Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 4, 1917, Page 9

Rules . for. Young Writers. _ “E 1 Write pialnly on one side of the only; and, number the pages. Use pen -and ink not pencil. §. Short, and_poin given preference. words. 4. Original stories or letters only e used.. ol ‘Address all-communications to-Uncle jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be that! ‘Whatever you say—Be truel ./ Stralghtforwardly act, i ° Be honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you" POETRY. A BOY'S BEST CREED. onest, -Iad, ‘in word -and deed, all you say and do; I others in your walk of life As vou'd haye them treat yor ‘Don’t ~ steal .another’s precious time, Or biot a spotless name— Dishonest just the same. "as character. or truth: never trace of falsehood stain The glory of your youth. t every thought your harbor be As clear .and pure as day,- Incerity of ‘purpose gleam In every word you say. brave—don't be afraid to stand Up boldly for the right, And evil firmly to oppose With all your fearless might: real true courage only fears What it is wrong to do— o live a hero's life, my lad, Be honest,’brave and true! +1. M. Montgovery; in Union Signal. THE DREAM-BEAR. Onee when was sleeping < Came a: funny notse. Tittle For it sounded nice for thing ing there. Pavie turned the “kneb, @nd then to ‘meet him _ Out there ran the:weest fairy bear! Tt was white, and stood there tm the hallway. dear. en it went Rway in spite of call 1n here! Ana then he to fina ity g Mother, too, must help, But moth er sald at_the littls Dreamland, sped. obody can follow it to Dreamland, Sobody at all can tell -the- way. fPerhaps ’twill.come again, and surely | We'll try _to catch it then, and mal ' it stay. {UNCLE JEDS TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. {ina tna: Some of them have married. What Tommy Tidd saysz MWhen T was but an infant And cuddled by my mothen, It _sounded very proper For you to call me Brother, But now that I am older, And also not so small, "Bo have vou call me Brother, Does not seem right at all IWith such a name as Thomas, It surely seems a shame, {0 sce vou all cast it aside, For ¥ old nickname. now, folks in the {3t agaress me von would, "Just lay aside the nicknames, If you'd be understood. Nicknames are like trouble, 1 goess you all agree, MQuite easy to get ipto, But it's hard work to get free. future; THE DRAWING CONTEST U Prizes Every Second Month Pictures.to the width of a col umn of The Bulletin or of two columns, Pencil or ink—no- color ‘Write name and address plainly on back of drawing, otherwise you may not get credit. PRESENT CONTEST CLOSES OCTOBER 23-d articles will not use over 5. Write vour name, age and ad- atithe bottom of the ‘ou may not think that stealing, 'tis true—there's nothing half so grand little. Davie in his ecrib growling. Parie ran out to the hall to find it 1ittle ting-room he heard it—some- Growling at fhe Joof and scratch- Talked to Davie, play-talk small and ! Davie wished so-much;to keep 1t cried, and: wanted o bear had come from 4nd that back t6 Dreamland it had | ~—Biizabeth Whithey in Virginfan Pflot. © It seems strange to Uncle Jed %o some of his Wide-Awakes ;ve grown up and gone into business in the past seven years, and doubtless Bright boys and girls they were, and re 4s no question hut they are ca- pable young men and women, ;- - « One of his"boys now in & prepara- tory college does himself and all con- nected with him bonor. This is what he wrote to his father: “As I look about me in the study hall tonight I see a large number fool- ing their :valuable time away, while their folks are most likely: working like slaves to give these undeserving sons a college education. ~Do not think of me in that light. I started In the first day to-make every minute count, o that in after years I shall not regret that I wasted my time, and I hope vou will be proud to eay in years to come that you gave me an education.’ \ This 1ad has laid the foundation for true manhood 'and is taking the right view of Iife. The boys who are fooling their time away are robbing their parents, but not £o disastrously as they are cheating themselves. In a sad plight Indeed are the boys &nd girls who later on will awake to regret neglected studies and lost opportunities. Youths who are wide-awake will not be guilty of thus abusing the genero ity of thelr parents and handicapping themselves for life. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Esther- Shersheveky of Norwich, Fussbuggett's Folk 2_Edith P. Foster of North Frank- Iin, Mildred and Elsie. 