Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 20, 1917, Page 9

~ THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE |/& ful® : e e -~ Wl frame.” Severat fase of ¢ e g n onée. BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT POABRIBLL BOIKE, Age . . . Rules fo: Yeung Writers. ment and utenmils and ahelter for man. | i, foatine e sareeecty trying to] . ; 3 ainh 50 it s not Btrange it was held in|pict: the outcome . * ¥ T o P aas 2 0% | revarence as & gift of God A R SR R & . | PP Gse ‘pen and ink, not Abraham avho you learn of at Sun- [ Of the habitual loafer, the men who| ¢ . ..l‘"fi:‘" aad P“""‘;: ;:"f“-‘l‘: ovel| aay school 1ved beneath & acred oak | “:Now, CI v he -8 3 i T, on the plains of Mamre, and tradition | Nttle boy wha ..‘:‘!::.'1‘-.‘, out{ = i ol pORiioal stories .or lettera emly | says he planied a cypresa, & pine and | of the window, 200 oF 'the ott, Srel s macs and aa. |® cedsr, trees which whisper and moan m.,h,,““%,m‘hm_ & | dress at the boti of the |to the winds, and they grew together | gividual who gets s, food and story. and became one tres, and this wander- | lodging and gives nothing in return?” 7cASirees all communications to Jncle | ful tres, and this woadetul weed wes | e, pe -Gl Eue, e 12 ver ‘::: are—Be that! m::,b;”_ g‘n: '.‘\W'-‘ Tani A S, Age 11, ¢ : ~~ » 1 e b | “Whatover you tay—Be tuel 3 4 Th ~ : vy ] A] fi -~ - 3 orwardly Act. # |pymh, just as every human soul is P e uUenerax i round Lia honest—in fact, . w believed to have a guardian ansel, The Making of a'Goad Soldler. Be nobody else but yom and when the tres died the nymph also | A young man, who had been well POETRY. ated. S o B i %fim"‘ ent - z[” s 4 e h her. Th I An 0ld osk was once shout to fall | in the barracks he kuelt by the RALRL L R e d The Knitter. What do you do, Little Sister, “Murmuring there in the sun “If you please, sir, I am counting my 3 stitches, o My new knitting is just begun.” ‘What do you knit, Little Sister? A scarf for your shiny gold head? *Oh no, let my hair go uncovered, I knit for & lad instead” And who is the lad, Little Sieter? Your own l1ad by love and by right? *Ch no, if vou pleass, eir, it is any dear lad, Barefooted there in the fight?” When I saw your bowed head, Little And ypur moving hand on your knee, and it made me very hap- DY to be able to help her, for T have alwAys been taught to be kind to all old people. MILDRED B. ELLIS, Age 9. \ ‘Willlmantic. ' What | Did and What | Earned. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought _the | wide-Awakes would like to hear aboyt my ‘garden, which is twenty-five feet squa I hought for twenty cents seeds, and 1 made nine dollars and a half. I planted onions, carrots, radishes, beets, lettuce, cabbage and cucum bers. I worked one hour and a half every day. The man who looks after our garden is Mr. Turner. _ In my next letter, I will' tell you abbut my vocation, and how I spent when Rbeecus had new earth put at|Dedside, as he was accustomed to its roots, set it upright and gate it “&f‘:{;‘{r-’x};“a‘hw!m a new lease of life, and the guarding [nim for it. As he took no motice of nymph appeared to Rhaecus and |this, they began to roar with ter, thanked him for saving her life and [0 Whistle and their - He hi - t0ld him she would grant whatever ho % ?: ‘nl:?;xy ‘Fnisned his Gevotians would ask. She made an appointment | and %eht to bed. Vi i and sent s beo an & messen: | P15 Second Groning bo knet fown ger, but cus was a sport, and the [ 35,0770, o et “and his © comrades bee came to him when he wes pliying | were even noisier than on the pre- and he nearly killed the nymph's mes- ceding night. seneer, whereupon she paraiysed bim took. piscs: DL The oo o hae o s in his wrath had the tree cut|not disconcerted, and paid no heed to 7 ? the | what was mald or dane, down and thus mado an end of the| ¥t 1ast, one of the nolslest of the men said: Man does not pay reverence to tre “Let. the Jad alone, comrades. There &dldier in him; he me carry i “Red Crass Nurse,” by Liljian Murphy -of Norwich. mine at the camp at Niantic. It was quarter past one when we left Nor- wich for New London. We reached New London at quarter two, but multitudo of