Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 10, 1917, Page 9

1 THE W1 ; BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT © qcity may call at The Bulletin bu ness office for- 8|10 a. m. Thu X LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE- “AWAKES. Our Flag and What It Means, Our flag was made in 1775 by Bets! It is thought that Paul Jon: was the first to raise it It was used just after the of Independence was was made there were stars and _stripes they would add a new state came in, but they would make too large a omne; so in- stead they decided to add a star. forty-eight stars in our flag; and when it was first made there were only thirteen. only differentfrom. trwm by the stars and white stripes. We get the stars from heaven and the white stripes separate the red to show we have separated frem ‘The American flag is the ‘peace and good will he white means pur- v, red, vaior, and blue, justice. flag should always be respected the United you should it up before sunrise, leave it out after sunset. tcen stripes represent the Union. of respect xc 3 e any=hour uuhqn o th c-.h 7% s Sove learn agriculture, forestey, art, and there’ are six m"- he enougl’ to use their hands they taught to spin, weave. simple embroidery. ¥ | butter and s | taught - 1. Write plainly on . paper_only, and i 2. Use pen and 3. Short and poin 4. Original storles or letters. only 5. Write your e, dress plainly at fact, 5 A Grandmother.. Be nobody else but you 1 waé waiting in our car under ths shade - t ced into & “MW mlhl"i le. this carriage were three peop) rhe There are no: Our flag is the mother coun- My brothers and I had about a mile long. highway we;went down a a maple and beech came to a creek which two boards from a In winter our course beaten path in the snow, vi In summer it was & I remember some @ the incidents that happened to me on this trail. spring the water was low and gathered Dentiria or crinkie root. One. day in winter I a swollen current and Now the children whe. are widely scattered. Some have takon up the path to the The last words of one these children, now a man grown, ‘T must hurry; I have 20 up a hiil and throu; and it will soon be might.” DUDLEY BURR, Age 10. By Fern Peterson. Ten little biuebirds sitting on the iine; One got stoned, and then there were To me she looked grandmother. quaint style. Her dress was of a very She wore coquettish side curls, a dainty bonnet with a Youch of pink on_it, anda cameo brooch at her At the meck and sleeves of her black dress was soft, flimsy black The little touch of pink on he; 'bonnet and in the cameo matched the faint flush in her cheeks, which with The |the sober black of her dress made the nion | exact tolor combination. ee that she was ere was always a tender d loving look in her face: Altho may have had many cares, not show them. Nine little bluebirds fiving el gt One got shot and there were dittle bluebirds One got frozem, and then there were to leap ite Seven little-bluebirds all in a fix; =) trod that path o wned, and ther there were s b eight stars represent the Ui of all the states. s VIOLET DISCO, Age 13. Six little bluebirds sitting Ly the hi A big bee stung one, and then there little bluebirds sitting by T knew at once was the kind of a grandmother ‘one would like to go to with her HELBN A. BROWN, Age 15. ception of Beauty. n an all-pervading presenc It unfolds in the numberless flowers and’ thefi there One got stepped on, bluebirds fiying on in the branches of . the trecs.and the green blades of grass. It the depths of the earth and and gleams.out in the hues of the shell and the precious stones. And not only these minute objects, but the ocean, One fell.in and then there were three. Three liftle bluebirds wondering what Starting My Garden. is now spring and many of the people are thinking of preparing their land for an early garden. i e e One pleasant Saturday atternoen I Two littie bluebirds eating a big bun: thought I would take & walk. ‘A Bad Black Man. Dear Uncle Jed: This morning my road, . bagk an in se and” stole three down shirts, 1&? one pair of overalis s Sl et ito down the roed. of our bors -| coming from up the road saw the thief going up the road. He had a basket on his_arm. '{Wh 1&:" going to arrest him if they < " ZOWARD GARDNER, Age 10. Moosup. B The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner. Dear TUncle Jed: A trumpeter, bravely ieadijng an the soldiers, was f B ot wg iy 18s without | cause or withopt injury. 