3_Alfreda K. Walker of Mansfield Center, The Flying Machine Boys in the ‘Wilds. 3 4—Harold Wilde of Wauregan, 38 1-3 points. 5—Stella Gaska of Jewett City, An- dersen’s Fairy Tales. 6—Mildred Grandy of Yantic, The Flying Machine Boys in Mexico. 7—Stella_Balisau of Gopdyear, Jack Lorimer’s Holidays. 8—Doris C. Parsons of Providence, R. I, Jack Lorimers Champions. Winners of prize books may call at The Bulletin business office for them at ‘any hour after 10 a. m. on Thurs- day. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Stella Bolieau, of Goodyear: T thank you for the beautiful prize book you sent me. I have read half of it. is very interesting. : Dorothy King of Plainfield: Please excuse me for my delay in thanking you for the picture prize I received last week. Claude Robinson, of Norwich: Re- ceived the prize book entitled The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie. 1 have read it and like it very much. Thank You very much for it. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. Milk By the Yard. An Irishman passcl a shop where a notice was displayed ' saying ‘that ev- erything was sold by the yard. Thinking to play a joke on the shopman he entered and asked for a yard of milk. The shopman, not in the least aback, dipped Pis finger in a bowl of milk and drew a line a yard long on the counter. The Irishman, not wishing to be caught in his own trap, asked the price. “Five cents,” said the shopman. “All right, Toll it up; Tl take it said the son of the Emerald Tsle. JOHN A. BURNS. Yantic. The Open Gate. Once, long ago, a rich man lived near a poor man named Hassan. The rich man said will close gate to oxclude all evil” Hassan said: “I will leave my gate open, to admit all good. Before long, Opportimity ceme by on one of her rare visits. After knocking vainly on the rich man's zate, she went to the friendly hut of Hassan. On leaving him, she showed him two maglc bells, and said: “I have two sons, Success, and Fall- vre. If vou obey the rules on the golden bell. Success answers: but if those on the leader bell are obeyed, Faflure comes. Hassan obeyed. the rules on the golden bell, and soon set it tinkling merrily, and Success found his hut so pleasant that he made his permanént &bode there. But the rich man, all unwittingly, set tinkling the fairy’s leaden beil. Failure came, and after pounding up- on the gate unanswered, He angrily climbed over it and met the rich man. In turn came Happiness, Love, and Prosperity, each being unable to ob- tain entrance at the rich man's gate, but each finding a very hearty wel- come in the poor man’s home. Success made the poor man rich. but homeless, destitute, and bowed down 2 by Failure, the rich man came to him and- asked: “What must I do to obtain such blessings as. thou hast?” . * And his friend answered, “Keep the-.gate of thy heart- ‘cpen, Brother, to admit the blessings that ‘are-yet in’store for thee. : VERA KASS, Ame 13 S ..o, and Avoid Waste Appreciation. Most of us are blind creatures, groping in- the darkness, seeing noth ing in the vast, busy whirl of life about us. We get up in the morning and re- tire at night, and during thet interval we _have seen nothing which in - our eyes was worth appreciating. We were never created to treat-life as such a monotony. Then why it 15 that we continue to do s0? The fault lies within ourselves (as it usually does) and it is up to us to get.rid of it. .We have been treating our conditions and environment in the wrong way: we have seen nothing but tasks and laws and €0 we have expe- rienced : nothing but tasks and laws. The appreciative = quality has been crushed out of us by our own thought and so we must cultivate it again and 1 the joy of living. fow happy we should be just to know that we have life—that - within us there is power which enables us to to have these of them. Then there is the gift of sight —through the medium of our eyes the beautiful things. that are around us can be viewed; we can drink in all of Mother Nature’'s manifestations and enjoy them. Then, too, we can see all man has accomplished in the world of sculpture, literature and art. Aren't these things worth notioing and ap- preciating ? Even in our daily lifs, under the most trying conditions, we can call into play our appreciative qualities; we can see how blessed we are; can value the good that is in our fellow men. Instead of finding fault (which is n great defect in most of us), try to pick out the beautiful things, the shining spots and radiant centers that