Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 23, 1917, Page 9

Se given preference. Do not use fov 350 words. L'Orkh-l stories or letters only) will be used, 5. Write your name, age and,ad- @ress piainly at the bottom of the, story. Address all communications toInc! Jed, Bulletin Office. 2 “TWhatever you are—Be that! 5. Whatever vos say—Be trust Straightforwardly act, Be_nonest—in Be nobody else but you®s POETRY. How the Fledgling Learned to Fly ) By Loueila C. Poole. A fledgling blown from out a tree, Tpon the chill wet roadside lay— A soft brown ball, Quite frail and small, With hardly any strength at,all To spread its wings and fiy away, " A Dig man passing saw it there— That little bird half dead with fright, Which cocked its eve In manner shy, And tried so very hard to/fiy: But vain were all attempks at flight. So then the giant—such he seemed— Raised that wee birdling in his hand, Whose wild distress ‘Neath his caress Was soothed to peace and trustful- ness. It seemed his love to unsderstand. “O jfttle bird,” the big man sald, *Now you are warm and, strong asain, Just try yvour wings, For though frail things, 1’ Stronger grow with Jeurney- ngs! But tha: scared walf chirped “No!” quite plain. i At that the wise and friendly man Just tossed the fledgling far and high, Thereat it flew Without ado In one straicht line across the blue— And that is how it learned to @iy! Reformed. - & Peter Rabbit washed his fur, And picked out every single burr, “A-hem” went Peter with a cough, Ana stepped outside just to show off. Mrs. Peter, funl of worry, Sent for Doctor in a hurry, When Doctor Quack appeared in sight, Peter turned and ran in fright To the swamp “As light'ning speed: Ana jumped rizht in among the weeds, He got his paws all sopping wet, ‘Ana mads his white fur biack like jet Then back he ran in happy siee. From troubled thoughts now safely “Never again” thought Peter Rabbit, 111 I encourage the cleaning habit.” Elarence 3. Johnson. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. There was an age when everything | that had wings and flew in the air w: jed by men birds: and it was e before insects were | callea bues There is one little red bug that find on garden plants which the lady bird,” and the urope call it “God's cow” | you will is still called peasants of # end “Mar This tiny red bestle with little black or white ipon it is the shaps | of a turtie, and it feeds upen plant lice, called aphides. These plant lice are the ant's cows 2nd they herd them and guard them for the honev-dew which they make and drop upon the leacves of plants. This little Lady bird is named af- ter Mary, the mother of Jesus, hecause it is 3 g0od bug. and a friend of man, because it attacks and eats up the|) great masses of plant lice, which, if} not destroved will kill the pia 1 In Germany these same little inseets are called “God’s Lambs” and “God's tie Cows,” and were called cows be- cause they are red and herd together cows when feeding. Because these beetles enemies of plants they are called the | friends of man and those who know of thelr usefulness never kill them. When you see them on the plants just remember they are friends and should not be harmed. beetle THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Geraldine Gareau, of Southbridge, Mass., The Rluc-Grass Seminary Girls Christmas Holidays. 2—Ruth Weatherhead, of Williman- tic: Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp. 3—Emily M. Hopkins, of Plainfield: The Boy Scouts on the Trail 4—Stella Gaska, of Jewett City: The Bor Scouts in Belgium. 5—Haslen Garvey, of Norwich: Ethel Morton's Holiday. s—Helen R. Klingon, of Colchester: Mildred’s Married Life T—Helen Wisneskie, of Yantic: Two Years Before the Mast. s—Alvin_LaChapelle, of Canterbury: The Boy Scouts Afoot in France. The winners of prize books living in the citv may call at the Bulletin office for them at any hour a. m. on Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Arlene Weatherhead of Willimantic: k you very much for the prize k you sent me. I have read some of it and find it very interesting. Charlotte Benjamin, of Norwieh: 1 titank you for the prize book you gave me. 1 have read it half tbrough and think it very interesting. You might like to know that I let the iittle birds go with their papa. Helen R. Klingon, of Colchester: I received the prize book, The Youns Aeroplane Scouts in Italy, for which 1 thank you very much. 1 have read part of it and find it very interesting. STORIES WRITTEN BY AWAKES. A Brave Deed. Grace Darling and her parents lived in a ighthouse, where her father was the keeper. One night a vessel was seen com- ing in and anchored a little way from the Hghthouse. ‘The wind blew and it rained, the fog closed in heavily. Grace knew there wers many rocks jn the ehannel and that at nieht, and WIDE- In climbing to. tete- scope she saw men o the rocks and mast. In the the wind had blown the the rocks and msde = ‘wreck of ‘They were taken Nghthouse 7 courage is “to Our Trip to Beecher’s Pond. One sun-shiny day last month seven sirls_and