axnd I foll a long distance FLOSSIE M. MEYER, Age 14 | Lo e ground. "I was much frishiened | Taiville. The little s mother secing what a bad fall I had, picked me up and put d Eyes. we in a strawberry basket. them put little game, enjoyed e Man e e by_eversone. T was d ed with my new home,| If one has never tried it, it is very but longed cee my brothers sins to find anything with your sisters. er was real good to or to s _distances e 2ce a piece of paper on the T o T shut your eyes, | asy to o steps backward, th try to| did not get m At me up, ik on the paper and piek it | G et = 2bic (o0 Then stick a pin in the wall about |1 One morning my mother went toffour fect up and try to pick it off |t prepare my breakfast for me, and | Plindfolaed. | I She Teturned Lome I had fown.| Stand about four to six feet from a | much surprised as well as|t2ble, shut your eyes, and then ury to disappointe wallc up to it without knocking against | I never Aew | it Ao ama| 1 hope the Wide-Awakes will enjoy zirls, 1 little | this game Pt NANCY TETREAULT, Age 13. e kg s Versailles. Danielson, e E The Tailor Bee. Likes the Woods. The Tailor-bee makes her cells of I live near the woods and haves Picces of leaves, and she is called the e e '4903 [ caf-cutting or Tailor-bee. She cuts One day last summer I went to the|out 2 neat piece of the leaf, such as cods to ge- some berries . 1 went|she needs, and then she flies away with to a different place this time instead| it Carrying it with her hind legs. of the ones I had been going to be-[ AS soon as the cell is done, she fills g The berries were. very plentiful |it With pollen, lays a sinzle esg, then and soon I had my pail aimost fall . |Closes the top, and begins another All of a sudden I burst through the|Ccll; a single Leaf-cutter makes some- My where. right | times as many as thirty cells in one before huge rock. It was | Season. ot of ine same| The egg soon hatches, and when the size. Theve was a large hole at ing|little larva has srown to its full size, botfom of these, so 1 went in. Tho|lt spins a silken case within itg leaty space was large enough for me to|Cell and by and by changes into a e k) perfect Lee, which bites its way out e to explore things, so T went{®f its ool = ___ rther, Soom the cave came (0 an| 1y, JOHN WISNESKE, Ago 13. abrupt end. My foot went into an open| Yantic. Y zpace. 1 drew back and found a stone which I dropped into the hole. A sound The White Peacock. came back as soon as it left my hand.| There is a white peacock in Frank- 1 dropped into the hole and soon|lin park, Loston. He is very hand- landed on some leaves and sticks|some. which had fallen through a hole in the| At night he sleeps in a large cage. Bach one of the peacocks has a cage for itself. There s a pool in each cage where the peacocks get their water. There are white peacocks and blue. The one this story is about is the prettiest white one. Sometimes when he is very proud of himself he spreads out his Deautiful tail. Oh, how beautiful it is! His whole tail is white. When it is spread out it is a very grand sight as he struts up and down the length of the lawn. He seems to say: “See how beautiful Iam. Iam the handsomest bird here.” SLIZABETH VERVEER, Age 6. Norwich. Storks and Ducks of a Park. The storks and ducks of Franklin park, Boston, are very nice. The ducks are of all colors. Some are blue and green. These are very handsome. They have a pond all for themselves. They like to swim in it. I think all{ ducks like to swim. i The storks are large white birds. They have long legs. They stand mostly on one long red leg. The other leg is tucked under a wing. They also sleep like this. The storks live in a large iron cage. They can go on the.lawn whenever | they want to. The storks are gentle. They do not hurt anybody unless they get angry. The keeper is usually there. HELEN LOWENBERGER, Age 9. Norwich, What Becomes of Money. It will be a surprise to many of our readers to learn how many cents and nickels wear themselves out in thelr service. Out of the five hundred thousand pennies and three hundred thousand nickels redcemed every month at tho Philadelphla mint, five out of every hundred go to the melting pot. The reason that cents and nickels ‘wear out more rapidly than other coins IS because they change hands oftener. When the worn pleces come to the mint they are carefully parted by nim- ble