are around you. Value the kind acts, lov- ing interests and inspiring messages and thoughts you receive and _the source from which they come. These are worth far more than anything ma- terial. Be what is termed an optimist, scatter sunshine and try and pass over the faults and blemishes. Of course, we have to take some notice of sueh things, for they are great teachers: but see if in all you come across, @l you see, all you hear, and all you read You can pick out all that really claims your appreciation. ‘WAL’PER V. GAVIGAN. c. ‘Willimanti . How |-Spent My Vacation. School closed the 27th of June. The first part of ‘my vacition was spent in helping my mother, taking care of my flower and vegetable garden end sew- One day my uncle came with his auto to take my mother, brother and I to his housg, for a visit. The same day two of my mother's cousins came to stay a few days with one of my other uncles who lives just a little way from the uncle I was vis- iting. They came with their auto in the afternoon. The next afternoon my cousin came to see me and stayed two or three bours. ‘We played croquet for a while. Late in the afternoon it looked as if it Was going to rain, so my .cousin sail she would have to go home. . She asked me if I would like .to home with her. I told her I would like to. My mother said I might go, so T walked home with, her. The next day was her birthday and in the evening she had a party. We played games and had a very good time. I stayed with her that night. The next afternoon my cousin, my mother, two of mother's cousing and I went to Willimantic to get one of my mother’s cousins. One day we were planning to have a picnic on Bald mountain, but it rained S0 we had it at my aunt’s. We played games and had a good time. School began the 10th of September. ALFREDA. K. WALKER, Age 12. Mansfield Center. My Vacation. Just “before school was out the school _children had been telling me where they were going to spend thelr vacation. ~Some. were going to New York and others were going to dif- ferent places. That night after school I went home as soon as I could and asked my mother if T could go to Noank. She sald I could go in about three weeks. During ‘the three weeks I stayed around the house most of the time. Some davs I went over and plaved With a friend of mine. ‘When it came time to go I got ready and went to the station and took the car to Westerly, then I took a diffeernt car to Noank. I reached there about seven o'clock. My cousin came to meet me and show me the way to her house. I stayed at my cousin's two weeks, then I went home. A friend of mine used to come over to my house and we would go In swimming. It soon came time to go back to school. CAROLYN VIOLA STEDMAN. Age 13 Our School. The school which I ge to is called “Killingly High School,” or rather “K. H. 8”1 am a Sophomore and am in the second year. We have five recitation rooms and two laboratories in_the school. The school begins at 8.30 and closes at_2 o'clock. ‘We first have a five minute recass, and a recess of twenty minutes af 4 e T He The Bird of Freedom, by Vivian L, AMiner of Yansia noon. _ Fifteen minutes are taken every torning for singing and prayer in our large assembly hall, We have a fine base ball and basket ball team as well as a debating team called “TheMarietta Kies Debating So- clety;” and. also a Freshman Debat- ing society. HAROLD WILDE. ‘Wauregan. De Soto. Dear Uncle Jed: De Soto was a Spanfard and very cruel and greedy for gold. He came to America at the time when Conarado was here. He was looking for gold. He was very cruel to the Indians and he enslaved or killed those who would not tell him where to find gold. His body of men had many hard- ships during the journey. They had many fights with ‘the Indians. At last started for home very much dis appointed. On the way De Soto dis. covered the Mississippi river and when he died his men burled him in it. KATHERINE GARVEY, Age 12. Oneco. Graduation. On the 7th of June, 1917, the town of Lebanon held grajuation exercises for the firet time. The preparation began weeks befors with the learning of songs and reci- tations and later many rehearsals. Thero were thirteen. uates, nine sirls and four boys, lived in all Pasts of the town. Eech of the graduates had a recita- ton and sang in unison_three son; Santa _Lucia, America . the Bea and The Spring Sons. Bach wore a pink camation -gnd e o Laa - Indian Chief, by George Armstrong, of Norwich. move it for about two day: ESTHER SHERSHEVKS' Norwich. . LETTERS TO UNCLE JED Our School Picnic: Dear Uncle Jed: We had a picnic at our school on the closing day. We had it at the school because we thought it would be quite a ways to carry. things out into the woods. blue and sfiver. There was a sfiver banner arranged at the back of the stage with our mot- to, Never Give Up, printed in‘blue. The stage was decorated with wild iris and looked very pretty. ‘Our_class pins did not reach us for & week afterwards, and we were aw- fully diseppointed. Qur_diplomas were awarded to the class by Mrs. Sweet, after: being pre- cented to her by our supervisor, M Garrison. = Several of the mothers and smaller ual.