Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 17, 1916, Page 9

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1916 P ——————————————————————————eswy | to]5]e; Dut Dandy didn’t care for the THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AKD GIRLS DEPARTMENT Rules faor Young Writers. T i 1. Write piainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3. Shert and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words. 4. Original stories or letters only will be used, 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story. Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever ycu are—Be that! ‘Whatever you say—Be truel Straightforwardly act, Be honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you. POETRY. The Little Wave, Two little children, one Summers day. Sat on the sand, as happy as could be, ‘When a little wave that was very gay Came right out from the foamy sea, Startled the children in their play, As it scampered along the beach, And slipped away, far out of reach. “Where do you from?” cried Dora, nine. “From the rocks where sponges live, From the land of the pickled lime, Or from the land where lovely flowers thrive?” Then the little wave just touched them in their play, As it scrambled along the beach And slipped away, far out of reach. come “Where do you go to?” cried Ned, of ten, As the wave washed his castle of sand, “To the frozen haunts of men, Or to the strange no-man's land?” Then the little wave just touched them in their play, As it scrambled along the beach, And slipped away, far out of reach. —Annie White Noble. A Certain Spot. God piled Lis hills to guard it, ‘To fence from every harm; Set greener grass to sward it, And gave it every charm. The flowers there were brighter, zht glow more glad, yrs lishter, music-mad. When first T did behol 1, long content to roam, Thanked God that He did mold it— And knew that place for Home —Walter. it, UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. Uncle Jed is pleased with the nice ing of the girls in the Wide-Awake circle, ¢ of w as handsome as steel-plate, and g the best iters are classed e Hebrew girls hereabouts. The girls of no age in the past could write so well or grammatically as do girls of today. In the first place, me they did not have the writing mate- rials, or as well informed or capable teachers. It 1s not 8o very long ago that there were no steel pens or blotting paper. The pens were made from goose quills and to quickly dry the ink fine beach sand was sprinkled upon it and kept it from blotting. When everybod: had to make their own pens from quills, and the school | teache d to ke the pens x!vr‘i scholars used. pens were very much | more expensive than they be today and | to be taken better care of, m} v had to be repaired or repointed. In the long ago some people made good pens, some made passable pen and some could n all, t make pens at ut had to employ someone to make pens for them. Under suck im- stances pupils could not be taught to write such an even and pretty hand| as ey do today, In the counting rooms of those day stead of boxes of steel pens they had 2 the desk a b of g nills which the most expert quill cutter among them used to convert into pens. So it is not so strangs the boys and girfls of today wri than did those who c a better hand ame before them. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Floyd T. B mar School Boys in the Woods. 2—Alice Gorman of Versailles, Bun ny Brown and Sister Sue Playing Cir- ey of Salem, Gram- 3—George D. Palmer of Griswold, [} Moctor Beat Club in Florida. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's. 5—Thelma Whitehouse of Mt. Hope, Bunny Brown and Sister Sue Playing Circus. 6—Helen Coombs of South Canter- bury, Automobile Girls Along the Hudson. 7—Faith E. Curtis of Norwich, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island. 8—Helen Lewenberger of Norwich, The Motor Beat Club on the Great Lakes. Winners of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin busi- ness office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Helen Coombs of South Canterbury: Accept my sincere thanks for the prize book entitled Automobile Girls at ‘Washington. I have read it and found it very interesting. Angie White of Many, book. Katherine Hickey of Montville: Re- ceived my prize book Monday morn- ing. Thank you very much for it. Katherine Gorman of Versailles: T received the nice prize book you sent Stafford Springs: many thanks for pretty prize me entitled Bunny Brown and H Sister Sue. I have read it through and found it very interesting. I thank you very much for it. STORIES WRITTEN AWAKES. BY WIDE- Bobbie’s First Lesson, One day Bobbie and Evelyn came to play with me. ‘We all agreed to play school. I was teacher, being cldest. We had a black- board, slates and books. I wrote on the blackboard: “Colum- bus discovered America.”