Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 9, 1916, Page 10

e Eaes - let it stand. " “an. ¥ ks ALTBR - GAVIGAN, _AsE see him, ‘he reminds me |- munm.nur.w § i of the ancient giant, Goliath, grown [HE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE p, 7 ) n A Teat of Charaster. " FrossmE M. MEYER, Ags 14 BOYS AND GIRLS mflm 75 porhen Frad e went jto_sebool he »‘l'lfh'nlq. . and how he would mot tell a lie. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. “I wouldn't also,” sald Fred. ‘“No - ot e t happened to me, 1 would 1 He Lives on a Farm. Blue Grass Bnflmry" Girls' Vacation 5:-';'- té‘lfm ratn Dear Uncle Jed: I am sleyen years Frite plataly B g Ghtcopes e, ST T vet e iay ide faa little sohost n Framiin. "1 aik 1de of the Prince. The used to_play “hide r school in Franklin. I wal ? na nusaber the pages. _um':";,"flmm o o and seck” in:this way. Tred would a mile to sehool every morning. Thers L na . e make Prince Me down W oY Lbou n my s p ; SRBoct &ud wmu"‘-mue- winl | 8—Perle '"N‘fl‘m Canter- o ould whistle and a hid 4 I like the Wide-Awake Circle very [given preference. Do not use over | bury—Mildred at Prince would: and lookfor much. him. X 9 4—Mildred Grandy, of Yantio—aMil- P N ‘We have six horses. I ride horse- storles or letters only | dred and Elsle. One day, while lookln‘éo: :.m‘n.:fl ‘!::;:‘he:- little. I have a sister and a ] b 5—Gladys Young, of Moosup—The hmn.;.h noticed that - . Wit d ad- ‘Semis bleclo large, S0 he hid L, ‘We have two barn: one is white B e Dot ot T ue ' Ol ey Girls In the | e ‘the tablo end whistled. ~ He and the other is red. The red one is heard - Pringe in ;arswer and go B the largest. communications to Uncle | , Alvin La Chapelle, of South Canter- | 1(Gicf o around for him, . Soon the dog My father is bullding an arbor of e 7—George Burdeit, of Lisbon—Fight- mfl his lttle no-'nh,una]:;‘tll:: ck:'t'?‘ p :ig::d 12“" are roses planted all you ‘are—Be that! s e R e cabds he CHAS. N. BRUSH. 3—Gladys Thompson, of Mansfleld | pulled the tablecloth by accident, and s Depot—Motor-Cycle Chums Through |made a pitcher of cream fall, down Sis Hopkins. ) yor Historlc America. and break. ) Dear Uncle Jed: I am. writing you < ; e bus el RN S O Ered was very ead st thi But'lttle about my doll Buster.. He s _as big B ¢ POETRY. Ergr e M L R Sniper " | Prince did ot feel sorry a bit. . See- as_a baby two vears old. Nobody 'WHY THE DOG'S NOSE 1S ALWAYS : th ‘s nose always oy e tejl you, curls of gold, and quiet be, “eome and stand' by mamma's Josephine Bovorick, of Norwich—A prize book for you at Bulletin Busi- ness Office. The winner of prize books may call at The Bulletin Business Office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday. LETTERS FROM WIDE-AWAKES. ing the cream on the floor he began lapping it up. Just then Fred’s mother came in. She saw the pitcher and the dog lap- ping the cream. She did not see Fred who was_partly ‘under the' table. “Oh! You naughty puppy,” she cried. Hearing this Fred came out from under the table. “} wasn't the dog’s fault, ma,” he said. If I could make a picture T'd try to win one of Uncle Jed’s books. little boys and girls are going to win around. I also have a doll 1 call Sis Hopkins. She is a peach. Two years ago_Christmas morning when 1 _got up I found her in my stocking, and 1 thank Santa Claus for her. LAWRENCE DUFRESNE, Age 5. Plainfield. Blasting for Drainage. don’t want to touch bim when I am . Dear Uncle Jed: Last Thursday my . Wfih Vears and years and years ago— ‘He then told his mother all about it. How many I don't really know— A Kitten Saves a Girl's Life. His mother was very glad that he bglfaor:, and eo h‘a aid hlor §|0ur day’i.’ :g.ixlcha;ru xLetO;wg .;:D n]’ly fl-mx;ds, and my- ‘here came a rain on sea and shore; [ A little girl and her kitten were tak- | told the truth and kissed him. P o e i) e S e e S e iy , ts like never seen before ing a walk near a river. The kitten JACOB MASTER, Age 12. |Iriend saw that he had no = was o be done on the farm of one. of Or since. It fell unceasingly down,|was the smiartest of its kind and knew | Bozrahville, The lady looked sad as sbe bought |my friends. i - % do ithout a word. 0 superinten e a~ting. An ;}loa.