products. ,Because of its nearness to the coal fields, Phila- delphia has become a great shipping A “Uncle Sam’s Flying Machine,” by Mary Woods of Norwich, I thought you were slipping along the beads In Our Father and Hail Mary. *Oh, yes, if you please, I pray as I count, Ana_the stitches and prayers make wood he wastes, product of ages. any more as gifts from God, but like|is the making of the vandal he le, lays forests waste |c4n stand fire and himself suffers for want of the |him and seyaral even follo ample; or if they .did -not kneel down, Men thoughtlessly ruin in a day the From that, tife no d his gx- at least breathed a silent prayer be- fore composing themselves to Do not be afraid to practice your re- _disturbed point for coal. The coal and iron have made possible the manufacture of cars, heavy machinery and steel ships at Philadelphia and Wilmington. Philadelphia is & great textile man- ufacturing center, making especially woolen goods; there is much manufac- turing of clothing and in carpet man- the East Lyme tar which We were to take had not came fn. 1 auestioned the starter about it and he said we would have to wait half an houf. At quarter of three the East Lyme car came jn and we boarded it. It was a long ride and the car was crowded, the money from my garden. STELLA BOLIEAU, Age 11. Goodyear. H Brookside Farm. - Dear Uncle Jed: Brookside is the rame of the farm whefe I am spending the sum. lgion openly. The world ‘will- admire g estina- 2 T is for England, four te for France, | THE WINNERS OF PRIZE_ BOOKE. |you the moro for o fearless and apen ufasture thie is the most important|but at last we reached our destia-|my summer vacation. It is & beautifuil On the morning of Minnie Dudley's|two hours earlfer than was planned o] profession of the falth that is in . S AR E Quaker| To my delight, befors the ear stop- E:I_Ccr“aggwnéyd:'lxh;:r:pent many of|fourteenth birthday her parents talk-|On receiving his teiephone, Mamma *And all the great fellowship follows, Woven in, row after row. I pray as I knit and I knit as I pra; Bipding off. with Amen at the -toe. by Alice Brown.— From “Poems, 1—William Cotter, of South Coven- try: Aeroplane Scouts at Verdun. 2—Rose Weiner, of Norwich: Vaca- Goodyear: tion Adventures. 3—Stella Bolieau, ot LEONA BBRGERON, Age 11. Tattville. B Last SBunday. It was one of those queer Septem- snowy ‘on_the blue and made 6—Mildred E. Grandy, of Yantic: A|meadows look like a fresh - painted Philadelphia is called the City, because it was founded by Will- 4am Penn and otker Quakers, many of whose Wescendants_still live there. It was the home of Benjamin Frankiin; emd at one time, before Washington United States drawn up is still stand- ing there. ped I saw the tents. They were of brown canvass, and were not far. We reached there at quarter of four. My friend was not there so we asked a soldier to find him for us. Soon he He 'and In every tent are ten cots on which _Brookside is named after a_beauti- i1 brook running, beside the farm. They have fine stock here. There are nine cows, five helfers, three calves, two dogs, three cats,”three' pigs, and and they are over a hundeéd years old. RITA MERRIFIELD, Age 14. ed to he very serjously for .they reai- ized as never before that their little girl was growing up. Although- she was a dear child they were not blind to her serfous fault, which they fearrd if not amended, be erased; and that it would take told each one to hasten to get ready but Minnie, who was reading an in teresting short story and did not real ize the change of plans, answered to their many calls ‘ves—yes, 1 will gel ready in just a minute,” e Ruth Preptice, ber days when the wind blew and | ‘was PO e capital of the|came running across the fleid. y Pity Poor Puss. of Willimantic: | made your cheeks red and nesithy | Dakes atates. . 1o P! e | Come 'other woldiers haq been enjoy-|9Upte & lot of tufkeys and chickens. |Would mar her life. They endeav-| When Papa and the automoblle ar and wind-burned; one of those @ays| Independence Hall, in which the|ing themselves with a Victrola. Hel o o8 FE0o00 Y Soriety oflored to make her realize that her|rived, he and mamma at first felt that Kitten: - when the sky looked estra beight.