. I told Eve- Iyn to read what I had written aloud. ‘When she had taken her seat I called on Bobbie, expecting he would repeat what Evelyn had sald, but in- stead he shouted: namma had a dish_cupboard, tol Although we were supposed to be quiet, we had a good laugh at Bobbie's remark. JOSEPHINE ATWOOD, Age 9. Willimantic. Bears. Dear Uncle Jed: The bears in Franklin park, Boston, are white polars, and bla k and brown grizzly 7zly bea or: in a cage with bread all over cement the floor. They have a pile of huge rocks and below is a_ pool of water they bathe. They get clean three times a weel The white polar bears arate cage. They th the b cool W was e in a sep- have also a_ pool They like to ter. a bea sitting on the Another pushed gave the s paw. IGER, Age 10. Marjorie’s Birthday. Uncle J I am going to tell end’s birtnday party. There were eleven party. We had great fun Marjorie's s were served after the T as “Drop the Handker- ie g” and “Hide and Go Seek.” After a while everyone ran after Marojrie to give her ten spanks. k fun doing that. received many beautiful children went home at o'cloc! We Lad a very nice time, and I hope all the other Wide 3 had as nice a time as v joric's party. FAITH S. CURTIS, Age 10. Norwich. Dandy, the Colt. A neighbor of ours has a little colt it was the first colt I had ever s very much taken up with v named the colt Dandy, and he certainly is a dandy. When he was a little fellow they would put_him in a lot with %is mother. He would race around the field and have a fine time. His mother though lot of him because she wouldn’t go anywhere without him. n the cclt was a few weel old took him into the kitchen and gave him some sugar. Of course, this tangkt him a bad habit. But the cutest thing about him is now when he find the door open he walks right into the kitchen and helps himself to the sugar One day when they were going to feed the pigs their hands were full, so of course they left the door open and little Dandy noticed this and walked 4—Anna Blatherwick of Norwich, in. The lamp happened to be on the THE PET WOODCHUCK “Grandma! Grandma Sands!” shout- ed Johnny Hill. “I've got a little chuck! Ben Brown gave it to me. He dug it out of a hole with three more—one for him and one for me and one for Tom Green!" g “Mercy alive! And you put him right in your dinner bag!” cried grandma, shocked to see Johnny pull the reddish brown, furry little creature out with the remnants of ginger cook- ies, the crust of his strawberry turn- over and a niobled doughnut. “What 2 boy!” Then grandma laughed, pulled her spectacles from the top of her head down on her nose, and looked the mite of a woodchuck over. “I'm sure I don’t know what we can o with him!" she added in perplex- ty. “What if we give him to old Di- pah (the cat) to take care of with her kittens!"” “Oh, do you s'pose she would, grand- ma?" queried Johnny, hopping about on his brown toes. “Of course.” said grandma, “and be zlad of the chance! Don’t you remem- oer how she tried to get old Spot’s puppies away from her last year? Di- nah never had a family half big :nough vet.” So Chucky was given to Dinah. At first she did not know what to make »f him. She edged all around him sarefully, now and then putting out a paw and giving him a pat. He “smell- :d_wid,” grandma said. Finally she could not resist him, i1nd grappling him by the nape of the neck. as she did the kittens, she made off, with her head In the air and Chucky's hand less dragging on the jround, toward the already big nestful f kittens in the barm, Johnny fed him every day with new milk, and he soon would follow the boy like a little dog. But later on he would gnaw grandpa's garden peas and champ the young cabbages, and Johnny put him in a hen coop. But Chucky did not like it, and one day he dug his way out and followed Johnny to school. It was almost school time, and Johnny hid him under his seat in an old_dinner pail and shut the cover on. Soon Chucky could not get his breath. He hopped with all his might. Over went the dinner pail and rattled down toward the stove, off tumbled the cover, and away waddled Chucky, half scared to death, under the teachér's desk, where he set up a great whistling— “Hic-c! Hic-c-crrr! Hie! Hic-c- crrz!® Johnny played with Chucky all summer. But toward fall the little woodchuck seemed to be very busy under the house. He would come out with his face and paws very dirty. By and by he began carrying in straw, leaves and dead grass. Grandma said he was digging a winter house. And one day he did go in and did not come out, Nothing more was seen of Chucky till April. Johnny was picking up stones in the stump lot when all at once up popped a woodchuck from be- hind a knoll. “Chucky, Chucky, Chucky!” cried Johnny. running toward it. “Hic-c! Hic-c-crrr!” it was Chucky, sure enough, whist~ ling back, but he would not let John- ny come near him. He ran down un- der a big rock, and whistled there as much as to say, “No, I thank you, I like my liberty bes i bear came up behind | d