“ the close every ome sang Amer- |children were there. Some brought cake. Although it rained hard that even- ing, the Grange hall, in which the ex- ercises were-held, was crowded. In the morning we had lessons as usual until recess. Then the boys came over to our house to make the EDT P. FOSTER. ice cream. EeoRh Semnkie For about half an hour we girls ~ sewed and then we went over. By the 2 “The - Fox. time all was finished it was noon and nearly everyone went home to din- ner. About 1 o'clock evervone got there. The teacher played a lot of records on the victrola. Then cookies, cake and ice cream were served. ‘tor we children had finished we we:. outdoors and played games. Abcut 3 o'clock we all gathered up our books and went home, after having had a_very nice time. MILDRED GRANDY, Age 12. Yantic. Once there was’a man near whose home lived a fox who always ate his grapes. The man did not krow what to do to prevent this. One day he bought a trap and put it in the vineyard. When he was cover- ing the trap with dirt so the fox would not notice it, the fox came up in back of him. “What are you dolng?” he asked. “I'm burying my dog, who died ths other day,” answered the man. “Why aren’t you mourning for him?” said the fox. “Tomorrow we mourn for him,” an- swered the man. ‘When the man went away the fox, not knowing.what was buried in the vineyard, stepped on it and was caught. The next morning the man found the fox eaught in' the trap and mourn- ing. “I told you the mourning was to be today,” he said. The fox ptomised 'mever ‘to touch the grapes again, so the man let him go. SARAH NOVICK, Age 12. Neorwich. How | Spent My Vacation. Dear Uncle Jed: T will tell the Wide- Awalkes, how T spent my vacation, and how I enjoved myself with my garden money. 1 went to Stafford Springs, Ct. T had a very nice time. I went to see all my girl friends. 1 was very glad to_see them. once more. ‘When T movedd from Stafford T was only seven vears old. I also went to see the house where 1 was born. We started from my house at 7.20 m. and reached thére at 11.30 a. m. t was a nice ride. With the money I earned I paid my mother’s and my carfare. 1 gave 50 cents for the benefit of the Red Crose. T could not be very happy anyhow for T was thinking of the poor soldiers starving from the war. We only stayed five count of my garden. 1 was glad when T zot home, for I was very glad to see my father. There is no place like home. STELLA BOLIEAU, Goodyear, . Ct. Bagging the Dog. Orfe of our neighbors once had a dog who was very fond of chasing chick- ens_and barking: ac them, thereby frightening the .chickens so much that they would cackle very loudly. This dog would often come into_ our yard and if there were any chickens out he would chase them, or open the door of the hencoop with his paws and chase the chickens. One day as I was looking out the window I saw.the dog coming into the days on ac- Age 11 A Baby Sparrow. Dear Uncle Jed: One day was about five vears old my sister found a- baby sparrow by the road- side. We put it in a box and left it on our -window sfll. In the early morning about 4 o'- clock we heard a rapping on the win- dow and upon getting up found two sparrows pecking at the glass. Opening the window wlde we took the little bird from the box and placed it on the window sill and soon the older birds had coaxed the little one away. ‘We thought it was quite wonderful as my sister found the bird a long way from the house. ARLENE WEATHERHEAD, Age 10. ‘Willimantic. there’s that old dog again” I eaid. “Well,” said my mother, “either you or someone else will have to go out and chase him away.” “Goodness! I can't go out. T've go an awful cold. Tell Helen to. go,” said. She sent Helen, but before she could get out the dog was in the coop. She went out and after running around trying to chase him out she gave up and said she wouldn’t do it, 8o I had to go out and get him. Suddenly a thought came. to. my