| peclaration of Tndependence was | was very glad to see ufimu;ldhwe l"umkfi e i 80l 7 Bl l‘;abll(t ol[pu(tlu‘ m;‘ng]: of must be :‘he could not go and ieave their lit- + Jack| Then the fleeey clouds showed w for uite awhile, after which he shows e : roken at once, or the habit would be |tle girl at home, but they also fel gy A TR et i Eolkzeys, G e g e e | ve Tt There are half a dozemimanple trees,|s biot on her character that could not |that this perhaps would ~cure her permanently of her bad habit, so acted accordingly. Little Girl In Ola 8t. Louls. picture. ational inskitution |the soldiers sleep. On the tent pole strong wiil-power to attain the de- And soon I'lf be dreadfully thin. T—Eather Cramer of Norwioh: Ae-| It was on this kind of & day that|oe the ;?:;‘{:‘th?“énlvenlty 'of Penn- | hung kits containing first aid equip-| Daltic. / sired xgsult. _ When papa called, “Are you ready roplane Scouts in France and Bel-|I wegt motoring with my parents.{gvivania. 7 ‘ment, which consisted of severa! dif- My Sohool s Yes, flittle Minnie was dilatgry. She | Minnie?' she hastily laid down her 1 t that he loved me—that dear [ Eium. The hEy had been cut and was piled MILDRED E. GRANDY; Age 12. [ferent kinds of bandages, plasters and 3 y School. did’ not mean to be Wisobedient or 1 |book and hastened to dress. Just as little boy, 8—Leona Bergerson, of Taftville: | in the small and large mounds in the| yantic. medicines. There was also an instru-| Dear Uncle Jed: I like to go to|hinder others, or to put any one eut, |she reached for her hat she heard the Who piaved with and squeezed me 80 | Camp-fire. Girls ‘ai Omaway House. |brown flelds, and the corn stalks,.too, ment for cutting splints. The dinner [School. My school is about a mile|for she was always good-natured and | toot-toot of the automobile, and the ugne, e The winners of prize baoks living | %ere out and stood in upright rows in AR T ¥t comprised "a plate. a knite and|away from my home. It is callea “The | willing to do anything, but whon call: | ories and shouts for her from her But - stalk-stabbe tches an n vast i k, A . e “Red Cross’ vier School.’ ere are eigl chil- jed she, always replied in a cheerfu rothers and sisters, then ol they @ joiday long he has gone to en- |in the city may call at the Bulletin - 1 anyone who had never seen a|fOrk: snda cup. A few dren .going to this school. = It has | voic went. For a minute Minnie was stun- business office for them at any hour meadows. The_prefty pools of salt water wound five-cent piece asked me to describe sweaters /lay on the cots. At the sound of the bugle the men but few childrep because it is a coun- Yes, mamma, in’ just a minuts ned, but as she reajized that she would He's gone—and forgotten.me quite. - S e after 10 a. m. on Thureday. in and out where there were stratches | It, this is the way I would describe it: | o6 (e SPAnS o8 120 TiEle, NG 00T | ¢y school. My leacher's name s Afissl And ‘even If called several times the |not be af Grandma's during the sum- Mother: -[of “the reddish brown or sunburned| "Money used in the United States|cnt officers in command. - All of the|Moran. Shqis very kind to her schol-| “in just a minute” would lengthen|mer. but alone at home with oniy My baby, my kitty, P'm hungry as well, | LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT |and dr§ grass, which the wind blew, | consists of coins from a cobper Penny | p,clers played and the officers on|ars. I am in the fifth grade. We have |into five to ten, and sometimes thirty | Patty, the maid, for company, she Tve searched all in vain for a meal; x making it nod in all directions. to a twenty dollar zoldplec:’m - horseback saluted the flag, while the|spelling, arithmetic, grammar, read- | minutes. threw herself upon her bed and gave 1 wish, oh, I wish, that I knew how to| Esther Cramer, of Norwich: I re-| It was when the new “Inn" on the| The five-cent plece is about three- | Jiqicrs stood at attention. The flag|ind. histor: geography, penman-| Trains were lost, they were late to|way to her sorrow In spasmodic grief. tell ceived the prize book entitled Mil- [road to Westerly had been completsd. | fourths of an inch in diameter and IS g jowered at sundown. One soldier | shiD, physiology, drawing and sew- |church, lectures, eic., waiting for her.