-h:_ld man—his name was ”.;xltc;;g:nu:e tx:; l:ll;te:nmw:nd‘:: Dear Uncle Jed: We have twenty- | 98, 0N & ,,Z;,y and ashamed as| . The teacher told .us that g taust eight scholars in our school. There . L s fiave an erul composition Mondar: on Bulit him an ark, that he might save | front of the child's mother and crylng | are he walked away. He tried to sell his Dy n Monday, -ades. There are three black- r irty | what we saw, so I thought I A0S family from o watery grave; pitiously. | Te was frying to atiract | poards i the frome part of the room, | Papers and forget all about his dirty o © And in it he designed her attention. two on the sides, and one large one in o shelter two of every kind Finally the mcther followed the kit- |back. We have new desks and new Of beast. ‘Well, dear] when it Was|ion which led to a recreation pier, | floors which were-put in last year. hands and facg, but he was not happy, | Write and tell you about it. and his papers went very slowly. First the men go along with iron He thcught he would not forget|bars and sledgs hammers, making holes about two inches § % done where the child was found hanging | Maps and dots of wictures are hung | 38ain He scrabbed his round face | hoieh ThoUt Fro Taches in ' dlamerer; heavy clouds obscured the sun, down from a large spike in the pler. |upon the walls. One of the scholars | ™ TRENE STISWART, Age 10, |less dangerous than dynawmite, and e Noah folks to it quickly ran, .| She had failen over and her cloth-|and I are doing the janitor work from | y oo Gy v 2. Jonly thirows tho Gift-a oot “meve the #ADd then the animals bégan ing_caught on the spike. now to the month of Decemb < s ground. To prepare the powder they cut sticks of it about seven or eight inches long, and welghing one-half pound, in two. To gravely walk along in pairs; When her mother rescued her she| Our schooichildren are selling cards i o The leopards, tigers, wolves and bears, | wag barely conscious. to get books for our library. There Delay. and:dts Danger. i deer, the hippopotamuses, Ilad she remained In that position|were fourteen sgheiars selling them,| There is a story told that a certain rabbits, equirrels, elks and wal-|five minutes longer she would have|but a few of thim couldn't sell any |king lighted a lamp and had it hung - ruses, been dead. so they brought their cards back. [in his palace. He theén sent forth her- | “"Rhoo took a round steel handle and The camels, goats, cats and donkeys, BLANCHE LUCIER. |There were a hundred in all, put most |alds to bring every criminal and rebel | iyaice o hole on the side of the stick The tall giraffes, the beavers, mon-| rTaftyille. of them are sold. into his presence, that they might ob- [ ;¢ nowqer, keys, I have sold fifty in all and there are [ tain pardon. Those who came while Into this they placed a cap to which a fuse about 18 incnes long was at- tached. The rats, the big rhinoceroses, twenty more to be sold. Tae one who | the lamp was burning were set free, The dromedsries and the horses, The Little Red Purse. Sells the most gets the prize, a book | while those who delaycd until the lamp The sheep and mice, the kangaroos, Ned was a newsboy who sold papers | which is worth a dollar. .| had gone out, or who disregarded the| “Then they put the sticks of powder Hyenas, elephants, koodoos, to support his sick mother and baby I am gorund to try to get the prize. \nvltation,vme‘t \\;hh a_terrible death. |into the holes in the ground and filled "And hundreds more—‘twould take all|sister. He was seven years cld. X ORIN WHITEHOUSE, Age 13. WILFRED LISTER, Age 11. them up with dirt, gently pressing it day, One day Ned was selling papers| Mansfleld Centre. Plainfield. down with a wooden pole, leaving four or five inches of fuse above —‘the My dear, so very many names to say— | when a little girl and a nurse came = And at the very, very end The little girl slipped and fell. Skunk Hunting. My Kitten, Beauty. ground. Of the procession, by his friend Ned helped her up. One night about 3 o'clock Theodore) T have looked at the Norwich Cou-; Then it was ready for the men to And master, the faithfur dog was seen.