1 have not slain a single man of your troop. . , and only carry (i rass “That is the very reason for whic 3gu should be put o death. they said. “for. while you do ni Ig\: yourselr, sour trumpet stirs up ail the others i HARRY SCHATZ, Age 11. Dear Uncle Jed: On the outski f & small lived & poor widow S5d et Son By, & iad ton vears of age. Bob was a good and honest boy and would help his mother as much a3 .he 4. “It ‘was a warm summer day and 24 to visit one of my friends who 1ives |the berrypicking time had come, so farm and my father about a mile from my house. I took & |Koh took said he would give me a plece of land clouds, the heavens, the stars, the ris- path that went through the woods ing and segting sun, all overffow with a small basket and kissed Bartbis’ mother good-bye and stasted for One little bluebird sitting in the sun; cooked, and for a garden in which 1 could plant vegetables and eome flowers. plowed and all The sun was very but in the woods it was cool T sat down on = stump beside he universe is its temple, of the-way. and those men who are alive to it can- lift their eyes “Jack, Bob's do; As th n the 5, Ji s _they neared . ,'*' The birds were{started on a run and besan d T found a great|furiously at some unseen thing. that has to be done now is to T have planted cabbage and toma- toes in pots which I keep in the o so_they will get an early start. rabbage and tomatoes are quite- big brook to rest. singing sweetly, many beautiful wild flowers. 1 picked a large handful to After I had reste (hemselves encompassed with Indian Baby. b Now this beauty is so precious, the enjoyments it zives are so refined and pure, so congenial w a M, Dunham O poose with the beauty bright th our tenderest my friends. Bob followed his dog as fast as he could, Suddenly the barking stopped and_Bob, all out .of breath, came up T went on out of the woods and clidib- |to Jack, who was standing near the ed the fence over into the fleld of tall | pody of = man. and so akin is painful to think of meh as living in the midst of it and living almost as blind to it as if and will be ready to transplant as soon us it is time and warm enough. The high cost of vegetables ahd ev- erything in fact should be a motive for to worship, that of the multitude green grass. As 1 was walking along. thinking_about Red Riding Hood, all The facs of the man was turned up- ward and au Bob neared the man he at once I'heard a rustiing in the grass|gpeard mutter to himself: cvery girl and boy to try and do some- thing ‘to_help along. and everyome who has tried to have werc tenants of a dungeon. Do you dream of the day when, 0| "\, infinife jov 1s lost to the world is not hard ‘manhood_full-grown, and T saw a big black snake. “For Gor sake, give me some wa- most ran across my feet. I jumped and | ger.” the want of culture of this spiritual The greatest truths are linked with beauty. win their way most build you a little I ran one way and the snake the other. That was the last T saw of him. a garden likes the work. 3 And have a fine charger to bear you It only you have a small piece of oot aal} stveam that ran nemr: to a 1By, flted the baaket with water and reached my friend’s house without any {ran back to the man, who dmank the more adventures, where I had a pleas- { water eagerly. After a few minutes Awakes to try gardening, if only on a CARRIE GELO, Age 12. into the soul when arra=g- i their natural and fit attire, © man receives the true culture of in whom the sensibility to the s not cherished: and I know of life from which she-cougar emall scale. crouching at Will you be a great chieftain or med- father | the man sat up. brought me home in his bugsy that YETTA LEVINE, Age 13. the mightiest hunter of all no_conditios should be excluded FLORIDA SANVAGEAN, Age 12 the ' queer pets I ever had, Bobby was the queeres you how he came to m One sunny <chool was out early my room when one of my friends came running to call me. Shall I tell afternoon last I had gone to 0ose with the shining bright pap The Story of a Pansy. There is a gocd fable tol ing’s garden in which all at once the trees and flowers began to pine and make complaint. The oak was sad because it could the rosebush was sad because it could not bear fruit; the vine was sad because it had to cling to a wall and could not cast any <™= shadow. “We are not of the least use” sald the oak and the vime. Then the king saw a y this time held up its azlad fresh face, while all the rest were sad And the king said: you so fresh and giad, while all the rest pine and are so sad™’ What are they gleaming about? coffee tree gréws almost the cultivated about ten feet hixh. are dark_ereep : The small, white grow in thick clusters and have She wanted me to into her garden and see what a strange animal was there: There on the ground was a it had fallen from its nest I picked the little How tiny he was— He was very much | id, and I saw that one of his wings He looked at h his bright black eyes, but he did not try to bite He fluttered a lit- tle and lay down in m We thought it would be wise to put n back jn the nest. climbed the tree. There were a fice tree grows vield flowers: young bat; 2nd was much hurt. creature up gently. 