fingered women, out in two with & big pair of ecissors and then sold for old metal. The good coins that are too much ‘worn for further circulation are melted and recoined and started on another life of usefulness. Very foew mutllated coins are found ) Fisk Tires For Sale By All Dealers THE Fisk RUBBER COMPANY of N. ¥, General Offices: Chicopee Falle, Mass. 292 Asylum Street Hortford Branch Tirag to Re-tire? (Buy Field) Branches in More Than 125 Cities ] more t them, because people will not ac- ion with some through a coin, for a train ise deface it. undred million year to keep up the I a hole a railroad tr over it; or ot almst one o5 ever W per pply, which most constantly ause some western not use them 8 and th penny papers make extra de- mands. here there are one hundred netcen million of the big copver that have never been redeem- )n two-cent pieces, and wo 1ai kel three-cent pieces. What 1 them is a my ever been able ich no one hi to s 0 POLIQUIN, 12, A True Story. 1 Jed's talk have found cager to to that learn Unele 11 always be uestions. I would if of our| the 1 could d. At last true story in my some find 1 from the early are h after wife door. 5 departure heard a bold At first, being| wing heér baby she refused to open the rapping was repeated, Shi her bold caller meant to openirg the door, what was ment on he for adm ne. olding an Indian s were common in those day: X ng alone she was a bit timid. He asked for food and a bed near the fire, being afraid to ref: Upon going into which she re: cided to lock the b to show that she tr it remain open. About midnight the her room, carrying which he approached the qui rom the meanwhile all of a_tremble, However. quicted w to measure the baby's le nd fect Then, replacing the quilts, he went out. In the morning afte had been given-a zood breakfast sented to her a pair of lesgins ornamented with many colored beads which he told her for 1 This Indi and im. Brooklyn, We an, got them when the; nut In the winter every time the door is opened Peanut slips in. He climbs her fe 1 she fe her Jsind n w: agnin never w Our Two Cats. have the othe: two is old, and tk the kitchen we put he k et the up The Cocoanut Tree. One evening wo ment at a friend's followed us up and I home. ANNA L Versailles The cocoanut tree feet high. The tree first bear is called Bust a edroom usted him she let dian_came into knife with d and drew the mother the baby, ars were 1 he only me One is black and white, re about three two years old r and one Pea- cabinet and helps him down in t He then and is enter They had to carry them ROCHE, Age 12. is from 60 to 90 fruit when seven “James Whitcomb Riley was loved by the people of Indiana as was no other man,” wrote Governor Ralston of Indlana after the sudden death of the well beloved poet. “In an excep- tionally tender sense the people of his native state believed that he belonged to them, and they mourn—bitterly mourn—his passing. As governor of Indiana I am anxious that the people be afforded an opportunity to show the high respect in which they held ‘this man who sang of common things,’ and I am moved therefore to suggest that his remains be allowed to lic in state in the retunda of the capitol.” rangements were made for the burial of Riley’s body in Crown Hill etery, near Indianapolis, relatives feel- ing RILEY, POET OF PEOPLE, MOURN ED BY b “COMMON FOLK” FOR WHOM HE WROTE THE LATE POET AND TWO OF HIS YOUNG FRIENDS that Mr. Riley Ar- cem- The milk in the ¢ of the palm tree h tree gives from 80 to 200 nuts tree, which The dried leaves of the are from 10 to 15 inches thatch the Toofs of The screer can be used in lamps, medicine and soap. The dinary soap for ointm soap is valuable at sea will not lather the cocoanut cd. ALICE Or hell of a poli Cavendish, Vt. 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MiAFRSH Pianos Player-Pianos Victor Victrolas ON EASY TERMS Marsh Building, 230 State Street, New Landon Sunlight Building, 46 Franklin Sirect, Norwich THE DEL-HOFF European Plan Rates 75 centa ner day and um HAYES BROTHERS, Telephone 1227. 25-28 Broadway DENTIST DR. E. !. JONES Suite 46 Shaunon Building Tuke elevator teet ens trance. Shetucket Phone. should be buried where the public might asily visit his grave. Thousands of persons silently passed the Riley home in Indianapolis, while many closer friends of the poet entered the home to view the bodv.