| “Thank you,” she said sweetly. Kendall and 1 went out skunk hunt-frier and have seen many interesting |light. The livelong time he'd helping been| The nurse hurried her along. ing. It was just the right time for|stories written by the Wide-Awakes,| - When the powder went off there was Te drive the crowd of creatures in; Ned looked down and saw a little| them (o run. e went down through|among which 1 would like to see mine|an underground rumbling, and the AHd"fow, with loud exultant bark, red purse on the snow. He picked it|, few lots and did not see any skunks. | printed, although I fear it will hardly| earth near it shook and cracked. Mesgayly sprang aboard the ark. In the corner -was embroidered | \ye bec: Alas! 80 crowded was the space, 3 me discouraged, so we started | escape the waste' paper basket. rom Grandma to Peggy.” Water usually stands on this ground| . « siting. My kitten, Beauty, is jus: like a|in the spring. and this was done for o v e could not In it find a place, When he came home the baby was|““\We \ent ts Theodore Kendall's sis-| puffball of veliow fur and is about|earlier drainage, 8o, patiently he turned about— for “Don’t’ cry, | ter's house and staved about an hour.|five weeks old. She is very cute in PERLE BURDICK. 3 Stood half way in and half way out. said 1l get you some |7pen we started on our way home. her ways. By her color and looks| South Canterbury. And those cxtremely heavy showers Soon ran across a biack skunk. It|she gained the name which she bears —— Descended through nine hundred Ned went away and soon returned|as digg'ng in the ground fer grubs|of Beauty. The Largest School. hours with milk and food. and worms to eat. He did not see me,| Today I made her a little cage or| Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would And more: and, darling, at their close,| That night when Mrs. Smith was|co 1 got him by the tail and put him|yard. I made it by taking a large box | write to you sbout my school. Tt is * Half-frozen was his honest nose; going to bed she heard Ned erying.|in the bog. (not so very big) and a few boards|the largest school in Springfield, and And never could it lose again She went to his ted and he showed 1st as we got him in the bag theland pieces of string. has 1,680 children. The numper of The daumpness of that dreadful rain; | her the little red purse. He told her|doe barked up about ten feet away! Tacking the string to the box, then|my room is 31, and there are higher And that is what, my curls of gold, - |he had only spent fificen cents. from us. This tunc it was a white| ook the string and tacked it {o the|numbered rooms than that, S0 you Makes all the doggies' noses cold. The next day Mrs. Smith, Ned and|gkunk, When we got him in the bag|hoards which have been driven into|see there are quite a lot of rooms. (Copled from a poem in an old|the baby werc on their way to PegEv'S| e began to scratch and was trying to| the earth.. Be sure you put the string| Mr. Candlin is the principal, though scrapbook, signed “Madge Blliot in[home. They had found the address|ger away. but it was in vain. high enough and clos» erough together (I don't see very much of him as he is Baldwin’s Monthly.) on a card in the purse. “Then we went over to e Pres-|to prevent the cat from getting out.|very busy. Peggy's mother found that Mrs.|¢on's land, and the dog barked about|If you put it n the sun the cat will| I am in eighth grade and have a Smith was a schoolmate of hers. half a miile away. It was a long run,|enjoy it and the air at the same time.|lovely teacher; her name being' Miss AMrs, Smith_came to Jive in Pegzy's | put it had to be done: EMMA HARGEY, Age 11. | White. BE - —ww ¥ IR TIMMIE'S SKATES. house and Ned was sent to school.! Jyhen we got there the skunk was| Uncasville. The name of my school is the ’ By Grace McKinstry. Mrfi Sml:th l-mu ]wlhn ha.?