him into the water. He| with such a splash that who was standing by the The children then played other | We | 1 | lamp or anything; he wanted his sugar bowl. The best thing of all about Dandy is that he likcs to shake hands once in_a while. When Dandy grew larger his mother was sold. At first he missed her very much, but now he was put in a lot by himself and he seemed to be as happy and contented as thouygh his mother was there. Dandy likes very much to be petted. HELEN COOMBS, Age 15. South Canterbury. General Andrew Jackson. General Andrew Jackson was the son of a poor emigrant who came from Ireland and settled in North Carolina. Andrew was 9 years old when his father died. He was a tall, slender, barefoot boy, with eyes full of fun. They all called him “Mischievous Lit- tle Andy.” He went to school in a log hut in the pine woods; but he learned more things from what he saw in the woods than from the books he studied in school. He was not a very strong boy. He boys said, “Andy got mad, he got mad all over.”” Not many cared to face him. Once some of his playmates secretly loaded an old gun almost up to the muzzle and dared him to fire it. An- drew fired the gun. It knocked him sprawling. He jumped up with eyes biazing with anger, and shaking his fist, cried out: “If any of you boys laugh, kill you'” He looked as though he meant what he said, and the boys thought that it I will would be just as well to wait and laugh scme other da KATHERINE GORMAN, Age 9. Versailles. The Fairy and the Woodman. a woodman chopping As he was chopping he dropped his axe into the river. Then he said “What shall I do? I naven't any more money with which to buy an- other.” Then he heard a voice. He looked around; he didn't see anybody. Then | he heard the voice again. The wood- man said: “I have lost my a3 Then a hand came up from the water with a geld a; “Is that your axe?” voice. The man said: “No; that isn't mine.” The hand went.down out of sight. Then it came up from the water with lver axe. inquired the The hand went out of sight. came out again with the man’s own axe. “Is that y The man saic Yes.” Then the hand went out of sight and came up with two axes. The man + night and told about it. r man went to the ame d his axe heard a Wi a gold axe. o the ce and then v a hand holding He e Yes nd went out of s t the gold axe, the silver 1 : he was dis Eenjamin n born J. ary 1 He lived in _ a house the market. The lack money ced the hoy to learn the printer’s trade. He became publi of the Pennsylvania Gazette. T we print papers . by steay at the rate of tswo or three hun dred a minute, but Franklin, standing in his_shirtsleeves at a liftle press, printed a few hundred an hour, with his own hands. It was hard work, for you could see the drops of sweat that stood on his forehead, and it was slow as well as hard. The young man not only wrote most of what he printed in his paper, but he often m: his own ink. Some- times be even made his own type. When he got out of paper he took a wheelbarrow and went out and bought a load and wheeled it home. Sometimes friends would ¢ im why he an work so early i the me 2 he uld laugh and tell them his father used to repeat to this saying of Solomon’s: Scest thou diligent in his siness? He ghall stand before king all not stand hefore mean men. died April 17, 1790. ALICE PURCELL ster, Conn. The Four Children. Four little children came playing| n miling and shipping on_thelr One child’s name was Mary. other was John, and the othe name was Ruth, and the boy's | s Henry Their mother they could go out and play. wanted to take out their tovs But it was a damp day, so thelr L “No.r , All right” They asked their mother if they could go into the ighbor's yard to play with the chil- dren Their mother said, “Yes, but do not get vour feet wet, or you shall have to _stay in the house.” So they went out to play. First 3 “Yes,” because it was getting dark, and their mother want- ed them to get their supper. Then after getting supper, mother d, “Hurry up and get the dishes washed and dried. and then get ready for bed.” They said, “Mother, we don’t want to go to bed just vet. Let us stay up and study our Sunday School lesson, and then we will all go to bed.” Their mother said they could, but vou all must go to bed at half past eight, ang get up in the morning at half past seven. TlWey hurried with the dishes so they could have time to study their lesson: At half past eight every one stoppe and put every thing away. Then they said good night fo their mother, and went to bed. The next morning they got up at the right timg. SUSAN M. NEALY, Age 9. China. The empire of China is about the size of the United States, including Alaska. The Chinese are descended from mixed people. They belong for the most part to the Mongolian, or Yel- low race. China is so far away from us, and we see so few of its people, that we do not realize how large a part of the world’s population it contains. The