started for Beech- er's Pond. e rode half way on a truck and walked the rest of the way. When we reached there we were very hot, s0 we rested awhile;. then we found a place under some pine trees to ecat our lunch. We ate our lunch and then plaved im the sand awhil then we went in bathing a®d had a very geod, time. After awhile one girl said: “How are we going to met home? Have we 2ot to walk all the way home ™ Then another girl said: “My father said he would come after us” so we decided to be. when he came and we came In from bathing and got dressed. We had to walt quite a leng time before he ceme, but at last he came. He had a small truck and we had a box_to sit en. We were very happy so we sang all the_way home. We had a very good time. =~ We reached home about half-past four very tired. EMILY M. HOPKINS, Age 11. Plainfield. The General and the Gorgeral. One day when General Washington's army was in camp, Washington walk- ed out alone to enjoy the morming alr and to see what was gOing on. As it_was winter, he had put on a long overcoat that htd his uniform and so the soldlers among whom he pass- ed did not know that he was Gen- eral Washington. At one place there was a corporal with his men building a breastwork of loge. Thev were just about raising a very heavy logz when Washington came up. ‘Heve ho!" cried the Jittle corporal. Up with it men!” The men wers he did not put a hand to it himself. The men lifted with all their might. Twe log was almost to its place, but it was <o heavy they could not move it _any farther. The corporal cried again, “Heave ho! Tu with it men! The men were not able to do more: their strength was almost gone; the log was about to 7] fan Then Washington ran up, and with his strong arms gay~ thera the help they S0 much needed. The hig log was Lifted upon the breastwork. and the men ihanked the tall stranger who had heen so kind. But the corporal £ata nothing. “Why don't you take hold and help your men with this heavy Hfting”" 4 Washington. “Why don’t T ” s=aid the little man. “Don’t you see that I am the corpor- ar ” Oh. indeed!" sald Washington as he unbuttoned his overeoat. and show- ed the uniform which he wore. “Wel T am the general, and the next tim you have a log too heavy for yewr men to lift send for me.” . You ean tmagine how the little cor- poral felt when he saw General Wash- ington stand before him. It was a soed lessor for him, and are little men still living who iearn a good leston frem thi ESTHER HYMAN, Age 13. Norwich. The Last Words, It was the close of n long. hot day hen James Carroll was just return- ing from work in the fields, when he met his father. ‘Ah. Jimmie. said Mr am’ gziad to meet vou. 1 wish vou Tould take this package to tne village or James was only fourteen vears iked to playv as mast boys do. }e bad been working in the fields since morning and was tired and hun- gry. It was two miles to town and he wanted to get out with his play- mates. His first impulse was to re- fuse his father's request for he was a little bit angry. But if he did not go destroy the | his father would, and when he looked into that gentle, anger vanished. Tt was afterwards said, “Gol's zood- mess checked his angry answer.” Of course, T will. father,” he said cheerfully, taking the pareel. “Thank you. my boy," said Mr. Car- roll. “I was going to fake it my. self but somehow 1 dom't feel quite well enough.” Then thev walked down the strest till they came to the turm and as Mr. Carrcll was leaving he placed his hand on his son’s shoulder and said: “You've always beem a good boy, Jimmy--always been a good boy.” James hurried to town and was soon back again. When he reached home sad news awajted him. his father had dropped dead and his last words were to_him. Boys and girls do not be atraid to show leve to these worthy of it. cspecially to those of your own family and remember long vears and happ: life to those who honor their father and mother. HELBN GARVEY, Age 13. Norwich. patient face, his The Owl The owls are nocturnal birds. pur- suing their prey by night and sleeping by day. They have a large round head with enormous eves looking forward. © Many species possess two feathery tufts placed on the head, greatly re- sembling horns. In order to enable them tc see their are furnished with a dense cevering of downy feathers which aiso prevents the movements of the wing from being heard. They prey en small animals, fish. insects and reptiles. The cry of the owl is very peculiar and weird. This. coupled with thelr strange appearance. has made them objects of superstition. The ancients adopted them as symbols of wisdom. The owls of North America that are the best known are the horned owl. the gravish-barred owl and the mottled ow! The sncwy owl is also found in North America: it is a good fisher, snatching its prey from the water by a sudden #rasp of the foot: it also preve on small animals, chasing and striking at them with its foot. Tt makes its nest on the ground and lays three or four Wwhite egms. Its length is from 22 to 27 inehen. Tt extends its kings four