\(,v oon ZOt { right near the wall and was going in, Moy Chestnut street school; and I have I want some skates just awful baa! |NCll and they all spent & happy | pu; 1 grabied him by the tail and put orothy’s Dream. rather a long fays to go. At noon- T've asied pa for 'em. once or twice; | CH¥IStmas togcther him in the bog. After that we did| Dorothy ran into her mother’s room |time I ride home. Put all he said was, “Well, my lad, ANNA CORCORAN, Age 13. |not get any more. begging her to listen to the dream she| There are two front entrances to my You're pretty And ma eays, For fear smiall to trust on ice!” il fook ¢ should worry so, My Quilt. hcodore % The fir TG O it rel and put a box over it so he could|m o "lirst one we caught and | pag-dreamt the nisht Deface. school and two side entrances. The toois the two white ones. “I “Greamt hat 1 was dcad, but 1|Dullding is so Jarge, there are five es- + night I put him in a bar- P tiies capes in different parts of 1t. ; heard everything you aiTsald about | Ciq, ¢ way we study fs Just like high The name of my wuilt is “The Crazy B s Quit” 1 staried it last 1| not ‘get out. Fou sald T wag tn&-vest ohi school, for almost every study we o B s e Y, K toong1~ | Worked oii it nights atter . and | "1l ext morning he was there, 50 | tamily wng 2o good maressd L the | {0 different rooms. My own teacher 5. But Uncle Jack just gives a wink. |2Py spare time I could get. It is|y put him in my skunk coop and| You said: Heaven surely wouldn't|Eives us arithmetic, reading, spelling And tells me, softly, “Don’t you care, | .51t DY cight feet. Therg are sixty-|jocked the door. When I got home|he too good for me: and Jack . was|2nd penmanship. A use. you know, I really think | foUT blocks in it and each®block is ten | from school he was still there, 50 I|bawling away ond said: e really| FOF sclence, study periods, English, That Santa Claus may bring a pair! | %, {q% | finished piecing it in June. | gig not think he would get away. couldn’t understand why T should die|Sewing and drawing we o to other You see, you've been so very good |1\ It < few wocks ago. Ay mother| The next morning at lalf past seven | o' young, and that if 1 was alive he|FoomS. We also have singing fn our For 'most a month, or, maybe, two, It| he was gone. The dog opened the door | would give me his spare money to buy | OWR room but we have a special teach- id not take long to do it. 1 thought |4 i ik e Iat D er for it. B That 1 sHotild really think he would— | o &ht Land chased out the skunk and Jet him | candy k Fe ot it was great fun to work on it. Ilgg in the stone wall. When 1 found| -ay) Well, I think I have said enough or he was once a boy, like you. liked It %6 well ‘that T have started | £k e SONC WALl ohen'] thosant | 4o vhat a horrible dream. Well, what | 10 *Hing Dt will "white soon abaut anithir. Had happened at the end?” i to i y, X c that the dog let B something else. 1 hope some of the|ture, but they will soon say different | wear it when he was down here. I|left for Rhode Island. Thvey ‘went UNCLE JED'S TALK WITH WIDE- | T brougit it to tho school fair and | Kim" g3’ I afiarwards found him in | ciadng aarhed Up and vou all fell to Wlde-Amakes will write about’thelr | when they read my short story about | have a cold now, and cough, ool |Brockon fair the next day.” got first prize on it. Everybody who 2 h ¥ e g school, too. . N innie and Mads 3 AWAKES. Bees it says that It is done nicels there cating the meat I had for.thelto come aftve after the doctors satd JUNE JOHNSON, Age 12. In the years 2000-2750 B. C. this | Miss Carpenter came down last night.| Moosup. I also made some holders and sew- | °'T hav . : 1 it | T TR, 3 el Chicopee, Mass. great pyramid was constructed. It ave a little kitten. is_yellow S WSES'S Wids-Awake T think I|ing hage for my mother. 1 like to sew | ur 1 vy o e o BB e S et st her. mother was buiit by one hundred thousand |and white. It will play. He is cute. A Fatal Accident. ; should read the rules and then write | very much. GEORGE BUDEIT, Age 13. RS e B Bobtail Friday. men, Khufu being at the head. We have a Victor talking machine. It| . 