| Mamma wrote once, such a nice dear New Home and have read it and | The “Inn” with its new, sign “Captain [ made of nickel mixed with some other | oo% oL P2 1esy more helpes. 0| ing. - \ Her 'brother and sister called her |letter as only mothers know how . to Thoss peoplé of mine how I feel. It's only that they didn’t think, Or they'd have provided, that somehow, UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- The trees of all others which invite somewhere, We'd something to eat and to drink. —Young Soldler. AWAKES. dred" thank you for the prize book you sent me entitled A Little Girl of Old Sa- em. Stella Gaska, of Jewett City: I thank you very much for the nice prize book I received. I have read s8me of it.and find it very interesting. Gabrielle Bujak, of Mansfleld Cen- ter: Thanks very much for the two prize books you sent me. They are one except a man in a_white jersey all tattered and torn. I don’t believe he was as much in (“Inn’) as he was o “Siveit” one of my parents remarked “I guess Captain Jimmie is out to- day.” And I quite agreed with her if that was Captain Jimmy. HELEN COCHRANE. Nerwich., - metal. On the front is a head of Lib- Tepresent the thirteen original colonies. TUnder the head is the date when the coin was made. £ On the back are the words United States of America. There is a wreath in which is the Roman numeral five, Under the wreath 1s the word Cents. This coin is used as money and is sometimes called a “jitnex” or a “nickel.” = We left at six o'clock, reaching home very tired after having had an inter- esting and enjoyable afternoon. FRANCIS DIFFLEY, Age 13. Norwich. 8he Carried the Basket. Dear Uncle Jed: The other day as I was ccming home from school, there We havk sewing every Friday. ' 1 one hour for noon, and fifteen’ minutes for each recess. We play a few games in school. But our teacher told us to build a large play house. As we want to obey our teacher we are going to start it soon. The boys are to bring the axes and chop the sticks, while the girls are go- ing to do all they can to help. STELLA GASKA, Age 9. “Little Miss Walit-a-Minute.” Punish- The family at last realized that she would not out-grow it, so each one was told to call Minnie twice and then proceed without her, and she eould not only wait just a minute, but perhaps more minutes than she would want, for there was to be no more postponing and waiting for her. No one heard, “Yes, in just a min- ute,” on the day this rule went into write, saying that she was not only found it very interesting. I thank|Jimmie's Inn” had not been -painted h i ToTh 1hm mmund. Abter T'm sure they'd be sorry, I'm sure they |you for it. . and the “Inn” looked fresh and new, |erty and on the band which she wears | it Should not touch tae Erou sojicrs | ke to sew. Yl ment did not corfect the fault for the [to remain at home alone, but that no would_care, Florence Gallup, of Moosup: 1I|t00. . The piazza was occupjed by no|on her head is the word “Liberty.” | IS, TROKS, SUEre As the school is quite néar our house | habit grew stronger and caused much |lettera could pass between them but % Around her head are thirteen stars. to 1 have to go home for dinner. We have | trouble. that her dear curly haired little girlie would be continually in her thoughts, ete. That letter is one of Minnie's cher- ished possessions, for the loving words of advice at lasi opened her eyes to the defect in herself. It was a lonely summer, but as the days passed Minnie realized that in- stead of saying “In just a minute,” and waiting her own convenience she the attention of youngaters are the nut | very interesting. The Vultur MIRIAM SHERSHEVSKY, Age 9. |Wwas an old lady coming along the road.| ;... cypy. e o o AN nt[andwaiting ke ot conveniefn gy trees, which are the all important trees erryvi ¥ s o A Norwich. She was awful old and feeble looking, q ! 3 ! SRR T man bk e o i‘:m”;r';’fi.’.'