Chinese were among the first Deople to be civilized. They invent- ed the Mariner's compass, the art of making Eun powder, and the produc- tion of silk goods and porcelain ware. The three religions of the Chinese are Buddhism, which is also common in India: Tavism, which teaches the belief in fire, raln, agriculture, and medicine; Confuclanism, which was founded by Confucius. The Chinese have had many absurd customs, For example, the women of the higher classes have had their feet bound into a deformed shape, in had a viclent temper and when, as the | that yvour axe" id th® voice | “No. My axe is a with a wecoden handle.” hen it | - | has been Andrew Johnson. Upon the death -of Mr. Lincoln, An- drew Johnson, the vice president, be- came president of the United States. He was born in Raleigh, North Car- olina on the twenty-ninth of Decem- ber, 1808. At the age of ten he was bound as an apprentice to a tailor of Raleigh. At this time he was unable to read or write. Some vears later Andrew determined to have some kind of an education, so he began to learn the alphabet from a fellow workman, and a friend taught him spelling and he was soon able to read. This was the only education he got. In 1826 he moved to Greeneville, Tennessee, tak- ing with him his mother, who was de- pendent upon him for support. Upon reaching his manhood he mar- ried and continued to study out of a few books he had under the directions of his wife. Later he was chosen al- derman of the town in which he lived and after studying law he abandoned talloring and devoted himself to po- litical and legal affairs. He was then elected mayor and a member of the legislature, presidential elector and state senator. He was twice elected United States senator and governor of Tennessee and gained a good reputation during the struggle for the national cause. He was a man of ardent nature, ear- nest, honest-hearted, and sincerely de- sired to do his duty for his country. On the fifteenth of April, 1865, he was elected as president of the United States. While in this business the president and Mr. Stanton, the secre- tary of war, disagreed with each other. The president did not like this so he discharged him and put General Grant in_his place. Upon the meeting of congress in De- cember it was agreed that Stanton should be put back in his place and it was done. The president did this twice and each time congress put Mr. Stanton back in his place The last time the president dld it the house of representative ordered the president to be impeached for hig crimes and misdemeano; a trial in which he was found guilty and was removed from office. .ater Mr. Johnson made a speech in which he asked pardon of everybody. In the year 1875 Mr. Johnson died in his home in Tennessee on the thir- ty-first of July. FRIEDA RETKOVSKE. Norwich. Jamie’s Wagon. Mrs. Moore was reading a from her only sister, who li y miles aw and as she finished the first two pages of the letter and turn- ed to a new le: he said, smiling, And now comes a message for Nel- H Give my love to my little niece, and well considerinz how long she in use: but a new doll will k much bett Let me think. Nex day will be vour birtk I o to the vill and the ve a doll, mot usly. not if v« replied M <ed su prefer some- Moore, with urprise. “Then T will buy the wagon for Ja- ” said.Nellie, delighted Nellie, are you willing to give vour whole dollar?” asked her mother, 1ing to test her generosit of course,” returned Nellie, ised at the question as “and, if v_Saturday, if he possibly can.” Mrs. Moore w quite willing, Nellie hastened away, soon returning with the pleasant news that the wag- on would be ready for them by Friday evening. and Saturday was bright and sunny and | Jamie carefully seated in the new wagon, was drawn into the ple fields and woo y r. wh happ: F. TUCKER, 16 Vanilla. Vanilla is a genus of plant be- longing to the orchid fam which furnishes a well-known flavoring ex- tract. The plant e climbing plants and are most common in Mexico; but they so found in Central and South and in the In- dies. Gl roots ine climbs by means of aerial ind large, white, red or sh fragrant flowers. The fruit brown, shiny bean, which is vith a dark, oily, odorous pulp. This is gathered before it is fully ripe, and the oil is extracted by a slow process, which brings out its peculiar odor and flavor. It is used in medicine as a stimu- lant, but its chief use is in the prepar- ation of liquors and in flavoring can- dy _and other confections. The vanilla plant produces a crop every three years and continues bear- ing for thirty or forty vears. Vanilla, is preduced artificiaily several methods, and as the bear v expensive by re the artificial product very common. ANNA BLATHERWICK, Age 13. Norwich. The Watch. Eli’s father had a watch. Eli liked to look at it. It was a wonder to him. He wanted to see the inside of it, but his father dig not allow this. One Sunday the family was getting ready to