451010 Jed: One nizht my sis- Just as the rules advise. GLADYS THOMPSON, Age 14. | Lisbon. I really were to die you would sane| Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell| This pyramid rises from a base cov- | cost ffteen dollars. e e e ‘The best story written last week was| Mansfield Depot. you a true story about a little black | €Ting thirteen acres of land - to a| We are going to have a baked bean so very much some leaves for the calves and pigs’ i i i " | supper down to Mrs. Dawley’s Oct. 28, by a little girl who lost because Uncle - How | Made Apple delly. “Why certainly, but my lttle girifand white bobtail kitten and how I|RSlEt of four handred and fety foen | SRS SOWE f2, Mis. FEWISKE OG0 | to make them a good bed. © Jed aia not know where to send th The Morgan Memorial. First 1 got some apples under the|mustn't dream such things, but be|g0t him- ished. % whether I can £o or not. I want to go [ First we put some In 2o the largey 2 e s b apple tree. 1 went into the hcuse, put | cheerfull and happy,” said her mother. | As my father worked far from home | lshed. 5 o i | MNtasetGiays calf. Then We got some for the small- toak. ,Bullt on Hartford's Main street the | {000 1 (0 075 yattle and put ihem | “T know, but it feally makes me |he always carried his dinner in a fold- AADINYEMAIA Washerected AL, | and see Clady «wo davs since school | eF Calf. When we went into the box < bt 1 vi 2 y voul care i » | to worl e said: am no reeling » < s g v ere. ole e "e-Awakes are mot careful to|the city's many fine public buildings, | ¥iE them 0 thai they would mot|care so much for me.if I were to die” |t Wout ho suid: 1 am wC SN Thnother 'king also constructed the MARION A. BROWN, Age 8. | .5g after a while we found her in put on the number of the R. F. D.|the former is of grey stone whiie the | StCK: she sald with aqelightafalter, i “An wonderful sculpture of the gigantic| Moosup. When they had boiled enough I pour- { mother, will you let me kiss you just | time.” one of the cow's mangers, ] latter is of snow-white marble the two g o human-headed sphinx at the foot of She had jumped out somehow from * box: and some of them e vy cerer | Delng Joined by an nnex which n: [0, them inte & cloth bag, hune the | this oncs ang Il promise to be o good | It haspensd,io, be Triday, e mampn | ootk e et seatae Helen Rides to School. hor pen and ruh around the barn, and - sy 4 ables one to - pass from one to the| i jujce would run into the kettle. “Yee, kiss me!” L L e S UhSTHER ¢ ROSENTHAL, Age 14 Hp AR e LB D S e i i Beoke 2 The next morning 1 took the juice| And she did with a happy heart. ome, putting unch box on the| BS 3 3 - |ola ana_in the fourth grade. I re r h Then it T were a Wide-Awake ana| Walks lead up lo the bulldings and|in,¢ was in the kettie-and put as muca FANNIE RYSHPAN, Age 13. | table. g Norwich. and spell with the sixth srade. I get|her neck. We felt very baf about it, wrote. with such poor Ink, ‘or, sush a | iR the center of tae lawn between the| o0, o5 there.was lquid. I put it| Norwich, Conn. Mamma said: “I can see you are not £ » my arithmetic done in the morning. At fand & 5 poor ‘pencil T could not hardly read it |t Cprronds @ statue of Nathan Hale|,n"ine stove and kept on trying it. feeling well. I suppose you have Lives on Pautaug Hiil. Ferans I Eo outiana iplay witn Marion | HIEHE: nelio ol § . in bronze on a marble pedestal. S A e A e e Sir Walter Raleigh brought your dinner back.” Dear Uncle Jed: I live on o farm on | Brown. Sometimes we play hide and B A myself, I should do it over so it would| If we should enter the Atheneum | Whon it wo ir Walter Raleigh. Papa sald: “Yes, glve it to me and | Pautang Hill. The Shetueket river 18| seek. Yantic. | be acceptible and so the printers|we would find an up-to-date <ity I-| ™1 fook it oft the stove and poured| Sir Walter Ralelgh, born in 1562 |7 will eat it no not far from our house. I have a long way to g0 so we ride 7 i would not make any mistakes in it. Ry W Tge reading rooms on |y ynts jelly tumblers. It was a beau- | VS in his own time rightly called the|” Just as soon as mamma rook the| My brother and I offen go fishing|in a school team. Sometimes we play Yantic School Fair. Then if 1 were a Wide-Awake I| hCtiroh 00 A wide stair-case 1eads | iin; clar red color. My teacher says | Ureat Englishman” for he ranked|cover off the box, out jumped the lit- |with father. school. There are eight scholars who| Dear Uncle Jjed: We had a fair at e to tr;r second floor and climbing this it is deliclous. high as