1 wrinkled wee face, and there are two seeds These seeds are call- Their flat sides are pres: ed together. The seed is sown in care- prepared ground. The tree bears in about three 3 the hoot-owl le papoose w wonder-bright “What makes UNCLE JED'S TALK TO One of my sis- “Lad,” he said, “who are you?” Bob told his name and the man THE WONDERFU! “FRUIT MEDICIH Thousands Owe @fea Strength To “Fruif-a-1i medicine mad relieved more - of Rbeuma! Pain in the Ba Constipation 2 a-tives” has ates the whole s 50c. & box, 6 At all dealers or se | s-tives Limited, O NORWICH T W. 0. Rogers to 7 Potatoes—3-o Town street mine Bruce was 1 marching on A oinister fron return trip the pat ers plowing on the plow, was as impo. cult walking. Rows of pe: bages were satd. “Weil, you deserve the fortune that 1 shali give you, for you saved my life. I am the governor of this state. As I passed these woods some high- waymen sprung out of the bushes and attacked me, robbed me of all my money and Jeft me, as he supposed, dead. Thank God that you came in time.” The governor took Bob and his mother to the city and gave them a house. He sent Bob to a good school end after to college. ey lived happy after this. ¥ T HARRY SCHATE, Age 11. Yantie. Three Little Bantiss. Dear Uncle Jed: I have three little banties, a mother, father and baby banty. The mother is setting on nine “that Jeggs. The father is a rogster. I giv vou |them corn and grass. The baby i “I thouszht, you wanted me planted me, e Wrows in a moist, warm cli- I iy said the pansy, produce coffee. and so I made up my find anything very cunming. Every night how 't mind that I would try and be the best |[come home from school I take them made from poured over this. is steeped for'a short time. Cream and sugar ma: coffee. | jiice Then we thought we would walit till evening, when the bats came out. As soon as it was dark the bats were We saw them come little pansy that I could b We cannot all be wise and sreat. occupy high positions in the world and do great things, but we can all try to be good and do the in the pesition in served in cur We cannot all fAving all around. HELEN RIST, Age 12. very best we can him “Bloodsy which of these places did our bat be- up and pét them. They do not eat very much. ROSE EAGAN, Age 10. Willimantic. A Backyard Garden. which we are placed. he had changec B A. DUNN, hibit himself as It would never do to put him strange bats. could tell what they might do to him? st we made up our minds to keep him, and he was given to me to a dreamer to e: dog's master lived on a small | named tie dog Jim, so this is how the LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Dear Uncle Jed: This year I have decided to plant more vegetables and iess flowers. Last vear I planted a great many flowers, and just a few vegetables because my father had a England_and Sphinx of the Hou T named him Bobby. m a eoft bed of moss in an oid inl lost its top. long time I put the inkstand out of my T thought that per- mother would hear his cries and bring him some food. may be that she did so, for he looked very bright in the morning. row Strong. while his broken wing ‘was quite wel. dull and sleepy in the vtime, but at night he was very full Arbor Day. One day Jim and-his master went to Dear Uncle Jed: icy day and home, they had to bridge, and the master -d and fell into the water. his maser's howe got hold of his mistress's pulled till his mistress 1im to the bridge, and there she saw nsband in the water. so she ran | back to the house and got some of the ! to help pull him out. water been very deap he would have }drowned; but there was enough water the man’ couldn’t get out alone. This is how Jim saved his master's @ to a seat when | window at nij shrubs and flowers and we planted haps Bobb: and for meny vears | Miss Pratt had Sophie Musial and Elsie McDaniels choose sides for clean- ing up the vard. chose Nellie Afusial and Tsadore Riben, and Sophie Musial chose me. Miss Pratt had the names of the pupils in the agricultural class down There are twentv- These are on two papers. s now Tecoznized a eciates the He was alway dert Wiizor representafive on the bird chart. One evening when I went comp’iment Britain could % MADELINE BILL, Age 12. Jewett Cify. it e Knew hims | LATHER-TAIL AND THE MiRROR in no place for he has bacn bas he failed, What Americans Can De. 5th, when war was “All Amerjcans can their country do not they are not-patriots.” The people of the east have.aiways led him to see his reflection move, too, but he seemed to admire himself great- One day as T sat in my den busily writing a story I heard a sound 'of large garden and I helped him a little. I have been given more ground to plant on. p This a plan of my garden: Lot 3 1-2 feet wide and 15 feet long. The rows run the narrow way. Squash and corn three feet, then rowsgin following order: Pole beans, pole “beans, peas, peas, parsiey, found radishes, leng radishes, lettuce, carrots, carrots, car- rots, beets, sweet peas. sweet peas, four o'clocks, path, popples, poppies, marigold, marigold. 