."l‘(; ok you Tor the e nAme YT DIt o = and she was very poorly dressed and . ere praket [ Watke andlriite in Gncl| e oa sl {iniened the last sylla o ly of birds of pi e bill of LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. walking with a cane. She was trying y Pet Canaries. lillai e taliertlinat e audll e the econd tinig he was on Reng ‘When the Wide-Awakes are gather- lovely prize book you sent me. I have started to read it and find it very in- the vulture is large and very stron the head and neck are almost naked, My Trip to Ocean Beach. to carry a market basket and it seem- ed to malke her awful tired, and as I Dear Unecle Jed: I am zoing to tell you about my pet canaries with the her little friends, who came to’ play with her, were sent home because she and she and Patty really enjoyed the last weel. ing nuts and making the woods riug|teresting and hope to win some more | bein, W w: g very lightly sprinkled with y £ her, - with their glee they do not know that |in the future. down. It does not attack living ani-| Dear Uncle Jed: On July fifth our ;‘f}“h‘ff“gf," f,,fq.‘fn&' e o and ho‘:.p‘.,,?,r g‘e';.'f;éf.hl"tfd:';e,,,.“::n‘fer“’fife’_' 2,{‘: notieeme .:“‘"I;},‘:‘ W';u‘;;“_’,‘“"-a Al L A s nut trees were among the first pro-| Ellen Powers of Oakdale, Comn: I mals. It displays marvelous quick-|Sunday School class decided to have|agiced her if she would not let me car-|ing very fond of canaries, gave e 4 | mamma often found her usualy happy | o sime e e viders of food to man, and that in the early ages, man regarded the trees sa- cred because they provided fuel and fruit for the comfort of man. ‘The palm tree is the most wonderful tree because it supplies food and rai- received the very much for it. I have read it and found it very Interesting. - - Florida Reil, of Versailles: I re- ceived the prize book, and have read it through. I thank you. very much for it. It was very interesting. ze book and thank you |ness in discovering a dead body. Vultures are generally protected in the countries where they are found because of their value in clearing away the putrid animal matter which ‘would otherwise be injurious as well as disagreeable. ‘American vultures sometimes & picnic at Ocean Beach. We took the 10.15 car from Frank- 1in square to New London which was a very mice ride. Then we took .the Ocean Beach car and when we got to the beach it was atmost twelve o'clock, and as we were all hungry we decided to have, dinned which we iat in the THE DRAWING CONTEST pair of them as a birthday present. Each day I would fill up #heir cups with feed and water. One day my father told me to put 2 rest and some cord In the cage. As soon as T put the cord in the cage the female bird instantly began- to make child in tears. - Minnie understood that the rule would and must be rigidly kept and that if ehe wished to join in the pleasure of others and to be alwaye included in the pursuits of family or her friends she must discard the habit ed slowly into the driveway she rushs ed down the steps and her brothers and sisters jumped trom the sutomo- le. Such a welcome!, but Minnle had eyes and speech for only mamma, and mamma_understood and led her child The - ¥ ot 5 . . anest. In a week's time the nest was % » h a I i a - nd ate. Afte at had - of waiting “just a minute. She did [away and as old end big as Minnle sTomies WarTEN By wioe- |rotelh ¢ g e Snd S Eow | sed i 12 At WL || 1) pizes Every Second || Trunid, R mesw. st he e S| S ity maaticecsts | i, s (o0 B 8 e TOMMY TIDD. AWAKE! . Zhe Turkey Bussard and Cafrion| After we had finished eating we Tieht: biae co;:;d !;:'gl’;m!wo“flr;gh; overcoming her fault, but not perm- ;l;lll‘mdil;:pqtt‘iwn;oult\d‘ each_other} wy o ‘row, bof of which are vultures, are t took a walk around the . . % anently. urtain. 'apa 100! i By Month the size of a pigeon's\egg in the nest.