historian, navigator, soldier,|tle kitten, most into ~the bowl of| Last Sunday we took a walk in the | ride on the team. There are five girls | ur school the thirteenth. of October. should go to the post office if the|we find ourselves in a large room; HELEN RIST, Age 11. |2nd statesman. In 1579, when only|chowder. We laughed and thought it| woods. and three boys. There are twentw |The teacher told us all to do our best | mail was not delivered just as soon|51a8s cases displaying all kinds of| p,50, seventeen vears old, he fought on the|a good joke. I christered the kitten| We sa® a hawk and a squirrel and | seven in our school. and we certainly did. In back of the Bii8e T ool after T saw my name in hand-embroideries, glass-ware, china, side of the T{uguenots in the religious | Bobtail Friday. we gXthered some chestnuts and| Marion and I sit together. At noon |teacher's desk was the fancy work. - old toys and jewelry are all around. wars in France. He is said to have ALVIN LACHAPHLLE, Age 12. |feens we £0 out on a big rock and eat our | e ons end of her desk wese articies the list of winners, for the books have|In the center of the room is a case Little Petro. won the admiration of Queen Eliza-| south Canterbury. H I enjoy the Wide-Awake stories ev- | dinners. - over one hundred years old. These i - -5 = 3 £ A ). like to hear it play. jome 8 dolls ane WO St . @ :':;:“.‘:’l:" (;:. “;" r”"‘"' the letters | oroes. newsboy was trudging merrily along |ing scross a muddy street, he spread L o MG RATTL A%e 10 % Laghioned play it at recess and we march or| In front of her desk was a long Passing from this room we find our- | with his bundle of papers. his | clonlc:1n <her Dathway; |for heo o |, 7The eartliis the home.of an end | Nozth SFrsukiln dance. bench covered with all kinds of vege- if the book did not reach me in | selves in a long hall hung with many | He stopped before an gpen Window | walk upon. From that time the queen | it 18 a round planet consisting of one- = We have sewing in our school. T|tables. Also one at right hand of the || one week I should write a letter to|Paintings a tall case filed with old|whers a lady sat watching for him. |took him into her-court as a Sovorite, | FOUrth land and three R ot ARl B cie Ranty: made a towel and I paid eight cents |room coverdd with vegetables, " Uncle Jed and tell him I had not re- | PIStOIS, BWords, guns, trophies and let- | - “Ah, here iy my Petro” she said, [So entirely did he win her favor that|, We can only see a small portion of| Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would |for it " Now I am making a pag. O ot T Tk e ters, from the collection of the late|as he handed her a paper. she made him a knight. write and tell you about a sunprise | [ have been (o sehool about every ceived it, and I should be more par-|Col. Colt stands by the entrance to| Ae she gave him the two cents for IRENE McCARTHY, Age 12. |lock round, but we have many Proofs|party we had on one of our school [qay. i§ . Hcular than ever in writing my name | another room—which proves to be a|it he liftcd his torn red cap and said| Norwich. showing; il ‘}‘1 o le have | S1LIS: 1 have some little pet-guinea piss | pies, five boxes of hens and a table ana my full post ofice addre: as | picture gallery. “Thank you, ma’am,” in his bright One proof Is that many people have | * Two of my friends and myself wrote | ot home, One of them s brown and overed with preserved: St 2 Rt ‘Soaaibte 20 :the . b k" 1d | o The memorial is noted for its many | cheery voice. The Most Peculisr Person | Have Ever | Soco,oround it; and another Proof.