t - There are some species of owls found in America that burrow, lving with Carroll, “T| | sunrise ‘and should Pe lowered at sun- Lincoln. Lincotn was born in Kentucky. His Was An e apd tasy. s Dirthasy ai - h ‘oid Bis_mother digd . He years S mother died He T for Lis Terher, Ouch e waltas two miles to borrow a book. He studied law and became a lawyer. He was président during the Civil war. At last the war wassaver. Then peace was made. Seam afier Linests was shot by & ‘wicked man. People all grieved over the death The Luckiest Man in the World. Fred cCeserved a spanking, and he ‘| got tt. As he entered the alning reom saw his grandfather sftting and g & newspaper. “Grandfather,” said Fred, “did your father ever e you?" “Well, m"\.nd. I tasted enough of the rod. ) “And d3d you spank my father, alse?" When he behaved “Why. sure! “Well, then T can tell you that Adam was the luckiest man in the world!" SARAH SCHATZ, Age 9. Yanttc. Washington and the Eattle of Trentor Tn the retreat across New Jersey the Americans suffered greatly. Many soldiers were without shoes and left bloody tracks on the snow: but Wash- ington was not without hope. Charles Lee had been captured in the meantime. His troops under Sullivan had joined Washington, so the entire army numbered §.000. Washington at once planned to at- tack the body of Hesslans stationed at Trenton. On Christmas eve with 2.480 men they started across the Delaware river early in the night. Great blocks of floating ice made it slow and diffi- cult. Maesachusetts fishermen skilfully handled the boats: but it was 4 o'clock before the soldiers took up their line of march. A furious storm of smow and sleet beat in their faces as they plodded on toward Trenton, nine miles away. He succeeded in capturing the com- plete force of 1,000 Hessians and in- spired Americans with a high hope. Cornwallis wae amazed. leaving a rear guard at Princeton to protect his supplies, he speedily advanced with a superior force asainst Washington. At nightfall on Jan. 2, 1777, only a small creek separated the two armies. Coern- wallis thought that at last he had run down the old fox: but Washington outgeneraled him and escaped during the night He also surrounded his rear guard at Princeton and captured 300 men. He then withdrew to the heighte about Morristown, where he settled down for the winter. 1t i no wonder that Washington was called “The Father of His Coun- try. RAYMOND WELDEN, Age 13 ‘Willimantie. Our Flag. In May, 1776, Washington and a committee emploved Betsy Ross, who kept a small shop on Arch street, near Third street, in Philadelphia, to make a sampla flag containing 13 stars.and 13 stripss, which was adopted as the ! national emblem. A star has been| added for each state Old Glory now contains 43 stars. The flag should not be raised before set. When are colors are passing on parade. cr in review, the spectator if walking «hould halt: if sitting, arise, stand ar attention, and uncover: the flag whon portrayed by an illustrative process should have the staif so placed that it is at the left of a picture. the fabric floating to the right, and in crossing the fiag with that of another nation the American flag should be at the right. Whenever The Star Spangled Ban- ner is nlaved, all persons within hear. ing distance should rise and stand un- covered during its rendition On Memorial day, May 30th, the national fiag should ba displayed at| Jaif st untid moon, then hoisted to he top of the staff, where it remains until su When the flag is used as a banner. the blue field should Ay to the north in stree‘s running east and west, and to the aest in streets running north | and_south. - | When the flag is placed over a bier | or cask-t, the blue field should be at the heal | The flag out of doors flown from a pole whencver possible. In the Ulnted States army all flazs are suspended from poles, and in no other way. When the flag is hung vertically ¢ it can be viewed from one side only the bluc field should be at tme right as one faces it. When hunz horizon- tally, the field should be 2t the left. The flag should never be placed below a person sitting. Days when the flas should be flown are Washington's birthday Feb. 22d: Lincoln's birthday. Feb. 12th: Moth dav. second Sunday in May: Memorial day. May 30th: Flag day. June lith: Independence day, July 4th: also many local patriotic anniversaries. ALVIN LACHAPELL™, Age 13. Cantebury should _be Gold Mining. Great interest was- aroused in Alas- Ka in 1899 when ®old was discovered in_the valler of the Klondike river. The region in which the wold was| discovered was partly in Alaska and partly in Canada. The town of Da son in Canada and the towns of Hagle and Circle in Alaska sprang up quickly a mining center. Gold in Alaska was obtained by a process called placer mining, which | consists of washing out the particles of gold from the sand, usually in the valleys of brooks and rivers. A common method is calied sluicing. A long sprout with riffles across the bottom is so arranged that running water will pass through it. When sand