| Kver since carly spring plans were | joined them, and when they reap- ‘What Tommy Tidd says: I Bave a house in which tp live, Pleasant, fair, and good; Its hearth and light, is crowned with warmth Its board with daintiest food; And I, when tired with care and doubt, Go in and shut my sorrows out. —anon. The Little House Gardener, by Catherine Kirby of Norwich. Buge in Business. Perhaps the most curious workmen common in the temperate parts of America. The Carrion Crow is found Then some of the girls that suits went in bathing; beach. had bathing Each day the female bird laid anoth- er @#sg. After the bird had lain made to pass the month of August at Grandma Grey's home in the country: peared it was evident they wére con vinced their dear one was no lomg: emplo: as far north as Carolina. The Turke; idn’t have any I could not S < r toee whith ey e Ol | Mizaard 1s not a true buzsard and 1s | go 1 bathing. v Pictures to the width of & col- [|five ezis ahe sat on the eggs and only | Papa was o Hite an automobile for o | the victim of Delay. in factories where surveying instru- | Wrongly so called. v 1 took off my shoes and stockings(f umn of The Bulletin or of two J|7Gnt off when she had to eat or drinic |month and all were looking forward to| The summer had been a trying one ments are made. Here the most deli- HELEN WISNESKE. [and went in wading. When I was ey i PraTes e rst egg hatched |a delightfyl time. Minnie was very|te the parehts, Wit in after life they R e o tommt e e A b Yma o small bird each day outfof the Iit- | watchful and for throe weeks she suc- | were ever thankful that they were tle eggs. ceeded so well in learning her plays, | given strength to teach thelr child and the factory keeps a force of spin. ners always on hand. These spinners are a certaln kind of spider. Not ev- ery spider will do. 'Those employed aro large, fat fellows which will spin 2 round, tough thread. It is their duty to spin a delicate thread which is used for crosshairs to mark the exact center of the object lens in the surveyor’s telescope. Spider web is the only suitable material yet discovered for the cross hairs of sur- veying instruments. Almost invisible A Fishing Trip. Fred was feeling fine, for tomorrow he was going fishing. He told @il his companions and they were very Jealous of Fred. They decided to play a joke; on him. A In e morning -Fred started out and walked along happily, Suspecting that he would later be tricked. Pete, the leader of the “bunch” said, “We'll all wait at the dock and when he comes in we’ll take all his fish if he which knocked me over and I got all wet, 5o I had to stand up for most of the afternoon. About half-past five we began «to get ready to go home and about six o'clock we started. 1 arrived home about § o'clock very tired and happy. ANNA-ANDERSON, Age 12. Norwich. My Visit to Niantic Camp Ground. Dear Uncle Jed: Labor Day I was invited to visit a soldier friend of Pencil .or ink—no color Werite name and address plainly on back of drawing, otherwise You may not get oredit. PRESENT CONTEST CLOSES OCTOBER . 23rd Tor two weeks the young birds were fed by their parents. Then the fe- male bird began to teach her young ones to eat. When the little ones were able to eat T put each of them in a separate cage. ROSE WEINER, Age 10. Norwich. P Played Hares and Hounds. Dear Uncle-Jed: I thought I would write to you of my Boy Scout camp- ing trips at Columbia Lake, and es- ‘tasks land readings, that all doubt vanished and the familv felt that she would surely be on time on the day set for the journey. But, alas! Papa decided to start TR T I R T e R we went into the woods agin. We plaved a listle while Jonger but before we got ready to go home it began to rain and we had to run for the school- house. We did not get wet, however, as it did not rain hard enough. her needful leseon. Minnle's medicine was powerful, but 1t producted the desiréd results mugh fo the gratification and happiness of the family circl All bad habj are hnnoying ana create much ' anxiety to those with whom we mingle. and to those who love us; but the fixed and firm habit of delay after one has reached years of discretion-often spoils one’s life and prevents ha#ppiness, success and pros- perity. as this fibre is to the naked eye, in A . game o L Sheae o by mel ave. 1 l’w"::’;‘z it St o pecially of our e of hare and Awhile after, it stopped raining and DIANA. fhumb, 8o that ail e chased the hares on & roundabout GLADYS M. YOUNG, Age 12. Princess Friedrich Sigismund of would be masg- nified to such a degree that jhe web would be useless, Human hair Las beeri tried, but when masgnified it- has the apparent dimensions of a roughly hewn lamp: post. Moreover, human hair is trans. parent, and cross hairs must - be opaque. During a2 month of spinning sea- son the spiders produce thdusands of vards of web, which is wound upon metal frames and stored away until needed. A splder at work dangles in the air by its invisible thread, the up- per end of which is attached to a metal frame wire which s in the hands of a girl. The girl first places a splder on her hand untfl the pro- truding end of the thread has become b el The “bunch” met in_the ‘afternoon and waited for Fred. When he came in sight Pete and his companions were sure he had had fine luck, for he was histling away while he rowed into he_doclk. 2 T Now Fred suspected that they were moing to trick him, so he had under a seat of the rowboat and filled a“bas- ket with stones, jumped out of his boat, pretending that he did not_sea them and placing his “make-belidve” basket on a bench walked into his shed with oars. “bunch™ jumped up, grabbed the basket and ran away. ke Then Fred came out, took the bas- ket of fish and walked home. he met the boys he sald, “Next time you want to play a trick on someone you will have to be a little more careful in your plans.” ESTHER CRAMER, Age 13. Norwich. iy . The Day I Lost My Luck.” One cloudy day my brother and I declded to go fishing. We started out with our hopes running high but Game hack discou as you will soon see. ‘We baited our hooks and I caught a bass which I lost. I caught four in succession and could manage to keep anly one which was a skivver, 1 then caught a pout and a pumpkin seed, and could keep only the pumpkin seed. L Ter. She came up to my hbuse one by restoring digestion and cleaning up the stagna nghen sot discouraged and startea Sunday and the next day I went home tion. That tonic should be Peruna, because .'. with . her. specially designed for just such conditions, and be When I got home my father said This is the day you lost your luck. WILDE. ‘Wafregan. Philadelphia. The leading cities southwest of New York as far as Richmond are loéated S Piliadciphie. which Tas ore 1 gur lunch., We had candy, pavcorn (B o regular administration. 50c & box ., - and peanuts. < d 500,000 inhab ana third After dinner Miss Darnelius, = the Manulin is the ideal laxative. Doesn't gripe or among the citjes of the United States. aines of steamships run trom Fuil- elphia to the leading seaports: of the United' States and forelgn coun- trfes, carrying both passengers and a “America! 1 Love Youl” by Maria Whitford of Norwich. trip and after many a puzzling place we finally found them in a big open pasture firing apples at each other. Then we changed and they chased us through swamps and marshes. We came upon a big fleld of ferna and in the midst we saw a big, black snake. ‘We finally came nea? the lake and we emptled all our papers and went down to the lake where we awaited the arfival of the hounds. They at last came. They had a dog with them and before they came up he had to_come to our hiding place. ‘There was a cruel boy with us who hit_him on the head with a large stick and sent him back to the hounds squealing, for he was not the barking kind. . Pretty soon the boya came up to within ten feet of our hiding place, but luckily they did not see us. Well, after awhile they got tired of looking for us and shouted that they zave in. = Afterwards, when we came up with them, they said they ghve up because they heard the bugle call for swim- ming. But this_was not_so. WILLIAM™ BARRY. South Coventry. Attended a School Picnic. Dear Uncle Jed: Soon aftér schaol clésed I went to my sister's,to visit ‘While I was there I visited the school. ‘When the school there closed they had a_school picnic and I attended it.' We all went off down in the woods across the road from the schoolhouse. | First we played games for awhile so as to get good and hunsry, then we all sat down in the shade and*ate teacher, lay down on the grouhd and went to sleep while we plaved hide and seek in the bushes. .We didn't have any water or anything to drink, with us, so we all went back to ‘the schoolhouse and got some water. Then _- Moosup. Prussia has given birth to a daughter. 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