go to churc Eli noticed his father was going to leave his watch at home. He pretended that he was and his father allowed him to stay at home. When they were gone Eli hurried to the room where the watch was hanging, took it down, opened if, and saw the wheels turning. Tt seemed to him. a living thing. He forgot all about every thing but the machinery in the watch, and he wanted to know how it went, so he took it to pieces. Then he was frightened, for he did not think he could put it -together again; but he succeeded. Tli's father did not find out the mis- chief until several years later. LENA SCHWATTZBERG, Age 9. Mt. Hope. The Four Oxen. Four oxen fed together in the same fleld. A lion who lived near tried to kill one of the oxen. But when- ever the oxen saw him coming they stood together and showed him _their horns. This always frightened 'the lion away. One sad day the oxen quarreled and fed apart. This gave the lion the chance he wanted. He rushed into the field and dragged them off to his den, one by one. ROSE BLANCHARD. How Lucy Helped. Lucy’s mama had been ill for a week. Molly, the oldest sister, did all the cooking. Lucy often asked if she might help, but Molly always said she could do it better alone. But one day Lucy's chance came. order to make them dppear small. MARY KYBIC, Age 13. Mansfield. Molly had gone on an errand, and her brother had gone to school. Lucy decided to make a =tew for poor mamma, who was sick. So she put some water in a pan on the stove and she put into it some meat and potatoes. The stew boiled and boiled until at last it was done. But Lucy’s little hands were weak. In lifting the pan she dropped it and the stew spilled all over the floor. Just at that moment, fortunately, brother and Sister Molly ran in. Bob- by laughed and Molly gathered up the pieces of meat and potato and washed the floor. Molly kissed poor Lucy and told her to wait until she was a little older before she tried to “help.” LETITIA F. FTELDS, Age 11. Norwich. Haym Haymaking time is the sweetest time of the year. When the grass has grown very high and the weather beginning to get hot, the mowers come with their horses and machines, and cut all the grass in the flelas. It then lies In long rows, and the smell is very sweet. The sun dries the grass and then men, women and chlldren go into the field and turn it over so that it may all get very dry. Of course this is real work for womg# and men, but only fun for children: they throw the hay at each other, and have great fun. Next we take the horse rake, and rake the hay into rows so the men can more easily put it into heaps, and lift it into the wagons. The wagons are loaded up and look like haystacks on wheels, and so the hay is gathered and taken to the barn, and kept there till winter, when it is given to the horses and cattle for food. The farmer is anxious about the weather all the time. He ‘wanpts plenty of sun to dry the grass; and after it is dry, there must be no rain until it is all safely on the rack, for if it is put up wet, after a time it will get hot, and perhaps catch fire. Is it not a curious thing that a wet haystack should be more likely to burn than a dry one? It is so. If the rick is wet inside, it will get very hot and the hay will turn very black and be no good: and if the farmer does not find out in time to cut a hole through the middle to let the air in, the whole rick will be spoiled and sometimes break out in flames. Wheat. Wheat is of great use to man as food. Tt was first grown in Asia, and Europe and from there it was brought to the United States where it was sown in the west. It is sown by first plowing :the land, and then it is harrowed till it is smooth and fine. Afterwards it is ing. all summer anq in the early fall when er. After it is ground it ited States, xported. grade, and pastry under the grade. GEORGE D. PALMER, Age 14. Griswold. The Fire. It was a very dark night. Every 'ou are willing, I shall go Tizht over | Was wide awake and looking out of the to Mr. White's and ask the carpenter | Windows. — The argest hotel in the to gon and have it done |city was in flames. ed in through the windows. men were very busy tryi The fir were too strong. the people they about to leave. ed from the large crowd: Chere someone crying th sto: 0 one wanted to. vt silence. in awled a child crying break, and a dog side. the child from all danger. The firem dog in his 2 ladd He set the child down and the dog stayed beside her. This fireman received a reward for aving the child. FRIEDA RETKOVSKE. s: Norwich. George Washington. George Washington was born at Dridge’s Creek, Virginia, on Feb. 23, 1732 When he was 11 years old his father died. George went to a_little log school- house. He was a favorite at school and no boy there could run as fast or jump as high as he could. He was very truthful. He became a surveyor. Once he was t to carry a message to the French, telling them that they would have to leave