is shoveled in the water carries away the sand leaving the gold be- tween the riffles. for gold is heavier than sand and sinks. Since the time of the first discovery of gold in the Klondike region, gold bearing sand has been found in oth- er parts of Alaska. One of the most important places is at Cape Nome. Here the ground is thawed by steam to a depth of fifty or sixty feet. Particles of gold found at that depth have been so large as to be seen with the naked eve. There are valuable £old mines alse on the penisinlas and islands. JOSEPHINE BOROVIKA. Storrs. The Squirrel Family. It was on ome of the hot days of June that three girls could be seen walking along the dusty country road, Sunbonnets on their heads and small lunch baskets in their hands. making thelr way to a shady, favorite, and secret spot knmown to them, situated on a little hill below which glistened a crystal stream. This place was know:: to these girls, Gertrnde, Miriam, and Dorothy, for three years. and was their place of ref in hot weather. enever they went to this spot, they alwgys took Junch for they spent open mouths, To one she gave a bug, to anether t s “When Ole Man Trouble gits Yo't know it right awav: Yo' won't need introducin’ As the swell folk do terd He'll jes’ walk right up to An’ he'll say T'se come t'_call, An’ yo'll know vow've got a fizht on When he steps r “So don' go round a prvin’ Into every spot am’ place. Tryin' hard t' git acquainted With ole Mister Trouble's face. Jes’ act as though yo're strangers, Keep on goin’ with a bluff, 1 Coz de moment Trouble wants yo' trip. boat ride. caught He will git yo' soon emough. her bill and dropped it a fat worm, to a third a taste of fruft and te the fourth a bit of ripe grain. They were greedy little things. They peemed to want everything to _eat, but their mother gave all alike. ones. large and strong and were able to fly and to help themselves. butterfly or insect of any kind was cage for two or finally became so tame he madé a bad into the hall and Jimmsy’ and was never seen again. he mothe had their focd in The er bird e there was The mother love that God gives to the least animal was strong I het and she saw that each little bundie feathers had its share. It was only for a short time that he mother bird had to feed the little In a very few days they grew Then no fly, afe from these greedy young birds. GERALDINE GAREAU, Age 11. Southbridge, Mass. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Bad Friend. Dear Uncle Jea: Jimmy, when he was a little bird, fell from his bed in he tree. Father and mother seolded birds that came near and drove them away. I took Jimmy and kept him in a three months. He riend for our neighbor's blaek cat. As all blue jays do, Jimmy would swoop down and pull the cat's hair out by the mouthful. = The oid cat got lost that summer; flew south in the winter RUTH WEATHERHEAD, Age 12. Willimantic. Jen: Went Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell you and he Wide Awakes about my fishing T and _my friends went for a We all had fishpoles. 1 three shiners and one mud- shing. ‘Some folk jes' make me weary, pout. The sun was very hot but it They go nosin’ round about was cool on the water. We came home All the dreary haunts o' Trouble, at 7 o'clock. My mother was waiting An® they try to find him out An’ the fust thing dey know, Mister An’ they zit acquainted with him Tn a way that they do not like visiting the diffe: woody spot so famill Miriam while looking at sap of a pine tree noticed o hole in the -tree which was undoubtedly made by a woodpecker. Being an inquisi- tive girl she thrust her hand into the hole only drawing it out quickly with t Places in this r to them. a shriek. Her two chums ran to her quickly and asked her what was the matter. “Oh, there are the most horrid things in there, and I am positively sure they either bit or scratched me,” she answered, trembling twith fear, while in the meantime a loud, squeal- ing was going on inside the hole. “Frald cat,” and saving this, Dorothy put hoe hand into the hole ana drew squirrels, rrouble hustles down the pike, Wi as I did. the dried | alway | far us to come to supper. We had a zood time ana I wish the o Awakes could g0 on the water In rainy davs the fish bite good, but not so weli as when the sun shines bright. My mother says I can go again sometime before school begins. I read the paper every week and I look for the stories from the Awakes. JENNIE REIL, Age 9. Wide Oceum My Grac Dear Tncle Jed: I thought the Wide-Awakes would be interested to hear a few lines which I composed: My Grace. In the morning you say zrace; At nisht you say your praver. n the morning I say grace; At night § say my praver: But when You run - pace. ITH G. ALLEN, Age 8 Norwich. out _ome, two. threa baby squeeling and -‘n!:flin"; l? thhef‘r\!rr;e ———n. e (Glving one to each of the girls e W keaping one for herself, she asked | .. .. At The Circus. =~ = Miriam cus this vear. | saw many. people think thev are hor- rid_ or have you changed vour mind?” “T think they are the dearest little 1 _have seen” she answered, the squirrel. The girls came to day. except rainy squirrel family. rels and even the father and mother squirrels became so tame that they wonld play with the girls, jump npon their shoulders, and hes for food, which gave the irls much pleasure Guring the summer. HELEX R. KLINGON, Age 13. Colchester. Do you really the spot every to feed the baby squir- The Fox and the Stork. One day a fox asked a stork to din- ner. The fox is a funny fellow, so he wished to play a trick on the stor When the sterk came she found noth- ing on the table but soup, in a wide, shallow dish. She could not dip in the end of her long bill and could not sat- the: an see such a sight, but the an‘mals did ot _eare. we. were very nice time at the cireus. there. My brother was with me. We saw four buck lions and two lionesses with a young one. They were very We also saw some big whose tusks There elephants were knocked off. were two Indians that we saw and a giraffe who was very tall. When the people saw the tricks 5f Is they began to laugh to We saw a tiger in the same of a caze ag the lions were in. We Fad to =o to the store after we went \way from the circus. because We haat a kind very hungry STELLA GASKA, Age 9. Jewett City. No Place For Him. Dear I'ncle Jed: Unlike most litt! bovs who have never attendad school, ttle Arthur was firm in his determin- sfy her hunzer. The fox lapped it n up very quickly, now and then ask- | 2tion not to so. Finaliy his faverite ing the stork how she liked her din-;Aunt Emma was ealled in. ner, saving he was sorry to see her| “Whr. surely, Arthur” said his cat’ so ntle. “You are going to_school with The stork knew that he was making | VOUr M ter In the Fall” fun of her, but she made no remark.| “No. I'm not going to school at all” Some dass after that the stork in her | Steadfastly declared the lttle chap. turn asked time fox to dine with her.| ' ean't read. ‘mor I can't sinz: so I Siv as ne was, he fid not expect to he | like to know what good I'd be at paid bacli: <o he went to the dinner. | school When dinner was served he was HILDA THOMA, Age 10 vexed to see nothing but meat v‘ul—m‘ Norwich, Conn. small pieces and ced in bottles. e R The stork, putting in her Dill could| The Greek ministrs lately accredited help Terself to plenty of it o2Ut 1€ to Turkev. Bulgaria and Austria-Hun foX qeouid only lick the outside of the | gary. "with the lezation staffs, have re bottle. The fox asked dinner. =0, ves” said the stork. T a to see that you are hu vou will make as good a table as I did at yours the other t if that was all the day. The fox was ansry at first. but at lasi he though. that he had been rightly dealt with. He felt that if he did not like to have a joke plaved upon himself he should not have pl. ed one on the stork \GNES GAFFNE Taftville. , Age 12, Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood, Calico Bush. The shining green leaves which sur- round the white or rose colored flow- ers of the mountain laurel are familiar to all who skirted the west shore of the Hudson river, wandered across the hills that lie in its vicinity or clam- bered across the mountairs of Penn- sylvania, where the shrub sometimes grows to a height of 30 feet. Not that these localities limit ite range, for it bounds more or less from Canada to forida. and far inland. especlally alonz the mountains, whose sides are often clothed with an apparent man- tle of pink snow during the month of June, and whose waste places are, in very truth, made to blossom like the rose at this eeason. The shrub is highly prized and carefully cultivated in_England. Basswood Gardens, the heautiful home of the editor of the London Times, is celebrated for its fine speci- mens of mountain laurel and Ameri- can rhododendron. The English papers advertise the approach of the flowering season, the estate is thrown open to the public and people for miles around | flock to see the radiant strangers from across the water. The shrub Is not known there as the laarel, but by its generic title kalmia. . The leaves of our species are sup- Posed to possess poisonove qualities and are said to have been used by the Indians for suicidal purposes. The kalmla was named by Linnasus after Pcter Kalm, one of his pupils who traveled.n th perhaps the first &hrib to his master. The popular name spoonwood grew from its use by the Indians for makg eating utensils. The wood is of fine grain and takes a good poiish. The title calico bush probably arose from the making of the corolla, which, to an imaginative mind. might suggest the cheap cotton prints sold In the shops. JESSIE L. BREHAUT. Huntington, N. ¥. Mother Love. One nne summer d#y in the country S “ipes makes sweater for smal' giris to romp in. This child wears hers with a rust urned to Athens. THIS LASSIE SIMPLY LOVES HER NEW SWEATER. SCHOOL DAYS. Rust Lrown bapdered with buff and a serviceable wool the @ay there, wading In the stream, orfas a passed a thick bush I heard the | brown velours hat built for play hours. 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