|the invitations and gave them out to|hite and the other is black and | ““Out in the school yard was a pony, g Dost 80 the book would|fine paintings, and four or five more| Petro had sold a paper to this same that we can see the smoke of a steam- | a)1 the girls and boys in our room, and | ghite ~We have had them a 10ng |two calves and two collie dogs. not go astray. halls filled with these works of art{lady every morning for many weeks. Seen. gr before-the Lull is in sight above thelalso to the sachers. So on ¥riday [fime. I Itke to hold them. We have | onS hrtie boy brought. a. dog, but it It is very seldom Uncle Jed has any | follow. She was not_able to walk at all, so| Although he was only a fanciful per- | horizon. Inight, Oct. 20, 1916, we started and|quijte a lot of pets. The guinea Pigs | ran back home. 4 After viewing the paintings we go|she sat at.her,pieasant window and [son in one of my fitful dreams, I re-| The moon is smaller than the earth.lgot up to her house at 7.30 o'clock. |eat grass in the summer and in the ot aha skaien weral. sukant To * frouble, and when he does the name| o ic” o1 room whare thousands ‘o¢ | watched for her bright faced newsboy, |member him as If I had scen hira yes. | But the sun is many times large but|” She” was very surprised and very | (AL ST ey cat hay e e e tcas a8 has either been'blindly written or part | rare coins, medals, and documents are| ' Petro was a happy child, always|terday. He was over ren feet tall and | it lights only one side of the earth at|glad. We played games. Two of them | " yuoy &V 00" 00 5 calr. We let P exhibited. laughing and showing the big dimples [any where from seventy-five to one|one time. I had never played before, and I think | y,0 calf n the pasture with the cow. a room filled with every | in his round cheeks, hundred years old. His face, which| The earth revolves continually, @and | they are very nice, one is Rins on the tables of plants and cut flowers and on the left side was a litter of pup- Jory 8 .ot address omitted. -l /e hope the Wide-Awakes who like First prize was awarded to a boy Henry milks the cow usually, but|ang second to a girl. & 2 hatbarEIA: not [wde thnn him look like a|the Tevolving of the earth gives us|String, and the other is Magic Writ- times Roy does. ezt a s {0 Io make pictures will work sharp | Gora) formation you conld name. One | ook vers (RGL i s |thon. Be -had mo | ATt breed. chnirastod With he scars | 36asons, and.the rotasion gives us day | ing. Perheps some of "the Wide- | ™ ¥ FHLEN CONGDO setved and 31s0- cocoa suppiied by the “to win the four books to be given out|of the collections in this room is vale|mother to ‘Hiim how to' take care |on his face which were of a dirty, liv- [ and night. The path the earth takes; Awakes know how to play them. Moosup. * | teacher. Two of the girls helped serve. In Decembor for the best picture sent|ued at $10,000. A room containing|of himself. ed whife. Deep set wrinkles mar-|ach vear in going around the sun is| After we had become tired of play- : One of the girl’s father judged the ia duriag November. old pottery, Indian relics etc., follow.| But Petro knew how to sell papers.|red his face. Plercing, black eyes, | Called the orbit. ing games we played and sang many ; 3 livestock and vesetables. . " ‘We then’ go down-stairs and find | People were glad to buy of him, for | wkich were set far back in his fore-| The shadow of the earth on the|songs: then we had coffee, cake, sand- Gladys Was Bridesmaid. We had about thirty visitors, includ- o ourselves on the ground floor of the |them were always sure of a pleasant | head, seemed to ‘ond forth sparks of | moon is called an eclipse of the moon, | wiches, fruit, mmdyl ;m‘ii nea-n‘n!!- Dear Uncle Jed: A few weeks ago|ing our supervisor who seemed to 2 * LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. | Morgan Memorial. Entering the main | “Thank you!” as the penpies dropped | living fire when he was angry, and a|and sometimes the moon moves be-| After we had finished eating we |, U0 "0t ‘married. The wedding | think we had o fine exhibition. He 4 ‘man atein Tl poeet tat velas! tween the earth and the sun and causes | played & few more games and then 1 Ak ; . # Mary Steinmeyer, of Fagleville—I | estricy ant oy ’og“n:mxm:"fi.‘;; s mm—nl‘llsgp Thechick Tady sl to|Bis Yorrivie ‘:;31"‘,;;1. ey'é%'m:r.m?fi: the eclipse of the sun. started’ for home at 10 o'clock. atter | W53 55 oUT Bomp 5t £ oclockc i (e by ‘.’,‘;‘;n'-':“;.‘:fx‘f ra;m o A s 2 you very much gor the nice|are many small rooms in the Memorjal | bim: ‘Petro, have you any water|not part, but formed & straight line| Snow and ice are not found in the|having spent a very pleasant time in|yyngred and twenty-five people there.