mind: “I know what I'll do. T'll get a large cloth bag and bag him. He isn't very large.” We got the bag and went out after him. “Hurry up! He's killing the chick- ens. They'll all be dead before we get there.” We got there and after trying to_catch him we decided to bag him. “Quick! Get the bag! He's in the corner.” But before we could bag him he _was in the other corner. “Now's my chance. He's in back of the nest. Tl surely get him now,” and I pulled the bag over him and caught him. “Tve got him now,” I said to my mother. “What shall T do with him?” “Take him home and leave him there,” said my mother. So I carried him back and let him out of the bag. but instead what. 4b you suppose jumped out? A real live chicken! The dog had evidently jumped over the bag and escaped, making it more Two Happy Weeks In the Country. Dear Uncle Jed: My Grandmother Cranston spent last summer with my sreat aunt. who lives in the country, six miles from Brockton, Masss When she came to us for Thanksgiving, she told me so many interesting stories about her visit there that she made me long to go there. The last of July my mother sur- prised me by telling me we were go- ing to the country for two weeks. It was a tiresome three hours’ ride, which took us two miles from our des- tination: and, as I had never been away from the sound of trolley cars, the quietness of the country seemed very strange to me. My aunt owns e large poultry farm, and my cousins and I often brought in_over one hundred big brewn eggs. work for us to catth the chicken| My cousin is a fine amateur pho- again. toRrapher, and one day took my pic- ‘But that isn’t all. I tripped and |ture with a larse Rhode Island Red bruised my leg so that I could hardly | rooster in my arms. I had many other ; T A Society Butterfly, by Dona Howard, of Westerly, R. . and bladk face, her breast and paws are white and the rest of her fur is black. She her name is Pansy is an sugora kitten and I feed her twice a day with fresh milk and sometimes when I got a chance I give-her & piece of_meat. When T forget to feed her she fol lows me into the pantry trying to g food any sl or herself. e will follow me all If 1 don't mive h the more and scream, “Meouw! Meouw!” and I have to give hs er some. Sometimes she will climb up to m knees and soratch them with her shirp claws. But if 8 she will bite. he is very Quite often 1 play with Pansy for about ten minutes. 1 take a string which she climbs mp and when she ix near the top of it the string and make swing down Somet! ain, we all have to laugh at her. very angr 4 her & mes she does such tricks that She is only thres months old and quite smal She has blue eyes and lovely fur. living in peace all %0 far as I have scen, STEULA GASKA, Age 9. has been Jewett City. her 'Infants «d Invalids THE ORIGINAL pictures taken. Huckleberrving, hay- ing, fishing and wading in the Dbrook, which my younger cousin and I dam- [fiture (because I thought T med yp one day, %o as to sail little i birch bark boats, which we made our- | telegraph wire and then I knew from selves, from bark we stripped from | where all those supposed-to-be mes- sages came from. WILLIAM BARRY, Age 12 Hartford. trees in the woods, afforded us pleas- ure. 1 never had a chance to enjoy so much fruit as I did in those two weeks, for 1 had all the red raspber- ries, blackcaps, huckleberries, blueber- ries and currants I could eat. If we had been there in September, we should have had all the peaches we My Pet Kitten, my pet kitten. the next morning T was going by the same place and much to my discom- wag_on the trai] of some spies) I saw a broken Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell you about She has a white chin , inval 'HORLICK’S 1 MALTED MILK Rich mfll, malted grain; in powder form. t dgrowing children. Pure nutrition, upbuilding the whole body. Invigorates nursing mothers asd the aged. More nutritious than tes, coffee, etc. Instantly prepared. Requires no cooking. Substitates Cost YOU Same Price could have eaten, too. One day we ali went on a picnic to a small lake about three miles from my aunt’s, and in the afternoon we went in bathing. After spending two happy weeks at my aunt’s house we had to go back to_my home in' Providence. DORIS CRANSTON PARSONS, Providence, R. I. Age 12, Their Suspicions. Dear Uncle Jed: # thought T ought to write-you ‘about my false suspic- ions. One: night my cousin and I were walking -along the main street of a country. town when we saw a peculiar light upon the tree that seemed to be a searchlight