the Ohio vailey because it be- longed to the English. He had to go through dense forests, cross the moun- tain and_swim rivers. But he was {used to the life in the wilderness and ireached home safely. He fought in a {few battles of the French and Indian | war. He was made commander of the American army at Cambridge in 1775. | He fought very bravely during the long war for independence. At last after about seven years of hard fighting the Americans captured { Cornwallis and his army and the war was over. The Americans were now free from England, and must have a government of their own. So they drew up a con- stitution and made him their presi- dent. Four yvears after he was again elected president. He died at his home at Mount Vernon in 1799. ALICE M. GORMAN, Age 12. Versailles. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Henry W. Longfellow. Dear Uncle Jed:Henry W. Longfel- low was born in Portland, Maine, Feb. 7, 1807. He wrote many good stories for children, which enjoy reading very much. One was The Village Black- smith, and another, The Old Clock on the Stair, Longfellow spent three years In Germany France, Spain and Italy. He wag a professor of modern language and literature in the Bowdoin collese at Brunswick, Me., until 1835. Then he took the same position in Harvard university until 1854, He was married twice. He died in the vear 1882, at the age of 75. GEO. W. CONE, Age 18. Versailles. A Straw Hat. Dear Uncle Jed: The first thing T knew, I was in a large factory. I was handleg by many men, then they threw me in a large machine. I was then made nice and smooth. They took sown by a drilling machine. It grows passes through another sprout into flour bags it is sent to all of the cities of and much of it is Bread flour is rankvd under the first | ™ second ! thing and everybody was asleep, when all at once the fire bell rang. Then the clatter of hoofs and the rumbling of the teams was heard. Everybody All at once a shower of water pour- g to save the peopie in the hotel for it was useless to put out the fire because the flames When the firemen had gotten out all could find they were Then someone sHout_ the But who was going up? Then there was a After a while the brav- in the window and there sat if its heart would was sitting by her The dog was trying to defend = took the child and the s and went down the me out and packed me in a box with my other brothers and sisters. They s0ld me to a man who trimmed me and put some nice, pink ribbon around me for a band. Then they put some flowers on the side and an elastic from the two bottom sides. They then put me in the window. T saw many people going up and down the streets. At last a child came in with her mother. They put me on the child’s head and I fitted so nice- Iy_they bought me. Thne child onily put me on when she went to the park or when she went on the cars. After she had me a few weeks I became her old hat, and she threw me away in the vard, Then her mother came and picked me up and sold me to a rag-shop. This was not my end. I was retrimmed and sold to some poor family. ETTA ROSENBERG, Age 13. Norwich. The Wood Crop. Dear Uncle Jed: The forests of the United States cover an area of about 699,500,000 acres, or more than thirty five per cent. of the surface of the country. Before so large a part of them were destroyed they were per- haps the richest in the world and with proper care they may be so again. In the northeastern states and as far west as Ainnesota, once stretched the great white pine forest which since settiement began the greater part of our lumber has come. South of it lies the southern pine forest. In the M sippi valley les the in- terior hardwood of oaks and other hardwood trees. Then therc is the Rocky Mountain forest, which clothes the slopes of this range from Canada to Mexico. The Pacific_coast forest covers the flanks of the Sierras, the Cascade and coast ranges. It has many important trees some of which are the redwood ana fir. EDWARD KUCHI Mansfield Center. Floyd Has Been Pretty Busy. Dear Uncle Jed: I enjoy reading the letters in the Wide-Awake Circle. I have been pretty busy since school was out. I enjoyved the trout Iasted. One nizht this week three of us went fishing for bullheads. We caught fifty and such sport as we had pulling them into the boat. T went on the excursion to Newport the Fourth with my papa and mamnas. We ate our lunchcon on the boat and had ice cream and bought some pretty souvenirs in Newport. The water was quite rough coming home. Papa saw a whale when we were off the shore opposite Watch Hill. fishing while it tell her Aunt Nellie does get | it ripe and vellow, it is cut by a 2 i a P that ‘her bistt ose %t Tana | reaping machine. Lo Py nmaiueieinien ang 2 T Ry . have a little arden of my own The enclosed dollar to buy a new In the west the flelds are so large I hel dpapa with the hay- doll; for I think the one which 1 |that many of these machines -are us e e