|up after the falr as it was to get 2 book you sent me. I have read)and these contaln china, silver, old|where you Hve?" % across his prominent forehead now old | regions around the oquator and it is|spite of the rain. v There were two bridesmaids. I was |ready for it though. 3 & few pages and find it very interest- | lace, carved furniture, Bgyptian stat-| Petro smiled and sald: “Yes, ma'am.” |and wrinkled. His nose was long and | Only found in colder parts of the land. revitle, < \WUDRED MORLEY. |onc and my cousin was the other. An | The teacher had to work Saturday, [ uary, books, pence-bags, vases and let-| “Well,” said the lady, “if you should | pointed and a deep scar showed from | Dense forests cover much of the earth| Eagleville. older girl was maid of honor. o * e lle, of South Canter- | ters. use some of that water on those little | his nose across his lert cheek. His|near the equator. « After they were married. the people MILDRED GRANDY, Agei1l: 3 thank you very much for the| In the basement we find all sorts of |hands and on your bright face they |mouth was large and his lips loose| One-half of the earth is called a She Has a Big Rag Doll. went up to congratulate them and| Yantic. - t I am read- | stuffed animals, tilegeand birds. | would look much nicer. When ~you |and sagging. Sharp, pointed teeth | hemisphere. Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing in|they were showered with confetti. ) ey i ereating Also, the eggs. oF the Iathk which aré | come With your hands and face clean, |like those of a t of prey showed | The equator divides. the earth into|schgol. ‘I am eight years old now and [ When the people were through con- L. O. Casey, of Norwich — I dlgi.yed in long cases. 1 will buy two papers of you. I can|when he opened ‘mouth. His hnilr a northern and southern hemisphere, [y, the fourth grade. I am in the sixth | gratulating them ice cream and cook- ving seen-all there is ®seen | give one to a friend who Will be glad | was white and very rong, hanging in|and one fs called the land hemisphere | grade reading. 1'am reading about |ies were served. The bride had a lot dou very- much for the lovely | o e Sl ad tare. ooce| to. beve It: Straggly locks over hig forohead But|and the other the water. Earope. s of silver, linen and Other useful pres- Gt T save red® | again on Main street. 4 Petro's black eyes -shone as he|the most conspicuous feature of his| While the lands are being slowly up- | At recess and noon I go out and|ents. All of them _together were [emori: mised the lady he would to do|face was his long, white beard reach- | lifted to form highlands, the Tocks|pay with Helen Conzdon. We have | worth more than one hundred and fifty BRONCHITIS 4nd found it very tnterssting. | , e, Jiock, beigw. {he, Memerial| premised Dy he would kv ing far below his chest, curling at the |may break and siip, causing the earth| 3 mood time. Sometimes we. see.saw | dolars. t Tonede: . ; 4 ot Norwich—I re-|some plece of wrchitecture, built of| Harly the next morning be came, hisfends. to tremble for miles around, and the|and play Hide and Seek. ‘When the people. finished. eating| Many users who for: years were book you sent me,pwhite stone. Twe fountains stand on|bright face fairly shining with the|- One garment he wore. This was a |trembling is called an earthquake. I went to a fair Saturday night and | their ice cream they began to deco- |obliged to sit up in bed gasping for fnteresting. T en- 2dd- | hard washing he had ‘given it. And |hugo lon’s HELBN COOMBS, Age 16. | pought an apron for five cents. rate the automobiles. They tied rags |breath and unable to sleep report that. two very clean hands held up two pa- |body, showing his Canterbury, 7 i 1 ride on a school team now. on them and one they hung a pair of | they now put a single Oxidaze tablet 3 A ¥ built the Jady at the window. muscles. which ek -|. We have € in our school: Ifold shoes. There was a piece of -a[in their mouth when going to bed and - . Low Petro looks!” said | younger legs The Great Sphinx of Eg: | bhave made that cost me. eight | flour bag on one which said on it, The |ean then lie down and b “ : ‘cause people c Sh out, two hours. after they w 1