and.it seemed as though it -was -sending Morse messages out into -the- darkness. My’ suspicions were at once aroused having in chary to law. g0 Exem Blanks may be obtained at LEGAL NOTICES. Assessors’ Nofice! All persons lable to pay Taxes in the Town of Norwich are hereby notified to return to the Assessors on or befo the first day of November, 1917, a wri ten or printed list, properly signed an sworn to, of all taxable property owned by therg on the First day of October 1917. Those failing to make a list w be charged a penalty of Ten Per Ce additional, according to law At the same time and place all t pt will_make a return of same accordins the As because. I know -something about this sessors’ Office in City Hall, or will b sort of messages, so I told my cousin sent by malil upon application what T thought. Offce Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 pim As soon as I told him.of Morse Lists ‘will be recelved beginning messages- he sald: % A s il ot “I'll-Det there's sples in. this town, e i £ ook SN " for there’s a’ lot of German residents Dated at Norwich, Conn., Sept. 27th here,” .and- I. agreed :with . him. 1917, 2 Sty Then my cousin told me .about a FRANK H. WOODWORTH man’ being killed by a-trolley car and ALBIE L. HALE the people. declared he was a' spy and MICHAEL J. CURRAN a_peculiar, noise he heard one night ‘Asscssors like that 'of an - aeroplane, but he wasn’t sure of it, but now .he says he —~ - is - quite - sure - M1 Waren't we suspicious? Every 1: ASSESSORS’ NOTICE time we were about to turn a corner [ wé'd say to each other “Look out!”| ¢ .. 2 L S someorfe' may_jump out on yo We |“That’s My Flag,"—An American Sail-| A1l persons. resident and non-res were scared all the way home, or, by Zelma Rocheleau of North |dent, owning property in the Tow Lebinon llable by law to taxation s Well, to make a’ long story short,| Franklin. Esvsuoniianl ey iihw to tagation jare the undersigned Assessors of Town on or before XNo ) o Cronte SULES . T — GASTORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know Ti.at Genuine Casteria Usa ‘For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE OENTAUR: SOmPANY, NZW YORR OITY. At Gmonth 35 Dosts 5“:‘: — 18t of all such taxable property o by them on the first day of Oct 7817, A1 lsts must be upon approved by the State Roarc 3 {Zation and must be signed and sworn to and perfected accord o law. A persons neglecting this notice Subject ‘to an sddition of 10 per cer Blank llsts may be obtained either of the Assessors or the Tow Clerk, or at either of the stores The Assessors will meet at_the Tow House In Lebanon on each Monday | October, also on the’ firat day o vember, for the purpose of receivin liats, GRORGE A. MILLS, DAVID W. PITCHER, JOHN CLARKE Assessors, Lebanon, Conn, Oct. 1st. 19 DISTRICT OF MONTVI Court of Probate, Oct 191 Pstate of George N. Wo. Montville, in said District. de The Administratrix having ar for an order horizing an ing her to sell certain real ate be 1onging to Anid estota as per applica tion on file fully appears Ordered, That the 8th day of'Octobe 1917, at 10 o'clock in the on, the Court of Probate in Montville. b and the same s, assigned for s hear .| ing on® the foregolng application. and this Court directs the Adm! NOTICE TO § to cite ull persons Interested appear at sald time and place, BLI REA AT A COURT OF PROBATE at Lebanon, within and for the Distr by lishing this order of notice one in eome newspaper having a circul in Sald District, and by posting on the public £ignpost In the Town of Montville, where the deceassd last awelt, at least three days before ma day of hearing, amd Teturn make t this Court of the notice given otéd DAN D. HOME. Judge ot Lebanon, on the lat day of Octor X._p.isir Present — ATBERT G. KNBEELAND, Judge Gitate of John J. Phillips. late of Tebanon, in sald Distriot, deceased The Administrator appeared in Cou and filed a written appiloation alleging {hat seid estate i» now in setitement | said Court, and mflnf for an order To aell ceriain real estate helonging & #ld estate, fully desoribed In said ap Heatiol ./ oreupon, It ppplication he the Probate Court Room satd Distriot on A. D. 1917, at 10 appMcation, and i at lea date of sald h o the R, eard the 9th o'clook of sald er having a circulation six days prior ring, and that ratur Court. T G. KNI . Is Ordered, That and defermined in Lebamon, ir n the and_ihet sotice of the pendency ¥ of October. v of ng th on. be given by the publication of ihis *| order ‘once In The Norwich Bulletin, a to th DBLAND. Fiadg,