1 think this is a good way to plant = sarden because it saves very much land and is much easter. I should advige the “Wide Awakes” fo plant their gardens in the back yard like this. MIRTAM SHERSHBEVSKY, Age 3. Killiness. Dear Uncle Jed: One day. Abraham Lincoln and his friend were riding in the country. They saw two little, bifds Iying on the road. One man rode on. But this man Norwich. ly and I reaily believe he smiled his|gwas not Abraha; Linecoln he picked e pleasure of |the birds up ar® put them baek in | » depended on the west for their food, < Thinking'that perhaps my and the people who can have gardens pen was old and made the. noise 1 changed it for a bright new onme and 1t wrote beautifbilly everything in the room was ‘that vou could have heard a Then the scratching began egain, and that time it eurely wasn't prettiest just to have secing how h looked. The next day when I sat down to work and opened the drawer up came Lather from the back of it. time he was not alone. He had brought friends ard refatives with him, and, after showing them the mirror, they ranged themselves around it and gazed admiringly at themselves. After & while they began to quarrel, and, oug! lon’t understan mouse lansuage very well, I'm sure they|en®d as it was someth quarreled because each one book you. sent Fielding Down it and found T have read interesting. Mildred H. Krowlton, Center:—I recelved the hook you sent are going to have a gardens of their own. Fven though you @o not fight in the frenches. you can be a patriot by fur- nishing food to help feed the poor and The two most im- went on writing. of Mansfield 1 listened for a minute or two, and the sound came from a Then 1 carefully pulled the drawer out just in_ time to ses.a long tail disappear at the back. Of course, it was a mouse who had Leroy Conydon, ard potatoes. “Honorable President urges the children and people of, this to plant every not_in’ use. piece of land their nest. Then with a happy heart rode after his friend. ALBK BROWMAN, As Norwich, The Thunder Sterm. Dear Unclg Jed: It about 10 o'cloek last rday night when a thunder storm came up. We wers in bed when it came. We all got. fright- awful. It struck 2 big ash tree in of our ey Bt | ouse. It tosl & irip of bark about made such a noise that I had to “scat” {ome inch wide from the top of the Catherine Murphy, himself the handsomest. received the check for one of the drawing contest and wish men in New York are going to lawns for home (e land that is n use are going to give it to the been scratching. Why hadn’t I thought of_that before? 7 But what a mouse could want there I couldn’t imagine, In the drawer were them home. But the next day they came again, Men who_ h: tree to the bottom. ‘We didn’t notice it untfl the next and every day one er two more would [morning about 9 o'cleck, as we didn’t join the group, and Lather would treat|happen to look out until then. Mother ondis. Sea governmen* for garden use Tt is stated that bv spring of mext vear there will be a famine or starva- tion for American people, so be pre- lot of little odds and ends—some spools of thread and needies—for T am a bachelor and sew on my own but- tons—a cake of soap, which I use for my mustache and a tiny mirror which I also use for my mustache—to see if it Is on straight. Svery day the little mouse appeared, and after a while he became quite When he was hungry he would nibble the cake of soap, and seemed to enjoy it as much as you or I would a piece of angel cake. ther Longtail. them ail to a nibble of soap. Yesterday my lidlli’e llfll&l:, 'B‘QLIY- came to see me and found the mirror { She carried it home to [that time as mother would have been | \yuson her dolls’ house, when she went, and |frightened to death. [ don't know whether to su- for my little visitors today or not. Yes—scratch, of Plainfield— ze book I received ery interesting, Blanche Greenwood, a little comb . in the drawer. Farmers of United States have urg- £d other people to raise poultry, swine, and other eatable animals for food, Now is the time for every Amerjcan to do his duty. MYRTLE H. GAGNON, Age 13. Harry Schatz, yau for the prize book you The Long Firemen of Lakeville. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS, scratch—there is La- me to open the drawer Tll open it. “How d've @o, Lather?” “Squeak, squeai.” His name is La- I named him Lather because he was 50 fond of the soap, but he was nearer the color of ebony. One day he brought another monss with him, a tiny little bit of a fellow, probably to treat him to some soap. 1 gave them a little piece of cheese for R treat that day, and they had great fun playing tag among the spools and 10| boxes in the drgwer. the | he came alone, and I noticed that in- These | stead of racing around he was very them all| quiet, and I leaned a little nearer to find out what the matter was. was sitting as When they invite anvbody to visit|mouse,” looking at himself in my mir- them they give them the best of ev- erything, and try ‘o make the visit as|down and this was the first time he had causht a glimpse of himselr. After Tho girls’ dresses are Mke that of|a while he moved 2 little and it start- of Colchester—Ruth Flelding in Moving Pictures. 2—Miriam Shershevsky, of Norwica —Alice in Wonderland. The Norwegian People. The men of Norway are very strong and stoutly built @nd the women are of a fair complexion and have light hair and blue eyes honest and do not try to cheat the tourists who come from different cou Thev are courteous apd. hearted and are also very poli ctrengers who are anxious to see large "buildings and scenery. people are wiiling to show they think will be you needn’t make so much What do you ‘Sqpeak, squeak, sque-e-eak!™ the mirror, but you see Betsy carried it away to make her dolls vain. 8o disappointed. Take a bite.” “Squeak, sque-e-e-eak, squeak-sq Sque-eak,” says Lather, which I late to mean, “You horrid thing, you've taken my mirrar Ul nof come ¢ to see you again,” and, looking at me t reproachfully, he whisks his taf] about [ nouncement concerning the war|use. But and there—he-has disappeared. he'll not come T get another mirror, noise_even if you are. 3 of Mansfield— « Bunny Brown and Sister Sue at Camp Rest-a-Waile. 4—Katherine Gdrman, of Versailles “Ruth Fielding on CHff island. Yantic—Ruth Fieling at Silver Raneh. §—Helen A. , They are very You needn't look The next day The soap i there Brown, of Columbia— Ruth Fielding at Sunriee Farm. 7—Letta - Levine, Meadow Brook Giris Afloat. 8-—Dudley Burr, of Baitic—Wood- Colchester— “vujet as a it generally was turned upside pleasant as possible. until four men out of them.—Kan- Winners of prize books Nving n the | sald she thought It was too early for such & thunder sterm as this. It was lucky father was home at MARY DIKY, Age 11. Colchester. Newsy Para An Eskime Boy by Faith Curtis of Norwich, 1 | beneficial in my | B.C., writes worse at night and | from five to seven t not have to ge sider myself In dition, which I a taking Foley Ki 8£0, and thoug: a B0 dangerous or & The Folly of Tak of Norwich. ©h, My! by Floyd B. Lambert, Their ammunition being INVENTING THE BAYONET. hausted, defeat and surrender seemed First Used by Minus Ammunition. One of the smugglers whipped out his long-handled knife and remmed the handle into the muzzle of his use- idéa was instantly 1t is 80 years since Sir Jess musket. My Garden. v Dear Uncle Jed: Will tell how I|uerved only to strengthen its right to have started to grow some Diants for my garden. caught up and effectively used. Pefl- came the smug- followed in first bayonet 2 (S down the hill and _victory wake of this Thus the French made of their defeaf the honor. On the western front raids are at present the order of the day. My sister and I went out and dug |7Tne big guns’ deep diapason makes up some nice rich dirt and put some |the prepatation for thelr succese, the fertilizer with it apd -mixed it well. a_stepping stone to future victortes. | oan ' # They were assured that what Basqus jore certain, bu 1 bomebs make it more certain, but it is could do they could And then I put it in boxes. the bayonet that secures it. for her and some for myself I prove upon. set to wprk- and istory 4t 1s but meet and pro- e 7 The th little coast town the Whin"the plants get 1arge enough we | Saapon to. Seanse Feas he Ge: on e pla o, weapon to cleanse ince of the r- will set them in the garden where I |man, by finging him across the Rhine, shail plant other seeds as soon as it gets warm _e; bayonet should be the manufacture of this weapon of Bay- onne.—From the iondon Globe. A_Natural Ambition. We should think the Kaiser would to come over here and shoot for. &t s sssimelally the weapon of the notugh. ies. Tt EDNA DAWLEY, Age 9. |French initiative and English devel- Jewett City. opment. us up, in the hope that im the gen- = Bayonn: i The Only Hepe. manufactured it, and on a hill behind The war departmien grooms contains the only hope left of saa City - he might happen to hit the man who latest an-|the town saw its invention and first Bayonne was 2 BACReity W its' paidds. t to bay on a hill stand by Presi- German Government. — Ohie State expecially prapared