e ey brought on my last visit must be|to reap and bind it at the same time. | & When it 13 eood woeather. quite unfit for use.” Behiind| these imachines ‘men walk| [ pANe e cven Lie Bantems. o Nellie's eves beamed with delight as|and set the bundles up to dry. Then | <, 1OP® 87 tho HiCe- AW o her mother placed the money in her [the wheat is thrashed in ‘ye flelds and | 1OVINE TnoiC vastatign o . | hand. the threshers are run by t:fction en-| g\ 5 e amie loves poor Fannie. mother. | gine: MR c She does not look so very bad. One| From the field it is loaded into cars | of her eves is out. and there is a lit- |and taken to many of the large cities e andiihel 1o | tle piece broken off the end of her|and ground into flour. The wheat is| Dear Uncle Jed: One day in sum- | nose, but she has one good foot. pourea into a vat about a story high |Mer two boys were fishinz in a boat. { “Never mind, Nellie,” said her|above the grinder and from this it|One boy’'s name was Tom and the mother, soothin ‘Fannie does look | runs through a sprout into the grind- | 0ther John. ile they were catch- fish in the water Tom fell over- rd while he was trving to large fish out of the water. John shouted for help, because get a he couldr’t swim, but no one came to the scue. coming home from of Tom and st a man, heard the cries He hurried to the boat in which the boys were. The bottom of the boat fell out, but he was a quick man and he jumped overbo: He caught hold of the boys and brought them to the shore, The boys gave the man a reward for saving their lives. FANNIE ROSENBERG, Age 11 Norwich. My Schocl. I go to the Union- Dear Uncle Jed: ville school. We have nice times pla ing games. I like my teacher ver: much We have ten scholars in our S I am in the sixth grade. RTRUDE ELATHERWICE 5 Ag Norwich, 12 Delvina’s Pets. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about the pets I have, two kittens and a little dog. My kittens can jump and play with a ball of the firemen taok a ladder and | iy little dog will jump through a climbed up to the sixth story win-|hoop and sit upon a chair. He is dow. The flames dashed about him |black and white. and the smoke was very thick. The My kittens are black. They are very ‘man could hardly breathe. He|cute and playful. v fond of his mistress. hool with her and My dog is ve He comes to | Imfant Rash and Chafing Quickly Healed by the use of Read what thistrained nursesays I used Sykes’ Comfort Powder on this baby for rash and chafing with the, very best results. It is soothing, cooling, and healing to the most deli- cate skin, I have used many other powders but have never found any- thin c:d hee! :Ein m!‘. ness like Comfort er. race Burbidge, nurse, Manchester,Conn. Used after baby’s bath it will keep the skin healthy and free from soreness. Not a plain talcum powder, buta highly medicated preparation unequalled for nursery and sickroom uses, to heal and prevent chafing, itching, scalding,eczema, infants scaldhead, ckly heat, rashes, hives, bed-sores, irritation by eruptive diseases and bandages. At Drug and Dep’t Stores, 25¢. TEE COMFORT PCWDER CO., Boston, Mass, comes to meet her at night, whether it is hot or cold weather. If I have a letter he will carry it home safely. When it is too cold he goes after the mail himself. He barks and the postmistress will give him the letter. He is very gentle and kind also. DELVENIA FRAZIER, Age 13 Oneco. J. M. & J. P. SWAHN Tailors Franklin Square, 237 Main Street Telephone 551-12 8 American House Special Rates to Theatre Troupes, Traveling Men, Eto. Livery Connection, Shetucket Street, FARREL & SANDERSON, Propa THE DEL-HOFF European Plan Rates 75 cente ner day and um HAYES BROTHERS. Telephone 1227. 26-28 Sroadway DR.R. J.COLLINS DENTIST 148 Main Street, Norwich, Conn. Phone 1178 TuThS Trommer’s Evergreen Beer REAL GFRMAN LAGER is on draught at H. JACKEL £ CO. DENTIST DR. E. J. JONES Suite 46 Shannon Building Take elevator Shetucket Siieet en- trance. Phone. THERE is no advertising medium in ern Connecticut equal to The Bul- business resul etin for —eeeeee Major Leslie Cheape of the British army, now reported missing, is on the casualty list for the third time. He is believed to have been iilled in the battle of the Somme. Major Cheape was one of the best known English polo players, and his name is familiar to readers of American sporting pages. He was well known in the United States. He was a member of Lord ‘Wimborne's polo team that won the international cup from the Americans MAJOR CHEAPE at Westbury, N. Y. in the spring of 1914. Before that he had »ccompanied the English teams that were defeated in 1913 and in 1911. The English vic- tory in 1914 was in a large measure due to the skill of Major Cheape, then captain. Major Cheape was reported missing on the casualty list of May 1. He was then supposed to have Dbeen wounded. In December, 1915, he was slightly wounded while fighting with the British Mediterranean forces.